Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, May 25, 1876, Image 2
$ (raps and facts.
? Coffee plants are growing in Florida.
? Gen. Longstreet runs a hotel in Gainsville,
Ga.
? The just completed census of Philadelphia
gives the population of that city, at 817,448.
? The salary of the mayor of Oil City, Pennsylvania,
is one dollar per year, payable in
quarters, quarterly.
? A Republican paper in Florida has hoisted
the names of Blaine for President, and Governor
Chamberlain, of South Carolina, for Vice
President.
? An extraordinary fire-proof suit has been
invented by a Swede. Encased in it, he goes
into the hottest fire, and even sits down upon
a bed of live coals.
? A poor shoemaker at Niort, in France,
is the father of forty-five children, all of whom
are still living. Each of his three successive
.wives presented him with fifteen children.
? Lace is what ruffles the men now-a-days,
says an exchange. You are wrong. Lace
ruffles the women as usual. It is paying for
it that ruffles the men.
? Philadelphia is counting on a million visitors
on the Fourth of July. A cargo of halfr
a million flag poles was received from Canada
a few days since.
? The St. Louis folks have subscribed $20,000
for the reception and entertainment of
the delegates to the Democratic National Convention
there next month. That's hospitality
for you.
? An Irishman being tried for assault and
battery in Virginia City, Nevada, when asked
by Judge Knox if he had anything to say by
way of defense, replied: "Well, your honor, I
saw but little of the fight, as I was underneath
most of the time."
? The Legislature of Georgia was the first
legislative body in the world that passed an
act prohibiting the slave trade. For doing
this the people of Massachusetts howled until
they were hoarse, because a rebel State was
interfering with her commerce.
? A Wyoming jury, composed of seven men
and five women, were shut up for two days
and two nights, and yet they couldn't agree.
It is said if they had remained out for seventeen
years there would have been no verdict,
as the five women talked the seven men deaf
the first six hours.
? The English New Testament Revision
Committee have struck out as spurious the
last seven verses of the last chapter of St
Mark. They have also struck out, as being a
false interpolation, a verse in one of the Epistles
which is frequently quoted as a proof of
the doctrine of the Trinity.
? Every year we hear the complaint that
worms destroy squashes, cucumbers and other
vegetables. A gentleman informs us that
an ounce of saltpetre put into a pail of water
and sprinkled over the plants, or a ring
made around them with the finger or a stick,
and the water poured into it, is a sure preventive.
It is a cheap and easy remedy.
? The postoffice authorities have issued a
caution informing the public that they must
not enclose coin or jewelry in letters, either
ordinary or registered, which are sent to any
foreign country in the postal union. The
Berne international postal treaty excludes
from the mails all letters that contain such
enclosures.
? The United States troops stationed at
Port Gibson, Miss., volunteered as Bremen at
a recent fire, and through their efforts
the city escaped a general conflagration.
The people were so pleased with their conduct
that they held a public meeting, adopted resolutions
of high regard, and invited them to a
picnic.
? The Kentucky Republican State Convention,
in session last week at Louisville, declares
opposition to national banks and in
favor of a speedy return to the money of the
constitution?gold and silver. Benjamin H.
Bristow was unanimously declared as the
choice of the Kentucky Republicans for President.
? Four burglars stole $1,290 of a widow
in Oakland, Cal., the other night, and her
son-in-law shot two of them, captured a third
and recovered all the money. When asked
why he treated his mother-in-law in that way,
he excused himself by saying that "the old
woman was rather weakly and he thought the
money had better remain in the family."
? Returns show the following disbursements
of silver under the recent law: Washington,
$470,000; New York, $1,875,000 ; Boston,
$345,000; Baltimore, $200,000; Charleston,
$40,000; San Francisco,-$3,000; New Orleans,
$115,000; Chicago, $277,000; St. Louis,
$170,000; Buffalo, $90,000; Pittsburg, $114,000?total,
$4,224,000. ?
In Algeria there is a river cf genuine ink.
It is formed by the union of two streams, one
coming from a region of ferruginous soil, the
other draining a peat swamp. The water of
the former is strongly impregnated with iron,
that of the latter with gallic acid. When the
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with the iron of the other, forming a true ink.
? He was smoking on a car where there
were ladies. A lady took out her purse, got
ten cents, and handed it to the smoker.
"What's this for ?" said he. "It's to buy you
a good cigar when you smoke in the presence
of ladies." He threw the cigar out of the
window,, the scrip in the lady's lap, jerked
the strap, and jumped out.
? Mr. James Belk, of Union county, N. C.,
died on the 8th instant, at the advanced age of
111 years, 5 months and 1 day. He was probably
the oldest man in the State. At the
Centennial celebration in Charlotte on the
20th of last May, the old gentleman, seated on
the speakers' platform, was a chief attraction
on that occasion. His descendants number
554.
? A shocking case of religious insanity is
reported from Walton, Delaware county, N.
Y. A man named A. Barton, giving a literal
interpretation to the Scripture, "If thy
right hand offend thee, cut it off," laid his
bare arm on a work-bench, and, with an axe,
commenced at the shoulder and cut his arm
by repeated and terrible blows, into sections
of three quarters of an inch apart.
? President Grant made this remark to
a Senator, recently : "In less than ten months,
my terra ?of office will expire, and I shall
again be a private citizen. I count the intervening
days with the same pleasure that I
naoH whpn in the Graduating class at West
Point, to count the days that must pass before
I would receive my diploma and leave
the Academy."
? Ex-Governor R. B. Bullock, of Georgia,
was recently arrested at Albion, N. Y., and
brought back to Atlanta under a requisition
from Governor Smith, after an absence of
five years. He was arrested under old indictments
made soon after his flight. His
bail was fixed at $13,000, which he promptly
gave. Several wealthy citizens of both parties
went on his bail.
