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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-01-03
A QUIET CHRISTMAS.

Christmas passed off without any unusual
excitement. The day was excessively wet
and rainy, much to the joy of the small boys,
who, in consequence of the pluvious condition
of the atmosphere, had no difficulty in OBJ
tanning permission from the town authorities
to indulge in the display of fireworks, (Which
had been interdicted) to their hearts content
Some colored individuals, in fantastic costume,
and with discordant instruments, paraded the
streets on foot, but failed to elicit applause or
admiration. As burlesquer the colored man
is not success, which fact none more readily
perceive than the colored people themselves,
when acting as spectators.
SALES OF DELINQUENT LANDS.
On Monday last the following lands were
sold by the County Auditor for non.payment
of taxes for the last fiscal year:
Lands of M. McKenna, deceased; 38 acres,
bought by J. A. Mclean and W. B. Wilson,
junior.
Lands of L. H. Massey; $40 acres,
bought by W. L. Roddey.
Lands of John Brown, deceased; 599 10
acres, bought by M. M. and J. w. Brown.
Lands of Moses L. Hardin 1242 acres,
bought by w. B. Williams.
The sale of other tracts advertised was con.
tinued, the Treasurer announcing that they
would be offered again next Monday.
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THE FENCE LAW.

According to the provisions of the statute,
the fence law went into operation on the 1st
instant, in all the townships of this county
that have adopted the change.
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PASTOR Of THE NJ. r. CHlJR(

PASTOR OF THE NJ. E. CHURCH.
Rev. Thomas E. Gilbert, appointed to the
pastorate of the NJ. E. Church for the ensu-
ing year. is expected to arrive this week, and
will deliver his initial sermon next Sunday.
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liams, with whom he continued to be associa.
ted in the practice of bis profession until
1889, when he was elected to the Office Of
Commissioner in Equity, which position he
held for three terms He was afterwards elect
ed to the State Legislature, representing this
county in the House of Representatives for
one or two sessions.
Retiring from political life, Mr.. Clawson
resumed the practice of law, also devoting
some attention to planting, which pursuits he
continued unremittingly until June, 1867,
when he was commissioned Registrar in
Bankruptcy of this district, by Judge Bryan,
which position be held up to the time of bis
death.
Mr.. Clawson was twice married. In 1910
he married daughter of Col. Thomas Will
liams, by whom he reared family of three
sons and four daughters, those of the former
who have entered mans estate being useful
citizens, and bis daughters estimable and &C.
complished ladies. His second wife, who sur
wives him, was Miss Fair, of Newberry.
As showing the high esteem in which Mr..
Clawson was held by the people Of the com.
munity, despite the very inclement weather,
large concourse of sorrowing friends attend.
ed the funeral services, which were conducted
on Monday of last week, in the Presbyterian
church, by Rev. L. A. johnson of the M. E.
church, who delivered discourse fitting and
appropriate to the sad occasion.
In his public career, as we'll as in the pri.
vate walks of life. Mr.. Clawson was essential.
ly an old time Carolina gentleman. Strict
and upright in the discharge of his duties; an
industrious, indominitable worker, courteous
and aHable in manner, of liberal mind and
public spirit. his loss will be deplored by the
entire community
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S0IJTH CAROLINA NEWS.


