Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-02-12
9a 2 EDITORIAL INKLlNGs.
Centennial Appropriations. T,

- Concerning the congressional appro.-
priation for the celebration Of the YORKTOWN
centennial, the Charlotte Obssrvsr makes
the following pertinent remarks: 80
A hundred thousand dollars for nnonu.
nent at Yorktown, exclusive ofappropriations
for celebrating the Yorktown cent? nary, is
huge SUM for Congress TO vote for the pur,
pose at this time of day Yet this is the sum,
asked for. Couldn't Kings Mountain, or
Guilford Court House, come in for q small
donation We don't believe in the princi-
pie, but then we can't see why there is not
as much justice in contributing TO the Cen
tennial Celebration Of Kings Mountain.
where CORVALLIS received his 6rst check in
subduing the South, and Guilford Court
House, where his whole movement was par.
alyzed, as at Yorktown, wheH the blows of
Southern patriots we're simply made conclu.
sive. .,..s, -. 80, x Z i,.4..sgi.s
The Suffering In ireland. ~ ,iae5fna= Baa
49, The famine now prevailing in Ireland.
is represented as more widespread and dis.
tressing than was that of 1S46, when thou
sands Of people died from starvation. The.
New York Heraids advices fr,m Dublin give
a statement showing the severity in villages,
towns and counties, and by these returns, It
appears that not less than 3l2,370 persons
are slowly dying Of fstarvation. The HsraMs,
Dublin report further says: ~ M Roy ''',lts
Every day reveals new horrors ID the cata..
logue Of suffering. The outlook for the com.
ing months is gloomier than any prediction,
has yet painted it. Nolanguage can describe
the appalling privation, and utter destitution,
which prevail. It is impossible to overdraw
the situation, so rapidly do matters become
worse. What might have been an exaggera-
ton yesterday will tomorrow be an under tes;.l
innate. Three hundred thousand people are
slowly starving, and can only be kept alive
by superhuman effort on the part Ut their fell
low.creatures. Some Of them are living On
one meal a day of turnips or meal, and thou
sands more are consuming their last potatoes.
Local efforts are becoming feeble. The ,peo..
pie are looking to the world for succor. 80. q
The New Postal Route Bill. t5;lss
The bill declaring the "public roads
and highyays'' postal routes has passed the
House, and the indications are that it will
become law. The effect Of the law would
be to invest The postofice department. with
entire discretion in the establishment of new
postal routes. Now it requires an act Of
Congress to establish the most unimportant
postal route in the country, and the result is
that special legislation of this character Is
continually before Congress. Bills estab-
fishing postal routes are always passed after
going through the usual routine of. Congress
sional measures, and the objections that have
been urged against the pending bill appear
trivial. Under the present system, when,
citizens of locality desire q new route, they
must forward their petition to Congress; then
q bill is introduced, and after going to the
proper committee it is passed, and the depart
ment is directed to put on the service petit
toned for The House bill proposes to refer
the entire business to the postofice depart
ment in lump, with full authority to grant
petitions for new routes when the service is
considered necessary. This will relieve Con-
gress of the labor of passing bills for each
separate case, and will give control Of the
business to the department Of the govern.
ment that is competent to determine when
and where additional mail service is needed.
The JEFF Davis Legacy. .f.s-,.s...s p..
The contest over the will BY which the
late Sarah A. Dorsey, Of Beauvoir, Miss. left
to Mr.. Jefferson Davis her entire estate, has
begun in earnest, and during the early days
of next month the argument in the United
States Circuit Courts of Louisiana will be-
heard and decision asked. Some weeks
ago certain relatives of Mrs. Dorsey fled a.
complaining that the testatrix did
not possess testamentary capacity, and that
she was unduly influenced, coupled with an ap-