? His Majesty the Emperor of China, is now
six years old, and is about beginning his prescribed
studies. He is to be instructed in many
languages, the traditions of his country, the literature
of the day, riding, archery, swimming,
and various agricultural^ exercises adapted to
his physical development From the day his
education begins he will have an honorary
companion, whose prerogative it is to receive
all the floggings that his august master incurs
from day to day.
? A Louisiana Republican senator, named
Twitchell, was shot at and nearly killed, a
week or so ago. Whereupon the Radical pa3>e*s
set up a howl about Ku-Klux Democracy.
It now transpires that Twitchell, who is
rapidly recovering, knows who his would-be
assassin is, refuses to prosecutehim, and wants
the whole thing bushed up. It is shrewdly
surmised that there may be a woman in the
case, and that the man who did the shooting
was a truly loyal Republican,
? The territorial extent of Brazil, oyer
which Dom Pedro reigns, exceeds that of the
IJnited States, though its population is only
ten millions. Of this population, from onequarter
to one-third is white. Less than a
million are slaves, and provision has been
made for gradual emancipation. When inquiries
were made of the Emperor on this
subject, he said that he desired to bring about
emancipation in such a manner as would not
inflict injury upon either race. No person
born after September 28, 1871, can be held as
a slave.
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BANK BILLS AND STATE TAXES.
In a paragraph published in our issue of
last week, the statement was made that the
Attorney General had instructed the county
treasurer of Richland county not to levy upon
or advertise the property of any taxpayer who
has tendered bills of the Bank of the State in
payment of taxes, and who has instituted proceedings
in the Courts to have said bills received
in payment thereof. In regard to this
statement, the Attorney-General, in a card
published in the Union-Herald, says:
"I have given no instructions to county auditors
or treasurers in regard to their duty in cases
where bills of the Bank of the State have been
tendered for taxes, nor have I given any opinion
to the comptroller-general upon this matter. I
have not taken, nor do I intend to take, any steps
to compel county treasurers to receive these bills
in payment of taxes. It is manifest that I could
not. in mv official capacity, take action against
county treasurers who are carrying out the instructions
of the comptroller-generai, when I am
by law required to defend them when suits are
brought against them because of their, obedienco
to such instructions."
In order to afford an opportunity for those
persons who have tendered bank bills, to
avoid any penalties whatever, the Comptroller-General,
last week, issued the following
circular:
"The county treasurers of the State are hereby
notified that in cases where any tax-payer or his
agent has, prior to the day on which the twenty
per cent, penalty attached in his county for nonpayment
of taxes of 1875, tendered "Bills of the
Bank of the State" in payment of "State Taxes",
and now desires to withdraw his tender of State
bills and pay his taxes in national currency, that
the application for an abatement of the 'above
twenty per cent, penalty -and all costs, if made
on the prescribed forms and forwarded through
the County Auditors, as noted in Series 3, Circular
5, will be approved at this office."
In Richland county, in cases where bills of
the Bank of the State have been tendered for
taxes, Judge Cooke, who is now presiding in
the circuit of which Richland county is a part,
has issued an order in each case, referring all
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Esq., clerk of the court of Richland couuty,
as special referee. He has also issued a restraining
order on the county treasurer and
auditor to stay all proceedings against this
class of delinquent tax payers until the further
order of the court. He decides that all
cases of this character, must be brought under
the Acts of Assembly of 1875, which require
"That all civil actions and special proceedings
brought by the Attorney-General, in the name
or on behalf of the State, and all civil actions
and special proceedings wherein it may be
the duty of the Attorney General to appear
for or on behalf of the State, shall be tried in
Richland county." It would seem, therefore,
from the decision of Judge Cooke, that the issues
in reference to the tender of bank bills
for taxes throughout the State, must all be
tried at Columbia.
proceedingFof congress.
. In the Senate on the 16th, the judiciary
committee reported Mr. Morton's bill to annul
the second, fourth and fifth sections of the
act to enforce the rights of citizens to vote in
the several States and Territories, recommending
some amendments to the bill. The bill
for the regulation and restriction of Chinese
immigration was referred to the committee on
foreign affairs. The galleries were then cleared
for consultation regarding jurisdiction
in the impeachment of Helknap, but before
reaching a conclusion the Senate adjourned.
In the House, Mr. Vance, of Ohio, reviewed
in detail the report on public printing for the
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last seven years, costing neariy ?iz.uuu.vuo,
which, he argued, was at least a half a million
more, per amium, than was necessary.
The charges against the public printer are incapacity,
negligence and embezzlement. A
resolution directing the Speaker to certify to
the proper authorities the public printer's alleged
delinquencies, with a view to his indictment,
was adopted by a party vote?137 to
74. Another resolution, instructing the judiciary
committee to enquire whether the public
printer is an officer who may be impeached,
was also adopted by the same vote. The
committee on appropriations were also instructed
to insert in the civil appropriations
bill a clause changing the system of printing.
The judiciary committee were instructed to
report what legislation is necessary to secure
the State the preference in a trial over civil
cases between private parties. A resolution
liisirucuiig Lilt: uuiiuiiiuee uii ruies iu enquire
into the propriety of consolidating the offices
of door-keeper and sergeaDt-at-arras was adopted.
This proposition was made in consequence
of a silly letter written by the present doorkeeper,
Fitzhugh, of Texas, to a supposed
friend in that State. The writer indulged the j
most fulsome adulation of himself, aud accord-1
ing to what purports to be a verbatim copy of j
the letter, he is wofully deficient in the art of
spelling. After narrating the immense power
he wielded at the Capitol, he concluded by
saying that he was a "biger man than ole
Grant," which may possibly be true; but
members of both parties demand his removal,,
nevertheless.
