Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, April 27, 1876, Image 2
Scraps and Jacts.
?There are 193,936 houses in Philadelphia,
as shown by a late census.
? The wheat crop of the Western States is
reported as generally promising.
? The steamer Great Republic, which arrived
at San Francisco on Tuesday of last
week, brought over one thousand Chinese.
? The 10th of May is the day observed
throughout the South for decorating the
graves of the Confederate dead.
? The price of a seat in the San Francisco
Stock Board has gone up from $20,000 last
year, till $35,000 were offered last week in
vain.
? The war is over. Congress has ordered
rifles to be issued to the Clinch rifles, of Augusta,
and the Washington light infantry, of
Charleston.
? The decline of the Granger movement in
the Northwest is partially attested by its condition
in Iowa, where there are seventy-five
fewer lodges than there were one year ago.
? Formerly it was a maxim that a young
woman should never be married until she had
spun herself a set of body, table and bed
linen. From this custom all unmarried women
were termed spinsters.
? The Governor of Massachusetts has overruled
the decision of subordinate militia officers
and granted permission to the Boston
Light Infantry to parade at Charleston, S.
C., as an indication that the people of Massachusetts
are responsive to every loyal and
patriotic sentiment.
? Moody, the great revivalist, arrived in
Augusta, Georgia, last Saturday morning,
where he met his wife, who has been spending
the winter in Florida. Aja, effort is making
to have the revivalist remhin in the city a
few days for the purpose of conducting religious
exercises.
? On Monday night of last week, at the
hippodrome in New York, Don Pedro, the
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United States, was present, when Mr. Moody
asserted that not even an emperor can save
his soul without submitting to Christ. This
recalls an anecdote of Peter Cartwright, the
revivalist. He was preaching one day, when
General Jackson, entered the church and attracted,
as Mr. Cartwright thought, more at1
tention than he was entitled to, whereupon
the preacher lustily sang out: "Who cares for
General Jackson ? He'll go to hell as quick
as anybody if he doesn't repent!"
? One of the most graceful and magnificent
acts done since the war has just been performed
by a citizen of Rochester, New York,
in presenting a cabinet of minerals, worth
825,000, to the University of Virginia. The
gentleman who made this gift has refused to
let his name be known. It had been supposed
at one time that it would be necessary to subscribe
$15,000 for a proper house for the cabinet,
and Governor Walker, with others, had
been arranging to have this done, but on
hearing of it, the gentleman who gave the
cabinet, concluded also to give the $15,000
necessary to build the structure to contain it,
thus raising his entire donation to $40,000.
? Notwithstanding the statements of the
Philadelphia journals that only moderate
prices will be charged for hotel accommodations
during the Centennial, the contrary is
the truth, as persons who have lately oeen
there can testify. Already the hotels have
increased their rates very materially. As an
instance of their Centennial prices, it may be
stated that a Washingtonian, who recently
stopped at the CentenniaJ for a night, was
charged $7 for dinner, lodging and breakfast.
At a second-rate hotel he was subsequently
charged $4 per day for the use of a room
alone, said room being a seven by nine apartment,
located in near proximity to the roof.
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this, what may not be expected when the big
show is in full operation and the city is crowded
with visitors?
? Capt. McDonald, commander of the famous
San Francisco cadets, has a camp at
the foot of the San Bruno Mountain in California,
and for several months has been training
a company of Indians, including four
squaws and five men. who represent as many
different tribes. Capt. McDonald is wealthy
and eccentric, and it is his intention that California
shail exhibit in the great Centennial
show some of the most wonderful of the wild
inhabitants of California's forests. The Indians
are trained in a lightning drill, in war
dances, in the feast of fire, in a ribbon dance,
and in gymnastic feats. The squaws, Capt
McDonald thinks, will be able to compete
with any team of marksmen in the world.
At long range distances they have done some
extraordinary shooting. The Indians are to
be in Philadelphia in May. Their costumes
are elaborate and costly.
? The?third annual meeting of the stockholders
in the United States Centennial Exposition
was held in the Board of Trade's
rooms in Philadelphia, recently. The report,
in speaking of the financial condition of affairs,
says: "So many agencies are in action
drawing the various parts of our preparatory
work to a close, that it is impossible to speak
other than approximately of the outlay. We
see no reason to vary the estimate heretofore
made, which was $8,500,000, from the beginning
to the final winding up. It must be
borne in mind that the expenditure incident
to an exhibition on so large a scale, can in
advance, only be given conjecturally. The
whole outlay will he provided irora tne 101lowing
sources: State of Pennsylvania, $1,000,000
; City of Philadelphia, $1,500,000 ;
concessions, gifts and interest, $500,000;
stock subscriptions, $2,500,000; appropriations
by the United States, $1,500,000. As
this shows a deficiency of $1,500,000, that
amount must be supplied from admission
fees."
? The recent violent speech of Senator
Boutwell against the South and Southern men,
is now understood to have had a deeper
meaning than was at first attached to it. Mr.
Boutwell, in that speech, said: "The North
will do well to take heed that it trust no man
who was brought up under the influence of
slavery, controlled by its spirit and dominated
by its power, which is not yet extinct"
Secretary; Bristow is the only Southern man
who has been spoken of for .President as tne
candidate of either party, and this expression
of Mr. Boutwell is now understood to have
been levelled at him, and to be a distinct no!
tice that the North will never consent to the
elevation of a Southern man to the Presidency.
In this defiant notice, Mr. Boutwell has,!
it is alleged, laid down the ultimatum of the j
Republican party of the North, and since he i
made this speech, many Northern members ofj
both Houses, who have never indulged in the !
violent public utterances which come from
him, have asserted, without hesitation, that in :
this respect he echoes the undoubted opinion
of the mass of the people of the North.
