Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-02-05
THO Y0RKYfhEE EMQUfRER.


Dacota Territory, were murdered by Sioux
Indians early in the week.
A circular to employees has been issued
announcing that the Southern Security Com
pany has turned over its interest in the Rich
mond and Danville, and the North Caroline
Central, and the Charlotte and Atlanta Air
Line railroads, to the Pennsylvania Central
"A new battery gun, invented by Col. }
P. Taylor of Tennessee, and just completed
at Colts armory, in Hartford, Conn.,, has been
publicly and successfully tested. 1t fires
four hundred and fifty fusilade, or seven hun
dred volley shots minute, and will concen
trate shots at one centre or spread them over
twenty-five feet at distance Of five hundred
yards.
- Edward Lange, of New York, whose oc
cupation was to pack and direct Il publication
for the mail, has been convicted and sentcn
ced to one years imprisonment for converting
mail-bags to his own use. The accused had
cut up and otherwise destroyed the bags
though the court was of opinion that post
master is unauthorized to loan bags to those
unconnected with the postal department.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Attorney Generals Report.
- We acknowledge the receipt of pam.
phlet copy Of the report of Hon. Samuel W.
Melton, Attorney General of South Carolina
to the General Assembly, at the regular ses.
sion of 1874, embracing the cases argued,
tried or conducted by the Attorney General
in the Supreme Court and Circuit Courts dur,
ing the past year.
Judge Carpenters Impeachment.
Il In the proceedings Of the legislature us
published last week, mention was made of the
appointment of a committee in the House, to
investigate certain charges against Judge
Carpenter, of the fifth Circuit, for having
discharged an incompetent jury in Kershaw
county. The Committee submitted the fol.
lowing report to the House on Friday last:
"'rhe committee appointed to investigate
the charges against Judge R. B. Carpenter,
beg leave to make the following report: Judge
Carpenter appeared before the committee, and
upon being interrogated by the chairman, re-
piled as follows: That he discharged the jury
because they were incompetent, and that his
act was judicial act, and that the Legisla-
ture of South Carolina had no Jurisdiction in
the premises The above are the facts of the
case, and your committee submit them with
out comment, leaving to the House to judge
their weight, importance and legality"
The report was adopted and the committee
discharged
The Siamese Twins.
- On the first page of this issue will be
found a succinct and interesting account Of
the famous twins, whose death recently oc.
Cured at their home near Mount Airy, N. G.
All accounts agree in representing that the
neighbors of the twins having turned them
to much profit in their life time, exhibit an
equally rapacous disposition, now that they
are dead This accounts for the celebrity with
which the embalmng process was conducted
everything necessary for this purpose being
furnished at the shortest possible notice.
DR.. Joseph Hollngsworth has completed
such arrangements with DR.. Pancoast, of the
Jefferson (Philadelphia) Medical College, and
other leading scientific men, that the corpses
of Chang and Eng become the property of
that institution. Of course, big price was
paid for them, but the exact sum cannot be
ascertaned DR.. Pancoast and number of
scientific men have gone to Mount Airy for
the purpose of making an autopsy though
the Doctor gives assurances that notwithstand-
ing the post mortem examination that may be
made, the structures of Chang and Eng will
be so preserved that they can remain as a
study for science.
The Bankrupt Law.
- The additional amendments recon-
mended by the Senate judiciary committee to
the bankruptcy bill relate mostly to matters
of detail involved in the proposed amend
ments which we published a few weeks ago.
The following, however. are new and impor-
tant:
First-An amendment providing that, in
cases of voluntary bankruptcy, no discharge
shall be granted to debtor whose assets shall
not be equal to thirty-three per centum Of the
claims proved against his estate, upon which
he shall be liable as principal debtor without
the assent of his creditors, in number and
value as prescribed by existing law. This
repeals the provision which now requires fifty
per centum Of such assets.
Second-An amendment providing that in
computing the number of creditors who shall
Join in a petition to have debtor adjudged
bankrupt, creditors whose respective debts do
not exceed two hundred and fifty dollars shall
not be reckoned as part of the requisite pro-
portion of one.fourth of all the creditors.
But if there be no creditors whose debts ex-
ceed said sum of two hundred and fifty dol
lars, or if the requisite number of creditors
holding debts exceeding two hundred and fifty
dollars fail to sign the petition, the creditors
having debts of less amount shall be reck-
oned for the purposes.
The Contempt Case.
Il 1t will be remembered that several
weeks ago, Judge Carpenter Of the fifth Cir
cult, by an order, suspended Mr.. Youmans
and several other lawyers Of Columbia, from
practicng their profession in the circuit and
probate courts of this State, on the ground
that they had treated his court with contempt
in advising the Citizens Savings Bank to 60
into bankruptcy, after proceedings against it