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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-03-30
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
The Conviction Of Judge Moses.

- The impeachment trial of Judge Mont
gomery Moses, of the seventh judicial circuit,
terminated on Tuesday Of last week. He
was declared guilty of five Of the nine charges
preferred against him, embracing the demand
ing of fees from litigants and public officials !;
of appropriating to his own use public mon
eys; of neglect of duty Of refusing to grant
orders to which all parties interested consent
ed and Of corrupt partiality in ordering the
payment Of public funds to certain creditors to
the exclusion of others. On the charge of ap-
propriating to his own use public money in
the custody of the officers Of the Court, the
vote of "guilty" was unanimous, and on sew
eral other charges nearly so. Immediately
after the voting was closed on the several ar
ticles of impeachment, the President of the
Senate pronounced the sentence Of removal
from Office Moses, nor any of his counsel
were present at the conclusion of the trial.
Affairs in Mexico.
- The mercurial Mexicans are again re-
ioicing in one of their periodical revolutions.
The people of Oajaca are in rebellion, and
near the capital of the State, which is 2lO
miles southeast of the city of Mexico, bat
tie was fought on the 10th, in which the gov
ernment forces were defeated by loss of
1900 men and all their artillery and wagons.
A dispatch from the city of Mexico says the
insurrection continues, and the situation is
critical. Gen. Alatorre, of the government
forces, is conducting the campaign with an
army of four thousand men. Gen. Corella,
after repulsing two attacks of the Revolution
lists, broke through their lines and effected a
junction with Alatorre, but Col. Gonzalez has
not yet been able to join the main body. The
reyolutionists have fortified Carboneria,
where they will dispute Alatorre's passage to
Oaiaca. A battle is expected. Should Ala
torre fall the Government will find itself
weak, morally and physically. Donate Guer-
ras' band of rebels has been completely dis
persed. A number of towns in the Puebla
Mountains are now in open rebellion. The
Apan insurgents have joined the Pueblans.
General Escobedo, having suppressed the
outbreak in Mickocacan, will 60 to Puebla
and operate against the revolutionists in that
quarter. Puebla will be declared in state
of siege. Flascala has already been so pro-
claimed. The Prounciados in Hidalgo re-
Gently attempted to gain possession of the real
Delmonte mines and of the bullion stored
there. They were driven off and troops now
protect the mines The revolutionist, Gen.
Bocardo, is near Huamantle on the line of
the Vera Cruz Railroad, but up to the pres
ent has not attempted to interrupt travel.
Disastrous Fire in Charleston.
oh Monday of last week, there was
fire in Charleston, which is described by the
Menus and Courier as the most disastrous con-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-03-30

NEW ADVERTIsEM ENTs.

Hunter q Oates-John J. Hunter in New York.
John J. Smith-Cheap Grocery Store-Irish Po-
tatoes-Fresh Fruits-Hams-Sea-Fo Foam
Fresh Pickles.
T, M. Dobson Il Co.-Bonnets and Hats-Ladies'
s-Ruf1ing-Old Hats and Bonnets-
Bed Blankets-Winter Clothing-Winter
Dress Goods-Spring and Summer Cloth
ing-Bleached Shirting-Cotfee and Sugar.
w. H. & J. P. Herndon-Fresh-Yarn Watt
Plow.
Joseph A. Mclean, Judge Of Probate-C Citation
L. K. Armstrong and J. A. Campbell, Ap-
plicants-B. r. Miller, deceased.
J. A. Mclean, Judge of Probate-Notice to Eliz-
abeth Wylie, widow, and others.
DIR. J. A. Clopton-Piles, Fistula Structures, &c.
w. H. McCorkle Intendant- Sidewalks in York
vile.
M Strauss-Just received.
J. NJ. Adams-Ho! For the Tin Man-Notice.
j. II. White, County Chairman Republican
Convention.
8. A. McElWee.-Fresh Meat.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-03-30
DIR. J. A. CLOPTON.

