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fctaps and |arts.
Heavy freshets are reported in all the
Srincipal rivers at the North, and immense
amage has been done to bridges, wharves,
stores, <fec.
The heathen emblem of the snake holding
its tail in its mouth has always been explained
to mean Eternity. Fun thinks the
emblem typical of Life rather, as indicating a
continued effort to make both ends meet
?? The railways of Great Britain and Ireland
are 13,544 miles in length, and for the
week ending April 1st, received for freight
and passage money, $3,783,960, or $229.50 a
mile.
?? Senator Sprague thinks, says a Washington
correspondent, that the effect of negro
voting in Rhode Island will ultimately be
to make it a Democratic State, by the irritation
it naturally creates among the white working
men.
During the delivery of a lecture by
Mrs. Dr. Mary Walker, in Kansas, a few days
ago, a precocious youth in the audience cried
" xt ^ VC?4-Unf Viorl Q llfflp
OUt, "Are YOU uie luaiy luau .? ......
lamb ?' "?o!" was the reacfy reply. "But
your mother had a little jackass."
. ?^ It seems to us some one was inquiring,
not long since, about John Smith. We have
found him. He is sentenced to be hung at
Louisville on the 3d of June, for the murder
of George Off. He took George Off, but he
can't get off himself, until the platform drops.
It is reported that an immense "pigeon
roost" has been established in Pennsylvania,
commencing about six miles east of Sheffield,
on the Philadelphia and Erie railroad, and
extending nearly one hundred miles, covering
a tract or country some six miles in width.
. The town clock in Sing Sing, New
York, struck twenty-ono times at ten o'clock
on last Monday night. One poor fellqpr who
had been to see his friends, counted the strokes,
and declared that he had never been out so
late before in all his life, and he did not know
what his wife would say. ?
The present month is .to witness a eonvocation
of dentists, from all parts of the
country, in New Orleans. The precise object
of their meeting has not transpired, but the
Times ofithat city intimates that it may be
for a consultation on the condition of the
mouth of the Mississippi.
The Boston Journal sap: "A widow,
who has followed successively three husbands
to the grave, entered a well known jewelry
shop in this city last Saturday, and producing
the three silver plates which had once adorned
the coffins of the dear departed, desired
the astonished proprietor to have them 'made
over into a butter Icnife!'" *
Mr. Sumner's bill to simplify ajid reduce
the rate of postage, to abolish' the frankW
nrivilepe. <fce.. makes a reduction of the
Q jf? o"' '
postage to one cent for half-ounce letters, and
substitutes for the franking privilege a system
of stamped envelopes. It is to be moved as a
substitute for the pending bill to abolish the
franking privilege.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher preached a
powerful sermon on Sunday evening upon official
corruption, and illustrated particularly
the New York Legislature. He said that "not
in Fulton Market is meat hung up and sold
more openly than men are quartered and hung
up in Albany." He also execrated the people
who, knowing the wickedness of their representatives,
yet take them by the hand and
continue friendly with them."
A youth named George Siller arrived
here day before vesterday, and yesterday left
for Camden. He stated that in April, 1865,
when the Federal cavalry passed through
i Camden, they took him pnsoner, he then being
eleven years of age, and carried him off
to a Northern prison. After the conclusion
of hostilities, a captain of the army carried
hira to his farm in Pennsylvania, and made
him work as a common farm hand, until a
week ago, when he managed to escape. George
did not know when here what had "become of
his family, as he had not heard from them
since his capture.?Charleston News, 22d inst.
General Butler proposes to abolish the
income tax, and "all other internal taxation,"
and to substitute a new series of taxes. He
would impose a tax of five per cent, on all
interest paid on invested capital, upon all
loans having a longer time to run than one
year, upon all dividends, mortgages, leases.
He would also tax all "property, estates in
succession, legacies or deeds of %if;," to the
extent of one per cent. He proposes to put a
' tax of five per cent on every railroad ticket,
telegraph message and express package, and
to reorganize the system of taxation as applied
to spirits, tobacco, and other articles.
Associate Justice Bradley haf; written
to a friend in Mobile, thanking him for his
congratulations upon his appointment, and
saying: "While I have always beeu intensely
national, I have, nevertheless, felt a kindly
regard for the Southern people, deeply realizing
the difficulties of their situation. If there
is any one wish that I cherish more than another,
it is to see the substantial classes of the
South once more firmly knit in attachment to
the old government and the old flag. I hope
the time may soon come when the President
1 oVoll doom it wiso onri nnulpnl
UUU VA>Ugl?3 Oliaii UVVUt AW IIWV wwu wwv...
to extend a general amnesty. I have some
idea of making a little tour through the States
of the circuit, as soon as the court shall adjourn."
At Fall Eiver, Mass., on December 10,
a man, while eating his breakfast, got a needle
in his throat. It lodged crosswise, but was
too far down to be seen. After three or four
days it worked into the left side, and came
nearly through the neck, causing a painful
abscess. A little above the abscess the needle
was so near the surface that it caused the flesh
to protrude like a pimple, but the physicians
declined to cut to find it, e?pecially as they
had some doubt as to the cause. The abscess
was subsequently lanced. The needle in the
meantime forked back into the side of the
throat, and then up under the tongue, causing
great swelling ana pain. Finally, on April
9, it was discovered protruding uifder the
tongue, and was extracted. The needle was
an inch and a quarter long, and had been foui
months on its travels.
Mr. W. H. Herndon, of Springfield
111., formerly the law partner of the late
President Lincoln, has greatly scandalizec
the admirers of the latter by writing anc1
publishing in the Toledo Free Religionist s
letter, in which he declares that from early
nanhood to the time time of his death, Mr
Lincoln was a daring and outspoken unbeliever.
He says that in 1834 he read wit!
great avidity "Volney's Ruins and Tom
Painfl's works, and that they became a pari
of Mr. Lincoln from 1834 to the end of his
life." He also says that m 1835 "he wrote
out a small work on infidelity," which he in
tended to publish, but which a friend consid
erately burnt. Mr. Herndon says that "this
book wa3 an attack upon the whole grounds
of Christianity, and especially was it an at
tack upon the idea that Jesus was the Christ
the true and only begotten Son of God, as the
Christian world contended." Ho declare.1
that when Mr. Lincoln left Springfield foi
Washington his religious opinions were un
changed.
A thrilling scene occurred at the in
sane asylum, in Jacksonville, Illinois. A
woman who had been in the asylum for several
years, escaped from her ward and wenl
through the halls and up the stairway thai
leads out upon the roof of the building. She
wandered around upon the roof of the build
ing until she came to the edge of the cornice.
