Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-11-29
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- $50 far as you turn other days into
Sunday, SO far, and no farther, have you
right to turn Sunday into other days"
Admiral Semmes, has accepted the
Professorsbip of Moral Philosophy and Eng
lish Literature in the State Seminary at
Alexandra, La.
- Ketchum, the forger, (says an al.
bany paper), is in Europe, and will come
back to Sing Sing just before his term ex-
- The Legislature of Vermont has
passed bill making habitual drunkenness
for period of two years sufficient cause
for divorce.
The number of acres growing cotton
in Washington county, Miss, this year are
1900; product 295 bales. Tho ante-bel.
lum crop was one to one and half bales to
the acre.
"A Georgia paper asks whether it is
sssupposed that the Southern people Will
run Northern men 2" Prentice answers
"Well, we believe they did occasionally run
few of them during the war"
- There is fearful state of things in
Salt Lake City. The Gentiles dare not
leave their houses after nighfall for fear of
assassination. The Gentiles have no busi-
ness there.
- The number of emigrants landed at
New York, last week, was 6, ,llS, making
a total of 212,752 landed since January l,
against 16S, 1888 arrived in the correspond
ing period of 1865.
"A dispatch from London, the 18th,
says the Confederate bond.holders are about
to bring their case under the notice of the
British Government, as set-of against the
Alabama claims of the United States.
"A little girl, in Norfolk, after listen
ing to her mothers description of meteoric
displays exclaimed: "Oh, me !! but if the
stars fall out, can't we see the angels through
the holes ?"
- The New Orleans Times, of Sunday,
makes mention of Generals D. H. Maury,
Marmaduke, Rosser and John S. Williams,
as now visiting the city, besides Gen. Beau
regard, Longstreet, Hood, Buckuer, D. W.
Adams and Hays, residing there.
1t is stated on good authority that
General Gideon J. Pillow, late of the Con.
federate service, has cultivated his large cot
ton plantation near Helena, Ark, with such
success as to justify the estimate Of bis cot
ton crop at 5000 bales.
A resolution introduced into the Ar
kansas House of Representatives declining
to act upon the constitutional amendment
until such time as Arkansas is admitted to
her representation in Congress was referred,
on the 18th inst, without discussion, to the
Committee on Federal Relations
-One of the Nashville papers says -
"There will be great deficiency in Tennes.
see pork this winter, the cholera having
swept off the live stock to an alarming ex-
tent As pork is one of the principal COM
modities of this State, the deficiency will
be greatly felt"
Since the recent changes made in
his quarters, and since Mrs. Davis and her
sister have been removed into the rooms pre-
pared for them, Mr. Davis has become
more cheerful. His health has become very
much improved of late, and he speaks very
confidently of being released.
A debating society in Virginia re-
Gently considered the question, (Which has
the most influence on man, wealth or wo-
mani" The question was elaborately and
ingeniously argued, and finally decided in
favor of the ladies. They had better now
decide which has the most influence on VIC
men, wealth or men.
A lady en- route from Galveston to
New York, passed through this city yester-
day morning in the care of Adams Ex-
press Company. She was transferred from
one messenger to another like SO much 9TH
er freight. One of the agents of the Com
pary accompanied her to breakfast at the
Orange House, and was assiduous in his
attentions to her. This is new way of
travelling. g.'-Lynch6urg Paper
1t may interest those who are unwil-
ling to wait thirty-three years to see a show
er of meteors to know that Olbers, the as
tronomer, supposes the real period of their
return to be thirty. four years, and that the
display of 1899, repeated in 1888, will re-
appear in 1867. Provided the shower has
not passed off in the sunlight of Tuesday or
Wednesday Git did not take place last night,
so far as our information goes) there may
be consolation in rejecting for year on
Oilers theory.
We have had related to US a case
which shocks all the finer feelings of our
nature. In an adjoining district, beauti-
full young lady, seventeen years of age,
well educated, and very respectfully conuec-
ted, took fancy to young colored mao.
1t having been talked about in the neigh
bordood, caused unpleasant feelings. Final
ly, the woman eloped with the negro. They
were pursued to within short distance of
this place and traced to ncgro's house:
where she was found laughing and talking
with her paramour's family. On being
discovered she attempted to escape, but was
arrested and returned to her parents
PickenS Courier.
The New York Firemen's Associa-
ton, composed of members of the old vol