Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-01-22

- Lamartine was asked by friend if
did not spend too much in advertising.
o., was the reply, advertisements are ab-
soidtely necessary. Even divine worship Qe
bon Dieu) needs to be advertised. Else what
is the meaning of church bells?"
Riotous demonstrations, last week, by
negro laborers of Terre Bonne parish, Louis
ianna, rendered it necessary for the State au-
thorities to send a detachment of State troops
to the scene Of the disturbances. No blood
shed has been reported.
"A recent interview with Andy johnson
discloses the fact that he declares himself in
full accord with the grange movement, and
says the time has arrived for good men Of all
parties to associate and bring about such re-
forms as the exigencies Of the country re-
quire.
In suppressinga parade of discontented
unemployed laborers ofNew York on Monday,
the police were assaulted by several persons
in the procession, and at one time fears of a
serious riot were entertained Order was res
tored, however, and twenty.one arrests were
made.
- On Saturday last, the stage which left
Malvern, Arkansas, for Hot Springs, was
stopped by a band of five highwaymen, about
FIVE miles from the Hot Springs who captured
the mail bags and $4,000 worth of valuables
from fourteen passengers, and taking one of
the stage horses, decamped.
- A new plan is to be tried with Michi-
gan convicts. The striped garments are to
be abolished. The prisoners are to be allow
ed to correspond with their friends. Those
who are uneducated are to be taught, and
when liberated each man is to receive a suit
of clothes, ten dollars in money, with whatev-
er he has earned by over work.
- The Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution, of the
9th inst, complains of the "unwelcome spec
tacle" at the Union depot, in that city, of
500 emigrants, in one body, en- route to Arkan-
sas, from Southwestern Georgia. There
were 400 blacks and 100 whites. There is al
so an extensive emigration Of blacks from
Alabama to Yazoo Valley, in Mississippi.
-- The Iowa Legislature, in which the Re-
publicans have majority, passed resolution
last week denouncing the Congressional salary
grab, favoring law requiring the return of
all back pay, and declaring the action of the
President in signing the bill contrary to the
best interests Of the country, and meriting, as
it receives, the unqualified disapproval Of the
people of Iowa."
-- The Virginius investigation closed in
Washington by affirming the report of Com
mander Woodren, made Immediately after
the vessel sank, to the effect that the catas
trophe was not the result of design, and could
not be averted. Every member of the crew
stated on oath that the captain did his whole
duty, and that they had no complaint to make
affecting his conduct.
-- The wife of prominent candidate in
Jefferson County, Kansas, boasted on the
morning of election that she intended to
sleep that night with the newly elected rep
resentative; but it so happened that her hus-
band was defeated, and the lady of the sue
cessful candidate swore that if she did at
tempt to sleep with her husband, she would
wear her out against the ground.
- A company of British capitalists has
recently invested 100000 in the water
power at Augusta, Georgia, for the purpose
of manufacturing cotton. A nice cotton mill
is on the property, and it has been proved that
cotton can be spun there cheaper than in Old
or New England. This may be the begin
ming of a new state of things which will great
ly help the South.
The commissioner of patents has de-
MED the application of Messrs. Palser & How
land for an extension of their reissued patent
for reducing straw and other 6brous materi-
ais to pulp, by boiling in solution of caus-
tic alkali under a certain pressure. Paper
makers are jubilant under this decision,
claiming that the process is not novel, and
that it should be unrestricted to manufac.
turers.
-- The Georgia Legislature assembled last
week. In his message, the Governor speaks
very cheerfully of the condition Of affairs in
the State. The total State debt is So, 900 ,000
and the taxable property is valued at $780,,
100000. A resolution was introduced in the
Senate condemning the Congressional salary
grab, and the House passed resolution, pro-
testing against the passage of any Civil Rights
Bill, as unnecessary and undesired by either
white or colored, and as an Infringement Of
the reserved right Of the States
- The postal telegraph system does moi
seem to be in as great favor with the English
people as formerly. When the British gov
ernment paid s5OOOO,OO0 gold for lease
hold right to the lines it was under the. i'm
preston that it secured an absolute title
thereby. The price the company now ask fol
this latter is variously stated at $4,000, ,OOC
to s7O,0O0,000 A cotemporary wants to
know if swindle of such magnitude can
be perpetrated in England. what might not
American genius accomplish if the schemes
of Mr.. Creswell could be carried out?
- Concerning business in New York, re-
ports continue very favorable as regards the
present and prospective business in money,
stocks and goods. Not few firms which
were in difficulty during the panic are
enabled to pay off their back Indebtedness
much earlier than creditors expected. Among
others it is announced that Peacke, Opdyke
e. Co. are anticipating notes which do moi
fall due until March next. In stocks the re-
newed upward movement must be accepted
as the result of natural causes-and notably
the increasing abundance of money.
While the subject and policy Of immi
grafton is receiving considerable attention in
South Carolina, a few facts concerning the
Swedish settlement referred to in the message
of Gov. Whyte, of the State Of Maine, are Of