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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-08-23
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS,

Judge Mackey will hold court at New
berry, commencing on the first Monday of
September
One hundred and thirty-four thousand
dollars taxes were collected in Charleston
county in July.
"A bale of new cotton was received IN
Charleston one day last week from Orange
burg county.
A railroad meeting is to be held at Lock
hart Shoals, in Union county, on Saturday
next, in the interest of the Union and Ches.
ter Narrow Gauge Railroad.
- The Tribune says that the household fur
niture of Gleaves, the ex-Lieutenant Govern.
or of this State, was sold at auction in Beau
fort, last week. 1t is reported that Gleaves
is in Canada.
"A Charleston correspondent of the New
York Sun has created some excitement by
charging that the investigating committee is
whitewashing Democrats. The members OF
the committee pronounce the charge utterly
false, and say that not the least suspicion has
attached to any Democrat.
Two prisoners in Marlboro jail-Alex-
ander CHM, a white man, and John Mcqueen,
colored-fought in their cell on Wednesday
of last week over game of cards, and in the
alteration CHM severed McQueen's femoral
artery, from which death ensued in very
short while.
At the request of the Governor, Attor-
ney- General Connor has given his written
official opinion that the proper mode of fill
ing vacancies in the Office of Solicitors is by
appointment by the Governor. The opinion
was rendered necessary in consequence Of the
vacancy occasioned by the ineligibility of
Butte, of the first circuit. w. St. Julien
Jervy, of Charleston, the Democratic candi-
date for the office at the last election, has been
appointed to fill the vacancy.
Correcting statement going the rounds
of the State press to the effect that Captain
Dawson, of the Nesus and Courier, is institu
ting legal proceedings for libel against a
number of newspapers that have printed de-
famatory matter, that gentleman says pro-
ceedings have been begun only against the
Charleston Journal Of Commerce. He says,
however, there is at least one other newspa.
per whose persistent malice entities it to an
opportunity to prove in open Court Infamous
charges that have been made against him.
- The Abbeville Medium says: "For some
days past, the friends and managers of the
Greenwood and Augusta Railroad have been
active in their efforts, and hopes have been
entertained that the work of construction
would be begun this summer. The affairs of
the company have been full of promise and
encouragement. Application was recently
made to Governor Hampton for two hundred
penitentiary hands to do the grading, and we
are pleased to say that the application has
been granted. One hundred convicts will be
brought up from Columbia this week, and the
work of grading will at once be begun. The
railroad company is to clothe, feed and guard
the convicts, and pay the State three dollars
a month per head for their services"
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to about $4,000 enlisted men, leaving the
general field, line and staff corps as they are.
It is urged that it would cost no more to sup
port large force at the points where they are
most likely to be needed, than it does to tote
around the present army all over the country,
and General Mcclellan is said to have figured
it out that sum greater than the expense Of
an increased military establishment has been
annually paid for the transportation of men
and military stores. But we doubt if the
proposition to increase the army to $4,000 men
proves very popular.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-08-23
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.

