Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, February 01, 1872, Image 2
Jtoajns and facts.
Ex-Attorney Gen. Akerman is quite ill
Peach trees are in bloom in Florida.
West Virginia acknowledges a debt o:
8100,000 to old Virginia.
The prospect for an extensive wheal
crop in Texas is reported as excellent.
Disease is spreading in Northern cities
especially small pox in Chicago.
The wheat crop of California for this
year is estimated at 24,000,000 bushels.
Col. Merrill and family arrived at th<
Continental hotel in Philadelphia, on Wednesday
of last week.
Drought, produced by the gradual cutting
away of the forests, is said to be the cause
of the Persian famine.
Brick Pomeroy has been sued for twenty-five
thousand dollars for a breach of marriage
promise.
During the present four weeks postal
service has been ordered on twelve hundred
and fifty-eight miles of new railroads.
General "Tige" Anderson was installed
as the Chief of Police of Atlanta on Monday
of last week.
The St. Paul Press says that General
Hancock refuses to be the Democratic candidate
for President.
Among the largest quantities of singk
articles imported into this country at the present
time are railroad iron, furs, sugars, human
hair and wine.
Miles Leatherwood, who was regarded
as the slayer of General John Morgan, al
Greenville, was accidentally burned to death
in Polk county, Tennessee, a few nights since.
A Newburyport woman lately become
the happy mother of triplets, one of which
has black hair, one red, and the other white.
She won't have to tie pieces of ribbon on them
to know them apart.
Gen. Rosser, who was a good fighter
during the war on the Southern side, since
1865 has been chopping wood on the Lake
Superior Railroad, and, by modesty and industry,
has become chief engineer of a division
of the line.
A despatch from New York under date
ot oatu relay last, says: "lne steamer vjnarieston
arrived last night with twenty-four KuKlux.
They were guarded by a detachment
of Federal infantry, and were taken to Albany
this morning."
The Wisconsin Assembly has adopted
a resolution requesting the Wisconsin Senators
and Representatives in Congress to use
their most efficient efforts to procure the passage
of the postal telegraph bill. Also, a memorial
to Congress to repeal the bankrupt
law.
To stop the nose bleeding, stand up,
with the heaa elevated. Compress the nostril
with finger, and at the same time stretch upward
the arm on the same side with the bleeding
nostril. Keep the arm perpendicular for
two minutes. In most cases this remedy will
succeed.
The postal telegraph bill provides for
the purchase of all the present lines of telegraph
throughout the country, or upon a failure
to come to satisfactory terms upon the
transfer, to construct new lines, and assume
control of the same upon the same principle
that the postoffice system is now managed.
On the 19th ultimo, in New Orleans,
while the circus of James Robinson was
parading the streets, a dray colided with a
car, on top of which was a royal tiger. The
animal was so greatly frightened by the
a ll-> n ^ V* r\ wnnfnt>a/l r? m a/\J| aooaI nnJ
uuvJiuciiL tlicit uc lupiuicu a, uiuuu voooci auu
died in a few minutes.
The Savannah Advertiser says: "In
addition to the operations soon to commence
at Fort Pulaski, we learn that orders have
been issued for the immediate overhauling and
strengthening of Fort Jackson, upon which
three oue-hundred pound Parrots and two
ten inch guns are to be mounted. This certainly
looks like preparing for war in time of
peace."
The number of deaths from small-pox
in Philadelphia during last week was 209, out
of a total number of deaths from all causes
of 508. The number of small-pox deaths for
the past three weeks has been as follows:
Week ending January 6th, 236 ; ending 13th,
216; ending 20th, 209. In New York there
were twenty-five deaths from small-pox during
the week.
Some time ago, it was reported that a
white man was visiting the negroes in North
Alabama, with the statement that the emancipation
proclamation by Lincoln had been
burned at Chicago, and that it would require
a large amount of money to get up another;
and that, unless the thing was done soon, slavery
would be restored, and they would all
go back into servitude. Upon this, he was
soliciting money, with considerable success.
A Clinton county, Iowa man, having
the tooth-ache, determined to extract the unsound
tusk by the Indian method. He went
to the woods, bent over a sappling, tied a string
to his tooth, and the other end to the bush,
laid calmly down on his back and let go. The
tooth vanished through the tree-tops with a
sound like the whistle of a minnie ball, and
carried with it something less than a pound
of gums and "sich."
The "Ohio law" is becoming nearly as
popular as the old "Maine law" for the regulation
of the liquor traffic. The Ohio law
provides that liquor dealers shall be made responsible
for the injury done by those who are
under the influence of liquor sold by them.
The courts have the power to attach the
property of the liquor dealers for damages to
the fullest extent. The law has operated so
favorably that several Western States are discussing
the expediency of adopting it.
The Louisville Commercial contains
the following regarding the 7th United States
cavalry regiment: "The 7th cavalry regi
nient, with headquarters in this city, is dis
tributed as follows : Company A, Elizabeth
town, Kentucky; B, Spartanburg, South Car
olina; C, Rutherfordton, North Carolina
D, Yorkville, South Carolina; E, Union ville.
South Carolina; F, Meridian, Mississippi; G,
Spartanburg, South Carolina; H, Huntsville,
Alabama ; I, Shelby ville, Kentucky; K and
L, Yorkville, South Carolina; M, Spartanburg,
South Carolina."
Few people really realize how manj
acres are unoccupied in the great West
There are eleven Territories, two or three oi
which are twice or three times as large as all
New England ; and it is a small Territory thai
is not at least ten times as large as Massachusetts.
Colorado is thirteen times as large a*
Massachusetts, while Dakota and Arizona are
half as large again as Colorado. The eleven
Territories contain over one billion and a
quarter acres, exceeding by nearly two hun
dred thousand square miles the aggregate ter
ritory of all the present admitted States of the
Union. The Territory of Alaska contains
369,o39,600 acres.