In the Senate on the 17th, the committee
on claims made an adverse reDort on a large
~ w i
number of petitions for compensation for prop-;
erty destroyed during the war. The House
bill for public buildings at Memphis passed
and goes to the President" In the House, the
bill abolishing tax on Savings Banks passed.
The House went into committee of the whole
on the post office appropriation. Mr. Clark
offered an additional section, allowing third
class mail matter to be sent in packages not
exceeding four pounds in weight, and making
the postage one cent for every two ounces.
Adopted. Before its adoption, Mr. Randall j
said, "Thelegislation of the last Congress which
this amendment proposed to correct had been
put on in an appropriation bill, and without
the knowledge of one member in twenty. He
stated that unless the proposed section was
put into this bill the infamous legislation of
the last Congress would continue in force.
The interests at stake were enormous. The
express companies had their agents and attorneys
here endeavoring to defeat it, and unless
the House took the proposition by the throat,
the express companies would again triumph
over Congress, and the newspapers again be
[ made to suffer." The committee rose and reported,
and the bill and the several amendments
made in committee were agreed to and
[ the bill passed. Adjourned.
In the Senate on the 18th, Mr. Morton subj
mitted the following : Resolved, that the special
committee, heretofore appointed by the
| Senate, to investigate the late election in
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the alleged killing of people and outrages committed
near the Mississippi and Louisiana
line, and near Bayou Tunica, and on Red
river, and that for this purpose the committee
shall have all power and authority conferred
by the original resolution for their appointment.
He read a telegram received by Governor
Kellogg, of Louisana, now in Washington,
from H. C. Clark, his Private Secretary,
dated New Orleans, May 17, stating that fugitives
from the scene of the troubles had
arrived, and that the details are horrible.
Six white men were killed and sixty negroes
killed and hanged, and inquiring if the special
committee of the Senate, could not inquire into
the troubles. The resolution was agreed
to. A bill authorizing the appointment of
receivers for National Banks and other purposes,
was passed and goes to the President.
The impeachment case was resumed till the
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er read a statement from Clerk Adams, desiring
a committee to investigate into the charge
that he had beeu selling offices at prices ranging
from a $100 to $500. He declares the
charge absolutely false. Referred to a select
committee. A resolution that the public
printing shall be done by contract and open
to competition, was adopted. A bill relating
to a reciprocity treaty with Canada was taken
up. No action.
In the Senate on the 19th, legislative business
was entirely unimportant, the impeachment
case occupying the day. Arguments
on jurisdiction will probably occupy several
days before a vote is reached. In the House,
a resolution that Congress adjourn on the
12th of June, was referred. The proceedings
were of no interest.
In the Senate on the 20th, several committees
reported, and a number of petitions were
presented?among the latter a memorial from
the Charleston Chamber of Commerce, remonstrating
against the removal of the duty
on rice, as provided in a recent commercial
treaty with the Hawaiian Government. The
House proceedings were unimportant.
In the Senate on the 22nd, a petition from
A. M. Clapp, Congressional Printer, was presented,
to the effect that he is an officer of the
Senate; that great injustice has been done him
by the committee on printing in the House of
Representatives; that books of his office are
detained from him by that committee, and
that no opportunity has been given him to
make an explanation of the charges against
him, now being investigated by the committee.
In the House the committee on rules made a
lengthy report .in .reference to _the chpp. of
Door-keeper Fitzhugh, closing with a resolution
that the office of Door-keeper be vacated
by the present incumbent, and that the duties
of Door-keeper be devolved on the Sergeantat-Arms
until further ordered. Adopted.
The navy bill amendment, largely reducing
the pay of the personnel of the navy, was defeated
by a vote of 72 to 74.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Colonel B. H. Wilson, formerly a prominent
citizen of Georgetown county, died in
Charleston on the lbth instant.
? Owing to the insecurity of the court house
building at Lancaster, the sessions of the court
areboiug held in the African Zion Church.
? The list of tax defaulters in Charleston
county, published in the News and Courier,
embraces over 1,300 pieces of real estate.
? In sixty-two cases the treasurer of Kershaw
county has been enjoined from selling
lands for the taxes of which bank bills were
tendered.
? The Spartanburg Herald mentions that a
gold mine has been discovered on the lot of
Mr. Thomas Dickson in that town, which has
raised the gold excitement to fever heat in
that community.
? Dr. Alexander Evins died of consumption,
in Spartanburg, on Sunday of last week, after
twenty years of suffering. He was born in
1802, and practiced medicine; was senator
from Pendleton, and afterwards commissioner
in equity and senator from Anderson, and was
a delegate to the first Blue Ridge Convention
in 1836.
? Several weeks ago, one Keegan, a correspondent
of the Washington Chronicle, during
a conversation with Tim Hurley in the piazza
of the Charleston Hotel, took occasion to use
disparaging language in. regard to Governor
Chamberlain, which Tim resented by breaking
an umbrella over the head and shoulders
of the correspondent. Admiring friends of
Tim, residing in New York, have sent him a
fine new silk umbrella to replace the broken
one.
? The annual meeting of the State Press
Association, was held at Spartanburg on the
10th inst. An address upon the subject of
Journalism was delivered by Capt. F. W.
Dawson, of the Charleston News and Courier,
which is pronounced by competent judges to
have been a very fine production. The election
for offices was held, and all the old officers
were re-elected, with the exception of fifth
Vice-President Bronson, who had failed to
qualify as a member of the Association. The
vacancy was filled by the choice of Major
James T. Bacon, of the Edgefield Advertiser.
At night the Association was entertained at
a handBome dinner at the ralmetto Mouse.
