Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, March 25, 1875, Image 2
?craps and J acts. !
Lake Michigan is frozen over solid, an
event that has never occurred before, so far |
as is known. The Chicago river is also frozen I
solid to the bottom.
"The proportion of the married among
the insane is smaller than that of the unmar- j
ried." Undoubtedly. A man who has to
scratch around and make a living for his wife
and eleven children couldn't be insane if he
wanted to. He hasn't the time.
School inspector to urchin : "Now, :
Johnny, how many can you count ?" Johnny : |
One, two three, four, five, six, seven, eight, i
nine, ten." Inspector: "Good, Johnny, go
ou." Johnny (after a moment's thought):
"Jack, queen, king, ace."
A water spout fell near Fayetteville,
Tenn., on Sunday evening, causing an immense
overflow at Norris creek, and damaging
property to the amount of $100,000.
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inflicting heavy damage to property and^ destroying
a vast number of hogs and cows by
drowning.
"Hi! Samuel, has you moved yit ?" inquired
one colored man of another, whom he
met at market yesterday. "No, I'se still in
de old place," was the answer. "But I war'
told dat you war' gwine to get out ob de
neighborhood," continued the first. "Wall,
I did make up ray mind to, but you see de
family nest door, and de family on de corner,
and de family cross de street, have left dere
wood piles out doors, and I doesn't desire to
change."
In no city are the means of intoxication
lacking, but New York, of course, provides
them on the most .gigantic scale. The
Times gives some startling figures regarding
them. The licensed saloons amount in round
numbers to 7,000, graded from 8250 to 830
fees each per annum, and yielding last year
a total revenue to the city of 8527,380. The
average daily receipts, to keep up with rents
and other heavy expenses, cannot be less than
820; probably that is a small average, but
it represents a daily total of 8140,000 paid
for drinks.
The rapid success of fish culture during
the few years in which it has been attempted
in the United States,has exceeded the hopes of
all but the most sanguine of those who first
attempted it. From the mere experiments of a
nohiraliaf in o loknrof a??*t if kao r?i>Atnn into
uuiui uiiot iu c* ickuviawi J) 11/ IIOO givnu IUHV
the source of a vast increase of the productive
industries of our country. Everything, so
far, indicates that the whole business is yet
only at the beginning of its developement,
and unlike many reforms and improvements,
while it adds to the resources of a large class
of the population, it makes nobody the poorer.
Nobody ever committed suicide more
elaborately than the late Mr. Hugo Byer, of
Texas. On the 19th of February he took two
ounces of laudanum ; on the 20th he swallowed
two ounces of laudanum and three ounces of
chloroform ; on the 21st he partook of two
ounces of chloroform and one-third of an
ounce of morphine ; on the 22d he bolted
four ounces of chloroform; on the 23d he
drank two ounces of chloroform and one
ouuce of chloral. Still he lived until the 25th
of February. The local paper says: "This
will surprise the oldest medical man of the
age." And the youngest too, we should say.
The Trades Unions of New York are
greatly excited by a bill before the Legislature
of that State, which declares that "any person
or combination of persons who, by violence,
shall prevent any person or persons from
engaging in any lawful labor, on such terms
and conditions, and at such wages as he
or they may choose, or who, by threats of
violence, shall endeavor to intimidate any person
or persons for the purpose of preventing
them from so engaging in such labor, or for
the purpose of preventing any person or persons
from teaching others any trade or handicraft,"
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and liable to fine and imprisonment.
The total of the appropriations made
by the last Congress for the next fiscal year is
now actually ascertained to be ?175,304,232,
divided among the following bills : Post office,
?37,524,361; pensions, ?30,000,000; sundry
civil expenses, ?26,622,682 ; army, ?27,933,836
; legislative, executive and judicial, ?18,886,228
; Indian, ?5,054,554 ; consular and
diplomatic, ?1,374,985 ; fortifications, ?850,000;
military academy, ?364,740 ; deficiency
for 1874 and former years, ?3,009,468. The
total for 1874-75 was ?177,118,719, and for
1873-74 ?201,289,176, showing a reduction
since last year of over ?2,000,000, and since
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two years ago or over ?>zo,uuu,uuv.
It is stated from Washington that the
postmaster-general will not attempt to enforce
the new rates of postage on transient matter
immediately. It is wholly impracticable to
enforce it at present, for there are hundreds
of tons of matter that have been deposited in
the mails all over the country on which postage
has been paid at the old rates, in ignorance
of the change. There would result
from an immediate and harsh construction
of the law, great injury to the public interest.
Just when the law will be put in operation
Mr. Jewell does not yet know, but it will not
be till sufficient notice has been given. He
thinks the people are opposed to the change
in law. He is himself opposed to it, and
would not enforce it at all till after the next
meeting of Congress if he could find any way
by which he could personally take that responsibility
upon himself.
The Cincinnati Enquirer thus attempts
to soothe the many furious loyal persons who
professed to feel great alarm for the safety of
the country, because a large number of exConfederate
soldiers have been elected to
Congress : "The great mass of the intellect,
wealth and manhood of the south was engaged
in the late war against the Jb'ecterai government.
To exclude it from participation in the
general administration is really to exclude that
great section of the Union itself. We don't
want to make ex-President Lincoln and exSecretary
of State Seward liars when they announced
to foreign governments that the vacant
seats of the Southern Representatives
in Congress were only waiting for their return ;
that no opposition would be interposed by
us to their return, but that the war was being
waged for that purpose. For the first time |
since 1861, these vacant seats in Congress are
to be filled in pursuance of these promises,
and because of it there should be congratulation
from one end of the Union to the other."
