Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-07-24
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-T The chlnch bug Is committing Ieri-
BE ravages upon the corn in various por-
tions of Halifax county, Va.
- Amos A. Lawrence, Esq, of Boston,
nominated on the Fremont electoral ticket
of Massachusetts,, has declined, and will
support Fillmore.
About ninety Mormons, driven out
from Beaver Island, arrived at Chicago last
Wednesday week in state of destitution.
Others were landed at Milwaukee and Ra-
cine. They were compelled to leave their
property behind them.
The following advertisement, signed
by the pastor, appeared in Worcester
(Msss. paper last week: Notice.-By par
ticular request, there will be meeting at
the Wesleyan Church in Leicester, on Pleas
ant street, at o'clock, P. NJ. Sunday July
18th. Subject-Heu Fire and Politics.
NEW YORK, July 1e.-The steamer
Fulton has arrived, and brings intelligence
that treaty had been concluded between
Great Britain and Honduras, by which the
Bay Islands are ceded to the latter, on terms
acceptable to Mr.. Dallas. This seemed one
great obstacle in the way ofa treaty between
the United States and Great Britain.
John Green, who rescued the safe
from the Atlantic, has been engaged to des-
cend to the steamboat Lexington, which was
burnt on the sound, in the winter of 1887,
with a view of recovering the SIS, 900 which
was sunk with the wreck. The vessel lies
in so feet of water, and the treasure is said
to be in an accessible place. .
So Madame Goldschmidt Lind has an
nouIced three farewell concerts at Exeter
Hall, before her final departure from Eng
land. The first, on Wednesday evening,
says London paper, was one of the most
brilliant she has ever given-remarkable
not only for her own vocal performance, but
for the richness and variety of the program
me, and the completeness Of the whole en-
tertainment. ...-
slsFF-A recent case in New York, brought
by George Austin VS.. the New York and
Erie Rail Road Company, for demanding
extra passage money because he did not OBJ
{ tain his ticket at the passenger ticket Office
lit was decided, that rail road companies
have no authority to authorize conductors to
charge and collect any extra amount from
passengers, who may fail to obtain tickets
before the departure ofthe cars.
So 1t is now evident, says the Washing
ton Star, that the House will very shortly
take up and dispose ofthe Senate's joint res
olution fixing time for the end of the pres
ent session. We shall not be surprised if it
is concluded to take recess from perhaps
the 4th of August until early in November
until just after the Presidential election
having heard many members express
themselves in favor of such an arrangement.
"A little girl two and half years old,
daughter of Alfred Van Wyck, ESQ, of
Fishkill, New York, died last week by eat
ing off the ends of about sixty matches,
while the principal part of the family were
at tchurch. BY some means unknown, she
found q box of matches. 1t was soon found
out what was the matter by the smelling of
her breath. Emetics were given, and every
means resorted to, but death ensued the fol-
lowing day.
- The annual cost of first rate Lon
don Daily is estimated by the North British
Reriew at about one hundred and twenty
thousand dollars, say 1915 per diem. About
eighteen thousand dollars is paid to editors
per annum, besides host of correspondents,
sixteen parliamentary reporters, and fifteen
or twenty other reporters. There are about
three hundred persons employed in the Lon
don Times, in one way and another.
"A large Horse Mackerel was captur-
ed near the steamboat wharf at Nahant yes
terday, measuring nine feet in length, five
and half feet girth, and weighing nearly
1000 pounds. A school of the monstersare
playing about the rocks to-day affording rare
sport for the fishermen in the harpoon exer-
else. Mackerel are n ow taken in abundance,
eight barrels being the result of drawing one
seine on Saturday.-Boston Trareller, OF
Monday.
-Advice from Leavenworth, Kansas,
at Chicago, state that Gen. Presifer Smith
had arrived there. A deputation of citizens
waited upon him, asking protection for their
lives and property against armed marauders
from the South, in the various towns. Gen
eral Smith replied that he had no authority
to grant such protection. That the armed
band alluded to were regularly enrolled mil
itia, acting under color of law, and that the
people had no redress excepting from civil
law.
"A meeting consisting of FIVE delegates
from each. of the German Associations of
New York was held on Monday evening
Stirring addresses were delivered in the Ger
man language, calling upon the Germans
throughout the United States to rally in de-
fence of "bleeding Kansas" and charging
the Administration and minions of the Slave
Power with driving the peaceable German
settlers out of Kansas. Preparations were
made for holding German mass meeting to
ratify the nomination of Fremont and Day
ton.
- News from Mexico to the I'd and Vera
Cruz to the 5th instant, confirms the publ
cation of a decree that the clergy are not per-
mitted to hold property, and that it was is
sued in Mexico on the 18th ult. The peo-
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