Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-15
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

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= The colored citizens Of Camden have
taken steps for the formation Of q Division Of
the Sons Of Temperance in that place. ..
DIR. John T. Darby has resigned the Pro-
fessorship of Anatomy and Surgery in the
South Carolina University. .....
-Messrs. Matthew Ogilvie and Edmund
Yates, well.known citizens of Charleston, died
last week. 49,. s.,.:> .,....-
- The first bale of new South Carolina cot
ton was received in Charleston on Thursday
last. It was raised in Barnwell county, and
was sold at twenty-five cents per pound.
Mr.. William James was killed last week,
by the accidental discharge of gun, at the
saw mill of Mr.. James M. Sarratt, near Lime.
stone Springs, in Spartanburg county. 's!
The army worm, so-called, is playing sad
havoc with young corn and grass in Marion
county. It is not believed to be the regular
army worm. -. ..,.: ..-.
Rev. R. @. Oliver has purchased the fe.
male college buildings at Spartanburg, for the
purpose of converting them into an orphan
home " ..'
Willie Weikert, son of Mr.. j. R. Weik-
ert. of Spartanhurg, was severely injured by
kick from mule one day last week. The
wound is upon the head, and although very
painful one, is not likely to prove fatal.
The Supreme Court has set aside the order
of the Circuit Judge in the case of B. j
Cureton and wife u.s. j. j. Watson, and re.
manded the case to the Circuit Court for York
county, that necessary orders may be hnd. -
At a meeting held in Columbia on Satur.
day last, to elect delegates to the Radical
State nominating Convention from Richland
county, resolution was adopted instructing
the delegation not to support Governor R. K
Scott and State Treasurer Niles G. Parker as
candidates for reelection, nor Franklin j.
Moses, Jr., as q candidate for Governor. ID"
John A. Boswell, late postmaster at Cam.
den, charged with embezzlement of money or.
ders, was examined before Commissioner
Boozer in Columbia, last week, and in default
of bail was committed to Jail to await his trial
at the regular term of the United States Dis.
trict Court at Charleston, on the first Monday
in October next.
r. Thirty-eight shares of Charlotte, Colum.
bia and Augusta Railroad Stock were sold in
Chester on last sales-day, in lots Of five shares
at from $1S.15 to $19 per SHARE The Re
porter says that with the present debt Of the
road this is about eighteen dollars share
more than the stock is WORTH
- The State election takes place on Wed.
nesday, the 18th day of October, three weeks
before the Presidential election. There are
in the State about sixty thousand Conserva.
tives and ninety thousand Republicans. The
Conservatives heartily support Greeley. The
Republicans, almost to man, propose to vote
for Grant. Such is the situation.
-Stanmore Brooks, ESQ.,, of Abbeville, has
in his possession strange chicken. It is a
hen changed into rooster. The chicken
laid the eggs and raised brood Of chickens
this year, since which time it has undergone
complete metamorphosis. 1t now has a
comb and tail, and it is to all intents and
purposes Rooster. ---
A mass-meeting of citizens "who are op'
posed to the administration of the Federal
and State governments" was held at Anderson
Court House on last sales-day. Resolutions
were adopted endorsing the Liberal candidates
and platform, and calling for a State Conven'
ton, to be held in Columbia on the 18th in
slant, "for the purpose Of organizing for the
Presidential election, and considering what
action should be taken in regard to the State
elections" .......
At the recent term of the Circuit Court
for Pickens county, Judge Orr decided that
no legal tribunal in this State can take cogni'
zance of cases of bastardy. In case Of this
character, "the Judge granted an order dis
charging the prisoner, on the ground that the
Court of Sessions, if any jurisdiction, had
only jurisdiction on appeal, and in the course
of his remarks intimated that, as conviction
in the court of Trial Justice would impose q
penalty exceeding the Jurisdiction Of that
court, it could not try the case. The Consti
tuition gives to Justices of the Peace, individ
ually or jointly, as the Legislature may pro-
vide, original Jurisdiction in all cases of bas
tardy. AS yet no provision has been made tc
carry this into effect, the Jurisdiction of Trial
Justices being limited to 800 as to actions
on contract or tort, and, also, to penal offences
punishable by fine only. Bastardy still con-
tinues statutory ofense, though at present
no court has cognizapce of the cfense."