Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-12-21

Cd @W G$IX 49,
also says large number of emigrsnta from
Alabama and the contiguous States are gos
ing to Texas. ..Advioes from Nassau,
N. 2. announce the presence ofsGenersl
JuBAL A.EARIH in thatplaoe, where he
isresiding for the present, and is engaged:
in writing history of bis campaigns. ...::'
P. W.ALExANDER, better known as "P |
W. A." the war correspondent Of: the sa-
yannah Rpabllieaa, is isl engaged in writing
history Of the war. He requests all per:
sons Whomsy haystm military or naval reports,
orders and maps, plans of campaigns, bat
ties and sieges, private letters from the
army, Congressional documents, and mes.
sagss Of the President and Governors. of
the Southern States, TO forward them 70 him
oil Womastoaoa, Epson co.., Ga The pa
pers viii be returned If desired. -.
General sTEaaNe PaIcE has applied for
pardon. . =. :. -. Subscribers to the ENouI-
RERcin York District uan seceisethe paper
without the payment Of postage. !.
Georgetown, D. O., being within sight
Of the Presidentislma was within the
Union. lines throughout the civil war, and
under military suryeillapOef and yesshe is
said to have Furnished one hundred men to
the Union, and four hundred and eighty to
Che Confederate armies. 5; .;:......,..A little fel
low going to church for The, ,fnt time, where
the pews were very high; wasasked oncotn'
ing ont, what be did in church, when he
replied: 81 went into ! scupboard and took
a seat on the shell" .",....ir... " -. .JoHNATHAN
WORTH, Esq, was inaugurated Governor
Of North Carolina, ct Raleigh, on Friday
last. The doors of al public build
ipgs il. Moscow have been ordered to be
made 10 open soutwards, that people may
have free egress ips case of FIRE or panic.
BIRD 81. You've, the original of
asimon suggs," died in TaIlapoosa county,
Alabsma, a few days since, aged seventy
years. 80 ..'..,,ssB Bolly,p = "a leading gambler
in Cincinnati, distinguished himself The
other day, BY escorting q crowd Of shoeless
refugees from North Carolina to . shoe store,
covering their feet with leather and paying
the bill. ....'::'.. In some parts Of Burgundy
persons furnishing their own barrels can
purchase new wine az from four to Eve cents
per gallon. The best Of French brandy
can be made at less than dollar per gal
lon, but :cheapness in Europe. is not likely
to affect the price in this country, where
speculation and sadulteration. have sway.
.........The State Senate Of Mississippi has
passed sweeping resolution repudiating all
debts, whether on accounted salaries Of of.
fcers, Treasury notes, bills Of exchange,
or otherwise, that were incurred by the
State between the 9th day of January, 1861,
and the 18th day Of October, 1864
Twenty thousand eight hundred and sew.
enty immigrants were landed at New York
during the month of November, this year,
of whom thirteen .thousand one hundred
and seventy. nine were Germans. .........'
The Secretary of War has addressed cir
cular to each member of Congress, calling
his attention to the fact that he has the
privilege of nominating from his Congress
sional District, two persons as applicants
for the positions of first and second lieuten.
ants in the regular army. y.....'.....A little
girl in Pennsylvania waslately rerroved for
playing out doors with boys, and informed
that being seven years old, s'she was too big
for that now" But with all imaginable
innocence, she replied: "Why,. grandma,
the bigger We grow, the better we like
'em." Grandma took time to think. ....:.
Bananas have been raised in New Orleans,
this season, which compete favorably in size.
and quality with those imported from Ha.
vana..: .:......A Finland newspaper mentions
stone in the Northern part of Finland,
which serves the inhabitants instead of q
barometer. This stone, which they call
Ilmokiur, turns black, or blackish-grey,
when it is goiug:to rain, but on the approsch
of fine weather it is. covered Rith white
spots.
At Jefferson, Texas, the head of the Red
river navigation, there are twelve thousand
bales of cotton on hand, and about twenty
thousand more to come in...'..."'General
Pryor has been admitted to the bar, and is
now practicing law in the courts Of New
York. .:.:...Tbe oolored mems petition,
asking for the right of suffrage in the Dis
triot Of. Columbia, is ready for submission
to Congress. 1t contains over 1000 sig
natures. ..........E. s. JORDAN, Box 946,
Chicago, Illinois, advertises that he will
furnish information in regard to any prison.
er of war who died at Camp Douglass, II.