Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-03-09

The Connecticut Democracy, in their plat
form, adopted the name Of "The Democratic
Liberal party"
The Light Guard, of Green Bay, Wis,
are going to walk all the way to the Centen-
nial-1,033 miles.
- Ex-Governor Letcher, of Virginia, was
stricken with paralysis On Thursday last, and
is in critical condition.
- In the Louisiana Legislature the House
ordered discontinuance of further proceed.
ings in the impeachment Of Kellogg, which
ends the matter.
In the time of Charles II tobacco was
supposed to be mighty antidote to the
plague, and Hearne says, when at Eton, the
worst foggings the students ever received
were because they refused to smoke.
Mr.. Bird, the English chess-player, who
came over here with the title of champion, is
now only "prominent" player. He has been
badly beaten both in New York and Phila-
delphia. ..-
1t is stated that appropriate committees
on the part Of the Senate and House have
agreed to recommend reduction of the salary
of the members of Congress to $4,000 per
annum.
Mr.. James H. Mason, of Taunton, Massa-
chusetts, has family Bible, inherited from
his mother, which descended from Sir Thomas
Davis, Lord Mayor of London, in 1862, in
which year it was printed.
Western Representatives are hearing from
their constituents on the hard-money business
and the cry everywhere is, "let up" In Ohio,
particularly, Republican petitions are going
round calling for the immediate repeal Of the
resumption act.
The Statesville american learns that the
report of the difficulty between 1sbell and
White, in which it was stated that White was
killed by Isbell in Wilkes county, N. c., was
very much exaggerated. The american says
that White was not killed-only slightly in.
jured-and the parties are on very friendly
terms.
The envelope makers and printers assert
that the government loses 100000 year
in the manufacture of postal cards, to say
nothing of the cost of carrying them as mail
matter; and they claim that if the government
should abolish stamped envelopes, wrappers
and postal cards, it would save $2,50O,O0O a
year.
The Lap Journal suggests that there ought
to be a uniform law of marriage and divorce
throughout the United States. The Courts,
tsays, are powerless to remedy the discrepan-
cy and diversity of decisions in the various
States. And tits indeed becoming more and
more pertinent question, "Who is married
and who is not ?"
The Republican State Convention of Con-
necticut nominated Henry G. Robinson for
Governor. The platform adopted declares
that the welfare of the country demands neces-
sary legislation to carry the resumption act
into effect at the time specified in the act
of the last Congress, and believes in the unwrit-
ten law of the land, which declares it unwise
for the Chief Magistrate to hold office be-
yond two terms
"A Washington letter of Saturday says :
"It is stated here tonight that a conference
was held to-day between Senators Oglesby,
Logan and Morton, and the question was dis
cussed whether it would not be polite to an
ticipate the action Of the House by proposing
the repeal of the resumption act in the Senate
Friends of Senator Morton state that he is pre-
pairing a currency speech, which he will short
" deliver in the Senate wherein he will ad-
vocate the repeal of the act"
Rev DR.. Payne, of Cincinnati, thinks that
Notwithstanding the splendid pertinacity Of
President Grant, the voice Of the country on
the third term question will be decisive with
him. In illustration, the doctor told astory
of a venerable negro in Iowa, who was on
trial for an offence against the State. When
the case was announced in court, "The State
of Iowa versus Sampson Cesar" the aged At
rican exclaimed, "What! de whole State Of
Iowa again dis chile! Den surrenders."
One morning during the recent cold
weather, Miss Lilly refused to get up and be
washed. Her aunt, who follows the modern
mode of dealing with children, and considers
that they should always be argued with, but
never made to do as they are bid, in vain ex-
hausted her eloquence in describing the ex-
cellencies of publication, for the infant logi-
clan fairly confuted her by this ingenious an
tithesis: "Aunt Mary, you do as you like,
and let me do as like. You like to be clean
and cold like to be warm and dirty"
A strong movement is on foot among the
dry goods commission merchants Of New York
city in opposition to the proposed repeal Of
the bankrupt act A petition against the re-
peal has already received the signatures Of
dry goods commission houses, representing
aggregate sales estimated at $150,0O0,0O0
Similar petitions are to be circulated among
the bankers and other classes Of business men
in that city. Petitions of the same character
have been signed in Boston by most Of the
leading houses.
In the case of Raymond vs Thomas, from
South Carolina, before the Court Of Claims in
Washington, it was held that the war Of the
rebellion terminated in South Carolina the
I'd of April, 1865, and that military officers
remaining in command there between that
date and the return of the State to the Union,
had no authority under the acts of March
and July, 1868, to annal decree of Court
of Equity of the State, hence such an order
made by Gen. Candy was an arbitrary stretch
of authority and was properly disregarded by
the Court below.
"A severe tornado occurred in portions of
the West on the 2Sth ultimo. In St. Charles,
Mo-, the courthouse was unroofed and the
front blown down. The Jail was also unroof-
ed and the walls blown down, leaving the iron
cells exposed. Two persons were killed, and
several severely hurt. At Princeton, Indiana,
thirty-nine houses were Frustrated, among
them five public buildings. Several persons
were injured, one or two fatally, and great
damage was inflicted throughout the surround
ing country. A terrific wind, accompanied
with thunder, prevailed at Chicago, and was
particularly severe at Milwaukee.