Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, March 16, 1871, Image 2
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Scraps and .facts.
General Butler is said to squint toward
female suffrage.
An Egyptian dromedary, during a race
recently,'made a mile in 1:44.
There are said to be 61,000 clergymen
in the United States, their average pay being
about :$700 a year.
?^ 2,548 bushels of cowpeas were shipped
oh Fridav last from Charlotte to New Orleans.
A sloop laden with railroad iron was
sunk in the river about 6 miles below Wilmington
on Thursday, and four persons drowned.
About six thousand women have so far
signed the memorial to Congress, asking that
suffrage should not be extended to their sex.
The grand jury of the District of Columbia-have
a second time indicted C. C.
Bowen, late a Congressman from this State,
for bigamy.
Mark Twain says of woman : She can
make of home a little heaven or a little hell
on less capital than any other business can
be carried on.
So much ice has been stored away in
New England this season that the ice dealers
there fear the price will be so low that they
will lose heavily.
An old lady, observing a sign over a
tailoring establishment, bearing the inscription
: "Fountain of Fashion," exclaimiJ, "Ah,
that must be the place where the squirts come :
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?-The vernal equinox, or The" raoraenF
when the sun's centre crosses the celestial
equator, occurs March 21; but what is called
the equinoctial storm is liable to happen between
the loth and 27th.
A printer, named Lawrence, who had
been employed in a printing office in Wadesboro,
N. G\, was found dead in a gulley about
two miles west of that place on tne morning
of the 8th instant
A Richmond paper says that not less
than 20,000 Southerners, many of whom took
part in the war on the Rebel side, are now
residing permanently in New York, and adds
that nearly all of them are poor.
It is said that the benevolent Mr. Greeley,
on meeting the other day on Broadway a
poor organ-grinding Union soldier, with only
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deep ploughing, and recommended hiai to
"go out West."
An Alabama law gives the heirs of every
one murdered by Ku-Klux $5,000, payable
from the County Treasury ; and Mrs. B.
R. Thompson and Mrs. Mary Campbell are
in Court at Huntsville for $5,000 each, for
murdered husbands.
A good story is told of a German shoemaker
in Utica, who having made a pair of
boots for a gentleman of whose financial integrity
he had considerable doubt, made the
following reply to him when he called for the
article : "Der poots ish not quite done, but
der bill is made out."
An Alabama paper publishes the following
marriage notice which it must be admitted
is somewhat stony: Married at Flintstone,
by the Rev. Mr. Windstone, Mr. Nehemiah
Sandstone and Miss Wilhelmina Whetstone,
both of Limestone. Look out for
brimstone next.
The dispensers of justice in Robeson
county, North Carolina, are making short
work of the cases of the desperadoes of that
county who have recently been captured.
Oxendine and Lowery have both been tried
and condemned to be hung, and, it is stated,
there being no ground for appeal, the sentence
will be executed without day.
Kilpatrick is still blowing. In his
Chicago lecture he "undertook to say that
had 130,000 Yankees been shut up in Metz or
Paris, they would have found a way to drive
old King William, and Frederick Charles,
and old Von Moltke, and Bismarck, and all
their Prussians, out of France like chaff before
them."
To avoid misapprehension, the Jackson
Clarion says it ought to be borne in mind
that Judge Bramlette, who was murdered on
the bench in cold blood by the negro who
participated in the terrible riot at Meridian,
was an appointee of Gov. Alcorn, and the
murderer himself a Loyal Leaguer.
A man, living in Columbia, Pa., and
owning the house he lived in lately refused to
bury his father who died suddenly, but turned
the body over to the coroner to be buried as a
pauper, signing his name to a paper which
read as follows: "I hereby refuse to take
charge of the corpse of my father or pay for
its burial."
They have a queer way of doiug things
out West. Last week a train at Detroit containing
a little girl about five years o\fitf to
whose cloak was pinned a paper inscribed,
"This girl goes to Kendallville, Indiana."
No one could be found on the train who knew
anything about her, and a lady en route to
her home in Toledo, took the child, expressing
her willingness to keep her until her
friends should be heard fFom.
H. E. Colton writes to the Scientific
American that 550,000 bushels of peanuts are
now sold annually in the city of New York.
Previous to 1860 the total product of the
United States did not amount to 150,000
bushels, and of this total fully five-sixths were
from North Carolina. Now North Carolina
produces 125,000 bushels; Virginia 300,000
bushels; Tennessee 50,000 bushels; Georgia
and South Carolina, eAch, 25,000 bushels,
while from Africa come about 100,000 bushels
a year.
Three countries in the world were unblessed
with rich products, and yet they have
done more for education than any other countries.
Holland, with its fens and marshes,
Scotland with its barren hills, and New Kngl
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muu, wiui iu) gmuuc ttuu icv* xuese uuee
countries have been the pioneers of education,
and have built up for themselves immense
business founded solely on an educational
basis. The last census shows New England
to be the highest in proportion to number in
wealth and thrift. Education has done this.
As one sign of what some people are
pleased to call "progress," we may mention
that a member of the English Parliament is
said to be about to bring in a bill to legalize
marriages for a limited period : and that Mr.
Moncure D. Conway has printed in London
a book, in which he argues that marriages
should be terminable at any time. Marriage,
according to this gentlemau, is a hereditary
monastic morality, "and also a grim idol
about whom nearly all social superstitions are
intrenched with his blood-reeking altar!"
The Vindicator says: There is a substantial
dwelling house (log) near Iiutherfordton,
N. G\, which was of respectable middle
age when George Washington's rebellion first
began. It is in fair condition, and is still occupied
as a dwelling house. It has a single
brick chimney in the centre, with eight fire
places in it. This house was the headquarters
of Pat Furguson, when he camped at
Gilbertown, just before his disastrous defeat
at King's Mountain, Oct. 7, 1780. One of
Furguson's officers was assassinated in it,
and the stains of his blood still disfigure the
floor.
The French prisoners of war in Germany
are signing their names to a petition addressed
to the National Assembly at Bordeaux
in which, declaring upon their honor to obey
what government France shall choose, they !,
demand that the government shall be the
true expression of the will of the French people.
