Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 01, 1874, Image 2
Jtoapis and .facts.
Ex-Senator Louis T. Wigfall, is practicing
law in Baltimore.
Chief Justice McKean has refused the
right of citizenship to the Utah polygamists.
Howes & Macy, of New York, have
been adjudged bankrupts.
Exclusive of the pay, clothing and armament
of the troops, the "Modoc war" cost
the United States the sum of $335,009.78.
? Texas papers state that the Texas cattle
crop the past year is estimated to have brought
$8,000,000 into the State.
Fisk and Hatch, the New York bankers,
who suspended during the recent panic,
have resumed business.
Ringgold Young and Neil Hawkins, of
Alabama, imprisoned for ku-kluxism, have
been pardoned.
The books of a Boston firm have been
seized for alleged frauds ou the revenue to the
extent of $1,500,000.
A Washington correspondent says that
President Grant's choice for the succession to
i rr* TT Ml . T"V 1 il _ I O
ilia omce is nammon r isn, me present secretary
of State.
Up to the present time there have been
killed in Cincinnati 415,000 hogs, against
336,000 killed in the same period last
year.
Mrs. Cauby, the widow of General
Canby, will be granted a pension of two hundred
dollars per annum, the committees of
Congress charged with the subject being in
favor of recommending it.
The best New York lawyers value
their time at from ?40 to ?50 an hour, and
some of them have a practice of ?50,000 a year.
Charles O'Conner, before his retirement, it is
said, made four times that sum.
Strikes continue on several of the western
railroads, the engineers either demanding
an increase of wages or refusing to serve at a
reduction on the prices paid previous to the
panic.
Extra work is still continued in the different
navy yards, and it would seem to be
the determination of the Secretary to have
all the war vessels of the Government put in
a sea-worthy condition.
? r* i,? T _ I
me ricnesc man in Jtsaiumore?uonn
Hopkins by name?died last week. In respect
to his memory the business houses of the
city closed during the funeral obsequies, which
took place on the 26th.
The commissioner of agriculture is
much annoyed by persons sending mouey
to pay the postage on seeds, reports, &c., and
therefore gives notice that money should
never be sent to his department for any purpose.
The trial of ex-Mayor Hall, of N. York,
charged with criminal neglect of duty while
Mayor of that city, by reason of which neglect
he was implicated in the Tweed ring
transactions, terminated on Christmas night
by a verdict of acquittal.
H. B. Claflin & Co., and Peake, Qpdyke
& Co., prominent wholesale dry goods merchants
of New York, who were compelled to
ask for an extension of time on their commercial
paper, during the recent panic, are now
in a condition to meet their engagements.
Henri Kochefort, conspicuous at one
time for his attacks, through LaLanteme on
the Emperor Napoleon, and after the FrancoPrussian
war convicted and transported for
his acts during his reign of the Commune,
died recently at the penal colony in New
Caledonia.
At a shooting match, Christmas day at
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iviga, a vuiage near i^ayion, vnio, two urotaers?John
and Henry Stowe?quarreled about
loading a rifle. John called Henry a liar,
when Henry drew a revolver and shot John,
killing hira instantly. Henry was then
lyjiched by the crowd present. Cincinnati
whisky caused the mischief.
wmmmmmm*? A night school for practice in the
noble art of spelling has been instituted at
Berry's Station, Kentucky. When one of
the girls fails to spell a word correctly the
boy who spells it gets to kiss her. Several
girls are fast forgettiug all they ever knew
about spelling, while the boys are improving
with unexampled rapidity.
A singular death occurred in New York
last week. A child had swallowed a piece of
caustic, and died from the effects after having
his intestines horribly cauterized. A
physician attempted to burn the inside of j
the boy's throat with caustic, when the caus%
tic slipped from the holder and was Swallowed
eansinor vnmif incr. convulsions, exhaustion.
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death.
Colonel Frederick Deut, father of Mrs.
Grant, died at the President's mansion on
Monday night of last week, aged eighty-eight.
His remains were taken to St. Louis for interment.
Col. Dent was an old-time Democrat,
and the tenacity with which he clung to
his cherished principles was one of the marked
features at the White House, where he had
resided for a long time, as the guest of his
daughter.
The New York Sun says that the bill
now before Congress for the repeal of the
bankrupt law was drawn with reference to
one object only?the relief of Jay Cooke & Co.,
and possibly Tom Scott's California and
Texas Construction Compauy. Eighty leading
firms of New York city have signed a protest,
addressed to the United States Senate, against
the repeal of the bankrupt law, but admitting
that the law needs amendment in many
of its provisions.
A colored man, recently deceased, in
New Orleans, owed the city nearly 8100,000
in back taxes. He lived in a miserable old
garret, worked like a slave, and allowed himself
none of the comforts of life. He owned
real estate worth ?700,000 at least, and a large
amount of bonds and cash. There were ftrits
against him for taxes running back a dozen
years, which he avoided paying by giving the
city ten per cent, on the gross amount, which
the law permitted, and then he lent the raouey
011 mortgages for from 18 to 24 per cent.
A story is told of Capt. Jack, which
seems to show that under more congenial
circumstances he might have been a theologian.
The post chaplain having visited him
the day before his execution, the Indian
asked him if he knew all about the happy
iand and the Heavenly Father. The chaplain
said he thought he did. "Well," said
Captain Jack, "you know all 'bout him ; me
give you ten horses you take my place tomorrow."
Desirable as horses are on the
plains, the chaplain did not encourage the
idea of an exchange.
The Congressional Directory is now
complete and ready for press. In making
up its biographical sketches of members the
fact has been developed that about forty held
military or civil offices in the late Confederacy,
and, also, that a considerable number, especially
from the South, were connected with
the Freedman's Bureau. The Confederates
have authorized a full statement of their official
relations with the rebellion, but those who'
held positions in the Freedmau's Bureau have,
without exception, indicated a desire that no
mention be made of that fact.