? At Portsmouth, Va., on Saturday morning,
the wreckers brought to the dock some of;
the remains of the famous Confederate iron-1
clad, Merrimac, including a quantity of loaded
spherical and cylindrical shell that went
down with the ship fourteen years ago. The j
movement attracted the attention of a num-!
ber of lightermen, one of whom, James Bass,
proposed to examine the condition of the pow- [
der in the shells. He selected a round nine- >
inch missile, having fuse and cap detached,'
and emptied a portion of the powder on the
ground in a train about twelve inches long.>
He then deliberately struck a match and fired :
thA tmin Tha pflfect. was nerfectlv terrific, i
producing the wildest consternation and jar-'
.ring the neighborhood for half a mile round
v.vith the stunning roar of a field mortar,
while fragments of the shell were scattered in
different directions a dozen blocks away.
When the smoke cleared away two negroes
were found dead. James Bass had one-half
of his neck carried away on the left side, and
Benjamin Beverly had an enormous hole torn
through his right breast. Zaeariah Perking
was whirled against the bouse by the concussion,
and had his face and neck cut by flying
fragments, while Lewis Johnson, who was
standing fifty yards away, was thrown down :
and considerably stunned. A fragment of
shell swept through the fish market, where .
there was a crowd of people, but the only i
damage done was the tearing down of an
awning; another piece was driven through the '
office of the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad 1
depot, and in different parts of the city and i
across the river houses were struck. ,
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YORKVILLE, S. C.:
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 27,1876.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
In the Senate on the 17th. the committee ,
on privileges and elections introduced a resolution
paying Pinchback the regular salary
from the commencement of the time at which
he claimed to have been elected, to the time
of his rejection. After the transaction of leg- ,
islative business, the Senate then organized
into a high court of impeachment for the trial
of Belknap. In the House a spicy and spirited
debate occurred between Blaine, of Maine,
and Tucker, of Virginia, on the subject of '
habeas corpus and the rights and duties of the
House in regard to compelling recusant witnesses
to testify in certain cases. Before the
impeachment court Carpenter, Black and
Blair attended Belknap as counsel. After the '
preliminary proceedings, Mr. Carpenter interposed
the plea that the court of impeachment '
ought not to have or take further cognizance
of the articles of impeachment, on the ground
that when they were first presented, Belknap
wa8,as he now is, a private citizen of the Uni- j
ted States. The managers were granted until
Wednesday to consider wftat replication mey
should make to the plea.
In the Senate on the 18th, the committee on (
finance reported the House bill, without amend- ,
raent, for the redemption of unused stamps. .
The bill allowing the public printer to sell (
members certain public documents at cost and
ten per cent, was passed. The committee on
commerce reported favorably on the House
bill to define the tax on fermented and malt ,
liquors. The committee on finance reported
favorably on a bill relating to legal tender notes ,
and the coining and issuing of silver dollar
pieces. The deficiency and appropriation bill ^
was passed with many amendments, and goes j
to the House for concurrence. In the House,
a bill was introduced by Mr. Scales, of North ,
Carolina, to refund certain direct taxes on <
lands collected from oitizens of the late insurrectionary
States. The night session was oc- ,
cupied in the discussion of the proposed trans- |
fer of the Indian bureau to the war department.
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In the Senate on the 19th, a message veto- ,
ing the bill to reduce the President's salary, (
was referred to the committee on civil service.
The message is as follows: 1
To the Senate of the United States I herewith j
return Senate bill No. 172, entitled "An act fixing
the salary of the President of the United States," 1
without my approval. I am constrained to this
course from a sense of duty to my successors in
office, to myself, and to what is due to the dignity |
of the position of Chief Magistrate of a nation of
more than forty millions of people. When the
salary of the President of the United States was
lixed by the Constitution at $25,000 per annum, we
were a nation of but three millions of people, poor
from a long and exhaustive war, without commerce
or manufactories, with but few wants and
those chiefly supplied. The salary must then
have been deemea small for the responsibility and
dignity of the position, but justifiably so from the
impoverished condition of the Treasury and the
simplicity it was desired to cultivate in the regublic.
The salary of Congressmen under the
onstitution was fixed at $6 per day for the time
actually in session, an average of about one hundred
and twenty days to each session, or $720 per
year, or less than one-twentieth of the salary of
the President. Congressmen have legislated upon
their own salaries from time to time since until
finally it reached $5,000 per annum, or one-fifth
that of the President, before the salary of the latter
was increased. No onw having a knowledge
of the cost of living at the National Capital will
contend that the present salary of Congressmen is
too high, unless it is the intention to make the office
one entirely of honor, when the salary should
be abolished, a proposition repugnant to our republican
ideas and institutions. I do not believe
the citizens of this Republic desire their public
servants to serve them without a fair compensation
for their services. Twenty-five thousand
dollars does not defray the expenses of the Executive
for one year, or has not in my experience.
It is now one-fifth in value what it was when
fixed by the Constitution in supplying demands
and wants. Having no personal interest in this
matter, I have felt myself free to return this bill
to the House in which it originated, with my objections,
believing that in doing so I meet the
wishe* and judgment of the great majority of
those who indirectly pay all the salaries and oth
er expenses of the Government.
U. S. Grant. '
The impeachment court resumed its ses- (
sion. The replication of the managers was
read by the clerk. It sets forth that at the
time the acts were done, and while the com- i
mittee of the House were considering articles '
impeaching Belknap, of which he was aware, '
he was Secretary of War, and that he re- '
signed to avoid such impeachment. On these '
grounds the managers demand that the plea i
be not allowed, and that the Senate compel 1
Belknap to answer. The counsel for Belknap '<
desired a copy of the replication and asked
u^til Monday next to consider and answer the
same. The following order was adopted: '
Ordered, That the respondent file his rejoin- i
der on or before the 24th of April, and that 1
the Secretary shall deliver a copy thereof to 1
the clerk of the House of Representatives, <
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ana tnat tne nouse or representatives uie
their sub-rejoinder, if any, on or before the i
25th of April, a copy of which shall be served ;
on the counsel for the respondent by the Secretary.
On motion of Mr. Edmunds, the 1
Senate as a court of impeachment then ad- ]
journed till the 27th instant, at 12:30 p. m.
The legislative session was resumed, and the '
bill defining the tax on malt liquors was !
amended aud passed, and goes to the House
for concurrence. The bill providing for a
change in the manner of counting the Presi- .
dential vote was discussed, and by a vote of i
31 to 23 placed upon the calendar. In the
House the impeachment managers reported j
their replication, which was adopted. Nine-< j
teen book publishing firms of New York presented
a protest against the postage on books :
as provided in the pending postage bill. The |
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tions in the disposition of public lands in the !
