Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, February 22, 1877, Image 2
Straps anil Jarts.
? President Grant has commenced already
to pack up. his papers and private effects pre
paratory to leaving the White House, when
he has reigned supreme for eight years.
? It has been decided by the Courts that ii
a partner of a dissolved firm neglects, to give
notice, through the local newspaper, of a dissolution
of partnership, he is equally liable
with his late partner for all debts contracted
after dissolution.
?Ellison & Co.*8 cotton circular (Liverpool)
for the new year anticipates a yield of cotton
from the crop now being marketed of5.176.60G
bales of 400 pounds eaoh, a deficiency, at
compared with the probable requirements, ol
496,000 bales.
? Secretary Pish is the only member of the
Cabinet who has served uninterruptedly during
the whole eight years of President Grant's
term. He has bad four secretaries of the
treasury, three postmasters-general, five attorneys-general,
four secretaries of war, two secretaries
of the navy, and three secretaries ol
the interior.
? The late Signor Blitz, the magician, once
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said to jj&oiei ? easier id vr asuiugwu . uiv?
me $100,000 Treasury notes to count and
watch closely, and you will find only $75,000
when I return them." "Signor," responded
Webster, "there is no chance; there are here
better magicians than you; they would not
leave $50,000 after their counting."
? The incoming United States Senate will
be nearly evenly divided between the two
parties. Last year there were forty-four Republicans
and twenty-nine Democrats. The
new Senate will contain thirty-nine Republicans
and thirty-five Democrats, with three
contested seats, two from Louisiana and one
from South Carolina. The House will be
Democratic from three to eleven majority.
? A bank-book was presented at the Springfield
(Mass.) Institution for Savings, one day
last week, which had not been seen by the
bank officials since the original deposit was
made, thirty-two years ago. The amount of
the deposit was $300, while the interest alone
has amounted to $1,649. During all this
time the owner of the book had never entered
the bank or asked a question as to her property,
which she now comes to claim.
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XUU lUUIbO V? VUV vw?v\m iw?w?vv **. to
be kept pretty busy for the next few years.
About $21,000,000 of the $50,000,000 of subsidiary
silver coin authorized by law still remains
to be coined and will occupy the mints
a year longer. Then it will be necessary to
coin gold as rapidly as possible in preparation
for resumption, and if silver dollars should be
authorized and made legal tender, even for
small amounts, that will put additional labor
upon them. It will take us some time to get
on a hard money basis.
? The report of a New England accident
insurance company for 1876, shows that "429
of its patrons were hurt with blunt tools, and
only 146 with edged tools. When it was evidently
necessary to be careful there was a great
deal more of care. Ten people were drowned
by bathing or boating, and only one was
drowned by shipwreck. Horses and carriages
injured 235 people, and railroads 450. Of the
horse accidents, one in forty-two was fatal; of
the railroad, one in thirty-two. There were
117 people hurt by machinery?two fatally,
a ratio of one to fifty-nine."
?The Council of the London Botanical Gardens
are debating whether they shall let everybody
smoke all over them. At present the
weed is forbidden, but the Prince of Wales
not being gentleman enough to mind the prohibition,
the Council don't know whether to
let him alone violate it, and so be called snobbish,
or to enforce it against him, and so lose
1**" \X7 UUA'Q Pink nn/)apfAAk IA
ilia patrwiiagc. tt uuco viuu uuuci hwa w
remind this personage of the restriction of the
privilege of smoking to certain rooms, and he
withdrew in high dudgeon, and the Marlboro'
Club waB started with the membership of his
own choosing.
? A young lady bet a young man a kiss
that Tilden would be elected?he to pay if
Tilden won, and she to pay if Hayes was
elected. On the morning of the 8th of November
he ealled and paid the debt; on the
9th he called and took it back. That evening
she paid the debt. Next morning she
took it back and he paid ; then she paid and
he paid, and so they have been kept busy by
the contradictory dispatches ever since, and
both declare their willingness and ability to
hold ont until Congress decides the question.
They don't like the Compromise bill.
? The New York Sun says: "The investigations
of Judge Abbott's committee in South
Carolina have proved the existence of a colored
organization known variously as the Union
League, the Laboring Union and the
Brotherhood, the members of which were
bound by oath to vote the Republican ticket.
The functions of this league were to bulldoze
negroes who confessed Democratic proclivities,
to circulate Republican campaign arguments
in the form of brickbats and razors, and to
spread the story, started by Chamberlain's
agents, that the United States troops had been
sent to South Carolina with orders to murder
every colored man who should vote for ladenand
Hampton."
? A very peculiar feature in life insurance
business has been brought out by the testimony
in the case of the insolvent Continental
Life Insurance Company of Ne?? York. A
man by the name of Hammond testifies that
he was employed as an agent on a salary of
810,000 a year, to travel in the South and
West and "freeze out" policy-holders. He
represented that the company was insolvent,
and by creating a panic among the policyholders,
bought up the policies for twenty-five
cents on the dollar, or thereabouts. This effected
an enormous saving to the company on
policies nearly due, and was done for that
purpose. Mr. Hammond says that risks
amounting to $200,000 in California were extinguished
by this process, and policies outstanding
to the amount of $2,000,000 were
brought down to $600,000 in two years.
? The following extract from the speech of
Hon. Mat. Carpenter, one of the counsel for
the democrats before the electoral commission,
is worth reading. He says : "To relieve some
little anxiety that exists in some parts of the
country, let me occupy one moment in stating
for whom I appear here. I desire to say in
the first place that I do not appear for Samuel
J. Tilden. He is a gentleman whose acquaintance
I have not the honor of, with
whom 1 have no sympathy. against whom I
voted on the 7th of November last, and if
this tribunal conld order a new trial I should
vote against him again, believing as I do that
the accession of the Democratic party to power
in this country to-day would be the greatest
calamity that could befall the people except
one, and that one greater calamity would be
to keep him out by fraud and falsehood. I
appear here for 10,000 legal voters in the
State of Louisiana who, without accusation or
proof, indictment or trial, notice or hearing,
have been disfranchised by four villains incorporated
in perpetual succession, whose official
title is the returning board of Louisiana."
