Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-06-21
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Accomae. county, Va, gave birth one day
lastweek to two children, each having two
heads, four eyessud three legs. 80
The Treasury Department has order
cd s.oircular to. be sent to post masters re-
csiving over $500, requiring them to show
that1thsy have paid income taxes.
----The remains of an elephant have
bean discovered in Louisiana, twenty feet
below the surface, asd just above an i'm
mense bad of rock.salt. e'- .. -.
-4---- The Rhode Island Legislature has
appointed . select committee, with Gov.
Burnside ut its head, to erect monument
to soldiers from that State who fell during
the: war. sgi'tr'G& - EG-a fa#
There are to be three lectures in Dan.
vile next week. DR.. Atkinson will lecture
on "Woman," Col. Farrar on "Johnny
RebHtands SIS. Bryant, Esq, on "The
Devil, shis Origin and Appearance" What
an association !2c Women, Rebels and the
Devil hgNot trinity, but trio!
---4GThose Of our readers who are not
well posted in history, may be interested to
know The date of The abolition (by law of
slavery in the State of Massachusetts,. 1t
was accomplished BY the adoption Of the
thirteenth amendment to the Constitution,
in 1865. s.iEz 90. s-.-'' d. "
Gen. BHtler, who is q candidate for
Congressional honor from Massachusetts,, is
sorely puzzled to know in what district his
chances are most favorable, His residence
is;in ths, 7th bpt his ssbarn'', is in the 9th,
and BY transferring his legal domicil from
one to the. other, he can take advantage Of
either fsstragetio"r point 10 the "situation,'"
--- nHoald aisy, Nike" said one of two
Irish pedestrians, as he reverentially ap-
preached amile. stone. tsThresd lightly"
said he, ssfor here liess very ould man."
Pat carefully spelled out the inscription,
Baltimore l54 miles, and then continued:
"He was 154 years ould, and his name was
Miles, from Baltimore" a.a 7..s.
------Fhe Charlotte Democrat announces
that the unfortunate soldiers, who lost limbs
during the war, will be passed free over the
Wilmington, Charlotte aud Rutherford Rail
Road, to and from Raleigh, for the purpose
Of procuring artificial limbs. Gov. Worth
either has made or is making arrangements
for an extension of the same privilege by
the other roads of the State. i .
LII The Ballard House at Richmond is
rented for $4,000. The Exchange Hotel
is nominallylet for Sc, $50, but the lessees
have Rad to make s2I, 900 worth of repairs
in consideration of the comparatively low
figure at which they get the establishment.
The St. Charles is let for 81 300. The
Spotswood Hotel stores rent for the nice lit
tie fortune annually. Of S2S, 900.
The European nations that have been
wrangling 50 long have agreed to meet in
conference, to see if an amicable settlement
is possible The result depends upon Ma
poleon, He will make it what he wishes
it.; but what he wishes no one knows
There is some danger, however, that the
fight will begin before the parleying. The
London Times fears that if war begins, all
Europe will be involved in great revolution.
airy eonYulsions. ....
"a South Carolina correspou dent of
the New York E0ening Post makes the fol-
lowing: 81 have heard the negroes speak
more bitterly against the people of mixed
blood than against the whites who sold and
whipped them and WFonged them in every
way. sIsVas protesting against this spirit
ONE day with q pure negro. dts no use
talking he said, "we gon't.stand it. I'll
bsnd to q white man, but never to mulat-
to- I'll tell you what it is, if white man
and mulatto were thrown out of boat
and l could save one, would never ask a
question, but swim for the white man.
The BRENNAN (Texas) Banner says
that, under the benign and fostering care
of the Bureau" the freedmen of Bren-
ham are achievinga state of almost COM
plets perfection in the highly important,
useful and refined business of marble-play-
ing. at almost any hour of the day, large
numbers Of able bodied freedmen may be
seens;n thesstreets, engaged in the exercise
of this interesting game; and the expert
ness with which they "plump the middle
man." keep from "getting fat" and cry
out avent dumbs," or ssdon't fudge" is
highly ezhilarating and instructive.
THE Lynchburg Ners reports that
Hon. Messrs Broomalf and Buxton, of the
House Of Representatives, and members Of
the committee sent to Memphis to investi-
gate the late riots, were in Lynchburg on
Sunday on their return to Washington, the
investigation having been completed They
stated IN conversation, that the people of
Memphis were in 20 manner responsible
for the riots, but that their Investigations
resulted in establishing the fact that the af
fair grew out of the antagonism between the
foreign police of the city and the negro
soldiers, not residents of the place They
were understood 10 say that such would be
the report of the Committee, soon to be
submitted to Congress.
Harper's Weekly shows how simple
and easily National Bank, that is Gov
ernmentdepository, makes money. Asmsrt
fnancier can make money very easily. All
that is requisite is to get his bank appointed