Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-12-12
COLUMBIA CONTRIBUT0RIAI.
SOUTH CAROLINA, sTH DEoExBre, 1887.
Books.

Among the new books aefore us this week,
Mace's Fairy Book is ors Of the most noteworthy.
It is handsome due decimo, illustrated, contain
ing fifteen fairy tales written Originally in French.
1t stands with the best of it's class-with Laboul-
ayes and with Andersen's fairy books 1t would
make an agreeable Christmas present for young
person. .-.,.y.
Then we have seen several numbers Of Harper's
immense History of the Great Rebellion, which is
a folio, profusely illustrated, published in parts
about forty at thirty cents each and will amount
in all to near thousand folio pages having over a
thousand pictures, and will cost ten or twelve dol.
lars. The authors seem to try to give facts; but
with their best efforts it is all tinged with North
ern ideas-is all seen through Northern atmos.
phere and by Northern eyes-all is Yankee.
Things in General. - -
The several courts-Appeal, Errors, and United
States-are engrossng professional attention. A
good many distinguished lawyers are here. ,.esG
| The streets are more active than usual Wag-
ons throng the principal Streets and good deal Of
activity prevails in buying and selling country pro
duce. Not much cotton is put into the market on
account of the low prices, and because holders are
waiting for the tax to be taken off it. ~
The merchants are moving in petition to Con.
gress to stop all this nonsense and put the States
back into the Union. rs's =. ..nt i.t.''
The advancing winter throws upon the meat
market greater proportion Of pork than hereto
fore and all meats command good prices. -.
The University. -... ... .,.f .@
The Annual Grafton before the two College So.
cieties was delivered by Col. A. c. Haskell, on
Thursday evening of last week. aa,a' Us
The change in the form of the institution de-
prives us of the pleasures and benefits of the iod
time Commencement occasions occasions fraught
with pleasure, hope, and pride to so many of on,
State occasions that did more to foster State
pride and esprit de corps among our people than al
most any other cause. .
Beverly Nash. rra -. -.t. ..c2
As we predicted, something further has come Of
that speech in Fairfield. Our readers will remem-
Der two or three weeks ago in the Winnsborough
Ne,os, that Beverly Nash had made speech to
some negroes in that District (Fairfeld, in which
he used incendiary language.
card, published in the Columbia Phonn, in which
he says: 'The whole tenor of that paragraph is
false" u :a.- 1.-.-,t as = =.
At this point the question became definite.
There was lie out. :i = '." .:.s.s .....'s...+
At this point we left the matter last week.
Since then 9th December) the Winnsborough
Ne.cs brings out communication by j. A. Hin.
ant awhile citizen of irreproachable veracity and
to his communication are appended several certif
Gates sworn to before magistrate. This state
ment thus substantiated, asserts that on the 9th
of November, MIR. Hinnant heard Beverly Nasf
make speech at barbecue given by the UnioI
League in Fairfield District, near Jacob Bookman'
mill This communication continues: -
"Nash said the negro never would get justice al
law while the jury was composed OF white men
that there had been already 2l0 negroes murdered
in South Carolina, (meaning those that had beer
hung,) and Governor Orr dare not carry into exc
cuton the sentence passed by the court of Pickeni
District on the six negroes to be hung and eigh
teen to be sent to the peniteniary, for killing boy
fourteen years old. If he did, he would not re
main in Office six days after the Convention met
He told the negroes to wait and not contract yet
for there was better times ahead and not contract
at all for the third for it was the little end Of moth
ing; and if they would wait until the 1st day Of Feb
lruary next, Lne WnlUe men Wouio get uOWn Oh Gnen
knees to them; the negroes could do better with,
out the white man than he can without the ne
groes He farther said that the white man had
always been in power, and would always remain in
power if they did not gain it at the ballot-box.
the Republican party failed in the coming election,
rather than see the white man remain in power,
he would shoulder bis musket and see these hills
beached with bones and the gullies run with blood
rather than remain under the white mans power;
and, pointing to the crowd around, asked would
they follow him?' and the answerwa yes, yes"
We leave the matter just here. The tenor Of
that paragraph is the funny item of the week. /
What next2 .
We like humorous items Of this kind, when they
are not uncomfortable to any body.