Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-05-20
EDITORIAL INkLINGS.
interest on Open Accounts.

Sulcl y uSLlCc MOSSoi Va eA1hS SSneS1 ASo'As'J
delivered the opinion of the Supreme Court that
80 much of the Act of the Legislature of 1861,
continued to December, 1866, as allowed interest
on open accounts, nactions suspended by the stay
law, is unconstitutional. :~
Sale of w. e. n. II. B. .,., $50
The Wilmington and Manchester Railroad is
advertised for sale on the 23d of next June This
stock has been selling at five cents on the dollar for
some time, and it is now offered for sale merely to
secure the bondholders These claimants now hold
the road under bond for ninety-uine years. Capt.
tafsts are not likely toiuvest in stock mortgaged
for 30 LONG q period. The parties who virtually
own the road, in consequence Of their bonds, now
really control the Wilmington and Weldon Rail
road, and. the connecting lines to Baltimore; and
Philadelphia The only difference to the public
will be that the road to be sold will stand on a
frmer basis, when sold.
The Blue Ridge Railroad.
The Ohio Legislature has authorized the
raising of $40, 100000 for the completion Of this
road and necessary branches The people Of Gin
cnnati are taking great interest in this enterprise,
and Gov. Scott, of this State, has gone to that
city, accompanied by an influential delegation
from North and South Carolina, Tennessee and
Kentucky, to confer with the Chamber of Com
merce, Board # Trade and city authorities, in ref
erence to the road. It's completion may therefore
be considered as secured Gov Scott is entitled
to the thanks of the citizens of this State forthe
energy with which he has pushed the interests Of
this important link in our railroad system. He is
a ''carpet-bagger," it is true; but we rather like
carpet baggers of such business habits, though we
wish it distinctly understood that We are very tar
from endorsing all his actions and sentiments.
Can't Swallow their own Pill.
- The National Convention Of colored men re-
Gently sent delegation to President Grant, with
a lengthy address, urging upon him the propriety
Of appointing colored men to Office in the North.
The address states that the colored men of the
North have plenty of good material for Office in
their ranks, and claims that their appointment
would give. death blow to the prejudice against
|colored of6ceholders at the South. 1t also con-
tends that such appointments would secure the
passage of the Fifteenth amendment, as it would
virtually enforce it in States opposed to it. The
gratitude due the colored heroes Of the U. S. army
was also brought up. .'' ,''''
The President listened attentively to the eloquent
document admitted the truth of its arguments
and-said he would "consider its suggestions. "
He has not yet seen fit to appoint any Of his North
ern brethren to Office, unless they furnished them
selves with carpetbags and "squatted' in some
reconstructed State. Hcknowa too we'll the North
ern sentiment on this subject to try any such game.
The black pill is supposed to be great stimulant
to Southern stomachs; but it interferes with
Northern digestion, acting as an emetic and stir
ring up great deal Of bile.
Don't Like the Stock.
Don Piatt, the witty correspondent OF the
Cincinnati Commercial, has been offered S. 600 as
editor and share in ihe stock ofa Southern news
paper. He don't like the prospect exactly, and
replies thus:
"Gentlemen, from what I can hear of your
neighborhood, I think you might safely offer me
SIS, 600 year. You would be called on to pay only
the first quarter. At the end of ninety days the
funeral expenses of the editor would be your only
liability. There are three things your true born
American believes he can do at any time. One is
to hold Office; the next, to make a speech; the
third, to edit paper, And so he can-in q way y
Flowing Up Confederate Dead.
The Richmond Dispatch gives the following
account Of the manner in which the remains of
Confederate dead are treated in some localities of
Virginia:
''While our ladies are mounding and decorating
the graves in Oakwood, and while themassve stone
monument to the memory of those who lie in Hol-
lywood is gradually approaching completion, it is
distressing to hear of the neglect of the bones of
those who are buried where they fell-on the hill
sides and in the valleys in other parts of the State.
The reports that reach us Of the sacrlegious con-
duct Of many Virginia farmers arc so shocking
that we hesitate to give them credence, although
our duty as journalists requires us to lay them be-.
fore our readers. A few weeks ago we published
an account of the state of affairs at Fort Harrison,
which subsequent investigation proved too true.
Now comes q most narrowing story of Malvern
Hin where so many Of our best and bravest with
their last drops of blood sealed their devotion to
the Southern cause. On the northwest side Of the
fort most terrible scene presents itself. Thous.
ands of Confederate soldiers having been buried
where they fell, twenty acres or more have just
been plowed up by the owner Of the field, and the
plowshare turned to the surface all the skeletons.
Over the whole tract the bones are strewn in pro-
1uSlOI, anu STlllilltS shuo oloio o foiVoio III 'h
face on every hand When the farmer was ques-
toned he said the land was now the richest piece
he had, and, in justification of the sacrlegous act,
stated that he didn't put 'em there no how. The
writer learned afterwards that the bones had been
taken away by the cart load and sold to fertizing
mills in Richmond. Two humane men, too poor
to do anything else, came one day while We were
there, and attempted to burn some of the bones to
prevent the wretches from carting them of. y
Female Office Seeker.
Our readers probably have no idea of the
amount of brass required to push personal appi-
cation for office through to success. 10 give them
a fair specimen of of6ce-huntng, we extract from
the Washington correspondence Of the Baltimore
Sun dialogue which is probably only one of ten
thousand The applicant, in this instance, was a
female the notorious DR.. Mary Walker, who has
been rumaging unsuccessfuly for an Office in every
direction, for some weeks. President Grant and
several Cabinet officers had snubbed her, and she
finally tried Postmaster General Cresswell, with
the following result:
Mrs. Walker-I tell you must have an appoint.
ment AIN as deserving of it as any one else, and
insist that my claims shall be recognized.
The Postmaster General, livery calmly. but
have told you there are no vacancies
Mrs. Walker, (suappishly. )-Wel, then, make
one.. 49,,
The Postmaster General.-I cannot. All the
positions are filed, and, BESIDES the ladies in the
department would object to your being placed in
room with them. Wy
Mrs. Walker, with gestures )-They do. Well,
then, turn some of the rebels out and put me ln'