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

United States Commissioner Best, who bound
them over for trial.
The Hickory Tavern Eagle says that on
the night Of the 10th ultimo, a fatal affray
took place at McNeil's store in Wilkes coun-
ty, between two men named Stout and Van
noy, in which the latter received a mortal
stab in the heart, dying few minutes after
wards. .r y!:i... .',' ''Hi..
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
The Temperance Cause.
- We have received the first number of
neat little sheet published at Chester, S. c.,
bearing the above title; devoted, as its name
indicates, to the advocacy of temperance.
The number before us gives evidences of abil-
ity and earnestness in the important question
of temperance, and we doubt not it will be
productive of much good. The Cause is pub
lished weekly by E. M. Evans, at the low
price of $1.00 per annum.
The Fall Elections.
- Elections came off in Kentucky, Mon
tana and Utah on Monday last. The elec-
tions in New Mexico and California, come off
on September 2; Vermont, September 8;
Maine September 9; Colorado Territory,
September 10; Dakota, Indiana, Iowa, Ne
braska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and the District
of Columbia, October 8; South Carolina, Oc-
tober 16; West Virginia, October "a. All
the States vote for Presidential electors on the
5th day of November, and on the same day
the following choose State officers Alabama,
Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illi-
nois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massa-
chusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi,
Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York,
Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin. Arizo-
ma holds her Territorial election on the 9th of
November.
Trouble in Savannah.
- In consequence of the persistent efforts
of colored persons to ride in the street cars of
Savannah, Ga., which are reserved for the
whites, much trouble has ensued in that city
recently, and on Saturday night eliminated
in serious riot, the immediate cause of which
was the election of negro from one of the
cars This action, in which the railroad off,
cials took no part, was the signal for a gene.
raj uprising of the negroes, and, according to
report, two thousand, armed with guns, soon
lined the streets. Many white persons also
appeared, armed, and returned the first fire
of the negroes, which was directed to the cars.
A general firing was kept up along the track
of the road for about an hour. Several cas-
ualties resulted, among them the serious
wounding of two ladies and two children.
The press of the city attribute these diff
culties to the teachings of bad white men,
who wish to foment trouble and create politi-
cal capital; and in deprecating the disturb
ances which have occurred, caution the citi-
zens that the greatest prudence is necessary
upon their part to prevent military interfer-
ence.
Throwing Dirt.
"A correspondent of the Beaufort Re-
publican giving an account of a meeting at
Lawtonvile in that county gives the following
report of the sparring between two of the prin-
cipal speakers.
Whipper then took the stand. He procee'
ded to point out the fact that Senator Smalls
had voted for every administration measure,
and that he was now going back on the Co.
lumbia ring merely for political purposes.
He charged him with being corrupt, and ad-
ded that the whole delegation was equally so.
The validating bill, the Blue Ridge swindle,
etc., had received the vote of every one except
himself He wound up by a defence of North
ern men, asserting that he was proud Of hav-
ing been born freeman.
N. B. Myers then took the platform and
made telling speech. He raked up many
damaging charges against Whipper. Said
that he had swindled the State in connection
with the Land Commission, the Sinking
Fund, and in the Legislative expenses. He
asserted that he could prove by witnesses
present that Attorney-General Chamberlain
had paid Whipper five thousand dollars to be
left out of the impeachment resolutions
Upon being requested to show his witnesses
he rather weakened, but persisted in asserting
the truth of the charge from his own knoWl-
edge.
Another Chapter from the "Archives."
- The National Republican Committee
have issued, as campaign document, another
paper from the Confederate archives, recently
purchased in Canada. This claims to be the
report of James B. Holcombe to Mr.. Benja-
min, Confederate Secretary of State. 1t de-
tails Holcombe's connection with the peace
conference at Niagara. During the season he
met among others Governor Hunt, Ben.
Wood, Buckalew, of Pennsylvania, and Nc
Lean, of the Cincinnati Enquirer, and heard
from VOORHEES,, Pendleton and Vallandigham.
Editorials in the New York Tribune, together
with intimations from friends in New York,
had induced the hope that the able editors of
that paper entertained more moderate views
on the question of peace than the Republican
party. Sanders first letter to Greeley was
unauthorized by Clay, Thompson and Hol-
combe, but afterwards allowed to stand.
Greeley was deceived through the ignorance,