Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-12-04

| the vicinity OF S0U,uVV.
The death of Mr.. Clayton has very
naturally directed attention to the members
of the United States Senate, and to the point
of seniority. Mr.. Crittenden, of Kentucky,
is now the "Father" of that distinguished
body, having entered it on the 4th of March,
1917.
The man who wins fifty dollars with,
out working for it thinks less afterwards OF
every fifty dollars he ever earns, and spends
it so much more freely that he very soon
finds himself pecuniary loser by his win
ming. So says the Philadelphia Ledger
and this is the best, if not the whole arsu'
meut against betting.
"A man with large family was com
planning of the difficulty of supporting them
all. oBut," said friend, "you have sons
big enough to earn something for you now
ssThe difficulty is, they are too big to work,
was the answer.
MIR. w. Gilmore Simms, of this State,
in letter to the Troy Young Mems Asso'
citation, of New York, withdraws his accep'
tance of an invitation to deliver the opening
lecture of the course. He does so on ac-
count of the singular odium which attends
his progress as South Carolinian from this
he is satisfied that he cannot help the lnstl-
tuition by appearing before it.
"A correspondent of the New York
Times says that one of the inmates of Black
wells Island prison, at that city having late
ly offended one of the keepers, was buried
to his waist in the earth, his hands tied be-
hind his back, and there kept for two days
without food, except a little bread which
was put into his mouth by poor lunatic.
- Smith, the "celebrated razor strop
man." has again taken to the street IN New
York, and his sonorous voice again mingles
with the varied city cries. 1t is said that
this energetic vender of "strops," after hay
ing made snug little fortune in his busi-
ness, was induced to make an investment,
by which he lost his all and more too. But
having "more of the same sort left," by
which he made his money, he starts anew
in good voice and strong hope.
Yesterday afternoon, Mile Isabelle
of Eldred's Circus, in making the ascent of
the wire from the ground to the top of the
centre pole, fell and fractured a leg, besides
receiving other injuries. Some of the COM
pany carried spread canvass, to catch her
in case of an accident, but by some miscai-
culation they failed to catch and break her
fall and hence the deplorable result The
experiment is a dangerous one, "a year or
two ago, man fell at Baton Rouge and
broke his neck in similar trial. and the
public ought to discountcnance its repetition.
Enquirer, Noc. 20.
ON Monday last, at Warrenton, Vir-
ginia, many negroes were sold at public auc-
ton, and brought extremely high prices. A
boy about IS years of age sold for Sl,245,
and another boy, not over ten, for s799. A
little negro girl also sold for upwards of
5000. All of these sales we consider cnor-
mously high. At recent sale of the estate
of Zeph Turner, deceased, of ofRappahannock
county, eight negro slaves, ranging from the
age of twelve to thirty-scven years, averaged
the sum of sl,l12 so each.-Richmond
Despatch.
Nav York, Nov. 28.-The Herald
contains the speech of Eli Thayer, member
of Congress elect of Massachusetts, before the
Worcester Emigrant Aid Society of which
he is President. He says: "It, would be
easy to organize company in the city of
New York, which would make Virginia
free State in four years; that already men of
that city, owners of real estate in Virginia,
were ready to enter on the work and put in
their immense possessions as stock and he
adds; "The enterprise is ready to be under
taken p The Herald denounccs Thaycr
and the Aid Society as the principal cause
of all the Kansas troubles.
The New York Colonization Society
has received intelligence from Liberia that
the inhabitants of Since were in very dis
tressed condition, arising from the late war in
that section of the country towns had
been destroyed, and the inhabitants left in
most destitute condition. The people of
Manrovia and some other places, have done
all in their power to alleviate the most urgent
wants of the sufferers, yet much is still to be
done. The New York Society have issued
a strong appeal for aid in behalf of the suf-
ferers.
- Mrs. Prewett editress of the Iazoo
City (MississippD Banner, writes on the
l4th inst, concerning the fighting editor of
that paper as follows: Some misapprehen-
ton seems to exist about our editor Mr..
Smith. We are constantly receiving busi-
ness letters addressed to him. He is only
fighting editor, and has nothing to do what
ever with the money matters of this concern
Challenges may be addressed to him as here
tofore, and other war-like, missiles, insults,
denunciations, &C. &c. We have no objec-
tions to having duns included in the catego-
ry as we regard auns as personal and partic-
ularly offensive. Persons having business
of this sort with this Office will please ad-
dress Mr.. Smith, the fighting editor.
The entertainment by Taylor Division Of
the Grand Division of South Carolina, came
off at the City Hall on last Friday night, and
was handsome affair Although everything
intoxicating was prohibited, as might be ex-