We would direct the attention Of the at.
Aicted to the announcement Of DR.. Clopton,
to be found in our advertising columns. In
the treatment of the diseases Of which DR..
Clopton makes it a speciality, he has been
highly successful, as hundreds of certificates
show; and from our knowledge Of his per-
sonal integrity we feel no hesitancy in recon-
mending him to those in need Of his medical
services.
THE YORKVILLE FEMALE INSTITUTE.
w, n ~ ..l~~ -nI tn Loo tlnt Mr. Lnnns il,
the conduct of the above institution, is meet
ing with gratifying success. A visit to the
school during recitation hours, few days ago,
convinces US that the Principal is painstaking
and indefatigable in his duties as teacher.
The various classes displayed remarkable pro-
Gciency in their studies, creditable to them
selves as pupils and also to the method of im'
parting instruction. Mr.. Jones is ably assist
ed in the primary department by Miss Fannie
Miller, and the musical department is in
charge of Miss S. F. Lowry, an accomplished
and successful teacher.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-03-30
DEATH

Mr.. James Leslie Wright, well known
citizen ofthe upper part of this county, died
at his residence on Friday, 24th instant, aged
about seventy-one years.
Mrs. Naomi Jane, wife of Mr.. Robert G.
Ross, died at the residence of Rev. r. A..
Ross, near Blairsville, on Monday last, 9th
instant.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-03-30
MAU, CONTRACTS.

In addition to the list Of contracts for car.
rying the mail on routes leading from York.
vile, published last week, we learn that the
contract on the route between this place and
Charlotte, N. c.. was awarded to E. T. Clem-
ems, of Salem, N. c. We have seen it stated
that Mr.. Clemens has contracts on forty-three
routes, principally in North Carolina.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-03-30

range upward from that. This price omits
cost of dinner, which it is taken for granted
visitors will get on the Exhibition grounds,
where it will cost dollar. This makes the
cost of board and lodgings for two persons,
who stay in Philadelphia week, about $50
which he protests is too much for the majority
of people who would be willing to accept such
accommodations
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-03-30
THE RAILROAD.

We learn from j. R. Gardner, assistant
engineer on the Chester and Lenoir Railroad,
that on Saturday afternoon the trestle across
Crowder's creek was finished, and that track:
laying has been commenced on this side of
the creek. On Monday, half mile Of track
was laid, in addition to which cross-ties have
been placed and bedded for the distance Of a
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-03-30
THE PAVEMENTS.

The Town Council publish in this issue of
the ENQUIRER, an important notice to owners
of property on the principal streets of town,
relative to repairing the pavements in front
of their houses.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-03-30
THE COLUMBIA REGISTER.

We would direct attention to the advertise
ment of the Columbia Register, the only Dem.
ocratic daily issued at Columbia. The Regis
ter reaches this place on the evening of the
same day on which it is printed, thus furnish
ing the latest telegraphic news.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-03-30
GONE TO MARKET,

On Monday morning Mr.. NJ. Strauss start
ed to market for the purpose Of laying in his
spring stock and on Tuesday morning Mr..
T. M Dobson started for the North to make
purchases for his houses
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-03-30
MERE.MENTION.

A fight occurred on the 22nd between the
Indians and miners on Deadwood creek, sixty
miles northwest of Fort Laramie. The min
ers made the attack, killing thirteen and los
ing one. .'..''.'.Post.trader Evans says he paid
Gen. Rice 81 900 for an introduction to Belk-
ap.'''''''.The U. S. Treasury Department re-
ceived fourteen tons of silver last week ''''''It
is generally conceded that most of Grants Of
fetal family are true as steal. 1.-The shower
of flesh reported to have fallen in Kentucky
two weeks ago, turns out to be shower of
frogs spawn, that had been taken up by a
water-spout. '''.""General Roger A. Pryor
has been retained to defend Governor Ames,
of Mississippi, before the high court of i'm
peachment. .'....'...The workmen about the Ju.
piter Powder Mills, near New York, were in
the habit of smoking pipes. As a conse-
quence, on Thursday last, an explosion Of four
hundred pounds occurred, by which four per:
sons were blown to atoms and several others
severely injured. .''.''''''The cold snap Of last
week was destructive to early vegetables as far
South as Savannah, Georgia. ''''''"'A New
York match-dealer puts seventy'six lucifers in
a box and brands it "Centennial. ."'''"'Aaron
Arnold, the head of the well-known firm of
Arnold, Constable Il Co., New York, died in
that city recently, in the eighty second year Of
his age. .......Marsh, who fled to Canada after
giving his testimony before the committee on
expenses of the war department, duplicating
Belknap in the charge Of bribery, has return
substantially the same as the first. 1t is not
thought in Washington that the impeachment
of Belknap can be sustained.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-03-30
NEW BUILDINGS.

