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The Monument.


The Monumental Society of this District,
let it be remembered, is to meet in the Court
House on Monday next, to elect officers and
appoint the necessary Committees
The work now 80 well begun, must not
be suffered to fall into neglect. It is true,
that the season is not an auspicious one for
contributions to such an object. They are
not expected now. The certainty that nm.
less preparations be speedily made by which
the names of the noble dead may yet live
in the hearts Of generous posterity, that
it will be too late to secure with accuracy
the proper lists, is an urgent reason for or.
ganizing now. Years may elapse before
York District feels itself able to devote
money enough for the purposes of this
Society. But unless the initiatory steps be
taken now, her future donations may be of
no benefit The names of those who fell
will have disappeared forever under the
sweeping touch of time, which obliterates
all human things.
No people were ever, called upon. in
strains more eloquent than those that are
borne upon every breeze that sweeps over
the naked skeletons upon our battle, fields!
Shall this appeal be in vain ? '~.''. ~
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For the Yorkville Enquirer.
THE BANKS.
Poru Htrr Tnlp

Rock HILL, July Fl, 1866.
Mr.. Editor .: In your issue of the 18th
instant, I observe list of Bills introduced
at the last Session of the Legislature upon
which there was no final action, and which
it is expected will be acted on at the next
Session. Among others, there is one, the
object of which is to relieve the Stockhol-
ders Of Banks from liability in case of fail
ure. This is what have been listening
for, and I have but little doubt such Bill
will be passed by the Legislature. My oh,
ject in this communication is to seek infor.
nation through the columns of your paper
from those able to give it. Is not this, in
substance, the same as the reputation Of
private debts? Why is there no dishonor
in it? Why is it unconstitutional for the
Legislature to pass law repudiating pri.
vate debts, and constitutional to pass one
repudiating the debts of Bank Stockhold-
ers? If it is expedient in the one case,
would it not be the policy Of the State to
wipe out all debts contracted before the war,
do away with the credit system and abolish
all laws for the enforcement of contracts !
Would not the State recover from her help.
less and PROSTATE condition years sooner,
than by any other course7 ..-.~.<
The above questions cody and fearlessly
discussed, through the columns Of the EN-.
ouIREE, by those. competent to the task,
would be of interest to your readers. y
ONE OF THE PEOPLE.
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En1ToR1AI, INKLINGS.

- The recent battle of Sudowa, in
Bohemia, appears to have been the graudest
gath eriDg of the elements Of destruction,
that the modern world has yet witnessed.
Prussia had 100000 men on the field,
Austria about the same number, $4,000
in all. Prussia had 750pieoes of artillery
of the most improved riaed patterns.
Austria is supposed to have had about the
same number of pieces. The Prussians
we're armed with the celebrated needle gun,
known only to their service, and said to be
capable of firing six rounds to one of any
other gun. Since its wonderful success
the whole Of Europe is on the qui vioe for
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THE WAR IN AUSTRIA.

Affairs in Europe are daily becoming
more complicated. France offers to mediate |;
Prussia and Italy reject the proposal and
continue their hostile movements, the one
towards the Austrian Capital the other a.
gainst Venetia France holds the latter
province by the terms of oession from Aus
tris, and Italy is consequently marching up.
on French territory. France calls upon
England and Russia to assist in armed med
iation in order to prevent the complete
overthrow of Austrian power in Europe
Tho former declines to intervene-the lat.
ter hesitates.
In the meantim the Austrians are leav-
ing Venetia, and the French are occupying
and garrisoning it with their troops. Italy
continues to press forward into the territory,
and now claims not only this, but that por-
ton of the Tyrol formerly belonging to her.
Prussia will be satisfied with nothing less
than the absolute control of Germany, and
the payment by Austria of her war expeu.
ditures. ,.e.
The circumstances do not indicate spec.
dy peace, but rather prolonged and infu-
rated struggle in which all of the leading
powers will take part. Prussia's successes
have intoxicated her With the idea of con-
quest, and there is no telling where she will
stop.
Up to the 20th ult. no change of import
auoe had occurred in the military situation.
The Prussians had encountered the Bagarian
army near Ktttinsgratz, forcing it to retire,
but the results were of no magnitude
The concentration of forces continues on
both sides. The French newspapers say
that Prussia has consented to an armistice
of FIVE days, during which time she will
consider the Austrian peace propositions.
It is also announced that France has aban.
doned the idea of armed mediation.
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TENNESSEE.

