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scarcely had they closed the door when 2 d. ze4
vultures swooped down upon the body, and
we're rapidly followed by flights OF others. ~
Ave minutes more we saw the 1irds ny Dich ,, hnu
lazly settle d Avn again upon the parnpet They
had Len nothing behind but skeleton.
Naturally enough tho European observcrturn-
cd away from the sight Of the gorgcd birds with
expressions Of adherence. But his cultivated
Parsee companion defended tho usage. Their
great Persian prophet, Ioroastor, he said. taught
the Parsces to revere fire. earth, and water as
symbols OF God. Neither Of these symbols
should be deAled by any voluntary act Of man
No place n dead body In tho earth Is to contaml-
nato one Of them. Tho parsccs seek to dssl-
pate the remains Of tho dead in a manner which
will leave the earth pure. and not inJurc any OF
its living inhabitants. Therefore they place tho
bodies on massive stone towers. 80 constructed
that no particle can poluto the earth, aud erect
cd on tho highest hills. 50 that man may suffer
nothing from the presence Of tho dead. Tho
original idea appears to have been that tho re-
mains would wither away on this resting place.
and the vultures do not seem to havo been
thought Of Within four weeks from the dato
Of exposure The Same corpse bearers remove
the skeleton to the central well OF tho tower
with implements resembling tongs. which they
use with gloved hands. There the bones min
Clio with the dust Of hundreds and thousands Of
persons who have died in the Same faith
The Parsec's defence Of the Towers of Silence
was not without its effect on tho mind Of his
English friend God indeed. said he. ." sends
the yulturcs. and these birds do their appointed
work much more cxpcditously than millions
Of insects would do II we committed our bodies
to the ground" II is plain that what we are ac-
customcd to call Christian burial may be IA ro-
voting to the Parsees as their method seems to
us. In neither case do the survivors witness
the destruction Of the dead body. In both they
know il is destroyed. Tho CHEZ difference
seems TO DO that this unavoidable end - accom-
plshed more quickly on tho Towers Of Silence
than It 10 in the silence OF the grave.
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that his health had been drank. on which the eid
lord, much 10 the delight Of tho com anY got
up and returned thanks. Barry Yelverton
shared in tho convlvial habits Of tho time. aud
had particular passion for port. He was an
active member Of the Society OF tho Monks Of
the Screw. which met every Saturday during
term in house in Rovin street. Tho leading
men Of tho timo. Charlnmont, urattan, Flood,
Curran. Dalv rs well ~ Yelvorton, belonged 10
II, ns, indeed. did all tho other prominent mem
bers OF the bar Curran as Prior composed the
charter song. which s worthy Of insertion:
when Saint Patrick this order established
, lie called rs The Monks Of the Screw
10 guide us in what We should do;
~ VII hs % aei he ecss "a e., e ' ssy
That the fountain should never run IVY.
Each year when your octavcs approach.
In foli chapter convened let me ind you;
Aud when 10 the convent YOU come
Leave your fav'rite temptation behiBd yoA
Az Un RS "S OF Fs .tiyal1 loarG ig"''"
And, tins rulc TO enforce, ordainh
One festival all the year round.
My 9rethrcn, be chastc TN you're ,cinptsdI
While sober, be grave and discreet;
And humble y9al bodies WITH tasting
Vet m honor Of iasiinc. lean See
Ifsbe lo I1 abdn sT sy.a s'9 ~ nav vcarn
II not, 1t should come 10 the Prior"
This last was pretty hit. az the Abbot. Doylo
was hugo. burly man. and Curran. tho Prior
had n lean. emaciatcd face.
Yelvcrton was great friend OF the celebrated
priest. Father O'Tcary. They attended n stag
hunttogcthor at Killarney. when the poor hunted
deer approaching Yclyorton, fell exhausted at
his feet. Dear Mr.. Yelycrton." said Father
0'Lcary, what wondrous instinct that stag
posscsscsl He comes directly to you. expecting
that in your Official capacity you will issue a
Hoile pr0sequi in his favor Yelverton was
sixty-nine whom he died. He had been made a
Niscount Just previously for voting for the
Union, which through all his lito no had op-
posed This act left n stain on an other
wise spotlcss name. lie did not loavo n large
property. The family residence and estate is
on the shannon. opposite Portumna the Mar
auis OF Clanrlcardo's place ON the Tipperary
aide. Tho present lord, his grandson. is well
known as the ielvorton whose marriage with
Theresa Longworth lodto SO many sensational
suits. He rcs idcs in Australia.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-05-01
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