Disclosures concerning the Louisville
Library Lottery, as furnished by the Chicago
Inter-Ocean, seem to indicate that that scheme
has been all along strongly tainted with more :
than the suspicion of a job. In fact, one of!
the managers?Joseph M.Simmons?stated to i
the Inter-Ocean, that all the five library lot- j
tery schemes were frauds of the first water, j
and the project was conceived in sin and ;
born in iniquity. It is charged that the bill I
granting the charter was engineered through |
the Legislature by nine persons, of whom two
were Henry Watterson and Walter N. Haldeman,
of the Courier-Journal, and by the terms
of the bill, the library?which it was proposed
to build?was to revert to the origiual nine incorporators,
after the final drawing. It appears
also that at present the Courier-Journal
Company is erecting a building to cost over j
8250,000, but whether that fact has any reference
to Watterson's connection with the j
lottery is purely conjectural. Concerning j
the last drawing, it is stated that instead
of but 38,000 tickets having been sold, as [
reported by the company, the sales aggregated
75,000 tickets, and that measures are already
on foot to compel the company to restore to
ticket holders the price of their tickets, on j
the ground that fraud was perpetrated in the j
drawing. Parties in Chicago and Louisville !
are advertising to pay twenty-five cents on
the dollar for all tickets which did not draw |,
prizes, intending to sue the company for the .
full paid up value.
The extraordinary rush of visitors from
the North continues to be the burden of the j!
Florida correspondents' song. There was I j
ever such a crowd as there has been this '
seuson, and still they come. The hotels are !
full, and would be were there twice as many
of them. It is plain that Florida is to be a i
greater place of resort for winter tourists than ,
Saratoga is in summer, for already the num- :
ber in north-eastern Florida exceeds the aggregate
of the summer crowd at Newport, '
Saratoga and Long Branch. Every winter
brings more, and new hotels keep going up. i
The St. James in Jacksonville has just made :
a cash dividend of 33i per cent, for its year's i
business. The National is also flourishing (
finely. Mr. Astor, of New York, has bought j
a large old wooden hotel near the St. James,
and is about to pull it down and erect a fine j
hotel in its place. The crowd of Northerners [
in Florida are like a lot of boys just let out J
of school. It is one continuous frolic and
holiday. Finding themselves really safe out
of the rigors of a Northern winter, and in a
climate of flowers and fruits aud sunshine,
fr?ion ^nmcQltTno un fn oninumonf lilfP
ILJCJ give btivtlicvi ?VO U?S IV Vlijvjr tuvwv <<?v
youngsters. Excursions on the river every
day ; rambles after fruit and flowers; drives,
card parties, sailing parties?it is one round
of pleasure. Even Canada is beginning to
learn that there is such a place as Florida,
and the frozen Western States are pouring in.
Two or three winters hence Florida will be
full of them.
Ihe ?othuiUe inquirer.
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THURSDAY MORNING, MAR. 25, 1875.
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VETO OF THE "BONANZA" BILL.
The bill for the liquidation of the floating
debt of the State, in which is included a vast
amount of fraudulent pay certificates, as well
as other fraudulent evidences of indebtedness,
and which from its nature was christened the
"bonanza bill," was passed by the Legislature,
but on being submitted to the Governor for
approval, met his unqualified disapprobation,
and on Wednesday of last week he promptly
returned the bill with his veto.
In this matter, the Governor seems determined
to make good his pledges given during
the campaign last fall, and in his veto
message he says the response given by the
Legislature to his efforts to enforce a policy
of rigid economy does not meet with his expectations.
The passage of the legislative
appropriation act and an unlimited amount
of questionable claims, and the failure to pass
the bill to reduce salaries, have rendered it
impossible for him to consent to add one dollar
to the weight of taxation which now oppresses
the people, and he would regard the
approval of this act as an act of unpardonable
injustice to all those whose interests he is
sworn to protect. The aggregate taxation is
now without precedent and without justification.
A vast majority of the claims embraced
in the bill are unpaid legislative certificates,
which have been made to cover vast frauds.
These claims as a whole do not, in hi9 opinion,
constitute a valid obligation of the State,
and the commission as a whole, he is reluctantly
compelled to say, does not command
his confidence for the work assigned them nor
the confidence of the public. Regarding the
commissioners named in the bill, the Governor
says:
"But, if I could overlook all other objections
to the Act, there remains one objection
which would, under any circumstances, forbid
ray approval of the Act. I mean the
character,as a whole,of the commission named
in the Act. Upon this point I speak with reluctance
which all just men will appreciate; ,
but I am a public officer, bound to discharge
an imperative public duty, and, while I speak
with reluctance, I must speak with perfect
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plainness, me commission naraeu uues noi,
as a whole, coniraand my confidence for the <
work assigned to it. I am equally confident
it does not, as a whole, command the confidence
of the public for that work. The du- (
ties required of the commission demand the
highest character for intelligence, honor and
incorruptability which the State can furnish.
By no fault or agency of mine I am forced to <
declare that, in my judgment, the commission I
named in the Act does not meet that demand.