States of Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas
and Florida, confining the said lands to the j
provisions of the homestead law, was dis-!
cussed, without action, until adjournment. j
In the Senate on the 20th, the committee | <
on pensions reported, with amendments, the [:
House bill pensioning soldiers of the war of '
1812. Mr. Sargent, of California, submitted '
a resolution recommending to the President i
that he cause negotiations to be entered upon <
with the Chinese Government, to effect such j
change in the existing treaty between the Uni- j i
ted States and China as will lawfully permit the j!
application of restrictions upon the great influx 1
of Chinese subjects coming to this country, (.
which was ordered to be printed and lie on the I
table. The Senate then adjourned until Mon- ]
day. In the House, Mr. Young, of Terines- i
see, offered a resolution reciting the unsettled i
condition of the Mexican Republic anc the i
maDy outrages committed on the persons and
property of American citizens living in the
neighborhood of the Rio Grande, and requesting
the President of the United States to order
such military force to rendezvous at some
suitable point on the Rio Grande as will be
able to enforce the existing neutrality laws, to
prevent hostilities on the border, and to preserve
the peaceful relations between the two
countries ; and also requesting the President
to direct the General of the army to proceed
in person to the scene of the threatened outbreak,
and to take such measures as may be
necessary to maintain peace and protect the
honor and dignity of this Government. Referred
to the committee on foreign affairs.
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1 he dehciency Din was reporiea, aaa several
Senate amendments were rejected. Mr. Cate,
of Wisconsin, offered a resoluting reciting the
charges made in a newspaper report, affecting
the official conduct of B. H. Bristow, Secretary
of the Treasury, and instructing the committee
on expenditures in the treasury department
to inquire into the circumstances, which
resolution was adopted. The bill to transfer
the Indian bureau to the war department was
resumed and discussed until adjournment.
In the House on the 21st, Knott introduced
a bill to regulate the privilege of the writ of
habeas corpus in certain cases. Referred to
the judiciary committee. It provides that
the Supreme Court shall have original and
exclusive jurisdiction to issue the writ of
habeas corpus in all cases where the party
shall be detained or restrained of his liberty
by the authority or under the orders of either
House of Congress.
On the 22nd, the House was engaged all
day in discussing a bill to amend the charter
cf the Freedmen's Savings Bank, and devising
means for winding up the affairs of that
exploded institution. Mr. Bradford, Democrat,
of Alabama, spoke at length, insisting
that it is due to the 60,000 colored depositors
in that bank, as well as the Southern people
generally, that Congress no longer shirk the
responsibility of a thorough investigation of
what he characterized as a stupendous fraud.
In closing, he said it would be a calamity to
the whole country, and especially to the
South, if another administration similar to
the present, were to control the Government
for four years to come. Without action on
this bill, the House adjourned.
* SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? There are six hundred and seventy-five
delinquent tax-payers in Orangeburg county.
? The Blue Ridge mountains were covered
with snow Monday, the 17th.
? The Anderson Intelligencer says there are
two thousand names on the Democratic club
rolls of the county.
? The Democratic State Convention will
meet at Columbia, May 4, and the national
Convention at St. Louis, June 27.
? The annual re-union of the members of
the State press will be held at Spartanburg on
the 10th proximo.
? Abbeville boasts of a colored woman, a
3ook, who weighs three hundred and thirtytwo
pounds, eats moderately, and spends most
of her time in praying and singing hymns.
? Work on the Laurens Railroad will soon
be recommenced. A sufficient amount of
funds are on hand to complete it to within a
few miles of Laurens Court House.
? Col. F. F. Warley, a well-known and
prominent Citizen of Darlington county, died
from pneumonia, at his residence, near the
Court House, on Saturday afternoon, 15th inJtant,
after a short illness.
? Preliminary arrangements have been
made for the speedy re-opening of the South
Carolina Institution for the deaf, dumb and
jlind at Cedar Springs, Spartanburg county.
Mr. Newton F. Walker has been re-appointed
superintendent.
? In addition to the $50,000 in silver coin
received at the sub-treasury in Charleston
ibout two weeks since, the assistant treasurer
ixpects, during the present week, an installnent
of 8100,000, which will be used for the
redemption of the fractional currency.
? Pursuant to provisions of an act to authorize
the filling of vacancies in the office of
solicitor, passed at the late session of the Gen;ral
Assembly, the Governor has appointed
A. M. Mackey as solicitor of the Sixth Circuit,
to serve until the next general election.
? The production of the Graniteville factory
for the year ending April 1, was 10,663,293
fardsof sheeting, weighing 3,199,394 pounds.
The profits for the year were $54,776.60, on a
capital stuck of $600,000. There were special
losses during the year of $20,162.26, and there
was added $12,481.31 in new gas works, machinery,
etc.
? Mr. J. J. Gregg, a prominent citizen of
Augusta, and for many years connected with
manufacturing interests, was shot at Graniteville,
S. C., on Friday last, while attending a
stockholders' meeting of the Graniteville Cotton
Factory. Some five years since, while
superintendent, he discharged a young man
named Robert McEvoy, who shot him three
times, one ball entering his stomach, inflicting
a dangerous wound. McEvoy haB been arrested.
Mr. Gregg has since died.
? The work of paying out silver coin for
the redemption of fractional currency commenced
in earnest Thursday morning last, at
the office of the Assistant United States Treasurer,
Charleston. At 9 o'clock, there was a
crowd of hard money people at the office, and
the teller was busy until half-past two o'clock
redeeming the currency. The total amount
paid out during the day was 81,975, as follows:
Halves, 8916; quarters, 8788; dimes,
S271. The banks changed about 8500 of rag
money.
? A correspondent of the Beaufort Tribune
has interviewed General Robert Smalls, M. C.,
and finds that he regards Whipper as decidedly
the ablest man in the State, and believes
that Elliott's opposition to the forthcoming
iudce is attributable to envy and the fear of
t o
30 formidable a rival as Whipper must inevitably
be. His admiration for and confidence
in ex-Governor Moses is unabated, and he regards
him as nearer and dearer to the republican
heart to-day than any man in the country,
and would give him his unreserved support
for election. He is opposed to the re-nomination
of Governor Chamberlain.
