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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-02-28

RAISE PRov1sIoNs-The New Orleans Plea
y,ne, in remarking upon the policy ofdevoting less
attention to the cultivation Of cotton and more to
the raising of provisions says:
In the name of common sense let our planting
people grow their own corn, and make their own
bread and meat. Do this first, and give up the ex-
ploded idea that cotton is king And when
home wants are supplied then grow cotton, and
then the country will grow richer.
If the whole South could be induced to adopt a
seEsustaining policy by making their own food and
raiment, and give the balance Of their time to the
culture of cotton no people on earth would be as
rich as we would soon be.
A season is past, and another crop of cotton is
added to the records but as far as its visible effects
can be seen on the wealth of the Southern country
it had as well not have been made. Amillion bales
have been counted, worth hundred million of dol.
lars But it has gone-gone gImmering to help
other people and enrich other pockets. There is
nothing left of it. No more money is in the South
than beforeit was gathered. Some may ask, where
is it? We point them to the huge heaps of freight
and produce daily loaded at the wharf, and which,
the moment they touch the shore, are wheeled a.
way to the railroads and coast steamers to feed the
farming people. ...:.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-02-28
THE SEASONS,

Our farmers have been favored with season of
unusually fine weather for preparing the soil for
the coming CROP The Spring has already begun,
even here under the breath of the mountain dews,
and the opportunities for outdoor work have been
uninterrupted for several weeks. We know that
there is left enough of Life and energy in our peo-
pie, to turn this occasion to one Of profit to them
selves and the country. We are firm believers in
the potency of LABOR to cure our evils, remove
discomfort, and wipe away the SORROW and calami-
ties of the past. LABOR provides food for both
mind and body; and there is virtue, peace and
happiness to be found in the soil if we but dig for
it with hearty good will, and determination to
succeed. LABOR Is King, and the sooner he is
enthroned in his majesty and recognized as the
true sovereign Of our destinies, the sooner will dis
appear the shadows that hang over our own hearth
stOnes
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-02-28
,rrect. Ifhe never knew it before,

were strictly correct II he never knew it before,
he has now learned that the strength ola regiment
does depend upon its commander, and also, that
in so mongre regiment as he described, the Irish
constitute its fighting strength The Education
al Bureaus should select better informed inspectors
before they send them to examine our soldier boys
who are now finishing the education interrupted
by the war.
"A writer in the New York Neaos winds up q
dissertation on the present fashions for ladies with
the following axioms, which are intended as gen.
eral rules applicable to all fashions and at all times
No. l. Let no thin ladies, who possess that Pc
cuar arrangement of the upper part of the thorax,
known as salt cellars, wear low dresses.
No. 9. Let no ladies who have the misfortune
to possess red, bony or masculine arms, ever in
dulge in short sleeves. Let them have long ones,
even though they wear their hearts upon them. >. ,
No. g. No thin lady should wear her hair fixed
on her cheeks in bandeaux; and
No. T. No fat excuse memo lady OF the fair
and forty category should indulge in the prevail
ing ''ebourife" fashion, which makes her look like
a mad poodle. -. -'
The Newberry Herald furnishes the follow
ing summary in reference to the South Carolina
Railroad:
|. The South Carolina Railroad prospers finely
An incredible amount of labor was done last year.
All the ramifcations are attended to. Washes in
the swamps piled and filled in; bridges and tres
ties built cross ties and rails laid down, workshops
repaired; cottages and tanks erected and work on
the Camden branch. vigorously pushed on. In a
short time the officers will have the proud satisfac
ton of discovering their roads complete from end
The W receipts amounted to s., ,sl2, 1888 81 Expen:
ses, including interest on foreign debt, 1924 906 80
Net income $3S7, 1921 60, or per cent on the capi.
tai stock Bond debt s., ,534, 1893 90, of which So,
2l2, 944 46 is payable in London. Foreign bond
holders have accepted terms of renewal Of the
domestic debt, there remain $l33 ,6s7 so, balance
of past due bonds and interest," which is nearly all
in the hands of parties willing to renew.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-02-28

