Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-06-11
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.

SOlIRItoSlldu Is clcCtCN W % ehouSoh4 AA3
jorty, and the Legislature and county officers art
nearly all Democratic.
The New Secretary of War.
Gen. Scho6dd, the new Secretary Of War
has commenced the discharge of his duties. He i
probably the youngest man who has ever occupied
the position, not being yet thirty-seven years O
age He graduated at West Point in 1853. HI
was made Brevet Major General in 1865, anc
was subsequently raised to the full rank. In May
1867, he was assigned to duty as General Com
manding the first military district consisting Of the
State of Virginia. .. ..
Ex.President Davis Trial. ...
THE United States Court met in Richmond
on the Sd instant, Chief Justice Chase and Judge
Underwood, presiding The Chief Justice called
the case of Jefferson Davis, when Mr.. Anderson,
of Mississippi, one of the counsel for the defence
read an agreement for postponement till October,
signed by Messrs. Evarts and O'Conor. The
Chief Justice assented to the agreement, and or.
dered postpontment until the October term. MIR.
Davis was not present. ." ....
Commander ofthe First Military District.
- General Stoneman, has been appointed, by
the President, as commander ofthe first Military
District, embracing Virginia, vtce Gen. Scho6eld,
appointed Secretary of War. Gen. Stoneman is
native of New York, and during the late war he
was prominent cavalry officer; was promoted to
the rank of Major.General of volunteers, and as.
signed to the command of corps He had com,
mand of the cavalry which made raid towards
Richmond in the early part Of 1868, and also com.
manded the expedition which captured Salisbury,
N. c., in April, 1865. Since December 1866, he
has been in command of the subdistrict of Peters.
burg, with headquarters in that city. 'a.
Murder in Camden.
"A correspondent Of the Charleston Mercury,
writing from Camden under date of the 5th inst,
furnishes the following account of the murder Of
Is. G. W. Dill, member of the late Convention
Solomon G. W. Dill, of this District, was killed
last night at his residence, some ten (lO) miles
from Camden, on the West side of Wateree Riv-
er. Also negro man, and Dills wife Ia colored
woman), wounded. There is great excitement a.
mong the negroes. The Coroner left here at -
o'clock to-day to hold an inquest over the bodies,
but up to this time of writing has not returned
They shot into Dill's house Dill had been elected
member of the Legislature and County Commis-
Sl0ner OF heTSEaW.
Death of ex.President Buchanan.
james Buchanan, ex-President Of the Uni
ted States, died at his residence, near Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, on the lst instant, aged seventy
seven years. The last words repeated by the ven
cradle President were 'God bless my country"
He was buried on Thursday last. A dispatch says
The Masons assisted throughout, and their fl-
neral ceremonies accompanied the religious rites.
On Saturday previous to his decease, while giving
directions to his executor regarding his funeral,
Mr.. Buchanan said ''The principles of the Chris
tian religion were insted into my mind in youth,
and from all have observed and experienced in
the long life Providence has vouchsafed to me, l
have only become more strengthened in my con-
yctions of the divine character of the Saviour and
the power of atonenent through his redeeming
grace and mercy"
Death of Kit Carson.
Kit Carson, the renowned trapper and guide,
whose name has been the synonym of wild adven-
ture and daring to all Americans of the present
generation, died from rupture of an artery in the
neck, at Fort Lyon, Colorado, on the 23d, of April
An exchange says of him:
"He was born in Kentucky in 1909. In lS47
he was appointed lieutenant in the rifle corps of
the United States army. In 1853 he drove $500
sheep over the mountains to California, this being
then considered a very hazardous undertaking,
and, on his return to Taos, was appointed Indian
agent in New Mexico. He has been largely in
strumental in bringing about the treaties between
sion of this kind he visited Washington not long
ago in company with deputation Of the red men,
and made o tour of several Of the northern and
eastern cities.
The President and the Printers.
The National Printers Union, while recently in
session in Washington, called upon President John
son. The President addressed the delegates in a
conversational way, promising that he did not in
tend to make them set speech. He was proud
to say that he had been a journeyman mechanic
The President concluded as follows:
"Now do not wish by what say to tickle the
ears of the masses, nor do wish to make any party
alluson but say that the aristocracy of labor is
true democracy, and to that aristocracy belong
I have been mechanic in the proper sense OF the
term, and tell you, gentlemen was considered
an A No. in my line. Applause. 1 did my
work we'll and never broke promise. Loud
cheers. And I consider it nobler distinction to
wear upon my garments the tinge of the shop and
the dust of the field than all the insignia that may
attach from victories won on fields numbered with
crushed and bleeding humanity. humbly claim
that no VOTE no act, no speech OF mine since trst
entered public life was cast or made IN any other
direction than in the interest and tor the benefit OF
the laboring mass of the people
Gen. Grant Accepts.
Gen. Grant, under date of May go, formally
accepts the Republican nomination tor the Presi-
dency. The following is his letter of acceptance,
addressed to Gen. Joseph R. Hawley, the Presi-
dent of the nominating Convention:
In formally accepting the nomination Of the Ma.
tional Union Republican Convention OF the 2lst
May inst, it seems proper that some statement Of
views beyond the more acceptance OF this nomina'
ton should be expressed.
The proceedings of the Convention were marked
with wisdom, moderation and patriotism, and be-
eve express the feeling of the great mass Of those
who sustained the country through its recent trials
I endorse their resolutions.
Ifelected to the office of President of the United
States, it will be my cndeavor to administer all the
laws in good faith, with economy, and with view
to giving peace, quiet and protection everywhere
At times like the present it is impossible, or at
least eminently improper, to lay down policy to
be adhered to, right or wrong through an admin
istration of four wears. New political issues not
foreseen, are constantly arising the views Of the
public on old ones are constantly changing, and
purely administrative officer should always be left
free to execute the will of the people. | have al
ways respected that will and always shall. Peace
and universal prosperity, its sequence with econo,
my of administration will Tighten the burden of
taxation, while it constantly reduces the national
debt. Let US have peace.
With great respect,