They therefore request an appeal to
universal suffrage, in order to decide the two '
following questions: First, monarchy or re- <
public; second, the name of the monarch in j
case of the monarchy being successful. This \
suggestion seems to have a leaning toward (
Bonapartism. j (
Last week, five K. K. K.'s were cap- J ,
tured near Sandersville, Georgia, and lodged '
in jail. Wonder of wonders, they are all ne-1j
groes. Their capture was effected in this, wise
: A negro had received notice that the | <
Ku-Klux intended paying him a visit on a
certain night, with no mild intentions. The
freedman thereupon called in assistance to
await the dread nocturnal visit, and when
they came rushed upon the would-be robbers
of the country, overpowered and arrested
them, disguises and all. After having been
lodged in jail, they said they were "only
funnin'."
?orMlr <?ttquim.
YORKVILLE, S. C.:
THURSDAY MORNING,MARCH16,1871.
Watch the Figures.?The date on the "addresslabel"
shows the time to which the subscription is
paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued,
the date must be kepi in advance.
Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that
aiii* tnrino tVir utihuMrinfimi u?l VPrt isilltT ill 111 iOL)
work, are cash, in advance'
ADJOURNMENT OF THE LEGISLATURE.
The legislature adjourned sine die on Tuesday
of last week, at midnight, after one hunaired
and seven days' session. The Union reports
that the "closing "Hours were marked by
many of those little pleasantries which relieve
the monotony of long, weary sessions, and the
members separated with light and buoyant
spirits." On the other hand, the Phiznix reports
that the proceedings in the House, on
the eve of adjournment, were of an unusually
scandalous character. "Some of the members
were intoxicated, while others appeared
to be determined to create as much confusionas
possible." Previous to adjournment a resolution
was adopted giving to Speaker Moses
81000, in addition to the compensation allowed
by law.
DRAWING OF JURORS.
On Friday last, the persons named below
were drawn as petit jurors for the term* of the
Circuit Court which commences at this place
on Monday next. There was no drawing of
Grand Jurors, and we have been requested by
the Clerk of the Court to remind those persons
who served at the last term, that they
are required to be in attendance at the approaching
term:
J. R. Cook, T. J. Clinton, J. T. Bigham, R.
E. Gettys, James \V. Fewell, James R. Harper,
O. C. Beamguard, I. M. Wallace, E. A.
Faris, Anthony Herndon, p. c. ; N. B. Bratton,
Wm. Choat, James Cobb, Hamilton Adams,
p. c.; Abner Hambright, F. H. Barber,
Wm. R. Davis. E. P. Wilkenson, J. G. La
them, Francis Davie, p. c.; A. Cody, Wra. M.
Enloe, J. L. Adams, Andrew Biair, W. J.
Cullender, John H. Crawford, S. M. Hanna,
J. G. Templeton, S. D. Siraril, W. B. Daniels,
Win. McG. Bailey.
THE COUNTY TREASURER.
We are informed by parties from Columbia,
that E. M. Rose, the County Treasurer
for this county, who left here under a military
escort on Friday last before day light, arrived
in Columbia that afternoon, and on Saturday
turned up missing, without having accounted
to the State Treasurer for the moneys collected
by him. One statement is to the effect
that he is in concealment somewhere in Columbia,
and that the money has been placed
in the hands of his father to be returned to
the Treasury. Another is, that he has abpcondevb
and that this statement is thrown
out as a temporary delusion, to throw parties
in search of him off the trail. The Governor
has given his attention to the matter, and we
doubt not will do whatever may be necessary
in the premises.
In the meantime, a delegation from this
county waited on the Governor, and obtained
a promise that reasonable time would be
given for tax-payers to make payments witnout
incurring the 20 per cent penalty. A
new County Treasurer wULLWappointed this
week, and n^iec-wiTl be given when the office
is reajJjKoresume business.
r THE EXCITEMENT LAST WEEK.
On Wednesday of last week some excitement
prevailed in town, arising from a rumor
to the effect that on the day previous a collision
occurred near Carmel Hill, in Chester
county, between a company of Scott's negro
militia of that county aud a party of whites,
in which a number of each had been killed.
Late in the afternoon information was received
by Sheriff Glenn that a company of
armed negro militia from Chester was advancing
stealthily upon this place, avoiding public
roads, and making their way through the
woods and fields. The object of this move- i
ment by the negroes being unknown, the Sher-1
iff properly summoned a posse of nine citizens
and immediately went in the direction
the negroes were said to be approaching, and
about a half mile from the Court House met
a number, consisting of sixteen privates and
one "commissioned" officer.
On coming up with this band, the Sheriff
enquired the object of their movements and
why they were marching in the direction of
Yorkville; to which they replied that they
wished to reach the town in order to secure
protection. The Sheriff then told them to lay
down their arms and they should be protected,
whereupon the negroes at once placed themselves
under protection of the Sheriff, who returned
with them to town, and as a precautionary
measure placed them in the jail during
the night, a squad of U. S. soldiers acting
as guard around the prison.
At sun-rise next morning, the negroes were
liberated by the Sheriff, when they availed
themselves of the protecting care of the
Captain commanding at this place, by whom
they were retained four days and permitted
to depart.
It is proper to add that the negro officer
said to the Sheriff that not a gun had been
fired by his company after entering York
county, nor had they been attacked or molested
in any way.
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PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
On the ,10th, the Senate was in session but
a short time. Mr. Sumner re-appeared with
a supplemental civil rights bill, which he pertinaciously
advocated. The republican Senators
in caucus agreed upon the committees to
be elected for the forty-second Congress. The
most important change, and one which will
doubtless send a thrill of horror throughout
New England, is the displacing of the great
commonor, Sumner, on the foreign relations
committee by Cameron, of Pennsylvania.
In the House nothing of importance was done.
On the 11th, the Senate was engaged most
of the day in discussing the change in the
ffiairmauship of the Committee on Foreign
Relations. The debate was confined entirely
to the Republicans, and was bitter and personil.
During the debate the fact was elicited
that the principal cause of the removal of
Sumner was owing to the circumstance that
fie refused to have social intercourse with the
President and Secretary of State. At 6 i
>'clock a vote was reached, which resulted in J
confirming the action of the caucus in ap- i
pointing and changing committees. In the ]
House, the bill repealiug the tariff on salt <
came up, but it was so loaded with amendment?
as to kill it. Mr. Kelly finally moved i
as au amendment the whole tariff bill and i
demanded its reading, which will take two i
days. After reading a few minutes, the ma- i
jority conceded an adjournment to Monday.
