Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-03-14
4" "CONTRIBUTORIAL."
BY JAS. WOOD DAVIDSON.
COLUMBIA, SOUTH olRoI1HL 11TH HARuH. 1857.

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BY JAS. WOOD DAVIDSON.
COLUMBIA SOUTH olsoI1rL 11rH xARuH. 1857.
Travel.
The time it takes to travel by railroad from
Charlotte to New York is about THIRTY hours from
Columbia to New York, thirty-seven hours.
This is remarkable speed. Before the war the
shortest time we ever made was forty -four hours,
seven hours more than the present time. .....
The editor Of the Phensr has just travelled the
route and therefore speaks er oathedra -.
State Money. TT - -.,-,.....,r
State money now can scarcely be passed at all in
Columbia; and when it is taken it is reckoned at
seventy cents in the dollar. - l..5;. .r...
This last collapse is owing to recent legislation
in Washington; the same legislation that has par
alyzed the whole South, which has made property
comparatively worthless, and which seems to say
to us that the ruin is but just begun. .s,r zpsr,
Fires. ... n-.t ..r,.s...,...,.. o..
The frequency of fires of late in Columbia has
caused a movement to be set onfoot which is likely
to operate favorably. Alderman Walter offered at a
recent meeting of the Council Resolution, which
was adopted, establishing Board of Inquiry to
consist of His Honor the Mayor, and two Aldermen
appointed by him. The Board is to meet imme-
mediatey after every fire that occurs, with power
to summon witnesses and to send for papers, and
thus fully ascertain the origin of the fire. The
measure is wise one. g. .....i, .,s.. ~. ,,a', F.,
Politics. q. x n. .,i as. s.s,. 'g.'. !
Is Congress any more lenient or generous towards
the South than it has hitherto been2 .s&af..,,
Has President johnson any more power to aid
or save you than President Davis IN Fortress Mon
roe has? -.
Will not the Supreme Court endorse whatever
measure its master, Congress, darethrust upon the
South + & aa.} i..s - ~ .s1'1 ar:
When Mr.. Stevens brings before Congress his
Confscation Bill, as q measure to indemnify his
people for their losses during the war, will not the
measure be popular one? - ~ ~ -E.-
When Congress rides over the Constitution and
over President johnson, will the Democrats Of the
North save you? Z, &- t'iaass s,a' -,
Did the Democrats of the North save you during
the WARP ."ss SO .l'. 'r--''.-''' -. 5i'','
Matrimonial.
Mrs. Wilby kicked a conductor in the mouth, at
Erie, Pennsylvania, because that unhappy man
would not let herself and husband get on the train
without showing their tickets. So, it appears to
be good thing to have wife in a pinch. ssr
A Memphis paper says the reason so many mar
riages occur Immediately after great war is, that
bachelors become so accustomed to strife that they
learn to like it, and after the return Of peace they
enlist in matrimony as the next thing to war. IS,
That is to say, having borne arms until used to
it, they take to arms very naturally. But it isn't
encouraging to peacefully inclined bachelors. .s
Mr. W. q. Weisman, recently married Miss
Farthing. He asked for farthing and received
assent $50: ... . r..
Want. ....-,..,.... g.. -. ,.g..,.- -
The destitution and want Of bread are severely
felt in Lancaster, as we may see by letter from
prominent citizen of that District-Dr. J.. f. G.
Mittag written to the New York Times, under
date Of Feb %, We quote a few sentences:
1.-The result is that the suffering here Of our
country must pass to an unimey grave, unless my
appeals to the humanity of the, North may draw
forth aid. My hopes, once high, arefast declining,
owing to the fact that, although organizations are
formed among you for the relief of the South, not
one cent Of money nor one gram OF corn has reach
ed this place for the destitute, after letters
having been written by me and directed to the diff
ferent cities Of your section of the country. Ser
ing that you deeply sympathize with us, suffering
under this terrible calamity, appeal to you to cad
upon the proper authorities and entreat them to
send US money or corn. = I have sent my authority
to receive contributions directed to me at this place,
to Edward Bright, Corresponding Secretary, No.
80 Park-row, New York City. Please urge him to
forward whatever may be accorded to US. -
Do if you please, give this place in your yalu-
able paper The voice Of a starving people is the
voice of God!" .Ia' is'a, 81 stIH
That sounds like the voice of man in earnest. /!
From all parts Of the State, except the mountain
districts we hear the same language. =: sai ~
"A gentleman from Williamsburg District says
that he knows of fifty families Of whites and three
hundred families of blacks who have not an average
of half bushel of corn on hand, and nothing else
than corn to eat. 9. !ijl .7-;. -:
Boston is foremost in contributing to the relief
of this want, that city having given more than
New York in proportion to the population New
York has done nobly. St Louis, too, has contrib
uted literally. 4sfi
This is indeed the day of our Christening, when
our starving people eat the bread Of charity from
the hands of New England. .:s: S.si..,2 ~
Firemanity. ,.lf %. .ng. .l So. .r~s5...i rst5rj
We had something of parade over the COM
mittee of the New York Firemen's Association on
our streets last Thursday. :, This Committee came
on with hose, hose-reel fifty fremen hats, worth
$40 each, and large painting representing the
hose-reel and the Committee of presentation full
life size, all which were present from the N. Y.
F. Association to the Fire Department Of Coum-
bia. But the whole concern COMMITTEE excepted)
was burnt at sea off Hatteras so that the Commit
tee came to say what they had intended to do, with
hopes of making more successful effort another
time ..,. .... ....i.. ....,. -. .r!:'5 =.
The parade was rather failure; but there were
music and carriages and little niggers. l..
The spirit of the movement is noble and to be
commended entirely; but it struck us that this
footing Of horns among the ruins of our desolate
oity was rather grotesque. But then we have so
little of fourth in our composition that
we are hardly fair judge Of such things.
Health. . ...-.>..- 81 ....4 ",.a
It is duty to be well. It is crime to be sick.
We arrive at this conclusion very easily. Health
results from obedience to the laws of life. The
laws of life are the laws of God To violate these
is to sin; and the evidence of this sin is disease.
Every man owes it to himself, to his family, and
to his country to be useful through industry and
energy. he cannot have industry and energy if
he he an invalid Thus it is his duty to be well in