Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, February 01, 1877, Image 2
traps and Jacts.
? Fitzhugh, the ex-doorkeeper of the Hoase
of Representatives, who was "a biger man
than old Grant/' is still in Washington, where
his wife keeps a boarding-bouse.
? "No girl gets along well without a mother,"
says a moral exchange. This may be
true; but hereabout girls work harder to get
mothers-in law than they do to get mothers.
? A scarcity of water now prevails in New
England, not only for manufacturing purposes,
but individual consumption. The inhabitants
of some villages are traveling several
miles for water.
? The taxpayers of Mississippi certainly
have cause for rejoicing over the overthrow
of the carpet-bag government in that State.
During 1876, under a Democratic administration,
the State expenditures were $330,000
less than under Governor Ames, in 1875..
? The Turks have a rather severe way of
punishing delinquent tax-payers. It consists
in tying them to a tree, and then pouring down,
from a respectable height, ad their heads,
bucketfuls of cold water; then whipping and
caning them on the strength of what is left of
them..
? At the recent election in the, New Jersey
legislature for United States Senator, every
member was present. Forty are Republicans
and forty-one are Democrats. Mr. Frelinghuysen'a
vote was forty and Mr. Macpherson s
forty-one, the former being the Republican
and the latter the Democratic nominee.
9 ? It is announced from Washington that
the Supreme Court Justices were consulted
before their names were inserted in the conference
report, and agreed to serve. They
did Dot think the dignity of the court would
be lowered by their acting in the proposed
tribunal.
? A Washington telegram says: "Gen. M.
C. Butler, of South Carolina, who was elected
United States Senator by the Hampton Legislature,
and Col. Haskell, chairman of the
South Carolina Democratic Committee, have
arrived in Washington. It is said they are
here to refute the charges that Hampton was
or is indifferent to Tilden's prospects."
? Judge David Davis, who has been recentlv
elected to the United States Senate
from Illinois in place of Geo. John A. Logan,
is classed as a liberal Republican. He voted
for Greeley when the latter was a candidate,
and at the recent election for Hayes. He
has declared his purpose not to resign his seat
on the supreme bench until the 4th of March.
? A novel- wager has been reported, which
attracts attention in London clubdom. An
officer of the Royal Horse Guards has backed
himself against a certain sporting Baronet to
ride ten miles across fair hunting country,
while a snail crawls ten inches on a greased
board. At last advices the snai I was in splendid
condition, and taking a daily afternoon
crawl. Odds, five to four on the snail.
. ? A letter from London to the New York
World says: "I never recollect the time when
the domestic trade of England was in so depressed
and wretched a state as it is now.
Go where you will and ask whom you will,
and you will hear the same thing. 'There is
nothing doing; we think ourselves lucky if
we can pay our expenses.' As for the demand
from the United States for English
goods, it seems to be almost a thing of the
past. ' The great steamers go out from Liverpool
or London in ballast week after week."
? Brother Field, one of the most active
members, was carrying home a of rum,
when he was met by one of his neighbors, who
inquired if he was going to have a raising, a
log-rolling, or some other kind of a frolic.
"Oh! no," replied Field, "nothing, only
brother Morrison is going to preach at my
house to-morrow, and he always thinks he
can preach a little better u he taaes a a ram
before be begins ; and to tell the truth, I always
think I can hear a little better if I take
a dram, too."
? Bill Clark, a colored class-leader in Georgia,
visited a brother's hen-roost, fell and
broke his neck. The pastor of his church was
terrible bothered to get his funeral sermoo in
proper shape so that brother Clark's character
would not Buffer. He went at the job in
this manner : "There are circumstances connected
with his death that are perplexing.
If, after he fell and before he struck the
ground, he repented of his sins, there can be*
no question but that he is now in glory ; but
there was mighty little time for him to think
about it."
? Of Senator Conkling's great speech in
favor of the Electoral bill, a Washington letter
says: "He had an audience which for
numbers, intelligence, beauty and rank have
never been surpassed in the modern debates
in the Senate chamber, if ever. His argument
was pronounced, at its conclusion, to be
the greatest effort of his life, and its effect was
most marked upon all who listened to it. One
of the most effective points of Mr. Conkling
was when he demonstrated conclusively that
the bill was much less open to objection than
the Electoral bill of Senator Morton, which
was pressed so warmly by that senator."
vit:ii j n_r i
? l^apuiiu yy iimru vxiagier, ui jjuoiuu, uoo
just returned to that city after a horseback
ride to San Francisco. He started on the
9th of May, 1876, and reached his destination
on the 24th of November. The actual number
of days in the saddle was 144, which gives an
average of twenty-eight miles and one-sevententh
per day. The captain tested the merits
of 323 hotels, farm houses and ranches, and
made special visits to 100 public institutions
and places of resort. He killed three buffaloe,
eigbt antelopes and twenty-two prairie
wolves, was captured by the Sioux, killed two
of them, escaped and came east by railroad.
? It bficame necesary in the course of human
events, to hang a negro at Warrenton,
. Missouri, Friday, January 19. The colored
inan being a poor talker, his counsel, an able
gentleman, took the scaffold and addressed
the crowd. He expressed belief in his client's
innocence, and spoke of him in such pleasant
terras that one-half the people present felt inclined
to intercede and put a stop to the proceedings.
It is proposed now that if this
thing is to be fashionable, the prosecuting attorney
be allowed to appear and close the argument
in each case. This would be very entertaining,
and would have a tendency to encourage
a new school of scaffold oratory.
? Olive Harper, who has been writing to
newspapers, from various parts of the world
i .1 - x / j -1? j _ 1
auriDg me past iew years, uenvereu a lecture
on "The Cross and Crescent" in San Francisco
recently. She said the Turkish women are
short and fat, ignorant, extravagant, deceitful
and gossipy. They are ill-formed and not
handsome, and make unfaithful wives. Of
the men, she said : "There are no men more
ignorant than the rank and file of the Turkish
array. The Turks, as a rule, are courageous,
and, at the same -time, gentle and kind,
except in war, when they rival the worst tribes
of Indians by their acts of cruelty and brutality.
