Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, April 04, 1872, Image 2
Jtoapjs and Jacts.
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A Boston girl has sued a good-looking
mulatto for breach of promise and recovered
a thousand dollars damages.
The small pox is said to be spreading
with alarming rapidity in New York, and is
fast assuming the form of an epidemic.
There are said to be five hundred miles
of gas pipe underlying the streets of New
York city.
In three States of the South the negroes
outnumber the whites by large majorities. In
Mississippi the majority is 61,305, in Louisiana
2,145, and in South Carolina 126,147.
Henry "Ward Beecher is said to enjoy a
professional income of over thirty thousand
dollars per annum, by pulpit, pen and rostrum.
Mrs. Sol. Smith Russell, (Louisa Berger)
is reported to have died at Jackson,
Michigan, on Wednesday of last week from
disease of the kidneys.
A patriotic citizen boasts that "no people
on earth can excel the Americans in the
manly art of sitting on a bench and watching
men play base ball."
An honest country parson, who, in the
time of great drought, was desired to pray for
rain, answered: "I'll willingly do it to oblige
you, but it is to no purpose while the wind is
in this quarter."
A movement is said to be on foot among
the principal railroads to conduct, control,
and manage the package express business on
their roads, and thus derive the benefit of the
profits on* this class of traffic themselves, instead
of the express companies.
A destructive fire occurred at Valdosta,
Georgia, on Tuesday of last week. Among
the sufferers we notice the name of Mr. J. B.
Withers, formerly of Fort Mill, in York
county. His stock of goods was damaged to
the amount of three hundred dollars, but, fortunately,
he was insured.
The saloou keepers of Cleveland, Ohio,
secure the photographs of men whose wives do
not permit them to drink, and keep galleries of
them. When a customer enters, the bar-keeper
looks through his album, and sees whether or
not the customer's face is good.
An English writer advises young ladies
to look favorably upon those engaged in agricultural
pursuits, giving as a reason that
their mother Eve married a gardener. He
forgot to add, however, that the gardener lost
his situation in consequence of the match.
A worthy Scotch couple, when asked
how their son had broken down so early in
life, gave the following explanation: "When
we began life together, we worked hard and
lived upon porridge and such like, gradually
adding to our comforts as our means improved,
until we were able to dine off a bit of roast
meat, and sometimes a boilt chickie, (chicken;)
but Jack, our son, he worked backward, aud
began with the chickie first."
The Teutonic tailor of a Pennsylvania
village having married a second wife indecently
soon after the funeral of the first, the young
men of the place testified their disapproval
by a tin-horn serenade during the progress of
the wedding feast. The vulgar fraction of a
man expostulated in the following style: "I
say, poys, you ought to be ashamed of yourselfs
to be making all dis noise ven dare vas a
funeral here so soon."
Some startling figures are given respecting
the ravages of the small-pox in Philadelphia.
It is said that no epidemic pestilence,
not even cholera, has within half a century
been equally general or fatal, the bills of mortality
presenting an average of more than
200 deaths a week during the autumn and
winter. It has raged during a period nearly
ten times as long as did cholera, and it has
not yet ceased.
The following is one of the best cough
syrups now in use, for consumption, liver complaints
and colds. Take four large onions,
peel and slice them into water, boil them until
nearly tender, add one single handful of
flax seed, and boil a few minutes longer, then
strain it. There should be one tea-cupful of
juice, and after straining add one tea-cup of
honey and one tea-cup of good cider vinegar.
Bottle for use.
An Arkansas paper says that in Lawrence
county, as some persons were clearing
some land, they set fire to a large oak log lying
on the ground, when they noticed a rattlesnake
crawling out from the log. They
turned it over, when they discovered a den of
seventy-two rattlesnakes, two green snakes
and one king snake. Twenty-two of the rattlesnakes
had from fourteen to eighteen rattles,
and measured from seven to nine feet in
length.
A Portsmouth (N. H.) paper says that
there is ajlogin that city, only six months
old, that chews tobacco and will take an intoxicating
drink whenever invited. In fact
he will get "as drunk as a lord" as often as
he has an opportunity. We can hardly believe
it. That "a lord" or any other human
being should get drunk and dissipate in the
most insane manner is not at all to be wondered
at; but that a dog or any other respectable
beast should degrade himself in this
way is truly deplorable, and it is very hard
for us to have our good opinion of the canine
race brought down by a depraved pup like
this of Portsmouth.
Doubtless among the advantages of
being intoxicated is the power of jumping
from express trains without being killed. An
individual on the Boston and Albany Road
indulged in that dangerous diversion lately,
and lives to get drunk another day. The train
was going at the rate of thirty miles an hour,
and he leaped straight off at right angles with
the car. The conductor notified the depot
master at the next station to go back for the
remains with a hand car. He found the remains
in a very lively condition with only a
few bruises on the face and an unbroken
whisky bottle in his pocket. He seemed to
think that he must have fallen somehow or
other.
What Washington knew about farming
was worth knowing. In 1787 he had five
hundred acres of oats, seven hundred acres
of wheat, and as much more in corn, barley,
potatoes, beans, peas, &c., and one hundred
and fifty with turnips. His stock consisted
of one hundred and forty horses, one hundred
and twelve cows, two hundred and thirty
six working oxen, heifers and steers, and five
hundred sheep. He constantly employed
two hundred and fifty hands, and kept
twenty-four ploughs going during the whole
year when the earth and the state of the weather
would permit. In 1780 he slaughtered
one hundred and fifty hogs for the use of his
own family, and provisions for his negroes.