very little space being allowed it in our exchanges
The National LteNiqencer attributes the main cry
for impeachment to the lobby, which is full of a.
gents for manufacturers who are trying to frighten
the President into approving the Tariff bill. The
project seems, BY tract consent, to have been laid
over for the consideration Of the next Congress, as
it is now certain that the present Congress will not
have time even to inaugurate the movement.
; The Senate amendments to the bankrupt bill
have not yet been adopted by the House. A con-
ference committee, from both Houses, has been
appointed, whose duty it is to get it into some
shape that will be acceptable to BOTH
The South Carolina murder committee have re-
ported, on the evidence Of General ScHoFIELD,
Thomas, WooD and BEARD, that punishment for
crimes against soldiers, Union men and freedmen
cannot be relied on either from jurors or magis-
trates Rebels are getting worse instead of better,
in this respect. The Committee, therefore, suggest
military rule as the only remedy tor the alleged
evils. .u =. -- -..
The House has passed bill, authorizing the
retirement of $l4O,OOO,OOO Compound Interest
Treasury Notes and the issuing Of 500, 100000
legal tender notes to replace the former.
In the Senate, Mr.. Yates of illinois; presented
petition from 1900 citizens Of Charleston, S. c.,
asking for aterritorial government for South Caro-
lima. -. ". q ..
The House Judiciary committee has reported a
bill providing that property confscated by Confeder
ate authorities may be restored to the former own
er, on his making proof Of his title to the same be-
fore any Federal court and commissioner. Also
bill to confirm sales by tax commissioners for South
Carolina, to persons in the army, navy or marine
corps. 80: 3D.. -. .'..-..'.
Surratt was brought into Court on the 23d he
pleaded mot guilty." and was then recommitted.
Nebraska has adopted universal suffrage; Ten
see has done the same, which fact was telegaphed
to Washington by jublant governor BRowNLow.
The President has commenced feeding the House
of Representatives, in alphabetical order At last
accounts, he had issued rations as far down as the
letter F. This is considered a matter of high i'm
portance, by some correspondents, who would per-
haps like to be included in the list of Mr. JOHN
SONS polite invitations to dinner. 1t makes little
difference to us where congressman feed or indeed,
whether they get any thing at all to eat.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-02-28
MARRIAGES AND DEATHS,

We have recently received several notices of mar
risges and deaths which we have not published,
for the reason that the announcements were not ac-
companied by the name of responsible person
known to US. We solicit notices of marriages or
deaths when they occur, and will publish them gra-
tuitously, but in every case they must be aecompa
MED by the name of some person with whom we
are acquainted The name of the person sending
the notice is not desired for publication but as an
evidence of good faith and to shield US from i'm
position .. a
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-02-28
LINCOLN IN HEAVEN.

Some enthusiastic admirer of Mr.. ABRAHAM
LINCOLN, once irreverently known as "Old Abe, y
has, in the spirit visited that glorious world which
is supposed by his followers to be the present abode
of the departed joker. This magnificent fight Of
fancy has resulted in picture representing Abe's
arrival in Heaven, and his reception there by
GEORGE WASHINGTON, who appears to have beel
specially detailed to welcome the st of the mar
tyrs. The meeting occurs outside of the pearly
gates as there is no scenery to the picture, except
boundless collection of vapor In the centre Of
this couded vision is an opening, where WASHING
TON appears, holding black wreath above the
head of LINCOLN: The last-named celestial gazes
upon the countenance of his lustrious predecessor
in Office, with melancholy expression which be-
trays no joy at the happy termination OF his ca
reer but rather suggests the idea of his having go
to the wrong place. Above the portraits Of the
two Presidents is another opening cloud, which re,
veals host of gathering angels, who hover in 81,
lent rapture above the thrilling scene.
This bold conception has been photographed for
the use of the faithful either to be carried on their
persons as a talisman against evil or to ornament
patriotic albums. But it will not be very exten-
sivey sold in this latitude, where the opinion has
generally prevailed, that Mr.. LINCOLN took the
Glover route" after he crossed the Jordan on his
journey to the unseen world. 1t will be pleasing
surprise to all who had enormously taken this view
of the case, to learn that he has actually reached
Canaan blissful shores in safety, and is now the
honored guest of no less person than GEORGE
WASHINGTON.
Far be it from us to say he is not or ought not
to be there; we have not the presumption to pro-
nounce on his or any other mans final destiny
But such difficulties lie in the way of attaining that
holy rest, even for the best of men, that the artist
who can picture ABRAHAM LINCOLN as received
by welcoming angels, possesses bolder and more
vivid imagination than we dare pretend to- The
highest reception we could venture to claim for
him would be an escort from the host of ''boys in
blue, who preceded him to the grave. Wheth'
er or not their shoulders will sprout angelic wings,
is an open question.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-02-28
MERE.MENTION.

Rev. A. A. Porter, of York District, has taken
charge of the Presbyterian Church, at Spartan
burg, c. H. '''''':"A meeting of the Stockholders
in the Kings Mountain Iron Company is appoint,
ed to be held at Yorkvillc, on Friday, the lst OF
March next The Reverend Spurgeon is an
nounced as coming to New York. '''''''''Mr. Kent,
of Natchez, was astonished the other day by re-
ceiving bill of lading for ten boxes of tom CATS
1t should have been tomato catsup. mo less
than Al, ,46S children were registered in England in
1864 as born out of wedlock ''''''''.An exchange
says the scalping Indians in the West are collect
ing their poll-tax IN LIE Verrier, the great
French astronomer, thinks there will be another
shower of meteors next August. ''''''''The Ameri-
can Institute has decided to hold world fair at
New York in 1876, beginning on the 4th Of July,
the centennial of the signing OF the Declaration Of
Independence "....".'The Galveston Cuaian, re-
ferring to the immigration of freedmen to Texas,
from Georgia, says ''We would rather see one
sober and industrious white man come to Texas
than forty thousand freedmen. ''''''''''W W. Hol,
den, editor of the Raleigh Radical STANDARD, and
General Robert Anderson, of Fort Sumter notorie-
ty, are in Washington Parson BrownloW
threatens TO retire to private lue' lI'aOe nle WI
suffer. '''''""New York City is a wicked place but
the Bible House there prints l,ll9,259 Bibles pei
annum
A wine merchant occupies an entire page with
his advertisement in the London Times New
York State is said to contain about three hundred
and fifty newspapers exclusive of those published
in New York City; from the numerous presses o.
which it is probable that some two hundred more
are issued. '...'..A child thus defines gossip I's
when nobody don't do nothing and somebody goes
and tells of it. ''.''"Cotton isn't king, and corr
isn't king Brains are king, and industry is prime
minister '.''...While man walks two yards, the
invisible agent of the electric telegraph would en-
circle our globe eleven times. st Elmo, Miss
Evans last novel, is being dramatized for the Ma
con, (Ga.,) theatre. ..',. ..
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-02-28
OUR PRIZES,

The prizes offered by the Proprietor Of the En-
oUIRER for the largest club of subscribers obtained
by any one person, are secured and may be inspect
ed by any one interested. The "Cotton Planter"
is novelty in the way of a labor-saving machine;
opening the furrow, drilling the seed with mathe-
matical precision, and coveringal the work Of one
man and horse. The "Corn Planter performs the
same Office in corn planting. The "Corn Shelter"
is pronounced, by those familiar with such articles,
to be superb specimen. Fill up your lists by
three o'clock, p. m., on Monday next, and COM
pete for the prizes. - - 49,. .'sa.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-02-28
The Aurkrille @nqnirer
EDITORS:
JAS. E. WILSON,. F. HAIR
YORKVILLE, S. c.:
THURSDAY MORNING, FEB'Y %, 1867.

Cash.-It must be distinctly understood that
our terms for subscription, advertising and job
work, are cash, in advance.
X.ZThe paper will be discontinued on the expi-
ration of the time for which payment has been
made A Subscriber finding (X) cross mark on
the wrapper or margin of his paper, will under
stand that the time paid for has expired.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-02-28
FASTING AND PRAYER,

This day, Thursday, the 2sth) by a resolution
of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church, is appointed as day of fasting and pray
er. This solemnity is deemed appropriate in view
of the perilous condition Of the count y; and it
being the day appointed by the Assembly for SER
vices in behalf of the youth in schoolsand colleges,
the occasion will be devoted to a two-fold object
Services will be held in the Presbyterian Church
at this place, under the charge of Rev. HENRY
R. DICKSON
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-02-28

n9 At recent meeting of the Ohio Dental
Association, Dr. VIM. Heriott, of GAINESVILLE, des-
eribed avery interesting case Of o restoration of
lost nose and upper lip carried away by shell at
Mission Ridge, and their places were supplied by
means of vulcanized rubber. The artificial nose is
secured in position by pair of spectacles and an
elastic Egature, while the lip is supplied with
moustaehe, thus concealing from casual observer
all appearance of art.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-02-28
RETURN WEEK.

