Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-12-23

will extend through eleven days. ''''''''The
President has nominated Judge William B.
Woods for the Supreme Bench, in place of
Justice Strong, resigned He is described as
"of Georgia." He is now United States Cir
cult Judge of the Fifth Circuit, comprising
the States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. He was
appointed to the office he now holds from Ala.
bama, but is native Of Ohio.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
The Senate Educational Bill.
-- The following is synopsis of Mr..
Burnsides' educational bill as passed by the
Senate on Friday last:
The net proceeds Of the sales Of all public
lands and of all patents are forever set apart
for the education of our people. The Secre-
tary of the Treasury shall yearly apportion
to the several States and Territories, and the
District of Columbia, upon the basis of the
population, between the ages of five and
twenty years, said net proceeds for the pre-
vious year. which shall be credited on the
books of the Treasury as al educational fund,
on which four per cent interest per annum is
to be paid to the States as above provided,
that for the first ten years the apportionment
shall be made according to the number Of
ten year olds and upwards who cannot read
and write and, provided further, that one
third of the income from said fund shall be
annually appropriated to complete endow
ment and support of colleges established or
which NAV be established under the act Of
1862, until the amount thus accruing to said
colleges in each State shall reach $4,000,
after which the whole income of said fund
shall be appropriated by said States, Terri
tories and District to the education of all
children between the ages of six and sixteen
The secretary of the Treasury is authorized
to add to the fund any sums given to the
States for that purpose. A sum not exceed
ing 50 per centum Of the amount received by
any State, etc., for the first year, and not
exceeding ten per cent. in any year there.
after, may be applied, at discretion to the
maintenance of schools for the instruction
of teachers of common schools. TO be en-
titled to the benefits of this act any State, etc.,
must maintain for at least three months in
each year, until January, 1885, and there
after four months in each year, system Of
free public schools for all children between
six and sixteen years Of age. Any State, etc.,
misapplying any of the money received under
this act, shall forfeit further grants until the
amount So misapplied shall have been re-
placed by said State, etc. Nothing contain
ell in this act shall be held to alter any pre-.
vious law regarding the disposition of the
public lands, nor to limit the power of Con.
gress over the public domain, nor to inter-
tere with granting bounty land to soldiers
and sailors. The bill also authorizes colleges
established under the act OF 1862 to establish
schools for the technical education of women.
Senator Hampton's Explanation.
- Rev. DR.. Howe, P. E. Bishop of South
Carolina, having written to Senator Hamp
ton in reference to the Senator's recent cor
respondence with Secretary Sherman, the
Senator makes the following reply, which
Bishop Howe furnished the press for pubica.
tion. The letter is dated at Duncansby,
Miss, December 8:
My DEAR SIR: Your kind letter was
forwarded from Columbia and reached me
only yesterday. am very much obliged to
you for the interest you have shown in my
behalf, and you were entirely right in the
construction you placed upon my note to Mr.
Sherman. That was written as | passed
through Charlottesville, and l naturally gave
my proper address. 1t never occurred to me
for moment that any one would construe
! nv language as giving or inviting q chal.
lenge.
Mr. Sherman forgot the propriety of his
official position as well as Of mine, when he
made a scandalous charge against me in a
public speech.
called his attention to the language he
was reported to have used, in a courteous let
ter, thus giving him the opportunity to dis
claim or explain his utterance. In reply, he
not only reiterated his charge, but he took
that opportunity to vilfy not on y the peo.
pie whom l represented. but those of the
whole South. could not condescend to no.
lce his slanderous attack upon the South,
and simply denounced his charge connect.
ing me with the ku klux as false | could
do no less than this, for there never was
falser charge made, nor have ever known
a grosser violation of personal courtesy or OF
official propriety than that Of which he was
guilty.
1t has been my good fortune never to have
been involved in an "affair of honor in any
way, save as peace-maker, and it is source
of deep qualification to me to know that l
have been instrumental in settling many
difficulties amicably. But write merely to
assure you that you did me only justice in
the view you took of my language, and to
thank you for the kindness you have shown.
ope, therefore, that you will not mis-
construe my meaning when | tell you that
"my address" will be Washington after the
10TH With my best wishes, | am very re-
speclfully and truly yours,
WADE HAMPTON.
The Concealed Weapons Act.
- The following is the full text of the
Act to provide a punishment for carrying
concealed deadly weapons. The Act goes
into effect on the first day of January:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of South Caro-
lina now met and sitting in General Assem-
bly,, and by the authority of the same:
SECTION l. That any person carrying
pistol, dirk, dagger, slung shot, metal knuck-
les razor or other similar deadly weapon usu.
ally used for the infficton Of personal injury,
led about his person, shall be guilty of
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
before court of competent jurisdiction, shall
forfeit to the county the weapon 80 carried
concealed and be fined in a sum of not more
than 5000, or imprisoned for not more than
twelve months, or both, in the discretion of