Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, March 14, 1878, Image 2
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? It now requires eighteen months to obtaiu
a divorce in Georgia. The suit has to
pass through three terms of the court.
? A special Washington dispatch to the
New York World, says that D. T. Corbin, for
whom a requisition has been issued by Governor
Hampton, has fled to Canada.
? The State Geologist of Georgia asserts
that its gold region is richer than that of
California, aud says that its yield must very
soon become enormous.
?The latest Cabinet rumor is that Postmaster-General
Key is going to resign and be
succeeded by Postmaster James, of New York,
the mutual friend of Evarts and Conkling,
while Evarts, himself will soon follow Key's
example.
? The late Pope Pius IX was once in this
country. He was shipwrecked on the North
Carolina coast, near where the Metropolis
and Huron disasters occurred, and just before
the wreck his vessel put in at Norfolk for
water.
? There are 79,000 miles of telegraph wire
in the United states, and t>,oou ornces, or one
mile of line to every thirty-six square miles of
area. England has 75,000 miles of line and
5,600 offices, or one mile of line to every
one and a half miles of area. Russia has 31,500
miles of line and 900 offices, or oue mile
of line to over 330 square miles of area.
? A deplorable state of affairs exists in one
of the counties of Minnesota. In the past
two years 18,300 acres of growing wheat have
been ruined by grasshoppers, and now the
farmers, who have 20,000 acres ready for
seeding, say that unless the grain is furnished
them by the State, they cannot plant more
than one-half of the land prepared.
? The practice of advertising a little now
and then may be of some benefit, but as a contemporary
remarks, "it is only a drop in the
bucket compared with a standing advertisement
in the columns of an influential and
respectable newspaper." All the prosperous
k.iolnocio mart nf tn-Hoo arVirt hauft marip their
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money legitimately, have done it by steady,
persistent advertising.
? The walls and buildings of the North
Carolina peniteutiary are being rapidly constructed.
They are of granite, taken from the
quarry within the penitentiary. The whole
structure is expensive, maguificent and grand
iu its proportions. About three hundred convicts
are within the walls, including ten women
; the remainder are working on railroads.
? Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, the widow of the
late President Lincoln, is living a secluded
life in au interior town in France, and declines
to return to America, lest she may
again be placed in a lunatic asylum. It is
said in France she still indulges, to a moderate
extent, iu her propensity for buying things
for which she has no use, and filling closets
with articles wholly unnecessary.
? A Virginia paper says that there is a
constant decline in receipts from the bellpunch
in that State, either because the novelty
of having drinks registered has worn off
and fewer are taken, or because barkeepers
are learning to evade the law. The Mississippi
Senate has passed a bill for the iutro?
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(luction or tne puncn into mat oiate, aou a
legislative committee in Louisiana have reported
favorably on a similar bill.
? Leading members of Congress prophesy
that the present session of that body will last
till August. Both houses are further behiud
with routine business than ever known in any
preceding Congress. A Washington correspondent
says the members are generally living
cheaply this session and can afford to stay
longer. It is a subject of remark that fewer
members are living at the expensive hotels
this winter than ever before. Many have taken
lodgings where the bills are not over $50
a month. Some are living for 840.
? The following successful experiment is
reported. A Frenchman is to be credited
with a discovery, that if mortar is likely to
peel off, the tendency can be prevented by
substituting saw dust for hair in the original
mixture. He had previously tried in vain to
make mortar that would stay in a place on a
building exposed to damp winds near the seashore.
After frequent renewing tbe mortar
i.'i tbe old way, he tried the use of saw dust
that had been thoroughly dried, and its coarser
portions removed by sifting.
? The recent experiments testing the effect
of music ou the inmates of the insane asylum
on Blackwell's Island, seem to substantiate
the following conclusions : Rhythm was found
to affect all whose vital natures were susceptible
; melody affected those whose emotional
natures were still susceptible ; harmony affected
only those whose intelligence had been developed
and was uot utterly extinct. This is
in accordance with the accepted functions of
these three musical elements?rhythm representing
vitality; melody spirituality ; harmouy,
mentality.
? The Secretary of the Treasury has issued
the necessary order for carrying out the pro- j
visious of the Silver Bill. The coinage will |
commence in Philadelphia within a very
short time, and in San Francisco and Carson
City within the present month. It is found
that the bill makes no provisions for the
mode of issue of the silver after it is coined,
leaving it entirely to the discretion of the
Sui.ratnpo TTnnn fhia nr>int. ndditinnnl lpa
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islation is necessary. The President feels
badly at the haste in which the bill was passed
over his veto. He characterizes it as "indecent
haste."
? The Hartwell (Georgia) Sun says: "The
election of Col. Thomas Thomson, of Abbeville,
S. C., as Judge, calls to our mind his
politeness, which he exerted to rather an unusual
extent during the war. He was colo |
nel for a time of the Second South Carolina
Ilifles, of which we were a member, and when
about to make a charge at the head of his
regiment, on one occasion, addressed the boys
as follows: 'Gentlemen, are you ready? If
ft you are, please be so kind as to chargeT His J
knowledge of tactics was not equal to his j
knowledge of law. We have known him to J
order the regiment to 'Order arms, right face, !
countermarch and follow me right around
this way, gentlemen.'"
? The commissioner of agriculture is still
pursuing, on an extensive scale, his efforts to !
introduce the culture of the tea plant through- i
out those portions of the United States adapt- j
ed to its growth. Thousands of the plants i
which have been set out in pots in the depart- J
ment hot-houses are in the most flourising con- j
dition and growing rapidly. The commis- !
sioner is receiving applications all the time j
from citizens living in the South for the '
plants. A letter was received at the depart- .
ment from a lady of Georgia who has for ten
years successfully cultivated tea. She gives
the names of a number of persons in Georgia,
Alabama and Florida who are now growing
tea and anticipate the most satisfactory results.
