Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-03-14

/ 1t Is stated that Generals Sherman, Meade, han
cock, Mcdowell and ,Schofeld, will command th'
Southern Districts, under Sherman's Reconstruc
ton Bill
~ EDITORIAL INKLINGs.
Rain, Rain, Rain. H ...
Our District has had its full share Of rail-
during the last two weeks. The windows Of hea
ven have been opened to an extent that puts al
end to plowing for the present ..a.
The Stamp Tax.
The amendment made in the Stamp Act by
the last Congress abolshes the fifty cent stamp OF
writs, or other original documents, by which any
suit is commenced in court and on confessions O
Judgment; also the twenty-five cent stamp OF
warrants of distress No stamp is required on s
probate of viii, on letters testamentary, or on ad
ministrator's or guardian bond, when the value O.
the estate and effects, real and personal, does moi
exceed one thousand dollars. ... -- .....-
A New Kingdom.
A project is now before the parliament ot
England, to make an independent kingdom Of the
Canadian Provinces, to be called the Kingdom Of
Canada" The third son of Queen Victoria
Prince Arthur, a youth seventeen years old, is tc
be the king of this new monarchy, which will be
the first in North America. The provinces affect
ed are not averse to the project, but the "great
Republic is Mr.. Raymond, Of New York, Of
fered resolution in Congress, inquiring Of the
President if the consent of the United States has
been asked to the formation of abingdon on North
American soil, and urging the Monroe doctrine as
a reason why it should not be allowed. As Eng.
land has never agreed to be bound by the Monroe
doctrine, she may consider this affair none Of Mr.,
Raymonds business, and take the liberty Of erect
ing government with the consent Of her subjects
without asking the permission of Congress Al
any rate, Congress has enough to do now, in re
constructing" its own subjects, to let those Of
England alone for awhile.
Human Snakes.
AN exchange states that lady in Ohio re.
Gently gave birth to twins, whose persons combine
the physical natures and shapes of men and snakes
In their moral nature, the snake rather preponder
ates as they have to be kept apart to prevent them
from fighting This freak of nature. is accounted
for on the supposition that the mother was vic,
lent Aboitionist, and much given to using the
eplCueG SOppCIucdu dSoLuoV Oil WhooS PoAioiee
opinions differed from hers.
This snake story is rather hard to swallow as o
literal fact, but as an aegory, it admirably suits
many births which have occurred in Ohio and other
fanatical States during the last fifty years. Hu.
man nature, as developed in Radicals, certainly
contains large proportion of the snaky element
This fact can be verified by the proceedings Of Con.
L. ,,o.e,bfr ha ad
for, Ion any other supposition than that Stevens,
Sumner, Butler and Co., are human snakes
These reptiles though all equally snaky, have spe,
ci6c differences Stevens makes free use Of bis
rattle, and is fine specimen of the rattlesnake. =
Sumner belongs to the more cowardly breed Of Vi
pers, while Butler is a genuine spreading adder,
who secretes so much poison in his jaws that if he
cannot bite something else, he must bite himself
or die of his own venom.
The American Eagle In Virginia.
The Petersburg Erpess says
This bird of freedom paid his last visit in this
section on Sunday supplied himself with rations
and left for parts unknown. 1t is supposed he
sailed northward A venerable old baldheaded
fellow pounced down upon big muscoyy duck in
MIR. Richard Caudle's yard, Chesterfield Co., on
Sunday afternoon, and carried the poor fowl of
without ceremony. He was only confscating q
little in advance of Thad Stevens & Co.-asking
no odds and giving no thanks.
ssR. e. Bep' in a tight place. ....-
Among the passengers on the ll-fatedsteam
er David White, which blewup on the l7thult, was
MIR. P. Donun, who is better known to the readers
of the Metropolitan Record, by bis nom de phsna'
of "R. E. Bel" Mr.. Donan gives in the RECORD
an interesting account of the disaster, in which
forty lives are known to have been lost He closes
his sketch of the scenes during and after the explo
sion, with the following characteristic postscript:
For the edifcation of my own personal friends
I NAV add that lost everything had on earth ex
cept my very valuable life, which preserved be
cause didn't know 'who would care for mother
now" if I went ''up the spout. and because
didn't wish to put any sympathlzlng female to the
trouble of kissing me for my mother just yet.
ssFighting for Liberty.'' .
In his veto Of the Military Bill, President
johnson indirectly thus proves the justice OF the
Southern cause .
''Those who advocated the right of secession al
ledged in their own Justification that we had no re
gard for law, and that their rights of property life
and liberty would not be safe under the constitu
ton as administered by us. five now verify then
assertion, we prove that they were in truth and il
fact fighting for their liberty and instead OF brand
ing their leaders with the dishonorng name OF ral
tors against a righteous and legal government, w
elevate them in history to the rank Of sefsacrii
cling patriots, consecrate them to the admiration
the world, and place them by the side OF Washing
ton, Hampden, and Sidney. No; let us leave then
to the infamy they deserve punish them as they
should be punished according to laW-and taxi
upon ourselves no share of the odium which the.
should bear alone"
The Presidents last sentence is inconsistent witt
the former part of the above extract, and ought tt
be left out. The ff'' if in the case having been re
moved by the action of Congress, our leaders are
beyond all cavi proved to belong to the highes
order of patriots The Military bill is convincing
evidence that secession was necessity, forced up
on our people by the wrongs then only threatened
but now actually perpetrated by the fanatics of tn
North. Had the South submitted without war Il
their encroaehments, she would have had none tn
less to submit to oppression and robbery, withou
the satisfaction that she at least tried to help her
SELF As is, our people cannot reproach them
selves for their present sufferings which must mi b
borne as evils that have come upon them withou
their consent and against their mighhest efforts