Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, December 16, 1875, Image 2
^ftajDS and Jarts.
At a large meeting of Methodists, held
in Boston on Monday, at which Bishop Haven i
presided, the renomination of Gen. Graut was
urged as a measure of public safety.
A Japanese editor has avowed his intention
of becoming a citizen of the United
States, so that he may hereafter have the privilege
of speaking his mind with entire freedom.
A wagon load of specimens of North
Carolina woods, selected from the mountain
region, has been sent to Philadelphia for exhibition
at the Centennial.
When a Chinese bank fails, all the
officers have their heads cut off and flung iuto
a corner with the assets ; and it has been five
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nuuarea years since mere was a Dana iauure
in that country.
In Maine, Sunday cursing is taxed two
dollars per oath; on week days the rate is
lowered to only one dollar per oath. The
law is rigid, and the proceeds, when collected,
are to go toward founding a lunatic asylum.
The Democratic triumph in Mississippi
involves the cutting down of the State printing
bill from 8100,000 a year to 816,000, aud
Republican newspapers in the country are
very generally suspending.
The commissioners of Mecklenburg
county, N. C., have decided to petition Congress
to turn over to the county the building
of the United States branch mint in Charlotte
to be used as a court-house.
In Virginia, Mr. Allen Hannah has
married Miss Hannah Allen, and now Miss
Hnunah Allen is Mrs. Hannah Hannah, and
is perhaps, the only woman in the world whose
name can be spelled backward and forward.
That's what's the matter with Haunah.
Ex-President Johnson's only son, Andrew,
editor of a weekly paper at Greeuville,
Tenn., was married the other day, to Miss
Bessiel M. Rumbough, of Warm Springs,
N. C., and the couple are going to live in the
old family residence.
The Charlotte (N. C.) Observer says
that on Saturday of last week the negroes
aud whites of Pineville had quite a fracas,
resulting in pistol shots and the rousing of a
good deal of bad blood, but the spilling of
none. The parties had a hearing in Charlotte
on Monday.
West, Edwards & Co., a heavy grocery
house of Atlanta, Ga., have failed, with liabilities,
it is reported, of 8640,000 and assets
of 8250,000. Their creditors are, it is said,
principally in the JNortb and West, out rumor
raeutions that other parties residing in
the South are considerably involved. The firm
sold about two million dollars per annum.
A petition to Congress, asking for the
repeal of the bankrupt law, is in circulation
in the several States. It is alleged that the
effect of the law is to tempt creditors to avail
themselves of its advantages without any pressing
neccessity, and that the cost and shrinkage
of values which bankruptcy procedings involve,
often constrains creditors to compromise
their claims for a small percentage of
what is due, and for much less than the debtor
is really able to pay.
The National Temperance Society
have moved on the Centenial commissioners
in brave array, and requested them to cancel
all grants they have made for the sale of
wine at the Centennial. An International
Exhibition on the temperance plan would be
a novelty, but it is feared that it would not
excite the admiration of Johnny Bull, Johnny
Crapeau, or even the visitors from the Faderland.
The "National Temperance Society"
had better withdraw its request to the Centennial
commissioners.
Senator Christiancy, of Michigan, was
given a farewell banquet by his friends and
neighbors previous to his departure for Washington
last week. In a brief speech he declared
himoplfin fawnr nf the flpppdiest pncaihle
~ return to ?pwi?payment, ?ppoootl to m tbird
term, and in favor of that policy which would
be best for the country, without regard to
party. Both party platforms seemed to him
alike, and while he had always been a Republican,
he should continue to act with the party
only when he could do so and not go contrary
to his convictions.
There is a lady in New York City who
was once engaged to be married to John
Wilkes Booth, but broke off the match and requested
the return of her letters, which he
refused. Her story goes that she never
heard directly from him again until two years
after his reported death, when a man called
at her house at dusk. She opened the door
herself; he handed her a sealed package and
disappeared. On opening it she discovered
her own old love letters to Booth, and a line
unmistakably in his hand. It was: "I return
your letters." Inside the letters was a
piece of a Cuban newspaper. She firmly believes
that Booth still lives.
The Charlotte Observer reports a shocking
tragedy which occurred at Wadesboro, N.
C., last Thursday afternoon. Milton Jow
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era ana Aiexauuer jjuiiiiiigiittiii, uuhi f?|rctiably
connected, had a dispute about a gun,
which was in Birmingham's hands at the time,
and Jowers being stricken, turned and seized
a stick, with which he pursued bis assailant,
and was about overtaking him, when he turned
and with the gun almost at the breast of Jowers,
fired, the whole load lodging in the body
of the uufortunate man, who dropped, and,
with the exclamation, "Birmingham has killed
me!" expired instantly. The charge made
a frightful wound, the whole of Jowers' heart
having been shot out. Birmingham immediately
fied, but was arrested next day, and
is now in jail.
Says the Wilmington (N.C.) Star of!
the 10th instant: A man by the name of W.
H. Britt, living about nine miles from Cliutou, |
Sampson county, was arrested about day light
on Thursday morning last, charged with conspiracy
and murder under what is known as
the Ku-Klux Act of 1870. The arrest was
effected by Deputy U. S. Marshal VauSoclen, j
assisted by Special Deputy C. H. Strode, who j
left here on Wednesday morningfor that pur-!
pose. The conspiracy and murder alleged ;
against Britt is said to have been committed
about five years ago, the victim being a colored
man by the name of Oates, for which an
indictment had been found against him in the
Vm'to/t fttotPQ f!irpnit fYinrt Tha fact that
lie has not been arrested before is only accounted
for, as we are told, on the ground
that he has hitherto set at defiance the efforts
of those who have attempted it.