She says also that there are a good
many growing tea in South Carolina. The
desire to go into the cultivation of tea seems
on the increase.
? A recent investigation of the records of
the Iuternal Revenue office with reference to
the condition of the stocks of whisky in the
United States, shows that on the 1st of January
last the amount of tax-paid spirits in the
hands of wholesale dealers and rectifiers, was
17,145,279, but there were several districts
throughout the country from which reports
were needed to give the exact amount. These
districts are the following: Fourth California,
Dakota, Third Georgia, Second Missouri,
Fifth and Sixth North Carolina, Fifteenth
Ohio, Ninth Pennsylvania, Third Texas,
Washington Territory and Wyoming. It
will be within bounds to say that the quantities
returned from these districts will not
augment the number of gallons in the hands
of wholesale dealers and rectifiers beyond 18,000,000.
The department is as yet unable to
approximate, in a satisfactory manner, the
stock in the bands of 156,000 retail liquordealers
throughout the country, though it is
probable that there are about 10,000,000 gallons
thus distributed. The entire stock in the
country, exclusive of that in bond, will scarcely
exceed 28,000,000 gallons. Though this
cannot be regarded as altogether an official
statement, it is, nevertheless, a fair deduction
! from the records, as shown in the Internal
j Revenue Department on the first of the present
year.
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PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
In the Senate on the 5tb, Mr. Spencer, of
Alabama, from the committee on military af
fairs, reported favorably on the House bill
for the relief of Wra. A. Hammond, late
Surgeon General of the Array, and it was
placed on the calendar. Mr. Wadleigh, of
New Hampshire, from the committee on pat
ents, reported favorably on the Senate bill to
amend the statutes in relation to payment for
patents, and it was placed on the calendar.
Mr. Beck spoke at length on his resolution,
submitted January 1st, declaring it inexpedient
at this time to levy and collect taxes for
the maintenance of the sinking fund, and on
his motion, the resolution was referred to the
finance committee. The House being in
committee of the whole on a bill to supply
the deficiencies for clerical work in the
Treasury Department, was addressed by
Mr. Kelly, of Pennsylvania, against the re
sumption act, and in reply to the speech made
some months ago by Mr. Gairfield, of Ohio,
in opposition to the repeal of that measure.
In the Senate, on the 6th, Mr. Thurman
presented a petition from the citizens of New
York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, remonstrating
against the passage of the bill levying
a tax on incomes. Referred to the Coin
mitte ou Finance. The bill to authorize a
long bond for the investment of savings was
passed. It provides that in lieu of that
araouut of 4 per cent, bonds authorized to be
issued by the act of July 14th, 1870, the Secretary
of the Treasury shall issue a sura not
exceeding one hundred millions of dollars of
coupon bonds of the denominations of twen
ty-five, fifty and one hundred dollars, redeem
able in coin fifty years from the date of their
issue, bearing interest, payable semi-annually,
at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. The
bonds are to be disposed of for coin or United
States legal lender notes at their nominal
value, and such legal tender notes shall he re
issued and their proceeds and the coin received
for such bonds shall be applied to che re
deraption of outstanding bonds of the United
States, which are redeemable and bear the
highest rate of interest of such bonds. In
the House, the bill providing for a special
term of the United States Circuit Court for
the Southern District of Mississippi was returned
by the President without his approval,
together with a message giving his reason for
so doing, which message and bill were referred
to the Judiciary Committee. The President
stated that it was not sufficient time to give
notice of holding said special terra, and thai
the Government could not prepare for trial,
as no funds were available for that purpose.
In the Senate on the 7th, a number of
bills were introduced?among them one relating
to telegraphic communication betweeu
the United States and foreign countries;
one by Mr. Cockrell of Mississippi, providing
for the improvement of navigation in the
Mississippi river, and one by Mr. Sargent, of
California, to modify Chinese immigration.
The Senate adjourned until Monday. In
the House, the bill to supply the deficiency
for temporary clerks in the Treasury department
was discussed all day and finally
passed. It contains an appropriation of 825
000 for the clerical force to bring into the j
market public lands in the States of Arkansas,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and
Florida.
In the House on the 8th, the session was
consumed in committee of the whole in the
discussion of the bill for the payment of the
claims of ante-bellum mail contractors in the
Southern States. Willets, of Michigan, speakiug
against the bill, had recourse to some of the
archives of the Confederate Government,
which reflected somewhat upon the honor of
the said Government. Tucker, of Virginia,
said that he did not desire that a vote should
be taken on the bill until that honor was vindicated.
The committee, without action, rose.
The Pacific Railroad committee, after heariug
Eugineer Owen, resolved unanimously, to
report favorably on a bill for a survey by
the War Department of the route from Austin,
Texas, to Topolarampo harbor in the Gulf
of California.
In the House on the 9th, the entire session
was devoted to the Diplomatic appropriation
bill, which was considered, but without action.
In the Senate on the 11th, a large number
of petitions were presented, among them several
protesting against the passage of any bill
imposing a tax on incomes. A bill providing
for a commission of five persons to consider
th? alrnhnlin traffic, with an amendment by
Mr. Conkling, that one member of the commission
shall be engaged in the traffic, passed
by yea3 29; nays 19. Mr. Blaine called up
his resolution regarding the fishery treaty,
which gives Great Britain 85,000,000, and
assailed the award at great length. The resolution,
which calls for certain correspond-1
ence, was agreed to. In the House, araoug j
other bills introduced and referred, was one j
by Mr. Riddle, of Tennessee, to reduce the
tax on whisky and tobacco.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Senator Butler was at his home last week
in attendance upon Edgefield Court.
j ?Ex-Judge Northrop has been commissioned
as United States District Attorney for
South Carolina.
