Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-10-15
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- The name OF Judge Settle IS mentioned
in connection with the Russian mission.
- The bail of Houston, the Charlotte forger, i,
has been fixed by Judge Bynum at $4,000.
Failing to give the required bond, he was re.
manded to Jail.
- The Associate Reformed Presbyterian
denomination of Statesville are building
church edi6ce. Rev. Mr. Presley has been
chosen to fill the pulpit
- The Statesville american says several
Canadians have secured homes in Iredell coun-
ty, and will move their families to that locality
in the spring.
A H. Reams, a noted auctioneer at Dur
hams, suddenly lost his voice, one day last
week, after crying the sale of tobacco al his
warehouse
- Catawaba River Council, Patrons of Hus-
bandry, has appointed S. Watson Reid, of
Mecklenburg, an agent to visit the Continent
and Great Britain in the interest of immigra-
ton.
Rev. Henry Asbury, of Lincoln county,
was burned to death on Thursday oflast week.
He was an aged man, subject to rheumatism,
and while amounting his body near fire
with kerosene, the oil ignited and burned him
so badly as to cause his death.
- Jennie Phillips, widow woman, and a
man by the name of Napier, have been arrest.
ed, charged with the murder of an Irish ped
dler near Roaring Gap, in Wilkes county,
about month ago. The body of another
Irish pedder, supposed to have been murder
ed, was recently found near Salisbury.
"INDEPENDENTS" AND "REGULARs."
DUNN AND MELTON.
At the recent ratification meeting of the
Independent Republicans in Charleston, SEN
ator Dunn, the chairman of the Executive
Committee, said:
"And now, I don't think I can do better
than to respond to the demand of the Cham.
berlain organ in Columbia, to make report
of the result Of my investigations. know
that figures are very dry things, especially
when they refer to money that has been taken
from the pockets of the people. But as they
have demanded it, will give it to them.
Here is what found out. I found that, in
addition to the six million dollars of fraudu-
lent conversion bonds now out there are one
and quarter million dollars of the bonds ,uhich
the last Legislature declared legal and ualid
that are just as fraudulent as the conversion
bonds. When returned to Columbia last
June informed the attorney general and the
honest State treasurer Of this Having laid
the proofs before them, asked the attorney,
general to take out mandamus to prevent
Cardozo from receiving and funding these
bonds. He told me that he couldn't and
wouldn't do it; that it was his duty to support
the executive officers of the State and not to
interfere with them. then went to Treasur-
er Cardozo and told him that he would have
to bear the responsibility of receiving these
bonds, and he said he reckoned he would have
to do it. This was all the report the Legisla-
ture authorized me to make before its meet.
ing, and the State Treasurer decided to re-
ceive these bonds, although laid the evidence
Of theil illegality before him. I then forgot
my party and went to Democratic lawyer,
in Columbia, Mr.. Youmans, and in placing
the evidence in his hands, asked him to lay it
before the executive committee Of the Tax
payers Union. 1 also told the Attorney
General that the law validating these bonds
was, in my opinion, unconstitutional, and that
| thought the Supreme Court would so decide.
1t was unconstitutional because it increased
the public debt, by making good the bonds
which had no legal existence, and l wanted
mandamus, so as to prevent. the holders of
these bonds from coming before the Legisla.
ture again. The Ring, however, were afraid
to have decision from the Supreme Court,
which would invalidate the illegal claims,
and they refused to take any notice of my re.
port. Another thing that l discovered in