Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-08-06

halt work ne can MAKE gO0d living III III
IBERIA. raised, last year, rice, potatoes and
cassada, of which 1 had an abundance for my
own use and quantity for sale. 1 sold ovel
100 kroves of sweet potatoes, fifty kroVes o.
cassada, and fifty kroves Of rice. Potatoe:
are worth 25 cents per krove; cassada, Il
cents and rice, halfcleaned, $1.00. My corr
is now matured. have sown large crop O.
rice. l have made good corn here with NJ
other work than the labor of planting. o
ginger, which is staple product, l have thi'
wear planted so pounds. June Moore ha'
planted over 100 pounds, which is sufhcien
for one acre, and will yield 1000 pounds O.
dried ginger, worth, in this market, ten cent:
per pound. have an orchard of 1000 coffee
trees. Sixty of my trees, planted in 1872, art
bearing, and are now laden with coffee. June
Moore has 1900 trees, Joe Watson 800, Scot
Mason 1000, and nearly all of our colony art
engaged in coffee raising. Coffee is worth here
Is cents in gold, 20 cents in United State:
currency, and % cents in the currency of Ii
IBERIA. Other articles rate about as follows
Calico, from 124 to lS cents per yard; tobac
co, 40 cents per pound sugar, 81 to 50 pei
hundred pounds; molasses, 33 cents per gal
lon bacon, % cents per pound +; salted beef
18 cents per pound -four, 10 cents per pound
mackerel cents each; chickens, 70 cents
eggs, 25 cents ; turkeys, $500; ducks, $l.OO
Good milk COWS sell at various prices from
S25 to $40. I am better satisfied than evel
was since emancipation, aud am worth more
than ever before. I have three good framed
houses with shingle roofs, and neat board
paling around my lot. The timber in use
here bears a strong resemblance to birthstone
as to color of the grain, and consequently has
the appropriate name Of birthstone wood
Wild game is plentiful, including the ordina
ry cow the sea.cow, deer, squirrels, monkeys
&c. I have seen as many as thousand
monkeys in one drove. The meat of this an
imal is highly priced as an article OF food
Tell Col. McCorkle for me, that within five
years, if live, 1 will be able to send him
1000 pounds of Liberia coffee, of my OWL
raising, and it is the desire Of myself and
friends to sell him our crops and ship direct
to him."
The Yicksburg Troubles.
--T The excitement attending the ensuing
municipal election at Vicksburg is not yet al
layed. 1t is charged that the trouble was
commenced by the negroes, who for months
have been forming military organizations. A
few days ago they made an open demonstra
ton by placing pickets around the city, stop
ping vehicles and persons, and the whites be-
gan to arm at once for defense and protection
This induced an application by Davis, the
acting Governor of the State, for federal i'll
reference, which has so far been refused
But on the return of Governor Ames to the
capital of the State, that official, under date
of the 29th ultimo, likewise made the follow
ing application to the President:
regret to inform you that find upon re-
turning here a serious and alarming con
dition of affairs at Vicksburg. Infantry and
cavalry organizations exist, and it is reported
number Of pieces of artillery have been sent
to the city, and these bodies, organized and
armed without authority and in violation Of
the law, assume to be the guardians of the
peace. This is a political controversy. On
one side, the Democrats, represented by the
whites claim they fear fraud on the part o1
their opponents. The Republicans, consisting
mainly of blacks, claim that they fear fraud
and also violence on the part of the Demo:
Gratis. At one time, collision and bloodshed
was feared by all, not only by the Republicans
but by the Democrats, and now by the latter
it is believed, only because they have become
masters of the situation. 1t is they also who
oppose the presence of the troops atthis time
Of the causes of this lamentable state Of af'
fairs, it is now useless to speak. l only seek
peace and protection for all. Can there be
serious objections why troops should not be
sent there? No harm can result, for troops
are in many of our cities-at this moment in
two of the cities of this State. Their presence
may do great good it may save many lives
even one would more than pay for the harm
of which, if any, I do not see, to result from
such presence. Will it not be the least Of
evils to have troops there for any emergency
ADELBERT AMEs,
Governor of Mississippi.
TO the above the President replies that he
declines to send troops to Vicksburg. He
has notified the Governor, however, that the
troops will be on the alert, and if troubles
arises on election-day requiring the presence
of the military, that an armed force can be
sent expeditiously from Holly Springs to pro
tect the peace.
General ]. B. Kershaw.
- The name of this distinguished gentle
man has been prominently mentioned in con
nection with the Office of Governor in the en-
suing canvass, and it has even been claimed
that his nomination would meet the approval
of the administration at Washington. AS We
have heretofore stated in these columns, bis
name has also been suggested as the Demo
cratic or Conservative nominee for Congress
in this Congressional district. Since his name
has thus been brought before the public, the
Sumter Watchnsan, under the heading OF
"Conservatism and its Effect" pays the tol'
lowing tribute to his public worth:
"The name of South Carolina's noble son,
Gen. j. B. Kershaw, is now associated, IN
high places, with the Gubernatorial chair OF
the State. 1t is said that General Grant
would favor his election, and his name was
mentioned, even at the meeting of the State
Executive Committee OF the Republican
party, held at Columbia some time ago.
How and why is this? Gen. Kershaw was
among the most gallant and conspicuous OF
those who, to the end, contended amidst the
smoke of battle, during the late war. he
took and occupies conservative ground, based
unon reason and sound Judgment. This is