After looking down for some time she swung
herself over the edge of the cornice by her
hands, and swinging there she could just touch
with her toes the cap above the window oi
/the fifth-story, which was just below her
.Having gotten a foothold thereon she let gc
V-aar handg, and, strange to say, preserved kei
'btiance and stood upon the cap, which is about
r twelve inches wide. While standing there
she was discovered in her perilous situation
Immediately several men went upon the rool
and let down a rope, and tried to persuade
her to fasten it around her. She would take
hold of the rope, then laugh at them, but refused
to use it Meanwhile beds were brought
out and placed on the ground five stories below
her, and in breathless suspense all who
were on the ground awaited her fall. Nothing
daunted, after remaining on the windowcap
for nearly a half hour, all of a sudden she
grabbed the rope held, by the hands of the
men above and jumped off. TRev let the
rope run through their hands, and she held
on until within thirty feet of the ground,
when she let go, and fell upon the beds unhurt
. During all this time there was the
most thrilling suspense to all the beholders,
ahd glorious relief at her escape from such
peril.
jgatlniUe (jfonpuw.
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YORKV'ILLE. S.C.:
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 28,1870.
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THE IMMIGRATION CONVENTION.
A .convention is to be held in Charleston on
the 3rd of May, to devise means of bringing
a steady immigration into this State. This is
a very desirable object, and it is to be hoped
it will be attained. The idea, we believe, is to
get up an organization, with means sufficient
to operate on a large scale. Many of the
counties have appointed delegates to the convention,
and though it is at the eleventh hour,
York may yet be represented. Delegates
from the county cannot be appointed in time
to be present; still there are sufficient inducements
offered by the convention for those who
feel interested in the matter to go as visitors.
For details, we refer to the advertisement of
the "Agricultural, Mechanical and Immigrant
Convention."
IMPORTATION*OF ^FERTILIZERS.
The Savannah New gives an official statement
of the amount of fertilizers forwarded
over the Georgia Central Railroad during the
four months ending March 31st From this
statement it appears that there were 82,314,759
pounds of guanoes, more than 40,000 tons,
carried over one road into the State of Georgia.
The Augusta Chronicle estimates that
all the other roads leading into the State have
together brought in as much more, which will
give 80,000 tons as the amount of commercial
fertilizers imported by the planters of Georgia
for the croD of 1870. This is over one
? X
fourth more than they imported last year, and,
as a matter of course, every pound of manure
that can be scraped together from the plantation
will also be used.
It may be that the importers of this large
quantity of fertilizers, profiting by last year's
experience in buying provisions, intend to apply
a portion of their guanoes to corn. But
this is improbable, as all accounts agree that
they are going to make another strong effort
for a large cotton crop. Nor are they alone
in this. The production of cotton has been
wonderfully stimulated by the prices off the
last two crops, and all the cotton States will
try for a large crop this year. The press in
various sections have protested against it, but
in vain. Not until the South has succeeded
in making so large a crop as to bring the price
down to twelve or thirteen cents, will planters
see the propriety of raising food crops for
their own use. So long as cotton brings
twenty cents, and the planter can make a
little more money from the sale of this crop
than his corn and meat will cost him, the
cotton crop will have peculiar charms. To
show how largely South Carolina is buying
fertilizers for the cotton crop and food for the
farm, we take the following extract from the
recent report of Col. "William Johnson, President
of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
railroad, which road is literally the feeder of
this immediate section of the State. To explain
why the freight of the road pays less
than it used to, Col. Johnson says:
"Much of the tonnage now transported is
of the cheaper classes, and is a source of less
profit than that of former times. While the
resources of the cotton regions of the South
have been materially diminished by the results
of the late war, the transportation necessary
for the country has essentially increased
I in thft chean and heaw articles of freight.
This is owing to the higher price of cotton~inviting
the capital and labor more exclusively
to its cultivation than at any former period.
Hence the production of.corn, wheat and other
cereals, domestic cloths of many kinds, and
raising hogs, sheep, cattle and other animals
of domestic economy, have been partially abandoned.
These deficiences of food and raiment,
as well as implements of husbandry, have
i therefore to be supplied from the North and
West. The inhabitants of the cotton States
i export nearly all they produce and import near
ly all they consume, and hence the increase in
! the tonnage of transportation. In no one
year of our history have so much corn, bacon,
[ flour, guano and so many agricultural imple!
ments, been imported into tlib Southern States,
i as during the' last twelve months. And this
great expenditure for necessaries will probably
continue in defiance of all theories, while
the cultivation of ootton promises greater re!
wards than other industrial pursuits."
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j PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
L The Act of the last session of the Legislar
ture, to provide a system of free and common
schools for the State has excited considerable
' inquiry among persons interested, and is, per1
1 x A-11? Wn rvw'nf rvn flio
naps, not iuiuuswuu. ?, v.,v/
. first page of this week's issue the Act in full,
j as it applies to the State generally, and also
; propose to give an opinion for what it is worth,
as to the practical.operation of the system.
* v The Act is, perhaps, more easily comprei
hended by reading it backward; and we pro.
pose to consider some of its provisions in this
, order.
i Each county being divided into school
} districts by the County School Commissioner,
" Trustees are elected for each such district by
the voters resident in the same. These Trustees
are required under section 40 of the Act,
to see that the necessary buildings are provid.
ed in suitable localities for public schools,
t using for that purpose school houses already
t erected, or providing for the erection of ad5
ditional ones when necessary.
' I The Trustees are to enumerate and report
; the number of children in their respective
1 districts, between the ages of six and sixteen
i years, of whatever sex or color; children bef
I tween such ages only being entitled to the
benefit of the act.
[ The Trustees are clothed with a supervisory
. "power over these schools; and although no
> provision is made in the act itself, to establish
. schools for white and colored separately, yet
f this general supervisor}' power, we think, was
left wide enough to allow them to exercise
their discretion in such matters. Observe, ic
support of this view, that the enumeration
required in Section 38 embraces a distinction
between white and colored children; while
the teacher, when filling his report undei
Section 44, is supposed to have only one clasf
of pupils, and reports only the number of eacli
sex attending.
Under Section 23, the County Commissionei
has supervision of all the schools in his coun
ty, and may "do whatever may promote th<
cause of education in the county." If, then
it is deemed advisable, in order to proraofo
the interests of education in any county, then
is nothing, so far as we can discover in th<
Act itself to prevent the erection of separata
schools for white and colored.
