Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-04-05
Gnntribrltprial.
BY JAS. WOOD DAVIDSON.
COLUMBIA, S. c.. APRIL 2. 1865.

This occurs only four times during the pres.
ent century-in the years 1904, 1866, 1877,
and 1888.
Total Eclipses.
The late total eclipse Of the moon, on
Friday night, was an event of very small
interest compared with total eclipse of the
sun. The next total eclipse of the sun will
occur on Saturday, the 9TH of August 1869.
May we "be there to see."
Life of Yancey.
VIM. M. SANFORD, Esq, of Alabama
1--WE believe he is) is preparing a Life of
VIM. L. YANcEY. Mr.. YANoEY, it will
be remembered, was United States Senator
from Alabama just before the war and
died Confederate States Senator during
the war. His life was mainly political
and in this is removed from our own indi.
vidual interest and sympathy, yet we doubt
not the Life will find very general inter-
est in the South.
The Freedmen.
The infrm and pauper freedmen have
been removed from Columbia to Hopkins
on the Charleston railroad. There they are
supplied with quarters and rations by the
United States authorities. No rations are
now issued to able-bodied freedmen. Those
entitled to rations are unable to work. They
number about five hundred at Hopkins.
There are eight or nine schools in Colum-
bia, taught by female teachers from the
North. In these schools there are about
five hundred juvenile freedmen educated.
Both sexes attend.
There are also schools of the same kind
in other parts of the State.
Next week we propose to give these mat
tiers more in detail and more definitely
We want space to do it now
The University of s. C.
Only three of the District benefciaries
have entered yet. This leaves twenty.seV-
en- young men in South Carolina entitled
to the advantages of this institution with.
out charge, who are not enjoying these ad-
vantages. If this is not the fault of the
Legislators of the Districts respectively,
whose fault is it? Do the youth Of South
Carolina not desire University education ?
The election of Professor of Modern
Languages and Literature is to come off at
the Meeting of the Trustees in May, we
believe. There are already quite number
of gentlemen whose names have been pre-
sented for this chair. The testimonials of
some of these are very high; and we have
hopes that the Trustees will easily find one
well.suited to the place in every respect, thus
filling the only vacancy that remains in the
Faculty. The University will, when this
election is made, be fully reconstructed
The friends of education everywhere will
rejoice to see it in full blast again.
The Railroads.
The South Carolina r. R. wants five
miles of making the connection on the
Augusta branch We are credibly advised
that the entire road will be finished and
trains will run through from Charleston to
Augusta by the tenth of April The COM.
pany are very much embarrassed by the
present scarcity of rolling.stock. A great
many of their engines and cars are upon
the Charlotte road ; and cannot be made
available until that road be completed. 1t
is presumed, however, that there will be
enough on hand to run the regular trains
upon both branches of the South Carolina
road even before the Charlotte road return
the rolling. stock.
The Charlotte road is making what head.
way it can towards completing the track be.
tween Winnsboro and Columbia. The trains
from the northern end are now, We are ad-
vised, running down to. Doko-fve miles
below Ridgeway, and within eighteen miles
of Columbia. Of these eighteen miles about
seven are in running trim. The cars run
up from Columbia, FIVE miles, with materials
and work men; and between this point
Give miles above Columbia) and Killian's
Mill (ten miles from Columbis) there is
portion of the track relaid. The most san
guine expect the road to be finished by
May Day. More reasonable persons fix
upon the tenth of May as the time when
we may expect trains to run through from
Columbia to the Catawba River, if not on
through to Charlotte even.
New Spelling Book.
Messrs TOWNSEND and NORTH have put
in our hands new spelling book, prepared
by Southern man, and published in Au'
gusta, Georgia. Its title is The Elemento'
ry Speller and Reader. 1t is by Rev. John
NEELY of Augusta, a teacher, we believe,
of forty years experience.
From the. examination we have given 1t
we are impressed with its superiority over
all similar works that we are acquainted
with. Compared with Webster's Spelling
Book, this is infinitely superior-snperior
in its system 1--WE are tempted to say, in its
having system at alp, in its progressive ar
raugement, in its thoroughness, and its eom-
pleteness. Its maxims of study re E0ery
reading lesson a spelling lesson, and E0ery
spelling lesson readiag lesson; and there
is great deal in this apparently simple
matter. Bishop ELLIOTT proDounces the
book the very best he has ever seen of its
kind.
We should be glad to see this work uni