Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, May 17, 1877, Image 2
Sf\traps and Jarts. i
? The work of grading the narrow gauge ;
railroad to connect Milton, N. C., with Suth-1
erlin, Va., was commenced on the 9th instant. |
? Tim Hurley has made an application to ,
the City Council of Charleston for the use of j
the Almhouse, in that city, for the purpose of
eitablishing a cotton factory, for the manufacture
of cloths, etc.
? On Thursday last, there was a grand celebration
in Philadelphia, at the opening of the
permanent exhibition building. Fifty thousand
persons were present, among whom were
President Hayes, Ex-President Grant and
several members of the Cabinet.
? Southwest Texas is filled with a flourishing
German population. It is said that the
inhabitants of the State have doubled their
numbers since 1870; that they now number
2,000,000, and that, if a census were taken,
they would be entitled to an increase of ten
votes in the Electoral College.
? Ex-Governor Seymour, of New York, says
that there is more nutritious food on an acre
of water well stocked with fish, than in the
best wheat-crrowiner farm in the State. The
ex-Governor has held the plow, figuratively
speaking, for some years, and is one of the
Fish Commissioners of that State, and so he
doubtless knows whereof he speaks.
? The Southern Baptist Convention met at
New Orleans on Thursday last. The following
officers were elected : James P. Boyce, D.
D., of Kentucky, president; James C. Furman,
D. D., of S. C., T. G. Jones, D. D., of
Tennessee, W. C. Crane, D. D.t of Texas, and
T. J. Evans, of Virginia, vice-presidents; W.
E. Tanner, of Virginia, and O. F. Gregory, of
Alabama, secretaries.
? Says the Salisbury, N. C., Watchman: W.
A. Posten was tried this week before His Honor
Judge Kerr, for abusing and mistreating his
wife. Mr. Posten is worth about $20,000.
His Honor let Posten oflf very light, only
fining him $300, and imprisoning him for 6
months, and making him give a $1,500 bond
for his good behavior for 12 months, at the
end of which time he is to show to the Court
that he has faithfully kept said bond.
? In 1862, aged 70, Mr. Irving Stallings,
of Franklin, N. C., was found dead in his field,
sitting by a tree. There were no signs of violence
and no murder was suspected. Four
of his own negroes murdered him by smothering,
a bed quilt having been used for the
purpose. He was robbed of $500. The mur*
v 1 iL. 1
aerers are iiviDg, ana me iruiu uas uuiue iu
light through a feud that now exists among
them.
? There are in the United States 749 daily
newspapers, 60 tri-weekly, 112 semi-weekly,
6,272 weekly, and 118 serai-monthly, 724
monthly, 60 quarterly, and 14 bi-monthly periodicals;
the total being 8,119. In proportion
to the population, according to the last
national census, the far away State of Nebraska
has the greatest number of periodicals,
and Alabama the least, the former having
one to every 1,078 inhabitants, and the latter
one to every 12,000.
? A correspondent writes to the Raleigh, N.
C., Observer, concerning Yancey county, as follows
: The mica business is the biggest thing
in Yancey. Thousands of dollars worth of
mica are sent to market every year. Mr. G.
D. Ray owns perhaps the most valuable mica
mine in the world. Money is plenty in
Yancey, but Lord have mercy on the poor
fool of a stranger who tries to get any of it.
People in Yancey seldom die. I know a
family in that county of twelve, the youngest
of whom is 72 years of age?all living.
? The river Danube, for the last six hundred
miles of its course, varies in width from
not more than six hundred feet at the Iron
.l. n ** 4.
Urates oi me uarpatnmu luuuuiums, iu nuuui
three miles at the broadest part of its lower
waters. As modern artillery can throw missiles
from one bank to the other with the utmost
ease, one can readily understand the
character of the many "bombardments" which
are reported at various places on the river.
These amount, thus far, to nothing more than
noisy artillery duels that have but little more
bearing on the movements and plans of the
armies, than the thunder that attends a summer's
shower.
? Speaking of progress on the Spartanburg
and Asheville Railroad, the Charlotte Observer
says: Mr. R. Y. McAden, one of the
largest stockholders in the Spartanburg and
Asheville Railroad, recently returned from a
visit to the point where the convicts are at
work grading the road. He states that the
work is progressing with rapidity. They
have about one hundred and twenty-five convicts
from the penitentiary at work, with others
hired from several counties. He states
that the experiment of working convict labor
is daily growing more satisfactory, and that
barring the expense of guarding them, they
are preferable to hired labor. By the 10th
of June, trains will be running within ntteen
miles of Henderson.
? The timber lands of the South will, within
the next ten years, become a valuable property.
It is estimated that the lower peninsula
of Michigan, once called the timber reserve
of the continent, will be denuded in ten
years. The destruction of the forests all over
the North is terrible; and James Little, of
Montreal, well known as an authority in these
maters, has recently published a declaration
that in Canada, "the whole Ottaway Valley
could not, to-day, furnish as much pine as
would supply the present consumption of
sawed lumber in the United States for ten
months." The young men of to-day will see
the forest lands of the South become as rich a
possession as the cotton lands; and they may
possibly see lumber become as much of an industry
in the Rocky Mountains as gold mining.
? Movements in Europe are cautious and
deliberate. A trial of strength on a large
scale is not thought likely for some time yet.
The lowlands of Roumania and the Dorbrudia
are still too wet for extensive military movements
; and the latter region has but a single
road, which leads from a point opposite Galatz
. ?J:- t>l_.1. O U ?
lO rvusieuuje, uu tue ujucfc. oca. ucuvc tuc
attempt to cross the Danube is at present restricted
to that part of the river which the
Turks hold in force and can best defend. In
Asia, things are more lively, and the Russian
military plan is'already developed with tolerable
clearness. Erzeroum, the capital, is the
objective point, toward which the three divisions
of the invading army are rapidly converging.
Bardiz, where the telegrams locate
the Turkish General, Moukhtar Pasha, is
about thirty miles southwest of Kars and on
the direct road to Erzeroum.
