Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-06-26

NJ. Smith, is now lying very low at his orotn-
er's residence in this city, suffering from the
effects of over.work and business anxiety du-
ring the past Winter and Spring"
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
The Murderer Of Col. Aston.
- The lotion for new trial in the case
of Cox, convicted of the murder of Col. Al
ston, was argued at length before Judge Hill
yer, in Atlanta, last Friday. Counsel for
the prisoner presented nineteen reasons why
the motion should be granted, and made able
speeches in support of them. After hearing
the arguments, the Judge said he discovered
no error in the record and was bound to re-
fuse the motion for new trial. The defend
ant excepted and the case goes to the Su-
preme Court in September. 1t will be at
least year before the case will be finally SET
tied. Cox remains cheerful, and his friends
contend that he will yet be acquitted.
The Spartanburg Lynching.
On account of the local interest at
taching to the affair, we publish on the first
page of this issue additional particulars of
the recent lynching in Spartanburg, furnish,
ed to the Nsus and Courier by Mr.. Williams,
a staff reporter of that paper, who was in
Spartanburg at the time of the occurrence.
The indignation against Moore was very
great in the~neighborhood where he lived. A
citizen of that community writes to the
Charlotte Observer that all the churches in
that neighborhood refused to allow him to be
buried in their grave.yards. His remains
were accordingly deposited in field near his
house. The writer, who participated in the
lyncbing, says he has nothing to regret, but
much prefers the position he occupies to that
of the man who allows such crime to 60
unpunished for one day longer than could be
helped.
1t may be mentioned, in this connection,
that Governor Simpson has issued a procla-
nation calling upon the law officers and all
good citizens of Spartanburg county, to take
all steps within eheir legal capacity, as officers
and citizens, to bring the lynchers of Moore,
the ravisher and murderer, to punishment,
and thereby vindicate the majesty Of the vio-
lated law.
California Republican Convention.
The California State Republican Con-
venton met in San Francisco last Thursday
and adopted platform, Of which the follow
ing are the leading points:
1t reaAirms the principles of the Republi-
can party; denounces the attempt of the De-
mocracy to interfere with the purity Of elec-
tions; sustains the Presidents veto policy
pledges the party to faithful application of
the new Constitution and support of progress
i've education pledges the candidates for the
Legislature to attempt to settle the differences
existing in some portions of the State between
the agricultural and mining interests; afirms
that Congress should regulate freights and
fares in Interstate commerce.. and pledges
the Railroad Commissioners Of the State to
fair reductions, but does not define the amount
of the reduction. 1t is also anti Chinese, and
has declaration in favor of small landhold-
ers. George G. Gorhams who holds proxy
and was placed on the committee on plat.
form, presented separate resolution reciting
the receipts and expenditures Of the railroad
company, and demanding reduction Of one
quarter of the rates of charges. After a long
discussion, it was adopted and incorporated
in the platform. ....................
George G. Perkins was nominated for Gov
ernor on the first ballot.
Death Of Prince Loais Napoleon.
"A dispatch from Capetown, dated June
3rd, states that Prince Louis Napoleon, Prince
Imperial Of France, accompanied by other
officers, left Col. Woods camp to reconnoitre.
The party dismounted in mealie field, when
the enemy crept upon them and killed the
prince with assegoes. His body was recov-
cred. The official account-received in Lon"
don on Friday-of the young Princes death,
says:
"The Prince, with Lieut.. Cary, of the 98ttl
Regiment, six men and one friendly Zulu,
left the camp at Keletzis mountain, seven
miles beyond Blood river, on the let instant
for reconnaissance. The party halted and
unsaddled when ten miles from camp. Just
as the Prince gavethe order to remount, a vol
ley was fired from ambush in the long grass,
Lieut. Cary and four of the troopers returned
to camp and reported the Prince and two Of
the troopers missing. From their statements
there could be no doubt that the Prince was
killed. A party of the 18th Lancers, with an
ambulance, started on the I'd instant, to recov.
er the body Of the Prince, which was found
and brought in on the same day"
A special dispatch to the London Nous
adds the following particulars:
"The body of the Prince, when found, lay
on its back. There we're eighteen assegai
stabs in it, two of them piercing the body from
the chest to the back, two in the side, and one
destroying the right eye. A locket, with hair
medallions and a reliquary, were found
around his neck. The face wore placid ex-
preston. He had evidently Intellectually
tried to mount, and the leather Of the flap tear
ing, he ran along the path to where he was
found. Two troopers lay near the body, both
having been asseiged. The Prince was very
adventurous" #
Napoleon Eugene Louis Jean Joseph b.
naparte, was born in the Tuilleries, on the
10th of March, 1856, and was therefore twen-
ty three years old at the time Of his death.
He was educated with great care, and on the
outbreak of the Franco German war accom-
panied his father to Metz, and thence to Saar.
bruck, where, according to Napoleon's dis
patch to Eugene, he received his baptism of
fire. His youth and effeminate appearance
we're much ridiculed by the Germans, who, in
derision, gave him the name Of Lulu. When
the military situation became critical, the