Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-04-30
. nIERE.NIENTION.

4 beautiful poem will be found on our outside,
contributed by Mrs. Stratton, sufficient guaran-
tee of its excellence ....."The Columbia papers
announce the death of VIM. F. Arthur, for many
years Deputy Secretary of State and since the
decease of Maj. Hart, Keeper Of the State House
and Librarian of the Legislative Library. .'''''.'
The principle of rotation in office was recently mp
piled for the first time in South Carolina by the
appointment of Mr.. Conner District Attorney in
place of Mr.. Evans. ......."The Trustees Of David.
son College, n c., offer salary Of 81 200, with
residence for Professor Of Bellies Letters, SC.
The election will he made on the 18th July. '''''''
Capt. Ed. DeReu, Professor of Fencing, has been
appointed by His Excelcncy, the Governor, In
structor at the Military Academy, in the Sword
and Bayonet exercise. ''....." Another comet has
made its appearance, and between two such fiery
bcligercnts, the earth stands indeed, upon the
sspcrious edge of battle';-ook out for the crash
.......The Protestant Episcopal Convention of
South Carolina will assemble in Camden on We'd
nesday, the sixth day of May next, 10 o'clock.
Mai. Henry A. Mectze, Of Lexington is
nominated in the Rising San, to fill the vacancy in
the fourth Congressional District, caused by the
death of Hon. P. 8. Brooks The friends of Gen.
J. H. Hammond announce in the Edgeheld -Adrer-
iser, their determination to run him nolens rolens
for the same post. ..'....The University of North
ern New York was recently burnt-loss unknown.
......The Steamer Liberty was burnt to the wa
ter's edge at Plymouth, n. c., q few days since.
Loss S2O, 1000. .'.''.."T. C. Thackston, Esq, has
relinguished the Editorial chair of the South Side
Democrat and intends removing to South Carolina
Church 70. S. in the United States of America,
will hold its next meeting in Lexington, Kentucky,
on Thursday, the 2lst Of NIay next, and will be
opened with SCI mon by the Rev. Francis Nc
Farland, D. D., Moderator of the last Assembly.
........A sub-editor announces that the editor of
the paper is unwell and piousy adds: "All good
paying subscribers ore requested to make mention
of him in their prayers-the other class need not
do it, as the prayers of the wicked ayaleth moth
ing" according to good authority. .''.'''""Remem-
Der, ye who ridicule a..young man for his parsi-
mony, that by and by he can be generous when
you have nothing to give.
The State Penitentiary at Huntsville, Texas, is
now turning out an average of seventeen hundred
yards of cloth per day. The Item thinks this
equal to any production of Northern mills in pro-
portion to the labor employed. .'''''"'The Spartan
says Oscar NJ. Lieber, Esq, who has been for
some time engaged in n Geological and Mineralog-
ical survey of the State, has now entered upon
that section embracing Union and Spartanburg
Districts to which field he will con6ne his labors
during the summer. .........The Post Office at Bow
lingville, Union District hos been discontinued
.'"The Church of which Rev. DR.. B. NJ. Palmer
was formerly pastor, presented him since his re-
moval to New Orleans, with an elegant service of
silver This gift DR.. Palmer acknowledges in the
most grateful manner by letter which we find
published in the Columbia papers. .''.'.'Col. John
w. Forney is said to be very i'll in Philadelphia,
and his numerous friends are very anxious as to
his final recovery ......"'The telegraph announces
that the Governorship of Utah has been rendered
to Maj. Ben McCulloch, of Texas. '"'""A man
named Hefferman laboring under delirium tre-
mems, stabbed six men on the steamer Statesman,
on the 7th, few miles above Evansville, Ind
Two of them are not expected to recover. ''''.'.'
The first volume of DR.. Hawks History of North
Carolina has been published. ''''''"We receive
this week q new exchange, the Chapel Hill Ga
zette.