The next regular meeting of the Association
was ordered to be held in Charleston, at such
time in April or May as the executive committee
may direct.
?The following are given as the facts connected
with the assassination in Darlington
county, a short time ago, of Alfred Rush, a
colored member of the legislature for that
county: It appears that Rush was returning
from a picnic at Mt. Carmel church, about
two and a half miles from Darlington, C. H.
He was riding with his wife in a buggy.
When about a mile from home a white man
in his shirt sleeves fired at him from behind
a stump, on the side of the road, three times.
Oue ball took effect through his brain, one
through his face, and one through his heart.
The horse, taking fright, broke from the buggy
and ran home. Rush fell between the
wheels, and remained there until Sunday
morning, when an inquest was held over his
body. A white man by the name of W. D.
Purvis has been arrested and lodged in jail on
the charge of committing the murder.
X.OCAX. AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
T. M. Dobson A Co.?Emporium of Fashion.
B. F. Briggs, Auditor, York county?Delinquent
Land Sales?Tax Returns for 1876.
H. W. Hope A Co.?New Goods.
Pal adore Witherspoon?Estray Cow.
W. H. McCorkle, Agent?Change of ScheduleSummer
Goods?Grain Cradles?Call and
See?Clothing.
W. H. <fc J. P. Herndon?Grain Cradles?NailsDrawing
Chains-Scythes? Mowing 8cythes.
The Banner of Liberty?Campaign of 1876.
Jefferys A Metts, Agents?The Cotton Option.
W. M. Walker, D. D. S.?Dental Notice.
PAY DAY.
The soldiers of the garrison at this post
were paid off on Thursday evening last. In
accordance with the specie resumption policy
of the Government, the fractional part of a
dollar due each man was paid in silver.
ACCIDENT To A LADY.
On Sunday last, iMiss Pearson, who is on a
visit to Mrs. Neely, who lives a few miles
north of town, while stepping from the door,
accidentally fell to the ground, dislocating
her left wrist. Dr. H. G. Jackson was summoned
to render the necessary medical attention.
SALE OF BOND8.
We learn from Dr. A. H. Daveg*, President
of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad, that
821,500 of the York and Chester county
bonds, issued in aid of the road, have been
sold within the past twenty days. Of the
above amount, 87,500 were taken by gentlemen
in Lincolnton, N. C., and the remainder
by parties in Chester county.
THE RAILROAD.
At the time of our going to press on Wednesday,
the track-layers were laying iron within
the corporate limits of the town, nearly opposite
the residence of Col. Wilson, having then
about three fourths of a mile to complete before
reaching the depot. Dr. Davega, the
energetic President of the company, is on the
ground, devoting his energies to hasten the
completion of the work.
ESCAPE OF CONVICTS.
By a letter from Columbia, we learn that
Joe Leech, Amzi Darwin and Pinckney Hill,
all colored convicts, sentenced to the Penitentiary
from this county, escaped with others, on
the morning of the 18th instant, from the
guard under whose superintendence they
were returning from a quarry with a boat
laden with stone. The boat capsized in the
river, and in the confusion incident to the accident,
the convicts made for land. Pinckney
Hill subsequently returned and delivered
himself to the authorities. The others are
still at large.
DIRECTORS' MEETING.
At the recent Convention of the stockholders
of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad, the
Board of Directors, in a meeting subsequent
to the adjournment of the stockholders' Convention,
ordered that a preliminary survey of
the route between Lincolnton and the town of
Hickory be made at an early day. The object
of this survey is to ascertain the cost of
construction on a direct line between the
above-named towns, in case it should not be
deemed expedient to take the road by the
town of Newton, in Catawba county, as was
at first contemplated. We learn that the
people of Hickory look with favor upon the
proposed route, and in case of its adoption
will liberally aid in the completion of the
road.
At the same meeting of the Directors, Mr.
James Mason, who has tor the past four or
five years acceptably filled the position of
Freight Agent at this place, was elected
Treasurer. Auditor and General Freight and
Ticket Agent, and Mr. John R. Gardner was
elected Freight Agent at this place, to supply
the vacancy occasioned by the promotion of
Mr. Mason.
GRAVES OF THE FEDERAL SOLDIERS.
Under direction of Capt. Hyer, commandant
of the post at this place, the graves of the
Federal soldiers buried in the cemetery, have
been recently turfed, and the section of the
cemetery containing the graves has also been
enclosed with a neat rustic fence constructed
of cedar, and presenting a striking and unique
appearance. The first death occuring among
the soldiers stationed at this place since 1871,
was on the 11th of September, of that year,
and the last one was on the 9th of February,
1874. The following is a list of those interred
in the cemetery: Of the Eighteenth Infantry?John
Shea, Patrick Garr, G. W. Windsor,
Patrick Walsh, Thomas Quinton. Of
the Seventh Cavalry?Geo. H. Whitteraore,
Samuel Brown, Adolphus Cash.
In connection with this subject, we would
again remind oui citizens?all of whom are
interested?that steps should be taken at an
early day to either repair the fence enclosing
the cemetery, or build a new and more substantial
one than the present structure. The
fence is constantly becoming more dilapidated,
and soon, if measures are not taken to
prevent it, the grounds will be open to the intrusions
of roaming cattle and hogs. It is a
sacred duty of the living to protect and beautify
the last resting place of the dead, and in
this tender devotion we know the people ol
Yorkville are behind none. All that is necessary,
in the present instance, is for the proper
effort to be made, and we feel assured that the
desired object can be accomplished. We will
offer no suggestions at present, but hope the
subject will receive some consideration at the
hands of our citizens,, and especially the ladies?ever
foremost in any good work?who,
by interesting themselves, can render important
assistance in the cause.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Thomasville boasts of three large shoe
factories.
