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, 1877-12-05

No less than three local celebrities figure on
tho payroll Ut the new County aad Criminal
Court clerks. namely, WILLIAM 13ucKLHr, c1-
Captain of Polite, WOODBURY. II. TA1Lon, cx-
publisher OF the Erntag Tost. and JAMES STgw-
AIT, cx-Rccorder. Such promotions arc indeed
rnrr-
, 1877-12-05


specic-paymsnts Jan. /, 1879. I1o wants tho
outstanding greonbaclss to be contracted
S59,od0,000, and reduced by that timo to
S300, 0,o00,10O. Thoro will be some reduction
by retiring greenbacks In proportion Of $50
10 the issue Of every 300 OF new National
Dauk notes, and ho proposes to arply tho
Funding net for tho remainder. lie expecta
to lave 100000, 900 OF available gold In tho
Treasury whercwith to 20 at tho work Of rc-
1cnption, anlthls ho thinks will sul}lco. If
wo concodc all Of Secretary suERMAN's ann
Eu!ue expectations to have been realized,
then tho Government will 1ayo &300, ,000, 900
OF greenbacks OIL hanl, or at least all tile
greeubaeks It ahall Aavo boon ablo to
redeem. Wllat shall 10 tlouo with these
redeemed greonbacks, Ia problem left uu-
determined by the Resumption act, and we
aro inclined To think dssigncdly no. At alt
events, Mr. SHERMAN, who waa then III the
Scnato at tho head Of tho Finance Commit
too, refused to explain whon Ao WINS cngi-
nearing tho Resumption bill. Now, how
over, ho recommends that Congress shall
pass such additional legislation I'd will ena-
bio him to resluce tlle nn,ount Of greenbackq
to $30O, ,000, 600, and authorize the reissue OF
greonbacls, 10 as to keep as much Of this
amount III circulation - AZ tho exlgoncies OF
tho public interest may require" This
means, necessarily, that the rotasuo should
be ut the discretion OF the Secretary Of tho
Treasury. Wo subjotn All cxtract from the
sccretary's report, which giyos him tho on.
,.,1tt,uff.r f,f ~ irr, hiu
The Secretary ventures 10 express tho opinion
that the beat currency for tho people Of tho Cnta
Htates would be carefully -liutcu au,u:,pt Of
United STATE. nolas. promptly redsemable On pre-.
seutatlo In coln and supported bY ample reserves
Ut coin. Anl supplemented by systen, of National
1lanks, urganixcd under general laws. FREQ and
open TO ALL with power 10 is4ue circulating notcs
secured by Cnttcl States bonds deposited With tho
Government, aud Eedeemablc in Ualsud States
notes or coin. Such systcn will secure to Tho
people safo currency Ut equal value Ia oil parts
Of tbs county, receivable for all dues, and easly
convertible into coin. Interest can thus bs saved
OF 70 much Of the public debt ~ can bs convsn.
iently maintained III permanent circulation, yaY.
ing to National banks the propur bus!.
ness Of such corporations, of pro-
vdiug currcney for Lbs varying chang
cs. the cbb and flow Vt trade.
II In faF better to 1x the maximum Of legal
notes at $:so0. 000. coo, supported by a mtuimuu,
reArrvo Of s100, 0Ca 100 Ut coin, oN1y 10 bc used
for the redemption Ut noteA not to bs se4sned until
tic resoryu IL Restored. demand for coln to ox-
haust such TesaEss may NOT occur. but, II eronta
forcc II, ~ cxiAtcnes would he known aud could
bs declared. and would Justify Temporary suspen-
xion Of sreclu payments. Suro such exped.sut
could no doubt b. provided BY Congress for au ex-
eeptions' emergency. In other times tho general
confidence in the4s notes would maintain them Al
t,ar in coin and tratlfy their u4o a rescrxsa of
, 1877-12-05

