Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-03-13
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Tragedy In Atlanta.

EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Tragedy in Atlanta.
"A dispatch of last Tuesday evening
from Atlanta, Ca, gives the following ac-
count of fatal rencontre in that city, on
that day, between two gentlemen well known
throughout the country.
At $50 p. m. the Office of the State Ireasu-
rer at the capitol, in this city, was the scene
of bloody tragedy, the parties being Col.
Robert A. Alston member of the Legislature,
and Capt. E. S. Cox, of DeKalb county. Al
ston fired three shots and Cox two. Aston
was shot in the right temple, the ball passing
through his brain. Cox was shot in the
mouth and through the left hand. Alston is
diving, but Cox is not seriously hurt. The
difficulty arose from Aston having power
of attorney, from Senator Gordon, to sell the
latter's interest in the State convict lease.
Cox is a sub-lessee under Gordon and wanted
Aston to sell Gordon's interest to Walters,
who had promised to buy Cox out. Aston
sold to another person. Cox threatened Al
ston at noon that he would kill him before
sundown if the trade was not cancelled and
made with his man. He hunted Alston down.
Gov. Colauitt and others having detained Al
ston at the capitol, there the quarrel was re-
newed, and both drew their pistols with the
result above stated. ....
Col. Alston died at four minutes after g.,
Tuesday evening.
Senator Patterson. Contradictory Statements
"A Washington dispatch of the 9th
says that on that day, ex-senator Patterson
received letter from the Attorney General
of South Carolina, granting him full pardon
and oblivion for any indictments pending
against him in that State. Mr.. Patterson
will leave Washington in a few days to ac-
cept an important trust under the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company in Arizona.
AS contradictory of the above, Columbia
special dispatch of the 9th, to the News and
Courier says: s-- 81.
In regard to the Associated Press dispatch
to the effect that Patterson has received
formal assurance from the attorney general OF
this State that all proceedings against him
have been discontinued, your correspondent
made inquiry to day of Governor Simpson,
who replied by All emphatic assurance that
he knew of no such promise or understanding.
Attorney General Youmans is in Charleston.
On the reception of the above dispatch,
Attorney.General Youmans was visited by
reporter for the Ne,os and Courier and request.
ed to state the terms upon which this amnesty
had been granted to Senator Patterson, and
the reasons which had induced it. The attor-
ney general stated that the announcement con-
tained in the dispatch was entirely new to
him, and that he had neither written, nor au-
thorized to be written, any such letter to Sen
ator Patterson. He was totally unaware that
any such amnesty had been granted, or that
the Governor had any intention of so doing
MERE.MENTION.
Ben. Butler worked at chair making to pay
his college dues. '''''''''A Mexican doctor in
Texas, recently vaccinated persons with
scabs taken from the bodies Of adults, and
the vaccinated died. The doctor has return.
ed to Mexico. ......... A radical change is to be
made in the choirs of the churches in the
Catholic diocese of Montreal. After June
1st women will not be permitted to sing in
the choirs, nor will wind instruments be
used. ......-..Gen. Joseph E. Johnston is on
visit to Savannah, Ga. .''.'.'''Capt. Thomas
Blair, of the Fifteenth Infantry, convicted OF
bigamy by court martial, has been dismiss
ed from the army. He married the widow of
Gen. Gordon Granger, and had wife living
in Scotland. 1.-The recently enacted law
giving three months extra pay to officers and
soldiers, and to officers, seamen and marines,
employed in the war with Mexico, does not
include those in the volunteer service who
have already received three months extra
pay under the provisions of the act of July
19, 1.-THE House of Representatives
of the next Congress, which convenes on the
18th instant, will be composed of 293 mem.
bers, distributed as follows: Democrats, 146 /;
independent Democrats. 2; Republicans, l27;
Greenback Democrats, Z Greenback Repub-
licans, 5; Vacancies,f.
Hardy Solomon, whom the "Teller Com
mittee" is anxious to interview. is said to be
rusticating in Havana. '...'.... .Elihu Burrritt,
the distinguished philanthropist, refurmer and
philologist, and who was known as the "learn'
ell blacksmith" died at New Britain, Conn.,,
on Friday last. .''"'Senator Morrill,, of Yer
mont, says he knows man who will be enti-
tied to $4,000 under the back pension act,
and who now receives pension of 500 per
month. ..........The annual butter and cheese
product of the United States is 5O,00O,O 900
greater than that of the wheat crop.