Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-24
NIERE.NIENTION.

MERE.MENTION.
William p McCully has been appointed Route
Agent on the Charlotte Railroad, in the place OF
Col. John s. sitgreaves, resigned Advices
from Kansas state that Committee of the Free
State Legislature was in session ut Topeka, pre-
pairing code of laws to submit to the Legislature
in July. .'..''.The revolution in Mexico has ended
by the complete triumph of the government par
ty under President Comonfort, who Ind obtained
decided victory over the insurgents Mt Puebla,
and had seized thirty or forty millions of Church
property to pay the expenses of the revolution
The clergy were accused of having taken part in
the insurrection. This, says an exchange, is the
first blow struck directly at the church property,
and as such, is one of the most important acts ev-
er recorded in the history of Mexico. .''.''''"The
New York Herald gives the statistics Of emigra-
ton to Kansas, for 1856, by which it appears that
the South has sent ], 300, and the North l,35O.-
On onr side Missouri leads off with 100; and
South Carolina, next has sent 23O. Thus it ap-
pears, says the Herald, that the South is ahead
recruits With the opening Of the spring through
out the North, however, the reinforcements from
Massachusetts, and other New England States, New
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, &c., will be largely
augmented, judging from the collections and con-
tributons of the Kansas liberators in New York,
Albany, Rochester, Boston, New Haven, Colum-
~, wi otba ~, tn1o
ton shows that the men Of the South are in earn
est but they must not be deceived from appear
ances, nor trust the brunt of the battle to Mssou
ri. 1t is only the advanced guard from Massachu-
setts that has gone out. The main army is still
behind. Let the South then advance their rein
forcements ......"Here is sentiment as beautiful
as it is just "He who forgets the fountain from
which he drank, and the tree under whose shade
be gamboled in the days of his youth, is o stran-
ger to the sweetest impressions Of the human
heart ..'..".The Convention to appoint the Elect
or of the American Party, for the Mecklenburg
District will meet in Charlotte, Wednesday the
14th of May"...'."The American candidate for
Governor Of North Carolina will commence the
canvass, the first Of May, in the Mountain Dis
trict So says the Concord Gazette. .....'."Advices
came to us last week. telling of the defeat of COL
Schlessnger by FIVE hundred Costa Ricans under
Mora, and of the plan of the Costa Rican party to
invade Nicaragua; but letters from Mr.. Wheeler,
it is stated assert that Schleesingers retreat was
"not defeat, but stroke of policy superindu-
ced by the superoty of numbers on the other side"
At all events, we must have the best evidence be-
fore we con believe the great lbuster to be whip
ped Mr. Dallas writes that he has been treated
with marked courtesy in England. 1--WE have
been requested to call the attention of our Com
missioners to the condition of the road leading
from Yorkvile to Lincolnton. At the point two
miles from town, it is almost impossible. .."..".
Governor Adams has declined to commute the SEN
tence of James McCombs, who has been condemn
ed to be hung in Columbia, Friday next. .'.'.""At
the late election in Rhode Island, the Democrats
gained five thousand; in New Hampshire, eight
thousand, and in Connecticut, ten thousand, over
the vote of last year. These are indeed glorious
results, andpromise great victory to the Democ-
racy, next Fall. .....'".Tuesday last was assigned
in the Senate for the consideration of Judge
Douglass Kansas State bill ......."Col Fremont
has addressed Il letter to Mr.. Robinson, the Jogu,
Governor Of Kansas, smypathizing with the Re-
pubcans, and bidding for the Presidential nomi-
nation. Oh '''..''A company of fourteen young
men started last week, from Abbeville, for Kan
sas.......The United States Senate has passed the
bill to remove the smaller Spanish coins from cir
culation. Good !..."""The Charleston Standard,
aluding to the discoveries Of Mr.. Lieber, in our
district, says: "It is we'll known that the State
abounds in granite of the best kind-as the peri
phyritic granite ut Columbia. Porcelain earth is
found in Pickens, in Abbeville, and Greenvile.-
Pyritiferous slate is found in sufficient quantities
at the Cowpens, to encourage m attempt to man
ufacture copperas out Of it; and many other min
era products exist in the State, which enterprise
could bring out to profitable results. The addi-
ton of copper to the minerals already known to
exist in the State, is truly most important oc-
currence. new field of industry and profit will
be laid open, and business in many branches will
receive quckening impulse. The cost of eyplo-
rative operations would not be large and it is to
be hoped that some steps may soon be taken in
that direction"