A piece of sharp practice on the part of
the directors and officers of an insurance company
of Hartford, has recently been brought
to light. It seems that these officers borrowed
from 810,000 to 820,000 each of the fund of
their company, giving as security therefor,
their individual notes and mortgage on their
homestead. After the fire at Chicago they
went to that city, represented their company
as insolvent, bought up claims against it (it is
said for twenty-five cents on the dollar,) and
then endeavored to use these claims at their
face value in payment of their notes held by
the company, and were only prevented from
doing so by the receiver, who shut down on
the little game.?Springfield Republican.
The Legislature of South Carolina,
(says the New York Sun) has adjourned after a
session of four months, during which the public
plunderers, headed by Governor Scott,
have continued their audacious robberies of
the people, apparently as indifferent to the
force of public opinion which has found utterance
in all parts of the Union in reference to
? 1 - oAnPonnonnnc
their crimes, as 10 uie miliums V/UUO^/NjUVUVUk,
to the State of their reckless and corrupt proceedings.
Within the last year $8,000,000 has
been added to the public debt, twice as much
as was incurred in eighty years before the war,
and that too while three times the amount ol
I money was being collected by taxation tha
i was formerly required to pay the expenses o
Government for an equal length of time
! This Legislature has enacted that bonds whicl
were fraudulently issued shall be held valid
I and has given the State officers authority t
j go on and issue and convert bonds withou
i limit in the/uture. There can be but one re
j suit of such legislation, and that is repudio
tinri Mnnv wlin nnw lnnk with eouanimit'
upon the oppressions which the people ofSouti
i Carolina are compelled to endure may com
to view the matter in a different light whei
they feel in their own pockets the effects of th
! reckless and criminal course of the carpet-baj
| robbers.
Ihc furMl* <&nqite
I YORKVILLE, S. C.:
! THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 4,1872
Watch the Figures.?The date on the "address
label" shows the time to which the subscription i
paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers dis
continued, the date must be kept in advance.
Cash.?It must be distinctly understood tha
our terms for subscription, advertising and job
work, are cash, in advance
SOURCES OF INCOME.
The resources of the upper and middle sec
tions of the State of South Carolina are nearl;
infinite. Only a few of these resources hav
been developed. In fact, none of them hav
been fully developed. The main source of in
come in South Carolina is agriculture, am
this, good judges tell us, is by no means prac
ticed as it should be. There are source
which if properly managed would prove a
lucrative as that of agriculture. The lurabe
trade might be carried on in the upper part c
the State with profit. The timber of this sec
tion is good. It is strong, and it is durable
Most of the wagon and carriage timber a
present is shipped to us from other States. Ii
some instances, at least, our plow-stocks ar
brought to us and every farmer plows with :
pair of hames, the timber of which grew ii
some distant State, and which was manufac
tured in a shop not in the State. This is i
condition of things for which there is not th
least necessity. We are fully convinced tha
there is as good plow and hame timber ii
York county as there is in Maine. The for
ests of the western portion of York county ar
covered with as good wagon and carriage tim
ber as can be shipped here from any quarter
certainly much better than any that is ship
ped here at present. There must be a vas
amount of money expended every year in th
simple article of hames. Thousands of thes
things are bought every season. The price
range from twenty-five cents to one dollar
"NJqqrlir oil nft'Kom nrfl mRTinfftotnred from th<
most ordinary timber and made simply to sell
The same is true respecting wagon, carriagi
and buggy hubs. Visit any carriage facton
in the county and you will see a pile of hubs
a pile of spokes and a pile of rims. Ask th<
proprietor where he got this material and h<
will tell you, "from the North." In one sens<
he is not to blame for this, and in anothei
sense he is to blame. As a citizen he, in com
mon with all other citizens, is to blame, be
cause these materials are not provided for hin
from our own forests. As a manufacturer hi
is not to blame for sending to the North foi
these things, because he could not get then
elsewhere.
We are convinced that money could bi
made by establishing in Yorkville a raanufac
tory of agricultural implements. The forest1
of our own county could furnish all the lum
her. To all parties such an establishmen
would be profitable. It would give a mar
ketable value to our forest pines, oaks anc
poplars. Occasionally, now, men cut up somi
of these trees into carriage lumber and realizi
a handsome profit.
A few days ago a gentleman told us tha
he made out of one moderate sized poplar trei
thirty dollars, and retained a considerable por
tion of the tree for his own use. This showi
what might be done. There are thousands o
acres of forest land in York county the tim
ber on which is worth five hundred times thi
present marketable value of the land. A1
V?af nnnMOOnf fn rri\TO fhocp lutlds find th<
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timber upon them a marketable value equa
to their intrinsic worth, is the establishraen
of manufactories.
There is another thing which should not bi
overlooked. The timber of our county ii
well adapted to ornamental purposes. Ou:
common rail timber makes the nicest funituri
in the world. A set of chairs made out o
common oak fence rails skillfully turned ant
properly varnished, are unrivaled so far a
beauty is concerned. The painter's brush cai
make no imitation like them. A set of furni
ture made out of our common forest oak woult
grace the parlor of Queen Victoria. Then
are fortunes in the old fields and forests o
York county. Who will get them ?
STATE ITEMS.
? The Union Times denies a report in circu
lation that another attempt has been made t<
burn that town.
? Meningetis prevails to a considerable ex
tent in Newberry county, and a number o
colored persons have died from its effects.
? Since the first of January last betweei
seven and eight hundred tons of comraercia
fertilizers have been sold at Greenville.
? The Ledger announces the death, on th<
20th ultimo, of R. C. Potts, Esq., of Lancas
ter county.
? A Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
organized in Columbia last Friday evening
1 " -'1 - !_ 4/U
me oraer is sirauar in its purpuaus iu m>
Odd Fellows.
? The Aiken Journal boasts of a lady ii
Barnwell county one hundred and two year
' of age, who a few months ago spun threa<
enough to weave sixty yards of cloth.
