Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 21, 1875, Image 2
? naps and .facts.
The New York Siui thinks that foi
some time to come military presidents wil
not be in much demand in this country.
Ex-Governor Bramlette, of Kentucky
and manager of the great library lottery, ii
dead.
St. Louis is the flour manufacturing
centre of the United States. During 187c
her mills turned out 1,294,798 barrels of flour
and last year 1,573,332 barrels.
Both branches of the Baltimore city
council have passed resolutions denouncing
the interference of Federal authority in
Louisiana affairs.
In Stroudsburg, Penn., the heirs of a
suicide recovered judgment against a life insurance
company, although the company
pleaded that the deed had been done to de
fraud them.
In China, when the population of a
district becomes too redundant, 20,000 men
are set to work to make a canal through some
extensive marshes, and 7,000 of them die
before the job is completed.
At Helena, Montana, on the night ol
the 13th, mercury in the thermometers froze,
and kegs of proof whisky, placed out-doors,
froze solid. A number of Chinamen were
also frozen to death in the vicinity.
The Charlotte Observer says: "The
total amount of the debt of North Caroliua,
including special tax bonds aud interest, is
$38,921,848.00, and if all the land in the
State should be exposed at public sale, it is
believed that it would not bring that amount."
The committee of conference on the part
of the Northern aud Southern Presbyterian
churches, in session in Baltimore for the past
week, have adjourned after having failed to
agree upon a basis for the establishment of
fraternal relations.
The jury impanelled to try the TiltonBeecher
scaudal case is composed of three
Presbyterians, two Episcopalians, two Catholics,
one Methodist, one Baptist, one Lutheran,
aud two have no particular church leaning.
The Florida House of Representatives
has passed a resolution requesting Messrs.
Gordon and Stephens, of Georgia, to look
after the interests of Florida until the carpet
bag senators ana representatives or norma
find it convenient to return to Washington.
Stokes, who killed Jim Fisk, in New
York, and was seuteuced to the penitentiary,
has already petitioned Governor Tilden for
pardon. The foreman of the jury who convicted
him of manslaughter, after two trials,
joins in the petition, on the ground that the
verdict was a compromise, he and other jurors
having been iu favor of acquittal.
No less than thirty Legislatures will
be in session next week. Some of them are second
and others special sessions, and it has rarely
occurred that so many have been simultaneously
at work. The Democrats control seventeen
of them ; the Republicans twelve, and
Federal bayonets one. The list includes all
the States but seven, none of whose Legislatures
meet this winter, namely: California,
Connecticut, Iowa, Kentucky, New Hampshire
and Oregou.
The manager of Booth's Theatre, New
York, advertised on Monday for two hunMAn
*A A ?\rvAA ti m n Qkn lrcnoofian
UiCU JUUUg IIIUIJ HJ in a uuttao|jvui IUU
pageant, and found that morning not less
than two thousand applicants, many standing
from an early hour in the cold. The majority
were genteelly dressed, and looked like clerks.
During the day armfuls of letters were received,
in which the writers begged for work
at even the pay of a supernumerary, twentyfive
cents a night.
To send scurrilous postal cards by mail
is a dangerous thing. An old and wealthy
citizen ofNew York city indulged his spleen
and sent fourteen, for which he was indicted
and tried in the United States district court.
He was found guilty and sentenced to pay
a fine of So,000, without imprisonment, on the
first count of the indictment?the judge suspending
the sentence in the other thirteen
counts. The extreme penalty, if imposed,
would have been ten years' imprisonment and
?70,000 fiue, being ?5,000 in each case.
The indications thicken that there will
be a conservative sent to the United States
Senate from Florida to replace the present
carpet-bag Senator Gilbert, who, to do him
justice, is the least offensive of his genus in
Congress. He has contented himself with
drawing his pay and giving his vote for partisan
measures, but has not, during the whole
six years of his term, opened his mouth pro 01
con against the South. The message of the
Republican Governor of Florida is a cheering
missive in these times of partisan hate and
bitterness.
The Wilmington (N. C.) Journal says
"We understand that a gentleman now resi
ding in New York, an old ante bellum citizen
of Wilmington, but who shortly after the wai
failed in the business he was engaged in, in
both New York and Wilmington, gave a
dinner on New Year's eve, in the former city
to his creditors. It was a very pleasaut occa
sion, and there was a full attendance, as the
gentleman is held in high estimation. Al
the supper-table, each guest found uuder his
plate a check covering the full amount of hie
claim against the host, together with interesl
in full to date, the whole amounting to more
than $25,000. It is needless to say that this
fact was highly appreciated, and that the up
right host was toasted more than once duriug
the happy occasion."
At Chester, Englaud, a woman was
recently tried for killing her husband. The
testimony showed that she bore patienth
long continued provocation. At last, in ?
moment of ungovernable irritation, she threv
a sharpened steel at him, struck him, and fa
tally wounded him. The judge believed froti
the evidence that the consequences of the aci
were deeply deplored by the wife; that six
did all in her power to aid the man aftei
wounding hira, aud therefore, although tlx
jury convicted, he made the following uniqui
address to the criminal: "All the real righ
iu this case was on your side; all the rea
wrong on your husband's, and God forbic
that I should punish you. I will be no partj
to it. I will not make this judgment evei
complete. I will not allow it to be said bj
auybody that you are a convicted felon, foi
a conviction is not complete until a sentenci
is passed, and I mean to pass no sentence a
all. I shall merely ask you to enter into you]
own recognizance to come up for judgmen
if called upon ; and nobody in the world wil
ever call upon you?God forbid they evei
snouiu.
