Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-05-24
he has now cropping for the landlords and
fencing his own and his neighbors' stock

and even those who at first opposed it are now
very much pleased with the workings of it.
There are now in Guilford county fence rails
sufficient to fence up the stock, without one
single rail being split during the next ten
years. Farmers, think about it. Poor men,
ask the landowner if he would not gladly
furnish you with land to pasture, if you will
fence up your stock.
Texas and Pacific Railroad Scheme.
-- The Philadelphia Press utters the fol-
lowing words of wisdom in advocating the
building of the proposed Southern Texas and
Pacific Railroad:
There is no surer rescue and relief for the
South, than to build trans.continental line
from the Mississippi river to the Pacific ocean
on the old survey that George B. Mcclellan,
of Pennsylvania, made under the direction of
Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War under Pres
ident Pierce, in 1853-54. That great work
will do more to weld the South to the Union
than any modern measure of reconstruction.
1t is the one thing for the permanent redemp-
tion of the South. 1t ought not to be made
Job, and it should be as free and untainted as
any other great national enterprise. The
building of the Southern Texas and Pacific
Railroad will do more to universalize and ex-
tend our commerce with the South American
States than any other modern event. 1t will
open Mexico to our manufactures and trade; ;
it will ultimately compel regular steam lines
between Baltimore, Charleston, New Orleans
and the South American ports, and will thus
open new markets for all our home products.
True craftsmanship consists in true economy !;
but there is a great difference between the
economy which withholds generous gifts to
industry, and the economy which suspects eve
ry great enterprise.
Pay Of Legislators.
- The Charleston News and Courier takes
strong ground against the proposed bill to
make an appropriation for the payment of
members of the Legislature, so as to give the
members of the Senate and the members of
the Wallace House $500 for last session and
5000 for the special session, and give the late
Mackey House members nothing for last ses-
sion and 5000 for this session. At this rate,
argues the News and Courier, the Office of
legislator will pay better than any other oc-
cupation, and the members are worth their
weight in greenbacks. The Wallace House,
last winter, was in session from November %
to December %, making twenty.four days.
A salary of $500 is equal to S25 day. If
the present session shall extend to May "a, its
length will be thirty days, and salary Of
5000 will be equal to 1856 a day. This is
handsome pay, even when the character of
the work is considered. The Neaus and Cou-
rier takes the ground that five dollars day
ought to be enough for either session, and
concludes thus:
There is, also, the very awkward point that
the pay which the members of the Mackey
House are to be allowed to draw is the lower
sum of 5000, and that the $500 for last ses-
sion is to be given exclusively to the Sena-
tors and to the Democrats and handful of Re-
publicans who composed the Wallace House
last winter. Again, the Republicans in the
Senate we're as contumacious as the Mackey
House. Why should those Senators get $500
each and their allies in the House get moth
ing? We hope that the members of the Gen.
eral Assembly will remember the homely
adage that what is sauce for the goose is sance
for the gander. Retrenchment should begin
in the legislative halls, and if the Senators
and Representatives will put themselves in
the place of their constituents, they will find
ways und means Of coming down to five Ur
six dollars day.
The Mississippi Tragedy.
- Judge Chisholm and his daughter, Cor
nelia, have both died of wounds they received
at the hands of a mob in Mississippi, several
days ago, an account of which we published
soon after the occurrence Of the tragedy.
The following is graphic account of the de-
fence of her father by young lady, afford
ing an example of tenderness and courage un-
precedented in the history of womanhood:
The lock of the Jail in which Chisholm was
confined, his daughter being voluntarily with
him, was broken off with axes piled by the
mob. While the blows were falling upon it,
Cornelia implored the two remaining guards,
Overstreet and Wall, to fire through the
grating upon the mob pressing up the stairs,
but they refused She then carried the guns
left by the other guards to her father. After
the lock yielded, the two guards tried to hold
the door, and the second son of the Judge,
boy of thirteen, in aiding them, was shot in
the wrist. The mob pushed the guard aside,
and the men in advance gained the upper
landing, fred and killed the poor wounded
boy, who was clinging to his father.
There was lul for few minutes then
the crowd outside began to yell, Fire the
Jail burn them outp Afterward they shout
ed, The Jail is on fre!" 1t was strata.
GEM Judge Chisholm, believing that the
wooden building was already in flames, de-
termned to fight his way out and sell his life
as dearly as he could. He came down the
stairs with his wife and three surviving chill
dren.
The dead bodies of Johnny Chisholm and
of DR.. Rosser had previously been carried out
by Overstreet and Wall, who left the Jail to
pet out of harms way. At the foot of the
stairs the hunted family found the hall full
of armed men. One man stuck his gun
through the grating in the door, against the
breast of the Judge but Cornelia thrust it
aside. A volley of shots was fired against
the door. The Judge pushed it open and got
into the hail. Mrs. Chisholm fired both bar
rels of shotgun and wounded one of the as
sailants in the face. The murderous mob
closed in around their victim. His daughter
clung to his neck with one hand and with the
other thrust away the guns aimed at him.
Her hand was shattered by ball and five
shots struck one of her legs. Judge Chisholm
fell wounded in eleven places. The mob.
believing they had accomplished their pur-
pose, left the Jail.