Teachers.?Teachers desirous of teaching
public schools must appear before the Boart
of Examiners, as provided in Section 31, pasi
the necessary examination and receive a cer
tificate of qualification, unless such certificate
has been received from tho State Superintend
ent of education.
No teacher will he allowed-compensation fo:
public scholars unless provided with this cer
tificate. Being provided with the certificate
he must apply to the Board of Trustees o
the school district where he proposes to teach
(see Section 40) who, if they think proper
! may employ him as a teacher.
Compeifbation op Teacher1?.?The pol
tax of each county will be appropriated el
| clusively to the support of the public schools
In addition to this, $50,000 is appropriate*
from the State Treasury to be apportione*
among the counties to aid the Common Schoo
fund. Say,for instance,that York county raise
$4000 under the poll tax and receives $200
out of the appropriation, the school fund fo
the county will amount to *$6000. The sala
ries of State and county officers provided fo
in the Act are drawn from the State Treas
ury, and do not reduce this fund. The com
pensation of teachers, then, will probably d(
pend largely upon the number of childrei
taught at the public schools in the county, a
compared with this fund. The act fixes n
rate of compensation for. teachers whatevei
Under Section 17 of the Act, the Stat
Superintendent of Education apportions t
each county its pro rata of the school func
in accordance with the number of children i
such county within the prescribed ages. I
York county has a fund of $6000, and 100
children attend school for the year, the teacl
er will get only $6 for each pupil taught
The application of the Act is general, a
to the benefit of the fund?qo distinctioi
being made, between children whose parent
are able to pay tuition and those who are no
They must, however, attend such schools a
are denominated public schools, to secure th
benefit of the school fund.
CONGRESSIONAL. , J
On the 19th, the Senate resumed the Geoi
gia bill. A.long debate ensued, which wa
ended by the adoption of a substitute for th
House t>31. It declares the Georgia Stat
government provisional, and excludes th
State from representation in Congress unf.il
new Legislature has been elected. The Houe
bill apportioning Representatives in Congre
among the several States, and fixing the tots
number of Representatives at 275, was rea
and referred to the judiciary committee..
In the House, the contested election case c
Sypher vs St Martin, from Louisiana, wc
continued as unfinished business. The tari
bill camp up. The duty on pig iron was fixe
at $5 per ton, and that on refuse scrap iro
at S6 per ton.
On the 20th, nothing of special interest o<
curred in the Senate.
In the House, the Louisiana case was calle
up. The report of the committee, seatin
Sypher, was adopted by a vote of 78 to 7<
Mr. Sypher advanced to the clerk's desk an
was on the point of taking the oath of offici
with the book actually in his hand, whe
Mr. Brooks objected to his being sworn ii
The discussion led to a reconsideration of th
motion to adopt the report of the committer
which was carried by a vote of 85 to 79. 1
was then stated that Mr. Sypher had but1*
cently removed from Pennsylvania to Loois
ana, and would support a high tariff on iroi
This consideration weighed more than th
fact that Sypher had received but 3,441 vot*
out of 19,209, and a resolution was adopte
declaring that there had been no valid ele<
tion in the first Louisiana district. The Sei
ate amendments to the census bill were n<
concurred in. A committee of conference o
the bill was appointed. The Georgia bi
was reported back from the Senate and, wit
several proposed amendments, referred to tli
reconstruction committee.
On the 21st, the Senate took up a joiut re
olution authorizing the Northern Pacific Rai
road Company to issue bonds, secured b
mortgage, for the construction of the roa<
It was passed by a vote of 40 to 10.. Tli
House bill to abolish the franking privileg
was taken up, pending which the Senate wer
into executive session.
In the House, a resolution to inform th
Governor of Louisiana of a. vacancy in tl
first congressional district of that State wf
offered. Mr. Stevenson, of Ohio, exposed^!
inconsistency of the House in voting M
Sheldon a seat and voting Mr. Sypher ou
the two cases being analagous. The resoli
tion was then withdrawn. The naval appr*
priation bill, appropriating over sixteen mi
lions, was taken up, but a vote was not reache<
On the 22nd, in the Senate, the bill to r
peal the act of February 28,1863, was passe*
Mr. Sumner stating that the act to be repeale
was the last one on the statute books coi
nected with slaver)', which prohibited the in
portation of persons of color into certai
States. The bill presqribing an oath of offi(
for persons who participated in the late rebe
lion, but who are not disqualified by the fou
teenth amendment to the constitution, wi
passed. It prescribes the same oath of ofiu
as for those persons whose political and legj
I disabilities have been removed. The invali
I pension bill, appropriating 830,000,000, wt
j passed.
' a Tn tlio TTnn?e. the tariff bill was resume*
I and the duties on various classifications <
I iron were fixed.
On the 23rd, the Senate was not in ses'sio]
In the House, the Speaker pro tem issue
to the Sergeant-at-arms a warrant for the a
j rest of thirty-three absentees. Among tl
j captures by the Congressional seine, was M
I Butler, of Massachusetts. He was finally e:
| cused from arrest, but fined ten'dollars, a loi
| more than covered by one day's pay. Tl
j Senate amendment to the income tax bill wi
: reported back from the committee on waj
and means. The House refused to concur i
the amendment, to lay the bill on the tabl
or to appoint a committee of conference,
i On the'25th, the Senate appointed a con
i raittee of conference on the income tax bil
| In the House, a resolution declaring tl
honor of the government pledged to the pa;
i meut of claims of loyal people in the Soutl
was rejected by a vote of 69 to 90. The jt
' diciary committee reported as a substitute fo
5 all propositions on the subject a bill to enforce
i the fifteenth amendment. It provides that
l all citizens shall be entitled to vote without
i distinction on account of color, race, or pre- ,
> vious condition of servitude. If any State or
' Territory shall require afty act as a.pre-requii
site to voting, public .officers shall give all '
i citizens an opportunity of performing such
act; in default of which they shall pay $500
p to the person aggrieved, and on conviction
l l>e further fined or imprisoned. The bill gives
? the President the usual powers with land an^Jl
, naval forces. j j
* STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.
The Stockholders of the Charlotte, Colum3
bia and Augusta Railroad Company met in
' the city hall of Augusta, on Wednesday of
last week. It was found that 13,375 shares
j were represented, which being more than aquorum,
the meeting proceeded to business. The.,
3 reports of the President and Superintendent1
were read and accepted.L The latter officer"
" made the following statement of the earnings
and expenditures of the road for the laat "fiscal
year:
EARNINGS.