Mr.. Horace E. Nichols, an old resident
of Columbia, died at Cherokee Springs on
the 24th ultimo.
- From September 1st, 1878, to April 19,
1879, there were shipped from Gaffney City,
on the Air Line Railroad, 4,879 bales of
cotton.
The market gardeners of Charleston have
commenced the shipment Of new Irish pota.
toes to New York. The first shipment was
made on Saturday last.
At primary election held in Sumter
last week, DR.. j. j. Bossard was nominated
as candidate for State Senator, to I'll the
vacancy occasioned by the resignation of
Judge Fraser.
- The residence of Mrs. Ruth Marshal, at
Adams Run, on the Charleston and Savan-
nah Railroad, together with large portion
of the furniture and other valuables, were
destroyed by fire last week.
On Thursday last, in Columbia, Judge
Thomson rendered decision refusing to re-
quire the Treasurer of Richland county to
receive bills of the Bank Of the State for
taxes.
Judge Bond left Charleston on Thursday
evening last for Baltimore, but will return to
the former city on the 10th of May, at which
time Chief Justice Waite is expected to be
present to hear a number of important civil
cases.
About midnight on Thursday last, the
livery stables in Columbia, belonging to
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-05-01
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.

Miss Holton, the woman lawyer, has 10.
Gated at Dobson, Surry county.
Capt. S. E. Gilmer is building hotel in
Winston, which it is claimed will be the finest
building in the State.
- The oil and bone ola whale killed on the
North Carolina coast. .inh1ar Morehead City,
on the 18th instant, sold for $2,484.05.
- The Charlotte Democrat and the Greens.
boro Patriot report that all the fruit is not
killed in their respective localities.
-Gloster Welborne, colored, died in Ran
dolph county, on the 3lst Of March, aged 1l6
years.
j. N. Pattison, the eminent musician and
composer, has been spending several weeks in
Raleigh.
Quite a number of railroad officials of
various roads in Virginia and North and
South Carolina, were in conclave at Raleigh
last week.
james Duncan, an insane man, who had
for some time been confined in the Jail of
Greensboro, hanged himself in his cell on
Sunday night of last week.
- The Shelby Aurora says there have been
something over 5000 chsttel mortgages given
in Cleveland county since the 1st of last JAN
uary.
Judge Kerr has telegraphed the Sheriff
of CASTOR, that his physician would not con-
sent to his attempting TO hold the Superior
Court of that county, which was to have be-
gun last Monday.
- The Newbern Nutshell reports terrible
casualty by which, on Thursday of last week,
near Adams creek, tw, young ladies and
their horses were stricken to the earth by a
thunderbolt. Miss Matte Ireland and her
horse were instantly killed. Miss Nora Hol-
land was rendered almost blind, and was
paralyzed on one side. Her horse was only
severely shocked.
The Raleigh Observer learns that whole
family of colored people living in Pender
county, were poisoned from eating honey OBJ
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-05-01
The Murkrille Guqnirer.
YORKVILLE, S. c.:
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY l, 1879.

How to Order the Enqulrer.-Write the name
county and State, in full, and send the amount Of
the subscription by draft or post Office money
order, or enclose the money in registered letter.
Postage.-The ENQUIRER is delivered free Of
postage to all subscribers residing in York coun-
ty, who receive the paper at post Offices within
the county, and to all other subscribers the post
age is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no
matter where they receive the paper are not liable
for postage, it being prepaid at the here
Watch the Figures.-The date on the address
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paid. Ifsubscribers do not wish their papers dis
continued, the date ms,Ist be kept in advance.
Cash.-It must be distinctly understood tnat
our terms for subscription. advertising and job
work. are cash in advance.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-05-01
RAMPANT ABoLIT10NIsTs.

