Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-01-15

fees the bank pald them. IL Will De remem-
bered that Mr.. j. L. Watson, of York, sued
the bank, and these gentlemen advised the
bank to go into bankruptcy, without asking
permission of the Judge An effort was made
before the United States Court by the attor-
neys of Watson, to restore the assets to the
jurisdiction of the State Court; but Judge
Bond decided that they were properly brought
in the United States Court
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
"A tri-weekly mail has been established
between Ashevlle and Rutherfordton.
"A spoke and handle factory is soon to be
put in operation at Lenoir.
- Hon. Plato Durham is quite sick at his
residence in Shelby.
- The Cape Fear river has risen fully fifty
feet at Fayetteville, and great damage to
property has resulted.
The order of Patrons of Husbandry is in
more Aourishing condition than at any time
since its introduction into the State. The
number of Oranges is 139.
We perceive that the enterprsing Messrs.
Tiddy, at their paper mills in Lnconton and
at Buffalo Falls, have commenced the manu-
facture of paper bags, for the use of mer-
chants, which they sell at northern prices.
The State Legislature reassembled last
Monday, after recess of three weeks. The
principal question to be considered by that
body is the settlement Of the public debt Of
the State.
w. G. Garner, late one of the civil engi-
neers on the Airline railroad, was assaulted
in Charlotte last Wednesday night, by two
men who rushed upon him, and badly hurt
him. The assailants escaped capture.
- The Lincoln Progress learns that the
murderer, Owens, who was captured in Ten
nessee, has been safely lodged in the Dallas
JAIL In passing the vicinity Of the homicide,
he pointed out the spot where he had killed
and secreted the body of Mr.. Check.
AT a meeting of the board of directors of
the North Carolina railroad, last week, it was
understood as the unanimous sense of the
board that the recent act Of the Legislature,
consolidating that road with the Atlantic and
the Western Extension, is such a one as can
not be accepted by the board.
The Louisburg Jail was burnt on Thurs
day night last, and three prisoners-one a
woman-perished in the flames. The suppo-
sition is that the building was fired by one of
the inmates for the purpose of effecting his
escape. There we're five prisoners in the Jail,
all colored.
- The Lincoln Progress says that in the
Registers Office of that county are the dies,
stamps, tools and other implements used by
Collins, the leader of the most extensive and
successful band of counterfeiters that ever
infested any country. Collins lived in Lin
coin county, and his counterfeiting apparatus
was found secreted in his house after he had
been dispossessed oft
The cotton factory projected by A. r.
Homesley, in Rutherford county, is nearly
completed, and the machinery will soon be IN
operation. We understand that Mr.. Homes
ley contemplates erecting another factory
near the site of the one now approaching COM
pletion. The Lincoln Progress states that
Messrs Schenck & Falls are erecting a new
cotton factory in Cleveland county, ten miles
northeast of Buffalo Station. Their machine
ry will be of the most approved pattern. The
Progress truly says that these are wholesome
signs of prosperity and if our farmers would
combine and put up manufactures instead of
sinking their money in the banks, we would
not hear so much of panics and suspensions
Congressman Elliott's Speech.
- The recent speech of the South Carroll
ma colored Congressman, Elliott, on the civil
rights bill, has attracted much comment
throughout the country. Elliott is represent
ed as being coal-black, and possessing the
most finished education that could be obtain
ed in the highest universities Of Europe.
While his late effort elicits applause from Re-
publican sources, it is strongly condemned by
the Democrats. A despatch to the Louisville
Courier-Journal, on the day the speech was
delivered, speaks oft as follows:
"The proceedings of the House, to-day, were
marked by an extraordinary scene, which
would disgrace this country, if Congress could
disgrace any body. The Radicals had fixed
up Job to put Massachusetts negro named
Elliott, now hailing from South Carolina, to
deliver speech full ofinsolence and malignity
which Hoar and other Radicals had written
for him. Their grand idea was to try to make
it appear that negro could be the peer OF
the white man in debate, and, by studied IN.
science toward Messrs. Beck, Stephens and
Harris, to try to provoke these gentlemen to
an unseemly alteration with negro But
they took no notice whatever of Elliott's In
science. His most offensive utterances, to-
day, were applauded to the echo by the Radl,
Gals of the House. and by the galleries, as if
at theatre, the Speaker taking no pains to
check this disorder. At the close he was con-
graduated by Ben. Butler, Garfield, May.
nard, General VIM. T. Sherman and others. "
! "A Topeka, Kansas, despatch says the case
of ex-senator Pomeroy for bribery came up
for trial on the 5th. The Senator did not an
swer when called, and his $4,000 bail was
declared forfeited, with the understanding
that if he appears for trial during the month,
the order will be rescinded The Governor
of Kansas has issued requisition for Pome-
| . H. Gn1,,r,or of tho nictriot of n.