- R. w. Shand, Esq, of Union, has been
elected member of the House of Represen-
tatives. to supply the vacancy occasoned by
the election of Gen. Wallace as Judge of the
Seventh circuit.
In view of the completion of the railroad
bridge over the Ashley river, near Charleston,
the Post Office Department will, in the course
of the next few days, make definite arrange
ments for a fast mail service of 96 hours be-
tween New York city and Havana, Cuba,
via Cedar Keys and Key West, Florida.
Deputy Marshal Kirkland reports to the
internal revenue department in Columbia,
that on last Thursday a tobacco peddler
named G. G. Hill, from Hickory, N. c., was
arrested in Union county by number of
deputy collectors, and after Handwriting Hill
and his negro driver, the party started for
spartanburg. Arriving at Vests Store. they
came upon rifle company, which was drill
ing, some armed and some mounted. These,
it is charged, surrounded the revenue officers
and compelled them to release their prisoners
and restore to them their property. Consider
able excitement exists, and District Attorney
Northrop and the department at Washington
have been informed of the occurrence.
The papers in the case of Tillman vs..
Smalls, Congressional contestants from the
Fifth Congressional district, have been printed
and form bulky volume of 694 pages. The
first few pages contain the notice of contest,
&c., and the reply the remainder is mass of
evidence. Mr.. Tilman claims that the State
Board of Canvassers made fraudulent state
ment, and did not compare statements of the
County Canvassers with the returns of the
Managers of Elections at the various pre-.
cincts; that polls were held at improper
places and at improper hours; that colored
Democrats were intimidated by people of
their own race, and that the white Democrats
we're intimidated by the United States troops,
while no troops were sent to protect colored
Democrats. Smalls denies all these allega.
tions in toto, and answers the charges of in.
timidstion and irregularities with counter
charges of similar nature.
"A Columbia dispatch of the 18th ultimo,
says ex.Judge L. G. Northrop has returned to
that city from recent visit to Washington.
While the Judge is extremely reticent upon
all matters pertaining to the District.Attor'
neyship, he feels confident that the President
will renominate him when Congress convenes.
He says that the various charges made against
him by parties not wholly disinterested in the
appointment, and also the articles refecting
upon him, recently published in several Nor
thern papers, gave him an opportunity to
completely refute them. He believes, howev.
er, that these matters have but little to do
with the real animus of the fight, which was,
and is, being waged against his confirmation.
1t goes deeper than that, and is party fight,
which, unfortunately, is being made over his
shoulders. Judge Carpenter is in Washing
ton, working industriously to secure the same
position.
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NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.

Hiliard Morgan, convicted in the Wayne
Superior Court of burglary, was hanged at
Goldsboro on the 2lst ultimo.
- The Seaboard and Roanoke railroad
bridge over the Roanoke river, washed away
by the November freshet, has been rebuilt.
"A correspondent of the Wadesboro Her.
aid writes that paper recently, that William
Hannah, of Randolph county, while leaning
on the brick curbing around we'll, fell in,
through the curbing giving way, and when
gotten out next morning, it was found that his
skull had been broken in two places.
Thomas P. Bowman, charged with muir.
dering his wife by administering poison, was
convicted at the recent term of the Superior
Court at Greensboro, and sentenced to be
hanged on the 25th instant An appeal was
taken to the Supreme Court. The deed was
committed last summer in Rockingham coun'
ty, but on motion of the accused, bis trial
was m owed to Guilford.
"A white man of Sampson county, is un.
der indictment for stealing 6ve.cents spool
of cotton. After two attempts at trial in
that county, his case was removed to Pender
Superior Court, where the jury failed to agree
upon verdict, and mistrial is the conse.
quence. Thus far that spool of cotton has
cost Sampson and Pender counties two or
three hundred dollars and the end is not yet
Governor Vance, in recent address be-
fore the students of the coored normal school
at Fayetteville, said he wished the students to
study the history of their own State, of those
men who first secured its freedom, to study
its institutions, and to learn to take pride in
the fact that they are not only citizens of
America, but citizens of North Carolina.
This is what should be done in every State.
Charlotte had two fires last week. On
Christmas day the ice factory, together with
the machinery for manufacturing ice, was
entirely destroyed. Loss, $4,000; no insur-
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carefully guarded conditions, and argues that
it is contrary to the genius of our institutions
to keep any portion of the inhabitants Of the
republic disfranchised after they become
qualified by their intelligence for enjoying
the privileges of citizens. 1t is a we'll known
fact that hundreds of Indians do possess such
qualifications, and therefore there is great
deal of equity in the proposition of the Sem
ate bill to admit such, and such alone to the
enjoyment of the rights of citizenship. 1t is
only by such legislation that the tribal rela-
tionship can be broken up, which is at pres
ent such an incubus upon the progress of the
Indians in civilization.
The cotton crop for the last eight years
has been 31,57O,212 bales For the eight
years ending with 1861, when slave labor
was used, the crop was 2S,797,S4l bales.
That is, the crop for eight years Of free labor
has been increased near three millions Of
bales on the crop of the corresponding period
when slave labor was used. The cotton crop
is said to be now more free from the eneum-
brance of debt than ever before, and with it
has been raised a supply of food far greater
than slavery ever compassed. The money
value of the thirty.one and half million
bales of cotton produced in the last eight
years, has been over two thousand million
dollars in gold, and over two-thirds of this
value has been exported.
Regarding Senator Buffers seat in the
United States Senate, and the probable ef-
fort of the Republican members to declare it
vacant, a special dispatch from Washington
to the New York World says: "The pending
question before the Senate, when it meets, will
be the resolution of Senator Butler for COM
mittee to investigate the charges that he used
imnroner means to secure his seat Mr.. Ed
munds intends to supplement the resolution
by one proposing to inquire into the leganty
of Buffers election, with the hope, it is said,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-29

