Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-06
: The banks at Richmond have reconsid

ceive and pay them out until turtnef ao'i0e'
A Convention of Rail Road officers ls
TO be held in Columbia on the 18th inst
Are the big fish to swallow up the little
ones {? or is it another combination to raise
freight and passage3 If they recommend
the Government to impress the iron works
for making rail Soad iron, they may do some.
thing worth the trouble they are going to.
-"Asa Hartz," the writer of some pref
ty lines in our paper to-day, is. Major Nc
Knight, of Alabama, S. Carolina Printer
boy, and brother to "Bob' o Union"
- Those who have subscribed "s5" to the
Ladies Greenwood Card Factory, are to re.
oeive pair at $40. We had hoped they
could have beer offered lower than that,
and that the "$1" subscribers, mostly poor
folks, would have had an early chance.
We cannot see anything Jes0dicious
about Mr.. Secretary Memminger's er's-manage-
ment of Treasury affairs. Yet Butler says
that there are two Jews in the Cabinet, and
the. money.changer must be ''one of 'em."
He is 'tMoses" anyhow. .
"A soldier, writing from the army Of
Northern Virginia, says number of Lin
coins amnesty proclamation have been
found in the camp of his brigade. At least
a busbel were foupd on one of the picket
outposts. He adds: "they will only serve
to strengthen the determination of our SOL
diers never to submit to the CALLING yoke of
Yankee tyranny and oppression"
Yankee merchants in Western Virgin
ia have commenced running their goods to
the Ohio. This looks as if they were afraid
of advance movements of our troops.
- The Marquise Doria, noted for her
beauty, died in Italy from disease caused
by constantly having flowers in her room.
Her age was 20:
Remember that Friday, the 9th day of
April, is the day appointed by Congress to
be observed in fasting, humiliation and
prayer for the success of our cause.
The Ohio Democratic. Convention a.
dopted resolutions opposing the prosecution
of the war for the subjugation of the South.
Some unconsoientious thief recently
entered Trinity Church, Columbia, S. c.,
stole three valuable black silk robes, and
drank the sacramental wine. The silver
and surplices we're not touched.
Vallandigham has written letter from
Canada to his friends in Ohio, advising
them to organize and resist by force the Lin
coin mobs in that State which have been
destroying Democratic printing Offices and
otherwise imposing on those who do not
agree with them. ,
- Holders of Six Per Cents. are perhaps
not aware that the coupons on these bonds
are payable after the 1st of April in the
new issue. This of itself will afford con.
siderable relief to the community.
The beautiful Empress Eugenie is said
to be in the highest health. 1t is stated by
a Paris correspondent that recently she was
on hunt in the forest of St. Cloud, and
brought down nineteen birds with her own
gun. The writer adds: "She is possessed
of amazing powers of physical endurance"
The oil wells at Oil Greek, Pa, were on
fire, March 3D. Between twenty and thirty
thousand barrels of oil had been consumed,
and the fire was still raging.
- Financiers of London have taken the
Confederate loan, and persistently refuse to
touch that of the United States. This is
financial recognition of our national exist
ence, and substantial evidence of their
confidence in our success.
- Private adyices indicate that an early
attack on Charleston is apprehended. 1t is
thought that Farragut, the naval command
er, will adopt new mode of advance, and
attempt to take our vigaant soldiers una
wares.
The proprietors of the Field and Fire.
side offers $3.50 for the best story, and $3.50
for the best poem-of $50 to 300 lines
to be delivered before the 1st Of May, and
examined under the usual conditions.
Iron and copper, two important ele-
ments ofindustrial power for war or peace
elements whose uses and applications
may be almost taken as measures of nation
al power and progress, abundantly
found within the Confederacy. After three
years war, with such resources at command,
should there be any protect for seiziDg rail
road iron, or otherwise interfering with pri-
vate enterprise?
- In Russia they baptize infants by i'm.
mersion, and generally in the winter season
by cutting large hole through the ice in
order to show the faith of the parents. If