? The dog show which opened in Gilmore's
Garden, New York, on Tuesday, last is an interesting
affair. A large number of highbred
canine pets are exhibited, and a number
have been imported from abroad for exhibition.
Five mastiffs are valued at 85,000.
They are magnificent animals, fawn-colored,
black-muzzled and average in weight 120
pounds. No such a lot of these animals has
ever been seen in America. A great variety
of pet dogs are shown. One Skye, valued at
a fabulous price, is placed in a glass case.
The exhibition is not gotten up by dog-fighters,
rat-killers or fanciere, and more interest is
taken in it by Fifth avenue than by Baxter
street. A person ignorant of dogs or their
uses, will interest himself in trie aeer-nounus
bred from her Majesty Victoria's kennel,
which are worth $500 each. So with the highpriced
mastiffs ? one is worth $2,500; so with
Rover, the typical Irish setter, the property of
the Rev. J. Gumming Macdona, who fixed
his price at $50,000 in order to avoid a purchaser,
as his stock is rare. Such a dog as
Rover has a pedigree as long as that of Vere
de Vere, and in him every excellence and
trait of the breed are centred. Sleaford and
Sensation, pointers ; Pride of the Border, Lou,
Leicester, Plunkett. setters, among others, are
similar types, and are equally valuable. Dogbreeding
is just getting out of its infancy in
this country, and it is not often, except in the
case of imported dogs, that more than $1,000
are paid for an animal for either sporting or
breeding purposes; but in England a fai:
price tor a sporting dog is $500, and the pric<
often runs up to $1,200 even for dogs for sport
ing purposes alone, as it costs from $100 t(
$200 to "break" a dog to suit a first-class Eng
lish sportsman ; while instances are not ran
in which as high as $5,000 have been paic
for a dog; and in the case of the greyhounc
Master McGrath, a Waterloo cup winner
Lord Lurgau, refused $12,000 for him.
Ike fforMle #tttjuircr.
YORKVILLE, S, C.:
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 17, 1877
FENCE LAW, AGAIN.
Oar readers are aware that a bill, the pur
port of which is to change the fence law o
the State, is now before the Legislature
Whether this bill will become a law or not
we are not able to say positively. The prob
ability is that it will. The change which ii
proposed to be made by this bill, is to requiri
every owner of stock to keep them enclosed
The crops may be enclosed with a fence oi
left without one, just as the owner may see fit
The bill provides that before it becomes bind
ing?even should it be enacted by the Legis
lature?it must be submitted to the people foi
their approval or disapproval. Such beinj
the provisions of this bill, it is the duty o
every individual in the country to give thii
matter his serious attention. The subjec
should be considered in all its bearings?it
all its advantages and disadvantages. Tha
a change must, at some time, be made in tin
fence law of the State, seems to be a foregom
conclusion. The only question to be decidec
is whether the near future is the proper tim<
or not.
That a change in the fence law of the Stab
would be attended with no disadvantages, i:
more than any practical man would say. It
every change there is some inconveniencesome
loss?some disadvantage. This, how
ever, is not the question which the proposer
change in the fence law brings before the peo
pie of the State. The question to be solvec
is, will the advantages be greater than th<
disadvantages?
In thinking over the subject, every on<
should ask himself the question: "Am I t(
be deprived of any of my rights by the pro
posed change?" The answer to this questior
is easily given. Most positively, the right
of no citizen will be infringed upon. A1
that every citizen will be required to do, ii
simply to keep his stock from destroying hii
neighbors' crops. The law, indirectly, re
quires this of him now. The proposed chang(
in the law contemplates doing the very iden
tical thing that is done now, but doing it in *
different way. The law now enjoins it upor
every farmer to fence his crop with a lawfu
fence. The object this law has in view, is t(
protect both the crops and stock of the coun
try. The bill which is before the Legislatun
contemplates doing the same thing. Now lei
every reasonable man inquire whether th<
stock and crops of the country can be pro
tected better and cheaper, by so changing th<
law that no stock will be suffered to run a
large, than the way it is now.
Comparatively speaking, there.ia seryliith
stock in the State, and each year the quanti
tv decreases; and the Drobabilitv is that, uil
V ~ " ' * " A /
der the present system, the decrease will con
tinue. Hogs are fast becoming extinct. Then
are scarcely any now, except a few that an
kept in pens. There are but few cows. Eve
ry body knows that the people of South Car
olina buy the greater part of the bacon they
use, and many persons have long since, in ?
measure, concluded to do without milk anc
butter.
Clearly, it would cost infinitely less to en
close the stock of the country than it does t<
enclose the crops. The crops would be as well
if not better guarded by enclosing the stock
and the stock would be far better protectee
than the way it is now. Less than one-tenth o
the rails that are required to enclose the crop:
of the State, would enclose the stock of th<
country and both would be safer.
The present system necessitates the fencing
of a large amount of poor land, for the pur
pose of protecting the crops growing on patch
es of good land, scattered through these bodie:
of barren glades, like oases in a desert. O
the fenced land of the country, only a part
and often the least part, is cultivated. Again
there are good patches of land that must re
main uncultivated?if the present law contin
ues in force?from the fact that the owners o
these patches cannot fence them.
In a variety of ways, the present law ope
rates seriously against the interest of the poo
man. Lands that he could buy and pay for?
so far as the price of these lands is concern
ed?he dare not purchase, because they ari
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wnat are Known as "oia neias, wunoui iences
and no timber to fence them. If the fenci
law of the State was changed, these old fieldi
would be saleable and they would aflon
! homes for multitudes who cannot purchasi
| well timbered lands. It will cost twice ai
I much to clear and fence a field, as the lane
I will sell for in the market. The work of clear
1 ing and fencing is so much labor?hard labor
' too?for nothin *. It adds nothing to the in
j trinsic value of the land. The same amoun
| of time and labor spent in manuring the ok
I fields of the country, would make them pro
I duce more remunerative crops than is realizec
from whatiB called "fresh lands."