The amounts involved are too great, the frauds
believed to be involved in the claims to be
examined are too wide-spread and pervading,
the temptations to collusion and bribery are
too powerful, to allow me to cousent to placing
these duties in the hands of any man 1
whose circumstances and associations excite 1
the faintest doubt of his inflexible determination
to stand as an insurmountable barrier to j
the further advances of corruption and fraud." ,
For the foregoing reasons, among others,
he withholds his approval of the bill. A ,
long and angry debate followed the reading
of the message, in which Leslie, the carpet- (
bag representative from Barnwell, was conspicuous,
joined by several prominent colored ^
representatives, all of whom were bitter in ,
their denunciations of the Governor. (
Pending discussion of the question of passing
the bill over the Governor's veto, the point |
was raised that the Governor had failed to ,
return the bill within the time prescribed by ,
the Constitution, which point Speaker Elliott
decided to be well taken, whereupon the bill |
was referred to the judiciary committee, and ,
on Friday the committee reported that they |
were unable to agree upon the status of the i
bill, and asked to be discharged from its
further consideration. The report of the (
committee was adopted, and the ruling of the <
chair was then sustained by the following vote: .
Yca.i?Allman, Marker, Bates, Boston, Brabham, .
Bravton, Bridges, Bright, Coker, Coleman, Collins^
Crows, Couch, Davies, Davis, Doilly, Duncan,
Farrow, Freeman, Gaitlier, Gantt, George,
Graham, Greene, GulJin, Hayne, Henderson, Har- '
riott, Holland, A. H. Howard, Hudson, Humbert, j
Hunter, Jackson, Jefferson, A. H. Jones, Paul E. .
Jones, Jordan, Keith, Leslie, Milton, Morgan, '
McLaughlin, Nesbitt, Plnckney, Ramsey, Rich- <
ardson, Richmond, Rush, A. Simmons, H. Simmons,
A. Simkins, P. Simkins, J. A. Smith,
Steele, Sumpter, Thomas, Vanderpool, Weldon, t
Williams, Wolfe, Wright, Young?(13.
Xai/.s?Andrews, Austin, Bampfield, Barnwell, 1
Beatty, Bomar, Bradley, Burckmover, Cannon, f
Coit, Copes, Gosgrove, Crittenden, Ferguson,
Gaillard, Gibson, Goggins, Grant, Green, Hamil- 1
ton, Hirseh, R. G. Howard, Lewis, Livingston,
Meetze, Miller, Muller, Myers, Orr, Peterson,
Redfearne, Robertson, Scott, Sessions, Simons, I
Simpson, Sloan, R. M. Smith, Spencer, Tinslev, J
Trenholm, Vandiver, Wallace, \\ ideman, Willis,
Woodruff?4(1. c
This renders the bill a law, and will bring r
the question into the Courts, the point to de- a
terraine being whether the Governor, in re- i
turning the bill, complied with the constitu- a
tional requirements, an adjournment of the a
3ession having occurred pending his conside- g
ration of the subject. v
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Hou. S. L. Hoge has appointed Horatio
L. Fillebrown, son of J. S. Fillebrown, Esq.,
as midshipman cadet at the naval academy. |
? At Rock Hill, on Sunday of last week,;
sixteen hundred and forty-five dollars were j
subscribed by the members of the Presbyte- j
rian church for the purpose of liquidating the
debt still remaining unpaid on the new
church.
? The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the South Carolina Railroad Company,
will he held at Charleston on the 13th day
of April. Stockholders will be passed over j
the road, to and from the meeting, free of
charge.
? Mr. Thomas Broughton, a large stock
raiser, who resides at Fulion, in Clarendon
county, lost 500 head of hogs, by the late tre
raeudous freshet in Wateree river. A high
knoll, in the river swamp, whither he had
taught thera to fly, on occasions of high water,
was completely submerged, for the first
time in many years.
? The Ledger says that. Eli and LaFayette
Langley were arrested and committed to the
jail of Lancaster county, on Friday last,
charged with stealing and inhumanly abusing
the horse of Mr. John B. Erwin, mention of
which was made in our issue of last week.
Since their confinement they have confessed*
to the taking of the horse, but deny that they
in any way injured the animal.
? The annual meeting of the German Society
of South Carolina was held in Charleston
on Friday evening of last week, when the
Treasurer made his annual statement. During
the year, the society collected $557.51.
Of this amount, all but $15.41 was spent in
providing for the 1,200 immigrants who arrived
in Charleston during the year. The
society was organized several years ago, to
aid destitute immigrants.
? The Rock Hill Grange mentions that du
ring the recent freshet in the Catawba river,
there were unearthed on the lauds of Mr. J.
Lawrence Moore, some curious relics of antiquity.
In one spot where the alluvial deposit
has been washed away,, were found a
large collection of old Indian ware, such as
pots, pans, arrow heads, &c. The spot probably
was an old burying ground, and the
above articles were deposited with them, so
that they could be used in the happy hunting
grounds, to which all brave warriors were
supposed to go.
? An election was held for county commissioners
of Lancaster on the 16th instant, in
obedience to a proclamation issued by the
Governor. Subsequently, the Governor issued
an order postponing the election, which, however,
was not known by the people of the
county until after the election had been held.
The Union-Herald, of Columbia, expresses
the opinion that inasmuch as the Governor's
notice did not reach the county in time, the
validity of the election ought not to be impeached.
? Capt. Samuel Place, the Sheriff of Kershaw
county, was killed in Camden one day
last week by a policeman. It appears that
Place was on a drunken frolic and making
considerable noise in the street, when the policeman
ordered him to be quiet or he would
arrest him. Place replied in a threatening
tone, at the same time placing his hand
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weapon. The policeman promptly knocked
him down with his club. The injured man
was carried to a physician, who directed him
to be kept warm until he recovered his sober
senses. About two hours afterward, it was
discovered that he had died. The skull was
fractured and the brain injured. Place was
formerly a United States soldier.
? The Marion Star says: "No freshet in
the Great Pee Dee since 1795?eighty years
ago?has been as high as the one which
passed down the river last week. In 1785
the freshet extended to Tabernacle church,
eleven miles this side of Godfrey's ferry.