The U. s. Congress with laudable zeal
to do something else besides appropriating
money, has admitted the rebel State Ten
nessee, back to the folds of the glorious
and harmonious Union. But however deep
the emotions of honesty and justice prompt
ing this measure, there are grave doubts as
to whether Tennessee has really, like the
prodigal spoken of in the Scriptures, re-.
pented of her sins and come back to partake
of the fatted calf, or not.
1t is generally known that number of
the members of the Tennessee Legislature,
rather than become parties to such scheme,
ignored the call of Gov BRowNLow for an
extra session, to consider the Constitutional
Amendment. The result was that no
quorum was had in the lower House.
BRowNLow applied to the military to assist
in catching the recaloitrant members; the
fag end in the House sent the Sergeant at
Arms to hunt them up, and general search
was made for the missing Legislature. At
last, few of the recalcitrant were caught,
probably pinioned, and carried by force to
the House. The National IntelLiqencer
relates the sequel as follows:
"It appears that fifty.six votes were re-
quislte for a.quorum of this rump Legisla-
ture. The vote upon the constitutional
amendments was forty.three ayes and eleven
noes, making only fifty four members pres.
ent and voting. Two other members were
at the time in the custody of the sergeant
alarms, under arrest, and refusing to par
ticipate in the proceedings. The quorum
was thus construotively made up. The
whole affair is shameless juggle and fraud,
which will be repudiated by the people and
pronounced illegal by the courts"
After this vote, BRowNLow telegraphed
to Washington the glorious result. The
House went into ecstacies; and in this fit
of bland good humor at the catching and
imprisoning of State to force it back into
the Union, wiped out all technical objec-
tions, opened the door, pulled Tennessee in,
embraced its members, and then it is sup.
posed took drinks all round The Senate
agreed to the proceeding, and Nessrs May
NARD TAYLOR end SToKEs-three of the
Tennessee delegates took their seats upon
the foor-of the House.
The joint resolution by which all this
was done, had to be sent to the President
for approval. 1t was nice trap in which
to secure a commital to the Congress
policy. His anxiety to have the Southern
representatives restored was we'll known,
and supposed to be so ardent, that be would
at once approve the resolution, and thus
stand committed to the scheme. This he
did not do. In an able and scorching message
be exposes the fallaoy Of the whole proceed
ing-expresses his doubts upon the state.
ment that Tennessee bad ratified the amend
ment and asserts that "the right Of each
House, under the Constitution, to judge Of
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the qualifications of its own members is I'm.
doubted, and that his approval or disappro.
val of the resolution could not, in the slight
est degree, increase or diminish the authori'
ty in this respect conferred on the two branch
es of Congress- But earnestly desiring to
remove every cause of further delay, whether
/ real or imaginary, on the part Of Congress
TO the admission Of loyal Senators and Rep.
sentatives from Tennessee, notwithstanding
the anomalous character of the proceedings,
he affixed his signature to the resolution
at the same time his appoval is not to be
construed as an acknowledgment that Con-
gress has the right to pass laws preliminary
to the admission Of Representatives from
any Of the States, nor is it to be considered
as committing him to all the statements Of
the preamble, some of which are without
foundation. .-.. ... fs.-
Parts of the message were greeted with
derisiue laughter by the Radicals and with
applause by the Democrats. ....
Some of the members rose to inquire, af.
ter the reading of the message, whether Of
not the President had sent the resolution
back to the House without his signature
The Speaker replied BY stating that the re-
solution had been signed and fled in the
State Department. Thus ends the Tsunes
see farce.
Later advices indicate that in conse.
quence of the warm weather, and for Other
reasons, Congress will suspend its efforts
towards catching and bringing in othe'
States for the present. We hope so.
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Ex.PREsIDENT DAVIS.

The Judiciary Committee of the House Of
Representatives has for several months been
engaged in hunting up evidence of such a
character as to implicate Ex. President DA.
Wis in the assassination of Mr.. LINCOLN.
1t is asserted by the press and the people Of
the whole country, that no shade of evidence
Of this character has been elected and it is
a we'll known fact that the witnesses hired
by STANTON to convict Mrs. SURATT and
others lied. They have already confessed
to having done so. These witnesses offered
the only statements that have been made af-
fecting the completely of Mr.. DAVIS with
the act. Yet upon the face of such state
of affairs, the Committee in their report say.
cit is notorious that said Davis was gull
ty of the crime of treason, according to the
Constitution and laws of the United States,
and the committee are of the opinion that
there are no obstacles to a speedy and i'm
partial trial which can be removed by legis-
lation. The evidence in possession of the
committee connecting Jefferson Davis with
the assassination of President Lincoln, jus.
titles the committee in saying that there is
probable cause to believe that he was priyy
to the measures which led to the commits.
sion of the deed; but the investigations
which have been made by the War Depart
ment and by the committee have not result.
ed in placing the Government in possession
of all the facts in the case. It is probable,
however, that the further prosecution of the
investigation by the committee and by the
officers of the Government, will result final
ly in full development of the whole tran.
saction. The captureI of the rebel archives
has put the Government in possession of a
mass of letters, papers, and documents of
various kinds, only a portion of which have,
as yet, been examined"
1t will be observed how skillfully this
Committee manufactures a charge, after
confessing that it has no evidence to sup
port it. All who read this subtle produc.
ton, will be surprised to learn that the
evidence against him is contained in papers
in the War Department, that "have not
been investigated" Strange that the com.
mittee should be able to know the contents
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WHAT NEXT P