"A Washington dispatch of the 18th,
says that General M. c. Butler, of South
Carolina, who is now in Washington, is con-
siderably exercised concerning his admission
to the Senate. Corbin, who antagonizes his
seat, is in Europe Corbin was elected by the
Chamberlain, and Butler by the Hampton
Legislature, before the fusion of the two
bodies was had. The chances are nine in ten
that the Senate will decide that neither is en-
titled to seat, because the Legislative bodies
electing them had no legal or recognized ex-
istence This will leave the selection of a
successor to Senator Robertson in the hands
of the present Legislature, and Butler is ap.
prehensive that, in such case, he will not
again be chosen. 1t is among the probabili-
ties that if Wade Hampton has Senatorial
aspirations, he can be chosen to gil the vacan.
cy which the Senate will, without doubt, de-
clare to exist.
Internal Revenue Frauds.
A Washington dispatch of the 18th
says that special Revenue Agent Wagner, who
has been doing duty in North and South Car
olina for several years, has filed an elaborate
report with the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, charging that revenue officers, in the
latter State particularly, have been inviting
frauds on the revenue for the sole purpose of
making fees, which he believes were divided
between the offending parties and the govern
ment officers. Instances are cited, with proof
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-08-23
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- For want of funds, work on the Lunatic
Asylum at Morganton has been suspended.
"A single district in the western part of
the State, has 300 licensed distillers of brandy.
The First Presbytery of the Associate Re.
formed Presbyterian Church will convene in
Charlotte on Monday, the 3rd Of September.
Robert Craig, the little boy who was &C.
cidentally shot by pistol in the hands of a
playmate at Gastonia, is convalescing
j. w. Thomson, of Watauga county,
lived forty-six days without eating, at the end
of which time he died. He was in a dement,
ed condition when he resolved to starve him
self to death.
Louis R. Tompkins, while galloping his
horse along the road, near Liberty, in Ran
dolph county, on the End instant, was thrown
against tree, receiving wound from which
he died in three days after.
- The story copied into these columns from
the Charlotte Observer last week, to the effect
that the dead bodies Of three men, pierced
with bullets, had been found in Wilkes coun-
ty, turns out to be hoax. The Observer had
been imposed upon.
WIN. G. James, convict from Catawba
county, and who escaped from the train near
Third Greek Station while being conveyed
from the penitentiary to labor on the Western
Road, has turned up in Texas, and is in Jail
there for thieving.
DR.. Walkup, who was shot by Mr.. Kirk
patrick, two or three weeks ago, near Cherry
Vile, has returned to his home in Mecklen-
burg county. He is rapidly recovering from
a wound, which at first was thought would
prove fatal.
The Charlotte Observer says: "The mum.
ber of assays made at the Mint during the
month of July, was greater than during the
corresponding month of any year since coin
age operations ceased. This is significant as
indicating decided increase Of interest in
the mines of this and adjoining States"
The latest Indian story comes through
the Charlotte Democrat, in which the state
ment is made that Chesquin, an Indian in
the present county of Graham, is l2o years
old, and still possesses healthy mind and
body. He was with Washington at York
town, and speaks of the great commander
with emotion.
On Monday evening of last week, while
a terrific thunder storm accompanied by rain,
passed over a portion of Randolph county,
the barn of James Dicks, farmer, living at
Union Factory, was struck by lightning and
burnt. Mr.. Dicks is a large farmer, and his
entire crop of wheat, oats, &C., stored in the
barn, was consumed.
The result of the reported "severe lick
ing" of the convicts employed on the Chester
and Lenoir Railroad, is producing other
"lickings." 1t seems to be a case of strike,
struck or stroke, stricken. The Charlotte
Observer learns that out of the publication of
Mr.. George F. Bason's letter, and reply by
Ephraim Friday, grew lively "set-to' in
Dallas Mr.. B. attacking.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-08-23

encouraged, and inspections will take place
frequently. The clerical work of the office of
the adjutant and inspector general is very
great. Its correspondence alone, in the last
three months, has exceeded in volume that of
the entire eighteen months preceding"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-08-23
FINE MELON.

Mr.. J. N. Roberts presented US with 28}
pound muskmelon last week, which was as
6ne specimen of this delicious fruit as We
have ever seen.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-08-23
THE TEN PER CENT. RECEIPTS.

We have been informed by County Treas
urer Robertson. that duplicates of lost ten per
cent receipts for the voluntary contribution
of taxes, will not be issued by the Comptrol'
Ter. General until after the final collection of
taxes next October.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-08-23
PERSONAL.

We were pleased to receive call last
Tuesday from Mr.. Mercer Brown, travelling
agent of the Columbia Register.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-08-23
CIRCUIT COURT.