While the one now passing off did not extend
quite as far out, yet it was sufficiently high to
drive many of the citizens of Britton's Neck
out to the sand hills, where they are now
camping. A great deal of stock, corn and
forage have been lost, and there must be more
or less suffering this summer among these unfortunate
people. At Wiggins' landing 130
sacks of guano were lost. At Pee Dee bridge
the water was over the counter of Mrs. Hughes'
3tore. We learn that she managed to save
her stock of goods. The water rose ten inches
uuder the residence of Mr. Randal Davis,
who lives on a high oak ridge; it reached the
carriage house of Mr. John G. Jordan, twelve
miles from Britton's ferry. Marsh creek,
near Mr. James Godbold, and Bull swamp,
near the Wheeler plantation, were both swimming.
The game was driven from theswamp
lands, and herds of deer have been seen in localities
in which they are not accustomed to
frequent."
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Nicholsonville post office, in Cleveland
county, has been discontinued.
? A white man was sentenced to the penitentiary
last week, at Columbus Court, for the ;
larceny of a Bible.
?'The Legislature adjourned at 12 o'clock,
M., on Monday last, after a session of eightysix
days.
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? A white mau named iviooney ana iwo
[legroes, were killed in the mine at King's
Mountain on Tuesday of last week, by a .
]uantity of rock falling down upon them.
? An effort is making to have Holden removed
from the post office at Raleigh, and
:o secure the appointment of Tim Lee as postmaster
in his place.
? The Statesville American reports a terrible
storm in that county on Monday of last
week, blowing to atoms a number of houses,
ind laying low miles of forest.
? A negro named Harvey Thompson has
been committed to jail in Charlotte, charged !
ivith complicity in robbing and subsequently i
3uruing the store of J. R. Kirkpatrick at j.
Pineville, a few weeks ago. 11
? The Legislature has passed a bill provi- I
iing for the purchase, by the State, of the 1
Western N. C. Railroad, which is to be sold .
it auction, and the purpose is to complete it j i
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? On Tuesday night of last week, while j 1
[?ol. AV.'S. Rankin, of Greensboro, was return- j I
ng from his store to his residence, he was , i
knocked down in the street and robbed of I i
>1500. 11
? The House of Representatives has passed , ]
he Senate bill calling a Constitutional Con- j.
mention to be held on the 6th of September, I
ind the bill is now a law. The vote stood 81 I i
,o 3i. i i
? Charlotte has gone to work in earnest to 1
jrovide for the centenuial celebration of the .
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence i
in the 20th of May next. The spirit, libe- (
ality and enterprise of the Charlotte people s
ifford ample guarantee of the success of the )
mdertaking; and while they should have, t
ind will doubtless receive, the cooperation of c
,11 the citizens of the State, it is a little sin- i
;ular that the Legislature does not step for- j ?
t'ard with substantial aid and encouragement i t
in the effort to commemorate the one-hundredth
anniversary of the first declaration of
independence made on American soil.
? On Wednesday of last week, a locomotive,
having on it two engineers, Blake and Witherspoon,
a fireman, and Mr. Womble, a clerk
in the depot at Greensboro, was dispatched
from that place to Company Shops, running
backward. When near Gibsonville, sixteen
miles from Greensboro, the teuder jumped
from the truck, taking the locomotive with it,
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embankment, the concussion of which caused
an explosion of the boiler. Mr. Worable was
so badly bruised and scalded that he died in
a few hours. The engineers were scalded
slightly, but not otherwise seriously hurt, and
the fireman escaped unharmed.
ME RE MENTION*
The notorious California bandit, Vasques,
was executed at San Jos6, last Friday. The
colored miners have been driven away by the
white miners from Straitsville, Ohio. John
Mitchel, the Irish patriot, died at Droroalane,
Ireland, last Friday morning. The Legislature
of Georgia has repealed the lien law
on crops of th it State. A bill has been
made the special order iu the State Senate of
Tennessee which contains the following section
: "That bachelorism is hereby declared a
privilege, and every male inhabitant of this
State, over thirty years of age, being of sound
mind and enjoying good bodily health, remaining
unmarried after the 1st day of May,
1875, shall pay a fine of ten dollars annually."
The Beecher-Tilton scandal trial
has entered upon its twelfth week. There are
no conjectures as to when it will end. Iron
is a good tonic for debilitated young ladies,
but ironing is better. During the recent
freshet, in some places, the Tennessee river
we8 twenty-five miles in width.
New Yorkers are advocating the passage of
a law compelling telegraph wires to be laid
under ground iu the city. The cocoanut
tree has been successfully planted in Florida.
It is reported that Brigham Young
has sufficiently recovered from his illness to sit
up and be married occasionally. The
actual cost of the manufacture of whisky is
about fifty cents per gallon. Ice formed
at Jerusalem, this year, much to the astonishment
of the Arabs, to whom the phenomenon
was entirely new. 'Thieving in the
outskirts" is the latest designation for picking
ladies' pockets. Uri Carruth, editor of
a paper in Vineland, N. J., was shot and mortally
wounded, last Friday, by Charles K.
Landis, in consequence of an article in the
paper at which Landis took offense. The
heaviest snow storm of the winter fell at
Omaha, Nebraska, on Thursday night. Several
snow slides have occurred, attended by
the destruction of considerable property.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Adjournment of the Legislatnre.
The Legislature has adopted a resolution
to adjourn sine die on to-morrow, Friday,
26th instant. Since the legislature assembled
in November last, it will have been in session
seventy-eight days.
