Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-05-08
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THE Convention to form State Gov,
ernment for Utah is to meet soon. The es'
timate of-Judge Drummond that the Terri
tory has population Of 100000 is thought
to be nearly correct.
According to the statistics recently
published, the annual manufactures of Bos.
ton and its vicinity, and the other principal
towns of Massachusetts,, reaches the enor-
nous amount of three hundred million OF
dollars, or one million for every working day
in the year.
THE London Court Journal of the 9th
of April says, that upwards of 7OOo men
of the Crimean army are under orders to pro-
ceed direct to Canada, with a view to the
protection of the frontier in the event Of
host;lities with the United States.
"A quaint preacher in Alabama was
accustomed to distinguish the [ and II
Epistles of St. John by giving out-"John
with the one eye," and "John with the two
eyes," 1t was sometime before the people
got the hang of it, but when they did the
distinction answered very we'll.
i 1t is our painful duty to notice the
death of Hon. R. B. Gilchrist, late Judge
of the District Court of United States for
rvIrua ne WIS
appointed to this office by General jackson,
and continued in the performance of its du-
ties until within few days of his DEATH
Charleston Standard
Fred. Douglas, in recent number
of his journal, endeayors to be very savage
upon Miss Murray, on account of her pro-
slavery views. The late lady of the Queens
bed-chamber is terribly berated by this sau-
cy "cullard pusson."' No doubt she will be
deeply mortified should she ever hear of it.
Fred. surpasses the Tribune in the vigor of
his abuse, and is almost equal to it in coarse
ness.
-- The following daguerreotype of his
Satanic Majesty was given by negro preach
er in Virginia to his "colored breddren :"
"Stan' side, niggers, let ME tell you I hab
dream, and see de debil He hab an
eye like de moon and hab a nose like
canoe; he hab an ear same as 'bacca leaf;
he hab a shoulder like the Blue Ridge, and
hab tail like de rainbow ~
We learn through gentleman, that
on Saturday last, Mr.. B. Wilkins and Mr..
Flanner, residents of Wilmington, N c.,
accompanied by their friends,) fought
duel at Fair Bluff, S. c., and that Mr. Will
kins was killed on the third fire. The diff
fculty grew out of remarks made by Mr.. w.
which were denounced by publication from
the pen of Mr.. Flanner, who immediatly re-
ceived challenge from the former.-Caro-
lima Times.
- We learn that nine young men from
Marion District, passed through Kingsville
Oh Thursday last cn route for Kansas
Among these was JohE B. LaBorde, Esq,
formerly of this city. BY arrangement they
were to meet the Georgetown company, un-
der the leadership of Captain Allison, and
90 together. The two constitute company
of about forty, and will be valuable acces-
sion to our strength in that region South
Carolina is awake to the importance of the
issue, and remote as she is from the theatre
of war, feels that it iSa common cause, and
miW do her duy.-Caroltna Times.
Never inquire thou of the editor the
news, for behold it is his business, at the
appointed time, to give it unto thee without
asking. 1t is not fit that thou shouldst ask
him who is the author of an article, for his
duty requires him to keep such things to
himself. When thou doest enter his office,
take heed unto thyself that thou dost not
look at what may be laying open; for that
is not meet in the sight of good breeding
Neither examine thou the proof sheet, for it
is not ready to meet thine eye, that thou
mayst understand it. Prefer thine own city
paper to any other, and subscribe for it i'm
mediately. Pay in advance, and it shall be
we'll with thee and thy little ones
- The Office of the "American True
Flag" at Salem, Indiana, was broken into
and demolished by drunken, infuriated
mob on the night of the 25th ultimo. All
the type, with the exception of some job
type, was thrown on the floor, in a hcterogen-
Gus mass Of pi. The stands and cases were
nearly all smashed to pieces. Some Of the
type were scattered all over the yard of the
office, and in the street. 1t appears that the
"adies" of the town had been mobbing all
the liquor stores there, and that the editor
applauded them for their unlawful doings,
whereupon the liquor men mobbed the office
of the editor, and also outrageously attacked
the dwellings of several the ladies. None of
the parties, unfortunately, have been arres-
ted.
- Alanson Douglas, deceased, of Troy,
whose death was announced last week, left
Il very large property, 'variously estimated
from $500, 900 to Sl,0J0,00o. His income
from his property during the year 1855 ex-
ceeded 100000. His whole life, from
early manhood to old age, was devoted to
moncy--gctting and keeping it. The "rul-
ing passion" was "Strong" to the last. AT:
ter bequeathing $4,000 to each of his
children, and making handsome bequeset
to the three Episcopal churches in Troy, Mr..
Douglas reminded his family that he had a
verbal agreement with his milkman, which
was to continue as long as they took milk
from him, that every dollars worth of tick