Richard Grant White aud Dr. Ilall,
two eminent linguists, arc discussing the question
whether or not there have been mauy
new words added to the English language
since the days of Shakspearc and King
James. Mr. White states, in "Words and
their Uses," that there has been but little
change, but I)r. Hall says thousands of new
words have been added to the language since
the period mentioned. Mr. White makes a
practical rejoinder by naming twenty of the
leading writers of the pa<t hundred years,
including some of to-day, and challenging the
production from their works of one thousand
distinct new words, not the names of things.
If Dr. Hall can find the one thousand words,
Mr. White will pay SI,000 to Dr. Hall, or to
any benevolent institution that gentleman
may select.
In the will of Lewis Morris, a signer
of the Declaration of Indci>endence, whose
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1 father was once Chief Justice of the Province j
of New York and Governor of New Jersey,
there occurs the following curious passage,
which shows a deep seated prejudice against
: the Nutmeg State, even at that early day: j
' "It is my desire that my son Governeur
Morris, may have the best education that is i
to be had in England or America ; but my j
, express will and directions are that he be |
| never sent for that purpose to the Colony of j
; Connecticut, least lie should imbibe in his |
i youth that low craft and cunning so inci-j
dent to the people of that country, which is |
; so interwoven in their constitution that all i
, their art cannot disguise it from the world, j
; though many of them, under the sanctified '
; garb of religion, have endeavored to impose
i themselves onto the world for honest men."
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1S74.
To-day we commence another year. In
some respects the prospects are gloomy ; but
we must consider that there never was a time J
wheu all was bright and propitious. The
year through which we have just passed was
a hard one, and it is scarcely possible that we
will be able fully to recover from all its retarding
and prostrating effects in another
twelve months. Many and grievous calamities
have befallen the American nation during
the past teu years. Some of these could not
be avoided ,* others we have brought upon ourselves
by imprudence and miscalculation.
Droughts, floods, blights and destructions of
crops by insects, are calamities which no human
foresight or skill can prevent.
Many of the calamities in which we are at
present involved did not have their origin in
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uncontroJable causes, but in otners 01 a iar
different nature. As a people we have attempted
to do a big business on a small capital.
The motive may have been good, or it
may have been bad?the result in either case
would have been the same. Men, in all the
avocations of life, from the humble smith at
the anvil, to the banker behind his counter,
have attempted impossible things. They have
tried to accomplish as a whole, what only occasionally
succeeds in the individual. They
have attempted to make a fortune in a few
years, or in one year, with no capital; and in
many instances without judgment, experience
or industry. Hence, for the last six years
there has been, in ail the operations and undertakings
of the country, a kind of sham
work which had surface but no solidity. A
large number of our people have been living
in earnest expectation that something favorable
would turn up in a short period which
would relieve them. In this they have been
deceived. They have been trusting in a
dream and leaning for support upon a vapor.
A nnther source from which our calamities
have sprung, is found in the fact that a very
considerable number of our people depend
upon legislative enactments for all kinds of
relief. It seems strange that an enlightened
and intelligent people would do this. No
legislative enactments can make an indolent,
prodigal and thriftless people industrious,
economical and enterprisiug. Reformation
must commence with the masses of the people.
Legislators and legislative enactments
are usually only an index of the body politic.
We will look in vain for relief from our troubles
by anything that legislators may enact.
Legislators are generally, at present, charged
with being corrupt. This, no doubt, with a
few exceptions, is true; but it only argues
that the masses of the people whom they represent
is corrupt.
Notwithstanding the uudeniable fact that
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many encouraging prospects. The calamities
with which we are now struggling will teach
us some very important practical lessons.
Experience is a dear school, but the lessons
are always well taught and easily reduced to
practice. In the future our peoj4c will be
more cautious than they have been in the
past. It is a favorable omen that all parties
have discovered that there is something wrong,
and are calling for reform. The darkest hour
in the whole night is the one that precedes
the break of day. So it may be with regard
to the present condition of the country. It
may be that light is about to break in upon
! us ; at least we hope that such is the case, and
I we can see no bad results that can attend the
cherishing and fostering such a hope. Just
I now our country expects every man prudently
to do his duty. If this is done, we feel convinced
that the darkness will soon fly away,
and the light break in upon us. Wo want
less talk and more work.
THE BANKRUPT LAW.
j The bill which was introduced into ConI
gross for the repeal of the bankrupt law,
1 passed the House by a heavy majority. The
Senate has not as yet taken any action upon
I it, but will doubtless do so as soon as the re|
cess is over.
We regret that the House has taken the
action it has in this matter. That there are
I some objectionable features in the present
bankrupt act, few will deny; but this would
seem to call for amendment, rather than the
repeal of the whole act. The act has been of
great benefit to thousands of our people, and
in the vicissitudes of fortune it may be indispensable
for many more, who through misfor,
tune may become so involved as to require its
' aid. A State law cannot give them the relief
I which a general bankrupt act does, and an
honest debtor may, through no fault of his
own, become so hopelessly embarrassed as to
give way to despair ; when if he could find an
escape from his debts by a surrender of his
property in bankruptcy, his hopeful energy
and work might be saved to the State. We j
regard the act, too, as peculiarly beneficial to j
the South, which in its commercial dealings
j with the other sections of the country is al-,
; most always found on the debtor side.
We hope that the Senate may yet refuse to ;
concur in tho action of the House, that such j
amendments may be engrafted upon the law i
as experience has shown to be necessary, and !
. that the bankrupt act, in its main features,
may stand as one of the permanent statutes of}
' the country. I
THE VIRGINIUS AFFAIR.
