Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-08-05


Accommodations Of few capitalists.
By order of the Genital State Council Of the
AntiCooHe Association of fthe. Pacific Coast.
FIR j. DKoN Secretary.
GEN. JOHNSON AT ATLANTA.
We give on interesting extract from Rollarfs
Life ofJefferson Davis" concerning the sitna.
ton at Aaauta before the removal Of Gen. aohs:
ston by Dir. Davis, which the author considers
fatal mistake sad.the death.ble of the Confeder-
acy; .-
General Jahnstan was now executing the mas
terpiece of. his military Hfe He had.fougbt down
to Atlanta with. tar more SUCCESS and brlbancy:
I than Lee had fought dewn to Richmand, with
more incidents of advantage, aad 10 greatly better
effect His resrogade from Daatpn to Atlanta has
been described asa future study in military schools
and as exact,as figure in geometry-hn plans OF
campaign being the avoidance G pitched battles
and the substitution Of fask movements, inter
spersed With actions between detacbmepts and
sometimes rising to- q general engagement. de
had performed the wonder Of conducting an army
Fin retreat through nearly one hundred. and fifty
miles Of intricate country, absolutely without any
loss in materials or prisoners; he had bought
along everything, every gun. every wagon, every
[oamp, kettle; he had inflicted loss upon the enc
my Of fosy.Ave. thousand men. more than -four
times bis own; and in pursuance Of his plan Of
reducing the numerical superiority Of Sherman s
army 90 as Ito cope With. it on equal ground by
the time the Chattahoschie was passed" he had
now that army south Of that stream, where its DE-
feat would be inevitably it's destruction, apd where,
on the other hand. the Confederatas would have .
refuge in Atlanta, which their commander, writing
officially to Richmond, had described as 'too strong
te,be assaulted and toe extensive to be invested.
Never vas any situation of the war so advantage
ous for the Confederatesr and 30 critical apd tre-
ulous for the enemy, unable, as he was to- 60 fur
ther brought to place WHICH he dared not assault
and which he was unable to invest, and suspended
one hundred and forty miles in a hostile country,
by single Line of communication. The fears OF
the giddy enemy were excessive; almost to denor-
alizston; the assurances Of Johustnn were as per-
feet as human foresight could make them. We
repeat that his position in Atlauta was more Sc
cure than that of Leein Richmond Judging pros
pective by past events. it was impossible to doubt
that he would have held Sherman swelas Lee held
Grant He could at least have done this; and it
was probable be would have done more, for if be
had succeeded in destroying Sherman line of land
communication which was obviously easier to reach
than that Of Grant over water, he might have
forced his enemy to retreat, in which surrender
or annihilation would be the choice. No wonder
that the heart Of the Confederacy was eiated; and
that the iptoe Of expectation was the attitude Of
the most intelligent 10,
How He BECAME A MINsTREL-The subject
of The following sketch is well known in this city
where he has many friends Ifthe report is true,
he will be the recipient of many warm congtatula.
tons. His name is Lew Benedict His father
was we'll known New York lawyer, who died
when the oldest child was fifteen years old. The
property left by the father the boy turned over TO
his mother and sisters, and determined to strike
out for himself. At seventeen years of:age heen-
tered law Office, and at twenty one completed his
studies, and was pronounced ayoung iawye- with
bright future before him.
About this time the young lawyer fell in love
with the daughter Of q wealthy. New York mer-
chant, and the love being reciprocated, he asked
pa for bis daughters hand. Pa was indignant,
and to forever kill the young lawyer ambition, ,ahe
told him that when be had 900 in cash, his
own he might ask for the young lady hand, with
hope Of success This was all very nice, at least
the young lawyer thought 50, Us he figured up how
many briefs he must have to make up the amount,
The result Of his de]iberation was the conclusion
that if be waited to make this sum at the bar he
could do SO, but by the time he had done it he
would be so old that the romance Of love would be
all gone. For long ten days the young lawyer
bemoaned bis tate aud then, aftsr obtaining a
promise from the lady that she would wait he dis
appeared from New York. In early life The young
lawyer had quick wit, and one day meeting ne
gro minstrel manager, named Duprez, the latter
told him that he had talent that would make
$50 600 in five years. In the young lawyer sftame
of mind it did not take long to convince him; and
dropping Coke aud Blackstone, he took to burnt
cork, under the assumed name Of Lew Benedict.
For time the new business was harder than the,
young lawyer had bargained for, but he made
money so fast that his prejudice soon overcome.
At the end of the first year he had laid up five
thousand dollars at the eld of hesecond year ten
thousand, and NOW it is said that he has nearly
reached his figure of fifty thousand dollars in bonds
All the time be has been ia the burnt cork trade,
he has improved his leisure moments by study
of law books, and it is intimated that he will 60
back to New York with fifty thousand dollars in
his pocket claim the hand her he so fondly loves
and who has been so devoted to him, and at the
some time, again embark in the practice of law.
Hartford (toaa.) FINES.
NOT Called FoR.-Thc London papers tell the
following story:
''Ehe manager of the Royal Alfred Theatre, in
London, recently hit up a brilliant expedient for
the accommodation of female visitors Lie an
nounced that infants brought in arms would be
provided for while their parents enjoyed the enter
tamment. a number Of visitors attended prompt
ly, and the babies were checked and laid aside.
At the close of the performance, his baby ticket
clerk stood prepared to return his charges, but to
his establishment there were very few demands
made upon him. Couple after couple passed on,
and when the last female form vanished in the
distance, stock of infants remained on hand suf-
fcient for good-size foundlpg hospital. Tho poor
manager is in despair, and has not determined
whether to have an auction ale Of unclaimed ba-
bies, to establish baby show in connection with
the legitimate drama, or to employ bis novel force
., , o.,,,l ,,ontomimn to ha oDtiflad