Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-15
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JAS. WOOD DAVIDSON.
COLUMBIA. S. c.. MARCH IL, 1868.

The University.
There are about forty students in the
University of South Carolina.
Poetry. '~.. .-..--
ALEXANDER SMITH has out new book
of poetry, entitled Miss Oona Nc Quarrie !;
sequel to ALFRED HAaART's Household.
TICKNoR and FIELDS of Boston have re-
printed it in America.
The New Money.
We have seen some of the Bills Receivable
authorized by the Legislature at its last
session. They are receivable by the State
Of South Carolina for all taxes, duties, etc.
We have seen tens and fves They are
handsomely gotten up, in general appear
ance resembling the national currency, be-
ing tinged with green. They are signed by
Comptroller General LEAPHART and by
Treasurer HOOP. We trust that this new
issue will be received freely by the people
Of our State at large; they will thereby
materially aid our grand Ship of State in
wcathering one OF the stiffest storms that
has ever swept across her deck.
The New State House.
This splendid structure of which the
building has been so long suspended, has
suffered great deal since the war from
neglect-there being nobody whose bust.
ness it was to see to it. The grounds have
been recently enclosed, and a guard put
there to see to things generally. Several
cannon shots bit the west end of the build.
ing during the bombardment of Columbia
by SHERMAN; but no material damage re-
suited from that. The heat of the burning
of the old State House, however, did very
material harm to the corner of the new that
was nearest to it. Several blocks of the
granite have shelled off from the intense
heat to which it was subjected There
has been no great deal of injury done to
the building, except the defacing which
has been very xtensive-ornament bro.
ken, sculpture Clipped and abused in va
rious ways and similar petty abuses.
Negro Laziness.
The negro never did love work; and
now that he is treedmanized we make the
word advisedly] he follows his genius more
closely. He is gifted by nature with large
endowments in the way of capacity for re.
pose. He hates movement. His idea of
heaven is-nuttin to do.
As illustration of this characteristic of
that race, we venture to mention common
sight in Columbia At RADoLIFrE's cor
uer, formerly jewelry store, there lies the
ashes of the building; and some negroes
have been sitting those ashes for FIVE or six
weeks, in the hope of finding treasure
One or two are said to have found few
drops of silver worth few dimes and
this is the pretext for continuing the sift-
ing There those negroes sit, or lie, among
the bricks and dust, grabbing and finger
ing about; with an uncertain expectation
of finding some small amount of silver,
rather than work for certain price in mon.
ey. This is easy to do-the exertioD is
inconsiderable; and working hurts him
Of course all the jewelry was removed from
the store before the fire; but Cufee don't
care to know that. He wants "something
to do," and this demands less'labor than
regular paying work and so he fingers,
and sits, and grabbles, because he can sat
dozen to it.
Such is Cuffee. .-' ..,.
Such is treedmanssms.
Staging on the Charlotte Road.
A war of omhibuses has been waging up.
on the stage-line between this city and
Ridgeway, where the Charlotte Railroad
has its present terminus. The parties are
WARD & HARVEY of this State on one
hand, and Mr.. HARVEY, of Virginia on
the other. The distance is twenty.three
miles. The fare was few weeks ago Sew
en- dollars One party fell to five dollars ;
the other fell to four. The former came
down to four and half. The matter now
stands thps: WARD & HARVEY charge
four and half dollars; while HARVEY
charges four dollars.
In this war of wagons, the people find
the advantage of reduced rates.
The distance being twenty-three miles,
the fare ought to be two and half dollars,
or ten cents mile.
Meanwhile, the gap in the railroad is
narrowing. They have now three working
parties employed upon it-one at each end
and one intermediate. There remains prob.
ably seventeen miles of road yet to be put
down. Material is scarce and freedmen are
lazy-these things make such slow progress
with this work. Everybody says that the
whole thing, bridge and all, will be done
by the first of May.
Correspondence Of the Charleston Courier.