They are not educated, speak in metaphors,
and are naturally polished and refined.
They are a handsome race, rather short
and thick in stature. They will never tell
the truth when a lie will answer. They are
temperate in their habits, as regards the use
of liquors, but smoke and drink coffee incessantly."
? A New York letter says: "There having
been many inquiries from the South with regard
to the market price of the stock of the
Southern and Atlantic Telegraph Company, it
can be said that there is at present no fixed
value for it. A few stray lets have been sold,
as is understood, to parties representing the
Western Union Telegraph Company, at about
10 to 12, but a transaction at the Board of
Brokers is seldom recorded. It was not without
difficulty and opposition from the Western
Union that the Southern and Atlantic
^tock was placed on the "call," and to this
.day .dkere is a feeling among those owning the
.stock .t&ajt ft is purposely *kept down. The
Jiues, as is known, are under Western Union
control, the latter .company owning some 15,.
000 shares of the stock aat ?>f a total of 38,
000. The belief is that the Western Union of
people are quietly picking up what stock they th
can cheap, but beyond this there are no ap- ^i
parent buyers. The 23,000 shares not owned
by the Western Union are held largely in the ?
South by cotton men and others, but opinions
are variable as to what the future value-of the n'
property will be. The Western Union pays ca
a rental upon the whole capital stock of five th
per cent, per annum, equal to $1.25 per share, 0D
the payments beginning on the 1st of April Qu
of the present year, and continuing semi-annually
on the 1st of April and October." f*
(Shquiw.
Li
ar
YORKVILLE, S, C.: th
THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 1, 1877. ?
? QQ
How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name
of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, ac
county and State in full, and send the amount of re
the subscription by draft or post-office money ,
order, or enclose th$ money in a registered letter. 0(
Postage.?The Enquirer is delivered free of jf,
postage to all subscribers residing in York county,
who receive the paper at post-offices within w
the county; and to all other subscribers the post- m
age is paid by the publisher. Oursubscribers, no
matter where they receive the paper, are not liable ta
for postage,it being prepaid at the post-office here, gi
without additional charge to the subscriber. I*
Watch the Figures.?The date on the "address- P
label" shows the time to which the subscription is u
paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued,
the date must be kept in advance. &(
Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that
our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork,
are cash in advance. of
THE COUNTY TAXES. p,
The new board of County Commissioners, jj,
on assuming the duties of their office, on the g{
16th ultimo, found that, pursuant to law, the ai
retiring board bad levied the county tax and
had delivered their estimates to the County ^
A nJlfA. oDooMmonf mitMii fho t imft limit t->
XXUUIbVl lWi uwwuuivuv *? *? vmv ? ? ?w jj
ed by law. This tax was already upon the g(
tax-books and could not be changed at the ct
date of installment of the new board. QC
John L. Watson, County Treasurer, is the ?
only person empowered by law to collect the ai
county tax. He is the lawful officer for this re
purpose until supplanted or removed, and his
receipts for the county tax will be valid. The jQ
objection to paying the State tax levied by the ^
Mackey Legislature, rests upon the ground p(
that it was passed by an illegal body, and.is p{
therefore of no force. u:
Treasurer Watson gives notice through our
advertising columns that he is now prepared
to receive the taxes for the year 1876. Taxpayers
can tender to him the amount of their H
county taxes, if, in the anomalous condition te
of affairs, they do not feel disposed to pay
their assessment for State purposes. This is P(
but another method, and seems to be the on- er
ly feasible plan of carrying out Judge Mackey's
recommendation in his charge to the ?i
grand jury at the recent term of the Circuit qi
Court. bt
It is a matter of vital importance to our people
that the county taxes should be ci
promptly paid. The educational, charitable
and penal institutions of the county, as well ni
as other departments of the county govern- ni
raent, will soon be without funds for their sustenance,
and only in this way can the he
needed relief be had. And as the tax thu? ar
paid into the county treasury, to meet the re- bj
quirements of county purposes, will be dis- ri<
bursed in the county, the money will, to a E
great extent, be put into immediate circula- rn
tion again, and will greatly contribute to the
monetary relief of all classes of our people, to
We would, therefore, urge upon the tax-pay- m
ers of the county the importance of meeting, en
without delay, the amounts assessed against th
them for county purposes, which the Treasu- re
rer has informed us he will not decline to re- uj
ceive, even though the State tax be not ten- dered,
while the Treasurer's receipt for the ?1<
county tax thus paid will be perfectly valid wi
for the county tax of the fiscal year in which ou
the payment is made. he
PROCEEDINGS^OFCONGRESS. ^
In the Senate on the 23rd, petitions from q(
citizens of Philadelphia and Pittsburg, without
distinction of party, were presented, favoring
the passage of the electoral bill. A j-j
limited number of resolutions from mercantile ,
to
organizations and other bodies were also pre- p
sented in favor of the bill. Sherman spoke |
in opposition to the bill. Conkling followed .
in a speech favoring the bill. He said : "A
study of the matter some years ago convinced ^
him of the right and the duty of Congress to
ascertain and verify the votes and declare the
true result of the Presidential elections, or
else by an assertion of the law-making power
to declare how those acts shall be done." He ^
argued at length that the bill does not violate ^
the constitution. In the House, Buttz, mem01
ber from South Carolina, was seated, the committee
on elections having adopted a resolution
that he had prima facie title to a seat from
the certificates of the Supreme Court of South
Carolina, that he had received a majority of
votes in the second Congressional district. ^
Tucker, of Virginia, made a constitutional
m
and legal argument in support of the electoral
bill.
In the Senate on the 24th, the electoral bill m
was discuised. Sargent, of California, spoke Ul
in opposition to the bill, and Bayard and r
Christiancy in favor of it. In the House, the P1
resolution from the select committee on the U!
use of troops in the South was adopted, after Pj
a discussion, in which the proposed mode of
procedure, by sending for persons and papers
was characterized as indecent and against the 113
proprieties and etiquette of official life. Watterson,
of Kentucky, in his remarks on the
resolution, intimated that impeachment pro- .e
ceedings against the President had only been ^
prevented early in the session by the opposi- ' 1
tion of what is termed the Confederate ele- a*
ment. Adjourned.