fNttfruHI8 btnDtIat
Messrs Montgomery and Adams re-
turned last Tuesday from Tcrre Hanic.
where they had gone 10 interview Mr..
Iiervy, who proposes 20 bnild a stand
ard-guage railroad from this place ~
|Worihington, Greene comfy a station
lon the indianapolis and Vincennes rail.
road. Mr.. Hervy's standing as bnsi-
mess man in Terre Haute Is first-class.
land we think what he says in regard TO
building the road can be relied on. Ia
the first place. he proposes 10 pay the
|expense Of holding an election in this
and IL the tax 10 voted, 10 tako
III. with subscriptions 10 the amount Of
$4,000. and insure the com 2leiion Of tho
road from here 20 the O. and M. road IN
eight months lie will take $4,000 in
railroad ties and timbers 10 be used In
making trestles. bridges. etc. He will
also take 5000 in real estate at iis
market value. This certainly Is the best
chance we have ever had for a railroad.
and we hope our citizens will take the
matter in hand. and all work together.
and not stop until the shrill whistle ~
the locomotive Is heard in the corporate
Limits OF our city.
We were shown letter from the r.
Is 4. ii. X. X. company. In which they
say that just a. soon as the water will
permit they will run the steamer
Swcetser regularly between IIazlefon
and Petersburg. and the steamer Peters
burg between Petersburg and Fortcrs-
willie. They also state that there will be
corn buyers along the river who will
pay the highest market price for corn
cribbed on the bank. They also ask II
any one can deliver them 1000 bushels
OF coal day. We would advise all far
mers along the bank 10 crib their corn
close to the rivers edge. so that II will
he convenient for them to load when
they sell.
W.. H.. HarQrove. Sheriff ~s.of Gibson
county, brought John Agee, n notorious
character Of this county, up to see Sheriff
Scales last Tuesday. Agec il charged
with larceny and will repoSe for the
time being in the Pike county Jail.
Meetings are being held In various
counties witha view TO urging the Legis-
|laiure to change the road laws. There
appears TO he n general sentiment in
Iavor Of direct taxation for such improve
IElenfs.
Frank Bildcrback, our new Auditor.
has taken possession of his Office end
looks happy and at homo In his new
Quarters.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-29

In 1877 the democrats took charge Of
the house Of refuge At Plainfield, which
had been run as exiravagnntly a. fhs
benevolent institutions, all being under
republican rule. What has been the re-
suit of two years OF democratic rule In
the house Of refuge? In 1877 they saved
|S27 900; in 1873. the report of which
wear will be handed 10 the governor to-
day, shows that but $4,000 Of the APP
OF $53.0O0 has been used. and
the superintendent covered into the state
Treasury that amount. But this j. not
lall the saving. Five thonsand threa
hundred and fifty dollars also have been
converted into the treasury. being money
made from The products Of the insiifn-
ltion. (The superintendent Of the Hos
lpifal for the Insane has never reported
the product OF the farm under his SUI
lpervision. which Is contrary TO law.)
Besides tho savings mentioned. new
chapel and other permanent improve
memis have been nade AZ Pmnfield.
costing $1,000, making m aggregate saw
ing TO the ax-payers Of Indiana OF $22.-
$50 IN ono year. or So, $50 IN two years.
This amount will sink into insignif-
cance compared with the amount that
the democrats will save In the charitable
asvIums when they take charge Of them
ia the near future Ind. Sentinel.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-29

