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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-12-06
MERE-MENTION.

An accidental fire, in Geenville, on Tues.
day, of last week, destroyed McBee's Hall,
under which was located two stores. The
post Office caught fire but was extinguisbed.
.........Hon. Herschel V. johnson, elected
United States Senator from Georgia, has
resigned. ......"..A colored man recently
absconded from Montreal with fifteen thou,
sand dollars of borrowed money. The
Washington .Sar thinks this Ga notable in.
stance of the capacity of the colored man
for civilization. ."........In Wheeling, Va,
the Sheriff has sold at auction all the effects
of the National Transportation Company.
......".Ex.Gov Winston has been elected
to the United States Senate from Alabama.
......."Hon. Cave johnson, former Post
master. general of the United States, died at
Clarksviile, Tennessee, on the 23d ultimo,
at an advanced age. ...'''''"Col. Blanton
Duncan, who was engaged during the late
war in engraving and printing Confederate
Treasury notes and bonds, has been pardon
ed by the President. ......."Gen. Joseph E.
Johnston passed through Columbia last week.
Prentice says: "Five negroes have just
been sentenced to the New Hampshire peni-
Tertiary, and two to the Massachusetts Leg.
isature. .".'....".The aggregate amount OF
money appropriated BY Congress-, at its
session, for various public purposes, is
Sl55, 1881, ,7S4.16.
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EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
l.. MI. GRIST,
- 2f1N
Yorkvllle, 8. C.
December 6

Message, No. 2, of Governor Orr,
to the Legislature, was read before both
Houses on Friday last. The Message re-
lates entirely to pardons granted BY the
Governor since the adjournment of the last
General Assembly. The following pertains
to York District:
"The defendant, Green McElwee, per-
son of color, was convicted of petit larceny
before Judge Beatty, of the District Court
for York District, on the 7th of November
instant, and sentenced to three months i'm
prisonment.
The prisoner was indicted with two 9th
ers, who were acquitted, but who, the Judge
believed, were the really guilty parties.-
This defendant is quite young, under nine
teen, and the former owner attests the good
character of the boy.
The Judge, in his report, commends the
party to Executive clemency. have, there.
fore, remitted the remaining term of i'm
prisonment, on condition that be pay all the
costs of the prosecution and Jail fees up to
the day of his discharge, 9th Nov. 1866"
- The Presbyterian General Assembly
has been in session at tMemphis, Tennessee,
for some time. On the 22d ultimo, the
committee appointed at the last session to
consider the relation of the church to the
freedmen, submitted an elaborate and
lengthy report, which elected protracted
discussion. Though unwilling to acknowl-
edge social equality, the disposition of the
church seems to be to receive the freedmen
enthusiastically as brothers and co.laborers
in one faith. A separate religious organi.
cation was enacted but strongly opposed by
leading members of the assembly.
The Committee on the Union of the two
Churches, reported in favor of appointing
delegate to the Assemblies of the Cum
berland and Associate Reform Church,
which was adopted. A discussion took
place in regard to the removal of the The.
illogical College at Columbia, to some point
in Alabama, action upon which proposition
was postponed.
- The followingis the reasons assigned
by the Northern press, for the visit of Gen.
Sherman to Mexico, together with specula-
tions as to what may be the consequences :
"The ostensible object of Gen. Sherman's
mission to Mexico is to be present at the
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Interesting State Papers.

The documents accompanying the Gov
ernor's message to the Legislature are ol
interest; and as we cannot publish them
entire. we will notice some of the mos1
important.
The Comptroller-General and the Treas.
urer furnish statement of bonds and stocks
on which the principal and interest, past
due, was ordered to be funded at the late
extra session The whole amount ISL ,2lO,'
S02.S5. The total amount of the debt oi
the State is SIS, 5,2O5, ,227.74
The reports of the Commissioners and
Architect Of the Peniteutiary are quite in
teresting. The Commissioners purchased
ten acres of land on the canal, about half
a mile from the depots Of the Charleston
and Greenville Railroads They particu'
larly refer to the fact that this location is
surrounded by granite equal to the best in
the world. Besides the erection of the
Penitentiary with this material, the Com
missioners suggest that, by the use of the
same means, the new State Capital may be
completed. From the report of the Archi.
tect Mr. Thos. B. Lee, jr., we learn that
he visited several similar institutions in
other States, and therefore has the benefit
of their construction, management, &c.
The work of excavatiDg the foundations and
the delivery of brick for the building here
are now in progress, and the whole work
will be proceeded with as rapidly as posi-
BILE. 100 cells will be erected Immediately,
to oe covered euporarily by wooden build
ing, and the whole to be enclosed by a
strong wooden fence. The prison and
grounds will be ultimately surrounded by a
high stone wall, and the prison accommodate
537 convicts Mr.. Lee favors the hiring
out of the convict labor, in preference to the
State carrying on the concern.
From the report of DR.. J. W.. Parker,
Superintendent of the Lunatic Asylum,
we learn that the whole number of patients
in that institution is 143; Sc of whom are
pay and 81 pauper patients; and that in the
latter cess is included eight negroes. Of
the former class, it is thought that ten must
soon be transferred to the puaper list. The
sum of SIS, 1000 is due the Asylum from the
State, Districts and pay patients. The
present necessities of the institution require
an appropriation of $4,000.
: The next accompanying documents is the
letter of Mr.. Seward, forwarding the con-
stitutioual amendment; which is followed
by the letter of o H. Browning, Secretary
of the Interior, in relation to the land
scrip for the Agricultural and Mechanical
College. The resolution passed by the
Legislature, it appears, does not sufficiently
comply with the law passed by Congress,
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Radical CacuS.

