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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-03-15

Messrs. Chamberlain and Packard an oppor-
tunity to voluntarily retire from the positions
which they cannot possibly maintain. ,Un.
amistakable intimations have been conveyed
to both these gentlemen of, the Presidents
purposes If after reasonable lapse of time
tits found that these gentlemen are detsrmin-
ed to attempt to maintain their positions, or.
ders will be issued to Generals Ruger and
Augur, directing them to withdraw the Fed
eral troops in the departments of the South
and of the Gulf, to the military reservations;
thus leaving it to the people Of; South Carolina
end Louisiana to decide for themselves which
of the dual governments they will sustain. If
either Packard or Chamberlain entertain the
belief that any Senator or combination OF
Senators, can prevent the President from ip-
augurating and carrying out the policy enun-
ciated in his letter If acceptance and in his
inaugural address, they are doomed to serious
disappointment, and this they will realize
within a few days. 81
A Washington dispatch Of the 18th, to
the same paper says:
"Information received here to-day indi-
Gates that Mr.. Chamberlain has about made
up his mind to resign all pretensions to CUB
ernatorial honors in South Carolina. II IL
stated by his friends that, in taking this step,
he is influenced solely by desire to benefit
the country generally, and to remove in 90
far as he can, all obstacles in the. way of .
favorable Inauguration of President Hayes
Southern policy in South Carolina. If he
can be induced to accept, it is understood
that Mr.. Chamberlain will be properly pro-
vided for elsewhere. Mr.. Chamberlain will
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-03-15

The Union Pacific Railroad Company has
decided to construct and equip branch road
to the Black Hills. Three routes are to be
surveyed this spring, and the work of con-
struction will be begun as soon as the line is
located. The branch will probably start on
Nebraska soil. 1t is now barely eighteen
months since gold was discovered in the Black
Hills by Jno. B. Pearson and six companions.
The pioneers had travelled 40 miles, and were
resting on the bank of little stream. Being
thirsty, the leader of the party threw himself
on his hands and knees and bent over the
bank to lap up the water. A fragment OF
white flint quartz glistened in the clear water
and caught his eye. 1t was the first gold
found in the Black Hills. "Boys, you can
stick your pegs here," he cried. "There is
gold and we will have it," 1t was on the
18th of August, 1875. And now comes the
locomotive.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-03-15

will be so regarded. ''''''''' Augusta, Georgia,
boasts Of piano, every part of which was
made in that city.'''''''"'Packard claims that
bis government is recognized in every parish
in Louisiana save FIVE. .''''.''''Before retiring
as President, orders were issued through the
attorney generals ofice'by ex.President Grant
to enter mol prosequ; l. about eighty illicit
distillery cases pending trial before the United
States District Court in Georgia.
Cornelius j. Vanderbilt has contested the
will of the late Commodore Vanderbilt,
claiming that the paper purporting to .be bis
last will and presented for probate, was not
signed by the deceased. '.'''''''All the cabinet
officers qualified last Monday .''''''''A bill for
compulsory education has passed both Houses
of the Ohio Legislature. ''''''Although Sena.
tor Sherman, as Senator, voted to seat Kel.
logg, who claims to have been elected U. 8.
Senator by Packard's Legislature, yet he
wishes it to understood that, as a member of
the cabinet, be is pledged not to hamper the
administration in its Southern policy. .'''''''"'A
company with $15O,0O0 capital has been Or
ganized for the purpose Of building cotton
factory at Augusta, Georgia.
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The Mprkrille Gnqnirer.
YORKVTLLE, s. C. |:
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH Is, 1877

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mote, not only the public, but your personal
good. With great respect,
STANLEY MATTHEW'S

