Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-11-30
sgvapsiae Gatherings.

- The Auditor Of Mississippi foots up the
nrobable indebtedness Of that State at
81, ,979, 1868 100.
Why is playing chess more esempla-
ry occupation than playing cafdsf Because
You play at chess with two bishops, and at
cards with four knaves.
The railroad between Puebla and the
City of Mexico will be completed by the lst
of May, 1865. Over 1000 labOrers are en-
ployed on the railroad from Vera Cruz to
Mexico.
"A man passing through gateway in
the dark, hit his nose against the post. 81
wish that post was in hell" "Better wish it
somewhere else," said bystander, ''you
might hit against it again"
General Fitzpatrick was recently elect.
ed to Congress in New Jersey. Tt is said
that he received strong vote from the Fe-
mans. Think of Fenian with that name
XIII. patrick
ID want to buy sewing-machine," I"
said an old lady, entering shop. "Do
you wish for machine with feller?"
blandly inquired the sbopman. "No don't
want any of your fellers about me-"
A number of emigrants direct from
Cork, ireland, arrived in Norfolk, on We'd
nesday evening The emigrants included
persons of both sexes, and are precursors
of others soon to arrive.
"A slightly muddled chap in Colorado
was demonstrated with by friend for vo-
ting for negro suffrage. "Vote for neeger
suffrage, to be sure / did. To hell with the
neegef, let hin suffer and be id to hin" !"
Slavery exists in Kentucky and Della
ware, the proclamation not extending to
them, and these States not having taken any
action on emancipation. Slave population
in Delaware in 1860 was 1900; in Ken.
tucky at the samo time, 225, 900. ,,'.,..
- "Jake," said an old farmer one day to
his mower, edo you know how many horns
there are in dilemma ?" "Well, no, I
don't 'zactly," replied Jake, "but I know
'zactly how many there are in quart of
good old Monougahela."
At meeting of the physicians in
Washington on Thursday, to adopt measures
against the cholera. it was shown that at
the last visit of the pestilenee to that city
as many died with medical attendance as
without it.
The Lyuchburg Republican of We'd
nesday says, the through mail Car from
Washington 10 Richmond, was robbed yes
terday of two pouches containing South Ca.
rolina matter. The pouches were carried a.
bout two hundred yards from the depot,
and there riAed. No clue to the robbers
has yet been obtained.
- The President has been advised by
telegraph, that the Florida convention has
annulled the ordinance of secession abolish
ing slavery, declared that no person is in.
competent to testify as witness on ac-
count of color, in any matter where color
ed person is concerned, repudiated the Con.
federate State debt. amended the -Constitu-
ton in other respects, and adjourned. =:
A white. soldier, belonging to an Him
ois regiment married colored woman last
week in Amerious, GA. The fact coming
to the knowledge Of his comrades, they re-
paired to his abode on the wedding night,
took him from thence to the outskirts of
the. town, and after tarring and feathering
him, released him with caution not to
come within the limits of the town again.
= The Jews, both in this country and
Europe, have, for several years past, been
making great efforts to raise subscriptions
for the rebuilding of temple at Jerusalem
permission to that effect having been given
by the Turkish Government. There is
sublimity of purpose about the movement
which must claim the respect and sympathy
of all Christendom.
- The Baltimore american states =
Gen. Longstreet says that on the 1st Of
April 1865, the Confederates had under
arms but two hundred and fifty thousand
men, while We had in our actual possession
ninety eight thousand prisoners of war and
from final surrender received one hundred
and seventy-ive thousand men. We had
over million men in May last, and now
have about one hundred and fifty thousand.
- The Secretary of the Interior has deci.
ded that all pensions granted prior to the
commencement of the late war ceased to
accrue from and after the date of the Pres
ident's proclamation, declaring the State or
district in which the pehsioner was domicil.
ed to be in ipsurrectiou, and that the pay
ment of such pension can only be resumed
from and after the establishment of proof of
the pensioner.to be restored to the rolls.
- Mr.. J. P Benjamin writes to his friends
in New Orleans that he has been received
and treated with great kindness and gener-
osity by many of the prominent statesmen
of England that he is waiting the legal
term Of residence to qualify him for admis.
sion to the English bar, in order to resume
the practice of his profession 10 London or
Liverpool, and that he manages to support
himself very comfortably by giving counsel
aud legal aid to his friends and others in
regard to legal matters in this country.
"A writer to the N. Y. Evening Post,
gives an account of coru6eld of 160 acres
on the Grand Prarie, in the plowiDg, plant,
ing and cultivating of which no man walk
ed step. A rotary spader, drawn by four
horses, and driven by man seated on the