? Philadelphians are to be given a sight of
a new machine, invented by a clergyman in
Maryland, which is called the Bradley promether,
and it is described at length by a correspondent
of the Philadelphia Bulletin. The
writer claims that "the motor employed in
this invention is a well-known agent, and one
that is beyond comparison powerful in action
and easy of management. Second, that the
mode of utilizing it is marvellously simple,
original and perfect. Third, that its economy
is marked, being as one to five, if not to six
or eight in comparison with steam. Fourth,
that it is managed so as to be positively nonexplosive
and without danger at any stage.
Fifth, that the machine is suitable for all mechanical
purposes; and finally, it is nnlike
anything else in the world of mechanics, and
will excite an interest in economies and revolutionize
the present mode of propulsion in
every department of mechanical motion. The
machine and its capacities are not simply a
great invention, they are an inspiration, utilising
the the principl&hof
natural laws, and confirming to the conceptions
of man the perfections of the Divine in:
telligence in his works. In a few weeks the
r public will have an opportunity of seeing in
. operation in Philadelphia a promether of the
, power of fifty horses, which is now nearly
ready for exhibition."
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YORKVILLE, S. C.!
! THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 22, 1877.
THE PRESIDENTIAL QUESTION.
1 According to the latest advices from Washington,
there will be no factious opposition
| to the action of the majority of the Electoral
Commission. The Western Democrats are
i reported as hostile to the decisions so far
made, and disposed to evince their hostility
i hv rafuflin? further narticiDation in the pro
"~V D r 1
ceedings of the Commission, and to repudiate
the decision when made. This policy, bowever,
has been opposed by the Southern Democrats,
and will probably not prevail. The foli
lowing resolution was adopted by the Democratic
caucus of the House and Senate on
> Saturday night, and its publication author1
ized:
! Resolved, That the count of the electoral
vote shall proceed without dilatory opposition
to the orderly execution of the act of Congress
creating the Electoral Commission,
whose decision shall be received and acted
[ upon in accordance with the provisions of the
said law; but this resolution is accompanied
1 with the Bolemn and earnest protest of the
Democratic party against the gross and the
shameless violations of law, justice and truth
contained in the decisions of the majority who
signed the same in the cases of Florida and
Louisiana.
The resolution adopted was a substitute offered
by Mr. Reagan, of Texas, to the one
already before the caucus, the text of which
has not transpired. The protest was in the
shape of an amendment offered by Bright, of
Tennessee. The vote was 69 to 40.
On the same subject, the Atlanta Constitution
has the following special dispatch from
Washington:
To-day's decision settles the Presidential
question for Hayes, so far as the Electoral
Commission can settle it. The only hope of
the Democrats now is to filibuster in the
House, and Btave off the completion of the
count until the 4th of March, then elect Til
den and inaugurate. The chances are that
this will not be done. There is intense and
1 noisy indignation to-night, but very little
; purpose in it. The men who are nearest to
Tilden declare the House will elect Tilden
1 and inaugurate him; but there is strong opposition
to such a course among the party leaders,
and especially those from the South.
The country has been depending on the Commission,
and it is too late now to rouse them
1 to a revolution, which would certainly be the
result of an attempt to inaugurate Tilden by
order of the Housa There seems to be no
alternative but to take Hayes for four years.
proceeding's "of congress.
In the Senate on the 13th, Patterson, of
1 South Carolina, presented the credentials of
D. T. Corbin, claiming to have been elected
United States Senator from the State of South
Carolina for the term of six years from March
i 4th, 1877. The credentials were signed by
' D. H. Chamberlain as Governor of South
I Carolina. They were read and placed on file,
no objection being made to their reception.
The political disabilities of Reuben Davis,
of Mississippi, were removed. The arrest of,
Conrad A. Jourdan, a bank cashier, was or-1
dered, for refusing to produce Tilden's,
Pelton's and Hewitt's bank accounts. In
the House, the journal of Thursday, February
1st, was read as the regular daily order
at 10 o'clock. The House was engaged all
day in debate on the report of t! i Florida
Investigating Committee?the majority report,
declaring the Tilden electors to have
been duly elected and the minority the Hayes
electors. There was but little interest in the
debate until Mr. Purman (Republican,) of
Florida rose, and after censuring his party
associates in the North for indifference which
they had shown to the result of the election
in the South, and for the blunder it had
made in refusing to admit Pinchback into the
United States Senate as a Senator from Lou*
isiana, he declared that though a staunch Republican,
he felt it his duty to say that the
Tilden electors had been duly elected in Florida,
and he characterized the Canvassing
Board of that State as a bold, unscrupulous,
fraudulent body. The speech elicited much
applause from the Democrats, who gathered
around him and paid close attention to his remarks.
With the understanding that a vote
should be taken to-morrow upon the resolu
tionsof the committee, the House took a recess
till ten to-morrow.
In the Senate on the 14th, the bill appropriating
a quarter of a million for the building
of a National Museum on Smithsonian
Square, was reported on favorably. The bill
removing tbe political disabilities of Gen.
Joseph E. Johnston passed. A number of
petitions were presented. Dorsey introduced
the compromise of the Texas Pacific Railroad
bill, already pending on the House calendar.
The amendment to this bill that tbe $750,000
paid to the sinking fund shall be an addition
instead of in lieu of other payments, was
adopted by 22 to 10, without completing the
bill. The deficiency appropriation bill was
passed. Amendments were made by the Senate
to the legislative appropriation bill to restore
the salaries of last year, and to appropriate
one half a million dollars to pay judgments
in the court of claims. In the House
the resolution of the majority of the committee
on the election in Florida, declaring the
Tilden electors to have been elected in Florida,
was adopted by a party vote, with the ex
ception of Purman, of Florida, who voted
with the Democrats.
