Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-04-26

far less injury from frost than usual. Of S2O
counties in the Ohio basin, only 45 report be-
low average, and six.sevenths of the reports
from the middle States are favorable. In
Wisconsin the unfavorable returns are from
Is of the 66 counties reported. In Kansas
from 1S to 38 counties. Grasshopper rsva'
ges are reported in % counties of eastern
Kansas, from Nebraska to Indian Territory
and as far west as Saline county. The wheat
growing district in Texas is also alive with
grasshoppers, which threaten the destruction
of the crop in several counties. More than
20 counties report the Matching OF Spring
broods There is an increase OF the area OF
wheat in Texas, and prospects are favorable
with the exception of grasshopper ravages.
In the other Statesa dry autumn and Varla:
BILE winter have depressed the condition OF
wheat below the average
Onnosition to the Presidents Policy.
"A Washington dispatch says: Call the
Indications here are that the President Is
likely to encounter serious opposition to his
Southern policy from the extreme element OF
hi, own party. Already the coming Congress
casts its dark shadow before it, and' busy as
the devil has always been in Washington
there is a dangerous chance that he may re-
double his activity in the hot days OF the
Washington midsummer. The letter ofsena-
tor Blaine is regarded as another notice from
&im of stormy times to come in washington
Ben Wade has also written letter, in which
bel is represented to have arraigned the Presi-
Aent and his policy with his quaint and
bitterness of speech. Martin l.
! Townsend is also said to have prepared let
ter in opposition to the Presidents policy and
Judge Taft is also reported to have reduced
TO writing some conversations with GoV'
Haves at Columbus, in which Mr.. Taft claims
that HAYES opposed his present Southern
nolicv. The President himself is undisturbed.
He has been warned of the threatened oppo-
sition, but maintains his remarkable equl-
poise. He only says that he is confident that
his policy is fer The best interests Of the coun'
trv, and he will abide by it. However certain
it NAV be that shere will be opposition to his
policy, it is even more certain that the Pres''
dent will permit nothing to swerve him from
his purpose.
A Novel Mode Of Raising Revenue.
The last Legislature of Virginia passed
an act for raising revenue, BY taxing each
drink of beer or spirits sold. The law is one
ofthe curiosities Of American legislation. 10
collect LIQUOR taxa machine resembling
GAS meter. .eombined with a registering dial
IKE that used Oh some of the New York street
cars. has been invented by a Senator. 1t IS
to be put up in every bar-room, and for every
drink sold the barkeeper is required to work
lever which operates the hands OF the dial.
When liquor is sold by measure in quantities
ofless than FIVE gallons, the lever Is to be
pulled once for every halfpint The machines
are to be locked ard the key kept by the tax
COLLECTOR. who is to make his rounds among
the saloons once month and gather In the
harvest. Heavy penalties are imposed for
failing to work the register and for tampering
with it. The tax on glass of whisky is "a
cents : ON glass of beer 1 cent. The law
makers expect great things from this bill. If
oply million of gallons of whisky are regis
tered by the punch the revenue derived will
be over 81 100000, which,, with the revenue
from other sources, would enable the State to
meet its current expenses and pay the interest
on its debt. But Virginia drinks more than
100000 gallons of whisky annually; its slows
away over 100000 gallons very comfortably !;
and, hence, if the BellPunch act be enforced
scrupulously, there will be millions IN the
treasury. The Richmond liquor dealers are
threatening to test the constitutionallty OF the
law. They have collected money for that
purpose, consulted lawyer, and agreed that
It would be wise to convoke trade conven-
tion for the purpose of resisting legislation
which taxes whisky 81 cents per drink.
The Louisiana Question.
In accordance with orders issued by the
President through the different military de-
partments, the troops "posted at or in the
Immediate vicinity of the State-House in
New Orleans" were removed to their barracks
at 12 o'clock, NJ, last Tuesday. The spirit
of the order is identical with that in regard
to removing the troops from the State-House
in Columbia, and, as is generally believed,
will be attended with the same result, viz. ::
the establishing of the Democratic or Mich
oils State government. On this point the
following extract is given from an interview
with Kellogg:
Reporter-Admittingt that Packard is the
legal Governor, can he any longer hold out !?
Gov. Kellogg-No, think not; the force
against him is too great ard. besides, he is
much exhausted after his long continued ef-
forts.
Reporter-What, then, will be his course :?
Gov. Kellogg-I cannot tell exactly just
what will be his course. Certainly, under
the circumstances, it is possible for him to do
many things, but unless am greatly disap'
pointed in the man, think he will quietly
withdraw at the proper time, without any
provocation of battle or bloodsheed +; but this
is only my opinion; know nothing positive
A New Orleans dispatch of Friday says
that at caucus of Packard's adherents on
that morning, only forty members ofhi Leg
islature were present. A paper was exhibited,
prepared for the signatures of the Supervisors
of Elections of the parish Of Orleans, certify
ing that they had fraudulently given the
vote of the parish to Hayes, and that it be-
longed to Tilden by considerable majority.
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