The old story of the sad fate of Aaror
Burr's daughter is brought to mind in th<
narrative of Jean Babtiste Callistre, one o
Lafitte's men, residing in Calcasieu, La., whc
writes to the Galveston Xew that after La
fitte abandoned his adventurous career, C'hau
vet, his first lieutenant, took command of th<
Vengeance, and sailed into the Gulf for i
cruise, lie captured the American privateei
schooner Patriot, bound from Georgetown
S. C., to New York. Every person on boarc
was put to the sword or made food for sharks
After disposing of the dead, Chau vet descender
into the cabin, and soon called out in at
angry tone for Callistre and the mate to go t(
him. They found him in the cabin confrontei
by a beautiful woman who held an eraptj
bottle in her hand, with which she had strucl
Chauvet. He ordered them to tie her, ham
and foot, convey her on board of the Yen
geance and place her in his cabin. She fough
the men and did all she could to jump over
board. Callistre says she died a few day
after their arrival in Galveston. She was i
very handsome woman, and the daughter of;
distinguished American. Her clothing, whici
was of the finest material, was marked "ri
A.," and she had a golden locket containin
the portrait of a beautiful boy. On the loci
et were the words, "To my wife Theodosia.
She was buried on the island, a few hundre
yards to the east of the old fort on the poini
It was whispered among the men that Chai
I vet had killed her because she would no
yield to his wishes. Callistre is very old uow
: He was the best gunner and oarsman Lafitti
r and Chauvet ever had. He was nicknamei
1 L'Ecolier?the scholar.
; m futkville <?nquiw.
J | YORRVILLE> S.
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A NEW CONGRESSIONAL JOB.
E. S. Sandford, of the Adaras Express Company,
has been before the post-office committee
of the House of Representatives with reference
to the law allowing packages weigh!
ing less than four pounds to pass through the
' j mails at the rate of half a cent an ounce. Mr.
i Sandford claimed that the express company
pays the railroad corapauies more than double
this rate, and has notified the railroad companies
that if express business continues to be
put into the mails, the company cannot continue
to pay the railroad companies the rates
now charged for its express packages. The
express company asks that the evil shall be
, Tn r?tbor tuni-da f.bf> pvnrfiss com
1CIUUI1CU. AU vvuvk IIV*V?W) ~ ? ^
pany asks the Government to discontinue a
brauch of the public service of inestimable
value and convenience to a large class of the
people deprived of railroad facilities, in order
that the express company may have a more
complete monopoly of business, which, in the
Southern States, at least, already amounts to
grievous imposition. Mr. Sandford claims
that his company pays the railroads, say one
cent an ounce for the privilege of carrying
packages over the roads?though SI per hundred
pounds is nearer the correct figure?yet
the express charge for delivering a one-pound
package in Yorkville from any point North
of Richmond would not be less than SI. This
tariff affords a haudsorae profit?we might
say a priucely income?to somebody ; aud the
public will hardly be at a loss to understand
the extreme solicitude of the express company
about the overburdeued mails rendering the
public a service for a moderate compensation.
Unless it can be conclusively shown that the
convenience of the public must be subordinated
to the rapacity of an overgrown monop
.. A _ ai
olist, we hope the committee ou posi-omee
affairs will dismiss Mr. Sandford's complaint.
GOV. CHAMBERLAIN'S MESSAGE.
With the exception of a few minor topics
treated, which we epitomize, we publish in
full, this week, the special message of Gov.
Chamberlaiu to the Legislature upon the reassembling
of that body. As we stated last
week, the message was not only well received
by all parties in Columbia, but it is praised
alike by all who have read it, containing as
it does, not a recommendation or suggestion
that is not wise and just. He is most emphatic
in urging that no appropriation be
made in excess of the known revenue of the
State, so that the practice shall be to pay as
1 we go. He suggests plans for paying the
' past indebtedness of the counties, but iu view
of the heavy burden on the people, is inflexibly
opposed to the liquidation at present of
. the floating indebtedness of the State. He
! recommends that steps be takeu to secure
' competent teachers for the public schools;
! that justices of the peace be elected by the
[ people; that a law be passed providing for the
registration of voters; that expenses ot all
kinds be cut down ; that the contingent fund
be abolished ;'and that the plan of cumulative
, voting be applied to all municipal elections so
as to test the practical working of minority
i representation. He says the constitution is
L the highest law, and that constitutions are
framed to be obeyed, and that he is "unable
, to feel the force of any arguments drawn
. from considerations of political policy when
5 opposed to a plain requirement of the constii
tution. It would not have a feather's weight
' iu deterring me from currying into effect the
: constitution which I have sworn to support."
5 These words have the ring of the true metal,
p and in making good his promises, Governor
Chamberlain will be sustained by the good
5 people of the State, irrespective of political
; ties or party affiliation.
r While, with the advent of Gov. Chamber1
Iain's administration, our people begin to feel
' that a new and brighter era is dawning upon
{ the State, it is gratifying to note that for the
l first time since reconstruction, our State gov;
ernment is honorably recoguized abroad and
r commanding repectt'ul mention. The N. Y,
1 Tribune, on reviewing the message, says :
2 "Govenor Chamberlaiu of South Carolina
^ deserves all praise for his manly effort to re
! deem his State from misrule and to save it
from a continuance of the official robbery
1 which threatened to reduce it to absolute
1 bankruptcy. His special message to the leg
7 islature is couched in language unmistakably
r sincere, and the boldness of which can bi
2 appreciated only by those who know the ra
1 pacity and audacity of the villains in his owe
r party with whom, as office-holders, he has tc
J deal. It is gratifying to learn that the Gov
' ernor has the hearty cooperation of hones!
r men of both parties in South Carolina; oer
tainly he has the best wishes of good men
i everywhere."
fl PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
>! The Senate on the 12th was occupied will
" I a speech of Senator Howe, of Wisconsin, ir
" I flpfensfi of the administration policy towarc
t: Louisiana, and in reply to Mr. Schurz. Th<
r House passed a number of bills, the only oik
, | of public importance being a bill making i
1 ! general grant of the right of way to railroads
j through the public lands, giving one hundrec
j feet 011 each side of the track aud twent}
I acres for each station, to the extent of oik
j j station to each ten miles of road.