What is a Bonanza 1
The word bonanza ha9 been recently
added to our vernacular, and coming on about
the proper time, was not inappropriately applied
to the bill "to liquidate the floating debt
of the State," vetoed last week by Governor
Chamberlain. This bill has beeD spoken of
and characterized as the "bonanza bill" from
its inception, and perhaps all our readers may
not know the meaning of the word. Literally,
the word bonanza means "boon" or "free
gift," and in the mining districts of Nevada,
it is used as illustrative of the treasures of
silver with which her mountains abound.
When a vein of remarkably rich ore is found
in unexpected places, running not in the predicted
direction, but diagonally through several
mines, or when the yield of a "lode" is
unusually heavy, at comparatively little expense
or trouble, it is called a bonanza. And
that is why the word was applied to the bill
which the Governor vetoed.
The Charges Against Cardozo.
The charges against Treasurer Cardozo,
which culminated in an attempt to remove
him from office by address, were Dot sustained
by his accusers. The proceedings in the case
were terminated at midnight last Saturday
night, by a vote on joi.it ballot of 81 sustaining
the Treasurer, and 56 in favor of adopting
the address. The following is the vote?
the Democrats in italics. As will be seen, the
Democrats generally voted to sustain the
Treasurer. The vote was taken upon the
question, "Shall the address be adopted?"
and in the House resulted as follows:
Yeas?Elliott, Speaker; Allraan, Barker, Brayton,
Coker, Davies, Davis, Doyle, Duncan, Farrow,
Gaither, Gantt, Gary, C. S. Green, S. Greene,
Gulfln, Hayne, Henderson, Hirseh, G. H. Holland,
A. H. Howard, It. O. Howard, Hutson,
Humbert, Jackson. A. H. Jones, Jordan, Keith,
Leslie, Mcctzc, Mullcr, McLaughlin, Peterson,
Ramsey, Richardson, Robertson, Rush, Scott, H.
Simmons, Simons, J. A. Smith, Steele, Sumter?
45.
Nays?Austin, Bamplicld, Barnwell, Bates,
Beattie, Bomar, Boston, Brabham, Bradley,
Bridges, Bright, Burckmeyer, Cannon, Co it.
Coleman, Collins, Copes, Cosgrovc, Crews, Crittenden,
Couch, Ferguson, Freeman, Gaillara, Gibson,
Goggins, Grant, Hamilton, Harriott, W. M.
Holland, Hunter, Jefferson, Johnston, Lewis,
Livingston, Miller, Milton, Morgan, Myers, Nesbit,
Orr, Pinekney, Reedish, Redfcarne, Sessions,
. ? c,.- ci, n
A, smiKins, jr. *3111111.111:9, 01 vuk, j*. iu,
Smith, Spencer, Thompson, Trenholm, Vandiver,
Vandcrpool, Weldon, Wideinan, Willis,
Wootlrujf, Woll'e, Wright, Young?(i3.
The following were absent :
Andrews, Curtis, George, Graham, W. D. Johnion,
Mclchers, MeCuIlongh, Rice, Richmond,
Russell, A. Simmons, Tinsley, Weatherly, Wesberry,
Weston, Williams?10.
In the Senate, on the same question, the
vote was as follows :
Yeas?Clinton, Cochran, Dunn, Jones, Maxwell,
Nash, Smalls, Swails, Warley, White and
Whiten tore?11.
Nays?Andrews, Bnwcn, Cain, Carter, Corwin,
Donaltlson, Duncan, Evans, Hollinshead, Hope,
Jeter, Keith, Martin, Myers, Owens, C. Smith, J.
M. Smith, Walker?IS.
The Storm in South Carolina.
On Friday and Saturday last, a severe
3torm swept along the Atlantic coast, extending
from New York as far South as Georgia.
In Aiken, Edgefield, Barnwell and Darlington
counties, in this State, the storm assumed j
the proportions of a tornado, involving fright- j
ful destruction of life and property. At j
Aiken, the Catholic chapel was utterly de-1
molished, and miles of fencing were blown ;
down. At Winsdor, in the same county, no
harm was done, but the hail-storra was very j
heavy. At the Woodward plantation, twelve
miles frorp Winsdor, every building and gin
house was blown down except the dwelling
house and store. Two negro children were!
killed, and several negroes were badly hurt.!
At Florence, the storm was very violent,!
though no serious damage was done to build- j
;ngs. Trees were blown across the track of
die Northeastern railroad, obstructing trains
for a while, and a negro man was killed. At
Augusta, Georgia, the storm raged with great I
fory, and in the viciaity of that city, Elara '
Church, in which the Baptists were holding i
lervices, was demolished, killing three and
.vounding twenty-five. In Columbia, county,'
,hree negroes were killed, and a vast amount
>f property was destroyed. Among the killed
n that county was Mr. Dorsey, of Columbia,
3. C. Additional disasters are reported from
ill along the track of the tornado, which was
the most destructive storm ever known in the
section through which it passed.
The Columbia Phoenix reports a severe
storm in Richland county, which occurred on
the Monday previous to the above-mentioned ]
tornado, in which the dwelling and mill house {
| of Mr. Padgett, on Mill creek, were blown I
1 down, and a negro man killed, and li miles
l .
further north, the house of Mr. Davis was ;
| demolished, his young daughter killed, and
I other members of the family wounded. The
; Methodist church, in the same neighborhood, '
was also destroyed. The force of the storm ;'
was perceptibly felt in Columbia, but fortunately
it did not reach that city.
n-M J w. ? I- rin.AlUn
: ivauruHU iiur in nurui taiuiuim .
