Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-09-28
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The Richmond Balzstirs says: "It
has pleased God to bless the Southern States
With the most abundant and wonderful
corn crop ever known, and we are, there
fore, saved from all danger Of famine and
suffering for want of food No contingen-
sy Of drought, hail or storm can not inJure
that Great Southern crop forman or beast :
i Our village was panied on the morn.
inp Of Tuesday last, by the sad intelligence
of the death Of John Atkinson Sr. Esq, an
useful and highly esteemed citizen Of our
District. His death was caused by stone
thrown by colored woman in . fit Of mad.
ness. We have not obtained the full par.
ticulars, but from what we learn, there was
no cause for the slightest provocation, what
eyer. Chester Standard, 2lssinst.
The unusual movements of merchan-
die and general hustle. on our streets indi-
cate activity in our markets. Much com
position existsin domestic goods. The bust
ness done il, Chester, during the, past week
has been very large. We quote, Cotton at
is and 20; Corn 60; Wheat SO 90; Flour
$500; Bacon Is to 1s; Lard Is; Butter
4I23; Eggs 12} Peas 60; Molases rs; to
so; Fodder so; Coffee 40:. sugar 90
Chester &andar1, 21st inst.
There is now considerable tide of
emigration from the North, to North Caro-
lima. Most Of it is under the auspices Of
the General Southern Land Agency, which
5 has established an Office for the Northern
States at No. so, Broadway, New. York
The company offers land orssle throughout
all the Southern States, and its agents esti-
mate that at least hundred thousand emil
grants viii go from the Northern States du-
ing the present year.
We hare heard Of story of General
RS. Ewell, lately q Southern insurgent, to
the effect that during his sorjourn in this
]. city he was invited to dinner party of reb-
81 sympathizers, but declined to attend on
the ground that he "could not feast with
gentlemen who sympatsised with the South
in the late struggle and yet would not fight
for her independence." Itis said that this
announcement fell like wet blanket upon
the secesh symposium Washington Re.
pa6lic.
A Washington correspondent Of the
New York Herald says: "Rumors of a
probable general amnesty by proclamation
Of the President are still current, and it
would not surprise me if such a proclama-
ton were issued As matters now progress,
years must elapse before the docket of rebel
applicants is cleared, and the best part of
the Presidents time during the whole Of
that period must necessarily be occupied in
hearing the individual cases. Icannot be.
lieve that he will much longer continue the
present system, but that an important
schange viii be made at an early day."
Hon. L. H. Chandler, United States
District Attorney of Virginia, made a
speech at Dinwiddie Court House onsthe
18th, in which we find the following para
graph asreported by correspondent of the
Petersburg Ezpress: aSome one here ask
ed Mr.. Chandler for some information a.
bopt con6scation. 81 ann" said he, stUnited
States District Attorney, and have had
something to do with al the oonfscations
that have been made. I rejoice to tell you,
my friends, that all confscatiou is at an
end. have received orders to suspend all
3confscation." This announcement was re.
ceiYed with the liveliest evidences of salts
faction" -
The following is an extract from one
! Of Abraham Lincoll's speeches, in his de.
bate with Douglas, in 1858; 81 am not,
and never have been, in favor Of making
voters or jurors of negroes, nor of quail
flying them to hold Offices or intermarry
with the white people; and will say,
in addition to this, that there is phys
ical difference between the white and
black races which, / believe, will forever
forbid the two races living together on terms
of social and political equality. And mas
much as they can not SO live, while they do
remain together there must be the position
of superior and inferior, and ], as much as
any other man, am in favor of having the
superior position assigned to the white raes,
to which I belong
- General Swain, Of the Freedmen's
Bnreauin Alabama, has given orders that
all contracts with the freedmen for labor
must be reduced to writing and approved
BY the agent Of the Bureau for Plantation
!. Labor. Employers must stipulate to pro-
vide sufficient food, quarters and medical
: attendance for the laborers, and such fur
ther compensation as may be agreed upon.
. Such contracts will be lien upon the crops
raised upon plantations, of which not more
than one half shall be removed until full
payment to the laborers is made and the
contract cancelled by the agent of the Blu
reau for Plantation Labor. Absentees from
labor without good cause will be proceeded
against as Migrants and may be set to work
on the public roads or to do other labor, or
turned over to the Freedman's Bureau
: -Houaynor parsons and GeneraI Wood have