Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-05-01

men who express tbegssss..e.;s = -0ol the subject
at all !Aae..hs.zsf good sign is the evident In
Grease of employment. There are mot near
80 many idle men to be seen as we had a year
ago. lfexact statistics could be obtained, it
would probably be seen that the general con.
dition of the working classes is very nearly
as good as before the panic. 1 know that
the contrary view is the one most generally
expressed, but the result of my own observa-
ton does not agree with it. The decline in
wages has been great, but not so much more
so, if any, than the decline in the cost of food.
fuel and clothing. The situation is certainly
more cheerful on all sides than it was twelve
months ago, and there is abundant reason to
believe that the change for the better will
Pardon Of Cardszo aud Smalls.
-On Wednesday of last week, Cover
nor Simpson pardoned ex-state Treasurer
F. L. Cardozo, and ex-Congressman Robert
Smalls, both colored. Cardozo, who was
confined in the Jail of Richland county was
Immediately set at liberty. The following
are the facts in connection with the convic-
ton and sentence of Cardozo and Smslls. .
.Cardoso was convicted on the 9th Of No
vember, 1877, before Judge Townsend and .
jury Of six whites and six colored men, Of
conspiracy to defraud the State, and was
sentenced to two years imprisonment in the
county Jail of Richland and to pay fine of
$4,000, or in default of the payment of the
fine, to an additional years Imprisonment.
From this sentence Cardozo took an appeal
to the Supreme Court, of the State, which
appeal was dismissed, by the Supreme Court,
on the 29th of November last. Shortly after
wards Cardozo, who had been at large on
bail, pending the decision of the Supreme
Court, returned to Columbia, surrendered
himself to the sheriff, and was incarcerated. In
the Richland county Jail. 4.g ljg..
Robert Smalls was tried and convicted be-
fore Judge Townsend and jury of six white
and six colored men on the 18th of November,
1877. The charge was that he had received
bribe of So, 900 as State Senator on the 18th
of December, 1872. He was sentenced to
three years at hard labor in the State Peni.
tentiary. Smalls also appealed to the Su.
preme Court of the State, a motion in arrest
of judgment having previously been made
and refused by the State Court. The Supreme
Court dismissed this appeal at the same time
as the appeal of Cardozo. Smalls, however,
took his case before the Supreme Court Of the
United States On Tuesday of last week
these proceedings were discontinued by Smalls,
who threw himself on the mercy of the State.
Address by Frederick Douglass. "'
- Frederick Douglass, the colored orator,
and the foremost man of his race in the
Union, delivered lecture, last week. in
staunton, Virginia, for the benefit Of a color.
ed church. The Staunton Nrg;nian publishes
synopsis of the lecture as follows:
The lecture was largely attended by the
most cultivated white people of the place, who
warmly congratulated the speaker upon the
conclusion of his lecture on "Selfmade Men,
which occupied over two hours. He advised
his colored hearers not to trust to Providence
and prayer, but to 60 to work honestly, sys-
tematically and conscientiously. He him
self had prayed for three long years that free
dom might come to him; but il never came
until the prayers got down into his legs and
carried him away. He believed in helping
no man who was able to help himself and
advised the colored people to be diligent, ia
dustrious, economical, clean in their persons
and honest in their dealings, and stay where
they are. He deprecated the exodus from the
South, saying that the warm climate was the
best for them, and that one of the most unfor-
tunate predicaments that can beimagined is "a
l. "a t~,I ~s,hk
"the colors do not blend harmoniously. Stay
where you are" said the lecturer, "and SO
conduct yourself that men will be bound to
respect you-work with head and hands
seek to acquire knowledge as we'll as property,
and in time you may have the honor of going
to Congress. for if the negro can stand Con.
gress. Congress ought to be able to stand the
negro"
Addressing himself to the white people
present, Marshal Douglass said: "These he
groes are among you, and will remain with
you. You need not expect them to die like
the Indians. They are too fond of civilizing
influences for that. An Indian is contented
with blanket, while negro's ambition is
swallow tailed coat; the Indians don't like
churches and steeples, while the negro thinks
the higher the steeple the nearer they are to
Heaven. They are essentially initiative, and
if by their efforts they seek to raise them.
selves from poverty and attain to the excel
lence Of good citizenship, give them chance.
Sell them lands, and let them practice your
economy and thrift. Teach them to be hon.
est, industrious and systematic. and you will
yourselves reap the reward, for on the trade
winds of eternal justice there will come to
this land q peace and prosperity it has never
known before"
The Murderer Of Col. Aston.
- The case of Edward Cox for the MUIR
der of Col. Aston, was taken up in the At
lanta criminal court on the 21st ultimo, and
after some discussion among counsel, Judge
Hillyer ordered the case to be set for Monday
last, the 2Sth. Alluding to the pending trial,
the Herald says: .......s ,,l..r
This case is, of course, of the intensest in
terest, and is attended by the ablest counsel
in Georgia. Cox will be defended BY ex.
Congressman Gambler, Gen. Gartrell, r. r.
Jeffries, Col. Abbot Billups and four other
leading firms. The prosecution will be con-
Quoted by Solicitor General Ben. Hill, Jr.,
Judge Hopkins, Judge Hall, Of Macon, Col:
Hawkins, of Americus, Judge Twiggs, Of
Augusta, Gen. Darlington, of South Carroll.
ma, Hon. w. 81. Hulsey and perhaps half
dozen Others. The defence will be based up-
on the statement that just before Aston shot.
he turned as if to walk away, drew his pistol
while his back was turned, and fred as he
wheeled. Treasurer Renfroe has sworn, how.
ever, that Alston turned to try to walk into
the next room, but, seeing Cox entering that
room by another door with his pistol in his