" Freights $188.765 37
'? Passengers 199,516 94
f Mails 14,467 48
, Minor sources 1,035 68
$403,785 49.
J EXPENDITURES. ?
7 Maintenance "Way..
Conducting Transportation 56,WftnWH
'* Motive Power 16,524 62 |
1 Maintenance Cars 6,471 85 i
3 Machine Shops 39,656 60 \
>1 Loss, Damage and Deductions 2,140 27. j
8 Over Charges . 284 23'
a Through Passenger Line.... 1,540 37
Tax Paid?State and United States. 44,560 20
r .
$226,536 59
r Leaving $177,248 90 for payment of inter^
h est and taxes, and account of Augusta
t. ion. The taxes are enormous, bem^Vover
j. 11 per cent of the total income, and There ate.
indications that they will be increased. Uu*
Q til lately, the Company has been exempt from <
3 taxation in the city of Columbia. The claim :
0 will now be pressed, covering large sums for ,
r. water rent and taxes on Company's shops. e
A resolution allowing free rides to stocko
holders and their families, and to them only,
I, led to a long debate; but the whole subject
n 'was finally laid on the table. The election
f for Directors was then held, resulting in the
0 re-election of the old Board, except Mr. Lewie,
i- who declined. following are the Djrefr f
tors from South Carolina: From Lexington,
a Paul Quattlebaum; from Richland, C. D.
r? Melton. John Fisher, Edward Hope, F. W.;
a McMaster; from Fairfield, J. H. Rion, W?t
t. R. Robertson; from Chester,.G. J. Patterson,,
a J. J. McLure; from York, A. B. Springs/"
e Col. William Johnson was unanimously re*,
< elected President, by the Board of Directors.!
It was resolved that the next annual meet1"
ing be held in Columbia, on the 1st Wednear"
day in May, 1871, after which the convention
18 adjourned sine die. ' ,
6 In the evening a ball and supper was given
e by the city of Augusta to the visitors to the
? convention, who turned out in full force.
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ie >' STATE ITEM8.
js ? The Reporter announces the death of Mr.
il Ira A. McCoy, in Chesterville, on the 15th ind
stant. ,*
?A meeting of the stockholders of the
>f Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company
is will be held in Columbia to-day.
ff p-r Last week, the bodies pf tweaty-se^l
d Confederate soldiers, from South .Carolinan
Were disinterred at Arlington; and-tfansferw| i >
to Richmond.
> ?The Charleston News says: A few cases
of.small-pox are reported as having occurred
d at Helena, in Newberry County, on the Greeng
ville and Columbia Railroad.
? The Phoenix learns that Treasurer Pard
ker paid out $7,000 in gold from the 1st to the
s, 15th April?interest due on the bonds and ,
n stocks of the State.
j. ? The Episcopal Church building at Wib ''
ie lington, ih Abbeville county, under the pasb,
toral charge of Rev. 0. D. Porcher, was toft
tally consumed by fire, on the night of the
3- 15th. The Press says the fire was clearly the
i- work of an incendiary,
i. ? At a Republican meeting in Laurens, on '
ie the 13th, the speakers (all members of the
;s Legislature from the county) told their cold
ored hearers that they would all, by the next
> election, be armed with rifles that will shoot
1-' thirty times a minute.
>t ?The C^S&ina Spartan has the following!.
n Persons from all sections of our district report?
U that the farmers are unusually energetic in
h preparing fpr the coming crop. Notwithstandie
ing there has been a great deal of rain, and
planting has been somewhat delayed, .yet the
3. ground is being put in better condition?bet1
ter implements are being used?fencing is
y more substantial and more manure is being
i nuo/1 tmn lina VkAAn lrnnwn in this section for
ie many years.
re ?The Charleston Republican of Saturday,
it says: "Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Silcox, met "with
a serious accident yesterday while visiting'
ie Magnolia Cemetery. The horse attached^
ie the buggy in which they were seate^/took
ls fright at some object in the road and ran away.
ie Both the occupants were thrown out and the
r. buggy was smashed to pieces. Mr. Silcox's.
t leg was broken, and his wife was severely
bruised by the fall." "" :
> ?The Columbia Guardian, of the 23rd,
]. says,- "Yesterday morning, about 10
J. while William D. Phillips (who is a cripple^
e. having both of his legs amputated below the
3 knees,) was sitting in the door of Mr. Ham-,
d berg's store, near the Charlotte Depot, ^ *
j. drunken brute, yclept Tom Harrison, who-'
j. lives a few miles from town, in the sand hills,
n sauntered up and entered into conversation
,e with him. Directly, without .the least provo-v
}. cation, Harrison seemed to become infuriated,
r_ drew and cocked his pistol, and as the cripls
pled man was attempting to get out of the way,
;e fired, and struck him in the back of the head, j
jl the ball striking the skull, breaking the m-1
a ner coating, and glancing off. After ni^ |
ig manly deed was done, Harrison turned coolly1 J
away in the direction of his home, but was j
j promptly pursued by Chief Radcliffe with a'
party, arrested and lodged in jail. The;
wounded man was attended by Br. Darby J
a and the wound, though severe; is pronounced
not a dangerous one." '
r End of, toe Legal Tender Case.?TH3 j
ie question lately mooted of a rehearing of the]!
r- legal tender decision of the United States Su~
t- preme Court in the case of Hepburn vs. Grish
38 wold was yesterday put at rest. The counsel)
ie in the cases respectively of 0. B. and S. La)
^ tham and Israel Demming vs. the Uniteq
States, yesterday unexpectedly asked to witto:
draw them from the docket, and the coin*, j
n after consultation, unanimously granted th&,
e> j request and dismissed the appeals which had j
been taken from the ruling which determined ;
i- them disposed of by the Hepburn-GriswohH !
], decision. It was then announced that the pd-1
e tition for a rehearing in the latter case wi*^ i
disallowed. So the previous decision of the j
court that obligations to pay money contract]-!
h ed prior to July, 1862, cannot be discharged '
i- by United States notes will stand.?Baltimore1
>r Sun, 21 d instant.
LOCAL ITEMS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. W. Carroll, Bollock's Creek?Fresh from the
Vine?Ladies' Hats, Ac.?Men's and Boys'
Spring Clothing?Groceries?Hams and Bacon?No
use Talking.
T. M. Dobson & Co.?Dress Goods?Spurs?Remember?Shoes?Garden
Trowels?Scythe
Blades?Bush Scythes?Rim Locks?Sledge
Hammers?Shovels and Tohgs?Ready-Made
Clothing?FrOes?Straw Knives?Sleeve Button^^-Cow
Bells?Hoop Skirts?Sad IronsRazor
Strops?The best Cooking Stoves?