? A correspondent of the Fairfield Herald
suggests Maj. T. W. Woodward, of Fairfield,
1 as a candidate for Congress.
? Strawberries have made their appearance
! in the Charleston market, and sell at 81.50
per (piart.
! ? Last week several tons of one of the fertilizers
manufactured near Charleston, were
shipped to the order of the Khedive of
Egypt.
? Judge Kershaw has accepted an invitation
to deliver the annual address before the
Virginia Division, Army of Northern Virginia,
at Richmond, next October. His subject
will be "The First Maryland Campaign."
? The opinion prevails in Columbia that
there will be no nomination made by the Re
publicans for Governor, but that they will
make a stroDg effort to control both houses of
the Legislature next session.
? Ex-Judge Cooke has writteu a letter to
Speights' Daily Newspaper, in which he returns
thanks for the handsome support which
was accorded him in the recent contest for
judge of the eighth circuit, and announces
his purpose "to sustain the Administration of
Governor Hampton to the be9t of his ability
and discharge his duties as a citizen with the
single purpose in view?the best and truest
interest of all the people of South Carolina."
? The Governor has refused to grant commutation
of sentence in the case of Robert
McEvoy, the murderer of Col Gregg, as prayed
for in a petition which has heeu in circulation
in Columbia for several days, and which
was presented to the Governor last Saturday.
Unless McEvoy again succeeds in effecting
his escape from jail, the condemned man will
certainly be hanged to-morrow, in accordance
with the re sentence lately passed upon him
by Judge Thomson.
? The Darlington Republicans have recently
held a mass meeting in which they resolved
to organize the party for the ensuing
campaign. The proceedings are epitomized
as follows : "Organize and we'll get in?not
in the Democratic ship, but the good old Republican
ship o' Zion, what landed you safely
ou the shore o' freedom. Never mind about
the Democrats' talk about rogues. If we had
? 1 XT.
the rogues, tney naa tne muraerers. j^o man
is houest unless he's secure. Our men are as
honest as theirs. Governor Moses stole a little;
but he deserved it and is welcome to it,
for he done us good. Be ready when the
time comes, and we'll carry our point. Don't
be fooled and led off when the election for
clerk comes off. Be ready and stick together,
and we'll put our man in."
? The March term of Union Court opened
on Monday of last week, his Honor J. B.
Kershaw presiding. The Times says: "The
Judge delivered oue of the finest charges to
the grand jury we have listened to in many
years." Speaking of free schools, the Judge
instructed the grand jury to look into the
matter of free schools, aud make such suggestions
as they believed would make the free
school system more efficient and popular
among all classes. It was no disgrace for
any oue to send a child to a school supported
from the taxes of the people. In Charleston,
and other cities, children of the most respectable
families were educated in the free
schools. It was the duty of all to take an
interest in the free schools of our State; aud
he hoped to see the time when a freeBchool of
high grade was established in every county.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The reported death of Rev. Charles H.
Phillips, by drowning in Uwharrie river, was
entirely without foundation.
? Last week, during the term of the Superior
Court at Greensboro, Miss Tabitha Ann
Holton was duly sworn in as an attorney, and
admitted to practice in all the Courts of
North Carolina.
? Hon. Asa Biggs, formerly United States
Senator from North Carolina, and from 1858
until the commencement of the war, Judge of
rhe TTnifprl States Court for the District of
North Carolina, died in Norfolk, Va., on the
6th instant.
? A little boy was killed in Yadkin county,
last week, while playing with a dog. The
dog ran under a rifle which was standing in
the corner, and knocked it down. The piece
was discharged, and the contents passed
through the body of the boy, killing him instantly.
? On Friday evening last, says the Lincolnton
News, Miss Georgie Cauble, an employed
at Tiddy's paper mill, met with a sad accident.
While standing near the engine, a spark
seized her dress, and in less than five minutes
her clothing was consumed by fire. Her
body was so badly burned that it is feared
she will not recover.
? The "competeut juror" can be found in
Raleigh, as well as other places, if we may
credit the following from the Observer : In
one of our Justices' courts, yesterday, a criminal
case was tried before a jury. When the
prisoner was arraigned he pleaded not guilty.
One of the jury jumped up and started out,
when the Justice asked him where he was
going. "Why, sir, I'se going home; de prisoner
done 'knowledged he is not guilty !"
ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The following acts and joint resolutions
were appoved by Governor Hampton on the
4th instant:
An Act to amend Section 4 of an act entitled
"An act to provide for the drawing of
juries in certain counties, and amend the
law in relation to the drawing of juries," approved
June 8, 1877.
Au Act to declare the law respecting the
powers and duties of the Circuit Judges of
this State without the limits of the circuits in
which they reside.
Joint Resolution to provide for the pay-1
meut of the commissioners appointed under
an act entitled "An act to investigate and
ascertain the actual bona fide indebtedness of
the various counties in the State and to reguiate
the manner of paying the same," ap- ;
proved June 1, 1877.
Au Act to prevent fishing with nets in the
fresh water streams of this State at certain
seasons of the year.
An Act to apportion the taxes on property
in which the title or au interest therein, has
been transferred subsequent to assessments, j
Joint Resolution to authorize the payment :
to A. Springs Withers and John R. Alexan- j
der, for services rendered by them in making
assessments for York County for the fiscal
year ending October 31, 1876,
An Act to secure landlords and persons
making advances.
