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Scraps and |acts.
A Southern paper says were the South to
make Stevens a present of $200,000, that revengefhl
fellow would cease his vindictive schemes against
the South.
An exchange says that lawyers practicing before
the military courts in the Southern satrapies,
are expected to open their argument swith the usual
formula?"May it please your shoulder-straps."
The following is a summary of President
Johnson's vetoes, and what came'of them. "Vetoes,
10; pocket vetoes, 1; laws passed over, 6;
vetoes sustained, 4; became laws without signature,
1."
Governor Brownlow, of Tennessee, facetiously
signs himself "Moses." The Nashville Banner
believes that if the original Moses had been as ugly
as Brownlow. Pharaoh's daughter would never
have lifted the little "cuss" out of the bulrushes.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis passsd through Goldsboro',
on Saturday, on the Wilmington train going
North. During tne brief stoppaffe of the cars, Mr.
Hutton, on behalf of the citizens, presented to
Mm Davis a handsome pecuniary donation.
A man who won a fat turkey at a raffle, and
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whose pious wne was very inquisitive aouut mc
method of obtaining the poultry, satisfied her at
last, with the remark that the Shakers" gave it
to him.
Both houses of the Maryland Legislature,
have adopted a bill reported by the Committee on
Finance, appropriating $100,000 for the purchase
of food, supplies, ana such necessaries as may be
wanting by the sufferers at the South.
More than ever is it now necessary that every
Southern boy should learn a trade?should take
off his poat, roll up his sleeves, and go at something;?by
which ne can make a living, and support
nimse If.
There is a case of courtship in Last Lyme,
Connecticut, that has been going on for more than
forty-five years, and during that time, with a very
few exceptions, the gentleman has called on his intended
on each alternate Sunday evening.
Bunting, of which flags are made, is manufactured
at only two mills m this country. The
new tariff puts a duty of $1.35 per yard on itThen,
of course, the old flag will now be dearer
than ever to us.
A New York clergyman, recently, in the
oourse of a sermon bewailing the coldness of his
flock in religious matters, said that the kind of conversion
most sought after by church members of
late, had been the oonversion of seven-thirties.
Bankrupt comes from the Italian banco rotto,
or broken bench. When a Venetian failed it was
usual to break up his bench or chair in the exchange
to signify that he had no longer a seat at
the board.
An intelligent free man of color, in Missis
sippi, on being told that the military bill had passed
and that the South would soon be governed by
a soldiery, remarked: "Yes, d?n um, dey want
'o git up aunuder wah, so de'll git to steal sumthin!"
Yankee brokers in Memphis hire men in the
city to go to work on farms in tne county with the
understanding they shall run away at the earliest
opportunity mid oome back to be hired over again.
Brokers and laborers divide the commission paid
by the farmers who want the hands.
General Mansfield Adjutant-General of Indiana,
in his report to the Legislature on the condition
of the State militia, says it consists at present
of a major-general, lieutenant-general, quartermaster-general,
and no privates, and he recommends
the passage of a law that will add some privates
to the force.
James Anderson, Esq., formerly Superintendent
of the Charlotte Bail Road, having accepted
a similar position on the North Carolina Central
Bail Road, Caleb Bouknight, Esq., who has
been officially connected with the Charlotte Road
from its inception, has accepted the office made
vacant by the resignation of Mr. Anderson.
In Kentucky lives a man, the head of a veiy
respectable and intelligent family, who during one
week in each month, about the first quarter of the
moon, imagines himself a woman, dons the hoops
and balmoral and sits in his parlor waiting for his
beau! This strange conduct was first noticed in
him when he was about seventeen years of age.?
He is now fifty-one.
The Toronto Leader is very much provoked
by the sensitiveness of the people of the United
States with reference to the proposed "Kingdom."
The editor says: "Our American neighbors may
as well understand now as later, that we no more
consult their feeling, or prejudices, in these matters.
than they consult ours in the reconstruction
of the States of the Union."
A certain farmer (a pillar of the church) had
a fine field of wheat, which, being a little late, was
threatened with an early frost In the emergency
he went into his closet and wrestled in prayer with
the Lord for its preservation. In his prayer he
stated the facts fully > and how the wheat would be
affected by the frost, and wound m> his petition in
these words: "Not, Lord, that I would dictate,
but merely recommend and advise."
One of the Bureau 'officials, while traveling
on the "Governor Sharkey," on her last trip up
the Arkansas, noticed a lady with a negro in attendance,
ana he remarked: J_'Madam, I see you
have one ot my children. z es, sirj replied the
lady, "I see the resemblance!" A slight tittering
was observed in the cabin, and the "Bureau" made
himself 9carce during the trip; he could not wash
down the resemblance.
The Harrisonburg (Va.) Commonwealih
says: Mr. Gerard McDonaldson, a Confederate
soldier living near this'plaoe, who lost his right
arm in battle, is now engaged in cutting wood with
the left. He can cut the trees and make 100 rails
per day. He also makes coal?cuts the wood,
stacks it, burns and draws it We vouch for the
truth of this statement upon the authority of Mr.
David Eiler, a respectable gentleman of this neighborhood.
The Chester Standard of last week, in an
article on "Return Day" says: "More than one
thousand writs and acceptances were served and
received in this District during the last week. Very
few of our citizens escaped these interesting mementoes
of former transactions. In view of this
startling and alarming condition of affairs, we hail
the passage of "the Bankrupt Act" as a positive
blessing and regard it as the only sensible piece of
legislation enacted by the late Congress. Thousands
will be compelled to avail themselves of its
provisions, and to commence the struggle of life
anew."
At one of the colored churches in Mobile, the
minister, having finished his sermon, announced
that a collection would be taken up for missionary
purposes. The "sasser" was accordingly sentaround.
When it came back to the pulpit, the
preacher proceeded to count the amount received,
and among the fractional currency he discovered a
ten dollar Confederate bill. He looked at it for
some time with evident disgust, and then took a
calm look at his congregation over the top of his
spectacles. Then clapping the uucurrent bill upon
tne open bible with indignant emphasis, he exclaimed:
"Brederin, Iputdis bill right dar on
de bible and let the Lord take care of aat man!"
