Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-12-13
MERE.MENTION.

The Chicago Inter. Ocean (Republican,
admits that the leading statesmen of the
South are "the shrewdest and longest-headed
of political, or diplomatic, or sectional man
ayers. ."''.'."".Col. Robert Tyler, son of ex.
President Tyler, was attacked with paralysis
of the brain and died on the 4th instant, in
Montgomery, Ala ".'.''''.The congressional
judiciary committee have agreed to recon-
mend the passage of the following bills: Re-
peal of the iron.clad oath ; repeal of the test
oath for jurors; and bill allowing persons
charged with crime to testify in their own be.
half.."..In bis evidence before the military
committee, last week, Gen. Ord stated that
the Mexican people and the authorities of the
lower Rio Grande were in sympathy with the
raiders into Mexico '''''''''The Fourth Cav.
airy, from the Indian Territory, and the
Twentieth Infantry, from Dakota, have been
ordered to Texas These bodies of troops
will be recruited to their full regimental
strength. '...... At local election in Louis.
vile, KY, on the 9th, the workingmen's tick
ct was very thoroughly defeated, only few
nominees receiving majorities over the citi-
zens' candidates.
In the Georgia election, laat week, the new
constitution was adopted by a large majority.
Atlanta was endorsed as the permanent cap
ital, and Democratic Legislature was elect
ed.. .'.'..Lerdo Tejada withdraws his pre-.
tensions to the Mexican Presidency, and in
tends retiring to France. He recommends
General Escobedo to the suffrage of his
friends. '''''."Men should be careful lest they
cause women to weep, for God counts their
tears" says the Talmud. '''''''''It is rumored
in Washington that both Senators Butler and
Patterson are opposed to the appointment of
Judge Northrop as United States Attorney
for South Carolina, and will oppose his con-
frmation if his name is again sent to the
Senate. ''.'''".The judiciary committee of the
House of Representatives were expected to
report last Tuesday on the Smalls case. 1t
was thought they would report against any
interference with the course of the law in
South Carolina. .'........A Louisville dispatch
says serious trouble is expected at any mo.
ment in Lincoln county, KY, in consequence
of the capture of several outlaws there last
week. lin Louisville, KY, last Saturday
night, fire broke out in wholesale liquor
house, destroying the building and 5000 bar
rels of whiskey.
Giving the Old Man Another Chance.
-- The motion for new trial in the case
ofex. Assistant Secretary Sawyer, ex'Commis-
sioner of Customs Haines and Brooks, was
granted last Thursday, by Judge Macarthur, OF
the Criminal Court of the District of Colum.
bis, In the course of his remarks on grant
ing the order, the Judge said:
1T was apparent at the trial, and 1t Is made
more so by what has taken place since, that
the defeat of trial to which the defendants
were subjected is, perhaps, more palpables
than any case that has ever been presented
for nv consideration. From some cause or
other, perhaps not exclusively owing to their
own neglect these defendants have not had
the advantage of full defence. The want
of preparation was evident from the first mo-
ment that the trial began. The parties ap-
peared-to be wandering and feeling their way
through. I am inclined to think, upon the
whole, it would be exercising sound dlscre-
tion on the part of the Court, under these cir