Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1863-04-15

60 A.General ConVentl0n OF QruggistS anu
-Fchemists will be held in Augusta, Georgia,
on the 9th of May.
"A sheep sold for mutton at Lynchburg,
Va, lately, at $3.50.
--Extortion is htgh prices enacted from
the poor for tie accessories of life, WITH
OUT ApRopoRr1oN4TE COST IN THE PRO-
DUcTIoN.
The Education Convention has been
called to meet at Columbia, s. c., on the
2Sth April.
"A friend informs the Courier it is con-
fdently believed that good paper can be
made from the root of the Cotton plant
Will any paper makers try the experiment !?
- The Bath paper mill, recently burnt
near Augusta, Ga, was the largest paper
mill in the Confederacy.
- The Virginia State Line, commanded
by General Floyd, was disbanded on We'd
nesday last.
The Law passed by the Legislature of
Alabama suppressing the circulation of
shinplasters in that State, went into effect
on the LIST instant.
-aFor the benefit of the service" is the
cry under which more outrages have been
committed against the people, than We
could recount with twenty busy quills IN
half q year.
One grain of corn in the earth is as q
bullet in the heart of a Yankee soldier ;and
a ridge Of potatoes is worth any mile of
breastwork from Vicksburg to the Rappa-
hammock.
= An esteemed correspondent writes to
the Courier ~ suggest and propose that
the Tax Collectors require taxes in coin
from all persons who refuse Confederate
money in payment Of debts.''
The only foreign Consul in Charleston
at present, is Senior Moncada, of Spain, -
he was absent at Washington when hostili.
ties commenced, but Immediately returned.
/ IF Consuls are tolerated by our Government,
we presume it ia that they may report facts
to their own Governments, elf they feel
/ like it." =,
The Rhode Island elections have gone
for the "Republican Unionists" almost u.
unanimously.
"A letter from Port Royal states that
the number of freed slaves in that Depart
ment is 1000.
! - Advices from Missouri represent that
II, 900 have escaped from that State. 9
- The bill changing the lat s. G. Regi.
ment lnfantryt to Artillery, asbeen passed
! over tne freslQeut VetU.
"A good way to help the needy fami.
lies of the District will be for kind neigh
bors to plough their lots or fields for them.
There are several in town who wonld be
materially assisted in this way, as they
can cultivate with the hoe thereafter.
- We regret to learn, says the Columbia
| Carolinian, that DR.. Andrews, of Charlotte,
N. c., who went to Europe on important,
business, vas arrested and is now in Fort
Warren. 1t is said the Doctor was not as
reticent about the business as the Lincoln
Government requires one to be to please it.
- James Bates, Esq, and Col. T. Davis,
of Richland, have each given one hundred
bushels of corn to the Rev. Mr.. Martin, to
be distributed gratis among the poor, es-
pecially to the needy families of soldiers Of
that District
- A delegation of planters from Arkan-
sas, claiming to be loyal, waited upon the
President, with the request that the opera.
ton of the Emancipation Proclamation be
suspended in portion of that State. This
request was courteously but firmly declined
b1 tba Drao;dont r .-.sa jsst.ga
AT the cargo sale at Wilmington, last
week, things went on sWimmingly until the
sale was about to close, when squad of
men with muskets appeared at the door
and demanded that all men under forty
show their "papers." About half a regi.
ment, more or less, failed to produce their
"protection," and we're marched off by the
| guard.
The Shreveport News quotes letter pa
per at that place as selling at five dollars
per quire.
The Government store.house, just be.
low Brauchville on the South Carolina Rail
Road was burnt on Sunday week, with 50,-
900 rations of bacon, and large quantity
of -four and sugar.
- Green peas and strawberries have been
selling in the Savannah market for the past