In the Senate ou the 13th, Gen. Logan, o
t! Illinois, had the floor all day on the Louisi
I j ana question. His speech was a defense o
* the administration, and his argument was
, I that the action of Gen. Sheridan was the re
s ! suit of a Democratic conspiracy. A specia
a ; message from the President on Southern af
a fairs was sent in and read. In the Housi
II the Indian appropriation bill was considered
during which there were made some charge
f of favoritism in regard to Orville Graut, th
), i President's brother, a trader in Montana
^ ! who, it is alleged, enjoys extorsive wonopo
1.1 lies.
i-j In the Senate on the 14th, Mr. Tipton rc
t plied to the speech of Gen. Logan on Louisi
ana affairs. A message was received from
| the President signifying his approval of the
finance bill. The House was occupied on
, the Indian appropriation bill.
In the Senate on the 15th, Mr. Tipton
, j spoke at length, in reply to Senator Logan,
-: on the Louisiana squabble. Mr. Frelinghuy!
sen obtained the floor, and spoke in defense
of the action of the military. Though he
| derided the social equality war cry, he claimed
that the people demand equal citizenship.
The House proceedings were unimportant.
In the Senate, on the 16th, speeches on the
! Louisiana question were made by Senators
:! Saulsbury, Clayton, and Sherman, the latter
j holding the floor at the hour of adjournment.
! The House was not in session.
! In the Senate, on the 18th, Mr. Edmunds,
) i from the judiciary committee, reported ad,
j versely ou the memorial of the members of
[j the State Central Committee of the Union
, | Republican party ot Isouth Carolina, iu rein!
j tion to certain allegations contained in a me>
j morial of the Tax-Payers' Convention of that
' | State, in respect to excessive taxation by the
i State government, and the committee was dis'
| charged from the farther consideration of the
; subject. House proceedings unimportant.
?
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Dr. E. J. Oliveros, an esteemed citizen of
j Orangeburg, died in that place on the 11th
! instant.
? Work has been commenced on the Laurens
railroad, and it is expected that the road
will again be in running order iu a short time.
? Goveruor Chamberlain has signed the
bill passed by the Legislature, abolishing the
Inferior Court of Charleston. The honest
people of Charleston are duly thankful.
? The following persons have been elected
municipal officers of Rock Hill for the curI
NAnf t?A.? h T/ikn P f ntul/\n Tnfon/lnnf T
xciJL ycai . u vim xv* juuhuvu, xuwuuwwv j
L. Johnston, F. H. Barber, A. D. Hollar
and J. J. Hagios, Wardeus.
? The National Grange of tho Patrons of
Husbandry, will hold its auuual meeting in
Charleston on the first Wednesday in February.
The session will probably last ten or
twelve days.
? Samuel Lee, through his counsel, Judge
Paschal, has served a notice of contest on
Representative Rainey, of the first district of
South Carolina, claiming that he was elected
over Rainey at the late election.
? The residence of Gen. M. C. Butler, about
twenty miles distant from Edgefield Court
House, was destroyed by fire about 10 o'clock
one night last week. It was with great difficulty
that his wife aud children escaped from
the burning building in their night clothing.
No mention is made as to the origin of the
fire.
? During the past week, Governor Chamberlaiu
has made the following appointments :
For Chester?J. N. Gregg, H. G. Thomas
aud C. S. Brice, Notaries Public ; Lancaster?
C. P. Pelham, county auditor, vice Wm. McKenna,
removed ; Williamsburg?B. P. Barron,
notary public; Charleston?Reuben
Tomlinson, jury commissioner.
? A very destructive fire occurred in Orangeburg
on Tuesday of last week, which destroyed
property to the value of near two
hundred thousand dollars, including about
twenty stores. Among the sufferers we regret
to notice the name of our former young
tnion.-mon MV T R Rr>vd ivhnsfi loss is DUt
- ? ?J"> I
down at S4000.
? The Columbia correspondent of the News
and Courier says the old State bonds and
stocks are coming in rapidly under the act to
reduce the volume of" the public debt. The
State treasurer reports that to date ?2,700,000
of such bonds and stocks have been converted
into $1,350,000 of consolidation bonds and
stocks. Last week half a million dollars in j
bonds came in for funding.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The Legislature reassembled on Monday
last.
? Work is progressing favorably on the
Fayetteville and Floreuce railroad.
? A number of indictments have been found
against several of the liquor dealers of Raleigh
for selling liquor to minors.
? The Wilmington Star announces that the
cotton factory, in course of erection in that'
city, will soon be in operation.
? Jeff Patterson, aged 22 years, was happily
united in marriage to Mrs. Mary Solomon,
the mother of 14' children, in Person county,
recently.
? Dr. Moran, the most eloquent speaker in
the N. C. Conference, is temporarily ofliciating
in the Church of the Strangers, New 1
York, during the absence of Dr. Deems.
? Governor Broaden has reeeived letters I
I O
from a mi ruber of the creditors of the State,
in Europe and io the Northern States, all of
whom express a willingness to be lenient in
regard to their claims.