Calico?Bonnet Wire?Velvet Ribbon?Hair
Nets?Buff Lawn?Green Apples?White
Beans.
Carroll, Clark & Co.?Dress Goods?Clothing?
Crockeiy?Meal Bags?SummerCassi me resKing
of the Field?Churns?Table CutleryWooden
Ware?Starch?Sundries.
Kuykendal & Tomlinson?Hall's Hair Renewer?
Scotch Itch Ointment?Corn Starch?Bread
Again?Paints?Air-Line Railroad.
B. P. Boyd?Wando?Milch Cow.
i: Ed. Jsfferys?Shingles.
John May, Agent?Ooraseeana?Smoking Tobacco?Stationery
Packages. . ?
F. Happerficld & Co.?The York Marble Yard.
E. A. Crenshaw, Sole Surviving Trustee?Sale of
Male Academy.
JV. E. Ervin?Card of Thanks.
APPRENTICE WANTED.
Wanted as an apprentice to the printing
business a boy between the ages of 12 and 15years,
of good moral character, who can r$ad
and write. No boy will be accepted who is
unwilling to be regularly indentured. Apply
at the Enquirer Office.
SEtlLED THFBIIL; .
t]fo facts have yet been developed, tending
to Identify the persons who broke the window
d^lhe Adickes building last week. We learn
tnat the owner's, bill of damages was paid
without demur by Dr. J. L. Neagle, who had
rented the room injured. This probably ends
the matter, as it diminishes the chances of
an investigation being pushed. v
r '?^\
' . NOBLE AMBITION.
We hear it rumored that our very distinguished
fellow-citizen, Dr. J. L. Neaglp, has
aspirations to the Governorship of this State,
and that he is now making a canvass of thj
State to secure the nomination. It would be
unjust to suppose that these aspirations are
prompted by any other motive than the good
of the people, which Dr. N. correctly thinks
would be promoted by a change of Governors.
Thus far we take great pleasure in agreeing
with him. But we are constrained to
dissent from the nomination his modest appreciation
of his own merits would make. Such
a change would only be "swapping the devil
for a witch," and we would have no preference
between the two. Dr. Scott also has a say in
Via motfor onrl. trlion rlianrrrpf" CfitTW>
w.v. , ? ? v-~r~
cially such doctors), who shall decide? Not
the Enquirer, certainly; for if we were
compelled to select a Governor from the present
State House assortment, our first choice
would be Tomlinson, arid our second Cardozo.
A STABBING AEFRAT.
- On last Monday-evening a stabbing affray
occurred between Jeremiah Walker, white,
and Isom Buchanan, colored, on the plantation
of D. A. Gordon, in Bethesda township.
Both parties were in the employ of Mr. Gordon,
and the; had had a quarrel in the morning.
Buchanan had been hired a day or two.
before, and made his fust appearance on the
plantation in the morning. Walker reproved
him for idleness in the field, and he made a
very insulting reply. Walker restrained himself
until evening, when the employer of both j
parti es/6as present *He Ihen Drought the
matter jfco Mr. Gordon's notice, ap4 & dispute
very soon followed. We nave not learned
the particulars, except that Walker inflicted
three wounds on Buchanan with a pocketknife,
none of which are serious.
On Tuesday all parties were summoned before
Miles Johnson, Esq., and Walker was
bound over to appear and answer to the charge
of assault and battery.
BETHEL PRESBYTERY.
An adjourned meeting of Bethel Presbytery
was opened in the Presbyterian ohurch in this
place, on Tuesday night last. Rev. W. W.
Ratchford, the last moderator present, presided,
and Rev. H. R. Dickson was chosen
Temporary Clerk. Letters of excuse from absentees
were read and sustained, and reports
frpm churches received. The resignation; by
Rev. W. Banks, of the offices of Stated Clerk,
Treasurer and Chairman of the educational
committee, was received and accepted, and
Presbytery proceeded to fill these vacancies by
election. Rev. John L. Wilsdn was elected
Stated Clerk, Major James G. Lowry Treasurer,
and Rev. W. W. Carothers chairman of
the educational committee. Rev. S. L. Watson,
from the committee to effect the transfer
of Pinion Church, N. C., to Mecklenburg
Presbytery, reported that the transfer has been
consummated. Presbytery adjourned until
Wednesday morning, and Mr. James H. Dougfas,
a candidate for the ministry, was appointed
to preach his trial sermon, at 11 o'clock.
The sessions will probably continue for two or
.three clays. " ? ^
FIRE. ;
About one o'clock on the afternoon of Wednesday,
the 20th, the residence of the late
George Steele, in this town, was found to be
on fire. The fire engine was speedily taken
to the spot, but the distance it had to be moved
was so great that the flames had made considerable
headway before its arrival. The
0fUtM&aLcircum8iAne? that-tWengine
outAf order, from disuse, and would not work
after being filled with water, made its presence
utterly useless. As it was out of the question
To save the house, our citizens turned their attention
manfu'iy to the work of saving the
contents. About half of the furniture, together
with the sashes and doors, were saved.
The colored citizens acted in a manner worthy
of all praise, making every exertion in
their power to save the property exposed to
destruction. We regret to say, however, that
the unjust suspicions of danger from theft,
expressed by one or two bystanders, had the
very natural effect of irritating those colored
men who heard them, a few of whom - indignantly
quit work at once. In this we think
they acted hastily; for these suspicions are
not entertained by the white community generally,
and no colored man ought to have al
lowed the talk ot one or two persons to stop
him from the discharge of a noble duty.
The fire was purely accidental and is supposed
to have originated in a room on the
basement, which was then in: use for ironing.
It is thought the flue took fire, and that some
of the sparks, having ascended the chimney,
fell through another flue into an unoccupied
room on the third floor and set fire to a paper
screen. The loss is probably between $6,000
and $8,000, on which there is no insurance.
The failure of our good engine to work
when its services were urgently needed, has
waked up this community. Since the fire it
has been overhauled and put in working order,
and steps have been taken to have the
unused engine put in a serviceable condition.
A subscription lias been raised for this purpose,
and it is proposed to re-organize both
the fire companies.
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
AIR-LINE RAILROAD MEETING.
A meeting of the citizens of Yorkville,
held in the Court House on Monday night,
25th instant, was organized by calling Col.