? The wheat crop in the central counties is
reported as unusually promising.
? A line of telegraph is being erected between
Greensboro and Winston.
? Several raining capitalists from the North
are prospecting in Davidson county.
? Governor Bro'gden has commuted the
death sentence in the case of a negro recently
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convicted Oi nurgiary ui> mtiyuncn uujrenui
Court, to imprisonment for life in the penitentiary.
? Speaker Kerr will spend a few weeks in
North Carolina for the purpose of restoring
his health?his physicians having advised
him to try the air in the mountains near the
French Broad.
? The Observer says that a recent investi-,
gation of the Charlotte postoffice reveals some !
irregularities, the principal of which is neg-'
lect by the postmaster to keep separate ac-!
counts of the postage fund and the money or-;
der fund. In the eyes .of the department this !
is a gross irregularity, not to be tolerated. No |
charge of defalcation or corruption is brought;
against the postmaster, though his resignation 1
mnvtftlto nit* ak an oarlv dav. In the event i
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of his resignation, Charles A. Frazier will
probably succeed him.
? The Charlotte Observer reports that Spec-!
ial Agent Wagner, of Washington City, and
Deputy Collectors Coite and Walker, of
Statesville, accompanied by a number of pick- j
ed up men, have just returned from a raid '
through Wilkes county, in search of blockade
whisky and illicit distilleries, during which
raid they made the heaviest seizure ever effected
in North Carolina. They found on
the premises of John L. Whittington, who
lives on Reddis river, in Wilkes, 34 barrels
of illicit whisky. They loaded up 24 barrels
of this, and carried it to Statesville, and
broke the heads out of 10 barrels, for which
they could find no transportation. They also
destroyed two stills belonging to the same
person. Whittington himself, escaped. He
is a country merchant, and has an excellent
farm besides. During the same trip, this
party broke up 20 odd stills, besides the two
mentioned, and poured out about 100 gallons
of whisky in addition to the 10 barrels destroyed
at Whittington's place.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Hon. A. S. Wallace for Governor.
A letter from Darlington, written to the
Washington Republican, and published in a
recent issue of that sheet, strongly urges Hon.
A. S. Wallace as the Republican nominee for
Governor of this State in the approaching
canvass. It is generally kgown that the Republican
has beeu, for several months, a bitter
opponent of Governor Chamberlain's admin*
istration, which accounts for the grateful feelings
of the writer for the "noble fight" that
paper has made against Chamberlains
| "treachery"?a happy thought only equaled
by the concluding sentence in which the writer
yearns for the "prosperity of long ago"?
the days of Scott and Moses, for instance.
The following is the letter:
Darlington, S. C? May 11,1876.
To the Editor of the National Republican:
Sir :?It affords me pleasure to inform your
sterling naner f.haf. t.h#> nolitirjil nrnhlem in
South Carolina has been at last solved by the j
determination of the Republican leaders to j
place Hon. A. S. Wallace in nomination for |
Governor this fall. There were many who
feared that Chamberlain, by means of Democratic
votes, would prove a strong "bolting"
candidate; but they have found a panacea for
this ill in the person of Congressman Wallace,
whose record for Honesty, &c., is as good as
the State can boast. The only thing in the
way is the doubt as to whether or not Col.
Wallace will accept the nomination, as the
voters of his Congressional district will doubtless
desire again to return him to Congress.
In the upper counties he can carry every Republican
vote, with hundreds of Democratic,
while he is a universal favorite with the masses
in the middle and lower counties. Having
been disconnected with the "rings" whereby
the State was plundered, he can afford to take
the stump and drive such corruptionists as
Chamberlain, Cardoza et al. into their hiding
places. Wefeel grateful for the noble fight you
have made against Chamberlain's treachery, i
and were not our people so impoverished, the
National Republican would be found in every
patriotic house in our State. But you are
soundly abused by the thieves and traitors,
who find in youir fearless columns a barrier to
their so-called "xeforra" schemes. The colored
people here are working well, and making
every effort to better their condition. Their
wnn o/lmiff f a flia Klnaainrro aP f Uo
uijiiuicu aic auuiiibcu iaj 1110 uicooiugo vi itiv
school-house, and ere long we look for the
prosperity of long ago. Republican.
The Schnrz Conference.
The conference of the Independent Republicans,
called last week in New York city,
under the lead of Carl Schurz, is represented
as having been a harmonious meeting. Mr.
Schurz was chosen chairman of the body. He
read a lengthy address, the cardinal points of
which advocated sound government and honest
officials, whether th?y he Republican ojr
Democrat in name. Resolutions to the same
purport were adopted. Speeches were made
by several members of the meeting, among
them Hon. C. F. Adams, who said:
Tliio conference differs from others that I
have attended for the past eight years. They
only had a vague idea why they assembled,
but our address, grand and magnificent, sets
forth why we are here and what our objects
are. Now I will tell you what I want. I
want political and financial reform, honest
government and honest money. [Cheers.]
There are twn orreat nnlitieal hndipfl in this
A..v.vM.v ...v & ?
country, with either of whom I can act cheerfully,
providing they nominate men who will
suit my ideas and who will be above reproach.
I belong to the floating or independent votere
of the country. Among the Presidential can
didates there is one whose name stands un- '
blemished before the country to day, and by I
nominating whom the Republican party will '
gain the vote of every honest man, and that '
man is Secretary Bristow. [Applause.] I
Among the Democratic party, also, there is
one man skilled in political life, a gentleman 1
of well known character and high standing, '
Gov. Tilden, whom, if they nominate, I will !
supportas the next best thing to Bristow.
[Cheers.] If good men are not nominated by '
either party then we will put forward candi- 1
dates of our own. Thank Heaven this is not 1
a hard cider campaign nor a singing, nor a 1
wood chopping campaign. In this Centennial
year I only ask that I shall stand up and vote !
and be counted. !
