Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-05-06


denies also that T. C. Dunn is the comptrol'
ler-general of the State, and calls for proof OF
certain other allegations. He winds up with
saying that ne did not embezzle and fraudu-
lently misapply any moneys, but fully and
fairly accounted for all moneys which came
into his hands as treasurer. He also raises
the technical point that the cause of action
stated in the complaint did not accrue within
four years before the commencement of this
action.
Hisreply to the charge Of fraudulently sub
stituting invalid coupons as vouchers, for
those that are valid, consists, in the main, of a
general denial of all the charges. He says
"That in the discharge of his duty as State
treasurer, while holding that Office, he did, in
pursuance of law, pay out of moneys in his
hands, as treasurer, the interest on certain
bonds before that time issued by authority Of
the State; but by reason of having been no
longer treasurer, since about November, 1872,
and by reason of his incarceration in this &C.
ton ever since its commencement, and bis
consequent inability to examine the records
of the treasurer's office, he is unable to state
on what bonds he paid the interest, or its
amount, or the dates of his payments"
Judge Kelly and the South.
Judge w. D. Kelly, republican men,
ber of Congress from Pennsylvania, and who
since the inception of the reconstruction
measures at the close of the war has borne an
unwavering hatred and spirit of vindictive.
ness to the South, has just returned to bis
home from a six weeks tour through the
Southern States, and according to a CORES.
pondent of the New York Tribune, he now
bears most emphatic testimony against the
southern policy of his own party in the last
Congress. The correspondent says:
When asked what he thought of the politi.
cal condition of the South, Mr.. Kelly used
these words: "The vote l most regret, during
my fourteen years service in Congress, is that
which cast last winter in favor of the force
BILL" He further said that 80 far as his OBJ
servation went, during his extended tour,
there was no more necessity for the use of
federal military force than there is in Penn
sylvania or Ohio. He talked with Confede.
rate soldiers, with Northern men, negroes,
carpet.baggers, and travellers, and he was sur.
prised at the good feeling existing. He said
he should hereafter take little stock in South.
ern outrages, especially if they are reported
as occurring in the sections he visited.
He says, so far as he saw--and be went
with his eyes and ears open-there was no
feeling of fear or distrust on the part Of the
colored people, and he could not for the life
of him see what use there was for force bills.
He was very glad to have made the trip, for
it has enabled him to understand the condi-
ton of the South better than he has ever un:
derstood it before.
He said it was not the ku.klux that was
running the South, nor was their unhappy
condition to be attributed to the hatred by
the Southern people of the people of the
North, nor was any political question invol.
we'd he thinks the whole trouble in the South
arises from financial and industrial causes,
and he believes that the South will not i'm
prove and advance until the Forty.fcurth
Congress repeals the financial legislation of
the Forty-third. Until the industries of the
country are revived, and we are forced to live
within our income, the South will grow worse
instead of better.
Memorial Day In Augusta.
- Memorial day was observed at Angus
ia, Georgia, on the 26th ultimo with unusual
ly imposing ceremonies. There was large
parade and procession, and the cornerstone
of the monument to the Confederate dead was
laid. The orator of the occasion, General
Evans, said:
Let US do nothing to keep alive the passions
of war. To study its lessons is prudence; to
profit by its teachings is wisdom; but to stir
up the old animosties is madness. The voice
of this monument will not be for war but for
peace. 1t will say to US: "The Confederacy
has expired. It's great life went out on the
purple tide of blood that flowed from the
hearts of its sons. We have buried tive
do not intend to exhume its remains. We
were utterly defeated, and we dismiss our re-
sentiments. Sadly we parted with the dear
old cross of stars which we followed through
many storm of shot and shell but we take
with the true hand of Southern honor the staff
that holds the flag of Stars and Stripes" |
respond with truest feeling to-day to the fra
ternal words of Gen. Bartlett, spoken at the
centennial of the first battle of the old Revo-
ton.
After the conclusion Of the address,, the
Ladies' Memorial Association decorated with
flowers the graves of the Confederate and the
Federal dead in the Augusta Cemetery. A
notable incident of the proceedings was the
presence of the Band of the 18th U. S. infan-
try, which, by permission of Col. Black, went
from Columbia to participate. Speaking of
the exercises at Augusta, the New York Tr'-
bune says editorially:
"Whatever the politicians may be about, it
is very clear that the soldiers of the late war
are drawing nearer together The magnani-
nous and patriotic utterances Of the Union
General Bartlett at Lexington find fitting
response in the loyal and patriotic remarks
made yesterday by exConfederate General
Evans at Augusta, Georgia. When such
words as those of Gen. Evans are received
with favor by an audience of ex-Confederates,
we can have no fear that the people of the
South have not resumed their devotion to the
flag and their loyalty to the Union. And
what better evidence off good faith and earnest
of good intention could they give than the
decoration of the graves of the Union dead,
who lie side by side with the dead of their
own army"
Compliments to General Bartlett.
- General W. F. Bartlett, formerly of
Massachusetts, but now of Richmond, Va,
was complimented with serenade last
Wednesday night by the citizens of Richmond,
in recognition of the manly and patriotic SEN