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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-01-16
MERE.MENTION.

The public debt of the United States increased,
during the month of December, nearly seven mil
lions Of dollars. .''.''.''.Judge A P. Aldrich, who
was suspended by the military authorities from the
exercise Of his judicial functions, is about to take
up his residence and practice law at Augusta Geor
gia. Mr.. Mullaly, the editor of the Aetropot
itdn Record is on lecturing tour through the
South. His subject is 'The Yankee. '''''''.'''The
publication of the Kiingstree Star has been sus.
pended for the want ofpatronage '''''''''The Nor,
thern papers are beginning to come down on the
negro. They don't talk about 'rebel outrages'
now. They say negro outrages. "'''''''''A Radi,
cal candidate for Mayor of Memphis has been
twice publicly caned within week. ''''''The
Winnsboro' Ne,os says that tract of land, neal
Monticello, in Fairfield District, was rented on
Monday Of last week, for the present year. at pub,
lie outcry, for two dollars The premises are pro-
vided with comfortable dwelling quarters. A ne,
gro was the lessee. ..'''''Thero is rumor atioat
of the movement to place General Butler and Sen
ator Wade in the field as Radical candidates fol
President and Vice President. ''''''''The Sentinel
says that at no time, since the close of the war,
have there been SO, many idle freedmen in Raleigh
The most of them have thriftless and ragged up.
pearance. '.'''''''Cars, with family compartments,
fitted up in hotel style, with attendants, are to be
run between New York and Chicago. '''''''''The
'White Fawn'' will be the next sensation for New
York 1t is said to suipass in grandeur the "Black
Crook more women and less clothing. '.''''"l'
is stated that Grant has telegraphed Meade to re
move none of Popc appointees, except on charges
and investigations. '''''''"Judge Trigg, Of the u
nited States States District Court for Tennessee
has pronounced the law enfranchising the blacks
null and void. Nv. NJ. Connors, Esq, has
disposed of his interest in the Lancaster Ledger
to Mr.. D. j. Carter, who has for some time beer
the assistant editor of the Ledger '''''''The New
York Herald nonlinates President johnson for re-
election. 1.-THE two Brittons 4. h. and j. E.
father and son-have located in Charlotte, N
c., and are each publishing daily papers-the
Courier and Bulletin. '''''''"Gen. Pope is in Wash
ingtOn.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-01-16
JOHN IZARD MIDDLETON, ESQ.

We direct the special attention of our readers to
the card of the above named gentleman, to be
fo,nd in our advertising columns to-day. Any of
our readers who may require the services Of an
agent in Baltimore, to sell produce Or procure
plantation supplies cannot do better than to select
Mr. MIDDLETON. He is, we believe, native OF
this State, and is one of the gentlemen who, last
year, through Major JAMES PAGAN, at Chester,
so materially assisted number of our people with
supplies, whereby they were enabled to make a
crop. We should help those, 50 far as we can,
who have helped us; and we know Of none more
worthy of remembrance than Mr.. MIDDLETON.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-01-16

sary appendages of frst-class planters residence,
was sold for sixty dollars. The purchaser was the
agent of the Frcedmen's Bureau. His plantation,
four hundred and fifty acres prime land, brought
one hundred and fifty dollars, sold to Mr.: Fray
ser. Sixty-six acres of other land near Walthour-
vile, brought three dollars purchaser Mr.. ". ID.
Bacon. These were all bona tide sales. 1t was
court day, and large concourse of people was was
present. The most Of them were large property
owners, but really had not FIVE dollars in their
pockets, and of consequence would not bid, as the
sales were for cash.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-01-16

tany does not consist in giving advice on farming
in South Carolina. If the chief end of Southern
men were to feed freedmen, his circular is well a.
dapted to impress that duty upon them But if
their chief duty is to feed themselves, they will
greatly miss the mark by following Gen. Scotts
gratuitous directions.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-01-16
The Aurkrille Gnq'1irer.
YORKVILLE. S. c.:
THURSDAY MORNING, JAN, Is, 1868.