At Newberry, England, a gentleman re
cently made a wager of five thousand dollar
that at 8 o'clock oil a particular evening h(
would sit down to dinner in a well-woven, well
dyed, well-made suit of clothes, the wool o
which formed the fleece on the sheep's back
at five o'clock that same morning. The sheej
were shorn, the wool washed, carded, stubbed
roved, spun and woven ; the cloth was scour
ed, fulled, raised, sheared, dyed and dressed
the garments were made. At a quarter pas
six he sat down to a dinner at the head of hii
guests in a complete damson-colored suitthus
winning his wager with one hour ant
three quarters to spare.
The Luzerne Union records anothe;
terrible accident resulting from the too com
inon practice of blowing down a lamp chim
iiey to extinguish the light. The casualty
.occurred in Cleveland, Pa., a few nights since
Mrs. Elizabeth Stark disrobed to retire abou
10 o'clock. She attempted to extinguish he
coal oil lamp in a very common manner, bj
blowing down the chimney. The lamj
exploded, throwing over her the blazing
liquid, and in an instant she was enveloped in
flames, and was terribly burned. There
; seems to be no end to accidents, resulting
from the careless use of kerosene, and the
people cannot be too careful how they man?
age and handle their lighted lamps. We
copy the above item as a warning to those
who commit the foolish act.
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l THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 1,1872.
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EDUCATION OF THE NEGROES.
! According to the census of 1860, there were
703,708 inhabitants in the State of South
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Carolina. Of this number, 291,300 were
I whites, 9914 free blacks and raulatoes, 402,;
406 negroes in bondage, and 88 Indians,
i Adding together the free blacks and mulat.
toes and slaves, and we have 412,320; the
) whole number of the negro population of
i South Carolina. By the acts of Congress, all
these individuals have been made free, and
citizens in every sense of the word. They in
dividually can sue and be sued; vote, and hold
office. In one word, they are legally entitled
| to all the privileges of the white man. In a
. legal point of view, all distinctions with resi
pect to race, color or previous condition have
been abolished. These are facts. They are
i not all the facts, however. The negroes are
" almost universally ignorant. A few can read
' and write, and only a very few. Of political
' economy they absolutely know nothing. Such
was their former condition that they were not
[ required to know anything of the principles
. of government. Not only are they ignorant
s of political economy, but they know nothing
' about what may be styled social duties. In
' other words, they have no correct ideas of the
' true relation which one free man bears toward
another, nor of*the duties which the individual
owes to the whole. These also are
, facts. No legal enactments can reverse them.
The plain and inevitable conclusion to
' which we are forced is, that far more than one
half of the population of South Carolina is in
a state which cannot be regarded as anything
better than half civilized. In fact, this is a
high classification which the facts in the case
will scarcely warrant,
i Now the law of nature is that light and
darkness cannot dwell together long without
producing one or the other of the following
results. Either the light will exterminate
tlia rlorlrnpoa nr fhfi flftrkness will extinguish
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the light This is do hap-hazard conclusion.
We need not cross the Atlantic to find a historical
demonstration of the principle. The
simple fact that only eighty-eight individuals
remain of the numerous Indian tribes that
once wandered over the forests of South Carolina,
tells in tones of awful emphasis its own
tale. The other result may be illustrated by
the ancient Israelites. Although God's chosen
people, they were not able to dwell social'
ly safe amongst the heathen. In their case
the darkness conquered the light. One of
these results, we verily believe, must take
place in South Carolina unless something is
done, and that forthwith, to prevent it.
That neither the darkness may extinguish
the light, nor the light exterminate the darkness,
but that the darkness may become light
and the light more clear, we regard it absolutely
necessary that the negro be educated
intellectually and morally. We have no hesitation
in saying that this is the duty of the
native white people of the State. We mean
those white people of the State whose homes
are here and whose interest are here also.
This work can never be done by political missionaries.
We say more than this. It never
will be undertaken by this class of men. That
these political missionaries have apparently
done something to elevate the negro is true;
but it has been done with such motives, and
in such a way, as really to advantage the negro
nothing. Every effort has been directed
to making party capital out of the negro.
He has been elevated to office and kept
in office with the single view of advancing
the private ends of adventurers or corrupt
politicians. That the negro is not advancing
in civilization under the present regime, is so
manifest as to be seen by every one except
those laboring under political prejudices. It
, is true there are schools all over the State for
the instruction of colored children. Some of
i them are very good schools, no doubt; but
1 the great majority of them are only better
' than no schools at all. In some cases the
blind are leading the blind, and the ultimate
results are evident. Only a few days ago a
; sensible colored man said to us that his chil.
dren did not read like white children. They
pronounced their words differently, he said.
The fact is simply this. The multitude of
' those who are teaching colored schools think
' of nothing but money and politics. This is
1 not all. A large amount?we are afraid to
say how large?of those teaching colored
[ schools, are totally and absolutely destitute of
moral character. This is really the worst
feature of the whole affair. Of all men on
' earth a school teacher should, at least, be de
cent. He moulds, by example, the morals of
I his pupils. We are glad to herald to the
t world that there are and have been some col.
ored schools conducted by well educated and
j high-toned, honorable gentlemen. They are,
i we are sorry to say, exceptional cases.
1 In this matter there is a call for reform, if
1 that word is not odious. The interest of the
negro race demands it and the interest of the
, State requires it. The case, as it at present
3 Btands, seems to be this. The perpetuation of
the negro race requires that they be educated.
- They cannot educate themselves even if the
3 pecuniary means were afforded them; they
5 have no persons sufficiently educated to in*
struct properly the mass of the race. Those
3 stroling political adventurers have no will for
) the work. In fact, so soon as the negro is
, thoroughly educated to his interest, the trade
- of these adventurers will be ruined. The
i whole craft will be destroyed and there will
no longer be any sale for the shrines of Diana.
Upon whom, then, does the educating of the
j negro devolve? There is none left but the
permanent citizens of the State. Decent men,
r men of good moral character and of position
* in society, must undertake this work. We
* are in earnest. It is a duty we owe to our7
selves, to the negro race, to our country, and
? more than all, to our God. It is true that
the negro has been estranged from his old
j master, and induced to do many things which
3 are injurious to the interest of the white man,
j and especially to the people of his own race.