In the Senate on the 25th, the electoral
- ? - - ni
bill was passed by a vote of 47 to 17 uays, r
those voting nay being Messrs. Blaine, Bruce, P]
Cameron, of Pennsylvania, Cameron, of Wisconsin,
Clayton, Conover, Dorsey, Eaton, Hamilton,
Hamlin, Ingalls, Mitchell, Morton, pi
i Patterson, Sargent, Sherman, West. The re
Senate then adjourned till Friday. In the House
the day waB devoted to debate on the fii
electoral bill to the exclusion of all other sub- ai
jects. Hale, of Maine, and Monroe, of Ohio,
Republicans, spoke against the bill. Hoar, m
Republican, of Massachusetts made an elo- ai
j quent speech in support of the bill.
In the Senate on the 26th, the session was w
devoted to a discussion of Florida affairs. In I M
, the House, after debate in which several mem-1 bers
participated, the vote was taken on the in
final passage of the electoral bill, which rei
suited in the passage of the bill?yeas, 191; I j
nays, 88. All but 18 of the negative votes re
j were given by Republicans, Among the, bj
: eighteen are the following : Blackburn, Dur- j bam,
Jones, Knott and Milliken, of Kentucky; di
Bradford/Caldwell, Forney and Williams, of at
j Alabama; Mills, of Texas; Singleton, of in
' Mississippi, and Smith, of Georgia. Durall, i -
Louisiana, and Wells, of Mississippi, are
e Southern Republicans who voted for the
11. The bill, as passed both houses, now
ies to the President.
In the Senate, on the 27th, during the morng
hour, the military academy and fortifition
appropriation bills were called up, and
e amendments reported by the committee
i appropriations agreed to and passed withit
discussion. The bill to extend the Southn
Claims Commission, and also the bill ratring
the Sioux treaty for the Black Hills
;re passed. In the House, the Indian apopriation
hill passed. The members of the
Duisiana Returning Board appeared at the
ir of the House, in custody of the Sergeant-Arms
and requested further time in order
frame au auswer. They were allowed half
i hour, at the end of which time they rerned
and submitted a lengthy answer in
riting, basing their refusal to produce cerin
papers before the committee on Louisi
la affairs on the law of Louisiana, and on
e fact of the papers being in possession of
e Secretary of State. A resolution adjudgg
the members of the Returning Board in
mtempt of the authority of the House, was
lopted by a vote of yeas, 145; nays, 86. A
solution ordering the witnesses to appear
d'ore the special committee, and remanding
iem to the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms,
as also adopted. The appropriation comittee
reported a bill authorizing the Secre,ry
of the Treasury to pay James B. Eades
>00,000 for jetties on the Mississippi river,
ending an amendment for the payment to
; made in United States bonds, the House
Ijourned.
In the Senate on the 29th, Mr. Robertson,
'South Carolina, presented resolutions of
tizens of Spartanburg county, 8. C., cora>sed
of persons of both races and of both podeal
parties, denouncing the Chamberlain
>vernment in tbat State as an usurpation,
id declaring that the Hampton government
the legal government of the State. Referred
the committee on privileges and elections,
uring the morning hour, Mr. Robertson, of
>uth Carolina, called up the resolution remtly
presented by Mr. Gordon, acknowl'
? tt A _
Iging tiie Jtiampton government id oouid
arolina as the legal government of the State,
id addressed the Senate in support of the
solution. He reviewed briefly the recent
rents in thatState, and denied there was any
timidation on the part of the whites towards
le blacks. In the House no business of imirtance
was transacted. The amendment
tying Eads in bonds was rejected,, and the
11 went over.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Greenville claims to have received over
>,000 bales of cotton since the first of Sepmber,
1876.
? The Columbia Register says; "All things
>int to the early departure of the ex-Govnor
of South Carolina from the State."
? The iron for the Spartanburg and Ashelie
railroad is now being received in large
lantities, and the work of track-laying will
igin very soon.
? Major Harvey WofFord, a well-known
tizen of .Spartanburg, died at bis residence
:ar Hebron, in that county, on Thursday
eht the 18th ultimo, in the 69th year of
8 age.
? A short time ago, Durant, one of Cham*
irlaiu's trial justices in Marion county, was
rested by Evans, a trial justice appointed
r Governor Hampton, for complicity in a
at. At first, Durant declined to recognize
vans' authority, but subsequently gave bond
ther than go to jail.
? The report of Referee Wilkes in regard
the election of State officers has been sub*
itted to the Supreme Court. The report
abraces the testimony taken by hirn, and
e result of an examination of the election
turns. The Court will hereafter decide
>on the case as presented by the Referee.
? Judge Townsend has decided that the
ection for county officers in November last
as legal, and has rendered judgtpent of
isters against the incumbents who have been
dding over under the decision of Judge
eed, that no lawful successors have been
ected. The case will go up to the Supreme
)urt on appeal.
? Tr> rtnnamkar loot a P*DO nf mlA tUfirrfinio
is brought in the Supreme Court by the
emocratic candidates for Presidential Elecrs,
against the Republican candidates for
residential Electors, to decide which of them
ere duly elected. The case was dismissed
7 the Supreme Court on Friday last on a
chnicality, the Court taking the ground that
e action should have been brought in the
ime of the United States.
? The payment of the ten per cent, levy in
ipportof the Hampton government, is going
1 steadily throughout the State. Hampton's
easurer, in Columbia, has already received
stween forty and fifty thousand dollars, from
)ly about twelve counties, and the indicates
are that the contribution will rise as
gh as $100,000. Besides the unanimity of
lr own people to meet this demand, many
)rthern men, residing at the North, but who
vn property in this State, are instructing
leir agents to pay ten per cent, of the assessent
on their property here.