In the Senate on Monday the questioned t
credentials of Vance, Goldthwaite, Blodgett,
Hamilton and Reynolds, and also the claims 1
of Abbott, who is half disposed to contest the
seat to which Vance is elected, were referred 1
to the committee on elections and privileges. 1
In the House a vast number of bills were in- 1
troduced, most of them old ones. The bill
placing salt on the free list passed, 145 to 46;
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also Dill to place coai, lea uuu uunee uu tuo
free list were passed under a suspension of the
rules, and take effect upon their becoming
acts. A joint resolution passed the House to
adjourn on Wednesday, the 15th?(yesterday.)
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FRANCE.
According to the latest despatches the red
republicans propose to form a new republic
with Victor Hugo as President, with such
leaders as Garibaldi, Blanc, Rochefort, etc.,
in the cabinet. But there is little substantial
basis for the realization of the hopes of
the agitators. The present government, besides
making a firm stand against popular
demonstrations Has authorized tiny ouapouoioa of
several troublesome newspapers, and issued
a decree prohibiting the publication of any
new political journal. The condition of the
Bank of France is encouraging. Notwithstanding
its loans to the government, its credit
has not suffered, and its notes are taken at
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/ "AID TO THE KU-KLUX." r
The Columbia Union, of Saturday, publishes
the article which appeared in the Enquirer
last week with regard to the recent
raid on Rose's hotel, as well as the article under
the caption of "Ku-Klux Manifesto."
In commenting on the articles in question,
the Union takes occasion to charge us with
giving "aid and countenance to the enemy,",
by not saying "a word in condemnation of
such high-handed proceedings," and thus
giving a "tacit endorsement to the bloody
and high-handed outrages which have occurred
in that vicinity." The Union having,
with unparalleled egotism, assumed the position
of Censor-General to the newspaper press
of South Carolina, and entered its solemn
"protest" against our conduct, we have determined
to repent of the sin in sackcloth and
ashes, and in the future give no further "aid
and countenance to the enemy."
Inasmuch as the Union man, according to
the Phoenix, is a stranger in our midst?and
evinces a disposition to "protest" against '
things in general, we are inclined to furnish
him with material for "protesting" to his
heart's content. For instance, last summer,
one of the leading lights of the political party
which the Union represents, in a speech at
this place, made the assertion in the presence
of a large crowd of ignorant negroes, that his
party would continue to rule the State, even
if "it was necessary to strew the ground so
thickly with the ashes of the burnt buildings,
that vegetation would "not sprout." Was
this giving "aid to the Ku-Klux ?" Was this
giving "aid and countenance to the enemy ?"
Will the Union allow such a "tacit endorsement
of high-handed proceedings" to go without
its protest ?
The party to which the Union belongs armed
one race with guns bought by money wrung ;
from the other race, and furnished ball-cartridges
with which to carry out the ends of the
party. Was this giving "aid to the Ku-Klux?"
Was this giving "aid and countenance to the
enemy ?" Is the Union ready with "our protest?"
:
The Legislature, controlled by the party
with which the Union is connected, enacted an
election law in order that the result of the
election might be, "heads I win?tails you
lose!" Was this giving "aid to the KuKlux?"
Was this giving "aid and countenance
to the enemy ?" What about "our protest"
in this case ? ;
The party which the Union represents has
recently squandered two hundred thousand
dollars more or the people a money man was
necessary, in the payment of the expenses of
the Legislature, and was only prevented by
the Governor, from "appropriating" near one
hundred thousand dollars more. Is this giving
"aid to the Ku-Klux?" Is this giving
"aid and countenance to the enemy ?" Is the
Union prepared with "our protest," or is this
thing all right, because "it is done in other
States ?" 1
York county has recently been assessed to
pay a tax, for State aud county purposes,
I amounting to about sixty-two thousand dol- :
j lars. To collect this tax it requires an ex- i
penditure of about four thousand dollars, i
when all the work necessary in the premises i
could be done by competent men for less than i
fifteen hundred dollars. Is not this "aid to i
the Ku-Klux?" Is not this giving "aid and <
comfort to the enemy?" Is "our protest"
necessary in this case ? I
Within the past three months there have I
been burned in this county not less than a i
dozen buildings, which, our people believe, <
was done at the instigation of some of the J
leaders of the party which the Union repre- <
sents. To say that the burning was done in i
every instance in retaliation for alleged "outrages"
is sheer nonsense; as in one case, the vie- s
tims were two maiden ladies who, we are sat- 1
isfied, were in no way connected with the so- (
called "Ku-Klux." Is this giving "aid to the ]
Ku-Klux?" Is this giving "aid and comfort i
to the enemy ?" Here appears to be a very (
good place for "our protest."- 1
The militia have, neretoiore, ucen in me
habit of traversing various sections of this ?
county, singly and in squads, with loaded t
guns, which were fired at random, to the ter- 1
ror of peaceable citizens, and making threats 1
that they would kill the whites of all ages and r
conditions, and burn while there was a stick 1
of timber to make a fire! Is this giving "aid i
to the Ku-Klux?"
On the other hand, negroes in this county 1
have been whipped, shot and hung. Does e
the Union enter "our protest" against all c
"high-handed proceedings, whether committed ?
by the adherents of one party or the other; or f
does it give a "tacit endorsement" on the one f
side "without our protest," and thereby give T
"aid to the Ku-Klux ?" t
Whether the Union condems all lawlessness i
or not, we do. We condemn lawlessness be- s
cause we believe it is antagonistic to the best c
interest of the whole people. We condemn it i
because it is wrong. We condemn it wheth- i
er it emanates from the adherents of the i
Union's party or any other party. Nearly i
all the lawlessness and violence in this county t
has been the direct result of the acts and c
teachings of the Radical party. While we t
have been, especially for the past three 1;
months, using our best efforts to avert the t
troubles which are upon us, the dominant par- p
ty has been giving "aid to the Ku-Klux" by h
squandering the hard earnings of hone?t
people, and goading them to desperation by
enormous taxation and continued misrule.