There are, however, many palliating circum- j i
stances connected with the case. Let us try j1
and say from the heart, "God forgive them,\ I
they knew not what they were doing." i
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THE COLUMBIA PHIENIX.
Col. J. P. Thomas has retired from the edi- (
torial management of the Columbia Phcenix. ;
He has taken this course in consequence of ,
the proprietor of the Phcenix declining to publish
one of his editorials. The proprietor of
the Phcenix announces that "the political tone
of the paper will be kept up?competent talent
having been secured to assist in the edito- ;
rial denartment."
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THE DAILY SOUTH CAROLINIAN. 1
This is the old and familiar title of a new i
daily and tri-weekly paper, the publication of ?
which was commenced in Columbia last week. 11
It is under the control and management of 1
Col. John P. Thomas, who for sometime past
has been the editor-in-chief of the Phoenix,
from which position he retired in consequence
of a misunderstanding with the proprietor of
that paper. Col. Thomas is a vigorous writer,
and has a keen scent for unearthing fraud I
and rascality. We extend our greetings to 1
this new candidate for public favor, with the i
earnest wish that it will become a power in !
the land, and be able to accomplish much
good. The daily is published at 84 for six '
months, and the tri-weekly at $2.50. We will J
endeavor to publish the prospectus in our <
next issue. J
STATE "iTEMS.
? Governor Scott has appointed J. F. G.
Mittag, Probate Judge for Lancaster county. (
? Blind Tom, the musical progidy, is ad- ^
vertised to appear in Charleston this week.
? Attorney-General Chamberlain and Dis- J
trict-Attorney Corbin have gone to Washington.
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? The Senate has confirmed the appoint
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York county.
? There are five hundred Baptist churches ]
in South Carolina, distributed in every part
of the State. j
? Henry Gray, of Chesterfield county, has ]
been convicted of illegal voting, and senten- ,
ced to thirty days' imprisonment. j
? The South Carolina Railroad Company |
proposes to put the Laurens railroad in running
order, provided the people of Laurens
will lend a helping hand.
? The Ledger says that the January term .
of the court for Lancaster county, commenced i
its session on Monday of last week, and adjourned
the same day, there being but very
little business on the sessions docket.
? The bill to empower the judges of the
probate courts, in their respective counties, to
issue executions, which had already passed
the House, also went through the Senate, and .
now only awaits the Governor's approval.
? The Confederate rams Chicora and Charleston,
which were sunk to prevent capture ]
by the Federals, on their occupation of Char- (
leston, have been raised, and found in very |
good preservation.
? The proprietor of the Columbia Union has ,
printed in pamphlet form a full report of the
recent ku-klux trials at Columbia. Price at
the office in Columbia, 81.50; sent by mail for
81.75. The pamphlet contains about 230 '
pages.
? The Reporter says that a den of the
"United Brethren" was organized at Chester
on Monday of last week. A yellow school
teacher, named' Richardson is chief of the
klan, and Peter Agurs, Secretary. This is a
branch of the Scott ku-klux recently organized
in Columbia.
? Mr. "Wilkes, of Anderson, has presented
a petition in the Legislature from citizens of
Anderson and Abbeville counties, praying the
creation of a new county, to be called Washington,
with the seat of government at Honea
Path. An effort is also being made for the
formation ofanew county around Ninety-Six,
the Court House to be located at that point.
? The contract for mounting heavy guns
in the forts in Charleston harbor has heen
given out and the work commenced. Two
ten-inch Rodman guns and three thirteen-inch
mortars are to be placed in Moultrie, and two
two hundred-pound Parrotts in Sumter. These
warlike preparations are deemed necessary, '
so the quid nuncs say, by the relations now
existing between the United States and Spain.
? Comptroller General Neagle has written
a letter to the Ways and Means Committee
of the House, in response to a letter asking
how much appropriation his office would require,
in which he states that he is unable to
say how much money would be required to
pay the interest on the public debt, inasmuch
as he did not know how many bonds were
out.
?Col. M. R. Delaney, one of Governor
Scott's colored Aids-de-Carap, has resigned
the office. In tendering his resignation, the
Colonel says: "Facts the most palpable have
developed themselves to such an extent that I
cannot with respect to myself, and justice to
the cause of ray race, and the people in general,
longer continue the relation without a compromise
of principle."
? The Columbia Phoenix of Thursday last,
says : "An unfortunate difficulty occurred,
last evening, between Mr. Phillip Porcher and
Mr. E. W. Seibles. The latter gentleman was
standing in front of the Columbia Hotel,
about 7 o'clock, when Mr. Porcher approached
him and demanded an explanation of certain
derogatory remarks which he had heard
that Mr. Seibles had made about him. The explanation
not being satisfactory, Mr. Porcher
drew a cowhide and struck Mr. Seibles several
blows across the face. The insult was
promptly resented by Mr. Seibels, and a fisticuff
ensued, until Captain Tupper and other
friends intervened and separated the parties."
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NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
?Buncombe county raised 500,000 pounds 1
of tobacco last year.
? Gov. Caldwell has issued an address to :
the colored people, beseeching them not to
mnvp frmn the State. The election for State
and county officers takes place next summer.
? Ex-Gov. Vance has tendered his resignation
as U. S. Senator, to which position he
was elected by the Legislature a year ago.
Last Tuesday was set apart as the day on
which to elect a Senator to serve in the place
of Gov. Vance.
? A Deputy Marshal, in company with
another man, attempted to arrest a man
named Scruggs, in Rutherford county, a few
days ago, when a desperate fight ensued, in
which the Deputy Marshal was severely |
hurt. Scruggs escaped.
? A contract has been made with Robert
Harvey, an energetic railroad contractor, for
the early completion of the Wilmington,
Charlotte and Rutherford railroad between
Wadesboro and Charlotte, and if the bill
now pending in the Legislature for the aid
of the road, becomes a law, the work will
commence at once.
