Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-09-12

ters and their object is to take advantage OF our
general ignorance and universal creduhty and BY
panderng to our evil passions and the vices incl
dent to ignorance among all races, they expect to
ALLEVIATE us from the only true friends we have on
the habitable globe, and array US in political and
deadly strife against our former masters and pro,
tectors." L-.r; r.. ~ r..,.-s Z IL -.- 81;
An Embarrassing Request. t. .a. "a. ...a..
,-The Richmond Dispatch tells the following
distressing story which shows how ridiculousy the
ladies will sometimes bother their bachelor friends
"An inyeterate bachelor residing in tins city re.
ceived letter from couple of nleces few days
since. in which, among other things, was the fol
| lowing request: "Send dimmmediately the Nan we
love. The bachelor was much perplexed, and
totally at loss to account for such an unusual and
Astounding request. In the first place, it was the
first intimation he had ever had that his nleees dld
| love man, and in the next, if they did, ne had
mob the slightest idea whothat man could be; lie
at once wrote enclosing that portion OF the letter.
and demanding an explanation. Yesterday he re-
ceiyed response, in which the pretty nieces, with
MANY apologies, explained. They intended to
write, 'Send us The Lund We Lore' General
ID. Fl. Hills popular monthly. The substitution
of man in former letter was slip of the pen
The bachelor uncle accepted the explanation, but
could not suppress the thought that if the dear
girls had not been thinking about the masculines
/ the mistake would never have occurred. "p.W
Radical Convention at Raleigh. .-------aa.s
For several days, Radical Convention has
been in session at Raleigh NC The following
resolution in regard to Confscation was adopted:
J Resolred, That the Republican party Of North
Carolina on the subject OF contiscatlon, and all g.,
other matters pertaining to reconstruction, Will
faithfully adhere to and abide by the reconstruc-
ton plan and measures OF Congress -
The Raleigh Sentinel thus discourses upon the
Convention ~ -,,s'' ...-... 49, ,'. :. III
"It is said, by those who were so unfortunate as
to be present, that the pow-wow of the white and
negro Radicals, on Wednesday night exceeded all
powers Of description. Confusion, disorder, vltu-
peration, appeals to the passions. vndictlveness,
hate and efiuyia, were rife There is one very
noticeable and marked difference between the pre-
sent Radical Convention and that which met In
this City, in March last to wit: in the character
and appearance of the white delegates. The pre-
sent Is incomparably inferior in that respect. =
With, of course some few exceptions, as was re-
marked to us by an intelligent eolored man, they
''are the sorriest looking set Of white men we
have ever beheld. i" @l..a~1
The Great American Desert. ..rli a..
"A writer from. Nebraska explodes an old
geographical fiction, and draws picture which
those of our readers who studied geography fifteen
years ago. will readily recognize. He says :...
"In an atlas used to study, longago- o-and lam nc
Ichicken-there was laid down just west OF the
Missouri river tract, broad and expansive, called
THE Great American Desert l recollect q for
Ilorn buffalo with tail erect, sprawled away outside
of this tract to show that he did not belong IN it,
and could not afford to live in it on any terms and
even an Indian with his pony's tail turned to the
Desert was chasing off at full speed for a better
locality As an infant in geography, l always
took great amount of stock in this Desert idea
which now think, after all, grew out Of the con.
ceit of some lazy engineer who got sick OF the vast
expanse of chain-dragging, and Jumped the whole
as region not worth ten days work with cham
and level. He ibelled the fairest wheat rgowing
section in. the world To-day thousands of acres
Of the finest wheat that ever, grew yellow in the
summers sun, are bending and ripping on the ter.
tile bosom of Nebraska, to give the lie to the old
atlas and the typographical chap who mised good
German immigration. ..... .... ........
At the last session of the Legislature of S.
Carolina, an appropriation of ten thousand dollars
was made, and Commissioner appointed, tor the
purpose of inaugurating measures to secure mml-
grafton to this State. The Commissioner dispatch
ed several agents to Europe to forward the scheme
Can't, Melchers, one of the agents, an intelligent
German. of Charleston, writes from Gutenberg,
under date of the 10Th Of August, as follows:
"a number of emigrants are getting ready to
sail on the LIST October The bark Gauss, Captain
Wieting will positively leave on that day, and
Messrs. Delius & Co. have promised that should
a sufficient number of emigants offer, they will
send another vessel to Charleston in November or
December. Some of the papers and ship-brokers
are totally opposed to our scheme; others are IN
our favour, especially the Bremen MorgenRest,,
large daily, and among the brokers MIR. u. +. E6,
cling, Office Nine Bourse, Bremen, whom would
cordially recommend to such OF our TRENDS IN
Charleston as may have occasion to send tor any OF
their relatives and acauaintances If the State of
South Carolina will guarantee 5 per cent. interest
for five wears, on capital of from to 500 900 dol
lars. this sum might be raised in Bremen for the
nurpose of establishing line of steamers 10 Char
lesion T have seen several Bremen merchants
who have made this proposal. 1t would no doubt
insure current of emigration to Charleston
Social Equality.
Hon. A. G.. Brown, of Mississippi, in re-
cent speech before mass meeting Of blacks, ex-
pressed the following admirable views on social
equality: =. . ..... 49, -...a...
"Men make men equal before the law; that is
they confer on them equal civil and political rights
but they cannot make them Of equal stature, Of
equal wisdom, or of the same color. No more
can they make them socially equal. Social equaf-
ty depends on agreement. The laws cannot force
lit. + am no man equal, socially, unless he agrees
to the equality No man has a right to demand
it against my consent and this rule is universal
all peEyadng among Rnnes YGaG saGs anG
frugal among you do not admit to social equality
the dishonest, idle and wasteful of your own col
or, nor do white people,; Social equality is simply
a matter of private agreement and is not to be
controlled by any public law. Whenever the blacks
desire social equality, and the white people agree