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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-11-07
LOCALITENIS.
NEW ADVERTIsEMENTS

r. III, Glenn, 8, Y D.-Sheriff's Sales Of lands
e. at the suit of the State for Taxes.
Brem, Brown 81 Co., Charlotte, N.C.-Hardware.
Walter B. Nets, C. E. Y. D.-Commissioners
Sale Of Land in the possession OF A: dor-
don.
F. C. Harris, o. Y. .-Citation-Reuben Dulin,
Applicant Margaret Harper, Deceased
F. H. Brown, M. T. Hall, Executors-For SAFE
= or Rent, - q. 3 @ . -. .'
F. w. Robertson-House for Rent. -
Brem, Brown & Co., Charlotte, n. C.-Great Re-
duction in the Price Of Goods.
Thos. n. Croft, Limestone Springs, 3, C.-Fur-
niture, &C., at Auction.
A. r. Homesley-Ladies Dress Goods, &c. =,
Carroll, Clark 81 Co.-Important to All. -.,
Louis Smth-Boots and Shoes.
H. M. Asher, Agent, Charlotte, N. C.-Dealer IN
Ready Made Clothing, &c.
w. B. Nets, G.. T.. Y. D.-Commissioner's sale
of Land belonging to the estate OF ". r.
Berry, deceased.
w. B. Metts, G. E. Y. D.-Commissioner's Sale
of the Real Estate of Philip sandifer' de-
w. B. Nets, c. f. Y D.-Commissioner's Sale
-,.. of Land belonging to tho estate OF John n.
Barry, deceased. .r..,. .,-......
Homesley q McCants-New Copartnership.
r. II. Glenn s. Y. D.-Ordinary's Sale Of land be-
longing to the estate Of Daniel McElmoyl,
deceased. ...... -.
J. P. NJ. Epping, U. 8. MISUNDERSTANDING No
tices Of Allen Robertson, VIM. g. Hughes,
and James r. Wilkins. II. .ae:
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EUROPE DONE UP IN BRIEF.
'he Savannah RepuJl,cdn saws:

The Savannah IepaOtacdn says:
"England, racked with spasmodic Fenian pains
France and Prussia garing at each other the
Rhine; Russia trying to raise money, and armlng
in hot haste for some gigantic crusade; Austria
binding up her wounds a reactionary convention
Just dispensing from Malines, and revolutionary
council adjourning in anger from Geneva the
King of Italy cramped by the grippe of Napoleon
into an unwilling arrest of Garibad and his whole
kingdom on the eve of consequent insurrection
Rome under martial law; Spain bleeding at every
pore under military terrorism; the insurgents Of
Crete fighting on to the bitter end, and Greece ag
itated to espouse their cause; Turkey threatened
with foreign attack and domestic disruption; such
is the lively picture the elder continent presents.
And why Because she still toerates the monar-
chical and military system, which some Of our mad,
men are doing their best to initiate Because she
keeps 2,SOO 900 able bodied consumers away from
the fields and factories, where they would be pro,
ducers in times of peace and 5000, 600 in time Of
war, and thus actually loses 81 0OO OOO 600 in hard
cash, per annum, which would 60 to feed and ed,
ucate her poor, cultivate her waste lands, improve
her dwellings, and make her people happy, instead
of turbulent and discontented. If there be any
saving grace in 1868, as the prophets Of European
liberalism predict it will arise in that hour when
the folly Of an armed peace shall become the SCOT
of the nations"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-11-07
MANAGERS OF ELECTION.

Major D. D. LYNN, the Commandant of the
Post of Chester has kindly furnished us with the
following list of Managers of Election, in York
District, appointed under military authority:
Korkvtue DR. Alfred Craven, H. F. Adickes,
W. G.. Owen, jr. -
Clay MR-John T. Harper, Samuel A. Bell
John G. Black.
Betia-J. c. McCuIy, j. N Mccall, ]. G..
Mckenzie.
McConeRsviUe r. f. Guthrie, T. A. Erwin
Ira NJ. Robinson.
BlairsriNe DR. John Hall, Rev. R. A. Ross
John L. Miller.
Bethany C7urch.-J. F. M. Oates Robert Da
wilson, Jno. B. Lowry.
Boydton.-I. Hardin, L. H. Caveny, f. Thomp.
son.
Wylies iStore.-C. c. Roberts, Perry Dye, J.
W. Leech. =.
ClarEs Store.-J. W. Mitchell, ]. NJ. smar
Samuel Howell.
Fort MNs.-W. D. Phillips, D. Hotchkiss
Mathew Harper. ..... d..
Rock HN-J. c. McFadden, James Plexico
D. A. Button.
Coates Tavern.-Wm. WyGe, T. F. Scooley,
VIM Watson. ... 1.- ....-
R7as's Old MA-Simpson Rawls, T. K Ba
tes, r. E. McFadden. g.. ..--.
Maj. LYNN requests that the persons appointed
will immediately qualify by taking the oath pre-
scribed by Act Of July 2, 1862, which must be
sworn to and subscribed before Notary Public
or some other person authorized by law to admin
lister oaths, and forward the same to his head quar-
ters without delay. p " - -.s'-.5-
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EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Moral of the Plckens Riot. =.