Attorney-General Williams has rendered I
his opinion in the Virginius case, and decides
that the vessel was improperly sailing under
the American flag, her papers having been
obtained by false pretenses, and the title to
the vessel being vested in foreigners, it consequently
had no right to American protection.
By the terms of the protocol, the decision
relieved Spain from making reparation
for an insult to the United States flag, and
will compel this Government to institute proceedings
against the owners of the Virginius j
and the survivors of the crew and passengers j
for violation of the neutrality laws.
The true history of the Virginius, as ap- ;
pears from the opinion of the Attorney-Gen-1
eral, shows that the vessel was registered in
New York on the 2Gth of September, 1870,
in the name of Patterson, who made oath as
required by the law, but depositions abun
dantly show that in tact I'atterson was not me
owner at the time, hut that the vessel was the
property of certain Cuban citizens in New
York, who furnished the necessary funds for
her purchase. J. E. Shepherd, who commanded
said vessel when she left New York, with
a certificate of her register in the name of
Patterson, testified positively that he entered
into an agreement to command the said vessel,
at an interview between Quesada, Mora,
Patterson and others, at which it was distinctly
understood that the Virginius belonged to
Quesada, Mora and other Cubans, and he
said Mora exhibited to him receipts for the
purchase money, and for the repairs and supplies
upon the said vessel, and explaining to
him how the said funds were raised among the
Cubans in New York. Adolpho de Varona,
who was the Secretary of the Cuban mission
V/.ilr of fimp tlia Vircinina was
purchased, and afterwards sailed in her as
Quesada's chief of staff, testifies that he was
acquainted with all the details of the transaction,
and knows that the Virginius was purchased
with the funds of the Cubans, aud with
the understanding and arrangement that Patterson
should appear as the nominal owner,
because foreigners could not obtain a United
States register for the vessel. Francis Bowen,
Charles Small, Ed. Greenwood, John McCann,
I Matthew Murphy, Ambrose Rawlings, Thos.
Gallagher, John Furlong, Thomas Anderson
and George Miller, who were employed upon
the Virginius in various capacities after she
was registered in the name of Patterson, testify
clearly to the effect that they were informed,
and understood while upon the vessel,
that she belonged to Quesada and the
Cubans represented by him, and that he navigated,
controlled aud treated such vessel in
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As a result of the decision of the AttorneyGeneral,
the Spanish press is clamorous for
the demand by Spain for the restoration of
the vessel and all the surviving prisoners.
The Havana Diario infers from the decision
that the Virgiuius was a pirate, and the United
States Government, besides restoration,
must give Spain satisfaction adequate to the
offense of requiriug the surrender. The
Diario demands that the same vessel which
received the Virginius at Bahia Honda return
her there and the Juniata bring the prisoners
back to Santiago, because the Virginius was
the legal prize of the Tornado, and the prisoners
can and should be tried only by Spanish
tribunals. Spain is advised to be clement
with them and not employ the full force of
law. The Diario concludes with the hope
that Gen. Sickles will not withdraw his resignation.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
Up to the time of adjournment for the
holidays no measure of general public impor...uo
r,nf(or><oft Vw rVincrrrss. The most
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important question before either House is the
proposed repeal of the bankrupt law, which
bill was passed in the House of Representatives
and has been considered in the Senate,
but without final action. The act, as passed
by the House, provides for the continuance of
all cases pending, with a reduction of fees and
charges.
In the House, Butler, of Massachusetts,
from the Judiciary Committee, reported a supplementary
civil rights bill. It provides that
any proprietor of a public inn, a place of entertainment,
a line of stage coaches, or other
means of transportation, or of a cemetery, benevolent
institution or public school, wholly
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or partly endowed lor public use, wno snan
make any distinction as to admission or accommodation
of any citizen of the United
States, because of race, color or previous condition
of servitude, shall, on conviction thereof,
be fined not less than $100 nor more than
$1,000 for each offence, and shall be liable to
the citizens injured thereby in damages, to be
recovered in an action of debt; such action to
be prosecuted in any United States Circuit or
District Court havingjurisdiction.
The Select Committee on Salaries reported
a bill fixing the salaries of members at $5,500,
to be in full of all allowances, except for act
unl individual traveling expenses, and reducing
all other salaries that were increased last
scssi.j. to what they had been before, except
Judges of the Supreme Court and the President
during this terra. An amendment was
adopted making the reduction to take effect
from the 4th of March, 1873. The bill was
not disposed of.
In the Senate, Gen. Gordon's resolution of
inquiry, regarding the seizure and sale of cotton
and disposition of the proceeds, passed.
It is sweeping, and will unearth some State
secrets.
In the House, Judge Harris, of Virginia,
offered a bill to abolish the tariff on printing
paper, type and type metal; also, a bill to pay
old soldiers and widows of the war of 1812,
without proof of loyality.
SOUTH CAROLINA SEWS.
? The Legislature has adjourned until the
20th of January.
? Previous to the recess, the Legislature
postponed the consideration of the bill to repeal
the lien law, until January, 1875.
? Col. B. F. Evans, of the firm of Walker,
Evans & Cogswell, died quite suddenly in
Charleston on Wednesday of last week.
? The United States Senate has confirmed
the appointment of A. S. Richardson as postmaster
at Chester.
? Judge Bond has appointed John McManus,
of Chester, a Commissioner of the United
LULL'S VUUl w.
? Rev. David H. Porter, formerly of this j
State, died in Savannah, Ga., on Sunday of.
last week.
? Mr. Thomas P. Walker, who has held J
official positions of various kinds in Iviehland (
county, died in Columbia on the 23d ultimo.
? The assessed value of taxable property of
this State is ?176,596,502. The levy of fif-}
teen mills will raise $2,654,347.
? T. C. Andrews, Esq., has sold his interest
in the Columbia Union-Herald and severed
his connection with the paper. It will here-'
after be published by the "Union-IIcrald Publishing
Company."