The arrival of Col.Robert Des Anges,
deputy collector of the port of Xew York, at
the Albany peniteuiary, to which he was sentenced
for swindling the government out of
$200,000, brings to mind |some other distin- j
guished prisoners now in that institution,
such as ex-Senator William M. Graham, who i
swindled the Walkill Bank out of $135,000; j
Frank L. Taintor, cashier of the Atlantic j
Bank, Xew York, who swindled the bank out;
of $70,000; Charles Phelps, deputy treasurer
of the State of Xew York, who swindled the !
State out of $350,000. Ih addition to the
above we have any number of mail agents,;
postmasters, government clerks, &c., the
whole forming the most interesting and aristocratic
body of shoe-makers ever seen in this !
or any other country. Many a man is making
boots to-day who would have fainted j
away at the sight of wax a few months since, j
The important committees in the present
House of Representatives will be composed
of seven Democrats to four Republicans.
The "rule of three" is applied to the
problem, which is stated to be: The whole
number of members of the House (291) is to
the number of Republicans (109) as the number
of the committees (11) is to the number
of Republicans which will be appointed to
each committee. The result gives four and
a small fraction. The party in the majority
has always taken advantage of any fraction
arising from the proposition, but in no case
has the representation of the minorty beeu
reduced below the whole number in the result
of the calculation. The Republicans are
entitled to four places on each committee of
eleven, three on each committee of nine, and
two on each committee of seveu. In the committees
of eleven, the divison of seven and
four i9 as nearly equitable as the representation
of the two parties could be made in
any Congress.
Ihc fathviUc #nquiw.
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THE FENCE LAW, AGAIN.
It is the duty, as well as the interest, of every
man to lop off every useless expense. An
expense which is not profitable, but conduces
in some degree to our innocent enjoyment,
may be retained, provided it does not curtail
things that are an indispensable necessity.
We lay dowu this proposition : The fence law
at present in force in South Carolina, is a useless
expense. It profits no one any thing,
and costs every body a vast amount of time
and money; besides, it inflicts upon all classes
in society much anxiety and subjects every
farmer to grievous losses. To be more specific.
There are no wild beast iuour country whose
nightly depredations make a fence around
every field necessary. The few wild animals
that remain in the country, bid defiance to
any fence that can be constructed. The only
use that we have for a fence iu this country,
is to protect the crops from the domestic animals.
These domestic animals are the property
of the inhabitants of the couutry. They
have either been bought or raised. They are
not public property, but belong to private individuals.
It is clear that the burden of
maintaining and protecting these animals
should, in simple justice, fall upon the owner,
He expects, under the law, to claim all the
profits accruing from these stock ; and, under
the law, he should bear all the expenses connected
with them. If the stock of the country
were public, or if the cows, hogs, sheep and
goats were, by the laws of our country, regard
ed as simply wild auimais ana not property
at all, but belougiug to any and every one
who might capture them, a fence around the
crop would be a necessity. The law regards
all these animals as property. They have a
value. Hence the owner should support
them.
The present fence law is detrimental to all
parties?both the laborer and the land holder.
It keeps the price of labor down, because it
decreases the profitableness of the productions
?xf tha farm. It isauLH ha ioapruiaiMo Ux ststy .
which suffers most by the present law, the laborer
or the land holder. One thing is certain,
it is destined, in connection with some
other things, to keep the price of labor at a
low standard in South Carolina so long as the
law has an existence. If labor is low, it is so
because it is not profitable. It is an onerous
burden for the laborer, who runs a one horse
farm, to be forced to fence fifty or sixty acres
of land in order that he may protect his crop
from the depredations of all the cows and hogs
in a whole community. It is alike onerous
on the land holder that he is forced by law to
pasture his neighbors' stock. Change the law,
and every one becomes the recipient of the
product of his own toil. To such a law no
reasonable individual can raise an objection.
It is not a question of no fence at all; but of
less fence to auswer all the present purposes of
fences. The change of the law would not
compel the people to make and repair more
fences, but it would require them to make
perhaps not one-tenth of the fence which at
present they are forced to make, aud all the
ends of fences would be met equally as well
as at present.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
On Tuesday, the 7th, both houses were occupied
in perfecting their organization, and
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in hearing the message or tne rresmenc. Alter
the reading of the message, Mr. Cox, of
New York, presented in the House the me?
morial of William Heury Frescott, of the
third Congressional District of South Carolina,
in relation to the mode of districting that
State. Referred to the committee on elections.
The House then adjourned to Friday
In the Senate on the 8th, Mr. Robertson, of
South Carolina, introduced a bill providing
that the United States shall guarantee the depositors
in the Freed men's Savings Bank
from all loss, and that United States bonds
shall be issued to supply the deficiency after
the exhaustion of the assets. Mr. Patterson
presented joint resolutions of the South Carolina
Legislature, praying the prohibition of
the issue of licenses to retail liquor at large.
Various other bills of a private nature were
introduced, all of which were laid on the table
to wait the formation of the committees;
when, at 12: 30 P. M., the Senate adjourned.
In the Senate on the 9th, the standing committees
were annouuced and agreed to. Of
the various committees, Mr. Robertson, of
South Carolina, is on the following: Manufactures,
of which he is chairman ; on the District
of Columbia; Enrolled Bills, Mr. Patterson,
of South Carolina, is on the following
committees: Territories; Education and Labor,
of which he is chairman; Civil Service
and Retrenchment. After the announcement
of the committees, Mr. Bayard said that!
in behalf of the minority of the Senate, he desired
to express their regret that in the Committee
of Finance they had been allowed but
two members out of nine. In view of the
mSnAMifv ort/J tVimr rounntiQi. ;
UUlIiUCIO Ul tlic IUIUV/1UJ uuu HIIWII tvo|/vuwt |
bility for the legislation emanating from this |
committee, they thought they should have
additional representation. It had been intimated
to them informally that hereafter this
increased representation would be accorded
them, which was not done now because of the j
absence of the Senate members from Illinois
and Nevada?James and Logan?who were
members of the Finance Committee. He
hoped that at an early day the majority j
would give the minority the additional mem- j
ber. A number of bills were then introduced, j
when the Senate adjourned uutil Monday.
