Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-10
nIERE.MENTION.

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MERE.MENTION.
The Alumni Address before the society of Ers-
kline College, at the next commencement, will be
delivered by Rev. A. H. LESTER, at present sta
toned in our town. So says the Abbeyille Press.
The Chester Standard states that, owing to
the difficulty in procuring laborers, the completion
of the new telegraph line to Chester will be delay
| ed vet several The same paper, al
luding to the health of Chester says: "We have
been informed by friend that great fatality pre-
walls about Baton Rouge, in the northwestern part
of this district on account Of the prevalence Of
| typhoid pneumonia in a malignant form. Coleman
Crawford and some seven or eight Of his neighbors
have fallen victims to it. Mr.. c. was very re-
spectacle and worthy man, whose loss will be
much felt by his friends and acquaintances. The
other portions of our district are comparatively
healthy, although pneumonia in mild form is
prevailing in all quarters. .....Ata recent meet
ing of the stockholders of the Northeastern Rail-
road company, the following persons were elected
officers; PresidentT P. Huger, ESQ.,; Directors,
John Ravenel, s. Morry, jr., E. Sebring, Charles
Macbeth, W. s. Boyd, NJ. King.".....Col. W. H.
Hunt has been elected Brigadier General of the
9th Brigade, S. c. Cavalry, by a majority Of %
votes over Maj. Anderson. We imagine, when
when he extends his campaign over this way, the
General will hunt considerably before he finds any
g l. or, tbn1a 0ivno
and moving within the boundaries Of the Fifth
Brigade, and We note the election as anitem ofin-
terest.. The American Republicans have car
ried the State of Rhode Island by three thousand
majority. Tremendous! ....... Here it is in nut
shell: Some men are like cats. You may stroke
the fur the right way for years, and hear nothing
but purring: but accidentally tread on the tail,
and al memory eff former kindness il obliterated.
that the revolutionary army had surrendered to
the Government forces on the 22d March. Nothing
definite .......By adviccs from New Smyrna, East
Florida, We learn that the inhabitants of that re-
gion orc suffering the alarms that have been crca-
ted at other places, in consequence of late Incur
sions and atrocities, and are complaining Of the
want of protection ......A revival of religion in
the Baptist church at Columbia has been progress
ing for several weeks. About fifty persons have
Joined the church. consequence Of the op-
prcssions of their State government, the citizens
of Norfolk, Virginia, arc seriously debating the
idea Of annexing their own and the county Of
Princess Aune to North Carolina. Something
new under the sum-" certain........The dscrimi-
mating freghts, unjust e1actions, extortions, and
manifold meannesses, of the South Carolina Rail-
road have atlength aroused spirit which promi-
ses remedy. The steamboat company ut Colum-
bia is underway and evinces determination to
carry the point. "This determination" says a
correspondent of the Greenvie Enterprise, has
been pressed with zeal commensurate with the
great interests at stake, and the Governor Graham
steamboat of light draft, has arrived last even
ing, at CRANKY, with q considerable amount Of
freight from Charleston. The Captain of this ves-
gel reports that she is justified in saying that the
river is deep enough for boat Of sufficient tom
mage to carry fifteen hundred bales of cotton. The
only impediment is the Railroad bridge on the
Congaree." During last year there were S.
688 marriages in the State Kentucky. The ma
jority of matrimonial alliances were formed dur
ing the winter months-December taking the lead.
No doubt of it-highly probable. Most of the
brides were between l6 and 20 years Of age, and
most Of. the grooms between 20 and 25. Two ls-
dies married at 10 years-one girl at II, and sew
eral under Is. Three hundred and forty-six boys
under 20 years Of age were married during the
year........Maj. Buford's company has started for
Kansas. At Columbus, Georgia, he was Joined
by Capt. Bells company from this State, number
ing rs or 80 men; and at Montgomery it was e1-
pected he would receive accessions which would
increase the number in ranks to at least 250!-
Well done A few more Of the same sort would
save the country! In Charleston, the fever is up
proudly. At recent meeting, letter was re-
ceived from Hon. John Townsend, State Senator
from st. Johns, Colleton, donating FIVE hundred
dollars !.......Since our last issue, meetings have
been held in Charleston and in Marion District,
and delegations appointed to the May Convention
in Columbia. This makes it certain that o majori-
ty of the Districts will be represented. The fol-
lowing are the delegates from Marion: Col. N.
Phillips, Col. c. W. Miller C. D. Evans, esq.,, and
DR.. Alfred w. Bethea .........A new Post Office has
been established at Templeman's Mills, Spartan.
burg district-David Collins, Postmaster.........
DR.. Graham, who has been for some time in the
State Prison of New-Y York, for the murder Of Col.
Lorrng, has been pardoned....".At On election
held in Columbia, Monday last, E. ]. Arthur ESQ.,,
was elected Mayor, without opposition; and r.
Anderson and A. n. Talley, ]. X. Friday and Jes-
sc Z. Dent, W. D. Deck and John Beard, Alder
mcn........An election was held at Fort Leaven-
: worth, recently, for councilman, which resulted
in majority Of l02 for the pro-savery candidate,
which settles the statu, of that town. beyond dispute
100000. Indian hostilities on our Western frontier,
and in Oregon, continue without abatement, and
measures are at length in progress for the defence
| Of the white settlements. Advices from Santa Te