Whether the Union will regard this article
as affording "aid and comfort to the enewy>"
(?) we cannot venture an opinion, but
anxiously await the decision of our egotistical
and "protesting" censor. *""-*)flfcL
wfr- PUBLIC MEETING.
' At a meeting of the citizens held at the
Court House in Yorkville, on Monday last,
13th instant, on motion of Col. W. B. Wilson,
Dr. J. R. Bratton was called to the chair,
and James Mason requested to act as Secretary.
The chairman stated to the meeting that it
was well known that the peace of this com-,
raunity had been seriously disturbed by repeated
acts of lawlessness and violence, and
that the object of this meeting was^ to recommend
such measures as would hereafter prevent
such acts, and upon the adoption of
which, it was hoped peace, order and security
would be restored to society.
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the statement that the meeting was ready to
proceed to business, whereupon Col. Wl B.
Wilson submitted the followingpreambleiand
resolutions: rWhereas,
the public peace in YorlT"county
has been disturbed and the lives qf citizens
imperiled by acts of violence and lawlessness;
and whereas, we feel assured that cijHpiHgn
be enforced In our county, ^nd^th^PBJrmaff*
ner of grievances should be adjusted by the
law, and that the best interests and? security
of society will be promoted by an immediate
cessation of all acts of lawlessness and violence
:.
Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting,
the public welfare, the agricultural aud
all other interests of society imperatively demand
that the peace should be preserved and
all further disturbances and acts of lawlessness
at once cease. -v.
Resolved, That we pledge ourselves to use
every exertion to insure the protection of life,
liberty and property, and to restore law and
order.
Resolved, That we respectfully request that
all law-abiding citizens?white andoojoted?in
every Township in York countjfunite fn
efforts to this end, and that public meetings
be held in each Township for said purpose,
in time to report the proceedings thereof in
the next week's issue of the Yorkville
Enquirer; and that said meetings appoint
delegates?white and colored?to attend a
general meeting, at Yorkville, on the 25th of
March, instant.
Resolved, That the proceedings ofthis meeting
be published in the Yorkville Enqui
RER.
The preamble and resolutions were unanimously
adopted, whereupon the meeting ad- '
journed.
J. R. BRATTON, M. D., Chairman.
Jamks Mason, Secretary.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. " j
E. C. MeLure, Mortgagee?Public Sale of Printing
Office.
J. W. Carroll?Flowers that Never Die. I
R. K. Scott, Governor?Proclamation.
T.M. Dobson <t Co.?Just Arrived?V^ell Wheels
and Buckets?Cotton Cards?Buggy Whips
Pistols?Yarn?Northern Potatoes?Spring
Hats?Figs?Lard in Cans?Fur Sets?Shot
Guns?Bacon?Hair Cloth.
W. B. Metts?The Navassa Ammoniated Soluble
Phosphate.
S. B. Hall, Judge of Probate?Citation?Stephen
P. Sutton, Applicant?Stephen Bullock Pettus,
Deceased.
T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?In
the Matter of W. B. Daniels.
Bracelet Lost.
Withers <fe Stilwell?Another Arrival.
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STATE ITEMS.
? The Governor has appointed J. M. Elford,
a Trial Justice for Spartari^lrgjfMumfy. j
? W. F. Williams has been appomflftl and^
confirmed as Auditor of Union countyT
? Dr. J. Wistar Vance, of Cokesbury, has
been elected Chief Demonstrator of Anatomy
in the Medical College of Atlanta, Ga.
? E. L. Deane has been appointed and
confirmed as State Auditor vice Reuben Tomlinson,
resigned.
? Capt James U. Adams, a prominent
citizen of Richland, died*at his residence in
that county on the 8th instant
? The Union says there are quite a number
of members of the Legislature still remaining
in Columbia, "awaiting a settling
down of the elements in the up-country."
? The dwelling house of Robert West, an
aged and respected citizen of Spartanburg
county, about two miles from Glenn Springs,
was destroyed by fire on Thursday night, the
23d ultimo. His wife, a lady about seventy
years of age, was also burned up.
? A letter published in the Union from
Fairfield, indicates that "Ku-Klux" operations
are commencing in that county. One
night last week two members of a negro militia
company were attacked in their-houses.
One was severely and the other mortally
wounded.
? The Columbia Union says that by the
act passed at the recent session of the Legislature,
amendatory of the act for the assessment
and taxation of property, it is made obligatory
upon property holders to make their "returns
to the County Auditor's office on or before
a fixed date. Township assessors have been j
dispensed with.
?The Union, of Monday last, furnishes
the information that three companies of U. S.
troops arrived at Columbia on Saturday evening
last and were immediately sent to the upjountry?one
company to Chester, one to
Rock Hill, and one to Spartanburg. The
3ompanies at Yorkville and Chester are to
eturn to Columbia.
? A dispatch to the Charleston Neica
states that an engine attached to the night
rain on the Charlotte Railroad, wa^jinpled
m Wednesday night of last weekj^^^fefr*
Sill, by stakes driven between the tracks, by
inknown parties. The Phoenix says that one
)f the rascals that perpetrated the act has
jeen arrested.
?According to the Columbia Phoenix, an
iffair of honor came near occurring in Cheser
on Saturday, between Messrs. Simon Jacojy
and Jos. Luchs. Mr. Luchs was the chalenged
party. Weapons?Winchester rifles,
rhe usual preliminaries had been arranged,
)ut fight was prevented by the town authorties.
? The report of Land Commissioner DeLarge
to the Legislature show that the presmt
commissioner has purchased 34,589 acres
)f land, for which he paid $173,506, or an
iverage of about five dollars per acre. The
ormer commissioner purchased 64,488 acres,
or which there were paid $373,823. Comnissioner
Delarge does not relish the idea of
>eing made to shoulder the whole responsibilty
for the deeds or misdeeds of the comraisiion.
He insists that he is, in feet, only a
:lerk to the advisory board. In closing his
eport he washes his hands of all responsibilty
for the doings of the board in the followng
tart sentences: "It will be seen that I have
lever been in possession of the bonds, as conem
plated in the act, and that I am conse[uently
in no wise responsible for any disposiion
that may have been made of them. The
ands I have purchased have been paid for
hrough orders on the State Treasurer, approved
by the chairman of the advisory
>oard." i ;
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EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Dr. Connaughton.
