Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-03-07
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.

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Spicy Correspondence.
Among the invited guests to Charles
ton, to participate in the grand celebration of
the 22nd utimo-the anniversary of Wash
ington's brth-day-was Company B, of the
First Virginia Regiment. To reach Charles
ton, it was necessary for the visiting soldiers
to pass through North Carolina, and it is re-
quired before passing through State, militia.
ry organizations shall obtain permission from
the Governor thereof In response to his re-
quest for such permission, Gen. Bradley T..
johnson received the following dispatch from
Governor Vance:
"You have my permission to pass through
the State. Be virtuous and you will be hap
py, but you will not have much fun"
To which Gen. johnson replied:
"Have taken your advice and been deco
rous, but dull, virtuous and happy. What
message shall I take from the Governor Of
North Carolina to the Governor Of South
Carolina? Shall tell him it is long time
between drinks" ?"
Sentence of Returning Board Anderson.
"A New Orleans dispatch of the 25th
gives the following account of the sentencing
of Returning Board Anderson:
Thomas G.. Anderson was called before the
bar this morning, the motion in arrest Of
Judgment was overruled, and when asked if
he had anything to offer before sentence, An
derson said that he considered his case cruel
persecution under the power of law; that
he was in the power of the court, and was
ready to receive sentence. Judge Whitaker
answered that the accused had had fair trial
before an impartial jury, and that the ver-
dict was fully justified by the evidence. He
then sentenced Anderson, in consequence of
the recommendation of the jury to the mercy
of the court, to the lowest term under the law,
two years hard labor in the state penitentiary,
and cost. A suspensve appeal was granted,
returnable on Wednesday. A motion to trans
fer the case of Wells, Kenner and Casanave to
the U. S. court was filed, and will be heard on
Wednesday, March 6.
The Hostile Indians.
"A dispatch of the End instant from
Bismarck, Dakota, says the reports from Bu-
ford and Poplar River Indian Agency, indi-
cate fresh Indian scare. The Yankton In
dian Agent at Poplar Creek has asked for
arms and ammunition. Three Cheyenne
scouts, from Gen. Miles, bearing dispatches
to Fort Peck, were killed by Red Cloud In
dians. The Missouri river, between Peck
and Benton, is reported full of hostiles. Sit,
ting Bull is evidently not one of them. When
he was at Yankton camp, near the mouth of
Rock Creek, for -four and meal, he said that
there were no buffalo across the line, and his
people were starving The Yankton Chief
refused to let him come into the camp, and
the proposed trade was off. The roaming
agency Indians are we'll provided with every.
thing except meat, for which they are will
ing to sell their ponies or fight The Mis-
souri, river ice at Poplar river is rotten and is
expected to break at any moment No snow
there this winter
Important Revenue Compromise.
What are known as the Surry county
N. c., tobacco cases, which have been pend
ing for some time before the Department of
Internal Revenue at Washington, were COM
promised last Thursday upon terms agreed
upon by Commissioner Raum, the Secretary
of the Treasury and the Attorney General on
the part of the Government, and counsel, head.
ed by Gen. j. M. Leach, on the part Of the
defendants.
The counsel in these cases have been in
Washington for the past month endeavoring
to procure the adjustment of then, and have
been endorsed in their efforts by Judge Dick
of the District Court in which the cases were