WASHINGTON, December !, P. M.-The
Radical members of Congress, numbering
perhaps fifty members, held caucus to-
night at the Capitol. Stevens presided,
and committee, to consist of nine men,
bers, to prepare business for an adjourned
meeting, to meet on Tuesday night, was ap'
pointed.
The caucus designated Speaker Colfax
to reply to the address of welcome to Con-
gress, to be delivered by Chief Justice Car
ter, on Monday afternoon, at the Capitol.
The various Republican associations have
made arrangements to proceed thlther 10
procession, as part of the programme.
The caucus was not exclusive in naming
their orator, but suggested that the members
of the Senate appoint one of their own num-
Der to perform similar part. Thad. Ste
vens was selected to respond to the toast to
the Congress of the United States to be
proposed at the Radical banquet in the Fair
building on Monday night.
The caucus discussed the subject of re-
movals from office. Various members men,
toned instances of what they characterized
as gross in their respective districts, and
the caucus unanimously recommended that
the Senate reject all the nominations made
merely on political grounds.
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ry year, and the Masonic body is said to b
everywhere increasing.

ry year, and the Masonic body is said to be
everywhere increasing.
- General Reuben Davis of Mississip-
pi, in recent speech at Aberdeen, upon
the subject of the liabilities of debtors, and
in favor of State Convention to wipe out
all present obligations, said: "Ths Yankee
shows liberality toward our people which
should put our local creditors to shame. y
The Aberdeen Examiner says it is true
every word of it, and the Memphis A0a-
| lanche adds: owe are glad to be able to
heartily endorse Gen. Davis in this state
ment."
Since the overthrow of the Spanish
authority in Mexico-not quite half CEN
tury ago-but three Presidents, it is stated /,
have served the full term of Office for which
they were elected. During the same period
there have been more than three hundred
revolutions in the country. Their constitu.
ton and laws have at no time received
greater respect than is now shown by the
radicals to ours, while their appreciation OF
the principles of representative democratic
government has been as low and imperfect,
as that displayed by Wendell Philips or
Thad. Stevens. Under such circumstances,
how could poor Mexico be other than what
she is?
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- - = PRB Y0RKVIIIB ENQUIRER.

and an Act will have to be passed at the
present session. E -
The Tax Collectors of many of the Dis
tricts of the State have, in compliance with
the resolution of the Legislature, made re-
turns of the permanently disabled soldiers
in their respective Districts From these
returns, we learn that Anderson District
had 10 disabled soldiers; Darlington, 81
Edge6eld, "A; Fairfield, %; Georgetown,
7; GreeuVille, II; Horny, II; Lancaster,
A Laurens, 80; Marlboro, IL; Newberry,
4S; Orangeburg, l6; Pickeus, AZ; Rich.
land, 10; Sumter, IL; spartanburg, 49;
St. Bartholomew, IA; Christ Church, l g;
St. Mathews Parish, Q: St. Luke's 5;
St. Phillips and St. Miohael's, IA; st.
Peters, 8; Prince Williams ii; Will.
liamsburg, 8; York, %; making total Of
SIT.
The other papers are the communications
of D. Wyatt Aiken and Browne & Schir'
mer, relative to the purchase Of corn which
was referred to fully in the Governors
message. Columbia Phenir.
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THE FENIANS AGAIN.

The Fenian element in America is in a
state of ferment over certain mysterious tele-
grams from Europe announcing au out,
break in Ireland So vague and unsatisfac.
tory are these cable utterances, that the
Feniaus are in as complete mizzle as we
are, regarding the doings of their brothers
across the water.
The only positive news in the matter, is
that an emeute of some kind has occurred in
Ireland but where and by whom, is still a
mystery. The London kilograms state that
troops and war vessels have been dispatch.
ed iu great haste to the Irish coast, and in.
dicate that something has occurred to war,
rant such proceedings. The American Fe-
mans have been looking forward with great
anxiety to the movements of James Stevens,
who, it is asserted, has re.crossed the Allan.
lantic in second effort for the liberation
of ireland. That Stevens can nowhere be
found, lends plausibility to the inference
that he has reached the Irish coast, and has
stirred up this new trouble in John Bulls
dominions.
If the sad experience of this country had
not taught US the hopelessness of such i'll
digested enterprises, we might be inclined
to accord to this Fenian effort a more
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MEXICAN MATTERS.

