Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-09-02

that there was much significance in the atti-
tude of the two parties in Ohio on the fnan-
cial question neither of them understood what
they were quarrelling about. and each was
trying to throw more dust than the other /;
but he did believe the financial issue live
one for all that. It was the issue about which
the people thought the most, and upon which
they most demanded light and right action.
The Southern Temper.
- The temper of the Southern people is
illustrated in the following extract from a
letter written by Gen. A H. Colquitt, Presi.
dent of the Georgia State Agricultural Socie-
ty, transmitting an invitation to the Hon.
Walter Phelps, of New Jersey, to attend their
annual Fair, to be held in Macon, Georgia,
next October, Giving an account ofwhat the
Society hopes to accomplish, Gen. Colquitt
says:
ut is not our intention to use the occasion
for anything like party or political purpose
Still the most sensitive or captious will not
deny that a great deal which good men of ev-
cry party, and of every political complexion
deplore in our country, arises from an igno.
rance of each other, and the infrequency Of
personal contact and communication. We
of the South have suffered most severely from
this cause. We desire that the people North
of US shall all learn by actual experience Of
that there is not in all this broad land peo-
pie who more ardently desire peace, and are
striving more earnestly for material restora.
ton. We want your testimony to the genu-
ineness of the professions"
The Georgia Insurrectionists.
- The trial of the negroes charged with
insurrection in Georgia, commenced last Mon
day at Sandersvile, Judge H. V. johnson
presiding. He made a fair and impartial
charge to the grand jury, which is composed
of the best citizens of the county, the foreman
being the master of the State Grange. The
Judge cautioned the jurymen to divest them
selves of all passion and prejudice, and in.
structed them to conform strictly to the law,
and to expel from their bosoms every feeling
of hatred, malice or revenge. The fact that
those charged with participation in this plot
of insurrection are those who were lately our
slaves, said he, may influence the indignation
of the whites and intensity their feelings Of
insecurity but we must watch ourselves on
this point. They are free and entitled to a
fair and impartial trial. The law throws over
both races the same and equal protection, and
the jury in its investigation must ignore the
fact that the accused are negroes, that they
were ever slaves, and deal with them as if
they were whites. He paid high compli-
ment to the GOODNESS and forbearance of the
whites, and instanced the fact that not sin.
gle drop of blood had been shed. In the trial
the State will be represented by the State and
district encouragement and others, and the
accused by Hon. A. T. Ackerman and sever
al of the leading members of the local bar.
The Release Of Parker.
- The counsel for the State in the Parker
case have fled bill of exceptions to the or.
der of Judge Mackey granting Parker release
without bail. The following are the grounds
of objection as to the civil prosecution:
1st. In that his Honor Judge Thomas j..
Mackey made an order in the action, be hav.
ing no Jurisdiction in the case.
I'd. In that his Honor Judge Thomas j..
Mackey made any order in the action, the
same not being regularly before him for con-
sideration.
Sd. In that his Honor Judge Thomas j..
Mackey made any order in the action without
notice to the Attorney General.
4th. In that his Honor Judge Thomas j..
Mackey made any order in the action without
notice having been given to the Attorney
General that proceedings would be had in the
action.
5th. In that his Honor Judge Thomas j..
Mackey prohibited the sheriff Of Richland
county from executing the order Of the clerk
of the court for Richland county made in this
action.
9Th. In that his Honor Judge Thomas j.
Mackey vacated the order of the clerk of the
court of Richland county made in this action.
7th. In that his Honor Judge Thomas j.
Mackey held that the order Of the clerk ofthe
court for Richland county made in this &C.
ton, was without authority of law, and re-.
pugnant to the constitution Of this State.
To the decision of the Judge on the petition
for ha5sas corpus, counsel also except as fol-
lows:
The State of South Carolina, at whose suit
the above named Niles G.. Parker was held in
custody, excepts TO the ruling of the Honora.
BILE Thomas j. Mackey, the Judge of the Sixth
Circuit, at the hearing of the above entitled
petition, in that his Honor ordered the dis
charge of the said Niles G. Parker from the
custody of the sheriff of Richland county, and
ordered that he 60 thence without bail. This,
the 25th August, A. d. 1879.
The Grain Crop.
The department of agriculture reports
the following as the condition of the grain
crops, on the 1st of August, in the different
localities named:
During July there were no general condl.
tions of weather affecting the crops unfavora.
bly in the Eastern and Middle States, inclu-
ding Maryland. Droughts prevailed gener-
ly in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota; !;
also in the South Atlantic and Gulf States
In the States of Texas, Alabama, Florida and
Georgia, they extended through almost every
county, and we're attended with intense heat
Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina
report considerable drought in some sections;
with more favorable weather, and excessive
rains in other localities. In North Carolina,
Virginia, Arkansas and Nebraska areas of
excessive rains prevailed, with alterations of
favorable weather and drought. In the re-
naming States east of the Pacific slope, rains
we're almost incessant, and very disastrous to
the cereals and hay. They also occasioned
t..,;,,o rot+;no of notatoaa in the pround