? The Charlotte Observer learns that a youth
named Dixon, living about six miles from
Dallas, Gaston county, was thrown by a mule
on Friday morning of last week, and from
the injuries received, died in about twenty-four
hours.
THE PUBLIC SENTIMENT.
The indignation of the country at the re,
cent action of Gen. Sheridan in ejecting from
their seats, by military force, members of the
? Louisiana Legislature, has been expressed in
terms unmistakable. We do not perceive that j
- the merits of the claims of the ejected members j
I enter into the question ; they may or may not
' j have been entitled to seats. Yet it is claimed
, I that the safety of the Republic does not war- j
j j rant the intervention of the military arm in
j organizing a .State Legislature or determining
11 who shall sit as its members. Besides mass
' i meetings of the citizens of the various cities of
'! the North and West, expressing in the strong''
est terms of condemnation the action of the
, ! administration, it has also been the subject of
! disapproval by the Governors of various
: States, who by message, have communicated
, their views to the respective Legislatures.
' j The meeting in New York city on the 11th
11 is said to have been the most remarkable in
' point of numbers and enthusiasm known in
4 1 ? rni -*?- _ n
' j that city lor yenrs. ine xuayor 01 me city
} j presided, and prominent among the speakers
1 were Wm, Cullen Bryant, August Belmont,
3 Hon. Wm. M. Evartsand other distinguished
I . .
1 citizens, who were influenced in their action
r regardless of political or party feeling.
} Among the resolutions adopted was one that
^ "the manner in which the federal troops have
r; been employed in Louisiana constitutes an
*' abuse of authority which is dangerous to pub*
lie liberty in an equal degree in every part of
31 the Union." This is the tenor of the resolu*
tions adopted by the various meetings ; while
1 i the language of Governor Tilden, of the same
* .State is no less expressive. In his special
2 message on the subject, referring to Gen. Sher?
idan's published statement, Governor Tilden
s says:
e j "The pretexts for that officer's action are :
'' | First, that he acted by directiou of Kellogg,
* | who is recognized by the President as Gover*
u."1' ?f Louisiana. Second, that the members
i-! of the Lpgis!d!:,rc why wore forcibly ejected
had no legal rights to seats in that body.
Third, thut a fear existed iu Sheridan's mind
! that in some undefined contingency violence
j might happen. With respect to the first and
I second of these pretexts, it is a decisive answer
that the Louisiana House of Representatives
' had, by the constitution of that State, exclusive
judgment as to the rights of these members
to seats ; that its judgment is subject to
; no review by anv judicial authority, still less j
to review by the Governor or by any officer of
the United States army ; that its judgment in
favor of these members thus partly reviewed
is binding in law and conclusive upon the
j Governor and Lieutenant General Sheridan,
and upon everybody else. Iu respect to the
j third pretext, the fear in the mind of Lieut.
I Gen. Sheridan of possible future violence, I
J when no violence really existed, is not only
I no lawful occasion, but even no excuse for ini
vasion of the right of the House of Represen- |
j tatives of Louisiana to judge for itself of the
time to seat its own members. Interference
i by United States soldiers was not only unlawful,
but it was without a color of legality; it
was an act of naked physical force, in viola-1
tion of the laws and constitution of Louisiana
i and of the laws and constitution of the Uni- I
i ted States."
Subsequently, in the House branch of the
j Legislature, a majority of the committee ap!
nninfpd to draff, a resolution evnressive of the
sense of the House on Louisiana affairs, made
a report utterly deprecating and condemning
the interference by the military in the organization
of the Legislature and the course of
President Grant and the Secretary of War
in relation thereto. The minority made a J
report which agreed with the majority that i
the action which had taken place in Louisiana
deserved a most prompt check, but they
could not agree upon the terms in which the
protest should be made. They therefore submitted
a series of resolutions expressing their
disapprobation of the action, and setting forth |
the duties of the officials iu the matter. The
majority report was adopted by a strict party
| vote.
Iu his message to the Legislature, Governor
Taylor, of Wisconsiu, says: "If authorthority
exists in any branch of the federal
government for what appears to be assumed
by recent proceedings iu the State of Louisiana
and in the extraordinary proposals of the
Lieutenant-General of the army in his dispatch
from New Orleans, I believe the time
has come for all of us to bury partizan spirit
iu a common effort for the preservation of our
constitutional sovereignty and the inherited
liberties of the American people."
Iu his message to the Legislature, the Gov- j
ernor of Georgia refers to the question in the |
following terms:
"During the last ten years the general government
has violated the liberty of the citizens,
overturned and created State governments
at will, and committed other flagrant
violations of the constitution. The crowning
act in this course of usurpation and wrong is
the attempt to stifle by the strong arm of military
power the will of the peoplcof Louisiana
expressed at the recent election. This grave
wroug has evoked a change in public sentiment
that leads us to look for an early reformation
of the policy and practice of the federal
government toward the Southern States.
If the policy of irritation should be abandoned
and the people be left to themselves, the two
races would soon establish social and business
relations with each other as their own peace,
happiness and true iuterest require. In other
words, our people only ask that they be secured
in the great right of local self-government
as it once existed in all the States of the
Union, but which is now enjoyed alone by
the people of the Northern States. If the
government will but give us home rule, a revenue
tariff, an honest and economical administration,
and a sound circulating medium, we
shall not have long to wait for the return of
peace and prosperity to all parts of the country
and among all classes of people."
In the Pennsylvania Legislature, a select
committee of the House of Representatives
reported a preamble and resolutions in reference
to Louisiana affairs which were passed
by a strict party vote?102 democrats to 85
republicans. The preamble recites the circumstances
of Sheridan's interference with
the Legislature of Louisiana, and the following
are the resolutions:
Resolved, That this House of Representatives
of Pennsylvania, speaking for her people,
do solemnly protest against so heinous
an abuse of power as that committed by the
President; we protest against it as a prece
dent which substitutes the will ot tne executive
and federal bayonets for the functions
of the Legislature in determining the qualification
of members, endangering personal liberty
and imperiling free government.
