Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-01-29

undertaken to mediate, in behalf of his govern
ment, between the belli serent powers Of Prussia
and Switzerland; and, per consequence, q memoir
relative to the Neufchatel affair has been present.
ed at Washington. 1t is the declared policy OF
the United States to permit no interference by
any foreign power with affairs on this Continent;
and logical deduction from this "dor h!n would
seem to require us to remain neutral in .egard to
the affairs of Europe. So, it will be difficult for
the President to approve ofthe officious intermed-
ding by Mr.. Fay. Whether he will, remains to
be seen. .'.""'It is proposed to establish \. c.
Presbyterian paper at Fayetteville; to be edited,
probably, by Rev. II. W. Cunningham, of Neck
lenburg.....".A murder was committed in Ker-
shaw District 1--WE learn from lie Camden Journal
by man named Chesley T. Evans, at the house
of Mrs. Mary Bowen. 1t was the winding-up Of
drunken frolick The murderer has been COM
mitted. .'..."P Partridges are selling in New York
at Is cents q pair !'.'.'"'Thc Uatrhman gives nm
account of "horrible MURDER Friday before
last, committed on the bodies Of one IIaney and
his wife, living near Salisbury, n. c. "llaney
was found on the floor Of his house, on Saturday
morning, with his heal literally split open, be-
sides other fractures of the skull which seemed to
have been done with the poll of the axe. II is
supposed his wife was witness to the attack upon
her husband, and taking the alarm attempted to
escape She was found in lying condition about
a hundred yards from the house, in her night
clothes, her head also cut as with an axe, md
bearing other marks of violence. II is supposed
the murderer pursued her and overlook her on the
spot where she was found next morning. She was
entirely insensible and unable to speak, and died
about two clock on the same day" IIaney was
a grog shop keeper, and the murder may be laid
to the account Of W1ish'y!."'"" Monday Of
last week, 1.-THE Lsyer informs ns) Henry Hancock
was elected Sheriff, and J. A. Stewman, reelected
Clerk, for Lancaster District. ......"The receipts
of Cotton, the present season, at all the ports
reach one million, six hundred and fifty thousand
bales, an increase over the receipts Of any year,
e1ceptng the last. The shipments to England
from New Orleans the past week were $4,000
balcs ....";"AIr. Geo. G. Henry, Of Mobile, has
invented an improvement upnn our manner ofpre-
pairing cotton for market, which promises much
consisting of such combination of the Gin and
the spinning machine as will, in continuous pro-
cess transform the sec,l-cotton into merchantahle
yarn. We copy nm account Of the invention, else
where......"We also publish on the outside page
m article in relation to the important discoveries
in Africa by the celebrated Missionary, Dr.. Lv-
ington; and sound comment upon it, from the
New York Herald. Read both papers, '.'."1t is
proposed, in the N. C. Legislature, to establish
o new county to be called ANsgh,my, out Of part
Of old Ashe county. .....'.'.in interesting history
of tile "fact New Yorker" the forger Huntington,
is on the outside, this week. '.."By order of the
Tennessee Legislature, Gov. Johnson has purchased
the Hermitage of Gen. Jackson for S48, 900 and
male a tender Of it to the General Government,
conditioned upon the establishment at that place
of a branch the Military Academy. The Presi-
dent, in reply, stated TINT the offer would be
promptly communicated to Congress. A good
idea !.'.'''"The Salisbury papers state that the
snow was fourteen inches deep, and n heavier fall
than had been known in many years. '''''''"A dis
patch from Washington, dated Jan. q, says that
the House Of Representatives to-day passed re-
solution causing the arrest Of Mr.. Simonton, the
correspondent of the New York Times. lie made
speech in his own defence upon the charge Of
contempt in refusing to answer certain questions
pnt hy the Committee of Investigation. Another
resolution was passed. holding him in close cnsto-
iy during the present session Of Congress.