Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-07-05

- There are only thirty three villages,
tcwns aSdo cities IN the States of Alabama
and Mississippi in which postmasters, regu-
larry appointed and duly sworn in, are to be
found 50 .!Saaos 'se' a' --
G1@1 The Tax Collector Of Pickens has
already collected $4,000, and the Courier
says SIT is pleasure to see with what ear
uessnessour people are endeavoring to raise
monsgtopsy their taxes" a.s I'D
e--4 Baltimore is estimated to have pop
ulasion of 800 900, at least. In 1860 it
was2l2,AIS. In Ward Five. where the
population was S, 800, the number of resi-
dents; by . recent census, is shown to be
12,952.a gs5JaEEog[o SIS .a..7 :aa b,4a q
e---Asian instance of the manner in
which the citizens ofNew York are packed,
the Supsrintedent of Public Buildings says
there are 16l tenement houses giving &C.
commodation to 1700 families; besides fur
nishing room7for upwards of 100 stores.
A--- The Demopolis New Era says Gen.
Joseph T. Johnston has positively accepted
the Presidency of the Alabama and Ten
nsssse Rivers Railroad He arrived in
Selma on last Monday, and will make that
his future home 49, .
The Delhi Cast India) Gazette Of
the 10th Of April, states that a boy about
twelve years Of age has just been rescued
from the den of wolf in one of the neigh
boring jungles. he goes on all fours very
swiftly, and is fOnder of raw meat than any
thing else. b 800, 13.s.". ---.'
--Eliss Howe, the inventor and paten-
tee of the seving.machine needle, has de-
olared his purpose not to apply for an extern
sion ofthis patent, which runs out this year,
on
and half dollars on it already, which he
rsgardsas fortune enough foroue man.
The Oxford Miss Falcon says that
d tax assessor Of neighboring county re.
ports 127 negro babies born since the pres
ent Congress has been in session-7S of the
number are named Thad. Stevens. The
assessor asked the mothers the reason for
naming their babies that name, and that
they universally replied that they had been
told that there was a great man in Congress
by that name whose wife was negro wo-
man. 't's'.s's' %" ~
Tile bridge over the Catswba river,
on The Charlotte and Columbia Railroad,
has been repaired with memorial iron. The
order for the chains and other iron.work
necessary to its reconstruction, was given to
Messrs. Anderson & Co., of the Tredegar
Works in this city, and was executed with
material purchased at the sale of the scrap
iron Of the Confederate States Armory, and
consisting of musket and rife barrels, bay
onsts, &c., captured or gathered on many
battlefield, and deposited there for repair,
but destroyed by the fre.-Richmond
Enquirer.
We welcome the news from Fortress
Monroe of the assignment of spacious and
comfortable apartments for the house-keep-
ing of Mr.. and Mrs: Jefferson Davis By
and.by, the farce will have become too
glaring, and then he will be let 90. What
is the use Of persisting in cheat whereby
nobody is cheated Mr. Davisi is not to be
tried--at all events, not with intent or ex-
pectation of convicting him-then why is
he,longer rsubsisted at the public cost? Let
us have an end ofshame.-N ?. Tribune.
-----:In the course of some conversation
in relation to dogs, Governor Anderson, Of
Ohio, relates Texas habit Of training dogs
with sheep. A pup is taken from its moth
er before its eyes are opened and put with
a eve to suckle After few times the eve
becomes reconciled to the pup, which fol.
lows her like lamb, grows up and re-
mains with the flock, aud no wolf, man or
strange dog cab come near the sheep, and
the dog will bring the flock to the fold reg
ularly at halfpast seven in the evening, if
you habitually feed him at enat hour.
1t is stated by prominent Senators in
Washington, that Mr.. Seward has conclu-
ded secret treaty with Napoleon, BY which
the United States is debsrred from interfer-
ing with. the movement of the foreign troops
now supporting Maximilian. After the with
drswal of the French, Macmillan, it is un-
derstood, will offer himself as a candidate
for the Presidency of the Mexican republic.
Having secured that position, he is to take
advantage Of any small revolution, of which
Mexico, affords so many, and declare him,
self Emperor, thereby Aanking the Monroe
doctrine. and having frmer imperial throne
than at present, It is probable the Senate
will solicit information from Mr. Seward
concerning this little game ...
-Ip New England the crops are gene.
rally reported good; hay will be abundant,
and the fruit, yield millions of dollars in sd-
vance of last year. In the South the gene
raj report is that crops will turn out well, al
though in some quarters excessive rains are
complained of. The wheat throug ghout Geor,
gis has been harvested, and although the
crop is by no means excellent it turns ont,