The labor of enclosing the crops of Soutl
Carolina, is no small part of each year'i
i work. The poor laborer, who owns perhapi
a cow and calf and a pig, is necessitated t<
i enclose several times the number of acres hi
is able to cultivate, that he may protect hii
: crop from his own and his neighbors' stock
I Whatever advances the interest of the pool
man, advances the interest of a country. Thi
rails of the country are made, and will con
tinue to be made, by the poor. There is real
ly neither bread nor meat in making rails
It is wear and tear?it is waste?it is friction
The fewer rails that are required to be made
the better it is for the poor man. It give;
him an opportunity to devote his time anc
energies to productive labor. This is a fac
that some will overlook. Some labor is pro
ductive and other labor is not. Now, build
ing fences to enclose crops may be a necessity
but nothing is produced by it. It is al
waste. It follows that the less fencing tha
is required to be done, the better it will bi
for the poor man.
The land holder will also be advantaged ir
a number of ways. His forests, which ac
1 as rain conductors, will be spared, and his ok
fields will be improved. The stock of th<
whole country will be guarded against th<
depredations of thieves snd dogs; if not en
tirely, surely better than at present.
rI LOCAL AF7AZES. i
3 \
I NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
) , H. F. Adickes?Dress Goods?Family Bibles?
. I Young Men. 1
! Kennedy Bros. A Barron?Groceries?Shoes? <
Calicoes?Candies?Glass Ware?Crockery.
1 Latimer A Hemphill?Grain Cradles. 1
J 1 T. J. Bell, Plaintiff's Attorney?Notice to P. J
Johnson, Defendant.
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ILLNESS OF SHERIFF GLENN. ,
- Sheriff Glenn has been conhned to his room (
1 by severe indisposition for the past two weeks,
and is still too unwell to attend to business,
- though we are pleased to learn that he is rap- (
idly recovering.
JASPER LIGHT INFANTRY. 1
A movement is on foot among the citizens 1
of towu to re-organize the Jasper Light In- f
fantry, and a meeting, with that object in t
view, will be held in Allison's Hall this 1
(Thursday) evening, at 8 o'clock. A full '
: attendance of the citizens is solicited.
BROKE HIS LEG.
Mr. Simon M. Mills, of Rock Hill, while j
* at Fort Mill last Friday night, met with the
misfortune to break his right leg above the
knee. He was on his way to the depot, to
^ take the train for his home, and attempting
to cross a deep ravine by walking on a narrow
foot-way over it, the night being quite .
' dark, missed bis footing and fell with the re- ^
suit above described.
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3 CIRCUIT COURT.
In consequence of the failure of Judge '
r Mackey to reach here on Tuesday, the day <
. appointed for convening an extra term of the ]
- Circuit Court for this county, no business was
* .? . i mi . T._ J
- transacted on tnat day. ine juuge was exr
pected to arrive at 10 o'clock yesterday? |
r about the hour of our going to press?and
f hence we are unable to give any of the pro3
ceedings in this issue.
THE GASTONIA HERALD.
1 We have received the initial number of a
1 paper bearing the above title, the publication
3 of which has been commenced by Edw. M.
2 Evans at our neighboring town, Gastonia, N.
* C. The number before us presents a very
3 creditable appearance, giving ample evidence
that the enterprise will be well worthy the
3 support of the people of Gaston county, in
3 whose iuterest it has been undertaken. The
1 Herald has our best wishes for a prosperous
career.
] TRADE AT ROCK HILL.
The Rock Hill Herald of last week, says:
I "Last Saturday our town was visited by a
, large number of country people, and merchants
generally experienced a good day's
3 business. The only complaint we heard was
j that there were too many wanting to buy corn
on credit. There is so much dissatisfaction ^
j among business men at having to sell corn on r
3 time, that the determination is becoming fixed
j to 8top the credit, after this year, of those
3 farmers who neglect to raise bread. We be- j
3 lieve this spirit will prove a blessing to the ,
country." (
i THE JENKINS MONUMENT. |
We believe the proposition to erect a suita- '
L Ul/v frt nonnafnolll f ad A Q Onrl 1
U1C lliUUUUicut l/VS p^vuaiiU uuu uvvuu mum
1 memory of the lamented General Jenkins, 1
I will meet with a hearty response throughout '
3 the State?especially from the surviving sol- <
" diers whom he cheered in the hour of battle. '
3 On this subject, "One of the Jaspers," writes '
t us from McConnellsville, in this county, as 1
3 follows: '
I was rejoiced to see in a recent issue of the |
i Enquirer, a proposition to erect a monument to
the memory of the brave General Jenkins. Iam
t confident that the people of York will heartily .
endorse the proposition, and I write this note to
urge you to continue pressing the scheme
$ thr<mgli JUU1 hums, uud nlsu UI stay hjHI mj" self
and neighbors are fully alive to it. ,
One of the "Jaspers," P. S. S.
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DEATH OF COL. J. M. WHITE. |
j We regret to learn of the death of Col. J. i
3 M. White, which eyent occurred at his resi- j
- deuce in Fort Mill, last Sunday morning. <
- Col. White suffered for some time with jaun- '
j dice, which disease terminated bis life. At i
t the time of his death he was 44 years of age. <
1 He served with gallantry through the late
war, at the close of which he was Lieutenant- I
- Colouel of the Sixth South Carolina Regi- i
) ment. As a Mason he was a bright and con- I
, spicuous member, being at the time of his j
, death Worshipful Master of Catawba Lodge. 1
1 He was also a deacon in the Presbyterian i
f Church of Fort Mill. Ab a citizen he was j
s upright and faithful in the discharge of his ]
3 duties?intelligent, enterprising and liberal?
aud in his death the community will sustain a '
I serious loss. I
THE RAILROAD SUPERINTENDENCY. '
At the recent meeting of the stockholders
j. of the Chester aud Lenoir Railroad, the Board ^
of Directors displaced Mr. Edward Thomas
' as superintendent of the road, placing in his
stead Mr. E. E. Sumner, of Liucolnton, N.
