Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-09-14
Seraps ama faets.


Some people think that the beast
with ten horns in Revelations is inteIded to
represent the sin Of drunkenness.
- Dickens, in speaking of q friend,
says be isso long in the legs that he looks
like the afternoon shadow ofsomebedy else.
ys--- All crops in Georgis, except peach
es and apples, are very poor: Nearly the
entire State has suffered from aprotraeted
drought, not enough cotton being made for
donestic wants. Consequently, at the end
of the year, the people will not have the
means to begin the work. of restoring their
ruined homes and broken fortunes.
cs-A case is being prepared by the
tFfeedmsn's Bureau in behalf of negro
formerly owned by John Minor Bolts, to
test the question whether persons recently
held Dis slaves are not entitled to compensa.
saion for labor performed by them for their
masters since the date Of Mr.. Lincoln's
proclamation of emancipation.
A pardoning bureau has been estab-
lished at Washington, and John Wilson,
late Third Auditor, has been designated as
the Chief. He will enter upon the duties
q, of the Office in few days. All applications
viii have to be made through him to the
President. No APPLICATION made by an at
::torney to The President will receive any at
tention. This viii simplify the process very
much. ......
- Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania,
has made.a requisition on Governor Pier
spont, of Virginia, for Generals EBeil, Jen-
kins, and Others, who have been indicted
for burning Chambersburg. So far, no re.
sponse has been given. Gen. Jenkins is be-
yond the reach Of civil or military author.
tiles now, having died from the effects of
wounds received in the Western part of
= the State. Es
The Provost Guard is being with
drawn from Macon, Ca, and the civil Off
qcsrs are all resuming their duties, under
s6rdsra from Gov. johnson. The spirits of
the people are recovering, and business in
1all departments is improving rapidly. From
series Of papers relative to Georgia, now
being published in the New York Mettopo-
zitdn Record, il appears that the slaves in
1851 numbered 467 ,46l, and their value.
Has estimated at S275, 100000.
The captain Of Britsh schooner
which arrived at New Orleans on tbe 18th
instant, reported that about dozen desert
ers or discharged men from the United
States army ornavy had been engaged in
piratica1 operations on the coast of Hondu.
ras, having murdered the crew of small
schooner, and setting sail in it, captured
several other vessels. They were last seen
near the coast Of Cuba, with an English
vessel in pursuit.
---Santa Anna is at present residing at
the island of st, Thomas, in the West In
dies. He has issued a pronunciamento, in
which he denoances the attempted empire
in Mexico, calls for rally in favor of de-
mocracy, and urges the Mexicans to fight
against the invaders. he explains that his
declaration in favor of French Intervention
vaa forced upon him BY requiring him to
sign such paper before he would be per-
mitted 10 land in Mexico and visit his sick
: wife. aa ~ -. r.-. -.
ts--- The Wilmington (N. CO. Herald
says that President johnson has decided
that pardon carries with it immediate resto.
ration of all property, except slaves; that
the Frsedman's Bureau must give up at
once all property ofthe' non-excepted class.
ges who have taken the oath, and also of the
excluded as soon as pardoned, even when
the property Is already in court but in the
s latter casetbe cost must be paid. This de-
eision was given to Col. Short, Of Louisiana,
-en the 14th ult.
The Woodville (MississippD Repub-
-lican of the 18th nltimo, states that such a
conflict has arisen between Governor Shar-
key, the military authorities, and Secretary
Seward, as to give reason to believe the
q Governor, intends sending in his resigna-
tion. Tho military, ii appears, refused to
obeya writ of 1abeas corpus issued by
Judge Merwin, of Warren county. Gov
~ernor 'Sharkey telegraphed to Washington a
statement of facts; Secretary Seward replied
shat Mississippi was still under martial
law, and dthe military we're supreme.
Mr.. Richardson, a correspondent of
She New York Tribune, concludes letter
from Nevada as follows: "Neyada has turn.
ed out about sixty millions of dollars in
bullion, and is now producing nearly twenty
millions annually. Bishop Simpson is con-
WINGED that our silver resources are suffi-
ycisnt to pay off a national debt of twenty
* billions, present each returned soldier of
the. Union with silver musket, and then
plats'all our war vessels with silver thicker
than they-are now sheatbed with iron. It
is certain that our ores are practically inex-
haustible, and that the silver mining of-the
United States is in its infancy" =.
We have dates from Gibralter to Au.
gust 6. Cholera appears to be creeping
Westward. The towns on the Eastern coast
of Spain, in their dread of the introduction
Of the epidemic. are imposing quarantine
on each other. "A correspondent from Con-
stantipople under date of July 81, says ssthe
cholera has greatly increased, and ], am a.
fraid that during the last two or three days
the. cases must have attained the number of