Resolved, That we commend the forbearance
exercised by those whose rights were so
unconstitutionally violated. We assure them
of the sympathy felt for them by all who are
zealous of the preservation of the principles
of civil liberty upon which our government is
founded.
Froni all sections of the Union the same
voice of condemnation rises, while apologists
for the administration, outside of Congress,
are few and weak.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
The Louisiana Legislature.
Affairs at New Orleans are reported
quiet. The Legislature, with a Republican
majority, is in peaceable possession of the
State House, and holding its sessions regularly.
Both Houses passed a resolution declaring
that Pinchback was duly elected U.
S. Senator in 1873, and affirming his right
to a seat in the U. S. Senate for the terra of
six years from that date.
Resolutions have also been passed by both
Houses requesting Congress to immediately
institute a thorough investigation into the
affairs of the State.
The Finance Hill.
Presideut Grant has approved the
finance bill, providing for the resumption of
specie payments, as passed by both Houses of
Congress. In approving the bill, the President
recommends an increased revenuo to
carry out the obligation of adding to the
sinking fund annually, one per cent, of the
public debt, which would nrnouqt to about
thirty-four million of dollars per annum.
To increase the revenue, he suggests that the
duty on tea and cofi'ee might be restored without
permanently enhancing the cost of these
articles to the consumers.
The bill also provides that fractional currency
shall be redeemed in coin as rapidly as
practicable, but as there is no legislation preventing
a fluctuation in tho value of currency,
legislation to that end is recommended. On
the subject of final resumption, he says:
As the present law commands final resumption
on the first day of January, 1879, and
as the gold receipts by the treasury are larger
than the gold payments, and the currency receipts
than the currency payments, thereby
making monthly sales of gold necessary to
meet current currency expenses, it occurs to
- al_4. ii AI IE,*., romariiorl
| me mat uie&e unuuuitius lui^m ^ >V.mwM.V%?
j by authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury
j to redeem legal tender notes whenever preI
sented, in sums of not less thau one hundred
! dollars and multiples thereof, at a premium
for gold of ten per cent., less interest Q.t the
rate of two and one half per cent, per annum,
from the first day of January, 1875, to the
date of putting this law into operation, and
diminishing this premium at the same rate
until final resumption, changing the rate of
premium demanded from time to time as the
interest amounts to onequarter of one per
cent. I suggested this rate of interest because
! it would bring currency at par with gold at
1 the date fixed by law for final resumption.
I suggest ten per cent, as the demand premium
at the beginning because I believe this
rate would insure the retention of silver in
the country for change.
The S. C. Legislature.
j The crowded state of our columns prei
vents us from giving in detail our usual daily
report of the proceedings, and for this week
we are compelled to present only a disconnected
summary.
The bill introduced to enable a landlord to
eject a non-paying tenant more expeditiously
than at present, was defeated ou its second
reading.
In the House, Sim kins, of Edgefield, introduced
a bill to provide for the protection of
certain laborers in the county of Edgefield,
j lately employed on farms, and who have been
discharged from such employment because of
I having exercised their political rights and
! privileges. The bill provides for levyiug a
tax on Edgefield county of two mills on the
dollar to support persons who could not obtain
employment on account of their political opinions,
instructing the county commissioners to
find out such persons and pay them the sum
of six dollars per month. Iu order that money
may be obtained without delay, the bill
empowers the county commissioners of Edgefield,
to borrow the sum of 85,000 from auy
person or persons, corporation or corporations
that will make such loan, which sum shall be
apportioned out to said unfortunates in certain
forms in the same bill presented. On
motion, the bill was referred to the committee
of the whole without going through the regular
channel. Subsequently the bill came up
tor consideration in committee of the whole,
when a resolution was adopted "that the bill
I be laid on the table, and that the committee
on the judiciary be instructed to ascertain if
combinations, such as are named in the preamble
of the bill, can be punished by existing
laws, and if not, to report what additional
legislation is necessary to reach the case."
In each House, a bill was presented to levy
a special tax in York county, to retire bonds
issued in aid of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow
Gauge Railroad Company, and for other purposes
relating thereto. The committee to
! which the bill was referred submitted a favorable
report and recommended the passage
I of the bill.
Reports were submitted ou a number of
bills which had been introduced, proposing to
j extend the time for the payment of taxes and
suspending the penalties attached. The reports
were unfavorable iu every instance, for
the reason that the powers intended to be
(conferred were already vested iu the comp,
troller-general.
The bill to require the county treasurer in
| each county to set aside and retain out of the
State taxes collected by him in each year, the
amount of the free common school funds of
the State apportionment to that county by
the State superintendent of education, was
rejected, for the reason that the bill is in con
fliet with the provisions of the constitution and
laws referring to thesubject embraced therein.
The enacting clause was stricken out of the
hill consolidating the office of county auditor
and treasurer into one office.
A bill was introduced by Mr. Couch, to
authorize the county commissioners of Chester
county to apply the surplus fund now on
hand in the said county, known as the kuklux
fund, to the payment of the past indebtedness
of said county. Also a bill to amend
the charter of the town of Blackstocks.
Col. Beatty has presented the memorial of
citizens of Rock Hill asking an amendment to
the charter of said town.
On Saturday last a resolution was introduced
proposing to adjourn sine die on the 12th
of February, but its consideration was postponed
until Monday when the resolution was
adopted by the House.