The Louisiana House of Representatives has
concurred in the Senate resolution appointing a
committee to protest against the Reconstruction
bill of Mr. Sherman. Charges have been preferred
against Governor Wells, in the House, for usurpation
in issuing his proclamation declaring the
qualification of voters in the State in accordance
with the Reconstruction bill, and his impeachment
is probable. Mayor Monroe, the Lieutenant-Governor,
and others, had an interview with General
Sheridan regarding the rights of negroes to vote
at the election which was to have been held on
Monday, when they were informed that if the negroes
cud not vote, the election would be null. A
bill was immediately passed in the House postponing
the proposed election.
In the Police Court of Chicago, a wife thus
ingeniously explained away serious charges of harsh
treatment of ner poor husband: One dav, when
she was running across the room with a fork in her
hand, he jumped in her way and struck his wrist
against the fork, wrenching it from her grip by the
tines, which he ran into his wrist. Then he undertook
to strike her, but she held up a pan of hot
dish water between them, and spilt it all over his
head. Then he got still more angry at this accident,
and started to jump at her; but his head
came against her hand, and he fell down. She
took hold of his hair to help him up, but the hair
was moistened by the hot water so tnat it came off.
Then she saw it was no use to reason with him any
longer, and-she left the house.
The present recognized national debt is a
little less than three thousand millions of dollars.
But the claims of loval men, North and South, for
property taken or for property destroyed during
the progress of the war, have yet to be allowed and
counted. Ho New York Times, whose* editor was
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a member of the last Congress, says it has very
good reason to believe that the amount of such of
these claims as will be found to be perfectly just,
and such as must be paid, will approach very nearly,
if it does not equal, what is understood to be
the present aggregate of the national debt This
may seem extravagant, as it certainly is alarming;
but it believes time will show that it is not an overstatement
of the actual fact
Chief Justice Chase is already overwhelmed
by applications for appointments as registers under
the Bankrupt Act He will not appoint any
one until after the meeting of the Supreme Court
April next Where several Counties are embraced
in one Congressional District, one register will
probably be selected by each County, and none
will be appointed except lawyers who stand at the
head of their profession, who will be rigidly examined,
as these positions are regarded as of as
much importance as that of United States district
judge, and the fees will be fixed by. the Supreme
Court, so that the best attorneys can afford to attend
to it Where there are any number of persons
who desire to take the benefit of the law, the
position of register will be veiy profitable.
editors:
JAS. E. WILSON. JAS. F. HART.
YORKVILLE, S. C.:
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 21,1867
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OUR DISTRICT COMMANDER. .
Under General Oraer No. 10, from the Adjutant
General's office, Gen. D. E. Sickles has
been assigned to the command of the Second Military
District, consisting of the late States of North
and South Carolina, with his headquarters at Columbia.
The Mercury announces that General
Sickles was to leave Washington on the 18th instant,
and was expected in Charleston on the 20th,
. on the way to his headquarters, By the time that
our subscribers receive this number of the Enquirer,
they will be living under a bona fide military
government ' 'The crisis Which was to have arriv,
have arroventhe restoration of the "glorious
Union" has been accomplished, to the extent of
extinguishing the separate existence of' South Carolina,
as a State in the Union.
But the terrors of military government will
prove more imaginary than real, if our citizens will
quietly attend to their private business and refrain
from political agitation. This sounds like strange
advice to a community of Americans, with the fearless
blood of Anglo Saxon ancestors in their veins;
but it is the best counsel that can be*given under
the circumstances. If we are to judge from the
course of General Schofeeld, in District No. 1,
the civil rights of our people will not be interfered
With, and the duties of the military will consistr?
not in making new laws, but simply in enforcing
laws which already exist, and will exist, until
changed by a convention of the people. Officers
under the existing provisional government of South
Carolina will probaby be continued in office, until
their successors are duly elected and qualified under
the act of Congress.
This is our view of the case, from the lights before
us. When further information on the subject
is vouchsafed us, we will lay it before our readers.
AGRICULTURAL JOURNALS.
A prejudice exists in the minds of many farmers,
against "book-farming," or the use of works on
agriculture as aids to the proper cultivation of
the soil. Some contend that the only way for a
j man to learn farming is by personal experience.
' Such persons imagine that as they have for years
engaged at the business, they know all about it,
and can learn nothing worth the knowing, from
books and papers. This principle, if applied to
other occupations, would be fatal to all improvement
or progess in knowledge of any kind. Some
nations have adopted the rule of exactly imitating
the customs of their fathers, without any effort to
improve on them, and those nations consequently
occupy inferior positions, and posses inferior power
and resources to the rest of the world. Not to
advance with the t^orld is a mark of deficient energy
or feeble capacity. The man who can be taught
nothing is always set down as a fool, whether his
inability to learn proceeds from lack of brains, or
from that self-conceit which leads its possessor to
think he already knows everything. On the contrary,
the wise man is ever ready and anxious to
learn something new; nor does he despise any,
even the lowest, source of information.
The truth is, there is no subject that can be
thoroughly exhausted; none that has been completely
studied out or understood by any one. No
man exists, who knows all that can be known of
any art, science, profession or occupation. He may
devote his entire lifetime to the exclusive study of
one thing, but though he lived a thousand years,
he could not carry it to perfection; there would .
still be something to learn ahead of him. These
remarks are just as true of farming as of any
other science, and the man who desires to be a
thorough farmer, must seek for information from
^? i.:- -? l:?
Otner l!>uuruus luau nio unu nuiiicu i\;uvyv;.?
The carpenter who would set out to learn his trade,
with a contempt for the teachings of others, and
determine to build houses just as his father did,
would find himself unable to compete with carpenters
who study all the improvements made from
time to time, in the style and structure of buildings.
For the same reason, farmers who scorn
improved modes of culture and labor-saving implements,
will some day find themselves growing
poorer than their neighbors who are willing to
learn new things.