? Maj. Ferguson, representative from Greenville
county, sends the Greenville News a review
of the late legislative session, in which
he makes the following statement: "The legislative
expense of the legislature which preceded
us was ?190,000, and for us, first session,
?150,000, a saving of ?40,000. The average
legislative expense from 1868 to 1874 was no
less than ?320,000, and for us, this last general
assembly, it was about $150,000 ; here we
claim a reduction of ?170,000. The contingent
fund for the last two years of Moses' administration
was $47,000 and ?32,000, making
?79,000. For the present expenses, including
legislative expenses, executive, judicial and
litigation of the attorney-general, all combined,
was $28,000. Take this from $79,000
leaves a saving of $51,000. Then the salaried
officers of the State were reduced $68,000, and
a. bill making still further reduction passed
the House, but did not pass the Senate."
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
W. H. A J. P. Herndon?Always on Hand?Con- ,
verted?Never too Hard?Ready.
Misses MasseyA. Smith?New Fashionable Milli- 1
nery Establishment. <
James Bynum, Rock Hill, S. C.?Prospectus of
the Public Benefactor. (
John C. Kuykendal?May Day?An Established i
Fact?Beef, Iron and Wine?Thrown into
Fits?McLean's Cordial?Rheumatic Snf- ?
ferers. <
T. M. Dobson <fc Co.?Ribbons?Ladies' HatsReady-Made
Clothing?Dress Goods?Straw '
Hats?Shoes?White Goods?Gents' TiesKid
Gloves?Powder and Fuse?Cash?Parasols?Peerless
Gloss?Cutlery?J ewelry?
Bustles?Remember the Place. j
Jefferys A Metts?Now Arriving.
PERSONAL. (
Rev. Henry R. Dickson, formerly pastor of !
the Presbyterian church in this place, but- <
who, last year, accepted a call to the First '
Dutch Reformed Presbyterian church in ;
Brooklyn, N. Y., paid a flying visit to his old 1
home last week, and preached to his former I
congregation last Friday evening. Mr. Dick- I
son returned to Brooklyn last Tuesday morn- 1
ing- t I
THE PUBLIC BENEFACTOR.
By reference to prospectus in our advertising
columns, it will be seen that James By- 1
num, Esq., proposes to publish a paper at *
Rock Hill, bearing the above title. Mr. Bynum
has the mental and literary qualifications 1
to conduct an entertaining, instructive and 1
progressive paper. The enterprise has our 1
best wishes for complete success.
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THUNDER STORM. ]
The first thunder storm of the season occur- j
red last Monday afternoon. Besides a shower ]
of rain, there was vivid lightning and heavy j
peals of thunder. Two trees near Mr. Herndon's
tannery, in the north-western part of \
town, were stricken and shattered by the sub- 1
tie fluid. !
We learD that a few miles Bouth and southwest
of this place, the storm was fearful. In
the neighborhood of Blairsville an old house
was blown down and a negro boy, who had
taken refuge in it, was killed. At McConnellsvilie,
and in that section, rain fell in torrents,
accompanied with a great deal of hail, though
fortunately, growing vegetation sustained but
slight damage from the hail.
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DWELLING HOUSE BURNED.
Between 2 and 2 o'clock, last Saturday
morning, the dwelling house of Capt. J. Tbos.
Lowry, a quarter of a mile south of the cor- i
no rate limits of town, was discovered to be on
fire. The flames, when first discovered, seemed
to proceed from the roof or eave of the
kitchen, which adjoined the dwelling, and be- ]
fore the alarm could be given, or sufficient '
help summoned, despite the efforts of Mr. i
Lowry and a hired man who was staying on j
the premises, the fire soon became uncontrolla- !
ble, and the house?a large two-story wooden
building?was rapidly consumed. Mr. Low- ,
ry succeeded in saving only a portion of his 1
furniture. The building was partially insur- ]
ed, though insufficient to cover the entire loss. 1
The origin of the fire is unknown. 1
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Three hundred and sixteen penitentiary
convicts are now working on the railroad between
Old Fort and Asheville.
? The Greensboro Patriot learns that a little
son of John Thornburg, of Randolph county,
aged four years, got hold of some whisky
: and .drank enough of it to kill him.
? The Morganton Blade says an incendiary
attempt was made a few days ago to bum the
building occupied by Capt. Faucette's school
at Lenoir.
? The Charlotte Observer says that during
a recent raid of a detachment of the Second
Artillery, after illicit distillers in Cleveland
county, thirty-three arrests were made and
eight stills captured.
? Calvin McGraw, an aged citizen of Cabarrus
county, while laboring under mental s
aberration, hanged himself on Wednesday of 1
last week, and on the following Sunday night 1
his wife died from grief and a broken heart c
caused by the rash act of her husband.
? Some weeks ago an old gentleman named
Wood was brutally murdered in his own house, i
in Wilkes county by a band of disguised men, <
robbery being the incentive to the deed. Since '
the commission of the act, five men, relatives ^
of the murdered man, have been arrested on E
suspicion of having committed the deed.
? The Charlotte Observer says: Chas. W.
Parks, a worthy farmer in Randolph county,
died last week of injuries received from a vicious
horse. An accident somewhat similar,
only a short time before, resulted fatally to
Mrs. Raines, an aunt of Mr. Parks. The latter
was injured by an attack from an enraged
cow, and died soon afteward.
? The Southern Home says that Mr. J. H.
Jones, the English miner, now in Charlotte,
has bought the mines owned by the Russell
Brothers, in Montgomery county, together
with the land, houses, barns, Ac. The whole
cost is 828,000. Mr. Jones expects to begin
working the mines in three or four months.
He pronounces them to be very rich.
? The Centennial Commission has received
a letter from a gentleman in Shelby, who expresses
a desire to exhibit at the Exposition
fifty of the ugliest men in the United States,
and wishes to know if it will pay. As an earnest
of his proposition, he encloses his own
photograph, inasmuch as he desires to be one
of the number, and says he can procure his
ugly specimens jn Western North Carolina.