? Henry Berry Lowry, the desperado of
Robeson county, is again depredating. A few
days ago, with several of his gang, he entered
the premises of C. W. McNeill, and proceed
ed to rob the smoke-house of some bacon. ;
On being remonstrated with by Mr. McNeill,
the gang discharged a volley at the family, ]
severely wounding Mrs. McNeill, and mortally
wounding her daughter. The lower |
House of the Legislature has passed a bill ;
authorizing the Governor to offer a reward of j
$10,000 for the capture of Lowry, and 85000 :
each for the members of his gang. 1
PROCEEDINGJTOF CONGRESS. ,
On Tuesday, the 23rd, the general amnesty ^
bill was warmly debated in the Senate. Mr. j
Morton argued against the proposed measure. '
He said the issues of the war were not yet settled,
and if the disabilities were removed, the 1
leaders at the South would be sent to the Sen- i
ate. He believed with the Senator from New j
Jersey (Mr. Frelinhuyseu) that it was a vio- i
lation of the spirit of that amendment for j
Congress to pass a general amnesty bill. The (
disability to hold office under which the lea- (
dere of the rebellion now rest are the only
marks of disfavor which rest upon them, the ]
cnly evidence that they have committed any i
crime, and if these disabilities are removed, 1
twenty years from now the children of those
men will not know that they ever committed
any crime. Suppose universal amnesty was <
granted, and Davis and Breckinridge and <
Toombs returned to their places in this Senate, <
what a spectacle of stultification would we pre- <
sent before the world! He then went on <
to argue that the logical results that would I
flow from amnesty would be the peusioning of '
the rebel soldiers, the payment of the rebel i
debt, payment for all property taken by our <
armies during the war, and, finally, payment 1
for the slaves. The democratic party is already
committed for the payment for property, i
Mr. Thurman replied that such twaddle was ]
to be the key-note of the campaign of 1872. 1
[t was the same old bugaboo, but would not 1
imnose anv longer on the American people. 1
L- ?y o . A
tie thought it queer that the President should
recommend amnesty and reform, and his supporters
in Congress should oppose both. It
looked like throwing a tub to the whale. The
President had said three years ago, "Let us
bave peace," and we have not yet got peace
aor one measure looking to peace. The House
went into committee of the whole on the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation
bill. Mr. Garfield contended that we could
aot expect to get back to the lowest cost of
i peace establishment prior to 1873. The
committee expected to make a reduction from
;he appropriations of last year of $9,000,000. ^
Mr. Wood thought it was time to begin takyj^
aff some of the burdens under which every in- '
lustry labored. He could see no good reason J
for paying $9,000,000 now for the collection (
)f customs which cost $3,000,000 under Pres- ?
dent Buchanan. i
On the 24th, in the Senate, a bill was in- <
iroduced, calling on the President for a state- J
aientof government receipts and disburse- J
aaent8, embezzlements, &c., since the 4th of
March, 1869. The resolution for adjourning <
;he session in May next was discussed, and a j
Dill for the relief of the Chicago sufferers was j
passed. In the House, Butler presented a i
ivoman suffrage petition. The legislative, ex- 1
icutive and judicial appropriation bill was 1
iraended by adding an appropriation of $95,- j
154 to keep the mint at Carson City, Nevada, (
;oing, which Mr. Farnsworth insisted was a i
useless establishment. i
In the Senate, on the 25th, a motion to re- ^
3onsider the bill passed for the relief of Chi- ?
?go sufferers wa3 debated without action, af- ^
;er which the amnesty bill was further deba- ,
;ed and postponed to this week. The judicia- 1
y committee reported adversely upon the 1
nemorial of the woman suffragists, the said '
iiemorial maintaining that the fourteenth
iraendraent to the constitution confers upon
ivoraen the right to vote. The committee says f
;hat neither that amendment nor the fifteenth i
imendment confers the privileges contended s
or. In the House, the consideration of the bill
eported from the committee on education and k
abor, to devote the proceeds of the sale of
Dublic lands to the education of the people, ,
vas resumed. After some acrimonious debate \
he subject went over. Mr. Poland, of Ver- <
f .i 1?J. 1
noni, irom me seiect euiuunttcc uu wc mu utionary
States, submitted a resolution as a 1
substitute for the two resolutions offered in the !
House, one by Mr. Beck, of Kentucky, and <
me by Mr. Stevenson, of Ohio, calling upon (
he President for information relative to his i
iction under the act of April 20,1871, to enforce
the provisions of the fourteenth amend- j
nent. After some discussion on points of orler
the substitute was reported calling upon 1
be President for information respecting his i
iction under the act of April 20, 1871, so far j
is relates to the State of South Carolina, the
lumber of persons arrested, with the names of 1
;hose arrested upon confessions, the character 1
if the offenses with which they were charged, j
md all other information in his possession in .
-elation to the condition of affairs in that
State; also such information as he may possess '
is to affairs in North Carolina and Mississip- ]
ii, the number of persons bound over and inlicted;
also any information relative to Low y's
band in North Carolina; also such infor- 3
nation as he may have relative to security of i
ife in Kentucky, Mississippi, Louisiana and ]
rexas, in relation to the existing conflict be;ween
office-holders in Louisiana, and other ^
nformation on kindred subjects. Mr. SecFl
iffered as a substitute the resolution originaly
introduced by him, and urged its adoption, Y
m crrmind thftt South Carolina was the v
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)nly State in which martial law had been established,
and it was the duty of the House to
jbtain the information and speedily investigate
the subject, without the delay that would
be required by the President to reply to the''
full resolution. Mr. Beck's amendment was i
rejected by a party vote, and the resolution 1
reported from the committee adopted. The |
House then went into committee of the whole (
on the legislative appropriation bill. 1
In the Senate, on the 26th, the concurrent
resolution to adjourn on the 29th of May was
taken up and passed. The House apportionment
bill was further debated without action.
The Senate adjourned to Monday. In the
House a number of private bills were reported
and passed. The legislative appropriation
bill was then taken up, and after sundry
amendments, passed. The pension appropriation
bill was also reported and passed.
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COWHIDING AND SHOOTING.
In Columbia, on Wednesday of last week,
Benjamin Byas, a negro member of the Legislature
from Orangeburg and one of Gov.