Ofall painful things. can there be mn,
50 cxcruciasinglv painful as hone
fclon? We know of none that flesh Il
heir 10. and as this mnlady Is quite fire.
quent. aud the subject Of much earnest
consideration, we give the latest recipe
for It's cure. which is given by that au
thority, the London Lancet: "a
soon rs the pulsation which indicates
thc disease Is felt. put directly over ih'
spot fly blister. about the size OF ,
thumb nail. and let II remain for 81,
hours. at the expiration Of which time
directly under the surface Of the bliste
may be seen the fclon. which can be In
stantly taken on. With the point Of
needle or a lancet
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-29

In 1877 the corn crop of Indiana
reached nearly 100000 coo bushels, and
The estimate Is that the crop OF 1875 will
amount 10 l200O0.00O bushels. Corn is
now worth about twenty cents sper bushcl
in the crib. II MAKES good and whole
some bread. and certainly there should
be no hunger in the land But radical
ism. by its vicious financial policy. has
produced such widespread ruin that ia
spite Of the hcneficence Of heaven ther.
are multiplied thousands who are unable
TO purchase corn at twenty cents =
bushel; and IL tho bcnevolence OF the
people does not come 10 their rclict.
hunger will bc the guess Of their wretch
ed abodcs. Ind. Sentinel
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-29

The pork packing business Of Indi-
annapolis is now in full blast. and the ag-
Igregate slaughter il about 1900 head
per day. The price paid for hogs aver.
hges about 81 IS per 100 pounds gross
"a lower price than has been reached
since 1861. This is 81 20 per head gross.
requiring the disbursement cf $3C, 800 a
day for hogs, and allowing that The sea
son will last until April !, 1879. the pork
packers Of indianapolis will pay out the
sum OF $4.62o,40O. AT these figures for
hogs the product can be Offer ed at such
.prices as under ordinary circumstances
would enable the people to have meat
three times day, for shoulders are
quoted al three cents aud sides at three
and half cents q pound. But under
radical rule the industries Of the country
have been so prostratcd that thousands
Iof people are out OF employment and
without money. aud 10 them the cheap
ness OF food only aggravaies their de-
lp.orablc condition. Ind. Sentinel.
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-What .rhey saw n bcneath Yoi

What ''ihey say" is beneath you,
notice. What's the use of lying awake
of nights with the unkind remark oI
some false friend running through your
brain like torked lightning? What.
the use OF getting into worry and fret
over gossip that has been set afloat to
your disadvantage BY some mcddlesom
who has more time than
character. These ihings cannot possibly
injurc you, unless you take notice 81
them, and In combating them you give
them character and standing. II what
Iis said about you Is true. set yourself
right at once; ii it u false, Let il 20 fol
what Il will until II dies Of Inherent
weakness.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-29

The railroad gave an excursion from
10 this place last Sunday
Some two orthrcc hundred rosy checked
llassics and solid bancrs of Dubois county,
availed themselves OF The opportunity to
see the Bluff city. The major portion
OF the crowd rushed 10 the river on ths
arrival OF the steamer Grey Eagle. "a
get their first glimpse OF a steamboat
liz was Al object Of great interest "a
them, and the CALCULATIONS that escaped
them as the steamer majcstically moved
of down the stream. we've very inter
'csting to the "wharf-rr. - Rock nor
Republican.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-29

