Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-02-25
EDITORIAL INKLINGs.

ern Alm3u2c toT tpVs,rtoo@y HoonA NAA~ A".S'
leaved with blank pages for memorandums, &c
1t is useful, as well as ornamental, publication
containing mass of valuable information relative
to the Governmental Judiciary and Church or
ganization of South Carolina, and other Southern
States. Iii i ~ ....-. .,1' ...., ,r,aa:
Cotton Crop Shorter than II Seems. s:!i'
"A correspondent of the Macon (Ga.) Jour
nal and Messenger thinks that the cotton crop Of
1868 is considerably less than it would seem to be
from the number of bales reported in consequence
Of the average weight ofbales being thirty pounds
lighter than in former years. This difference IN
weight willmske difference ef75, ,eO8, 900 pounds
or l5O,O 900 bales of 500 pounds each, in crop o'
q SOC, 900 bales, reducing it to 2,350, 600 bales
The reason assigned for the light weight OF bales
last year. is the fact that the baggng and rope, OF
ties, yield profit Of some two dollars per bae at
the high prices which cotton has been bringing
In other words, planters have been making little
speculation on the difference between the cost Of
bagging and ties and their price when sold as part
of cotton bale. 7;@"' '.a..l' :..~'. "''.~
Another Pardon Rumored. -.
- The New York Citizen mentions rumos
that the President is about to pardon L. z. Cali
cot once gconector of Internal Revenue in South
Carolina, but now engaged in the study OF the
mechanic arts at Sing. Sing, N. Y. The Citizen
rather favors the idea, as it says Cacot was made
victim to save ring of whiskey thieves, who
used him as tool. 1t thinks his release would
cause rush to Canada, on the part Of certain
gentleman in New York, for fear Of revelations be
could, and probably would, make.
The Citizen is wrong. Mr.. Callicot may have
been tool but he can scarcely be considered
MARTYR IF he allowed himself to be used as an
instrument of fraud, he is in the right place. and
the fact that there are bigger rascas outside Of
iail is poor argument for his release. The same
reasoning would clean out all the jais and penten,
tiaries in the land.
NewberrY immigration Society.
The Newbery Herald says that one hun
dred and seventy Immigrants have been brought
into Newbery, Laurens and Edgeheld Counties
through the instrumentality of the above society,
since its formation, The interest in its operations
is increasing, and applications for labor are flowing
in constantly It believes the next year will give
large increase to the population from this source
and this increase will consist of useful class OF
citizens, if they are properly treated by the people
among whom they settle. .
From the above statement, it seems that the
Newbery Immigration Society is successfully per,
forming the object for which it was organized
There are many other communities In the State,
badly in need of strong frames and willing hands,
to assist in increasing the product of their lands
which might, by proper exertion, secure q similar
influx of serviceable immigrants. ..., ..
Remains of the Lincoln Conspirators.
The government has followed up its action
in the case Of Mrs Surratt, by restoring to then
friends the bodies of all the persons executed fol
completely in the assassination Of Mr.. Lincoln.
The box containing the remains of j. Wilkes
| Booth was taken up from the Arsenal in Washing
ton, where it had been buried and delivered to the
narties authorized to receive it. The lid being re-
moved, the skeleton was found wrapped: In the
blanket which had been sewed round the body be-
fore iuterment. The remains were taken to Baltl
more and buried in the Greenmount Cemetery
near the grave of his father, Junius Brutus Booth
The friends of Captain Wirz being poor, Mr.
Schade, their AGENT will not apply for the body Of
their unfortunate relative, until he can collect sufh
cient funds to pay the expenses of re-interment
As Captain Wirz was, in manner, madea sacra
fee to atone for the sins Of the whole Confederacy
it is probable that the requisite sum will soon be
collected from friends Of the government for whose
fault he lost his life. ~ - .'s -.
The Loyal League. ..'....."...
This secret organization is not quite defunc'
yet A paragraph in the Ners, of the 18th inst.
states that meeting of the brotherhood was to be
held that evening, at the Military Hall in Charles
ton, to eoncoct measures for infusing new life into
the loil leeg' and rendering it more efficient ma
chine in future political contests in the State. II
was rumored that the Legislature would be applied
to for charter to make the league permanent
institution. .....;.. r ,
The impression had been very generally gaining
ground that the Loyal League had imperceptibly
dissolved into thin air, Ike the shadowy apparltior
of its mysterious antagonist, the Ku Klux Klan
1t is likely, however that the wish was father tc
the thought, in this instance and that the League
is only in q mesmeric slumber The Roderick o.
the concern has only to give lone blast upon hi:
bugle horn,' and his dusky egions will spring
from every brush:heap in the country, galvanized
into new life, and armed with ballots which might
as we'll be written in the choicest Hebrew, 50 tai
as they can tell, to exercise the glorious right o.
suffrage. r. -. ,. ...'. " ..,
The Negro Inauguration Ball. = f,.:a .'..
Gen. Grant has expressed wish that there
shall be no inauguration ball but the probabi
ties are that his wish will be disreearded, as there
is prospect for two balls, one for the whites, anc
another for the irrepressible coored population o.
Washington This arrangement appears to be
kind of compromise, in response to Grants prayer
''let us have peace" The question of admitting
negroes to the Inauguration ball had been broacheo
and had, moreover, stirred up storm in the Rad
? ical fraternity 49,; :. .''''...' .. -
Some Of the true.blue, loyal stripe rather likec
the plan but the greater portion experienced Ger
tain uneasy sensations in the region of the stom
ach, at the idea Of inhaling the peculiar perfume
which would emanate from a score or two OF Eth
opic gentlemen enthusiastically cutting the pigeon
wing for the delectaton of their favorte damsels
So it was first proposed to sell tickets at ten dol
lars, on the supposition that the price would ex
clude the hue 80 lovely at the polls, but so obnox
Fious in the ball room But some malicious Demo
Gratis began raising collections for the express pur
pose of providing tickets for, few colored beaus
to test the question Of perfect social equality Thu
proceeding fairly non-plussed the managers; bu
@ba ,a aurooo ho1a ,x,ooaHu relieved thpr epnb8r