Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-12-24
nIERE-NIENTION.


mates Hon. JAMES II. IkBY as a candidate fol
next Governor. ...'...".Vice President BRECKEN
RIDGE, arrived at Washington OH the 10th instant
'..".".J. MILToN CLAPP, for twenty years editor
of the Mercury, died of npoplexy in Charleston or
the 10th instant. ..'''.'A boy in the Latin school
gave the passage "Pompeius clamet nocte, Cdsa'
palam ct mten1u," hefollowing rendering: "Pom
pey ate CLANS by night, Caesar by the pail full and
in the day time. ''.''.'"It was stated at an anti
Mormon meeting that the arms of Utah consists
of bee hive, protected by lion rampant, al
whose feet is the American eagle, couchant and
badly puckcd. '.''.''''A giraffe belonging to the
Mcnagcre of Herr Driesbach & Co., and SaiG to
be the only animal of the kind in America, died
at Cincinnati, on Saturday. 1t was valued al
S., 900. '''''.'"A meeting of planters was held ih
Washington County, Georgia, few days ago, to
adopt measures for shipping cotton direct to Liv-
erpool 1t was determined to try the experiment
with 1O2 bales. to be shipped from Savannah by a
common factor, as early as the Goth of December.
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writes from Santa Fee, New Mexico, that they
have there four kinds Of meat for breakfast, w:
Gram, lamb, sheep and mutton. ''...'"To pre-
vent your hair from coming out, never let your
wife catch you kissing the servant girl. '.'It is
reported that the famous Gen. TON THUMB, now
in France is very dangerously i'll, and not expect
IN Tuan ~. trhi
lishments in Ohio and Indiana use FIVE millions of
bushels of grain annually. ...'''''"A Judge in In
diana threatened to fine lawyer for contempt of
court. 81 have expressed no contempt for the
court" said the lawyer, ION the contrary have
carefully concealed my feelings"
The Texas Legislature adjourned on the 25th
ult., as a mark of respect to the memory of the
late Gen. HAMILTON, of South Carolina. ......."Mr.
PEAsE, the Five Points Missionary, states that
there are nearly forty thousand prostitutes in New
York city. .'''".."The New York Htrald says the
average daily circulation of that paper for the
last three months, has been eighty thousand copies.
If tue Herald preserves the usual accuracy Of its
statements in this, the absolute circulation may be
set down at forty thousand. ''....There arc twen-
ty-four newspapers now published in Kansas, of
which twelve are Black Republican in politics,
four are neutral, and eight are National Demo-
cratic. .'''''".The Presidents Message was sent to
California by special messenger, four days in ad-
vance of its publication here ........' Mayor Wood,
of New York. it is said, will refuse to abdcatc his
place, Insisting that he has yet two years to serve
from the first of January next .........Longwood,
NApoLEoN's last residence at ST. Helena is used
rs corn-mill. '......The amount expended by
American travellers in Europe is estimated at
SlO,OOO,OO0 annually. y.".''''Printing on this con-
is estimated that over l6,LoO0OO of br ok have
been put into buildings this yeas at Keokuk, To-
wa. ......"In North Carolina fourteen mountain
peaks exceed in height Mount Washington. Their
range of latitude is from 63l8 to some GcO1 feet.
......A petition for divorce has been filed il. the
Sixth District Court of Alabama, on the ground #
the marriage having taken place while the peti'
toner was intoxicated, "without his knowledge
procurement or consent" ".'...."The new Constitu.
ton of Oregon positively prohibits paper money
banks. '.'.''".A youngster desires 10 know how
guns kick, since they have no legs. He is inform
ed that they kick with their breeches. .''''"Punch
in speaking of hoops-which by the way seem tc
seNGssert their supremacy among our lady friends
says '~Q4omque tandem abutere Crinolina paten'
TIA noStra ?''''">S:The Masonic Order in the Uni,
ted States, numbers so~e 800, 900 members.
Recruits for WALKERS Nicaragua army are ad.
vertsed for at St. Louis.
The bridge over the Coosa river, Alabaua and
Tennessee Rail Road, which was burnt down las,
summer, has been re- built, the cars now pass
I daily over ."...."Mobile now ships annually