Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-22
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who has for some time been confined in
Fort Lafayette; has been released on parole.
.....-..R .RApHEAL SEMMEs, formerly COM
mander of the alabama, has also been re-
leased upon the ground that be was pa
rolled under the JoHNsoN-SHERMAN agree.
ment, and that the United States authori.
ties had no right to arrest him. ..'''.''..JEF.
FERseN DAVIS and CLEMENT G. CLAY
are now the only prominent Cenfederates
who are in confinement ...'..'..The Repub.
ioaus of New Hampshire have recently
elected their Governor by five thousand
majority .........Rev. A. Fl. LESTER, has
been elected Professor of Hebrew and other
Oriental Languages in the Wofford College,
at Spartanburg ....'....The Senate has con-
frmed the nominations of ALBERT G. MACK
EY, Collector of Customs for Charleston,
s. c., aud GEORGE s. BRYAN, Of Charles
ton, District Judge of the United States for
the district of South Carolina. ....'..,"An
exchange publishes the following "Anony-
nous communications solicited-they are
first rate to kindle fire with" "......""Gover-
nor BRowNLow, of Tennessee, has received
dispatch from Granada, Mississippi, tel.
ling him to beware of assassination.
The best way to discipline ones heart a
gainstscandal, is to believe all stories to be
false, which ought not to be true. '''''''"'
1t is estimated that 81, 100000 have been
spent 10 the 600 balls given in New York
this season. Secretary McCUILocH
has authorized special Treasury agents in
the South to seize as cou6scated property,
all cotton which was, during the rebellion,
subscribed to the so called Confederate
loan ....'....A man will always escape fsi-
lure, either in body or mind, who works
sig days.in the week. .........The Secreta.
ry of war has issued orders to.sll the Vari-
Gus military commandauts that they must
see that in their departments such vigorous
sanitary regulations are adopted as will, if
possible, prevent any visitation. of the chol'
era ...:.....It is estimated that there are
S55, 500, 900 in gold in the vaults Of the
Treasury. .'...'.'..The ladies of Charlottes.
vile, Va, are taking steps to establish
home for the children of deceased and dis.
abled Confederate soldiers
In Alabama, whipping and branding
have been abolished as legal punishmeuts,
and new punishment is introduced, enti.
tied "bard labor for the county. "..''.'''.
The Rhode Island Legislature has passed a
bill prohibiting the exclusion Of children
from any public school, on account of race
or color. '........The Mayor of Charleston,
S. c., by instruction of the city council,
has transmitted to the Mayor OF Knoxville,
Tenn, a set of resolutions passed by coun-
Gil, looking to the opening of communica-
ton with the city of Louisville, KY, and
Cincinnati, Ohio .........n is reported that
Commodore MAURY, late of the Confeder-
ate Navy, and now Commissioner Of Immi-
grafton to the Archduke MAMMALIAN in
Mexico, is to be pu. in charge of the en-
terprise of laying a Lew telegraph cable
across the Atlantic next summer..::.'.....
The bonds of the Irish Republic, issued
recently in New York, have already been
extensively counterfeited ......:: The Mont
gomery papers announce the marriage of
Major General j. f. WHEELER, of the
late Confederate army, to Miss ELLA JONES,
daughter of Colonel RICHARD JONES, of
Lawrence county, Alabama. :'''"General
Hood has requested committee who we're
raising funds for him in Texas to desist, as
he was fortunately able to earn living
by bis own exertions. ....'..In New Orleans
the Methodist Episcopal Churches have, in
some instances, been turned over to the ne
groes. 1.-THE Iowa House of Representa-
tives has passed the Senate resolutions de-
manding the speedy trial of Jeff. Davis for
treason.
Secretary McCULLocH and
Mr.. CLARKE, Comptroller of the Treasury,
are quarrelling with each other quito ear
nestly. CLARKE says McGuLLocH is wrong
in his estimates and statements Of the hnan-
ces of the country, and addresses note to
him of petulant and discourteous charac-
ter. The difficulty it is said lies deeper