? In Columbia, an injunction has been comenced
against Cardozo and Dunn, asTreasrer
and Comptroller General respectively, to
strain them from drawing any warrants or
lying out any money from the State treasry
in pursuance of the appropriation bill
retended to have been passed by the Mackey
[ouse at its last session. It is claimed that
le bill and all collections of taxes or pay*
ents made under it are illegal, upon the
round that the body which pretended to
-iginate and pass the said bill was not the
gal House of Representatives. The action
brought in the name of the tax payers of
luth Carolina, by Ed. J. Maxwell, as their
.tomey, and a preliminary injunction was
xved on Cardozo and Dunn, issued by Judge
[ackey, forbidding them from collecting or
lying out any taxes under the said approbation
bill.
NORTH CARollNA NEWS.
?Col. Robert Strange and Silas N. Martin,
rominent citizens of Wilmington, have died
scently.
? The Perquimans county jail was set on
re by prisoners on Monday of last week,
id burned down.
? An inhuman father in Tyrrell county
urdered his daughter some three weeks ago,
id has been committed to jail for trial.
? There have been seventy-five deer killed
ithin a radius of ten miles around Troy,
[ontgomery county, during the past month.
? The total debt of North Carolina, with
terest, including the special tax bonds, is
11,788,710.
? The North Carolina Legislature adopted
solutions endorsing the electoral bill passed
f Congress.
? John G, Marler, State 8enator from the
strict composed of Surry and Yadkin, died
, bis home in the latter county on the 24th
stant.
? Thomas Settle, the opponent of Governor
Vance in the late gubernatorial canvass, has
been nominated by President Grant for District
Judge of Florida.
? By the published statements of the four
national banks of Charlotte, it appears that
there are $1,112,321.02 on deposit with those
institutions.
? The Southern Home says that a petition
for a stock law- in Mecklenburg has already
been signed by 3,000 of the voters of that
county.
? A raid by revenue officials, last week, on
the illicit distillers of Wilkes countv. result
ed in the demolition of thirty-seven illicit
distilleries and the arrest of a number of those
engaged in the contraband traffic,' who were
lodged in Wilkesboro jail, but afterwards, as
the Statesville American learns, rescued from
prison by a band of sympathizers.
? Two South Carolina negroes recently
fought a duel near Fair Bluff, Columbus
county, politics leading to the sanguinary
meeting. The Wilmington Star reports that
the Democratic negro was slightly wounded
in the arm, while his adversary received
three wounds in various parts of his body.
Four rounds were fired, the agreement being
that they were to fire until one of the party
should cry "enough."
MERE-MENTION.
The Mexican government has paid the first
annual installment of $300,000 due to the
United 8tates on account of claims lately recognized
by the Mixed Commission. Seventy-nine
small pox deaths occurred in London
last week, against one Hundred the week
previous. A late dispatch from Deadwood
says that the massacre of fifteen men
' with a traiu coming from the Black Hills, has
.been confirmed. An arbitration scheme
is on foot in New York to bring about an
nHiiiBttrfnnt. nf the dehts of several Southern
States. Senator Frelinghuysen has been
defeated in ;he New Jersey Legislature by
McPherson, Democrat. Diaz is now in
undisputed possession of the whole Mexican
' Republic, and his administration promises to
be prudent and wise. Miles Ogle, arrested
in Cincinnati on the 24th for manufacturing
counterfeit money, made disclosures
leading to the discovery of over one hundred
finely-executed plates,, and $40,000 in
fifty-cents pieces, buried near the city. It
is stated that peace has been declared between
Spain and Cuba, the conditions being
that a Spanish Captain General shall remain
on the island for five years, after which the
governing power is to be elected by the people.
Georgia constructed forty-four miles
of railroad during the past year. B. H.
Hill has been elected United States Senator,
to succeed Norwood, by the Legislature of
Georgia. The grand jury of New York
are still investigating the May-Bennett
duel Judge Davis has been elected United
Stales Senator from Illinois, to succeed
Logan. Parson Brownlow says it was a
solemn and affecting sight to see two men who
had "swore off" together on New Year's day,
suddenly meet at the same bar, early on the
morning of January 3rd. The case of
ex-Secretary of War Belknap, for taking
bribes, was to have been called in the criminal
court at Washington last Monday. It
is state^that a number of ex-Confederate and
Federal officers have determined to tender
their services to Iglesias the exiled Chief JusXfT/.l
naJn a oloi'ma fn Kit tVlA
UCtJ U1 iUCAIVU< xjjicoiao bimuig w ?v vuv
rightful President of the Republic, on the
ground that the last election was hot legal,
wherefore, according to the constitution, the
Chief Justice succeeds to the office until the
'next regular election. The Republican
caucus of the House of Representatives have
selected Garfield and Hoar as their representatives
on the grand commission for determining
the electoral vote. In Louisiana affairs,
Grant orders that Where parish officers
hold credentials from both governments, thej
may take the office ; but where claims conflict,
old functionaries will hold over/ The <
Georgia Legislature is maturing a bill for
calling a State Convention. The Louisiana
Returning Board have been adjudged in
contempt by the House of Representatives
and remanded to the custody of the Sergeantat-Arms.
Lemons are retailing at a cent ?
a piece in New York. On Thursday
last, throughout Maine and New Hampshire,
the thermometer indicated a temperature
twenty degrees below zero. Senator Morton's
health is said to be very precarious. He
walks with the utmost difficulty, using two
canes, and is unable to go up or down stairs
I without the help of two strong men. The
Augusta, Georgia, cotton factory cleardtl
813,000 in the last six months. The
next House of Representatives will consist of
142 Republicans and 148 Democrats, with
three members to be elected. The President
has signed the Electoral bill. "The
Supreme Court has adjourned until the 19th
instant. The withdrawal of five Judges destroys
a quorum, which requires six. The
health of Hon. A. H. Stephens is much worse
than it has been for some time. He is in
Washington. Antonio Blitz, the magician,
died in Philadelphia on the 29th, aged
sixty-seven.
1? *
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Wanted for Forgery.
