Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-02-11
EDITORIAL INKLINGs.

Eclipse Of the Sun. ....r
There is to be an annular eclipse of the sun
TO-DAY, according to the almanacs. Persons desl,
ring to witness this phenomenon will, however,
be under the necessity Of visiting South Africa OF
South America, as the eclipse will not be visible IN
the Northern hemisphere.
The Income Tax constitutional.
In a case from California, where coin Is the
currency in common use, the Supreme Court Of
the United States has decided that return OF IN
come in coin must be reduced to its value in cur,
rency, and the tax collected on that value. 1t
aso decided that tax on incomes is not contrary to
the Constitution and is therefore within the power
of Congress to impose and exact.
Encouragement to Immigrants.
The Railroad companies between Virginia
and Atlanta, Ga, it is stated, have agreed to
transport immigrants over their lines at the rate Of
one cent per mile. This arrangement will be Of
great service to localities situated along the line Of
these roads-that is, if immigration be an advan-
tage to them-as it places the means of transpor,
tation within the reach of all who will really be an
acquisition to the country which they select for
home.
Not Ready For Universal Amnesty.
-During the debates in the House, on the
18th Amendment, Mr.. Bingham, Of Ohio, pro-
posed to add section forbidding States from dis,
franchising any citizen except such as shall hereqt
ter engage in rebellion or insurrection or who may
have been or shall be convicted of treason or other
crime at common law The effect Of this would
have been to restore the privilege ofsuffrage to all
"ex-rebels," except such as might be convicted OF
treason by jury of their fellow citizens But the
House would not accept this proposition. While
willing to forbid 'loyar' States from disfranchis-
ing negroes, they refused to forbid reconstructed
States from disfranchising ex-rebels.
Electricity for Boys.
"A DR.. Poggioli has presented, before the
British Academy of Medicine, the theory that the
use of electricity will improve children both bodily
and mentally. In proof of bis theory be instanced
deformed and stupid boy, who, under electrical
treatment, grew one inch within month, and has
since been always first in his class. Dr. P proposes
that six pupils in every class in colleges and acade-
mics, who stand at the foot of their classes, be
subjected to a similar treatment
In our younger days teachers were in the habit
of using very simple machine for the purpose OF
electrifying stupid and lazy boys 1t consisted OF
stout, elastic hickory sprout, applied diagonally
across the back of the patient, and when vigorous
" and systematically used, it produced strikDgy
electrical effects Our experience and observation
lead us to believe that no better remedy tor the
above complaints can be- invented.
The Fence Question.
The Augusta (Ga) Consttutionalst thinks
it cheaper to fence stock than crops, and goes into
figures to show the cost of old fences in Georgia,
as follows ,..
ssThere are 500 900 miles of fencing in Georgia.
The rails required for ten rail fence tor one mile
Is 0OO, and for all the Georgia fences, 4,500 900,
600. The value of these, taking the worth Of tim
ber. splitting, hauling and putting up, is i've hun
dred dollars per mile, amounting to $25, QUO 00O.
The duration of these fences Is seven years. line
annual interest, at twenty per cent, allowing thlr-
teen percent for decay, is $5, o,OOo. '..'.-. d.
Tranquility of the seuth.
- The Baltimore Sun, Of recent date, gives
the following gratifying summary of the condition
of affairs in the South: -
."Adyices from the South declare and confirm
state of quetness in all localities except Arkansas
In Louisiana, Mississippi Virginia and the Caro-
linas, as well as in Georgia, the absence OF potl-
cal contests makes the. States as tranquil as any
States North. There is reported to be hardly any
business activity in real estate trade, or railroads
IN any of the States but there is a, wholesome
prevalence of order and peace, and no. great
amount of distress prevails A very large rice and
cotton and cereal crop will be planted. Labor Is
abundant and the scarcity of money is not telt SO
much as it was feared it would be, as the cooper.
atiye share principle is obtaining on very many
plantations The relations of the races are friend
" in the extreme, aand the freedmen have, as a
general thing gone to work tor the old proprletors
on just terms"
Velocipede on the Brain. t.
- The New Workers, from the numerous par,
agraphs in the papers on the subject, appear to
have velocipede on the brain. The Hanlon Bro
theirs, a company of yaulters snd tumblers, have
opened velocipede school in New York, one Of
the exhibitions at which is described in the Herald
as follows: ... ....
'Once the entire floor was cleared, and Nlr;
Frederick Hanlon entered the ring on the back OF
q velocipede. He fell also, but 1t appeared more
as if be desired only to experiment upon the moor,
10 see now DarQ q 1nau Luay 1an "i'iS
himself One or the velocipedes he used was bro
ken, but there seemed to be, any quantity IN re.
serve and prepared for his eVolutions In truth It
must be said that Mr.. Frederick Han!on used this
two-wheeled instrument as any experienced circus
rider would horse He cajoled it, and it went
like blazes' he sat upon it crosswise and endwlse
he worked it with his legs and then he dldn
work it at all, and it went still he stood upon 1t,
he knelt upon it. he passed between two chairs and
took them up and balanced them, and still went
on. He went up an inclined plane at an angle OF
forty.fve degrees and down at another angle Of
twenty-five degrees; he pulled off his coat while
running along at 240 rate, and he put 1t on
again. working his velocipede with two feet, with
one foot and with no foot at all.
Getting Tired.
- The following from the Republican, pub,
lished in Charleston, indicates that the truly oif
are getting tired of the doings of the South Caro-
lima Legislature:
An esteemed correspondent suggests the duty Of
the members of the General Assembly to complete
their business and go home. We know that many
of our people feel as he does, and Of our own par
ty, too People are impatient of discussions &c
protracted and apparently fruitless They approve