We learn that during the past week
theroonis bf TV. Connaughton hA*e been
frequently crowded with the afflicted of this
and adjoining counties, who have visited the
Doctor for raedichl consultation and advice.
Dr. Connaughton will remain here for a while
longer, but in order to meet the demands !
made upon him from a distance, will visit
Chester^ on the 57th insfani;, where he can be
found at the Shannon House until the 31st,
when he will return to Yorkville for a short
while longer.
A Jndge Killed in Court.
There was a riot at Meridian, Miss., on
the 7th instant, during which Judge Bram1-41
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were killed, and a number of whites
and negroes wounded. It seems that a fire
occurred on Saturday night, destroying seventy-five
thousand dollars worth of property.
Lofton, a negro, was arrested as the incendiary,
and was being trijtfj before Judge Bramlette,
when Tyler (ne^ro) rose in the courtroom,
and shot Judge Bramlette through the
head, killing him instantly. A general melee
ensued. Tyler and Loften were killed instantly.
J. Aaron Moore, negro, a prominent
politician, and member of the ~Mississippi
Legislature, was also a prisoner as an accessory
to the burning. He was shot; it is supposed
mortally. On the next night there was
-another fire destroying the church and other
buildings. A meeting of the citizens was
held, and a safety committee to co-operate
with the sheriff in preserving order, was appointed.
At the latest accounts all was quiet.
Sturgess, the Mayor, who is reported to have
been a fomenter of strife in Meridian for a
long while, was, on his own motion, given a
safe conduct to the cars the day after the riot,
on a pledge to return to his home in Connecticut
never to return.
The Holden Impeachment.
This trial is still progressing, having
reached the thirty-ninth day. The witnesses
examined in behalf of the respondent mainly
ii .1 ii ' i a r_ i _-f . _ if
prove mat in ine county 01 Alamance mere |
existed at one time an organization known as
the White Brotherhood, but that it was disbanded
soon after the act prohibiting the
wearing of disguises was passed, which law
was enacted over two years ago. The number
composing the organization in Alamance
is variously estimated at from 200 to 1000.
Witnesses are conflicting in their statements
in regard to the obligations of members.?
While Boyd stated that he took an oath, at
the time of joining the order, to swear, if necessary,
in behalf of the members, or if on a
jnry, to render false verdicts, etc., another
witness, Patterson, who was known as chief
commander, testified that he initiated Boyd,
and no such oath was dministered. Witnesses
are likewise discrepent as to the objects of
the organization. Some understood it to be
for one purpose, and some for another.
The only incident yet occurring to relieve
the monotony of the trial took, place on Friday.
A costume was exhibited to a witness,
who recognized it as a Ku-Klux disguise.
The witness was required to put it on, which,
consisting of a white gown reaching near the
ankles, a visor made of white cloth, fitting
closely over the head and face, a long snout
for a nose, glaring eyes, rapacious-looking
mouth, and six bristling horns, standing fiercely
erect, the tips ornamented with defiant
red, presented a scene well calculated to terrify
even a high court of impeachment, to
say nothing of thq fright it would bo l^koly to ,
give an unsuspecting darkey should it come
upon him unexpectedly.
"Southern Outrages."
The committee on "Southern Outrages"
have reported. In summing up, they report
that the Ku-Klux does exist, is composed of
members of the Democratic or Conservative
party, has a political purpose, and has sought
to carry it out by murders, whipping, intimidation
and violence against its opponents.
The minority report, signed by Messrs.
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.Diair ana .oayuru, ia quite jeugiuy. Alter
reviewing the Btate of affairs in North Carolina
under Gov. Holden's administration, they
conclude by saying:
"Holden and his official supporters have
failed to maintain themselves by any means,
foul as well as fair?in their State. They
have appealed to popular elections, and have
been rejected with something near to unanimity
by every tax-payer in the State, and now
Congress is asked to step in and force North
Carolina down again under the feet of her
radical masters, and we fear that Congress
will attempt to do this unwise and wicked
thing.
"Will the people of the North (free as yet)
see this thing done and sustain its promoters ?
We hope not! We pray not! When will
the men now in power learn the truth of what
the great statesman of our century said so
wisely and well when similar attempts were
made to govern British India ?
"It is the nature of tyranny and rapacity
never to leani moderation from the ill success
of first oppressions; on the contrary, all
men thinking highly of the method dictated
by their nature attribute the frustration of
their desires to the want of sufficient vigor.
Then they redouble the efforts of their impotent
cruelty, which producing, as they must
produce, new disappointments, they, now irritated
against the objects of their rapacity,
and their vague fury and malice (implacable
because unprovoked,) recruiting and reinforcing
their avarice?their vices are no longer
human. From cruel men they are transformed
into savage beasts, with no other ^ves-.
tiges of reason left but what serves to furfcW'1
the incentives and refinements of ferocious
subtlety for purposes of which beasts are incapable,
and at which fiends would blush."
-governor Scott and the Ku-Klnx.
Below is a paragraph which was telegraphed
on Tuesday of last week from Washington
to the New York Tribune. The statement
which it contains to the effect that in
consequence of the railroad track having
been torn up, the United States troops sent to
Yorkville were "obliged to march by the
road," is untrue. The troops arrived here on
Monday by the cars:
Governor Scott has called upon the President
for United States troops to suppress outrages
in the counties of Union and York, in
South Carolina, where he reports that men are
murdered or driven from their homes nightly,
because of t^eir political opinion. Governor
Scott informs the President that there *is no
sufficiently armed and equipped militia to
give the needed protection, and that if he did
have at his disposal a competent militia force,
there are no funds in the State treasury to
transport and subsist them. He says that it
is not just or reasonable in the government to
expect him, with the limited military resources
of the State, to successfully meet in the
field the trained soldiers who held the United .