The President on Louisiana Affairs.
Agreeably to a Senate resolution of the
8th instant, the President, 011 the 13th, transmitted
to that body a special message on the
subject of Louisiana affairs. He commences
with a review of the turbulence which it is alleged
has existed in that State since 1866 ;
cites the Colfax massacre and the later affair
at Coushatta last August; refers to the scenes
enacted in New Orleans on the 14th of September,
wheu the effort was made by D. P.
Penn to usurp the State government; explains
the object of Sheridan's mission, and says "no
party motives or prejudices can reasonably be
imputed to him ; but honestly convinced by
what ho has seen and heard there, he has
characterized the leaders of the White
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Lieaguers m severe terms auu suggesieu summary
modes of procedure against them, which
though they cauuot be adopted, would, if
legal, soon put an end to the troubles and disorders
in that State." Thus paliating Sheridau's
action, aud at the same tirue deploring
military intervention, for which he conteuds
Congress is blamable, the President concludes:
To summarize: In September last an armed
I organized body of men, in support of candidates
who had been put in nomination for the
offices of Governor and Lieutenant-Governor,
at the November f lection in 1872, and who
had been declared not elected by the board of
canvassers recognized by all the courts to
which the question had been submitted, undertook
to subvert and overthrow the State
government that had been recognized by me
in accordance with previous precedents. The
recognized Governor was driven from the
State-house, and but for his finding shelter in
the United States custom-house in the capital
of the State of which he was Governor, it is
scarcely to be doubted that he would have
been killed. From the State-house, before he
had been driven to the custom-house, a call
was made in accordance with the fourth section,
fourth article of the constitution of the
United States, for the aid of the general government
to suppress domestic violence. Un
der these circumstances, ami in accuruuuce
with my sworn duties, my proclamation of
the 15th of September, 1874, was issued.
This served to reinstate Governor Kellogg to
his position nominally, but it cannot be claimed
that the insurgents have, to this day, surrendered
to the State authorities the arms belonging
to the State, or that they have in any
i sense disarmed. On the contrary, it is known
[ that the samearmed organizations that existed
on the 14th of September, 1874, in opposition
to the recognized State government, still re|
tain their organization, equipments aud comj
manders, and can be called out any hour to
resist the State government. Under these cir:
cumstances the same military force has been
continued in Louisiana as was sent there under
the first call and under the same general
instructions. I repeat, that the task assumed
by the troops is not a pleasant.one to them ;
; that the army is not composed of lawyers ca?
I pable of judging at a moment's notice of just
how far they can go in the maintenance of
i law and order, and that it was impossible to
; give specific instructions providing for all
, possible contingencies that might arise. The
troops were bound to act upon the judgment
! of the commanding officer upon each sudden
contingency that arose, or wait instructions,
i wliw.h nnlv roach them after the threat
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! ened wrong3 had been committed, which thej
1 were called on to prevent. It should be re|
collected, too, that upon ray recognition of
the Kellogg government I reported the fact?
with the grounds of recognition?to Congress,
and asked that body to take action in the
mutter, otherwise I should regard the silence
! as an acquiescence in ray course.
! No action has been taken by that body,
and I have maintained the position then
i marked out. If error has been committed by
tho army in these matters, it has always been
on the aide of the preservation of good order,
the maintenance of law, and the protection of
life. Their bearing reflects credit upon the
soldiers, and if wrong has resulted, the Jblam.e
is with the turbulent elements surrounding
thera.
I now earnestly ask that such action may
be taken by Congress as to leave my duties
; perfectly clear in dealing with the affairs of
Louisiana, giving assurance at the same time,
I that whatever may be done by that body in
1 the premises, will be executed according to
the spirit and letter of the law, without fear
or favor.
! Correspondence of the Vorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chestkk, January 18, 1875.
Mr. Felix Whitloek, who was in towu a
' few days ago, gave me an account of an unI
fortunate affair, of which, asan humble chroni
icier of the news, I will briefly speak. Mr.
j Whitloek lives near Halsellville, in the lower
! portion of this county, and theoecurreuce took
| place not a great way from his residence, in
I the limits of Fairfield. The rnaiu facts are
I
I as follows:
At the place of the disturbance, which occurred
about ten days ago, is a store kept by
a son of Mr. Whitloek. On the evening
of the occurrence, this young man received
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atl invitation to taae tea at a neiguuui o uuuk,
which he accepted, and was, consequently, absent
from his store several hours. After enjoying,
for a time, the hospitality of his
friend, Mr. Whitlock returned to his store, to
find that the building had been entered, the
money-drawer broken open, and a considerable
amount of cash takeu therefrom. However,
stealing, like murder, will out in the vast
majority of cases. In a short time, some one
came into the store and asked Mr. Whitlock
to change a bill, which, he recognized at once
to be a torn and patched bill which had been
lying in his drawer for a considerable while.
Finding that a colored man, by the name of
Hawkins, had passed the bill, be went, without
delay, to a trial justice, made a statement
of the facts, and obtained a warrant for the
arrest of the thief. Hearing that Hawkins
was at a negro-house, near by, in company
with a friend, he went to the place, found him
and informed him that he had a warrant for
his arrest. A considerable number of negroes
then surrounded Whitlock, and manifested an
inclination to prevent the arrest of Hawkins,
when the latter leaped out of a window of the
bmiao and made his escane. The escape
proved only temporary, for he was soon discovered,
by his pursuers, in another negro
house. Hawkins was again called upon to
surrender and submit to arrest, but instead
of doing so, he seized a club and was on the
point of dealing Whitlock a blow, when the
latter drew a pistol and fired upon his assailant.