Id the Senate on the 15th, the pensions
committee reported adversely on the bill to
increase the pension of the widow of Col.
Fletcher Webster, son of Daniel Webster.
The Pacific Railroad bill was laid aside. The
naval appropriation bill, with still further re,
duction on the last bill, was passed. In the
House, a bill was passed, removing the politi
ical disabilities of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston,
of Virginia. The naval appropriation bill
i passed, with an amendment providing for the
1 appointment of a commission to decide upon
i the future naval policy of the United States.
In the Senate, on the 16th, Mr. Logan, of
! Illinois, moved to take up the Senate bill for
the issue of silver coin and to make the silver
dollar a legal tender, being the bill intro1
duced by him in August last. Mr. Morrill,
of Vermont, opposed the motion on account
of the absence of the Chairman-of the Committee
on Finance, Mr. Sherman, and said
there ha^a^^keen akind of understanding
I that the not^h^considered until
' I after the yof the
should be made. Daring the discussion, Mr.
Bogy, a member of the Silver Commission,
said the report of that commission had been
completed and wonld have been submitted to
the Senate had there not been a difficulty in
having it printed. He hoped it would be
printed and submitted to the Senate in a few
days. After discussion, Mr. Logan moved
to make the bill the special order for Monday
next, at 1 o'clock, p. m. Agreed to
without a division. In the House bills were
passed removing the political disabilities of
several persons.
In the Senate, on the 17th, Mr. Kelly, of
Oregon, made a personal explanation in regard
to the telegrams before the committee
on privileges aud elections, charging him
with being engaged in an attempt to buy a
Republican elector iu Oregon, and said he
had no knowledge of any Buch telegram. In
the House, Lamar offered a resolution directing
the Clerk of the House to - inform the
Senate that it would, at 11 o'clock Monday,
be ready to receive that body for the purpose
of continuing with the counting of the votes.
Adopted by yeas, 152; nays, 111. The
House then took a recess until Monday at 10
o'clock.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
?Eight hundred and five colored tax-pay
ere in Bare well county, have paid the ten per
cent, contribution to the Hampton tax.
? Judge Mackey has issued an order enjoining
the couuty auditor and treasurer of
Lancaster county, from proceeding in the collection
of the Chamberlain tax.
? Jones M. Williams, Democratic State
Senator for Barnwell County, died at his residence
in that county on the 14th instant, after
a short illness.
? John R. Cochran, State Senator from
Anderson county, was tried in Columbia, before
Judge Carpenter, last week, on the charge
of killing James Dent in that city some time
ago. After being absent from the court room
for about fifteen minutes, the jury returned
and reported a verdict of not guilty.
? The Newberry Herald says that Sheriff
Uarrington, of that county, wno recently refused
to recognize a commitment from one of
the trial justices appointed by Governor
Hampton, subsequently changed his mind,
and the prisoner was placed in jail to serve
out his sentence.
? Governor Hampton has made the following
appointments and removals of trial justices
in Union county: David Johnson, vice
J. A. Cummings, removed; 3. Stokes, B. B.
Foster, Thos. M. Littlejobn, vice J. L. Strain;
Thomas Conner, vice D. D. Goings, removed;
T. J. Orr, vice L. T. Littlejohn, removed;
Jasper Gibbes, vice J. H. Williams, removed;
Wm. Norman, vice John Ray, removed.
? Governor Hampton has commissioned
the following officers of militia in Charleston:
Of the battalion of Carolina Rifle Club,
Major, C. Irvine Walker; Captains, Thomas
FroBt, Jr., aod W. St. Julien Jervey; First
Lieutenants, James P. Lessesne and Charles
R. Holmes; Second Lieutenants, H. T. Williams,
G. S. Coffin, Arthur Mazyck and Cbas.
R. Volk.
? Mr. W. E. Purvis, was tried in Darlington
last week, on the charge of assassinatiug
Alfred Rush, an ex-member of the legisla
ture, in that county, in May of last year. The
trial consumed two days and resulted in the
acquittal of Purvis. The defense clearly
demonstrated, even from the evidence of the
prosecution, that he could not have committed
the deed. The murder is still shrouded
in mystery.
? Recently, at Hamburg, a difficulty occurred
between Moses Sullivan, an Augusta
negro, and George Williams and Ed. Ivory,
both colored, in which Sullivan was instantly
killed, and Ivory shot through the arm.
The origin of the difficulty was a dispute
about marking another negro's shirt bosom
with a lead pencil. Sullivan had been employed
by the City Council of Augusta as a
secret detective, and at the time of his death
was employed in working up a cotton stealing
case for the South Carolina Railroad.
? The Union Times of last week furnishes
[ the following facts in regard to a murder
which was committed near Jonesville, in that
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county, on tne mil lusiain,, uy a uuiureu iuau
named Waites Gist, upon the body of his aged
grand mother. Waites says the Lord commanded
him to kill his "granny," so he built
up a large fire in the fire-place, took the axe
and "chopped her head in two," and then put
her on the fire, where she was found by a
brother of Waites. The murderer was arrested
and lodged in jail. He was heretofore an
inmate of the lunatic asylum, and is undoubtedly
insane. At times be appears as unconcerned
about the horrid crime, as if be had
only killed a mad-dog. At other times he
evinces intense anguish for the crime he has
committed.
? In the Supreme Court, on Friday last,
the report was filed of Mr. W. A. Clark, the
referee in the cose ot inaa otepnens cutas
Tilda Norris, the convict in the State Penitentiary
who was pardoned by Gov. Hampton,
and whom Superintendent Parraele refused
to release. The Court was occupied all
day hearing the argument of Messrs. Maxwell
and Cavender in the case. The Court
then adjourned to Tuesday last, wheu Gen.
Conner and Elliott were to be heard and the
case probably closed. This adjournment to
Tuesday was had because Chief Justice Moses
declared himself unable to hold protracted
sessions, and because of sickness in his
family requiring his presence at home. He
desired to hear all the arguments, and preferred
an adjournment until Tuesday to allow
of his return. The New and Courier correspondent
says: "It is but justice to him to say
that he has evidently beeu laboring under serious
physical weakness throughout the recent
attendance on the proceedings of bis
court."