An Act to provide for the assessment of!
real estate in the counties of this State in the
year 1878.
An Act to amend an act entitled "An act i
to enforce the payment of the poll tax.''
An Ant tn amend #n ant entitled "An ant
to reduce all acts and parts of acta providing i
for the assesmeut and taxation of property j
into one act and to amend the 8ame," and to i
provide for the appointment of the State
Board of Equalization.
An Act in relation to forfeited lands and
redemption of the same, and to lands not heretofore
placed on the tax duplicates.
An Act to amend an act entited "An act
to authorize the county commissioners to
submit to the qualified electors of the several
couuties a proposition to alter the fence law j
aud to provide for effectuating the same."
An Act regulating the mode of conducting
capital executions.
An Act to reduce the pay of witnesses in
State cases.
! LOCAL AFFAZHSi
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
; T. M. Dobson & Co.?New Goods.
I Clark Brothers?A Few More Words about Cat- j
tail Millet.
Hunter & Oates?Our Mr. Hunter?Prints?Bargains?Crockery.
, A. J. Willard, C. J , S. C.?Special Court.
H. W. Hope & Co.?Come and See Us?Jeans?
Ready-Made Clothing?Cutlery?Crockery
and Glass Ware?The Farmers' Friend.
Fannie L. Dohson?Spring Hats?Bridal Hats and
Veils?Mourning Hats?Toys?Shell and
Work Boxes?Perfumeries.
Kennedy Bros. A. Barron?Dry Goods?Groceries.
I Edward Wheeler?Fair Warning.
T. W. Clawson?For Sale?A Bargain.
; W. B. Melts, Agent?Fertilizers.
! J. R. Schorb, Clerk?Town Ordinance.
DEATH OF JAMES STEWART.
j Mr. James Stewart, who resided five miles
j south-west of York ville, died ou Saturday last,
; after an illness of five weeks, from paralysis,
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j aged about 7b years. J\lr. Stewart was wen
! known in the county as a worthy citizen.
FINE FLOUR.
Mr. J. H Hoffman, proprietor of Rough
and Ready Mills, on Crowder's Creek, in this
county, has favored us with a sack of his favorite
brand of flour?"Lady's Delight"?
which is really a superior article.
PERSONAL.
We had the pleasure of meeting in town last
Saturday, Robert M. Wallace, United States
I Marshal for the District of South Carolina,
who was on a brief visit to his relatives in this
county. The Marshal was in his usual flow of
One feeling, and though we didn't sound him
specially on politics, yet we gathered from his
conversation that he does not yet despair of
the Republic.
GONE TO MARKET.
The merchauts of Yorkville are already
making preparations for the Spring trade.
On Monday afternoon, Mr. John J. Hunter,
of the firm of Hunter & Oates, started to the
Northern markets; and on Tuesday Mr. H.
F. Adickes, Jr., of the firm of H. F. Adickes
& Sons, started to the same markets for
the purpose of selecting spring stocks of merchandise.
The general feeling is that a good
spring trade is anticipated.
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NEW JOURNALISTIC VENTURES.
"Speight's Daily Newspaper" is the title of
' > i -l- ?lis? e
anew uany journal, toe pumicuuuu ui tiinuu
has just been commenced in Greenville, by A.
M. Speights as editor, aud Col. John W. R.
Pope, associate editor. The Daily is a sprightly
sheet and an earnest supporter of Governor
Hampton.
"The Straight-out Democrat," edited by
Major Henry S. Farley, has made its appearance
as a tri-weekly publication in Columbia.
The Democrat is also an ardent supporter of
Governor Hampton. The Democrat will be
conducted on the "straight out" basis, opposing
all concessions and compromises. It
takes the place of the Phoenix, which has been
discontinued, Mr. Selby, publisher of the
Phoenix, assuming the business control of the
new publication.
SPECIAL TERM OF COURT.
By order of the Supreme Court, a special
term of the Courts of General Sessions and
Common Pleas for the county of York, will be
held in Yorkville, commencing on the first
Monday in April next, his Honor J. H. Hudson,
Circuit Judge of the Fourth Circuit, to
preside. On Tuesday last the following petit
jurors were drawn to serve at the terra above
ordered:
Whites.?John H. Barry, A. J. Downs,
Elias Inraan, James M. Cobb, A. D. Hollar,
W. E. Gwinn, Jr., S. E. Jackson, James MeSwain,
Andrew Jackson, H. A. Adkins, W. L.
Starr, John Caldwell, J. W. Carroll, D. M.
Hall, B. G. Brown, Peter Garrison, D. D.
Gaston, J. C. Patrick, J. W. Fewell, W. E.
Adams, S. N. Dunlap, James A. Giles, G. E.
M. Steele; W. N. Neil, T. C. Dunlap, D. W.
Barron, J. D. McConnell, Raymond Gibson,
R. J. Hagins.
Colored.?George Crosby, Robert Jackson,
Jordan Crosbv. Andrew Brown. Wm. Floyd,
James Crawford, Columbus Cbildera.
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.
The following transfers of real estat^ have
been recorded in the office of the County Auditor
since our last report:
W. W. Gaffney to R. A. Blanton. Tract
of 60 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration
$180.
R. A. Caldwell to John Whisonant. Tract
of68acre8in Cherokee lowuahip. Consideration
$100.
John J. Smith to Josiah C. Jackson. Tract
of 414 acres in King's Mountain township.
Consideration $180.
State of South Carolina to H. M. Lineberger.
Tract of 504 acres in Catawba township.
Consideration $151. Same to same.