In the House, on the 10th, Mr. Gibson, of
Louisiana, moved an addition to the regular
committees of the House a committee of elev-,
en, to be known as the Mississippi levee com' I
mission, which was adopted. An ineffectual j
attempt was made to pass a bill reducing the j
third class mail matter to ons cent per two !
ounces. Adjourned to Tuesday.
In the Senate on the 13th, Mr. Merrimon,
of North Carolina, introduced a bill to repeal
section 4,716 of the revised statutes, which
forbids the payment of certain pensions. Referred
to committee on pensions. Also, a bill
to repeal so much of section 3,480 of the revised
statutes as forbids the payment of accounts,
claims and demands against the United
States which occurred or existed prior to
the 13th of April, 1861, in favor of any person
who promoted, encouraged or in any raauner
sustained the late rebellion. It further
authorizes the settlement of such claims, and
appropriates 8400,000 for that purpose.
It is understood that the President will, at
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message devoted entirely to Southern affairs,
and especially to the late troubles in Mississippi
and the manner of conducting elections
in that State, the information having been
gathered by persons designated for that purpose.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? James A. Dunbar, a carpet-bag politician
and the law partner of Speaker Elliott, died
in Aiken last week.
?'Twenty miles of the Laurens Railroad
have been completed, leaving a gap of nine
miles.
? In the "little bonanza" bill, which passed
the House of Representatives, is included
82,145, unpaid appropriations due the Catawba
Indians.
? Meetings have been called in different localities
in Laurens county to consider the
fence law and the cotton-shop nuisance, both
of great interest to the farmers.
? Judge Townsend adjourned court in Marion
on last Friday, after a session of one
month. Fifty cases were tried during the
terra.
? The endowment of Furraan University
reaches 8240,000. When 810,000 more shall
have been subscribed the university will offer
free tuition for ten years. I
? The wife of C. C. Bowen, sheriff of I
Charleston county, died in Charleston on I
Saturday last. Mrs. Bowen was a daughter
of Jas. L. Petigru, and was known through- <
out the State as Mrs. Sue Petigru King. I
? James H. Ezell, of Spartanburg, was I
tried and convicted in the United States Court l
at Columbia, last week, and sentenced to eigh- i
teen months' imprisonment in Albany peni- '
tentiary, and to pay a fine of two hundred i
dollars for violation of the internal revenue I
laws. i
?The following South Carolinians, now in 1
California, have been elected to the offices '
named, in that State, viz: James M. Johnson, '
Spartanburg, Lieutenant-Governor; Law- ?
rence Archer, Abbeville, member General '
Assembly; W. Alston Hayne, Charleston, i
member General Assembly; Thomas P. Sto- 1
ney, Charleston,judge Napa county; John '
G. Pressley, Williamsburg, judge Sonoma I
cnnnt.v .Tnhn K. Law. Darlington, district '
attorney, Muca.
? D. P. Chandler and Jerry Davis, the former
a conductor and the latter a brakeraan
on the Air-Line Railroad, were arraigned iu
the United States Court at Columbia last
week, on an indictment charging them with
ejecting two negro men from the train some
time ago. The negroes swore that the conductor
and-brakeman-haiLmitlhem.ofiL_.The-couductor
and brakeman admitted that the
negroes were ejected from the train, but denied
that they?the conductor and brakeman?had
anything to do with putting them off*. Under
the circumstances the indictment was quashed
and the prisoners were discharged.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Arrest of James Fetner.
Governor Chamberlain has made a requisition
upon Governor Brogden of North
Carolina for James Fetner, charged with
murder, while acting as engineer in charge of
the train that occasioned the recent fatal accident
on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad. Governor Brogden accordingly
issued a warrant of arrest.
Fetner was arrested one day last week on
the line of the Air-Line Railroad and taken
to Charlotte, when, under advice, he refused
to be conveyed lurtner, upon tne ground mat (
he had been arrested in Georgia and without (
authority. The case was carried before Judge \
Bynum, of the Supreme Court, who, after ar- i
gument, adjudged that there was sufficient 1
cause for his arrest, and reraauded the prisoner
to jail for six months, unless sooner called J
for by the proper authorities. The warrant <
of arrest was given to an officer of South '
Carolina, who at once brought the prisoner ]
to this State. <
N. C. Conference. <
The following are the appointments by ^
the N. C. Conference for the ensuing year in
the districts named:
Shelby district?R. G. Barrett, P. E.? t
Shelby station, H. T. Hudson ; Shelby circuit, <
J. W. North; Double Shoals, S. D. Peeler; t
Cherry Mountain, D. P. Goode; Rutherford- i
ton, S. Leard ; Columbus mission, J. B. Car- \
penter ; Marion circuit, N. G. Whittiugton ; i
Upper Broad river mission, J. D. Carpenter; (
Dysartville circuit, J. C. Crisp ; Morgan ton (
circuit, J. S. Ervin; Caldwell circuit, George t
W. Ivey; Lenoir, W. M. Robey; Happy I
Home circuit, J. C. Hartsell; Newton circuit, {
L. Shell; Rock Spring circuit, J. W. Puett; c
South Fork circuit, C. M. Andersou ; Dallas i
circuit, P. F. W. Staraey; Lincoluton circuit,
Junius T. Harris; President Davenport Fe- <
male College, W. M. Robey. ]
Charlotte district?W. H. Bobbitt. P. E.? \
Charlotte station, P. J. Carraway, J. C (
Thomas ; South Charlotte circuit, Miles Foy ; \
Piueville circuit, W. D. Lee ; Pleasant Grove i
circuit,T. H. Edwards; Monroe station, D. i
May ; Munroe circuit, M. H. Hoyle; Concord, 1
C. M. Pepper; Mt. Pleasant circuit, A. D. i
Betts; Albemarle circuit, T. P. Ricaud; Stan- 1
ley circuit, Ed. Howland; Ansonville circuit,
M. C. Thomas; Wadesboro station, James ?
\V. Wheeler; Wadesboro circuit, Jesse H. <
Guinn; IJlesville circuit, T- P. England.
