Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-03-08
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unchanged.
None of the Supreme Court Judges being
present last Monday, except Justice Willard,
Court was adjourned until the 10Th instant.
- The Columbia Register says there are
quite q number of members of the Legislature
in the city.
- The State House in Columbia, S. c., is
still occupied by Federal soldiers and Cham
berlain's constabulary.
- The Boston Post thinks it will be no
gain to the country to lose Grant and retain
Grantism.
- Failure of the army appropriation bill to
pass both Houses, renders an extra session of
Congress necessary.
John Reilly, late auditor of North Car
olina. is in Baltimore hospital, dying of
consumption.
The fine residence of A. P. Eckel, of
Greensboro, N. c., was destroyed by all acci-
dental fire last Thursday morning.
-Quent. Busbee, prominent lawyer of
Raleigh, N. c., died suddenly on Tuesday of
last week.
- The failure of the North American Life
Insurance Company, of New York, is an.
nounced.
Myers, the Richmond distiller, recently
convicted of violating the revenue laws, has
,een Internationally pardoned by President
Grant
Georgia farmer say this is goingto be a
great crop year, and are consequently ma
king arrangements to cultivate as much land
as possible.
Fifteen Republican Senators he'd 8 meet
ing last Friday and resolved that if Hayes
Southern policy is to be against the Republi.
csn party of the South, they should know it.
The total number of hogs packed in Gin
cianati from November 1st to February 2Sth,
inclusive, are: 523,576; during the same time
last year, 56S, 1859.
Governor Colquitt, of Georgia, has signed
the bill passed by the Legislature requiring
fire insurance companies doing business in
that State, to make deposit of s25,OOO.
The Louisiana State House is barricsded,
and guarded by about 500 adherents of Pack
ard, who fear that Nichols will take posses
sion Of the building. Two companies of Uni
ted States troops are quartered in rear of the
State House. Gen. Augur will interfere only
for the prevention of conflict.
The Raleigh IN. CO. Sentinel has been
purchased by the proprietors of the Raleigh
Observer, with which paper the former has
been merged-the name of the Observer being
retained. The Raleigh Observer is one of the
best, as it is the most enterprising of the North
Carolina dsilies.
At meeting of the stockholders of the
Atlanta and Richmond Air Line Railroad, in
New York last week, it was determined to is
sue S500,000 preferred mortgage bonds to re-
lieve the present embarrassment Of the com.
pany and put the road in good working order
Bishop Wilmer, of Louisiana, who last
week visited Governor Hayes at Columbus
and laid before him the deplorable situation
of Louisiana, telegraphed to New Orleans at
the close of bis visit lie; our people remain
absolutely quiet" which shows sufficiently
that he was satisfied with his conversation with
the Governor.
About 10 o'clock last Monday morning,
Sergeant R. A. Edwards, Of Company G, 18th
Regiment, stationed at Columbia, committed
suicide by shooting himself with Springfield
rifle. He was man of about 40 years of
age, and wont through tho lntc .war as sol,
der on the Confederate side, from the State
of Alabama.
"A fire occurred in Camden, S. c., on
Tuesday of last week, which destroyed half a
block of the business part of the town and
entailed loss of about fifty thousand dol
lars. The fire originated at the rear of Arch
er's store, and is charged to an incendiary
Forty thousand dollars of the loss is covered
by insurance
Cabinet speculations are now rife, though
nothing yet is definitely known from Wash
ington on the subject. 1t is stated that Eu-
gene Hale, of Maine, has declined an appoint
ment, and that ex-senator Key, of Tennessee,
will be Postmaster General; Evarts, Secreta-
ry of State; Morrill,, Secretary of the Navy
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston is also mentioned
in connection with the Cabinet
Judge Wright has turned up in Charleston,
from which city, he stated to reporter for the
Journal Of Commerce, that he thought he would
90 to Washington, and would remain there
for several days. The reporter who inter-
viewed the erratic Judge says he is evidently
in an imbecile state of mind, giving "clear in
dications of the bender that be has been on.
In simple, plain unvarnished English, he was
on the verge of delirium tremens"
The last Senatorial act Ex-senator Robert
son was to prevent the confirmation of Will
liam Stone as United States District Attor-
ney.General for South Carolina. On the ex-
piration of Mr. Robertson's senatorial term he
was presented with splendid boquet, the
card accompanying it expressing farewell
trust of esteem and regard from the grand
daughters of Col. William Washington, of the
Revolution.
State Senator Nash, applied to Governor
Hampton again, a few days ago, for assis-
tance for the Colored Orphan Asylum in Co.
lumbia. In his application he recognizes the
Wallace House and refers to Gen. Wallace
as Speaker, but as he explicitly declared he
did not recognize Governor Hampton, after
having received aid on the first occasion, the
Governor holds his second application under
consideration.
Mrs. Hayes wardrobe is the subject of a
special loaded telegram from Cincinnati to
the Chicago Inter- Ocean. Mr.. jenkins rever-
emily and pcturesquely says: "By good for
tune your correspondent obtained descrip-
ton of the dresses as decided upon by Mrs.
Hayes and her intimate lady friends and ad-
visers. The inaugural dress will be of ele-
giant black silk cut princesse in style, and
will be high in the throat, with long sleeves,
and, of course, full train. 1t will be trimmed
with black velvet, blue satin and Valencien-
mes lace, and, although rich and elegant, is
pronounced very plain. The cost will be FIVE
hundred dollars The evening or reception
dress will be of Quaker gray, with corsage
waist, square neck, demi.sleeves and full train.
Il will he trimmed with Valenciennes lace.