Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-02-08
Gp11tribntorial.
BY JAS. wOOD DAVIDSON.
COLUMBIA. S. c.. FEBRUARY S, 1856.

Shed.
The first of the season We saw in Colum-
bia was on the thirtieth of January. For
several days the market price Of them was
two dollars and half apiece; with down.
ward tendency, after the novelty wore off,
Small Pox.
There are about dozen cases of this dis
eaae in the Pest House of Columbia. These
arc mostly from the country below the city,
ten or fifteen miles. The Pest House is
beyond the city limits and below, towards
the southeast
Our Post Office.
In Columbia's humility she makes many
sad shifts. One Of these is, having her
post.ofioe kept 10 building formerly used
90 a stable, The Man about 7oacn, who
has just returned home, says this post.of
fee is the only stable institution he has seen
| in town since his return. ...,
Nickerson's Hotel.
Mr.. N1cKERsoN, the travelling public
will be pleased to learn, has just conclu.
ded contract for the rebuilding of his old
hotel on Main Street. The work is to COM
mence at once, aud be pushed right through.
Meanwhile his present establishment-the
Methodist Female Hotel on Plain Street.
is in successful operation; and is the hotel
Of Columbia.
Melton g. Melton. : ,.-
Among the many new oames that are ap'
pearing from day to day in our Columbia
| Directory, those of the above firm are the
most recent and the most prominent. We
congratulate our city upon the accession
Their law Office is already an active centre
of business. 1t would be awork of entire
supererogation for Us to speak to the readers
of the Enquirer or to the citizens of the
up. country in general or the State at large,
of the abilities, distinction, aud assured fa'
ture of these gentlemen. We, take great
pleasure and pride iu cbsouieling their arri.
val and establishment among:us' s'....
Medical Journal.
We are in receipt of the first number Of
the Richmond Medical Journal 1t is
edited by Drs E. s. GA1LLARD and W: s.
MoCHEsNEY. 1t is a monthly octave OF
eighty pages. DR.. GA1LLARD, SO we'll and
favorably known in South Carolina before
the war, held during the war the honorable
post of Medical Director and Inspector Of
the Confederate army; and won laurets on
all hands Without knowing anything
about medical matters, We could feel safe
in commencing to our medical friends any
thing that comes endorsed with bis name.
In this number, the article on Cholera-the
enemy just now threatening to invade our
country-is of especial interest. 1t is by
DR.. G.. The subscription price is FIVE dol.
lars a year, if paid within three months ;
ten dollars if paid after that period. A good
premium on cash, that.
Scott's Monthly Magazine.
We are in receipt of the second number
of this periodical, published in Atlanta,
Georgia. 1t is a handsomely gotten-up
double. columned octave of the usual maga'
zine size, giving US seventy'two pages Of
reading matter in each number. The first
number was issued in December; this in
January. 1t proposes to appear at the first
of each month hereafter. The present mum
ber contains poems from PAUL HAYNE and
j. R. BARR1cK ard others; and prose ar
ticles from G. W. BARBER, ANNA PEYRE
DINNIEs, W. P. RIVERS, A. r. WATSON,
L L. VEAzEY, F. R. GoULD1Na, and some
others. The matter is both sterling and
popular; and the promise of success is very
fair. We wish it with all our heart; and
from what we know of the editor, Rev. W.
J. ScoTT, A. NJ, We expect success. The
subscription price is five dollars year
Let our reading public COME to the support
of such enterprises as this, and our literary
independence will ere long be achieved
The Military Courts.
There are several cases of interest before
these tribunals; and of especial interest to
the northern section of the State. That oi
Mr.. BIGGERs MoBLEY, of Chester District
charged with assault and battery, with in
tent to kill one of his servants, a freedman
is before the Military Commission, and ii
about its conclusion. ALEXANDER b
Brown, Esq, of Chester, formerly o.
Charleston, is counsel for the. defence. Ii
is understood that, upon the completion Of
this case, Mr. MoBJEY will be tried for the
murder CT one of his freedmen, recently.
The cases against Messrs. SMARR and
WALLACE, of York, for murder, are on
.t,e docket fer triut before the Military Com
mission. The charge against Mr.. SMARR
is for the murder of Green Thomypson:--
That against Mr. WALLAoE-a separate
case-is for the murder of Henry WrtgM.
Col. SAMUEL w. MELTON has been en-
ployed as counsel for the defendants. Bail
has been obtained for Mr.. 'SMARR, who is at
large under orders to report daily. Mr.
WALLACE has not been bailed; the charges
agans, him, founded upon the testimony of
the freedwomen present at the affair, being
J regarded as more serious 1t will be sew
eral weeks, we hear, before these cases will
be reached
There is also on the docket case against
Mr.. JOSEPH SIMS, of Union, charged with
the murder of one of his freedmen. The
circumstances of this case, We understand,
on 10 establish the nlaa of self defence