? The Reporter of last week says that al
. the prisoners confined in the jail at that plac
have been discharged on bail except Baxte
Creely, Mattison Good and Miles Howell.
? A narrow-gauge railroad is being buil
between Cheraw, S. C., and Salisbury, N. C
The gauge is three feet, and it is expectei
that twenty-four miles of the line will be com
pleted and in operation by the first day o
next September.
? The Question as to "who is the oldes
1 - Free
Mason ?" is attracting some attention ii
this State at present. Charleston, so far, ap
pears to be ahead. Mr. T. W. Johnson, o
that city, according to the Courier, dates hi
? interest in the mystic order back to 1817
, when he joined St. Andrew's Lodge, No. 1(
? The United States Marshal, R. M. Wal
1 lace, Esq., has made arrangements with th
1 various railroad companies of the State t
' pass persons needed as witnesses, &c., in th
United States Court, on certificates of tram
portation furnished by the Marshal. Thes
certificates are printed in blank and filled uj
t! with the names of the persons whose presence !
'f is required. j'
[ | ? The Columbia Carolinian of Saturday 11
I j last says: "For the past two days Judge Mel^
! ton has had before him, at Chambers, the im- 1
t portant case of Harvey Terry, vs. the Stock- ]
i- holders of the Commercial Bank. This case 1
?"1 ftnn/1 in. i
>~ | 111 YUlVCJ) UIC SUIU Ul UIIU IU1 biivi ill j y
j volves the liabilities of the stockholders of the i
^ ! bank for all the bills out, amounting to near- 1
? ly 8200,000. As this is a test case, and one i
e that concerns so many of our citizens, it ex- 1
y cites no little interest. Judge Melton reserves
his decision. The case will no doubt be car5
ried up to the Appeal Court.
? At the recent term of the Circuit Court
* for Spartanburg county, John W. VandeVer,
: Z. W. Vandever and James H. Vandever, a '
father and two sons, were convicted of con- ,
spiring and combining against the rights of
General Bates, a citizen of that county, and '
were sentenced by Judge Moses, the two form- ,
er to two years imprisonment, and the last, on
account of his youth, to six months in the
common jail of the county. The indictment .
- was under the Act of the Legislature, and it '
was prosecuted by the Solicitor of the Cir,
cuit, Homer L. McGowan, Esq., to conviction
by a jury composed of eleven white men, be~
fore a native Judge of South Carolina,
s ? The following is the apportionment of the '
State appropriation of 8300,000 for the sup- ,
it port and maintenance of free common schools
for the fiscal year commencing November 1,
: 1871: Abbeville, 811,862.70; Anderson, 89,- 1
862.20; Barnwell, 813,084.80; Beaufort, 815,:
511.00; Charleston, 839,273.80; Chester, 88,v
156.70: Chesterfield. 85.345.00: Clarendon,
e $6,575.80; Colleton, $12,209.60; Darlington, 1
e $11,292.30; Edgefield, $15,260.00; Fairfield,
i- $6,953.10; Georgetown, $6,968.50; Greencl
ville, $10,050.70; Horry, $4,453.60; Kershaw,
$5,290.40; Lancaster, $4,795.80 ; Laus
rens, $9,163.70; Lexington, $5,906.40; Mars
ion, $9,133.30; Marlboro', $5,048.70; Newr
berry, $8,036.50; Oconee, $4,824.70 ;Orange f
burg, $12,264.50; Pickens, $4,534.10; Rich>
land, $8,229.60 ; Spartanburg, $10,864.70;
J. Sumter, $10,860.10; Union, $8,060.70; Wilt
liamsburg, $7,284.80; York, $9,792.20.
n ?The Spartan of last week publishes the
e following in relation to the arrests and rea
leases by the military, in Spartanburg, since
a the 16th ultimo:- "Now in jail?Burnett
!- Russell, Pinckney George, James Kimbrell, 1
a Bruno Hunter, Elias Burnett, Wm. Owens,
e Thos. Service, Wm. Moore, Marion Britton,
t John Mull, Jake Waters, Jerry McArthur
a and Wm. Hamerton. Of the above named,
Britton and Mull are from North Carolina,
e and are charged with peddling without license.
- The following persons have been arrested and
; released on bond : Crayton Pope, David H. ,
>* Lipscomb, Simpson Kirby, H. T. Ferguson,
t Wm. Waters, Franklin Oglesby, John Chape
man, Edward Cooley, John P. Fowler, Jones
e W. Foster, Geo. Epton, J. W. Harris, News
ton Tillotson, Audy Jones, Zade Coan, Ne'
ville Holcomb, Major Lee Linder and W. P.
e Linder. Samuel Littlejohn, Sr., George W.
. Kirby and James D. Kirby have been released
3 unconditionally.
t ?Mr. J. R. Minter, of Unionville, says ,
'? the Rural Carolinian, for April, has patented .
5 an improvement in cultivators which promi3
ses to be of great value to our farmers gene- ,
3 rally, and especially to the cotton planter. ,
r It consists essentially of three working parts
* or ploughs attached to a suitable stock, and
' adjustable by means of a very simple arrange1
mnnf r\f olrtfo on/1 Knlta Tim npntrftl nippp is
llit/iilf VI OlV/bC UUU MVitMi AUV v> <? |,.wvv
3 a small shovel plough attached to the standr
ard ; the side pieces are winged scrapers, fas1
tened to slotted bars; the whole being calculated
to stir the entire space between the rows
3 at one passage, the adjustment rendering it
capable of being adapted to rows of different ,
5 width ; but the crowning excellence of this
new implement, (if it works as claimed by the (
k inventor, which we see no reason to doubt,)
* lies in its use as a scraper at the first working
* of cotton. For this purpose the central
3 plough is taken off, and the two side scrapers
3 made to straddle the row, cutting as close to
the plants as is desired, cleaning the whole
^ bed at one movement, and leaving little work
3 for the hoe, thus making an immense saving
of labor.