The Pence Question. '
Several of our North Carolina cotemporaries
are turning their attention to the ,
fence law, urging its adoption, and proving ,
the success it has met in various localities of <
that State, where it has been adopted. ?
A correspondent of the Charleston New 1
and Courier, writiug from Washington city, <
gives the following as the result of his obser*
vations of the working of a similar law in New (
England: I
"I notice that the News and Courier is ad- i
vocatiug a no-fence law in South Carolina. I
During my visits to the coast of Maine, the
past two summers, I have seen such a law in I
operation, and have heard it well spoken of by j
all. In the town of Belfast it has certainly j 1
been productive of the best results. Since | <
this law went into operation there, most of the <
citizens have removed the fences which sur- ]
rounded their dwellings and replaced them by \
hedges or softly sloping terraces, thereby j <
greatly improving the appearauee of the town, j i
as a fence is rarely ornamental, no matter bow I
costly or elaborate. Indeed, it may be said <
the njore elaborate the fence the less orna- 1
mental it is, ^.nd it certainly js more rea- 1
sonabje to require those who own cattle to I
keep them within proper bounds, than to com-1
pel every one to erect fences for the protection
of their grounds and gardens. The nofence
law, if adopted in South Carolina, will,
I am sure, meet with general approval."
Riot in Mississippi*
A riot is reported to have occurred on
the night of the 27th of November at Rolling
Fork, Issanena county, Miss., where a party
of negroes had assembled and were driuking
and carousincr. As the storv croes, one of them
pushed agaiust a youth whom he met in the
street, using rough language at the same time.
The youth drew a knife and inflicted a scalp
wound on the negro and then fled to a store
for safety. The negroes became very much
exasperated and vowed vengeance. To prevent
this a warrant was obtained for the youth,
charging him with assault with inteut to kill,
hut before it could be served the negroes broke
into the store and beat the young lad severely
with an iron bar. Finally one of the party
shot the boy in the thigh. At the report of
the pistol the negroes ran, hut the whites had
begun to assemble, and, fearing a general riot,
pursued and captured ten of them, and put
them in the station house aud placed a guard
over them. During the nightone of the guard
not upon duty, came out on the porch with a
gun on his shoulder and was ordered away by
the seutiuel ou duty. As he turned his gun,
which was cocked, it struck agaiust a window
aud was discharged. The negro prisoners,
thinking that they were being fired upon,
stampeded, and the guard opened up au indiscriminate
firing, wounding two of their
own number aud two negroes, all slightly, but
the prisoners escaped. Sunday the most intense
excitement prevailed there, as it was
learned that Noah Parker and Arthur Brooks,
two notorious negroes, were trying to organize
the negroes for assault <-n the place, and the
whites were organized under Rev. Mr. Ball, a
Baptist minister, who arrested Brooks and
Parker, and in the attempt to rescue them the
rencontre occurred, in which seven negroes
were killed,
rhe Escape of Twoed.
Siuee the fact of Tweed's escape from
prison was made public, the New York papers
have teemed with lengthy versions and learned
theories of the manner in which the escape
was effected. It appears that Tweed was
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from the jail to his residence, late in the afternoon
on Saturday the 4th instant, aud while
the party were seated in the parlor, Tweed
asked permission to step up stairs to see his
wife, who was sick. After he had been absent
about ten minutes, the warden who had
tiim in charge, suggested that it was time to
return to the jail, aud requested Tweed's son
to notify his father that the officers wished to
return early to the jail. The son ascended the
stairs and in three minutes returned with the
startling intelligence that his father had not
been to his mother's room at all. There was
instant excitement, and apparently much confusion,
and a thorough search of the premises
was at once made, and the heads of the police
force throughout the city and in Brooklyn
were at once notified of the escape.
The slatemeuts of the officers who claim
that they accompanied Tweed to his residence
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belief prevailing that he did not go to his
house at all, and that his flight was made at
an earlier hour in the day. The arrangements
for the escape were no doubt well planned ;
and if, as is asserted, Tweed could have easily
spared his two custodianfloa-thg-QCcasion $50,300
each, there is no doubt that every facility
for his safe exit was afforded. No blame
seems to attach to Sheriff Connor ; though the
laxity of the prison officials is severely condemned
by the press of the city. The Tribune
says the great prisoner did not escape from
the jailors?that they granted him every
privilege he could ask?and under their kind
treatment he was doing well; but that he
found it absolutely necessary to escape from
his own lawyers, who, in the shape of enormous
fees, were swallowing up his vast possessions.
This is no doubt the true theory of the
flight, after all.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, December 13,1875.
In my last correspondence, reference was
made to the tournament which takes place at
liich Hill, on the 23rd instant, and the names
some ot the Knignts wno win rice on tnat
occasion weregiveu. In addition to those already
mentioned, the followinggentlemen will
ippear: Mr. J. D. Brown, Knight of the
Grange; Mr. J. M. Saye, Knight of Oakley
Hall; Mr. J. T. McCullough, Knight of Gladlen's
Grove ; Mr. P. W. Hardin, Knight of
oandy River; Mr. C. S. Cook, Knight of
Chester; Mr. J. A. Pagan, Knight of Lewis'
furn Out, and Mr. W. S. Brown, Knight of
Rossville. Who will be the "Ivanhoe" of the
iccasion, the developments of the 23d must
tell. Doubtless the presence of some fair
Rowena" will animate the hearts of the gallant
riders to the performance of deeds rivalng
iu greatness those of the "Disinherited
Knight." And it is to be hoped, too, that
;he presence of beauty will have the effect of
checking all belligerent impulses, and making
jverythiug lovely and serene. The last tourlament
at Rich Hill was not favored with a
;ery happy ending, which was due to causes, the
neution of which is not necessary at the presmt
time. Let the knights remember that "like
iauses produce like effects," and directing
heir conversation and conduct so as to profit
ly this fundamental principle, which holds
jood in tournameuts as well as in the world
)t nature, the enjoyment of the day will be
narred by no unpleasantness of any kind,
On Tuesday last, a distressing calamity occurred
in this county. The only son of Mr.