By taking and reading agricultural magazines,
the farmer gets the experience of thousands of
others in the same profession ; which experience
is as reliable as his own. * He gets the benefit of
numberless experiments in agriculture, from various
parts of the country, ? which, if found to be advantageous,
are available to him, without the i
trouble and expense of making the experiment for
himself. These magazines are edited by practical
farmers, who are continually experimenting on
soils, manures, crops and stock, for the purpose of
making them more profitable. The editors are
assisted by contributors from all parts of the country,
who make it a duty to send full reports of every
experiment connected with farming, which they
have found to be useful. Nothing which interests
the farmer is omitted. The various methods of
raising and improving live-stock ; the best styles of
culture for different crops; the qualities of different
manures, with their adaptation to peculiar
soils and crops; the working-capacities of new im- ,
plements and machines; the cultivation of the
orchard and the garden ; the care of bees; even
the raising of chickens; all are carefully investigated,
and the results noted down for these magazines.
Now there may be men who understand all
these things too well to learn anything about them;
they of course stand in no need of papers to assist
them in cultivating their farms. But the vast majority
of farmers would, we think, find an agridUl
| turai journal ol great service. In tact Mere is
I "money in it," to those who are willing to risk a
dollar or two, to pay the price of subscription.?
There are now living men, raised in cities and ignorant
of country life, who have bought farms and
become rich, by cultivating them according to the
directions given in agricultural magazines. Such
men generally become the most successful farmers,
and the reason thereof, is that they are not wedded
to old ways and old theories, and have nothing to
unlearn, while they are learning the business aright
We believe it to be the interest of every
farmer to become a subscriber to some agricultural
paper. It should be remembered that he is not i
obliged to follow the directions given, unless he
chooses to do so; but be will probably find something
that will pay him, in every number. Two of
the best agricultural journals to be had are the
Southern Cultivator, published at Athens, Georgia,
and the!Maryland Farmer, published at Baltimore,
Maryland. The price of either is $2 in
currency, and we will take pleasure in forwarding
subscriptions for them. If Any farmer will subscribe
for either of these papers, and upon reading
carefully through the first number he receives,
will tell us he has not learned something that will
be of use to him, we will refund his subscription.
THE SUPPLEMENTARY BILL.
Considerable opposition having been shown by
the people of the South to voluntarily assuming
the yoke offered to them in the Military Bill, another
bill has been framed to reconstruct our State
constitutions, without waiting for our consent?
This is called the "Supplementary Bill," and may
be found in another column, as it passed the House.
It is now before the Senate, where a disposition is
evinced to change some of its features. The most
important change proposed, is the striking out that
part of the oath which requires the voter to swear
attachment to tke Union and the government?
Whether this or any other change is made in the
Bill, it is morally certain that it will in some form
become a law. *
P. S.?Since the above was in type, our exchanges
announce the passage of this bill with amendments,
by the Senate; the amendments of
the Senate being concurred in by the House. The
question of "Convention or no Convention" must
now be voted on before the 1st of September next
If the majority of votes cast is for a Convention,
it will be held?not otherwise. Provided that no
Convention shall be held, unless a majority of the
registered voters shall have voted on the question
of Convention. The registration oath has been
changed, and now reads:
"I do solemnly swear or affirm, in the presence
of Almighty Cod, that I am a citizen of the State
of- ; that I have resided in said State for ??
months next preceding this day, and now reside in
the County (or the Parish) of ^ in the said
State; am twenty-one years old; have not been
disfranchised for participation in any rebellion or
civil war against the United States^nor for felony
committed against the laws of the United States;
have never taken an oath as member of Congress
of the United States, or member of any State Legislature,
or executive or judicial officer of any
State, to support the Constitution of the United
States, and "afterwards engaged in insurrection or
rebellion against the United States, or given aid
and comfort to the enemies thereof; will faithfully
support the Constitution and obey tne laws of the
United States; and will, to the best of my ability,
encourage others to do so. So help me God."
THE SHADOW ON THE WALL.
A STOBY OP COLONIAL VIRGINIA.
BY JOHN ESTEN COOKE, ESQ.,
Author of "Surry, of Eatfe'8 Nest," "Wearing the Qray," "Life
of'Stonewall' Jackson," etc.
In the Yorkville Enquirer for Thursday, 2d
of May, 1867, will be commenced the publication
of an Original Nouvelette with the above title,
written expressly for the Enquirer, by John Es"
ten Cooke, Esq., one of the most popular and
interesting of Southern authors. Now is the time
to subscribe!
WAGES NORTH AND SOUTH.
The monthly report of the Agricultural Department
for January contains statistics of the price of
farm labor, in the different States of the Union.?
From this report, it appears that the average
monthly wages of a laborer, wiihout board, is $33,30
in the Eastern, $30,07 in the Middle, $28,91
in the Western, and $16,00 in the Southern States.
The commissioner, a political economist of the
Sumner school, on noticing this fact, arrives at the
conclusion that the superior prosperity of the
North is produoed by the higher price there paid
for agricultural labor. He further discovers the
cause of high wages in the greater variety of industrial
pursuits. The highest wages paid for farm
labor is in New England, where mechanical and
manufacturing employments draw off many of the
inhabitants. This is very natural; as the number
who find employment in cities and villages is veiy
great, while comparatively few are left to till the
soil. Farm labor being thus in demand, persons j
wishing that kind of work, can command high
wages for their services. The cause assigned by
the commissioner for the higher rates paid in the
North is correct. For this reason, it becomes important
to encourage in our midst every form of
industry that will produce capital. The more laborers
that can be drawn from the field to manu- j
facture articles needed at home, .the better it will
be for our State. Those who remain at the plow
will get higher wages, while those who apply themselves
to mechanics and manufactures, will also
make a better support than they now do. At the
same time, this division of labor will produce at
home manv things which must now be obtained
abroad, and will thus keep our capital from passing
into hands outside of the State.
But in his first proposition, we think Mr. Newton
has mistaken the effect for the cause. So far
from high prices producing it, we are inclined to
believe that they are the result of prosperity. As
for the poverty of the South, a philosopher of Mr.
Newton's experience might easily find other causes
for it than low wages to farm laborers. Before
the war, the prosperity of the South was equal to
that of any country on the globe, and the average
wealth of individuals here exceeded that of the
North. No comparison of the present condition
of the two sections is just.; for the one is enriched
by the plunder of the other. The South is just
beginning to reap the benefits of Northern ideas,
as practically developed in legislation. The immense
.advantages of "freedom" are just beginning
to be felt, and it is scarcely fair to expect S.
