Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-04-30
.a.. EDITORIAL INKLINGS.

Several weeks ago, the South Carolina Rail
road determined to issue tickets fer twenty-five
dollars, to cover one thousand miles of travel ovel
the above road. This has been done to induce
merchants and others to give to Charleston that
trade which has for various reasons been turned
to other places; With reference to the scheme
the Mercury says: - 80 = .as ....-, .....
twenty-five dollars for thousand miles is only
two-and- cents mile, instead of six cents,
the usual charge for way passengers. BY the use
of this ticket, merchant living a hundred miles
from Charleston, and who is in the habit Of com.
ing to Charleston FIVE times year, at an expense
for railroad fare Of sixty dollars could come twelve
times for the same money The Importance o1
this saving need scarcely be explained to business
men familiar with tbe advantage Of frequent re-
newal of their stock. ,.,. -, =! ...........f.'-
The tickets can be procured in Columbia, at the
ticket Office, or by addressing L. G. Hendricks
Charleston. ............ ............ ....
Mai. Lee and the Penitentiary. .s
- The Military Commission appointed by Gen.
Candy, to investigate charges preferred against
Maj. Lee, the Superintendent of the Penitentiary
Of harsh and cruel treatment of convicts, has con-
cluded its labors and rendered decision. The
Commission acquitted Maj. Lee of the charges
and Capt. Caziarc, the Adjutant- General of Gen.
Candy, informs Maj. Lee of,the fact, after the
following fashion, .a"'. -.
''S1R: am instructed by the Major General
Commanding to inform you that the Special Com.
mission; appointed By Special Orders No. 90, Par
lIV., of March IL, 1858, to examine into, and re-
port upon, the charges Of cruel and harsh treat
ment of conyicts, preferred against Thomas B.
Lee, Superintendent of the Penitentiary of South
Carolina has reported that the charges of crue
and harsh treatment made against him are un.
founded, and they regard the administration Of
Thomas B. Lee, as Superintendent Of the South
Carolina Penitentiary, as humane and efficient
This finding has been approved by the Com
manding General, who directs that no further ac:
ton be taken upon the petition for your removal
sswilI the President be Convicteds"
This is now the question of absorbing inter.
est. Speculation is rampant as the trial draws tc
close and the friends of the accused and his op.
ponents are each attempting to show that he will
or will not be convicted, as their inelinations
prompt. The Washington correspondent Of the
Baltimore Gazette furnishes the following on the
subject: .
In view of the intense interest manifested over
the whole country to anticipate, as far as possible
the result of the impeachment trial, your CORES.
pondent has prepared an analysis of the votes Of
those ten senators upon whom it is conceded will
depend the acquittal or conviction of President
Johnson The following thirty-one senators are
regarded as open and avowed advocates Of convic-
tion, regardless of their oaths, and without any
reference to the law and the facts viz: Cameron,
Cattell, Chandler, Cole, Conkling, Conness, Cra-
gin, Drake, Edmunds, Ferry, Frelinghuysen, Har-
Ian, Henderson, Howard, Howe Morgan, Morrill,,
l(of Maine), Morrill, (of Vermont), Morton, Nye,
Patterson, (of New Hampshire), Pomeroy, Ram
sey, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Upton, Wade,
Wilson, Williams and Yates These thirty-one
senatorial judges are regarded here as mere politl
clans and ready teols of party--that class of men
his finger in vain, when he told them they dare
not oppose impeachment
But there are within the ranks of the dominant
party in the Senate ten other senators who are re-
garded as statesmen as well as politicians, and
whose votes are by no means certain tor convlc,
tion-senators who are believed to be determined
to consult only their own consciences in arriving
at Just conclusion upon the law and the facts
submitted to the court. The names Of these ten
senators are Anthony, Fessenden, Fowler, Grimes,
Ross, Sherman, Sprague, Trumbull, Van Wrinkle
and Wiley. Any seven of these Republicans Yo-
ting with the twelve Democrats will defeat i'm
peachment and secure the acquittal of Andrew
johnson Henca It becomes interesting to ascer-
tain precisely how these ten senators have been
voting on all numerous propositions pro and con
submitted to the court
The correspondent of the Gazette, goes on and
gives the following analysis of the votes of the
'doubtful' Senators. The first column represents
the number of times they have voted in favor of
the President; and the second column the number
of times against him. Here is the analysis: