Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-02-07
MERE MENTION.

A Yankee has invented plague which kills off all
who do not pay the printer. We have sent for sew
eral doses of the article adapted especially to this
climate. Look out........Ameetng was held recent
ly in Brooklyn, New York, at which between thirty
and forty thousand dollars were subscribed to the
stock of the Kansas Emigration Aid Society This
is aloudspeaking lessonto Southern money-holders.
Unless our own purse-strings fly open now, we may
surrender at once-certain .......From every point
Of the compass we hear of cold weather, heart-rend
ing casualties, freezing to death SC. The Fairfield
Herald of last week says that a man named AUSTIN
BRUIN, of that District was found frozen to death
near his own residence. The struggle among
Northern democrats for PIERCE and BUCHANAN is
becoming interesting The delegates to the National
Convention from Massachusetts, favorable to the
nomination Of the former while those recently cho-
sen in Maine are all Of the "Hard" stripe, with
| BUCHANAN tendencies W. MAHoFFEY
has been appointed addtionalroute agent on the line
from Goldsboro uia Charlotte to Prattsburgh, Geor
gia Those are the points, The Greenville
Patriot and Mountaineer announced, last week, new
accessions to- the editorial chair of that paper
NIessrs. ELYoRD and DONALDSON. Both are said to
be clever writer's, and with Maj. PERRY will make
tho Patriot if possible better paper. 1t is to be
enlarged, and improved by the aid Of Princeton
Press We advise the fratcrnity generally to do like
wise....It is said that the most perfect anarchy
is prevailing again in Mexico. HARo Y'ALEREz had
conspired to overthrow tho government and estab
I1.z1.z .toI 10 &c o,I
at the head of powerful army besiegiug Pueb::
10. Gen. ALMoNTE is about to leave for Mexico to
join with CoMoNroRT in another attempt at peacea-
bio organization of government. Poor Mexico
.......An American gentleman in Japan writes of a
fight between the Japanese and Americans as follows
understand that feet of twelve sails of American
whaers visited Simoda in anticipation Of receiving
supplies agreeably to the late treaty. Report is
they were treated very unkindly, and determine
tion was made by the Japanese from some cause,
not to furnish them with any supplies. The Ameri-
cans were not to be trifed with ; they took what
they wanted and paid in dollars at their fair weight
the one-thrd in value fixed on by the treaty they
would have no knowledge of. 1t is said that guns
had been fred and Japanese killed
Captain Casey, Indian agent in Florida, estimates
the Seminole warriors at one hundred including ell
derly men and wel-grown boys. The women and
children are supposed to number from two hundred
to three hundred and ffty....."Thc Hon. ANDREW
]. MILLER, one Of the leading lawyers of Georgia,
died at his residence in Augusta on Sunday last.
The Abbeville papers correct the statement of
1.,.,r hall
rolled in that District for Kansas. A company is in
progress of formation however, and will be ready to
start for the West by the last of March. h.......The
Commercial Convention met in Richmond Thursday
last, and was organized by the appointment Of Gen.
TILaHAM, of Maryland, President. 220 delegates
were present. resolution was submitted to the
effect that Notwithstanding the baeful opinions Of
the North, the Convention expressed their devoted
attachment to the Union and their determination to
preserve it. Fudge !....... Quite an excitement is
raging in the Cherokee nation in reference to aboli-
tionism. The Legislature of the nation passed an
Act, recently for the protection of slavery in the
territory which vetoed by their Chief JOHN Ross
who married Quakeress and has become an aboli-
zionist. The Arkansas papers are taking the act of
the chief in high dudgeon, and limiting at positive
measures in the way Of a remedy.""..The Spar
tanburg Spartan thus talks about Sic Tratsi's visit
to that delightful town. Sic Transit come from
Yorkville tn and nous. Ora clam suPpar propo
sed to delitus with Jaro We declined, and ast for
poker. Beta Leae ante and won forte raps,. Threat
ened to inaitus-then comatus but didn't hrtus. We
caate pila plea quads and he stola way. He's gone
to Greenville " make Pariendus.
Notice in our columns the advertisements of
Messrs. s. ]. kUYKENDAL & BROTHER. They keep |
on hand e1cclout stock, and are ready either to
barter, buy or sell, literally. The Commission
is in earnest about the debts due his Office. Those
interested will refer to his notce..... Messrs R. S. s.
r. H. HoPE, Admr's will offer for sale four valuable
negroes, stock wagon &c., on the 18th instant See
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