Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-08
2H)apsiae Gatheriu9s.


- The Methodist Church, North, has Of
fered to take the negroes of Texas under
its protection. -
- Another Virginia delegation, it is said,
has arrived in Washington to have an in
terview with the'Presideut.
- The stay law in Mississippi has been
declared unconstitutional by the High
Court of Error and Appeal. - =
"A bill has been introduced ints the
Georgia Legislature forbidding railroads
charging extra for not having tickets.
- The military orders prohibiting the
wearing in Richmond Of the grey uniform,
adorned with Confederate buttons, is strict
fy enforced
Tile Vicksburg; Herald says: One of
Browulow's defenders says "he fights the
devil with fire." He might have added
that the devil expects to fight Brownlow in
the same way. - -. :.
The proprietors of the Baltimore Sun
have just gained verdict against the
Chesapeake Bank for IS, 900 in gold, placed
ln the bank as especial deposit" in 1861.
The bank wished to pay in currency.
- The Chicago Journal says the last sea-
son has developed the feasibility Of raising
cotton and tobacco in Southern Illinois, and
that large crops of both these products will
be planted the coming season.
An ingenious little machine has been
put on some of the Partisan hacks. 1t in
dicates to the passenger, who engages it, at
once the time he is riding the distance be
has made, and the price he has to pay ac-
cording to the official regulations.
"A Northern journal says that the pas
tor of fashionable city church having spo-
ken of Solomon's Songs as production of
great genius and beauty, a gentlemen be
longing to the church called during the
week at a leading music store to get a copy
of it!-Religious Herald.
An editor attempts to explain to his
readers the condition of affairs at bis es.
tablishment, by the following lucid typo.
graphical effort: "rhe Primers are on A
Strike for higher WAGES. Me havE COD
oladed 70 SIT our own types 10 JutUrel
it is evsG enough"
- 1t has been decided that no stamps are
required 90 receipts given to officers of the
United States Government; also, that 70
stamps will be required on certificates of
officers of internal revenue, nor On afhdavits
made by or before them in reference to their
accounts and vouchers.
- The New York Eapress states that
Gen. B F. Butler has paid Smith Brothers,
of New Orleans, eighty thousand dollars in
gold, which they allege be abstracted from
their vaults, together with the interest, all
the cost and sherif's pouudage, making an
aggregate Of over sl50,OO0
The Senators of the United States who
voted originally to pass the Freedmen's Bu-
reau Bill, and after its veto voted to kill it,,
were Messrs Dixon, of Connecticut; Doc.
little, of Wisconsin /: Morgan, of N. York !;
Norton, of Minnesota; Stewart, of Neva.
da, and Van Winkle, Of West Virginia.
"A few days ago Boston gentleman
was asked while Oh Massachusetts railroad
train, by an apparent stranger, what time
it was. On feeling for his watch, the per.
SOD so accosted said that he had left it at
home under his pillow. Same night when
be arrived at home be found that man
had called for the watch, stating where it
would be found, and that he had been sent
for it in order that it should be repaired
The rogue got it, and that is likely to be
the last the owner will ever hear of it.
- The Wilmington Journal of the 18th
ult. states: ga friend of ours allowed the
negroes belonging to plantation ten miles
below town, situated upon Town Creek, to
to remain on the plantation, provided they
would cultivate it and allow him one-third,
which they agreed to do There were AZ
negroes all told. His third, upon a.diVi.
sion of the products, consisted of Al bush
els of corn, 275 pounds of fodder, 80 lbs.
7 ounces of clean rice, 4 roasting ears and
a few tomatoes"
49, The New York Nation says that in
Italy, where the Government exercises a
certain control over the press, it is the Gus
tom for each journal to maintain stout
laboring man, who, for stipulated salary,
consents to be cast into prison in atonemeut
for such offences as the journal may COM
nit Consequently, this honest fellow spends
half his days in arrest; the journalists pay
his fines aud write what they please. The
Nation thinks that this would be the true
principle Oh which to render the journalists
personally responsible in this country
The Sumter IS. c. Watchman says :
, awe continue to get favorable accounts
with reference to the anin,us of the negroes
who have contracted for labor upon the
plantations in this section. The prospect
in this particular, has become so far en-
couragng as to induce many of our plan
ters to invest somewhat largely in foreign
manures GuaDo is in demand In fact,
it would seem to be but little less 50 than
when these people were worked slaves All
seem to have commenced work with will,
determined to test fairly the applicability