3
f NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
- ? One of the nursery-men near Greensboro ;
2 sold 20,000 fruit trees this season.
1 ? Five prisoners confined in the Ruther- J
2 fordton jail, on charges of ku-kluxing, made 1
1 their escape on Thursday night last.
t ? Jno, McAdoo, an old merchant of Greens- |
boro, and well known in South Carolina, 1
2 died on Wednesday of last week. '
s ? Reports from the cotton-raising sections ]
r of the State indicate that there will be much .
b less corn planted this year than last.
f ?A colored woman in Wilmington, says 1
1 the Star, recently gave birth to a child with i
s two well-developed horns, one on each side of
1 the head. ]
- ?The internal revenue derived from the ]
1 tobacco manufactured in the fourth collection i
2 district during the year 1871 amounts to i
f $358,080.52. 1
? The Intelligencer is a new paper soon to i
D6 issued at Qiaiesvuie, HI uie imeresus ui me
Conservative party, by Messrs. Wright & ?
Jones.
3 ? Zebedee Kersey, a well-to-do man, aged i
about 50 years, while in a state of mental ab- i
* beration, hanged himself at his house near I
f High Point on Tuesday of last week. I
? One of the newspapers in Greensboro 1
l having removed to a new office, the opposi- i
1 tion sheet modestly hints that no more lye <
will be used in the building vacated. .?
e ?Two fine residences?one in Guilford and i
- the other in Rockingham?were destroyed by
fire last week, the fires in both cases arising
3 from defective stove-pipes. <
' ? It has been recently discovered that the '
e convicts in the penitentiary at Raleigh have '
been digging a tunnel by which to effect their (
1 escape. 1
3 ?An exchange publishes the statement that <
i Dr. Robert Rudasill, of Lincoln county, has '
just been notified of a legacy of $9,000,000 J
1 awaiting him in Germany. <
e ?Willie Brown, son of John L. Brown, i
r Esq., of Charlotte, while hunting, on Thurs- 1
day last, in company with several other boys, i
t was accidentally shot with his own gun, and i
J. died the next evening from the effects of the i
3 wound. 1
i- ? The political campaign was earnestly i
f opened by Governor Vance, at Statesville on (
Tuesday last, on which occasion he is said to i
it have made a grand effort A stenographer <
q was present to report the speech, which is to ]
h be circulated as a campaign document. >
f ? A Wilmington man who wished to econos
mize his time, by hastening the fire he was ; j
r, kindling, poured kerosene oil on the wood i
). from a can. He produced a quick fire, though j1
[-1 the can exploded, and in addition to a rent j!
e in his trousers, the man himself was seriously ]
o injured. ]
e ? The stockholders of the proprosed rail- (<
i- J road, which is already graded, between <
e ! Greensboro and Salem, have entered into a <
p ' contract with the Richmond and Danville I <
I
Railroad company for the completion of the
work, and it is promised to be finished before j
the first of January.
?The difficulty existing in consequence of
the refusal of the Governor to recognize the
legislative boards of the Lunatic Asylum and
the Penitentiary is in a fair way to be adjustsd.
The Governor recommends to the board
ippointed by himself to pay over to the
legislative board the funds in their hands,
ft is probable, however, that the case will go
before the courts.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
On Tuesday, the 27th, the House bill to
reDeal the duty on tea and coffee was taken
A ?r
up. Amendments were offered and disposed
jf by rejecting the motion to repeal the duty
3n coal and salt. The free list of the pending
tariff bill was adopted, and the second
aection, reducing the tariff 10 per cent, on
woven fabrics, and manufactures of steel and
iron was adopted. In the House, ihe committee
of conference on the bill providing for
the transfer of causes from the State to the
Federal courts was concurred in. Mr. Hoopsr,
from the committee on banking, reported
that the public interest demands a change in
the comptroller of the currency.
On Wednesday, the Senate appropriated
?5000 for the expenses of the committee investigating
the sale of arms to the French.
The bill to repeal the duty on tea and coffee
was then taken up, and the general tariff
amendments which were adopted the day previous
in committee of the whole were agreed
to. An amendment to put salt on the free
list was debated until adjournment. The session
of the House was consumed in filibustering
over a bill to locate the depot of the Baltimore
and Potomac Railroad on Pennsylvania
avenue, Washington city.
In the Senate on Thursday, the Chicago
relief bill, with the House amendment exempting
lumber from the operation of the
law, was finally passed. The interminable
bill to repeal the duty on tea and coffee was
again taken up, and the free list of the tariff
bill was added. The second section of the
tariff bill, reducing by ten per cent, the duties
on manufactures of iron and steel and certain
textiles was concurred in, striking out such
manufactures of silk as are now subject to a
duty of ten per cent, ad valorem. The third
section of the tariff bill was then added, and
finally the first section was added, providing
for free tea and coffee, to take effect on the
1st of July, 1872. After some further amendments
the bill was passed. The proceedings
of the House were unimportant. Both Houses
adjourned until Monday.
4 4
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
The Connecticut Election.
The Connecticut State election took
place on Tuesday last. From indications so
far received the vote was light. The Republicans
claim superior organization, afcd on
this fact they have based their hopes of success.
The Democrats are likewise sanguine
of success, if their full strength was polled.
It is not thought that the Labor-Reformers,
whose strength in the State is estimated at
2000, could materially affect the result, as
that element is about equally drawn- from the
Democratic and Republican parties. The
total vote of the State will reach about 90,000.
rhe Cincinnati Convention.