The next regular term of the Circuit Court
for York county-Judge J. B. Kershaw to
preside-will convene on the first Monday Of
September proximo. The term of the Court
will probably continue for two weeks. The
following is list of the petit jurors, drawn
to serve at the approaching term:
Whites.-J. P. Moore, James M. Bigger,
James P. Hutchinson, w. P. Hobbs, A. H.
Barnett, James G. Poag, D. G. Stanton, Far
mer Moore, William Whyte, w. D. Camp, j.
M. Whitesides, J. L. Davis, M. L. Ross, N.
B. Bratton, j. R. Allen, James F. Davidson,
w. M. Kennedy, j. R. Hogue, ]. w. Beam
guard, D. J. Glenn, Jr., Andrew Bales, R.
E. Porter, James H. Sutton, William j. Nc
Glll.-24.
CoLored.-Anthony Hart, Joseph Turner,
Dan Hardin, Lee Crosby. Thomas Gordon,
Nose Thompson, Dan McCsw. Johnston By
ers, George Grimes, Ned Setter, Greene Brat
ton, Frank Dunlap.-12.
KINGS MOUNTAIN MILITARY SCHOOL.
We clip the following well.deserved notice
of the above institution from recent issue
of the Charleston Journal of Commerce
Before the late war, almost every State in
the South had State Military Academy,
while there were, besides these, a number of
private military schools We are glad to see
that in all the Southern States military insti-
tutions are being resstablished. In our judg-
ment they train our youth for the battle of
life more effectively than any other method of
education. They teach selfcontrol, obedience,
system. puuctuality and responsibility. For
fine scholarship and literary attainment, our
civil colleges and universities doubtless are
superior. But few now aspire to attain such
excellencies. Our condition of poverty and
struggle for the necessities of life does not
warrant it, and such are the rare exceptions.
The great body Of the youth, to whom the
future here belongs, aim to be practical men
of conduct. And in military schools they
find the best educations for their purposes,
and for the state of the country.
We make these remarks in commencing to
public attention the only military school in
South Carolina, that of Colonel Coward, in
Yorkville. This accomplished gentleman has
the respect and confidence of all who know
him. His record is unimpeachable. He was
the partner in teaching of the lamented Jen-
kius. The school buildings and grounds are
excellent, and situated in a beautiful and
heaIthful climate. The instructions, we have
understood, are thorough, and the care of the
boys admirable. We, therefore, take partic.
ular pleasure in noticing this Institution.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-08-23
THE FIRST BOIL.

Mr.. W. G. Latimer has shown us an open
boil of cotton, plucked from his patch in town
last Tuesday morning. The cotton is of the
"Peeler" variety, which, we believe, has the
reputation of being forward, while we can GER
tainly say that it is we'll filled and the staple
is fine and long.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-08-23
ROSES HOTEL,

Furniture for the above house has arrived
and the rooms are being put in order, prepar-
atory to opening the Hotel for the public on
the lat of next month.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-08-23
THE METHODIST CHURCH.

The painting of the interior of the Metho.
dist Church has been completed, and with
other Improvements that have been made, it
presents very handsome appearance. The
painting was done by Allen White, colored
manipulation of the paint. and is in
every respect credi,able piece Of workman.
shin
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-08-23
REV. E, ]. MEYNARDIE, d. d.

This eminent divine-Presiding Elder of
the Columbia district visit Yorkville ON
Saturday. Services will be held at the Meth
odist Church on Saturday night, on which
occasion. as also at morning and evening SER
vices on Sunday, DR.. Meynardie will fill the
pulpit.
On Monday evening, DR.. Meynardie will
deliver lecture in the Court House on the
Life and Character of the late w. Gilmore
Sims. This lecture was first appointed to be
delivered before the students of Kings Noun
tain Military School; but in order that the
citizens generally may have an opportunity of
enjoying it, Col. Coward has decided that it
shall be delivered at the Court House, and
extenda cordial invitation to the public.
The lecture will be delivered at 8 o'clock,
NJ
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-08-23
THE COTTON CROP.

