Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-07-19

days, or payment of 4 fine of FIVE dollars.
The authorities are unable to execute the
sentence, for be has, no. money, and will not
work. So they have no alternative but to
keep him in Jail at the expense of the town '!
A large party from this place spent Friday
at Torbitt's mill.pond. They were favored
with good luck in fishing. They cooked and
enjoyed their fish on the bank of the creek.
Mr.. Boswell Graham celebrated the closing
of his school at Caper's Chapel, on Friday, by
giving public examination. The pupils
passed through the embarrassing ordeal with
great credit, and displayed the thoroughness
of their teaching. After satisfactory exhl'
bition of their knowledge of different studies,
the pupils, with their friends, enjoyed an ele'
CANT collation., provided by the ladies' 1t was
a successful and agreeable entertainment.
Considerable dissatisfaction exists in refer
ence to the appointments for Treasurer and
Auditor of this county. Whatever may be
the cause of it, it is best for the Democracy
to be uni tied, and allow no dissension in their
ranks. They should remember that Demo
cratic division means disaster to them and
victory to our political foes.
A large party left here this morning for
Landsford. Their object is to fish, swim and
have a good time generally. They carried
along bountiful supply of such things as
will refresh and exhilarate the inner man.
The Chief of Police is along, and will keep
them in order. -~.'.. ~''- .'>'
President Hardin begins to-day the laying
of cross.ties and iron on the Chester and Che
raw Railroad. The road will be in running
order to Rich Hill in time to move the pres
ent crop.
Mr.. William Nance and Miss Belle johnson,
both of this place, will enter into the bonds
of holy matrimony tonight, and leave to-mor-
row on bridal tour for Kentucky.
Our town was favored with delightful
rain on Yesterday. Farmers are in fine spir'
its over the good prospect.
A Young child of Mr.. NJ. P. Farris of this
county, departed this life last week. Qu1.
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ABOUT LIBERIA AND ITS GOVERNMENT.
Now that some of the colored people in
South Carolina are talking about emigrating
to Liberia, it may be worth while to print the
following from the Baltimore Sun:
The citizens of Liberia, we are told, are
having trace issue" in their politics. An
amendment to the constitution allowing white
men to own land and become citizens OF the
republic, was voted down at the recent Presl'
Dental election. There is no reason to OBJ
iect to this. It was the purpose of the coloni-
cation society in founding settlement ofcolor-
ed men in Liberia, to exclude white men from
any official and interior control Of its affairs.
1t was to be an African colony, governed in the
beginning by Africans who had acquired some
degree of civilization either as slaves or free
men in the United States. The ulterior Oh.
iect of the society was to introduce like civ
ilization, which was hoped would be progress
i've, among the wild African tribes that occu'
py the country back of Liberia. to establish
trading posts on the rivers, and thus bring the
blessings and humanizing influence of com
merce to bear upon native savagery. Al:
though the first settlement was in lS2O, and
large numbers of colonists have since been
sent there from the United States, the increase,
so far as these emigrants and their descen-
dants are concerned, has been very slow.
These numbered at last accounts only l9,OOO,
hut they constitute the ruling class, and have
added so largely to the original territory that
Liberia now covers 300 square miles, and
includes within its jurisdiction 70l ,OO0 abo'
rigiues. Among the latter several missions
have been established, although the efforts to
Christianize them have not thus far been very
successful. The great good that has been
gained is the peaceful relations that have been
Instituted between the Liberans proper and
native tribes.
As test Of the ability of people Of the
African race to govern themselves, the expert
ment is more promising than that of Hayti
where the exclusion of white men from any
participation in the affairs of the republic has
also been rgidly enforced, but from differ
ent motive than that which influenced such
action in Liberia. In the latter it was at the
suggestion of white men who wished to benefit
the negro race, while in Hayti it results from
animosty to the whites, and hence no good
has come of it. 1t is the merit OF Liberia
moreover, that no distinction is made there
between the pure-blooded Africans and those
of the mixed African and Caucasian extract
ion. In Hayti, on the other hand, bitter
jealousy exists between the blacks and the
mulattoes, and it is this jealousy, in the strug'
gle between the two classes for control of the
government, that has been the handspring of
the numerous revolutions with which that
mockery of republic has been tormented
The Liberians are at least peaceful people,
and although during their fifty years of local
selfgovernment they have neither risen very
high in the scale of>civilization nor become in
any way distinguished for habits Of industry,
they have established schools and churches
in their midst. and have shown themselves
obedient to laws of their own enact;ng.
A beautiful complexion depends upon the
purity of the blood. To keep the blood pure
and healthy use DR.. Bulls Blood Mixture.