Scott's champions, undertook to cowhide Mr.
Tomlinson, a correspondent of the Charleston
Nexus, on account of a description the correspondent
had given of the cowhiding of Byas
by a negro policeman in Columbia, some days
previous. The Phoenix furnishes the following
particulars in relation to the altair:
"A few minutes before 12 o'clock, the hour the !
Legislature convenes, as Mr. Tomlinson was pas- j
sing out of the Senate Chamber into the lobby, he i
met Byas, who, it seems, had been at the door
awaiting him, and on bloody thoughts ihtent, for !
some little while. Mr. Tomlinson, unsuspicious ,
of any evil designs, politely greeted Byas, "Good
morning." Saia Byas, in a surly tone, "Are you, '
sir, the correspondent of the Charleston Netusf' j
"I am," replied Mr. Tomlinson. "Did you," i
fiercely inquired Byas, "write that scurrilous arti-1
cle about my being cowbided the other day ?"
"Well," sairf Mr. Tomlinson, "I presume I aid;
I write all the communications from this place to
the News." With that the doughty champion of
the ring swore a frightful oath, and casting aside j
his over-coat, drew from his person a bran new j
j?reen cow-skin switch, and, with a flourish, raised g
ft aloft, and was in the act of striking Mr. Tomlinson,
when that gentleman drew his revolver,
and Byas ignominiously turned and fled toward ?]
the Speaker's room. He turned once just before
reaching the door and brandished his cow-skin,
and then it was that Mr. Tomlinson fired. The
ball struck Byas in the side, inflicting a slight
flesh wound. He rushed pell-mell into the Speak*-V%rv
slsxrv** woo olnrvi m Or! t/\ nrO- ?
D1 O 1UUUI, auu UID UU\/i naa oinuiauuu kv/j j/.v y
vent Mr. Toinlinson from pursuing him. This,
however, he had no desire to do, butstood quietly g
in his tracks till an excited crowd gatiiering
uround, he was arrested by Mr. II. W. Hendricks,
and assured of his protection.
An eager and angry mass of negroes soon collected
in the lobby, and some direful threats of
vengeance were made, until it was understood how
the shooting occurred, when Mr. Touilinson's ac- <
tion was conceded to be justifiable, even by the 1
negroes. There was some apprehensions of an f
attempt to Lynch Mr. Tomlinson at first, but Mr.
Hendricks, who acted in a very commendable F
manner, succeeded in saving him from the clutch- r
as of the mob, and turned him over to Sheriff
Frazee. Mr. Torqlinson was released during the
jay, on a bail bond of $700.
Byas was in his seat before the House adjourn3d,
and had evidently been worse frightened than ,
tjurt. He took a novel mode of retaliating for the r
jowhiding he received from Williams, and sue- f
L-eedcd about as he deserved."
WASHINGTON ITEMS. t
? The House committee on banking and t
3urrency have agreed on a bill which they
fill fonnrt of fhn firof nnnnrtiinitv. ronilirino'
1VliW1W *** *MV M.WW J ? O
sashiers of national banks to stamp as such
:ounterfeit notes whenever they are present- 8
3d. This mode of checking the counterfeit t
business has the approval of Secretary Bout- 8
well and Treasurer Spinner, and was incorpo- r
rated in the last Congress into a bill, which 1
an account of some other provision, was de- 8
feated.
? The national democratic executive committee
will not meet till after the Philadel- J
phia convention, to decide when and where 8
the national democratic convention shall be ]
beld. It is thus proposed to adhere to the i
passive policy until all the plans and purposes ]
af the Republican party on the Presidential (
issue are fully developed ; and it is, therefore, t
maintained that there is ample time for the f
jommittee to call the democratic convention 1
is late as August, and thus give full opportu- ?
aity for all elements opposed to the continuince
of the present administration to unite t
an an opposition Presidential ticket. This 8
yiew of the course to be pursued meets with
the approvaLit is understood, of many of the
DemocratadnCongress.
S s
From the Charleston News, 24th ultimo. (
r THE CONVICTED KC-KLUX. 1
Yesterday afternoon, a band of forty-nine ^
af the so-called ku-klux prisoners, who were 8
convicted at the late term of the United States
Circuit Court, held at Columbia, arrived in }
the city by the 3.20 train from Columbia. g
rhe prisoners were accompanied by a railita- ^
py guard of thirteen privates from the eight- ^
36QII1 imautry, uuuer me uuuiuiauu ui i nob
Lieutenant Potter. They were met at the
sraiu by a detachment from the Third Artil- t
lery, commanded by Captain Davis, who were (
to act as an escort through the streets of t
Charleston. As soon as they could gather to- 8
'ether their blankets, &c., the prisoners were
formed between files of the solaiery and took
jp their march down town. They were all
ipparently white, but a more forlorn, woe-be- i:
jone, haggard looking crew could hardly be a
jot together. Many were imperfectly clothed,
iome had gaping shoes, and their persons and i
dothing seemed to have declared eternal war t
with such domestic appliances as soap and r
ivater. As they entered upon the march, a t
few curious urchins began to inspect them, I
ind soon the news, caught up from the soldiers, a
spread like wild fire that the real live ku-klux a
vere marching through the city under guard, f
A. crowd of blacks soon gathered along the r
ine of march, and kept following the dreaded c
su-klux with curious eyes and questions. "TBie c
jayonets of the soldiers, however, warned the 1
lusky throng not to be too pressing in their t
Mentions, and the cortege passed quietly and 1
silently along without interruption. Twenty- a
'our of the prisoners were marched down Meet- t
ng and Broad streets, and put on board the t
steamship Charleston, just about to sail for a
New York. Thence they are to go to the (
State prison at Albany, where they will serve g
>ut their various terras of imprisonment of
>ne year and upward. ^In this lot was an old t
nan of venerable aspect, whose gr^y hair a
loated around his shoulders in a marSa^to
jlaim the pity and reverence of all beholde^ j.