Cash.-It must be distinctly understood that
our terms for subscription, advertising and job
work, are cash. in advance.
X.LThe paper will be discontinued on the expi-
ration of the time for which payment has been
made. A Subscriber finding (X) cross-marS on
stand that the time paid for has expired.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-01-16
HE Y0RKYIhLM EMQUTRER

thority of the United States. The bill further de-
cares that the interference by any person, with In
tent to prevent by force the execution Of the orders
of the General of the army, shall be held to be
high dismeanor, and that the party guilty thereof,
on conviction, shall be fined not exceeding i've
thousand dollars and imprisoned not exceeding two
years The bill repeals all partso the Reconstruc-
ton acts inconsistent with the above provisions.
Mr.. Stevens voted against the billin Committee OF
the Whole, asserting that it was intended to elect
Grant
On Monday, the 18th, after the vote on the Bill
to reorganize the rules of the Supreme Court in
the House, Mr.. Garfield moved to suspend the
rules in order that he might introduce Bill to re-
duce and improve the Military Establishment by
the discharge of one Major General, the one last
commissioned in the grade before January lst,
lS6S-Hancock After decided intimation from
Brooks, Randall and others, that they would re-
sort to fibustering to prevent the passage OF the
Bill, Garfield withdrew his motion, giving notice
that he would renew it on Monday.
After an Executive session of FIVE hours, the
Senate passed the resolution reported by the Com
mittee on Military Affairs, declaring the reasons
assigned by the President for the removal Of Sec
retary Stanton insufficient and that they do not,
fed copies were ordered to be sent to the President
General Grant and Secretary Stanton. The reso-
luton was passed by vote Of IS ayes to nays .
In the House, Bills were introduced to establish
Bureau for the relief of freedmen; to require a
two-thirds vote in the Supreme Court, in order to
pronounce any law unconstitutional; to fund the
national debt, &c. and to protect American citi-
zens abroad ..ss.-,r..
The Speaker submitted cqmmunicatiqn from
the War Department, asking transportation South
for certain provisions. The rules were suspended
by o vote Of ll6 to "A, to admit the introduction
of the additional Reconstruction Bill. 1t was to
be debated on Tuesday and Wednesday, when q
vote upon it would be taken The minority is
pledged to make no dilatory motions. IA.
The rules were again suspended, and q Bill in.
troduced and passed by vote Of ll6 to 80, ma;
king five Judges majority of the Supreme Court,
and requiring two-third vote of the full bench to
make valid any action infringing directly or indi,
recty the laws of Congress. The Bill further pro.
vides, that should any decision of the District
Courts 10 any way affect the oonstitutionality o,
validity of the laws of Congress, the said decision
shall be certified 10 the Supreme Court and unless
two-thirds of full bench concur, said decision
shall stand reversed.
An impression prevails in Washington, that the
Senate will not sustain the House in its aggressive
legislation in reference to the Supreme Court.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-01-16
FREEDMEN OUT OF EMPLOYMENT.

4 nka0Onon WI w 1km8 oS&8oN1
One of the painful results Of the low price Of
cotton, and the consequent stagnation of farming
interests is to be seenin the unpreeedentedy large
number of freed people out Of employment and
of homes In this District, il would be difficult to
estimate the number that are now wandering from
place to place, seeking employers but it is safe
assertion that fully one fourth of the coored pop
ulation are In. this condition. 1.EH Gs'& Ss3t
Our farmers are too much dliisheartened with the
results of the last yeafs operadons, to plant on
large scale the present yeaE With favorable sea-
sons, they failed to pay expenses and while they
realized nothing, their laborers we're left in an
equally unfortunate condition, for they worked for
a part of the nothing that was made -. =. =.
Another reason for this state Of affairs is to be
found in the conduct Of the freedmen. Many were
idle and vicious, andfailed toinspire their employ
ers with that confidence in their industry, 80 neces
sary to their own welfare. We hear it reported
that in many Of the League Associations in this
District they adopted resolutions last Fan, not to
hire for less than the one.ha of the crop, or tena
dollars per month wages IF Rthese reports be true.
the freedmen are seeking starvation and ruin
through their own folly. .4. -.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-01-16
HELPING THEMSELVES.