[. McD. Hood, while playing near the gin !
vhen in motion, became entangled in the ma- j
chinery, and before relief could be given him, j
was so badly crushed and mangled that there ;
s very little hope of his recovery. Mr. Hood,
vho is one of the best citizens of the county,1
las the earnest sympathies of his mauy friends j
u the aflliction which has so suddenly befal-;
len him.
A colored man, living on Mr. William
Jones' plantation, in the lower portion of this
county, met with a terrible end last week.'
While engaged, with others, in packing col-;
:ou, and when work had stopped, and all had
left the screw for a time, with the exception
A' himself, he concluded to take a sleep, and
unfortunately decided that the box for receiving
the cotton was a good place for the
enjoyment of this pleasure. So he laid himself
down to sleep, but; alas, it proved to be j
the sleep of death. Shortly the other laborers
returned to resume their work, and being
entirely ignorant of the fact of any one being
n the box, filled the same with cotton, and
then turned the screw upon it. Of course j
:here could be ouly one end to the unfortuuate
man sleeping in this dreadful place, and j
that was death of a most horrible nature.
Mr. S. J. Couch, one of our delegates to
;he Legislature, cast his vote with the Conservatives
upon the iniquitous tax bill recently
passed by the House. The Conservatives ,
if this place accord him due credit for this ;
exhibition of good sense and independence.
His fence bill has been favorably reported
jpon by the committee, and will come up for
jonsideration before the House on the 26th of
sext month, The bill provides, as I have
seen informed, for its adoption, in the event i
sf its becoming an act, by the people in
;own8hips. If such be the case, it may happen
that one township of Chester county may
se favored with the fence law, and another
deprived of it. Jeff Jordan, one of Chester's
colored delegates, has introduced a bill in the
Legislature, providing for the registering of
liens, and the approval of contracts by trial
justices.
A drover, with hogs, was in our town last
week. His price was nine cents per pouud,
gross. Notwithstanding the exorbitant price,
a considerable number of hogs were bought,
and, as a consequence, the good days of spareribs
and back-bones have once more arrived
in our midst. Fortunately, the realization of
hard times and the apprehension of the coming
of harder times, do not interfere with the
enjoyment of these good things.
Our "city fathers," having observed the
wretched condition of our sidewalks during
the late wet spell, are taking active measures
to prevent a similar condition iu the future.
A good portion of the pavement along York
street has been sanded, to the great comfort
of those who daily have occasion to make
use of it. When the rains again come and
the floods pour upon this pavement, the benefit
of the sand will be more highly appreciated.
and a more kindly feeling will be enter
tained for those in authority, especially by
some of the sterner sex who not unfrequently
go out at night, and desire to reach their
places of destination, with boots glossed, and
in a happy frame of mind. Considerable
improvement has been made upon the sidewalk,
leading from the depot to the hill. Mr.
C. C. Macoy, who is the mo9t active member
of the Town Couucil, gives his personal attention
to the good work of placing the
streets in proper coudition, and for the same,
receives, as he is justly entitled to, the thanks
of the community.
Mr. \V. H. Motz, from Lincolnton, was in
our town on Friday, and reported considerable
progress in the grading of the railroad between
Lincolnton and Dallas. He is the
contractor between these points, and has in
his employ a large number of hands. The
securing of the iron for the road, between
Yorkville and Dallas, has tended to kindle
anew the enthusiasm of the people living
along the line with reference to the importance
of the great enterprise, that promises to
open up and develop tbe resources of their
country. The consequence is the pushing
forward of the good work with greater zeal
and activity.
Information has been received here, from
Mr. C. S. Chamberlain, of the Roane Iron
Company, of Chattanooga, that one hundred
tons of iron for the Chester and Lenoir Railroad
Company are in readiness for shipment.
So the iron will soon be on the way, and before
the rolling by of many weeks Chester
and Dallas will be united by rail. Then the
time for rejoicing and throwing up of hats
will be in order.
Mr. J. A. Frye, jr., and Mr. J. A. Deal,
have contracted with Dr. A. H. Davega, for
laying the track from Yorkville to Dallas.
They will begin operations in the course of a
short time.
A party of fast young men spent one night
last week in destroying the lamps of our
town. The names of those who are charged
with committing this act of wanton destructiveness
I will not mention at the present
time, for they may be able to establish their
innocence at the examination before the Trial
Justice, that takes place this week. If the
preponderance of proof is against them, the
nublic will be made acquainted with their
names. As it is my duty to expose the misdeeds
of evildoers, they must lay the blame
at their own doors, and not at mine, if they
are the subjects of unfavorable comments in
ray correspondence.
The alarm of fire was sounded here on Friday
night, about nine o'clock, occasioning, for
a time, considerable excitement. The town
bell was rung, and in a remarkably short time
the Stonewall Fire Eugine Company was out
and on their way to the fire; but, fortunately,
its extinguishment before their reaching the
ground, served to dispense with their services.
Saturday was a lively day in town. Business
was brisk, and merchants were happy.
The colored population were in town in considerable
force, and seemed to have a particular
attachment for those places where strong
drink is sold. Their love for the "ardent"
is increasing, and each passing year beholds
greater numbers of their race becoming victims
of intemperance. A wide field is presented
to the philanthropist who desires to devote
his life in accomplishing the good of the
colored race. If he could adopt and carry
out auv measure that would result in arrest
icg them in their downward career, he will
have performed a great work.