Carolina to make a showing equal to Massachusetts
just yet When the blessings of military government,
high taxes on staple products, and confiscation
have been fully enjoyed for awhile, South
Carolina will probably be able to pay as high wages
to laborers as a Northern State.
Another count in the indictment against the
Southern States is, that the average price of
board, or the difference in wages when board
is given, in the South is just half what it is in the
North. This fact might seem to be in favor of the
South, but the commissioner thinks differently;
he believes in high wages and high board. The
high price of board in Massachusetts, ($16.58), is
accounted for by the higher cost of food products,
and the low price at the South, ($6.26), by the
quality of the food. He says: "In the South, the
board of freedmen, consisting mainly of corn meal
and bacon, is of course very low." Now we had
always supposed that corn, wheat, bacon, &c., always
sold for less in the North than here, and we
judged from quotations of the markets in different
cities, North and South. Corn is often 30 per
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er accounts for low board here, on the ground that
food costs us less than the Northern people.
There are good reasons for this difference in
board, but the reason assigned is not one of them.j
One of these is that here laborers draw their ra-1
tions and cook for themselves; but there laborers
eat with their employers, and of course are
exempt from the task of cooking. Another reason
is that our farmers charge freedmen with nothing
but meat and bread, allowing them many vege-1
tables and other articles, gratis; while at the North
the laborer pays for every mouthful that he eats. J
Whether our laborers live as high as Northern J
farm hands or not, we are not prepared to say; but
they get enough, such as it is, and are generally contented.
A third cause of low board at the South is,
that freedmen buy only substantial, depending on
their talent for stealing, to supply them with the
luxuries of life. Even when they possess cornfields
and fowls, &c., many of them prefer to steal roasting
ears, eggs and chickens for eating purposes,
and reserve their own for sale.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
In the House, a bill, supplementary to the Military
Bill, was passed. This will be found in another
column. The Senate has also passed the
bill with some amendments; a caucus of Radical
Senators resolved that the Senate should not adjourn,
until this BUI has become a law, with or
without the president's consent A veto is expected,
and it is, therefore, deemed best to continue
in session until the veto is acted upon. After that,
it is thought Congress will adjourn until October.
A bill appropriating one million dollars for the
relief of Southern destitution is before the House,
but there is little probability of its adoption. But
ler, with others like him, oppose assisting wiuows
and orphans, whose bereavement was caused by
rebellion. They suggest to God Almighty the
propriety of populating the South with people who
are loyal to "the flag." As for the disloyal persons
whom He has created, these righteous judges feel
under no obligation to preserve lives contaminated
by treason.
Mr. Sherman introduced a joint resolution, removing
disability from holding office from Jos, E.
Brown, of Georgia, and R M. Paiton, of Alabama^
which was referred to the Judiciary Committee.
Theforner named.'rebel" has certainly
earned his pardon, and we predict, will soon be
heard from, as the ruling spirit of true patriotism
in Georgia.
A delegation from the Virginia Legislature called
upon the President, eliciting from him the declaration
concerning the ndlHtary bill, that "he had opposed
this mgasuittjmt as it had become the law
of the land withouthis agency, he would faithfully
execute it"
Commanders for the several military districts
have been assigned as follows:
1st Dish Gen. J. M. Schofield, Headquarters
Richmond, Va.
2d Dist Gen. D. E. Sickles, Headquarters
Columbia, S. C.
3d Dist. Gen. G. H. Thomas, Headquarters
Montgomery, Alabama
4th Dist. Glen. E 0. C. Obd, Headquarters
Vicksburg, Virginia
6th Dist Gen. P. H. Sheridan, Headquarters
New Orleans, Louisiana.
FREEDAEN TO SPARE.
The Agricultural Commissioner reports that, according
to a census taken last winter by the Freedmen's
Bureau, there were 31,549 freedmen in the
District of Columbia Since the census was taken,
5,192 of these have made contracts with planters
and have left the District to come South. Their
departure leaves more than 26,000 still in the District;
a much larger number than can be employed
there, in the opinion of the Commissioner. The
Bureau has offered every inducement to them, to
make contracts and find homes for themselves in
other States, but they prefer to remain where they
ciyoy a prospect of support by the government?
Transportation was furnished; agents were employed
to give their attention solely to getting them
off; meetings were held and much eloquence was
wasted; but all in vain. In the language of the
report, "there seems to be great reluctance on the
part of the majority to leave even the miserable
homes they have established here, and start forth
to parts of the country new and strange to them,"
Those of our people who are in need of hands,
may perhaps gel them, with transportation furnished,
by application to the chief of the Bureau at
Washington. But from the showing of the above
report, it will probably not be of much use to apply
; though it may be worth the effort. Any one
wishing to try the experiment, should address
"Employment Office, Freedmen's Bureau, Wash
ington, V. U."
THE RALEIGH SENTINEL.
This valuable journal has recently been enlarged,
and now furnishes its readers with as much reading
matter as any daily, published in North or South
Carolina. Its arimpal matter is ably written, and
its extracts from outer papers well selected, making
it a good neics-paper. We hope the people of the
old North State will appreciate the efforts of the
proprietor to furnish them with a number one
journal. We cheerfully recommend the Sentinel,
published by Wm. E. Pell. The terms per year
are ten, five and three dollars, in currency, for the
daily, semi-weekly and weekly, respectively.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
"When did Slavery Cease?"
It has recently been decided in the United
States Court, at Austin, Texas, that the abolition
of slavery in that State first took effect at the military
occupation of the State by the Federal troops.
The question came up in a suit brought to recover
the value of a note given for negroes, in 1864. The
defence claimed exemption from payment, under
Lincoln's emancipation proclamation, which was
issued in 1862, and rendered sales of negroes illegal
after that date. The jury de.' led in favor of
the plaintiff, but the case will go up to Washington.
According to either of the above doctrines,
the acts of the State Legislatures, abolishing slavery,
in 1865, are treated as acts of no practical value,
though under the Constitution, they alone had
power to abolish it States' Rights has certainly
"played out," effectually.