We feel deicacy in bringing the domestic ar
of families, into public notice; but
there is one feature in the reorganization for the
present year, 80 commendable, that it deserves a
special observation Many of the ladies of this
District whose delicate hands have never before
known the use of spits, skillets, brooms and
dusters have determined to become the pioneers Of
q great reform, and lessen the burden of household
expenses by doing their own cooking and domestic
work While we all feel in our hearts a sincere
pity that the burdens of adversely have fallen 90
heavily upon the tenderer SEX, we cannot but ad-
mire the noble fortitude that teaches them to bear
it so bravely. Our apology to the ladies Of York
for this public ausion to their domestic affairs, is
in the fact that we believe their example worthy
of imitation, and that their country-womcn else
whers. will not be ashamed to adopsit
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LOCALITEMS.
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II. C. Connor-Blacksnith Shop.
James Bynunl-School Notice.
]. Banks Lyles-Lmes Springs Male Acade-
my. - - 81 -. 81 q,
VIII. McCorkle, Aucttoneer- Mules, &c, for sale.
McCaffrey & Jones-Notice. -
Walter B. Nets, C. z. Y. D.-Notice to Guar
dians, &c. ~
T. w. Clawson, Deputy Messenger-In Bank
ruptcy-In the Matter Of Thomas Davies,
Bankrupt. esses> szsF
T. w. Clawson, Deputy Messenger-In ,Bank-
ruptcy-In the Matter Of VIM. J. Bowen,
r. n. Glenn, s. Y. D.-Sherif's Sales.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-01-16

s@- Wendell Phillips continues vigorously to op-
pose the nomination of General Grant as the radi-
cal candidate for President
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-01-16

H@- Col John Cunningham is seriously III at
Laurens, from accidental burning by Kerosene
Lamp. @ - ::sa@ 1r,: -: ~ 9
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-01-16

E@e The Lancaster Ledger says that the majority
Of feedmenin that district are contracting for NEXT
year. '" ~ q" 'i'fsS - u -.~ 4
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-01-16

KM. MILITARY s0HooL--DAY SCHOLARS
The attention of our local readers is directed to
the addition made to the advertisement of Col
COWARD, in reference to day scholars
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-01-16
HARD TIMES.

The following items collected from different Sec
tons of the country, show the depression that pre-
walls in nearly every branch of business ItNs
difficult to see where we can look for animprove-
ment. Indeed it is probable that the condition of
the country will be worse before it is better .,,
The Memphis Avalanche says there are twenty
thousand starving negroes in that city: 1'1'it
The wages Of the factory operatives of Milltown,
North Stonington, Connecticut, were cut down
twenty per cent, on the LIST inst. az se ..tI.qs
Notice has been giHen the operatives of several
of the Fall River cotton mills that there will be
reduction fomsl0 to IS per cent, In their wages
on and after January lst. ~ ~ '..f ~ so
{ The Fond du Lac (Wisconsn) Commonwealth
says that the Chicago and Northwestern railroad
ploy from $l.75 to 81. .25 per day. They have also
reduced the number Of their section hands oue-haE
The New York Times learns through correspon-
dents in various parts of the Southern States that
very considerable numbers Of people are moving
away from there to the North, and still larger num-
bers Of people are preparing to move away in tho
spring. The idea has taken firm possession of the
Southern mind that their section is destined to ruin,
poverty, and negro supremacy in the future, and
they complain that their hopes of better times have
at lost left them 1t is the fear of the blacks how
ever, tho most troubles them. 20; ..
More than $50 families in Trenton, New Jersey,
are supported by charity, now that the factories
have stopped, and tits almost as bad in other manu-
factunng places = M ~ IN. I'm -, -
In tns fl.tsoaig nas 1ea mus I .ne @ employees nave
accepted Teducnon OF 1og per cent
Inc employees On the ghicago ana mo- GTeat , East
er end @ oow onv enrnes o pasS pay
snI al ~ VIII, mn .no" o' el". WIN ainse lai car
70 Psa ~ run I'm onerot;vso =; Hro;n,o ,.rns. s,,,
a. Nev Vork strncL on Moadsu faOth - coss
areno" of rsdncton sf II, ner cent IN tbe;r woros
sS NJ SbSot Jawrenca n Sf Roston recen,Iv = % ssessJ
70 . centeman IN Was5inoton that n noayufsctn. s1u
senu. ana :. uhoh INV ,1e.a ,i. hosh ;r.aassa
uas osnp 81 0OO ner day Other sornorat t;ons a.
losing in The same ratio This state a th;nSs man ae
;festiy cannot long continue. Thee cornorat;ono
must stop work. What then !? One hundreS
thousand people viii be thrown ont Of emnlovment
in Massachusetts alone, 20, ,0O0in New Ham nshire
10, GOO in Maine, and $1,000 in Connection and
Rhode Island In all 100000 persons yosja and
fe"ale' 0ia anu .-.e y0ong-Neaonas lnssa'sene~.
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s%, Land is selling at Orangeburg ut 81 per acre,
at public sale. - -. 49,. .s..4l 49,. 80. 5s-I
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The BIairs.
From The ". Y Nation.

