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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-07-02
AIR LINE RAIL ROAD.

For some time past it has been rumored that
company had been formed in the North, and char
tered with large capital for the purpose Of build
ing an air line rail road from Charlotte to Atlanta
The direct route between these points about one
hundred and forty miles less than the roundabout
course by Columbia, Branchville and Augusta,
and the road would effect an important saving OF
time in conveying mails and passengers between
New York and New Orleans.
Last week Senator Pomeroy, of Kansas, intro.
duced bill proposing to extend Government aid
in the building of this road to the amount of &c.
100000, in U. s. Bonds, provided the company
complete the same within three yeaB; and that
when so completed the several railroads between
Washington and Mobile, this one inclusive, shall
become military and postal route
This road will most probably be constructed, and
perhaps at an early day. It will pass across this
District from East to West, and if built from
Charlotte by an air line will pass very near our
town. 1t would be a very pleasant matter to have
it pass through this place, and possibly some ef'
fort on our part might help to control its location
in a way that would rebound to our interests.
There is no money to give in aid of the work, but
many of our people might, and would, no doubt,
subscribe lands to the company, if proper repre-,
sentation of its plans and resources were placed
before them. We would be glad to hear from
some person authorized to represent the company,
and be enabled to know more about it Ifgreen-
backs are to be distributed by the government in
the building of rail roads, we would be especially
we'll pleased to see somebody come this way with
them, whether the rail road that followed were
any convenience or not
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-07-02
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

On the 22d, in the House, nothing importan
was done. Under the regular call resolutions were
introduced in favor Of reducing the public debt Il
plain and uniform system, SO that it may b
more easily understood by the people, and ,th'
interest thereon reduced, and nstructing the Way
and Means Committee to report BILL The reso
luton was passed.
The conference report on the bill removing th'
political disabilities of certain persons, was recon
sidered and passt by vote Of 9s to A. This bill
has passed both houses by two-thirds vote.
On the 23d, in the Senate, the credentials of th'
Arkansas senators were presented and read, bu
no action was taken. Paine offered resolution
that the oath be administered to the Arkansa
members, but on the suggestion Of Maynard ant
Others the resolution was modified and passed re
ferring their credentials to the Committee on Elec
tions. Subsequently, on motion of Howard, tn
Senators were seated without division.
In the House, after referring the credential
of the Arkansas delegation to the Election Com
mittee, the House resumed the consideration o
the whiskey tax bill amendment fixing the tax a
fifty cents, which was adopted by vote of 81 II
81. The other amendments were discussed, bu
no further action was taken.
In the Senate, on the oath, bill was introdu
ced by Howard, abolishing the Freedman's Blu
reau in the represented States after January ]
which was referred to the Military Committee. 4
bill making eight hours days work in Govern
ment workshops was passed by vote Of twenty
nine to eleven.
In the House, the tax bill was under considera
ton. Amendments were introduced to forbid tn
removal of whiskey from the still under any cir
cumstances until the tax is paid and to provide 70
superintendent of revenue for each Federal judi
cial district, to be nominated by the Revenue Com
missioner and appointed by the Secretary of th
Treasury, and to remove all special or general a
gents of the Treasury Department within ten day
after the passage of the bill. The bill progresse
very tardily.
On the 25th, in the House, Paine introduced
bill to supply the militia with arms. Eldridge de
manded that it be read, and it was withdrawn
The discussion of the Tax bill was resumed. Th
bill was amended so as to forbid the removal o
whiskey from distilleries until the tax is paid, ant
to allow drawback of fifty centson exported whis
key The bill was then passed.
The Presidents veto of the Omnibus bill wa
received, and the bill was passed over the veto b.
vote of: ayes, one hundred and FIVE; noes, thirty
In the Senate, the Appropriation bill was dis
cussed all day. An amendment, increasing, tn
salary of the Assistant Treasurerat Charleston from
s25OO to $4,000, was passed The said Treasure
disburses 81, 100000. The Omnibus bill was the'
passed over the veto by vote Of: ayes, thirtyfve
noes, eight.
On the 26th, the proceedings of either Hous
presents nothing of interest. The day was princl
pally consumed in discussing the Tax Bill.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-07-02
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
IMMIGRATION,