WHAT THE oLD-LINERs SAY IN REGARN TO
THE NEGRO EXODUS. -. tist;ss
A mass meeting was held at the Cooper
Institute in New York, on Wednesday Of last
week, to express sympathy with the colored
people who are leaving Louisiana and Missis-
sippi, to seek new homes in the West. The
meeting was large in numbers, the audience
consisting almost entirely Of colored people Of
both sexes. The features Of the affair were
the bitterness of what was said and the insig-
nifcance Of what was done -only 1924 hay-
ing been collected. The following literally
savage resolutions were, however, adopted:
Whereas the colored, people are leaving
the South by Thousands and are seeking new
haunts in the West whereas their innocent
fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, wives, and.
other relatives and friends have been stricken
down in cold blood and their lifeless flesh
been left as food for the Southern turkey buz.
zard; whereas q tree has been made by bru-
tai men perpendicular delivery bed for an
innocent pregnant wife and mother to die
on; whereas. the colored people have. toiled
without being compensated, and have been
mercilessly robbed whereas extreme extor.
ton has been the policy of those who have
furnished them with. the needs OF life;
whereas education has been denied them;
whereas they have not been permitted to
worship God in peace; whereas they hayere.
lied on the Federal arm at Washington, and
it under the control of professed friends, and
found no protection and have been made to
live life of peril; and whereas the colored
refugees have horror stricken fears as to the
state of things which will be true Of the South,
should the Federal army after 1880 be under
the control of those who have affiliated with
their oppressors
We approve of their movement to such
new home in the West and resolve to do all
in our power to assist them. and do call upon
every man, woman and child to extend to
them helping. hand. 1
Thurlow Weed and others of less note,
black and white, spoke. Wendell Phillips
and William Lloyd Garrison sent letters, the
reading of which called out the most enthusi-
astic applause. Wendell Phillips wrote:
II am exceedingly sorry that I cannot be
with you. My health is not such as to allow
of it. l have no words to describe what I
consider the Importance Of your meeting
Only two paths are open to the colofed men
of the South: one is to resist and protect
themselves against intolerable oppression by
arms; the other ia to leave, sone-half of them,
their homes, and teach their oppressors justice
by the severe lesson Of suffering. Leave the
tyrants and bullies to till their own soil or
starve, while they do nothing but wrong and
rob their laborers. Without laborers the
Southern acres are worth nothing. Even a
Southerner will come to his senses, or if he
never had any senses, obtain some, when he
is starved. l trust the North will, as in Kan.
sas days, organize and help to open channels
and contribute means for large emigration
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-05-01

quarter billions of dollars. The negotiation
of the United States loan was done by mail
and telegraph, but fixed bayonets were needed
to keep thousands of Frenchmen from fight
ing for places in the lines leading to the sub
scription books.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-05-01
,sLa6 go AT fairs
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Andrew Jackson, Jndge OF Propate-Clta!lon-
Up. Moore, Applicant-Robert M. Love,
Deceased.
Iatimer d acknowledgements that Latimer q
: Hemphili'sis the place to get theeworth OF
Your Money.
tions, Etc.-Ready- Made Clothing.
Bennett & Motfatt, Proprietois--"Tbe Best" !,
W. G. Patterson, Proprietor-For Health and
.s.ss.P Pleasure gos.toa Patterson,s Celebralea
Springs.
N! !C-The Millionaires A EEs
W. A. Moore, Auditor of York county-Tax Re-
turns for 1879.
]. F. Wallace. Clerk G. G. Pls.-Notice TO Credit
OrS.
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:. lsarrREIR :. n 3. 4 a. RAILRoAD. !.

STEELE vs.. C, c., & A. RAILROAD.
The Supreme Court has just rendered a de-
cision in the above case, which was an action
by the plaintiff against the defendant for
Sic, 600 damages for injuries sustained by him
in the falling in of the railroad bridge and
cars at the South Fork of Fishing Greek, in
this county, in November, 1877 The case
was tried before Judge Aldrich and g. jury at
the September term, 1873, of the Circuit Court
for York county, and the jury rendered 9 YER
dict Of $4,000 for plaintiff. Defendants
counsel made motion for new trial on the
grounds that the verdict was against the pre-
ponderance Of testimony and the damages ex-
cessive. The motion was refused and the de-
fendant appealed. @ te,a
The Supreme Court dismiss the appeal on
the ground that it has no power, under the
Constitution prescribing its jurisdiction, to
award new trials for errors of fact in the YER
dict Of juries, alleged to have been committed
in this case, Oh the ground that the verdict
was against the preponderance Of testimony
and the damages excessive it's authority In
granting new trials being limited only to the
review and correction Of errors at ,lasc in the
decisions and rulings Of the Judge. Messrs.
Wilson 6 Wilson attorneys for plaintiff, and
Rion and Hart for defendant.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-05-01
PERsONAL.