The committee of arrangements for the
May Convention, which is to meet in Cincinnati,
have issued a circular inviting voters,
without distinction of party, to join in susfninino
constitution as it is and in secu
ring civil service reform, a tariff for revenue
only, general amnesty for past political offenses
and local self-government. It says, further,
that while the objects of the Liberal Republican
and Revenue Reform organizations
are in the main the same, the latter organization
has the special object of gathering together
all parties who are in favor of the principle.
A. Case of Mistaken Identity.
Some days ago a drover named Archer,
of Noble county, Ohio, was swindled out of
82250 in Wheeling, Virginia, by some sharpers
who followed him to that place from Baltimore,
and after consummating their scheme
took the first train for New York. The facta
were telegraphed to Cumberland, when the
police arrested two men and lodged them in
the station house. Wednesday night the arrested
parties were brought to Wheeling, and
on examination they proved to be General
Thomas Francis Burke and A. E. Costello,
great labor protection speakers, who had been
by mistake arrested for swindlers. They were
at once discharged from custody, and will
prosecute the parties who arrested them.
Affairs in Mormondom.
The latest intelligence from Utah conveys
the information that an immense meeting
of citizens opposed to the admission of
Utah as a State was held in Salt Lake City on
last Thursday. Hundreds of women were
present and Mormons were denounced and
repudiated. The speeches were designed to
show how Mormon allegiance to the church is
beyond all consideration for general government
and public sentiment, and that every
;a Knnnd hv snlnmn nat.li to avencre
LUV/liUVU AO l/uuuu ?j o_
Joe Smith and oppose the authority of the
United States. Great enthusiasm prevailed,
and a memorial to Congress against the admission
of Utah was adopted. All the Gentiles
and many of the Mormons are signing
the memorial and many thousand signatures
will be obtained. The Gentile newspapers
ire agitating the question of the possibility
}f a civil war in Utah as the result of admis- ,
jion, but the Mormons deny and ridicule th/
idea. /
The Election of Postmasters. /
A bill has been introduced in th/House
Df Representatives, by Mr. Handley/ of Alabama,
authorizing the election of postmasters
by the people, which requires the FostmasterGreneral
to lay off post-office districts on or before
September 1, 1872, and an election held
an the first Tuesday in October following, at
which qualified voters may vote, and the person
receiving the highest number of votes shall be
declared elected, and shall, upon giving bond
and otherwise complying with existing laws,
be commissioned as postmaster, to hold office
for two years, or until his successor is elected
and qualified. The bill further provides that
in case of a vacancy the Fostmaster-General
may appoint to fill such vacancy, ordering an
alection within sixty days, and giving ten
days' notice thereof. In case of the creation
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of a new office tbe same course snau ue pu?-1
sued as in case of a vacancy. The bill was '
referred to the Committe on Civil Service.
The Purposes of the Democracy.
A Washington dispatch says that August
Belmont, chairman of the National Democratic
Committee, reached Washington on
Thursday morning, and had an informal political
caucus, at which were present about j
forty of the principal politicians of both
houses. The question of holding a national j
convention was fully and freely discussed by j
Casserly, Frank Blair, Stockton, Bayard and i
others. The feeling was unmistakable against;
calling a convention at this time, or indica-l
ting any positive policy until after the action j
of the Cincinnati Convention is known. Any I
coalition with the Republicans, it was admitted,
must be made on the question of strength ,
only ; there must be no surrender of Demo-;
cratic principles. It was advised that no i
Democrats participate in the Cincinnati Con-!
vention. There was less disposition to indorse 1
Judge Davis than was expected. The names ;
of Senator Trumbull and Charles Francis |
Adams were discussed, and also those of Gen. !
Logan and Gratz Brown.
The Rock Hill Academy.
At a recent meeting of citizens of Rock
Hill and vicinity the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting
that the present Rock Hill Academy
ought to be used as a female academy; and
that to this end a committee of five be appointed
to confer with the trustees, and report
to an adjourned meeting as to the feasibility
of this suggestion.
Resolved, That the educational wants of
Rock Hill require the establishment of a male
academy; and that a committee of five be appointed
to solicit subscriptions for said purpose,
and report at an adjourned meeting to
be appointed by the chairman.
The committee appointed under these resolutions
consists of Messrs. J. M. Ivy, F. H.
Barber, Iredell Jones, R. H. McCosh and R.
M. Sims.
The State License Law.
At a meting of citizens, held in Charleston
on Wednesday of last week, the following
preamble and resolutions were adopted :
"Whereas, eminent counsel concur in the
opinion that the license law, recently passed
by the State Legislature, is unconstitutional,
and that it may be effectively resisted by a
general refusal to comply with its requirements;
therefore, te it
Resolved, That an adjourned meeting be
called for Saturday next, the 30th instant, at
12 o'clock M., at the hall of the Bank of
Charleston, and that the Secretary be requested
to invite, through the newspapers, ail persons
and corporations who are affected by the
"license act, with the view of taking legal
proceedings to test the validity of the act"
The persons embraced in this invitation include
members of the bar, salaried officers of
corporations, (including clergymen and clerks,)
wholesale and retail dealers, factors, brokers,
apothecaries, hotel, saloon and livery stable
keepers, bankers, phosphate, mining and manufacturing
companies.
Memorial to the late Win. Gilmore Simms.
At a meeting of friends and admirers
of the late Wm. Gilmore Simms, held in
Charleston a few days ago, the following resolution
was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That committees be appointed by
the chairman of this meeting, at his leisure,
for the city and State at large, who shall be
charged with the duty of procuring plans for
a suitable monument to be erected over the
remains of William Gilmore Simms, at Magnolia
Cemetery, and of raising the means necessary
for the purpose, and that the committee
report to an adjourned meeting of this
body, to be called by the chairman.