II fDisMAHcK Is trying to lnsetgle England into
awar With Russia, what trying .situatlontt must
te for DIsNAHCKl
, 1877-12-05
4 superficial correspondent thinks lie has
L. .,..u.auf.A xaoi.,& l., tin &olfo.,t,,nA

u H0Rpt0C4a0 E131EVE'0s1eAV1s kt30A3 A8 l&3
1nada powerful point in tho following:
Where u tho economy In ramouetlxia3 the silver
dollar to be full iszaitaadss for sil dsbs public
aud p1satss It u quite ccstsin that whereas the
Government L. now Exfundlug the public debt 1t
" about pes cent, with fnLasest and principal
understood to be payable tn gold that on ~ iii.
limited silsef basis they would haye to pay u least
U p<r cent Or IN e4cesa over Kold Eates of sAy :.
par ccut. On thirty Year bond this would sEuunt
sopayng 10 pei cent more for tnu psse2so of paJlux
Ia aIkyeE; aud II the b9ad was renewed fur twsntJ
Jsa1s more, the bond would have IL bo paid tsits
, 1877-12-05

Tho winter has falrty set IN, and Plevna ID
not captured: but the Russians have occupied
Bclobrov and Lttchcyo, on the 0gust,-thnt's
some comfort.
, 1877-12-05

The new County Board l,as been nsherod
Into existence nuder ausrlcious conditions
by tho ct,oico Of 1fr. SESNE ~ President
md Ills delivery Of atirrlng appeal for re-
kenchment, which re.ecf,oea tile sentiment of
tho entiro community except those who are
engaged in tho business Of tax.eating. A1r.
sEssE explained very explicitly III Ills open
lug speech That the County Hoard cannot 60
Oil spending money Mt the old rate without
increasing tho deficiency at the closo Of
every ycar, md thus creating an unlawful
dobt. 1ts authority to raise taxea is reatrict-
cd to Is cents on tho 3lu0 Of valuation, and
ths total revenues Of the county will be
Sl,5lG,50O at tho utmost to meet au out-
1incd expenditure Of 81, 49,, ,SG3, leaviug
deficiency Of soCG,3t;5. The Doanl
canuot en!arge Its own powers for
leyyinE taxes. md It must then
reduce expenditures. THO great naving 10
be mndo is In the reduced cost Of maiusain-
ing thu public clarities, mud Mr.. SEsxE Is Of
tho opinion that this ca.l lies. 10 accom-
plsl,ed by personal purchase from loading
merchants Of Tho supplies needed, and by
holding tho snpcriutcndonts Of lilo various
charities responsible for their safo keeping
md economical distribution. Such ascIlcme
will require tho devotion of moro timo than
tho County Commissioners havs been accas-
toned to givo lilo public, but h1r. sEssE
reminds them TINT they are paid by ths pub
lie, md lavo accepted their places with tho
understanding TINT they shall doyote their
tnlo to tho public interests. 1Io also re-
, 1877-12-05

Mayor HEATH has evidently been put out At
first baso else, why his cynical refusal to reut
tue Lakc-Front to the Chicago Club
, 1877-12-05
THE MISSISSIPPI LEVELS.

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I'LL! yoA,s ~ nent lof 'n1a ossun'eu
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, 1877-12-05

There was nothing about tic Pope In yestcr-
day'a dispatches. Con 1t be that he Is deaul
, 1877-12-05

Tic London correspondent Of tho New Yo,k
7i'nts writrs that tho war-icctng IL again betno
aroused tn England. tlr says:
While II II hciInrcd that every effort viii cnn.
tInuc to be made ~ The Cabinet to keep Enrisnd
Try tfoiM the conl,ct. Tiers "a growing ienr n
d1ptorhtIc circles that JutH UGLE will be fnrcnS
Into culltesnn With the Czaf. ts,sMAnrx II thSuyht
70 be w.rkine for tA,s emit. Ills plan Il 10 ws1kcn
hl tho Powers In detaiI. II Is nHettci that hs
rfatrd publicly week a9o his conviction that :.Ens
l,pnths.' - +" 'e"
There IL Iftsle doubt hut that DisMAlcK would
be clad to see England drawn into tho war, but
England Is not IN a fighting mood.
, 1877-12-05

