Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-12-14

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negro suffrage resolutions intellectually. .'....
"a. Colonel W1rHEas, of Mississippi,
General PEMsEaToN,s Chief Of ARTILLERY,
during the seige of vicksbarg, has just re-
turned from Boston, where he spent several
weeks Inducing capitalists to embark in
cotton growing and other speculations in
the South. He.reports his efforts success,
ful and satisfactory, and that Boston eapi-
tahats generally prefer individual invest
mentsto organized stockholding associations.
.........Tha Baton Rouge Advocate says
that two female negroes in that vicinity
donned male.uniform and then proceeded
to wallop threeother negro females, apriv-
lege which they had probably always $3.50
ciated with breeches. re -; 80,
A member Of the Tennessee Legislature.
when offering bill the other, day 70 pay.
bis colleagues and himself ains gold, stated,
that "everytbing is now briDgiDg double,
treble or fourble which il brought q few
years ago. -: The Macon Joarnal
and Messenger learns that sixty.one miles
of the Central railroad are in operation
from Savannah, and thirty Eve miles of the
Augusta branch from Millen, is calcu.
lated that the whole road will be in running
order next spring. .,..'.ssBill Arp" &C.
q. SMITH) received sesenty-nine votes at
Kingston, Ca, for the State Senate, and
c: 81. SMITH got but one. If MBill Arp"
should, beat SMITH, would it be one of
Bills practical. jokes f....... ..".A report,
submitted to the Annual Conference Of the
Georgia Methodist Church, convened at
Macon, showed that the Methodist book
and publication interest had lost 500, 900
by thesfailure of the Confederate currency.
..."....The Farmers Bank Of Kentucky,
having lost sixty thousand dollars By the
MORGAN raid..in June, 1854, sued j.. W.
W1THERspooN, a returned MORGAN officer,
attached his land and got judgment from a
circuit court for the whole sum. He ap-
peals the case. .......::Ofices for disposing
of Southern lands to capitalists are; doing q
good business at the North. The. demand
for cotton, rice and other plantations seems
to be increasing daily. Emigrants are also
beginning to realize the..advantage to be Sc;
cured by settling among the Southern peos
pie. ..,...'...The Mississippi Legislature has
adopted a bill permitting negro testimony
10 all cases except where whites aresinter-
ested. ...,.........M Most of the shadows that
GROSS our pathway in life are caused by our
standing in: our own light. s:.$l
The Senate Of Mississippi has passed a
resolution inviting immigrants to the State,
."from Europe and elsewhere. ."..':".."'A
"learned Judge" in st. Louis, recently de-
cided that man 2l years of age, who is
supported BY his father, is, in the eye Of
the law, vagrant. .........HENRY W. HII.
LIZARD, of Alabama, has written letter
warmly supporting the Presidents recon-
struction policy. Mr. H1LL1ARD hints
that at some future day he will not object
to modified form of negro suffrage. .''..'
A miserly woman in New Bedford, directs
her wasberwoman to wash only the lower
half of her skirts. s....'.....The Washington
lntelligencer says Senator SHERMAN will
shortly introduce {. bill in Congress for the
equalization and reduction of taxation, .:....
The Mississippi Legislature has passed the
exemption bill over the Governors Veto
It. exempts from execution of judgment
three thousand dollars worth of property
belonging to the head of family, with wife,
child, &C. THE N. Y. Daily Ne,Os says
The Free Will Baptist General Conference,
of Maine, has passed resolution prohibit
ing the ordination of ministers who use to-
bacco The clergymen addicted TO The
use of the weed say they "don't see much
free aciN about that..'.......The London
papers publish long account of the fune-
raj of Tom SAVERS, the pugilist. The af-
fair wound up with grand set-to between
the police and the roughs, in which the
former, after desperate struggle, were
successful. After the skirmish, the GENE.
terry grounds presented the appearance Of
quite an extensive:battle-g e-ground-wounded
men laying around in every direction. It
was disgraceful affair throughout. ......:.t.
Two more National Banks are announced
as having failed. Bank Of Syracuse, New
York, and the Bank Of Pittston, Pa.
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MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
Many of the Southern members who went
to Washington Cd the assembling of Con.
gress, with the hope Of gaining admission,
have returned to their homes. The mem.