In accordance with the above, the chairman,
Hon. Alfred Huger, appointed the commitees
for the several counties in the State, among
which we find the names of Col. A. Coward
and L. M. Grist, of Yorkville; E. C. McLure
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and James ragan, 01 unesier; sx. o. urage
and R. M. Stokes, of Union; J. B. Witherspoon
and D. J. Carter, of Lancaster; James
H. Rion and James R. Aiken, of Fairfield ;
J. H. Carlisle and J. H. Evins, of Spartanburg.
The Proposed New Tariff Bill.
The Baltimore Sun gives the following
summary of the more important features of
the tariff bill passed by the Senate on Thursday
last, and sent to the House :
"A total reduction of taxation amounting
to fifty-five millions of dollars; the abolition
of the income tax so as to prevent the collection
of the tax now demanded; the abolition
of the internal taxes on illuminating
gas, those imposed by section 100 of the act
of June 30,1864, (except that on banks and
banking, which is retained,) and all stamp
taxes except those on distilled spirits, fermented
liquors, and snuff, tobacco and cigars. The
duties on coffee and tea hereby repealed are
three cents and fifteen cents per pound respectively.
The duty on bituminous coal is
fixed at fifty cents per ton, (reduced from
$1.25 per ton.) An amendment to reduce the
duty on steel rails, which now enhances their
cost $3000 per mile, in order to reduce the
expense of bringing the coal to market, was
voted down. The duty on salt in bulk and
rock salt, 9 cents per hundred weight, (reduced
from 18 cents,) and in bags or packages
12 cents per hundred weight, (reduced
from 24 cents,) on hides, 5 per cent, ad valorem,
(reduced from 10 per cent.)
Decision on the Ku-Klnx Cases.
A special despatch to the Cha rleston
News, dated Washington, Monday March 25,
says:
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ine decision OI me oupreine vajuil uu uie
motion of Messrs. Johnson and Stanbery, for
write of habeas corpus and certiorari, in the
case of T. Jefferson Greer, one of the convicted
South Carolina Ku-Klux, was delivered today.
The court decided to grant the motion,
and ordered the writs to issue, making them
returnable on the 8th of April, and setting the
case for argument on the 12th of that month.
The decision of the court was something of a
surprise to the counsel for the Government,
who confidently expected a denial of the motion.
It is stated that every effort will be made,
on the part of the Government, to defeat the
presentation of the question upon its merits
when it comes up for argument. There is
great dread of the result of an inquiry, before
the Supreme Court, into the constitutionality
of the Enforcement or Ku-Klux law, and every
opportunity will be seized of evadingthat
issue. There is, also, a marked dispositiolNn
official circles to avoid any examination ofl,
tbe^5r'oceedings of the Circuit Court in the
"Ku-Klux cases. An interesting discussion is
anticipated when the next move shall be made.
The Lowreys.
The New York Herald prints letters
from a correspondent, who says that he has
spent some days with the Lowrey outlaws of
Robeson county, North Carolina. One of
these letters gives the following accoiint of the
death of Henry Berry Lowrey, the leader of
the gang:
Between February 13 and 16, in company
with Boss Strong, Henry Berry Lowrey was
ranging the country in the neighborhood of
Moss Neck, in search of some persons whom
he had been informed were hunting him.
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"blind," (a place of concealment or ambush
made by intertwining the branches of the
thickly grown bushes.) It was not then occupied,
and Henry Berry, believing it had
been recently made by one of his pursuers,
who would shortly return to it, ensconced
himself in it, while Boss made a bJipd fpr himself
a short distance off, covering the road.
But a few minutes after they had placed themselves
in their respective positions the report
of a gun was heard from Henry's hiding place,
and when Boss, who waited to hear a word
from his chief or an answering shot from an
enemy, cautiously approached the spot, Henry
Berry Lowrey lay on his back, with one barrel
of his shot-gun discharged, and his nose,
forehead and the whole front of his head blown
off. The broken ramrod and the missing wiper
showed he had been trying to draw a load
from his gun. Boss. drew the body into a
thicket and notified his companions, who
straightway buried him.
Regarding the probable death of Lowrey,
the Wilmington Star has the following:
By the Wilmington, Charlotte and Ruther
ford Rail Road, yesterday afternoon,.we have
to chronicle the arrival in our midst of A. B.
Henderson, the captive correspondent of the
New York Herald, who has at last succeeded j ]
in effecting hie escape from the outlaws and is ^
now winding his flight northward, to "pour out >
the vials of his wrath" in the columns of the j s
great "thunderer." Henderson, upon his ar- j
rival here, kept very close to his hotel and ' j
was exceedingly reticent in regard to events
in Scuffletown. He had a double-barrel gun
in his possession and his appearance indicated
that he had seen some rough experience in
the woods and swamps of Robeson. He left I
on the 5:45 train for the North. Passengers ]
on the Charlotte road report that, whatever
may be said to the contrary, there is a settled
conviction among the people of Robeson tbat
Henry Berry Lowrey and Boss Strong are t
both dead. It is further stated that a physi- \
cian who practices among the denizens of ?
Scuffletown and who is pretty well posted in j
the affairs of the outlaws, says that he saw the
dead body of the noted outlaw chief after he ?
had accidently shot himself. A further confirmation
of this fact is had in the statement of
Henderson, which was made to a gentleman j
on the train yesterday, that the childreu of
Henry Berry Lowrey, three in number, had 1
been apportioned among his relatives; Patrick (
Lowrey, a brother of the outlaw, taking the t
oldest, and his mother the two youngest. Ste- ?
phen Lowrey and Andrew Strong accompa- (
nied Henderson to Moss Neck, and told him
at parting not to come back there any more.