Flood in East Tennessee.
There has been a rise in the waters of the Tennessee
river, amounting almost to a deluge ; the
high water mark being fifteen feet higher than ever
before known. Near Knoxville, houses, bridges,
crops and live stock were swept away in one indiscriminate
ruin. Vast quantities of corn had been
stored on the river banks, waiting on high water
for shipment, over 100,000 bushels of which were,
destroyed by the flood. In Chattanooga, the water
rose to the second story of the Crutchfield
House, a large brick hotel, and covered the city as
if with a sea. Many goods were destroyed by the
water, and many lost through the rascality of low
down white men and negroes, who took advantage
of the disaster, to plunder their wealthier neighbors.
.
The papers are full of incidents connected with
this great flood, which has temporarily made a desert
of a section of country, by nature one of the
richest in North America. The damage sustained
| will probably amount to millions.
Beauty of American Women.
A writer in the Round Table makes the
pleasing discovery that American women are growing
more and more beautiful every year. We presume
that he means each successive crop of young
larJiAQ ?a nreftior tVinn the last?not that the same
women continue to grow more beautiful every year.
This last would be a discovery greatly to be desired.
But, alas, it is decreed that women shall increase
in beauty to a certain point only, after which they
gradually lose their outward loveliness. Some, indeed,
by the assistance of rouge, hair-dye, "palpitators,"
and other modern inventions, fight old
Time successfully for a long period of years, but
the ungallant old rascal uriR conquer them at last
But it is a consolation to know that, though the
old roses are fading, the coming buds and blossoms
are to be more lovely than their predecessors.?
Some of the old crop, however, are hard to beat,
possessing as they do, in addition to beauty of person,
those charms of mind and soul that never
fade. There are a few of the old stock left,
"blooming alone;" and we advise our bachelor
friends to make a selection, without waiting for the
new crop.
Freedmen's Bureau Hospital Report.
Surgeon L. A. Edwards, the chief medical
officer of the Freedmen's Bureau, has made his
report for the year ending Sept. 30th 1866. At
the close of that fiscal year, there were in the employ
of the government, 17 commissioned medical
officers, 101 private physicians, and 406 hospital
attendants. There were also 46 hospitals, 10 camp
dispensaries and 5 orphan asylums, with a capacity
of nearly 4,500 beds, about 3,000 of which were
occupied, Sept 30th, 1866. The Surgeon reports
less mortality among the "wards of the nation,"
i than might have been expected; but he leaves the
'public to take his word for this fact, as he omits
any statement of the number of deaths among his
patients. He recommends asylums for insane
freedmen, although he considers it the duty of each
State to care for the insane of its own population.
Yet, in consideration of the limited resource! of
Southern Statesjtie believes the care of this class
of freedmen, as well as the deaf, dumb and blind,
comes temporarily within the duties and objects of
the Bureau. The estimated expenses of the Medical
Department of the Bureau for the present
year are $460,000; of which $250,000 are for medicines,
hospital stores, bedding &c., and $210,000
for the pay of surgeons, doctors, and nurses.?
While we regard" the Freedmen's Bureau, on the
whole, a humbug, that feature of it which takes
care of the sick and afflicted, forms an honorable
exception in its character, and entitles the otherwise
objectionable institution to some degree of
respect
How to get Rich.
Some aspiring youth, signing himself "0.
G. S.," has written to the New York Tribune for
instructions by which he may become rich. The
Tribune, in reply, lays down for his consideration,
the following six rules, by observing which, he is
assured of wealth, in time :
I. Firmly resolve to never owe a debt
II. Acquire promptly and thoroughly, some useful
calling.
ILL Resolve never to be a rover.
IV. Comprehend that there is work almost everywhere
for him who can do it
V. Realize that he who earns six pence Der day
more than he spends, must get rich, while he who
spends six pence more than he earns must become
poor.
"VT. Distrust and shun by-paths and short-cuts,
and keep straight along the hroad, obvious, beaten
highwav.
We would add a seventh, to wit: "Be as mean
as you can possibly afford to be; give away nothing
that you can help; cheat everybody you can,
and let no one cheat you." This rule has made
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more ncn men tnan au ine omera uumumeu, uuu
it is the only rule by which a man who starts on
nothing, can become rich. The other rules may
make him prosperous, easy in life, and happy;
meanness alone, can make him a Croesus. In this
world of want and suffering, where there are so
many claims upon his pity, a man who accumulates
a fortune, must possess a considerable alloy of
selfishness in his composition. The young man
who starts out in life, with his mind fixed on riches
as the end of his career, will bear watching. If
no great temptation meets him, he may preserve
his honesty; but the chances are that he will turn
out a highway robber, a forger, or a defaulter in
seme position of trust
Planting the Wrong Crop.
-The MiHedgeville, (Ga.) Federal Union, after
stating that the appeals of the press to plantr
era, to plant corn instead of cotton, have had the
contrary effect each man thinking that his neighbora
would follow the advice and leave him a
chance to make money on cotton, says:
From all that we can hear, there will be a much
larger crop, of cotton and less corn planted this
year than last. Consequently we may look out if
the season is good, for a fall in the price of cotton
and a rise in tne price of corn. If such a system
of farming does not bring distress and poverty, and
ruin, upon the country, all history and experience
is a cheat and a lie. The attachment which some
men feel towards cotton bales, is a species of idolatxy?they
literally worship them. But God in all
ages has punished idolatry of every kind. Southern
planters should remember that bv the time the
next cotton crop is picked out, in ail probability,
the country will be swarming with military officers,
who will be governed by no law but their own will.
These men have a great affection for cotton bales,
and will be quite likely to appropriate a few of them
to their own use. They will have the power and
will not be long in finding an excuse. We would
ask our planters sincerely, if they would like to
raise cotton for our military rulers ? They will not
be likely to seize upon provisions. They do not
want us to starve. They are sending provisions
now to keep us from starving. They want us to
live to make cotton for them. Let us be careful
how we starve the poor, impoverish ourselves and
offend Godj for the sake of raising cotton to enrich
military officers.
We recommend the above sensible remarks to
the consideration of farmers, with this slight qualification.