The changing of the gauge of the N. ' i
C. Railroad between Greensboro and Char- j 1
: lotte, so as to conform to the gauge of the;
! roads connecting at these places, seems to be
j the occasiou of considerable excitement in |
i North Carolina, and it is probable that the, i
! complications arising from the lease of the 1
i road are far from being ended, notwithstand- <
; ing the Supreme Court has decided that the
lease is valid, and that the lessees have the
right to adapt the gauge of the track to suit (
their own convenience. About two years ago
the Richmond and Danville Railroad Com- j
pany leased the North Carolina road for a ,
term of years, and soon after the lease was
consummated the lessees proposed to change
the track from Greensboro to Charlotte, so as
to have a uniform gauge from Richmond to |
Atlanta, avoiding change of through travel
and transfers of freight and baggage between
these points. This change was resisted by (
parties who were opposed to the leasing of the
road, and an injunction was obtained prohibiting
the proposed change.
The case had heen in the Courts until a
week ago, last Saturday, when the decision of
the Supreme Court was announced. The
lessees, in anticipation it seems, of what the (
decision would be, had provided a force of
800 hands, and on Sunday commenced the
work of changing the gauge, fearing opposition
from other directions, which came, sure
enough, in the shape of legislative enactment,
rushed through both houses on Saturday and
Monday, which establishes the gauge of all '
the railroads in the State at 4 feet 8$ inches, '
and prevents any road now in existence from
changing its present guage, making the pen- '
alty for such change 850 per day per mile for
every day such railroad is in use ; and in addition
thereto the President and Directors, 1
Secretary and Treasurer, or any officer, servant
or employ^, shall be fined not less than
8500 nor more than 81,000, and imprisoned <
not less than three nor more than six months,
and making it the duty of the Governor to
enforce the provisions of the bill. i
The Governor at once attempted to notify I
by telegraph the various employes and officers
of the road of the enactment, and to warn 1
them of the consequences of disobeying it; but I
the wires east of Greensboro had been cut, 1
and the train bearing a messenger from 1
Raleigh was delayed several hours before 1
reaching Greensboro, on the pretext that a
bridge had been washed away between that
town and the Shops. The telegraphic notifi- (
cation was served, however, on 6ome of the
agents, having been sent via Wilmington to j
Charlotte. The notice was disregarded by all I
who received it, and the work of changing the 1
gauge was pushed to completion. It is said J
that Governor Brogden is determined to test i
the ability of the legislative and executive <
; branches of the State government in the prem- (
ises, and a bitter contest will no doubt be the f
result. i
Arrest of an Editor. !
A ripple of excitement was occasioned \
at Columbia last Thursday by the publication i
' " '' t it _ TT ,
of the following paragrapn in ine unionHerald,
approving the Governor's action in
vetoing the liquidation bill:
"We publish to-day another veto message.
It will be read everywhere by honest people
with approbation. The plunderers, led by
Leslie, were full of wrath. Green, Humbert,
Hamilton, Thomas, Keith, Gantt, etc., were
eager to exhibt the intense indignation which
tilled their righteous souls, and ever and anon
Leslie would wander around to stir up the
animals to renewed howls of anguish and despair.
No pack of jackals scenting the carcass
ever made night as hideous. We give a few
specimens in our legislative proceedings.
The opponents of the bill refrained from speaking,
being convinced that they were strong
enough to sustain the veto, with votes to
spare. The debate came to an unexpected
close on the point of order that the bill bad s
been retained too long by the governor, and g
that it, therefore, had become a law. Upon ]
this subject we are not at this moment able to f
express an opinion, but fancy that 'claims' c
will not go up in the market in consequence."
When .the House was called to order on *
Thursday, Hamilton, of Beaufort, arose to a
question of privilege and had the above ar- r
tide read from the clerk's desk. He said he ^
had voted for the liquidation bill, because he ^
believed it right to do so, and for this he had
been spoken of in the Union-Herald as an
"oninial " Ho honed he would not meet the
editor of that paper until he was relieved of
his present feelings. Other members who
were aggrieved at being called animals made
remarks of a similar character, and finally
the following resolution was adopted by an
almost unanimous vote : e
Whereas, one James G. Thomson, the edit- 1
or of the Union-Herald, has been guilty of the c
grossest and most malignant attacks upon c
members of this body, therefore, be it r
Resolved, That the said J. G. Thompson be j,
adjudged guilty of a violation of the privileges
of this House and in contempt thereof;
and that the sergeant-at-arms of this body be,
and he is hereby, instructed to at once arrest "
the said Thompson, under the Speaker's war- d
rant, and bring him before the bar of the o
House, there to be dealt with as they may see t
proper. r
In the evening Mr. Thompson was arrested o
and brought to the bar of the House, when r]
the Speaker asked him what he had to say in li
his defense. Mr. Thompson replied that he h
had just been "captured" and hadn't had time f
tn tolro oHuipp nr onnsidor what he was eoinz h
to do about it. While members were wrang- g
ling as to what disposition should be made of
the case, the Senate arrived to hear the argu- 0
ment in the Cardozo matter and Mr. Thorap- a
son was remanded to the custody of the ser- j d
geant-at-arms. j g
At 11 o'clock the next day Mr. Thompson j o
was again brought to the bar of the House, t<
when Leslie introduced a resolution directing a
his discharge from custody. Davis, of Char- r
leston, offered a substitute, directing the im- e
prisonraent of Mr. Thompson until he shall ; s1
purge himself of the contempt by a written I si
retraction and apology. The substitute was j t<
postponed, and a debate then occurred upon , v
Leslie's resolution. Several members spoke |
in favor of punishing the editor; but Hirsch, I
of Williamsburg, opposed the proceedings as 1 S
unconstitutional, and argued that the action b
was a dangerous precedent, interfering with I o
the rights guaranteed to the citizens of the | tl
State under the bill of rights. The previous 1 n
question was then called, whereupon Leslie's w
resolution was adopted by a vote of 88 to 14, is
and Mr. Thompson was discharged. b
LOCAL AFFAIRS, h
E
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Poole ifc Hunt?Double Turbine Water Wheel. ! .