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For the Yorkville Enquirer. J
A FEW THOUGHTS ON WHAT TO DO 1
AND WHAT NOT TO DO. !
Mr. Editor:?A few weeks ago I read a j
communication in the Enquibeb over the ,
signature of "Quivis." "Quivis" is right 1
If the State expects to be relieved from the
evils which so much oppress her, she must'
look chiefly to her young men to accomplish j
it. The life-long habits and opinions of the (
old do not fit them for grappling with the
great changes which have taken place, and
the buoyant spirit and sanguine temper of f
youth must be the principal agents in achieving
whatever is to be achieved in redeeming (
the State.
And what must our- young men do ? It
would be difficult, indeed, to give a panacea
for all our ills, and advise as to all the details
of our duties. A simple cOmmon-sense view 1
of the question will enable us, however, to '
say how our political salvation is not to be J
achieved.
It is not to be done by an indiscriminate
abuse of our political opponents. Bad as are ^
our rulers in South Carolina?and Heaven (
knows they are bad enough?there are still
some amongst them who are opposed to the
wide-spread corruption and misrule, and who ^
have manifested, by their acts, a desire to relieve
the State from the evils which press so ^
hard upon her. Such men as these should ^
not be forced into active opposition to us. ^
Their hands should be strengthened and upheld
by those whose interest it is to have a
good government. Tolerance of opinion is
one thing we must learn. A man's political
proclivities may incline him to one or the
other of the great political parties which com- 1
pose the mass of the Nation's voters. We '
have no riuht to auarrel with him for the *
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choice he has made. If, as an officer, he has
been a knave and a thief, we should show up
his knavery and thefts unsparingly. The
world will see it and pass judgment upon it,
and we must await with patience that great
public opinion, which, sooner or later, will
crush out the villainy. If our political enemy
is capable and honest, we should be fair
enough to admit it, charitable enough to attribute
to him proper motives, and patriotic
enough to encourage him in his course of well
doing.
It will do us no good to follow blindly any
adviser. Our young men must learn the
lesson of self-reliance. No man's word should
be held as law. Free thought and free discussion
should be practised more than they
have been. An undue deference must no longer
be given to the opinions of a few wouldbe
leaders amongst us. We should not hesitate
to express what we believe to be the
truth because it will clash with some oldtimed
fogy notions; and when we sincerely
believe a certain course to be right, we should
go ahead and act, regardless of clamor and
prejudice. A little more of this spirit might <
havp saved us much trouble. 1
Our escape from our present condition can '
not be brought about by a resuscitation of 1
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by-gone issues, or Dy stirring ana Keepiug
alive the fiery passions which were engendered 1
by the late war. The last tribunal to which
a people can resort decided against us. Secession
and State sovereignty were buried at
Appomattox. We should accept the situation
fairly and honestly. The Union stands
unbroken, and with a stronger prospect ofperpetuity
than ever before. The Constitution
of the United States, with all its amendments,
is the basis of the laws under which we are
to live, and which are to govern us and our
children and our children's children. It is
both our interest and duty to forget the bitter
animosities'of the past, and to use our endeavors
to make better and more prosperous the
government of which we are a part, and under
which we are henceforth to live.
We can gain nothing by granting, grudgingly,
any of the privileges to which the negro
is entitled by law. Those privileges are
his and they will remain his. Without first
obtaining the confidence of the negro, we need
not expect his vote, and without his vote we
are powerless to effect reform in South Caroli,
na. When he is satisfied that none of his newly
acquired rights are in danger, and has a
guaranty that such will remain the case, he
will inevitably vote with us. His interests ?
and ours will be so interwoven that outside in- ?
?
fluence cannot estrange him, and his confidence
can be gained?but only by deserving
it Confidence is a plant of slow growth, and j
it is only by persistently adhering to a policy
which will ensure him his privileges and rights, j
that we can ever expect to gain him to our r
qJ/Io TTo mnqf iihp fhfi ballot box lonff enoUffh *
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and freely enough to rivet the assurance on
himself as well as others that he will enjoy it j
forever. .
Another great step in obtaining that confi- u
dence is by education. His education is of
benefit to us as well as to hira. Ignorance is r
nearly allied to crime. Educate the negro 1
and we make him a better citizen and a better
neighbor. Every encouragement and assist- c
ance we give to enlighten hira, reacts for our
benefit. Make hira more intelligent, and that j
much the less danger is there of his blindly \
following the counsels of the demagogue, i,
This matter of educating the negro is an ira- ?
portant one?one amongst the most important ^
for our future of any that demands our atten- ?
tion. We should attend to it because it is to t
our interest. We should do it because it is T
right in itself?it is a duty. And generally, (
we must think less of the past and more of c
the present. We must discharge what be 8
believe to be the duties of the hour, no matter 0
how antagonistic they may be to the old tra- j
ditions, opinions and policies of the past, and ;
keep a good heart of hope for better things to t
come. CITIZEN. | j
IjOCAL items,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
it. H. Glenn?Sheriff's Sale.
rV. M. Walker?Dental Notice?Mule Wanted.
Samuel S. Smith, Administrator?Application for
Discharge.
J. C. Sloan & Co.?$1,000,000 Northern Capital to
Loan.
Tames Mason, Agent?Railroad Notice.
?. B. Darwin and J. A. Chamberlain, ExecutorsApplication
for Discharge.
PERSONAL.
Ronntor W. E. Rose visited Yorkville on
Saturday last. He returned to Columbia on
Monday.
FIRE NEAR BLAIRSV1LLE.