R. G. McCaw to the Chair. J. S. R. Thomson
was appointed Secretary. The chairman
briefly explained the object of the meeting,
which was to receive the report of the committee
of twelve appointed by a previous
meeting of the citizens, in aid of the Air-Line
Rail Road. ?
J. F. Hart, Esq., chairman of the Coiu1
mittee, submitted the following report:
Whereas, It is of essential importance to
the future welfare and prosperity of the town
of Yorkville, that the Air-Line Railroad, now
Ill piUUCUa Ul L'UllSlil Uttivuj ouvuiu |/w? - -0 ?
incorporate limits, therefore, by its citizens
in general meeting assembled, it is hereby
Resolved, That the sum of fifty thousand
dollars be subscribed by the town of Yorkville
to the capital stock of the Air-Line Railroad
Company, to be paid by taxation, in four equal
annual instalments, on the condition that said
Railroad be constructed via the town of Yorkvilla
Resolved, That the County Commissioners
of York county are hereby requested, at the
earliest day practicable, to open the polls and
ascertain, by ballot, the wishes of the citizens
of Yorkville, for or against said subscription.
Resolved, That said subscription, when paid,
shall be owned by the citizens individually,
in proportion to the amount of tax paid by
them respectively.
This report was adopted.
Col. WilsoA then moved that the Secretary
serve a copy of the resolutions on the County
Commissioners. Adopted. ? v
Major Hart then commented on, and ex-'
plained the report of the Committee.
Gen. E. M. Law read a letter from Col. A.
S. Buford, President of the Air-Line Road,
, -Stating that any action taken by the citizens
of York in aid of the road, would have its
^iie consideration in determining the route
seieciea.
Major Hart moved that an unconditional
right of way, free of charge, be given said
road, through the corporate limits of the town
of Yorkville. Adopted.
J. Bolton Smith, Esq., then addressed the
meeting and pressed the importance of action
in the matter.
Col. W. B. Wilson was then called on and
'forcibly explained the necessity of raising by
taxation, the funds necessary to induce the
proper authorities to locate the road via Yorkville.
James K. Wagoner, Esq., expressed himself
strongly in favor of the means proposed
by the meeting to have the road located
through this town.
Hon. Hannibal White, a member of the
Legislature from this county, was then called,
on, but excused himself from addressing the
^meeting, promising to give his views on the
aubjept at the County meeting to be held at
this place on Monday next?Sales-day.
' Rev. T. R. Gaines spoke of the great and
vital necessity to us of'the road passing
through this town, and pressed upon the meeting
the duty of the town to act liberally and
vigorously in its measuras to accomplish this
result
On motion of Major Hart, the meeting
then adjourned.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson.
The Sovihern Home authoritatively denies
the rumors, which have been circulated,
.to thfl.ntfflct, that the widow of Gen. Jackson,
is going to marry again. It says that "no one
has dared to address yiarBtoacnaH Jacksvii,
and she infinitely prefers to be the lone widow
of the great Confederate soldier to being the
wife of any living man."
Political Disabilities. ?
; The Senate, on the 22nd. passed Mr.
Sawyer's bill providing an oath of office for
participants in the rebellion not excluded by
the fourteenth amendment, as having held
nflfina afterwards aided the rebellion. The
oath prescribed is the same as that taken by
persons in office whose political disabilities
Bave been removed. If this.bill pass the
House, a majority of the Southern people will
be enabled to held office. The. number of persons
relieved is thought to be very large.
Resignation of Mr. Peake.
We learn from the Columbia papers that
H. T. Peake, Esq., has resigned his position
as Superintendent of the South Carolina
Railroad?a position which he has held for
fifteen years. It is with sincere regret that
we learn this fact. There is no man more
thoroughly indentified with that road than
Mr. Peake, and notfe whose official acts have
given more general satisfation; both as to their
matter and manner. Without intending any
disrespect to Mr. Tyler, who in his new
office of Vice-President has absorbed the dutieg
of Superintendent, we think he may consider
himself fortunate if he succeeds in giving
satisfaction equal to his predecessor.
The Columbia Bank Robbers.
On the 20th, Michael McCartney, a
discharged United States soldier, was arrested
firCelurabia, on the charge of participating
in the burglary of Scott, Williams & Co's
banking house. He was identified by Gaige
as one of the robbers, and held for further examination.
Another man in Columbia was
suspected, and an effort was made by an officer
to arrest him. But he was on the alert,
and drawing a pistol, threatened to shoot the
officer if he molested him. The officer withdrew
for Te-j 11 for cements, bufrtnr his return!found
his intended captive had decamped.
Two men were also arrested in Augusta, "on
the cht^jge of complicity with the robbery,
but after an examination, were discharged,
for want of evidence against them. The'Phoenix
says it is now generally believed the robbers
went down the Congaree in a boat.
Burglars Abroad.
The Phoenix learns, from a letter written
by a' gentleman in Washington, that large
gangs of burglars are making their way
South, for the probable purpose of depredation
on our people. The writer cautions the
| South to be on the alert, and says: "Rest as
j sured, such viilians are wen preptreu iu
! into execution their designs." The tools left
i by the robbers who operated on Scott Williams
& Co.'s bank, in Columbia, confirms the
statement made above, proving that the guilty
parties were no mere novices in the business,
j as also does the skill with which they covered
I up their tracks. The only way to check such
j fellows is by an ounce or two of lead, and we
hope the remedy will be freely used whenever
j and wherever needed.
; The Phcenix adds: "A subscriber at Rock
; Hill informs us that an old safe, in a store in
that town, was opened a few nights ago, and
; a bundle of Confederate notes-?which had
been carefully packed, about the close of the
war?carried off. A terrible disappointment
j to the burglars."
Horrible Crime in Mecklenburg.
I The Charlotte Democrat, of last Monday,
says:
J "Mr. E. M. Walker, who lives in the edge
of Union county, near the Providence neighborhood,
informs us that a negro woman living
on his plantation recently committed the
I
I horrible crime of burning her house and throw- i
| ing her infant child, ten months old, into the 8
flames. An older child, who was present,
aged about eight years, says that his mother
remarked that she had been told by the Devil 8
that she must burn her child in order to get c
to Heaven. After her husband and Mr. Wal- c
| ker left for Charlotte, she commenced scatter- \
ing the fire around the bouse, and when it s
got well under way, she seized her child and (
threw it into the flames.'1
Great Inducements. . .
The Winston (N. G\) Sentinel says one (
of the truly loil County Commissioners of (
j Stokes was recently telling some negroes of (
j the many benefits the Radical party had con- (
ferred upon them. Among these was thepen: (
; itentiary, the advantages of which he thus .