In another column will be found full ac-
count of the riot trials at Pckens, by which six ne
groes were sentenced to the gallows and eighteen
to the Penitentiary The fate of these unhappy
men is clearly traceable to their connection with
the Union League Had they been at their homes,
instead of prowling about as sentines for politi
cal assembly which shuns the light of day, they
would still be innocent of the fearful crimes they
committed No negro has ever gained anything,
in reputation or pocket, by joining this concern
and those who have been deluded intoit, would do
we'll to quit it or, at least, to keep away from its
meetings. Secret assemblies of armed men are
dangerous places for those who wish preserve their
innocence before the law, and before their own
consciences.
Vigilance Committee.
The negroes of Richmond, not satisfied with
prosecuting their brethren who voted the Conser-
vatve ticket, have had the audacity to order white
men to leave the city. Mr.. A. Monroe was favor
ed with a communication from the colored vigi-
lance committee, in which he was warned to leave
Richmond within forty-eght hours after receiving
the notice. The reason assigned is his hostility to
Hunnicutt and his party. Other citizens have
been served with similar notices 1t is not proba-
BILE that the gentlemen thus prescribed will leave
their homes at the command of a gang Of the ig-
norant tools of Hunnicutt. This kind Of thing is
not likely to be peacefully submitted to. Unless
the military, who are the constituted rulers of
Virginia, stop these vigilance committees and pun
ish their leaders at once, these proceedings will be-
come the origin of bloody strife-a strife which
may involve the whole country in q war compared
to which the late war was but skirmish. =
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of all this, the Northern people took it upon them
selves. without trial or the form Of one, to pro.
nounce secession rebellion and the greatest OF
crimes. The appeal to arms decided that the
South was not strong enough to maintain the right
and it has consequently become void. 1t did not
fix upon the South any crime in seeding, tor the
reason that neither the constitution nor the Su-
preme Court had pronounced Secession crime
before the war. = :. .,
The Times, however, says that the war decided
the criminaliy of Secession, and that the trial OF
Mr.. DAVIS will detract from, and not confirm, that
decision. 1t says: -.
'aThe forthcoming trial is very likely to do US
damage and discredit We see no way in which
it can possibly do us good. IF Davis should be
convicted he will not be punished no one believes
for moment that he will be either executed or
imprisoned. His conviction would not deepen the
impression of the guilt of the rebellion on the pub:
lie mind in the least degree indeed the fact that
its guilt is allowed to be solemnly called In cues
ton will infaDibly weaken the public sense OF its
enormity, and cause it to be regarded as subject
on which opinions may Justly differ. fhe should
be acquitted, as he may be, the consequences, es-
pecially on public sentmentin the Southern States.
would be still more injurious. And considering the
character and calibre of the presiding District
Judge, Underwood, J, the mode Of constituting the
jury and the prevailing temper Of the parties who
have control of the whole proceeding there is rea
son to fear that steps may be taken to procure q
conviction, which will reflect more lasting disgrace
and inAict deeper injury on our whole political sys-
tenn than even an aoquital would involve.
There is another point which shakes the nerves
of the Times man. Mr.. DAVIS may, and probably
will, be acquitted and what then? His geading
conscience urges him to the following confession:
sIf Davis has not been guilty of treason--if Sc,
cession was right-what has been the history 20 Of
full and tremendous revelry of crime the sun ever
shone upon? If he is tried, he may be acquitted
Unless the trial becomes itself greater crime than tn
the alleged offence..unless what pretends to be q
solemn appeal to absolute and supreme abstract
justice, is turned into paltry aud contemplate
trick-we are bound to admit that this man mag,
go forth from the bar relieved Of all stain Of guilt
carrying the sanction of the judicial tribunals Of
the nation, for the whole tremendous transaction OF
which he was the recognized and responsible head. !"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-11-07
sHBRIFP'E SALES.

