Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-10-08
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The negroes are turning the whites out o1
the Louisiana Legislature, and the whites are
turning the negroes out of the Georgia Legislature
Its stated that Brigham Young has gwen
orders to have every member of the Mormon
Church accommodated who deals with a Gen
tile or purchases of an outsider.
The Canton (Il.l Ledger contains this;
"Ron. w. p. Kellogg, United States senator from
louisiana, is now spending short time at has ho1''
in this city.
Hesh-colored CATERS, with the toes stitched
with black to look as if the foot was bare, are re-
ported to be the newest mode They are said te
have shockingly natural effect. e. a-. 81
The expenses of the government for the
month of September were $28, ,4S5, ,S39. This q
mount does not include the interest on the public
debt ...,.: ............. ..a...
Steps are being taken by the New York
Stock Exchange and Open Board to raise the
standard of membership and increase the initiation
fee to ten thousand dolhrs.
-Gerritt Smith has just published letter to
General Lee, pitching into Rosecrans on account
Of his ''servie, AAttenng, false spirit, and into
Lee, also, because he has not continued bis dig,
nifed, beautiful and exemplary silence in regard
to the political affairs of the country. g: ....
The Winnsbero' Neaos says that several boys
of that town, taking advantage OF short holiday
and of their hour out Of school when attending,
have been earning much needed little sum OF
money, by picking cotton for the neighboring far-
mers. -. y. 49, =
"A mixture called 'sbutter compound is ad-
vertised in the New York papers, a small quantity
oSwhich, its prepietors say, will maketwo pounds
of excellent butter from one quart OF milk A
s'butter powder of like nature Is also IN the mar
ket g.. ..........4 4.....
AN Alexandria, Virginia, paper chronicles
the arrival in that city of drove OF four hundred
and fifty Texas cattle The owner started with a
Memphis. Not one of them died from disease on
the route. ..'. y 3" 80. 8. 49,. 20. -
Chicago has gone heavily into the shoe bu:
siness. One firm turns out seventy-hve cases OF
boots and shoes per week, one turns out one hun
dred and twenty-five cases Of slippers per month,
another IS Just about to occupy an immense three
storied factory, and another firm makes Six hun
dred shoe lasts per day.
Gen. Sherman writes letter to the Boys
in Blue" at Philadelphia. He does not believe
that an officer who is IN the army for Life, and ex-
pects to serve under different administrations,
ought to take an active part in politics. but he
begs that no one will doubt his respect for and
absolute confidence in General Grant" -
A wealthy man in st. Louis paid his taxes
by check of ten thousand dollars on banking
house. The collector did not present the check the
day it was drawn, and the next day the bankers
failed. The collector has sued the gentleman tor
his taxes, and the courts have decided that check
is not legal tender for debt. - .....
At recent election in Prague, speaker in
proposinp the candidate of the Bohemian central
Committee, concluded as follows: Nov, every
one of you take ballot and a shilling. Those
who are in favor of B viii put their ballots in the
box; those who are opposed will put in the shil-
ling. Result: Unanimous election OF b.
The Louisville journal Company on the 23d
ultimo dismissed George d. Prentice. He bad
been on salary of forty dollars week., MIR. Prem
tice, at the age of sixty6ve is personally pennies
and miserable. wreck of his former SELF The
architect of his own ruin he yet has the sympathy
ington Statesman.
Two brothers in Kentucky have lived in two
States and six counties and yet neither has moved
out of the county in which he was born. They
lived in Kentucky when it was portion OF Vlr-
ginia, and in Ohio County when part of the terri
tory that composed Jefferson and subsequently
other counties, until narrowed down to its present
name and limits. '.
The Prussian troops are learning to execute
q new manouvre A battalion throws itself on
the ground and two other battalions march over
them at quick march to the front. The movement
was lately executed for the benefit of the Crown
Prince of Prussia, who was inspecting the troops
at Stettin. Two English officers in his suite also
witnessed it. t' =
General Reynolds, commanding the depart
ment of Texas, has issued an order closing with
the words 'No election for electors for President
and Vice President of the United States will be
held in the State of Texas on the Sd day of No
vember next Any assemblage, proceedings or
acts for such purpose are hereby prohibited, and
all citizens are admonished to remain at home or
attend to their ordinary business that day"
MAYOR General Howard delivered lecture
in Washington on Tuesday night, giving his OBJ
servations during late tour through the South;
His remarks were apparently unprejudiced, and
Gals. He stated candidly that the disturbances
were not confined to one party, but that there was
q strong Democratic sentiment among the negroes,
and he found many Seymour and Blair clubs OF
colored men. These remarks were Incidental, his
main topic being the social, religious and educa-
tioual condition of the negro. ....
Some of the South German States have
queer regulations respecting marriage. 10 Wur-
temberg for example, it is the law that the mar
rage Of any subject Of the State who marries in
any foreign country must obtain the consent OF the
King, or the ceremony is null and void. The con-
sequences of this absurd regulation in respect to
the inheritance of property by the children or per-
sons who have emigrated and married, have been
very inconvenient, and Mr. Bancroft has requested
the government to repeal the stupid statute. The
answer to the request was favorable
The records Of recent immigration show; a
marked change in respect to the nationality Of the
moving classes-the Irish falling to the rear and
the Germans coming TO the front. Last year the
newly arrived Germans outnumbered the Irish
nearly two to one, and the same proportion holds
good to the present time. The latter Immigrants
are for the most part selfdependent, and bring
with them means and education sufficient for fair
start on this side of the world The great exodus,
especially from the North German Confederation,
at this time, is attributed partly to the political
changes which Prussian supremacy has made ne
cessary, and partly to unusual and excessive taxa
ton.
The foreign journals publish the text of a
dispatch addressed by the Prussian Government
to its Minister at Paris to be communicated to the
French Government In this paper it is stated
that the King of Prussia has ordered that as soon
as the autumn maneuvres are over all the reserve
troops shall be discharged, and that the annual
levy recruits shall be postponed for three months
The Prussian Government, it is stated desires by
this important measure, which reduces the army
by one hundred and twenty thousand men, to af.
ford new proof Of its moderation and desire for
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