We need confidence in the pecunisry and COM
mercial affairs Of the country. How is this to be
produced? Not by bankrupt lawsand camors fol
Reputation, and stay laws and meetings and reso.
lutons for the relief Of our people, when by ont
people we only mean debtors The creditor needs
relief and, in most instances, deserves it too
Whose action made men debtors? Their own.
Who caused the loss and diminution in value Of
their property? Was it their creditors? No.
Why then should they alone suffer. When at
Rome movements were made for the relief Of deb
tors these were the poor while their creditors were
the wealthy who enjoyed their abundance. Not
30 here.
A law for the collection of all claims and the
payment of none, would be, judging from the prac-
tice of many, quite popular, but its application
would be difficulty In considering the subject,
the question presents itselEif the amount Of in
debtedness and the number of debtors so great,
who or where are the creditors? IF debts were
cancelled, would the money leave the country and
it be that much poorer? No; the debt is not for
eign, and payment would only be placing property
in the hands of the proper owners; and restoring
the confidence so much needed. A. owes b b.
owes C; and G. owes D; or some one of the alpha
bet who again owes A. IF the claims are equal,
the whole Indebtedness could be cancelled without
the exchange of dollar. If they are different in
amount, there is nothing to prevent the cancella-
ton of debt to the amount of four times the small
est claim, but the unwillingness of some Of the
parties. To illustrate. Suppose the Indebtedness
Of each is slOOO-that B is beyond the reach Of
any remedial process of law, orinsolvent Hoping
to collect some or all of AS note he refuses to pay
his Indebtedness to G with it. C cannot pay D,
nor D, A, and the entire indebtedness remaina Il
people were as willing to pay as collect, perhaps
one half of the Indebtedness of the country could
be wiped out at once, and by a disposition on the
part of every man to make sacrifices to pay all he
could, and make equitable adjustments, the othe,
half would soon be 80 reduced that confidence
would be measurably restored and money, that il
now laid up be drawn out for use in the industrial
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-07-02
BACH IN THE UNION.

On Thursday last the Senate and House took
up the veto of the omnibus admission bill and
passed the same by the requisite two-thirds vote
ton in Congress, the States of North and South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Louisi-
ANA happy family it is true, but a rather
mixed one.
Thus, after three years of hard work, the ex-
penditure of several millions of dollars, and the
total depression of the energies of these States,
Congress has succeeded in winning them back to
the folds of the Union, under governments, 80
called, of their own choice We fear that these
''stars' will never shine very brilliantly in the
Union galaxy, under the present terms of rein
statement. The whole scheme of reconstruction
is in fact, too ridiculous to reason about, and too
contemplate for ridicule. The object for which
the radicals have expended so many millions of
the peoples money in this reconstruction business,
has been at last accomplished and they have there
by secured the long expected renforcements of rad
ical Congressman, so necessary to counteract the
encroacbments of the Democracy, and to maintain
their hold upon the Government.
The whole scheme of Congressional reconstruc,
ton has, therefore, been conducted with but one
sole object in view-the radicalizng of the South
ern States. Negro suffrage was allowed, not be-
cause it was right or just, but because it was
thought that republican voters could be made Of
them Southern citizens were disfranchised from
among the ablest and best, not because it was
right or just, but simply because it removed their
votes and the weight Of their influence against
L.. r..
cessay to repeat now but as the deed of restora-
ton is recorded upon the statute books of Con-
gress we deem it proper that every intelligent cit
izen of these States should raise protesting
voice against such sham legislation, and the con-
temptible motives that actuate it.
R. K. Scott, Governor elect of South Carolina,
committed by his solemn promise to administer the
government of the State, not in the interests OF
reason and humanity or the common welfare of
all the people-but for the best interests of the
republican party, has issued proclamation calling
together the Legislature on the 9Th instant. 1t
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-07-02
DULL TIMES.

