Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-01-10
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lst instant. Provision has also been made tor the
payment of interest due in England
1t is related of two old Scotch ministers that
the one asked the other if he were not sorey tempt
ed to 20 fishing on the Saturday afternoons
"Oh, mon," replied his fellow laborer, I'm never
tempted lang, just gang.
London is fourteen miles in length and ten in
width, and contains population of about 3,OOO,-
600. We call New York and Philadelphia large
cities-and so they are-but neither Of them is one
fifth the size of London either in extent or popula-
ton
IF the United States were as densely popula-
ted as France, our population would amount to
$4,000, 900; if as densely as Belgium the United
States would then contain ,OOo 900 inhabitants
tire world in 1885,
The University at Chapel Hill, North Caro-
lima, has but very few students, and those talk OF
leaving A North Carolina journal thinks the on
" remedy for this bad state Of things is 1.-The cleo
ton of General Joseph E. Johnston, or some other
military man." to the presidency of the college.
The Catholic Church in the United States is
said to have 1884 churches and chapels, "A theo-
logical semnaries and ,4O4 academies and schools
containing 10000 pupils. The Catholic popula-
ton of the United States is estimated from 4,OOO,
900 to 100000.
At the recent session of the United States Cir
c1rit Court. held at Parkersburg, West Virginia,
the grand jury made more than two thousand pre-,
sentiments against the Baltimore and Ohio Rallroad
Company for violating the revenue laws In failing
to stamp receipts for freight.
The Jewish Council, to meet in Paris next
year, Will be called to decide upon the abolshment
of the prohibition against certain articles OF food
the suppression of poygamy among the Jews In
Algeria, and the recognition OF the rights OF lnher-
itance Of female children.
"A despatch from Washington, dated Sunday,
says Ben Butler is stirring up the Radicals to the
work of impeachment. He told wel[known Bos-
ton lawyer to-day that he was confident that the
should lose no time.
Great Britain contains 2S5 persons to the
square mile; Italy, 225; France 100; Prussia l97
Austria, 1855; Spain "a; Turkey, l9; the United
States, II Russian Empire, 9; Russian Europe,
80, and Brazil, g. The eight European countries
named are said to contain over 10000 900 inhab-
itants
Henry Ward Beecher is lecturing in favor Of
an extension of the ballot to women; One OF ms
arguments runs thus: "Man is vastly superior to
woman-as man; and woman is altogether superi-
or to man-as woman, and both of them together
T s!s more 'n"n nA'Sn ''F s''"Sf '' 'DSH '''"'"''
AN editor undertook to count the drunken
men in Huntsville, No., and counted to the num-
Der of fthirtyone who were so drunk that they ddn
know highnoon from midnight. He was brought
up by drunken fellow who reeled and staggered
so he couldn't count him. There seems to have
been good deal Of drunk on that day.
"A lunatic, from Knghtstown, Indiana, on
Christmas, went into an Indianapolis establishment,
purchased small bill of goods and drew check
for 500 1000, which he rendered in payment, with
modest request that they would pay him the bal
ance in cash. He signed his name to the check,
&C. c. Thorpe, Cashier" and when asked what
bank he was cashier OF, he replied, all of en-
Before the war, Dr.. Parker of Columbia pro-
duced from one acre 200 bushels of corn, and from
an adjoining acre, l16 bushels. The same gentle
man also produced from the same ground SO bush
show the richness of our SOIL and invite agricultu
rists from abroad to region that may be made to
abound in milk and wild honey"
-''Editing a newspaper, is good deal likema-
king a fire. Everybody supposes he can do 1t little
better than anybody else We have seen people
doubt their fitness for apple peddGng ordyving and
counting aths; but in all our experience we never
met with that individual who did not think he could
double the circulation Of any paper In two months
The Fernandina (Fla) Courier says: 1--WE
learn from persons living in the INTERIOR that the
tide of emigration to this State just now is unpre-
cedented in her history A gentleman informed
us, few days since, that he observed twenty
wagons in one company, containing emlgrants and
their household goods, all bound for Marion Coun-
ty. The most of these families are from South
Carolina"
The Chester STANDARD, of last week, says
IL ho,-o ham az
fected in that District between planters and freed
men, for the present year. In consequence Of the
great scarcity of provisions, much less quantity
of land will be put in cultivation during the coming
season. Many freedmen are seeking new homes.
Numbers have already left for Florida, and Others
are getting ready to take the same direction
Dining the past year there were sol fires in
the United States, each involving loss of over
$4,000. Total loss by these fires $66, 600
against $43, l39, 900 for the previous year, when
there were only 354 of such fires. There were IS
railroad accidents in the United States in the year
just ended causing the loss of lis lives, and the
wounding Of 607 persons. For the previous year
there were 1873 accidents, 335 persons killed, and
1927 wounded.
THE monthly report of agriculture for De
cember contains final estimate of the corn crop OF
1866 The total result is $50, 600 bushels. In
the eleven States not hitherto reported, lS5,OO0,-
600 bushels against 274,000,000 bushels in 1859.
In % Northern States, 670 0OO 900 bushels instead
of TO4 OOO 900 bushels in 1866, showing decrease
of 600 900 while the decrease in quality isequiv
alent to 100000 bushels making loss in feed
ing value equivalent to 100000 900 bushels.
Over So, ,OOO, 900 in mutilated and worn out
notes have been returned to the Treasury, where
they are placed in an immense revolving iron cyl
inder, carefully locked, through which heated
stream Of acids passes, that the ink complete
ly removed, and mass OF pulp remains This Is
bleached, and manufactured into envelopes for the
use Of the Treasury Department. Large amounts
of mutilated and worn out fractional currency are
thus decomposed, and reconstructed into en-
velopes.
The listof Confederate officials who have beer
pardoned, called for by resolution of Congress
is iscompleted and was have been sent to the House
of Representatives on Monday last 1t contains
295 names, as follows Alabama SO, Arkansas 30
District of Columbia 25, Florida 8, Georgia, lS
Kentucky l2, Louisiana 81, Maryland 8, Misslssip
pi Is, Missouri s, North Carolina II, South Caro-
lima 81, Texas l3, Tennessee Is, Virginia 49, West
Virginia 9. This list does not include the names o
large number pardoned under the $50, 900 clause
The recommendations on which they were pardoned
accompany the list.
The population of New York City, which II
1900 was 60, 600, is now about million The val
uation of property real and personal has risen from
$4,000, 900 in 1905, to $736, ,0SS ,05S while tht
real value is about 81 900, 0OO 900, or thirtietf
part of the property of Great Britain. The bank
ing capital Of the city is over 5000, 900 900, ant
the transactions at the clearing house for the yea
an6inp 0ctOher 1St Ware So ono O0O O00 IFS req