Tract of 404 acres in Catawba township.
Consideration $160.
H. M. Lineberger to J. D. Corn well. Tract
of 504 acres in Catawba township. Consideration
$225.
John S. Bratton to James Nelson. Lot at
Smith's Turn Out. Consideration $65.
Mary and Thomas Roach to D. H. and S.
E. Carroll. Interest in 220 acres in Bullock's
Creek township. Consideration $337.
John J. Ash, Sr., to John J. Ash, Jr. Tract
of 61 acres in Bethesda township. Consideration
$300.
W. B. Wilson to Robert Lathan. House
and lot in Yorkville. Consideration $2000.
Robert Lathan to Wni. M. Kennedy.
House and lot in Yorkville. Consideration
$1700.
Win. M. Kennedy to J. R. Kennedy. Onethird
interest in 500 acres in Broad River
township. Consideration 81200.
M. J. Gulp to L. N. Culp. Tract of 193
acres in Fort Mill township. Consideration
81177.
R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to B. F. Garrison.
Tract of 80 acres in Fort Mill township. Consideration
8520.
Mrs. C. J. Robertson to F. Happerfield and
L. M. Grist. Lot of 3 roods and 30 rodB in
Yorkville. Consideration 818.
Jas. B. Davidson to Rachel E. Davidson.
Tract of83acre3 in York township. Consideration
8100.
ATTEMPT TO'BKEAK JAIL.
Last Thursday, an attempt was made by a
number of the prisoners in jail at this place
to effect their escape, and while at one stage
of the excitement the affair threatened to be
quite serious, fortunately the revolt was subdued
without any tragic consequence. On the !
afternoon of the day mentioned, the Sheriff, j
aided by an assistant, was issuing dinner to the i
prisoners. The Sheriff was seated in the passage
way between two rows of cells, near the
dungeon, in which a number of refractory
prisoners are coufined. The prisoners in the j
dungeon, it seems, had been meditating escape
and planning the means to carry it into
effect. Supposing the time had arrived, one
of them, Jim Williams, rushed from the door
of the duugeon, and throwing a blanket over ;
the head of the attendant, who at the moment |
was issuing soup to the prisoners, he then
rushed upon the Sheriff, expecting to over- (
power him, and if properly supported by his
comrades in the dungeon, the work of ob- j
taining the keys of the outer doors and marching
to freedom was supposed to be a ligbt
task. But the Sheriff was not so easily j
overpowered. He clutched his antagonist
with one hand, and preparing to draw a
weapon with the other, further resistance was
rendered unnecessary by the timely action
of P. Frye, a revenue prisoner from Newton,
N. C. Frye, with some other prison
era, was standing in the passage, and as soon
as they perceived the demonstration of Williams,
a rush was made for him. Frye seized
him, and to thrust him back into the dungeon
was but the work of a moment, and so
quickly and unexpectedly was it done, that
the confederates of Williams were completely
taken aback, and their plan entirely thwarted. |
Henry Smith, George Choate and Grandison J
Currence, all colored, and confined with Wil- j
liams in the dungeon, made a show of sup- j
porting Williams, but they were promptly
met by Dan. Wallace, of this county, Amos
Owens, of Rutherford, N. C.?revenue prisoners?Andy
Hampton and Warreu Crockett?colored
county prisoners?who easily
subdued tbe insubordiuates and kept tnem
back in their cell until the door could be secured.
Williams and Smith, the most daring of
those who made the attempt, are represented
as desperate characters, aud it is alleged that:
they are both escaped penitentiary convicts.
They now confess that the attempt to overpower
the Sheriff was the result of a plot long
since agreed upon, and which they thought
could be successfully accomplished at the time
it was attempted.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Silver Coin-'Hovr to be Issned.
A Washington dispatch of the 7th, says
that after full consideration and consultation
with members of both Houses of Congress,
the Secretary of the Treasury has determined
that the first silver dollars to be isued,
will be used only in exchange at par
for gold coin, or for the purchase of silver
bullion at market prices. He does not feel at
liberty to use them to pay for current expenses,
until the amount coined is sufficient to
furnish all alike, without discrimination, nor
does he deem it expedient, at present, to exchange
them for United States notes, or to
use them in the payment of the interest on the
public debts, until the amount coined is sufficient
to enable him to do so impartially.
Therefore, they will, at present, be used for
the purchase of silver bullion at market
rates. The silver certificates will soon be
ready for issue, aud are of the form of bank
notes, engraved in the best manner and printed
on bank note fibre paper.
Fearful Storm in Kentucky.
A tornado four hundred yards wide
swept through Casey county, Kentucky, on
Saturday of last week. Among the casualties
and damage done to property, the following
are mentioned as the most notable:
The family of Vinceut Westray, near Reop
Hill, consisting of himself, wife and two
daughters, and a boy named Stone, nephew,
and Win. Taylor, a neighbor, stopping at his
house, were killed outright. Mrs. Westray's
body was blown four hundred yards and her
clothing entirely stripped off! The two daughters
were carried fifty yards; they were found
locked in each other's arms. The father and
nephew were fearfully mangled and all must
have been killed by the first force of the tempest.
The dwelling, stables and outhouses
were blown entirely away. The hearth and
foundation stone were blown from their places.
In the vicinity of Mt. Olive, Mrs. Morgan,
wife of John W. Morgan, was killed. The
dwelling and outhouses of J. Floyd were completely
swept away and the timbers scattered
in every direction. In the village of Mount '
Olive, several houses were swept away. Loss
fifty thousand dollars.
Proposed Change in the Electoral College.