A recent issue of the Wilmington Star
says that a circular has been received by the
Marshal of that city from the chief of Police
of Augusta, Ga., accompanied by the photograph
of John H. Miller, a life insurance
agent, said to be a native of Baltimore, and
who left Augusta about the first of December
last. Miller, who is charged with forgery
to a large amount, is described as short and
pursy, weighs about 170 pounds, about five
feet seven inches high, bluish grey eyes, dark
hair, evidently dyed ; false upper teeth, about
60 years old, Jewish cast of countenance, and
had on a heavy moustache when he left. He
is also a noted whist player and a splendid
baritone singer. A large reward will be paid
for information of his whereabouts.
Tronble at Tiinmonsvllle.
A special dispatch to the News and
/""* -* &L._4- DftMiAkMin UnllAITOIT C Anl_
UOUriBT say a UlttL ucujamiu iiununuj, ^uwored,)
a Chamberlain trial justice of Timmonsville,
in Darlington county, was shot by
some unknown person at that place about 2
| o'clock last Saturday -morning. The negro
militia were very much excited over the affair,
and indulged in open threats of violence {
against the citizens of Timmonsville, which
; induced the intendant to order out an extra i
| police force. On Saturday night, as two of
j these patrolmen were on their rounds, they
were ambushed at the end of a street, near
some treeB, and fired upon several times. One
was bit in the shoulder and the other in the
hip. Both are slight wounds, but evidently
from musket balls. They returned the fire,
but without effect, Holloway died about 11
o'clook on Sunday, His death caused renewed
excitement among the negroes, who now
1 threaten to burn the town in revenge. Extra
i police are on duty, and trouble is expected. '
The Electoral Bill*
The Electoral bill having passed both
houses of Congress, and been signed by the I
President, the machinery of the bill has ere
this time been put into motion, and we may
expect a solution of the Presidential question
as early as the nature of the case and the
complications involved will admit
According to the provisions of the bill, each
house, appointed on Tuesday last, by viva
voce vote, five of its members, who with the
four Associate Judges of the Supreme Court,
viz.: Field, Miller, Strong and Clifford, met,
when these Jiidges selected a fifth Assooiate
Justice to form the high commission to decide
the contested points, which, we infer, will
come up only from the States of Oregon,
South Carolina, Louisiana and Florida. A
majority will then decide whether any and
what are the votes provided for by the Constitution
of the United States, and what persons
were duly appointed Electors from the
oontested States. The count will then be
made in conformity with the decision of the
commission, unless both houses should unite
to reject it.
The Judges to Connt the Tote.
George Alfred Townsend, in a recent
letter to the New York Graphic, thus briefly
sketches four of the members of the Supreme
Court who are to assist in counting the Electoral
vote, should the bill just passed bj both
houses of Congress meet the approval of the
President, and the plan provided by the bill
be adopted:
"Clifford is a man steeped in reverence for
the tribunal where he has passed so many
years. This old man, colossal in sise, weighing
about or above/ 300 pounds, made the
treaty with Mexico in 1847. He was appointed
by a Democratic administration, and
is hardly ever heard to refer to political questions.
"Judge Miller speaks pleasantly about the
new duty devolving upon him. He is universally
regarded in Missouri by the ex-rebels,
as well as by the Republicans of Iowa, as the
ablest jurist west of the Mississippi river. By
birth he is a Keutuckian, and was once a doctor.
"Judge Field is a man of stupendous reading
and information, the ablest lawyer on the
Pacific side, and the peer of anybody in the
court. He is a man of ready opinions, but as
a judge bis dm partiality is unquestioned.
"Judge Strong is the most judicial-looking
man on the bench?of a noble bead, with gray
locks from his crown. His position in Pennsylvania
was of the highest; be is seldom
heard of here except in the legal sooial cirnln
"While many look upon Davis as the fifth
judge, some say that (Joukliug's appointee?
Ward Hunt?would be apt to imitate Conkling's
ennobled motives and forget tbe partisan
in the public officer, and that he may be
the choice. Others think that tbe judges will
select ^he easy and agreeable Bradley, who
was appointed a Republican, bat whose State
went for Tilden by so great a majority that be
will be evenly balanced in the influences
which environ him."
Connecticut's Tolce for Peace.
In the House of Representatives of Con*
necticut, on the 25th ultimo, resolutions were
passed, by a vote of 119 to 78, which express
confidence in the wisdom of Congress and
the Executive in the settlement of the President
il question. The resolutions claim that
defects in the Constitution sho(uld be reotyedied
by amendment and not by legislative interference.
They denounce intimidation, violence
and frauds at elections, demand constitutional
amendments securing honest suffrage, and
correcting ambiguities concerning the Presidential
election, and say that whether the result
of the last election be settled by the plan
followed in past elections, or by tbe concurrent
vote of both houses rejecting the Electoral
vote of any State, or on account of intimidation,
violence or fraud, or by operation
of the proposed law to submit all to a commission
of fifteen persons, "we, tbe General
Assembly of Connecticut, hereby heartily
pledge the support of the State government
and of all our loyal citizens to that person
?h ? -1-1 /IAAIaho^ nlPvofii
VYUU Slinil VUCIcuj uo ucumicu ??av>w?w* * vw?
dent of the Uoited States." It is also resolved
that any armed opposition to the inauguration
or administration of the person who
may be declared elected President by either
of aforesaid methods which may be adopted
by Congress will be treason, and all persons
who threaten civil war unless some one specific
plan of settling difficulties Js followed,
deserve the execration of all good citirens."
The resolutions were strongly opposed by
the Democratic side of the House. During
the debate a dispatch was read announcing
that the United States Senate had endorsed
the Congressional plan. The announcement
that Senator Eaton was the only Democrat
voting against it, was received with hisses on
the Democratic side, which were promptly
checked by the Speaker.
Jodge Carpenter's Decision.