? The postmaster-general advertises for j
proposals for carrying the mail from Chester !
to Tombsville, in that county, once a week, j d
The time fixed for the closing of the bids is f <]
March 2d, 1874. j b
? Mr. Turner Barber, of Lancaster county, j p
claims to have gathered 116 bales of cotton 1 n
from 132 acres, with the prospect of getting t
not less than 16 more which are yet ungath- 1
ered, thus averaging a bale to the acre. j ?
?The Circuit Court for Chester county, i
meets on Monday next. The Chester Repor-1
tcr says : "Judge Mackoy, last week, learning J j
that the Chairman of the Board of County |
Commissioners of Chester would not be pros- j L
ent with the jury commissioners, to attend to
the drawing of jurors for the approaching j (
term of the court, issued a bench waraant for a
' s
his arrest, and placed it in the hands of the , t
sheriff, who brought his victim to town and j c
placed him in safe keeping." t
? The survivors of the famous Palmetto c
Regiment, that won such brilliant renown on )
the fields of Mexico, met in Columbia on the
t
9th ultimo, and elected the following named f
gentlemen as delegates to attend the National t
Convention of Mexican War Veterans, to be t
held in Washington City, on the 15th Janu- j
ary, 1874, viz: Messrs. R. G. M. Dunnovant, <
Joseph B. Kershaw, Samuel McGowan, Thos. *
J. Mackey, James D. Blanding, J. H. Wil- ^
liams, Carey W. Styles, Elias Earle, W. B.
Stanley, K. G. Billings, C. S. Kirkland. (
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. \
? Gov. Caldwell is speuding the Christmas f
holidays at his home iu Burke county, and will 1
not return to the capital until the 12th inst. 1
? The Charlotte Observer is authorized to *
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say that Gen. D. H. Hill has severed his connection
with the Carolina Military Institute. j
? Governor Caldwell declines to furnish the j
Carolina Military Institute at Charlotte with
arms suitable for drill purposes. 1
? Hon. Weldon N. Edwards, many years 1
ago a prominent Democratic politician, died j
recently at his residence in Warren county. |
? A fearful storm visited Wilmington on ]
the night of the 25th. A number of small ]
houses were blown down, trees uprooted and
fences prostrated. (
? A new post-office, called Island Ford, has !
been established in Rutherford county, on the :
route between Rutherfordton and Spartan- ]
burg, South Carolina.
? Peter Staley, recently arrested in Illinois (
charged with murdering Henry Clapp, in (
Guilford county, had his trial last week, and 1
was acquitted.
? The N. C. Central Iron Company, whose .
works are near Friendship, Guilford county, t
turn out 10,000 pounds of iron per day which i
is shipped to Philadelphia for the purpose of '
being converted into steel. 1
?The Wilmington Star says that C. A.
Hayne, colored mail agent on the Wilmington,
Columbia and Augusta railroad after a
preliminary examination, has been committed
to jail in default of bail, on a charge of robbing
the United States mail.
? A long and interesting controversy as to
the genuineness of the Mecklenburg declaration
of independence, in which some of the
State papers labored to prove it a myth, is
succeeded by the momentous question, "Who
wrote 'Cousin Sally Dillard?1" That humorous
production has always been accredited
to Ham. Jones, of Salisbury; but the effort
is now made to rob him of the honor.
? Joseph Baker, convicted of the murder of
Newton Wilfong, colored, at the last term of
Mecklenburg Superior Court, upon whom the
death sentence had been pronounced, and who
made his escape from jail on the morning appointed
for his execution, has been captured
and returned to his old quarters. He had
been respited to the 12th of January, at
which time the sentence of the law will be
carried out.
? The bill known as the "Consolidation 1
bill," has passed both Houses of the Legisla- c
luic and become a law. It places under one
corporation the Atlantic, the N. C. Central c
and the Western Extension roads?giving a i
continuous line, under the same management, i
from the seaboard to the Tennessee line, and ^
provides for the early completion of the Wes- c
tern Extension from Old Fort to its termiuus. ^
EDITORIAL INKLINGS. J
The Congressional Districts. c
A few days before the lccess of the a
Legislature, the House passed to a third read* c
inga bill to divide the State into five Congress- c
ional Districts. It provides that the first con- f
gressional district shall be composed of the j
counties of Georgetown, Williamsburg, Dar- s
lingtou, Marlboro', Horry, Chesterfield and a
c.mitAr flirt coonnii nonrrressional district of r
the counties of Charleston, Orangeburg, Clar- F
endon and Lexington ; the third congressional a
district of the counties of Richland, Newberry,
Abbeville, Laurens, Anderson, Oconee and f
Pickens ; the fourth congressional district of [
the counties of Greenville, Spartanburg, Un- g
ion, York, Chester, Fairfield, Kershaw and [
Lancaster; the fifth congressional district of ;
the counties of Colleton, Beaufort, Barnwell, ^
Edgefield and Aiken. ?
The S. C. Conference. c
The South Carolina Conference of the [
Methodist Church, which was in session at c
Suruter, adjourned on the 16th ultimo, to 1
meet next year at Greenville. In the list of
appointments we note tne ionowing:
Presiding Elder for the Columbia District? i:
W.H.Fleming; Yorkville Station?D. D. c
Dantzler; York Circuit?L. A. Johnson; r
Rock Hill?J.D.Watson; Chester?J. W. v
Humbert; East Chester?E. J. Meynardie ;
Blackstock Circuit?C. D. Mann ; Unionville c
Station?A. H. Lester ; Lancaster?W.' L. c
Harper. c
Rev. A. W. Walker, who labored on the t
Yorkville station for the past two years has J,
been sent to Summcrvillc, twenty miles from .