The House committee on the revision
of the laws relating to the counting of the
electoral votes, has had under consideration a
plan providing that the minority in each |
State shall have such proportion of the electoral
votes as its ratio to the total vote cast 1
would entitle it. The arguments for this plan
are that it would lessen the inducements to '
fraud in the great States, aud Would divest <
them of their present undue weight, both in <
determining the final result sod in shaping >
the nomination. The Presidential contest 1
would be broadened, instead of being nar- I
rowed to two or three pivotal States, and '
the minority iu each State would be stimu- 1
lated to put forth its best exertions. To
this plan, Mr. Herbert, of Alabama, pro- |
poses an amendment, which would accord <
to each of the States its two Senatorial i
electors, to be determined by a general ticket, <
thus preserving the feature of State repre- '
sentation corresponding to the Senate, and ^
giving to smaller States a greater voice ,
than they would have under the first plan. 4
The plan most favored for determining such ]
contests as those of Florida and Louisi- '
ana in 1876, is to have a decision tn be bind- *
ing on the two houses, until reversed by them '
both. In case of no action by the Supreme
Court, the electoral votes certified by the s
State authorities are to be counted, unless both <
houses concur to reject. The idea of ineligi- <
bility after one terra for the Presideut, seems 1
to be preferred, but whether the term shall be 1
for four or six years is undetermined.
A North Carolina Tragedy. I
A terrible tragedy, which resulted from I
a wedding in Clay county, N. C., last week, '
has caused a greater sensation than anything '
else which has happened in the Western part '
of the State for many a year. The particulars,
as published iu the papers, are as follows
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The principal actors in the affair are Ada
McClay, daughter of the late Richard McClay,
who was a wealthy and esteemed citizen
of the county, William P. Shelburue, a handsome
and polished gentleman of 26 from
New Orleans, and Simpson Forrester, a receut
college graduate, aged 22, who has resided
near the McClay mansion. Miss McClay
is 22 years old, beautiful, refined and
accomplished, having been educated at a
seminary in Lexington, Ky. A year ago last
summer she met Shelburne at White Sulphur
Springs, and they fell in love and were betrothed.
For ten mouths past they had not
met, though they corresponded regularly, and
last Monday week Shelburue came on to fulfil
his plighted troth. On Friday the couple
were married, and when the ceremonies were
over and the guests had retired, the newly- J
wedded husband learned that his fair bride ;
was enciente. The discovery threw him into i
a towering rage, and he threatened to kill her >
on the spot. He desisted only on one condi- j
tion that she should reveal the name of her i
seducer. This she did reluctantly, naming .
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runcaici, miu uau uccu aiuung me gajvgu v*
the gay at the wedding, and imploring Shel- j f
burne not to harm him. In spite of her en- j <
treaties, however, when Saturday morning i i
came, Shelburne armed himself with a double- : i
barrelled shot-gun and went to Forrester's 1
house, followed by his alarmed wife. For- i
rester denied all knowledge of the guilty wo-,.
man's shame, and feigned surprise. This
availed him nothing, however, for after a few
words, Shelburne fired, shooting Forrester in
the shoulder. As he fell the wounded man
exclaimed, "I am killed, and have deserved <
it all!" Shelburne, after one look at his 1
wife, who had fainted, fled. To cap the cli-;
max of the scandal, the bride of a night gave <
birth to a premature child in a couple of
hours after the shooting of her paramour. j i
Hampton and the Colored Troops.
From a report of Governor Hampton's '
recent review of the colored citizen soldiery
of Charleston, we extract the following: j i
I am happy to congratulate the regiment
upon the very creditable appearance and per- j i
formance which they have made and exhibit-.!
ed to day. I am glad to see that you ha7e
been able to turn out in such force to-day,
because hardly a year ago this regiment was
on the verge of disorganisation and was almost
broken up. I told you in Charleston
here nearly a year ago that the colored troops
of South Carolina should stand precisely upon
the same footing that the white volunteers
did. I told you that you should be regarded
as citizens of this State, and that, so far as in
me lay, I should see that every privilege and
right guaranteed to you under the law should
be strictly and conscientiously enforced.
Now, when nearly one year and a half has
passed away since I have been placed in office,
I can come before you and ask if I have
not kept my pledge? (Tumultuous cries of
"yes," "yes," and cheers.) I theu hope and
feel that my action heretofore will be a guarantee
of what I propose to do in the future.
I propose to walk precisely in the same path
that 1 have pursued thus far to the close of
ray administration. (Cheers.)
Later an incident occurred which illustrates
more forcibly than could anything else, the
entire confidence which Governor Hampton
has won for himself from all classes in the
community. As he rode in front of the column
and acknowledged the salute given
him by the troops by uncoverniug his head,
a simultaneous and universal cheer went
up from the assembled multitude, the tenor
of which was, "Hurrah for Governor Hampton
! The Governor of the whole people."
The Governor appeared deeply inbved by
this evidence of confidence and esteem, and acknowledged
the compliment briefly by saying
that if the colored citizens of the State would
continue to give him their support, he would
prove still more than he had already done,
that he intended to be the Governor of
the whole people of South Carolina.
MERE-MENTION.
Governor Nicholls has called an extra session
of the Louisiana Legislature. The
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motion ror a new tnai in toe caw 01 xveiuruing
Board Anderson has been postponed for
two weeks. Anderson remains in prison. It
is generally believed there is no hope of a pardou
in his case. A fire occurred at Hot
Springs, Arkansas, the other day,- destroying
nearly the whole business portion of the
place. Among the bills recently approved
by the President, is one issuing arms to the
Washington Light Artillery, of Charleston.
