Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-07-22

PloWing up Coin.
The Fort Smith (Ark) Herald gives the
following account of how Mr.. John Vann, Of thai
vicinity, struck a streak of good luck:
1T appears that Mr.. Vaun was blowing in his
field, and his plow struck something, and stopped
his mule. Supposng it to be q root, he struck
the mule with his lash, and it gave sudden pull
when up came FIVE old Spanish dollars. Mr. Vanr
!, went to the spot where the coin appeared, and on
examination, found keg full of coin: The slaves
of the keg were rotten, but the dollars were as
sound as when coined at the Spanish mint. Or
digging up the keg he found it contained Eve thou
sand dollars, all in old Spanish dollars of the date
of about 1906, and American hafdoars OF old date
The keg must have been buried twenty or thirty
years ago. Since the finding of this money, the
whole field has been dug up in search Of hidden
treasure"
For the encouragement of others, we will add
that money can be plowed up in York, if proper
perseverance is used, though not in such large
quantities. 1t must be confessed, however, that
the prospect is rather discouraging in these dry
times. Nevertheless it cannot be denied that many
dollar has been plowed up in our old fields, in
times past, and what has been done can be done
again.
Death of Rev. r. X. Porter.
The Augusta Chronicle has the following,
which will be read with regret by many Of our read
ers, to whom the deceased was we'll and most fav:
orably known:
eve are panied to learn, from ,ur Atlanta ex-
changes of the death of the Rev. Rufus K. Porter,
Pastor Of the Central Presbyterian Church of that
a native of South Carolina but resided many years
in this city and county. During the war he was
the Chaplain of Cobb's Legion, and was with
T. R. R. Cobb at the time of his death on the field
of Fredericksburg In all the relations and under
all the vicsstudes of life, he had the happy power
of making all around him happy, winning the at
fectionate regard of all who knew him. y
The Floods in Texas.
"A Galveston telegram, of the 18th instant,
says:
''The Colorado River is higher than ever known,
the water having risen fortyseven eteight inches,
but is now falling slowly. The whole valley is en-
tirely under water, and the crops destroyed. The
railroad between Altriton and Columbus has been
washed away for several hundred yards. A mum.
Der of persons we're drowned below Columbus, and
Altriton was six feet under water, and a number
Of dead bodies were seen faoting past there. The
water cut off Donovant's and other plantations
at Eagle Lake. At Lagrange the water was four
l
Bastrop and. Webberville were washed away, and
many lives lost. The latter town is situated on
lower land than Lagrange The Brazos is very
high still,
The Airline Railroads.
"A meeting of the citizens of Hart County,
Georgia, was held few days since to consider
the propriety of subscribing to the stock of the
projected Airline Rail Road from Atlanta to
Charlotte The following resolutions were passed ::
Resolved That Hart county subscribe, through
the proper channel, the sum of $4,000 stock in
the Airline Railroad, on condition that Road is
located within half mile of the Public Square of
the Town of Hartwell
Resolved That the Ordinary of said county be
requested to give notice and order an election at
an early day as practicable, for all the legal vo
ters of said county to ratiy reject said proposed
subscription by writing the same on their tickets
at said election, TO be held on the I'd day Of Au-
gust next.
ResolUed. That we recommend that should the
county ratify said proposed subscription, the Or
dinary Of said county be authorized to issue county
bonds sufficient to raise money to meet the Install
lnents on said subscription as may be called for by
the said railroad company and that said Ordinary
be authorized to issue bonds in addition to the
subscription, sufficient to pay the interest on said
subscription bonds, as it may fall due for three
years from the lst day day of January, 1870
Death in the Pulpit.
The Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution gives the fol-
lowing account of the death, on the 4th instant, of
Rev. John Long, of Thomasvie, N. c., who had
begun preaching to large congregation in a
Methodist church at Atlanta, of which Rev. Mr.
Kimball is Pastor:
"He had continued some ten minutes when he
suddenly stopped, and with livid face and gasp
ing utterance asked Mr.. kimball if anything ap-
peared to be the matter with him. He sat down
in an easy position folding his hands and throwing
his head back on the sofa in reclining manner
Percevng his illness and at the same time observ-
ing that he was quiet, Mr.. Kimball arose and COIL
cluded the sermon, all the time thinking that Mr.
Long was better, from his squiescence. As he end
ed his sermon, he turned to speak to Mr.. Long and
found that he was speechless. Itwas an apoplec-
ttic stroke, from which he never recovered. He
died Monday morning about FIVE o'clock. Mr.
Long was i gentleman of about fifty eight years Of
age, of rreproachable character and high christian
standing He had been in the city but week or
two, and contemplated making his residence here
His family are still in Carolina and have yet to
buried this morning with due solemnities Mason
ic honors were paid to him..
8. c. University.
-" "Corsair," the Columbia correspondent of
the Charleston NeUs, writing under date of the
18th instant, furnishes the following information
in regard to the S. G. University:
The Board of Trustees of the University of S.
Carolina held meeting yesterday, pursuant to ad
journment three weeks ago. A good deal of rou
tine bus mess, such as receiving and considering re-
ports of committees, was attended to; but the
c. Davis Melton to the Chair of Law. In this
election we have indicated the policy intended to-
wards the University. namely: to continue it in
its present style. In the election of Major Melton
to the chair of lava man who stands high in the
community, who is eminent in his profession, and
whose mind is characterized in a high degree by
those qualities of severe logic and system that are
demanded in such position-his election indicates
the purpose of keeping the tone Of the institution
at its maximum. The election gives universal sat
isEaction, and it is understood that Major Melton
will accept the position The bursarship was Civ
en- to James Davis, q respectable negro of Coum-
bia As the bursary system of boarding has been
practically abolished 10y the students choosing to
board elsewhere) since last October, the only du-
ties remaining for Bursar Davis are those of "sher
iff, which have been performed by negro ever
since the college was founded.
Another Letter from A. H: Stephens.
- Since Mr. Stephens controversy with Judge
Nicholas on the cause of the present national evils
he has received a number of letters on the same
subject from prominent gentlemen at the North
Some of his replies have been published, perhaps
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