to cover hls nakedncss, he appears 1t tho Un,,d
States Consulate and bcgs 10 be sent i,,,na
Consul HApEAu may he right. ptrh,n. ,s. ~.
moor American workman does AZ hc r.lo,.. ~
hut there Is Il general impression amonv w.,
Informed people that this ,s,or American ,,,t
san twho, t'y the war, Is usually m Iri,lm,n
or scotcl'man, OF Hermar) makes his appear.
ancc at the Consulate onty after spending for
heer all the money which has been given him
BY tue English Tradcs-Unions as the prscc of
breaking his contract with tho English naster
who has paid his passagc ncross the Atlanta
, 1877-12-05

flnverIyss Theatre.
Monroe ftrfct. corner OF Dearborn. "Actoas tn
Continent" Afternoon and evening.
, 1877-12-05

Now Chicago Thcntrc1
CLARK strret, uppoalto ths Sherman House. Del.
ahaftAt't Feat"
, 1877-12-05

Uoolcy'H Thentr~.
Randolph street, hcsxecn Clark and xRsatic.
'etuck OIL" Ncstames Moore Smith, ctc.t Mtsxra,
Williamson, Sullivan etc. Afternoon and eYenlug.
, 1877-12-05
ADJUSTMENTS.

n1cTtcker'x Theatre.
bfsdi.on sttee:. between State and Dearborn.
'sThe reIls" and 1rc Written to Hrown." MeadAnes
laJe, Stones!l, etc, alessrs, Nhceock4 AcVfckef.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-01-04
SOUTH CAROlINAsN NEWS.

Simon Boyd died in Horny county, about
the middle of December, at the advanced age
of one hundred and three years.
The old heavy guns in Castle Pinckney,
Charleston harbor, are being dismounted and
disposed of for shipment to Philadelphia,
where they have been sold as old iron.
- William B. Dorm, famous some years
ago as the owner of Dorns gold mine in Edge
field county, died in that county on the 26th
ultimo. The Advertiser says of him: "He
was a man of the utmost kindness of heart
one whose generosity and unsel6shness caused
him to die in comparative poverty.
One of the witnesses before the Congress-
ional committee, in Columbia, swore that fif-
teen negroes were compelled to vote the
Democratic ticket or run the risk Of getting
killed. Upon an examination of the pre-
cinct box, it was discovered that only five
votes were cast for the Democratic ticket at
that poll
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-01-04

NEW ADyERTIsEMENTs.

M. Strauss-Happ New Year. 81 tt''@
Clark Brothers-Groceries-R Reform.
r. II. Glenn, 8. Y. C.-Sheriff's Sales-Judge OF
Probate's Sales.
T. w. Clawson. Deputy Messenger-In Bank
ruptcy-First Meeting Of Creditors-1n the
Matter of John w. Riley, R. T. May and
WI. Rawlinson, Bankrupts.
Mary Zurcher-House and Lot for Sale.
J. NJ. Ross-ValNable Land for Sale.
Many Citizens-To the Public. s..s...esss -
w. n. McCorkle-Fire Insurance-For Rent.
F. Happerfeld-York Marble Yard. --a-.
Mary Zurcher-C Confectionery, Fruit, &c.
Latimer 4 Hemphill-Last Notice-No Credit
, Ready Made Clothing Molasses- -Shawls
John c. Kuykendal-C Compliments ofthe Season.
Hunter & Oates-A Happy New Year to Every
body-Dry Goods-Ready ~ Made Clothing.
w. H. 4 J. P. Herndon-ls76 and 1S77-To the
Public-Indebtedness
T. M. Dobson & Co.-l8T7-Bargains-S
ers-Well Chains-Flour-Crocker
tols-Undershirts- -Shirting-l876-
ReadyM Made Clothing Boots-shot Guns.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-01-04

