Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-01-17

pocket, the ruling passion crops out as strong as
ever before.
The President, on the 9th inst, sent to the
House of Representatives partial list Of promi-
nent persons in the Southern States, pardoned for
their political transgressions Among these were
Governors Pierpont, of Virginia Holden, ofNorth
Carolina Perry of South Carolina; johnson, Of
Georgia Marvin, Of Florida; Parsons, Of Alabama; !;
Wells, of fLouisiana and Brownlow, Of Tennessee
Hon. Pierre Soule, of louisiana, was pardOned
without recommendation, and Captain Duncan L.
Ingraham, on the recommendation Of Admiral
Shubrick and others.
1t will no doubt surprise our readers to find the
name of the righteous Brownlow in the above list
This certainly must be mistake A man whose
character as Saint stands so high on the Radical
calendar, can scarcely need pardon We thought
he had "small balance" to his credit He claims
to have one on the books of his Maker; but it is to
be feared he will need 'pardon" worse than he now
does, when those books are to be settled up.
The Richmond Clsrstian Advocate gives the
following footing of the vote on the proposition to
change the name of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and to admit lay delegation: For change
Of name, l, ,049; against change of name, 4lS; for
lay delegation, l,06l against lay delegation, 4OO
Lay delegation lacks 334 votes to make it law.
and there are 50a votes to be overcome to effect a
change in the name Of the church. ~
The Baltimore Conference is the only one now to
vote, and it is not probable that the result will be
materially altered by the vote of that Conference.
Both measures, therefore, may be considered as
lost.
The Democratic State Convention Of Con.
necticut, met at New Haven on the 9Th Instant
Speeches were made by number of prominent
Northern men, and among others, by Mr.. Brooks,
member of Congress from New York. In his
speech, Mr.. Brooks said:
eff Congress attempt to impeach the President
and he calls for aid to support the Government, IN
my judgment, not one or ten thousand railroad
trains would be sufficient to transport the Democ-
racy to Washington IF such q course were per.
sisted in, civil war would not be confined to the
other side of the Potomac, but desolaton and ruin
would be brought to our homes"
I'm a communication to the Secretary of War
on the 2lst ultimo, General Howard, of the Freed.
mems Bureau, says: .
ssIn Virginia, the freedmen have decreased in
number; estimated population at this date 500 600.
North Carolina estimated about the census Of 1860
100000 South Carolina decreased; present
ted at 100000. The population of Florida has re-
mained about the same as when the census of 1860
was taken-62,677. In Mississippi, census has
been taken since the close Of the war, showing a
slight decrease $780, OO6 is the present colored pop
ulation of the State. In Louisiana, reported COL
ored population $4,000. Texas-the Assistant
Commissioner of the State reports an increase !;
colored population estimated at2OO 900. Missouri
it is probable that the freedmen have left this State
in large numbers for Kansas, Iowa, &c. estimated
colored population 100000. In Arkansas, the
colored population has decreased to about 10000
In Tennessee, the Assistant Commissioner esti-
mates an increase from 280, 900 colored population
in 1860, to 300,0O0."
The Spicy 'local' of the Charleston Neacs,
furnishes that paper with the following History of
Umbrellas"
'The weeping skiesthat ushered in the new year,
and the subsequent flood that threatened to en-
gulph us, caused much hurrying to and fro and
seeking for shelter. Umbrellas were captured from
the unwary, and even Daniels celebrated blue cot
ton would not have been safe from sacrilegious
hands.
It has been decided by some learned judge, who
probably had just made an umbrella, that they
we're not property, and therefore liable to be seques
tered when seen lying around loose Be this as it
may, umbrellas have always been an institution,
and from the earliest ages were used as articles of
luxury and as shade from the sun.
The sculptures and paintings Of Egypt represent
general use of the umbrella, and the recent dis
coveries at Nineveh show that it was generally
carried over Kings in time of peace, and even in
war In shape these resemble very closely those
now in common use, but are always seen open in
the paintings From the very limited use of the
umbrella in Asia and Africa, it seems to have pas;
sed as distinction and luxury into Greece and
Italy. At Rome, when the veil could not be spread
over the roof of the theatre it was the custom for
females and effeminate men to defend themselves
from the sun with the umbraculum of that period
The umbrella was used in England as luxuri-
Gus sunshade early in the 18th century Ben JON
son mentions it by name In comedy. produced in
1916. In those days the umbrella was composed
exteorly of feathers in imitation of the pumage Of
a bird afterwards oiled silk was the ordinary ma
terial, and Swift says in his "City Shower:
"The tucked up seamstess walks with hasty strdes
While streams run down her oiled umbrellas Sides"
These early specimens, when wet, were exceed
ngly difficult to open or to close. The stick was
heavy and inconvenient, and the article generally
very expensive 1t was originally held in fashion
The reverse of the present, for it then had ring
On the top, by which it was usually carried on the
inger or hung up when not in USE On account
of their rarity and cost, they were carefully pre-
served and relgously guarded; but as years rolled
On manufactures were established, and umbrellas
became what they are at present-cheap, service
able, and easily appropriated"
For several years, new invention-the
Pneumatic Railway-has been in operation in
England 1t consists of simple brick tunnel,
nine feet high and eight feet wide. Within it. rails
Ire laid, and on these rails car, fitted closely to
he tunnel, and filed with passengers is propelled
The air is exhausted at one end of the tunnel, and
he pressure of the air from the other opening upon
he vehicle, forces it through almost instantan7
,ously.
The system is about to be introduced into New
York. The correspondent of the Charleston Cou-
4sr, writing from the former city, says Of the
cheme:
"Col. NJ. O. Davidson, q civil engineer of repute