Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-11-05
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Death of B. Rush Campbell, Esq.


citizen died at his residence, in Wentworth
street, Charleston, on Tuesday of last week,
after protracted illness. Mr.. Campbell was
born in Laurens county, and was 6fty-eight
years of age at the time Of his death. He
graduated at the South Carolina college in
1885, and was soon afterward admitted to the
bar. In 184S he was elected commissioner in
equity for Laurens county, which position he
filled for nearly twenty years, discharging its
important and delicate duties with credit to
himself and universal satisfaction to the bar
His Masonic career commenced at Laurens
court house, where he was initiated at an ear
" period of his life. In 1850 he was elected
Grand Master Of the Grand Lodge of Masons
of South Carolina, and served for one year
In 1869 he was elected Grand Secretary to the
Grand Lodge, which position he held to the
time of his death. He was genial, warm
hearted gentleman, and was universally es-
teemed. Since 1869 he has resided in Charles
ton, where he won many warm friends. He
was buried under the direction and auspices
of the Masonic fraternity.
Hester, The Detective.
- The detective Hester, who is making
wholesale arrests of alleged ku-klux in Ala
bama, is the same individual who was connect
ed with, and perhaps instigated, the kidnap-
ping of Dr. Bratton, in Canada, in the sum-
mer of 1872. Previous to that affair his OPT
rations as spy and detective had been confined
to North Carolina where he gained consider
able notoriety by capturing illicit whisky and
tobacco. Of his career, before appearing in
the r5le of detective, nothing was positively
known in the State he adopted as the field of
his exploits; and the general suppostion pre-
vailed that he was one of the vast horde of
bummers and army followers left in the wake
of Shermans army. But his identity has at
length been ascertaned. During an investi-
CATION before Commissioners Court in Mo.
bile he was recognized by Admiral Semmes
as former officer of the Confederate cruiser
which he commanded, and Semmes alleges
that Hester shot and killed mid-shipman OF
the steamer while the vessel was lying at Gi-
braltar, and then deserted the ship, making
his escape. Since these facts have come to
light it is probable that the matter will be
investigated.
Affairs in Louisiana.
"A New Orleans dispatch says the peo-
nle Of that CITY are becoming disheartened by
Merrills military despotism, and some are in
favor of letting the election go by default and
trusting to Congress for relief. The leaders
of the whites, however, will strain all their
resources for fair election, and send as many
Democrats to Congress as possible. kellogg
claims $1,000 black majority in the reglstra-
ton in twenty-three parishes heard from.
It is claimed that in nine wards already
canvassed, 4173 radical frauds have been de-
tected, and the cases sent before the grand
iurv There are eight more wards to canvass,
and it is thought 1000 additional frauds will
be exposed.
Prisoners who were arrested at New Iberia
have been refused bail. A dispatch from
Homer says:
Several bodies of troops are in various
parts of this parish. H. H. Maxey, he
publican, says that warrants are out tor over
200 citizens. Not single threatened lndl,
vidual has left or will leave. There is dlt.
ference of opinion among the Republicans
here as to the effect of the arrests here on
Saturday. some of them repudiating the whole