Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-08-21
HE YHLGE EMQUfRER

from the hands of the spoiler, you may then
be sure of one thing, that, the State having
died as to all true life, the last semblance OF
power will be taken from it, and the State
Government will cease to exist This end
can only be prevented by our probity and in
dustry, by increasing our wealth and prosper
ity, by stern and unhinching devotion to
correct principle"
The New Fifty.cent Note.
"A new fifty-cent note, to take the place
of the issue now in circulation, is being rapid.
lily prepared and will soon be ready. No 9th
er new issues of fractional currency will be
made for the present-the new ffty-cent note
being prepared on account of the numbers Of
counterfeits of that denomination now in cir.
culation. The following is a description Of
the new note:
1t will be about quarter of an inch shorter
than that now in circulation, and a quarter
of an inch wider. Its dimensions being three
and three-quarter inches long, by two inches
wide. On the face of the note, left hand side,
is vignette head of Samuel Dexter, who was
Secretary of the Treasury in 1901, and q
former Governor of the State of Massachusetts.
On the right of the note is a section of geom-
etrical lathe work, with the words "fifty cents
in white letters, engraved across the face.
The "story" or lettering on the note is the same
as on the present issue, with the exception of
the words receivable for all United States
stamps" at the bottom Of the old note which
are omitted on the new one.
The seal is printed in the centre of the face,
and is enclosed in cycloidal work, new fea-
ture upon fractional currency. The back Of
the note which will be printed in New York
will be in green. 1t is made up of geometrical
lathe work and scrolls. On the right hand
corner the word cents, found on the old note,
is omitted, and the numeral 80, takes the
place. The date of the passage of the act au:
thorizing the issue is omitted from the face of
the new notes, and put upon the back. On
the left hand side of the back there is an open
space to show the fibre in the paper, and it
will not be shown on the face as much as on
the old note
The State Bond Cases.
Regarding the probability of tax levy
being ordered by the Supreme Court to meet
the payment of that portion of the bonded
debt alleged to be fraudulent, the Columbia
correspondent of the Charleston Ne,us and
Courier learns from what he deems reliable
source that the chief Justice has expressed
the opinion that the court has never contem-
plated the idea of ordering the tax levy GER
tainly not without an investigation into the
amount and validity ofthe outstanding bonds,
and that it was not probable that the decision
would be filed for some time. The court, it
is said, has never adjourned since April term,
but has only taken recess therefore the
sixty days, within which they are required to
file their decision, have not yet commenced to
rum"
Upon the same subject the Neus and Cou-
rier remarks editorially:
"Chief Justice Moses has been credited,
from the first, with fixed repugnance to any
action which might saddle upon the people
the payment of fraudulent debt; Justice
Willard is supposed to be equally firm in his
conviction that the tax-levy, demanded by the
New York speculators, should be granted i;
Justice Wright is uncertain. Itseems reason
able, therefore, to suppose that the decision
will be postponed for some time. Indeed, it
is quite likely that the court will keep the
matter under advisement until the meeting of
the General Assembly, which body may en-
deavor by summary legislation upon the debt
question to relieve the court from embarrass-
ment The people would prefer to see the
whole matter of the debt investigated by au-
thority of the Supreme Court of the State.
Such an investigation will, by hook or by
crook, be had. 1t is pity that it cannot be-
gin at once"
Origin Of the Song ''Dixie's Land"
- Prof. L. Won Meyerhof, musician Of
extensive reputation, gives the following &C.
count of the true origin of the favorite south
ern song "Dixie":
II do not wish to spoil pretty illusion, but
the real truth is, that Dixie is known among
all great composers in Germany, as an indig-
enous northern refrain. 1t was, seventy-Gve
years ago, one of the everyday illusions of
the New York boys in all their outdoor
sports. And no one ever heard of Dixie's
Land being other than Manhattan Island until
recently, when it has been enormously sup
posed to refer to the South from its connection
with pathetic negro allegory. When slavery
existed in New York, one "Dixy" owned
large tract of land on Manhattan Island and
a large number of slaves. The increase Of
the slaves, and the increase Of the abolition
sentiment caused an emigration Of the slaves
to more thorough and secure slave sections !;
and the negroes who were thus sent off (many
being born there) naturally looked back to
their old homes, where they had lived in
clover, with feelings of regret, as they could
not imagine any place like Dixy's.'
"Thence, it became synonymous with an
ideal locality, combining ease, comfort, and
material happiness of every description. In
those days negro singing and minstrelsy were
in their infancy, and any subjects that could
be wrought into ballad were eagerly picked
up. This twas the case with Dixie 1t
originated in New York, and assumed the
proportions of song there. In its travels it
has been enlarged, and has gathered moss
1t has picked up a note here and there. A
chorus has been added to it; and, from an
indistinct chant of two or three notes, it
has become an elaborate melody. But the
fact that it is not Southern song cannot be
rubbed out The fallacy is so popular to
the contrary, that I have thus been at pains to
state the real origin of it"
Superstition of Georgia Negroes.
- Rev. I. S. K. Legare, of South Carroll
ma, Missionary of the American Sunday
school Union, describes the following scene in
Georgia, which he witnessed. He says ofthe
negroes who live in the malarial parts of that
State.