Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-10-04
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jersey, tennessee and oregon.
AT last advices the citizens of Evans
vile, Indiana, were burying their silver
spoons and other vsluables. Beast Butler
visits that place in few days.
A man who was once on a journey,
said he never liked to see the tables cover
ed with books and newspapers where he
stopped at night; "for," said he, 81 can
never find any whiskey at such places"
1t appears from carefully prepared
statistics, that in time of fpeace Europe keeps
in arms nearly 100000 of men, at an an
nual cost of over 1900, 100000 of francs,
or considerably upwards of $500, 900, 600.
"A Western editor lately married one
of his compositors, another compositor &C.
ting as bridesmaid, the officiating clergy
man being retired printer, and the local
reporter giving the bride away.
The Carozinian says it is rumored
that Col. Green, commanding the 9th Regi-
ment United States Regulars, at Columbia,
will be Gen. Sickles' successor in the De-
partment of the South.
The grasshoppers have appeared in
Kansas after the fashion in Egypt. They
fill the air like snow storm, obscuriug the
sun, devouring the vegetation, and stopping
the trains on the railroads by causing the
wheels to slip.
"A cargo of ice was put up at auction
iu Savannah on Wednesday, but not bid
could be obtained. The autioneer offered
to cry 500 for S49 tons, but nobody would
give it. The owners of the cargo then
announced that they would distribute it
gratuitously to all who would call at the
vessel.
The National Intelligencer, of the
24th ult., says: We understand that the
American Colonization Society has purch.
ased the ship Golcondo, l,016 tons, and in
tend to fit her up to carry emigrants to Lii
IBERIA. She is expected to sail from Char
lesion, S. c., on the 1st of November. Up
wards of 1000 freedmen have applied to
the Society for passage this fall. Many
others are getting ready to embark next
spring.
The Treasury Department will not
recognize of full value, torn greenbacks.
If any part of a bill is lost, discount is
made in proportion to the missing portion.
Take an example: One fourth of IS
greenback is torn off, the value of the note
is but 1878. A $50 greenback, in the
same condition, is worth $3.50. The
names of the sigpers may be legibly written
upon the face of bill, but that will not
avail anything if portion of the note is
lost
- The Boston Hoice says that the first
division of the Sons of Temperance, csm.
posed of colored persons, was instituted in
that city recently. 1t is called the "John
Brown Division No. 1S0" Twenty males
and five females were initiated. William
Wells Brown is the presiding officer, and
Rev. L A. Grimes the Chaplain. This
division is the first fruit of the action of
the national division at its last session in
reference to the admission of colored per.
sons into the order.
- The experiments now in progress at
Fortress Monroe, under the direction of
Board of Engineer officers, seem to indicate
that the present manner of building stone
and brick Notifications is but a waste of
time and material. Under the blows of the
projectiles from the smooth bore and rifed
Rodman guns, the iron-clad granite target
already shows immense breaches in it, and
around it broken blocks of stone and wreck.
ed,iron dowels and toggels. Fissures and
crevices, with the projecting mortar, appear
in every direction above the iron armature,
while the strong wall bulges out in mar.
ner almost impossible to credit.
The Rome Courier recommends that
a law be enacted similar to one in Kentucky,
whereby all real estate levied on under exc.
cution shall, previous to sale, be appraised
perhaps the price at which it was given
in on the tax books of 1860 would answer
and unless two-tbirds of this price, or more,
shall be bid for the property at the sale
the creditor having the privilege of taking
it at that price, if he chooses - the sale shall
be barred, and the property be freed from
that execution and all others, in favor of the
same creditor, for the space of, say, three
years. In Alabama, they have law allow.
ing debtor the right of redemption to two
years on all real estate sold under execution.
The Baltimore Transcript says ::
"We are pleased to learn that preliminary
steps are being taken towards the initiation
of an enterprise under the title of "The
American immigration Homestead Com.
pany," for the purpose of inviting emigra.
tion directly from Europe to the Southern
States. A line of steamships will be estab-
lished in connection with this enterprise,
and agencies are to be established at each
of the principle points from which Europe
an emigrants depart for America, where
will be found the maps, plans and all partie,
ulars necessary to enable the emigrant to
decide intelligently as to the value and 9th,
er inducements attached to each parce! OF
land offered for sale.
- The question of the liability of a
State to redeem its old issue-so far, at
least, as regards all dues to her for tax
es, &c.-is one of some interest to the South
ern people at this time. A decision has
lust been rendered in the Circuit Court, at
Nashville, Tennessee, which requires clerks