Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-06-12
thing which would be calculated to drive the
President into the ranks of those who would
tramnle nnon him and no alike"

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President into the ranks of those who would
trample upon him and US alike"
Conkling was not so busiy engaged but
that he heard this, as was clearly evidenced
by the manner in which he tossed his white
wooly head and wrinkled his sneering nose,
until the corners of his nostrils invaded the
proper domain of his angry eyes, You see
Mr.. Conkling does not like Mr.. Hayes since
the latter euchred him in the matter of the
New York Customhouse appointments, and
this delicately equipped shaft of Senator
Hampton went straight to his sorest spot.
Logan, Blaine and Chandler all had urgent
business in the cloak.room, which apparently
kept them occupied until about the time the
Governor finished
A large number of orders for the speech
have already been handed in-before it is
printed-and it will be widely circulated
throughout the North and East with the hap
piest results, as every one believes.
Alarming, If True.
- The Charlotte Observer of last Friday
has the following, which is alarming, pro.
vided it is not hoax that some thoughtless
person is endeavoring to perpetrate through
the agency of the recipient ofthe letters men
toned:
letter has recently been received by a
negro man at Matthews Station, in this coun-
ty, which has created ripple of excitement
in the community. The negro, it seems, ap-
piled to young man in the eighborhood to
read the letter to him, being unable to read
himself, and in this way the facts in the case
became public. The letter was dated at
Hampton, S. c., and ,was signed by a name
to which was attached the word secretary"
The letter informed the negro man that twas
now time to begin to burn houses and railroad
bridges in the country, and went on to say
that the colored men must resort to this, as
they were not treated as they should be-,
and that their Northern friends would fur
nish them the money. It informed the par
ty addressed that the "president" had 5000
for him for his service in the cause, and
would come up on the train. He was, how
ever, told to spare Monroe and Charlotte.
Some reference having been made to for.
mer letter, the negro was questioned as to
this, and exhibited another signed by an
other name, to which was attached the word
"president." This was dated at Russell, S. c.,
and was to the same purport as that referred
to. One or the other of the letters informed
the negro man to whom they were addressed
that he should send his answer to Liberty,
S. G. The negro pretends to know nothing
about the whole matter, except what he has
heard from the letters. He has been about
Matthews Station for several weeks, and
was formerly employed on the Carolina Gen.
tral Railway as one Of the hands who were
working with the steam-shovel. 1t was soon
after he was discharged from the road that
he came to Matthews. He has been employ
ed by several farmers in the neighborhood,
and none have noticed anything suspicious
about his conduct. The matter is undergo.
ing investigation at the hands of several we'll
known citizens in an around Matthews. Let.
ters have been written to the points in South
Carolina indicated in the letters received by
the negro, but as yet nothing has been heard
from these places. The more conservative
element in this community is disposed to
look upon the matter with no feeling of alarm,
but at the same time consider that it is one
which must be investigated.
In connection with this matter the Ne,rs
and Courier suggests that there have been
rumors prevalent in many parts of the State
to the effect that the defunct Radical party
was reorganizing, and this may be one of
their plans for "reorganizing."