Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-12-03

-- ln6 teacBlaph aunouuceo tAe oSoA % Ac<Ss'
hassee, Florida, on the 2Sd ultimo, Of General
Waddy Thomson, formerly Of this State, at the
agesof seventy years. The Charleston Mesos fur:
nishes the following sketch Of the deceased: fpsi
,5"Gen. Thompson was born at Pickens Court
House, In this State, September.S 5, 1898, .grsdua.
ted at the South Carolina College IN ISL and was
admitted to the bar in 1919. He was Solicitor Of
the Western Circuit for several years, Afterwards
member of the Legislature, and later still amena
Der Of Congress fiom this State. .5He was 10 Con-
ues from 1885 to lS41, and served In 1870 as
chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs
In ls42 be was appointed Minister Plenipo tentary
to Mexico, and he afterwards published 9 very In:
teresting book about that country aud his mission.
Hs title General was obtained in the militia Ger.
vice. and he passed from the stage Of active life
before the war which made such titles more p3enti-
full His death will be, regretted as the byeaking
of another link in the chain which binds the palmy
DAYS Of Carolina, when Calhoun was a giant in the
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The Freedmen,s Bureau. r. "'.' T4''' r '''s&
The operations Of the Freedmsan'ss Bureau,
excepting in the educational and bounty depart
ments, will be discontinued on the 3lst day of this
month. The order from the Commissioner making
the necessary provisions for the enforcement Of
the Congressional law has but just been published.
~ General Howard 8 order is dated the 17th huldmo,
and announces the discontinuanee of the Freed
f5eu's Bureau, in accordance with the act Of Con
yress of July 25 1866, ,.after December 81, except
ing the educational department. and agents for the
.aHd payment Of snch moneys as may be
due those who were in the military service Of the
government. For each Of the States Of Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida GGeorgia,
Alabama, Mississippi Louisiana, Texas, Arkanas,
Tennessee and Kentucky, one assistant comuis-
sioner and chief superintendent Of schools viii be
retained; ALSO one disbursipg officer for the ednca
tional department and the payment Of bounties for
each State from one to four assistant superiuten.
dents Of schools for each State, from one TO five a.
gents for the payment Of bounties, and from one
to three clerks for every State mentioned. .:a&s I,
The Trial Of Jefferson Davis. a...s.. ..
Monday Of last week was appointed for the
trial, at Richmond, of e1-President Jefferson Da.
Wis. Chief Justice Chase is holding Court there,
but nothing has yet been heard with reference to
the trial. A Washington correspondent Of the n.
York Herald, writing on the day previous to that
appointed for the trial, says: -,
''It is perfectly welI understood here that the
trial of Jefferson Davis cannot and viii not take
place tomorrow. Mr.. Davis could not possibly get
10 Richmond 10 be- present at his trial TOMORROW,
and if it had been intended that the trial should
begin so SOON, he would have been noti6edin per
son. As this was not done, it. is fair to presume
that the government is no nearer ready to enter in
to his trial than it was year ago. The term Of
the Supreme Court Of the United States is 30 near
at hand that the Chief Justice would not be able
to preside at Davis trial; besides Attorney Gen
ot.n ~ oiks md Yaf
to 20 to Richmond tomorrow. 80 It IL believed that
the trial will be again postponed until some day in
next term. There are those, here who think that
the president Of the rebel Confederacy viii new
er be tried, that the case will be postponed from
time to time until some.other method Of disposing
of it shall be found. Some persons Of the legal
profession are of the opinion that General Grant
will remove the whole difficulty by recommending
Congress to pardon Mr., Davis aud let him go. If
this should not be done, Il is confidently believed
that some other means of avoiding q trial will be-
discovered II Ia bs-; ;t2-s 80 49, T. wi:
burning of the Ohio Lunatic Asylum.
Last week we mentioned the burning Of the
Lunatic Asylum, of Ohio, at Columbus. In an
exchange we find the following paragraph desert
biSg the scene: n .".".s....E 'F -
"The major portion of the inmates had not re-
tired when the fire broke out, but in the ward
where the fire originated, were some Of the most
misehieyous, aud some sick ones. All efforts to
induce those to leave their rooms were unayai!ng,
and the few citizens who had reached the place.
and the attendants, were obliged, at the risk Of
their own lives, to orush in and drag them from the
horrible fate that awaited them. The roar Of the
night and again lit with lurid glare; the cries,
screams, shouts, laughter and dancing Of the de-
mented women, whose madness seemed increased
by the wild and exciting scenes around them, made
up picture terrible to look upon. By.and-by
came word that some were dying in their rooms,
suffocated in the smoke, and others raying and
struggling to free themselves from their con6ne-
ment. Then some of our heroic citizens; rushed
into the flames and dragged forth the dead and the
diving. Some were dead when reached; others
died shortly after coming to the fresh air. One
poor creature, beautiful girl of about eighteen,
whose arms were confined because of her mischiev.
GUS propensities on being brought out called pite-
ously for her mother, and died with the prayer OBJ
her lips that she might be allowed to lay her head
upon her mothers breast, lit pains me so,'" she
said. There were six Of the female patients who
died of sufocation and inhalation Of the flames. ;
The Presidents Message. -: ''.- d :ts.
--- The Washington correspondent of the Bos.
ton Post writes as follows to that paper concerning
the forthcoming message of President johnson: =
president johnson has completed the rough
draft of his annual message, and he congratulates
himself upon the fact that it is to be his last He
saws that no man has ever surrendered official re-
sponsibility with moiety of the pleasure with
which he will vacate the Presidential chair. His
message will vindicate, at much length, the past
policy Of his administration. Not, he says, for the
purpose of convincing those to whom it is address
ed, but to place on record full vindicaton OF his
official action. The message reviews the Recon
struction Acts and compares the Reconstruction
policy of Congress with the policy of his admins
tration as viewed in the light of the Constitution,
as we'll as upon their intrinsic merits as plans tor
restoring peace and prosperity to distracted coun-
try. President johnson is better satisfied than
ever of the wisdom of the plan of restoration which
he proposed, and says that time has tended to es-
tabsh the fallacy Of Congressional Reconstruction
Referring to the general shock which the Consti.
tuition bad received at the hands Of the dominant
party, he cites cases Of tyranny and outrage which
were it's necessary results This portion of the
message closes with an eloquent appeal to the A.
merican people to stand BY the Union Of the States
but at the same never to forget that the Consttu-
ton is the sheet.anchor of their freedom There
is much in the message, it is said, to remind the
country of Washhgton!s farewell! address, and i
may be that President johnson had this islmorta]