Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-10-22
Straps aud fafts.

piration of his term of Office.
"A man dropped dead in saloon at Rich
mond before he had paid his bill, and the propri
etor refused to give up the body until his relative
had settled for what he had eaten. A.
An Italian named Muratori has invented
kind of felt, made Of vegetable substances, whicl
is tough enough to resist rifle ball. He propo
ses to dress soldiers in it for battle.
The Metropolitan Church in Washington
to have sofa made of wood from Gethsemane,
pulpit of wood from the Mount of Olives and it
yestibule paved with tiles from Solomon's Temple
According to Mr. Atkinson, of Massachu
setts the radical war cost this country 81 600,
600, or more than four dollars per minute sine
the birth Of our Saviour.
Among the latest novelties is an ironiD
glove to protect the hand from heat when ironing
The under part is composed of several thicknesse
of flannel
"A company Of seventy Germans parade'
New York the other day, none OF whom had pear
reached his knees.
The Old School Presbyterian Synod, of Al
bany, N Y, has unanimously, passed resoi9qon
&vor;ne the union of the Old and New Schoo
Presbyterians. ...,... ....-.
The largest manufactory Of shoe pegs in thi
country is said to be at Burlington, vermont
where one factory is accustomed TO TO transform
every day, four cords of wood into 400 bushels
shoe pegs.
'What fine head your boy hasT, said al
admiring friend. "Yes," said the fond fashes n a'
he's chip of the old block-ain't you, my boyF
Eyes father, teacher said yesterday that I was {
young blockhead-" " ,.--..,.. ...
"A negro e1horter at Opelousas, Louisiana
told his congregation last week that what tneI
ding: sfhey are cheap-6ve cents box-ane
those who can't shoot can burn!"
The 'sGrecian bend" has reached Charles
ton. The first young lady seen with it was sur
rounded, in less than five minutes, by about sew
enteen Young men, each armed with mustard
plaster in one hand and bottle of Jamaica ginge
in the other. They thought she had the colic.
The violent desths in New York city aver
age one thousand per annum, and the deaths re
sultinp from disease, but investigated by the coro
ner. amount to about one thousand more. Tht
fees alone paid to the coroners Of that city amour
to $26, 500 every year.
"A party of robbers slushed the track Of th'
South Carolina Railroad about forty miles from
Charleston, Recently, stopped two freight trains
burst open the doors of two cars, and robbed then
of goods; the stolen property was atterwards ne
covered, but no clue obtained as to the robbers.
The army of the United States, according
to the REGISTER for 1861 consists Of five artillery
ten cavalry and forty-fve infantry regiments
which, with the staff, comprise 49, 93S enlisted mel
and 2,94S commissioned officers, the latter lnclu
ding one general, one lieutenant general, hVe ma
jor generals and nineteen brgadiers.
The Lancaster Ledger publishes a letter re
ceived there from Liberia in which the writer,
freedman named John D. Wright, says: VI hay!
house and land, good coffee farm started, worth
about four hundred dollars. Molasses, coffee, gin
ger, potatoes, rice and rum are the cheapest pro
duce here of our country. Rum is 81 gallon.
An affray occurred in Lancaster District,
few miles northeast of the village, on Friday week
between Spencer Laney and Alexander Castor
(both colored, in which the former was Instant!
killed CASTOR came in on Saturday and surren
dered himself to the sheriff The deceased wa
the fatherin-law of the prisoner.
"A dispatch from Washington says there il
the best authority for saying that President John
son neither approved the proposition tor the with
drawal of Seymour's name nor intimated wlsf
for new nomination. On the contrary, the Pres
ident looks upon the proposition for change o
candidates as il-timed and injudicious.
The Washington Star says that Captain
Meips of that city has invented new rife, with
which 6fty shots can be fired, without taking tht
gun from the shoulder, in forty-6ve seconds, ano
easily in one minute, the cartridges being contained
in the stock. The weight, with its cartridges, L
but twelve pounds
-Collector A. G. Mackey, of Charleston, wa!
abusing the South, in the rotunda Of the Astol
House, few days ago, when New York coronel
warned him to desist. The warning was not heed
ed, when the coroner knocked the collector down
Several Charleston merchants vouch for the truth
of this statement, says the Mercury.
There is very little difference in the strength
of the armies of France and Prussie, as they arr
now organized. The French army has, all told
and ready for service at short notice, 1900 ,OW
men. Prussia ditto, l,l40, 600. Should thesst
immense armies be brought in conflict there woulc
soon be decision as to the permanent victory
No long contest could possibly. be maintained be
tween powers so well provided with available forces
"A French journalist, writing shortly before
the last Spanish revolution, sketches Queen lsa
bella's portrait frankly, without fear or favor
She is thirty but looks older; has Bourbon
obesity and premature wrinkles; round face, turn
ed nose, small blue eyes, highly eolored complex
ion, 'short, swollen and slightly scaly' hands
masculine manners and voice, and dresses richly
but "looks like queen in Sunday fnery.'
Congress Hail. Saratoga, which is claimed
to be the largest hotel in the country, accommoda
ted during the season, from June 18th to Septem
Der 18th, over ten thousand persons. During that
time the hotel cooked thirty y-nine thousand chick
ems, three hundred and sixty thousand dozen eggs
fifty-nine thousand pounds of beef and twenty-five
thousand pounds of lamb. Of mutton it used hf
teen thousand pounds: of veal nine thousand
pounds; of turkeys one thousand FIVE hundred
and of other fowls five thousand.
The Report of General Meade, including
the report of Captain Mills, relative to the Camilla
riot, has been given to the public. The report o.
Captain Mills and accompanying afhdavits corrob
crate the statements of the affair heretofore given
There were nine negroes killed and twenty-five
wounded and six white persons wounded Gener
al Meade says the excitement in Georgia has pass
ed off with the riot, and no call having been made
on him-the Legislature, as he thinks, properly
declining the request of the cal-no troops wer'
sent to aid the Executive.
"A cotemporary says to get rats out of house
there is nothing equal to good cat but she mus
not be handled by children, or any other person
must be fed rather sparingly at regular times, ant
as much as possible on fresh meat, and usually b.
the same person. She will soon become accuss
toned to such circumstances will answer the cal
of this person, who can change her about to differ
ent parts of the house-as night in the attic, s
night in the cellar, and so on. When treated il
. this way she will be rather shy and Wild but vii
soon become terror to rats
The rates of taxation in the United State.
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