Judge Carpenter has returned to Columbia
from his visit to Washington and
filed his decision in the habeas corpxu case of
the pardoned convict, Peter Smith, which decision
involves the question of who is the legal
Governor of South Carolina. Judge Carpenter
says that he consulted all the authorities
in the Washington libraries, but could
find no precedent to aid him in making his
decision, which may be briefly stated as follows:
First. That the House of Representatives
before which the vote was opened and pub
lisneci, auu seiure wmuu, iu vuujuuktiuu mvu
the Senate, Chamberlain was inaugurated,
was not only illegal in wanting a quorum to do
business, but positively an unlawful assemblage,
usurping the rightful authority of the
House of Representatives, and that the proceedings
conferred no authority unon Mr.
Chamberlain to exercise the duties of the office
of Governor.
Second. That the legislative power of the
State is, by the Constitution, vested in two
distinct branches, the Senate and the House,
both together constituting the General Assembly,
and that before they can perform any
legislative act, each of the houses must not
only be organized separately, but acting in
conjunction with the other; hence, as there
was no joint action, and Gen. Hampton was
inaugurated without a Senate, the proceedings
were invalid and conferred no authority upon
him to exercise the office of Governor.
Third. As the act of the Mackey Legislature
in the attempted inauguration of Chamberlain
was illegal and void, and conferred no
right to office, it could take away no right,
and did not operate as a resignation by Chamberlain.
Fourth. As the Constitution provides that
the Governor shall hold hie office for two
years, and until his successor is not only chosen,
but qualified, Chamberlain is the lawful <
Governor until the qualification of his succet- i
sor. and no longer. (
The effect of this decision is to wipe out
everything done on either side since tha day 1
of the election, rendering it neoessary for the i
Chamberlain Senate and the Hampton House
to meet again and together declare the re- i
suit, !
A similar question to this decided by Judge i
Carpenter was to have oome up before the
Supreme Court last Monday in the habeas
corpus case of James Pelton, another convict
pardoned by the clemency of Ciamberlain; 11
and, as Judge Carpenter's decision was filed i
before the Supreme Court met, it is probable
that his opinion may have some weight in i
deciding this case also.
XsOCAZs AFFAIRS. ,
NEW ADVERTISEMENT!.
J. M. Adam*?Remember the Yorkville Tin Factory?Mass
Meeting.
J. C. Koykendal?Don't Make a Failure?Irish
Pills?Flitting Away.
W. H. A J. P. Herndon?Guano and PhosphateFlour,
Ac.?Hardware?The Watt Plow.
John J. 8mith?Cabbage?Bacon?Dried BeefHominy?Cream
Cheese?Baking Powders?Baldwin
Apples?Shoes.
Kennedy A Barron?Durham Tobaooo?Heavy
Dry Goods, Sundries.
Peter Garrison and Arthur Garrison, Administrators?Application
for Discharge.
L K. Armstrong, Administrator?Administrator's
Sale.
John R. London, Rock Hill, S. C.?Dealer in
Fertilizers.
Clark Brothers.?Hardware?Shovels?Cranberries?Flour?Garden
Seeds.
Jefferys A Metts, Agents?Navassa Fertilizers.
John L. Watson, Treasurer?Tax Notice, 1876.
Hunter A Oates?Ready-Made Clothing?Boots
* and Shoes?Gents' Shirts, Etc.?CrockeryHandkerchiefs?To
the Ladies. .
Francis D. Hillson?Valentines.
Xeys Found.
THE HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY.
Arlington Hook and Ladder Company
were on the streets last Saturday afternoon,
and made a creditable display with their new
truck and equipage.
THE HAMPTON HERALD.
The last issue of the Hampton Herald, published
at Rock Hill, announces that on the
1st of January the paper came under the exclusive
control, in all of its departments, of
J. M. Ivy & Co., and will so continue throughout
the present year.
COUNTY OFFICER8.
The county officers of York, vis.: Probate
Judge, Sheriff, County School Commissioner,
County Commissioners and Clerk of the
Court, have received their commissions from
Governor Hampton. Governor Hampton has
also commissioned J. S. Lewis and P. B. Darwin
Trial Justices for this township, vies J.
B. Williams and J. E. Wagoner, whose
terms of office have expired.
THE M. E.'CHURCH.
The pulpit of the M. ?. Church at this
place was filled on last 8abbath by Rev. E. J.
Meynardie, Presiding Elder of this District
At the moVning service the right of sacrament
was administered. In the evening the
learned divine discoursed on the immortality
of the soul, which was deliyered in the form
of a lecture to the young ^pen, and attentively
heard by a large and appreciative congregation.
y.
DEATH OF J. M. SMARR, ESQ.
It is with regret that we learn of the death
of J. Madison Smarr, Esq., from the secondary
effects of measles, at his residence in this
county, near Howell's Ferry, on Monday
morning last His death was quite unexpect?
- - a 1__ TT..L
en, as Dut a rew a ay i ago, ne was id xuraville,
in the enjoyment of hie ueual health.
Mr. Smarr wae an intelligent man and a
leading citizen of tl?e neighborhood in whieh
he resided.
OFF FOR THE PENITENTIARY*
The prisoners, sentenced at the last term of
the Circuit Conrt, whose names were given in
our Court proceedings of last week, were sent
by Sheriff Glenn to the penitentiary on Tharsday
last. The Sheriff retained tbem in his
custody longer than he usually retaios prisoners
after sentence, from the fact that after
their convictipn, developments were made
connecting some of*them with other crimes,
and be felt it his duty, under the circumstances,
to retain tbem until investigation oould
be made.
NORTHERN METHODIST CHURCH.
. At the annual conference of the above-named
church, recently held at Sumter, fiev. A.
C. Dutton was chosen Presiding Elder for
Greeuville circuit, which includes York county
as a part of its territory. Rev. F. D.
Smith was appointed pastor for the church
in Yorkville, and Revs. J. R. Rosemond and
S. Dunham were appointed on York circuit
Rev. J. A. Brown, formerly stationed at this
? ? 1 3 T* 1* ?
place, it retained on Anaerson ana rteiion
circuit. Rev. Thomaa Wright, who moved
from this place to Orangeburg a few weeka
ago, was assigned to Bull Swamp cirouit in
Port Royal district
yorkville p08t.