States at bay for four years, and often achieved
signal triumphs over its best armies; and
that to expect this of him is to imitate the
Egyptian system, with a most grievous im?
provement, requiring the making of bricks
with neither straw nor clay. He states that <
the Ku-Klux, that were formerly thought to i
be a mere political ghoul, a bloody spectre, i
conjured up for party purposes, is now a ter- ,
riblefact, an armed organization, thoroughly
equipped, having its field, staff nnd line offi- 1
cers, and established lines of communication. 1
He says that if Congress will pass an act ^
guaranteeing the State a full reimbursement s
for moneys expended in suppressing domestic
violence, South Carolina can then obtain the
necessary credit to mobilize her militia, and
sustain them in the field, Nothing but a per-,
manent garrison in the disaffected sections
will give the protection to the mop who are
threatened with murder or exile, solely because
of their fidelity to the principles of free
government. As an evidence of the condition.of
a flairs in South Carolina, the facts are
stated, that, on last Monday, a company of
United States troops, that left Columbia tor
York, had the railroad torn up in their front
by a body of armed men, and were obliged to
march by the road. On Friday last.the Republican
members of the Legislature, now sitting,
paid men to picket the road leading from
the Capital, because of well grounded fears
of a Ku-Klux raid upon that body.
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Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester C. H., March 15, 1871.
From the state of excitement and commotion
in which evervthinc was here last week,
we have returned to our normal condition of
peace and quiet. How long to remain so,
your correspondent, not being of the school of
prophets, does not undertake to say.
To go fully into a detailed account of all
the local causes which led to the culmination
of last week's shooting and bloodshed, would
far exceed the limits your kindness allows me.
Suffice it to say, that the whole occurrence is
but the legitimate fruit of the seed sown/Iast
fall by Gov. Scott and his despicable tools in
this county, Wimbush, Yocum, Saunders,
Humphries, Riester, Ac.
The western side of Chester county is its
main cotton growing region, and is divided
up, for the most part, into large plantations
worked by large gangs of negroes. It is a
well known fact that negroes are more ignorant,
vicious and debased where they are
gathered thus into large gangs, than where
they are sub-divided into Bmaller parties, and
are brought more immediately into contact
with the white race. Carmel Hill, the point
from which Capt. Jim "Woods' company hails,
is about the centre of this system of large
plantations. Last fall a militia company was
organized there during the canvass for Governor,
and duly supplied by Gov. Scott and
Adjutant General Moses with a full equipment
of those breech loading muskets, with
full supply of ammunition, iq. which the latter
is supposed to have made so handsome, and so
dishonest, a speculation. Since the organization
of the said company, the conduct of the
negroes in that section has been insulting and
bullying in the extreme, while forbearance,
in tbe hope tbat some bow or otner tne condition
of things would be bettered, has marked
the action of the white people. Three or
four weeks ago, tinder the pretext. that they
were about to bejittacked by the Ku-Klux,
and with open threats of their readiness and
desire to exterminate that mysterious organization,
the members of" this company began
to picket the highways and byways, and in
many instances stopped and turned back unarmed
white men who were moving about the
county on legitimate business.
On Saturday night, the 4th instant, as three
gentlemen were returning together about ten
o'clock from an evening party at the house of
Mr. David Seely, they were suddenly fired
upon from the corner of a fence, and one of
them, Mr. James Darby, a young man of the
most quiet and inoffensive character, so badly
shot as to be made a cripple for life, if indeed,
he is not mortally wounded.
The negroes claim that on the same night,
at a late hour, the house of "Capt. Woods"
was, attacked by tho Ku Klux, and that they
drove them off, followed them, and succeeded
in killing one horse. This yonr correspon-'
dent believes, from the best information he
can get, to be false.
On Sunday morning the militia company
turned out underarms, and continued through
the whole day to march and countermarch
upon the public highway, behaving in the
most boisterous and indecent manner, and indulging
in the most violent threats. On Sunday
night- they claim that the house of their
Captain was again attacked by a larger force
of Ku-Elux, and that they again succeeded
in repulsing them. Of the truth of this your
correspondent has no evidence, and his
respect for the valor of the Klan (provided
always that there is such a thing) forces him
to discredit it, unless, indeed, the attacking
party consisted of the gang of negroes who
went about on the same night, and in the same
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rious places. In that case there may have
been an attack and repulse as stated, all preconcerted
among themselves. This gang of
negroes went to the house of Mrs. Atkinson,
an unprotected widow of the highest respectability,
demanded all the arms on the premises,
found an old rifle, which they took out
and broke, and were guilty of other acta of
outrage and violence.
On Monday morning the militia compahy,
about eighty men in ranks, started at an early
hour to march on this town, and at the
same time runners were sent through the
country to notify the negroes on the plantations
that the flght had begun, that the militia
company at the Court House was ready to
help, and that large reinforcements were
coming from Newberry and Union. They
reached here about nine o'clock, marched into
the corporate limits, stacked arms, placed
sentinels on the street leading toward Union,
and refused to allow peaceable and unarmed
citizens $o pass. The Sheriff of the county,
TOS^hotified of their presence, went to them,
told then their assemblage was an unlawful
one, and ordered them to disperse. They
professed that they had no unlawful or evil
purpose in view; that they had left their
homes because they could not stay there in
peace and safety; and that they had come
here to seek peace and protection. Riester,
their Major and fViend, professed the same
thing. How much truth there was, either in
their statements or his, can easily be determined
by the account furnished to the Union by the
said Riester. This account says, "the memHera
of romnanv of militia come to the
Major of 'the regiment, in the town of Cheater,
for more ammunition, which he gave
them."
After considerable parlying and negotiating
with them on the part of the civil authorities,
they finally agreed to go off and disperse
at four o'clock in the afternoon. At
that hour they did move off in the direction of
Carmel Hill, and It was at once thought that
the disturbance was at an end. Soon afterward,
however, it was discovered that their
pretended going was all a trick; that they
had retired about a mile from town and concealed
themselves in the woods till dark, and
had then marched round the town to the
Methodist church (colored) on the York road,
in which they had secreted themselves.
The citizens of the town promptly turned
out and placed themselves at the disposal of
the civil authorities. It was determined by j
the latter, in view of the condition of affairs
and the responsibility resting upon them, to !
3onfine their action to guarding the town
through the night, and to await for daylight ,
to develope the situation. Dispatches were <
jent to Rock Hill and to Winnsboro that the ]
negroes seemed bent on bringing on a collision.