? David Spry, colored, was tried in Columbia
last week on the charge of stealing one
thousand dollars from ex-Senator Owens, of
Laurens. The trial resulted in a conviction,
and the sentence of the accused to the penitentiary
for five years. The prisoner sobbed
audibly when he heard the sentence, which
the judge said was made so severe in consequence
of the prisoner adding peijury to his
other offense. When removed from the dock
he burst into tears and cried aloud, disturbing
the proceedings of the court. When the
sheriff went to remove him he drew forth a
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pocket koire ana cm uis uiruui, me umuu
flowing out copiously upon his white shirt
collar. The sheriff announced that the prisoner
had cut his throat, which created considerable
commotion in the court room. The
I judge ordered him to he removed, when he
was taken to the jury room. It was found
that he had cut his throat on both sides. The
wounds are not deep. The one on the left
side is about four inches, and that on the right
about three inches in length. Dr. Taylor was
sent for and sewed up the wounds. While
the surgeon was preparing to sew up the
gashes on the throat, he again attempted to
destroy himself by throwing himself from the
XiOOAXt A77AIRS.
HEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Notioe to
Creditors of Isaac Spencer, deceased.
Mrs. C. Craven?Bakery.
Weed Sewing Machine Company.
John C. Kuykendal?'Vital Air?Attention Farmers?Some
particulars?The 300 Pounds.
H. F. Adickes?A Revolutionary Onslaught?
Shoes-7-Motto Frames?Books?Stationery.
Kennedy Bros. A Barron?Rice Flour?Only 25
Cents?Buckets?To Our Friends?Wooden
Ware?Irish Potatoes?In Stock.
John J. Smith?Cheap Grocery Store?Groceries.
J. M. Adams?Manufacturer, &?-?Repairing
Stoves?Guttering?Beeswax and Rags, j
Fiancis D. Hillson?Hampton's Pictures?Looking
Glasses?Pictures Framed. , /
THE HAMPTON TAX.
Up to laBt TuMday evening, the special
agent for receiving the Hampton contribution
in York county had received the sum of
$4,872.00, paid in by 1,289 tax-payers.
INCENDIARY FIRE.
On Tuesday night of last week, the barn
arid stables of J. Wilson Marshall, near Fort
Mill, in this county, were destroyed by fire?
supposed to be the work of an incendiary.
Besides the buildings and forage destroyed,
there were also burnt 4 mules, 2 horses, several
colts and cows and hogs.
WINN8BORO NEWS AND HERALD.
Mr. R. Means Davis, who for the past year
ha* been one of the editors of the Charleston
News and Courier, has returned to Winnsboro
and assumed chief editorial management
of the Winnaboro News and Herald. The
iVuuw and Herald \e nour under the control of
Mr. Davis aud Mr. John 8. Reynolds, both of
whom were formerly professors in King's
Mountain Military School, of this place.
Each of these gentlemen are writers of unusual
ability and will make their paper second
to none in the State.
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VftPTH r AROT.fNi NFWS.
? Judge Settle toil] remove to Florida in
time to hold his first Court early in March.
? The survey of the Mt. Airy and Greensboro
Narrow Gauge Railroad is progressing.
? Revenue officers report to Washington
that they have recently captured 27 copper
stills and 8 distilleries in Yadkin county.
? Three cases of infanticide were disposed
of at the recent term of Randolph Superior
Court.
? Rev. C. F. Deems, pastor of the Church
of the Strangers, in New York city, is visiting
his native home near Wilmington.
? Major A. W. Burton, of Lincolnton,died
last week. He had held many offices of trust
in the State and was a man of fine intellect
and commanding presence.
| ? The State Grange has selected Greensboro
as its permanent place of meeting. A
building has been leased and will be fitted up
for the use of the Grange. #
? A special court was held in Greensboro,
last week. Judze Bond Dresidiner. for the pur
pose of confirming the sale of the Richmond
and Atlanta Air-Line Railroad. The road
was purchased by the bondholders for $1,600,000.
? Recognition of the Hampton government
by Governor Vance was made last week by
a communication from Governor Vance to
Governor Hampton, notifying him of the arrest
of Joshua Bellamy, charged with committing
a murder in Horry county, S. C., and
fleeing to the swamps of Robeson county.
? Governor Vance is in receipt of a letter
from the Secretary of War, demanding the
records of the office of the Adjutant-General
of that State for the years 1861 to 1865, inclusive.
Governor Vance has replied, refusing
to comply with the demand, in the
course of his reply referring to certain North
Carolina letter books now in possession of the
Federal Government to which he is not permitted
access, but which have been garbled
by designing men and used to his detriment.
? Davenport Female College, at Lenoir,
Caldwell county, was destroyed by fire on
Wednesday of last week. The fire originated
in the roof, near the observatory, from sparks
falling from the chimney, and was first observed
about 9 o'clock in the morning, and
two hours later the whole surroundings were
a mass of ruins. The whole loss is estimated
at from 820,000 to 825,000; no insurance.
The property was owned by the N. C. Conference
of the M. E. Church South, and the
school was directly under control of that
body.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
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tiasKcn on me aianu.
A. C. Haskell, Chairman of the Democratic
State Executive Committee of South
Carolina, was on the witness stand of the investigation
committee in Washington on
Wednesday of last week. He testified that
there was no insurrection or threatened disturbance
in South Carolina before or after the
late election, calling for the interposition of
troops. He saw Federal officers on guard in
the State House, inspecting certificates of
members of the Assembly. Officers of the
army took their instructions from and acted
under orders of 0. A. Jones, Clerk of the
House of Representatives. The Legislature
was organized by United States soldiers at the
instance of Chamberlain.
Attempt to Assassinate Packard.
On Thursday last, an attempt was made
to assassinate Packard, the Republican claimant
of the gubernatorial chair of Louisiana.