? At the last term of the Superior Uourt ot r
Cleveland county, a man named Mode was i
arraigned on the charge of killing his brother- '
in law in Rutherford county, eight years ago. *
The evidence went to show that the killing (
was accidental; but the defendant having sub- j
mitted to a verdict of manslaughter, was sentenced
to four months' imprisonment, being i
the mildest punishment known under the f
1 statute. f
?Josiah Turner, editor of the Raleigh Sentinel,
indicted John D. Cameron, editor of the j
Raleigh New?both Democratic papers?for <
libel, in charging Turner with attempting to i
buy off Matthew Atwater, a candidate for the 1
last Legislature from the county of Orange,
with promise of per diem, that he (Turner)
might become a candidate. The case was (
tried last Thursday, before Judge Henry. ,
The defendants were justified by proving the i
truth of the charge. The jury, after ten minutes'
consultation among themselves, returned '
a verdict of not guilty.
For the Yorkville Enquirer. '
GRADED SCHOOLS. 1
Mr. Editor: In a late number of your pa- 3
per, we noticed a communication concerning
graded schools. As we are uninformed in regard
to them, we hope "Lisbon" will enlighten
us. Will he tell us how graded schools
are established? Do they take the place of!
the so-called public schools ? What are the .
advantages over private schools ? Will "Lisbon"
explain, generally, the management of
graded schools ? If we can adopt any system
for schools which will be less expensive and of
greater benefit than that now practiced, by j
all means, let us do so. Enquirer.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Serious Charge against the President.
On the 20th instant, ex-Attorney-General
Williams was examined by the House
committee on expenditures in the department
of justice, and testiiied to the payment to
John J. Davenport, former United States
Commissioner in New York, the sum of
830,000 out of the secret service funds for
election purposes. Williams asserted that
the money, was paid by direct order of the
President.
In regard to this charge, brought by a former
member of his Cabinet, the President is
reported as being thoroughly aroused and excited,
denouncing the statement as untrue.
He sahe has no recollection of Williams
calling on him to disburse the money for Davenport's
use, and that if he did, it was represented
to him to be a different matter, and
that he has been deceived. The President
has further resolved on a full investigation of
the charges and has decided to take the advice
of the Cabinet in the premises for that
purpose.
A. New Paper In Charleston.
We have received the prospectus of a
new morning daily paper to be published in
Charleston, under the title of the Journal of
Commerce, the issue of which will begin on
the 1st of May, p.oximo. From the prospectus
we extract the following as indicating the
tone of the proposed new journal:
This newspaper, as its name indicates, will devote
a large portion of its space and influence to
the development and extension of the local commerce
of the city of Charleston, and the general
improvement of the material interests or South
Carolina. It will endeavor to represent, in a
faithful and enlightened manner, the best elements
of the community, in which it looks for
patronage, socially, industrially, and politically.
It is the aim of the projectors to make it highly
ind equally valuable to the family, the voter, the
merchant, the farmor, and manufacturer, and to
fulfill, as far as possible, every requirement of an
advanced modern journal. Its news columns
will be supplied with the latest and best information
attainable, and special care will be bestowed
upon the preparation and elaboration of its market
reports. Its columns will always be open to
3ommunications of a proper character from responsible
parties, and the redress of public wrongs
ind grievances will always find in ita willing and
sympathetic medium. In politics, The 'Journal
yf Commerce will be Democratic; keeping abreast
if the most advanced and progressive views of
ihe party. And, in its financial policy, advocating
the speediest possible return of the country
to a metallic currency, consistent with the safety
if its business interests.
The paper will be published by the "Charleston
Publishing Company" on the following
terms: Daily, per annum, 88.00; serai-weekly,
84.00; weekly, 82.00.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM ROCK HILL.
Rock Hill, S. C., April 24,1876.
A few items from this town, will, I hope,
be of interest to the readers of the Enquirer.
The name of Roek Hill, though barren in its
name, is far from being the condition of the
flourishing town that bears the name. It has
been utilized by the enterprising and energetic
citizens. From whence the town derived
its name, or by whom it was given, I have been
juable to learn as yet, with certainty. It
vas suggested facetiously by bis Houor the
^residing Judge of the Sixth Circuit, that
perhaps the propensity of its citizens to throw
rocks gave rise to the name. That, of course,
vas the result of the Judge's fertile imaginaion.
I have been here a number of years, during
which time only one difficulty occurred in
vhichany number of rocks were thrown, the
;browing of which was confined to that class
>f newly-made citizens who were not allowed
o throw rocks in a reckless manner at the
,ime the town took its name. Since that time
t has grown so rapidly that those who knew
t then are hferdly able to recognize it as the
lame place. They can hardly realize the n.nold
amount of prosperity that has visited the
own since it has been built up. Situated, as
t is, in a delightful and healthful locality, it
levertheless boasts of five doctors and two
Irug stores. Such being the case, I cannot
or the life of me see the sense of any body
lying here. The doctors, like the merchants
tud other men of business, however, complain
hat it is distressingly dull just now. With
he kindest regards for the doctors, I am truy
glad that they have reason to complain.
Our town will soon be aroused from its
lumbers by the sound of the town clock, now
)eing erected in the steeple of the handsome
lew Methodist church edifice which isoeariug
lorapletion. The church is in modern style
>f structure?not massive, but neat and elegant
in design.
Situated on a main line of railroad,our town
s visited by persons of every conceivable
character; from the humble organ-grinder to
he most renowned mind reader, J. Randall
drown, for instance, who unmistakably left
he impress of his mind upon the minds of
tome of our unsuspecting citizens. At pres>nt
we are favored with the professional services
of Dr. Clopton, who will, we hope, prove
? . .1 m* _ *!_ J!
& Diesstng 10 tnose amictea wna diseases pecuiar
to his branches of the profession.