He is over sixty years of age, is the head 01 .
i large family and has been visited with one ^
>f the heaviest sentences, viz: Five Years' .
mprisonment and $1000 fine. His naAe is
Samuel G. Brown. These prisoners will be e
escorted to Albany by Lieutenant Potter and 0
t detachment of the Eighteenth Infantry. 0
Their names and sentences are as follows:
Sherod Childers, conspiracy, eighteen months' r
mprisonment and $100 fine. ' r
Hezekiah Porter, conspiracy, eighteen months'
mprisonment and $100 fine.
Win. Montgomery, conspiracy, eighteen months' j
mprisonment and $100 fine.
Evans Murphy, conspiracy, eighteen months' 8
mprisonment and $100 fine. s
Robert Hayes Mitchell, conspiracy, eighteen s
nonths' Imprisonment and $100 fine.
Wm. Shearer, conspiracy, eighteen months' im
prisonment ana $100 fine. I
Sylvanus Shearer,conspifacy, eighteen months' ^
mprisonment and $100 fine.
Hugh H. Shearer, conspiracy, eighteen months'
mprisonment and $100 fine. ]
Jas. B. Shearer, conspiracy, eighteen months'
mprisonment ana $100 fine.
Henry Warlick, conspiracy, eighteen months' a
mprisonment and $100 fine,
Milus Carroll, conspiracy, eighteen months' im- C
prisonmentand $100 fine. r
Eli Ross Stewart, conspiracy, eighteen months'
imprisonment and $100 fine. I
Josiah Martin, conspiracy, eighteen months' .
imprisonment and $100 fine.
Thomas B. Whitesides, conspiracy, twelve
months' imprisonment and $100 fine. .
John W. Mitchell, five years' imprisonment and
$1000 fine.
Samuel G. Brown, five years' imprisonment
ind $1000 fine.
Tihion Cantrell. one years' imprisonment.
Charles Tate, eighteen months' imprisonment.
* Stephen D. Splawn, two years' imprisonment c
ind $50 fine. j
Junius B. Tindall, one years' imprisonment.
Aaron Ezell, one years' imprisonment and $10 x
fine.
John L. Moore,eighteen months' imprisonment.
Alexander Bridges, one years' imprisonment.
Jonas Vassey, one years' imprisonment and $10 c
She.
The other prisoners, numbering twenty-five
men or more, were marched down King street,
and turning off at Clifford, were taken to the
Charleston jail, where they will remain until
they have served out their various seutences
of imprisonment for six months and under.
Their names and sentences are as follows:
John S. Miller, three months' imprisonment
and ^20 fine.
Wm. Jolly, six months' Imprisonment.
W. Sheftiin Blaekwell, six months' imprisonment.
Thos. J. Price, six months' imprisonment.
Taylor Vassey, six months' imprisonment.
King Edwards, three months' imprisonment.
Wm. F.Ramsay, three months' imprisonment.
Christenbury Tate, six months' imprisonment.
Frederic Paris, six months' imprisonment.
Marion Gardner, three months' imprisonment.
John Cantrell, three months' imprisonment.
Melvin C. Blackwood, two months' imprisonment.
Wm. P. Burnett, six months' imprisonment.
John F. Burnett, six months' imprisonment.
Chesterfield Scruggs, six months' imprisonment.
Henry Suratt, one months' imprisonment.
Louis Henderson, three months' imprisonment.
Monroe Scruggs, six months' imprisonment
and $10 fine.
Wm. D. Self, three months' imprisonment.
Andrew Cudd, three months' imprisonment.
Martin Hammett, six months' imprisonment.
Columbus Blackwood, six months' imprisonment.
James Wall, three months' Imprisonment,
John C. Wall, three months' imprisonment.
D. C. McClure, three months' imprisonment.
Calvin Cook, three months' imprisonment.
A. P. Clement, three months' imprisonment. 1
Dillard N. C'antrell, three mouths' imprisonment.
A new house of parliament is to be elated
at Berlin, Prussia, and the architects of I
all nations have been invited to compete in f
the presentation of designs. The plans must t
be sent to Berlin before April 15th. A prize f
of 84220 will be given for the best design, and i
prizes of 8844 for each of the four next best, f
LOCAL ITEMS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
rl. Strauss?For Sale?Wanted.
rohn C. Kuykendal?Lucerne.
I. B. Hall, Judge of Probate?Citation?J. J.
Stringfellow, Applicant?A. W. Poag, deceased.
P. M. Dobson <ft Co.?Trunks?Wanted?Paper
and Envelopes?Blank Books?Hardware?
Segars?A Tumble in Prices?Don't Read
Tins?Plow Shoes?Coarse Boots?FlourSundries?Flannels?Soaps?Ladies'
Hats?
You Must Read This.
V. B. Wilson, Attorney for Executors?Land
for Sale.
I. B. Hall, Judge of Probate?Citation?L. S.
White and A. II. White, Applicants?H. M.
White, deceased.
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.
Our thanks are hereby tendered to Hon.
L S. Wallace, representative in Congress
rora this District, for a number of valuable
ublic documents and papers which have been
eceived within the past few days.
SNOW.
A slight sprinkle of snow?the third we
lave had in this section the present winter?
ell on Thursday night last. The weather has
>een unusually cold for several days past, and
he cold snaps have been more continuous
his winter than for many previous years.
BACK NUMBERS.
In consequence of the demand by new subcribers
for back numbers of the Enquirer,
he entire edition has been exhausted. Hereifler
we will be under the necessity of comnencing
subscriptions with the number of the
>nper printed the same week in which names
ire received.
THE MIJLITARY PRISONERS.
Within the past two weeks, L. W. Dawson
las been arrested by the military authorities,
ind Elijah Hardin, Felix Dover and J. A.
Donald have been discharged from the prison
lere. D. S. Ramsour, who was arrested in
tforth Carolina some time ago, and taken to
Columbia, has been sent here for imprisonnent,
and Julius T. Howe has been transerred
from Columbia to the Yorkyille prison.
There are now fifteen in confinement here,
ind it is understood that several others of the
fork county prisoners now in Columbia will
>e returned to this place, some of whom are
ix pec ted to arrive this afternoon.
