Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-04-17
NEWS OF THE DAY.


olution at Tepio as rapidly subsiding. The
epizootic prevails to an alarming extent in
that country, affecting horses, cattle and
fowls.
A letter from San Antonio, Texas, states
that seven regiments are now on the Ric
Grande. Sherman, Belknap and other mill
tary officers are there in constant consultation
leading to the belief that some important mil
itary movement is on foot.
- Ingersoll, the Democratic candidate fol
Governor of Connecticut, has majority oi
3400 over all competitors. The House stands
1874 Democrats and 100 Republicans. Last
year it stood 13O Republicans and III Dem
ocrats
- The New York Tribune publishing com
pany insured Horace Greeley's life some
years ago for one hundred thousand dollars
as we understand, for the benefit of that as
sociation. The amount has recently been
collected, which is the largest insurance poll
cy paid in the last ten years.
- Intelligence from Texas reports killing
frost in twenty-three counties of that State on
the 10th instant. The crops and fruit are
all killed, and rcplanting has commenced
The district in which the frost occurred, EN-.
braces large number of the cotton-growing
counties of the State.
Judge Rives, of the United States Dis,
trict Court at Lynchburg, Va, rendered a
decision on Friday last in regard to the
amendatory bankrupt act. He holds that
the law is constitutional, and decides that ii
gives to bankrupts homestead exemptions
against old as we'll as new debts, and against
all liens of judgments in the State Courts.
The Augusta Chronicle says that while
sinking we'll in that city few days ago, at
depth ofthirty-eight feet from the surface, q
strata of genuine burnt umber was discovered
This will be ofimportance to paint manufac
turers. TIMBER is most usually found in a
".raw" state and afterwards burnt by the col
ormen.
The heaviest rain for FIVE years fell in In.
diana on the 10th. Three and three-quartel
inches fell in forty-eight hours. Heavy floods
also occurred in some of the Western and
New England States, inhicting much damage
to property. In Ontario farms we're inunda.
ted and villages devastated. At Thamesville
water was four feet high in the streets.
1t was reserved for party of American
swindlers to defraud the Bank of England
out of over s1,OO0,OOO by perpetrating the
neatest system of forgeries on record. The
frauds were discovered by accident, just in
time, as has been ascertained, to prevent the
grand coup of the operators, who would have
made a clear million at the next dash. The
principals have all been arrested.
The old files of the Charleston Courier,
making one hundred and fifty volumes, and
covering period of seventy years, were pur.
chased by the Librarian of Congress, and
have been removed to Washington city. The
Librarian sent a special representative 10
Charleston with orders to secure these files,
(Which were sold at auction) at any price.
The price paid was s2500.
The latest Washington rumor regarding
the ku-klux prisoners now under sentence at
Albany, is under date of the 9th instant,
which is to the effect that those now remain
ing unpardoned were convicted of direct com.
plicity in the deeds of the khan, and while it
is the intention of the President, sooner or la,
ter, to pardon all the prisoners convicted un'
der the enforcement act, he does not deem it
proper to extend to this class Executive elem
ency until they have realized by Imprisonment
that the Government is determined to enforce
law and order in every section of the land.
Brigham Young has resigned the leader.
ship of the Mormons, giving as his reason that
he is now old and feeble, and wants the young
men to carry on the good work which he had
so nobly begun. He has made his will, and
divides his immense property between his six.
teen wives and sixty children, carefully stipu'
lating the method of division. 1t is believed
that the old Mormons will follow the changed
fortunes of the selfdeposed leader, and that
so far as Utah is concerned the Mormon prob.
lem may probably be considered solved.
"A telegram from San Francisco Of the
18th instant, on information received by
courier from the lava beds, states that Gen.
Candy and DIR. Thomas were murdered du-
ring peace conference with the Modoc In.
dians. Gen. Candy will be remembered as
commander of the Department of North and
South Carolina during the period of recon.
struction. In view of this assassination, Gen.
Sherman instructs Gen. Gillem to attack the
Indians so strong and persistent, that their
fate may be commensurate with their crime,
He tells him he will be fully justified in their
utter determination.
- The Treasury Department at Washing
ton has commenced paying the cotton claims
filed under the act of May 18th, 1872. Over
1860 claims have been presented, covering
over s6,9O0,000. More than one-half Of
them will be rejected on account of INSULT
cient proof. Fifteen million of dollars of the
cotton fund now remain in the Treasury.
The claims being paid are for cotton seized
by the Government agents after the Both Of
June, 1865. The act of May 18th, 1872, pro-
vided that all these claims should be filed
within six months, and therefore expired on
the 18th of November last. Quite number
of claims have been filed since the expiration
of the law, and they must be thrown out, as
all efforts to have Congress extend the time
failed.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.