Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-06-03
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Church, South, held at Richmond, Va,
adjourned on the 25th of May, after being
in session eighteen working days. All the
principal business before the body was
transacted.
SO far but thirteen of President Cleve.
lands appointments have been rejected by
the Senate. When this number is compared
with the number of appointments-l,7 00-it
seems that the Edmunds resolutions brought
poor returns to their illustrious author.
The revenues of the government for this
month are nearly SIG, ZOO, 900 in excess Of
the expenditures during the same period,
and the treasury officials are encouraged to
believe there will be comparatively a large
decrease in the public debt-about ST.
OOO,O OO.
Notwithstanding NJ. Rousseau's adverse
report upon the prospect of the Panama
Canal, the French Government will, it is
reported, authorize M. de Lesseps' lottery
scheme for raising S12O, OOO, 900. The eager
ness with which the last Government loan
was taken shows that there is an IMMENSE
amout of cash still in the French stocking
awaiting investment.
The prohibitory bill passed the Rhode
Island House of Representatives last Thurs
day afternoon after a fight of a day and a
half. A strong effort to strike out all the
sections providing for a State constabulary
was defeated by a vote of three to one. An
attempt was also made to reduce the sala-
ry of the Chief of the C%onstabulary to 81
500 insead of $1,000, but this also failed.
The bill now goes to the Senate.
Business failures occurring throughout
the country during the last week, as reported
to r. G. Dun & Co., number for the United
States 154, Canada q; total of 19l, against
1877 last week, and 176 the week the pre-
vious. Casualties in the Eastern, Southern
and Middle States are light and below the
avarage in number. The Western and Pa
cifc States furnished more than half the
total number this week.
George lines, a prominent colored man
of Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, has en-
tered the field as a candidate for the Lieu
tenant Governorship of that State. AS
PENNSYLVANIA has a very large cOlored vote,
lines may be able to either demoralize the
white leaders or force a compromise. 1t
would be interesting to see what the Repub-
licans of that State would do in the event OF
his running to ''the finish."
The colony of %Southerners who left for
Brazil at the close of the late war now num-
bers about 500 souls. They are settled in
the interior, 400 miles from Rio Janeiro,
where they have a tract about fifteen miles
square. Some of them hold slaves. They
raise watermelons and cotton, and are in a
general way quite prosperous, but need
schools. Their English is getting rather
inferior and somewhat mixed. They seem
to be proud that they are Americans, and
in one or two instances have they become
citizens of Brazil by naturalization.
Capt. S. M. Saunders, of New York and
a member of the Fernworth Post of the
Grand Army of the Republic, while in Sa-
vannah at the recent centennial of the
Chatham Artillery proposed the health OF
the Hon. Jefferson Davis. His action has
given great offence to his comrades and
they propose to discipline him for what
they call an act of treason. Several com
munications have passed between Captain
Saunders and the commander of the post,
Captain Saunders says that he acted as an
individual and has nothing to regret.
The House committee on the ELECTORAL
count has reported a bill to the House pro-
viding for an amendment to the c%onstitu.
ton, and creating the Office of second Vice
President, who will become President in
case of the death or disability of both Presi.
dent and Vice President. 1t provides that
he shall be voted for in distinct ballot at the
same time and like manner as for President
and Vice-President. In the absence of the
Vice-President the second Vice-President
shall preside over the Senate, but will not
be allowed to vote except in case of a tie.
- There was a severe storm of wind, rain
and hail along the Carolina Central Rail
road, between Charlotte and Wilmington
last Friday. AT L%aurinburg and Wades'
boro, the fall of hail was terrific, and it is
feared that much damage was done to crops
in pSfhrnNn1 nc0n onG Rnh0Cnn PnllnfI0S
by the Kidding hail. The storm appears to
have originated near Columbia, and to have
swept over a narrow strip of country into
North Carolina. At Columbia the wind
blew fercely and did a good deal Of
damage, one item being the blowing away
of the top of a railroad bridge and demol-
ishing the telegraph line.
John G. Henning was hanged at Craw-
fordville, Indiana, last Thursday, for the
murder of Mrs. Valliner, who had once
promised TO marry him, but who had dis
carded him because of his drunkenness.
All the resources in criminal and legal
practice were exhausted in their efforts to
a v him from the gallows, butthe Supreme
Court finally affirmed the sentence. On
Friday Antonio Nardello was hanged at
Washington City for the murder of Car
mine Rotunno. He made a speech on the
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derer and victim were fellow workmen,
and Nardello's object was to obtain Rotun-
nos small savings.
- Discussing the political situation in
Georgia, a prominent South Carolinian now
in Washington, says that Gordon deserves
no special thanks for the so-called saving of
South Carolina. He made a great buster,
boosted of the money behind him, and
when the States vote could have been had
for $1,000 Gordon did not have a cent.
This same gentleman says that in the pres
ent contest the upright public sentiment of
the commonwealth should support Bacon to
save Georgia. The prevailing belief at
Washington is that Gen. Gordon is flat
broke and needs even the small salary of
governor. Gen. Toombs' witticism is also
remembered as to Gen. Gordon being lock-
ed up in a room with 500, 900 and bank
rupted when the door should be opened.
The cold figures which Show what losses
have been inflicted upon the country by
the late labor troubles are anything but in
spring. Bradstreet's for last week contains
q summary showing the wages sacrificed in
the amount of injury to current business
and the new business hindered and indefi-
nitely postponed by the uncertainty grow
ing out of these troubles. This summary
places the direct loss in wages at S 1902, 900,
the loss to current business at 81, 105, 900 and
the new business hindered or postponed at
$685. 800, 900. Twenty millions of this latter
item is in building contracts, which are al
most certain to be deferred for another year
if not longer. Forty per cent. of the loss on
these contracts will be labor's loss
The st. Louis Globe Democrat devotes
considerable space to an analysis of the
character of Maxwell. the alleged murderer