Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-01

tory of their opponents, not only I'D 1oou, out
in all of the subsequent elections to the end
of the century.
As to the fate of the Republican party, the
same correspondent gives the following as the
prevailing sentiment Of many leading Repub'
licans:
1t is somewhat surprising to find that
number of the most prominent Republican
leaders believe that the doom of their party
is sealed, and that speedy dissolution must
result from the antagonistic opinions prevail
ing in its ranks as to the course of the Presi-
dent. These gentlemen are, as rule, active
party men, who have always stood by the or
eanization, and who think that machinery is
necessary to the existence of parties, and that
patronage is great power that ought to be
made the most of to win campaigns. They
would not like their names printed to back
up their o. Unions, and the correspondent who
is sufficiently intimate with them to get an
unreserved expression Of their sentiments is
always cautioned not to publish what they
say. Put in the briefest compass, their view
is that the President has sacrificed the Re-
publican party to protect his title; that the
party is without leader, and is fatally di.
vided in convictions that it's hard workers
are disheartened and Indifferent and that it
has lost its solidity and purpose, and is likely
to drop to pieces, and give place to ephemer-
al organizations, powerless to resist the COM
pact and victorious Democracy"
The Mexican Situation.
- Recent advices from the City of Mexi-
co, give the following as the political situation
in that muchgoverned country:
IAN attempted revolution in the State of
Nichoacan was suppressed instantly. 1t is
authentically reported that the State of So
nora has seeded. Peace prevails in the 9th.
er States. Reported instructions on the
northern border prove untrue. President
Diaz shows an inAexible determination to ex-
tradite criminals on the Rio Grande, believ-
ing extradition necessary to preserve the ma
tional decorun. Gen. Travins and Governor
Charles, of Coahuila, arrived at the capital
on the 18th ultimo, from the border States,
bringing favorable accounts of the situation.
except that discomfort is manifest at Diaz's
determination to extradite all criminals. Sew
eral regiments of infantry and cavalry have
marched for the border, relics of the Lerdo
faction being still at work. The Lerdists are
actively organizing to cooperate with Escobs-
do in his efforts on the Rio Grande."
Speaking of the Daz government reminds
US that Mexico is getting to be quite night
mare to some of our Northern cousins-the
Republican element especially. The New
York Times, in a recent editorial, taking
strong ground in favor of Diaz, expresses
horrible fear of war between the United
States and Mexico, because, "it will add ten
Senators and twenty Representatives to the
forces of the solid South in the Congress of
the United States and thirty electors to their
vote in the next Presidential election. It will
add $500, 100000 to the public debt, and ne
cessitate an increase to the standing army of
$4,000 men, and the restoration of the South
ern Confederates to their old positions in the
army, for they will all be in the war;
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
CHESTER, October 20, 1877.
Our town will soon be favored with another
show. This time it is "Sol Smith Russell"
the worlds greatest humorist, and "his great
company of musical stars" They furnish an
entertainment, which, according to the fla
ming advertisement, cannot fail Of pleasing
the most critical and fastidious tastes, and
one which has never been equaled. This
troupe will doubtless have the pleasure of en-:
tertaining large crowd at this place. Ches.
ter is never too poor to give helping hand
to all the shows that come along. Though
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her purse, and gives of her poverty to these
undeserved objects. Coles circus company
was enriched by her generosity to the extent
Of several thousand dollars, and Sol Smith
Russell will leave her richer man. The sea-
son for entertainments of every kind has just
opened, and our town may expect to be ia
vored in this way every few days. The cry. of
hard times is heard on every side, and yet
money is generally forthcoming for the sup
port of these entertainments. There is some
room here for moralizing, but l do not propose
to administer it. 1t hardly falls within the
duty of correspondent to do go.
Judge Mackey was in town the first part of
last week. He was direct from Spartanburg,
where he held the Sessions Court the week
previous. After brief stay here, he return
Common Pleas. He has ccomplisbed an
immense amount of business since he has been
presiding over the Courts of the Seventh Cir
cult. He has worked by night as we'll as by
day, and in this way has tried and settled ca
ses which have been encumbering the dockets
for great number of years. He will leave
for Washington this week for the purpose of
advocating and defending the claim of Gen.
M. c.. Butler to his seat in the United States
Senate. Judge Mackey has given this ques-
ton the closest study, and there is no doubt
of the fact that when the proper time comes,
he will bring the law and the facts to bear
upon it in such way as to make q powerful
impression upon the committee of Senators
appointed to investigate the matter. If he
does not succeed in securing Gen. Buffers i'm.
mediate admission into the Senate, he hopes,
by forcible presentation of all the points in
the case, to obtain reelection by the State
Legislature. Gen. Butler would again be re-
turned to the Senate, and bis admission could
not be refused.
John A. Bradley, Sr., Esq, of our town,
has recently published, in pamphlet form, q
brief sketch of his own life. It is due to the
prominence he once occupied in this county,
and his host of friends, to state the prominent
events narrated in this photographed
sketch. At the age of nineteen he entered
the Sheriff's Office of Chester as Deputy of
Colonel Daniel G.. Cabeen, 'tat salary of
$3.50 per annum, furnishing my (his) own
horse great part of the time, and my (his)
own hoard and lodoinc" Tn 1879 he was