Charleston; Rev. P. F. Kistler is on the j
Bamberg circuit; J. B. Massebeau at Williston
; O. A. Darby at the Washington-street j
Church in Columbia ; J. C. Russell at Rich- f
laud Fork, near Columbia; Landy Wood at r
Georgetown; J. W. Kelly at Camden, and f
W. T. Capers and G. M. Boyd at Abbeville. [
The Labor Question. t
In some of the northern and western c
cities trouble has been apprehended from the j t
unemployed laboring classes. At a meeting j ^
in Chicago the sentiment that the day was ap- j j?
proaching for an equitable division of the 1 ^
wealth of the laud was loudly applauded, j I
In Cincinnati there have been two recent1 a
meetings of laborers. One composed of Ger- t
mans, denounced the press as in league with
the capitalists. Carl Rosa, the Austrian agitator,
said that the condition of tho working i
men was worse here than in Germany. The ^
other meeting, composed of Irish, contented ^
itself with denunciations against the city government.
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In New York a committee of a working- j.
men's meeting held at Cooper Institute waited |
on Commissioner Van Nort demanding work ^
or pay for the same for those iu enforced idle- a
ncss, which was brought about by the Govern- j
meut sanctioning speculation in the circula- jting
medium of the country. They also de- ^
manded that work should be furnished directj (
to them, abrogating all contracts. Another II
lelegation waited on Mayor Havomycr, revesting
him to sign certain ordinances which !
lave passed the board of Aldermen, for im-,
movement of streets and avenues, so that they j
nay obtain work:. The Mayor intimated
hat he would sign the ordinances.
^ T1IE TAX ACT
?o raiso supplies for tlie fiscal year commencing
November 1st, 1S7-'}, and to alter and amend the j
law in relation to the collection of taxes,
lie it enacted by the Senate and House of,
Representatives of the State of South Caro- j
ina, now met and sitting in General Assera-!
>ly, and by the authority of the saiue:
Section 1. That a tax of one and a quarter j
11) mills upon every dollar of the value of
ill taxable property in this State be, and the j
ame is hereby, levied to meet appropriations I
o pay the salaries of the executive and judi- J
:ial officers of the State, the clerks and coningent
expeuses of the executive and judicial
lepartmenta of the government, for the fiscal
rear commencing November 1, 1873.
Section 2. That a tax of one and one quarer
(11) mills upon every dollar of the value
>f all taxable property in this State he, and
he same is hereby, levied to meet appropriaions
for the support and maintenance of the
)enal, charitable and educational institutions
>f the State, exclusive of common schools,
or the fiscal year commencing November 1,
[873.
Section 3. That a tax of two (2) mills upon
'wrv dnliar nf the value of all taxable nron
/ ? ~ ,
:rty in this State be, and the same is hereby,!
evied to meet appropriations for the support
ind maintenance of public schools for the
iscal year commencing November 1, 1873.
Provided, That the amount raised by the levy
n this section in excess of three hundred
housand dollars be apportioned among the
ieveral counties, as the free school fund is now
ipportioned, to be applied to the payment of
,he teachers' claims iu said counties, and pro
"ata upon said claims.
Section 4. That a tax of one and a half (li)
nills upon every dollar of the value of all
;axable property in this State he, and the
>ame is hereby, levied to meet appropriations
;o defray the expenses of the General Assembly
for the extra session of 1873, and the
egular session commencing November 25,
L873.
Section 5. That a tax of one mill upon
;very dollar of the value of all taxable prop;rty
iu this State be, and the same is hereby,
evied to meet appropriations for public printng
for the fiscal year commencing November
L, 1873.
Section 6. That a tax of three and onejuarter
mills upon every dollar of the value
>f all taxable property in this State be, and
he same is hereby, levied to pay the deficien;v
of unpaid appropriations of the fiscal year
vhich commenced November 1, 1872; and a
,ax of three-quarters of a mill is hereby levied
o pay the claim of the South Carolina Bankng
and Trust Company, now held by Hardy
soloraon, Esq., or as much thereof as may be
lecessary.
Section 7. That a tax of one mill on every
lollar of the taxable property of this State
se, and the same is hereby, levied to pay the
lalf yearly interest upon the public debt of
his State, (as adjusted at the present session)
lue and payable on the 1st of July, 1874.
Section 8. That a tax not to exceed three
^3) mills upon every dollar of the value of all
axable property in each of the several counties
of this State be, and the same is hereby,
evied for county purposes for the fiscal year
jommencing November 1, 1873, the rate to
n . i l_ .L A..
jg nxeu uy me cuuuiy uuuiiiiiaaiuui-io ui wv<u
:ounty, and by them certified to the county
luditor thereof, except the counties of Greenville
and Pickens, iu which the county comnissioners
shall levy a tax of five (5) mills,
,wo mills of which shall he devoted exclulively
to the payment of the past indebtedless
of said couuties ; and Spartanburg couu,y
four (4) mills, one (1) mill of which shall
>e used exclusively for the liquidation of past
lue indebtedness for the building of bridges;
Provided, That the restrictions of this.section
din.Il not apply to such counties as are now
Luthorized by law to levy a tax for special
mrposes: Provided, further, That the county
:ommissioners of Charleston county are here)y
directed to cause to be levied and collected
n the same manner and at the same time as
>ther county taxes are collected, a special tax
)f two (2) mills on the dollar on all taxable
property of the county, to pay the past inlebtedness
of the county: the said funds so
aised to be kept in the treasury by-the treaslrcr,
subject to the passage of an act of the
jeneral Assembly to provide for the payment
if the past indebtedness of the county; and
he county commissioners and the county
reasurer are prohibited from using said funds
'or any purpose whatsoever until the passage
if the act herein contemplated ; and in the
louirty of Oconee the county commissioners
ire hereby directed to levy and collect an adlitional
tax of one and one-half (1J) mills
in ail the taxable property ot tne county to
>ay the past indebtedness of said county.
