Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-12-10
EXPERIMENTATION.

The Augusta Constitutionalist states upon the
auth ority of q member Of his family, that Judge
Longstrect will accept the Presidency Of the South
Carolina College, to which he was elected short
time aro. ........The New Orleans True Delta has
reliable advices relative to the Sugar crop IN
Louisiana The damage to the cane throughout
the State is much greater than was antc pated'
and some plantations will not yield one third OF
an average crop. .''"''".The Lehigh Valley (Pa.) }
Times has raised to its mast head rs its choice for
the next Presidency, the name of S. F. Z. MORSE,
of New York, the magnetic telegraph inventor
.......NGrs. LAUDRUM, the wife of Rev. j. IT,
LAuDRuM, Pastor of the Baptist Church of Spar
tanburg, died on Sunday of last week. ''''''''The
Government estimates for the next fiscal year
amount to fifty and one-thrd millions of dollars,
including thirteen and half millions for the Navy,
fourteen for the Army, and three and half mil
lions for Postal deficiency. 1--WE omitted to
mention last week, that Woody T. CARTER, con-
demned to death for the murder of JAMES GIBSON,
was executed at Chester, on Friday week. The
Standard says there was an unusually large crowd
gathered to witness the scene, and that even 80
few of the fair sex" suffered their curiosity to
overrulc the dictates of propriety. The prisoner
manifested great composure, and declared that he
had obtained Divine pardon for his offence. He
stated that liquor was the cause of his evil fate
......"DANIEL SrIMsoN, editor Of the New York
Day Book, died very suddenly on the Both ultimo'
........NIr. TIEMAN has been elected Mayor of the
city of New York by majority of about two
thousand votes over FERNANDO WooD. ''''''"'The
Spartanburg papers announce the decease of Solo
MON ABBOTT, revolutionary soldier, at the age
of one hundred years and eight months. He was
a native of Virginia, but removed to this State in
his youth, and settled within q few miles Of the
place where he died. He was engaged in militia
ry service against the Indians, and was on scout,
when the battle of Cowpens was fought. ''''''''A
resolution is before the Tennessee Legislature,
pledcing the cooperation of the State with the
Executive of the United States in suppressing the
civil war existing in the Territory of Utah.
The Chinese affirm that chess was known to
them 200 years before the Christian era. 1t was
brought in the sixth century from India to Persia,
whence it was spread by the Moors and Crusaders
throughout the civilized world. ''''''At the late
fair at Stockton, California, among the prizes Of
fered was $50 dress to the unmarried lady who
made the best loaf of bread. .'.'..'"The editor Of
the Galveston News has been shown sweet pota-
toe, the product of Texas soi IS inches long,
in diameter, and 81 in circumference. 1t weighs
II pounds, and was taken from hill with two
others, which weighed three and four pounds re-
spectiyely. ......It is stated in London that Mr..
Ten BROCK received the money won by Proress
ut the Czarewitch race, as much as seGO00C,
(S300,00O) His losses in England have been
comparatively very small '.''.'"At the Virginia
Annual Conference, lately in session at Elizabeth
City, N. c., Rev. J. E. EDWARDS and Rev. LEON.
1DAs RossER were arraigned upon the charge of
rolling game of ten pins at the Virginia Springs
last summer. The defendants plead guilty and
promised to abstain from such amusements here
after, and the committee dropped the accusation.