On the half past ten train, twelve men ;
came from Rock Hill, and at once reported j
to the Intendant of the town, stating thafj
they were here for the purpose of assisting
the civil authorities. About one o'clock
Tuesday morning, a detachment composed of
six or eight men, out on guard duty, met
near the depot a colored man armed with oue
of the rifles of the militia; he was asked
if it vtas loaded, and replied that' "it was
none of their d-?d business." One of the
detachment approached him, when he stepped
back and levelled his gun. He was fired at
with a pistol, but not struck, and immediately
a volley was fired from a point up the railroad
opposite to the house of Riester. This
firing was kept up for some time, a good
many of the balls from the negroes' rifles striking
Nicholson's Hotel, one of them going
into Mr. Nicholson's room and hitting the
wall dangerously near to him.
As soon as this disturbance occurred between
the town euard and Riester's body
guard?(composed of a detachment of Capt.
John Lee's company of militia,)?the Carmei
Hill company, secreted in the Church, about
half a mile distant, moved down to Riester's
house and formed in and around the turn
table of the King's Mountain Railroad.
The citizens (white) were at once under
arms, and coiild in a very brief space have
given the militia some ideas in maneuvering
and attacking that their officers haven't
yet taught them. With great forbearance,
however, and with an earnest desire not to
shed the blood of a single one of these miserable
dupes of such knaves as Riester and
others in higher stations, the civil authorities
again determined to defer any action whatever
till morning. About sun-up the body of
white men moved to the depot, and there they
found the negroes drawn up in line of battle,
their centre and main force extended in the
turn table, and their wings entrenched about
fifty feet on each side. The iforesaid colored
folks were immediately advised to "git"
After some little "standing upon the oder of
their going," they .agreed to "go at once."
As they professed to be afraid to return in
the direction of Carmei Hill unarmed, they
were permitted to move off with their guns,
under the agreement (as your correspondent
is informed) that they hereto march out five
miles and there disband and disperse. They
thus secured the object of their coming to
town; that is, they got a fresh supply of ammunition,
and were ready for the skirmish of
Wednesday morning. Treacherous, as by
nature they are, instead of disbanding upon
reaching a point five miles from town, they
moved on and took up a very strong position
at New Hope Church, and sent runners oub
to bring in rations and reinforcements.
On Wednesday morning as some gentleme^
from Union, together with some from this
county who had joined them after they crossed
the river, were coming to this town, they were
suddenly and without any warning whatever,
fired upon by this band of outlaws concealed
behind the trees and rocks near the said
church. The result of this fire was that John
W. Waters was shot in the knee, and has
since had to have his leg amputated. The
whites at once returned the fire ; and after
a brisk skirmish of a few minutes the militia
turned aud fled in every direction. The largest
band, nineteen in number, took tho direction
of Yorkville, for the purpose we suppose
of seeking the protection of the garrison
there. We learn that the Sheriff of your
county promptly turned out and arrested the
whole gang, bf this, fliough; and all the
particulars connected therewith, your local is
better informed'than we are.
The number of negroes killed in the skirmish
and pursuit has not been definitely ascertained
by your correspondent That there
are some new made graves in the western side
of the county, and that the buzzards have
been observed circling around and about in
a very inquisitive and mysterious manner, he
thinks there can be no doubt With this
skirmish ended open hostilities.
On Tuesday night, while the wind was at
its highest, the store of Mr. P. Nail, situated
in the centre of whkt is left of the business
part of the town, was set fire to, and if it had
escaped discovery ten minutes longer, the people
of this town would to-day be houseless
and homeless.
On last night an attempt .was made to fire
the private residence of Mr! A. H. Davega,
the Intendant of the town; the incendiary
was pursued and shot at by some of the guard j
on duty, and fired back at them in return;
but he succeeded in escaping to the woods, i
On Tuesday morning last, after the threatened
collision at his house was over, Riester |
sent and asked the fourteen gentlemen who
had come np from Winnsboro, and whose
number his cowardly fear or intuitive fondness
for lying magnified into fifty, if he would
j be safe in going on the cars with them. Upi
on his being answered that they had no purpose
to harm a hair of his head, he proceeded
on the cars to Columbia. On Wednesday evening
he returned with a company of U. S. Infrantry;
but on Thursday morning left again.
Whether his last departure was occasioned
by a conviction on his part that the climate
of Chester was not "good for his wholesome,"
or whether he was needed in Columbia to do
the necessary lying for the Radical party, so
as to make for the administration at Washington,
your correspondent does not undertake
to determine. No matter which was
the motive, the contingent fund of some of
the head thieves will have to support him
while, he plays the heavy role of martyr.
The garrison here was reinforced during
the week by other companies of the 18th Infantry,
and now the eternal and infernal rattle
of the kettle drum is scaring away all the
birds from around town. The voice of the
turtle is no longer heard in the land.
On Saturday afternoon one Capt. Kennedy
of the State militia arrived here from Columbia,
with orders from Gov. Scott to collect
all the arms from the militia in this county.
He is now employed at the work.
A reporter of the New York Herald arrived
here on yesterday morning to write up the
occurrences of the past week. I suppose the
true history of all that has happened will not
be known till his imagination has had time
to play around the subject
The Chester Reporter office is to be sold for
cash to the highest bidder on the first Mon
day in April Except that ot tne hinquibek,
there is not a country office in the State as :
well equipped as the Reporter office. Chester
presents as fine affield as there is in the State '
for the establishment of a first class weekly. :
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PRESENT SCARCITY OF MONEY. j
We all complain of the scarcity of money, \
but few pause to consider where the money <
goes. If we persistently send it abroad we I
will forever be straightened, and yet we annu- i
ally pay to Northern Insurance Companies 1
sums that are fabulous. * I
No business since the war has been so profit- i
ib' j as that of the Northern Life Insurance i
Companies. The large towns and little vil- j J
lages of the South were placarded with the 11
tempting offers, and general, special and traveling
agents took our lives and our means as
coolly as if the war had not ended.
What the Yankee "bummer" had spared,
the Yankee Company gathered, and the credulous
South poured its hard earnings into
Northern coffers, as if we still believed thera
in their wisdom, and confided in their honesty.
The premiums we pay are invested in
Northern securities, increase Northern commerce,
and pay Northern taxes. Are we so
lightly taxed.that we can afford to bear the
burdens of our Northern brethren ? A single.
Northern Company paid last year for rent,
salaries, and taxes, Ac., $400,000, and their
name is Legion. Nor are we disposed to forget
or forgive the manner in which Southern
policy-holders were treated by Northern companies.