AuOLCy uOI Vuly Viz P0oAiSJ oao JSNA FS>S~-~-
good. With great respect,
STANLEY MATTHEWS.
Appended to the foregoing letter are the
following lines by Mr.. Evarts:
DEAR GOVERNOR II have read this letter
and conversed with Col. Haskell and Senator
Gordon on this subject so interesting to US all.
I should be very glad to aid in solution of
the situation, and especially to hear from you
speedily. With my compliments to Mrs.
Chamberlain, yours very truly.
WM. NJ. EvARTs.
The history of the Matthews Evarts letter
to Chamberlain is this On last Saturday,
Senator Gordon went to President Grant be-
seeching him to write letter in an unofficial
capacity, to Chamberlain, advising him to
withdraw from the contest in South Carolina
and disembarrass his party and relieve the
country. President Grant heartily endorsed
the suggestion of Chamberlain's withdrawal,
and for while was about to consent to wri.
ting the letter. He feared, however, that for
him to take such leading ground in the mat
ter would be dscourteous to the incoming
Administration. He did not relinquish the
idea presented by Senator Gordon. but au'
thorized the Senator to 60 to Mr.. Matthews
and say that he thought such letter should
be written by one of Mr.. Hayes friends.
Mr.. Matthews eagerly took the suggestion
and promised to have the letter ready in an
hour, suggesting that Mr.. Evarts' indorse-
ment might be readily obtained. The letter
was written, saying to Mn Chamberlain that
Mr.. Evarts indorsed it. Col. Haskell, who
was waiting for it, hied of to Chamberlain
with it. Upon the matter becoming public
through ChamBerlain's dispatch to Corbin,
Mr.. Matthews called upon Senator Gordon
and authorized him to telegraph for copy
of the letter that he might read it in the Sen
ate, and let the country understand precisely
what the views of the Administration upon
this question are. He stated openly that Mr..
Hayes endorsed the sentiment of the letter,
and said, II pledge my life that he will ad-
here steadily to the policy he has mapped
out" From this it would seem that Mr..
Blaine's frantic appeal for sponsors to the
Chamberlain letter will not waste itself in
echo, but that the old as well as the new Ad-
ministration indorse its suggestion, and 1t
looks as if Mr.. Hayes, having deliberately
put bis foot down, is not to wabble at the
command of few partisans.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-03-15
HAYES AND THE DEMOCRACY.

The St. Louis Republican, q Democratic
journal, commenting upon the appointment
of ex-senator Key to seat in the Cabinet,
uses the following language: ,e!ss5,; s.s,,,i
The nomination of ex-senator Key, Of
Tennessee, to q seat in the new Cabinet. is
exceedingly significant He was q Colonel
in the Confederate army, and has always been
a firm, yet liberal, Democrat The selection
of such man for such aplace, taken in con.
nection with the general tone and temper of
the inaugural, goes very far towards con6rm-
ing the reports for some time past in circula-
ton, regarding the Southern policy Of the
Hayes administration. BIaine's speech id
the Senate last Tuesday is additional evidence
in the same direction for that Radical lead
er would scarcely have thrown down sthS
gauntlet so promptly and 80 heavily, had he
not been convinced. that there was sufficient
provocation for it. Let US assume, then, that
Hayes has fully resolved upon conservative
course toward the South, and that he has the
requisite amount of nerve and courage to sd.
here to it 10 spite of all opposition. What is
the duty of the Democracy under these cir.
cumstances? To give him a united and
hearty support. This support will NO. in any
way compromise the Democratic position on
the Presidential question. Let Hayes do
what be may, he cannot make bis defective
title good 10 Democratic estimation, nor will
Democrats ever admit that the means by
which be obtained his Office were other than
fraudulent. But the principles as we'll a.
the interests of the party demand that If
be adopts what is nothing more or less
than Democratic policy, Democrats should
lend him all possible aid and comfort.
There is nothing TO gain by embarrassing
him, and there is very much to gain by ex-
tending to him a helping hand in the bitter
warfare already plainly foreshadowed. For
in fighting his enemies he is fighting the enc
mics of the Democracy; and if he wins
victory, Democrats will derive quite As much
benefit from it as Republicans. Were Tilden
in the Executive Chair, be could do no more
for Louisiana and South Carolina than what
it is said, Hayes proposes to do, If Packard
and Chamberlain are quietly extinguished,
carpet:bag rule in the Southern States will be
as effsctually suppressed as if the last carpet.
Dagger had been driven out at the point of
the bayopet-and the suppression of carpet
bag rule was one of the greatest blessings the
country would have obtained through Tilden.
Moreover, should Hayes undertake this work
and succeed in pushing it to 3 satisfactory
conclusion, it will be done more thoroughly
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-03-15
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.

