Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-05-06

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has shown the world hoH to keep fresh and unsuE
lied, through years Of adversely, the laurels of
more prosperous days
| It is nnderstood that the President object in
seeking this visit was to obtain Gen. Lees opinion
as to the working Of the reconstruction laws in
Virginia, and The present temper Of leading cit
zens Of the South. What rebuEe to the time
Serving pr6clvites Of converts to his own party Is
the fact Iof Cen Grants consulting Gen ~Lee IN
orderto ascertain the real sentiments Of his peo-
Iple! 1t is also an indirect endorsement of the
correctness of Gen. Lees official reports of battles
for it shows that Gen. Grant is willing to believe
whatever General Lee says ..., e..
A Great Mistake. 80. &
-7 Dana, of, the New York Sun, having made
an unsuccessful attempt to run down an Office the
World advised him to stick to bis velocipede and
let Office hunting alone Dana, a little demoral-
lied, notwithstanding his staunch loyalty and Re-
publican principles, replies: p. : .- -. -.,r;
"We are much obliged to our neighbor for his
favorable opinion, which we esteem as high com
pliment. But as to the advice, we do not see the
wisdom Of it. Stick to our velocipede. That is
the very thing which we have been doing : where.
as, there is every reason to believe that If We had
sent the yelocipede to Gen. Grant we should have
got the Office" ~.s.> ..
The Proportion Of Races in 8. c. $50.
- Thurow Weed, writing from Aiken, s. C.,
to the New York Commercial, bis own, paper,
says: j.; g.. - "a - .-a,. .r" ,e,It
The vote Of the State is about one in seven; that
is, about lOO,O 900 votes in all. Of these, 10000
are negroes and 10000 whites the majority Of
negroes being 10000. The black race is crowding
toward the coast, leaving the upper and middle
country This gives the mountain counties already
majority of white votes and this majority must
increase on that side of the State At the next
elections, in 1870 it is very probable that the
whites will have majority in the State Senate,
which consists of one from each County. l,-;.
superphosphate de Antique. .,....., 49,.
-,The irrepressible Digger has got himself into
everything sacred and profane from the constitu.
ton of the United States to the New York hotels.
But the latest place where he has been found in
truding is sack of guano. A bag Of guano was
emptied at Union Point, Ga,. a few days ago, and
among its contents was human hand, which had
evidently been the 'corn.stealer" Of some loyal
gentleman of the African scent. How it had got
there was profound mystery, and caused great
scratching Of heads among the colored persons
present. At last one of them, having solvedi to
his own satisfaction, expressed his opinion thus:
"Wen, Gemmen confcun my skin, if / got any
more use for de Yankees; da saunt live niggers
| here to make cotton, and to make cotton for dey-
selves, and da can't send no more live niggers, now
da got to ssndn dead niggers here to make cotton:
Is got no more to do wild dem certin, dat 1 amt
A Radical Opinion of Carpet-Baggers.
The editor of the Chicago Tribune, one. Of
the most ''loil' traducers Of Southern character,
has lately made trip through this reconstructed
land. The observations made during his travels
have caused change in his views if we may be-
lieve what he says IN the following communication
to his paper:
''The people of the South have been fearfully
punished for their crime against the Union. The
hardest heart could not wish them more punish
ment than they have suffered. They have been
torn and bruised, battered and burned, slaughter.
ed and lacerated, impoverished, Illuminated: and
lastly, ridden and robbed by carpet-baggers. They
philosophicaly endure all the other stings Of out
rageous fortune, except the carpetbaggerst-the
whom they cannot bear, and they cry for exemp-
tion from this inhiction. But this evil is Of tenn
porary Duration .~H
The Gift Enterprise.
The Radical press Of the North has at length
opened fire on Gen. Grant for his skill in giving
Offices to those who had made presents of value to
his excellency, and leaving out in the cold those
who had nothing but their votes to give. Of
course it is only those who failed to get Office who
complain; but their testimony is none the less re-
liable, on that account. Poor Dana, Of the New
York Sun, who applied for an Office but was not a
subscriber to any testimonial in honor of the Pres
ident gives vent to his scorn Of corruption as fol-
lows: .'.-. ...-. ....
General Grant spent nearly the entire first
week of his term in trying to eyade the plain pro-
visions of salutary statutes, because they blocked
the way for the admission to the most important
seat in his Cabinet of an almoner who had be-
slowed dazzling present Bafaed in this by the
6rmness of the Senate and the frowns Of the pub
II lic he nevertheless installed among his constitu
tiona advisers other individuals who, though not
obnoxious to this particular objection were chiefly
distinguished for having conferred upon him costly
and valuable benetactions The natural result Of
all this must inevitably be, that corruption and We.
naty will walk unabashed and almost unrebuked
through every department of the government.
Such evil examples tend to make lucre the badge
of honorable distinction and the possession OF rich
| SS 6Olc poooPOAt w PoHSA3 SuAAASS~3 Va S'SA
responsibility.
How differently he would have talked, if he had
only had spare house or fine horse to present
to Grant.
The Tobacco Tax.
- The following is the full text of the Supple
mentary Tex Act, passed at the late sessonof Con-
gress relating to tobacco: ,-...'
SECTION 8. And be 1t further enacted, That any
person having in his possession any tobacco, snuff
or cigars manufactured and sold, or removed from
the manufactory, or from any place where tobacco,
snuff or cigars are made since July 90, 1858, or
any person having in his possession cigars import
ed from foreign countries since July 20, 1868, or
withdrawn from United States bonded warehouse
since said date, such tobacco, snuff and cigars hay
ing been put up in packages as prescribed in the
act to which this act is an amendment and all the
other requirements of said act relating to tobacco
snuff and cigars having been complied with, and
who, on the first day Of February, 1869, filed with
the or assistant assessor of the district with
in which he resides, or his place Of business, the
inventory required by the seventy eighth and nine
ty fourth sections of the act Of July goth, 1868,
and who shall, prior to selling or offering such to-
bacco, snuff or cigars for sale, afhx and cancel the
proper internal revenue stamps shall be entitled
to have refunded to him an amount of tax pre-
viously paid thereon equal to the value of the
stamps affixed before sale as aforesaid, and the
collector of revenue shall be and is hereby authoriz
ed, on appeal to him made, to refund and pay back
sum of money equal to the value Of the stamps
so affixed upon satisfactory evidence submitted to
him that the tobacco and snuff were actually man
l lnfactured and removed from the place of man