Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-11-06
MERE-NIEyTIOy.


On the outside page read a full account of the
battles of Messaya and Grnnada in Central Ame-
rca; suggestive sketch Of the Mormon prophet,
Joseph Smith, and his religion; statement of
the Willis case, in Bdrnwell; a talk about the
Southern Quarterly by the Sumter Watchman;
and s.Thundering Coon Hunt !" "'''..""Another
revolution is on the tapis in Mexico. Dates from
Galveston, to the 23d ut., state that Vidaur, the
tho insurgent leader, had taken Mier without re-
sstance, aud then moved against Camargo, which
place was defended by thirteen hundred troops.
Vidauri has three thousand men, and some skir-
mishes had already taken place between the op-
posing forces ....'." treaty is now under discus
sion between .he government and the Florida In
dians which promises to result in peace. The
government proposes to take the stock of the In
dians at fair valuation, and pay them 500, 900;
and to guaranty the clcftainship of the tribe to
Billy Bowleg.-alwnys a sore sr,. 18th Billy
We hope the effort will succeed.''' Prof Morse
writes from England that the experiments with
view to an ocean eegraph have been entirely sue
Ill,
that in n few years line of wire will be laid on
the bottom of the Atlantic, extending from New
foundland to the Northern point of Ireland. When
will the days of wonderful achievements have an
end ?........Thc South Carolina Historical Society
have resolved to hold speeia! public meeting in
Columbia, during "Commencement-w and
measures have been ordered to procure compe-
tent orator for the occasion. This Society ought
not to be so peculiarly Charlestonian. A widen
ing-out into tho country, and an occasional Annu-
al meeting in the back-woods, would serve greatly
to enrich its archives. Spread out, gentlemen!
1.-THE Times announces the death of J. s.
Guignard, Esq, venerable citizen of Columbia,
at the age of seventy-seven years. Mr. Gulgnard
Nas Clerk Of the Court--one Of the few in the State
who held office under the old "good- behavior
system. .....'."A duel took place near Richmond,
Va, Saturday last, between Mr.. Pryor, editor of
the Enq"irer, and D. Finney, State Senator from
Accomac county. The latter was wounded at the
first fire, and the dispute was then adjusted '''''
The day of sold Monongahcla" is DOSING out, and
up there they are making experiments to see if
the surplus corn cannot be manufactured into mo.
hsses 'Spect it might! We would advise some
of our defunct corn-cries to "ty it on. '''''''''
The Mirror says that Thomas Wells who was tried
for the murder of John Gillow, in Newberry, was
convicted, and sentenced to be- hung Oh Friday the
I'd January. ..''.".A New Orleans paper publishes
O letter from Gen'l Gadsden, which intimates that
the new American Minister will not find the Gov
ernment to which he is accredited in existence,
and states that Alvarez and Vidaur were both ad-
vanciug on the capital, in order to overthrow
President Comonfort. .'.'..'.The citizens of Green
vile held o meeting, last week, at which $4,000
were subscribed to secure the location Mt that
place of the contemplated "Baptist Theological
Seminary for the Southern States" The idea
seems to be to enlarge the Furman University so
as to make it school for the whole Southern Bap-
tist denomination. .'.....Thc arrival of the Asia
brings us news from Europe up to Saturday, the
18th. Cotton was active and firm middling quail
tiles improved most prices sitter, but the quota
tations unchanged. Political news unimportant.
.......Iu Il letter to the Charlotte Democratic
Committee, the Hon. Thomas L. Clingman struck
good lick. Said he: ''But the leaders among
our enemies the black RepublicaHs] are, to my
certain knowledge, the meanest and most conemp-
tiblc creatures upon earth, excepting only those in
the South that are willing to be governed by them.
......Dickens, in his Little Dorritt," tells US
that tender word "dropped like heavy stone
into the we'll Of Clennam's heart and splashed the
water into his eyes "'...''". .Advices from Kansas
to the Goth ut, state that Gov. Geary had arrest
ed several marauding parties. The grand jury
had found true bills against ninety prisoners for
murder in the first degree. The Legislature meets
at Lecompton in January. ''''.."The official ma
iorties from all but eight or ten counties in India
na foot as follows: Willard, Democrat, for Gov
ernor, 1910. Morton, "Republican," for Gov
ernor II, 1876. .'......In the Vermont Legislature,
on Saturday last, an order was passed instructlng
the select committee on Kansas affairs to inquire
! into the exredcncy Of disburs;ng money from the
public treasury for the relief of settlers in Kan
sas. A series of resolutions condemning the out
rage upon Senator Sumner by Mr. Brooks, OF
South Carolina, were paused-ayes 16O; nays IT,
A resolution approving the speech Of MIR. Sumner
in the Senate, in May last, was adopted-ayes l52
nays T. Resolutions offered by democract mem
ber, condemnatory of the course of Anson Burlin-
game of Massachusetts,, were rejected. '''''''We
regret to learn from note receive from MIR. Feas-
ter, says the Carolinian, of Wednesday, that Geo.
Garrison, workman employed on the Greenville
Railroad, in walking across the bridge over Broad
River at Alston, yesterday, accidentally fell
through and was drowned. His body had not
been found. He leaves wife and iamily in Co.
umbia to mourn his loss.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. Ex-Governor Ford, Of
Ohio, who has been csuvassing Pennsy sylgania and