The would-be assassin is named Wm. H. Weldon
and claims to be a native of Philadelphia,
where his father, whom he says is a Lutheran
minister, now resides. _ Until recently, Weldon
has been employed in Mobile as a dry
goods clerk. He gained access to Packard's
^ ' t i 1P
office Dy representing mraseu as a newspaper
correspondent. Entering the room, he found
Packard seated at his desk talking to Judge
Boreman. Taking a vacant seat at Packard's
left, Weldon asked?"When can I see you ?"
Packard turned, and found a pistol pointed at
his head. He struck the pistol down, which
discharged, the ball taking effect in Packard's
right knee. Packard knocked Weldon down,
and several persons in the room drew their
pistols, one of which was fired at Weldon,
wounding him seriously, but not fatally.
Weldon was arraigned and pleaded guilty to
assaulting Packard with a deadly weapon.
He was regularly committed. The following
is given & a truthful sketch of Weldon's career
in the South:
Wm. H. Weldon was sent to Mobile last
October, recommended by a member ?f the
house of Claflin & Co., to take service with !
P. H. Pepper & Co., a wealthy dry goods
house. He was engaged by Mr. Pepper and
remained in his employ until about ten days !
since. Quitting his situation he took to drink-'
ing and probably, on that account, coupled !
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WILD & lime lUVtJ Lllfclll/tJl j uiu ouiuc itiiu liiiu^o.
Last Sunday he informed one of his acquain-1
tances that he was going to kill himself, .andthat
he had already secured a room at Man- j
pick's restaurant for that purpose. The last |
seen of Weldon at Pepper & Co.'s was on the ;
13th, at eleven, a. m., when he called in and :
received a settlement of his account. He j
then told the cashier good-bye, and on being
asked if he was going to remain here, he re-j
plied not, that he had something else on hand
and was about to leave the city. Those who !
know him in.Mobile say his resolution, if resolutiqfibtsas,
must have been taken over the
drin jting tatfle, and with those who happened I
with bim at the time. While in Mobile he "ai
told hie friends that his &ther was a Lutheran si
minister in Philadelphia. He was never su
known to take any part or interest in politios th
on one side or the other. Weldon's acquaintances
in Mobile are willing to swear that ot
Weldon has not been in a oondition of re- th
sponsibility for more than a month, and can to
prove this fact by other responsible parties. d<
Sooth Carolina Affairs at Washington. &
A Washington dispatch to the New
York Tribune, under date of the 18th, details ^
an interview had with President Grant, re- W|
garding South Carolina. The interviewer re- nj
ports the President as having said: sfa
"In South Carolina the contest had assum- ra
ed such a phase that the whole army of the of
United States would be inadequate to enforce
the authority of Governor Chamberlain. The ce
people of that State had resolved not to re- gi
sort to violence, but adopted a mode of resis- in
tance much more formidable and effective pi
than armed demonstration. They have re- tii
fused to pay their State taxes to Governor so
Chamberlain, and it would be useless to sell di
out their property as no one would buy it. tr
Unless Governor Chamberlain could compel rit
the collection of taxes, it would be utterly
useless for him to expect to maintain his au- oc
thority for any length of time. This state of 01
affaire must inevitably result in the abandon- pi
ment of all efforts by Governor Chamberlain
to maintain himself in the exercise of the io
gubernatorial functions of the State of South ce
Carolina."
Ou Tuesday, Representative Sayler made
his South Carolina report to the House. In
his report, he says: ,
"The present government, (Chamberlain's) 01
like its predecessor, has no power to protect
the people, and is so utterly weak that nofh- 0
ing but the moral power of the support of J*'
the general government keeps it in existence ,*
a single day. Take this wrongful support J
from Chamberlain's unlawful government, P
and it will quickly vanish like the dew before
thesuu, and will no longer disturb the peace
of an oppressed and long suffering people." ^
A delegation of Democratic Senators and ^
Representatives and prominent gentlemen (e
from Louisiana and South Carolina, called ga
upon the President on Tuesday, The impres- pi
sion prevails that it is the President's intention
to shift the solution of the questions pre- Wl
sented from these States to his successor,
------ sy
which, if the leaders can be believed, is toe ai
wish of both parties. fr
HERE-MENTION.
How much of the Hamptou contribution
did tbe editor of the Charleston Journal of 01
Commeroe pay ? The Legislature of Rhode
Island is endeavoring to make education 01
compulsory throughout the 8tate. It is
claimed that a bushel of corn will yield 27 rf,
pounds of good sugar, worth in the market ty
81.08. Gen. Gary says "the Democratic
squirrel was shot in the top of the tree and 86
has caught on every limb in falling." At ^
this writing Tilden has 184 votes, and Hayes Q[
184?nip and tuck. Who will get the odd
vote? Millions of young grasshoppers
are reported near Marietta, Ga. Investigation
seems to show that Gen. Babcock is ?t:
nnf a rlofailltpr At Dpftdwood. Dakota
Territory, reports of outrages lead to the be- jjj
lief that the Indians are surrounding that UI
vicinity with hostile intentions. Gens.
