Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-11-19
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Of stagnated water, and pewter image of
: Satan Onei is a dead leyel, while the other
isa lead dssik
- The Camden Journal says that the
Branch Bank Of the State, and the Agency
ofthe Planters &, Mechanics Bank at that
place, are discounting cotton drafts, to afford
means to merchants to buy cotton and other
produce, Z
In the Representative branch of the
7 Tennessee Legislature, on Tuesday last, Mr..
Nancy introduced resolution instructing
the Senators and requesting Representatives
in Congress from Tennesse to induce the
passageo a law in Congress taxing bank
bills Of less denomination than twenty-five
dollars. Co.,. -. .
49, The late vote in Kansas will range
between fifteen and twenty thousand, indica-
ting population not much below one hun
.dred thousand. This is constantly increas-
ing BY overland arrivals. The Lawrence
,Herala Of Freedom says the roads are COW
cred with wagons of families seeking new
locations. -s~=1- ase
The following postscript to letter
received by the editor of the Mariposa Ga
aette gives unquestionable evidence Of the
great drought prevailing in Merced: "La-
ger is very scarce, and dust very deep. The
inhabitants here use whiskey as beverage
'.--the water being used for agricultural pur-
poses"
We learn that on Sunday last Major
Jas. II. Rion caused himself to be arrested
for the recent homicide; and proceeded
forthwith to Newberry c. H., where he OBJ
tained from His Honor, Judge O'Neal an Or
derfor bail, in the least sum usually in such
cases. On Maj. Rion's return on Tuesday,
he at once gave bail in the sum required
Fairfield Register.
The hunger mob which re-assembled
in the Park, Monday, charged Mayor Wood
with being a humbug, threatening to drag
him from his Office. A squad of fifty police
were sent for to protect the Mayor. Assist
ant Treasurer Geisco, in consequence of a
threat of themob, telegraphed to Washington
for troops to protect the sub-treasury' Mar
.shal Rynders had also telegraphed for troops.
An election for Ordinary of Abbeville
District, holden on Monday last, resulted in
the following vote: For Williams, 3O6 {;
for Hill, 3O5, and for Giles, l54. The vote
was declared in favor of Williams, but a
protest was served BY Hill, and the mana
gers decided that the election was void on
the ground nthat the discrepancy in the
poll and roll of one vote, at Douglass Mill,
was sufficient to inyalidate the election"
The bank paper circulation of the
United States at the present time, is estima-
ted as follows, according to the Hartford
Register :: Bills of less denomination than
FIVE dollars, seven millions; of FIVE dollars,
forty millions ten dollars. thirteen millions ;
twenty dollars, thirty-6ve millions; fifty
dollars, thirty millions; and of the deuomi-
nation Of one hundred dollars and upwards,
forty-fve millions.
The last Chattanooga Advertiser says
awe understand that on yesterday, the 11th
instant, four hundred hogs were killed at the
slaughteripg house of Chandler and Mo-
Gamey's. As yet, we have not been inform
asto what will be the probable price of hogs
this season. Judging from prices in Ken
tueky and Ohio, however, we incline to the
opinion that hogs will not command more
than three and half to four cents gross"
A man by the name of Edgar Fluker,
has forwarded to the Linden (Ala.) Jefer-
soaiaa, q new recipe for the cure of those
painful excrescenees, cancers. The remedy
is cheap and easy of obtaining and applying,
and cannot possibly do any harm. 1t is SIM
ply to hold toad frog, either dead or alive,
TO the affected part for the space of one hour,
repeating the application as occasion re-
quires, With six frogs Mr.. Fluker says he
cured very painful cancer upon his nose,
of faix years standing, and now considers
himself sound and well.
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Gen. S. F. Cary, writing from COL
lege Hill, Ohio, under date of the 7th inst,
toa gentleman of this city, says: 81 have
Just returned from tour through New Eng
land. have passed through Vermont and
New Hampshire, and, upon diligent enquiry,
I could not scertain that single open grog
shop existed in either of these States.
Drinkinglignoris unpopular, and selling it
is regarded as crime. Prohibition works
like charm even in the North "-Erening
Neps.
At a late fire in Cincinnati, Ohio, an
individual who happened to be at the door
Of steam FIRE engine house, thus describes
the effect: ssThe 6remen who were sitting
near, the stove, sprang instantly to their diff
ferent posts. One applied lighted match
to prepared fuel under the boiler, another
Lit the lamps, another got the excited and
impatient horses ready, who started from
their stalls at the first peal ofthe bell, and in
precisely one minute and twenty seconds the
steam fire engine started from the house in
to the street" m> .s
The Holston conference of the Metho:
dist Episcopal Church South, at its recent
conference in Marion, Va, rescinded that
clause in the discipline which prohibits the
"buying and selling of men, women and