Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-08-17

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desperate band of guerrilla thieves, who
have SO far defed all the efforts of the
national troops with the assistance of
the citizens, to capture them. They
not only plumber the rural districts, but
have on several occasions entered towns
and robbed the stores. ...''.."The Sec
retary of War has declared null and
void, all orders of district, post or other
military Commanders in the South, I'M
posing restraints or punishments on the
colored freedmen to which the white
citizens are not subjected. ''.'"...."A-
mong Mr.. Lincoln's papers was found
package of letters endorsed in his own
hand writing, ASSASSINATION letters" !"
The Wheeling (Va.) Register says a
novel suit will come before the Brooke
county Circuit Court at its next ses-
sion. A Mrs. O'Brien, whose husband
was killed in one of the West Virginia
regiments, sues Mr.. James Palmer for
S., 600 damage for the injury she has
sustained by the death Of her husband.
She claims that Palmer was sympa-
thizer with the South, and contends
that he should therefore be held account
able to. the extent of $1,000 for,'the
death of her husband. .:...,...A drunk
en- soldier in the army in India, having
been confined in the blackhole for
intoxication, felt something crawling
over him. Knowing it to be a serpent,
and fearing its deadly bite, he kept
quite still, while thereptile crawled in
side of his jacket and coiled himselfup
for a nap. When the guard came to
release him some hours after, snake
"a cobra-quickly glided away. The
guard noticed with surprise that the
prisoners hair had turned white, and
he died few hours after telling his.
story.
The N. York Herald states that the
costiof its war correspondence, during
the past four years, was over half a
million dollars. ......'.'The salaries of
Provisional Governors are three thou
sand dollars a year, payable monthly
or quarterly, by drafts on the Depart
ment of State at Washington. '''''''.'
The famous "swamp Angel battery,
composed of one eight-inch rife gun,
used in the siege of Charleston, explo-
ided at the thirty-sixth fire, blowing out
the entire breech at the rear of the
vent. ..''''.'''J. c. Janey, the hotel-man,
has been appointed Post Master at
Columbia. a..'.''.'.'A beautiful young girl
in Michigan, has eloped with and mar
ried her fathers negro coachman.
Benjamin G.. Pressly has been ap-
pointed Assessor for Charleston, S. G..
.....:"Adyices from Washington, state
the President has issued an order par
doning every prisoner-of war, holding
any military rank whatever. '.''..''.
Generals Dick Taylor and Roddy have
appeared before the President in per-
son, to urge their petitions for pardon.
'.....'"'The Richmond Republic has an
estimate of the losses experienced by
the South in consequence of, the war;.
which sums up $5,7O0,OO0, ,0eo. The
official valuation of the slave States,
by census of'1s60, footed up $4,000
900, 900; and providing the losses ag-
gregate as above stated, the total actual
value of what is left of the South would
be reduced to 81, 200, ,O0o, ,988-bareiy
sixth of what it was in 1860.
The estimated receipts from the sale
Of Government property, rendered of
no further use by the termination of the
warAhorses, mules, wagons, &c.-for
the next two or three months, will a.
mount to $1OO, GOO, 600. ..'..ts'" - "Iudah
P. Benjamin, late Secretary of State of
the Confederacyi has reached Paris. Ex-
Quartermaster-G General Myers is also
in that city."...'...A woman eighty
years old is in the Rhode Island State
Prison for poisoning two husbands.
''..''.'..It is reported, that Charles o.
Connor, of New. York, has been retain
ed as main counsel for Jefferson Davis.
';.'."'.The largest Indian tribe now in
this country is the Camanehes. They
number twenty th6ssas Ii 6tisaais ..::::.-They
have steam wagon in. Erie, Pa, which
will propel itself over ordinary roads
without any trouble. -.
Gen. Wade Hampton, Chancellor Car
rol, Hon. w. F. DeSaussure, Col. VIM.
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