Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-07-09

CiOCtlOu. d.
The House Committee ofWays and Means, un-
der instructions, have reported bill for taxing
q. 8. Bonds ten per cent. This is radicalism in
the extreme The Committee recommend that
the bill do not pass. .. ........ .........g-
EDITORIAL lNKLINGs.
A Heavy Verdict. ....
A court in Maryland recently rendered q
verdict for toarnnon SIC hundred thousand dollars
against the Kansas Pacific Rail Road Company,
upon the complaint ola contractor. This Is the
heaviest verdict we ever remember to have heard
of in this country. The Company has moved to
set aside the verdict and the case will go before
the United States Supreme Court for final adju-
dication. t.. ..
A Crying Nuisance. l..,.-. l.i. .. ..... 3. fr.
The Charleston Ne,us says that certain ponds
and pools of water in that city, have become cry
ina nuisance. We don't understand. Will ye
local of the Nesos please enghten US as to what it
is that cries whether frogs mosquitoes, or children
that may find their way into these dreadful ponds;
or whether it be new freak of nature that has
sets the ponds crying. At any rate, we sympa-
thise with the Me,cs, and hope the City Council
will do something to relieve the grief Of those won
derful water pools. .n ~ ... -.
Distin ctions for Young Men.
At the recent commencement of the South
Carolina University, we observe among the distinc-
tions J. E. Lowry graduated in Rhetoric. j. II.
Thornwell graduated in History, Latin, Moral and
Mental Philosophy; certificate of distinction in
Rhetoric W. Blackburn Wilson graduated in
Mathematics; certificate of distinction in History
Ancient Languages and Rhetoric. j. R. Lynn
certificate of distinction in Latin, Rhetoric and
Law. R. C. Williamson, graduated in Rhetoric
and Mathematics, distinguished in History and
French. R. McC. Steele, distinguished in Latin
and Rhetoric. ......-
Apologize and Explanatory.
We beg to explain to a city subscriber who
complains that his paper is frequently too damp
for use, that it is because there is so much due on
| Charleston Courier. .. ..........
We would suggest to our venerable and sedate
friend the Courier, either to cease to leave its pa
per out in places where such heavy dues accumu-
late; or else effect arrangements by which to catch
these 'Genty falling dues before they evaporate.
They will spoil even so excellent paper as the
Courier, if permitted to continue. E
Southern Elections.
The New York World asks "What is the
use of the Southern whites voting? They have
first to contend against rs unscrupulous Williams as
ever stuffed ballot box, and if they pile up such
tremendous majority as even loyal figuring can
not crush, then Congress steps in and declares the
Constitution carried any how, as it did in the case
of Alabama. Do not blame these tortured people,
then if they do not VOTE Many of them, nearly
quarter of million of them, cannot vote-they
are disfranchised, and those who can and do vote,
vote only to have their votesdsregarded by Con-
ress that has shown itsef-we regret the necessi-
ty of such language common liar ' '.
Out in the Cold.
The recent act Of Congress, removing the
disabilities of the twelve hundred rebels that have
embraced radicalism, is somewhat partial, in its
sim pardoning provisions. Several prominent rad
icals in this State some of them at one time Off
GERS in the Confederate Army, have been left out
of this congressional allocution. Some of the
prominent State officers elected by the radicals,
under the reconstruction regime, are of the m
pardoned class As these men swallowed the Test
Oath some time ago, they perhaps consider their
sins too numerous and grave, for the pardoning
power ever to reach.
Peaches.
Aiken S. c., boasts this year, of an unusu-
ally large peach crop. The first shipment to New
York by steamer last week, was fifteen hundred
bushels, which will average about 800 per BUSH
ell. The fruit growers of Aiken expect to realize
$3.50, 900 from their peaches alone, this summer.
There is no employment in the State, more profit
able than fruit growing, where transportation is
speedy and certain to Northern markets. The
nett income of one orchard at Aiken, before the
war, in one year, was over $4,000, realized upon
small capital Early fruit is the most profitable,
as the competition from New Jersey, and the
Eastern shore of Maryland brings down the prices
later in the season. The crop has failed this year
in those localities and the Southern fruit growers
will be able to realize good prices all summer, for
their fruit
Explorations in the Holy Land.
"A party of English gentlemen have been
engaged for some time past, in the effort to discov-
er traces of the famous places in and about Je-
rusalem, of which the Bible gives account but
of which all evidences seem to have been oblitera-
ted during the centuries that have swept over the
Holy City, since it was trod by David, Solomon
and the Kings of Judah The party, of late,
have met with considerable success. From forty
to one hundred feet below the surface of the pres
ent Jerusalem, they have found distinct traces OF
many of those places of which mention is made in
the Bible, and in Josephus' history. The famous
temple of Solomon has been discovered, it is re-
ported, and the pinnacle unearthed for consider
able depth. The party are confident in their work,
and expect ere long to locate the sepulchre of the
Saviour and other places that are covered with the
rubbish of time and oblivion. They report that
the topography of the Ancient City has been cor
rectly established
General Meade.
"A Washington special dispatch to the Louis
vile Journal says: 80. g.. .
MEADE is here still. 1t was announced that he
would 20 to PENNSYLVANIA on visit, but he has
not gone. He NAV be seen strutting about the
War Department any hour of the day like pea
cock with bar ofiron drawn through its body. 1t
is understood that he ran away from Georgia to
avoid personal consequences likely to result from
the betrayal of private hospitality, with which he
is charged. He is being lonized extensively by
the Radicals. Ben Butler dined him to-day. They
are considered birds of feather.
Bag The Richmond Dispatch discovers that
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