Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-08-24
MERE-MENTION.

MERE-MENTIoN.
At public meeting in Chester, on
Monday last, DR.. A. P. Wylie, Maj. G.
D. Melton and James Hemphill, ESQ.,,
were nominated as candidates for the
Convention. ...''..".Some people who
are in the excepted classes, appear to
be still in doubt whether it is necessa-
ry for them to apply for pardon. We
tell them that it is necessary, according
to the edicts of the authorities and the
sooner they do so the better. .......'..It
would be difficult to pack away more
sense in the same compass than Presi-
dent Johnson~has giyenexpression to in
this sentence: "He that will keep a
State out of the Union is just as great q
secessionist asthe person who would take
State out. ".:..."..The Washington
Union is severe on the gentleman from
Lowell. 1t says, eff Ben Butler had
been in Heaven during the rebellion
there, he would have stolen all the gold
of the new Jerusalem, and run away
with the silver of the Ark of the Gov
enant. ":...''."Oliver Waters of Cleve-
land county N. c., a whiskey pedlar,
was killed in affray at Chester, S. c..
a day or two since by man named
Kistler, of said District.
The following paragraph is going the
rounds of the Press: ga movement is
on foot by colcred men to purchase the
Charleston Mercury and publish it as
an anti-slavery Journal. Some pro-
gress has been made, and money is be-
ing subscribed with good prospect Of
success. ".'..''..'In Baltimore, as we
learn by the ,Sun, South Carolina Bank
notes are selling at eighteen cents on
the dollar. .'.'.''''Anthony Benceni, has
been appointed by the President, Post
master for Salisbury. ..'..'''''The Uni
ted States military force at Savannah
has been disbanded, and an organiza-
ton of armed patrols substituted. The
provost courts have been abolished.
......'.,.Nine million dollars worth of
cotton arrived at New York in July.
''.'''"'The Western grain dealers and
others begin to look gloomy about the
crops.
The Rev. DR.. Palmer .(recently of
Columbia, S. c. has returned to New
Orleans and taken charge of a Presby-
terian Church in that city.''.......A
Washington despatch says that impo.
sing effort is being put forth to secure
the influence of Lieut.. Gen. Grant, in
behalf of the pardon by President John
son, of a number of General Officers of
the late Confederate army, with every
probability of success, as the distin-
guished military Chief is known to favor
such general policy as promises the
earliest pacifcation. .'.:..""M Mrs. Jefer-
son Davis has applied for permission to
see her husSl5anf at Fortress Monroe,
an" . las tbeen refused. 4 subscription
is being raised in Washington in Seces-
sion circles for the benefit of Mrs. Davis
.......iThe war-horse of Gen. Stone
wall Jackson is said to be on exhibition
at Newport, Rhode Island. .''.''''''Ex-
Senator Foote, has written letter to
Governor Brownlow, of Tennessee,
asking for recommendation Of pardon.
.......:.It is estimated that at least one
hundred Thousand colored troops are re-
tanned in the service of the U. States.
......."The Russians are conscripting
Poland at the rate of six and q half
men per 1000. .
Hayti has had eleven revolutions in
six years. Its career is dark one.
..''.".Gen. J. E. Johnson is at Buff
falo Springs, Mecklenburg, Va.,. re-
cruiting his health. .'''..'':T Thirty FIVE
employees have been discharged from
the gas works, at St. Louis, and one
hundred and fifty negroes employed to
do their work. The negroes receive
twenty five cents per day more than
| was paid to whites. The police were
sent to the spot to prevent the whites
from mobbing them. '''''''''It is stated
that Gen. Beauregard is going to Eu-
rope, via. New York, by permission. :.
The motto on the Virginia Coat of
Arms has been changed. ".Hc Semper
Iyrammis" has been expunged, and the
words s'Liberty and Union" now appear
above the Goddess of. Liberty tramp
ling upon the prostrate form of Tyran-
ny.:"':'''A large number of distin-
guished Confederates have already
passed through Monterey for the City
of Mexico. Among those steering for
the capital are Gems. E. Kirby Smith,
Price, Wilcox, Walker, King, Preston,
Magruder and Leadbetters > Colonels