On last Friday night the kitchen, together
vith all its contents, of the Rev. R. A. Ross,
;en miles south-west of this place, was conmraed
by fire. The fire is supposed to have
)een communicated to the building by the
itove-pipe.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
A recent change of schedule on the Charottc,
Columbia und Augusta Railroad, has
endered necessary a corresponding change
>n the King's Mountain Railroad. Hereafer
the train will leave Yorkville at half-past
lis o'clock in the morning, and return at six
>'clock in the afternoon.
IMPORTANT LAWS.
In to-day's paper may be found several imlortant
laws passed at the recent session of
-he Legislature. Read them carefully, espe?An
tn amend an Act Droviding
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'or the assessment and taxation of property, .
passed September 15, 1868, and Acts amendatory
thereto."
EASTER MEETING.
At the regular annual meeting of the congregation
of "The Church of the Good Shepherd"
(Episcopal) the following officers were
sleeted to serve for the ensuing year:
Wardens?A. Coward and W. B. Wilson.
Vestrymen?J. S. R. Thomson, W. B. Metts
and R. J. Latta.
Delegates to Diocesan Convention.?A. Coward,
W. B. Wilson, R. J. Latta and W. B.
Metts.
THE MILITARY PRISONERS.
Of the prisoners confined here, J. M. Kirk
patrick and J. B. Kirkpatrick were discharged
Dn bail last Saturday, leaving twenty yet in
jail. We can obtain no information as to
whether any of these prisoners will be sent to
' to -?tmi? nf ;m_
unariescon. 0. O. iUiner, miuoo kiiu vi >w
prisonment expired on the 28th ultimo, was
discharged on that day.
We have been requested by prisoners to return
their thanks to Mrs. J. M. Rawlinson for
i bountiful supply of delicacies recently sent
to them by her; and also to correct an erroneous
impression which prevails, to the effect
that the prison regulations prohibit such attentions.
Ladies and others, whether relatives
or not, are allowed to visit the prisoners,
ind the officer in charge will be found to be
courteous and obliging to all such visitors.
FARMING OPERATIONS.
The unpropitious weather of the past few
weeks and the backwardness of the spring
leason, have tended greatly to retard agricultural
operations in this section. In conversation
with planters from different sections of
the county who have been in town this week,
we learn that a start has been made at corn
planting, and in some localities much of the
srop has been pitched. The action of the
unusual quantity of snow which fell the past
winter will have a beneficial effect upon the
ioil, and notwithstanding the late date at
which active work has been commeneed, no
fears need be entertained on this account
Fruit trees are just beginning to bloom?a
month later than usual, from which circumstance,
by escaping the blights of early frost,
in abundant fruit crop may reasonably be
expected next summer. Though rather early
to come to satisfactory conclusions regarding
wheat and oats, these crops at this time are
promising. Fertilizers have been bought in
large quantities, which is all well enough,
perhaps, even if the farmer makes as much
manure as his barn-yard facilities will allow;
ind we may reasonably expect to learn that a
full area of ground has been planted in cotton.
SALES-DAY.
Owing to the favorable weather for planting
jperations, but few persons were in town from
the country on Monday last?sales-day for
April. The few who were present were composed
principally of persons whose business
jngagements rendered their presence impera-.
tively necessary.
The Sheriff sold three parcels of real estate
under execution, which in each case brought
a price below the real value. A tract of land
smbracing sixty acres, situated partly within
the corporate limits of the town, belonging
to the estate of J. Bolton Smith, deceased,
was purchased by Dr. W. M. Walker for
$450. A house and lot, situated on the outskirts
of town, belonging to the estate of Alfred
Stilwell, deceased, was purchased by S.
B. Hall, Esq., for $300. The reversionary
nterest in the homestead of James A. Smith,
situated in "Santuc," was purchased by A.
K. Smith for $60.
The Sheriff sold, under the orders of the
Fudge of Probate, a house and lot at Fort
Hill, belonging to the estate of H. M. White,
leceased, which was purchased by John L.
JToung for $262. He also sold nine town lots,
)elonging to the estate of J. Bolton Smith,
leceased, as follows: Lot No. 1, two acres, to
5. B. Hall for $50; lot No. 2, two acres, to J.
3. R. Thomson, for $45; lot No. 8, seven ncres,
o J. S. R. Thomson, for $96; lot No. 4, two
teres, to R. Lathan, for $34; lot No, 5, two
teres, to S. B. Hall, for $50; lot No. 6, two
teres, to S. B. Hall for $41; lot No. 7, two
teres, to R. Lathan, for $32; lot No. 8, two
teres, to John L. Watson, for $31; lot No. 9,
wo acres, to R. J. Withers, for $31.
Ibout Newspapers.
The Richmond Christian Advocate pubishes
the following interesting article on
tewspapers and the business of publishing
hem, which, while it but repeats the experiince
of thousands of publishers, will no doubt
>e surprising to many readers who think the
trinting of a newspaper is a royal road. The
1 clvocate says:
There are two great troubles about a news>aper?one
grows out of the effort to make it
ive; the other, out of the effort to please
iverybody. The first trouble may be over:ome,
the second never. Every newspaper
nan in thevworld has an ideal, as he calls
t?perhaps he means an idol?and is always
rying to reach it, and never does, which is
r6ry strange. Some people believe that there
3 a fortune in every newspaper in the whole
rorld, from Nova Zerobla to Victoria Land.
Dhese people are very honest, very sincere
ind very innocent in this belief. If they had
o try the harness on and work in it awhile,
hey would soon sing another tune. Note
?hat follows: The Christian Standard, of
Cincinnati, states that although its aflairs are
conducted with the strictest economy, and its
ubscribere number 12,000, it has thus far
:ost $20,000 more than its income. It says
hat the Advance, of Chicago, with a still
arger subscription list, sunk about $75,000
n four years, and had not become self-susaining
when the late fire occurred; that the
interior, in less than two years, has used up