After the appointment of an executive com- '
mittee, the conference adjourned nine die, the j
members evidently impressed with the numer- ]
ical importance of the Independent Voter. <
CARD FROM HON.* JTHANNIBAL WHITE. j
Yokkville, 8. C., May 15,1876. 1
Editor of the Yorlcville Enquirer: The re- <
port of the Grand Jury, at the recent term of <
our Court, does me gross injustice, and as it i
has been published in your columns, I request i
the privilege of replying through the same .
medium. t
The Grand .Turv charce that I have a bal- I
J D ance
on band due the children of the Round- 1
tree family, of $739.10. That this is an er- <
ror will clearly appear from the following i
statement of facts: On the 15th day of Oc- i
tober, 1873, I was appointed by his Honor, \
the Circuit Judge, guardian of the orphan 1
children of Thomas Roundtree, viz.: Albert, (
James, Frank, Alice, Clarinda and Frances. <
In pursuance of the order appointing me, I i
filed my bond as guardian in the sum of five i
hundred dollars, conditioned for the faithful c
discharge of my trust. The bond is open to c
inspection, and is pronounced by the Clerk of t
the Court to be as good a bond for the amount
named as was ever given in York county. i
The first payment made to me by the Coun- c
ty Treasurer, out of the widows' and orphans' j
fund, was by draft on the Citizen's Savings i
Bank, for the sum of $508.16. On presenting I
that draft, I was informed that the Bank had c
suspended. I have received on it, by divi- i t
dends, only $221.81, leaving a balance un-jj
paid on the draft of $286.35. Yet the Grand j t
Jury have charged me with the whole amount; \
of 8508.16, as cash received. ! t
The Grand Jury are equally in error in ! t
their statement that for more than two years ; s
Albert and James received nothing, and none j c
of them the full amount due. All the funds 1 c
that have come into my hands as guardian j c
have been faithfully applied to the use of my ! c
wards as their necessities required, and they i
are duly credited with all balances on hand, s
I have good and proper vouchers to sustain | c
this statement. As I understand the func-1 i
tions of a guardian, it is m/ duty to retain in I s
my hands the balance of the funds not re-! e
quired for the present support and education i
of these wards, for their use and benefit, whea ; i
they shall corae of lawful age, and it would 1
be a breach of ray trust if I were to pay into , I
the County Treasury any "balance" of their I
money, as recommended by the Grand Jury. ! j
In regard to the legitimacy of Albert and ^
James, and Frances and Frank, which the j c
Grand Jury have thought proper to question, | f
on a purely one-sided statement, without giving
them an opportunity of being properly s
heard by witnesses, I would say that the proof C
is abundant to show that they were living
with Thomas Roundtree at the time of his
death, and were recognized by him as his
children, and were dependent solely upon
him for protection and support This is regarded,
I believe, in law, as conclusive evidence
that they are the children of Thomas
Roundtree. These facts were duly certified
to by Mr. Roberts, the Chairman of the Board
of County Commissioners, when they were
placed on the list of pensioners.
I am educating Clarinda and Alice at
Shelby, N. C., as I have a right to do, and
there is neither law nor justice, it seems to
me, in the idea of the Grand Jury, that these
two children have forfeiied their rights to
pensions, because they are temporarily absent
from the county. This is certainly new pen
8iod law, not only to me, out to an lawyers
that I have counseled on the subject. I sent
the funds due them to North Carolina,
through the Chairman of the Board of County
Commissioners.
In conclusion, I desire to say, with all due
respect to the Grand Jury, whose motives I
do not question, that I am not accountable to
them, but to the Court, for my acts as guardian,
and I am ready at any and all times to
render an account of my stewardship; but I
demand for myself and my wards that we
may be fully heard before judgment is pronounced
against us.
J. H. White, Guardian.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enqnirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, S. C., May 22.
On last Monday, Amelia Johnson, colored,
appeared at the office of Trial Justice Sanders,
and made complaint to him of Maggie Wright,
also colored, who, she alleged, had committed
an assault and battery upon her. The Trial
Justice, after hearing Amelia's story, told her
that he would give the matter some consideration
before issuing a warrant for the arrest
of Maggie. She then sought the office of Mr.
S. J. Couch, attorney at law, for the purpose
of getting the benefit of his advice. Very soon
Moses Wright, Maggie's husband, arrived,
and after acquainting the Trial Justice with
the leading facts of the disturbance, asked for
the arrest of Amelia Johnson on the ground
of her having assaulted his wife, Maggie
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warrant for Amelia's arrest was issued and
executed without delay. Witnesses to the
slight misunderstanding were immediately
summoned, and a preliminary examination
was held by the Trial Justice on Monday afternoon.
From the testimony, it appeared
that the act charged in the warrant occurred
on the previous Saturday evening, on the return
of the parties from attendance upon a
prayer meeting in the neighborhood ; and it
further appeared that it was occasioned by
the instigation of "the green-eyed monster,"
jealousy. Maggie having charged Amelia
with securing improperly the affections of her
husband, they came to blows, and as the result
proved, a long and bloody encountre ensued
between the belligerent females. Amelia
having a knife in her possession, used it very
freely upon the person of her antagonist.
They were finally separated by friends, but
not until Maggie had received several wounds,
one of which, being in the back, is particularly
dangerous and may prove mortal.