Weoften hear men complain most unreasonably,
of the dullness of the times the stagnation Of bu
siness, &C., as if such occurrences were piece of
unexpected i'll fortune that could neither be fore
seen nor provided against They are, however, quite
to the contrary. "Dull times''-as they are
called their seasons for coming and going,
with as much regularity as summer and winter
and good business man will soon learn by expe-
rience, if by no other means, how to arrange his
affairs so as to get safely those ups and downs
in business life. 1t is contrary to reason, in the
first place, that every trade and calling should pros
per alike at all times in the year. Supply and de-
mand regulate business enterprises altogether; and
unless these were the same the year round, it is
impossible that the business sustained by either
should remain steady. .....
The sinews of business prosperity in our section
of the country are derived, almost exclusively,
from the successes of farming community. 1t is
only when the farmer has harvested crop at the
end of the summer, and is ready to place the same
in market that the wheels Of business begin to
move forward with elasticity, and life is impaired
to trade
Why cannot those who lounge about the street
corners and lugubrously prate about "dul times, u
remember that the same thing occurred at the same
time last year, and the year before, and so on as
far back as the oldest inhabitant can remember ?
And if such has been in the past, why may it not
continue in the future? A little forethought, a
little common sense, and business sagacity would
teach men to provide against dull times, by having
new enterprises on hand that would both afford
employment and return recompense in those dull
seasons when their proper business becomes stag,
nant and improbable.
We fthe South, are too much inclined to com.
plain against fate, as every mischance that arises
we're the result of some unpropitious accident in.
tended to work harm to U.S. Many such charges
against an unpropitious fate are about as reasona
bic as the complaint about dull times, which fate
has nothing to do with. A true man, fashioned
after the order of Gods noblest work, grapples
brayely with these petty difficulties, and they crum.
Bile away at the first breath of an energetic pur.
pose The fates intend US no evil and it is an ex-
cessive display of vanity and foolshness when we
imagine ourselves the special subjects of conside,
ration with these shadowy inhabitants of an un.
known locality. If, however, the fates as they
are called, were to listen to our frequent charges Of
malfeasance and misfeasance- should not won.
der if some deserved castigation worth prating a,
bout were not, one of these days, administered tc
certain class of men whom, according to theil
own view, fate has never done anything for, but
everything mean and cruel against.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-07-02
THE DILL PR1sonERs-The following ara The

The Dill PRISONERS. following are the
names Of the gentlemen that have been arrested
and brought to the city by the military, on suspi-
cion of being implicated in the Dill murder: DR..
a. eileen, William Kelly, Gardner Kelly, William
Parker. Emanuel Parker, Alexander Boykin, Hen
~ Boykin, Burwell Albert, and one colored man
named George Bowers These gentlemen far
ass under al s fs Ssn ngRS
ernment, are dragged, in irons, from their homes
cerated in a filthy Jail, no one knows how long, all
upon the allegation Of lying negroes, who will tell
one story one day and another the next. There is,
however. We confess, something to be made out of
it in the way Of political capital and it may be
that this method is the most effectual to accom-
plish the purpose intended. Mercrvy.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-07-02
The Murkrille Gnqnirer.
YORKVILLE, S. c.:
THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 2, 1868.

Cash.-It must be distinctly understood that
our terms for subscription, advertising and JOB,
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
the wrapper or margin of his paper, will under
stand that the time paid for has expired.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-07-02
DIVISION OF TEXAS.

