Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-09-13

A CURIOUS BET.-General John A. Lo-
gan formerly of the United States army, is
at this time Radical candidate at large for
Congress for the State Of Illinois. An ex-
change says:
Irresponsible and well.known citizens of
Cairo, offer the following wagers to Gener.
al John A. Logan's friends $40 that John
A. Logan cannot name three revolutionary
generals $40 that he cannot give the name
of three revolutionary battle-felds; $40
that he cannot name the thirteen original
colonies; $40 that he cannot name the
present States of the Union; $40 that be
cannot name single battle in which Gen
eral Washington personally participated
$40 that he cannot name the three most
pupulous cities in the world; $40 that he
cannot name the capitals of ten States of
the Union !; $40 that be can't compute the
interest at per cent. on 800 for six
weeks $40 that he can't give the date,
birth and death of General Washington !;
$40 that he cannot correctly punctuate his
own signature, and $40 more, that no man
who is intimately acquainted with Logan,
dare accept any two of the above PROPOSE.
tions
We add to the above bet further x
that this swashbuckler can tell who burned
Columbia.
NEW ANEoDoTE OF WASHINGTON An
exchange gives Us an anecdote of Washing
ton, which is something entirely different
from the "common run" of such things,
crediting it to a volume entitled "Who
goes There ?" by Mr.. Boga:t. 1t is as fol-
lows:
The only man of whom any record is
kept who was not awed by the presence of
the Father of his Country, was James
Byrnes. He owned piece of land viii ch
Washington desired to have included in
his plan of the Federal Capital. Mr.. Byrnes
fatty refused. Unused to opposition, Wash.
ington turned upon him and said, as he
only could say it, "Mr James Byrnes what
would your land have been worth if lad not
placed this city on the Potomac" Byrnes
was not crushed; but undismayed, cody
turned to him and said /: "George Washing.
ton, what would you have been worth if you
had not married the Widow Custis Z"
p@- A gentleman who recently travelled
from the West in sleeping car, relatesthe fol-
lowing: ga gentleman was trying to still
crying child by carrying it to and fro in
the coach, which by its screams finally irri-
tated man in one of the berths to such
degree that he could stand it no longer, aud
cried out profanely, what in lis the
matter with that child?' And soon again.
where is the mother of that child, that she
is not here to pacify it?' At this the poor
gentleman in charge of the child stepped up
to the berth and said Sir, the mother of
that child is in her coffin in the baggage
carr The gruff grumbler Immediately a.
rose and compelled the afflicted father to re.
tire to his berth and from that time until
morning took the little orphan under his
own care
WORTH KNow1Na.-.A poison of any
conceivable description and degree of po-
tency, which has been swallowed, Intention
ally or by accident, may be rendered almost
instantly harmless by swallowing two gills
of sweet OIL An individual with a very
strong constitution should take twice the
quantity. This oil will neutralize every
form of vegetable or mineral poison with
which physicians and chemists are acquain-
ted.-Lynchbarg Neaos.