Section 9. That the proceeds from the taxes
evicd in the first seven sections of this act
hall be kept by the State treasurer'separate
ind apart from each other and from other
>ublic funds, and shall be applied to the pur>oses
for which they are respectively levied,
md none other.
Section 10. That so much of sectiou 72, of
hapter 12, of title 3, of part 1, of the Geneal
Statutes as directs the State auditor, on or
>efore the 15th of November, annually, to
;ive notice to each county auditor of the rate
>er centum authorized by law to be levied for
rarious State purposes be, and the same is
lereby, repealed; and the county auditors
.nd county treasurers of this State are hereby
equircd, without further notice, to proceed,
in and after January 1, 1874, under the sulervision
of the comptroller-general, to the
ollection of taxes herein levied, in the manler
prescribed by law ; and they are hereby
orbidden to collect, or cause to be collected,
ny other tax whatever, unless hereafter ex>ressly
authorized so to do: Provided, That
lothing herein contained shall prevent the
ollection of district school taxes, poll tax,
ailroad tax, and taxes levied for the relief of
vidows and orphans of persons killed because
if their political opinions, or special tax as
mthorized by law for county purposes. Any
' .--4E 1 L?11 nnn;nof
state or county uujueia nuu iiuui uutuu ugumgi
my of the provisions of this act shall be
leemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviciou-thereof,
shall be punished by a fine of not
ess than one thousand dollars or more than
ifty thousand dollars, and by imprisonment
11 the State penitentiary for a period of not
ess than one year or more than live years.
Section 11. That all taxes assessed and
layable under this act shall be paid in the
bllowing kind of funds : United States curency,
gold and silver coin, national bank j
lotes and certificates of indebtedness authorzed
by this General Assembly and issued to ;
he Republican Printing Company, pursuant
o the act approved November 19, 1873 ; and
m receiving any of said certerficates for taxes,
he county treasurers shall cancel the same,
>y writing the word "canceled" on the back
if each certificate so received, and attaching
lis official signature thereto; and the State
rcasurer shall report to the General Assem-j
>ly, at the next regular session, the total J
imount of such certificates returned to him by j
he couuty treasurers respectively.
Approved 22d day of December, 1873.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
? Caleb Gushing has been appointed Mwiser
to Spain in place of Sickles, and accepts
he mission.
? It is reported that the Postmaster Gener- j
,1 opposes any modification of the present,
tostal laws.
? Marion Fewell, Wm. Ramsey and. John ;
Vhitlock, of.South Carolina, convicted a year !
go of being ku-klux, have been pardoned, j
? John L. Pennington, who during the war '
mblished a paper in Raleigh, N. C., inimical
o the Confederate cause, has been appointed j
Governor of Dakota Territory, Since 1865 j
'ennington has been living in Alabama.
LOCAL AFFAIRS. 1
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Bryant, Stratton A Sad lor?Business College.
Wood's Household Magazine?Workers Wanted. J
A. A P. B. Converse, Publishers, Louisvillo, !
Ky.?The Best Present.
Citizens*' Savings Hank.
B. E. Fcnnistor, Administrator?Application Tor '
Diseharge.
Alfred Moore, Executor?Application for I)is- |
charge.
B. P. Bovd, Clerk?Town Election.
J. N. Kobsoii, Selling Agent, Charleston, S. C.?
Pacific Onano Company's Soluble Pacific
Guano.
It. M. Wallace, U. S. Marshal?In BankruptcyFirst
Meeting of Creditors?In the Matter
of the Citizens' Savings Bank of South Carolina,
Bankrupt.
John C. Kuykcndal?'Tcinpus Fugit.
W. II. A J. P. Herndon?Gone?Guano?Very
Right?Pearl Hominy and Grist?Buckwheat?Mincemeat?Everything.
It. II Glenn, S. Y. C.?Judge of Probate's Sales.
Mrs. McLean?Select School.
Conner, Hobbs A Dobson?The Yorkville Coach
Factory.
II. F. Adickes?Ladies' Dress Goods?Dress
Shawls? Heady-Made Clothing.
Carroll, Clark A Co.?The New Year, 1874.
F. Hannerfield?York Marble Yard.
James l?\ Hart, Plaintiffs' Attorney?Notice to
Harvey Gunning, Defendant?Notice to Jits.
M. Ki win, Defendant.
J. L. Watson, Treasurer?Tax Notice, 1873.
T. M. Dobson ?fc Co.?New Year, 1874?January
1st?Our Clerks?Shirting?Calico?Canned
Goods?Crockery?Flour?Molasses?Tobacco
and Cigars?Sugar and Coffee?Nails
and Castings?Glass?Wooden Ware?Axes.
W. B. Metts?Meeting of Depositors.
PERSONAL.
Hon. A. S. Wallace, member of Congress
from this District, is now on a visit to his
home during the recess of Congress. In addition
to a number of pardons already granted,
we are pleased to learn from Mr. Wallace
that a pardon will soon be granted to Julius
Howe, of this county, now undergoing sentence
on the charge of ku-kluxing.
THE YORK MARBLE YARD.
We direct attention to the advertisement of
the above establishment, and advise those
in want of monuments, tomb-stones or other
marble work, to examine the styles and specimens
of work from Mr. Happerfield's artisXT
in bb,
lie iiuiiua. lie eau lumun aujumug m UIO
line that may be desired, and his work will
compare favorably with that of any similar
establishment in the country.
ARREST OF A MURDERER.
Owens, who murdered Mr. John W. Cheek,
a citizen of this county, ift Gaston county, N.
C., last summer, while they were traveling together
in a wagon, and subsequently made
his escape on Mr. Cheek's horse, has been arrested
in one of the border counties of Tennessee*
ana-eamraitted to the jail of Madison
county, N. C. A son of the murdered man
has gone from here for the purpose of identifying
the murderer.
