Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-04-16

and chief officers were selected on account Of their
prowess in convival circles. For every offence a.
gainst total abstinence clearly proven, the culprt
Is to be dipped into the river as many times as
there are members in the organization.
"A startling rumor comes from Washington
that the Radicals there are specuatng on making
all possible capital out of the remnant. OF Thad.
Stevens life by assassinating him, and creating
the impression that the murder is deed OF the
''rebels." They argue that this would but shorten
his life by few useless days, while the benefit to
''the cause would be incalculable.
Said an old preacher once: Fellow sinners,
stairs yonder, (pointing to rckety fight of stairs
in the church) you might secure your eternal saliva
ton, really don't believe any of you would try it.
But let any man proclaim that there were five dol.
lars in gold for you, and I'll be bound there would
be such getting up stairs as you never did see.
The New Orleans Picay.ne recommends
General Hancock to the Northern Democrats as
a candidate for the Presidency on the ground that
his war record is brilliant one, while at the same
time he has shown abilities as civil ruler which
command the respect and confidence OF the South.
The Rcartne, therefore, thinks that he should be
equally acceptable to both war and peace Demo-
Gratis.
-George Alfred Townsend writes from Wash
ington: Boutwell, is the black haired energy Of
this impeachment; Bingham holds, the helm ;.
Butler is in the main-top, with carbine to pick
the enemy of by glib shots; Stevens is the admiral
dying ON deck; Wilson and Williams are the han.
dy seamen Logan is the boatswain, who can yell
the loudest; but Boutwell, is the steady wind,
blowing strong aft, to carry the vessel into action.
At concert given by Ole Bill, in Washing
ton, on Saturday, to aid the Lincoln Monument
Association the novel feature Of prayer was intro
duced. Rev. DR.. Sunderland filled this part of the
programme, and, as a matter of course, introduced
his extreme Radical politics, calling. upon the
Saviour of the world to strengthen the hands Of
his servants now sitting in council that their YER
dict on the question before them may bring COM
fort and joy to the loyal hearts Of the nation
The New York Tribune says 'the name Ku-
Klux is said to be derived from the noise of the
cooking of rifle, and is significant of shooting at
sight" Whereupon the N. York Times observes:
sSThe man who drew that name from the click Of
the hammer of . rifle must have had fine and &C
curate imagination. Is the 1r7June sure the name
is not derived from the cluckng of hen, and sig
nifcant of matronly satisfaction over the condition
of her brood? 1t sounds much more like it. we
wonder the Tribune did not recognize the sound at
once"
The Memphis Appeal, which ought to know,
says: Ku Klux Klan is is Hebrew term, and If
not found in the Talmud, is met with in very
old Jewish work, entitled. A True and Anthem
ticated History Of the Great Rebellion Of the He
brews against King Pharaoh B. c." In this
work the photography is thus: ''Cu Clux Clam"
and is interpreted in the English language, the
s'Straw Club" which is supposed to allude to the
fact that Pharaoh required the hodcarriers to fur
nish their own straw and also to the proverb,
known to be of ancient Hebrew origin, 'Straws
show which way the wind blows"
The Jews are everywhere noted for their
kindness to their own people. 1t is against Jew
ish principles to allow any of their poor to come
upon the public All the sick in poverty are cared
for and sa.iae is made fh for widows and
funds, supply the poor with food, help the old
people as they need, and bury the dead. Some
of the free hospitals in London have Jewish wards,
but all the expenses of those wards are paid for
from the treasury of Jewish organizations. If any
able bodied persons are out Of employment and
need help, they receive no gratuity, but are &C
commodated with temporary loan and the cases
are said to be rare in which these debts are not
fully repaid.
Hon. A. H. Stephens, since his return home,
has expressed himself as having been profoundly
impressed with the general quietude, not only Of
Washington City, but the whole North. The
Radicals, he says, are serene in the conscious pos
session Of almost, if not quite, absolute dominion.
The Democrats are passive under Affections, deem
ed inevitable for the present, and only hopeful Of
the future through the instrumentality of peace
full ballot in November. Fighting is about the
last thing thought about on either side, the one
party TRANQUILITY usurping every department of the
government; the other party tamely submitting
and, like Micawber complacently hoping for some
thing to turn up.
The New York Herald, of Saturday last,
says: private intelligence from Fort Jefferson,
Dry Tortugas, state that Colonel Grenfeldt has
escaped from his prison, and in company with
some soldiers for unknown parts 1t will be re-
membered that Grenfeldt, who was formerly an
late war as colonel in the Confederate service,
and was sentenced to Imprisonment for life,
vction of conspiring with others to burn the cities
of Chicago and Buffalo and effect herelease of the
rebel prisoners confined at Camp Douglas, Chica-
co. Grenfeldt is connected with an influential fam
iy in England, and Lord Stanley in lS64-5 exerted
himself to secure his release but the guilt Of Gren-
feldt was so apparent that his efforts were unaval-
ing"
The complete weakness shown by the i'm
peachment managers from the very commencement
of the trial is subject of general remark in Wash
ington. The correspondent of the New York Her.
Qtd says Inat the opinion is raplQy eXCcnQlug taC
the trial will certainly result in failure, in spite of
the terrible threats and denunciations of Radical
leaders and journals. How the matter is regarded
by members of the high court in general of course
cannot easily be ascertained but certain it is that
that portion of the outside world which is not
maddened by prejudice and hate regard the trial
so far as magnificent farce, which is likely only
to damage its authors. There are those, however,
who still persist in saying that the Radical MAORI
ty in the Senate are determined to remove the
Presidential obstacle and that the value of test
mony and justice of the measure will not have the
slightest weight with them in deciding that this
Radical majority have entered upon the trial solely
to make show of doing the thing in conformity
with the constitution, not for the purpose Of legal
ly testing the guilt or innocence Of the accused"
Pure and arrant copperheadism appears in
an editorial in the Springfield Republican, relative
to the discussion about the Confederate dead. The
article was provoked by recent speech Of Colonel
Rush G.. Hawkins at the rooms of the New York
Union League, in which he made a, violent attack
upon member of the club who had expressed
himself in favor of common burial Of the Union
and Confederate dead. The Republscdn says: