Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-11-07
Seraps aud fafts.

-Judge Buckner, Of Kentucky aged sixty
FIVE fell in love with woman aged nineteen, and
shot himself because he couldn't get her. Rash
youth ss...e--..
1t is said that the negroes in Louisiana are
greatly disappointed at the result Of the election
in that State They say they cant see how that
lection hadn't did 'em no good yet"
"A Mrs. Ritter, in Agawam, Mass, has pre-
sented her husband with two pair of twins within
the past twelve months! We advise Ritter to get
his Life insured, or set up National Bank.
The newspaper report of the Hon Thomas
A. Jenckes member of Congress from Rhode Is
land, and author of the bankrupt law, having ap-
piled for the benefit Of that act, is contradicted.
"A Republican paper states that the saving
of expense in the War Department, since General
Grant took charge of it, has been at the rate OF
$5, ,OOO, 900 year.
Vicksburg is getting seriously alarmed lest
the canal dug during the war, which was so much
derded at the time, should really become the chan
mel of the Mississippi, thus making Vicksburg an
inland city. ..,. c..-:
The Radical game now is to encourage o
split in the party, cause three Presidential cand-
dates to be run, and so carry the election into the
House. where, of course, an ultra man will be cho-
sen. Neat, but not likely to succeed.
Prior to the war, the bank circulation OF
Augusta, Ga, amounted to nearly $40, ,0OO, 900,
all of which was well and pro6tably employed IN
legitimate trade Now the available bank circula-
ton IS about S240,0O0. ..g' ..-...a....
-tThere's our grandmother" says cotem.
porary, 20 striking instance why women should
vote. She's paid taxes on a dog for the last ten
wears and now declares she won't stand it any long
er-she'n either vote or kill the dogl
"A one-egged editor in Georgia, named Ne
vim, recently challenged gentleman to tight
duel, and proposed that his two-legged adversary
should stand with one leg in a bee gum, so as to
equalise the chances. The obGging offer was de-
chned - ...... -.....
Workmen are busy preparing the Senate
and Representative Chambers at Washington and
the Supreme Court Room, for the meeting OF Con;
gress and the Supreme Court. New carpets and
upholstering generally, painting and decorations
are in progress.
The private affairs of Senator Sumner fur
nish the latest scandal and gossip. The Iatetgen-
cef saws his wife has abandoned him because of his
lack Of the attributes of manhood, and for his do.
mestic tyranny. She has gone to Europe, and will
resume her own name.
There is a new magician in London, named
Rubini, one of whose tricks is to cut off the head
of Young lady and carry it to the back OF the
stage, where he unveils it, and where, at his bid
ding, it addresses to the audience moral and di-
dactic sentences.
The Goldsboro' Me,os says that Postmasters
are obliged to receive all treasury notes for stamps
or postage, if clearly genuine, no matter how worn
or defaced they may be, provided that one-twen.
tieth part thereof be not missing; and fractional
currency, if not one tenth part be missing
The N. Y. Herald suggests that white men
who have been ordered by negro vigilance commit
tees to leave Southern States, be invited to New
York. 1t thinks their presence in the North will
excite more enthusiasm than that Of the martyr
ed' Stanton, and help on the great reaction.
1t is now stated that Gen. SchoGeld's zeal
in gerrymandering Virginia into the election OF
Radical convention, is explained by the fact that
he is to be candidate for U. S. Senator from the
old Dominion. This Is no new idea with District
Commanders.
Whites 1924. Colored 1856. For Conyen-
ton, whites IA, 1885, colored 92,5O7. Against Con
vention 81, ,246 whites, and 36S coored. Scho6eld,
in view of the frauds, is about to order new CEN
sus of the voting population OF Richmond
"A correspondent writing from Rome, Ga,
says Bill Arp, the good Union man, 50 called,
is the Mayor of our city. Mayor Charles H. Smith
is grave, digni6ed gentleman, and withal Pres
byterian elder. A stranger would never take him
for the author of the amusing letters which have
given him world wide reputation.
-''Mr. Buchanan says Lancaster (Pa.)
correspondent, stis Past Master Mason in Lancas-
ter Lodge He has seldom sat in the Lodge du-
ring the past few years, because Of his age and re-
tired habits, yet his admiration OF the order Is
great and his practice of its preceptS are unaba1
the United States, Except Lincon) were Masons. !"
Judge Aldrich, upon receiving the order
suspending him, sent note to Gen. Candy, In
which he says "Whie do not dispute your
authority yet, believing that the laws OF Congress
under which you act are unconstitutional ana voia
and that even under them you have no warranttor
the exercise of this power you will permit me now
to file my solemn protest against this order.
AN editor says he saw, in Alexandria, La,
few days ago, an old freedman at least seventy
five years of age, with two large navy revolvers
buckled to his waist, pepper box revolver IN
each breeches pocket, huge sugar cane knife IN
his bosom, and loaded walking cane in his right
hand. He was delegate to political convention
in session at that point.
The wife of the famous Ned Buntline died a
few days ago in the poor-house at Nashville,
Tenn. She was Cuban, named Maria Cordova,
of exceeding beauty in her younger days, and had
led life of strange adventure first, as cigar girl
In new orleans, Cnen, Wue OF Cne TOVluS Neu, luiS
tress of Ben McCulloch, the Texan ranger; and
then, downward course which ended in poverty
and pauper's death,
The fashion now is at church weddings
North, to stretch broad white ribbon across the
isle up which the bridal party pass, above which
none but invited guests are allowed to sit. The
bridesmaids enter in pairs unattended by gentle
men, the groom with his future mother-in-law, the
bride with her father. Two of the groomsmen
precede the whole party, and the others follow it.
After the ceremony, each of them gives an arm to
The Freedmen's Bureau will expire next
July by limitation. 1t is understood that Gen.
Howard will not recommend its continuance be-
yond that time, in case the reconstruction of the
South should be accomplished. In that event he
will recommend comprehensive system of educa
ton for the coored youth South, by the establish
ment of an extensive normal school at Washington
City, for the education of colored teachers, and the
organization of normal schools for the same object
in the Southern States.
Juarez has been reelected President Of the
Mexican Republic. There was striking simiiar
ty between the means employed to secure his eec
ton and those used by the friends Of Abraham
Lincoln in 1S64Ea similarity that shows the ex
quisite perfection to which the Republican system
has been reduced in Mexico. The influence of the
bayonet was brought to bear on as many as posi-
bic of the voters who favored his opponent, Gen
Porfrio Diaz, and in this admirable manner the
election of Juarez was secured. The true princip
les of Republicanism are making rapid progress IL
Mexico.