Cotton, being the most paying crop of
the South, Should be planted extensively, as a
means of paying off debts and bringing money into
the South. But in prosecuting this end, the
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means OI sustaining uie snouia not ue uegiecieu.?
Bread is more important than money ; and in the
present condition of our country, it becomes the
duty of those who cultivate the soil, to see to it
that there is enough bread produced to supply the
country. After this duty is performed, let them,
by all means, raise as much cotton as they can, to
add to the capital and resources of the South.?
But we hope the temptation to make money wiH
not lead our planters to the suicidal policy of trusting
to other portions of the country for corn, at
$1.20 in specie, with cotton at 10 to 15 cents.
A Liberal SodI.
The New York TVmes thus calls public attention
to the small-mindedness of a United States Senator
:
"Mr. Tipton, the new Senator from the new
State of Nebraska, made his debut in the United
States Senate the other day by opposing a vote of
thanks to George Peabody for. his donation of two
millions of dollars to aid the cause of education in
the South. Mr. Tipton couldn't vote for it until
he knew how Mr. reabody sUxx. during the rebellion.
They have some very liberal and large-minded
men in the west, we presume, but they don't
send them all to Congress.
mereImention.
Mr. R. G. Barnwell, associate editor of DeBow's
Review, contradicts the statement that Mr. J. D.
DeBow is dead, and says it was Franklin DeBow,
brother of the editor, who died in New York a few
days ago." Statistics show that during the
past year nearly two hundred persons have been
burned to death by the explosion of kerosene
lamps, and that the destruction of property amounts
to more than $6,000,000. The North Carolina
papers state that the wheat crop in that State
is promising, and that the seeding has been for a
large crop. At a recent meeting of a Massachusetts
religious society, it is stated that dancing
was indulged in, and that the minister led off in the
first reel. The spectacle of a clergyman reeling
before his congregation is calculated to hurt religion.
A man in Fredericksburg, Ya., was
knocked down by lightning and cured of rheumatism.
He don't recommend the remedy. A
colored woman of immense proportion was lately
arrested in New Orleans for having five husbands,
two of them white. "The Mississippi Legislature
has appropriated $20,000 for the defence of
Jefferson Davis. The Presbyterian churches
in the South have not recovered from the effects
of the war; 150 edifices were destroyed, and 1,500
congregations need aid to prevent them from dissolution.
A travelling hotel has been attached
to the passenger trains on the Wilmington and
Wfilrlnn "Railroad. The cookintr is also done on
the train, and a hot running dinner or supper can
he obtained by the traveller. "The box rent of
the New York post office is $70,000 a year. One
hundred and fifty-six million letters passed through
the office last year. A Wheeling D. D. advertises
a French medicine, one bottle of which
will enable a man to talk French in about three
weeks. "The annual meeting of the Bishops
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, will
be held in Nashville, Tenn., on the 15th of April
next It has been discovered that Othello had
a legal as well as a military office in Venetia. He
was a-tawny-General. One county in Nebraska,
containing a population of 500, raised a wheat
crop of 30,000 bushels, or sixty bushels to each inhabitant,
last year. "The German steamers
are expected to bring over 70,000 immigrants during
the sttmraer. A society has been established
in France called "Solidares," the members
of which take a pledge to be buried without the
prayers of the Church, and its practical working
has caused great annoyance to the clergy and religious
people generally. ""A bar of Montana
gold worth $100,000 is to be sent to the Paris exhibition,
and Pennsylvania will have there a pebble
of coal weighing six tons.
" GONTSTBUTOBIAL."
BY JA8. WOOD DAVIDSON. *
COLUMBIA, SOUTH GABOLHA. 18TH MABOH, 1867. 3
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Hoops.
An eastern paper contains a paragraph stating j
that barrels are now made without hoops somewhere
in Yankeedom. Remarkable coincidence?women
and barrels both discarding hoops at the same
time. _ ^ .
bankruptcy.
The recent Bankrupt Bill passed by Congress j
seems to meet with general fevor. We have ob- ]
seiyed favorable comments in the newspapers all ;
over the State, and none unfavorable. We think
the law is qpeded, probably more in the South than
in the North, but everywhere. * .
The ultimate effect of this law will *be to limit
the hitherto-unlimited use of credit, which will be
a great blessing to the poor, and the rich do not
stand in need of such blessings. " <
Congress. ]
The New York Sun says:?"Confiscation is i
now the great issue of the ultraists in Congress.? ]
Their leader holds that the property of the rebels j
should be divided among the freedmen, and his
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sentiments in this respect are endorsed Dy a mucn
larger of Congressmen than the Southern peo- i
pie imagine. It was this object that, led Stevens
and his faction to oppose the Sherman bill Any
one who will calmly reflect upon the progress of i
the party within the past year, must be oonvinoed <
that confiscation is not unlikely. The only thing I
requisite to bring it about is a refusal of the South 1
to accept the terms of reorganization that are now
offered."
Court.
! The fortnight session of the Court of Common '
I Pleas, in Columbia, closed last Saturday, Judge 1
Dawkins, sitting. It did not reach the civil dock- 1
et at all, having a full two-weeks' work upon the
criminal docket The civil docket was large we
learn; and the same is true of Greenville and Chester
districts. All over the State, we are told, men
are suing for debts without stint and without mercy.
There is as much mercy for the South in the
Yankee Congress, as there is for the debtor among
the creditors in South Carolina. With such an
apology at hand, who has heart to rebuke Thad.
Stevens ?
Weather.
Friday morning, the 15th, we had a light fall of
snow, which melted as it fell. Towards night, the
drizzle of rain that had been fitfully sprinkling us
during the day, lapsed into a sleet, or frozen rain.
I Saturday morning found our trees loaded and scores
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ot teem wiinin tne city uroneu uuv?u mm uic
weight of ice upon them. During this day there
was some thawing, but night found the trees still
burdened with ice. Sunday morning dawned upon
iceless trees, however; and it was only in seques- ,
tred corners that one could see any remnant of ice
remaining. The sunshine of the Sabbath reduced
us again to a species of hybernal-vernal weather;
and thus passes this last Northern invasion.
Fashion for Ladies.