Ruger and Sherman have been summoned to
Washington to testify upon the use of troops M
in the South. The committee on appro- 10
priations of the House of Representatives ?
have voted $360,000 to pay mail contractors
in the South for services rendered before the f0
war. The Democratic counsel have
nearly completed their preparation of the con- sh
test over Oregon. They say they will win
there or utterly disgrace the Commission. *(
Si
Correspondence or the Yorkville Enquirer. 'a
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, February 19,1877. R
Our municipal authorities promise to be
more careful in the collection of town tax
than their predecessors. Heretofore a large te
number of persons, especially of the colored 'n
element, have utterly ignored the payment of to
their taxes. But the indications are that, 8*
with a continuance in this course of action,
they will he the losers and not the town. On
last Tuesday, a cow belonging to a colored sh
woman cas sold for non-payment of taxes. L
This is, doubtless, only the first evidence of yc
the determination of the present Council to id
sell property unless the taxes thereupon are vc
immediately forthcoming. Other sales will
probably soon follow. A close collection of j&
the taxes, and a rigid economy in the administration
of municipal affairs, will result in tt>
the reduction of the debt of our town. AU be
ready $237 of fractional currency, issued by tu
authority of previous "city fathers," have ?j
been withdrawn from circulation and destroyed,
and the good work will continue from at
the adoption of the policy of the present c&
Council. 8(>
Stealing prevails to n great extent in the 8a
county. It was quite recently that an ac- m
count was given of the perpetration of several
acts of robbery in the neighborhood of v'
Blackstocka. Mr. Nicholas Colvin, of Halsellville,
is a more recent sufTerer. A party
of thieves entered his smokehouse, and helped fu
themselves liberally to meat, flour and lard, th
Seven sides of bacon, forty pounds of lard,
and one hundred and fifty pounds of flour E
were carried away. The guilty parties are
unknown. For the past three years Mr. Col- fo
vin has suffered losses of a similar nature.
The penitentiary appears to have no terror pr
for thieves. Their depredations are carried sa
on as boldly as if there was no such institu- sh
tion in the land. Those that are convicted si<
aud pay the penalty of their crimes by serv- pi
ing a time in the penitentiary, are hardly at pi
home again when they enter upon the same tu
course of stealing. pi
No clue has yet been obtained to the dis- in
covery of the robbers of Mr. Stringfellow's in
Drug Store. They may go unwhipt of jus- tu
tice for a while, but the day for reckoning isl
will probably come.
On last Wednesday afternoon, Jake Reed, Bi
colored, broke open Mr. Ephraim Abell's
wheat house, and stole therefrom some wheat of
and a lot of plough molds. About the same eli
time he entered a uegro house on the same plan- th
tation, and carried off* a quantity of clothing to
and other things. Reed was brought to town so
Wednesday night and lodged in jail. Our Ri
jail is rapidly filling up, and at the present
rate, the Court of General Sessions, which lai
meets on the 3rd Monday of March, will have
its hands full of work. nv
On the 1st Monday in March, the following er
tracts of land will be sold by the Sheriff of to
Chester county : 190 acres, on the waters of all
Susybole, at the suit of Wm. A. Minter vb.
James Brown; 300 acres, on the waters of te<
Catawba river, at the suit of Alexander, Rob- ev
ison <fc Atkinson vs. W. W. Worthy; 160
acres, on the waters of Fishing creek, at the Ri
suit of Long, Sumrnerow <fe Co. vs. James
Reid ; 210 acres, on the waters of Sandy riv- tal
er, at the suit of J. J. McLure, administrator, vo
vs. Mrs. Mary A. Cook; and 44 acres, lying lit:
along the Chester and Lenoir Railroad,at the an
suit- of Nancy Ann Tims vs. W. I. Smith, yn
administrator. The house in town, once oc- TJ
cupied by Major James Pagan, will also be
sold, levied on as the property of W. L. Ea- th
son, of Charleston, at the suit of C. C. Macoy. th
J. K. Sloan, who was recently appointed ta
Trial Justice by Chamberlain, tried his first &&
case on Friday. The defendant in the action
was a colored woman, charged with assault M
and battery. She was found guilty and sen- th
tenced by the Court to confinement in the toi
county jail for several days. Sheriff Walker, sij
not acknowledging Chamberlain's right to ah
make any^appointments, refused to execute C?
the sentence pronounced by Sloan* ^nd the vo
woman wa^j discharged. There was some talk;
Dong the friend* of the women of arresting
id imprisoning Sloan for the wrong she bed
stained, but after obtaining legal advice
iev decided upon dropping the matter.
There were a number of blue men in town
t Saturday on receiving the information
at Louisiana had been given by the Elecral
Commission for Hayes. This act sounsd
the death-knell of their political hopes.
>me disagreed with Mr. Hewitt, and prerred
civil war to Hayes. Speculation was
fe respecting the action Hayes, would take
incoming our State affairs. The opinion
u generally entertained that if he recogzes
Chamberlain's claim to the Qovernortip,
the people will protest against the outgo,
and yield submission only at the point
' the bayonet
Rev. Dr. Meynardie preached a very exllent
sermon, last evening, to a large conegation
at the Methodist Church, on the
imortality of the soul. The sermhn was
incipally addressed to young men. Some
me was consumed in giving the proofs of the
ul's immortality. This able and eloquent
vine then applied this truth in showing its
ue effect to be an incentive to a life of pu^w
on/1 krilinoao -
for. A. P. Wyiie, of oor town, was dangerisly
ill, last week, of pnuemonia. He is
ider the care of Dr. J. A Watson, who now
enounces him a great deal better.
Major Julias Mills, the agent for collectg
the Hampton tax at this place, has reived
about $3,500 up to this time.
Qui.
Chester, Feb. 20,1877.
The alarm of fire was sounded about 10
clock last evening, and was attended by the
oal excitement on such occasions. The unrtunate
sufferer was Malacbi Grayson, coled,
whose house, located within a short diance
of our Cemetery, was entirely consumed
r fire. An incendiary, it is believed, apied
the torch, for frequent attempts have
sen made of late to fire the bnilding. Grayn
was a pronounced Democrat, worked for
e success of the Democratic cause, and for
is reason probably excited the wrath of
me Radical of bis own color to such an exnt
as to move him to resort to the torch for
lisiaction. inn is me most tuuioinciury ?*
anation of the origin of the fire. Grayson
id recently bought the lot and house, which
is burnt, and it was his intention to take
>68ession of it in a short time, He has the
mpathies of the whites in bia misfortune,
id will in all probability obtain assistance
om them with a view to rebuilding. Qui.
THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION.
After consuming several days in argument,
i Saturday last the Electoral Commission,
j a vote of eight to seven, decided that no
ridence can be received in the Louisiana
ise except the electoral certificates. Nuerous
propositions were made to take vaDU8
kinds of evidence, but all were rejected
r a vote of eight to seven.
