Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-06-25

ter Governor Ur's term OF once terminates, ne
win probably move to Columbia and engage there
In the practice of the law.
oh the 18th day of June, ninety-one years
ago, . resolution adopting the" ""Stars and Stripes
a. the national standard, was passed by the Con-
tinental Congress .'- 'n''.
"A young lady being asked BY feminine ao-
quaintance whether she had any original poetry in
her album, replied: "No; but some of my friends
hare favored me with original spelling" = S: ,a
Chicago has been indulging in another CEN
sus, and solemny declares its population. to num-
ber 40 04, an increase in two years OF about 3O'
900. =, IS. ... ,.... ..,,...s -! ....
"A dispatch from Montgomery, dated the
10th Instant says that fine and seasonsbe rains
have fallen in different parts Of Alabama in the
last few days, coming just IN time to save the corn
crop, which was nearly burnt up. 80
IL Corner loungers in Chicago are fined twen-
tyfve dollars for the first offence, fifty dollars tor
and for further violations of the ordinance, any
sum in the discretion of the magistrate Id, :..,t
"A number of persons, consisting Of twelve
in the murder Of s. G. W. Dill, were brought to
this city yesterday under military guard and COM
mitted to Castle Pfnckney. Charleston Neaos. ~
2cL An English clergyman repudiates the idea
of music in paradise. He declares his choir has
eiyen him so much trouble on earth that the idea
Of music in the world to come is wholly repugnsnt
to his notions of eternal peace and rest .,... .
Brown asked permission to call his love BY
the expressive name Of some animal 1t was
granted on condition that she should have the
Ike privilege. On leaving, Brown said, good
night deer. Good night, bore said she. Brown
has given up the company of ladies.
The paper money Of Russia is - per cent
discount, Of Italy Is per cent, Of Turkey 20 per
cent. of the United States 40 per cent The taxes
in France are 81 81 per head, in England $40 90
per. head, and in the United States SIG 90 per
The iZephYrina" is the name of the last is
sued hoop-skirt It is said to be marvel Of light
ness, Heetness, Hexibity and tenacity; and one Of
the shop-keepers publicly announces that 1t makes
the Indies feel as though they had nothing on
This must be Affecting worthy Of the primitive days
Of Mother Eve. .s.-..-.
"A new way to collect old debts has been
found in Kentucky. The creditor had his debt,
or arrested for possessing counterfeit money, ana
when the officers made search and discovered
two thousand dollars in genuine greenbacks, ne
attached the lot, securing his amount
"A colored youngster in Troy received cor
poreal punishment at the hands Of his ancestors,
recently, because his kitten got its head in the
milk pitcher. The boy cut of the head to save
the pitcher and then broke the pitcher to get out
the head .... ... .. t.-.-
At late dinner in North Carolina, there
sat down to table three ex-G Governors, an ex-Jus.
tice of the Supreme Court, two ex-members OF
Coneress, and some other men of honorable dis
ton In their State, and the only person in the
room who could vote or hold Office was the negro
Who waited on the table. -.
A Texan murderer, who had fallen into the
hands of Judge Lynch, offered to save trouble BY
performing his own execution. He thereupon
climbed tree, made a very edifying and moral
speech to the crowd, warning them to profit by
his example, put the moose about rs neck, tied
the end of the rope to stout limb and jumped.
1t is ascertained that the Radicals have de-
termined not to- adjourn Congress until after the
Southern States have organized and ratified the
fourteenth amendment to the constitution, and their
Radical representatives admitted. This is with
view to securing the Southern electoral votes tor
Grant.
From all the information we can obtain, and
from personal observation, we find that the wheat
crop Just harvested is hardly half what it would
have been with favorable season. Some few will
make more, some less, so that the average may be
half crop. As there was more land in wheat
than usual, we may expect the supply tor market M.
as good or better than lastyear. Times
The Chicago Post, usually pretty, fair Radi-
cal authority, asserts that should Mr. Chase tail to
show the strength expected Of him in the Demo,
cratic Convention, the entire Pendleton force will
be transferred onthe last ballot, to David Davis, of
Illinois, an old friend of President Lincoln and now
a Justice of the Supreme Court by Mr.. Lincoln s
appointment There's food for reflection.
The Gear of Russia has made proposal to
the Emperor Napoleon that Russia and France
unite in an effort to induce all civilized nations to
abandon the use of torpedoes and explosive pro-
jectiles in time of war; The Moaiteur states that
this humane proposition meets with the approval
of the Emperor, who, however, thinks that it still
may be necessary to employ torpedoes for deten-
sive purposes. ... ........
- Gen. Stone q native of Massachusetts,. but
citizen of Virginia for two years past, has de-
clined aunananimous nomination for State Senator
rendered him by the Conservative party He de-
cines being candidate on the ground that he has
not been citizen of Virginia long enough to en-
title him to the honor of representing her native
population. Gen. Stone modesty ought to shame
those Northern men in the South who are forcing
themselves upon the people as their lawmakers
and representatives
A correspondent writing Of the manner in
which people live at New York restaurants, says
s'Not many evenings ago saw Horace Greeley at
the same table With some Broadway clerks, par
taking of meal that cost him about twenty cents.
Horace does not spend much money on his stom-
ach. He gave up vegetarianism long ago, but still
sticks to brown bread and cold water. These are
harmless and cheap, and Horace patronizes them
quite literally; but not on account of their cheap
ness. Horace is as free with his money rs any man
in New York-in fact, he does not know how to
keep it."
The welLinformed Washington correspon-
dent of the Baltimore San says that, 'sas the time
approaches for the meeting of the New York 4th
Of July Convention, speculation is rife as to who
will receive the nomination for President Chief
Justice Chase will continue to be mentioned promi
nently, and apparently has hosts of friends, but
the knowing ones say that the talk about him is
all moonshine 1t is fact that some of the promi-
nent Western Democrats have declared for him.
for no other purpose, is said, than to lessen the
chances of MIR. Pendleton Senator Hendricks
looms up very strongly, and many say that the
nomination really lays between him and General
Hancock"
- The Chicago Tribune has special dispatch
from Napiervile, Ill.,, giving an account of the
poisoning of whole church congregation at that
place on Sunday last. The church was celebrating
loyefeast The meat had been prepared in
copper kettle, and allowed to remain in it all day,
till the liquid had become oxydized All who par
took of it were poisoned and all suffered the most
excruciating pain. Medical assistance was at once
summoned, but it was long time before the en-
tire number (about one hundred and thirty could