Mr.. Frank Happerfeld has just finished
neat residence on Main street, near the depot.
The two-story brick building erected by
DR.. R. T. Allison, near the Court House cor
ner, is approaching completion, and when
finished will be quite an addition to the bust
ness houses on Main street. Already one
store room of the building is occupied.
Mr.. Walter Barron is building a neat
frame house on Main street, near Jeferys q
Metts' banking office, which will be fitted up
suitable for Offices.
In addition to other buildings progressing,
we are pleased to note many other improve
ments in town-notably among them fencing
and paling in front Of private residences,
which, despite the hard times, evince dispo-
ton on the part of property owners to Xix
up." Col. Wilson has lately erected hand
some and stately paling on the street fronting
his residence and since Major Hart has oc-
cupied the McCaw building, he has built a
neat fence around the ample grounds Of that
property, and is otherwise beautifying and
improvingit.
In connection with these Improvements we
are also gratifed to see planning machine in
operation by steam power. Mr.. Thomas W.
Clawson has recently added one to his other
machinery, which we feel confident will prove
quite convenience not only contracting
mechanics, but to others in town and the VI
cinity who contemplate building.
ATTEMPT AT ARSON.
On Saturday night last, between 9 and 10
o'clock, an incendiary attempt was made to
burn the liquor store and bar-room of j. Al
fred Carroll, on the west side of Main street,
near the railroad depot. The facts, as we are
enabled to learn them, are substantially as
follows: On Saturday afternoon, three SOL
diers-Thomas Murphy, Anthony Monohan
and Jeremiah Meaher-of the garrison at this
place. were in Mr.. Carroll's bar, drinking, and
Murphy becoming somewhat boisterous, Mr..
Carroll, after several Intellectual attempts to
quiet him, applied for guard to remove
Murphy but before the guard arrived, Muir
phy and his companions went away. While
the men we're leaving the house they were
heard to make threats but as the only cause
of difference between them and Mr.. Carroll
was the fact that he objected to the boisterous
language used by Murphy, Mr.. G. gave the
matter no further thought, and about st
o'clock the house was closed, Mr.. Carrolls
little son and the bartender, Daniel A. James,
retiring to bed in room of the same build
ing. But as it appears, in less than an hour
after the house was closed, an attempt was
made to set it on fire. Two colored men,
Hal johnson and Aiker johnson, happened
to be passing that way, and when they had
reached within few steps Of the building, a
bright blaze suddenly flashed up before them,
by the light of which they plainly discerned
three men in soldiers uniform, who in running
from the spot, passed through the gate on the
south-side of the building, by which gate Hal
and Aiker were then standing. One Of these
men the colored men identified as Murphy.
Mr.. A. F. Mcconnell was on the platform
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-03-30

county officials were called but the Solicitor
not being ready, they were set down for trial
on different days during the present and next
week though it is possible that different ar
rangement may be made in reference to the
cases appointed for trial next week, thus per-
mi,ting the regular term Of the Court ct
Yorkville to proceed. - $4,000.
Civil bushes was taken up, and continued
throughout the day. .''''S ~ .s'''.' ~
The Deputy Sheriff, in giving me the names,
a few days ago of persons who had been an
rested, and for whom warrants of arrest had
been issued, gave me the name of Daniel
Witherspoon, colored. This official made q
serious mistake in giving me this name, and.
ID doing so, caused me to commit al error. I
take pleasure in making the necessary ccrrecS
tion as it is not my desire and Intention TO mis-.
represent anybody, white or colored sals4t;
I acknowledge With pleasure the receiptof
an invitation to attend theatrical entertain.
ment to be given at Lewisville, in this county,,
on the 9Th Of April. The object Of the enter
tainment is to raise funds in behalf Of the
missionary cause. Noble women are at the
head of the noble work. The amateur per-
formers will doubtless aequit themselves With
credit, and those who attend, in addition to
enjoying the entertainment, will experience
the sweet satisfaction arising in aiding 9 good
cause. .-ts, "a. - * q.
The appointment by the Governor 81 @.
w. Curtis, Esq, to the position Of Jury com
missioner, has not been confirmed by the Sos
Ions of the Senate, and this gentleman WILL.
consequently, cease to exercise the powers of
this office. It is said that London Gilmore.
colored, has Received the appointment Of jury
commissioner. If so, his appointment will, 10
all probability, be followed BY his con6rma.
ton with marvellous rapidity. s9..tSas s 8
tits my painful duty to announce the death
of Mr.. Julius A. RAIDER, formerly i,of, this
county, at Rio Janeiro, Brazil, on the 9Th al. x
timo. Very soon after the close Of the late
war, not satisfied with the changed condition
Of affairs, he determined upon emigrating 20
Brazil, and, in company With q number ot
others, bade farewell to relatives, friends and
native land to seek a home in that far distant'
country. While his companions, after short
stay in Brazil. returned home, be remained.
and was favored with great success IN the
business pursuit in which he engaged. He
had purposed returning to his native country
during the present year to see his friends
and witness the Centennial exposition, but
the cold hand of death has cut him down be-
fore the fulflment of his cherished desire.
he was brother Of Mrs. r, Brandt, Of our !.
town, and in his untimely death she has the
sincere sympathy of q multitude of friends.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-20
WHAT VIOLENCE AND SCURRILITY
HAVE AIDED TO DO.