Our readers are greeted this week with an unu-
sually long list of Sheriff's Sales All Of the
property offered is for the non-payment of taxes,
and the startling length Of the advertisements now
published is due to the leniency of the Sheriff,
who has given the delinquents all the indulgence
allowed him by the law. Now, however, the time
of this indulgence is nearly at an end. He has
been required, by the Comptroller General of the
State to collect all taxes due the State by the 3Oth
of this month. IF the taxes are not paid by that
time, the lands levied on must be sold on the first
Monday in next month. Parties interested will,
therefore, find it to their advantage to pay their
taxes during this month, as they will, by so
doing, save themselves some costs. = ~
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-11-07
AGRICULTURAL NEWS.

The use of lime as fertilizer is on the
increase in the South. A correspondent Of the
Raleigh Sentinel states that lime kiln is in opera
ton in Catawba county, N. c., which burns two
hundred tons of lime per month, the greater part
of which is sold, and the demand is increasing
There is an almost inexhaustible suppy Of lime
stone in that county.
Letters from Florida, to merchants in Charles
ton, predict that there will not be more than five
thousand bales of long cotton shipped from that
State this year also that there will not be third
of crop made in the State.
The Arkansas Gazette of the 10th ultimo says:
'This years experience will be sufficient to con-
vince the frmest friends of cotton culture that it
munity will be bankrupted. We understand that
planters in this vicinity are now paying one dollar
per hundred, for picking cotton. This is equiVa-
lent to three and half cents pound for lint cot
ton, and to this add the tax, and one het the val
ue of pound of cotton in this market is consumed
Now is the time for sowing wheat, and we trust
large crop will be put in this year. Planters are
under no obligations to ruin themselves by plant
ing cotton merely to furnish employment to lazy,
caprlclouS negroes. Wneat 10 HorIn S@oo Pei
bushel in the Western markets. At this price its
production would be profitable on any soil in the
State.
"A correspondent of the Charleston Mercury
proposes the formation of one or more joint stock
companies, for the purpose of cultivating the rice
lands on the Ashepoo river. He estimates the
lands at five thousand acres, worth on an average,
$50 per acre. The plan proposed is to form
company with s5OO,OOO capital with shares at
500, one half payable in money, and half in
land. The crop produced by the company, it is
estimated, will be 10000 bushels; which, with
the diminished expenses of cultivation caused by
working ON large scale, will yield profit of ten
per cent on the capital Of the company.
1t is estimated that 100000 pounds of beet
sugar will be made in Illinois the present season,
from the product of 600 acres.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-11-07
THE GEORGIA ELECTION.

The election for or against Convention was
held in Georgia on the last three days in October.
From the returns thus far received, it is evident
that the white people kept away from the polls
with remarkable unanimity The ceremony of vo-
ting was performed almost entirely by the negroes
and the few whites who favored convention; so
that the verdict of the ballot box will certainly be
for convention, by very heavy majority. But
this will by no means settle the question; for un-
less the votes polled are majority of those regis
tered, there can be no convention. 1t is still ex-
tremely doubtful whether or not majority of the
registered voters have voted. The registry lists
exhibit majority of only 1000 whites, and if the
negroes have voted their full strength as registered,
the convention is secured for there were probably
over 1000 white votes polled. But it is charged
that the negro vote is far short of the registry,
many having registered two or three times, who
could not vote but once, and others having failed
to vote at all.
Gen. Pope evidently thinks the result doubtful
at least as he has, by his own authority, ordered
an extension of two days for the time Of voting.
There can be no other reason for this extension ;
for every additional vote whether for or against it,
adds to the probabilities of its success The peo-
pie had thirty days notice of the election, and if
they neglected to vote it was because they did not
choose to do so. The two days subsequent voting
is contrary to the Reconstruction law; for General
Pope gave only one days notice Of it, and that
only to places in telegraph or railroad communica,
ton with his headquarters, as it was impossible
for the order to reach other places time to be acted
on.
But if it shall turn out that this extension has
enabled the election managers to manufacture votes
enough to secure convention, its illegality will
probably be disregarded. Other violations Of the
law were practised In Augusta the managers
received votes without looking at their lists to sec
whether the would be voters had been registered,
and the Chronicle and Sentinel asserts that many
negroes were brought from this State expressly tc
VOTE who could not have voted if the registry sts
had been examined.
The result of the election cannot be known fol
some days One thing however, has been de-
monstrated. The white people of Georgia, who
constitute the majority of its voters opposed te
convention. Ifa convention be held it will be
in response to the will of minority, and that mi
nority the most ignorant population of the State
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MANAGERS oP ELECTION.