From The ~. Y. Nation
AS the secret history of the late Democratic
Convention is more fully made known, that
body more and more puts on the likeness of a
creature OF the older and worse days of our
politics, the days when we used to call men
statesmen because they quoted the Declara-
tion OF Independence in the balcony, and went
back into the committee-room and gerry-m man
dered State. Very much of the business of
the Convention was done, it appears, by Mr..
Montgomery Blair, who is in all essential re-
spects an excellent specimen of the sort of
statesmen we have mentioned. He is the re-
preventative and the ablest member of family
which has always, on pretenoe of serving the
public, devoted itself to practical politics.
practical politics as distinguished from the
service of the public. He really is behind his
brother, whom it is certain he would manage
If the Vice-Presidency or the Presidency should
come into the family, just as he has managed
him in the matter OF the Brodhead letter, which,
no doubt, was intended to fire the Southern
heart. Unfortunately for the Blairs-who are
usually sharp enough to cut their own fingers,
and who, since Jackson's time, have been good
intIieu uers with bad luck as to their intrigues-
the Br' dhead letter has fired the Northern
heart as well. However, it helped to get Gen.
eral B a the nomination for the Vice -Presi-
dency. But, as now appears, it was not CON
sidered safe to trust to that alone the record
of other prominent candidates was examined
into and was laid before the delegates from the
South. General Hancock, Mr.. Montgomery
Blair took pains to inform them, once issued
an order urging the negroes of Maryland to
aid the pursuers of Booth, who had murdered
Lincoln, the general said, because OF his
frieLdship for the negroes. General Robert
Ewing also was made the subject of a commu-
nicstion from Mr.. Blair to the Southern dele
gates. They were reminded that in Missouri,
in 1863 he ordered out of his lines all disloyal
people resident within them. This, of course,
"klled' him.
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great deal Of annoyance. But on both sides
the same error prevails. The Democratic ma
chine managers supposed that they we're
strong enough to take the nominations iuto
their own hands and to defy the popular will.
they now begin to see how fatal mistake
they made. Some Republican leaders
imagine they discover a chance of one or two
Southern States voting with the Democracy.
ana straightway they set on foot an agi-
tation for more legislation to avert the con.
templated evil. e0thers persuade them selves
that they have nosed out a design on the
part OF Andrew Johnson to help Seymour
with the Federal patronage as soon as he gets
rid OF Congress, and they are restless aud
uneasy until they can reach Washington and
watch the President. This is all puerile and
nonsensical. The election of November next
will be decided by the voice of the great
North, and the Lincoln States, that made the
Republican party and held IL up during the
war, will vote with greater enthusiasm than
ever for Grant, who fought the war out to a
successful termination. few Southern cleo
toral votes and handful of paltry Offices will
sink into utter insignifoance In such grand
and magnificent victory as the hero OF the
Appomattox apple tree will achieve at the
polls; and the radicals who suppose that any
Congressional tinkering is needed on one side,
or who stand in mortal terror of President
johnson on the other side, are simply politol ii
noodles, who fail to appreciate the situation
or to understand the true sentiments of the
people. The next best thing Congress can do
to not meeting at all is to adjourn Immediately
and go home.
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The Meeting of ngress-What is to be
Done?

From The N. Y Herald.
The Republican leaders have made great
mistake in calling for the attendance of quo
rum of the two houses of Congress to-day.
They will commit yet more damaging
blunder if they pay any heed to the uneasy
radicals who are pressing for resumption of
general legislative business for the purpose of
interfering with the action of the Georgia
Legislature and further tinkering up the un-
fortunate Reconstruction laws. The people
are well aware that all legislation that may be
attempted at this time will be designed to aid
the dominant party in the approaching Presi-
dental election, and they fail to discover any
necessity for extraordinary measures to in
sure the election of General Grant to the
Presidency. They are weary of the violence,
passion, and excitement of these repeated ses-
siops, and are heartily, sick of the whole ques-
tion OF reconstruction, which has kept the
country in state of turmoil ever since the
close of the war. The radical leaders fail to
comprehend the popular sentiment IL they do
not know that their policy Of military rule
and negro supremacy at the South is offensive
to the people of the loyal States. The great
strength Of General Grant lies--frst, in his
well-known conservatism; and, next, In the
stupid blunders of the Democracy, and not in
any hearty endorsement of the policy of Cen
gress; hence the less that is seen or heard of
the Washington agitators in the campaign the
better. Senator Sherman in his speech at
Cooper Institute, on Thursday night, an
nounced that he was on his way to the
national capital to watch Andrew Johnson.
This OF itself is a very small piece of busi-
ness; yet 1t will be better for Congress to
sit still, with all eyes fixed on the Presi-
dent, than to attempt any agitating partisan
legislation in the very midst OF hotly con-
tested election.
If the politicians could be made to under
stand that this campaign is run by the people,
and not by few superannuated or selfish
leaders, they would save themselves much uu-
necessary trouble and spare the country
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RELIEF ASSOCIATION.
OFFICE OF THE MANHATTAN CO-0PE
RATAvE RELIEF ASSOCIATION,
Ne. 49, WALNUT STREET. PHILADELPHIA

