Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-01-04

circuit court at Little ROCK, Ark, last SAT-
urday, it was held that the holders of State
bonds, issued by the State to railroads, had
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aware and Mary tfoeps he fought long
and gallantly, On horseback and on foot, until
disabled by eleven wounds, he was carried
from the field of his glory to die three days la
ter12-hero,s death. In 1850, Congress voted
-3yfin monument On Saturday last, 102 years
afterwards, Congress voted an appropriation
Of of $4,000 for the erection of the monu-
ment. Only one Senator voted against ma
king the appropriation.
Professor Frsby, of the Naval Observatory
at Washington, has just completed his calcu-
lation of the orbit of the great comet of 1882,
from observations made on September l9, Oc-
tober s, November 2S and finds the orbit to be
very heightened elipse, having period of
about 1893 years. The comet is probably lden-
tical with very large one seen 371 B. &. and
1863 A. D., just about the time of the death of
Constantine. It's perihelion distance is only
about 70, 600 miles from the centre of the sun,
and it extends outward at apheliOn to about
ninety times the suns distance from the earth.
The Pendleton civil service bill, as amend
ed, passed the Senate by a vote of 80 to 8.
AS amended it differs from the original bill in
three important particulars, namely, in provl-
ding for the admission of an applicant to any
grade of the service if he is able to win it in
the competitive examinations prescribed for
that grade; in making the appointments to
Office from each State strictly proportional to
the population of that State, and in providing
for three instead of five commissioners. The
first will, to some extent at least, prevent
the exclusive possession of all the higher off-
ceS by those who are so fortunate as to be
in Office now, and the second will correct
the abuse by which half dozen States have
much more than their quota of citizens in
au NJ " asniIgteEs, while other States have
much less than quota. In the House it
will be antagonized by the KaSSon bill, and
the outcome may be set down as extremely
doubtful
The Georgians will, on February II, cele-
brate the 150th anniversary of the first English
settlements in the old colony. Gen. James
Oglethorpe was the. man most prominently
connected with that settlement, and with him
it was labor of love. His idea was to open
place of refuge for poor debtors from Eng
land, and give them an opportunity to recov-
er their fortunes and standing, and also to
aid persons prosecuted for their religious be-
lief on the continent of Europe. 1t was
for these purposes that Oglethorpe secured a
charter from King George II, in June, 1892,
for the country lying between the Savannah
and the Altamaha and westward to the Pa
cific The British Parliament appropriated
10000 for the colony, and it started pros
perousy Oglethorpe is abundantly worthy
to be honored by the Georgians. His Indian
policy was as humane as that of Penn, and
his unselfsh devotion to the welfare of his
unfortunate fellow men is deserving of all
praise.
"A Washington dispatch of Friday says
The first comptroller of the treasury has given
elaborate opinion to the secretary of the treas
ury in regard to the twelfth section of the Act
of June 7, 1862, known as the "Direct Tax
Act" The inquiry came from South Carroll
na and was in substance whether this Act
makes an appropriation under which any of
the States of the Union can claim payment Of
the money therein specified to be paid to
the several States respectively proclaimed in
insurrection on the condition therein prescrib-
ed. Judge Lawrence holds that it is entirely
clear that this section does not make an ap-
preparation of any money, or in other words,
it does not without the aid of separate appro-
priation Act authorize any money to be paid
to any State or to the Governor of any. But
if this difficulty were removed and if the 18th
section of the Act referred to could be constrl-
ed as an appropriation Act, no payment could
be made by the secretary to any State under
it's provisions, for the reason that the condi-
tions precedent therein required to authorize
the payment have not been in any particular
complied with.
- The latest from the Indian Territory says
The Chicota party, in the fight on Sunday of
last week had seven men killed, and it is
thought that the Spiochee band lost as many
more Spiochee and his party have gone into
the Cherokee Nation, but he is expected to
return again and keep up the disturbance
Reinforcements are fastening to Okemulgee to
protect the capitol. Captain Bates, with d
detachment of United States troops, is also
there, and troops have been ordered to Eufau-
la, where there is great deal of excitement,
many of the women and children having been
sent away for safety. The trouble grew out
of the old political division of the tribe into
what is known as loyal and disloyal parties
of the loyal party, or what has been known as
the Sands faction, and Chcota is the princi-
pal chief of the nation, and, of course, at the
head of the party in power, He has some eight
hundred armed men under him and Spiochee
is said to be nearly as strongly supported.
Both parties are armed with all sorts of Weap-
ons and seem to be in an ugly mood, but it is
thought that the United States soldiers and
Major Taffts, the United States agent, will
succeed in quieting them and restoring order.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee has been invited by
the Grand Army Post of Bangor Me-, which
numbers among it's members $50 old soldiers,
to deliver before them and the citizens of Ban
gor his lecture on the "Battle of Chancellors-
yille," which recently met with such great
success in the Southern cities. The invitation,
which is signed by DR.. Aug. G. IIamlin,
a nephew of of ex-Vice-President Hannibal
Hamlin, as chairman of committee, assures
General Lee that the eX-Federal soldiers will
be pleased to listen to his description of the
battle of Charlottesville, and that ''they will
be prepared to accept its truths, for the deeds
of valor performed on either side during the
war have now become the property of the ma
ton" General Lee is further assured that
the invitation is offered in good faith, and
has no ulterior political object whatever, hence
he will not be expected to arrange his lecture
to suit New England fancies, but to say
whatever he thinks proper and right. DIR.
llamlin names several other New England
cities in which he thinks the lecture can be
successfully delivered, being convinced that
the old soldiers of the Grand Army ''woud be