The following persons have been appointed By
military authority as managers of Election fol
Chester District: ''a .'''.'- Il. -
Chester.-A. N. McNinch, James Atkinson
George Heyman. /
Lewis' Turn Om-John A. Marion, George
Keenan,, James Phinney. .."
Benefits Shop.-G. H. Barnes, D. B: Rob
bins James Parks. s.i III.
Carmel HiM-James P. Ferguson, Thomas
Hyatt, Chesley Robbins.
McAklys MiM VIM. McConum, j: T. Tins,
W. R. Reed 49,: ..,. .. h''
WyIe's StmeJamesJ Jameson, G. L. Bigham,
Smith Kitchens.
LepisriUe.-W. P. Ferguson, R. B. McFadden,
JAS H. White. ......., ...; J.
Boyds Store.-T. P. McKeown, R. l. Miller,
H. NJ. Banks ..4..... ...a..!...s,: IT, ,
7orJits MI-John Hood, Thos. Torbit, Jas.
NJ Knox. .. -.... ......... ......-.-.-N !,
RossriRe.-G. G. Heath, Hugh McMaster, J..
s. Hemphill -,.,. ....... ..- -.. ..,.;..... u
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TRIAL OF THE P1CKENs RIOTERS.

The trial Of Alexander Bryce and nine negroes,
on the charge of the murder of Miles N. N. Hun
nicut, took place at Pickens G. House on Thurs
day, before his Honor Judge Dawkins. The State
was represented blythe Solicitor, Hon. j. P. Reed
the prisoners by Generals McGowan and Easely,
Messrs. Norton and Adams. The evidence and
arguments occupied two days, and the jury, after
an absence of half an hour, brought in verdict
Of guilty with reference to December Gadsden,
Cleveland, Jr., and jackson Henderson all col
ored. Not guilty with reference to Alexander
Bryce, white man, and Captain Deane, Bob Breck-
inridge and Mark Adams, colored. -.
The testimony of the President Of the Union
League proved that all of the parties named con-
stituted the guard sent out to arrest Bob Smith,
the white man who had fired pistol in the neigh
borhood of the League; that o portion Of this
guard were armed with guns and pistols, and un-
der the direction of Jackson Henderson as Ser:
geant; that December Gadsden, the Vice. Presi-
dent of the League, from the description of his
size and his bearing on the occasion, was the one
who fired the fatal shot which took the Life Of
young Hunnicutt, the others being accessory to
the crime. 1t also appeared in evidence given by
both white and black, that the negroes used the
most violent threats and language, imprisoned the
white men present, in the Academy, and evinced q
QeSlre 10 prOlonS tue ulsIupdhee aHu IeooIG "
arms. ... .....-# .-.. So
The case was ably presented to the jury on the
part of the State, and Generals Easley and Nc.
Gowan defended the prisoners with more than
usual eloquence and power. The Judge charged
the jury on the law clearly, and both law and fact
were then submitted to their consideration, with
the, result above stated. .,r.e:. .r.i sra,eiI" !
The sentence of the court was that the parties
convicted should be executed at Pickens on the
9th of December next ga. ,y:,.. !
On Saturday the negroes indicted for riot or
the 18th of October, the day following the murder
together with Alexander Bryce, white man, were
tried-the same counsel, with the addition Of JAS
H: Whitner, ESD, representing the parties
Eighteen out Of the thirty tried we're convicted
and Sentenced as follows: - ~ ''ISS1 ~ 2re
Elias Kennedy, (indicted for completely in tn
riot Of Saturday night eleven months in the peni
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sisted to procure small tract Of land, about TWEEN
ty-fve acres in extent, in Christ Church Parish
lie worked the place himself with but little assis-
tance, we are Informed, and has raised four bales
of fine Sea Island Cotton, worth about one dollar
per pound, say about one thousand to twelve hun
dred dollars for the crop, and suficiency Of vege-
tables and other market products to enable him
to purchase such articles as he may desire, giving
him the cotton to clear his debt on the land, to
which purpose he is now devoting it.-CharIeston
Means
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-11-07
ANOTHER LARGE POTATO.

