Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-12-06

colored, went away. In going across the Hol-
land bridge, staggering from one side to the
other, for he was very drunk, he'ran against
the side and fell over in the deep water and
was drowned.
On Tuesday afternoon of last week, j. N.
Andrews, of Statewide, had his barn burned
under the following circumstances, which
should be warning to persons in the habit of
careessly handling ashes: He was gathering
leaves at the Presbyterian churchyard for the
purpose of making compost, and while there
he took the ashes from stove in the church
in which there had been no FIRE since Sunday
night, placed it in the bottom of a barrow and
covered it with leaves. On taking the load
home he threw it into the barn, but noticed
no fire, and returned for another load. 1t
was but few minutes before smoke was seen
issuing from the building, and though imme'
diate effort was made to extinguish the fire, it
proved Intellectual and the entire building
with its contents was destroyed, consisting Of
his crop for the present year.
MERE. MENTION.
The Southern States embrace an area Of
nearly 100000 square miles. '''''''''The u.
S. man.of:war, Huron, was wrecked off the
North Carolina coast on the night of the Oath
ultimo, and went to pieces. There we're 100
people aboard, of whom 105 we're lost. '"'A
Louisville correspondent says it is reported
that Governor Hampton is soon to marry q
beautiful wealthy widoS, prominent as one of
the leaders of Louisville society. '''''Again
comes the report that the Pope is gradually
sinking. 1.-The different roads, which were
injured by the late freshets, have been re-
paired, and through connections fully estab-
lehed. '.'...". Jefferson Davis great law suit
about his brother 10. Davis estate is now
being heard before the Supreme Court of Mis-
sissppi. '.......'A number of men indicted for
tarring and feathering woman of doubtful
character, at Waterford, Pa, have all been
sentenced to the Penitentiary from one to
ten years. .'..''.".The agricultural population
of Georgia is 100000 souls. and the number
of acres in cultivation trife over 100000.
The hotel, grand stand and forty6ve stables
at Benning's Station race.course, near Wash
ington, were burned last Friday. '''''''The
weather is the coolest in Florida known
there for ten years at this season. At Jack
sonville, last week, ice formed half an inch
thick. .'....'''At Columbia, Tenn, last week,
man named Roper, for an unsuccessful in
decent assault on Miss Butler Templeton,
was lynched in the presence of 1000 peo-
le.''...Y esterday, Georgia elected legsla-
ture, voted on adopting the new constitution,
and also on the question of returning the cap
itol of the State to Milledgeville There
is now comparative quiet on the Mexican
border. Bands of Lerdoists are congregating
here and there, but the command of Diaz to
bis troops to assist the United States authori-
ties in preserving order tends, materially, to
Quiet frontier affairs. .........'A Connecticut
preacher says he intends to ask God to blight
the apple blossoms next Spring, 80 that there
will be no cider next season.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Born Not to be Hanged or Drowned.
- Andrew Mooningham, who was tried
in the Raleigh criminal court for the murder
of Henry Seawell, and acquitted by jury
on Saturday of last week, left the city on the
same evening for his home. He arrived at
the Neuse river bridge after dark, and when
on the opposite side of the bridge stepped in
the river, the abutment having been washed
away. He was carried down by the current
about three hundred yards, when he caught
on tree and there remained from o'clock
at night until 8 o'clock next morning, when
his cries we're heard by neighbor who came
to his relief. But the river was wide, and
there was no boat in the vicinity. Mr.. Lilies,
the neighbor, asked if he could swim. "If
you can I will meet you half way" be said.
Mooningham, who was in perilous situation,
as the water had risen to his arm pits in the
tree and was still rising, said, "Ill do my
best, as it is my only showing for life" and
| plunged out in the water to meet Mr. Lilies.
He found that the current was too strong for
his wasted strength and Immediately sank.
He cried out, II am gone! I am gone May
God forgive me-" As he rose the third time,
Mr.. Lilies, at great peril to his own safety,
reached him, and taking him by the hair
swan to the shore. 1t was several hours be-
fore he was restored to consciousness, and at
latest accounts he Was still in very critical
condition.
"Honest John' on Seating Butler.
- In the Senate on Saturday, during the
debate on seating Kellogg, Mr.. Patterson OBJ
tanned the floor in support of Kellogg, and also
gave his reasons for supporting the claims of
Mr.. Butler, of South Carolina. The general
tenor of his remarks may be inferred from the
following extract:
He said he had already announced his in
tention of voting to seat M. G. Butler as Sem
ator from South Carolina, and he would cheer.
fully vote to seat VIM. Pitt Kellogg as Sena.
tor from Louisiana. He had resisted every
motion to give the case of Kellogg precedence
over that of Butler, because the Butler case
was before the Senate first. Had the Kellogg
case been brought up first, he would have vo-
ted as steadily against displacing it. He then
criticised the action of the administration in
Withdrawing the troops from South Carolina,
and said the troops were Withdrawn in spite
of the remonstrance of those who secured the
election of the President. He (Hayes) recog-
nized the Democratic State government, and
turned the Republicans of South Carolina over
to their enemies. He replied rather sharply
to the remarks of Messrs. Edmunds and Conk.
ling, and said be repudiated them. He dis
owned the authority of such as these to pass
Judgment on his fidelity to the Republican
party. He spoke of Mr.. Conkling as the