Mr. John B. Cornwell, who lives within a
short distance of our town, had the misfortune
to lose one of his children a few days ago.
Another one lies, at the present time, in a
critical condition. That dread disease, diphtheria,
has made its appearance in his family.
I have been requested, by Mr. F. B. Loyd,
to state that duriug the late trial of Dublin
Walker, colored, he was not asked by the
counsel for the defense, questions that would
have led to the disclosure of facts, which,
when known, were effectual in securing Walker's
pardon.
Mrs. Roberson, a very old lady, departed
this life on yesterday. She had made her
home, for some time, with hereon, Mr. Banks
Roberson, who lives in the lower portion of
this county.
Rev. Thomas Mitchell preached his last
sermon during the present conference year, at
the Methodist Church lastevening. He spoke
with great fervency, and his sermon, which
was excellent, was listened to with attention
by a large congregation. Qui.
For the Yorkvllle Enquirer.
THE FENCE LAW.
Mr. Editor :?I see that you are making a
strike iu the right direction. You say "the
fence law must be changed." I heartily agree
with you. It ought to have been changed
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etjveiai jre?re ugu. 11 tuc tuuc wiat uao u&?u
spent in milking rails, annually, for the last
ten years had been spent in making manure,
and in otherwise improving our fartn9, things
would wear a different aspect to-day. Every
farmer knows that it is to his interest to make
his own manure, and drain all the wet spots
of land ou his plantation ; but the difficulty
is, farmers have no time in the winter to do
any thing but make rails and repair fences. <
Not only so, but there are thousands of acres
in every county in the State which are lying
out, not because they are poor, but because
they cannot be fenced.
A few acres of fine bottom land has to share
the fate of a large field. Most of the field is
too much worn to be cultivated with profit;
the bottoms and some patches are fine, but it
would cost too much to fence the bottoms and
patches ; hence the whole is turned out to be
fed upon by every roaming cow. The prop- <
er way to get the desired change is by legisla- j
tive enactment. The country needs the
change now?at once. Should the legislature i
fail to grant relief to the country by enacting
a law requiring the stock of the State to be
feuced, then farmers might meet in the several
townships or precincts throughout the several
counties, and agree among themselves to (
fence their stock and turn the crop out. It
seems that such a course would be perfectly
in accordance with the fundamental principles
of a republican form of government. It i
would at 6rst be attended with some difficul- J
ties, but these difficulties would by no means
be so great as the work of building and repairing
fences. We most earnestly hope that
the legislature will take this matter into con- ,
sideration and grant the relief so much de- 1
sired. Let it be distinctly understood that j
all that is asked is to so change the fence law <
that iustead of requiring the crops to be fenced, I
the law shall require the stock to be fenced, j
There are some persons who at present fence t
both their stock and crops. Let them con- J
tinue to do so if they choose, but require all
to fence the stock. Ci.ay Hill. j
X.OCAI. AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Clark Brothers?Cash Prices?Molasses?Mackerel?Sole
Leather?Crockery.
J. Lawrence Moore, Chairman Board TrusteesRock
Hill Pine Grove Academy.
Yorkvllle Furniture Store?Closing Out Sale.
John C. Kuykendal?Grand Opening?Christmas
Doings?For the Holidays?There's Something
in It?Staple Drugs?Himrod's Asthma
Cure.
W. H. & J. P. Herndon?December?Flour?18
Per Cent?Oranges?Raisins?Cotton.
R. Lathan?Pay Up.?School Notice.
Moore <fe Burris?Last Call.
R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriff *s Sales.
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.
We are under obligations to Hon. A. S.
Wallace for the Congressional Record and a
umber of publicdocuments pertaining to me
organization of the present session of Congress.
MASONIC ELECTION.
At the last communication of Philanthropic
Lodge, No. 78, A. F. M., the following persons
were selected as officers for the ensuing
year:
Col. A. Coward, W. M.; J. F. Wallace, S.
W.; J. Ed. Jefferys, J. W.; J. C. Kuykendal,
Treasurer; J. B. Allison, Secretary; W. J.
Hyndman, S. D.; E l. Thomas, J". D.; M.
Strauss and Geo. H. O'Leary, Stewards; A.
Codey, Tiler.
PERSONAL.
We enjoyed a very pleasant visit last week
from Mr. J. N. Robson, the enterprising fertilizer
man, of Charleston. Mr. Robson is
on a tour of inspection through the State,
makiug the personal acquaintance of such of
his numerous patrons as he can meet. His
fertilizers are always duly advertised in the
Enquirer, with the approach of the planting
seasons; and while they have an enviable
reputatiou for their superior qualities, we can
recommend Mr. Robson as an honorable and
reliable business man.
MINISTERIAL CALL.
Rev. Luther Wilson, of Georgia, brother
of J. Lowrie Wilson of the Bethesda congregation
in this county, has been called to the
pastorate of the Presbyterian church in this
place, to 611 the vacancy occasioned by the
resignation of Rev. Henry R. Dickson. Mr.
Wilson visited Yorkville a few days ago,
preaching one sermon while here, and we understand
he expressed himself as highly
pleased with the result of his observations.
We learn that he will remove here with his
family early next year.
OBITUARY NOTICES.
We frequently receive by mail lengthy
obituary notices with request to publish.
Sometimes such notices are unaccompanied
with a responsible name, and invariably the
request to publish is made without the slightest
allusion to payment for the same. The
mere announcement of a death we will publish
as an item of news; but lengthy obituary
notices, in which only a small circle of readers
can be supposed to take any interest, cannot
be published unless paid for as advertisements.
This is an inflexible rule, aud we require payment
in all cases to be made in advance.
TUT r<a muul'I i OilPfiQ
A ftAU V/liUI a.
