Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-09-03
MERE-MENTION.

ftucky.. ....."Revs. LESTER and KELLY, Tof this
! State addressed the Grand Division of the Sons of
Temperance Of North Carolina, Mt its hte session.
.......The Western Recorder, Baptist paper, con-
tans an account Of the expulsion of q member of,
that Church, on.a charge of laziness. ''.il In the
vicinity of Boonvillc Missouri, there are some 6f-
ty or sixty acres of ground IL 'der vineyard, which
will produce this year about 5000 gallons of
wines worth there 50 O. gallon. .'''''"''ln the Leg
islature sof Alabama the Senate stands twenty
eight Democrats and five Know Nothings, and the
House eighty,fve Democrats to fifteen knoWNoth;
ings, Democratic majority on joint ballot only
ninety-three. Steps are being taken IN fred'
erck and ,other counties of Virginia. TO-, get up
petitions to the next Legislature, asking that body
to confer upon the county courts power to sell free
negroes. in cases where those depending upon
] thom for support arc neglected, the money to go
to the maintenance of their families; or, in case
of refusal to pay their just debts, that similar ac-
tion be had. ......"The Florida Peninsular tells OF
live oak tree measuring 81 fcetin circumference,
which throws shade at noon, 45yards in diane.
ter. This tree has but five branches-one occu-
pyins central position; the other four forming
angles, five feet from the ground, and extending in
horizontal lines, giving the tree the appearance,
from distance, of small hammock, with large
tree in the centre. company-sS in number
diued under the shade of this tree, at noon, and
hitched their horses to the limbs ''''''''A A KISS
says an ingenious authority, is like the creation,
because it is made Of nothing and is very good.
'...."Fifty- -four years ago the first camp-meeting
was held in the United States It was held in
Kentucky, and the Mcthodsts, Presbyterians and
Baptists cordially united on-that great OCCASION.
....."A sale of SIS, 900 worth Of mules was made,
in Lynchburg, Va, Tuesday, Sat from Sl4Oto
$50 per head. '.''''"'The Grand Duke of Baden
has granted general amnesty to the numerous
political refugees who left their country in lS4o'
.......A sale of negroes took place near Green's
boro'. N: c., few dayssince. A woman So years
old, brought S4l5; II woman so years old, S5ol;
boy 90 years old, 81 ,32O boy 1s years old,
81 ,31s; boy IS years old, Sl,O75; boy 10
years old, $500; a girl 10 years old, 500; boy
6 years old, S46O '''""During the past month
the thermometer at Topeka, Kansas, indicated
1899 of heat, and at Quindaro 1862, and yet we
are told that slavery ca@not exist there, because
the climate is too cold .''.....Among the list of
patents granted during the past week is one for
Improvement in hoops for ladies' skirts. "'..''''
man in Vermont drank half pint of gin, which
contained q drachm and half Of strychnine. 1t
affected him unpeasautly and made him faint, but
strange to say, he survived. ."'"'"The citizens OF
the Fork (Richland) have formed Regulating
Club" and have voted in case they detect a ne
gro trader to punish him with fifty lashes applied
to the bare back, deeming this punishment not in
adequate to so heinous m offence as that OF lnst
eating negroes to pilfer the substance Of their
owners. ..-
Hon. JoHs Fl. WHEELER, late United States
Minister to Nicaragua, will soon issue history OF
that country, which will embrace numerous per-
sonal observations and consecutive account or
the war in that region. ........Thc Oldest Post
moster in the United States is JOHN BILLrSGs,
who has held the office at Trenton since the year
1906. ......".The native tribes Of Africn regard
the white complexion as an effect Of disease. .''''
A lake, whose bed is covered with mn ine1hausti-
bic supply of crystalized borax has been d;scov-
cred in California This is the only place inthe
world where bora1 is found in this form, n,..'.'..'
LOUIS T. WIGFALL, formly Of this State has been
elected to the Senate of Texas. ..''.""The value
Of taxable property in Georgia increased thirty
millions of dollars last year. The State tax has
in consequence been reduced to eight cents on one
hundred dollars or about one-twelfth Of one per
cent. Here is o practical commentary upon the
internal improvements policy of that noble Com
monwcalth. ........A shawl WIS sold in Philadel
phia, the other day, for Sl,425 In the same
city, women make shirts for six cents and live on
stale bread and mouldy cheese. ''''''''0n the in
spection of the wheels of an evening passenger
train, Mt Lowell, Mass, lately, number of hens
we're found roosting upon the truck frame of one
of the cars, having gone to roost in Boston, and
maintained their position till they arrived at Lo-
we'll. .......On Monday and Tuesday of last
week, nm election was held in Charleston for a
Representative, to supply the place made vacant
by the death of Col. J. CHARLES BLUM. Mr.. W.
WHALEr, was elected by majority of 626 votes,
over his competitor Mr.. T. G. BARKER. ''....."
II has been decided in the General Land Office, !
that colored man, whose ancestors were brought |
into this country slaves, is not entitled to pre-
empton of the public lands This is the first
case based on the decision in the DRED ScoTT case.
......."Five miles of the track of the Memphis &
Little Rock Railroad are laid, and thirty ready
for the iron. The locomotive is at last an insti-
tuition in Arkansas '....."The first bale Of new
Cotton produced in this State was received in
Charleston on the 2Sth ultimo, from the planta-
ton of Mr.. NJ. BUTLER, Lewisville, st. Mathews.
The first bale last year was received on the l4th.
....".E EUGENE SUE, the celebrated French roman
ist died at Paris on the Sd ut. lie was born in
1903, and was, consequently, not fifty years of
age at the time of his DEATH .....""In Iowa,
where a negro can live and flourish and propa-
gate, Republicanism denies him free suffrage; but
in Maine, where negro is novelty the rights
en-comparatively- to nobody and nothing"
The Canadians seem to be getting out with color
ed folks SOLOMON NoRTHRoP, an alleged fugitive
slave, undertook to lecture in Statesville but such
row was kicked up that he ran and locked him
self into room in fear of personal violence ''''''
Gen. HoUsToN will not resign his seat III the Sen
ate at present. He intends to go to Washington