WHAT VIOLENCE AND sCURRILITY
HAVE AIDED TO DO.
The Houston Telegraph triumphantly
takes up a paragraph from the New Or.
leans Times, in. which the latter pape,
makes just avowal of our loss of trade
and appeals to our people to regain or re-
place it by the construction of railroads.
The Telegraph says:
New Orleans is the Niobe of the West
Childless and cr0wnless, she p0urs out her
griefs. Stripped of her commerce. and.
consequently, of her prosperity through her
of other cities. she sits upon the bank of the
great river and minglee her unavailing tears
with its yellow and turbid flood.
After an explanation of the diversion Of
trade through the agencies of railroads,
the Telegraph says:
But it is mainly her own fault. She has
rested wholly on her natural advantages,
depended entirely on her great river. d,
This is by no means the only cause.
There have been many men in New Or
leans perfectly conscious o: the cause of
her decline, and the cause of her restora-
ton, but there are causes of depression
and repression of which the Telegraph u.s.
perhaps, ignorant. Ever since the war a
class of politicians, enraged at the loss of
power, have endeavored to regain 1t by
resistance or evasion of the Federal or
S ate laws. Utterly ignorant of the laws
of commerce, entirely Indifferent to the
business interests, they have made pro.
longed agitation, tending to divert pub
lie attention from the material measures
essential to restore the city to her former
influence. They have established an intol-
erance in social and business affairs that
has repealed capital and immigration,
and discouraged all enterprise. To those
who have aspired to conquer the control
of both the State and city governments,
the decline Of the city, produced, accord
ing to the Houston Telegraph and others,
by the establishment of rival ways Of
travel and transportation, has been the
strongest card in the hands of the Bour-
bons and Bulldozers. They attribute
the decline to the policy Of the Repub-
lican party, and denounce the defamation
and destruction of any man Of that party
as means of restoring the waning pros
perity Of the city. With the ascendency
Of this faction of the Democratic party,
we need expect no measure of improve
ment. They would oppose improvement
until they gain power. and even if they
have the power to adopt system ade-
quate to counteract the enterprises of our
commercial rivals, they want the practi-
cal knowledge to devise or carry out such
q system. The Telegraph will see that the
prospects Of improvement are not very
promising. The Democracy in the man
ger can neither do the work themselves
nor will they permit others to do it for
them.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-20
THE HAWAIIAN TREATY,

The recent circular issued by the Sec
rotary OF the Treasury simply informs
collectors of customs that under the con-
vention for commercial reciprocity be-
tween the United States and his majesty
the King of the Hawaiian islands, con-
cluded on the thirtieth day Of January,
1875, and promulgated by the President
OF the United States on the third day of
June, 1875; the act Of Congress approved
August Is, 1876, to carry the same into
effect. and the proclamation of the Pres
ident dated September 8, 1876, that the
list of articles as given in the REPUBLICAN,
Sunday, shall be introduced into the ports
of the United States free of duty, from
and after the date Of the Presidents
proclamation declaring that he has EN-
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-20

