Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-08-13


waxing warn, land the partizans,o of each candidate
are blowing as. to the amount they are willing -tP
wager ,s: on the .rieesnlt Of the election The Demo
crafts however, appear be the most sanguine. q
short time ago, the 9abl1e stated that the sum Of
ten thousand doIarswas On deposit the st Mich ia
olas hotel to be bet on behalf Of Grants election
The notorious John Morrissey, being in q betting
mood visited the hotel and offered to cover tn TIP
pile, but be was informed that there was not then
or had been, any money there for any such ,pulT-
pose. The New York correspo ndent of the Gin
cinnati Commercial says Morrssey is asstEaight;
out Democrat, and is freely offering to bet on Sey
mour and Blair; and that "Morissey facility for
naming the winning horse, the winning card, or
the winning man, amounts to almost certainty, 7
Beast Butler in Trouble. -, 80 =: ..s,,
= While passing through Baltimore recently,
Beast Butler had two .writs served on him. One
at the instance of COL Woley, of Cincinnati soh
q, suit for false imprisonment, with laid at
$IOo, 900, for having imprisoned, Wolley because
he refused to answer certain questions propound7
ed to him by the impeachment. smelling commit
tee" The other to recover sl3, 900 alleged to have
been extorted from Kimberley Brothers, of Balti-
more, while Butler was in Command at Fortress
Monroe. By statement in the Baltimore San,
it appears that in the early part of the war, the
Kimberley Brothers contracted with the govern
ment to furnish the troops at Fortress Monroe
with fresh beef, vegetables, &c Gen. Wool, who
wa. in command at the time, granted permission
to the Kimberleys to erect buildings for their pur:
poses which they did ata.cost OF, ,$9, 900, subject
only to the condition that the buildings were to- be
removed whenever the exigencies of the service
should require it When Butler assumed COM
mand in March, 1864, he notified tho Kimberleys
that they must pay ground rent of $500 per
month, dating from the lst of January, 1864.
After considerable correspondence on the subject,
Butler reduced his demand to 81 900 per month,
and accompanied with threat that if not imme-
dately paid, he would take possession of the whole
concern and rent it out to the highest bidder. The
Kimberleys yielded to Buffers demand and paid
him, $4,000. to include January, 1865 ,, At the
close of the war, Kimberley. Brothers preferred a
claim against the government for the reimburse
ment of the $4,000, but payment was refused
upon the ground that there was no evidence that
the money had ever come into the Office of the
Quartermaster. General or into the hands Of any
of its officers Suit is now brought against Butler
to recover the amount -
Beast Butler again in Trouble.
- The squint-eyed Beast, yclept spoon-Butler,
hardly gets nd of one trouble, before he is con.
Efronted with another. After leaving Baltimore,
| he went to New York, and while proceeding along
Broadway was deserted by some Of the gay youths
who frequent Gotham. The New York correspon-
dent of the Charleston Courier thus describes the
scene: - -, f.,n .,,-,;s, "a =.
\ IAN. ugly looking man came turning. out Of
brigade of boys, boot: t:blacks, errand boys gdnias
and all, setup a chorus s'spoons, sstop thief
chow are you:spaonsp DO, DO. On turning o.
round one rleadilybeheldsthe ugly face of Begja,
min F. Butler He apparently was ill at ease At
the epithets continually banded about bis ears and
tIis face became pale With anger as he went along
the sidewalk with horde Of boys behind h1a,
pointing their fngersst him, 5asi'oniys baysEean
point fingers, and calling iout ssspoohsss spedns' 3
Well must, that man, have felt miserable awheg at
every step lie progressed he was thus Iapde, aware
Of how his colntryrneI dsspie hi1c: Boz bot the
least effort was made to stop Che Spoon chorus
tof The boys; and every passer byat once en6aMng