Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-02-01
THE FRENCH QUESTION.


Prince Jerome is still in prison. At one
time since his manifesto crisis in the French
affairs was thought to have been reached but
the threatened storm has blown away for the
present. Jerome'S manifesto arraigned the
government on all those measures concerning
which the StauncheSt friends of the republic
have admitted that it had failed to satisfy the
French people, They had been eXtravagant'
with the public money until they had reached
a point beyond which NJ. Leon Say had told
them it was impossible to 60 further. They
had undertaken the expedition Of Tunis with.
out counting either the cost or the conse-
quences. They had lost the joint control in
Egypt by failing to support England in her
easy conquest over the insurgent Arab. Even
their educational schemes have been carried
out with harshnesS that brought upon the
government and it's agents the charge of per-
secution.
1t is undeniable that his sympathisers are
numbered by the thousands, and that Western
France is almost unit for the restoration OF
the Bonapartes. This fact, with the admitted
weakness and vaScllation of the ministry led
to the belief that civil war was inevitable. 1t
may only be delayed for few months or
weeks.
The ministers have had consultation with
the committee of the Chamber of Deputies on
the bills against the Pretenders, and in reply
to various questions they promised to consider
any decision the committee might come to.
After the departure of the ministers the com
mittee adopted a proposition excluding from
French Territory, Algeria ard the colonies all
members of families having reigned in France,
depriving them of their political rights as
citizens, declaring them ineligible to amy office
and preventing them from belonging to the
army. The resolution of the committee fur
ther provides that transgressors Of the pro-
posed law shall be amenable to the correc-
tional tribunals and are liable to from one to
five years Imprisonment, after which they
shall be again expelled. The discussion re-
vealed wide Emergencies between the views
of the ministry and the committee. NJ. PrOust
inquired whether the ministry would use per-
missive powers if granted. The only answer
he elected was that they would examine the
matter. NJ Falieres, the minister of the in
terror, declared that no danger existed threat
ening the Republic. Some troublesome desires
existed, but they had no chance of realization.
No conspiracy, he thought, considering the
general feeling of the nation, could become
formidable The rumor which had gained
currency that the charge against Prince Jerome
had been dismissed had been contradicted.
1t is reported that NJ. Benoit, the magistrate
intrusted with the investigation of Prince Je-
rome's case has notified the government that.
in his opinion, there exists no basis for the
charge against the Prince. In the meanwhile
it is affirmed that President Grevy has re-
fused to sign the decree of expulsion on the
ground that a special law Oh the subject must
first he voted Since Monday Prince Jerome
has been unable to take his usual exercise in
the Conciergerie, owing to an affection of the
heart from which he is suffering.
The appearance in Paris of Eugenie about
the time of the posting of Jerome's manifesto
is not supposed to have any political signifi-
canoe. She was there ostensibly to consult an
occulst, and quietly departed for England;
though willie in Paris her presence was a
topic almost as exciting as the arrest a few
days previous to her arrival and the imprisOn
ment of Jerome.
PROGRESS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.-Statis
tics just published show that South Carolina
now has twenty-Seven tlOurishing cotton mills,
with APO looms and 1S0,721 spindles and
that the business yields an average net profit
of twelve per cent. In 1880 there were i'll
the State eighteen mills, with 1888 looms and
95,93S spindles. These figures show an extra
ordinary progress in this important industry,
and the fact that nine new mills were charter
ed at the recent session of the Legislature in
dcates striking growth of the business in
the future. In undertaking to manufacture
it's great staple, instead of sending it to Eng
lsh and New England mills, the South has
entered field of industrial activity which
promises to prove most important source of
prosperity Nearness of its mills to its cot
ton fields is an advantage which in time must
tell strongly in favor of the South in the com
petition with it's distant cOmpetitors.-N. y.
Uerud.