I learn that in addition to the ably-edited
paper we now have in this town, there is also
i prospect for another, the prospectus of which
[ have not yet seen. Doubtless, the proprie;or,
like Col. Sellers, sees "millions in it
put I do hope his experience will not be that
)f Mark Twain's. Mark says he once edited
i paper one week by the watch, and during
he time was promised two whippings and a
luel; but he never made any effort to collect
;hem.
Two hotels gladden the heart of the weary,
mngry traveler. There is nothing like competition,
especially in the line of edibles, these
lard times.
The resident U. S. Commissioner, ever on
;he alert, and whose olfactories seldom misead
him, seized the wagon and team of two
insuspecting North Carolinians, the other
lay, their load consisting of a keg of whisky,
i tumbler, funnel and measures, and constitu- j
ing a regular traveling bar-room. The keg !
;ontaining the whisky was improperly stamp- j
id, and is therefore forfeited to the U. S. Gov- f
irnment.
I am truly glad to say that the law suffers !
of tlio Vian/ta nf l fi0 tlirflA at.t.nr- I
leys who constitute the bar of Rock HilL
The Trial Justice's Court in which they prac;ice
generally, is presided over with unusual
lignity and good judgment, which reflect j
jreat credit upon his Honor. Unfortunately
or us, we have few such justices in the State.
I am glad to say that the farmers of the sur*
-ounding country give encouraging accounts
)f their prospects for a good crop this year;
ind another gratifying fact is that the number 1
)f acres for cotton has been reduced and the
icreage in grain correspondingly increased,
such steps savor of success to the farmers of
>ur country; and, in my humble judgment,
lothing short of such measures can redeem
hem.
The gardens, to our sad discomfiture, were
visited by a biting frost on Tuesday night last,!
ind the consequence was, we met the soured |
jountenances of our lady friends, each of j
vhom had labored in vain to have the earliest
vegetables of the season.
Friday evening last, we were highly amused
ind entertained by the young ladies of Mrs.
Eteid's School. The entertainment consisted
>f two plays?1. "Obstinacy," translated from
;he German by a member of the German
ilass in the school; and 2nd, the laughable
ittle farce, "My Brother's Keeper." The
foung ladies acquitted themselves in a handlorae
and creditable manner, for amateurs,
ind nothing occurred to mar the pleasures of
the goodly company that bad assembled in
Pk on rvl o n Hall fn mitnoan tka narfnrmann) if i
A. UVO|7IUU JkAMtA KU IUV UJHMW)
[ may except the accidental burning of a
junch of ornamental grass which some careass
hand had placed too near a candle. The
Tight was only momentary, and more keenly
bit by the newly-married young men, who
iver anxious about their newly-obtained
reasures, placed themselves in the attitude to
>ear from the building their precious burdens
n case of serious alarm.
On Saturday evening the Hall was beauti
fully decorated with flowers and evergreens,
artistic and graceful in arrangement, and refreshing,
indeed to look upon. The "Floral
Festival" was participated in by the entire
school. The children's costumes were beautiful
and appropriate for the occasion, well
calculated to remind one of an array of angels.
They dispensed some delightful music, the
soft and tender strains of which, as they were
wafted from earth to Heaveo, seemed to bear
one along, unconscious of all else around.
Such a musical treat is rarely enjoyed by us.
The hearts of the little ones did swell with
fure delight Bless the dear little creatures !
wish them many happy returns of the same
pleasure. May their pathway through life be
strewn with flowers as fragrant and thorniess
as the violet. Lux.
CARPENTER AND~CHAMBERLAIN.
JUDGE CARPENTER'S REPLY TO THE GOVERNOR'S
SFfEEG'H.
To the Editor of the News and Courier:
You published in your issue of the 14th inst.
my remarks in the Convention, and the reply
of the Governor, characterizing the former as
"bitter" and the latter "crushing." If you
were right, the bitterness was simply that of
facts that cannot be denied, and if, for a temporary
purpose, anything was crushed, it was
the truth. As you did not publish my rejoinder,
I must ask as an act of justice to myself
that you publish this letter. My general
charge against the Governor was that be had
not only deserted the friends who elected him,
but had persistently, with personal taunt and
executive lash, tried to drive and keep them in
the wrong, with a view to their destruction
and his exaltation. That charge was supported
by the most ample and conclusive proof.
How was it auswered? By the statement
that he had met me at Chester, in 1870, as
the chosen leader of the Democracy, and that
I had made a vulgar, vituperative and profane
speech. This, in whole and ih part, is
simply untrue. We met there on the occasion
referred to for a joint debate. Th? late
Mr. Jonas Byrd opened the discussion, and
Governor Chamberlain followed in a carefully
prepared speech, and, when I rose to reply, his
crowd began to throw boulders, raised a mob,
fired pistols, and broke up the meeting, and I<
did not speak. The speech referred to by the
Governor is purely the product of his imagination.
The.truth of this statement will he
found in your paper of August zlst, 1870, and
the testimony of every person then present.
But Mr. Chamberlain did deliver a speech
which was subsequently published, and is be^.
fore ma He asserted in that speech that only
$700,000 had been added to the State debt
since the inauguration of Governor Scott ;
that the funded debt of the State, when Governor
Scott came into office, was only $4,934,849.17
; that his administration was wise, prudent
and honest; that it was endorsed by New
York, at the broker's board and the banker'e
desk, as solvent, trustworthy and honest, and
characterized a statement of Mr. Byrd's, that
the bonded debt was then $14,500,000, as absolutely
false. He said he was giving an account
of his stewardship, spoke as a State officer
holding a high public trust, and proposed
if any fraudulent act, an instance of mismanagement,
or misappropriation of public funds
could be proved, he would agree to be driven
from office and from the State. [Pages 1, 3?
4 and 5.] What were the then existing facts ?
The State debt had at that time been increased
$7,564,000 without any reference to the
past pretended indebtedness of the State in
any shape, and every bond making up that
increase had been issued. The items are as
follows: For the relief pf the treasury, $899,
000; conversion bonds fraudulently issued,
$5,965,000; land commission $700,000. The
State paid interest on all these bonds from!