The RAIDS at Washington are becoming so fond
of making negro governments, that they propose
to make two additional ones out of the State Of
Texas 1t will prove difficult matter to find vo.
tiers, we imagine in at least one of these proposed
new nationalities; for the territory cannot be well
decided without giving the Camanches a separate
berth, and carpet-baggers have less fondness for
this class of "sovereigns" than for the niger
They might want scalps instead of forty acres and
mule" We may shortly see how the expert
ment will work and possibly may be able to dis,
pose of q few of these notable government makers
in that locality
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-07-02

arts. This much i Will say OF creoltors. iney
should be willing to compromise on equitable
terms, but by thisI do not mean such as would
give them nothing and leave their debtors in atdu-
ence. lam debtor, but do not deal out invec-
tives against the Shylochs., That has been sufi-
cently done by Others Il know that fair adjust
ment of claims would reduce many who have lived
rich, to narrower circumstances; but, at the same
time, it would give to many who have lived poor,
the means of comfort, the dues Of their honest in
dustry; and this Is right; and right is, in the end,
policy. -..~ S..t.tn..%n ~
Another thing we need is, work-not wind
work, but real honest labor, respectable labor, as
respectable in the shop and at the, plow, as the
desk and counter, or in the sanctum and the stud
les. God and nature are the same. God has said
to man, 'in the sweat Of thy face shalt thou eat
bread" Nature has given US country capable Of
producing bread for millions. IF we violate law
of our existence We will as surely suffer the penalty
as effect follows cause.
The first year after the war, when, from the
teachings Of war; the sentiment was such that some
writer, to encourage it, announced that son of
Gen. r. E. Lees was at work in his shirt sleeves
between the plow handles on his farm, I advoca-
ted with zeal the formation Of society for the
encouragement Of fimmigration, and the leasing of
lands to immigrants on favorable terms, with the
assurance that they could buy them as soon as
they might be able to pay for them; and at the
same time, endeavored to produce conviction Of
the necessity Of active and skifu industry on the
part of every resident in the country Ny zeal
has abated, not because I love my country, or de-
sire its prosperity less, but from the doubtalness
at the present stage, Of the former, and the hope
lessness Of the latter. Material wants, and not
argument overcome dislike to labor.
The conflict between labor and capital is, per-
haps, as old as capital If the principle Of labor
sympathizing with labor, were not strong enough
TO produce community Of interest between old
and new labor, there would be opposition which
the new, unaided, would never be able to meet,
and would upset conviction of friendship which
We have been endeavoring to make, and render
hopeless the aid of an element that is fixture
here for one or two generations without catas-
trophe. Would the situation in either case be
improyed2 The question is asked mot after the
Socratic method Of disputation, but for the answer
Of wiser heads than mine. The history of Repub-
lies attests that the conflicts Of capital and labor
especially in their more advanced forms of luxury
and poverty, are not only unfiendly to, but des.
tructiye Of Republieanism. Let its advocates
then, land who are not I? strive for that state Of
common interests, common industry, and common
prosperity which are its only supporters Let not
those to whom this primitive state is distasteful
and disrespectable, sound the praises Of Repubi-
canism. srtg.a ia J.C.C.
YoNaUEsvILE, June rs, 1858. lat 'a' !5'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-07-02

The ELECTORAL VOTES OF THE STATES. Him
ois l6, Indiana l3, Kentucky IL, Massachusetts
l2, Missouri II, New York SO, Virginia 10, Ohio
2l, Pennsylvania 26, Tennessee TO-, Alabama 8,
Arkansas 5, California S, Connecticut 6, Delaware
8, Florida, 8, Oregon 3, Georgia 9, Kansas 8, Lou
isiana, 7, Maine I, Maryland 7, Minnesota 4, Mis-
sissippi I, Nevada 8, Nebraska 8, New Hampshire
S, New Jersey 7, Rhode Island 4, South Carolina
6, Texas 6, Vermont 5, West Virginia S, North
Carolina 9, Wisconsin 8, Iowa 8, Michigan 8; 10,
tai 3l7.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-07-02
THE NEW YORK CONVENTION.