The Return of cases issued to the Spring Term
of the Circuit Court, was closed on Saturday. the
2Sd instant, and footed up about APO. This is
much smaller return than was expected, and ex-
hibits liberal spirit of forbearance on the part OF
creditors The Spring Term of the Court begins
on the l1th of March, and will be occupied during
the entire week with the accumulated business on
the dockets. Judge MUNRO is expected to pre-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-02-28

Joseph Herndon-Tan- Bark Wanted.
John A. Wagener-S. C. Bureau of ofImmigraton.
Erwin Wood-S20 Reward.
w. B. Williams, Dep Col.-Sale Of Whiskey.
Armstrong, Gator & Co., Baltimore, Md.-Sprlng
Importation, 1887.
Homesley e. Asher-How to Live Cheap.
]. Ed. Jefferys Secretary-Mackey Chapter, NO.
Is, r. A. M.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-02-28

pT The chimes for St. Michael's Church have
arrived at Charleston.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-02-28
LOCAL ITEMS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

F. C. Harris, o. Y, D.-Citation-R. E. Getty
s>-, Applicant-D McElmoyle, Deceased.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-05-30
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION.

The Republicans of Cedar county are
requested to meet, in Mass Convention,
at the Court House, in Upton, OIL We'd
nesday, the 9Th day of June next, at II
o'clock NJ, for the purpose of selecting
twenty-five t22) delegates to the State
Convention to be held at. Des Moines,
June 10th. A full attendance is desired,
rs the business is important.
a.. s s. DANIELS,
f JH LEIGH,
HCGIIIL,
MSPRINGSTEED,
i... County Committee
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-05-30
A Dreadful Death-A Woman Falls
into Vat Of Boiling Water.

Mrs. Jnlianna Nangle, the wife of
Jonn Nanglc, who owns u Brewery in
Chicago, on Reuben street between
Hubbard and Indiana, came to her
death recently in the following shock
ing manner: At about half past six
O'Clock in the evening she went into tho
brewery, IN which at the time there was
no one but her brother-in- law, her hus-
band had gone down town. She stepped
up to the great vat, about seven feet
nigh, and containing nearly five feet of
water-yery hot but not boiling--and
ny some means lost her balance and
plunged headlonR in. Her screams
were heard by her brother-in-law. ran
70 the spot and tried to draw her out Of
the biistering water. He found, how
ever, that his efforts alone were INSULT
cient, and he was Obliged to leave the
unfortunate woman while he went for
assistance. When she was finally
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-05-30
Andarannville-JeH DAVIS.

A000rDO0vllle-JoA O"'"
The Washington correspondent OF the
Boston Advertiser says that the Judici'
asy Comnittse Of the HOUSE Of heprs'
ssntativss is in possession Of 9 lette9
wEitten BY ) confederate soldier on dufS
1t Andersonville prison to JEFF. DAVIS,
in which the writer detailed at length
the treatment 10 which Union prisoners
were subjected. In giving synopsis 9
the letter, the Advertiser correspondent
1.-THE writee also says he hates YAM
KEGS. was d1ivea from his home In Lou-
isAMfa BY thouf, but still he cannot %.
dure service which C0mp0is him 70
witness and take part In such oruoltles
as were purposely practiced there. He
wrote to MI. Davis because he believed
him to be q man Of honor and Chris
tian, and that the terrible treatment
melted out to the prisoners was unau-
thorised by him. The soldier urged that
he might 30 shielded from cea1sure for
writing the letter, and that President
Davis should have the matter tnvesti-
gated and the abuses corrected. The
endOrsements show that Davis received
this letter, but thst his only action In
the case was 10 refer IL to Gen. Winder,
the person dirsctly responsible for the
whole atr0OiOus prison systom Of the
rebels. 1t ID known that there are also
in the Possession Of the Government
two letters from a rebel surgeon at An
to the Richmond authori-
ties; one protesting against the barbar-
ous treatment of the Fedral prisoners,
and q subsequent one evidently written
after he had received IN answer to the
irst, a. he then apologies for his previ-
BUS protest, saying that when It was
written he did not know that there
we're diplomatic reasons for the course
pursued toward the prisoners, and in
mother place he speaks of having been
gnOrant of the international reasons for |
he treatment our prisoners received
These letters are the clearest evidence
ret brought to light that the cruelties
upon our prisoners were DELHI
.rately resorted to by the direction of
Davis government to force an exchange
mon their own terms.n
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-05-30
The Southern Famine.