The announcement that MACMILLAN
had abandoned the crown of Mexico, seems
to have been premature. His flight from
the capital terminated at Orizaba, a town
upon the coast, and at last accounts he was
still sojourning there. Various versions of
the matter are given; the most reasonable
one being that the French Commander re.
fused to allow his departure without resign.
ing the crown, and leaving a French
Dictatorship in his stead. Had be aban.
doned Mexico, and still claimed the nominal
title of Emperor, serious causes for future
quarrel would have Resulted, and tho 1ues.
tion of Civil Government in Mexico been
left in a worse condition than it is now.
Whether this be the true cause or not,
why MAMMALIAN still fingers on the Mex.
ican coast, it is at least plausible reason,
and in the absence of better one, may be
accepted as true.
In the meantime, Mr.. SEWARD urges
the embarkation of the French troops ;
Minister CAMPBELL and General SHERMAN
are on their mysterious mission to the
Mexican capitol, and SEDaEwIcK, with a
U. S. Army Corps, is every day announced
as ready to cross the Rio Grande. What
will come of it all, is matter for political
prophets only to foretell; aud with them
we leave the question, for further develop
ments
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Piano Tuning and Repairing.

P1anO Tun1ng ana hepdHluk'
We direct the attention of our readers to
the advertisement of Mr.. FEAsTER, in an
other column of this days issue, proposing
to tune and repair pianos. Mr.. FEAsTER
is native of Fairfield, in this State, and is
represented to us as master of his profes'
sion. he lost his eye-sight in early youth,
but has received as thorough mental and
business education as his infrmity would
permit. Previous to the late war, he was
in easy circumstances, but residing in the
track of Sherman's s march, nearly the whole
of his available property was destroyed, and
he has now, consequently, to depend upor
his own exertions for the support of himself
and family. We commend him to oul
readers ......''
Mr.. FEAsrER is, also, the agent of the
Pomaria Nursery, and will be pleased te
receive orders for fruit trees, &c.
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LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.

The Legislature of South Carolina, as.
sembled in regular session at Columbia, on
Monday evening Of last week, at seven o.
clock. The attendance in each House was
large. Two new Senators and six new Rep.
resentatives, elected to gil vacancies occa-
stoned by designations, &C., appeared and
were qualified. After the transaction of
the formal business usual at the opening of
the session, both Houses adjourned until
the next day, at ~ o'clock, M
TUESDAY, Nov %, 1865.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment,
when the Message of Governor Orr was
read by his private Secretary. The docu-
ment entire, will be found on the outside
pages of this issue. -.se.+ trs ~ p.
In TEE HOUSE, Mr.. F. F. Marley, of
Darlington, introduced the following resolu-
tions, which were made the Special Order
for Friday, at IL. M. .,.. . -..
Resolved, That this body desires to ex-
press to Jefferson Davis their deepest sym.
pathy, their profound respect, their com.
biued personal attachment aud their endu.
ring remembrance of bis virtues as man,
and those great qualities Of mind and heart,
which, in the Cabinet and on the 6eld-in
prosperity and adversity-while in power
and from his prison house-call forth and
receive from them the same acknowledge
ment of love and regard as when be was
the acknowledged head Of a gallant people,
contending against overwhelming odds for
freedom and self government. -s-
RESOLVED, That the members Of this
House regard the continued imprisonment
of Jefferson Davis as unwarrantable by the
Constitution, and as tyrannical, oppressive
and unjust.
Resolued, That this House is prepared
to make appropriations to defray part of
the expenses necessary for the defence Of
Jefferson Davis by able and learned coun'
sci.
Resozued, That this House commend the
family of Jefferson Davis to the kindly Gym
pathies of their constituents, and recon-.
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Rev. M. D. Wood.

Rev. M. D. Wood.
We regret to announce that the pastoral
relations of this Divine, so long existing
with the Presbyterian Church at this place,
are about to be dissolved. A sacred sense OF
duty to aged and in6rm parents, residing IN
another State, has rendered this course nee
essary. His Church and the community
will receive this announcement with sor-
row.
We are authorized to say that the place
of MIR. WooD in the Professorship at the
Female College, will be filled by the Rev.
HENRY R. DICKSON, of Ebenezer.
We congratulate the Trustees of the Col
lege, in securing the services of such an
able successor to the vacant chair. In ad-
dition to his high attainments as scholar,
Mr.. DICKSON brings experience as
Professor in the Female Seminary al
Orsngeburg.
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Walter B. Sale of lands belonging
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F. c. Harris o. Y. D.-Noce the Absentees of Andrew
. Nelson, deceased. .-.---
N. NJ. McAfee-S40 Reward for Stolen Mule.
E. II. Feaster-Piano Tuning and Repairing.
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