TRANSFERS or REAL ESTATE.
The following transfers of real estate have
been recorded in the Office of the County Au.
ditor since our last report:
TN. Dobson to F. E. Smith. Lot of one.
fifth of one acre in Yorkville. Considera-
ton SIS.
R. n. Glenn, Sheriff, to W. N. Simril.
Tract of 1852 acres in Catawbs township.
Consideration $688.50.
R. Fl. Glenn, Sheriff, to D. W. Barron.
Tract of 81 acres in Bethel township. Consid-
Grafton 1871.
George W. D. Naugle to Elias Ramsey.
Tract of 100 acres in Broad River township.
Consideration $500.
Jeptha Gwinn to o. j. Gwinn. Tract of
$50 acres in Bullock's Creek township. Con.
sideration 5000,
Amelia L. Pride to Jno. L. Watson. Tract
of 12O acres in Catawba township. Consid.
Grafton $500.
Thomas P. Whitesides to J. N. McElwee,
Sen. Tract of land in Kings Mountain
township. Consideration SS0S.
J. A. NJ. L. Stewart to William d. Glenn.
Tract of 56 acres in Bethel township. Con.
sideration $3.50. ...:,
III. Edwards to Chauncey D. Anderson.
Tract of 260 acres in Catawba township.
Consideration $1,000.
J. H. Clawson, Assignee, to A. NJ. Jack.
son. Tract of 259 acres in Bullock's Creek
township. Consideration $l,036.
R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to J. W. Neal. Tract
of 80 acres in Kings Mountain township.
Consideration $3.50.
I'd. Boyd to w. I. Clawson. Tract Of
107 acres in Fort Mill township. Consider.
alton another tract.
R. V. Blake to W. L. Roddy. Lot of 2}
acres in Ebenezer township. Consideration
$500.
G. M. Moore to E. Thomasson. Plat of
10000 square feet in Cherokee township.
Consideration $40.
J. H. Clawson, Assignee, to Emily Will.
son. Tract of 250 acres in Kings Mountain
township. Consideration $500.
Emily Whitaker to J. Leander Parish.
One.fourth interest in tract of land of A.
Parish, deceased. Consideration $500.
John S. Chambers to Jane A. McCarley
and Mary 8. Duff Tract of 369 acres in
Catawba township.
A. j. Love and others to Thos. B. White.
sides. Tract of 10 acres in Broad River
township. Consideration $3.50.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-03-15
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADyERTIsEmENTs.

Kennedy Bros. & Barron.-A Word to the Wise
is t-Gentlemen--The Good House.
keeper-Ladies-Pie Peaches-Good Coffee
Molasses.
John T. Lowry.-Caution.
r. B. Lowry.-Home Fertilizer.
J. w. Wallace.-Watch Lost.
Latimer & Hemphill.-Cider Vinegar-Farming
Utensils-Axe Handles-Grind Stones-Irish
Potatoes-Blind Bridles
w. H. q J. P. Herndon.-Apples- -Plows-Pota-
toes-Hoes-Seeds.
Hunter q Oates.-Unable to do the Subject JUS
tice-New Goods.
b. F. Adickes.-Spring Spring! Spring III
Adorn Your Homes-New Style Notices.
W. E. Rose.-Notice
J. W. Carroll, Bullock's Creek-Don't forget this
in 1877.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-03-15
ROSES HOTEL

We are gratifed to announce that Mr.. W.
E. Rose contemplates reopening his hotel in
this place, which has been closed for several
years past. 1t is his intention to put the
building in thorough repair, the work having
already been commenced under the supervis.
ion of his son, Alonzo- himself "chip Of the
old block" for perseverance and enterprise
and when the house is thoroughly renovated,
the rooms will be newly furnished, and the
hotel thrown open to the public. This enter.
prise will not interfere with Mr.. Roses hotel
interest in Columbia. He claims to be COM
petent to keep not only one hotel, but two, if
necessary.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-03-15
RETURNED.

VIM. R. Love, of this county, who was
sentenced to the Albany peniteutiary in De-
cember, 1876, for violation of the internal
revenue laws, returned to his home last week,
having served out the term of his sentence,
less the deduction of time allowed for good
behavior.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-03-15
AMATEUR PERFORMANCE.