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.
Pursuant to notice, the annual meeting of
tockholders of the King's Mountain Railroad
Company, was held at this place on Friday
ast The meeting was organized by calling
Iblm H. Adams, Esq., to the Chair, and the
ippointment of L. M. Grist, Secretary.
A committee of three, consisting of Col.
rV. B. Wilson, S. R. Moore and James Maon,
was appointed to verify proxies. The
Coramitte reported 1651 shares, represented,
teing a majority of the stock.
The question came up for consideration as
o whether the railroad should be sold at
Charleston, as advertised by the trustees of
he bondholders, or elsewhere. After discusion,
it was decided to make no change in the
ime or place of the sale.
Col. William Johnson submitted the follow*
ng, which was seconded and unanimously
.dopted:
"Whereas the King's Mountain Railroad,
eluding all its rights, easements and proper*
y, has been advertised by Theodore D. Wagler
and Asbury Coward, Trustees named in
he mortgage executed on the 15th day of
kf arch, 1866; and whereas some doubts have
irisen as to the sale under the mortgage
.foresaid convening the chartered rights and
ranchises of said company to the purchaser,
tow, therefore, in order to enhance the value
if the property, and increase the price theref
for the benefit of the stockholders, the said
Trustees are hereby authorized and instructed
o convey by deed to the purchaser, at said
Trust sale, all the chartered rights, franchises
,nd privileges conferred upon the Company
ty the various charters granted to them by
he Legislature of South Carolina, and also
11 real and personal estate belonging to said
Company, and not embraced in said mortgage
deed."
Gen. Law submitted the following resoluion,
which was seconded and unanimously
.dopted:
Resolved, That Col. A. Coward be, and is
lereby, authorized to receive and disburse to
he stockholders, all proceeds of sale of the
king's Mountain Railroad, after the satisfacion
of the mortgage debt on said road and
xpeuses of sale, and payment of all liabilities
>f said road, and that he be allowed a reason.ble
compensation therefor.
Col. Wm. Johnson submitted the following
esolution, which was seconded and unanioously
adopted:
Resolved, That the Trustees, after paying
he debts secured in the mortgage and expenes
of saile, be authorized to give the purchaser
ixtv davs' time on the balance, witn interest
it the rate of seven per cent., and that they
xecute title and deliver possession of the
oad, with all its franchises and property,
vheu the balance is paid.
On motion, the President and old Board of
directors were reelected by acclamation.
The President, Gen. Law, submitted his
mnual report and that of the Treasurer, both
if which, on motion, were referred to a Comnittee
of three, consisting of Messrs. James
Jason, I. D. Witherspoon and J. F. Wallace,
vho are to report to the Directors.
On motion, the meeting then adjourned,
ine die.
SOUTH CAROLINA ^LEGISLATURE.
Monday, January 22,1872.
The Senate assembled at 12 M., and was
tailed to order by the President. A quorum
lot answering to their names, the Sergeant-atArms
was despatched for absent members.
After some delay a quorum was obtained.
The report of the Committee on the Juditiary
on a bill to empower fathers to legitimaize
certain children by last will and testanent
was read, and the bill taken up for a secind
reading, considered as in committee of
he whole, and by sections, and ordered to be
mgrossed for a third reading.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment
o the Constitution of the State of South Carilina,
in favor of minority representation, was
ead by its title, and referred to the Coramiteeonthe
Judiciary. The following is the
till text of the resolution :
Resolved by the Senate and House of Represenatives
of the State of South Carolina, (two-thirds
if both Houses concurring,) That the following
Article be submitted to the qualified electors of
he State, at the next general election for Repreentatives,
as an amendment to the Constitution
ifthe State, which, if a majority of the electors
[ualified to vote for members of the General Aslembly,
voting thereon, shall vote in favor of such
imendment, and two-thirds of each branch of the
lext General Assembly shall, after such an elecion.
and before another, ratify the same, shall be
:ome part of the Constitution, namely :
Article xvi.?To the end that the elector of
iouth Carolina may exercise their right of suffrage
reely and without undue constraint, and may
>btain for themselves complete representation in
hegovernmentof their affairs, the plan of free or
cumulative voting shall be lawful, and is hereby
iuthorized, in all cases where more persons than
>ne are to be chosen or elected to the same office
'or the same time or term of service; each voter
iuly qualified shall be entitled to as many votes
is the number of persons to be chosen, and may
k>11 them for one or more of said persons iq such
atio as he-may deem proper,
Report of Committee on the Judiciary on
jil^fo regulate the granting of divorces, was
i4ad, and bill taken up for a second reading.
Drdered to be engrossed for a third reading.
Report of Committee on Education on a
)ill to amend an act entitled "An act to
imend an act entitled "An act to establish
ind maintain a system of free common schools
or South Carolina," was read, and received
ts second reading, and ordered to be engrossed
or a third reading.
Mr. Whittemore introduced the following
concurrent resolution:
Resolved, by the Senate, the House of Representatives
concurring, That the General Assembly
' now in session shall adjourn on the 15th of February
next, sine die; ana moved that the rule be
suspended, and the concurrent resolution considI
ered immediately.
I Obiection being made, the concurrent resolution
was ordered for consideration to-morrow.
In the House there was no quorum.
Tuesday, Janury 23,1872.
Mr. Hollinshead asked and obtained the
unanimous consent of the Senate to introduce,
without previous notice, a bill to repeal an
act to provide for the payment of the interest
of the bonds and stocks of this State in gold,
which received its first reading, was ordered
" 1 ond ^nnaidflration to-mor
lor a sfecuuu icauiug ouu
row, and to be printed.
Mr. Swails introduced a concurrent resolution,
that all the special and joint investigating
committees appointed by the General Assembly,
or either branch thereof, at any session
prior to the current one, be, and they are
hereby, discharged. On motion of Mr. Smalls,
the rule was suspended, and the resolution considered,
agreed to, and ordered to be sent to
the House of Representatives for concurrence.