1
C. Without assuming to be critical as to the
? action of the Directors, and without intend
ing to disparage the qualiBcations of Mr. '
Sumner to discharge the duties of Superin- '
tendent, we cannot refrain from expressing
the opinion that the removal of Mr. Thomas 1
at this time was unwise, while it was certainly
without cause. A practical machinist, indus- '
trious, economical, with his spirit fully im'
bued in the work, he has contributed in no
3 I
* small degree to the success of the enterprise; ^
j his services dating back to 1865, when the
King's Mountain road was but a mere wreck. ^
To his indomitable energy the people along
j the line are largely indebted for the railroad ]
facilitiesenjoyed in those days, when few men j
would have undertaken the task with the (
' limited facilities at his command. Mr. Sum- |,
nerhas assumed charge of the road, aud we ]
j only hope he may be able to bring to bear in I
the discharge of his duties, the same resources I
j and capabilities so eminently possessed and ^
displayed by his predecessor.
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X DEATH OF A VENERABLE CITIZEN. ]
3 On Sunday morning last, John M. Ross, <
9 Esq., died at his residence in this place, aged <
) I 78year8 4 months and 6 days, having been |
3 born in the vicinity of Blairsville, in this <
3 county, on the 7th of January, 1799. (
Mr. Ross was noted, when a student, for bis j
r quietdeportment and studious habits, and re- (
21 ceived an academical edueation under a Mr. |
-1 Campbell, a teacher of considerable reputa
tion. He then entered the South Carolina i
.' College, from which institution he graduated | f
. j in 1819. After completing his collegiate :'
,1 course, he read law in Yorkville with Col.!
9 Robert Clendenin, and practiced at the bar !
1; for several years after his admission. Well! <
t versed in the law. he was a safe counselor and j <
- j enjoyed a good practice, though we have \ (
- heard it said that he never made an oral ar-;'
, gumeut before a Court. |!
1 j In December, 1835, he was elected Com-j j
t raissioner in Equity for York District, and
3 served in that capacity for four years, ma- {
1 king, aselderly citizens have remarked in our i
l presence, one of the most competent officials ?
t ever elected to that position in this county.! 1
1 In October, 1844, he was elected to the office \
3 of Ordinary, satisfactorily discharging the j
3 dutiesof that office for sixteen years. He then ,
- (about the year 1860) moved to Arkansas, in ]
I which State he resided until the close of the I
ate war, when he returned to Yorkville,! of
where he resided until his death. le'
Mr. Ross was a man of great good sense, th
assessed fine judgment and knowledge of his H
shosen profession?the law?was laborious W
ind accurate as an accountant, correct in his mi
labits, strictly honest and reliable, was long pe
in Elder in the General Assembly Presbyte- >y
ian church, and died in full hope of the
Christian's reward. fr<
of
EDITORIAL INKLINGS. pfl
Chamberlain Has Left Us. re
Ex-Governor Chamberlain left Colura- ap
sia last Friday for New York city. His ao
jousehold furniture had been previously co
ihipped to that city, and the general under- \V
itanding is that the ex-Governor has left ap
South Carolina to return no more forever. fo
inother Sonora Expedition. th
The story comes from Washington that fu
i new expedition to capture Sonora is report- to
;d, under the leadership of a gentleman well 8U
known in California and the Southwest, who bj
was the youngest member of William Walk- he
jr's ill starred expedition to Costa Rica, and on
who, long afterwards, at the head of about pr
- * -i iL ? n .
3igbty Americans, seizea me vjuverumeui, ui th
Guatemala, and held it nearly two years. A lej
joint stock company is formed, ostensibly, to te<
settle Orezora, several hundred thousand dol- be
lars being subscribed by San Francisco, New
York aud Philadelphia railroad capitalists. tr<
Three columns will start; one from Yuma, m
me by stage from San Francisco, and one an
from El Paso. . pC
The Frontier Indians. fu
Nine hundred Indian warriors, the en- loi
tire Crazy Horse bands, surrendered to Gen. he
McKenzie on the 6th instant, as some 2,500 er
3ad done within the past two monthB. Crazy Ca
Horse, He Dog, Little Big Man, Little Hawk, as
ind all the distinguished chiefs, were in this so
last batch. He Dog did the formal surren- th
iering by clothing the United States officer in ni'
lis war shirt and bonnet. Crazy Horse is an to
Dgallalla Sioux, tall, slender, and about 35
pears old. He has been at war for 12 ye irs, tic
laving left Fort Laramie in 1865 upon the in
iccasion of the murder of his brother. He ac
exhibits two bullet wounds, one through the M
Face, leaving an ugly scar. In his tribe he it
rules as a despot, and his people dread him ?s
while yet almost worshipping him for his won- th
lerful bravery. He has not uttered five
words to his conquerors ; in fact, he talks to
lo one. Chief Little Big Man is considered
;he worst of all the Indians. It was he who h(
n 1875 broke up the proceedings of the great G
Peace Commission by riding naked and armed CI
:o the teeth into the circle and declaring for H
war. Little Hawk wears a medal presented J*
jo his father by President Monroe in 1817. aE
The War la Asia. . of
The telegraphic dispatches from the
leat of war in Asia are not only unsatisfacto- F.
py, but unreliable as well. The New York of
Sun says there has hardly ever been such a M
jontinuous outpouring of false news from any co
Dart of the world, as has been seDtduring the
last fortnight from the region of military ope- sh
rations in Asia Minor, in the vicinity of Kars aE
ind Erzeroum. Battles that were unfought,
victories that were unwon, and hosts of pris- Si
Dners that were never captured, have appeared aE
before the eyes of mankind only to disappear *n
from sight soon afterward. We have, as yet, F.
ao trustworthy information of any serious ne
battle between Michael and Mukhtar in any
part of Armenia. There has been some slight ^
skirmishing, but no trial of strength. The th
Russians have advanced to Kars and planted Ti
i force there. They are advancing by con- Pc
gei g I tig IweTupon Erzeroum, but theTUHtfi,
who are in the way waiting for them, have, co
thus far, prevented their reaching it. When
the reader grasps these few facts, he knows as m
much as anybody about operations in the H
field. There has been nothing like the lying J(
lone in the last ten days since Pope bad his ^
'headquarters in the saddle" during the late F.
jnpleasantness.