In accordance with orders from headquarters,
the military poet of Yorkville has been
diacootinued, and the soldiera now remaining
here will be removed at an early day. After
reporting at Columbia, it is understood the
company here will be stationed at Spartanburg
for the purpose of supporting revenue
officials in the suppression of illicit whisky
traffic.
The citizens generally express regret that
the post here has been abolished. The conduct
and bearing of officers and men towards
the people here has been gentlemanly and
courteous; and while the people may complain
of the principle involved in stationing
military in their midst on the various pretexts
for which they were used, yet no complaint
is made of the deportment of the soldiers
while in our midst.
club makers.
For the convenience of persons who may
wish to subscribe for the Enquibeb through
a club maker, we give below a list of persons
who are engaged in forming dubs:
John L. Miller, T. J. Roach,
Mrs. N. H. Mason, Capt E. R. Mills,
R. L. Crook, G. L. Riddle,
Willie Ferguson, Zimri Carroll,
* m I T n T* . I
Kev. T. J. rajior, d. u. rairica,
A. J. Matthews, A. W. Parka,
T. G. Culp, Eliaa Ramsay,
Misa J. Lu Brandon, E. T. Carson,
8. L. Milling, J. B. Culp,
A. F. Lindsay, S. B. Lathan,
Miss Katie McCully, F. H. Dover,
J. N. Roberts, Sam. M. Grist,
Mrs. C. V. Williami, E. M. Berry,
Mrs. Mary C. Grier, Mrs. M. C. Choat,
E. M. Faris, J. A. Hamel,
Maj. Myles Smith, Mrs. Jane Moore,
R. A. Black, D. T. Leesley,
Mrs. E. P. Love, ' C. P. Ramseur,
R. G. Whitesides, James A. Hogue,
James M. Adams, . W. T. Smarr,
C. Whisonant, M. R. Nichols,
Miss Ella L. Adams, G. L. McNeel,
S. 8. Smith, Dr. J. B. Good,
W. S. Gregory, W. McG. Bailey,
Mrs. S. N. Russell, J. M. Williford,
R. L. Brown, Dr. J. F. Atkinson,
Miss A. F. Falls, P. B. Love,
Mre. S. A. Leech, A. E. Carroll,
Brainerd McLure, E. Craig.
FORT 'MILL ITEMS.
Under date of the 27th ultimo, our Fort
Mill correspondent writes that the farmers of
Fort Mill township have determined to do
away with fences around their crops, and to
that end nearly all of them have signed an
agreement binding themselves to such action.
The written agreement will be recorded in the
Clerk's office. Already the farmers have
commenced removing the feucing from the
fields preparatory to building enclosures for
their stock. The Town Council of Fort Mill
have adopted an ordinance requiriug owners
of stook within the corporate limits of the
town to keep the same within enclosures.
Eighteen deaths have occurred in fort
Mill and vicinity since the 80th day of last
month?5 whites and 13 colored?mostly j
children. Several of the deaths resulted from ;
measles, which disease has been prevalent in
that community for the past two months.
Up to the hour of closing business on Sat*1
urday evening, the agent for the collection of
the ten per cent, tax contribution received
at Fort Mill the ram of $505.00 from 166
taxpayers.
TBAJI8FEH8 OF'KEAL ESTATE.
- The fallowing transfers of real estate have.
been recorded in the office of the County Auditor
since our laht report:
B. T: Wheeler to Wm. Smith. Tract of 126
acres in King's Mountain township. Consideration
<550..
R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to John F. Wilson. Tract
of 250 acres in Bethel township. Consideration
$3,162. ' i j i, ? . . >
Solomon Harris to Ray man Gibson. Tract of
24 acres in Fort Mill township. Consideration %ifl
$325. ' T. 1
A. M. Kee to S. A. Kell. Lot in Fort Mill.
Consideration $3,400.
John Henry Toole to Margaret J. Kerr. Lot in
Rock Hill. Consideration $500.
J. H. Clawson, Assignee, to W. H. Williams.
Tract of 332 acres in Catawba township. Consideration
$747.
J, H. Clawson, Assignee, to A. Williford. Tract
of 160 acres in Catawba township. Consideration
$1,311. N
Alex. Williford to M. H. Williams. Tract of x
100 acres in Catawba township. Consideration
$1,500. .V ,
G. M. Moore to W. D. Gaston. Lot of 11 acres,
74 poles, in Cherokee township. Consideration
$1100. ,. rTr-\
R. E. Guthrie to 8. G. Hemphill. Lot of XOacres
in Bethesda township. Consideration $80. '
R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to Mrs. Sarah Castles.
Tract of 216 acres in Broad River township. Con- <
sideratlon $300.
T. B. Withers to R. C. Mellon. Tract of 110
acres in Fort Mill township. Consideration $666.
John Nichols to J. B. Wood. Tract of 94 acres
in King's Mountain township. Consideration $725.
David E. Tomer to C. E. Spencer. Tract of 21
acres in x orn cownaoip. vonsiaeranon voov. j
8. D. Carotbers to w. A. Barron. Tract of 130* M
acree in Ebenezer township. Consideration $1,865. 9|
Harriet J. and T. N. Tnomasson to Wm. A. fl
Barnes. Tract of 57 acres in King's Monntain .
township. Consideration $328. H
D. Williams to Henry Duncan. Tract of 120} V
acres in Catawba township. Consideration $729.02 j|
R. H. Qlenn, Sheriff, to J. W. P. Hope. House
and lotinYorkville. Consideration $3,400. [Es- jM
tate of John H. Adams, deceased.]
George W. Cansler to J. K. P. Cansler. One- B
half Interest in tract of 234 acres in Betheeda town? M
ship. Consideration $1,400. 1
Joseph W. Neil to James Gordon. Tract of ]
77 acres in York township. Consideration $635. 5
J. C. Hicklin to A. H. Hicklin. Trait of 80
acres in Catawba township. Consideration $100i
R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to David G. Stanton. A
tract of 106 acres in Bethel township. Considers- \
tion $2,667.66. '
S. M. Fewell to Jasper A. Stowe. Lot in Rock
Hill. Consideration $35.50.
