Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-11-15
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haul them. People here do not hesitate to
speak openly in favor of President johnson
and the Constitution. One man went so
far as to say "D--n the Radicals" The
ex-Rebels are in destitute condition, and
in some portions Of the city are eating their
children" .s ....... .
The Mobile Gazette, the editor of
which is Commodore Raphael Semmes, ur-
ges the introduction of Coolies as the only
hope for the successful cultivation of cot
ton, and adds: .....
We say, we speak from experience, when
we recommend the Coole as laborer.-
When we were in Singapore, some two years
ago, we were struck with the wonderful
growth and prosperity of that city. 1t was
little more than fishing town, in 1916,
1--WE believe it was in that year, we write
from memory when the English Govern
ment first took possession Of it, inhabited
by few Melays. 1t is now city of one
hundred and thirty thousand Inhabitants,
one hundred thousand of whom are Chi.
neae and it is these latter who have work.
ed the wonderful transformation. They are
not only laborers, but artisans and merchants,
and some Of the latter do an immense bu-
siness. All of the Eastern trade is con.
centrated in their hands, to the exclusion
of the Europeans.
"a late issue of the New York Times
has the following paragraph iu reply to an
article which appeared in the Macon Tsle-
graph Comment is unnecessary
We cannot help admi,ing the innocent
simplicity which supposes that man in the
Northern States may "ride into position
and Influence" by trying to "settle the ex,
listing differences between the North and
the South" on any basis IN the slightestd de-
gree favorable to the latter The city of
Macon must be located in an exceedingly
seclu'ed section of the United States.
Ne,0s from the North must reach 1t very
slory The mild speeches of General B.
F. Butler, with the reports of their popular
reception-the utterances of Stevens and
Forney and Banks and others concerning
the deserts and future prospects of the
Southern States, canpot have reached the
attentive ear of the Telegraph, else he would
have known that the man must be very
great fool, indeed, who seeks political inAu-
ence at the North by friendly words or
friendly efforts on behalf of the Southern
States. The path to political pover just
now lies IN quite another direction. The
"toroh and turpentne" are much more eff,
fective weapons, in the political rhetoric of
the day, than the olive branch and the tur.
tle.dove, e,-and he is considered the best
patriot and the stauuchest defender of the
liberties of bis country who denounces with
most vehemence and venom future penal
ties for the past crimes of the Southern
States.
"A New York letter, of recent date,
in speaking of the Southern Trade, says:
The dry goods merchants are doing q
great deal of grumbling just now. Trade,
they say, is seriously slow, and what is
more, the letters they receive from South.
ern customers to whom they sold goods on
credit early in the season, hold out but lit
tie hope that they will be able to get their
money without an extension of time Mean
while stocks of goods are accumulating here,
and prices are looking down. This morn
ing one house sold 200 cases Merrimac
prints at about one cent reduction from ask
ing rate. Foreign goods, as well as domes-
tic, participate in the depression.
"A letter in the Little Rock Ntws, in
reference to the Cotton crop of Arkansas,
says:
Take the whole cotton crop for one hun
dred and forty miles from Little Rock, on
the Military Road for one hundred miles,
and from that to Centre Point, and it is the
most inferior one that has been raised in
twenty years. On one plantation where
they planted largely, I do not believe the crop
will average five hundred pounds to the
acre. The owners, however, calculate on
an average of six hundred pounds to the
acre. On this place there is, in cotton,
some six or eight hundred acres, two hun
dred of which I saw and if that part is an
average of the whole crop, it would not be
out of the way to put down the quantity at
three hundred pounds.