House and lot in Rock Hill belonging to
estate of W. b. Anderson, deceased bought
BY 81. E. Thomas for $3.50. ( Z,
The Sheriff also sold the following property
under execution:
Tract of 300 acres belonging to estate Of
William Hanna, deceased bought by 8.
R. Moore for $500.
Three tracts, belonging to A. NJ. jackson.
The "Gil6llin tract" 14O acres, bought by
j. J. Evans for 5000. Tract of 100 acres on
Adair's Ferry road, Al miles from Yorkville,
bought by Joseph Neel for $l72. Tract of
80 acres, known as the "Floyd and Rhea
tract" bought by Joseph Neel for $3.50.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-01-04
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-01-04
peaceful, and pray that the new year will bring
to them the blessings of peace and Of prosperity.
WADE HAMPTON, I
Governor of South Carolina.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA MEMORIAL.


In the United States Senate, on Friday last
Mr.. Gordon presented the memorial Of Wade
Hampton, VIM. D. Simpson, W. H. Wallace,
and sixty-eight Senators and Representatives
in the General Assembly of South Carolina,
addressed to Congress, reciting at length the
events which have recently transpired in the
State, the interference of the military, &C.,
and asking Congress to take such action as
will cause cessation of military interference
in the affairs of the State, and enable the Gov
ernor and Legislature to exercise the, duties
of the Offices to which they were elected.
The memorial having been read, Mr.. Cor
don moved that it be referred to the Commit
tee on the Judiciary. Mr.. Frelinghuysen
moved to amend SO as to refer it to the Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections, instead OF
the Judiciary Committee. This amendment
failed for want of quorum in the Senate
but 25 votes having been cast-l2 in the at
6rmative, and 13 in the negative.
Pending the discussion, Mr.. Gordon, by
unanimous consent, submitted the following
resolution recognizing the Hampton govern
ment as the legal government of South Caro-
lima:
Resolved, by the Senate, That the State
government now existing in the State of fSouth
Carolina, and represented by Wade Hamp:
ton as Governor, is the lawful government of
said State; that it is republican in form, and
that every assistance necessary to sustain its
proper and lawful authority in said State
should be given by the United States when
properly called upon for that purpose, to the
end that the laws may be faithfully and
promptly executed, life and property protect.
ed and defended, and all violators of law,
State or national, brought to speedy pun
ishment for their crimes.
Objection was made to the resolution and
it was laid over, though it is regularly before
the Senate and Mr.. Gordon can call it up at
any time. The memorial went over until
Tuesday, the End instant, on which day, &C.
cording to rule, it was to have been called up
on a question of reference.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-01-04
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.