( eloquently portrayed: , . |
"We have built a penitentiary for you, in- .
; stead of the whipping post thS old secesh used
1 to use. You go there, you are clothed well,
i fed well, and have only to work eight hours a 1
day, and when you do work more than that <
: you are paid for it, and when you leave there <
| you have more money, better clothes and are {
j In every way better off than when you went? j
- IIU YT W1IU OftJO Ait AO <* UUU |UUW y
Concealed Weapons. >*1
In his charge to the grand?jury of Ones-1*
ter last week, which we find in the Reporter,
Judge Thomas called attention to the unlaw- ]
fulness of carrying concealed weapons, as fol- \
lows: j
"Another important and wise provision in ]
the new laws, is contained in the 4th Section i
, of the Act to de?ne the Criminal Jurisdiction of
Trial Justices?XIV Vol. of Statutes, page
402. "They may cause to be arrested all affrayers,
rioters, disturbers, and breakers of *
1 ohe peaoe* and1 allwhp go armed offensively i
"to the terror of the people, and such as utter 1
"menaces or threatening speeches, or otherwise 1
"dangerous and disorderly person#!' Two of .
the grand juries upon this circtiw have presented
the practice of carrying concealed weapons,
as a nuisance, and asked for legislation :
to counteract it This Act will serve the purpose,
and it becomes you to see to it, that the
Magistrates do their duty, and the evil be <
stopped.
In looking forward to the simmer and fall,
I see before me anticipationirof many graves
opening to receive the victims of violence. I
have determined to do my whole duty towards
averting this calamity by placing before you
this law, and throwing the responsibility of its
enforcement upon you. See to it, I beseech
you, that every man, both white and black is
disarmed. The skirts of my gown are now
clear from the sprinkling of the coming blood;
but if, through your neglect, one grave shall
yawn, which might have been prevented, ypu
will never forget this occasion as long as you
live."
The Anderson Community hoaxed.
The supposed sale of the High Shoals
property to a "Northern capitalist/' whose declared
purpose of building a factory^ereon
gave the people of Anderson so much'lMphooent
pleasure, turns out to be a number onrswindie.
The purchaser, a Mr. Harris, seem&fto
be in earnest, as he yas buying property in all''
^ii*rtinns. the titles for which were made out r
but not delivered. His purchases being concluded,
Harris began to talk about paying, which
was to be done in Charleston. As he
had use for funds there, he bought from Col.
J.' W. Nbrris a check of Messrs. Geo. W. ;
Williams & Co., for $1,340. For this he of- }
fered gold as security till his return, but CoL j
N. had too much confidence in him to accept
security. Harris also bought a gold watch |
and a ring "on trial," for which he was to pay (
$198, if satisfied with them. .After these ar-' j
rangements, he staxtod his wife to Maryland '1
to make a?raiisrem^?lS_U
her trunks markect to Augusta, ] and himself 1
i atarted for Charleston, accompanied by two i
merchants of Anderson. We will let the j
Charleston Courier tell the sequel:
After leaving Columbia Mr. H. asked Mr. j
Sullivan, one of his companions de voyage, a ]
merchant of Anderson, to take a cup of coffee ,
with him in the stewardess' car. On the .
aroma of the smoking Mocha, ,the "Harris"
became confidential, and told Mr. Sullivan
that he had not had-much experience in Band- <
ling large sums of money, arid hoped when
they would get to Charleston, where he would
have to pay out so much money, he would ,
help to count it, which Mr. Sullivan very
obligingly promised to do, adding, "Mr.
Sharp (another Anderson merchant,) is down
also, and he will help you too.".
In the neighborhood of Gadsen,Mr. Harris
was suddenly taken wfth a violent colic, and '
left the train?1"since which time nothing has i
been seen or heard of him. The Anderson
real estate dealers came through to Charles- v
ton, feeling rather cheap, we believe, at having
been auped; but Mr. Norris, we fear dpes
not feel so cheap, his loss being the greatest
For tbe Yorkellie Enquirer. ' i?r<.
ANOTHEH APPEALInBEHALF OF THE
BIBLE CAV8E.
. The response thus far in behalf of the Bible
I fii? rVio amnlnvmnnt. nf a
UttUDCj 13? uiau^Vjuaw Jivt vuv vu?^/?v^ mvu* ? >w
Colporteur, a point of much importance.
With a salary of $200, we will be able to .
place a proper man in the field for six moqths,
who will carefully canvass the county, snpply
the destitution, and excite something of an
interest in the study and more extended circulation
of the Holy Scriptures.
* With a little more effort and co-operation, .
the desired object will be gained, and .something
done toward freeing our souls from the
fearful sin of bloodguiftiness. l^et us "work j
while it is day; the night conieth0 when no j
man can work."
In behalf of the Executive Committee.
R. P. JOHNSON, Chairman.
J
For the YorkVllle Enquirer. * <
_EDUCATION OF do^ORED PJBOPLB. ]
Mr. Editor: It is evident from some things \
which have been published in your paper re- i
cently, that the subject which heads this arti- 1
cle is attracting some attention. With your j
permission, I desire to call the attention of our <
people to one phrase of this subject; bnt before
doing so, I would premise by saying that i
I believe that no good citizen will object to s
educating the colored people. I am sure that! i
no man who desires the everlasting salvation j
of the negro will object to it Without edu- j s
cation, they may make nominal citizens, but | J
not pood citizens; without education they may 1 (
become Christians, but surely they never can 1 (
attain to that high degree of Christian devel- j t
opment which they can with it j 1
Some persons who have not thought of this ' t
subject in all its bearings upon society, may t
be opposed to it; but if such persons will so-j (
berly revolve the subject in their minds, we 11
are disposed to think much, if not all, of their ] ?
opposition will give .way. Others, suffering '
prejudice to get the better of their judgment,!
and reckless witli regard to their own interest i
and the interest of their neighbors, and im- >
provident with regard to the comfort and j
welfare of the next generation, will no doubt!
oppose the education of the negro. All that
we have to say to such individuals is: "Be 1
sure you are right."