dence that the legislature Of the Hawaiian
laElsSds have p6ssed lxxs 81 their part 70
give full effect to the. provisions Of Sid
convention, and 80 long q the same shall
remain in force. Some months are, there
fore, likely to elapse before the treaty can
take full effect 80 H. -t-1t H.
80 The countrias. which. haxs. provisions in
their treaties which sntitle them to the
same privileges with Hawaii are as fol-
lows: France. Brazil, Costa-Rica. Boil
via, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Qua
temala, Hayti, Honduras, New Granada,
Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, San Salvador,
Venezuela and Italy.
States and :" engage
mutually not to grant any particular
favor to other nations in respect to COM
merce and navigation which shall not i'm
medistely become common to the other
party, who shall enjoy the same freely if
the concession was freely made, or on
allowing the same compensation if the
concession was conditional"
The memorial presented to Congress by
the Louisiana, South Carolina and Geor-
gia delegations in May last set forth that
each of the above countries produces
sugar as prominent product. and eight
Of them produce rice, both of which arti-
cles they would be entitled to demand
should be entered free on the same terms
as Hawaii.
The same committee also strongly in
sisted on the great Partially which would
be shown to San Francisco, to the exclu-
sion of the Atlantic ports; the freight
alone from the islands to San Francisco
being only one quarter of . cent while
our transportation is one and half cents
per pound preventing all show Of com.
petition.
Until the treaty becomes q full and
final Law, duties on all goods will have to
be paid according to the existing tariff,
and protests against payment of duty on
sugar and other products, will, we opine,
avail nothing, until there is q treaty
actually in full force and operation, which
does discriminate to the prejudice Of
countries on an equal footing with Ha.
waii, or which, by its regulations of COM
merce and navigation, gives preference to
one port over another. >ra
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-20
Vermont and Maine have already spoken
for reform not born q ths Democratic
party e "a AsAgasgg a (.
DlED
TO THE PUBLIC.
CARD FROM ALFRED B0URcEs, eco.

have just returned from trip to the Attakapaa
pari She's and astonishsd 1t the card published
by Mr.. John McEnery during my absence. His de-
NAL contained in said card proves but one thing
thAt he 10 liar and . coward, Afraid Of the con.
sequences Of his acts Instead Of being aston
ished, should. however have remembered that q
man contemplate enough TO use the Language
he did toward Mr.. Packard and the other white
Republicans of this State, would certainly be base
eno-gh to deny il.
The ouIy ps.liatn g circumstance in the whole
matter he can take the benefit Of il that he was
excited at the time. Every one in this community
knows that he get, periodically excited. That
probably accounts for it, There 10 certain class
Of men, pusillanimous when sober, who become
exceedr ely feroc GUS when otherwise. Mr.. Nc.
Emery very probably belongs to that clAss.
SEQ II 20 ALFRED BOURGES.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-20

An exchange says: "Cclonel David Dur
fee, of Tiverton, Rhode Island, the father
of the late Congressman n b. Durfee, has
been killed by fall from an apple tree.
He was Dine,y-tive years old" This is a
warning which demands consideration. A
man ninety-five years old should never at
tempt to climb an apple tree.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-20

The Old South Church in Boston has
been saved, and by women. They bought
the bricks with money subscribed prinoi-
pally by men. The owner of the ground
can take away his old lot if he wants to-,
the church edidce, sacred to revolutionary
memory ~ having once been stable for
British army horses, must stand.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-20

The Times styles as "novel' the assertion
that ''Aegroes have heretofore been ccnsid-
cred exempt from attacks of yellow fever"
If it will examine the record of the last
great epidemic of yellow fever, that of 1853,
the fact may be ascertained that there
were only forty.three deaths of colored
people that year to 7S49 of whites.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-20

Charles Francis Adams was orcs can.
didate for the vice presidency on the Free
Soil ticket. He has swallowed all sorts OF
eolitics, and tried all parties that would
the Tilian school
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-20

The hacks and horses constantly stand
ing on Canal, near Carondelet street, are a
great annoyance to the New Orleans Club
and the fashionable milliner of that locality,
and there are strong reasons for their re-
ynOvaI
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-20
Jaff. the boot-black. ..hss inst

JET, the boot-black, ''has just returned
from the centennial. He il in fine health
81 spirits, and may b found ct his old
sand" on 81 Charles street. JEFF says it il
customasy for New Orleans papers to men
eian The sotuFa Of citiseas from excussions,
picaie partiss aad the Ike, because the
ceeaesephs 80 sash pleasant reading for
the man who gets back.