Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-11-01
Gontr1butor1al.
COLUMBIA. 8. C.. 2eTH OCT, 1858.
The Garrison here.

Our garrison in Columbia is small "A
piece of regiment, we believe, u under
the command of COL Moore There is no
complaint of the official administration but
the soldiers are sometimes noisy on the
streets
The Marion Star.
This handsome weekly comes to us this
week in an enlarged form, being six col.
umus and a half larger than heretofore. -
We take this as presumptive evidence that
the Star is receiving that liberal support
which it so justly deserves at tue hands Of
q cultivated (aDd therefore appreciative)
community.
Outdoor Hotels.
The new state of society induced by
emancipation has largely increased - rath-
er We should say, has inaugurated the
market stand and street tables whereat
meals may be had at all hours. Of course,
the burden of patronage iu this direction
comes from the negroes All round the
the market, and at various places on the
streets one may see Cuffee taxing his neal
of humble material and cheap style, of
course, but still in many cases, it is all be
gets during the day - and the pittance paid
is all that Cuffee can spare.
Business.
There is good deal of selling off at
cost among the merchants here and this
suggests the fact, that business is not, in
every respect prosperous. 1t is true that, oc.
casionally, unusual prosperity and briskness
enables merchant to sell off an old stock,
in order to reft and refill his establishment
but that can hardly be the case in Colum-
bia The other conclusion - there are but
two, We believe, - is the one referred to
above.
If the "good time coming" Is coming to
US, we wish it would hurry up, and save
our impatience. ..-.
Hard times and Firewood. ...
Last winter, We of Columbia, were very
much at the mercy of the few, who were
engaged in supplying wood at retail to the
city. But things are changed in our favor
this year The closeness of the money.
market, has driven large number to the
business of supplying wood; and the result
is, that we get it much cheaper this winter
than we did last Good oak wood sells at
four and half ga SOY cord whereas We
might, last winter have had to- pay five, six,
seven, or eight - varying With the bad
weather, - for the same.
We presume, however, after awhile,
when the regular contractors having sup
piled the main demand and retire from the
field, We shall be victimized again by the
same cart drivers who skinned Us in bad
weather last winter. We hope to see.
o Liberty ....
We saw huddled up and bundled up,
lying asleep upon the ground, in the middle
of the street, few evenings ago, negro
freedman - one from whose hands the
shackles of slavery have been recently
knocked off one who is in the enjoyment
of the glorious boon of liberty - and upon
enquiry of those standing not far off we
learned that the poor creature there was in
the habit of so sleeping that that was the
party's usual mode of spending the night
without home, or house, or shelter, or food,
or friend - without regular work, without
industry, without future and without
hope.
Madame Stowe, in Gods name send
down south to your friends. They need
you. They do not need any more Uncle
Toms Cabins on paper, but hovel to
sleep in They do not want any more of
your liberty, but they want bread. They
are too lazy to work; and must die, unless
they are cared for. Send down, Madame;
they are waiting for you to do 30 - are de.
pending upon you, and have deserted their
former owners, feeling that help would
come to them from their dear friends in New
England.
The Watchman.
This is the name of literary newspaper,
published weekly in New York. We take
pleasure 10 calling attention of our readers
to it, because in so doing We feel that We
are serving worthy cause and doing fa.
vor to our friends 1t is edited by DR..
Deems of the Methodist Church, than whom
there is hardly an abler editor in the inte-
rest of the South, either here or in the
North. The strong sympathies of the pa.
per for all that is Southern should commend
it to the regards of all our people; while
the earnest, but never obtrusive piety of
the editor should commend his paper, not
only to his fellow. methodists, but also to
the good and the literary of all denomina.
tions: We have no pecuniary interest in
the paper in any way, and We speak with
out being requested to do so speak from
our own impulse, and our own feeling of
interest derived from reading the paper
regularly for some months
The address of the Watchnan, is Box
$3.50, New York and the price of it is
81; So for six months; and 81 for three
months. Clergymen and Teachers get it
at So year.
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