Amelia was confined in jail to await the consequences
of the wounds inflicted by her.? The
physician in attendance upon the unfortunate
woman who is so fearfully cut, pronounces her
in an extremely critical condition. If the effect
of Xhe wounds is fatal, another opportunity
may be given to the people of this county
to behold a human being take the fearful leap
into eternity from the gallows. And they
will doubtless avail themselves of the opportunity,
if presented, for the tremendous
crowd present at the execution of Stephen
Younge in January, justifies me in the assertion
that a hanging possesses an attraction for
liiT'BKiir fvutnfuf hni r> ft, r?
tUCpWIWvl wuijIJu lilUr IKJTinTxiK tJJfHJ
can claim. As upou the past occasion, several
thousands of curious individuals would gaze
apparently with enjoyment upon the harrowing
sight.
On Tuesday afternoon the heavens were
overcast with a dark cloud, which promised
to pour every moment the refreshing shovwer
upon the thirsty earth. But the cloud passed
over, and the rain did not descend. The increased
quantity of corn that is planted this
year will require a greater amount of rain.
One farmer tells me that he has planted three
acres of corn to one of cotton. Whether this
is the ratio of the two crops throughout the
county is more than I can say. But there is
no doubt of the fact that the quantity of corn
planted this year far exceeds that of last
year, or probably of any year since the close
of the war. If farmers are only blessed with
good seasons?the early and the latter rain?
our county will, in a few months, be bountifully
supplied with the main staple of life,
and the cry for bread will no longer be heard
in the land. In some places throughout the <
county a great scarcity of provisions prevails, <
especially among the colored population. In i
consequence of their extreme poverty, they ]
have not been able to embark upon agricul- i
tural enterprises on their own account to such
an extent as formerly, and in some instances i
an abandonment of such enterprises has been 1
the dire result of the same unhappy cause. i
At an early hour on Friday morning our '
quiet town was awakened from its slumbers
by the alarm of fire. The Stonewall Fire 1
Engine Company> promptly hastened to the '
scene of conflagration, which proved to be \
the hlacksmith shoD in the rear of the car- ]
riage establishment belonging to Mr. W. A.
Graines and located on Gadsden, generally
known as Depot street. The firemen soon
discovered the impossibility of saving the
burning building, and at once directed their
ifforts towards preventing the communication
if the fire to the adjacent buildings. In this
indertaking they entirely succeeded. The
roofs of the carriage establishment and the
kiken residence were well sprinkled with wa;er,
and scaled as they had been by firemen
;o prevent the ignition of falling embers,
;hese buildings were saved, and the flames
confined to the blacksmith shop. The loss is
lot very heavy, upon which there is no insurance.
Mr. Gaines may thank his good for;une
in not having sustained a greater loss.
Sad there been a wind at the time, the consequences
of the fire might have been sadly
lifferent The firemen met with a calamity
ii the bursting of their hose, but fortunately
t made no material difference, as at the time
>f its occurrence the danger had passed. The
>rigin of the fire was probably accidental,
hough some entertain a different opinion.
Friday was a lovely day for a picnic, and
'or this purpose it was used by the members
if the Presbyterian Sunday School at this
ilace. The gay party took their departure
n wagons for the scene of festivity, Douglas'
Hill Pond, where they arrived in the course
if about an hour. Arriving at their destinaion,
they immediately entered upon the enoyment
of the cool shades of the tall oaks
hat adorn that delightful retreat The day
vas happily spent, in the various ways known
o the festive picnicers. A prominent feaure
of the picnic was the enjoyment of the
iweet music, Doth vocal and instrumental, disbursed
by a portion of the string-band from
lur town. Unon the arrival of the hour for
linner, baskets were relieved of their deli- a
iious contents, which were placed upon an 1
mprovised table, around which the Sunday f
chool children, both great and small, gath- e
tred, and were for a time unspeakably happy \
n the enjoyment of both substantial and 8
weets. When the sumptuous repast had end- t
;d, they betook themselves to chattiDg, court- j
ng, card playiug, according to the prompt- 8
ngs of their various inclinations, until the j x
engthening shadows warned them of the ap-11
>roaching departure of the happy day. Ta- i
ting seats in their respective wagons, with ! a
./> ?? man as rlritrora t.hflV WflPft ROOD OD their *
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vay homeward, where they safely arrived in 1:
lue course of time, highly satisfied with the ?
Measures of the picnic. j i
Yesterday and a portion of Saturday were e
pent by me in the country, in the vicinity of t
Jhestnut Grove. Accustomed, as 1 had been, s
to the noise and excitement of town and city
life, the quietness of the country was exceedingly
enjoyed. A fine rain had fallen only a
short time previous to my arrival, and the 4
crops were growing finely and looking splendidly.
The yield of wheat will be excellent,
if no unforeseen calamity arises to prevent.
80 far as my information extends, the prospects
for a fine wheat crop throughout the
entire county are very bright The farmers
are in good spirits, for with the realization of
their present hopes, their financial condition
will, before the end of the year, be greatly
improved. Chestnut Grove wears municipal
houors with grace and dignity. The mere
fact of its incorporation has not resulted as
yet in an enlargement of its proportions, but
still when the business season sets in, the prob-LM?..
^ ;n I :j '
acuities are tnuk it win uiune mpiu progress
on the road to fortune. It is surrounded by
a good country, and if it succeeds in attracting
the trade thereof, the prosperity and
growth of the new town will follow as an inevitable
consequence. Chestnut Qrove is
supplied with its quota of stores and shops,
which will undoubtedly be greatly increased
when blessed with the sweet smiles of fortune.
Mr. Bedell, and Messrs. London & Atkinson
are the prominent merchants of the place.
May prosperity be within the gates of the new
town, and peace within its palaces. <<
On Wednesday of this week the Baptist
juveniles will sit beneath the shade of widespreading
trees, and participate in the enjoyment
of youthful sports.
Mr. 8. B. Massey, a merchant of our town,
has been lying for several days, in a very
critical condition. His physicians have little,
if any, hope of his recovery. He is Buffering
from an attack of the dropsy.