A lady whom we know to be of high social position,
in New York circles, writes as follows, of thtf
present style of ladies' skirts in Paris:
"It is scarcely credible to what eccentricities the
very fiat, scant skirts are leading; in some instances
the material has all the effect of being pasted
to the figure, as there is neither pleat nor wrinkle
in the upper part of the skirt j it is, in fact, an exact
copy of the style worn dunng the First Empire.
The trains of dresses have attained the length of a
yard and a half, and even more, and this exaggeration
renders tne moving about a crowded Killroom
a matter of extreme awkwardness and perplexity.
Crinoline has not absolutely disappeared;
But it is now reduced to three circles of steel at the
lower part of the skirt, and these circles measure
from two and a half to two and three-quarter yards
in circumference."
Woe then to the double duplex ellipticals that
have been enchanting our eyes these several years
past! , '
Sleep and Health.
We have just read a very entertaining and much
needed book upon sleep and its relations to health.
It is called Sleep, and is by Dr. W. W. Hall, now
of New York, but who lived for ten or twelve years,
long ago, in the South. The Preface epitomizes
the book.?"It is the aim and end of this book to
show that as a means of high health, good blood,
and a strong mind to old and young, sick or well,
each one should have a single bed in a large, clean,
light room, so as to pass all the hours of sleep in a
pure fresh air, and that those who fail in this, will
in the end fail in health and strength of limb and
brain, and will die while yet their days are not aD
told." The importance of perfect ventilation is
i demonstrated so forcibly, that none but a fqpl will,
after reading the book, consent to sleep in an airtight
room. The reasons for sleeping in single
beds are also veiy forcible, and they apply no less [
to the married than to the single; and the reasoning
upon the whole subject is very curious and instructive.
Indeed, this author handles some deli- <
cate subjects with great delicacy, and yet with
great clearness. All who are afflicted with ne-vous
sleeplessness or imperfect (dreaming) sleep, m who
sleep in papered rooms, the young, the married,
and those who burn gas?in fact almost everybody
?should read the book. It tells us about nightair,
the effect of light upon health, the evil of the
old and the young's sleeping in the same bed, how
to get to sleep, how long to sleep, how to ventilate
houses, and a good many other valuable things.?
The volume is a neat duodecimo, and sells at a dolJar
and a half; and to many would be worth hun- '
dreds of dollars.
Negro Politics.
We attended a meeting held by the freedmen of
Columbia to celebrate their reception of the elective ,
franchise. The principal orators were David Pick- i
ett, Beverly Nash, and one Bryce, all freedmen. i
Pickett made a very temperate, earnest, sensible (
speech; one that was listened to with profound at- (
tention and respect, and had a very fine effect? ,
He advocated a co-operation of white and black? i
a mutuality of feeling, sympathy, and interests be- ?
tween the two races.
Nash made a more ambitious but probably less '
successful effort He made several large plunges
at Buncombe. He sat in the gallery of the Amer-. f
ican Congress, when the House of Representatives i
passed this Universal Suffrage Bill over the veto of i
the President; and he characterized that event as <
the downfall of Andrew Johnsoa He felt at that J
moment, he said, as if the clock of civilization had .
been put forward a hundred years. He hoped f
that His wp would conduct themselves in their 1
new element of citizenship, in suclv a way as to
make neither Congress nor South Carolina blush
for them. He advised his fellow-freedmen to be
too proud to surrender any right that belonged to
them, and too generous to infringe upon the rights
of others. He Buncombized a good deal about
Palmettoes, and meeting an invading foe upon the
shores, and that sort of thing. And wound up
with this sentiment:?South Carolina when she is
rigid; the United States, right or wrong.
Bryce made a brief but temperate speeoh. He
advised his compatriots that liberty?die glorious
liberty about which so much had been said?was
the privilege of doing as one chooses only when one
chooses to do what is .right.
These people are to have a celebration, with
speeches, music, procession, banners, mottoes, and
transparencies. They selected this motto as the
one expressive of the sentiments of the race upon
the occasion: 11 Unity and Friendship to all Men."
We found the entire meeting very interesting.?
As Charles II. said of the discussion on Lord
Ross' Divorce Bill in the Parliament, it was "As
good as a play."
Many persons through the country do hot
know where they can procure pure^and genuine
Drugs and Chemicals. Messrs Goodrich, Wdoeman
& Co, (formerly John Ashhtjrst A Co.), at
their Old Southern Drug House, No 153 Meetingstreet,
opposite the Charleston Hotel, keep an extensive
stock, which they warrant tne quality of.
Physicians can depend'on having their orders filled
by experienced hands and at moderate prices. '
LOCAL ITEMS.
HEW A&TBBTI8EKEHTS.
y.,C. Harris, 0. Y, D.-Citation-A. M. Jackson
Applicant?MidcQeton McDaniel. Deceased.
P. C. Harris, 0. Y. D.-Citation-Hugb Tate, Applicant?HngltCaroth?rs,
Deceased.
Andrew Jackson, Tax-Collector?State Taxes.
Elomesley <fe Asber?Pickled Beet
44 44 -Pickled Pork.
44 44 ?Northern Potatoes.
44 44 ?Hemlock Leather. ; /
44 44 ?Mackerel. *
...44 . t ?Oats and Corn. .
44 44 ?Country Bacon. J
44 44 ?Another War .Declared. I
Dr. N. A. Ptatt, Charleston?Wholesale Druggist 3
Brown <fc Hamilton?Lai* Notioe. 9
Joseph T. Evans?$50 Reward. I
T. M. Dobson <ft Co.?Rio Coffee.
44 44 44 ?Kerosine OiL
44 *' ' " ?Salt 1
? 44 . 44 ?Nails. j
W. I. Clawson?Assignee's Notice. ;
HO PEACHES THIS YEAS.
The peach trees in this District, which were all
out in full bloom, have suffered severely from the
late snow storm and the frost of the succeeding
night The result will probably be a scarcity of
peaches, if not of apples also; though the latter,
being rather more backward than the former, may
have escaped the blighting effect of the oold weather.