Commissioner Payne moved to allow coon*:
1 one hour's time, but counsel declined, and
e Commission resumed its secret session.
The following are the resolutions acted upi
by the Commission:
Mr. Hoar submitted the following:
Ordered that the evidence be not received.
Mr. Abbott offered the following as a subitute:
Boohed, That evidence be received to show
at so much of the act of Louisiana estabihing
the Returning Board for that State is
lconstitutional, and the acts of the said Renting
Board are void.
The vote upon it was as follows: Yeas,
essrs. Abbott, Bayard, Clifford, Field, Hunn,
Payne and Thurman?7. Nays, Messrs.
radley, Edmunds, Frelinghuysen, Garfield,
oar, Miller, Morton and Strong?8.
Mr. Abbott ottered anotner suosuiuie, as
Hows:
Resolved, That evidence will be received to
ow that the Returning Bcaod of Louiaiana,
the time of canvassing and compiling the
>te of that State at the last election in that
ate, was not legally constituted under the
w establishing it, in this?that it was com?ed
of four persons of one political party
stead of four persons of different parties,
ejected by the same vote.
Mr. Abbott then offered anotber substitute:
Resolved, That the Commission will receive
stimony on the subject of the frauds alleged
the specification of counsel for the electors
certificates one and three. Rejected by the
.me vote.
Mr. Abbott then offered a fourth substitute:
Resolved, That the testimony tending to
ow that the so-called Returning Board of
ouisiana bad no jurisdiction to canvass the
?te for electors for President and Vice-Present
is admissible. Rejected t>y the same
>te.
Mr. Abbott offered a fifth, which was rested
by the same vote, which was as follows:
Resolved, That evidence is admissible that
e statements and affidavits purporting to
ive been made and forwarded to said Renting
Board in pursuance of the provisions
section 26 of election laws of 1872, alleging
at, intimidation at and near certain polls
* *-i? j
id id certain panacea, were iaiae auu iaunited,
and forged by certain disreputable perns
under the direction and knowledge of the
id Returning Board, knowing the said stateents
and affidavits to be false and forged,
id that none of such statements and affidats
were made in the manner or form or
ithin the time required by law, and knowgly,
willfully and fraudulently fail and rose
to canvass or compile more than ten
ousand votes cast, as is shown by the stateent
of the votes of the Commissioners of
lection.
Mr. Hunton offered a sixth substitute, as
llows:
Resolved, That evidence be received to
ove that the votes cast and given at the
id election on the 7th of November last, as
own by the returns made by the Commismere
of Election for said polls and voting
aces in said State, have never beep cornled
nor canvassed, and that the said Kerning
Board never even pretended to comle
or canvass the returns by the said Cclmissionere
of Election, but thpt said Returng
Board only pretended to cauvass the rerns
made by the State Supervisors of Regcation.
Rejected by the same vote.
A seventh substitute was offered by Mr.
ayard, as follows:
Resolved, That no person holding an office
trust or proflt under the United States is
igible to be appointed an elector, and that
is Commission will receive evidence tending
prove such ineligibility as offered by coun
1 for objectors to certificates Nos. 1 and 3.
ejected by the same vote.
Mr. Justice Field offered the eighth and
jt substitute, as follows:
Resolved, That in the opinion of the Com*
ission, evidence is admissible upon the seval
matters which the couusel for objectors
Nos. 1 and 3 offered to prove. This was
so rejected by the same vote.
The question on the origiual order submit*
i by Mr. Hoar came up, viz.: That the
idence offered be not received.
Mr. Payne moved to strike out the "Not"
ejected by the same vote.
The vote on the origiual order was then
ken and it was adopted by the following
te: Yeas, Messrs. Bradley, Edmunds, Freighuysen,
Garfield, Hoar, Miller, Morton
d Strong?8. Nays, Messrs. Abbott, Bard,
Clifford, Field, Hunton, Payne and
lurraan?7.
After this conclusion bad been reached by
e Commission, counsel were admitted and
e above resolutions were read by the Secrery.
The Commission then went into secret
wion.
Immediately after the doors were closed,
r. Morton submitted a resolution declaring
at the votes of Hayee and Wheeler eiecrs
of Louisiana should be counted, and asking
reasons therefor, which are understood
k> to cover the case of Oregon and South
irolina. His resolution was adopted by a
te of 8 to 7.
Justices Miller and Bradley and Bepresen
tative Abbott were theh appointed a committee
to draft a report for presentation to Congress,
and at 6:15 topic a recess to 7 o'clock.
i The Commission ddjourned without removing
tlie pledge of storety. Nothing farther
transpired. Y ' v
The following ie Morton's resolution: r,
Resolved, That tbh persons named as ilk- S
tors in certificate number one were the laWul
electors of the State ,of Louisiana, and tfikt
their votes are the vd(6a provided for by the
Constitution of the. United States and should
be counted for President and Vice President.
Justice-Field then moved that an hour be
allowed to counsel on either side for farther
argument. V
Mr. Garfield said that ufe time allofred by
the original order bad beetleshausted, and
he objected to a further extension.
Mr. Morton suggested that counsel be consulted
about the subject. He wcpold vote
against the motion, unless counsel desired it,
Mr. Evarts expressed a willingness to^teij^0
case stand as it now stood. Judge Campbell"^,
said that as the Commission bad exclndea the
evidence, they had nothing to add to the argument
at present.
On motion of Mr. .Hoar the doors were
then closed, and the Commission resumed its
secret session. The Commission remained in
session until 8:57, p. m., when, on motion, of
Mr. Edmunds, an adjournment to 4, p. to.,
to-morrow was ordered.
The report has been signed by the eight,
and will be presented to the joint session tomorrow.