Our Government and Mexico.
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Since atrairs politically are neginning
:o assume a pacific condition in the Southern
States, the Government is directing its attention
to Mexico, which bids fair to present (j(
tome knotty questions for solution in the near
future. The horee-thieves of that "unrecon- tj(
itructed" country are very numerous and m
powerful, and that Government seems power- cj
less to restrain them. It now rests upon the
United States to take the matter in hand. s(
rwo separate movements appear to be in progress
in the hope of remedying the present wi
jonditionof affairs. One looks to some inter- ^
ference in Mexican affairs which shall guarantee
the republic a settled Government un- ar
ier the protection of the United States. Texas
feels certain that before long Lerdo will re
Dust Diaz and take charge of the Government.
Should he do this, a strong attempt ?)
will be made to secure the guarantee men- G
tioned, backed by a display of moral and re
nlivaita] fnmft. Havinv excelled Maximilian li'
r-v ? o *
and deprived Mexico of the settled govern- <*
ment he administered, these men argue that
the United States is bound to replace the p{
growing disorder of Mexico with a strong gov- er
srnraent, under which the protecting nation w
shall have special privileges of trade, settle- L
ment and investment. At present, England &
lias this trade. In the last fiscal year she imported
at Vera Cruz $4,000,000 of textiles, j
while this country entered $105,000. An ar- 0f
ray of such figures has unquestionably very to
jerious weight. At present, Lerdo has been in
keeping carefully aloof from such contact with
sur Government as might rouse Mexican jeal- re
jusy, and he has consequently avoided a public
visit to Washington, but he stands ready
to profit by the moveraentjust outlined, which cq
prominent Texans are quietly pushing. ea
Marshal Fred. Donglass.
Fred. Douglass, the recently appoint- re
jd Marshal of the District of Columbia, de- ar
livered a lecture in Baltimore a few days ago C.
sn "Washington City and its Society." His
affort seems to have been an attempt to ridicule
the people of Washington ; but if he failed
jn that point he certainly succeeded in exsiting
the wrath of the Washingtonians, who th
ire highly indignant at the utterances of the ce
distinguished colored orator. Among other e8
things he said :
"You can generally tell the character of a p
man by the way he wears his hat. On first
sight you would think you were among a lot
if thieves by the manner in which they wear
their hats in Washington. They wear them
down over their eyes, which gives them a i
sombre, sinister appearance. Members of an
Congress set this fashion, being in the habit I n)
if wearing their hats in this style, with their 1 fu
jyes cast down, thinking on the legislation of th
the hour, and sometimes desiring to avoid re- ' mi
:ognition. Another distinction of the Wash-1 it
ingtonian is his negro pronunciation. There ; tic
s a class there called the poor white trash. St
During slavery they would follow an escaped loi
slave as a dog would a bone. Now they !
manage to eke out an existence by hunting ce
ind fishing. Then there are the spoilsmen, G<
oension buyers, lobbyists, etc., with all sorts us
)f schemes to make money. To be honest in : fei
Washington is to be considered a fool. No- pa
jody ever says 'Noall say 'Yes.' There is i
more insincere politeness aud obsequious hat- j ob
ifting there than anywhere else." i co
Several of Fred's bondsmen happen to be i op
the peculiar class of whites on whom he
pels his shafts of wit, and they are now
reatening to take their names off his bond,
e, however, olaims that his reflections on
ashington were humorous, and that he said
ore in praise than disparagement of the
ople.
hittemore Under Fire.
Whittemore, the carpet-bagger Senator
om Darlington county, has been the subject
the investigator's scalpel for several days
st, with results damaging even to his alady
soiled reputation. It seems that an
propriation was made by the Legislature
me years ago to purchase paintings of Linln
and 8umner for the General Assembly,
'hittemore was chairman of the committee
ipointed to procure the paintings, and, unrtunately
for the State, had the handling of
e funds. As the paintings have never been
rnished, this matter, with others pertaining
the Senator's official career, has been the
bject of investigation. On being examined
r the Committee, Whittemore teatihed that
i had ordered paintings to be executed by
ie Matthews, of New York, for $4,500, and
oduced receipts from Matthews showiDg
at he had paid him $1,400. He further al?ed
that the paintings were not yet coropled,
but could be in a short time. Cardozo
log examined on the same subject, said that
rhittemore had drawn $3,500 from the State
sasury to pay for the paintings. Whitteore
was recalled to explain where the bailee
had gone to, and replied that he had debited
the balance, $2,100, with his private
nds in Solomon's bank, and that it had been
st. He produced no receipts to show that
i bad put the money in the bank, or vouch*
b to show that he had acted in a fiduciary
pacity, but only his unsupported, unworthy
Bertion to that effect. This statement was
thiu that it produced a broad grin from
e whole committee, and at a subsequent
eeting of the committee, Wbittemore failed
appear.
This, with the exposure of other transac)ns
of the Senator, caused him to ask for an
definite leave of absence, last Saturday, "on
count of serious illness in his family," in
assachusetts. " The leave was grauted, and
is highly probable that there will soon be a
icancy iu the Senate by the total absence of
e member from Darlington.
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.
The fourth annual meeting of the stockdders
of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow
auge Railroad Company, met in the town of
lester, S. C.f at II o'clock, A. M., on the
ftb of May, 1877, and organized by calling
S. Wilson, Esq., of Chester, to the Chair,
id apointiog W. B. Metts and Jas. Mason,
Yorkville, Secretaries.
On motion, the Chairman appointed G. W.
Harper, of Caldwell, N. C.; W. H. Motz,
Lincoln, N. C.; and L. M. Grist, W. B.
etta and James Mason, of York, S. C., a
mmittee to verify proxies.