Collector Cooper reports from Knoxville,
Tenn., that his raiders have captured
five distilleries and arrested several persons
in Johnson couuty. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston
is on a visit to Savannah, Ga. ExPostmaster
General Jewell is very sick at
Hartford, Conn. The latest intelligence
from Mexico indicates that peace prevails
and confidence is increasing.
The committee on coinage, at the recommendation
of Director Linderraan, will recommend
on appropriation of $75,000 for
putting the New Orleans mint in order for
immediate operation. The latest news
from the Turkish war indicates that the Sultan
has ratified the treaty of peace, every
clause having been agreed upon. The
President bas approved an act amending the
laws granting pensions to the soldiers and
sailors of the war of 1812 and their widows;
also, an act making appropriations for the
payment of claims reported to Congress under
section two of act approved June 16,
1874, by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Correspondence or the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, March 11, 1878.
The Court continued its sessious duriug the
past week. A report of the proceedings of
Monday has already appeared in the columns
if the Enquirer.
Tuesday was consumed in the trial of the
:ase of the State vs. James Kenuedy, colored,
charged with perjury. The counsel for
iefendant, W. A. Sanders, Esq., gave some
reasons for quashing the indictment, but his
notion to that effect was not sustained by the
presiding Judge. The defendant, through
lis counsel, exercised his right of challenging
ibjectionable jurors, which delayed the trial
)f the case. A jury was finally obtained with
Mr. W. D. Simpson as foreman. The defendant
was indicted for perjury, in that he
swore that Carter Ross was in Shelby on the
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;Ross) was tried and convicted of stealing a
norse at this place on the same night. At
the beginning of the trial, the defendant was
placed in the dock, which Judge Mackey had
iispensed with on the ground of its being a
'relic of barbarism." William Leckie, the
prosecutor and principal witness for the State,
jwore that Carter Ross was in town on the 31st
)f March, 1877, and that Ross bought feathers
from the auction room of H. Hoi lister,
which had been placed there for sale by him.
Witness testified to making an entry of the
sale of the feathers at the time in his diary,
which was submitted to the inspection of the
Court and jury. H. Hollister testified to
jelling the feathers to Carter Ross, but was
Qot positive in regard to the exact date of the
sale. There was other testimony which corroborated
that of the prosecutor respecting
the presence of Carter Ross in town on the
31st of last March. The witnesses for the
iefendant were colored, one of whom, Willis
Jeter, swore that while engaged in ploughing
en Thursday before the 31st of last March,
ihe defendant, James Kennedy, and Carter
Ross, passed by in a wagon, going in the direction
of Shelby, and Martha Hardin swore
that she rode in the wagon with them several
miles t!.e same dav. and that when she left,
they were Btill traveling?away from Chester.
Up to this point in the testimony the
state had made out its case, but the introduction
of affidavits of reliable and responsible
citizens of Shelby, affirming that Carter Ross
was in their town on the 31st of last March,
turned the tide in favor of the defendant.
After argument by counsel for the State and
lefendaut, and a sensible charge by his Hon)r,
the case was given to the jury, who were
aotlong in rendering a verdict of "not guilty."
An effort will doubtless be made to secure
the pardon of Carter Ross on the ground that
if he was at Shelby on the 31st of March,
1877, he could not have been here, and coniequently
did not steal Gen. VV. A. Walker's
horse, upon which charge he was tried and
jonvicted, and after conviction, sentenced to
the penitentiary for seven years.
The Court was engaged on Wednesday in
the trial of the case of the State vs. Mac Foot
and Harvey Roden, indicted for aiding and
abetting in the killing of Isaac Wilson by
Frank Roden, on the night of the 7th February.
The defendants, through their counsel,
Giles J. Patterson, E<q.f selected a jury, j
uoraposed entirely of whites, of which Grandison
Williams was foremau. The witnesses,
all of whom were colored, with one excep
tion, gave different versions of the unfortunate
affair ; those for the State swearing that
Mac Foot held, and Harvey Roden struck
Isaac Wilson, while Frank Rodeu killed him.
The wituesses for the defence swore that Mac
Foot whs at a table playing cards when
Isaae Wilson was cat, and that Harvey Roden
struck Isaac Wilson in order to protect
himself .The testimony was as tedious as it
was conflicting, and continued throughout
the entire day.
The grand jury made their report in the
afternoon, and were discharged. The various
public offices were reported to be in good condition,
and some repairs upou the jail were
advised to be made.
Upon the convening of the Court at the
usual hour ou Thursday morning, argument
began in the case of the State vs. Mac Foot
and Harvey Roden, charged with murder.
Mr. Patterson made an elaborate argument
in favor of the defendants. He endeavored
to show that for the charge of murder to be
sustained, the defendants must have conspired
with Frank Rodeo to accomplish the killing
of Isaac Wilson. This supposition was not
supported by all the attending circumstances,
which he stated at considerable length. Mae
Foot's holding of Isaac Wilson at the time
| the latter was cut, if such was the fact, was
^rpruined on the groand that he desired to
prevent any lighting and keep the peace. The
Solicitor, in his argument, endeavored to
show the conflicting character of the testimony
produced by the defence. * The Judge delivered
his charge, and the case wag given to
the jury. After a brief consideration of the
case, they rendered a verdict of "not guilty."
In the afternoon, the case of the State vs.
Lemuel Allen, charged with malicious trespass,
was called for trial. The Solicitor, in
drawing up the indictment, inadvertently stated
that the act, charged Hgainst the defendant,
was committed in November, 1878, when
it should have been November, 1877. Observing
the er. or, he moved to quash the indictment,
but his Honor refused to grant the
motion. He then desired to be allowed to
nol. pros, the case, but the Judge declined to
sanction this disposition of the case; so it
was submitted, without testimony or argument,
to the jury, who, of course, rendered a
verdict of "not guilty."