From the best information we can obtain,
the cotton crop in the northern and western
portions of the county will be short. For
want of fseasonable rain, the plant did not fruit
we'll, and in consequence of continued drought,
the bolls are falling off to considerable ex-
tent. In those sections but little more than q
half crop can be looked for. In the southern
and eastern sections. which were favored with
rain in due season, the crop is more promising.
Late corn is also unpromising, in consequence
of the dry spell.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-08-23
MERE.MENTION.

Seligman Zimmers, All Israelite, who for
many years previous to the war resided in
Chester, S. c., died last week in the City Hos
pital at Augusta, Georgia 1t was claimed
that he embraced the Roman Catholic faith
a few days previous to his death, and con-
troversy arose between the Jews and Catho.
lies for his body, which was 6nally turned
over to the Jews for burial, the Catholics
claiming that they had his soul. .'''''The col
ored voters of Philadelphia threaten to bolt
the Republican party if some of their num-
Der are not put on the police force Of the
city. .'..'..'"C Charlestown has been finally Sc.
ected as the permanent Capital Of West Vir'
ginia. .'.'..'"The President has appointed a
commission to proceed to Canada for the pur'
pose of making treaty with Sitting Bull and
induce his peaceable return to the reservation
with his tribe '....'.".Senator Morton has been
stricken with paralysis at his home in In
diana. .'.'..'."Hon. r. T. Daniel, Attorney
General of Virginia, died suddenly in Rich.
mond on Thursday last, aged u.
The Centennial celebration at Bennington,
Vermont, on the 18th was eminently success
ful. President Hayes, Secretary Evarts,
Postmaster General Key and Attorney Gen.
eral Devins we're present, and responded to
the crowd in short addresses. '''''''''The fash.
ionable cut of ladies' finger nails is long and
pointed. Never ask a married man with
scratched face whether he keeps a cat '''''The
United States minister at Greece informs the
State Department that the United States can
now and henceforth, to great extent, con-
troll the grain markets of Europe. '''''Either
Russia is a much weaker power than the
world believed, or Turkey is much stronger
one. They are both semi-Asiatic, and this
may account for the slow fighting in the field,
and the prodigious butcheries of non-com.
batauts. '..''''"There will be partial eclipse
of the moon tonight, the 23rd instant, be-
ginning at $50 p. M, and continuing one
hour and thirty-nine minutes, visible in this
section of the world. ....'.''"The striking mi.
ners in the coal region of Wilksbarre, Pa,
still maintain hostile attitude, and the reign
of intimidation continues. All the mines in
that section are idle. .''.'''"The Cumberland
county, Maine, Republican Convention adop-
ted resolutions last Friday endorsing Presi.
dent Hayes Southern policy. '''''''''Senator
Gordon's infant daughter, Carolina, born in
Washington City last winter, died on the
morning of the 18th instant, at his residence
at Kirkwood, near Atlanta.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-08-23


