Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-09-11


Europe will spend fifteen millions of dollars
in foreign lands this season. The question
comes up in the thoughtful mind, had we not
better contemplate or own scenery and
keep our money at home2 MEMO.
SCALING THE DEBT.
The correspondent the Charleston Menus
and Courier, writing from Columbia, says:
The excitement produced by the unfavora-
bic and unexpected decision in the bond case,
which was never so great as the grave interests
involved would appear to demand, has almost
entirely subsided. Our people are not to be
aroused from the lethargic Indifference to
public affairs which has settled upon them,
even by the danger of largely increased taxa
ton. Besides, there is a very general impress
sion that the tax will not be levied any way;
that the Republican party cannot afford to en-
force it, and that something will be done by
the Legislature to prevent it before the time
for collection arrives. I have talked with
great many Republicans upon the subject, and
with some of the State officials, and they are
unanimously of the opinion that no tax will
be levied to pay interest until the debt shall
have been arranged upon some basis consis-
Will tnC plCuSSo VI tu0 PoACy AhesoS 1ooe
year in relation thereto.
1t is regarded now as fixed fact that the
General Assembly is to be convened in extra
session on the 21st of October: This I learn
from members of the administration. The
chief object of the extra session is to make an
arrangement of the debt, and determine the
expenditures for the next fiscal year before
the 18th day of November, on or before which
day the notice of the rate per centum to be
levied has to be given by the comptroller-gen-
eral to the various county auditors. An ef.
fort, learn, is certainly to be made to scale
the debt, and the scheme will be strongly urged
by the Governor in his message.
The plan recommended, it is said, will be
the one mentioned in one of my previous let
ters as being most strongly favored by Patter-
son. This is, that the whole debt, SIG, ,000,-
900 or with accrued interest, say $18, ,000, 900,
must be scaled proportionately to the present
value of the different classes of bonds. To
explain, will assume for instance that there
is now outstanding 100000 of the unques-
tionably valid debt quoted in New York at
323 scaling this at double the present value
which would be IS cents, we would have
new debt of 100000 in place of the old of
$6,00O,O00. Taking the balance of the debt,
about $12,000,000 at an average of II! as
its present value, and doubling it so as to
make 35. we would have new debt of $4,-
200 900; thus making total new debt of
about So, ,000,O00.
The attorney-general says that misrepre-
sented him when writing upon this subject
before, in stating that he favored an indiscrim-
mate scale of fifty per cent He claims to
be an advocate, and I believe one of the orig.
inators, of the proportional plan. "Honest
John" is here on flying visit. There was
Aocking of the political vultares at his house
yesterday. Rumor has it that the gathering
was for the purpose of taking counsel upon
this very question Of the State debt. am
told by some of the old Blue Ridge party
that the dear departed scrip is to be resurrect-
ed and placed along with the rest Of the
doubtful debt in the new scaling process. 1t
is said, too, that all the floating debt, war
rants, certificates, and all existing claims
against the State, are to be put in the pool, so
that when the scaling is finished, the Repub-
lican party is to commence with clean sheet
to inaugurate all sorts of economy and re-
form in the management of the States fnan.
ces hereafter. QU1 V1vE.
The CoLoRED ELEMENTAL THE ORANGES.
The question of color is about to annoy the
Patrons of Husbandry. The colored element,
heretofore, has not been known to the order.
The constitution ignores politics and religion,
but says nothing about color. Should the re-
quisite number of colored people apply for
charter, it would be issued; but whether the
State oranges would permit colored Master
to affiliate, is a question of local Jurisdiction
entirely. In the South, where the order is
fourishing, no application has been received
for charter for grange composed of colored
people; but in Arkansas and Missouri the i'm
pending crisis is at hand. The order now
numbers upwards of 5000 oranges, having
increased over 800 during the month of Au-
gust From this time until December, it is
expected the increase will not fall short of
1000 per month. In Pennsylvania, State
grange will be organized on the 18th of Sep.
tember. It has taken root in Massachusetts,
and promises to spread rapidly in the other
New England States. Virginia and Kentucky
appear to be neutral ground, there being but
three oranges in the former and one in the
latter State. The clerical force at headquar-
ters has been increased. All the elements of
lively political campaign enter into the bus
mess of the order Cartoons illustrating the
farmers position with monopolists are being
prepared for general circulation, songs with
words adapted to the object of the orders are
being printed in New York by thousands, and
book called "Songs of the Grange" cannot
be printed fast enough to fill the orders. The
packages sent out from Washington have the
following pasted on them, compound extract
of hay seed, an excellent mental inyigorator,
warranted to cure itching for Office, political
trickery, and sure to remove unfaithful SER
wants from Office" Connecticut, Delaware,
Florida, Maine, Maryland, Nevada and Rhode
Island are the only States where grange has
not been established. New York has at pres
ent only nine oranges.
REVENUE DECISION following spe-
cial order was issued from the internal reve-
nue. bureau on the 9th inst: collectors are
instructed to see that each deputy collector in
charge of division is furnished with book
containing a record, made up from the Office
alphabetical list, of the names Of all persons
in his division who have paid special taxes
for this fiscal year, including those who paid
such taxes to the collector or to any of his
deputies, and each deputy should be required
to keep the record in his book so complete
that it can be depended upon as guide in
determining what persons in his division have
paid such taxes. Requisitions for books of
alphabetical list of special tax payers should
include a sufficient number to supply the
home Office and such deputies as are in charge