Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-18

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EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
The Stokes Trial.
- The case of Stokes, charged with the
murder of James Fisk, jun., in New York last
January, was closed on Saturday last and
given to the jury at 2.3O P. NJ, on that day.
After remaining in the jury room until 9
o'clock Monday, they reported that there was
no possibility that they could agree, and they
were then discharged and the prisoner re-
manded to Jail without bail. The jury stood,
eight for murder in the first degree, and four
for manslaughter in the third degree. The
killing of Fisk by Stokes was not denied on
the trial, though the plea of selfdefense was
made.
The Baltimore Boilers.
- Some forty or fifty delegates to the Bal
timore Convention bolted after the adjourn
ment of the first session, and organized by
electing permanent officers. They also issued
an address to the American people and issued
call for National Democratic Convention
to meet in Louisville, KY, on the 3rd of Sep
tember. Conspicuous among the bolters is
the irrepressible E. F. Stokes, of South Caro-
lima Mr.. Stokes is one of the Vice.Presidents
of the boiling Convention. The Baltimore
Sun thus alludes to his speech:
E. F. Stokes, hailing from Greenville, S.
c., made a speech on Monday to the little
clique of implacable straight-outers. Mr..
Stokes was exceedingly gushing, and spread
the wings of his oratory almost as broad as
Their love for the American eagle was not a
circumstance to his for the Democratic party.
Mr.. Stokes assured those who heard him that
he was ready to commit hari-kari for that
grand old Democratic party. He had been a
Union man all during the war; he knew how
things were in South Carolina. He prayed 70
God three times day, and he daily talked
with Aleck Stephens, begging and praying
that means mil ght be devised to avoid this
wickedness, this leap of death, this crownng
infamy. Quite dramatic scene here occur
red. Mr.. Stokes spied a venerable old gen.
tleman from Pennsylvania, in whose eye he
read sympathy with his utterances. He walk
ed up to him, and took him by the hands,
shaking them with great earnestness.
Tie Temper of the Southerners.
- AS illustrating the temper of the south
erners in the Presidential contest, Baltimore
letter in the Brooklyn Eagle relates the fol-
lowing incident which occurred at one Of the
Baltimore hotels few days ago:
"a group of delegates from Texas were dis
cussing the merits of Greeley when lean,
lank fellow, with Matched features. managed
to interrupt the conversation with the remark :
"Greeley is too bitter pill to force upon
the South"
One of the delegates-a huge individual,
with sabre slash across his forehead-6red
up in an instant.
"I'll bet ten dollars to corn.cob you don't
belong South" he said, turning on hatchet-
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"Thats so," answered he; II belong up in
Connecticut"
The delegate continued: "Now, see here,
stranger, you can bet your bottom dollar agln
bad cent that we don't think we're swallow
in pill in Horace Greeley and l recon you
might get your har raised if you said different
down in old Tex"
At this Judge Reagan, General Cabell ,
Colonel Ben. Donnelly, and several other stall
wart Texan delegates, who stood by listening,
broke out into hearty laugh, amid which the
gentleman with the hatchet features skunk
away.
Washington Political News.
"A Washington letter in the Baltimore
Sun of Saturday says:
Senator Cameron arrived in town this morn
ing for consultation with members Of the ad-
ministration and the national republican COM
mittee relative to the campaign in Pennsylva-
mia. Itappears that the administration party
is thoroughly alarmed over the situation in
that State, and greatly fear that if some
change is not made in the ticket or more &C.
tive work commenced, that Buckalew will be
elected Governor in October by very posi-
tive majority. Cameron says that while the
republicans are divided, the democrats are not
only solidly united, but enthusiastic over the
strongest State ticket every presented from
that party in Pennsylvania. AS the result OF
this conference, it is said that measures have
been inaugurated to reconcile the disaffection
among the republicans, the result of which re-
mains to be seen.
North Carolina is to be the first battle
ground in the Presidential campaign. The
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AS has been stated, the administration is send
ing speakers and money into the State, and
intends to leave nothing undone to carry
the day. The opposition are sending speakers
there every day, aud according to present ad-
vices, will have the most brilliant and largest
array in the State. The democratic majority
in the last State election in North Carolina
was 4,221, cast in 1870, but in 1871 there
was over nine thousand majority against a
State convention, called by the democrats, on
which the republicans are boasting that they
can carry the State.
Senator Summers Position.
- Within the past few days Mr.. Sumner
has been called upon by number of politi-
clans, among them several of the southern
delegates to the Baltimore Convention. The
Texas delegation called upon Mr.. Sumner in
body, and the result of the interview is CIV
en- by a correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Press, "a Grant paper.)
The delegation informed Mr.. Sumner that
they called upon him for the purpose OF secu'
ring his aid in an effort to carry off portion
of the negro vote of the South from the Re-
publican party, and bringing it over to the
support of Mr.. Greeley. They represented
that through the manipulation of what they
termed carpet-baggers, the negroes of the
South had become predjudiced against the
Democratic party, and would not support
even so great friend Of their race as Horace
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