Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-08-30
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| The rice crop in South Carolina
twill not exceed 5000 tierces.
/ The principal soda manufacturer in
New York makes. 5000 gallons daily
during the hot season. ................
DIR. Craven's book on "The Prison
Life of JEFF. Davis" has been republish-
ed in London. ..s.....s.:....-.,. .....<.
"A live turtle was received by mail
at Rochester few days ago. The
lstamps and address were pasted on his
shell. .'..''-'..:'.'
Adyices from Baden announce that
Russian named Nariskine has for the
third time this season broken the bank
at the gambling tables there. -....
| Every one Of the nine Congressman
elected in Kentucky are Democrats,
save possibly one {Randall's district
Thus the Democrats will gain three, if
not four members. s............ ....
Governor Marshall, of Mississippi,
has called the Legislature of Mississip-
pi tomeet in special session on the 18th
October to revise the legislation of the
late regular session.
The Colored Convention at Nash
vile, during its late session, set apart
the 1st of January next as day of
fasting and prayer, on account Of the
murder. of Abraham Lincoln.
Hon. Thad. Stephens, in speech
last week, at Lancaster, Pa, declared
his preference for negro over the
foreign born white citizen" and avow-
ed his belief that '''the negro is superior
to the Irish or German races:
A New Hampshire man, having
lost his wife, caused stone to be raised
over her grave, upon which, in the
depth of his grief, he had ordered to be
inscribed "sTears cannot restore her !;
therefore, I weep
"A Dom East editor, describing a
country dance, says: The gorgeous
strings of glass beads, glistened OF the
heaving bosoms of the village belle like
polished rubies resting on the delicate
surface of warm apple dumplings.
"A man has been arrested in Hunts
vile; Ala, charged with ravishing ten
| girls, some Of whom were mere children.
One of the children has died from vio-
lence. The people tried hard to lynch
the fend.
"A rattlesnake was killed near Bel
leville, Texas, recently, which was four
teen feet long, six inches thick, and had
forty-two rattles. Three men, armed
with fence rails, had desperate COM
bat with it.
The reason why women so seldom
stammer is because they talk so fast a
stammer has got no chance to get in.
People stutter because they hesitate
But who ever knew a woman to hesitate
about anything?
| The Legislature of Tennessee has
granted charter for college for col
ored people, to be known as the "Cen-
tral Tennessee Methodist Episcopal
College," and to furnish general and
theological education.
- Gentlemen who. have been through
central Mississippi, report the cotton
crop failure, and the corn is not worth
gathering. Rain is much needed in that
section of the country. The worm has
also made its appearance in Louisiana,
near Vicksburg.
- At Derby (England) Assizes, Mr..
Justice Mellor, of the Court of Queens
Bench, stated it had always been his
opinion that calling many witnesses to
prove one fact was like adding large
quantity of water to a small quantity
of brandy-it made it weak.
Written by girl in North Georgia
to her lover in Johnson's army:
It's hard for you'uns to live in camp,
Tis hard for you'uns to fight,
Tis hard for you'uns through snow 30 tramp,
In snow TO sleep at night.
But harder for we'uns from you'uns TO part 20
Since youuns have stolen weuns heart.
In order to relieve the community
from a continuance of the numerous
outrages which have been committed by
armed bands in the neighborhood of
Petersburg, the commandant of the
post there has resolve to collect all the
United States arms of every description
in other than military hands.
- There is not man in the nation
that respects Brownlow, or respects any
human being that respects him, or even
any dog that will follow him. Very few
dogs will follow him at all. Dogs fol-
low a man by the scent of his footsteps,
but almost every dog that chances to
hit upon Brownlow's trail is so over
come by the concatenation of foulest
stinks that he goes off bowling to his
kennel.
"A special of the Tribune from Bal
timore, on the 18th, says: For the first
time in the history of Philadelphia, the
New York Daily News has been sold
upon it's streets, and in the store win
dows on Chestnut street, the likeness of
Stonewall Jackson and General Robert
E. Lee are displayed beside that of
General Grant.
An insane attempt to strike for
higher wages is reported from England.
In the Mutherly Lunatic Asylum the
| o+bor dow tho inmates who are hermit