On motion of Mr. Arnim, the Senate proceeded
to the consideration, out of its order, of
a concurrent resolution to adjourn sine die,
J February 15,1872, which, after debate, was
amended to read February sixteenth, instead
I of fifteenth, agreed to and ordered to be sent
to the House for concurrence.
Report of Committee on the Judiciary to
abolish the salaries of the solicitors of the Circuit
courts of the State, and to reduce the fees
of the same was read, bill taken up for a sec1
J! - ?J - JnLtn navtininotoH in.
ona reauiug, uuu a uounw jjuui>.y??v? ?
The report and bill were recommitted to the
Committee on the Judiciary.
In the House, Mr. Simons, from the Special
Joint Committee, appointed to inquire
what has become of the appropriation of the
forty thousand dollars made for the completion
of the Lunatic Asylum, beg leave to report
that they have waited upon His Excellency,
the Governor, and also have examined
the books and vouchers in the State Treasury,
and find thai twenty-seven thousand six hundred
and twenty-five dollars, has been paid to
J. M. Allen, contractor, and G. T. Berg, architect.
The above amount was paid on the
| order of the Board of Regents of the Lunatic
Asylum, with the approval of the Governor.
There is a balance in the State Treasury of
l $12,375, which has not been drawn.
I There is also a balance in the treasury of five
thousand dollars of the appropriation made at
the regular session of 1869-70. Making a
total now in the State Treasury, to the credit
of the Lunatic Asylum of $17,375.
Mr. Whipper introduced the following resolution,
which was ordered for consideration
to-morrow
I Resolved, That R. K. Scott, Governor of South
Carolina, be impeached of high crimes and misdemeanors
in office.
Mr. Lee introduced the following preamble
and concurrent resolution, which was immediately
considered, adopted, and ordered to be
sent to the Senate:
Whereas, the General Assembly, at its last session,
appointed, by a concurrent resolution, a <
joint committee to investigate the financial condition
of the State of South Carolina; and, whereas,
said committee has incurred an expense to the
State, the amount of which is unknown to the
I General Assembly; and whereas, it is reported
that said committee is still drawing per diem,
therefore, be it
Resolved, by the House of Representatives, the
Senate concurring, That the said committee be,
and they are hereby discharged.
A bill to provide for the election of county
treasurers and auditors was taken up, when
M. L. Cain offered the following as a substitute
for section 1, which was adopted:
"Sec. 1. That at the next general election to be
held on the third Wednesday in October, 1872, and
every alternate year thereafter, there shall be elected,
in and for each county, one county treasurer
ana one county auditor, who shall hold their offlj
cos for the term of two years, and until their sue|
cessors are elected and qualified."
i Section 1 was passed to a third reading.
A debate ensued, pending which, at the
hour of 3 P. M., the Speaker declared the
House adjourned till to-morrow, at 12 M.
Wednesday, January 24,1872.
In the Senate, Mr. Arnim, from the
committee on county offices and county officers,
to whom was referred a bill to abolish
the office of State Auditor and confer the duties
of his office upon the Comptroller General,
and a bill to define the jurisdiction and
duties of county commissioners, reported back
the same, with recommendations that the bills
do pass. Ordered, for consideration to-morrow.
Mr. Swails asked and obtained the consent
of the Senate to introduce a bill defining the
time of commencing civil and criminal actions
; and a bill to aid in the construction
of the Georgetown and Charlotte railroad,
which were read and ordered for consideration
to-morrow.
The first bill proposes to effect a very
prompt outlawry of actions against any body
who is or ever has been so fortuate as to be a
fltato Thin hill nmvidea that no
criminal or civil action, prosecution or proceeding
by or on behalf of the State or any
citizen thereof, shall be instituted or maintained
against any executive, ministerial or
legislative officer of the State, or against any
person or persons having held or now holding
any public or fiduciary place or position, for
any act or thing done by said officer or person
in said public or fiduciary position, unless
said action or prosecution be commenced
within six months from the time when such
acts are alleged to have been committed.
Prosecutions for murder are excepted from
the provisions of the act, and indictments for
arson must be found within three years after
the alleged commission of the crime, but indictments
for all other felonies and for all
misdemeanors must be found within six
months after their commission.
The railroad aid bill proposes to allow and
authorize any counties, towns or villages,
which may feel an interest in the construction
or prosperity of the road, to pledge their own
faith and credit for its assistance.
Bill to empower the Judges of the Probate
Courts, in their respective counties, to issue
executions, was read and passed, the title
changed to that of an act, and ordered to be
enrolled for ratification.
The bill to amend an act to establish and
maintain a system of free common schools for
the State of South Carolina, and a bill to empower
fathers to legitimize certain children by
last will and testament, received their third
reading, passed, and were ordered to be sent
to the House of Representatives.
On motion of Mr. Hollinshead the Senate
proceeded to the consideration of a bill to repeal
an act entitled "An act to provide for
the payment of the interest of the bonds and
stocks of this State in gold," which was read
and referred to the committee on finance.
Report of committee on railroads on bill to
regulate passenger fares on railroads, was
read, agreed to, and the bill accordingly ordered
to lie on the table.
Report of committee on railroads on bill to
charter the Cheraw, Lancaster, Union and
Greenville Railroad Company, was read and
ordered to lie on the table, on motion of Mr.
Leslie, and after a call of the yeas and nays,
by Mr. Arnira.
The bill to prevent certain officers from
buying, discounting or shaving teachers' pay
certificates, or other orders on school funds
was read, passed, and ordered to be engrossed
for a third reading.
In the House, the unfinished business of
yesterday,at the hour of adjournment was a bill
to provide for the election of county treasurers
and auditors. The same was read ^ second
time and ordered to be engrossed.
Mr. L. Cain gave notice of the introduction
of a bill to compel Representatives to reside
in the counties from which they were
elected,
Id relation to this bill, the correspondent
of the Charleston Courier says?
"It is a well known fact that a large number of
the Representatives in the General Assembly rarely
see the constituency whom they are elected to
represent, but live year in and year out in Columbia?such
as the Representatives from Union,Newberry,
York, Laurens, and a number of other
counties. Some of the middle county men seem