Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-01-31
,ecupied one hour and q half in the reading. .

occupied one hour and q half In the reading. "A
lengthy discussion sprung up over the recommen.
dation Of the Judiciary Committee to strike out
the clause authorizing the nomination Of registers
refused to strike it out These registers will prob
ably number several hundred, and as the Senate
has decided that they are to be partisan appoint
ments, there will be great scramble among the
faithful for the new Offices in case of the passage
of the bin. Its fate however, is probematical, as
there is great opposition to it from the Western
members
- General Sheridan never has enjoyed high
reputation for magnanmity, or indeed for any 9TH
ercharacteristic of tru brave and honorable man.
brought down to level with Butler, Pope, and
other mushroom warriors, who have, Of late years.
dsgraced the profession of the true soldier. These
remarks are prompted by the recent refusal Of
General Sheridan to allow the people of Galveston
Texas, the poor privilege of making public de-
monstration in honor of Albert Sidney Johnston
whose remains passed though that city, on their
way to Austin where they are to be finally inferred
A subordinate of Sheridan's, one Gen. Griffin, who
is also anxious to make himself the scon of all de-
cent men, would not permit the remains to be taken
to the Episcopal church for the proper services
The body remained in the open air all day. and was
visited by thousands who longed to show their re-
spect for the illustrious dead.
It is doubtful whether the old fable of the dead
lion being kicked by living ass has ever been more
conspicuously illustrated than in this instance
Albert Sidney Johnston has left behind him glo-
rous name, which the paltry spite Of petty despots
fbafra m !
rebound upon themselves As specimen of con-
eentrated meanness, we publish Sheridans reply
to the Mayor of Galveston:
Sri respectfully decline to grant your re-
quest. I have too much regard for the memory
of the brave men who died to preserve our Gov
eminent to authorize Confederate demonstrations
over the remains Of any one who attempted to des-
troy it. fSgned) P. H. SHERIDAN,
Major General United States Army.
Congress has passed bill for the relief Of
John f. Bouliguy, formerly Congressman from
Louisiana, which secures to his heirs $4,000 acres
of public land. 1t will be remembered that this
man was one of the few Southern members, who
retained their seats in Congress after their States
had withdrawn from the Union. This bill is prob
ably intended to reward him for his conspicuous
"loyalty" 1t sometimes pays jack-leg politician
to know on which side of the fence to jump, in
great emergencies, butwe doubt whether all South
ern loyaists will be so well remunerated for turning
against the land of their birth in the hour Of her
need.
The National htelkgencer, commenting on
the effect produced upon the gold market by the
rumored impeachment of the President, says:
"The recovery of the gold premium during the
past week from thirty-one to thirtyseven is proba-
bly, owing to circumstances the reverse of those
which had occasioned its previous rapid decline of
eight to ten per cent. The decline was caused by
falling off in imports and an increase Of exports.
1t is said, also, that return Of our Government
bonds from Europe is contemplated, in consequence
of the rumors of impeachment and that gold will
continue to advance on that account Europeans
have witnessed political disturbances too often and
have suffered from them too much to be persuaded
that public credit can be sustained and improved
by them The first movement towards return
of our Government bonds from abroad for sale, in
any considerable amount, in consequence Of the ap
pretended effects of impeachment, will be the sig
nal for panic in the gold mar ket.