We were pleased to receive a call last Tues
day from our former townsman, Mr.. Joseph
w. Colcock, who for the past two years has
been living in Texas. Mr.. Colcoek is on
visit to his friends and relatives here. he is
in business at Paris, and we are gratifled TO
learn that his prospects in the Lone Star State
are quite fattering. 80 10
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-05-01
TROPICAL FRUITS.

Mr.. Wash Hope, on his return from Charles
ton last week, brought with him variety of
tropical fruitS ncluding few water melons
imported to Charleston from San Salvador.
The melons were about the size Of ten-cent
melon in our market at the middle Of the sea-
son, and sell in Charleston at s. per dozen.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-05-01
PICNIC.

There will be picnic at Pleasant Ridge, on
the C. and L.. Railroad, next Saturday, the
train for that point leaving here at 8 o'clock,
A. NJ, The excursion will be under the man az
agement Of d. 81. Beard, F. E. Smith, +. A.
Gilbert and ]. NJ. Hope, and they promise q
pleasant time to all who would avail them
selves Of the occasion to take days recrea-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-05-01
LARGE COTTON PURCHASE b

On Wednesday of last week, Capt. J. r.
Gardner, who represents at this place the
house of ]. M. Ivy & Co., of Rock Hill, pur-
chased PA bales of cotton in this market.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-05-01
OUR FIRsr sNAKE STORY.


Our townsman DR.. Walker, contributes the
first snake story we have received this season.
Taking walk the other day, he informs us,
he met spreading or black adder, which he
classifes with the viper family, The snake,
discovering the presence of an enemy, pre-
tended to bite itself on the back, and then
with much writhing, and apparently in great
agony, affected to die-lying quite still fand
motionless. The Doctor, suspecting q trick,
waited near by for about ten minutes, when,
as he surmised would be. the result, the snake
attempted quietly to crawl away. The Doctor
then dispatched the snake, and on close ir-
spection, discovered that it did not bite itself
at all and he is further convinced, by exam
nation, that this species Of snake has neither
deadly fang nor poisonous venom. He Gays also
that the viper's eye is not glass window, as
1t appears to be, but the eye has washer the
same as the eyes of animals. ~ !{SsIist
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AGENTS FOR THE ENQUIRER.
The following named persons are authorized
TO receive the names Of subscribers to the EN-
pU1RER and give receipts on payment Of SUBJ
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the next room, but, seeing Cox entering that
room by another door with his pistol in bis
hand cooked, saw that there was no alterna.
tive but to fight. He, therefore, turned and
drew his pistol, Cox's already being out. Mr..
Renfroe further swears that the mems hands
crossed as they fred, and that the explosions
were so nearly simultaneous that he could not
tell which fired first. Another point OF de-
fence is that Alston followed Cox to the Cap
itol, which is explained by the prosecution as
follows: When Gov. Colquitt left Alston at
Berrons restaurant, he said he would 60 and
talk with Cox and effect an adjustment of the
difficulty. Shortly afterward Aston walked
over to the Capitol. That his purpose was
still to avoid Cox is shown by the evidence,
that as he passed the treasury window the
janitor told him that Cox was up stairs, look.
ing for him. Went over, retraced his steps
and went into the treasury, and in abundant
caution ordered the janitor to close the door.
In moment Cox burst the door open and
entered. The general impression is that Cox
will be convicted. A strange circumstance is
quoted in this connection. 1t has always
been the law in Georgia that in case Of purely
circumstantial evidence, "a recommendation
to mercy" by the jury made hanging impossi-
BILE, and commuted the sentence to imprison.
ment for life. Col. Aston, at the last ses.
sion, by earnest advocacy, had bill passed,
that a recommendation to mercy should save
the prisoners neck in all cases Of direct or
indirect evidence. Probably the first man
who will appeal to the clemency of this new
law framed by Alston's kindly impulses will
be his own murderer.
Cox has entirely recovered from his wounds,
and upon looking at him it would be hard to
tell that he had been shot. The wound in
his mouth is singularly closed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-05-01

