Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-07-26
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- Some sporting men in New Orleans are
getting up goat race.
There are nine hundred steam railroad
corporations in the United States.
The Prussians have cartridge which
explodes after entering the body of man,
and tears him to pieces. ... ...... ..
The Columbia -Pheni1 announces the
death of A. G.. Summer, Esq, at one time
editor of the Carolinian.
- The losses by fire throughout the Uni
ted States for the past six months are set al
s45,OO0,O0O.
"A Jewish synagogue, just completed at
Berlin, is represented to be one of the
most gorgeous buildings in Europe, costing
s750,000 in gold
Gen. John B. Gagruder is the editor
of the Mexican Times, the American jour.
nal started in the city of Mexico, BY the
late Ex-Governor Allen.
The bill reducing the number of Judges
of the Supreme Court has passed both
Houses of Congress, and goes to the Presi
dent for approval.
Official measurement of the area burned
over by the late fire in Portland shows it
to have been 327 acres. The length Of
streets and lanes destroyed is 81 miles.
"A farm sold few days ago in Marion
county, Tenn, for the round sum of $780,
900 in gold, which was at the rate of $lOC
per acre. A Mr.. Metcalf was the purcha
ser.
- The internal revenue law has passed
Congress. The act is one of immense i'm
portauce. 1t reaches every household. II
strikes every occupation. 1t demands q
share of every transaction of business.
The cannon that fred the first shot in
the war at the steamer Star Of the West, al
the entrance of Charleston harbor, January
9, 1861, passed through Cairo, ILL.,, en- route
to Washington, recently, in charge Of foul
soldiers of the Fifteenth Regulars
- "Terrible weather, this! !" said Quilp.
wiping his brow. 'Never say any weather
too hot for me-" was the derisiVe reply
"Good for you," said Quilp; 81 congratu
late you on.being perpared for your ultimate
destiny !"
1t is rumored in Washington that g
proclamation from the President announ
cling the restoration of Texas to the Union,
and declaring, in unequivocal terms; the alb.
clifton of martial law in the South, may be
looked for in day or two.
- Thad Stevens would cousigu the whole
South to the "pententiary Of hell" This
figure of speech, says the New York Ne'os,
shows the magnanimity and the large heart
edness of Thad-he would take the South
to-his own bosom.
The Radicals have published call fol
convention of the loyal Union men of the
South. We are all loyal Union men now,
but they want those who were so during the
war. There is no need for them to choose
delegates They can all attend without
making too large convention.
"A spiritualistic paper in Williams
burgh, N. Y, publishes some verses pur'
porting to have been written in 'the seventh
sphere by the assassin of Mr.. Lincoln, COM
mencing, "Oh God, what fiery waves of
hell across my burdened conscience roll p
and ending, "Ye aoary age, ye thoughtless
youth, avoid the fate of John Wilkes
Booth !"
IF it was a striking example of polite
ness in Charles the Second, when, on his
death. bed, he begged pardon of the compa.
ny in attendance "for being such an uncoD-
sciouably long time in dying" it was cer-
tainly an instance of good manners scarce.
ly less remarkable on the part of gentle.
man who, at the funeral of his baby, apollo.
gized to the audience for presenting so small
coffin to so large an assembly. That man
was great gentleman, you may be sure.
"A Lebanon (Ohio) paper says: "Ths
question, sCan sugar be made from sor-
ghum p has been answered by the Shakers
at Union Village They have method,
of their own discovery, by which they make
sugar from the pure sorghum material
We have seen specimen. 1t is very dark,
exceedingly coarse grained, and has the real
sorghum taste, but it is thoroughly dry, and
it is indeed sugar They have not brought
their method to perfection, but they expect
in short time, to be able to make good
article"
- The total imports of dry goods for the
fiscal year have reached The enormous figure
of s137, 600, 900, which is $50, 100000 in
excess of the heaviest year of the history
of the past-the receipts of 1860, the next
largest year, having been slO7, 900, ,OOO'
The average importations for the FIVE years
preceding that just closed was $50, 900, 900,
and for the ten years ending with lS64-5,
s77,OO0,OO0. The imports for the last year
are thus S7a per cent in excess or the ave-
rage of the ten preceding years.
The St Louis Republican tells the fol.
lowing wheat story: "Judge Russell, Of
Iron county, produced from single grain
of wheat stool of seventy five stalks, aver
aging twenty. nine grains each, or an aggre
gate of two thousand one hundred and sew
enty five grains. Were bushel and halt
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