Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-11-05
Scraps and1fafts.

went across Shasta Valley, Siskiyou county, Gal.
X j happy family IF hther,s mother and
seventeen children in East Tennessee, every one
chews tobacco except two girls who dip:
"A married couple in Springfield have not
spoken to each other for years. The man boasts
that he has the happiest home in the country.
"A young lady, on being asked where was her
native place, replied: Il have none; 1 am the
daughter Of q Methodist minister" = s,-:-s -.
The Union Paci6c Railroad will in few
days be 30 far completed that passengers BY trav-
cling continuously, may pass over the line from
.Phiadelphia to San Francisco in eleven days. ~
t.-T The Boston Rst thinks the Queen of Ma
dagascar has matrimonial designs against our ami
able Secretary of State, because she has sent him
presents Of teapots and bed-quilts.
!, "A new insurance company in England has
been started to compensate such Of its members as
may be turned out of house or workshop IN con.
sequence of voting on the wrong side. H1='%'-
The New York Times proposes Horatio
Seymour for King of Spain The Courier ds
Esuts Unis proposes Isabella for Queen ofthe Uni-
ted States. Tit for tat. ~, .5.ac'f .n. ,..-.a
On the 10th ultimo, about fifty negroes en-
tered the town Of Dardanefe, Ark. and eommen-
ced firing into the houses OF the white residents
Of town. No casualties are reported
President johnson has written a letter to
Gen. Thomas Ewing, on the question OF our na-
tional debt, He claims that the expense OF the
Government during the four years succeeding the
rebellion were almost as much as the whole ex-
pense of the seventystwo years preceding It u;
There was quadruple marriage in Indiana
the other day. "A man married his third step,
mother, who had three children BY his father, and
three of his Cousins brothers, married three OF hls
WHe's sisters Number one is half brother to his
wife children 81 - * tiL'i 'H' s sa.= - s"-
a!:..4 The Fsudu;eF (Va J Band Journal makes q
J,est encouraging exhibit in regard to the sales of
.Yirp;nial lands; andthe accession of new settlers
within, the past twelve months. II says that
'more than 100000 worth Of property has been
sold to actual settlers within radius OF ten miles
around Wafrenton since the close fthe war.
'f--.- One of the young sports at Paris recently
lost every SON at cards, borrowed 9 small sum OF
his sister and won it all back again, with wide
margin To provide against accidents, ne paid
al his hotel, tailor and shoe maker bills and made
arrangements to be clothed, fed and shod tor ten
years Now he can play without fear OF destltu-
fon. -. -, -. .,r,.y j;s. II !, uoJis- (
- A telegraph dispatch says some Spaniards
In Madrid favor the idea Of selling Cuba to the
United States The Richmond D,spatch thinks
this is good idea, as Uncle Sam will have It. and
tie Spaniards had better sell it whilethe great real
.estate agent of the Govesnment-..Mr. Seward-!s
in office If they do not, they will have to give 1t
mp and get nothing for it y..,s .z
..-A Paris newspaper describes q new rife,
inst invented there, which can fire twenty balls in
one second The editor very aptly remarks that it
is most singular thatwhen the population OF France
ia. in many parts Of that country, rapidly dimn-
ishipg it is very time when the greatest amount
Of ingenuity is applied to Increase the means OF
destruction. cl ,-.. 3,i..,s. ~ i -, r
,.--It is related of a certain minister Of Maine,
who was noted for his long sermons, With many di-
visions, that one day when he was advancing a.
mong the teens, he reached, at length, Kind OF
resting place in his discourse, when, pausPg to
take breath, he asked the question: And what
shall / ssy mereYaa A voice from the congrega-
ton responded, "Say amen. biaq :, Cao s',79q4
Wishes of ladies: :First,,a husband; second,
a fortune third baby fourth a. trip TO Europe
fifth, better looking dress than any OF the neigh
boss sixth, to be well buttered With Hattery sew
enth, to have nothing 70 do in particular; eighth
able, except it' be from those whose opinions are
worthless; tenth, to make a sensation; eleventh,
to attend weddings twelfth, to be- always consid-
cred under thirty. ...., d.. ..a'. .......
A blacksmith of village in Spain murdered
q man. and was condemned to be hanged. The
chief peasants of the place joined together and
begged the alcalde that the blacksmith might not
suffer, because he was necessary. to the place,
which could not do without blacksmith to shoe
horses, mend wheels, etc. ''But," the alcalde
said, show, then, can fulfil justice" A laborer
answered, '.Sir there are two weayers in the VII
lage, and for 50 small place one is enough; hang
the other !'''-''' .'. III ~ g., .'''
'----- Anew York letter Of Monday says: "a
German paper this morning contained an adver::
tisement announcing that fifty men were wanted
at No 1873 Broadway, at the rate Of SIX dollars per
week. At s clock, when the store was opened,
there were not less than FIVE hundred men gather,
ed about the door, and six policemen, club in hand.
we're wholly unequal to the task Of keeping back
the crowd, which increased every moment, until at
g o'clock the advertiser announced that the quota
yvas filed i:i,'J III .d'..i -. e. ".f"..
- The Virginia colleges for both sexes are at
present more ,numerousy attend than in any pre-
yious wear. At the University of Virginia there
are over five hundred students. At Washington
College, over which General Lee presides, there
are nearly four hundred, and at the Virginia Mill
tary Institute over two hundred and fifty. Emory
and Henry, 10 Washington County, opened its fall
session with nearly three hundred. Hampden
Sidney has nearly or quite one hundred. Ran
dolph Macon, at the latest accounts, had about
seventyive, and daily accessions were being made.
Warrington correspondents state that Gov
-ernor Scott recently applied to the War Depart:
ment for assistance in preserving the peace in
South Carolina. General Schofed replied that,
according to the evidence presented only individ-
ual murders has been committed, which necessi-
tates first the intervention of the civil officers of
the State and if they failed, then the State mill
tia could be used, and fthey were exhausted, the
Executive could thereupon call upon the Govern
faeit of the United States for troops to quel do
nestle insurrection Ia '.
~ ~ It is reported that an attempt will be made
ut the next session Of Congress TO have the Freed
mems Bureau continued for at least another year,
from the lst of next January, for the protection Of
freedmen as. well as for their education and the
collection Of their bounty, pensions and back pay.
General Howard has been appealed to In order to
obtain his influence to that end but he declines to
recommend the measure, while, at the same time,
he admits that the necessity for protection Of the
freedmen's rights still exists.
;. .-Dunan Mousseau, French journalist, died
recently in Paris, AZ years DID,. For several years
past be did not do anything else bnt get up ad'
Refreshments for Partisan dry goods dealers. He
was a perfect genins in this line. The famous
advertisement which began with the words 'Well,
We have failed, We are bankrupt" and which
proved perfect gold mine for the. merchant tail.
ors' company, was written by him. He received
a. much as 500 francs for a single advertisement
He would often say to the merchants: Y Ou