This place and different portions of the
county were visited with a splendid rain yesterday.
It was greatly needed, and will do
an incalculable amount of good. ^
Our friends of the Associate Reformed
Church have been favored with an interesting
mLink k/Mnn ?r on/1 an/ln/1
IllCCLUJg, ITUltli uc^au uu x i iuaj auu vuvivu
last evening. Rev. Mr. Pressley, the pastor ^
of a church at Statesville, N. C., occupied the
pulpit during the entire meeting, Rev. Mr.
Marion being unable to render any assistance
in consequence of illness. His sermon on
Sunday morning upon the "priesthood of
Christ" is said to have been excellent. At the
close of the sermon, which was attentively
listened to by a large congregation, the sacrament
of the holy communion was administered.
Members of other churches, upon being
cordially asked, joined with those of the
Associate Reformed Church in celebrating
this sacred religious rite. The meeting,
which was blessed in the addition of other
members to the Church, closed last evening
after a fine sermon by Rev. Mr. Pressley upon
the subject of faith. Qui.
Correspondence of the Yorltville Enquirer.
INSTALLATION OF A PASTOR.
Fort Mill, S.% C., May 18,1876.
We have recently bad a series of interesting
meetings in the Presbyterian Church at
this place. The spring communion was administered
last Sunday, on which occasion a
large congregation was in attendance.' On
th<* previous day, Rev. J. B. Mack was in
stalled as pastor of the church. Rev. J.
Spratt White preached the installation sermon
and delivered the charge to the new pastor,
while the charge to the congregation was
delivered by Rev. R. E. Cooper. The Reverend
gentlemen discharged their respective
duties in a most solemn and impressive manner,
and were heard with wrapt attention by
a serious and interested congregation. There
were added to the church, during the recent
meeting, fourteen on profession of faith, making
an accession of twenty to the membership
since Rev. Mr. Mack entered upon the
p*etoi~aU> lifro ?o>L-q? lint jircwMil y<4?r. ? - -y
There is serious cause of complaint by the
farmers in this vicinity, whose lands adjoin
Catawba river, in consequence of picnic parties
passing over the growing crops without ^
permission of the land-owners. These offending
parties are usually from the city of Char- lotte,
who come down to rusticate amid our *
beautiful river scenery, in which enjoyment
they are always welcome; though we think
they should have respect for the rights of
those on whose lunds they enjoy themselves.
Mr. Moses Moore, aged 76 years, died near
this place on the 16th instant. T. G. C.
JUDGE MACKEY* EXPLAINS.
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i ne uircuu a^ouri ior ij&ucuswr cuuuby was
in session at Lancaster last week; Ju dge Mackey
presiding; In addressing the grand jnry
on the opening of the Court, his Honor spoke
as follows:
Mr. Foreman and Gentlemen of the Grand
Jury:?Before proceeding to charge your body
as to its general and special powers and duties
as the grand inquest of the county, I desire to
revert briefly to an incident which marked ? "-"
the last regular term of this Court with a most
painful impress. I refer to that incident of v
my own motion, and I shall, I trust, express
myself in relation thereto in language responsive
to a proper sense of justice, and not inconsistent
with the dignity of judicial station.
In the case of the State against Richard
Gardner, charged with assault and battery
with intent to kill, the grand jury having returned
"no bill," they were admonished by
me, as presiding Judge, that they had thereby
committed a grave violation of law, and were
mmmarily discharged until the next ensuing J
term of the Court My harsh action in the j
premises was due immediately to a statement I
made to me by a person whom I deemed trust- \
worthy, to the effect that the grand jury had
been influenced in its finding by the personal
appeal of a near kinsman of the accused, and
bad thus been induced to transcend the just
and lawful exercise of its powers. I am sat- ,
efied by good and sufficient evidence that the
statement in question was false, and that the
;rand jury was impelled in its action by its )wn
conscientious view of its duty to the State .
and to the accused. While I believe that the """
new taken by the grand jury, in this case,
n&r erroneous, and in contravention of law. if
;he fact charged in the indictment was estabished
by the testimony before them, vet, as
hey are the sole judges of the credibility of
;he witnesses who testify before them, it was
in error in the Court to hold, that the fact
laving been testified to the grand jury, they
,Yere bound to find a true bill. Testimony is
lot necessarily proof, and there may not have
leen twelve grand jurors who believed the
witnesses, or who, if they did believe the witlesses,
concurred in their judgments as to
whether the facts proved constituted a case of
issaultand battery with intent to kill.
The allegation that I charged this Orand
fury, or any member thereof, with the crime
>f peijury is false and unwarranted. Such a
luggestion is alike repugnant to my judgment
ind my conscience. I have never for an initant.
imputed a cort-upt motive to any memier
of your body. . Upon the presiding
Judge of this Court is devolved the high and
olemn responsibility of enforcing and adminstering,
in his proper sphere,, the laws enactid
to guard the rights of property from invaion,
and the rights of persons against vioence
or assault It is the law which, like the
thysical atmosphere that surrounds us, in its
iffect upon the individual, potent though inrisible,
furnishes to roan in his relation to
ociety the true source and safeguard of all
hat renders life valuable, or its peaceful en*
oyment possible. It walks by his aide un*
een in the sunlight of the day, whether^ he
Qoves among the marts of business, through
be world's great throng, or journeys alone
ipon the highway, or along secluded paths,
.nd it covers his otherwise defenceless head
vith its impenetrable shield, and watches over
lim in the awful shadows of the qight. It
;uard8 with sleepless eye the bumble dwell*
gs where the lowly make their, homes,
oually with the proud mansions where dwell
he lofty. It is the doty of the Judge to feist
with fearless fidelity to bis great trust all
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