Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-03-21
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Release Of Anderson.


Release Of Anderson.
"A New Orleans dispatch of the 18th
saws that in the case of Thomas G. Anderson,
convicted of election Frauds on appeal for
new trial, the Supreme Court has reversed
the verdict of the jury and ordered the prison
er to be released. The Court decided that
the forged election return was not public
docu ment and the indictment was defective
This, of course, ends the case as to the other
members of the returning board. g..
1t is stated from Washington, that when
the action of the Supreme Court was commu.
nicated to the President, he expressed high
qualification, and said that the whole Union
would applaud the decision Of the Court as
patriotic, and in the interest of conciliation.
Sunday School Convention.
- The international Sunday School Con.
vention, will meet at Atlanta, Georgia, on the
17th of April, next, and continue in session
for three days. Delegates from all the States
east Of the Mississippi will be present, and
many from the Pacific coast. The most dis
tinguished Sunday School men in Cur coun
try will there meet in council. Col. Fore.
acre, Superintendent of the Airline Rail.
road Company, offers excursion rates over bis
road. A fine opportunity will be afforded
persons to visit the "Gate City," for small
amount of money. Let no Sunday.School
man or woman who can spare the time and
about fifteen dollars, lose this opportunity.
This Convention will not be in our section Of
country again for years. Then, by all means,
20 to Atlanta, if you can.
Adjournment Of the Legislature.
- With regard to the probable adjourn.
ment of the General Assembly, the Columbia
correspondent of the Ne,rs and Courier, under
date of the 18th instant, says:
1t is now fact, as positive as things human
can be, that the General Assembly will ad-
journ sine die during the present week, most
probably on Friday night or Saturday morn.
ing. The House has cleared its calendar, and
the burden of the work now rests upon the
Senate The Joint Assembly will be called
upon to elect the three Jud ges for the Court
of Claims, three lawyers to assist the attorney
general in representing the State before that
Court, and three commissioners to codify the
laws of the State. A caucus Of the Demo.
cratic party will be called on Monday or Tues
day night, and all these matters can be ar
ranged without much delay. As far as is
now known, the most probable candidates for
Judge of the Court Of Claims are Thomson,
Kershaw and Hudson. The assistant lawyers
to represent the State have not been settled
upon, but Maj. Meetze, the chairman of the
Bond Commission, is spoken of, and his evi.
dent fitness for the position seems to indicate
the correctness of the report. ..
The Bright, White Dollar. '.... .
- The first silver dollar coined under the
silver bill recently passed by Congress, was
struck at the mint in Philadelphia, on the
11th instant The first twelve were coined
from polished planchets, and removed by
hand from the machine to prevent abrasion.
They we're enclosed in envelopes, duly marked
in the order in which they we're coined. The
first was sent to the President, the second
to Secretary Sherman, and the third to Di.
rector Linderman. This coinage occupied
fifteen minutes, after which the machine be-
gan running at full speed, and finished about
$4,000 before the hour of closing. Other dies
will be prepared as rapidly as possible, and
the mnts at San Francisco and Carson City
will be put in operation. The first delivery
of coin-about $50, ,O00-took place at Wash
ington last Thursday. On the same day the
new dollars made their appearance on Wall
street, New York. Being limited in amount,
the supply soon became exhausted, aud the
desire to obtain them as tokens being general,
buyers paid fraction above par in gold.
Revenue Troubles In Pickens.
- The sheriff of Pickens county makes an
official report to the Governor, that on the
night of the 9th instant, a body of armed
men forcibly released from his Jail three men
who had been committed for violation of the
United States revenue law. The armed mob,
itseems, was headed by an outlaw from over in
North Carolina, named Redmond. Cover
nor Hampton has offered reward of $500
for the capture of Redmond
As soon as Collector E. M. Brayton was
notified of the occurrence, he telegraphed the
facts to the Revenue Department at Wash
iugtoD, and he was Immediately instructed by
the Department to make every possible ex-
erton to capture the offenders To this end
he has organized force of armed men, and
at latest accounts had captured six, some of
whom were concerned in the rescue.
Redmond, the alleged leader Of the mob
who rescued the prisoners, is native OF
Transylvania county, North Carolina. He
is said to have slight infusion Of Indian
blood, although apparently be is full blooded