Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-31
MERE MENTION.


bit of information our first page, and rejoice with
that the fair songstress like another bright-pu-
med bird Of passage, will "come again." She has
sent us stillanother messenger which shall herald
forth in future number. the letter OF Mr.
B. II. WILSON, on the Cincinnati Convention. Mr..
WILSON is member of the Legislature and in 1852
was red-hot secessionist.. Sumter Is. c.
Waterman says that on the morning of Thursday
the l7th murder was committed in that Districtby
one SAMUEL s. TINDAL upon the person of his wife,
by stabbing her through the breast. The murderer
has Aed......Several elections were held in Edge
field District Monday before last, resulting as fol-
lows :-T1LLMAN WATSON, Senator THOMAS G. BA-
CON, Clerk; JAMES EDISON, Sheriff; and W. F. DU-
R1suE, the Proprietor of the Advertiser, Ordinary
That last election strikes as somewhat sensible.
The Chester Standard of last week, gives
an account of the sudden death of JAMES RAY, q
painter living in Chester. He had left Town with
two or three other men late in the afternoon walking
on the way it was proposed they should have foot
race which they did, and at the end of which RAY
complained of feeling badly. His companions tried
to carry him to some neghboring house, but finding
this impossible they left him and went in search of
horse, which having procured they returned and
found him dying. Some of them posted immedi
ately for physician, but he was dead before any
aid could be afforded On the 23d Coroner's in
quest was held upon the body, but we have not yet
learned what was the verdict.
A selection on the first page tells Of remarkable
man in the West the father of 46 children and sue
cessively the husband of FIVE wives. Josephus tells
US of still more remarkable character far back to-
wards Adam, who had 76 children and only two
wives. In this department, the Ancients are ahead
of US yet letter from Paris states that the
Circular of Secretary Marcy on the Sound Dues
question has been received at European courts in
terms of the highest commendation, and that the
difficulty is in fair way for settlement on the basis
of that able document...... The following gentle
men were admitted to the practice Of Law in this
State, on Wednesday before last at the session Of
the Appeal Court in Charleston: W. CowPER In
aLIs, WIN. P. PRICE, PAUL H. WARINa, jr., and
LEROY F. YoUMANs........It is said that Governor
SHANNON is his way to Washington with the inten.
ton of resgning the Governorshp of Kansas and that
Gov. BAKER, of N. H., will be appointed his sue
cessor......New Post-Ofices have been established
at Lylesford, Fairfield District, JAMES ANDREWS
and at Flamerton, Sumter District
N. S. PUNCH, Postmaster. Hon. JEFFERSON
DAVIS has been elected United States Senator from
for the term commencing the 4th of
March 1857 Its reported that in case he resigns the
post of Secretary of War, Mr.. FAULKNER will be
appointed in his stead by the President.... On
Thursday evening last, the extensive mill, on the
Charlotte Railroad, belonging to W. B. ELuNs,
was destroyed by fre-loss $1,000. So says the
Carolinian
The Carolinian states that corps three hundred
men has been organized in Abbevie, under the di-
,ection of Mr. B. F. PosEY, formerly of the Indpsn-
tent Press and that W. P. BELoHER and Capt. E. B.
BELL of Graniteville are raising companies to join
Maj. BuFoRD is stated in the Mexican papers
hat SANTA ANNA and his wife have separated.......
The ice on the susquehanna, in Pennsylvania is said
be IL inches thick, capable of bearing almost any
Dad ....... Hon. A. H. STEPHENS has been nominated
n the Augusta Constitutionahst for Vice Presidency
IN the ticket with Dates from Oregon
Up to goth December say that nothing had been
card of Col Kinneys party that went to attack the
indians ut the Fort of Walta Walla, which was in |
heir possession. The Indians of Northern Califor-
ia still carry on their depredaons with much ter
or to al...... Reports from Nicaragua state that
olonel Walker gains accessions to his forces by
very steamer lie has now on effective force of
80 men, with spirit enough to become individual
lonarchs of all they survey. official advi-
es by the America do not in any way change our
'ienlly relation with England. Mr. Buchanan writes
nat no real prospects of peace are entertained by
lc Ministry, and England is preparing the largest
ect ever foated for operations against Russia in
nc spring Louis Napoleon is still anxious to ex-
,icatc himself from the war, having attained all the
esired prestige of the occasion.
The announcement of the commencement of the
,ird year of the Yorkville Female College on Mon
ny the 18th, will be found in our columns, to-day.
7e are compelled to defer further remarks until
ext week