Senator POLAND, Of Vermont, recently Of
fered in Congress, bill Of which the fol:
lowing is an abstract: .4p-zi s,al ruo al 10
That in any action of tort to person OF
property done between, April 13, 1861, and
July l, 1855, it shall be lawful to plead OF
give in evidence in bar Of said action
First, That at the time when the wrong
was committed the plaintiff was disloyal to
the Government iof the United States. 0-'$ J
Second, That Tie plaintiff was engaged Ia
insurrecticn and rebellion against the United
States '7'~ ~. 'oo'' o'<"'4 "s7 '1'''''' {
Third, That the plaintiff aided and com
forted, and sYmpathised with the rebels and
insurgents against the Government Of the
United States. i''1E-7'? ''" - -'' '-'9'
Fourth, That the plaintiff spilled for OF
obtained pardon from The President relfsv-
ing him Of the penalties Of treason. 10"
The establishment Of. either point shall be
q good defence. pa = ~ &-'.@s S'n
The Charleston Courier says OF the mea-
sure: :.' .,e r'7rg sr .1saEJzi Il hG:az
This has been referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary. is clearly an nucon.
stitutional measure. E1 post tactoiniits
nature, it IS also wrong in principle The
attempt heretofore has been to disfranehise.
The endeavor now is by Bill of liabilities
to license wrong, and soptevent the Courts
from asoertainiDg and enforcing justice.oI
T. 1t is but another instance of the hopeless-
ness of promoting the general welfare, or Of
having even an exact legislation as long as
extreme faction shall hold and exercise do
minion over the liberties of the country.
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THE ADJOURNMENT.

Congress has adjourned! The announce.
ment will be greeted with cordial well
come, by all save those who were fattening
upon the spoilS of the public treasury, dis
pensed through its lavish appropriations.
The country will breath more freely now
that this dangerous body is disbanded, and
temporarily put out of harms way. The
Southern people have naturally looked to
this Congress as body inimical to them in
every sense of the word. We are sorry it
is so. We have no interests to be advanced
by quarreling with the people they repre-.
sent The sword was put aside in good
faith by us, when the war closed, and the
desire for tranquility from all public dis.
sension is universal. The South only asks
that her people be represented in the law.
making body, and that she be accorded i'm
partial legislation. 1t matters but little
who reigns at the capital now. We ouly
ask protection for those rights guaranteed
under the Constitution, and the impartial
administration Of its provisions. The glory
and spoils may 60, if this much be obtained
For this we have been humble suppliants
day by day, yet the present Congress has
treated our supplicatious with disdaiu, and
persisted in course of Legislation mauifeStly
unjust and injurious to every principle of
right aud justice. We may we'll be par
doned for welcoming its adjournment, and
trusting to the good sense of the conserva.
tive people of the North to confde their
uowers in men who will hereafter consult
the good of the whole country, as superior
to that of party interests. Our earnest
hopes, our prayers and trust, are freighted
in such an issue. If it fail, never were an
oppressed people so environed with danger
as we of the South will have been. There
will no longer be safety in the Constitution,
the laws, or the magnanimity of our con-
ouerors. 1t will be as if the wicked hand
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of these DARK archives without any body

of these dark archives without any body
ever having examined them.
The Report is am ingenious effort II de-
cei7e: IT Is important for the interests Of
the party under whose auspices it originates,
tast Mr.. DAVIS should be mads{ guilty of
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LOCAL MATTERS.
The Weather.

The dry weather continues throughout
the greater portion Of this District. The
crops have in consequence been fearfully
injured. Added to this, is the unreliabili-
ty of the labor, resulting in bad cultivation ;
which with the severe drought now prevail,
ing must result in scarcity Of food and suf.
fering The prospect for farmers is discour,
aging in the extreme. .7. +.r..:.., =
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The Mails.