G and F, of the Twelfth Regiment, s. G. ",
was held at Winnsboro, on Saturday last,
The meeting was organized by calling Lieut..
]. R. Boyles, of Company G, to the chair,
and requesting Mr.. Nathan c. Robertson, Of
Company G, to act as secretary.
On motion of Mr.. Geo. S. Hinnant, the
names of those present who were members OF
Company G or F, were enrolled as follows:
Company Capt. John A. Hinnant,
Lieut.. ]. R. Boyles, sergt. s. w. Broom,
Lawrence D. Carter, Henry N. Hinnant, j.
w. Robinson, DR.. T. F. Broom, N. C. Rob-
ertson, Robert Smart, Frank N. Wilson.
Company E-s. W. Ruff, ]. Henry Brice,
James Sloan, George s. Hinnant, Milton G.
Harrison, James T. Tins, William McDew-
ell, Daniel Bird. ... ...
On motion, it was resolved that Daniel
Bird, Samuel Thomas and Kelly Miller, COL
cred men who were with the regiment during
the war, be admitted as members of the Or
ganization. ...
Capt. John A. Hinnant, of Company c,
and Mr.. S. W. Ruff, of Company F, were
appointed corresponding secretaries of the
organization. ..- ... .,...
On motion of Mr.. Geo. s. Hinnant, it was
resolved that a meeting be held at Winns.
boro on the last Saturday, being the 18th
day, of June next, at II o'clock, a. M, for
the purpose of receiving statistics and per-
fecting the organization. ... ..
Better Times In New York. .....E
-- Abiding to the revival of business in
New York, recent letter from that city
says: ..... ...
There is comparatively little complaint
this season about trade The majority of the
dealers seem we'll satisfied thus far, and take
hopeful view of the future. There appears
to be decided improvement all around.
The head of one of the oldest and largest
firms in New York said the other day that
all the indications point to decade of the
soundest prosperity that the country has yet
known. He did not quite like the disposi-
ton shown by the Greenback men in WASH
ington, but he thought the time was past
when they could do any serious harm, even if
Congress gave them chance to talk all their
theories threadbare The currency question
has practically settled itself, and there won't
be any more actual trouble on that score.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-05-01

duu Lueu ulSdpptdT ueucaIu Iuc CdhcS VI lCo
of the swift current. Not beast in all that
mighty herd escaped.
1t is said that the express companies, with
a few exceptions, have resolved to make a
new classification Of rates to regain the ground
that has been lost by the competition of the
postohice department through the money or
der. and registry systems. The lower rates
charged by the department for the remittance
of small amounts of money and for the trans
portation of small parcels, have made them
selves felt in the express business, and it is
expected that decreased charges for such SER
vice will result The extension Of the regis
try system to third-class matter has caused
vast amount of matter to 60 through the
mails that would otherwise have fallen to
the express companies, and unless the rates Of
the department are adopted by the companies
or underbid, their losses will increase as the
public become more acquainted with the
means offered by the government for the cheap
transportation of money and parcels.
The recent placing of the four per cent.
refunding loan has been several times spoken
of in general way, as ranking with the pla-
cling of the French loan in 1872, but more
specific comparison will show that the latter
transaction is yet far from paralleled. Secre-
tary Sherman asked for one hundred and fifty
million dollars the French government asked
seven hundred millions. All of the United
States loan was taken within the day it was
offered; the French loan was taken twelve
times over. The syndicates bid for one hun.
dred and ninety million dollars Of bonds and
certificates is, probably, the largest single
financial transaction known but large as it
is, it is dwarfed by comparison with the total
subscription for the French loan of eight and
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-02-05
The Capital of a Good Name.

=
How true it is that a good name is
capital in itself, suchac capital; like
every Solid accumulation, is not
built in day, but is the result Of
years of continuance in well doing.
No man can hope, by q spirit Of
good nature or honorable dealings to
acquire an enviable reputation,
which is implied in the possession Of
ca good name" Little things done
and observed in a series of years, the
trifles Of which life is made up, if
done conscientiously, are what con.
tribute to the result, and win for a
man the confidence of his fellows;
and when one has thus acquired this
good name, men seek him in bust
ness, rely on his word, and prefer his
goods. Such a capital is within the
reach of the poorest. 1t commands
confidence, and helps one in securing
all that is desirable in life, and as it
is not to be acquired without delay,
does not depend upon birth or inau-
enco for its attainment, 1t is won,
derful SO many prefer to travel by
crooked ways, which, though they
may seem short cuts TO success, do
not lead in that direction al ALL