H. W. Hope, Secretary?Masonic Meeting. 1
E. R. Stokes, Columbia?Blank Book Manufaeto- , j
ry, Stationery and Book Bindery.
John C. Kuykenclal?A Wonderful Remedy?A i
Large Supply?In Large Quantities?Head- ' ,
quarters?Wholesale?Chemical Paints. '
R. E. Guthrie, Foreman of Grand Jury?Notice 9
to Trial Justices.
APPOINTMENT OF TRIAL JUSTICE. *
Mr. J. Madison Smarr, residing near How- t
ill's Ferry, on Broad River, in this county, j
has been appointed a trial justice. c
DEATH OF REV. WM. BANKS. 3
We learn with regret, that Rev. William
Banks died at his residence, near Fort Mills, 8
in this county, on Wednesday morning of c
last week. r
THE WEATHER. '
After an unusual fall of rain during the 8
greater part of the month, the clouds cleared y
iway on Saturday, and since that time we 8
have had bright, sunny weather, though sufficiently
cool, Monday night, to bring frost. ^
GONE NORTH. (
Last Monday morning, Mr. T. M. Dobson,
pf the 6rm of T. M. Dobson & Co., started
North for the purpose of making his spring
purchases. As yet, he is the only one of our
merchants who has gone to market.
DESERTIONS. 1
There were two desertions from the military |
post at this place last week, both deserters
being new recruits, who were formerly in the
British service in India, from which they also
deserted previous to enlisting in the United
States army.
OUK PREMIUMS.
We have on exhibition, one of each style
of the elegant sewing machines which we offer
as premiums for clubs, and will be pleased to
show them to all persons interested. Club
makers in various sections are reporting success,
and we hope to be enabled to present
quite a number of these machines to our
friends during the next few months.
COMPTROLLER-GENERAL.
By a dispatch from Col. Beatty, we learn
that on Tuesday last the General Assembly,
on the first ballot, elected Senator T. C. Dunn,
of Horry, Comptroller-General in place of S.
L. Hoge, resigned. The Comptroller-General
elect was chairman of the Executive committee
of the Independent or Bolting Republicans,
who nominated Judge Green for Governor
at the last election.
TURBINE WATER WHEELS.
We take pleasure in calling the attention
of our readers, and especially those who need
Machinery, to the advertisement of Messrs.
Poole & Hunt, the widely known Founders '
and Machinists, of Baltimore, Md. These y
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gentlemen have an exceptionally large and
well equipped establishment, supplied with
she latest and most approved tools and appliances,
and are at all times prepared to
promptly fill orders in their line. Furthermore,
they guarantee fair prices, the best of
materials, and first-class work.
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Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER. *
Chester, March 22, 1875. u
The court continued in session during the ii
ntire week. Allusion was made, in general jt
erms, in my last communication, to the judge's ti
harge. It may be well to enlarge upon the g
harge, at the present time. The judge di- d
ected the grand jury to exercise great care
n examining the condition of the public n
ffices of the county. The officers, he said, b
rere the trustees of the people, and should be g,
leld to a strict responsibility for the proper ci
Ischarge of their duties; that while the jr
fficer died, the office lived, and was always &
he property of the people. His Honor di- b
ected the jury to report upon the condition
f the public roads and bridges of the county.
?hey had been shamefully neglected by the
ate board of county commissioners, who had R
teen so busy in manipulating the county funds o:
or their own benefit, as to have no time to
lestow upon the roads and bridges. The ci
;rand jury were directed to report upon the w
lumber and condition of the public schools
f the county. The late school commissioner a
nd trustees were the object of the judge's tl
enunciation. He used them with hands un- F
loved. He stated that while a large amouut
f money had been appropriated for the main- V
gnance of the public schools, a very small d<
mount had been applied in that way; the w
emainder having found its way into the pock- ir
ts of corrupt officials. In Landsford townhip
not a single school house had been erected v<
ince the war, and the school houses in other C
jwnships were dilapidated buildings, in the c(
ery act of falling. di
I may state, by way of explanation, that
)ublin Walker, our present Senator, and late qi
chool Commissioner, is the person chiefly ti
lamed by Judge Mackey for mismanagement sa
f the public schools and misappropriation of ol
he funds. He will probably be tried at the
ext term of the court. A bench warrant gi
ras issued last week for his arrest, but as he 2i
i one of our brilliant law-makers at Colum- T
ia, the warrant cannot be executed for a ce
vhile. The judge seems determined on asliguing
hira a place in the penitentiary.
His Honor made some excellent remarks,
n his charge, in reference to the sale of intoxcating
liquors. After dwelling upon the
ivils occasioned thereby, he recommended the
jrand jury to suggest to the County Commisiouers
that no licenses be granted.
In my last communication 1} stated, upon
vhat I deemed reliable information, that the
wo races were equally represented on the
uries. This was a mistake. Jury No. 1,
ionsists of five whites and seven colored; jury
^o. 2, of four whites and eight colored.
The first three days of the court were conumed
in the trial of assault and battery cases
>f an unimportant nature. The State was
epresented by A. M. Maekey, Esq., of Winns>oro.
In the case of the State vs. J. McNeil
ind Bettie Dennis, the defendants were convicted
and sentenced ; the latter to one day,
md the former to ten days in the county jail.
