Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-06-14
Napsiae Gatheriuas.

How many idlers there are in this
world to whom penny begged, is sweeter
than shilling earned.
Crops in Tennessee are backward. Only
half crop of wheat is anticipated but corn
and cotton are promising.
One cent premium is paid in Louisville
for every dead rat. A dead rat will produce
scent almost anywhere.
- 1t is said that the sub-agencies of the
Freedman's Bureau are considered as being
worth more than the Presidents salary.
"A daughter of the late Owen Lovejoy,
for many years member of Congress from
Illinois, is now teacher in one of the ne
gro schools in Vicksburg
The Woodstock (Va.D Herald, says it
is not an unfrequent thing to see the white
teachers of the negro schools there escorting
negro women about the town.
A young farmer of upper Coos, N. H.,
had three calves, two colts, eleven pigs, nine
lambs and baby added to his inventory of
personal property the other night.
-Thad. Stevens is an old bachelor. So
is Chas. Sumner So was Jas. Buchanan.
Bachelors seldom make good citizens, much
less good legislators
1t is rumored in Germany that in the
event of war, General Mcclellan, who is 10
Dresden, will be first in command of the
Saxon army.
Since the first day Of May over ten thou
sand volunteers have been mustered out Of
the United States service but nine thousand
now remain.
At the Fenian headquarters iu WASH
ington, the sale of bonds of the Irish Re-
public has been closed for want of patron.
age.
- The following beautiful inscription is
to be seen over soldiers grave in the AL.
exander Military Cemetery:
'Unknown' is all thy epitaph can tell;
If Jesus knew thee, all is well.
-"There goes a man." said friend to
another, "who is worth bis hundred thous-
and dollars" "Yes," quietly said the 9TH
er, looking after the rich man, sand that's
all be is worth"
-65,4S3 males and 4,72l females are
engaged in various manufactures in New
York; the capital employed is about $62,.
100000, and the yearly products over one
hundred and twenty million dollars.
"A very distinguished statesman and
orator, of New York, is said to be prepar-
ing thorough ventilation of all the facts of
tyranny, oppression and cruelty of the Fed,
eral officers
- There is something. exquisite in the
Yankees reply to the European traveller
when he asked him whether he had just
crossed the Alps: oval, now you call my
attention to the fact, | guess did pass RI
sin ground.
"A negro by the name of Francis A..
Boyd, few days ago, applied to the Uni
ted States Court, at Louisville, for a copy,
right on book-a poem iu three parts and
entitled "Columbiana," which is dedicated
to Lincoln, Grant and Butler
- The contract for carrying the u S.
Mail between Milton, North Carolina, and
Barksdale's depot, was recently awarded to
colored man, who, after having the test
oath read and explained to him, threw up
the contract, for the reason that his con-
science roulc7nt let him take the oath.
- Some poetical genius, in burst of en-
thusasm, asks, "Who has not seen and felt
the beauty Of woman's arm 2" W. don't
know about seeing the beauty of woman's
arm; but We can speak from experience
when we say that we have felt its strength,
especially in our younger days, after play.
ing truant and soiling our clothes
- The Boston papers state that short
time since a resident of the South, a grad.
uate of Harvard, visited Boston in penni.
less condition, having lost everything by the
rebellion. His old classmates opened a sub
scriptiop, and in a short time presented him
with the handsome sum of $1,000 with
which to commence the world anew.
The last words of General Scott are
worth remembering. About twenty five
minutes before bis death be addressed his
hostler, Allen, saying: "James, how is
the horse p "He is well, General" "
''Take care of him, James," said the dy.
ing hero, and these were the astintelligible
words he uttered Ia less than half an
hour all was over.
"A recent report made in Washington,
states that there are over seventy telegraph
Offices in New York city, with force of
375 persons, that there are now thirty wires
between New York and Washington, and
that nearly one hundred wires leave the
city of New York. The American and
Western Union Companies have about 1000
officers with 5000 employees. The names
of thirty companies are given, with an ag-
gregate capital of fifty millions Of dollars,
employing six thousand persons.
"A correspondent of the Richmond
Times, from Greensboro, has the following :
"Near by are the classic grounds of old
Guilford Court House, memorable in the
history of the revolution of 1776. Twas
here also that Gen. johnson, in May, '65,