Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-02-01
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

-Greenville claims to have received over
$4,000 bales of cotton since the first of Sep.
tember, 1876. ... .....
The Columbia Register says: Gall things
point to the early departure Of the ex.GoV'
ernor of South Carolina from the State"
The iron for the Spartanburg and Ashe'
Vile railroad is now being received in large
quantities, and the work of trsck-laying will
begin very soon.
Major Harvey Woford, well.known
citizen of .spartanburg, died at bis residence
near Hebron, in that county, on Thursday
night the 18th ultimo, in the 69th year of
his age.
"A short time ago, Durant, one of Cham
berlain's trial justices in Marion county, was
arrested by Evans, trial justice appointed
by Governor Hampton, for completely in a
riot. At first, Durant declined to recognize
Evans authority, but subsequently, gave bond
rather than 60 to Jail.
The report of Referee Wilkes in regard
to the election of State officers has been sub.
mitted to the Supreme Court. The report
embraces the testimony taken by him, and
the result of an examination of the election
returns. The Court will hereafter decide
upon the case as presented by the Referee.
Judge Townsend has decided that the
election for county officers in November last
was legal, and has rendered judgment of
CLUSTERS against the incumbents who have been
holding over under the decision of Judge
Reed, that no lawful successors have been
elected. The case will 60 up to the Supreme
Court on appeal.
In December last case of quo ,oarranto
was brought in the Supreme Court by the
Democratic candidates for Presidential Elec'
tors, against the Republican candidates for
Presidential Electors, to decide which of them
we're duly elected. The case was dismissed
by the Supreme Court on Friday last on a
technically, the Court taking the ground that
the action should have been brought in the
name of the United States.
The payment of the ten per cent. levy in
support of the Hampton government, is going
on steadily throughout the State. Hampton'a
treasurer, in Columbia, has already received
between forty and fifty thousand dollars, from
only about twelve counties, and the indica.
tions are that the contribution will rise as
high as 100000. Besides the unanimity Of
our own people to meet this demand, many
northern men, residing at the North, but who
own property in this State, are instructing
their agents to pay ten per cent. of the assess
ment On their property here.
In Columbia, an injunction has been COM
menced against Cardozo and Dunn, as Treas
urer and Comptroller General respectively, to
restrain them from drawing any warrants OF
paying out any money from the State treas
ury in pursuance of the appropriation bill
pretended to have been passed by the Mackey
House at its last session. It is claimed that
the bill and all collections of taxes or pay
ments made under it are illegal, upon the
ground that the body which pretended to
originate and pass the said bill was not the
legal House of Representatives. The action
is brought in the name of the tax payers Of
South Carolina, by Ed. ]. Maxwell, as their
attorney, and a preliminary injunction was
served on Cardozo and Dunn, issued by Judge
Mackey, forbidding them from collecting OF
paying out any taxes under the said appro'
priation bill.