The investigation into the distress and
restitution in the Southern States, dis
closes to the Managers of the Southern
Relief Commission additional facts both
as to the extent of the want, and as to
the districts in which it exists. The
facts are shocking. In many places corn
Is not to be had at any price, and in
many places no grain has been planted,
the little that had been reserved for
seed having been consumed to keep fam
lilies from dying of actual starvation
The fact that actual famine prevails in
some districts, and that in others whole
communities are living upon the contri-
buttons of food from other places, is no
longer open to doubt. These people
must be relieved, not only of their i'm
mediate wants, but the supply must be
continued until such time as the grain
crops can be gathered. 1t is not aues-
ton of dollars and cents, but one of
bread or starvation. 1t is whether we
will give Of our store to the men, wo-
men and children to whom crust of
bread Is luxury, and pound of meal
laid aside for the next days use is rich
es. If we can save human life, or the
lives of a family, by sending a bushel OF
meal, is it not grand and beneficent
charity? Will not the consciousness OF
having done SO much for fellow being
repay the outlay thousand foldo It is
heart repding to read the letters of these
victims Of famine; to read Of women de-
nying themselves bread that their babes
may not die of hunger in their arms and
to read Of children boarding little scraps
Of their crusts in order to give their fam
ishing mother meal of dry bread and
water. Yet these are facts attested by
proof which cannot be questioned.-
There is suffering also from want OF
clothing. The people have no money to
buy cloth, and the garments OF past
days have by constant use been worn
beyond the means of repair. The facts
appeal more strongly than any words
of ours can do.-GHi. Ttib.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-05-30

@-ooe4 AoooWo014 - - moEo 0ppFeasi0n,
! = moED Wan, no moro vaxed questions:
I 0e4t6once Would he tho Arbftor n, oil
thaAGs, and msn would. ct upon their
oeav3oeiO0s " SlGhk Than through al
y HoeM 1900 and \ harmony would
I ln-thsh g ne aeainr our besneful
"a 4, 81 a.v. arrived d. e s., which
towhich hnps leoka l6eward with ar
8 hond 8 ahAlt 70 broken, and the tears
md t. 49, r. thia world shall be SUBJ
megeo6 ~ N Asal1ng tide that flows
q !, 1foeS II lbantaln Of Benevolence and
xeoC1 when one law shall bind all ma
lions, tDngucs and Kindred Of the earth,
that h~, aas law Of Universal Brother
fhsa tno-to 10 the Language older
grunge which We have adopted; then,
! "should the wolf dwell with the lamb,
and the leopard lie down with the kid,
and the call, and the young lion and the
tstlinf together, and a little child si1ali
Looking forward to the time when,
to bo. known ~ nm Odd Fellow, shall be
70 be known ~ good man. Looking
forward to the time which is not lar dis
tAne, when there shall be q mullOn OF
Odd Fellows In this land; looking for
ward Arther still, to the. time when our
great order, lived up to and exemplified
BY men Ii their daily walks shall, like
the smile OF God, spread all over the
world, and when every man shall be all
Odd Fellow, If not Of the order, yet one
IN practice and in principle, let us
live o. true Odd Fellows, friendly to ail
mankind, loving our brothers as our
selves, and our lodge as our family, true
to every principle Of duty and teaching
II the Order, and true to our brother in
every word and act. 5ss ,s-y,.I ~
Over the waves that separate liz, let
the renown of American Odd Fellow /.
ship, for its purity and vigOr, 90 to warm Q
The hearts OF our brothers on English
soil; and over the wide world let the
grand principles Of our order too often
forgotten and buried In the forms of its
administration, be disseminated aud
scAtteFed among men, ~ In autumn the
leaves ofthe forest are scattered over the
valleys and hills. II
Side BY side with the great moral and n
philanthropic agencies of the day let /,
Odd Fellowship take its stand, and by :.
the purity Of life and nobility Of action .
shown by it, members, cause the outside :
.s.ssd $4,000 it on it. mission.
$500 q - IT. work II good!
Teaching man his true condition n
OhlvesuAl brotherhood"