The Bnow-covered ground, the pink blossoms
of the peach trees, and the green leaves of the earlier
budding trees, formed a landscape not often
witnessed. Had a painter ventured to put a scene
like this on canvas, he would have been severely
censured for his incongruities, by the critics. Fet
Kb in irfnuicA nommtnclirur of lev dr&nerv with SDrimr ii
flowers was actually beheld by hundreds of our people.
And it certainly was a beautiful picture; ,
though our joy in beholding was not a little alloyed
by the thought that there are probably no peaches
and cream in store for us, this Summer. The
mow has melted away; but oold rainy days still t
continue, with but brief intervals of sunshine. *
STEBIUCra BOUTEEEX 8KBIB8. m
A copy of each of the books contained in this ^
series is at the Enquirer Office, and teachers or I
others wishing to examine them, are invited to call
and do so. The series consists of a spelling-book,
two primers, five readers and a speaker, the last
not yet issued from the press. We have not had
time to examine these books in a sufficiently thorough
manner to justify a critical review of their
contents; but so far as mechanical excellency is
concerned, they are fully equal to any series published.
They are beautiM(y printed and well
bound. Our oontributorial editor m. iced these
books favorably in a reoent issu?, and we desire to
call the attention of teachers and the public generally
to them, that they may judge for themselves
of their merits. The principal feature of this series,
which distinguishes it from other works of
the same class, is the prominence given to South
era authors in the selections for school reading.?
This, of itself, other things being equal, should
give it the preference in Southern Schools. Our
literature should be encouraged, and in no way can
thin rlnnp an wpII a*i fiv m a kmc onr children aa
quainted with it, thus forming a taste for the productions
of our own writers. Heretofore many of
our people have been left to infer that there is no
native literature in the South Few hooks of ^
Southern origin can command a sale in our midst, ^
until endorsed by Northern-critics. This is caused,
in part, by the want of commendation from Southern
presses, and partly by the absence of Southern
productions in collections of extracts for school
reading. Sterling's Series supplies the latter de-.
ficiency, and we desire, by calling public attention
to it, to assist in supplying the former.
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THE SUPPLEMENTARY BILL.
The following is a copy of the bill which passed
the House, supplementary of the act "To provide
for the more efficient government of the rebel
States:"
J5e it enacted by the Senate and Hauee of Representative*
of the United State* of Anuria* v?
Conqrau assembled, That the commanding General
in each District defined by the act entitled "An
Act to provide for the more efficient government of
the rebel States," passed March second, eighteen
hundred and sixty-seven, shall cause a registration
to be made before the first day of September,
eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, in each County
or Parish in the several States included in his district,
of the male citizens of the United States,
twenty-one years of age and upwards, resident in d
each County or Parish, which registration shall 1
include only those persons who are qualified to vote 1
for delegates by the said "Act to provide for the I
more efficient government of the rebel States." and ,
who shall have taken and subscribed the following
oath or affirmation: "I, , of , in. the
County or Parish of , b the State of , do ^
hereby solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am not I
excluded from the right to vote by the provisions
of the fifth and sixth sections oft the Act passed
March two, eighteen hundred mid sixty-seven, entitled
"An Act to provide for the more efficient
government of the rebel States,", that I am sincerely
and earnestly attached, to the Union and
government of the United States, that I will steadfastly
support the Constitution and obey the taws
of the United States, and that I will, to the :betf
of my ability, engage all others to such support
and obedience. So help me God."
Sec. 2. And. he it further enacted, That when- |
ever the registration hereby provided shall be completed,
and copies thereof returned to the commanding
General, he shall cause to be held b each
State of his district, on a day not less than thirty
days from the date of his proclamation thereof, an
election of delegates to a Convention for the purpose
of framing a Constitution for said State, and
of firmly re-establishing a civil government loyal to
the Union therein, ana of passing all needful ordinances
for putting said Constitution and'government
into operation.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That the Con
pennon in eacn state snau consist 01 tne number
af members of the most numerous branch of the g
Legislature of such State, under the Constitution J
thereof existing January one, eighteen hundred fl|
ind sixty; and the election districts existing on
said first day of January shall be observed in the ^
elections and in the assignment of delegates. The \
commanding general of each military district shall
isslgn, as near as may be, to the several election
listricts in each State within his jurisdiction, the
lumber of delegates to which it may be entitled,
according to the number of registered voters within
its limits: Provided, That each district ?h*ll
ye entitled to at least one delegate.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the
commanding general of each district snail appoint
such loyal offioera or persons as may be necessary,
lot exceeding three in each election district, to
nake and complete a registration, to preside at the
election, to receive, sort, and count, and to make
eturn to him of tne votes, lists of voters, and of
;he persons elected as delegates by a plurality of
he voters cast at said election; and upon receiving
laid returns he shall open the same, ascertain the
jersons elected as delegates, according to the reurns
of the officers who conducted said election,
ind make proclamation thereof, and within sixty
lays from the date of election ne shall notify the
lelegates to assemble, at a time and place to be
nentioned in the notification, to proceed to the organization
of a Convention; and when the said
Convention shall have framed a Constitution in acjordance
with said "Act to provide for die more i
efficient government of the rebel States,'' said Conititution
shall be submitted by the Convention to H
he persons registered under the provisions of this ^
iot at an election to be conducted by the officers or
aersons appointed by the commanding General, as
lereinbefore provided, and to be held alter the expiration
of thirtv davs from the date of nnh'/w
>f, ?to be given By said Convention; and the returns
hereof shall be made to the commanding General
if the district
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That if. according
o said returns, the Constitution shall be ratified
>y a majority of the votes of the electors aualified
is herein specified, the President of the Coovenion
shall transmit a copy of the same, duly certiied,
to the President of the United States, who
hall forthwith transmit the same to Congress, if
hen in session, and if not not in session, then
mmediately upon its next assembling, and if the
aid Constitution shall be declared by Congress to
56 in conformity with the fifth section of the act
mtitled "An act to provide for the more efficient
government of the rebel States," and the other f
provisions of the said act shall have been complied
with, the State shaty be declared entitled to
representation, and Senators and Represetatives
hall be admitted therefrom as therein provided.
S?J. 6. And be it further enacted, That all eleoaons
in the States mentioned in the said "act to J
provide for the more efficient government of the f
Viv ^