The committee on proxies reported 2,914
ares represented as follows: 2,630 by proxy
id 284 in person.
The annual reports of the President, the
iperintendeut and the Treasurer, were read
id referred to a committee of three, consistg
of L. M. Grist, Joseph Herndon and J.
. Wallace: said committee to report to the
!Xt regular meeting of the Directors.
W. H. McCorkle, J. F. Wallace and Jas.
. Clark, a committee appointed previous to
e meeting of stockholders, to examine the
reasurer's books, accounts and annual re>rt,
reported that they had discharged the
hj assigned ilium, ami fuuml the bwkspnr
iunt8 and report correct.
On motion of Win. H. Hardin, a cemittee
was appointed, consisting of W. H.
ardin, of Chester; L. M. Grist, of York ;
mas Hoffman, of Gaston ; V. A. McBee, of
incolu ; J. G. Hall, of Catawba; and G. W.
, Harper, of Caldwell, to nominate officers
r the ensuing year.
On motion of Major J. F. Hart, it was
Resolved, That the salaries of the following
hcers of the road be established as follows,
itil otherwise directed: President, nine hun ed
dollars; Superintendent, one thousand
dlars; and Treasurer, nine hundred dollars.
The committee appointed to make nominates
of officers for the ensuing year, recomended
the following, who were elected by acamation:
For President?A. H. Davega, of Chester,
tuth Carolina.
For Directors?G. W. F. Harper, of Caldell,
N. C.; J. G. Hall, of Catawba, N. C.;
. A. McBee, of Lincolnton, N. C.; Uriah
Matthews, of Gaston, N. C.; H. F. Adickes
id J. F. Hart, of York, 8. C.; C. S. Brice
id J. S. Wilson, of Chester, S. C.
Major J. F. Hart introduced the following
solutions, which were adopted :
Resolved, That the President and Board of
irectors of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow
auge Railroad Company, be instructed to
quire that the expense of grading and treatag
the line of road beyond the town of Lin>luton,
N. C., be provided for by the counties
trough which said line passes, and that no
ipenditure of the present assets of this cominy,
either to support convict labor or oth*
wise, be authorized for grading or trestleork,
or right of way, between the towns of
incolnton and Lenoir, in the State of North
arolina.
Resolved, That the President and Board of
irectors are authorized and empowered,
henever the grading, trestle work and right
' way are provided on that part of the line,
employ the assets or credit of this Company
laying a continuous track upon the same.
On motion of Major Fiuger, the following
solution was adopted :
Resolved, That the President be instructed,
(fore the completion of the grading to Lin>inten,
to cause a survey to be made on the
st side of Clark's Creek, to the town of
ewton, N. C., with estimates of cost, and if
sponsible persons will guarantee the grading
id trestling from Lincolnton to Newton, N.
, or if they shall be willing to take charge
the convicts.and with them do the grading
id trestling between the two places, the Preaent
and Directors are hereby instructed to
it them in possession of the convicts and give
em choice of routes for the road ; and when
e grading and trestling are done, to issue
rtiBcates of stock, to the amountof engineer's
timates, to the persons who shall have taken
e contract and done the work, or to others
whom they, the contractors, may determine;
rovided, that responsible persons will guari
tee the cost of said survey.
The following resolutions, offered by U. S.
rice, Esq., were adopted :
Resolved, That the thanks of the Chester
id Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Compar
are due, and the same are hereby respectlly
tendered, to the General Assembly of
e State of North Carolina, for the liberality
aBifested toward said Company, in allowing
the use of convicts to assist in the construe>n
of its track through the counties in said
ate, wherein said road has, by charter, been
cated.
Resolved, That said Company hereby acpt
the several provisions of the Act of the
eneral Assembly of said State, granting the
e of said convicts, in so far as the same rer
to and are applicable, in whole or in
,rt, to said Company.
Resolved, That said Company recognises its
iligatious to press forward the work of the
nstruction, and the active and beneficial
ieration of said road, as speedily as possible.
Resolved, That the President of said Company
be requested to forward a copy of these
resolutions to his Excellency the Governor
of the State of North Carolina, with the request
that the same be laid before the General
Assembly of said State at its next regular
session.
On motion, the next annual meeting was
ordered to be held at Yorkville, S. C., on the
third Thursday of May, 1878.
On motion, the meeting then adjourned.
J. S. WILSON, Chairman.
} Secretaries.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE.
Tuesday, May 8,1877.
Ik the Senate, the bill to incorporate the
Spartanburg and Rutherford Railroad, passed
a second reading and was amended so as to
make the charter conform to that of the
Northeastern Railroad Company. A proviso
is added that the company shall not be exempt
from the payment of taxes.
The bill to reduce and fix the salaries of
certain officers passed a third reading with
amendments allowing the attorney-general
83,000; circuit judges, hereafter elected,
$3,000; circuit solicitors $1,500 each, except
io the First Circuit, $2,400. County treasurers
are allowed commissions on taxes collected
in lieu of salaries, the amount of commission
not to exceed $800 or be less than
$500, except in Charleston, the major limit
being $2,000 ; clerk of the Charleston treasurer,
salary $800. Fees and costs for making
distress and sale of real or personal property
are still allowed. Salaries are allowed county
auditors as follows: $2,000 in Charleston,
$700 in Richland, and all others proportioned
to the taxable value of the property in
each county, as, for instance, Williamsburg
$500. Io addition to salaries, the Auditors are
allowed certain fixed sums, likewise proportioned,
to defray the expenses of the assessment
of property. County commissioners shall
not act as assistant assessors. County school
commissioners receive salaries: Charleston
$1,000, Richland and others $500, Williamsburg
and others $400.
In the House, a resolution to meet at 11
o'clock and adjourn at 3 o'clock, was agreed
to.
The committee on the judiciary, to whom
was referred a resolution concerning the constitutionality
of the election of circuit judges,
recommended the adoption of the following: j
Resolved, bv the House of Representatives, the
Senate concurring, That it be referred to the judiciary
committees of the two houses of the
General Assembly, sitting jointly, to inquire into
the constitutionality of the election by the General
Assembly for circuit judges, held on the
10th December, A. D., 1875, and to report to the
respective houses by resolution or otherwise.
