Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-02-15
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rest upon the side. If one floats end up,
you may be sure of bad egg.
Brigham Young proposes to purchase
two of the Sandwich Islands and emigrate
thither with his flock.
-Tbe city of London has a population
greater than that of Scotland, twice that
of Denmark, and three times that of Greece.
- Out of 100000 marriages in England
in 1868, only 182,4OS we're able to sign
their names.
Dry goods at Galveston, Texas, are
selling at Is per cent. below New York
prices, and boots and shoes are selling at
less than first cost.
- The Kansas House, in committee of the
whole, passed the bill to submit to vote
of the people, to amend the Constitution so
as to allow the negroes to vote.
1t is reported that new Constitutional
amendment is to be offered restricting the
tenure of the Presidential Office to one term
and abolishing the Electoral College.
- Milton, when blind, married shrew.
The Duke of Buckingham called her a
rose. Il am no judge of colors, replied
Milton, 'but I dare say you are right, for l
feel the thorns daily
- Carpenters we'll known picture of 'Pres.
ident Lincoln Reading the Emancipation
Proclamation to his Cabinet is to be en-
ployed as the decoration of the backs of
some of the new national bank notes.
An astronomer, gazing at the moon, fell
into pond. Had you looked into the
water saida countryman to him, 'you might
have seen the moon but by gazing on the
moon, you could never have seen the pond.
The Washington Artillery, an old
military organizations of New Orleans that
served with such gallantry and distinction
in Gen. Lees army during the war, has
been reorganized, and it is said will soon be
reviewed by Gen, Sheridan.
- In his recent message, Governor Par
sons of Alabama opposes any special code
for the government of freedmen, and re-
commeuds the application Of the principles
of the common law to contracts with
them.
- It is reported that General Forrest, un-
der guise of retiring from business in Mem
pbis to his plantation, has gone to Mexico,
in consequence of having been notified to
appear before a military commission in
Washington.
The earthquake felt throughout Mexico
on the 18th ult., was also severely felt on
the South American coast on the 10Th. So
violent was it there that nearly all the pri-
vate houses were thrown down, and the
most substantial buildings of the Govern.
ment suffered severely.
- Letters from Kingston, Jamaica,
say in the late disturbances, the negroes
killed 13 persons, while the Government,
in return, shot or banged 2,l4O; besides,
there was large number killed by the ma
rines and soldiers in the interior, of whom
no report is made.
The Legislature of Kentucky, during
its present session, has declared vacant the
seats of ten or twelve Radical members, on
the ground that they were elected by mill
tary interference. In every instance where
the parties ousted ran the race over, they
have been badly beaten.
"A national dog tax is talked of, every
dog to be assessed two dollars. Such tax,
it is calculated. would put FIVE millions of
dollars yearly into the Treasury, as few
persons are SO bad as to kill their dogs
rather than pay for their lives. If every
iackass in the country were to be taxed at
the same rate, the Treasury would be still
more benefited.
The Ohio House of Representatives
has voted to give its hall to the negroes for
a negro meeting, with negro speakers 1t
has been used for some years by the PARTY
in power merely as place to consult for
the interest of the negroes, and it is only a
slight change in the programme to hand it
over to the negroes entirely. 1t Is only
change in the color of the performers, they
playing the same piece.
An order was issued in Richmond
last spring, shortly after the occupation OF
the city by the Federal troops, that no per-
son should wear military buttons The or
der has not been very rigidly enforced Of
late, until Monday last when the military
guard in that city arrested quite number
of persons found wearing them, and took
them to the Libby Prison, where the but
tons were cut off and the parties dismissed.
"A keen Custom House official on the
American side of the St. Croix, met wo.
man crossing bridge with bundle in her
arms. What have you there" he demand
ed. She hesitated, stammered, and then
said nothing dutiable.' He insisted on
seeing it, she resisted, a struggle eusued,
at last she yielded and placing the bundle
in his arms, saying 'take it then, and much
good may it do you Then she returned to
St. Stephen, whilst he made for the light to
examine bis treasure, which proved to be
an infant few days old. The mother has
not been discovered, the Poor House off.
cials refuse to take the child, and so the en-.
ergetic officer is allowed to enjoy the whole
capture.
An experiment tried by an eminent
physician of St. Petersburg, during the