ton of men for Office in the ordnance depart
ment. Commodore Pegram furnished his
young friend with books and came two or
three times week to examine him. The
Commodore says he progressed so rapidly
that soon he found himself unable to exam.
inc him, as he knew more about it than he
did. He introduced the young wounded man
to certain gentleman in Richmond who had
some very fine horses. This gentleman con.
ceived such liking for the intelligent brave
young fellow, that he offered him the pick of
bis horses if he would come out No. in the
examination. This the youth modestly said
could be scarcely expected. Well, said the
gentleman, pass your examination and you
shall have the second choice. The examina-
ton came of, and the young man came out
No !. The best horse of the stables was CIV.
en- him, and still wounded and against re-
monstrances, he reported for duty. Before
the war was over be had pushed himself up
to the first position in his department. Com
modore Pegram's history is much longer than
this, but it may be summed up in these
words-that in all his experience Of men he
never met with more devotion to duty, more
gallant action, seldom more ability, than this
young Englshman displayed on all occasions,
and in every position, and now he has for him
the most sincere and devoted affection. The
circle to whom these things were told, we're all
so ignorant of them that it occurred to us that
many others we're curious, and that it was
only due to ourselves that We should all know
the record of one who has, for veal or woe,
cast in his lot among US. This young English
man, my fellow.citizens, is none other than
F. w. Dawson, Esq, one of the able editors
of the Neus and Courier. All honor to
whom honor is due. Respectfully.
A. TOoMER PORTER.
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that he feels constrained to accept
Furnishing the Strikers.
in Newark, N. j., on Saturday last
Vice. Chancellor Van Fleet rendered decis-
ion in the cases of the striking employees of
the Central Railroad of New Jersey, who
have been on trial before him for contempt of
Court in interfering with the receiver of the
road He sentenced Edward Knott, James
Schwartz, James Matthews and Albert Snyder
to $50 fine and imprisonment in the Warren
county jail, to await the pleasure of the Court,
and Chas. Garecht to be imprisoned in Som
erset county jail to await the further pleasure
Of the Court The men were deeply affected.
In the case of the striker, B. j. Donohue,
Judge Donohue, in New York, gave judgment
last Friday. He says the acts complained Of
we're not denied, and it was no excuse to al
lege that the prisoner was not aware the rail-
road was in The hands of the officers of the
Court. A similar plea might have been made
in a petty larceny case that the thief did not
know the property belonged to the person
mentioned in the indictment. After point
ing out the gravity of the ofense, the Court
says it should be borne in mind that the Of
fenses are such that the prisoner may be in
dicted for them. Therefore, he allows the
prisoner to be discharged at the expiration of
thirty days from his arrest.
The Hostile Indians.
"A Salt Lake City dispatch of Monday
says the Nez Perces Indians were reported
Yesterday as still camped at the Hob in
the Rock" stage station, Idaho. They
have destroyed the telegraph line in the
vicinity, and stopped all travel over the road
for several days. A large party of teamsters
are camped and fortifying themselves short
distance from the North Snake River bridge.
1t is reported that the stock Of the Indians is
in poor condition, and they are stopping at
the stage station to recuperate, using the pro-
prietors barns and grain.
A dispatch of the same date from Fort
Hall Agency, Idaho, says that that Captain
cambridge, with a company of scouts enlist
ed from the Bannocks and Shoshones, left
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10000 horsepower. "lt is" be told repor-
ter, "a quart machine-that is to say, it uses
only quart of water. With the condenser
that have now nearly complete, will make
that quart Of water produce 1000 horsepower
motion of sufficient duration to run steam
ship across the ocean,"
- The State of Texas has magnitude and
extent of which few persons dream, who have
never looked into her history. Her territory
is equal to all New England, New York,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and
Ohio. In 1880 she will, at the present rate
of increase, have twenty Representatives in
Congress, and if the same rate is maintained
in the following decade will have more than
fifty Her soil bears the same variety of pro-
ducts that all the other States have, and she
could accommodate all the population of the
United States in her borders, and then not be
more densely populated than Massachusetts.
She is, indeed, an empire within herself.
Hon. VIM. M. Evarts has eleven daugh.
ters, and in reference thereto correspondent
saws: "When Mr. Evarts travels with his
family, he charters car. But he don't like
to 90 to sleeping-car agent and say Give
me twelve lower berths and one UPPER be-
cause the agent always looks at him and asks
if it is theatrical troupe, and if they have
arranged for special rates. So he charters a
sleeper and says nothing more about it. Of
course, when Mr.. Evarts presents that pass
for the Hon. VIM. Evarts and family, there
js a ripple of excitement, but he has learned
to bear this with equanimity, and frown down
any giggling that may appear impending on
the part of the conductor"
- The army officers are dicussing all sorts
of plans for its enlargement, one scheme being
TO authorize the President, at his discretion, to
Increase the maximum strength of the army