Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-01-24

lDY ana SMOKING TOBACCO OF VArtOu5 IdIlcy Ufdu1s.
The quantity Of "od soldiers as the boys call
day, is almost incredible. The general quality Of
to be excellent
There seems to be deplorable condition Of
things at present in North Carolina and, Judging
by the numerous robberies murders and arsons that
we see noticed in the State papers, the following
remarks of the Newberne Journal Of Commerce do
not 90 one step beyond the truth:
The country we write of is hardly worse off than
that extending on every side beyond. A large por.
ton of this section of the State is at the mercy Of
organized gangs of armed negroes There may be
few aoktte Williams among them, but if 80, they are
but few. These negroes will not work. They must
eat and in living on the toll of Others they are
bent on food, though they have to wade to it
through fire and blood. It is with this element we
are called upon to deal-these organizations we
must put down. What can be done, and how shall
we begin?
Public meetings should at once be held in all our
cities, towns and villages to be called by the au-
thorities of the interpretations and the leading
neighborhood men. Atthese meetings the subject
should be fully considered and general organiza-
ton be provided for Negotiations should then
be commenced with the State, and, if found neces-
sary, Federal authorities, with view to efficient
repressive measures
-"HERMEs," the Washington correspondent
of the Charleston Mercury, writes as follows to that
paper, under date Of the 10th inst:
In effect, the Judiciary Committee, to whom this
business of impeachment has been entrusted, is
the Bureau of Military Justice revived, in anothe,
form. Rogers the only Democrat on the Commit
tee, is excluded from its deliberations, and all the
evidence is submitted to a subcommittee Of three
of the most Radical members, Of course. They
have it in their power to cook the evidence in any
way they choose. fancy this fact, Of itself, viii
have very injurious effect upon the Republicans
IF Holt's old Bureau could not stand the fire ot
public odium this new concern will fare even worse
Greely is here with his lecture on the issues and
lessons of the war; which he viii deliver tonight
But he has other business, and, chief of all, his
hobby of a return to specie payment He will
have word, too, in regard to impeachment, te
which he is heartily opposed. But impeachment
must be pushed to a conclusion, and its authors
have placed themselves and their party in ticklish
position, which they begin to appreciate most SEN
sibly.
Judge Hise, of Kentucky, a stout-built old gen.
made forcible speech yesterday on the Nebraska
became so excited that he advanced down the cen.
tral aisle, nearly to the Speakers chair, and de-
clared that the men in Congress who would force
impartial suffrage on Territory, in violation of the
United States Constitution, were guilty of "cor:
rupt and damnable perjury" The fate of the bill
was in such peril, that Senator Wade had to come
upon the floor, and make an earnest appeal to one
Of the foremost among the Republican recusants
The final vote would seem to indicate that the bill
cannot be passed over the Presidents veto, but
when the pinch comes the whole party will come
in to the crack Of the whip.
was not present when Stevens made the sur
prising declaration that Rome, under Nero and
Trojan, was Republic, and that it was the duty.oi
Congress to guarantee Republican form of gov.
ernment to Pennsylvania. But had a good look al
him, as he sat on one of the front Seats with hi
leg thrown over the desk before him. His face
does not indicate his demoniac possession, except
in its unnatural palor. His brow is high and well
developed in the region Of the perceptve faculties
His high cheek bones, aquiline nose, and square
chin, indicate decision and force Of character. Hi
mouth is his weakest feature, denoting as it does
sensuaity in high degree. The upper jaw bones
appear to have been mashed in by violent blows
and hence the impression of deformity which hi
face imparts to the casual observer. His limbs an
emaciated, and his left foot is distorted He il
said to be seventyfve years DID, but his brown VII
makes him look much younger than that H'
laughs often, and, Judging from his constant spit
ting, is never without chew of tobacco in hi
mouth. Such is the American Robespierre, who's
unhappy destiny it is to reproduce in this country
the sangninary horrors of the French Revolution
unless he ischeckmated by benefcent Providence
acting through an awakened and aroused people.