Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-06-04
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| President C. F. McCAY, of the South Carolina
COLLEGE, has rendered his resignation .....".It is
rumorcd that Col. JOHN S. PRESTON, will be prof
fered foreign mission natead of Col. PIcKESs or
Mr.. AIKEN ......."JAMEs B. CLAY, son Of the late
HENRY CLAY, has been nominated for Congress by
the democrats of the Ashland district in Kentucky.
1t is said he has accepted the nomination '''.'''
Senator BELL from New Hampshire, died on Mon
day night ......."To ascertain the length of the
day and night any time Of tieSyeGr double the
time of the suns rising which gives the length Ct
the day. ....JoHN W. GREGORY was killed Oh
Tuesday last in Lancaster District, by JONATHAN
B. DOUGLASS WILLS T. GREGORY, the son Of the
murdered man, offers reward of two hundred
dollars for the apprehension Of DOUGLASS ''''''''
Gen PILLOW was severely injured BY falling from
horse at his residence in Helena, Arkansas He
is now in Memphis, and is slowly recovering. $3.50
The town of Addison,in in Steuben county Ohio, has
been nearly destroyed by fire. ''''''"lt is stated
that HENRY O'REILLy, of telegraph fame, offers
to the United States government to build, at his
own expense, n telegraph line to the Pacific, If
military protection against Indians be afforded.
.....It is reported that the cotton crops in many
parts of Tennessee look very unpromising, the
plants are dying. Sugar, however, looks well,
and fine crop is anticipated. '''"'''W When n Balti-
more lady is kissed, she says she is taking choro-
form and remains insensible rs long as the opera
ton lasts. ...''"According to the National Intel
ligencer, the aggregate wealth of the whole con-
Germ of the Rothschds is only about SAC, ,OOO 900.
......A complimentary dinner was given to the
Hon. LAWRENCE NJ KIITT, at the Planters Hotel,
in Cheraw, on Tuesday last. Gen. D. T. JAMIsoN,
of Orangeburg, and other distinguished gentlemen
were present. ......A hotel is to be erected in
New Orleans to cost $500, 900. ''..'."IIon. JAMES
L. ORR, of this State, arrived in Kansas last week.
A complimentary dinner was rendered him, but
he declined the honor .....''"The late census re.
turns Of Kansas resulted in the registry of 1929
votes.
Hon. DANIEL WALLACE, we are pleased to learn,
has recovered from the dangerous attact which
threatened his life, and the Spartan6urg Express
says he is now looking quite we'll again. ''''''"The
commencement of Wofford College is expected on
the 9th Of July. Bishop PIERCE is under appoint
ment to preach the commencement sermon and the
Calhoun Literary Society have elected Hon. L.
M. KEITT to deliver their Annual Grafton. .''''.'
The Home Journal is responsible for the latest
definition of beauty-that which has puzzled the
brain of the wisest philosophers 1t says: "Beau-
ty, dear reader, is the vonan you lors-whatever
she NAV seem to others "......" Mrs. Gen. ScoTT
is lying dangerously i'll in Paris, and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Maj. Scorr, will sail on Saturday to
ioin her. .... Green corn has made its appearance
in the vegetable market of New Orleans. '.''..'..
Until the thirteenth century straw was the bed Of
kings; and previous to that time, the king and his
family slept in the same chamber. '''"'''The old
established grocery and provision house OF BEALE,
MELIcH s. DEWITT, in New York, failed on Mon.
day, in consequence of losses by speculations in
Erie stock, amounting to nearly one hundred
thousand dollars .......A medical man says that
those lauies who make it business to trouble dry
goods clerks and never buy anything ought to be
called dcounter-irritants. ........In Williamson, Bur-
nett Bastrop and other western counties of Texas,
many families ore suffering for want of bread
Public meetings had been called for their relief.
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