Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-10-20
declares he has done, in the evident interest
of the stockholders of the road.
Lynching in Orangeburg.

assault upon Wnlte girl, ageu eleVen years.
The jury, in rendering their verdict, recon-
mended the negro to the mercy of the Court,
and in accordance with such recommendation,
Judge Hudson sentenced him to imprison-
nent for life in the State Penitentiary. So
soon as the facts were generally known, it be-
came apparent that there was much dissat-
isfaction with the result Of the trial. This
dissatisfaction eliminated on Thursday NOR.
ming, about two o'clock, by a crowd Of
citizens taking the negro from the Jail and
hanging him to the limb of tree in the
suburbs of the town. The following was
fastened across the breast of the dangling
body, printed in large letters on piece Of
white homespun: "Our wives, mothers, sis
ter and daughters shall be protected, the de-.
cision of an Orangeburg jury to the contrary
notwithstanding" The body was taken down
about IL o'clock on Thursday.
The lynchers obtained possession of the
negro in the following manner: The guard
house is inside the Jail, and about the hour
named drunken man was brought there to
be locked up, and as the door was opened for
his reception the crowd rushed in, overpower'
ed the jailor and took the negro out.
A correspondent of the ,News and Courier
thus explains the action of the jury: "On
Wednesday afternoon, just before the bust
ness of the Court of General Sessions had
been concluded and when the jurors were about
to be dismissed, paper was handed to Judge
Hudson signed by ten Of the twelve jurors
in the Williams case. In this paper the
jurors stated that, in rendering their verdict
with recommendation to mercy, they had
acted under misunderstanding as to the
effect of such. recommendation, their belief
being that the Court could, in its discretion,
punish the prisoner either with death or i'm
prisoument for life. Finding now that by
their verdict they had placed it beyond the
power of the Judge to infict the death penal
ty, they asked that their explanation might
be recorded in the journals Of the Court"
The Yorktown Celebration.
-- The centennial celebration of the sur.
render Of Lord CORVALLIS is progressing at
Yorktown this week, yesterday being the an
niversary day, on which the grand formalties
we're observed in accordance with the pro
gramme heretofore published. Besides the
special guests invited from France and Ger
many, dignitaries representing other Euro
pean nations participated in the exercises.
Of the citizen soldiery taking part in the
celebration, South Carolina furnished bat,
talon, under command of Col. Hugh S.
Thompson, of Columbia, and composed of the
following companies:
Washington Light Infantry, German Flu
silliers, Charleston Gordon Light lnfan-
try, Winnsboro; Butler Guards, Greenville
Guards, Greenville Sumter Light Infantry,
Sumter Governors Guards, Richland Vol.
unteers, Columbia Abbevile Rifles, Able
vile and the Palmetto Rifles, Aiken.
The civic delegation from this State is COM
posed of the following gentlemen Gov.
johnson Hagood Governors aides-.Col.
Jos. w. Barnwell, of Charleston; Col. George
Johpstone, of Newberry Col. W. H. Perry,
of Greenville Col. H. A. Gaillard, of Fair
field Col. G. B. Lartigue. of Barnwell Col.
j. T. Lucas, Lieutenant Governor John D.
Kennedy. Senators, w. w. Harllee, James
F. Izlar, B. F. Crayton, L. j. Patterson, j.
w. Moore. Members of the House of Rep
resentatives, Hon. j. G. Sheppard, Speaker,
and Messrs. j. w. Williamson, j. Harvey
Wilson, James Simons, Augustus Fluid, E.
M. Rucker, DR.. NJ. G. Taggart, j. j. Hemp.
hill, j. R. Harrison, C. E. Sawyer and W. B:
Rice. Associate Justices, Henry McIver and
Samuel MCGOWAN; Circuit Judges, B. G..
Presley, A. P. Aldrich, II. B. Fraser, j. H.
Hudson, j. B. Kershaw, T. j. Mackey, w.
H. Wallace and J. S. Cothran Secretary Of
State r. NJ Sims, Comptroller General John
Bratton, Attorney.General Leroy +. You
mans, Adjutant and Inspector. General A. M.
Manigault, State. Treasurer j. P. Richardson,
Commissioner of Agriculture A. P. Butler,
Superintendent of Penitentiary T. j. Lips
comb. Mr. P. B. Hagood will 60 as acting
private secretary to the Governor.
Chief Justice Simpson and Railroad Com
missioner, Bonham were appointed on the
civic commission, but were not able to CO.
Demand for Confederate Bonds.
- The recent rise in Confederate bonds
has excited public attention and occasioned a
great deal of wild speculation as to the mo-
tives of those who are advertising for the Sc
curities of the defunct government.
Several newspapers have attempted to ex'
plain the enigma, but without any very clear
idea upon the subject. 1t is claimed that the
only thing that could possibly give the bonds
value, is the fact that there is large balance
in the Bank of England belonging to the
Confederate Government. Itappears that on
the first day of April, 1865, when the Con-
federacy collapsed, there was one hundred
and seventy.fve thousand pounds, or about
one million dollars, in the Bank of England
to the credit of the Confederate Government.
There was also large amount of cotton in
Liverpool belonging to the Confederate Gov
ernment. This cotton amounted to several
thousand bales. After the crash this cotton
mysteriously disappeared, and it is not known
to this day what became Of it. The cash be-
longing to the Government in the Bank of
England was not withdrawn. Various rea.
sons were assigned for the failure to with
draw it, one of which was that the only per-
son whose signature to check would have
been honored, was out of the city Of London
when the Confederacy failed, and did not re-
turn until it was too late to draw the money.