Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-01

Esq. Immediately after the adjournment of
the court, Dennis Crosby was arrested upon a
charge of murder, and will be taken to Ches-
ter, by order of Major Brown, commandant
of that post"
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Several colored speakers from the North
are stumping the State in behalf of Greeley
and conservatism.
- The Raleigh News says that Ex-Governor
Holden has been appointed mail agent in
North Carolina.
The kitchen and an outhouse Of w. w.
Mundy, Of Catawba county, were recent burn
ed-the result of carelessness.
The Raleigh Sentinel llearns that a detatch.
ment of U. S. cavalry has been sent from that
city in the direction of Chatham and Moore
counties.
The Charlotte Observer says it is rumored
that Gen. D. H. Hill and Gen. John G. Breck-
enridge contemplate reviving the old Military
Institute at Charlotte.
Already one hundred and fifty names of
colored voters have been challenged in one
township in Wake county for improper regis
tration.
An attempt was made on last Friday
night to assassinate NJ. w. Churchill, the city
treasurer Of Raleigh, while he was passing
near the capitol building. Robbery is sup
posed to have been the object.
Twenty-Five thousand words were sent
over the telegraph lines from Greensboro last
Saturday night, reporting Carlschurz's speech
to different newspapers who had special re-
porters present.
The Democratic papers profess to be
alarmed at the large numbers of negroes who,
it is alleged, are entering that State from the
border counties of Virginia and South Carroll
ma, for the purpose of voting the radical ticket
in the election to-day.
j. H. Thompson, we'll known as the pro-
prietor of foundry and mandatory of ag-
ricultural implements at Tyro, Davidson
county.!died suddenly a few days since, while
on his way to the Springs in the western part
of the State.
Jack Reid, colored man, was run over
by train of cars near Greensboro one day
last week and killed. He was endeavoring to
get his pet dog off the track, and in the laud-
able attempt to save the life of the valuable
canine he lost his own. The dog escaped.
At the last term of the Federal Court held
at Raleigh there were over fourteen hundred
indictments against persons charged with ku-
kluxing, and only six of the cases were tried
The Raleigh Sentinel argues that the charges
are left hanging over the accused as warning
that they must vote the radical ticket, or be
punished after the elections
Hon. A. H. Arlington died at his resi-
dence in Nash county on the 10th ultimo, in
the 62nd year of his age. He was one Of the
most distinguished citizens of the State. At
an early age he was elected to the United
States Congress, and in all the conspicuous
positions to which he was subsequently chosen,
he was true to his principles, pledges and his
honest convictions.
Nat Caldwell, negro, who was to have
been hanged in Charlotte last Friday, has
been respited by the Governor until the 3Oth
of August. The condemned has confessed to
the crime of which he was convicted, (the MUIR
der of negro chid, it'd and the respite ad'
NIT of his appearing as a witness against other
parties implicated in the same crime.
The Patriot says man by the name Of
T. S. johnson, a harness maker, said to be
from Stokes or Surry county, left Greensboro
by rail last Wednesday, leaving his wife in a
dying condition-she only living a few hours
after he left. She was kindly cared for and
decently buried by the neighbors. The de-
graded wretch who would thus leave fond
wife, deserves felon's cell.
Fred Douglass made political speech in
Raleigh on Friday night last. He is described
by the Ne,cs as being ola bright mulatto color,
with bushy gray hair. His features are in
telligent and we'll marked and he is apparent
ly IS or 70 years of age. His speech was in
the interest of the Republican party, but its
general tone and temper were excellent, and
seemed to be acceptable to both the whites
and colored men present
Gov. Hartman, of New Hampshire, was
advertised to speak to the citizens of Charlotte
on the night of the 24th. The Southern Home
saws the advertisement was so written as to
convey the impression that the speaker was
Democrat, but on learning the contrary after
he commenced speaking, some of the boys
present improperly interrupted the speaker
by shouting for Greeley. While this was 60
ing on the platform gave way and fell, which
made the fun boil over. The Hartman party
then telegraphed North that he had met with
personal violence in attempting to speak in
Charlotte. The story is contradicted by the
Mayor of the town.
The Democratic mass meeting at Char
lotte on Monday last was largely attended, as
the Observer informs us. Speeches were made
by Governor Walker, Of Virginia, Hon. Carl
Schurz, of Missouri, and ex-Gov. Graham, of
N. G. While Mr.. Schurz was speaking the
alarm of fire was given, and it was found that
the Richards building, wooden house on the
corner of the public square, was in flames.
The building has not been occupied for some
time, it having been undergoing repairs, and
the origin of the fire is therefore a mystery.
The fire was extinguished after burning away
the roof. Frank Ross, one ofthe fremen, was
badly, though not dangerously hurt, by being
run over by the fire engine.