Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-04-25

lanta, Ga, was passed. On motion of Mr..
Bailey, of Tennessee, it was ordered that the
Senate bill for the relief of the book agents
of the Methodist Episcopal Chucrh South be
taken up as soon as the unobjected cases on
the calendar should be disposed Of Ad-
journed
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Past Due School Claims.
- The following Act of the Legislature,
approved March 1S, 1878, providing for the
payment of past due school claims in certain
counties, will be Of interest to quite number
of persons in York:
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted, &c., That upon
the passage of this Act the School Board of
Examiners of the counties of Fairfield, Aiken,
Darlington, Williamsburg, York, Marion,
Sumter, Clarendon, Horny, Lancaster and
Spartapburg, shall proceed to cause a registrs.
ton to be made Of all outstanding claims
against the several school districts of the said
counties up to the first day of November, A.
D., 1877, and shall furnish statement Of
such claims as are correct and just to the
County Treasurers of the said counties. ,.:
SEC. 2. One third of the poll tax hereafter
to be collected in the several school districts
of the said countless if so much be necessary,
shall be applied annually to the payment of
the past due school claims so registered and
reported of the school districts in which the
said poll tax shall be collected, until such in
debtedness shall be paid in full &c.,.
Repeal Of the Bankrupt Law.
The repeal Of the bankrupt law may
now be regarded as almost certainty. The
Senate has declared for its unconditional re-
peal by a vote of 81 to 6, and it is thought
the House will concur in the action of the
Senate by two.thirds vote. Persons who
contemplate taking advantage of the law will
have no time to lose. The following is the
Act passed by the Senate, which, as will be
seen, provides for all cases instituted and pend.
ing prior to the day when The Act shall take
effect:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
bankrupt law, approved March 2, 1867, and
all acts in amendment or supplementary
thereto or in explanation thereof, be, and the
same are hereby, repealed: Provided, ho,oeoer,
That such repeal shall in no manner invali-
date or affect any case in bankruptcy insti-
tuted and pending in any court prior to the
day when this act shall take effect; but as to
all such pending cases and all future pro.
ceedings therein, the acts hereby repealed
shall continue in full force and effect until
the same shall be fully disposed of, in the
same manner as if said acts had not been re-.
pealed.
A Distinguished Young Campaigner.
-- Under the above caption, the Charles
ton News and Courier notices the arrival in
that city of our former county-man Lieut..
George D. Wallace, now OH visit to his rel.
atives in this State
Lieutenant George D. Wallace, of The Sew
enth United States Cavalry, now stationed at
Fort Lincoln, Dakota Territory, is in this city
on his first furlough since he entered the SER
vice, and expects to remain in the State until
July next, but is subject to recall in case of
an Indian outbreak. He is brother of Uni
ted States Marshal R. M. Wallace and was
appointed to West Point from York county
Graduating with distinction in 1872, he was
Immediately assigned to the Seventh Cavalry
as second lieutenant. In 1873 he went to
Dakota and was engaged during that year
| with an exploring expedition in the Terrific
ries of Montana and Wyoming in the valley
of the Yellowstone among hostile Sioux In
dans. In 1874 he went to the Black Hills
with the expedition which opened that fine mi.
ming region to settlement, and commanded the
advance guard and friendly Indian scouts in
the campaign. In 1876 he went with the Sit
ting Bull expedition and fought in the battal-
ion under Maj Reno at the Custer massacre.
Escaping from that bloody field unhurt, he
was promoted to first lieutenant and adjutant
upon the battle field. He afterwards took
command of his company and WAS succeeded
as adjutant by lieutenant Darlington, also
native of South Carolina. During the season
of 1877 he was engaged in the expedition to
Northern Montana after hostile Sioux. and
participated in portion Of the Nez Perces
campaign, which terminated in the capture
of chief Joseph and his band.
The Arrest Of Moses.
-- The recent arrest, in New York, of ex.
Governor Moses and subsequent proceedings
on writ of habeas corpus, are familiar to our
readers. Although it seems that Governor
Hampton made requisition on the Governor
of New York for Moses, which requisition
was, or would have been duly honored, yet if
we may credit the following from the New
York World, the presence of Moses is not
really desired in South Carolina. There is
evidently some mystery attending the pro-
ceedings. The World of Friday says:
On a requisition by Governor Wade Hamp-
ton, of South Carolina, Ex-Governor Frank
lin j. Moses, of the same State, was arrested
on charge of forgery about fortnight since,
but on an application for writ of habeas
corpus stay was obtained. The application
for the writ however, was withdrawn on
Wednesday and the prisoner was surrendered
10 Detective Connors for removal to South
Carolina. 1t will be remembered that Col.
Charles S. Spencer was retained to oppose the
removal of the prisoner, and quite tight
was made in the courts. During the time
that these proceedings were pending, ex Gov
ernor Moses was prisoner at the Follce
Cen trail Office. Connors, the officer who held
the warrant during the same time, lived IN
the St. Dennis Hotel. On Wednesday even
ing Central Office detectives saw Moses walk.
ing on Fifth avenue with woman and with
out any official company Connors spent
Wednesday night alone in the St. Dennis
Hotel. Moses reported at the hotel yesterday
morning and was seen frequently during the
day and in company with Connors After
dinner the two left the hotel and had not re.
turned up to late hour last night If they
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