!n the case of the State vs. Cassey Sanders,
md in that of the State vs. Allen Thomas,
he defendants were acquitted. In tbe case
>f the State vs. Ab Carter, the defendant was
sonvicted, and sentenced to three months' imjrisonment
in the State penitentiary. In the
:ase of the State vs. R. L. Horn, the defenlant
was found guilty and sentenced to five
ninutes in jail, or a fine of one hundred dolare.
Preference was, of course, given to the
jrief imprisonment.
On Wednesday quite an interesting scene
>ccurred in court between the presiding judge
ind Gen. W. A. Walker. A case of an unnentionable
character, in which the prosecu;rix
had sworn to two contradictory statements,
)n different occasions, was progressing. The
jounsel for the defendant, Gen. Walker, obected
to the acting Solicitor, A. M. Mackey,
Esq., requiring the witness to contradict herself,
and urged that if he intended to attack
ler credibility, he must do so by evidence
)ther than her own. The Court ruled in faror
of the counsel for the State. The counsel
for the defendant, in addressing the jury,
spoke of the unreliability of the prosecutrix,
md the anomalousness of the case. Therejpon
the presiding judge became enraged, and
said that if the learned counsel intended to review
the ruling of the court, he would issue a
ule, requiring him to show cause why he
should not be punished for contempt of the
;ourt; that the dignity of the court would
)e maintained, even though it required the
;ommittal of the learned counsel to jail. The
counsel for the defense said, if be had trans
:ended the limits of propriety, or insulted the
lignity of the court, it was not his purpose so
,o do; and as the court had threatened to im
)rison him, he felt indisposed to proceed, and
vould take his seat. The court then said that
he prisoner should be defended ; that he
vould continue the ease, and appoint other
,'ounsel to carry out the defense. The counel
for the defendant said he had a duty to
>erform in behalf of his client, and would
jroceed. So ended this scene, which produ:ed
considerable excitement in the court room,
ind was the occasion of much comment on
he streets. The prevailing opinion was that
Tudge Mackey had given way to his anger
vitbout sufficient cause.
Thursday and Friday were consumed in
he trial of cases against James Reid, late
bounty Commissioner, charged w*ith grand
arceny and malfeasance in office. JThe fornerday
was devoted to the trial of the case,
n which the defendant was charged with aptropriating
to his own use the proceeds of the
ale of twenty-three bales of cotton grown at
he poor house. The prosecution was contacted
by Col. J. H. Rion, of Winnsboro,
vith great ability. The evidence was too
>lain to warrant any verdict save that of
'guilty." The counsel for the defendant,
ilessrs. C. S. Brice, J. J. Hemphill and A.
J. Mackey, did all in their power to save
heir client, but their efforts were unavailing.
Friday was taken up in the trial of the case
n which James Reid was charged with pockting
money arising from the sale of a cow
ind calf belonging to the poor house. The
ividence of the defendant alone was sufficient
o secure his conviction. Gen. W. A. Wal
;er made an excellent speech in behalf of his
ilient. While admitting that he had been
guilty of wrong-doing, he endeavored to show
hat the defendant had acted with no frauduent
intent. The counsel alluded, in touching
erms, to his Irish descent, and his gallantry
n the Confederate service. All was done for
he defendant that legal assistance could renler.
His guilt was too palpable to admit of
, doubt. On Saturday morning, amid a
rowded court-room, the presiding judge senenced
him to two years' imprisonment in the
Itate penitentiary. At the same time, Madion
Pendergrass, also late county commissionr,
who had been charged with the commision
of the same crime, and who bad pleaded
uilty, was sentenced to three months' imprisnraent
in the State penitentiary. Judge
lackey is deserving of all commeudation for
lie prominent part taken by him in these
ases. His determination to show rascally
~ * ' u? ?ii
mci&lS DO quarter, is auiuncu uy an ubmcuo,
Court will continue throughout the present
reek. Civil business will probably be taken
p on Wednesday. A case of grand larceny,
i which two negroes are charged with stealig
several bales of cotton from Mr. Valenne
Atkinson, is being tried to-day. Of the
uilt of the accused there can hardly be any
oubt.
The calico ball came off on Wednesday
ight, according to appointment. The young
idies appeared in calico attire, and the young
entlemen with calico cravats. The dance
Dntinued until the small hours of the mornlg.
"Eyes looked love to eyes that spake
gain, and all went merry as a marriage
ell." Qui.
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NEWS OF THE DAY.
? John Robinsou, the well-known circus
tan, has been nominated by the Republicans
f Cincinnati as a candidate for Mayor.
? The spring floods in the northern streams,
lused by the melting of ice and snow, last
eek, were very destructive to property.
? Among the applications for office now
waitiug favorable action by tne rresident;, are
le names of fifty-one ex-members of the
'orty-third Congress.
? The national bank redemption agency at
ifashingtoa is now redeeming, assorting and
elivering, for destruction aud replacement
ith new notes, half a million dollars daily
i national bank notes unfit for circulation.
? The officers of the Boston military have
Dted the Washington * Light Infantry, of
harleston, a magnificent national flag, and a
immittee will leave Boston in a few days to
sliver the present.
? The colored people of Boston have renested
B. F. Butler to accept a public testnonial
in behalf of his efforts for the pas;ge
of the civil rights bill, and the early part
* April is named for the occasion.
? The official returns from New Hampshire
ve, for Governor, Cheney, Republican, 39,15;
Roberts, Democrat, 39,1(33; White,
eraperance, 752. This vote renders it ne*
issary for the Legislature to decide between