Mr.. THOMAS ROACH, of Blairsvile, has come
up to the scratch in the potato line, and left with
us sweet potato weighing four and half
pounds. Can't some person bring us larger
one? F. ....s.. .... ..........-
Since the above was put in type, Major RICH
ARD HARE has exhibited to us bunch of sweet
potatoes nine in number, oil connected to one
stem, which was produced on his lot in this place
The bunch weighs CT pounds.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-11-07

RADICAL NOMINATING CONVENTION. The
Radical Convention to nominate candidates to rep
resent this district in the State Reconstructive
Convention, met last night at Military Hail. Al!
the delegates, white and black, were armed
with sticks or clubs. There might have been some
exceptions, but we were not aware Of any. The
white men present were Gilbert Pillsbury, F. A.
Sawyer, G. C. Bowen, David Barrow, w. j. Rob-
ertson, lof Columbia VIM. Hurley, A. G.. Mack
ey, N. G. Barker and JAS NJ. Morrison. There
were two or three other white men there, but when
the meeting was organized, the doors were closed,
and they retired; all except members Of the con.
venton being requested to withdraw, reporters not
excepted. .-C Chdrleston Mercury, LIST iast.t ;aa X
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HONORABLE A. p iAIDRIcH. The Honorable
Judge AHP., tAldrich, Of South Carolina is at
present on visit to this We are glad to see
the Judge looking well, and in his accustomed Wig.
or. He abates no jot Of heart or hope because Of
his SUSPENSION by the military authorities, from
the exercise Of judicial functions He still holds
himself TO be constitutional judge Of South Car
olna, under the Constitution Of the State !; and is
no doubt well gratfed.to believe that he has lost
people, in refusing to violate his oath of Office,
and in his resolution not to suffer the ermine Of
the Judiciary to be dishonored while On his person
We welcome the. Judge to Charleston his native
city and congratulate the District Of Barnwen, on
the possession Of citizen who has,the patriotism
to do his duty under the laws Of the land.
,if'fa| "iF5att 81 t,if'V' II Chd,yeton Mrc,nE
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FURNITURE AT AUCTION.

An opportunity will be offered at Limestone
Springs, on Thursday, the 2lst Of November, to
persons in need of furniture and other family ef-
fects, of supplying their wants without the expense
and risk of ordering from distance. The furni-
ture has been well kept, and embraces some fine
articles of rosewood, mahogany and walnut, be-
sides the palmer materials, thus offering an excel
lent opportunity for making selections. We call
attention to the advertisement in another column
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coNs1eNEEs BY KINGS MOUNTAIN BAIL Road.

CoNsIeNEEs BY KINGS MOUNTAIN BAIL Road.
The following are the consignees by the King s
Mountain Rail Road, from the lst to the 5th OF
November, inclusive: ~.
T. NJ. Dobson & Co., j. & E. B. Stowe, Dr..
John May, Allison & Bratton, A. R. Homesley,
Carroll, Clark & Co., Mrs. S. Z. johnson, John
McGill, Rev. R. B. Anderson, W. l. Clawson,
R. T. Allison, johnson & Darwin, B. +. Rawlin-
son, G. w. Jeferys.
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CANDIDATES POE THE CONVENTION.

We are reliably informed that meeting of the
Union Republican party of York District, without
regard to color or previous condition, was held in
the Zion Church in this place, on Tuesday even
ing last, for the purpose of nominating candidates
to represent the interests of the party in the Con-
stitutional Convention. The following nomina-
tions were made:
w. E. ROSE, ESQ.,,
DIR. J. L. NEAGLE,
JOHN W. MEADE, (colored,)
~- j. H. WHITE, (colored). =
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YORKVILLE. s. c.:
THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. Z, 1867.

Cash.-It must be distinctly understood that
our terms for subscription, advertising ana Joo-
work, are cash. in advance
X.-The paper will be discontinued on the expi-
ration of the time for which payment has been
made. A Subscriber finding (X) cross-mark on
stand that the time paid for has expired.
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q. n. ASHER.

1t will be seen by an advertisement in another
column that the ''irrepressible' ASHER is again on
the rampage. He has located at Charlotte, and
cordially invites his friends in York to give him
call, whenever they may visit the ..'hogbed Of de-
mocracy-the birthplace Of independence" yclept
Charlotte -,a---..... ..... 8. -..r., ....-a.