Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-04-20

as the fact became known. He (Voorhecs)
felt degraded in his pride as citizen when
compelled to state, as he now did, with the
communication of the State Department in
his hand, that for six long and weary months
to the prisoner after this government had re-
ceiyed the letter of Mrs. McSweeny, not
single step was taken by the authorities here
for an inquiry into the circumstances of the
arrest, and they were then influenced to take
action by considerations other than Just sp-
probation of the claims of McSweeny to pro-
lection. Mr.. Voorhees, resolution was refer
red to the committee on foreign relations with
view to enquiry into all the facts of the case.
After an executive session, the Senate adjourn
ed until Monday.
In the House, Willis of Kentucky, present.
ed minority report on the anti Chinese bill,
and it was referred to the House calendar.
The report stated that the minority members
had desired to report a bill fixing the time Of
suspension at fifteen years and restoring the
penalty clause, but, in view of the statement
that Page would on Monday endeavor to pass
his bill under suspension OF the rules, they
had determined not to report the 6fteen-year
bill, but to vote for Pages motion. They
u,
formally stating their preference for the iif-
teen-year suspension. They based their areu-
ment in support Of that proposition upon the
popular demand Of the people of the Pacific
coast, as asserted at public meetings, and on
the fact that to that people suspension OF
even twenty years was not acceptable. }. L.
Swift, the only member Of the commission
who represented the anti-Chinese sentiment,
had declared that ten years. suspension was
worse than nothing and that it would not re-
store to it's normal condition the industrial
and business interest of California or come up
to the expectation of the people Of that SEC
tion. The report then proceeds to argue that
the government of the United States was
given by the treaty absolute discretion as to
the time and manner of such suspension. The
House then proceeded to the consideration Of
private business and at 1890 p. M, went irto
committe of the whole on the private cal
endar. ...! $50. " tA II.
The proceedings of the House. on Saturday
were confined to debate on the Tariff Commits
sion bill. Mr. White, of Kentucky, confined
his remarks principally to an attack upon the
bill recently passed by the House under slls-
pension Of the rules amending the internal
Revenue laws. Mr.. Mcmillan, of Tennessee,
opposed the pending bill on the ground that it
was the duty of Congress to legislate directly
Messrs. Shallenberger, Of Pennsylvania, Hill,
Of New Jersey, Wilson, of West Virginia, and
Ward, of Pennsylvania, all spoke in favor of
the bill. At the end Of Mr.. Wards remarks
the committee rose, and the House, at 4.tO,
adjourned . 3'.
MERE.MENTIOE. .
+ The cotton supply for the world on Lust
Saturday is reported as follows: Receipts at
interior towns, 25,791 bales; receipts from
plantations, 1902; crop in sight, 5,109,121;
total visible supply of cotton for the wor d,
2, 2,949, ,679; Of which 2,021, 1924 is Americ; n,
against 2,023,14S and 2,455,648 respectiv ly
last year. "A. T. Stewart Co., annoU ,ce
now that they have determined to disconeln-
lie their goods and manufacturing business,
and offer their stock of merchandise and mill
properties for sale. '''''A German chemist
claims that he can produce powder from
coal tar possessing all the qualities and imeli-
cinal virtues Of quinine. 80. Northern writer's
on the South, who wish us well, unanimously
agree that the planters, as a body, will
never prosper as they ought, while opera
ting on a usurious credit system from year to
year. 1.-THE municipal election was held
in Santa Rosa, California, on Wednesday Of
last week and the Democrats swept the field.
The Democratic ticket was headed: sslyo
more Chinese immigration n-Rebuke the We
to-" Many Republicans voted against their
party. $40 The President has decided not to
interfere with the Gen. Fitz John Porter cave.
He decides that the finding Of the court
martial, cashiering him, must stand. .'.. ~. The
Augusta Chronicle pertinently says "Until
the South shall develop her smaller industries
and thus double the value Of her raw nnateri-
al, she will not be able to emancipate herself
from a dependence that keeps her poor and
enrichcs other sections. .'... While New Eng
land wages war on polygamy, 2,113 divorces
have been granted there in one year. - = The
fund for the benefit of Sergt. Mason's wife
now amounts to $1,000 Philip Turner
has been tried in the Superior Court of North
ampton county, N. G., for the murder Of
acquitted. The Washington Critic is the
authority for the statement that Secretary
Lincoln will remain but short time longer in
the Cabinet, and that he will be superseded by
more vehement partisan. 1t is said that
if all the gas in one glass Of soda water was
concentrated and inhaled it would kill a
man. ......The cold snap of the first days Of
last week extended all over the North from
Delaware to Iowa and Michigan. Snow fell
in Michigan and ice three-quarters Of an
inch thick formed at some places in the Della
ware. CO JdLlcS .. DTlSUl dttFlUuGoS
the Mississippi floods to the destruction Of
forests. He says that every year we demand
eight million acres of trees and plant less than
one million acres to replace them. - Last
Thursday night burglars blew open a safe at
Covington. Georgia, and got away with ST.
500. .....America has contributed nearly a
million Of dollars to the support Of the agi-
tation in Ireland. "A disastrous fire broke
out at Chrysfeld, Nd, last Sunday morning.
The flames spread rapidly, and one third Of
the business portion Of the town was destroy
ed. ...'''A caucns of the Republican members
of Congress, last Friday night, resolved TO
push pending legislation as rapidly as pcssi-
BILE. .'..' At the recent annual conference OF
the Mormons, held at st. Joseph, Mo-, they
declared that persecution always inures to their
benefit in the end, and in that hope they will
abide. They propose to meet the Sspersecll-
tion" of the Gentiles by declining to trade
with them. Two hundred missionaries are to
be sent to the Eastern and Atlantic States.
The case of Sergt. Mason was before the
Court in Washington Monday, but was posi-
poned to give time to respondents to examine
a supplementary petition offered by counsel
for Mason. The billto redistrict Ohio fer
Congressional purposes, giving the Republl-
cans fifteen and the Democrats eight districts,
became law last Monday.
Correspondence of the YorkvilIe Enquirer.
LETTER FROM BLACKS STATION.
BLACKS STATION, S. c., April 1.-THE
farmers Of this section have availed themselves
of the favorable spring weather and made con-
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