He fell severely wounded, when Whitlock,
in company with his friend, walked back
to the store, which they securely fastened, and
then began the immediate loading of all the
shooting irons which they could find in the establishment,
as a crowd of negroes, intending
violence, was momentarily expected. This
expectation was soon realized in the collection
of enraged negroes near the store. But they
were prevented from attempting to carry into
effect their murderous intention, by the arrival
of a number of white men, who had heard
of the shooting, and gathered at the store.
At one time, indications favored a regular engagement
between the whites and blacks; but
wiser counsels prevailed, and the negroes were
finally induced to go to their homes with the
understanding that Mr. Whitlock would surrender
himself to the proper officer and give
bond for his appearance and trial at court.
This he has done. No blame is attached to
Mr. Whitlock by the commuuity in which he
lives, for the result of the unfortunate affair.
The recovery of Hawkins from his wound is
most likely, if not certain.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the National Bank of Chester was held on
Tuesday last. I have been told that the meeting
was very harmonious and agreeable. After
the meeting, refreshments were in readiness,
which were greatly enjoyed by the stockkrvMorc
unit their friends. The flow of SDiritS
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added considerably to the flow of soul on the
happy occasion. The declaration of a dividend
of six per cent, during the past six
months, indicates the flourishing condition of
the National Bank of Chester. The same directors
and officers were reelected to preside
for another year over the destinies of this excellent
institution.
In accordance with the instructions of
Judge T. J. Mackey at the late sitting of our
court, bench warrants have been issued against
Dublin Walker, late school commissioner,
and Ben Michael, Julius Stevenson and Henry
Blake, late school trustees, for malfeasance
in office, and the same have given bond for
their appearance for trial at the April term of
the Court. The accused are all colored, and
are charged wilh issuing fraudulent school
claims. As they are prominent Republican
politicians, some curiosity is felt to know the
part the presiding Judge and counsel for the
State will play in the case. If the case is
stricken from the docket, and the accused allowed
to go scot-free, without trial, it will be
for the reason that party welfare is to be se
cured at the expense of the public good. And
the people will know thut the era for reform
and good governrueut is not so near as some
would suppose, and others have promised.
Two or three days since, two colored meu
of our town, whose names have slipped my
memory, engaged in a fight, which resulted in
one receiving a dangerous wound, iufiicted by
a knife. The unfortunate man is still living, I
but may at auy moment take his departure
for the spirit land. And then another murder
to be added to the long list of Southern
outrages! Possibly another Sheridan may
come down, ere long, ou this offending community
like the wolf on the fold. And then
look out for another batch of?misstatements.
Mr. J. A. Hasseltiue, President of the Chester
and Cheraw Narrow Gauge Railroad Company,
was in our town on Friday. He says
that the road from Chester to Lancaster will
be graded, bridges built, aud all things in
j readiness for laying the track by the 1st of
I August. This will be hailed as good news by
! all who are desirous of seeing direct and
speedy communication effected between the
| eastern and western sectiqns of our State,
j Mr. S. J. Couch, a representative from
| Chester in the Legislature, has been appointed
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i trial justice 1U piace or dunus oievensou, uoi1
ored, removed. The appointment does not
give general satisfaction.
! A difficulty occurred yesterday in our couui
ty, in the Carmel Hill neighborhood, between
Carter and Williams, both colored men, in
which the latter was so severely stabbed that
he will in all probability die. Dr. J. A.
Watson, the attending physician in the case,
tells me there is very little hope of the wounded
I man's recovery. The petty sum of thirty
; cents occasioned the misunderstanding that
led to so sad a termination. This is auother
j "Southern outrage," r?he "banditti" are evidently
on the war path.
The engine ordered a considerable time
since for the Chester and Lenoir Narrow
j Gauge Railroad from a firm in Pittsburg, is
expected to arrive in Chester to-day. Instead
of making the trip iq ten days, it has been six
weeks on the way?almost' long enough to
travel round the globe. Q17.
| It is stated that President Grant has
placed a company of troops at the disposal of
i the Governor of Mississippi.
| LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
| R. P. Smith, A. B., Prirulpal?Reidvillo Malo
i High School.
! W. P. Hobbs?Notice.
i T. M. Dobson A Co.?Gold Jewelrv?GroceriesShi
rting? Com 111 ission Goods?Buckwheat
Flour?Nails and Iron?Cheese?Axes,
j Clark Brothers?Price Reduced.
T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?First
Meeting of Creditors?In the
j Matter of J. B. Marks, Bankrupt.
II. W. Hope, Secretary?Masonic Meeting.
| T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?Application
for Discharge?In the
Matter of W. T. Sealy, D. G. Wallace, Bankrupts.
Charles Petty, A. M., Principal?Limestone
Springs Female High School.
R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriff's Sale.
J. F. Wallace, Administrator?Notice.
D. V. Walker?Mules and Horses.
11. H. Benner?Wanted.
Jefferys & Metts?The Stono Phosphate Company?Cotton
15 Cents.
W. H. A J. P. Herndon?Guanos.
J. F. Wallace,'Agent?Sale of Furniture.
Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Oitation?
Dr. S. A. Kell, Applicant?Sarah Merritt, |
deceased.
E. C. Tate?Administratrix' Sale.
Dr. Clopton?At Rock Hill. 1
APPOINTMENTS FOR YORK COUNTY.
Governor Chamberlain has appointed Col.
William B. Allison a Trial Justice for Ebenezer
township, in this county; J. A. Newton,
Jury Commissioner; and G. W. S. Hart, Notary
Public.
NEW LOCOMOTIVE.
