Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-08-05
-. EDITORIAL INKLlNGS.
oofing Affiay An Charleston


Shooting Aflay Al Charleston
-=T Thd Courier says that the gafTison,of Castle
Pinekney nutiuied last Saturday, and the officer
in eotdmand, was shot. The serious nature of the
offence il considerably lcsssned by the fact that the
garrisereeastso of one man, under the orders Of an
ordnance sergeant Tne private had been to the
city aud returned full of mean whiskcy. Desiring
another supply of the inspiring beverage, he.asked
leave>te 60 tothe city again the same day, which
was not 'graated- Soon afterward he refused to
obey an order, aad words having ensued, he ran
to the arn,ory and procured loaded muskct, with
which he shot the. sergeant, weundng the latter
ssriousiy in,she breast After the deed had been
dene, his anger was changed to remorSe, and he
went Immediately to the city in small boat for
physician, with whom he returned to Castle Pinck-
ney. When guard was sent from the Citadel to
arrest him, he gave himself up wthoutreslstanee.
No cause cog be assigned for his crime, except
liquor, as there Was no old grudgehstween his VIC
tim and himself. u : <
A Gloomy Prophecy.
-Thc: Hickman (Ky.f Courier announces the
death .ef MIS- Susan c. Godsey1 known as the
,slespmg,wonaers TAe fact is wdl authenticated
that Miss G. had been, for twelve years previous
to her death in q state Of coma, or sleep. TAis
disposition to constant sleep preduoet by a.ss-
we're attack of chill and fever, since which time
she only woke at Intervals once .ov. twice u day,
Remaining awake for but a '4ews minutes On
the aay Of her death she madssonees two prsdic-
tious, whichaaseWen blythe C0,uier for wlet they
are werta- One was that the sun would be- totally
eclipsed oashe 7th-ef August; afaet Of %hichshe
could not have had any knowledge, asher friends
desert. Another sFas that ''the- sun would mover
shine az bright after that day, AwfucA wl-udicate
That the end of the wohd is spealiiyapproachine
= Wkether4 eohstaat sleeper is better qualified to
predict fasafeevents than a wide;awake prophet,
is.a point We will: not pretend to decide. IL Will
upt be .lengs; 1soweves, before the.worh1wil know
whether or not the sah is-to dim' bis brightness
after the 7th OF August. . - =
Express Robbery in Georgia.. e. :. -
-hom- the Augusta ChlonieA wdleatu thas
the Southern Express Company has been viotin-
lied tothe amount Of $4,000 fine money was
stolen from the expressear ont the Central rssfosd,
Between. Savannah and Macon. Themesseuger in
charge Of tie car went to seep Soon after leaving
savanhah and did hot wake DIP uatif the tain
reached. Malen; seventy nine ipifesfroh sasahnah
Here he discovered tRat package esontaniugs A.
so6waaas missing: Not knowing what else to do,
ke returned immediately to Savannah On the down
tram, and reported the loss b his superior officers
Theyiaat once took steps to hunt pthe. robbers,
butas yet they have beeRunsuccessfh. Mr. Mays,
the messenger, went to Augustsa day OF two az
.erwsrd, where ne was closely examined " the
officers 6f The Express Company and; the ghief Of
Police. No crinainaity ATTACHES itself to him, al
though he can give nocfte for the detection Of the
guilty parties Three men who were on the train
at the time are suspected Of the crime; but sdfi-
eient proof ia jastifysthcir arrest as not been ob
tained. All that the Express Company has yet re-
ceived, BY way Of compensation for their loss, is
the valuable moral that mon in charge Of money
ought not to go toshep..
Resirseation for Professors.
: &;-As is vellknovp, the University Of North
Carolina is in a dlapidated condition for want of
students. 1t has full corps Of instructors, So
called, but they. somehoy fail to attract pupils,
there being about one student for each professor.
In this state of AFFAIRS faculty have abundant
LEISURE br the enjoyment Of those calm delights Of
literature which are SO fascinating to highly edqca.
ted men. A correspondent Of the Raleigh Sentt-
mel, however, proposes to interfere with thas deli
cious musings IN the Hesperas fields, blythe estab-
lishment Of an-Agricultual departmeatin the Uni
versitx ~ Het thinks this measure would bring dis
ciples te,he classic halls of Chapel HI, who would.
iu addition to agricultural instruction. besoon m
duced 70 drink from the fountains of. knowledge
presided eoper by: the philosophers now connected
with the institution. - E; -
:. The Sentinel agrees with it's correspondent, so
far as teaching agriculture is concerned But, on
the score of economy, it. is opposed to creating.
new professorship thinking the duties Of that de-
partment might be preitabiy discharged by some
of the present faculty; In proof Of their capacity
for teaching this branch acknowledge the Se'staet
adds: -''Wesaretold that enc. Of the idle Pro&s-
sorsuaw there, for want of boys to teach, exhibits
a great fondnsss for. horticulture and .aetaapy
works his garden barefooted and in his shirt tell !
So ,nueh zeal for h0rticuiture can Certainly be
turned taraceouut IN agriculture. :; -.
what Georgia Thinks Of. scott's> 'Army.n
s-.:- Thc Augusta Chronicle, of the 1st instant,
thus notices the approach OF Governor Scott>s
Imperial Guard to the borders Of Georgia;
"1Fe arc informed that detachment Of carpet
bacper Soott's militin was in Hamburg Friday
uight On duty at the end of the Bridge. The
caasa Of fthis varlike display we did not learn, but
rumor has it thata raid of Georgia Ku-Klux was
anticipated We. have never seen zeal live
Ku. .Klux, but we have the right material hefe in
Richmond to regulate Mr.. Scott g ragamufins if
they ever get on Georgia soil, They might be an
duced to take Hamburg within their Jurisdiction
in cassof necessity 50 that it the valiant militia
tf themselves elves While @ itE il tSis M visinits. IT,
The Caterpillar on the Coast.
- The Charleston Courier announces the ap-
pearance ofthe cotton catcrpiller in the low country