The committee on education reported favorably
on the bill to prohibit persons from
holding the office of trustee and teacher of
the public schools at the same time; also on
a bill to repeal the act to establish certain
State scholarships in the University of South
Carolina; also on Senate bill requiring all
school claims to be sworn to.
The bill to amend the criminal law was
taken op, and a heated debate followed, participated
in by Messrs. Orr, J. J. Hemphill,
Wells, Youmans, Humbert, Simpson, Miller,
Palmer, Keith and Reed. The bill, as presented
was not favored by either Democrats
or Republicans, and was pronounced, in its
present shape, a monstrous measure. The
bill provides capital punishment for burglary,
arson and rape, and embraces under the head
of arson, any gin house or stable, and any
storehouse or workshop in which trade is carried
on. For the theft of live stock, the bill
provides imprisonment in the peniteutiary
from one to live years, and allows the owner
or guardian of the property to shoot down
the thief with imDunitv : also Drovides that
killiog for adultery and seduction shall be
deemed excusable homicide, and for obtaining
money under false pretences, provides as
punishment a fine of double the amount so
obtained, and imprisonment for as many days
as there are dollars in the fine and costs, until
7>al<r?Tfltf Demumuj took tlic gruuml iliat
rape should be punishable with death, but
held that burglary and arson should be penitentiary
offences. The Republicans, with the
exception of Keith, opposed the whole measure.
Keith espoused the whole measure, with
the exception of banging for rape. Pending
the discussion the House adjourned.
Wednesday, May 9.
In the Senate, a bill to reduce the pay
of jurors was rejected.
The joint resolution relative to officers, Ac.,
of the General Assembly, and to ratify the
school tax constitutional amendment, and the
bills to amend the charter of Yorkville, and
provide for filling vacant county offices,
passed their third reading.
The consideration of all the above matters
occupied very little time, except io the case
of the joint resolution to ratify the school tax
amendment The discussion on this lasted
??toi* on knnp and wag nil if <2 Animated A I.
times. The fight was opened by Gen. Gary,
who moved to strike out the resolving clause.
He supported his motion in a speech of some
length, and made the point that the Democrats
of the State had not, as a general rule,
voted intelligently on the amendment when it
was submitted to them. In Edgefield county
alone was its character fully appreciated, and
that county went almost solidly against it,
polling 4,000 of the entire 6,000 adverse vote
cast in the 8tate. Maxwell, of Marlboro,
followed in reply. He accused the Democrats
of acting in bad faith. They had promised
during the campaign to support this measure,
and, having secured a large negro vote by
their promises, now proposed to break with
them. He thinks this State should be like
Massachusetts, where intelligence goes right
along.' His speech was too characteristic to
warrant reporting, and was nullified by the
assurance of the Senator from Clarendon that
he was fighting the air, as the Democrats proposed
to support the measure. Nash followed
and advocated public-school education on general
and familiar principles. Mr. Gary replied
that those who had undertaken to answer
him, badmissed the question. It is not
whether Democrats will support colored
schools, but whether this amendment shall be
!nnnHnA?iatofl in Aprrani/i iaur nf fhp
IIJUUI .u I11U .... W. ?
It is not in the platform of the Democratic
party. If any Democrat promised the party
to sopport the measure during the campaign,
he did it on his own responsibility. The cry
of the Democratic party is reform. By cutting
down the salary of every officer in the
State, they have saved $30,000. This amend:
ment proposes to increase expenses over $200,000,
and make it a part of the constitutional
law of the State.
A vote was now taken on the motion to
strikeoutthe resolving clause of the resolution,
and was lost?yeas 4> nays 24.. The vote
upon the passage of the resolution followed
immediately, resulting in its adoption?yeas
24, nays 4.
The concurrent resolution invoking Executive
clemency for certain prisoners in the
United States Courts was taken up just previous
to adjournment, Swails being in the
ohair. On the question of agreeing to the
resolution, Whittemore called for the yeas and
nays. When Cochran's name was called be
declined to vote, and when the roll was completed,
he said he would vote in the affirmative
if Senators Butler, Gary and Counts,
would give an assurance that in case the resolution
was agreed to, the fifty or sixty negroes
I who were engaged in the Elleoton Swamp
affair should not be prosecuted. The assurance
was publicly given by these gentlemen,
i and Cochran voted aye. Senator Livingstone
came in just before Cochran voted, and
1 requested that his vote be recorded. Whitte:
more and Tafk made a simultaneous and load
protest against his being permitted to do so,
on the ground that he was absent when the
roll was completed. Mr. Swails, decided that
he had a right to vote, and he voted aye. The
vote was then declared 14 to,14; a strict party
vote, Cochran excepted', and the resolution
was lost unde^ the rules." Whitteraore re-.
marked to the Democrats in a triumphant
tone, loud enough to be heard over the hall,
"Where are you now?"
In the House, the committee on agriculture
reported favorably on the bill to entitle
counties to Jugulate the fence law, with an
unfavorable minority report on the sama. ,
The committee of ways and means introduced
an appropriation bill. The bill appropriates
$836,800, as follows: $143,000 to
pay the salaries of the executive and judicial
officers of the State, and the clerks and ihe
contingent expenses of the executive and judicial
departments for the fiscal year commencing
November 1876; $101,300 for the
support, and maintenance of the penal, char- jjX
itable and educational institutions of the
State, exclusive of common schools, for the
fiscal year commencing November 1, 1876
$10,000, if so much be necessary, for the
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pUDHC priDUUg oi ine iwo jiuubwj ui iuc
General Assembly for the regular session of
1876, and the special session thereof that
was begun to be holden April 24th, 1877 ;
8200,000, inclusive of the amounts of the
proceeds of poll tax for the support and
maintenance of public schools; 81,000 for
the printing of blauks for the use of public
schools; 8300,000, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, to pay the January
and July interest upon the consolidation
bonds and certificates of the stock of the
State issued under the provisions of the act to
reduce the volume of the publio debt; 881,400,
if so much be necessary, to meet the expenses
of the General Assembly at the regular
session of November, 1876, remaining
unpaid, and the special session that was begun
to be holden on the 24th day of April,
1877.
