Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-08-20
MERE-MENTION.

Road few days since, by which Messrs. DOB :
BIN and MORRISON, 6remen, we're killed. In
passing over the Saluda Bridge, pier gave way
and the engine, tender and train fell through.'''''
The Charleston Standard contains long letter
from JouS MITCHELL, the Irish Exile, dated at
In xyillc, Tenn. 1t breathes the spirit of indlg-
nation against Ireland's oppressors, and of ardent
love for the South 1t is spirited, forcihle, elo-
ouent MITCHELL has, Of course, no love Tor
Know Nothingism, but he believes in the South,
her institutions, her people, her civilization and
her future ".......A few days since minister IN
Seneca Falls, N. Y, hired livery horse and wag-
on to 20 o journey. He was absent two days,
syapped horses six times, and came back to the
stable with the same horse he took out, having
made 500 by his operations. '''''."Hon. THOMAS
SETTLE, of North Carolina, died at his residence
in Rockingham county few days since '''''''''
R1- Governor HENDERSON, the former law partner
of Gen. RUsK, of Texas, is spoken of as his sue
cessor in the United States Senate ''''''"The Al
exandria Gazette states that the price of Peruvian
guano has advanced from 81 to $50 per ton in
that market. The cause assigned for this i'd
vance is the limited supply in the country and the
difficulty of getting it from the Chincha Islands,
in consequence of the revolutionary movements IN
Peru ......." Within the city Of Phiadelphia and
it's suburbs there ore three hundred churches. '''
The King of Naples has forbidden the practice OF
the Photographic art in oil his domnons. '''''''"
Out of the ffty-nine members of the Senate during
the last Congress, no less than Eve have already
passed away, viz: Messrs. CLAYTON of Delaware !;
BELL, of New Hampshire; ADAMS, of Msslsslp-
ri BUTLER of South Carolina and RusK, of Tex
as. .....It is stated that NARvAREz in Spain, has
Imprisoned no less than fifteen thousand persons
for political offences. ........Mr. MARCY was tie
oldest member of President PIERcEs cabinet, and
Mr.. DoBBIN the youngest. '..'''''Gen. Ton THUMB
has been exhibiting at Newport, England, and the
Town Hall was crowded at every exhibition ''''''
On Thursday last, General WALLER and General
HENx1NesEN of Nicaragua, arrived at Charleston.
.........The New York Courier says that strong
competition is now exhibited in that city among
dealers, in buying in the new crop Of Southern
wheat. As result of this, the quotations OF
wheat have been kept proportonably higher than
the prices of -four. ......The steamers having on
board the Submarine Telegraph cable, are expect
ed to reach Trinity Bay, New Foundlanl, between
the Goth and 25th of the present month. An Of
fee is to be opened at the point of land where the
cable is to touch, so that the news Of the steam
ers arrival can be Immediately Transmitted through
out the country .'..'"The Queen of Dude has
waited nine months in England, vanly attempting
to obtain an interview with Queen Victoria. Since
the news Of the East India mutiDy, the palace
doors were opened to her. The Eastern Queen
was attired with msgnifcence that quite eclipsed
the modest costume of the Island Queen. '''''''''
There is IL lady in Halifax, N. s., who has been
lying in bed for the last thirty years. Her health
is good, but she is too helpless to sit up. '''
There is no provision whatever, in the P. o. act
authorizing the use Of stamps as currency; nor is
there any provision for their redemption by the
Department, where they accumulate in inconveni-
ent quantities in individual hands. Ifpersons re-
ceive them as remittances, they must rely for re-
mbursement on the sale or use of them. .'''..."At
St. Paurs, Minnesota, board is Sl4 per week !:
Washing 81 25 to 81 Is -dOz. The price
asked in Cuba for the strongest China Coolies is
twenty ounces of gold ($34Ol ...'''"'In Greenock,
Scotland, a lad, convicted of stealing hat, was
sentenced by the magistrate to he whipped by his
mother. ...'.."A regularly organized band of rob-
bers and murderers has been discovered at Leav-
enworth, Kansas, and two Of them hung by Judge
Lynch. Others are under examination. The peo-
pie were intensely excited, and expressed de-
termination to lynch the prisoners at all hazards.
Gov. WALKER and Judge LEcoMPTE had addressed
the people, but failed to pacify them. ''''''''We
learn from the Kngstree Star that Mr.. RoBT.
Errs, of Williamsburg, has raised pumpkin
weighing one hundred and imsntp:f" po"nd' '''''''
The Independent Press says that two boys belong
ing to Col. T. J. RODENTS were detected, on We'd
nesday, in On attempt to throw the train off the
Abbeville Branch road, whether by removing the
rail or by placing distractions on the track 1t
did not learn One of the mscreants was arrested
and is now in Jail; the other made his escape.
The Democratic majority in the newly elected
Legislature of Tennessee is IA. To Congress,
eight Democrats md two Americans have been
elected. HARRIS, the Democratic candidate for
Governor, has q majority Of 1000. '''''''"Thc
Newberry Sun announces the death of Mrs. SA-
RAH HARRINGTON, wife of DR.. VIM. H. HARRING-
TON, and daughter of Hon. JOHN BELToN ONEALL.
.......It is estimated that the wheat crop in In
diana this season, will reach as high as lS,OO 900
bushels, the largest crop by 5,OOO 900 ever raised
in the State .......The Washington Estates" says:
eff General WALKER leaves this country again for
Nicaragua he will do so without any violation of
our neutrality laws )" nor will he, in the opinion
of the editor, pursue any course calculated to in
volve this Government in difficulties. ..'.'...".0n
Saturday and Sunday the weather was intolerably
hot at Cincinnati. The thermometer ranged from
so to 100 degrees in the shade. Five men were
sun struck on Saturday, one of whom died, and
another was hopelessly i'll. The heat is said to
have caused the death of several horses mules
and cattle. On Sunday afternoon the city was
visited by violent thunder storm. 1.-THE Su-
preme Court of Ohio has decided that wife is of
no pecuniary value to her husband that if she
be killed by a railroad accident, he cannot recover
damages therefor. ...'..The Selma ALA Reporter
notices cotton stalk six feet in height, with one
hundred and forty bolls ......In various counties
of England, protective societies have been formed