We were pleased to receive a call, the first
of the week, from Mr. R. P. Yorkston, the expert
pressman and the first printer who succeeded
in producing on the cylinder printing
press chromatic work equal to the "chromos"
introduced by Prang, of Boston, some years
ago, which were executed by the slow and expensive
process of lithography. This achievement
of Mr. Yorkston, which was undertaken
mainly with the view, to test the capacity of
the Campbell printing machinery, completely
revolutionized th9 class of printing known as
"chromos," it having been soon demonstrated
that the lithographic process could be excelled
on the letter-printing press, and furnished at a
much lower price. Mr. Yorkston was on his return
from a business tour extending as far South
as Texas, and we were glad to learn from him
that he has been quite successful in introducing
the Campbell machinery in the Southern
States. This machinery includes presses of
every conceivable style, speed and price,
from the $1000 "country press" of 800 imiMiMoiAno
no* Kaii* fa ko I nrooo nf
picooiuuo j/ci uuu I w vuw nvuuuiiut |/?vw va
recent construction which prints an eight-page
paper, pastes and cuts the pages and folds the
sheet?all at one operation?at the speed of
15,000 perfected copies per hour. The uniformly
neat style in which the Enquirer is
printed (if we may be permitted to make the
allusion without the semblance of vanity) is
due in a great measure to the press on which
it is printed?the Campbell press of the "country"
pattern. Our press has been in constant
use since July, 1869, and like a good
fiddle, improves with age and use. So well,
indeed, are we pleased with it, that we would
not take it down to make room for a bran new
one of the same style, at an even exchange.
It is always ready, has never been out of order,
and during the six years we have been
using it, has not cost $5 for repairs. To those
of our contemporaries contemplating the purchase
of a power press, of any style or capacity
whatever, we can cheerfully and conscientiously
recommend the Campbell machinery.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE.
Monday December 6.
The House met at 8 o'clock, p. m., but a
quorum not being present, adjourned until 11
o'clock, a. m., on Tuesday.
Tuesday, December 7.
In the Senate, the proceedings present
nothing of special interest.
In the House, the proceedings were confined
to the discussion of a question of privilege
raised by Paris Simkius, a colored member
from Edgefield, and the chairman of the
committee on ways and means. The offender
in this instance, is Mr. J. K. Blackman, the
Columbia correspounent of the Charleston
News and Courier. The cause of complaint
is the following exrtact from one of Mr. Blackman's
letters to the News and Courier :
Are all the republican members equally responsible
for this foul and dirty work ? I would
say no ; not equally so, but in a measure they are
all to blame. Those who are not leaders are the
slaves or dunes of unscrupulous and cunning
politicians, whose word is law, and whose powerful
influence is comprehended in the talismanic
watchword 'party.' Who are these corrupt leaders
? They are chiefly the nine republican members
of the ways andmeuns committee. There is no disguising
the fact that, although there are enough
corrupt members in the house to advance any unprincipled
measure, the hot bed of nearly all the
iniquity is the ways and means committee room.
The fathers of nearly all the jobs are these picked
nine. A survey of the actions of this committee
during the past week will g? far to sustain this
grave charge. What have they done in an honest
way? Notning. vvnat nave tney done in tne
way of corruption ? Everything."
The correspondent, in regard to the proceedings,
on the occasion of his expulsion
from the privileges of the House, says:
"After a discussion, which lasted over three
hours, I was expelled from the privilege of the
house to-day by a vote of sixty-three to twentysix.
The cause of complaint was the showing
up of the tricks of the ways and means committee,
in my letter published yesterday. Paris Simkins,
colored, captain of the Nine, introduced the
resolution of expulsion, and supported it with a
torrent of Billingsgate too coarse to report. Miller,
colored, of Beaufort, the member who was so
vigorous in opposing the bill to prevent cotton
stealing a day or two ago, followed in the same i
strain. Ex-Land Commissioner Leslie spoke :
for over an hour, taking the ground that the re- :
porter was not responsible, and that his letter was
anly the key-note to a most foul conspiracy or-j
minted by the editor of the New* and Courier and :
Judge Aldriuh, followed by the Conservative par- !
ty, to carry the next State election by the bullet
indknife; to try the Mississippi game, tomurder
ihe colored people and take possession of the State
by force. He called upon the Republicans to be
prepared for this. He Knewabout the plan which j
!iad been hatched in the State Tax Union. Let'
them come on, he said, ami we will show them
that the News and Courier and the Conservatives
can't massacre the whole State, and that two can
play at the shooting game. He knew, he said, of a
conspiracy to massacre him. He knew the men
who were to do the dirty work ; but the day that
he fell Dr. Miller, Judge Aldrlchand Prank Wan*
namaker would bite the dust.
.Hayne, Whipper, and others of the same stamp,
made threats of personal violence; but they took
good care to offer none. Hamilton, of Beaufort,
and Freeman, of Charleston, were the only Refiublicans
who had the courage to oppose the reaoution.
Mr. Barnwell, who spoke for the-Conservatives,
also opposed the resolution. There
was a quantity of tare; bnt not onoof the injured
crowd attempted to prove the report incorrect.
It was not its truth that they minded ; it was that
the truth should have been told.
I will, by letter, take occasion not only to prove
that auoru matAriul Qllpfrofioti in fliA /thianflnnaKIn
letter i? correct, but that every statement made ""
on the door regarding its incorrectness is absolutely
false. The vote on the resolution showed "* 4
the power of the Corrupt Nine, and the abject J
slavery in which thev hold their cowardly followers,
when the party lash is cracked. Having exhausted
both their malignity and their strength,
after two futile attempts to transact public business,
the House adjourned."
Wednesday, Dec. 8.