A. F.' Smith and A. 8. Corry to J. H. and T. H.
Stroup. Tract of220acres4n Cherokee township.
Consideration $500.
Lncinda Carotbers to Wm. Choat Tract of 45
acres in Ebenezer township. Consideration $225.
Rufus M. Ingram to Lewis M. McSwain. A
tract of 82 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration
$160.
A. F. Smith and A. S. Corry to J. F. Whiaonant.
Tract of 92 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration
$900. * f \
T-V_ tr OU. ,
uuuu At ouaw 14; iumouoiu? V* *w ,
acres in Catawba township. Consideration $750. \
J. H. Austell to B. J. Gold and W. A. Martin.
Tract of 412 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration
$1,600.
R.H. Glenn, Sheriff, to John A. Campbell,
Tract of 142 acres in Bethel township. Consideration
$1,179.76. ?.
R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to W. H. McCorkle. Lot
in Yorkville. Consideration $160.
m James JFinley to Violet J). Turner. Tract of J&
wcres in York township. Consideration $$70.
J. M. Ivy to A. R. Smith and W. L. Roach. "^^1
Lot in Rock Hill. Consideration $566; V '
D. Williams to W. L. Robertson. Traot.of.118
acres in Catawba township. Consideration $600). . '<
Caroline E. May to W. I. Clawson. Lot. In
Yorkville. Consideration $124.
Barnet Agers to Jefferson Ellis. Tract of 68
acres in Catawba township. Consideration $210.
George W. Sturgis to F. H. Barber. Lot,of 6J
acres in- Catawba township. Consideration $62.50.
R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to F. H. Barber. Tract
of 220 acres in Catawba township. Consideration
tt15' ' V
JohnStnrglstoJ. N. Shirgis. Tractor 130 acres.
in Catawba township. Consideration $860.
fiariet E. Dennis and others to C. E. Spencer.
Lot in Yorkville. Consideration $1,200.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enealrer.:. e
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
, Chester, January 20,1877. :'
The gentlemen recently elected to fill tbe '
positions of-Inteodant and Wardens of onr
town during the present year, have entered #
iinnn flio Hiiph.roA nf tkaii. diifio. in-a ?
that promises to give great satisfaction to citizens.
They have made a considerable redaction
in the polfce force. ' Instead of four
men that were employed by the last Cooncil
to do police duty, only two men are now em!>loyed? one
white and one colored. Doobtess
others will be appointed on special occa- .
sions that demand an increase of the force..
With the exception of such occasions, there i?
no doubt that two men will be abundantly ]
able to preserve the peace and good Order of
our town. Our new authorities have also '
made a considerable reduction in the number
of.street hands. Nine men were employed last
year to work the streets, but only six will
be hired this year for this purpose, and theso'
will not be in the employment of the Council
all the time. The reduction of expenses us
the items mentioned will aceomplish a great,
saving to tbe tax-payers. Moreover, the present
Council will not issue as large an amount
of Chester fractional currency as their predecessors
did. It is possible they may ?an age
to meet the expenses of the town without' resorting
to this undesirable, if not illegal expedient.
The Agurs administration, if they continue
to practice economy in tbe mabagement
of our municipal affairs, will give gnat satis
faction to tax-payers, and secure, without op- .
position, a continuance of power next January.
Let retrenchment be their motto now. and.
forever.
The present depression in business has produced
a great tumble in rents at this place,,
as well as elsewhere. Storerooms, whieh twoor
three years ago brought an annual rent of'
$600, are rented now at.$400. A continuance!
of the present sanation in business wi)l,be
foflowed by a continued decrease in the pneij.
of rents. ?
A murder was committed on Captain Mc- ' fl
Aliley's plantation, about four miles from H
town, on last Wednesday afternoon. James fl
Gill, colored, became involved in a quarrel V
with Charles Taylor, colored, on account of ^
some whisky, which the former charged th^
latter with stealing. The quarrel resulted in
Gill drawing a knife, and attempting to cut
his antagonist, when the latter drew a pistol,
and fired the fatal shot. On Thursday morning,
Trial Justice McDonald, acting Coroner,
proceeded to the scene of the shooting
add summoned a jury of inquest, who, after
due examination or the facts in the care,
found that the deceased came to' his droth
from a pistol ball, fired by the hands of
Charles Taylor. Taylor, who was still at
large on Thursday morning, will, in all probability,
be arrested before many days, and
placed in the county jail to await hia trial at
the next term of the Coart of General Seesions.
A number of gentlemen and ladies from"
this plaee left here on Thursday for Gasfonia,
with the view of attending a hall at the
Davega House, on that evening. The party Jg
rphirn#H nn PriHiv hirrMw _:?? 9
? J I Mfjuy ?WI|UWU WUU 4^1
their trip, and especially with the pleasure of
dancing the entire night. ,\'J*
The 8tonew&ll Fire Engine Company of
this place gave a splendid rapper on Friday
evening in celebration of another anniversary
of their existenoe. The supper took plaoeat
the Railroad Hotel, and was like its predecessors?all
that could be desired. After the
enjoyment of the 'good things by the mang;
bera of the Company and the invited gu'estfc
the toasts and responses were in order. Mt,
John A. Bradley, Jr., who was at one tilbiri |
member of the Company, and who ha*lNM&
living in Georgia for several years, b?fc?ho
has reoently returned home again, led off ia
a very good speeoh, iuiwhich he referred to
the great pleasure it gave him to be with his'
old mends once more. He also alluded to
the prosperous condition of Georgia, khd in-,
dulged the hope that his native St&ta'wotGd
before long be similarly bl?^L . Her ^as?
followed by J. J. McLure, Earn, who r<awrgn ?
ded to the toast, "Governor Haamfcm, %oA
the State government." The speaksfrtaeated
the subject quite> appropriated^ spoke. i
of the suflTenngs of 8outh dtiringtho
Revolutionary war, during lhalate war and |
since the reconstruction > . Meotioowae:
t^thd6
J. HewpWI. Esq.,
gi*ea?o "Wown," Ht tpoUia^oqaut