Now we come to the subject to which we
desire to call attention. It is simply this:
Who are to teach the colored people? All
we desire is to answer this inquiry. In doiug
so we wish it distinctly understood that we 1
are fully convinced that it is the interest both
of the white man and the colored man that it
be done by the white man. We nave l.o hesitancy
in declaring that we solemnly believe
t is the duty and interest of our good, and
ober, and orderly and respectable and resected
citizens, who are qualified to teach
chool, to take charge of the colored schools
>f the -country, m^labor diligently to edu:ate
the coloreddlce. There are some colored
ersons who are, it may he, prepared *to teach
chool, but not many; and it is no fault of the
colored race that there are,so few. .We have
10 objection to raise against those few colored
lersoTw.-who are prepared to teach," being
imployed* Ifethey can do any.gpod let them
lo ft-J thef'are too- fie* in * rinflil>ers,vand
those few have too limited attainments, to be
ible to do. plL the gbod in this respe*^ the
country needs. Ministers of the Gospel
preach to the colored people; Sabbath school
teachers take charge of classes of colored people
; why may not our good and reliable school
teachers take charge of colored schools ? Morillv,
it is right; politically, it is duty; and socially,
there is nothing wrong in it, that we
can see. All we ask is that this phase of the
subject of educating the colored people be reJested
upon by every one.
Air-Line Railroad.
?; ' r? -Vl :i. -JdJ.l
At a meeting of the citizens of Yorkville,
beld on the 19th instant,the undersigned were
appointed a committee to prepare and publish
in address to the citizens of .York county,
relative to the construction of the Aiiiljne
Railroad from Atlanta, Georgia, to Charlotte,
North Carolina, f.- f J
The committee have given the subject that
consideration-which its importance demands,
ind are impressed with the conviction that
the people are fujly alive to the intsiqpst
which .the county has in the road, and tha| a
vigorous effort will be made to.secure for-the
village and county *11 the benefits which the *
road will impart to aff sections of country
through which it runs.
It is known that this will be the great,thoroughfare
and line of tfovel. from New York
to New Orleans, an 4 it is thought by those
whp have investigated the subject that dividends
arising from passage money alone,' will
make it a paying roadAt a handsome per
cent on the oap^'ih vested j; flir at no,'former
period in tfie history of railroS^s has the
travel equaled tKe amormt which mfyr&fets
on all lines in -the country, tod thte rotfte
being direct, will control'the greater part'between
the above-stated points. And if' the
investment should be a wife one from' the
amount of travel, how gready willthe pf-ofits
be1 increased from freights, and the iijc&luled
Value -gtfven to bur idle and waste1 lafid^'our m
unappropriated* watter-powers and minerkl re-.
souitSfife'' ' 'M'"jjtyd ?
Uti admitted nsA f^t, that hi iip C&hfry
dp. Itfnds kttairi their true value in the afittbee
of population, and that population alon# Is
m Source from which forts in&uisd lb; value
Sl^uctiofii iibd it also follows, thsit nothing
adds "to population with thesUto rapidity
as railroads. Wherever thCV p^W^ ybu
find' population increase, cltite, to Whs and
villages grow up, and with tHem colleges and
institutes of learning. The Tefritoifeaof &e
North-west illustrate this fact ^Mj|||Mte
and sparse population at theAbJHw<&
and completion of the great
which passes through theft,'
has increased in such a ratio that jr liflffHB '
3i mem are aumiueu as owes in njpsjHj^^HKr>
mdin thoaeStafe*you&id iiiiiiigfjQ^E^
itients extending in >
?nd encouraged?a mark *We
see it stated that a citizen iif'^jpwp
Is engaged in preparing a series dP'tiNKfOP
bibiting otir land tad water-powfri|8lfete*
in the interior of the State; and ?i?%i|Mfte
the assertion that no two rivere in
afford greater water-powers than catrolifad
on the banks of the Broad and ^mWw.
Waters that ate silently seeking their outlets
will he checked, and manufactories of dilffer-.
ent kinds established, where agricultural and
labor-saving machines of all kinds will be ?
made, and the mon?y that is ribW sent abroad
for their purchase can be retained, And under
the new system of labor every dollAr kept at
home is an item of wealth to as. "The same
&ay be said of our iron and lime beds, which
are inexhadstfWA Tn Pennsylvania And
other States where iron is discovered, thefr Ore
is inferior in texture mid quality 'to 'that
which can be found in the western pdttionof
our county.. These articles are heavy to export
and require 'facilities far easy transportation,
which the Air-Line Road, when conipleted,
will furnish; and we can, from our own
lime-beds, supply not only ourselves, but the
adjoining States, with a cheap fertilizer, giving
permanent improvement to onr exhausted soil
at one-fifth the price of the manufactured and
imported guanos. ' ' ""
Again: Under bur new systenTof labor it
is evident that our land-holders Have more .
than they can improve and culriv&te^and were
their lands exposed to sale they would sell'far
below their value, though now taxed at a
price which they would not ^ring at either
public or private sale. Yet if the road is '
built, it will open A market for the sale of
lands, and half of the lands improved Would
iouble the production, and the owners' wealth
Tn Aim At>iniAT> ftt* wiu)
1UUCMCU. iu vu* v^/umvu, m .v?
passes the town, the entire property of the
jounty will be mnch enhanced in value ?'bur f
population will increase, tad focilitWs. be ta:enaed
to our citizens living in the eastern
ind western portions of the county, for the
Tansaction of business and their attendance
it the courts as jurymen and witnesses at an
sxpense far below what it now costs. ' ""j!
The question arises as to how all these ad*
vantages are to be paid for. We answer, by
lubscription from those who have money to
nvest: and the balance can be raised by the
ssne of bonds running for twenty ye&tf'at
(even per cent, interest, which will ottly be
burteen thousand dollars, annually, of inter* >
sst on the two hundred thousand dollaro reluired
to build our part of the road. ; When
he road is in operation the int**^ Still not
)e required, for should it pay frpn^tento
welve per cent dividends,1^ Will not only pay *
he interest, but create a sinking fond to'pay
>ur county and State taxes. But should the
oad, for a short time, pay no interest, the
mnual tax to raise the amount would not '*
}e three mills <5n the dollar of the taxable
jropeny 01 luecouuiy?a aiutui iwjiu uumpnr*
id with the additional wealth which the road
will confer. Thus, in a series of years, the
iounty will own the stock In the road for (
nerely its endorsement of its bonds.
As labor is now cheap; and many complain
;hat the price for it is not compensating, on. *
he construction of this road the demand for
t will be great, and all laboring olasees can
jet good and remunerating prices for all labor
performed?a strong argument to_all laboring
persons to give us tneir influence in buMing
the road..
These facts we believe to be trve, and respectfully
submit them for your consideration.
R. G. MeCAW,
i. HERNDON,
H. F. ADICKES,
S. R. MOORE.
Yorkville, April 25, 1870.
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