The calendar was taken up and the consideration
of the bill to amend the criminal 1
law was resumed. The debate was engaged A
in by Humbert, Robinson, Gray and Hamil- ]l
ton against the bill, and by Blue, Youmans, *
Aldrich and J. J. Hemphill in favor of it.
Thte ground taken by the opponents of the
bill was, that it was too extreme and severe,
and that while it looked in the right direction,
yet its provisions were too radical, and inhuman.
The supporters of the bill held that
only-extreme measures would put down the
crimes against which the provisions of ^fee bill
were particularly directed,' and took the \ w ,
ground that if the bill passed, its influence
would be so great as never to necessitate its
strict enforcement. A motion to strike out
the enacting.clause was last by a vote of 48 to
45, and the further consideration of the bill
was then, on motion of Sheppard, continued 1
till the next regulnr session by atp&B, of 64
The bill to provide stationery and fuel for
the General Assembly, passed a second reading.
This bill provides that members of the
House and Senate shall each receive fi*e dollars
to furnish themselves with postage and
stationery, with an additional provision , of
8100 for stationery for 8enate committees, and
8150 for House committee, and 8800 for fuel
for both houses. The bill repeals theact rela
tive to the contracts for the executive department,
State government and for the General
Assembly. ;,i
The , bill to authorize the Governor to appoint
a trial justice for Blackstock, passed a
second reading. ,
In order to take part in the proceedings of
"Decoration Day," the House adjoarned until
Friday.
Thursday, May 10.
In the Senate, after the rontine business
of the morning hour, none of which is important,
Senator Johnson, of Sumter, moved to
reconsider the vote whereby the resolution invoking
Executive clemency in behalf of political
prisoners was lost, which motion was carried
by a vote of 15 to 12. 8enator Cochran
then offered the following as a substitute:
Whereas, in the opinion of this General Assem- bly.the
people of this State earnestly and sincerely
desire to co-operate with the good and virtuons
citizens of all the States of this Union to promote
general reconciliation and good feeling, and to
harmonize the different States with the General
.Governmentin every effort looking to that, and
and whereas, there are now numbers of the citizens
of this State, of oue political party, under
bond to answer charges in the united States
Courts for alleged violations of law immediately
preceding the last general election, said offences
arising perhaps-from the heat and violence of a d
great political canvass, and inostof these persons
being poor and unable to meet the delay and expense
of judicial trials. Therefore, %
Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be
requested to communicate with the President of
the United States in reference to the particular
cases alluded to above, and to ask for such Executive
clemency as the circumstances will warrant,
upon the assurance that the State of South
Carolina will not Drosecute anv other Derson or
persons of the other political party forany participation
in the same offences for which clemency
is now asked, and the attorney general is hereby
requested to nol. pros, all cases already common
oed, or that may hereafter be commenced.
Id support of the substitute, Cochran said
that he had introduced it for the purpose of
securing peace and harmony all over the
country. He knew that if persons of one political
party were prosecuted in tltai United
States Courts, others of another political party
would be prosecuted and convicted; too, in
the State courts. it
Swails, Green and Taft bitterly opposed
the adoption of the resolutions. Johnson,
colored Republican, said that he would vote
for the resolution for the purpose of br^pgitig
about harmony in the State. He felt issdred
that if the Democratic prisoners were prosecuted,
there would be hundreds of Repablicans
prosecuted in the State courta for the
same offences. J>r
Sammy Green said he knew that the Republicans
were a set of cowards, but he, for
one, was not willing to admit that fadt'now id
the weakened state of their party by voting
for the pardon of the men who had ' bounded
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UU7TU AUU UJUJUGICU bUQUi IU UUIU'UIWtt( UA^i
He alluded bitterly to the investigations now
going on against certain senators, and intimated
very plainly that he considered it an attempt
by the Democrats to secure a majority
in the Senate.
Mr. Witherspoon made an earnest speech.
He indignantly denied the imputation that
Democrats were using tinfair mefcns to secure
a majority, and then complimented Johnson
highly for the spirit he had shown. in, rising
superior to party, although the party whip
was being cracked over his head. The adoption
of the substitote was then agreed to by a
vote of 15 to 12, and the resolution) as amended,
was then passed by a vote of 15 to 12. <
Swails then moved to adjourn, but this was'
lost, and the concurrent resolution to go into
an election, for Chief,Justice on,Friday, 11th,
after being amended to Tuesday, the 15th,
was taken up. ' , '
Swails moved to lay the resolution on the
table, which was lost by a vote of 14 to 14
The president voting no. The resolution was
then adopted by the same vote, the president
casting thedj$d vote in favor pf its .passage.
The bill to provide for the election of coun- ~^\i
ty treasurers aud auditors, was postponed to
the next session.
The concurrent resolution to inquire into
the constitutionality of the election of circuit
judges, was referred to the judiciary com?
mittee. 4
0ther matters on the calendar were referred^
Friday,.May XI.
In the Senate, the bill to regulate the
appointment of county officers passed its
third reading. ,
Whittemore, from the judiciary committee,
to whom was referred the resolution inquiring
into the election of cirouit judges, -reported,
in sabetance, that there had been no. legal
election, for said circuit judges, that; the seats
of those new holding such positions be declared
vacant, and recommending that a new
election be ordered at such ttiiie as . the General
Assembly may see fit to deteroofme and
appoint ? ' . a ! : : [, .7;,., a
In the House, the concurrent resolution
from the Senate to authorize the Governor to
invoke the clemency of the President of the
United States, io behalf of the political prisoners,
was concurred in by a vote of 78 to 8.
The Senate concurrent resolution'to go into
an election for Chief Justice on Tuesday; the
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