Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-03-13


of his wife and son about twelve years old,
and horse. Besides, he had raised enough
corn, wheat, potatoes, and hogs for his own
use and to spare. Why don't more 60 and
do likewise instead Of lying about the towns
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
General F. T. Dent, one of the Presidents
numerous brothers-inlaw, who has been con.
nected. with the Executive Mansion for the
past four years, has severed his connection
there and resumed command of the 9th artil-
lery. .,. ..a .o.. r -.. ..
The amount of money appropriated by
the last session of Congress will slightly ex-
ceed $180,00O,OO0 This includes the esti'
mates of the various Government Departments
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1864, and
appropriations of a miscellaneous character.
- Members of Congress have been excited
over the withholding of their extra pay which
they voted themselves $4,000 each. The
Comptroller has finally quieted them by de-
Gliding that there is no trenehant objection to
paying them. The extra back pay will re-
quire one and half million of dollars.
The postage bill as passed by Congress
has not yet been published, nor is it definitely
known what its provisions are. Washington
letter writers, who claim to know, say that
the new law cuts off absolutely the whole free
list, newspaper exchanges and all, requiring
papers, great and small, daily and weekly, to
prepay the postage on every paper that is
mailed. Ample time is given to make the
necessary preparation for the change.
Senator Bayard, of Delaware, has intro
duced resolution of inquiry as to whether
any officer of the army stationed in South
Carolina has received payment from the State
Legislature for services performed in the line
ofhis duty, or has been admitted to practice
at the bar of the State for his own emolument
while receiving pay as an army officer. This
resolution is aimed at Major Lewis Merrill
who for the past-two years has had command
of the military stationed at Yorkville. The
resolution went over as unfinished business
but will doubtless be acted upon as soon as
the next Congress assemblies. lra
The Southern Republican Press Associa
ton, L. Cass Carpenter president, is in Wash
ton, with the view of urging the President tc
place in his Cabinet a representative man
from the South. Thursday evening this as
sociation held caucus for the purpose of de-
termining whom they should recommend to
the President for this important place. Res
olutions were drawn favoring bothex-senator
Pool and Settle, of North Carolina, but both
were voted down, and it was finally developed
that ex-senator Sawyer, of South Carolina
was the choice of the majority. On Saturday
the Association had second interview with
the President, who was formally requested
not to forget the South in any changes he
might make, and careful consideration Of
the matter was assured by the Executive.
The CHESTER AND CHERAw RAILROAD
The Chester Reporter Of last week says: "Sen
ator Dunn arrived here on Saturday after
noon last, and on the same evening had q
conference with Major G.. w. Melton, Presi.
dent of the Kings Mountain railroad, A. H
Davega, Esq, President Of the Carolina Mar
row Guage railroad, and John Mcclure, Esq.
President of the National Bank of Chester
and others of the leading business men of the
community. The immediate object of his
visit was to start the ball in motion for the
Chester and Cheraw railroad. Senator Dunn
is the President of the Little River and Che
raw railroad, at the terminus of which, on the
Atlantic coast there is said to be an harbol
equal in all respects to that of Charleston
This road is to be built with the narrow guage
80 also is the road from this point to Cheraw
Connecting at this point with the Chester and
Lenoir Narrow Guage road, it will give an
unbroken line from the coast of South Caro-
lima to the mountain region of North Carroll
na and will make Chester the grand centre
of the narrow guage system Of the South. 1t
will be remembered that by the terms Of the
charter of the Chester and Cheraw railroad
to the capital stock of said
company may be made in lands, labor or ma.
terial. Lancaster county is thoroughly arous'
ed to the Importance of this scheme, and a
number of her leading men have pledged her
to a subscription of seventy-6ve thousand
acres of land. This will be sufficient almost
to build the road from the Catawba river to
Lynch's creek. Chester will carry it to the
Catawba river; and we are induced to believe
that Chesterfield will do her share in furnish.
ing means to construct the road from Lynch's
creek to Cheraw. The entire length of the
road would not exceed sixty-6ve miles, and
from our knowledge of the topography of the
country, we believe, that, with the exception
of a few miles at Catawba river and at Lynch's
creek, the grading would be matter of COM
paratively very small cost. A meeting of the
corporators named in the charter is to be held
at Lancaster Court House on the 10th OF
April, for the purpose of taking the necessary
steps to open the books of subscription and
get the pro oect fairly under way.
The road of which Senator Dunn is Presi'
dent connects at Little river with the Norfolk
and Charleston Coast Line road, narrow
guage road that has recently been chartered,
and for the construction of which the con-
tracts are now being let out This project is
now in the hands Of northern capitalists who
have plenty of money and to spare, and who
will be glad to advance to the Chester and
Chersw, and to the Cheraw and Little River
roads, u pom the bonds of the said roads, any
amounts that may be needed, over and above
the subscriptions, to ensure their completion"
TROUBLE IN THE UP CoUNTRY.-President
Grant has pardoned, with a generous hand,
many of those who were convicted Of ku-klux
outrages. 1t was his evident purpose, and
the anxious hope of the State administration,
that clemency should be extended as far as
the circumstances would allow. 1t was hoped
IL - a.. .o,,o ,roe oeorrod ond that tho oood