January 1st, 1869, to 1871, except 8500,000,
which were issued October 1st, 1869; and
$500,000 issued March 1st, 1870, and the
coupons since 1871 are held as a demand,
against, tjje State. The records of thp treasnry
show that two years' iuterest was paid upon
this enormous issue of conversion bonds, as
well as the others. These facts were, for the
first time, to my knowledge, clearly established
by the evidence in the case of the State against
Parker. By law the financial board, of which
he was a member, had absolute control over
these bonds, and it was his duty to have
known the facts. Whether he did know, or
neglect a plain duty, is for the public to decide.
In that speech he ridiculed and scoffed
at reform, and his eves blazed with as lurid a
light then as when he was making his unfounded
charges against me in the convention.
The Governor denied ray statement in regard
to the contingent fund. If I am wrong,
I am misled by the laws as published. The
whole amount of contingent funds, the last
year of Governor Moses' administration, was
847,100, and in that is included $5,600 not
properly charged to it. (See acts and joint
i-acnlntinno 1 87S-7S norrofiHQ ^ T am nrhnllv
i WUi U ViyUQ AU| U | Vj |^Mg V V W? y 4 W**m , *? Mv?*y ,,
unable to find the $32,000 additional in any
appropriation bill. He claims that by vetoing
the tax bill passed by the Legislature in
the spring of 1875, he saved the people $375,000,
that being the estimated difference between
the proceeds of that bill and the one he
approved. Now it is a notorious fact that
there will be large deficiencies under the bill
he approved, in every branch of the public
service; that the salaried officers of the Stat?
cannot receive more than one-half of their
salaries, and the penal and charitable institutions
cannot receive much more than half the
sum necessary for their support.
Where is the merit of leaving these officers
and these institutions without funds in midsummer?
And where is the saving to the
State when these funds must be supplied by a
deficiency tax next winter? The Governor
charges that I sowed, in the campaign of 1870,
"those dragon teeth that afterwards sprung i
up into the masked Ku-Klnx at night, and
that subsequently I came here and gave testimony
to shield them from justice.
The first of these charges implicates all
who were acting with me, including the News
and Courier. la it Dossible that anv man in
South Carolina can Relieve that such men as
Governor Perry, Gens. Kershaw, Conner,
Kennedy, McGowan, Butler, Col. Rutledge,
Judge Aldridge, the late Chancellor Dunkin,
Col. Simpson, and other distinguished leaders,
and the whole mass of their followers, were
inciting the people to the commission of such
crimes? If true, it must have been so, for
they gave me a generous and continued support
to the end of the canvass. It is true, I
obeyed the process of the Court, and was examined
as a witness, not to prove any particular
fact, but to give as my opinion the primary
cause of those horrible crimes, namely,
the administration whose honesty and capacity
Governor Chamberlain had vouched for at
Chester. I gave to both charges the most
unquali6ed denial; there is not a shadow of
truth in either. I call as witnesses the columns
of your able journal, the hundreds of
thousands who heard me, and the records of
the case in which I was a witness.
No one ever heard me advocate violence as
a remedy for any evil. I have always relied,
and advised others to rely, upon peaceful and
legal means, and I defy proof to the contrary.
No answer was vouchsafed to the other charges
I brought against his administration; but
instead we were told that there had been
times in his administration when had it not
been for the tender counsels and support of
the wife of his love and his bosom, he would
have faltered on the way and stained the record.
Was that a sufficient answer ? What
is necessary to be reformed except theadministration
of which Governor Chamberlain was
so conspicuous and able a member? The
charges against the administration of Governor
Moses were not that the Legislature had
been venal or corrupt, but on account of the
officers he appointed and his personal conduct.
'
Reform in all departments, until honesty
and economy prevail in each, is the demand
of the press and the people of all parties and
both races, and no matter who is Governor,:
public opinion must and will be potential
enough to carry on the good work to perfec-,
tion. I have labored for it, andsball continue
to do so until nothing is left to be reformed.
I do not complain of Governor Chamber
Iain's reforms, I complain that by abandoning
his friends, he has scarcely accomplished
anything, and that if he had stood by tbem
and worked with them, we would have been
much farther on the right road.__ I am actuated
neither by interest or ambition, but by a
sincere desire to subserve the best intyresfB of
the whole people.
Why does the Governor denounce me?
My attack was not upon. him, but,hys administration
of public affairs. How can thht bo
defended by personal abuse? JLhave*no-dfe
fense to make. If my sacrifices of. lime,
money, health and feelings; if the manner in
which I have discharged the duties of the responsible
positions 1 have held, do not consti- JL
tute a complete defense for me, then**(i$$ ?}3 mj
useless and unavailing. ^ -
Very truly, yopr friend, ,,, , ?
R. B. Carpenter,
. April 17, 1876.
reply of governor chamberlain,,
Columbia, S. C., April 19 I
To the Editor of the News and Courier;
Judge Carpenter having made two spreches,^'
wnue X maoe dug one, m me ia?j otate ^convention,
is still, very properly,/ ridt taftfafied
with the result, and accordingly'avails himself
of your columns for farther tKflcnsmm;
I decline to follow him. I will: defeodnty*
self, and the cause I represent, whenever defense
is needed ; but there is better work for
me than "slaying the slain."
I have never abused Judge Carpenter, and
I never shall; but, for myself, l am heartily
glad that he has, at last, ranged himself where
his sympathies have doubtless lotig* been/ fcuf'"
It is true that I did not presentta tbeCotrM*
vention, in my single speech, a full review of
all the reforms happily inaugurated and car-,
ried forward, by the friends of good govern'-'
ment, under the present administration 5 but
I did repel the attacks of Judge Carpenter/
in a manner satisfactory So me at least. That
done, I pass to other duties; < , r.-v'-i#
B. H. CHiMBBitLani.
Correspondence of the Vorkville Enquirer.
... LETTER FROM CHESTER. j
Chester, April 24,, 18^.^
As was stated ip my last week's correspondence,
a special term of the Court of General
Sessions was holden at this place, beeping,
on 'Tuesday. An aocount ofthe morning
proceedings of that day was then given.