THE BENDER MYSTERY.
A story has been going the rounds to the
effect that the Bender family, who are charged
with committing several murders in Kansas
a year ago, were recently arrested in Spartanburg
county, in this State. It turns out that
the parties arrested were Thomas Webb and
his wife, who, upon a hearing before a trial
justice, vindicated their innocence. Webb
and his wife, who are an elderly couple, were
living in Yorkville about the time the Kansas
murders were committed.
PARDONED.
1XT J , tint fl.fl Iflfl,
we are grauueu iu icmu mat uu tn^ ^u>u
ultimo, the President pardoned Samuel G.
Brown, Esq., of this county, who about two
years ago was sentenced to the Albany penitentiary
on a charge'of ku-kluxism. .Robert
Riggins, of this county, was also pardoned at
the same time. We learn from an exchange
that the pardons were issued upon the recommendation
of Senator Robertson and Congressman
A. S. Wallace. Messrs. Brown and
Riggins arrived at their homes iu this county
on Tuesday night last.
THROUGH FROM ST. LOUIS.
Railroad facilities have opened up a new
j market for this section, in the city of St.
Louis, Mo., and W. H. & J. P. Herndon
have already availed themselves of its advantages,
having a few days since, received a carload
of wheat iu bulk, shipped through in the
same car, direct from that city. The car was
six days on the road from St. Louis here.
It is not a very flattering commentary on our
agricultural policy to have to send so far for
bread, yet while such necessity seems to exist,
the enterprise of our young merchants
deserves a passing notice.
BALTIMORE BUSINESS COLLEGE.
We have been pleased to receive a call from
T A irr . _ P 1
Mr. James A. >v aison, iormeriy ui me jcviug o
Mountain Military School in this place, but
now connected with the Bryant, Stratton and
Sadler Business College of Baltimore. This
institution enjoys a wide reputation, and to
its faculty Mr. Watson is an acquisition of
which the College may well boast. During
his visit here, Mr. Watson would be pleased
to confer with any who may desire to avail
themselves of the advantages and opportunities
presented by the institution with which
he is connected.
TIIE CITIZENS' SAVINGS BANK.
The Citizens' Savings Bank having been
adjudged bankrupt, a notice is published in
another column, calling for a meeting of the
creditors at Columbia, on Wednesday, 14th
instant. Notice is also given that a meeting
of the depositors in the Yorkville Branch,
will be held at this place on Saturday, the
10th instant, for the purpose of taking such
concerted action as may be deemed necessary
to protect their interests. Mr. W. B. Metta,
Assistant Cashier, also calls for a meeting of
the depositors at the Bank in this place on
Monday next.
COLLECTION OF TAXES.
In another column will be found the announcement
of Treasurer Watson that he is
ready to receive the State and county taxes
for the year 1873. The aggregate taxes
amount to fifteen mills, or one and one-half
per centum?twelve-mills for State purposes
and three for the use of the county, including
the "ku-klux tax." Elsewhere in to-day's paper
may be found the "tax act" as*passed by
the Legislature. We learn that an impression
prevails with some persons that the taxes are
to be paid in two installments. This impression
is erroneous. The taxes are due and
payable between the 1st day of January and
the 5th day of February.
TRANSFERS OF'REAL ESTATE.
Since our last report, the following trans
fers of real estate in this county have been
recorded by the County Auditor:
M. W. Kussell to Margaret Russell. Lot
in Rock Hill. Deed of gift.
H. T. Freeze to James C. Poag. Three
acres in Catawba township. Consideration
375.
A. C. Sutton to John M. Lathan. Tract1
of 57 acres in Fort Mill township. Conside-!
ration 8400.
R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to W. H. Hardin. I
Tract of 267 acres in Bullock's Creek town-1
ship. Consideration 33204.
Wm. Wallace to D. A. A. Watson. Tract
of 194 acres in Ebenezer township. Consideration
82750.
J. H. Clawson, assignee of A. T. Black, to 1
A. D. Holler. Lot in Rock Hill. Conside-!
ration 885. i
Miss Elizabeth M. AJassey to Nicholas I
a
Johnston. Tract of 113 acres in Bethesda
township. Consideration 8(500.
Rev. R. Latlnin to I. J. Evans. Tract of
5 acres in Turk township. Consideration \
8200. \
Wm. Wallace to Andy Wood. Tract of
50 acres in Ebenezer township. Consideration
$200.
David H. Carroll to Thaddens L. Carroll.
One-third interest in 738 acres in York township.
Consideration $1400.
Rev. R. Pk Johnston, attorney in fact for
J. E. DuBose, to Pay ton Berry. Tra'ct of 3
acres in York township. Consideration $37.
Peter Crawford to William 8. Crawford.
Tract of 95 acres in Bethesda or Catawba
township. Consideration $362.
John Quinn to A. E. Thornnsson. Tract i
of 225 acres in King's Mountain township.
Consideration $1000.
* Robert Patterson to W. L. Saudifer. Tract
of 317 acres in Bethesda township. Consideration
$1585.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM. WASHiatiTUJ*..
Washington, Dec. 17, 1873.
Washington just now is a gay and lively
place. The session of Congress is well under
way, and the city is tilled with Congressmen,
claim agents, lobbyists, sight-seers, honevmooners,
newspaper correspondents and pickpockets.
{ There has been scarcely a day since the
I opening of the session that the galleries have
not been crowded. People flock here from
all parts of the country to see the sights, and
hear the sounds at the capitol of one of the foremost
nations of earth. The northern element
greatly preponderates, owing to a variety of
causes. In glancing over the pages of the
hotel registers, as I often do, I am struck with
the number of registrations from northern
States, compared with the few from the South.
