Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-03
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- Hon. D. NJ. Ba1inger, late i. S. Min
lister to Spain, has commenced the practice OF
law in Charlotte, N. G.
Queen Victoria has acceded to the re-
quest of the Colony of Van Dieman's Land, to
change the name of that Island and Colony to
Tasmania. "
- Robert Bunyan, Esq, the last male de-
scenSsnt of the author of the Pilgrims Pro
gress, died at Lincoln, England, on the 18th
ult., aged 80.
Different sounds travel with different ve'
locities. A call to dinner will run over ten
: acre lot in minute and half, while sum
mons to work will take from FIVE to ten min
utes
The Florida Legislature, which adjour
ned on the 18th instant, passed resolution
authorizing the inhabitants of West Florida tt
vote upon the proposition of seeding and uni
ting themselves with the State of Alabama.
- The Cincinnati Enquirer thinks the
House of Representatives would have been or
ganized on the first day of the session, if 1t
sthad had the interest of the twenty millions
of whites at heart, instead of three millions OF
blacks"
South Carolina Conference have resolv-
ed to sell their interest, as individuals, in the
stock of the South Carolina Rail Road Compa-
ny, "because the Company would work on
tho, Sabbath day, and they did not wish to
partake in making money on the Sabbath.
Washington letter writer says that Col.
John G. Fremont is talked Of as the Republi-
can candidate for the presidency. He isa ma
tive of South Carolina, resident of California
son.in-law of Cot. Benton, and probably on
good terms with the Benton Blair Van Buren,
folks generally.
The letter of the Washington correspon-
dent of the Charleston Standard still suggests
the possibility of concentration of the conser,
vative national vote upon Mr.. Orr for Speaker
Of the House of Representative of the United
States Besides this there is also suggestion
that possibly the national Americans may COM
bine on Mr.. Boyce.
"A writer in the Knickerbocker Maya
zine suggests that in all probability the bird OF
wisdom called owl was intended to be called
howl, but the first cockney who seard i'm 'oot
got h'exasperated and dropped the h'aitch.-
H'ornithologists and b 'entymologists will please
notice and correct their work h'accordingly.
"A man named Willis has on exhibition
| at New Haven, machine which he claims to
be the solution of the perpetual motion prob
lem. The Palladium says that ssthe machine
certainly goes, and there is no chance, as any,
body has yet discovered, of its being moved by
any extraneous or concealed force"
"A correspondent of the New York Trib-
une says that recently, during the balloting
for the Speakership, an old Democrat from
Tennessee remarked, ''that during the previ-
GUS twenty-four hours he had fancid that he
could see the form of the immortal jackson
lowering over the assembly, and with all the
energy and determination that formerly char
acterized him, exclaimiDg, by the Eternal, no
more Banks pr
- The richest man in Congress- says a
Northern cotemporary, is the Hon. VIM. Al
-%sa of South Carolina. His property is -esti-
mated at two millions of dollars, including over
one thousand negroes! Mr.. Aiken is an ell
derly gentleman, active, accomplished and
full Of kindness of heart. He is fair repre-
sentative of a "6ue old Southern gentlemen" :"
and he is highly esteemed for his consistent
views and ripe experience.
MIR. Champion, the English minister
has officially communicated the cordial con-
graduation of his Government to DR.. Kane, and
requested him to communicate to the officers
and crews who, under his command, so nobly
attempted to afford to Sir John Franklin and
the officers and crews Of her Majesty's ships
employed on the Arctic expedition the assur-
ance of the sincere gratitude of the British
government and people for their generous ex-
ertions.
!, "A gentleman of Washington city re-
-eeived lately letter from Portadown, county
Armagh, Ireland, making inquiries in relation
to the heirs of John White, who emigrated
from the county of Armagh, ireland, some
where about the year 1914 or 1915. and who
is believed to have left two sons, Abner and
William. There is about million and a half
of money forthe lucky Whites who can "prove
property" etc.
. Among the acts passed by the Legisla-
ture at its recent session, was ore in reference
to the monthly returns of the condition of the
several banks. 1t is enacted that they ''shall
in future consist of monthly statements of the
average weekly condition Of the banks, as as
certained on Wednesday Of each week, in the
several particulars" This will have the eff
feet of reducing the operations of the banks to
a much more regular system than heretofore.
2 Charleston Mercury.
"A writer has computed that woman
has lost half her chances of marriage at her
twentieth year; at twenty-three she has lost
three-fourths of her opportunities and at
twepty-six seven eighths of her chances are
gone Eighteen hundred and ffty-six will
be leap year-that delightful season, when, by
common consent, the fair sex can indicate
their preference. Look at the facts presented
above, and then improve the advantages OF
,o,r D,i,vS ara lauuernuS