The second engine placed upon the Cheater
and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad reached
this place last Tuesday night, having been
received in Chester on Monday, and immediately
put in running condition. The new
engine?called "A. H. Davega"?is designed
for greater speed than the first one purchased.
THE STATE TAXES.
Mr. Enloe, County Auditor, has received a
circular from the Comptroller-General notify- ?
ing him that the twenty per cent, penalty for
non-payment of State and county taxes for
the fiscal year, 1874, will not attach until February
1st. Agreeably to instructions, the Auditor
has given the above information to the
Treasurer, and consequently those who have
not yet paid their taxes can have until the 1st
of next mouth in which to do so, without incurring
the penalty.
COLLAPSE OF A CIRCUS.
Carrington's Circus, so-called, failed to arrive
here last week, as had been advertised.
We learn from the Lancaster Ledger that the
concern reached that town, but did not exhibit,
although the followers and swindlers attached
to the show pitched their tents in the
streets and fleeced a number of victims. The
authoritiesof this place very properly fixed the
price of license so high as to prevent the
"show" from exhibiting withiu the corporate
limits of the town, even had they reached
here. We learn from the Charlotte Observer
that the manager and a portion of his company
arrived in Charlotte a few days ago, and
that the agent of the concern has attached
some of the property for claims due him.
DEATH OF P. J. O'CONNELL.
We learn that P. J. O'Conuell died at his
residence in Gaston county, N. C., on Monday
' 4 ??AT*. A' ( r> a1 1 if a a o momKor
UI JU9L 1U1. V/ \juuucii nno us wvuii/vt
of the Legislature from this county for two
terms, having been first elected in 1868 and
serving until 1872, when he failed to receive
a nomination at the hands of his party, and as
an independent candidate was defeated in the
electiou of that year. Soon after, he married
in Gaston county, N. C., whither he removed.
Mr. O'Connell had the advantages of a splendid
education, which he received in Rome, and
in coming to this county in the days of reconstruction,
unfettered by test-oaths or political
disabilities, he joined the Republican party
and had no difficulty in gaining the confidence
of many of its adherents, which, for a
while, he retained as one of the prominent
leaders in this county. Mr. O'Connell was a
native of Philadelphia. Since his residence
in North Carolina, we believe he was engaged
in the occupation of farming.
THE CASE OF MISS CASTLES.
On the morning of the 17th of November
last, Mary J. Castles, a young woman living
in the family of J. Albertus Hope, in the
western part of this county, died soon after
giving birth to a male child. Circumstances
connected with the death of the young woman
gave rise to suspicions in the neighborhood,
aud after information had been given to W.
B. Williams, acting coroner, that officer, on
the 25th of November, impanelled a jury of
inquest, which commenced an investigation,
and continued the same from time to time
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until tne inn or mis muuiu, wueu me luuuning
verdict was rendered :
"South Carolina?York County.
"An inquest, indented, begun to be bolden at
Smyrna Church, in York county, on the 25th day
of November, A. D. 1874, before W. B. Williams,
Trial Justice, acting as Coroner of said county,
upon view of the body of Mary J. Castles, of same
county, then and there being dead, and continuing
bv adjournment and liolden on the 26th and
27th days of November of said year, and ending
on the 14th day of January, 1875, before J. Beatty
Williams, Trial Justice, acting coroner of said
county, by the oat js of James A. Wallace, Foreman,
Miles Wallace, James M. Cain, John L.
Davis, James K. Hambright, Minor R. Nichols,
Robert W. Smith, Samuel L. Smith, D. W.
Brown, J. A. Dickson, R. J. Love and R. J.
Brown, beinga lawful jury of inquest, who being
charged and sworn by the trial justice first named,
to enquire for the State of South Carolina when
and by what means the said Mary J. Castles came
to her death, upon their oaths do"say that the said
Mary J. Castles came to her death on the morning
of the 17th of November, A. D. 1874, at about
3 o'clock, at the house of J. A. Hope, in saidcoun- '
tv St.ita aforesaid.'after civimr birth to a male
child in the yard of the said J. A. Hope, and that
the said deceased came to her death from the intentional
mistreatment of J. A. Hope and Elizabeth
Hope, wife of the said J.A.Hope. And so
the jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths aforesaid do
say, that the said Mary J. Castles, at the time and
place aforesaid, came to her death from the causes
aforesaid."
After the rendering of the above verdict, a
warrant was issued for the arrest of each of
I the accused, who were committed to jail on
the same day. On the day following, Mrs.
Hope appeared before Judge Mackey on a
writ of habeas corpus, and on her petition was
admitted by the Judge to bail, giving bond to
appear at the April terra, at which time the
case is set for trial.
Pending the investigation of this matter we
purposely refrained from alluding to the circumstance,
preferring to await the action of
the coroner's jury. Much testimony was
taken by the coroner, but as it is not our purpose
to prejudice the case or to provoke comment,
we have decided to produce uone of it
in our columns until the trial takes place,
when it is our intention to give a full report
of the proceedings.
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CIRCUIT COURT.
The January terra of the Circuit Court
closed on Saturday afternoon last. The following
cases were disposed of subsequent to
our report of last week :
Statem Wesley Brumfield ; larceny. Found
guilty aud sentenced to one year at hard labor
in the peuitentiary.
State vs. Samuel McNeel and J. G. McNeel;
assault and battery. Not guilty as to
Samuel McNeel. J. G. McNeel found guilty
and paid fine of ?25 and costs.
State vs. Thomas Thomasson ; grand larceny.
Acquitted.
State vs. Dawson Kimball; grand larceny.
Found guilty and sentenced to six months in
the penitentiary.
State v8. Peter Kelly ; assault and battery y
with intent to kill. Pleaded guilty of assault M