Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-04-03

VlslonS OF tne act just mentloueu' Ahe e1l'o
was heard at chambers in Asheville, and the
motion to discharge refused.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
The United States Senate adjourned sine
die on the 26th ultimo.
Hon. James Brooks, of New York is re-
ported in sinking condition. His disease is
chronic dysentery.
The President recently informed South
Carolina delegation that he would probably
make Southern tour year hence.
John S. Wilson, distinguished Presbv'
terian divine, died in Atlanta Georgia, on
Thursday last.
Mrs. Bennett, widow of Jam es Gordon
Bennett, died at Koenigstein, Saxony, on
Monday last.
Postmaster General Creswell, with Sena-
tors Howe and Cameron, will, at an early
day, make a southern tour to inspect the
postal car service. They also seek health.
The Augusta Chronicle of Tuesday says
tiger was captured near that city few
days ago. 1t is supposed the animal escaped
from some menagerie.
"A correspondent of a Wilmington (Dela:
ware) paper was recently expelled from the
House of Representatives for criticising GER
tain measures before the Legislature.
The Pennsylvania Legislature has appro-
priated 100000 to the fund Of the Gen.
tennial Celebration to take place in Philadel-
phia in 1876.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
announce that they will soon make reduc-
tion of tariffs, which is to be of sweeping
nature. The change contemplates the use Of
only ten different rates for the entire country.
quite storm and gale occurred in New
York city last Saturday. Rain fell in tor
rents and fences, awnings and street signs were
blown down. All outdoor work was suspen-
ded.
- The heaviest snow storm of the season
prevailed at Chicago and as far west as St.
Louis, on the 18th. In Chicago it culmina-
ted in gale, and seriously impeded railroad
travel.
A noted South Carolinian, Joseph Powell,
who, in the public meeting that passed the
notification resolutions, was the only person
who voted NO." died recently in Greenville,
Tennessee.
On Monday last, Judge Brady denied the
motion to amend judgment and record in the
Stokes case, and said the proper method was
to return the record or proceedings from the
court below. This will bring the case before
the general term.
A hurricane swept through Canton, Miss,
last Friday night, by which large number
of houses were destroyed and several persons
reported killed. Two loaded cars we're lifted
from the railroad track, and one of them bad
ly wrecked.
- Governor Smith, of Georgia, has deter
mined to invite the Governors of the Southern
and Western States to meet in Atlanta early
in May, to consult upon the proper means to
be taken to forward the Atlantic and Great
Western Canal.
General Gordon, Senator from Georgia,
was called to the chair, and presided over the
Senate on Tuesday of last week-a courtesy
extended by the Vice President. This is the
first time southern man has been treated
with this distinction since the war.
Governor Walker, of Virginia, having
recommended plan for the assumption by
the Federal Government of the debts of the
States, the measure has passed both Houses
of the General Assembly, and the Governor
has been instructed to forward copies of the
resolution and his message on the same SUBJ
ject, to the Legislatures of the several States
The colored Republicans of New Orleans
have passed resolutions endorsing Judge
Durell and President Grant, but express re-.
gret at the failure of the u. S. Senate to ac-
cord PiDchback a seat in that body. The
resolutions also threaten the secession Of the
colored Republicans from the party, unless
they are treated better by Congress.
Under the coinage act of the last Con.
gress, which went into effect on the 1st in
slant, there will be a new coin Of silver of the
value of one dollar. The two cent piece is
abolished, the minor coins being FIVE, three and
one cent. There is no change in the gold
coins. The United States mint is established
as bureau of the treasury department, for
the general management Of which new regu.
lations have been adopted
Three hundred and seventy-one applica-
tions for pardon have been filed in the De-
partment of Justice at Washington during
the past twelve months, and about one-half
of these have been granted. A large num-
Der were cases of violation of revenue laws
The Acknowledgement has now under consid-
Grafton large number of ku-klux cases for
which appeals for pardon have been made,
and it is thought the greater part of them
will be favorably considered.
Two "saw.dust" or counterfeit money
swindlers in New York, were recently senten-
ced to one years imprisonment and one thou
sand dollars fine each. An examination of
the bank account of one of them showed that
he had received, during the month of Janua-
ry, over Slo,oOu 1rom persons oluerihs GULL
terfeit money. The greater number of his
correspondents were in the Western States
One man was so verdant as to invest $500,
and received in return handsome package
of saw-dust
"A Washington dispatch says that Capt
D. F. Jacknett, of the Indian office, was ar
rested last Saturday, on bench warrant is
sued hv Tndoe % ritter on an Indictment found