Governor Vance closed his legal practice,
for some years to come, at the recent term OF
Cabarrus Superior Court.
Capt. j. G. Justice, prominent and re-
spected citizen of Lincolnton, died on the 22nd
ultimo.
The next annual meeting of the State
Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, will be held in
Goldsboro, commencing on the 9Th Of Febru.
ary, 1877.
- The Salisbury Watchman says there were
II, ,439 rabbits and one squirrel killed in Row.
an county on Christmas day. The fact as to
the rabbits is ascertained by actual count.
William Messiemer, white man, was
hanged in the Jail yard at Statesville, on the
22nd ultimo, for the murder of his mother-in'
law, which deed he committed in Rowan
county last spring. He confessed his guilt.
In Ashe county, last week, the thermom
eter was four degrees below zero. Ice was
eighteen inches thick in the rivers, and snow
eighteen inches deep. In Charlotte, on the
18th ultimo, which was the coolest day of the
season, the thermometer stood at fifteen de.
grees above zero.
- Governor Brogden was notified, few
days ago, by mail, that man named Gilbert
McC Carthney, who has relatives in North Car
olina, was killed at Virginia, Dakota Terri
tory, on the 3rd ultimo. The deceased left
valuablss, and his relatives are invited to ad
dress John Finnie, Virginia, D. T.
"A meeting of the North Carolina bond
holders was held in New York on the 9th
ultimo, to agree upon plan to be presented
to the State authorities for funding the pres
ent debt of the State. The bond-holders de-
sire to arrange all disputed questions, and to
fund the whole debt for an amount not ex'
ceeding s15,OOO,oo0.
AT the request of a number of leading
colored men of Charlotte, Governor Vance
delivered an address to the colored people oi
that city one day last week. He emphatical
ly disclaimed any intention or desire of the
Democrats to deprive the colored people Of
any rights which they possess under the law
and as the chief magistrate Of the State, he
expected to bend his energies toward main
tanning the laws without distinction.
Says the Charlotte Democrat: "Those who
thought that the building of the Marrow
Gauge Railroad from Yorkville to the All
Line Road and Dallas would hurt the trade
of Charlotte, have found themselves very much
mistaken. That Road has been of great ben
eft to our trade since its connection with the
Air Line. Large quantities of cotton anc
produce come here from Chester, Yorkville
and other points south, that used to 60 tt
Charleston"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-01-04
GOV. HAMPTON no GOV. HAYES.

GOV. HAMPTON 10 GOV. HAYES.
"A dispatch from, Golumbas, Ohio, dated De.
oember 20, says that tJudgs (. ]. Mackey, Of
South Carolina, had arffiyed 10 that city, the
bearer Of letter from Gen. Wade Hampton
to Gov. Hayes. Ths lsttersis Is follows:
ExEc3TiyE CHAMBER, !
COLUMBIA, December q, 1876.
Ny Dear Sir II have the honor to enclose
copy Of my inaugural as the duly elected
Governor Of South Carolina. Inview of the
present events, and the official sanction given
to gross misrepresentation Of the acts and
purposes of the majority of the good people Of
this Commonwealth, II deetnsit proper to de-
clare that profound peace prevails throughout
the State that the; conrse pf judicial proceed
iugs is obstructed by no c3nbinstionl of citi.
zens thereof, and tsthe Laws for the protec-
ton of the inhabitants, id all the rights Of
person, property and citixehship, are being en-
forced in our courts.
While the people of this State are not want.
ing in either the spiritor The means to main.
tain their rights Of citizSnship against the
usurping power which poM de6es the supreme
judicial authority ofthe s5as, they have such
faith in the justice Of their cause that they
propG i to leave its yindication to the proper
legal tribunals, appealing at the same time,
to the patriotism and public sentiment of the
whole country. 4 s3fae
The inAammatory utterances Of q PORTION Sf
the public press render| ii. perhaps, not imp
perfume for me to state that, although the
people in South Carolina view with grave
concern the present critical conjuncture ID the
affairs Of our country, which threatens to sub
iect to an extreme test Shs Republican. system
Of government itself, IL Is theifEfr and delib.
crate purpose to condemn any solution of the
existing political prob blsms that involves th(
exhibition of armed forde, or that move
through any other channel than the prescribed
form Of the Consultation OF the peaceful agei-
cies of law.
Trusting that solution may be had, which, /,
while maintaining the peace of the county
shall do no violence TO the Constitutional
safeguards Of popular rights, and will tend
still firmly to unite the people Of all the States
in an earnest effort to preserve the peace fnd
sustain the laws and the Consultation,
lam, very respectfully, your obedisnt lert
want, WADE HAMPTON,
Governor of South Carolins.
His Excellency R. B. Hayes, Governoi OF
Ohio.
P. S.-As the settlement Of sexed political
questions which now agitate the public 1ind
must ultimately descend TO yourself or Upon
your distinguished competitor for the Ffesi.
dency, have addressed q letter similar TO
this 10 his Excellency Governor Tilde9l
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