Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-04-29

from customs now promise 10 De Inc laFgest q! any
one year in the history Of the government, reaching
probably $4,000 900, or $50 900 600 in excess Oh
the estimates, and it is not Impossible that they
may even reach the high figure Of 100000, goo.
The internal revenue receipts TO the present time
are inexcess of I'll OO0 Geo. The remaining three
months, till July, wn cover the greater portop OF
the income tax and the special taxes which fall due
May I, and which viii augment the receipts to
$f50eoO, 900, and possibly to $3.50, 1000, ,0eo
- A Columbia correspondent ofthe New York
Tribune says: afhe official mortuary reports OF the
City of Charleston gives US l2G8 as the number Of
deaths during 1863 Of these l208 there were Sls
Sfs dty T46s41UJ IS about evenly diyidedIhali
white and half colored-it appears that the deaths
are over four per cent yearof the colored race,
More exactly, one colored person in every twenty
four dies yearly; while Of the whites, only one in
every ffty-one dies yearly This ratio may be safe-
ly assumed as applicable all over the State
"a, correspondent of the Cincinnati CONNER
eal quotes one of the old citizens Of Nashville as
saying: johnson is the old idol Of the Tennessee
Democracy. He built the party up in Tennessee,
and was its head and front for many years: When
be ran, for Governor against Gentry, the odds
were thousands against him but at the end of the
canvass be had killed Know N Nothingism andvery
near, killed Gentry, and was trump hanty elected.
But as popular and strong as he. was then, l be.
Geye he is still more so now. You see he used
only to have the support of the Democrats, but
DOW, here in this State, be has nearly all the old
Democrats to back him, and about half the old
Whigs"s - ..-.-.
-Goyernor Scott has appointed Mr.. William
J. HASTE President, and General W illiam Gurney,
Mr.. Reuben Tominson and S. L. Bennett Direc-
tors of the Bank Of the. State Of South Carolina.
Mr.. HASTE and General Gurney are well known in
this city. Mr.. Tomlinson is a Philadelphia man,
who came to South Carolina to educate the freed.
men, and remains here to make comfortable liv-
ing By politics He is now member Of the Legis-
lature and, We believe, State Auditor. Bennett is
. Charleston colored man, nearly white and is one
Of the most respectable Of his class After the war
he was connected with the Provost Marshal Office
of the Freedmen's Bureau AS far as we know he
has always been aquiet and well-behaved man.
AN old gentleman named Anderson, who re-
sided in Baldwin County, Alabama, some days ago
found four negroes skinning one Of his COWS which
they had previously killed He went out to re-
monstrate with them on their conduct and was
immediately fired upon by one of the party, sever
al buckshot taking effect on bis body, which caus-
ed him to fall, and it is not known whether this
wound would have killed him or not, but immedi-
atey after he fell another of the party rushed up
on him and split his head open with an axe They
then rnutilaeed his body most terribly with hatch
ct aAfterth this they dragged bis body off into the
bushes and concealed it., The negroes were. sub
sequenty arrested by the sheriff and lodged in jail
One Of them confessed his participation in the
crime and implicated the others. -
Or McGlennan; native of Orangeburg,
borrowed fine horse from his neighbor, MI
PohortS lo,t 1,oab bo ,yopll bo hoo
under two days. After that time had passed
Roberts became uneasy and started in search o.
his horse and succeeded in tracing him from
Winnsboro to Edgefeld where he found him il
possession of Gen. NJ. C. Butler Gen. B. hat
been so far victimized by the thief as to buy th'
horse and send McClennan, in his carriage, II
within eight miles of Augusta, Ga. He also direct
ed him to friends in that city, to hide him iron
the minions Of the law, who McClennan said wer
after him in consequence of his having killed ne
gro IN row, at Orangeburg. Gen. B. swallowed
the story, paid $225 for the horse, and Furnished
transportation and lodgings tor the thief, only II
find himself badly sold victim Of. misplaced con
fdence. McClennan has not yet been heard from
- A. well known Washington ',eau, rejoicing
as every one supposed in the undimmed lustre O
natural cherelure, has been brought to grief by tn
refusal of the Episcopal Bishop of New Jersey II
lay confirming hands on his aristocratic caput
seems the bishop discovered, in some way or 9th
er, that the brilliant beau was not altogether
work Of nature, and particularly the hair on hi
Head, which was found to be gorgeous wig. Ac
cording to the rules of the Episcopal Church
bishop cannot lay his hands on an artificial head
piece. 1t must be all natural ''the capillary sub
stanee," or he cannot rightfully perform the con
frmation. The worst part Of the story is that th
aforesaid beau was engaged to be married to
young and beautiful lady, who in consequence o
the Episcopal veto on wigs, nov refuses to become
the welded bride. What calamity for the beau
At one blow be loses his reputation and his lad!
love.
"A dentist in Vienna recently supplied Mad
anne de B., lady well known in fashionable cir
ces with splendid set Of false teeth, worth abou
two hundred dollars, and waited with exceeding
patience for payment. Ending that the lad!
had elapsed from the date Of delivery, by letter
for the discharge of his claim No answer came
A fortnight later he wrote again, in somewhat