Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-22
Sfraps au& gaets.


"A man went into saloon in Bridge.
port the other night, called for few oys-
ters, and astonished the natives by eating
lob raw.
The Montgomery HAIL says that
General Toombs, who is in Cuba, has writ
ten letter, in which he states that he had
met one of his former slaves in Havana,
and that this negro told him that he had
been inveigled to Cuba, and sold to Cuban
STAKEHOLDER for thirteen hundred dollars.
Thsckery tells of an Irish woman
begging aims from him, who, when she saw
him put his hand in his pocket, cried out,
"May the blessing of God follow you all
your life," but when he only pulled out his
snuff box, Immediately added, "and never
overtake ye."
Our Washington dispatches now pro-
nounce as premature the report that the
coin of the Richmond banks, carried off at
the time of the rebel evacuation of that
city, has been restored to those institutions.
1t is still in the National Treasury, and its
disposition is said to be yet an undecided
matter.
Judge Kellogg, Collector of customs
at New Orleans, has news that the govern
ment at Washington has dismissed all per-
sons engaged in the seizure Of property in
the South, claimed as belonging to the
Confederate Government All cotton now
seized is to be held until full examination
can be had.
"A punctual man is rarelya poor man,
and never man of doubtful credit. His
small accounts are frequently settled, and
be never meets with difficulty in raising
money to pay large demands. Small debts
neglected ruin credit, and when q man has
lost that, he will find himself at the bottom
of hill he cannot ascend.
A Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Ledger asserts that MIR. Ste
pheus' final acceptance of the Georgia Sen
atorsbip was in consequence of an assu-
rance from high officials in that city, that
be would be admitted to his seat. and the
President is determined to do his best to
secure that admission. His case is not an
isolated one.
a young lady having "set her cap"
for rather large specimen of the opposite
sex, and having failed to win him, was
telling her sorrows to couple of her con.
fdants, when one of them comforted her
with these words: "Never mind, Mollie,
there's as good fish il the sea as ever yet
vas caught" "Mollie knows that" re.
piled her little brother, "but she wants
whalew w
The pumber of pardons that have
been granted BY the President to persons in
the States below named, under the thir
teenth exception of the Amnesty Proclama-
ton, are as follows: Kentucky, II; West
Virginia, 4S; Arkansas, Al ; Missouri, 10;
Virginia, 2,070; North Carolina, 4S2;
South Carolina, 63s; Florida, So; Louisi-
ana, 142 Georgia, l, ,22S; Alabama, 1861;
Mississippi, 765. Total, $685..
- The Petersburg Erpress says: The
bones of many soldiers-not few of them
Confsderates-lie bleaching on the lines
Southwest of the city The late heavy rains
washed away the shallow covering of earth
that hid them from view, and skulls and
other bones of the dead lie scattered here
and there This should not be. A human
bone is too sacred to be thus thrown about
the fields.
We see it stated in cotemporary,
that the Adams Express Company have Of
fered the National Express Company, the
sum of two millions of dollars to surrender
their charter and discontinue the Express
business. We are not prepared to speak as
to the correctness of this statement, but if
true, it furnishes some idea of the immense
business and resources of the Mammoth
Company which proffers the amount.
~, Lynch6urg Meaos
General Scott, of the Freedmen's
Bureau, accompanied by few friends and
citizens of Charleston, returned yesterday
from brief tour of inspection of the Sea
Islands. Relations between the freedmen
and the former owners of plantations are i'm
proving every day. The former are enter
ing into contracts, and the prospect is en-
couraging that every thing will be shortly
reduced to harmonious and profitable
system of living and labor Courier, 10th.
- Many of the Bishops and Clergy of
the Roman Catholic Church in this country,
have issued circulars warning Irishmau a.
gainst the Feuian movement which is now
creating so much excitement at the North
and in Ireland and England The idea Of
freeing Ireland from the dominion of the
British Government, is absurd, and is only
resulting in the loss of life and liberty in
Ireland, and the loss of the money of Irish
men in the United States. The Fenian
movement is one grand humbug.
- The Winnsboro IS. CO. Herald, of
the 14th inst, mentions that sail informa-
tion we have is favorable towards the new
system of labor. From all parts of the dis
trict we learn that the freedmen are doing
we'll. If We were called upon to advise
that class of laborers, it would be to tell
them by all means stick firmly to their con-
tracts this year. b. so doing they will earn
a reputation for faithfuness that will ensure
good living. Drones will not be tolera-
ted"
- The New York Times finds some