In the Senate, the judiciary committee
reported favorably on hills to amend the law
in relation to obstructions in streams; to
amend the law in relation to arrest, commitment
and bail; to authorize foremen of grand
juries to administer oaths; and to relieve defendants
in criminal cases from attendance on
the supreme court pending appeals.
The hill to authorize the voters of Chester
county to vote on the question of a fence law
was laid on the table.
The following new bills'were introduced:
Bill relative to the forming or letting of contracts
by corporate authorities; bill to amend
sections 7 and 8 of an act to regulate the fees
of probate judges, clerks of court, trial justices
and other officers ; bill to repeal an act
regulating the payment of all claims against
the counties of the State; bill to repeal the
charters of certain lottery companies ; bill to
authorize and empower F. A. Clinton to erect
and maintain gates across a public road in
Lancaster county.
The bill to make the obtaining of money
or property under false pretenses indictable*
was ordered to lie on the table. t ^
A bill to amend certain sections of the're^
vised statutes relative to liens on crops, passed
ius oovuuu icauiuj^ mtu ou auicuuuicub prvr
viding that the bill shall go ioto effect on the
first day of January, 1877.
In the House, Mr. Harriott introduced a
joint resolution proposing an amendmeut to
the constitution reducing the terms of office
of sheriffs and clerks of courts to two years.
A bill to provide for the settlement and
payment of certain claims against the State,
and known as the "big bonanza," was passed
to a third reading by a vote of 75 to 25.
The enacting clause of "a bill to provide
for the payment of certain indebtedness to
the State," and known as the "little bonanza,"
was stricken out. Mr. Gantt moved to reconsider,
pending a discussion on which the
House adjourned.
Thursday, Dec. 9.
In the Senate, the judiciary committee
reported favorably on a bill authorizing the
appointment of additional trial justices in
Uuion county. The bill to authorize the foreman
of the grand jury of each county, to administer
oaths in certain cases and to punish
false swearing, passed its second reading.
In the House, Mr. Spencer from the committee
on engrossed bills, reported as duly
and correctly engrossed, and ready for a
third reading, a bill to raise supplies for the
fiscal year commencing November 1, 1875.
After Mr. Simkins, on behalf of the ways and
means committee, had offered certain amendments,
which were adopted, tho bill passed
without a divisiou. The bill levies as follows:
Salaries and contingents, one and one-quarter
mills; charitable and penal institutions, one
and one-quarter; free schools, two; legislative
expeusea,oneaud one-tenth; printing,one-half;
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luierest, iwu; ueuueucies, one aua iwii uuuh.
Total, nine and one-half milk This is one and
one-half of a mill less thau the bill of last session
which the Governor vetoed, and a fraction
less than the one he recommended. The
House also passed the bill to its third reading
which provides for the payment of certain
claims (the big bonanza.) It levies one-half
mill annually for four years. It is probable
that thirteen-fifteenths of a mill will be lev- ^
ied annually for four years under the bill
known as the "little bonanza." This will
bring the whole State levy, exclusive of the
county taxes, within eleven mills.
The special order being the motion to reconsider
the vote whereby the enacting clause
of the "little bonanza" bill was stricken out,
produced considerable debate, and resulted in
the bill being recommitted to the committee
on ways and means with instructions to report
a substitute.
The enacting clause of the bill to repeal
the lien law was stricken out and the bill to
amend the lieu law was taken up. Mr. Hirsch
defended this bill and stated its objects, which
were, in brief, that corn, bacon and mear sufficient
for a family should be exempt from the
lien law.
Mr. Boston approved of it in a long and a
strong speech on geueral grounds. He said
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iii wuuiu ue au lujurjr w wc pcupio ui ?u?
State if the lien law is any advantage at all;
that it interferes with the liberties of American
citizens to make contracts alike detrimental
to the laborer and the farmer.
Mr. Nesbitt favored the bill in a speech, in
which he attempted to show the advantage
that would flow to the laborer from giving a
lien on his corn crop.
Mr Hamilton opposed the bill, and classified
it as a companion of the homestead and
bankrupt laws, which he denounced as frauds,
which were detrimental to the poor man.
The homestead law, he was persuaded, kept
men poor.
On a motion to strike out the enacting
clause, the yeas and nays were taken, with the
following result: Yeas 54; nays 46.
On motion of Mr Livingston, it was reconsidered,
and numerous amendments were
adopted.
By a vote to lay an amendment on the
table the bill was carried with it. It was
again taken up upon motion of Mr. Whipper.
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iur. jjHiupiieiu uuotcu iuo lununiug m ?
substitute to section 1 :
Section 1. That section 55 of chapter 120
of the General Statutes be, and the same is
hereby, repealed. This section of the General
Statutes embraces the lien law.
Pending the consideration of which, at 3
p. m., the speaker declared the house adjourned
until to-morrow, 11 a. m.
Friday, December 10.
In the Senate, the committee on finance
reported favorably on bills to fix the salaries
of certain public officers ; and also to levy a
special tax in Lancaster.
Mr. Bowen introduced a bill to |regulate
marriage by license.
The supply bill was made the special order
for Monday, 13th instant, at 12:30.
The bill to authorize additional trial justices
in Union county, was read a second
time.
In the House, the committee on enrolled
acts, reported as ready for ratification, "An
Act to regulate the distribution of moneys
recovered from officers of this State, in smts .<
brought on their official bonds," ana "ad act
to incorporate the Chester and Union Rail*
road Company."
Mr. G. H. Holland introduced a bill to
classify and regulate the transportation of
freight and passengers on the several railroads
in the State of South Carolina.
Bills to amend section 1 of chapter 1 of
the General Statutes relating to fences ; to
amend chapter 91, section 1 of the General
Statutes, relating to the annual returns of
executors and administrators; to make the
survivors of parties to a certain transaction
impeached for fraud competent and compella- "
ble to testify in certain cases ; were read the
third time, passed, and ordered to be sent to
the Senate.
Bills relating to the bonds of sheriffs and