A number of young gentlemen, comprising
the best musical talent in town, are now re-
hearsing, preparatory to giving a public. en-.
tertainment at an early day. Besides the
music, which will be of fins order, several
light plays will be introduced, and fine en-.
tertainment is promised to the lovers of
amusement.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-03-15
STANLEY MATTHEW'S, CORRESPONDENCE.

STANLEY MATTHEW'S CORRESPONDENTS.
The following is the full text of the let.
ter of Stanley Matthews and Mr.. Evarts' en-
dorsement on thesame to D. H. Chamberlain,
reference to which was made by Mr. Blaine
in the Senate on the 7th instant. The writer
of the letter is an Ohio Judge, and is reported
to be confidential adviser of President
Hayes:
WASHINGTON Cry, March 6, 1876.
Hon. D. II. Chamberlain, Columbia, S. c.:
MY DEAR SIR II have not the honor Off
personal acquaintance with you, but have
learned to respect you from your reputation
1 take the liberty of addressing you now with
great distrust Of the propriety of doing so, pre-
facing it by saying that speak without au
thority from any one and represent only my
own views.
The situation of public affairs in South Car
olina is too complicated to be discussed al
length in note, and yet impresses me as one
that ought to be changed by the policy of Re-
publican statesmen in such way as not only
to remove all the controversies that dlstur6
that State, but to remove all embarrassment
arising from it to the party in other parts OF
the country. 1t has occurred to me to sug
gest whether by your own concurrence and
co0peration an accommodation could not be
arrived at which would obviate the necessity
for the use of Federal arms to support either
government, and leave that to stand which
was best able to stand of itself. Such course
would relieve the administration from the ne
cessity, so far as executive action is concern
ed, of making any decision between the con-
aicting governments, and would place you in
a position of making the sacrifice of what you
deemed your abstract rights for the sake OF
the peace of the community, which would en-
title you to the gratitude, not only of your
own party, but the respect and esteem OF the
entire country. trust you will pardon the
liberty have taken, as my motive is to pro-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-03-15

DEATH OF REV. HENRY r. DICKSON.
This community was shocked and panied
at the intelligence, received last Friday morn
ing, of the death of Rev. Henry R. Dickson,
which event occurred after short illness Of
pneumonia, in Brooklyn, N Y, on Thursday
night last. Mr.. Dickson was settled over the
First Reformed Church of Brooklyn in Octo.
ber, 1875, and at the time of his death was in
his forty.fourth year. He was q native Of
Charleston. S. c.. and pursued his theological
courses in the Columbia Theological Semi
nary.
For several years previous to his call to the
First Reformed Church of Brooklyn, Mr..
Dickson was pastor Of the Presbyterian
Church in Yorkville, and as pastor was
greatly beloved and esteemed by the mem
bers of his congregation. From the Brooklyn
Eagle we learn that his funeral sermon was
preached on Sunday last by Rev. Alexander
R. Thompson, D. D., Of the North Reformed
Church,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-03-15
LIST OF JURORS.

On Monday last, the following jurors we're
drawn to serve at the ensuing term of the
Circuit Court, which will begin on the first
Monday of April:
White-J. A. Adams, w. N. Alternately,
Joseph Black, F. II. Brown, j. j. Bggers,
VIM. Caldwell, w. B. Daniels, I. n. Davis.
]. A. Erwin, WIN. Finley, R. H. Fulwood, j.
B. Garrison, D. L. Glenn, j. W. Lawrence,
J. M. Mccullough, Jonathan Moore, W. G..
Reid, j. M. Rawlinson, N. j. Roberts, Andrew
Stewart, j. A. G. Steele, James Scoggins, j.
NJ. Williford, j. F. Workman. -...
Colored.-Felix Black, Andy Biggers, John
Davidson, Gilbert billiard, Andrew Fewell.
Sam Fewell, Sam Garrison, Jacob Henry,
John Nance, James Presley, jackson Rainey,
.Ioseph Smith.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-03-15