Owing to the carelesspess of somebody
whose duty it is to attend to the delivery Of
the mails at this point, no mail matter reach:
ed us on Tuesday evening. We regret
having to make excuses for the laohes Of
others upon such an important matter, when
promptitude is 50 easy and cheap Our rea-
ders and the business community are hence
deprived of the benefits Of the latest news.
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of Hate were sweeping the very cutters OF
wrath to discover new articles Of oppression.
Egypt, under the plaques invoked by the
enchanted rod Of Moses, was not more in
tolsrable than will be the South, under the
reign of the eonqueror, if the same party
be again vested with the unlimited control
Of the lives and fortunes of its people.
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needle guns. The result of tie bsfsIe sus.
+

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needle guns. The result of tho bsfsls sus-
tains the maxim tbst improvement in var
like weapons diminishes the loss Of Life 10 .
battle. The losses in this encounter appear
TO have been less than In most of The 9fsst
battles in this country where half sheinum.
Der of troops we're engaged.
- From an exchange, ue dip tho fol
lowing sketch Of Hon. HENRY STAAsnUay,
who has been, recently appointed .by the
President, and confirmed byi the senzte, q
Attorney General Of the United States
"He was born at GAINESVILLE, Ohio;
graduated at the Ohio University, stAthens,
Ohio; was admitted to the bar! in 1924,
and commenced practice at Lancaster,
Ohio, soon after, and is at present, sbout
seventy years Of age. 3 Hesssadied law
seven years before commencing tepfactce,
and Immediately took high rank, among
jurists. He was Attorney. Gensnlo Ohio
under portion Of the administrations Of
Governors BARLEY and Rebb, ,dfom about
1S45 to 1913, and resumed his profession
in Columbus, Ohio, until 1864, Ind thsns
moved to Cincinnati whsre he has been
ever since, though nominally residing in
Covington, KY. In politics, he was frat .
Whig, then q Republican,s and, finally,
stauuch member Of the Union party that
elected Mr.. Lincoln and johnson, 10 the
platform of which he still adhersss he is
one Of the most accomplished lawyers in
tthe United States" '. r. ,l ~ iSs.4s ~, s
"A writer in the Lining age pub.
fishes Wholesale SANDER upon American
women in fashionable life. The fellow is
evidently sour-tempered bachelor Of for.
ty-dve-ugly. enough to make children cry,
by looking at 'em, and 50 mean that hsonght
to be bauished to some spot vhsrath light
Of a beautiful woman's smile. neRers ssnissed,
where wild beasts might howl day and
night. around bis benightsd dwelling. #
this don't cure him Of his maIady, he ought
to be---tmarrisd to q aBloomsr, and have
milliner's bills as long as hisl arm jtoE psy'
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instaueOus post route /!


A week or two since the announcement
was made in this paper Of the dissolution
of the Washington Cabinet The news
upon which that announcement was based,
was premature. Only two of the obnoxious
members-SPEED and DENNIsoN,-had al
that time resigned. Secretary HARLAN, Of
the Interior, has since sent in his reslgna'
ton, and that of STANTON is daily looked
for. .
The President has appointed, and the
Senate confirmed, the following gentlemen
to fill the vacancies thus created; HENRY
SrANsBURY, of Ohio, Attorney General,
O. Il. BROWNING, Secretary of the Int.
rior ALEXANDER W. RANDALL, Of Mis-
souri,, Post Master General.
1t is matter of some surprise that the
Senate accepted these nominations. Though
it is evidently the right and privilege Of
the President to select his own Constitu.
tionsl advisers, it was expected that the
Senate would exhibit the remarkable preoe.
dent of excepting to them. These men
are all supporters of the Presidents policy ;
two. of them are committed to the call for
the Philadelphia Convention, and hence
the wonder of their confirmation as officers
of the Government.
Gen GRANT is spoken of as the probable
successor of STANTON, in the War Depart.
ment.
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sUBMARING TELEGRAPH.


Ere another number of the ENQUIRER
reaches our readers, the third grand attempt
to stretch the magnetic wires under the At.
lantic Ocean will have met with success OF
failure. The cable is now being laid
The Great Eastern is again employed for
the work, and on the 5th of July, left Va
lenoia, in Ireland, upon her passage. AT
las. advices she had laid nine hundred
miles of the cable successfully, and commu.
nication between the shore and the ship in
mid. ocean were perfect. The design is
begun under favorable auspicies, and if an
unlucky storm does not GROSS the path Of
the vessel, another week more will put us
in instantaneous Communication with Eu.
ropel What a grand triumph of science
this will be-the Atlantic bridged by an
instaneous post route!