The southern people, in a measure, seem to
have lost interest in Washington as the capital,
and governmental affairs generally, since
the whole thing has been almost bodily transferred
to northern hands. Before the war it
was not so ; then south :u people flocked to
the capital, and claimed Washington as a
southern city, with southern ideas, customs,
habits, manners and proclivities.
-1 dislike Jo see either section monopolize
matters here, but deem it better that each
should have an equal share in government
concerns, equal patriotism and equal interest.
The truth is, and it is painful to us of that
section, the South is not considered of much
importance here. As a section, it does not
rank high in the scale. It is regarded about
as Great Britain regards Canada?a good
thing to have, but of secondary importance.
A variety of causes contribute to this.
First and most potent, is the carelessness
which has been manifested in that section as
to the characterof public men that have been
sent here since the war. Carelessness is the
most mild term I can use. In many instances
this could not be avoided, but often it
could. The plain truth is?and it is humiliating?there
has not been a representative of
commanding ability sent bere from the South .
since the war. With the exception of Horace
Maynard, of Tennessee, and Alexander H.
Stephens, of Georgia, they have all been second,
third and fourth rate fellows. Maynard,
although a man of ability, is a selfish hog, and
as cold as a corporation ice-house.
And now a word as to Stephens, the man
who, by age, experience and ability stands at
the head of the Southern delegation. He has
only been two weeks in Congress, but long
enough to shape a policy and take a course
which has been a bitter disappointment to his
friends. He has made one speech here, and
better by far for him that it had never been
made. With one fell blow he has disappointed
the fond expectations and crushed the
hopes of his friends. In Alexander H. Stephens
we expected to find a man of the people,
who would labor for the people?who would
use his vote, voice and iufluence ^lighten
their grievous burdens by advocating.fcWnbaT
ability so neculiarlv his own. retrenchment.
reform aud repeal. Yet, what do we see?
Alexander H. Stephens comes to the aid of
the salary grabbers, back pay thieves and
scoundrels of the last Congress, wht> added to
our yearly burdens over two millions of dollars
to gratify their inordinate thirst for gain.
Instead of denouncing this criminal business,
this unprovoked raid on a helpless treasury,
he upholds it. and says that it was proper,
legal and right! Right, indeed! If a banker
in Yorkville hires a cashier for two thousand
dollars a year, and at the very last day of the
year the cashier, having access to his employer's
safe, deliberately helps himself to three
thousand, and walks off with it, is it right f
Would he not be a thief, and condemned as a
thiefin the eyes of all men ? What did Congress
do but this ? Did not every member
agree to serve for five thousand dollars a year ?
Was not that the contract when they were
elected, and did not they, at the very last day
of the last year, help themselves to seven
thousand, five hundred dollars ? Is that right ?
f^nri nnn mo n tnif li h o 1 f a /vvain aC aa m m a n
Uau au; uiau niiu uau a giaiu %va wuiuivu
sense or common honesty say that it is ? Suppose
such practices should' prevail among
business men in their every-day transactions ?
Whom, then, could we trust ? Would not
confidence be broken, and the very frame
work of civilized society shattered ?
Mr. Stephens has made a great and a grave
mistake. His friends feel it keenly, it was
such a blow; so different from what they expected
of the "great commoner." Had Mr.
Stephens stood up like a true Democrat, and
denounced the swindle as it deserves, and as
it has been denounced in every Democratic
convention, he would have added a column
of strength to the fortunes of that party. But
he has thrown away the opportunity; more
than thrown it away, and brought his friends
and admirers to shame and confusion.
We seem to be on the down hill course in
more ways than one. The government is
daily running behind?every day her expenses
are greater than her receipts. The National
debt is increasing, as a regular thine, _ "
from eight to ten millions a month. Think
of that, tax-payers of the country, and de- _
mand of your Congressmen that they shall
apply the remedy?retrenchment. That is
the only remedy, unless taxes are increased.
This last the people are in no mood to have,
although I see no escape from it. Certain it
is, there must be either a cutting down of expenses,
or increase of taxation. There is no
half way ground.
It is likely that a tax will be laid on tea
and coffee, by which twenty millions of dollars
can be raised. This comes out of the
pockets of the people, and at a time when
thev are alreadv ODnressed with taxation.
We are now the most outrageously taxed people
on earth, and only the steady, unceasing
toil of the laboring classes enables us to bear
it. What we eat, drink and wear is taxed,
and the very coffin in the grave and headstone
over it has a burden to bear. If all
these burdens came in the shape of a direct, .
instead of an indirect tax, you would hear a
cry from the people that would make every
Congressman get out of his seat in a hurry, or
lend his voice and vote toward retrenchment
and reform. Nemo.
Jinaittial aitit (Jomrntrriai.
YORKVILLE, December 31.?Cotton is more
active than at our last report, with but light receipts.
We now quote extremes at 8 to 14 cents.
Flour, per sack of 100 lbs., $4.90 to $5.15; Corn,
75 to 80; Meal, 80 to 85; Peas, 65 to 75; Oats, 55 to
65; Sweet Potatoes, 75 to 80; Irish Potatoes, $1 to
$1.10; Dried Apples, $1.50 to $2; Dried Peaches,
$1.75 to $2.25.
uec. ou.?V/unuw.?oaies yesterday
wore very light. The ruling price for low
middling was 14* and the market closed firm.
NEW YORK, December 29.?Cotton quiet.
Uplands 16g to 16J. Futures closed steady.. Bales
20,951 bales: January 15 13-16; February 1*6 9-32
to 16 5-16; March 16 13-16 to 16 27-32; April 1715
May 173 to 17 13-16.
CHARLESTON, December 29.?Cotton firmer
and in good demand?middling 151; low middling
15; strict good ordinary 141. ^
LIVERPOOL, December 29.?Noon.?Cotton
quiet and steady?uplands 81d.
Financial*
NEW YORK, Decomlwr 29,-Oold, 10J.
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