Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-01-09
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
The N. C.. Convention.

The N. C. Convention.
General Candy has ordered the North Caro-
lima Reconstruction Convention to assemble at
Raleigh, on the l4th instant-the day appointed
for the meeting of the Convention in this State.
The Wilmington Star, under the caption of Pre-
pare to Fucker" announces the event in the fol-
lowing fashion:
'aThe terrible suspense has at last been removed,
and Canby's Ethiopian Minstrels sing for joy.
They have been ordered to assemble in Raleigh on
the l4th instant, prepared to play lie danjo, beat
de bones, shuck corn and walk round generally.
The terrible panic which had seized on the Raleigh
washerwomen has been revived; the hotel proprie-
preparing to roost higher and crow lower"
The Labor Question.
THE Columbus (Ga.) Sun in an article on
the subject of "Hiring for the Next Year," says
cat this time last year, and during the Christ
mas week of 1865, freedman could not pass
through our streets without being asked every few
yards of his progress if he wanted to hire plan
ters or their agents. stood at the corners and en-
tered into lively competition for the services of the
freedmen. But now nothing of this sort is seen.
Negroes dcsirous of hiring are to be seen congre-
gated in much smaller numbers than usual, but
planters to engage them are seldom to be found.
We understand that the wages contracted for are
not more than half the sums agreed upon tor this
year, and that all the planters are greatly diminish
ing their force. Low as are the wages for which
the freedmen can be engaged, the demand is not
near equal to the supply of labor
The Game of ssEuchre.''
The Charleston Neacs informs it's readers
that the English have made an improvement in
the mode of paying 'Euchre," Of which the fol,
lowing description is given
"For example, with every pack of playing cards
sold there is one blank card at the top of the
deck, used in this country frequently as ''mark,
er" But the English make better use Of this
white faced card They include it in the suits,
making ffty-thrcc to the deck instead of ffty-two
twenty-cight cards. This blank card at first was
called the "Louis Napoleon but has been sub
sequcntly corrupted into the less euphonious
title of ssyerker." The ''yerker," then, is the
highest ranking card in the euchre deck, hay
ing capacity to 7'capture" either Of the bowers
or the ace, so that man may be euchred ever
with the ace and two blowers" Whenever the
''yerker' is turned up by the dealer, that person
has the privilege of making the trump ant
can make it to the most advantageous suit in hiI
hand The game is nove, and, we understand
affords much diversion to the players.
Powers of the State Convention.
- Considerable msapprehension exists in refer
6 ence to the powers of the Reconstruction Conven
ton which is to assemble in Charleston on the 4tl
instant. The following article from the Neaos in
dicates, in nut shell, the powers with which th
anomalous body is invested, and Leyond which i
cannot legally go:
"Few persons seem to understand what powers
are granted to the convention which is ordered t.
assemble in this city on the 18th Instant; and, al
a natural consequence, number of alarming ru
mors are already in circulation. One of the mild
est reports is that the convention will depose al
the judges in the State with the exception of two
and another points to more thorough reversal O
the relations between the white and the black thar
has been attempted by the conventions of either
Louisiana or Georgia.
There is but one way of meeting the rumors thai
have been concocted, and of making harmless those
that will be Matched as the day of meeting draws
near and thatway is byknowing and comprehend
ing what are the powers of the convention, and
what work it is authorized to do.
i The convention will assemble by order of the