Thomas Holt, who had plead guilty to the
charge of grand larceny, was sentenced by
the Court to six. months in the county jail,
and Perry Cadwallader, who plead guilty to
the charge of grand larceny, was sentenced to
two years in the State Penitentiary.
The criminal business having been disposed
of, the trial of civil causes began on Friday
morning. After some time bad been consumed
by the Court in giving judgments
against persons who had failed to answer the
complaints served upon them, the case of S.
W. Mobley vs. Cephas Kee, for the recovery
of the balance of a note given in 1862, was
tried. The counsel for defendant argued in
favor of a scaling of the note in accordance
with the "Corbin bill," but the jury, influenced
by the opposing opinion of the presiding
Judge, rendered a verdict for the full
o niniinf
In the afternoon, the case of J. D. Brown
vs. Joseph Caldwell was tried. This was a
suit on the part of the plaintiff to recover the
value of a mule, which the defendant bad
bought at a Sheriff's sale as the property of
J. M. Brown, father of the plaintiff. It was
proven that the mule in question belonged to
the plaintiff, and the jury rendered a verdict
in his favor to the amount of its value.
Deputy Collector Galbraith captured, on
Sunday, on the othe; side-of Catawba river,
seven boxes of tobacco, and one barrel of
whisky, that were not stamped. The wagon
and team also fell into his possession. The
man, whose name I have not heard, made his
escape.
Saturday was principally spent in trying a
case in which titles to land were the poiots in
dispute. As it is a matter of no public interest,
I will say nothing further about it.
The Court will be engaged to-day, and during
the week, in the trial of civil causes.
Frank Roden, the murderer of Isaac Wilson,
has been caught and is now in jail at
Hopkinsville, Kentucky. His whereabouts
were discovered from a letter written by him
at Hopkinsville to'a relative in this county.
When the necessary papers have been obtained,
Deputy Sheriff Walker will go for him
and bring him here.
A negro woman was arrested and put in
jail on Saturday, charged with infanticide.
She gave birth to the child on Thursday, and
immediately after this event, perpetrated the
monstrous crime with which she is charged.
Judge Mackey has decliued to become a
candidate for the Chairmanship of the Dem
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ocraiic ,c<xecuiive uioiniiuee or wiesier
county. He thinks this position would not bo
in harmony with the Judgeship. In this
opinion he is eminently correct. Qui.
SOUTH CAROLINA ^LEGISLATURE.
Tuesday, March 5.
In the Senate, a message was received
from the Governor, announcing his approval
of a large uumher of acts and joint resolutions.
A list of those of general interest will
be found in another column of the Enquirer. ^
The public debt question was debated by
several Senators.
In the House, Mr. Conuor offered the
following concurrent resolution, which was
adopted:
Whereas, it is the sense of this General
Assembly, that in view of the great proatration
of every industrial interest of the State
and the poverty and enforced privation of
her people, it is proper that we, their Representatives,
should not only give expression to
our sympathy with their condition, but contribute
in every way to lighten the expense
necessary to our duties as legislators; and
whereas the grave public questions presented
for adjustment before the present General
Assembly have extended the session beyond
the limits contemplated ; therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives, the
Senate concurring, That in view of the before
recited facts, the members of the General Assembly
hereby agree that their per diem since the recess
shall be fixed at the rate of $4 per day.
The discussion of the bonded debt was resumed
and participated in by a number of
members.
At the evening session no business was
transacted, as it was known that the Democratic
members of the House desired to hold
a caucus to consider the debt question, and a
motion was made and carried to adjourn.
About sixty-five members of the House and
Senate immediately assembled iu the hall of
Representatives and continued in session for
about an hour. A short discussion sprang
up, but nothing of importance was agreed
upon. A committee was appointed to draft
suitable rules and regulations to govern another
caucus, to be held the next afternon at
4J o'clock.
Wednesday, March 6.
In the Senate, a number of bills passed
a third reading. The discussion of the bond
que-iion was resumed and continued until ths
hour for adjournment
In the House, the session was devoted almost
entirely to debate on the bonded debt.
After both.Houses bad adjourned, the democratic
caucus assembled, pursuant to adjournment.
The caucus resulted in the appointment
of a committee to draw up a compromise,
whereby the differences, if possible;
with regard to the public debt, may be reconciled.
The committee consists of five supporters
of the consolidation act and five of the
opposition. The committee embraces Senators
Jeter, Fraser, Maxwell and A. P. Butler,
and Representatives Simonton, Rhett,
Connor, R. R. Hemphill, D. F. Bradley and
Gray. The committee agreed to meet at 10
o'clock, a. m., on Thursday.
Thursday, March 7.
In the Senate, the joint resolution to appoint
a commission to codify the laws of the
State passed, with an amendment, including
all the laws instead of restricting them to
statute laws, and an amendment giving the
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appointment 01 tne commission to tne supreme
Court.
A number of bills passed a third reading,
after which the discussion of the bonded
debt was resumed and continued until the
hour of adjournment.
In the House, the discussion of the bonded
debt was commenced at an early hour and
continued throughout the session.
The Compromise or Conference Committee
of the Democratic members of the General
Assembly, met at the appointed time, and
were in session for several hours. After
cousulting together they divided, the five
anti debt men going into one room and the
five supporters of the Consolidation Act into
another. The deliberations of the committee
were conducted in excellent temper, but no
result was reached.
Friday, March 8.
I In the Senate, Mr. Cochran introduced