Ne. 4Sl WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
OBJEcT-The object OF this Association is to secure
cssp payment within forty days after the death ofa
Glass hss seoo male 20 tns hsls
forty days s5OOe to the widow or heirs, and the
nD iee eens eaSs 70 Tna % os days one
lmburse i! Falling to send this sum. they ioriei to
supplies member TO fiji the place Of the retlrng
Ten Ten GLASSES FOR MEN AND TEN FOR
CLAssEs.-In GLASS sII peSaops betweon tho aoos
of 10 20 years. Glass B. ali persons between sne
sss Of & 5S aDa 3 80 IN s s BE-
sons between the ages OF 80 and rs years. Glass all
u ali persons between ages OF 40 aud IS years. In
GLASS q al persons 49, between the ages Of As and 50
S az in Class all M The ages
the same as above. Zach class is limited to 5000
eom6s ana e SpOa eeds Hs
each lime member dies belonging to the same
goes direct to the heirs, ten cents to pay FOR
his dollar If member Of another class dies. Each
class is independent, having no connection with any
Six Dollars into the treasury the time q making
he aMPpioatiOn M to pay & One Dollar and Ten Gents
member of the class TO which he or she belongs,
S
etc: also medical cernticaIe. Every minister Is
FUNDS circulars viii explain fully IN regard '1s 70
fundS ana Investments. Circulars giving full eXp pa-
nation ana blank forms OF application Will be sent
on request or upon personal application at the OH
Of the AssCSlsi5enEEs SRUsfEEs AND OFFICERS.
E Nom President.
&. T. WRIGHT president Star Metal Coz Vice.
President.
w. 8. CARMAN president stuyvesant Bank), Trea-
LEWIS SANDERS, secretsry.
D. H. NANGAM president National Trust Col
D. s. DUNCOMB, NO. Pine street.
The trust funds VIII be held In trust by the
NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY.
No. 33s Broadway, New York.
Agents wanted for this city.
Address : .". . .....
WILLIAM LIPPINCOTT, Gems raj Agent,
Manhattan Cooperative Relief Association,
2'm No 432 WALNUT street, Pnilada.
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The Grimes of the Loyal North.

From she ~. Y. Tribune.
When the war ended the world was amazed
at the magnanimity of the victor to the van
quished; none were more astonished than our
enemies, who expected their punishment to
be commensurate with their guilt. They re-
membered the stern order OF the Confederate
Government expelling all Northern men from
the Southern States; the barbarous military
orders refusing quarter to colored Union sol
diers; the fendish system of starvation estab-
hshed in the Southern prisons; they knew the
magnitude of the evils they had brought upon
the country, and their just fears were Increased
by the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by an
instrument of the Rebellion. They had given
us no mercy; they expected little in return,
and when Lee surrendered his sword the
whole South trembled at the feet of the Gov
ernment. Many of its leaders fled to Mexico
and Europe; Jefferson Davis, pursued by a
few hundred men, hid himself, disguised in
Alabama. A plea Tor mercy came from the
entire South; it stood appalled, at the great
ness of its own crimes, and the terrors of
its stupendous failure.
Into almost every Northern family the war
brought death; Rebel bullets had laid the
mower OF the North low in nameless graves
the treaohery Of the South had imposed upon
the North vast debt, which generations will
nave 10 Dsar. The wrath of the loyal people
had been wrought TO excess by a struggle of
unparalleled ferocity. Our foes had even in
voked foreign interference to aid in the de-
struction OF the Union. What oould thew
expect but punishment-oonfiscatio banisi-
ment, or the gallowsY Such penalties had
been inflicted by all other civilized nations in
dealing with conquered rebellion. Austria
. had shot the Hungarian leaders, and England
had hung her Irish patriots, and had blown
her SepOys to fragments at the oannon's
mouth. II America had so understood human
justice, If she had but family initiated this
severity, all civilized precedents would have