Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-06-24

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up the sag of the wire, so that the velocipede had
to pass over rather steep inclination to get oyer
this post Martinette, on the first velocipede ever
used in the pavilion, run the machine at q smart
several seconds when be started down the incline
on the other side, and balanced the velocipede at
the lowest level on the wire, and then came the
whole distance back to the starting place without
turning himself or the machine When it is taken
into consideration that the wire, less than half an
inch thick, was suspended twenty feet from the
floor, and a stumble would probably. have been ia.
tai, some idea of the peril Of the feat may be form
ed. It was performed with as much ease as if the
velocpede had been on the floor. ..
A Decision on Negro Debts. -.
The Charlotte Democrat, of the 22nd inst,
says .-- 80. .--
'!We learn that Judge Chase, Chief Justice Of
the Supreme Court of the United States, who is
now presiding at the District Court for North Caro-
lima in session at Raleigh, decided last week that
all notes for the purchase or hire Of negroes made
since January, 1863, 1.-THE date'of President Lin.
coln's; Emancipation Procamation,) are null and
void" =. ..-....---, ..=....' :.
The Columbus (Georgia) Enquirer says:
''Mr. c. A. Peabody has left in our Office aclus,
ter of what he calls another of his humbues
It is specimen of new description Of oats, the
seed Of which be procured from Vermont, and
which, is said to have been introduced into. this
country from Sweden-one grain having been
found in package of peas procured by the Agri.
cultural Bureau. There pre in this cluster four
teen or fifteen stalks, about FIVE feet in height and
of stems enormously large, and all from q single
grain. The heads have not yet made their apF
pearance, the stalk being in the stage called the
boot" It is therefore reasonable to suppose that
the stalks have as yet attained not much exceeding
half their height The color is remarkably good,
has a field of ten acres sown broadcast, besides
some patches sown in the drill and hills. He used
200 pounds of Pacific Guano to the acre, and sowed
about the 10th Of February. He counts on yield
of one hundred bushels Of seed oats to the acre, If
no disaster overtakes the crop. It is said that
these oats have produced even much more per
acre at the North. The blades are from half an
inch to full inch in breadth, and over foot in
length. The variety is certainly 2 wonderful one,
and promises to be very valuable"
Duel Between virginians. -
"A duel was fought in the vicinity of Nor.
folk, Virginia but within the limits of North Car.
olina, Oh the 18th instant. The belligerents were
Capt. W. E. Cameron, editor Of the Petersburg
,l,,der and R. w. Hughes, correspondent of the
Richmond State Journal The cas,g belH was an
article in the Indez, denouncing Hughes, who de-
manded such satisfaction as is to be obtained from
an exchange of bullets The duel is thus described
by the Richmond Dispatch: -. ..-
1.-THE two men stood opposing each other with
their weapons in hand, each one displaying cool
ness remarkable for 30 critical moment. The
words of the second could be heard: Gentlemen,
are you ready? Frel' Scarcely had his lips ut
tered the last word, when the report of q pistol
who fired. He has missed his man, who in a Sec
ond or two afterwards fires his pistol. Cameron
wheels half way round and exclaims, It am shot,
but am here to give. satisfaction" He walks, a
few steps and is laid upon the ground by his sur
geon for examination.
He was found TO- have been wounded in the left
breast, the ball passing about two inches below his
heart, and around the body for several inches
The wound was not considered serious We have
two reports concerning Cameron 8 baH-one to the
effect that it whizzed by Hughes left ear another
that it passed above his head, This, however, is
immateria. Again, there is some difference Of
statement as to what followed. One report has it
that Hughes exclaimed, II am satisfied"
Another one, which agrees with the official state
ment is that Hughes, being asked if he was salts
fed, replied, Il demand another fire. - The ply
sicians having declared Mr.. Cameron not able to
kln oo& loan, n,ad
cessary."
A Bummer's Explanation.
"A correspondent of the Cincinnati CONNER.
cial, evidently an exbummer, writes as follows in
reference to the three boxes Of spoils which have
been so long in Washington, and which he says
were captured (perhaps he means stolen) in the
neighborhood of Camden, S. c.:
Upon the approach Of Sherman's army upon
Camden, the citizens of the village collected their
same in the safes of the Bank of Camden. The
safes were loaded in wagons, and the owners there
of sought safety for their treasure in fight but
the foragers-en enterprising fellows, who were al.
ways abouta day 8 march in advance Of the army
CAME upon them not far from the Catawba River,
and compelled surrender.
The captors were composed Of two detachments;
one from the Third Brigade, First Division, Twen-
tieth Army Corps, and the other from the Four
teenth Army Corps 1t was the usual custom of
the oragers to coniscate and divide captured prop
erty, but as some disagreement sprung up as to
the proper division, neither party feeling disposed
to surrender their acquired banking privileges, 1t
was decided to deliver the safes unopened to the
Provost Marshal Of the Army of Georgia. fhe
safes were opened by that officer and found to con-
tain gold and silver, Confederate bonds and notes.
and the diamonds, silverware and jewehy Of citi-
zens By order Of General Sherman the mules
and wagons were appropriated for the use Of the
forwarded to the War Departmental Washington,
upon the arrival of the army at Goldsboro, North
Carolina. ...., ea.
You are certainly mistaken in your statement in
saying that as the foragers and 'bummers' came
up to the bridge they were halted and thoroughly
searched, and the articles found upon them boxe1
up and sent to Washington. Ne order was ever
issued to search the 'bummers, 1t would have
required all the army wagons connected with Sher.
mans army to have hauled the plunder collected
in one day by the 'bummers, and abandoned the
next Nor was this property, as general thing,
taken from the dwellings of the inhabtants, bat it
was found in the fields Or the swamps, where it
had been concealed by the owners. Property thus
captured was brought into camp at night, andafter
being exhibited, was in very many instances,
abandoned. If the people on the line Of march
had remained at home and treated our soldiers
with common civility, very few such depredations
would have been committed. In South Carolina
it was very common thing for chivalrous ladies
to call our soldiers vandals and Northern hreDgs.
Of course neither officers nor soldiers felt very 80
ioitous concerning the safety of their worldly ef
fects TWENTIETH ARMY CORPS.