it went up without reaction to 1905 on the
18th, hen declined, without stopping but
once, to 1O5 on February 2, recovering to 81
on the 7th, and then wavering an eighth either
way until it dropped lower than ever, having
touched At.
Canon Baynes, in an interesting lecture
at Westonsuper-Mare, on "HyDns and
Hymn-Writers," stated singular circum-
stance, viz: that Doddridge's hymn, "My
God, and is thy table spread" was bound up
in the prayer-book by no authority but that
dissenting printer at the Oxford University
press, some fifty years ago, having two blank
leaves over, inserted it of his own accord. AS
a striking instance of the power of hymns,
the lecturer stated that the Bishop of Wor-
cester had told him that when DR.. Whewell,
man of giant intellect, lay on his death-bed,
his greatest comfort was repeating Toplady' g
hymn, "Rock of Ages" said by Lord Sell
borne to be the finest hymn in the English
language
There we're FIVE minority Presidents be-
fore Hayes Andrew Jackson did not receive
a majority on the popular vote, but he had
$4,000 more votes than bis highest competi.
tor. Polk represented a minority, and 80 did
Taylor, but both were many thousand votes
ahead of the next highest candidates. Bu-
chanan fell nearly 100000 behind the COM
bined votes of Fremont and Fillmore, yet had
half million more than either one. Abra.
ham Lincoln, with million less votes than
were thrown against him, was still half a mill
ion ahead of Douglas. But Hayes, who now
occupies the office, held honestly by. all of
these minority Presidents, had neither ma
iority of the electoral vote nor of the popular
vote. More ballots were cast for Tilden than
for Hayes, Cooper and Smith combined, with
nearly 100000 to spare.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-28

Kenyon, we are willing admit,
but we do not believe that even
these will be advantaged by them
proportionately to what Red Wing
will and, as for little country stores
at cross roads, they will be rendered
generally unnecessary and will,
therefore, be broken up. The
effect Of the building of such roads
will be to concentrate the trade, in
that they will afford easy access to
the larger and cheaper markets and,
in this instance, Red Wing will be-
come the largest and cheapest mar
ket for the country traverssd by
these roads. ..s..5
Thirdly, what inducement will ex-
list for building other lines Of roads
through this country, if the country
traversed already has ample facilities
for marketing its produce and OBJ
tanning its supplies ? Why should
Minneapolis build line Of road to
obtain wheat from this county, if
Red Wing millers can afford to pay
as high figures for the wheat as Min
neapolis millers !? Or, why should
| Wabasha be at the expense of aid
ing in the construction of. the Mid
land road, if Red Wing already com,
mands the market of the country
through which that proposed road is
to run, and has facilities for holding
it's trade superior to those which
Wabasha can afford to offer We
cannot but believe that if Red Wing
reaches out first to secure the trade
OF this country, by building the pro
posed roads, that she will hold il
against all oppositions, and we
doubt very much whether she woulc
not be able to out-bid her rivals fol
this trade and take it from them
even if they were first to occupy
the field.
We hope this matter will be thor
oughly discussed, ard that the i'm
portance of securing the trade O
this entire county and Of the south
ern portion Of Pierce county will be
fully appreciated. We certainly
need these two railroads and gooc
bridge across the river, and the
sooner we have them the better.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-28

agents of books publishers, and are
working for pay when pretending
most vociferously to be disinteres-
ted. Now, if the people ever hope for
wise legislation upon this subject
they must silence these noisy nuisan-
ces, and select and buy school books
in accordance with the same princi-
plies Of trade that govern in the pur-
chasing Of other commodities. There
is really very little difference in the
relative merits Of text books, SO far
as their fitness for teaching the sew
eral sciences is concerned. Our
preferences are usually owing to
familiarity. We believe thatfa COM
petent teacher could advance schol-
ars as rapidly with the text books in
use twenty or thirty years ago as
with those of the present day. And,
holding this view, the State would
do best to encourage general COM
petition, instead of permitting the
friends of education" to restrict it
to limited circle Of favorite pub
fishers; and as for a fifteen years,
contract, we cannot but regard it as
an abominable outrage.
One of the follies of the age, in
this connection, is the copyright
ings Of textbooks. Copyrights are
intended for original works, not for
copies Or compilations, and not one
in hundred Of the new textbooks
now offered to the public have the
slightest claim to be copyrighted,
nor do we believe that their copy
right claims will stand in law.