Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-03-11
EFFECTS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL.

A dispatch from Nashville, Tenn, states
that Governor Porter, of that State, in a con-
versation on Monday, expressed the opinion
that the negroes we're generally Indifferent to
the passage of the civil rights bill. He knew
enough of the negroes to say that the black
man would not make himself obnoxious by in.
truding himself where he believed he was not
wanted.
Ex.Chief Justice Lochrane, of Georgia, the
ablest republican in that State, thinks, as far
as hotels are concerned, the law will be uni.
versally resisted in the South, and as law is
manifestly unconstitutional. Universal op-
position to the law, he thinks, will render it a
nullity.
A number of the leading colored men of
Nashville unite in expressing the belief that
the negroes will not take advantage of the
civil ights bill to make themselves obnoxious !;
that they have too much selfrespect to 60
where they are not wanted that it was mista-
ken notion on the part of the whites to hint
that they would intrude upon the whites. A
few bullheaded, bigoted negroes might do So,
but they are very few The colored people
wanted peace, and as little agitation as posi-
BILE.
In Richmond, Va, the negroes are begin
ming to exercise their rights under the civil
rights bill. Last Tuesday several parties Wis.,
tied various restaurants, including the bar
room at the Exchange Hotel, and in one in.
stance barber shop, and demanded to be
waited upon. They were refused in every in
stance and ordered out. Nothing is as yet
known as to what the parties thus treated will
do.
In consequence of the civil rights bill, and
fearing trouble, both the principal hotels in
Alexandria, Va, have cancelled their licenses
and closed.
The Baltimore Sun says: "The civil rights
bill has so far caused no change in the current
order of things in Baltimore, where the COL
ored people take care of themselves, and. as a
rule, mind their own business. No deviation
from routine is expected, and there will surely
be no test of rights in public places here, ex-
cept possibly from strangers. In Baltimore
the community of colored people have their
own schools and churches, boarding houses,
restaurants and grave yards There have
been long established houses among them
where accommodation desired is always to be
had. They have large and commodous halls,
and several of the churches will compare fa-
vorably with the churches of any people. As
for the right to travel, there has been no dis
tincton on account Of race, color or previous
condition for some years.
A dispatch from Wilmington, n. c., says:
The first case here, under the civil rights bill,
came up before United States Commissioner
E. H. McQuigg on Friday. A negro named
Francis Holmes had W. H. Gerkin, saloon
keeper arrested, for refusing to sell him
drink. The commissioner dismissed the case
on the ground that the civil rights bill did
not apply to bar-rooms Two Of the princi.
pal hotels in Wilmington have closed, in con-
sequence of the civil rights bill.
A dispatch from Augusta, Ga, dated the
4th, says: There was quite sensation here
to-day, caused by what was supposed to be
practical enforcement of civil rights. VIM. R.
Hatch, of Providence, R. l., en- route to Jack
sonville, Fla, arrived at the Planters Hotel
and secured room for himself and another
whom he registered rs Moses Daily. Both
appeared in the dining-room together and took
seats at the table. Considerable surprise and
some feeling prevailed, as Daily appeared to
be colored man. The news soon spread over
the city, and there was quite commotion for
awhile. On investigation it turned out that
Daily is full blooded Pequot Indian, untax.
ed, and consequently not a citizen, employed
as nurse by Hatch, who is an invalid on his
way to Florida. The Indian got his dinner.
In Memphis, Tenn, on the night of the
tth instant, four colored men demanded ad-
mission to the theatre and we're given seats in
he dress circle, the manager having aban-
loned the idea of contesting their right to do
10 in the courts.
The hotel at Florence, S. c., has closed its
loors. Cause, the civil rights bill.
In Louisville, KY, on the night of the 9th,
he manager of the Public Library Hall re-
used admission to negro who applied for a
icket to the first circle among the white
people. A gallery is set apart for the colored
people, and no white person is allowed there.
Two of the principal hotels in Chattanooga,
Tenn, have given up their licenses, and will
,e conducted as private boarding houses.
A bill has been introduced in the Virginia
legislature to punish disturbances in hotels,
heatres and other places of amusement. 1t
s intended as an antidote in that State to the
vil rights BILL 1t provides that persons
Who create disturbances in the hotels by bois-
erous demands for accommodations, after the
proprietor or his agent has declined to enter
ain them for want of room, or other reasona-
,le specified causes, shall be punished by fine
nd Imprisonment. In the case of theatres,
are to have the right to issue re-
erued seat tickets slammed "not transferable"