Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-09-26

spicy original matter, and with superior style o
typographical excellence It is cheering indica
ton of the reviving prosperity of our State Capi
tai, to see two dailies published there. We Wlsf
them both an abundance of success.
POLITICAL NEWS. 81. ...,-.
At the vote in Richmond, Va, on the sub
scription to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
the votes of some two hundred negroes were
thrown out, because they had forgotten the names
by which they were registered and had given II
their votes under other names. ~....-...
General Ord, commander of the Fourth Mill
tary District, has ordered the trial by coltmar
tial, of Col. C. G. Gilbert, who had justified par
ty of soldiers in sackinga newspaper Office at Cam
den, Arkansas. This outrage had been committed
because of paragraph published in the paper
which Col. G. considered impudent, because the
military, in his opinion, are mot the servants, but
the masters of the people" Gen. Ord rebukes
this pufed-up imperialist, and reduces him to his
proper dimensions in the eyes Of the law. ;,..,-.
Gen. Mower, the new commander OF the sub,
district Of Louisiana, has issued an order forbid
ding the assembling of armed men for political OF
other purposes, and all other acts tending to dis
order or violence Commanders of Posts, detach-
ments and stations are ordered ito arrest and de:
tain until further orders, all armed men found
posted as sentnels pickets or vdettes, or pretend
ing to be on guard duty for any purpose or by any
authority not duly authorized by law" az rr.
The Washington correspondent Of the Boston
Post, a few days since, had an interview with Pre-
sident johnson, in which the latterexpressed him.
self very freely in regard to the effects of the re-
cent amnesty proclamation The Correspondent
says: II inquired what he thought would be the
practical effect of the amnesty proclamation. He
replied, ito restore the parties to all
their rights-to place them precisely where they
were before the war. The Suffrage question was
one to be determined by the courts and not by the
executive branch of the Government. ar
The Vicksburg Republican states that General
Ord has received registration returns from twenty
nine counties in Mississippi which give the fol,
lowing result: Whites, 2s,923; Blacks, 3l,542 ;
Indians, 30, Total, 6O,l94. a.-p. ...t... 3. ..
The Washington correspondent the New York
Tribune says following is list of persons either
named or being pressed by their friends for Cabi-
net positions: Secretary of State-Reverdy John
son, Charles Francis Adams, Jerry Black Secre-
tary of War-General Steedman, General McClel-
land, Judge Hughes of Indiana, ex-senator Cow.
an Thomas Florence; Postmaster General
Blair, Young Blair, Ward Laymon and Johnny
Coyle; Secretary Of the Maya mannamed Hans
com, from Boston: Secretary of the Treasury
John J. Cisco, Robert j. Walker, a Mr. Pierce,
Of Boston, W. H. Grosbeck, of Cincinnati Cur
rencx 4Clarke:AttorneY-G Geperal-zBinck-
ley, if Stanbery continues indisposed. ,,...H.
AT Fernandinia, Florida, and in the neighbor-
hood, curious question has come up. Among
the freedmen who presented themselves for regis
tration are large number who were born in Afrl-
ca. The Board of Registration asked for naturali-
zation papers, and they referred the question of
admitting them to higher authority.
"A party of Southern gentlemen gave dinner
to General Beauregard, at the New York Hotel,
on Wednesday Of last week. 'In the course Of
his remarks, the General stated that he had re-
ceived tempting offers from English. capitalists
to take up his residence in England, as superin-
tendant of extensive engineering works in that
country he had concluded, upon calmly surveying
the different Governments Of the world, their status
and their inherent strength, that this country pos
sessed the most stable government Of any existing
on the face of the earth, and that for his part he
was determined to spend his life under the flag Of
the Government that was the most stable and least
liable to disorganization. 1t was nothing short OF
sheer nonsense to talk of another rebellion. If
they wanted to raise one they could mott was
utterly impossible, and will be impossible for them
to do so for the next generation.
General Pope has issued an order directing
that the elections be held in Georgia and Alabama,
Tuesday, October 29th, and continu-
ing three days, at which registered voters may
vote for Convention or against a Convention
and also for Delegates to constitute said Conven-
ton, in case so decided by majority of votes.
The New York Herald says that considerable
apprehension is felt at Washington, among lead
ing politicians of the Radical persuasion, as to the
result of the elections in New York and Pennsyl
vania, which take place on the 9Th of next month
The Radicals are not over sangune about either Of
these States. Pennsylvania is regarded as especi-
ally doubtful owing it is said, to the bundering of
the Radical State and county conventions in ma
king nominations. The best posted Radicals con-
,ede that as things look now, the Democrats will
carry the city of Philadelphia. .... .-..
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. "
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