Several of our town folks left yesterday morning
for New York, to be present at the great National
Democratic Convention, and to enjoy little recre
alton. The party consists of L, NJ. Grst, B. P
Boyd, w. B. Metts, Colonel W. A. Stowe, j. +.
Wallace and J. L. Clark. 1t will be perceived
from the list, that the ENQUIRER has represen
tive among the party, in the person Of its pro-
prietor.
The rail road companies are offering liberia
terms to persons who desire to pass over their roads
in going to this grand gathering of the heads o.
the people.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-07-02
FARM PROSPECTS.

The wheat in York is harvested and some al
ready threshed. The yield is said to be poor-far
below the lowest estimates given few weeks since.
Many sections of the District are experiencing q
drought not yet very hurtful, however. The last
general rain fell on the 7th ult, since which time
partial showers have fallen in some sections.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-07-02
CONSERVATIVE CLUB.

A meeting of the Yorkville Conservative Club
is called for Friday evening at O'Clock, in the
Court House. Important business will be tran
sacted.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-07-02

will then adopt the amendment to the Constitu-
ton known as the l4th Article, and thereby re-
move the last impediment to the admission Of rep
resentatives to Congress as provided for in the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-07-02
RELIGIOUS NOTICE.

We have been requested by the Pastor of the
Presbyterian Church in this place, to give notice
that Rev d Robert Aston has kindly consented to
f his pulpit, in his absence next Sabbath, the 9Th
instant
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-07-02
KINGS MOUNTAIN RAIL ROAD.

At meeting of the Directors on Friday last, K.
Springs Moore, Esq, was elected President ad IN,
term of the Kings Mountain Rail Road, r7ce Jas.
Mason, ESQ.,, resigned.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-07-02
HE YoRKVfhLE ENQUIRKR +

houses were broken by the weight of snow. The
wheat harvest in Tennessee is reported satisfacto-
~. The yield is large, and some new -four is on
the market made from the crop. Mississippi
has gone largely Democratic The constitution
has been defeated by the colored vote ''''''''The
Irish and Prussians eat more potatoes than any
other nation. '...""Mra. Anna Mittag, wife of DR..
j. F. G. Mittag, died at Lancaster, G. H., on
Tuesday of last week.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-07-02

REMOVAL OF POLITICAL DIsABILTIEs::..Among
those from this State whose political disabilities
conference bill, by two.thirds vote, last Monday
were J. D. Ashmore, A. s. Wallace, Z. Z. Bowen,
F. j. Moses, Jr., Thomas j. Mackey.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-07-02
Sfraps aud faets.

The tax of one cent box on matches netted
10 the government last year a revenue Of 81, $780,.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

falLer B. .MettS-COmnlSSloIieLs Saie' - -.
B. Williamson, Principal-Sulphur Springs
Male and Female Academy.
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WHEELER q WILSON sEWINasNE.
" '-' summer & ss IN Main stres,.
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COENERC[Al and FNkNCIAL.
Government SecurItIes.

Business in Government securities al
New York is reported slack among the
professional operators, but the demand
from the interior and by the banks and
insurance companies keeps up. While
those who hold the bonds for bona fide
investment and the great companies
having money to lend seek them for the
higher interest they pay, the fluctuations
in prices daily reported among the deal
ers are of little consequences. The sales
Of bonds nre not large, and are not
likely to be at present prices, for the
very sufficient reason that there Is no
equally reliable security on the market
in which to reinvest the money at as
good interest.
The Assistant Treasurer ofthe United
States, in New York, has received an
order from the Secretary of the Treasu-
~ that interest on registered U. s.
bonds must be collected within ninety
days after It becomes due. Consequent
ly, all interest due previous to July 1
has been transferred to Washington
and must be collected there. On the
2Sth instant all interest due previous to
September l will be transferred to
Washington.