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


Chamberlain letter will not waste itself in
echo, but that the old as we'll as the new Ad-
ministration indorse its suggestion. and it
looks as if Mr.. Hayes, having deliberately
put bis foot down, is not to wabble at the
command of few partisans.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
- Ex-Governor Scott has published letter
conceding Hampton's election and favoring
his recognition in order to secure peace and
prosperity.
The latest regarding the movements Of
Chamberlain is to the effect that he was ex-
pected in Washington city on Tuesday night
or Wednesday.
- The people of Abbevile have paid $10,-
850.25 on account of State and county taxes.
Of this amount $7,493.1O 60 to tho Hamp-
ton government, and s3,35715 to the county.
- Gen. Kershaw and ex-Congressman Hoge
arrived in Columbia from Washington last
Sunday night. They both profess to be salts
fed of the speedy recognition of Hampton
within ten days at furthest.
- The indications are that WIN. E. Earle,
of Greenvile, will be appointed United States
District Attorney for South Carolina. The
Union-Herald says that Judges Mackey and
Carpenter each aspire to the same position.
"A correspondent of the News and Courier
suggests Hon. A. P. Aldrich, of Barnwell. as
suitable person to 6ll the existing vacancy
in the Office of Chief Justice of the Su.
preme Court The names Of Judge Willard
and ex.Judge Maher have also been suggest
ed in connection with the place.
Under orders of Lieutenant-G Governor
Simpson, special election was held in Barn.
we'll, on Tuesday last, for State Senator, to
supply the vacancy occasoned by the death
of Senator Jones M. Williams. Ex-Judge
j. j. Maher is the democratic nominee for the
position.
- The Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad
Company has entered into bond with the
county of Henderson, N c., that it will run
train into the town of Hendersonville on the
first day of January next This contract was
entered into in consideration of the bonds of
the county for the benefit of the road being
delivered to the company.
Mr.. w. H. Hardin, the president of the
Cheraw and Chester Railroad, has been busy
for several weeks in surveying the lands and
taking the titles to the same, subscribed to the
capital stock of the road in Chester and Ian.
caster counties. He is meeting with decided
success, and he feels confident that he will
have the road completed to the river, if not
to Lancaster, by next January.
A destructive fire occurred at Newberry
on Thursday last, which originated in the
third story of POOLS hotel. From the hotel,
the fire swept northward with great rapidity,
destroying the principal block in its course,
and stopping at the end of the street. The
wind was blowing perfect gale due north,
and rendered it impossible to control the
flames until the block was consumed, EN-.
bracing POOLS hotel and twenty stores. The
loss is estimated at $150000, a considerable
part of which is covered by insurance.
An old man by the name of Wallace,
who had at one time been a patient in the lu'
natic asylum at Columbia, but who had re-.
covered sufficiently to be made an attendant
upon the inmates, committed suicide at that
institution, on Friday last, by blowing his
brains out with pistol. The Register says ::
"From all the information we could gather,
the old man, who could hardly have become
entirely restored, became infatuated with one
of the lady attendants in the institution, and
wanted her to marry him. His suit was not
prospering very we'll, in fact not at all; the
matter preyed upon bis mind and he took a
pistol, quietly retired to his sleeping apart
ment, and fatally shot himself. The coroner
was summoned, who held an inquest, the jury
returning verdict in accordance with the
above facts The deceased was nearly 6O
years of age"
At Chambers, before Judge Shaw, in
Sumter, on Wednesday of last week, Trial
Justice Dargan, who was appointed by Gov
ernor Hampton, applied for mandamus to
compel Sheriff Tindall, of that county, to e1-
; ecute search warrant, which he had pre-.
viously refused to do. Sheriff Tindall an
swered in person, denying the jurisdiction of
the court, and claiming that Chamberlain
was and is, Governor. J. S. G. Richardson
argued briefly, sustaining the Jurisdiction of
the court, and contending that the Supreme
Court had decided, in the Tilda Norris case,
that Hampton was Governor. Sheriff Tin
dali did not make any reply to Dargan's
attorney. Judge Shaw decided promptly,
first, that the Supreme Court had decided
that the Wallace House was the House Of
Representatives of South Carolina; second,
that Hampton received the highest number
of votes, and his election was not contested !;
third, that the absence of the Senate was i'm
material; fourth, that Wade Hampton is the
lawful Governor, and all his Trial Justices
must be respected. The mandamus' was or