Upon the convening of the-Cour^ Hl'thV <a&>
ternoon, the case of the State ?& Samoel Daf%.
fie. charged with assault with, intent tfl rapew
was called. The counsel for the defendant/
J! J. Hemphill,.Esq., arose and stated that
his client acknowledged his ^ajlti'ana asked
the mercy of tne Court Upon this announce*,..
meat, he was directed to stand.apand receive *
his sentence. He was remindedifytb*peer*
siding .Judge of the disagreement) of twoj juries.
upon his case; that upon -fcbqjfrtrafc.
sion he was only saved from conviction by tjie,
obstinacy of one man. He was reminded of
the circumstances attending the comtrifiw^n?of
the horrible crime confessed by him;'and:
was told of the avenging hand of theiiftr that:
is ever ready to fall upon .the bead* of
doers. His connectipp with tbejdc$adft?l;?ffray,
which resulted in ,tbe mutferoffipw^
Mercer, and the sending of Stephen Youm.
to the gallows, was referred to; and then tne,
presiding Judge proceeded to tell him that in
consideration of the fact that he had acknowledged
his guilt, and had asked .for meroyjand'
also in view of the additional fact, t
prosecuting witness had expressed h^c wjljipgr,
neee to be satisfied intb a .partial
the demands of the law id bis case, the punishment
would be comparatively light.' The
sentence of the Court was that 'he, SamUel'
Doffie, be confined iu the State Penitentiary,;
at hard labor, for a period of two yean and
six months. ... ? ... .
The case of the State vs. B. G. ; Xqcora,.,
charged with breaclyi&rjist. with fraud u leu t
intent, hadoeSn settwwii forW?J^ay,but
upon the assembling of the Court, ii| consequence
of the non-arrival of Judge Nohkrop,
who was expected to preside during the trial;
of the cause, the cose of the State w. Coluinbus
Cranford, Henry Pendergrass andiAlexander
Bobbins, all colored, was called, and the
trial proceeded. These defendants, who were
public school trusteeship this county ij? 1873,
were charged with conspiring to defraud'; the
county in obtaining money Trom :the, cdiinfli!';u
treasurer under false pretences, and appropri- a
ating it to their own. purposes. Bobbins ba-j
came a witness for tbeState^and made.a fijjil,
confession of the fraudulent acts perpetrated
by himself and associates* during their term '
of office. He acknowledged to an understanding
between them'whereby they played
into each others' hands, and thns enriched
thooaselves at the expense of thepeopJe> Me
swore to the signing by them, in
capacity, of a pay certificate iu favor of some
party who had built a house ostensibly .1 designed
for school purposes, belt' which,' the'
witness likewise testified, had beeo'used'by
one of the defendants, Colorabus OaXfora*
as a dwelling house. , Charles Jamieeoo lesti-.
fied to his building a Bchool-house, aud;receiving
ip payment, of the samep cprtifip^fu.
! ? fU /ta&n/Tanla in kia fasnr ann
B i id LI CU UY L>IIO UQinuumiw. ?u M?W , w .
amounting to 863, when 'a' certificate was'
produced by Solicitor Mackey, in fhyhr' oT
the witness, haviog the same signatures' ittd\,
amounting to $73. The evidence of corrnp.
tion and rascality was so clear and. unmistakable
that the jury arrived at a conclusion
as to their guilt in a very short time, Ggn.
A. Walker appeared for Columbus Crahfqral '
and J. J. Hemphill,'Era., for Henry P&der'
grass, but as they were destitute of an^ 'ftdndation
to rest their case upon, their-effbrta
were entirely unavailing. , if ?: filials.n -<t
Judge Northrop arrived in town on Wednes-.
day night, and presided over the deliberations
of the Court on Thursday. The trial pf the;
case of the Stdte vs. B. G. Yocom, charged
with breach of trust with fraudulent'ihfoift,'
the prominent points of which hate already1
beeu ventilated in the press, began and boa*;
tinued throughout?the day., Alrooet,tbe/entire
morning session was cpnsufjsed in obtfil^r,
iog*jury, the oouptel for the defends
ting jurors to the test of a'strict examination
in reference to the entertainment by them of
a prejudice or preconceived opinion concerning
the guilt of the accused. One gentleman
was rejected in consequence of his- having
read, some time ago,.an article in the Charles?
j liAAMnn nnnn tha mat.
IrUXJ jLYCWf U7H* UVW W ucai lug u^vh >?<v p^-,
ter. A jury was finally obtained, consisting
of ten whites and two coloi^d, with Mr. Harper
Carter as foreman. - i! H' <}-.''
After the opening of the case- by the Soliaitor,
A. M. Mackey, Esq., in which aery, plain
language was used by him in reference to the
defendant, his predecessor in office,H?*-Xj(eaa,M
urer Hemphill was placed upon the ?$and, J3e
had not made much progress in bis . testimony,
when His Honor, Judge Northrop, adjourned
the Court for a brief; timeforditiner.
The defendant is represented by Youmans,
of Columbia, Major S. P.; ,Hamilton,;
and Messrs. Patterson & Gastoo, of .Cfaef t^W
the State by C. & BpcvEsq., andtfce jBolj/ff-,,
itor. Speaker R. B. Elliott, who is the counsel
for the defendant in t&e'case of the State
vs. D. I. Walker, cbaiging fcim mfth conspiracy
to defraud the ooanty, was khatteodaaaa
upon, the Court during the morning session^
Upon; the reassembling of the Court berth*
afternoon, Mr. Hemphill again took the stand.;
His testimony, for the most part, related If the
payment by him of school certifioatee^which^
upon his.vacation of the Treasurer's office.
were turned oyer to his successor, the defendant,
and upon which; the State* eiaittt4,J0fc't! ment
was again made by the defendant,; when
he had the necessary book* iand vooohsesia
hi* office to acquaint himself with the fact of
their payment. The wit&eM testi^^Jhtfidentification
and payment of a eoqriforable
number of these certificate?, which were
placed in his hatida by the = counsel fot^the
State. The oouusel for tbedefesd?ut;ettl<javored
to prove/by the witness, certain dedsra*
tions made in bis presence by the defendant it*
reference to hi* alleged refill ip pay several
fraudulent certificates, that Were presented to
him for payment by School Commissioner
Lloyd, but after ctmsiderabtg^gumeut oa
v.. ... >jj , '