THE FORMAL REPORT. <
The report is to-the following effect: The
Electoral Commission having received certain
certificates and papers purporting to be ^certificates
and papers accompanying the same
of the electoral vote of the 8tate of Louisiana
and the objections thereto,, report that
it has duly considered the same and has de- w
cided and does hereby decide that. the votes ' V
of William Pitt. Kellogg, 0. H. Brewster,
Ac., named in the certificate of William Pitt |]
Kellogg, Governor of said 8tate, which votes are
oertified by said person as appears by the
oertileates sobmitted to the. Commission as
aforesaid, and marked number one by said
Commission and herewith returned, are the Wt
votes provided for by the Constitution of the
United Spates and that the same are lawfully
to' becounted as herein oertified, namely:
X?:_ .ntiu f,\m RntKarfnrH R.- of the
-LilgUb TUWO ?V> MH*MVr?wa? ^, ^
State of Ohio, for President, and .eight vofces
for William A. Wheeler, of $ew.yark,?for
Vice-President. The Commission also decides
and reports , that, the eight persons first
named were duly appointed, elected in and
by said'State of Looiriana.
The ground of that decision, stated briefly,
is substantially as>follows: That it is not competent
to go into evidence aliunde as to the papers
opened by the President of the 8eq?0fcin
the presence of the two Houses, to pwfe thf t
other persons than those regularly certified
by the Governor of the State of Louisiana, in
and according to the determination and declaration
of their appointment* In other- words, ^
to go behind the ,cer ti fica to of .the 'Governor ':j?
so far as it is founded upoothe. action of the %
Returning Board. The Commission, could
not receive any evidence to show that any
elector was inelligible on the 7th of Novem- jgjf?
ber, the day of the election, on the ground Jlgi
that it was not essential to thoto who was ineligible
on thai day, oo long as he wot eligible on
the day when he cad hi* vote in $e Electoral
College, and the fact appears that the alleged
ineligible electors, Brewster and Levisee, were
chosen to fill vacancies caospd by their own
absence from the college. aira 'tber&was no allegation
of ineligibility when: they cast their
vote.
On Monday the Senate entered the House
>11 A Ht ..turn
OI AepruKuwuvco >1 u uiw#t
the decision of the Commission was delivered.
Mr. Gibson presented a remonstrance signed
by all life Democrats, Tt: recites the proof
proposed by the Democratic counsel and the
proceedings of the Commission with-full details.
When the reading Was concluded, the
two Houses separated until 4 o'clock, P. M.,
when the Senate returned to the hail of the
House. The presiding officer then handed
to the tellers the decision of the Electoral
Commission giving the votes of Lpiftuaoa to
Hayes and Wheeler, and aaked if there were
objections to the decision. ?
Gibson, of Louisiana, presented an objec- tion,
signed by nearly all the Democratic
Senators and Representatives. Other objections
were submitted by Senator Wallace, of
Pennsylvania, and by Representative Cochran,
of Pennsylvania. These having been
read, the Senate retired, and the House,:, on
motion of Mr. Wood, of New York, .took a
recess until 10 o'clock Tuesday.
When the Senate returned from the House,
Sherman submitted a resolution that the decision
of the Electoral Commission upon the
electoral vote of the State of-Louisiana'siand
u the judgment of the Senate, the objections
made thereto to the contrary notwithstanding.
Mr. Keroan submitted a substitute that
the votes purporting to be the electoral votes
for President and Vice President and which
were given by Kellogg, Bnrch and' others
(Republicans) claiming to be electors fbir the
State of Louisiana, be not counted, the decision
of the Commission to the contrary notwithstanding.
Mr. Tburman, of Ohio, spoke
in favor of the substitute, and Morton followed
in support of the action of the Commia- sion.
Mr. Bayard, of Delaware, spoke expressing
his disappointment at the fhihtre of
the Commission to meet the expectations of
theoountry, after which a vote was taken J
and Sherman's resolution was adopted by a
strict party, vote of 41 to 28. 1
No further progress in the agfunt was made J
on Monday. ; > fl
tvuvdvivw with Trrncp vinrw fl
Columbia, S. C., February 13.?Judge % 1
J. Mackey, who recently visited Gov. Hayes,
has been creating a lively sensation through*
out the upper portion of the 8tate by preparing
the people in a series of addresses for the
inauguration of Hayes as President, r The
Judge, a few days ago, decided that Hasstptou
was .the legally elected and qualifiedj3overnor
of the State, in the .case of a prisoner
pardoned by the distinguished Democratic
claimant for the office. Judge Mackey arrited
here to-day; and as his ntteranees have
attracted such general attention, be was called
upon by the Herald correspondent to whom
he freely expressed his views. He saidt
"I regard it as an absolute verity that
Hayes will be declared President. I have no
doubt that the electoral commission will hbld
that the votes of Louisiana and Oregon must ^
be counted for tlayes. I regard the position *3
of the Republicans as to both of these 8tates
as perfectly impregnable. The statute which
creates the returning board in Louisiana, and
defines its powers and duties, virtually vasts 1
it with the authority to appoint the Presiden- y
tial electors by conferring upon it the power .
to revise the returns and to reject or expunge
majorities which in their judgment were obtained
through intimidation. The constitution
of the United States provides that the
Presidential electors shall be appointed..in
such manner as the Legislatures of the several
States shall direct, and the power of appointment
in Louisiana has practically been
delegated to the returning board. This may
be dangerous law, but it is nevertheless law,
and the decision of the returning board must
be regarded as tbe judgment of the court of j
last resort upon the queatioo as to who fere \
duly elected Presidential electors.
"The Oregon problem will be solved by
the application of familiar legal principles.
Tbe statute there provides that the college of
electors shall (ill all vacancies. This means,
in law, that the majority shall exercise the
power, and negatives the idea that in a col*
lege actually composed of three persons present,
one of them should ' segregate himself ^
and proceed to disfranchise the other two, by
declaring their seats vacant and pretending to 4
elect two others, in their stead. This would
be alike contrary to law and right reason,
and would be, in fact, reversing the oMer of
nature by making the tail wag the dog instead
of the dog wagging tbe tail. r
"I believe that Hayes, as President, will
I