Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-31
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- The present estimate of the population,
of China is four thousand millions
The population of New Orleans is now
said to be, at least, one hundred and fifty thou
sand.
The prize crop of Indian Corn in the
State Of Ohio for 1856 was l62 bushel per
acre.
- Governor Pollock, of Pennsylvania, is
spoken of in various quarters as ! Candidate
for the next Presidency, g..
- Nicaragua embraces about fory-niue
thousand square miles, and contains popu-
lation of nearly four hundred thousand
- There are two things about which you
should never grumble the first is that which
you cannot help, and the other that which you
can help.
The Russians continue to receive large
reinforcements, and it is thought that before
spring there will be some desperate attacks up
on the allies.
- The Norfolk Herald accounts for the
present cold spell by stating that when DR..
Kane left the North Pole he forgot to shut the
back door after him.
Pittsburg was, in the early history of
the country, called Fort Duquesne by the
French; and afterwards was named Pitt, in
honor of the Earl of Chatham.
Parker H. French has Withdrawn his
application for permission to present creden-
tials to the State Department. In latter to
Marcy, he intimates that the latter has inter-
fered with the internal affairs of Nicaragua.
= 1t is said in case the Presidency should
be thrown into Congress, and the States should
vote as they stand at present, there would be
eleven democratic, eleven republican, seven
s. know. nothing and two tie.
The biographical sketch ofthe poet Rog-
ers, in the London Times, was written some
FIVE years since, in anticipation of his death,
then expected His biographer has been three
years in the grave!
- Young ladies who are accustomed to
read newspapers are always observed to pos
sess most winning ways, most amiable disposi-
tions, invariably make good wives, always Sc
lect good husbands. A fact.
- It is ascertained that the long talked of
alliance between Spain and the Western Pow
ers has been formally consummated, the form
erbinding herself to send into the field from
ten to twenty thousand men in the Spring, and
the latter to protect Spanish interests-partic-
uiarly Cuba.
! William Russell, the historian of the
day Of Balaklaya, who has detailed the hor-
rors of the Crimean winters of "a '55, in let
ters to the London Times, has been driven
from the Crimea by the soldiers, on account Of
his comments on the drunkenness prevailing in
the British army.
- The Lynn News tells good story Of
two boys, one of whom was boasting Of the
beauties of his fathers house. dts got Gu
pola," said he, 'and it's going to have some
thing else.' what is it?' asked his interest
ed companion. why, I heard father tell
mother this morning, that it's going to have
a mortgage on itp
The ice in the river at Niagara Falls is
frozen 20 to 30 feet thick, and persons can
cross on it from the American to the Canadian
side. On the 18th instant the he'd formed mp
to Goat Island which has not oc-
CURED before for 80 years. An excellent
front view of the falls can now be obtained.
1t is stated that the Queen would not see
her maid of honor, Miss Murray, upon her re-
turn from the United States, and signifed to
her that if she published defence Of slavery
she must resign her place Miss Murray has
done 80, and is no longer member of the roy
al household.
The Governor of Florida has vetoed the
bill passed by both branches of the Florida
Legislature, authorizing the inhabitants, of
West Florida to vote upon the proposition of
seeding from that State, and uniting their
fortunes with the State of Alabama.
An improvement in lucifer matches has
been introduced. The two infammable In
gradients which together are required to make
up the ignition of the match, are now separat-
ed; one part is retained in the match, the
other lodged in the sand-paper on which the
match is rubbed. This greatly adds to the
safety of the use of this convenience.
The largest bells in the world are in
Russia that of the Kremlin weighs four hun
dred and forty-three thousand seven hundred
and seven.y-two pounds; St. Ivan's at Moscow,
one hundred and twenty-seven thousand eight
hundred and thirty-six pounds; that at En-
furth, tweuty-eight thousand two hundred and
twenty-four pounds.
-Accordipg to a list Of revolutionary SOL
diers. who died in 1855, published in the Ma
tional Intelligencer, it appears that illustrlous
band continues to diminish slowly. There are
seyenty-one names in the list, though the In
tellisencer thinks it probable that all who have
died are not included in it. The number,re-
manning is, we think, about seven hundred
Nothing conduces more to long life than
patriotism. May they live thousand years.
There is some trouble anticipated in
Minnesota, this winter, from the Indians
They are leaving their reserves and scattering
over the country in hunting parties, some
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