The following amendments to ou'
Constitution were passed Two years ago
IL they are acted upon promptly by thu
next General Assembly they may be /
part Of our Constitution before the tern
expires. They are all important and
should receive the earliest attention. II
they become a law they will obviatc Tho
necessity for Constitutional Conven
tion.
Firstamcndment: Every male citizen
or the United States. who il twenty one
years Of age and upwards, and who Ia,
resided in the State six months. ia Tho
township sixty days and in the ward OF
Iprecinct thirty days immediately pre-.
ceding such election, and every male ol
Iorcign birth OF the age of twenty -ont
years and upwards who shall have re.
-ided IN the United States one year. in
ihe State six months. in the township
sixty days, IN The ward or precinct thirty
days Immediately preceding said cleo
ltion. with declared intentions, shall be
entitled 10 vote in his ward or precinct
~ he shall have been duly registered ac.
IcordiLgfo law.
The second amendment strikes out the
words, No negro or mulatto shall have
the right Of suffrage"
Third amendment: All general cleo.
|tions shall be held on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday III November
ltewnship elections excepted. Provided
that Judges Of Courts OF general and
appellate Jurisdiction may be voted foI
Iat special election therefor
Fourth amendment: Strike the word
white from sections aud 5 Of ar.
lticie A.
The fifth amendment is to section q
|of article = and reads as follows: III
relation TO fees or salaries; except that
the laws may be 80 made as To grade tic
compensation Of officers in proportion
TO the population aud the necessary ser.
vice required.
The sixth amendment provides thai
the judicial power Of the State shall be
vested ia Supreme, Circuit, and such
other courts as the General AsseInbl,
may establish.
The seventh amendment provides tha
the Supreme Court may consist Of no
less than five nor more than sever
Judges, and they shall hold their ofiic,
for six Years ii they shall SO long be
have we'll.
The eighth amendment provides tha
no sessions OF the General Assembly shal
extend beyond the term OF one hundred
and twenty-one days, nor any spccia
session beyond the term of sixty days.
\ The ninth amendment strikes out the
thirteenth article aud IN lieu thereof in.
scrts the following: No corporatioi
shall ever become indebted, ia any man
ner, or for any amount ia the aggregate
Exceeding two per centun on the value
of the taxable property within said cor
poration, except il time of war. foreign
invasion or other great public calamity
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-29

The Legislature Of Missouri offered
IN premium Of SlU.OOo for positive cure
for hog cholera. Mrs. Nancy McGee
claims the money on the following spc-
cific: Take the inside bark 81 tll.
cherry tree and boil IL down with tnF
50 as ~ make strong solution. f'v
IL 10 the hogs to drink, excluding 'iinra
Iftom any water. This has proved with
me perfect cure even IN the last stage
lof the disease. also recommend m
admixturc ofshe root OF The hull neitle.'
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kockport Democrat.
The careful observer who examines
the Statutes Of Indiana, as they now ex-
list, can not fail in finding glaring
wrongs and hardships on the people
under the denomination OF "laws p
They are not ''laws," however, as that
term is synonym of Justice" To H.
ilstrate: In assaults, petit larceny, as
sault and battery, aud all other misde-
mcanors, part of the punishment aiiix-
ed to offenders may be imprisonment in
the county jail for certain periods. Ex-
|perence las shown that jurics in very
large number OF cases aiiix as u part
punishment imprisonment in the county
Jail. There Is now confined in our
county prison a culprit who has abont
completed service Of three months,
and will come out hale and hearty. The
Icharge upon which he was convicted
involved five or six dollars. Now what
has il cost the taxpayers OF Spencer
county to see that justice was vindicated
In this case! The calculation is very
plain: 80 days
70 cents per day.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-29

Ono thousand six hundred and
ninety-onc persons emigrated from
Switzerland last year for countries be
vond the seas; l.O27 Of them went Il
North. 81 to Central, and 2A4 to Soutl
America, and M ~ Australia. Genev,
aud four other cantoae, however, hav,
furnished no returns.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-29

An English agricultural paper re-
ports farmer a. having planted .ix
hundred varieties Of potatoes the Is.ss
season.
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RATES or ADvERr-sEING.
rorsquare, 10 lines or less, week. 81 %
Each subsequent insertion, 20 c's'
roover advertisements at the same rate,
counted As square. These are the terms
ar transient advertisements; reasona-
lie M deduction will be made TO regular
advertisers.
Notices Of appointment Of admins
traitors and legal notices Of like character
% be paid in advance.
ANNOUNCING CANDIDATES.
For Township Officers, each Sl'oo
For County 10Y 10Y
For District, Circuit, or State, o.oo
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New Saddler Shop.
JOHN TROXLER :
Souru EAST CORNER or PUBLIC SQUARE,
JASPER, INDIANA.

T,HE undersigned weusd respectfully announce 70 the
- pssiie that he 10 nov prepared 20 manufacture Al
SADDLES,
BuGGy HARNESS..
inugEy. Trimming done with nestness and dispatch.
- A." Keeps constantly on hand, hamcs. chains, bug
UHnd wagon whips. Ac.. &C.
0ct. II. III JOHN rRoxLYR