Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-10-23
THE GREELY INVESTIGATION.

1t is understood at the War Department
in Washington that Secretary Lincoln pro-
poses to anticipate what will certainly be
the action of Congress by making thor
ough investigation of the horrors of the
Greedy Expedition. He has not yet decid-
ed upon what course to pursue, nor has he
even announced that such is his intention,
but those who know him best and under
stand his methods say that the Greedy busi-
ness will be squeezed lemon before Con
gress meets, and that the facts will all be
before the public in form that cannot be
questioned. 1t is now understood that the
details of the expedition are more frightful
than was at first imagined. 1t is believed
that others besides Henry were shot. Lieu
tenant Greedy was advised at Portsmouth to
tell the whole story at once, and the friends
who gave him this advice were earnest in
the matter. 1t was claimed that if the
worst were known now, the excitement
would die out and when the report went
before Congress, the whole truth having
been known, the excitement would be
slight; but if more horrible story went be-
fore Congress, than the public had been
led to imagine, the whole disgusting details
of the terribly sad affair would have to
thought and still thinks, differently. He
claims that the public has no interest in the
matter and nothing to do with it. What it
learns will be simply that which it is i'm
possible to keep back.
Secretary Lincoln feels as the friends OF
Lieutenant Greedy did, that it is best to
have the whole matter over with now, that
it may be forgotten as soon as possible.
Army officers generally agree with him.
It has been rum.ored that some of the rec
ords of the party experience at Cape. Sa-
bine have been destroyed or lost since
the rescue, and it is admitted that the diary
of one of the men in which the story OF can
nablism was detailed with distressing mi
nuteness has been lost. One explanation is
that it was thrown overheard by accident
from one of the relief vessels, and another
is that it was burned accidentally, but it is
suspected that it's contents were such as to
cause no sorrow at its loss among those con-
nected with the expedition. Enough is
left, in the way of papers, notes and diaries
to make most saddening and sickening
story.
Secretary Lincoln said that the reason he
ordered Sergeants Brainard, Long and Con-
nell of the Greedy party to Portsmouth was
that he did not consider it becoming to
an officer of the army to exhibit himself in
a museum with the living skeleton and the
fat woman at 10 cents peep. 1t is said
pedition will be discharged and placed on
the pension roll as soon as the proper au-
thOrity for this can be found. 1t is claimed
that while the men may not be blamed for
sustaining life under any circumstances,
the fact of their cannabalism will initiate
against them and subject them to annoy
ances if they remain in the army, and it
has been decided that this is the best way
out of the difficulty.
Los ANGELES ORANGE GRovE.-Not
everybody has seen an orange grove. But
everybody has an idea, from description
or otherwise, if he has not seen for himself,
how an orange grove looks. had an idea,
but it was not the correct one. For instance,
I never saw or heard it stated that orange
groves are plowed, narrowed and hoed, and
kept as free from grass and weeds as vege-
table garden. But such is the fact; and
when / saw my first "grove" standing on
pl0wed ground instead of pasture land like
the apple orchards in New England, Il record
ed the event as surprise number one. Again,
while standing amid cluster of orange
trees and observing the profusion of great
golden globes pendant upon the branches IN
every direction, 1 ventured a remark to
the gardener: "Weare just at the proper sea-
son for seeing the fruit at it's best? "You
may come again at Christmas, and it will
be as you see it now," he replied. Which
is true, for the orange tree of Southern Cal
ifornia is ever green and ever bearing. 1t
buds and flowers and fruits continually from
January to December. This was surprise
number two. And while am in the line
of confession it may as we'll be recorded
here that my idea Of a "grove" had by ear
ly education become so contracted that sur
prise number three awaited me when rode
Straight Through six miles of orange trees
and learned that the plant extended miles
on either hand. No name less dignified
than 'orange forests' will appropriately
designate these great tracts of land devoted
to orange culture in the Lost Angeles Val
lev. The locality known as the Pasadena