Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-11-21
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Convention.


"A call has been made in Virginia for Con
servative Convention, to assemble in Richmond or
the llth December, for the purpose Of efecting
better organization of the party of preservation
and to confer upon subjects vital to the people o.
the State Those who desire to contrast republl
canism with decency, will then have the opportu
nifty, as the Hunnicutt niger Convention assem-
bles at the same time and place. Where sForneyi
Thanksgiving In Georgia.
Gov Jenkins, of Georgia, has issued proc
lamation, appointing the 2Sth instant, day Of
thanksgiving and prayer. The reasons assigned
are the relief of last year sdestitution through an
abundant harvest; exemption from the pestilence
which has desolated other States; and freedom
from that turbulence violence and social disorder
which were apprehended by the people when sub
iected to a form of government obnoxious to them.
These are centainy great blessings, and it is emil,
nently proper that q christian people should give
thanks for the enjoyment of them in the past and
pray for their continuance in the future.
Ship Channel. .,...
THE people Of Houston, Texas, are making
o powerful effort to dig ship channel from Gal
weston up the Buffalo bayou to the former place,
so as to put Houston in direct communication by
steamer with the sea-ports Of the world. The un-
dertaking is stupendous one, and Southern en-
ergy directed towards such enterprises is 30 rare
Nowadays that we take pleasure in cbronicling
this to the credit Of the people of Texas. The
distance from Galveston Houston by rail is sixty
miles, and the contemplated ship channel will have
to be dug considerable distance, from the upper
point of Galveston Bay. Success attend the en-
terprise.
The Columbia and Augusta Railroad.
in his recent annual report to the stock
holders, the President of this road gives favora-
bic account Of its progress towards completion
The grading and bridges will be finished for forty
miles west from Columbia, by the first of next
January. Nine miles are graded from Graniteville,
East. Rails sufficient for thirty-fve miles are on
hand or in Charleston, the balance necessary is en-
gagged, to be imported directly from England to
Charleston. The Directors hope to have seventy
miles of the road in operation by next July. They
have had many obstacles to encounter, in their en-
terprise, the chief of which are the opposition OF
the South Carolina Railroad and the unfortunate
political condition of the country, which has great
ly depressed the credit of Southern stocks. But
they have overcome these obstacles with 50 much
success as to render the completion Of their road
moral certainty.
The Bureau.
- General Howard, Commissioner ofthe Freed
mems Bureau, in late report, estimated the de-
crease of the negro population at 1908, ,ooo since
the close of the war. This report was, perhaps,
intended to convey to the world some idea of the
cruel outrages by the Southern people, who were
crushing the negro out of existence; and hence to
vindicate the necessity Of the Bureau to protect
them. But 10 the registration returns in the
Southern States, put the Commissioners figures
sadly at fault by showing decided increase Of the
negro population. The Bureau finding itself in
dilemma had either to denounce the registration
returns or retract its own figures; and it has ac-
compIshed the latter But really the world is not
to know at present-General Howard and the ne
groes excepted there has been an IN
crease or decreasen the negro population, South.
The subject has some interest for us and we would
like to know how the matter really does stand. 1t