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When the war broke out they were stricken '
from the list; and when the war was over j
they were told they could be reinstated, if
they would pay up and establish to the satisn.
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muLiuu ui tuc vuiupiijr mat tucjr nau uuvcr
borne arms, nor aided the rebellion. A Southern
holder was to be admitted to his rights 1
only on proof that he had been a traitor to his '
State. h
We give a copy of the oath required by a
New York Company now doing a large business
in this State, and throughout the South:
State op ,) fl.fl ,
County op , j
I, , of State of , formerly insured
m Insurance Company^ und^r policy
No.?, being duly sworn, do depose and
say, that I hare not been connected with the
Army and Navy of the so-called Confederate
States, and have not actively participated in '
the late rebellion against the United State*??
Government
Sworn befcre me/ this ?< day of ?, 1869.
There is no mystery in life insurance. Its
principles and rules are well settled and easily
understood. The best form hi which it can
be conducted is the strictly mutual plan, in
which no capital is required, but in whatever
form conducted, whether proprietary or strictly,
mutual, or on the mixed basis?partly
capital, partly mutual. The great desideratum
is faithful, honest administration, and
we believe in Southern companies with Southern
men.
Of their ability and honesty we may judge,
and in it we can fully confide. We know 1
who they are?what their lives have been.
In a word, we know whom we trust; and in
Northern companies we do not.
Organize Southern companies and keep
our money at home, and we have at least one {
remedy for the scarcity. Southerner. 1
ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
The following is a list of the Acts of the
General Assembly, passed at toe recent session (
which are of general or local interest to our
readers: " ' 4
An act to provide for the publication of J
the acts, reports, resolutions, journals and j
other papers of the General Assembly. _ "
.An act to regulate the appointment, juriswbp
and duties of Notaries Public.
d^kct to repeal so much of the act . of 1839
BHpfhibits the Clerks of the Courts of the :
State from acting as attorneys or solicitors in
the courts of the State. > >1 on ' ; ;
An ad to .authorize Circuit Judges to hold "M
courts,in other circuits than their own... j
An act to incorporate the Rock Hill Hook
and Ladder Company. 4
An act to incorporate the Champion Hook ,
and Ladder Company of Chester. I
An act to incorporate the Savings, Build- J
ing and Loan Association of South Carolina. ^
An act to provide for the protection of persons,
property and the public peace. J
An act to supply the deficiency in the appropriation
for the support and maintenance *
of free schools for 1870. > I
An act to charter the town of Yorkville. /
Joint resolution to provide for the publican "
tion of the decisions of the Supreme Court,
during the years 1868,1869 ana 1870. 1
An act to protect the right.'* of parents, and \ J
to prevent the procuring and carrying from
the State persons under the age of 21 years
An abt to require the ^State Treasurer to
pay county treasurers their apportionment of
the State school fund belonging to their re- 1
spectiye counties, and for other purposes. ^ <
Joint resolution directing that funds known
as Canby school funds, remaining in the
hands of county treasurers, be appropriated to
the free school fund.
Joint resolution to provide for the payment *
of mileage certificates of members of the State
Board of Education of the State of Sooth , \
Carolina. ~ j
Joint resolution authorizing and directing
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uie ouiue .rvuuiuji nuu wuuiy vuuiuubdiuucib
to levy 'certain taxes. A
An act td provide a salary for the office of
the Lieutenar ^Governor of this State.
An act supplementary to an act entitled j
"an act to authorize administrators, executors
and other fiduciaries to sell certain evidences
of indebtedness at jwblic sale, and to
comprotnise in certain cases."';'
An act to rfenew and extta# irfb act to pro- i
vide a mode by which'to perpetuate testimo- 4 "
ny in relation to deeds, wills, choses in action,
and other papers destroyed or lost during the
recent war. ?
An act to regulate the right of traverse. }
An act to recharter Moore's Ferry, under I
the name of Dinkin's Ferry, over the Cataw- 1
ba River. j
An act to renew and amend the charter of ?
the town df Spartanburg, -mn .. 1
An act ceding the jurisdiction of the State I
of8outh Carolina to the United States of " J
America over such lands as inay be acquired fl
for public purposes by the said United States - * J
of America. M
An act to protect the interest of the State, j
whenever payment of interest now due remains
unpaid, on bonds issued by auy railroad
company, and wherever the guarantee of the ^
State is endorsed.
| An act to make appropriation and raise
supplies for the year commencing November
1,1870.
' An act to create a debt of the State of South
Carolina, to be known as the sterling
funded debt, the same, or the proceeds thereof,
to be exclusively used in exchange for, or
in payment of, the exiting public debt of the |
State. 1
An act to amend an act to establish and _ 1
maintain a system of free common schools. "1
An act to promote the consolidation of the - - J
Columbia and Greenville Railroad Company __ " S
and the Blue Ridge Railroad Company
Joint resolution making appropriation of X
$47,000 for the completion of the State Luna
tic Asylum, and for other purposes. |
a n ta enable iudcrment debtors to sell J
their real and personal property, and to con- S
firm sales already made, in conformity with
conditions therein specified. I
A SHARP DODGE THWARTED. J
The following is Gov. Scott's message veto- ' J
ing the bill appropriating this sum of $265,000 Jfl
for Legislative expenses: ^
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ) ]
Executive Department, > i
Columbia, March 7,1871. ) J
To the Honorable the Senate of South Carolina: 1
Gentlemen : I return to your honorable .
body, without my approval, an Act appro- I
!>riating $265,000 for Legislative expenses, I
or the following reasons, to*wit: I
First, I regard the expenditure of the mon- I
ey already appropriated during this session, M
and the sum included in this bill, amounting . fl
in the aggregate to $400,000, as simply enor- B
mous for one session of the Legislature. It H
is beyond the comprehension of any one how _
the General Assembly could legitimately ex- - S
pend one-half of that amount of money. I .
cannot refrain from . expressing the opinion fl
that' there must hav/ been some secret agency H
in fixing the sum UtAbat amount, as a num- S
ber of the members, both of the House and j
Senate, have expressed their surprise at finding
the appropriation changed from $125,000, M
is it was believed to have passed, to that of fl
&265.000. 1 regret the necessity of returning
the Act, without my approval, on the last day