Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-01-24
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CdTUllua.
in Germany the trades-people can hardly be
persuaded to receive prompt payment Tor thelr
goods. In America the trades s-people can hardly
get paid with all persuading.
josh Billings says There is only one ad
that is the road is easy and you are sure to get
there"
To show how yankee notions are spread
ing among the negroes.ean old darkey IS reported
to be accommodating fortune in Virginia BY the
sale of magic lotion, which, he asserts, will In
falibly straighten hnky hair.
The Lower House of the Maryland Legisla-
ture has passed the enfranchisement bill which re
stores to full rights of citizenship those who have
been disfranchised for disoyaty or participation In
the rebellion.
"A table, in the War Department, reports the
destruction on the Mississippi and its tributaries,
during the war, of three hundred and twenty
boats, of an aggregate tonnage Of one hundred and
ffty-two thousand four hundred and fifty tons and
an aggregate value of $S,OO0,0O0
Several nice young gentlemen went to the
residence of young damsel to give her serenade,
After some tirne tho servnnt stopped out, and
walking out to the harpist, exclaimed: My
friends, the folks are all abed you can't get cent
here tonight"
Several of the large dry goods establishments
in New York have established detective force,
which is employed to look after the clerks. The
detectives visit all sorts of places, and if clerk IS
seen where he should not be, quiet dismissal and
"and no reasons gwen follows at once
speaking of negro farming in that section
the Selma Messenger says: I'VE know number
of negroes who leased lands for last season, and
went to work upon them under favorable clrcum-
stances we do not know of one whose crop was
sufficient to subsist him until Christmas
1t was decided in the New York Court of
Common Pleas on Thursday, that the liability OF a
baggage expressman was not limited by the words
expressed on check, Twill not be liable tor an a.
mount exceeding $50 upon any article, and that
the word 'article" applied to each item OF the con-
tents of the trunk and not the trunk itself
The large stained front window glass Of the
Trinity NJ E. Church, Fort Wayne, Ind, which
cost $500, was donated by some person unknown at
the time 1t is now rumored that the splendid gift
was made by two gamblers, who had made big
haul playing faro, and whose mothers were Metho-
dists.
Rev. Mrs DR.. Buddington, of Brooklyn,
now travelling with her husband in Palestine writes
home that the sea is so rough near Joppa that it is
a matter of no surprise that the whale was unable
to. stand the double agitation of Jonah and the
billows and viewing the prophet as conundrum,
chad to give him up.
In a recent case in Indiana Justice compla-
Gently remarked, in summing up the testimony:
"Gentlemen of the Jury, in this case the counsel
on both sides are unintelligible the witnesses on
both sides are incredible, and the plaintiff and de-
fendant are both such bad characters, that to me
it is Indifferent which way you give your verdict.
The Virginia Legislature has passed law
Do, fo hor narc
and ticket Offices open one hour before the depar-
ture of every passenger train, and also requiring
the railroad companies to keep the entrance to the
cars and ticket offices unobstructed by lettering
bystanders, pie and apple vendors and other null
sances, and empowering them to arrest and carry
before magistrate said loafers.
The average value of the 1920 Baptist
Churches in the United States in 1860 was ST. 700;
of the 1888 Methodist Churches, $1,000; Of the
5,06l Presbyterian Churches, S5,000 of the 3, ,334
Congregational Churches, $4,000 of 2, $50 Romish
Churches, of the 2, l45 Episcopal Churches, and Of
the Dutch Reformed Churches, $4,000; of the
Unitarian Churches, ST. and Of the Mormon
Churches, $4,000.
james E. Campbell-whoever that may be
writes to the New York Times, that he was in
money put up, for FIVE hundred pounds sterling
aside, that J. Wilkes Booth was alive, and would
be so proved in six months; and that the person
who maintained the affirmative was Lieut.. Will
liam Martin Tolbert, Of the Confederate war steam
er Shenandoah
The New York Erening Post says an article
on Captain John Smith" y" in the new number Of
the North american Rerieao, is the first popular
presentation of theory which has been held for
few years past by class of our historical students.
1t not only impeaches the veracity Of the founder
of Virginia, but it almost demonstrates that the
celebrated story which tells how heroic Pocahontas
saved his life, is but pleasant fiction at the best
Lieut.. Ross, commanding the garrison at
this place. acting under instructions from General
Scott, OF the Freedmen's Bureau, arrested Sheriff
Matthews, James P. Barrineau and j. S. Beck on
yesterday, and sent them to Charleston this morn
ing. This arrest was made in consequence of their
being in charge of the Jail which was recently des
troyed by fire at this place. These officers were
arrested while in discharge Of their duty on the
District Court. rt.-Kimgstree Star.
General Hood, in a recent address, gives
General Cleburne's last words to him at Franklin
He said General, have my division in two lines,
and am ready. General, | am more hopeful of the
success Of our cause than have ever been since the
war commenced" Within twenty-five minutes this
brave soldier was no more Within an hour, an
army was mourning overthe great loss Thus end
ed the career of this distinguished man-hopeful
even to the last hour, but doomed to disappoint-
ment as are all other Memphis Aralanche.
- Mr.. Sherman, of Ohio, presented petition
in the Senate, on Tuesday, asking Congress to
prohibit any person addicted to the use of intoxi
eating liquors from holding Office under the United
States Government This is the first proposition
yet made for the total abolition of the Government.
If this law were to pass, it would be equivalent to
dissolution for we would not have soul to admin
lister or execute the functions of Government, and
on this ground we are most decidedly against Mr.
Sherman proposal.-Neo York Herald
"A correspondent of the Baltimore Gazette,
says: "Among other prominent men visiting the
capital notice Governor Orr, of South Carolina,
and Hon. Simon Cameron. The latter was for
some time on the floor of the House this morning
He was received with marked attention, which
seemed greatly to vcx the Great Commoncr -
/ hope the press will cease, for the present, at
least its attacks (however otherwise justifable
upon Mr.. Stevens on the ground of pure commits
seration His present position is truly pitiabe.-
He is snubbed at by every one, and as leader his
course is run"
"A writer from Parisspeakso of meeting Pari-
sian coachman, to whom misfortune has given Gu
rious celebrity Sometime since cancer in his
tongue rendered its amputation necessary. This
operation was performed by the surgeon of the Ho-
tel Dieu, who shortly afterwards replaced the lost
tongue by one of gutta percha. Although he can
not speak, he tastes, swallows and smokes hisplpe
with apparent enjoyment. After eating he takes
out his tongue AS one takes out set Of false