Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-02-05

"a S' USHSS3 &%'"t'3 ~ '-'
s, C., in letter to the Herald, has accept
ed the challenge offered by Col. Lane, of
Kansas Territory, to Col. A. W. Doniphan,
and Col. A. G. Boone, to meet him and
settle the vexed question by single combat.
About two centuries and a half ago,
the Legislature of Scotland enacted that Ga
good and Sufficient school" should be erect
ed and maintained in every parish. 10
these FIVE words-"a good and sufficient
hoei--introduce into an act of Parlla-
ment not longer than mans thumb, is
Scotland indebted at this day for nearly eve
~ solid glory she possesses.
The Westport, Mo. correspondent of
the St. Louis Republican, under date Of
the 21st ult., says that the Kansas Legisla-
ture have repealed the law against the cir
culation of inceudiary documents. A reso-
luton had also passed both Houses, under
which Convention will be called at an ear
ly day to frame State Constitution. !.
-A writer in the last Cotton Planter
and Soil Of the South, says that an analysis
of the Corn Cob recently made by DR.. Jack
son, proves that in hundredth part of the
cob there are only four and a half parts of
nutritious matter, and concludes that they
are of "scarcely more value to consume as
food than as fuel" He says that it can on
ly be proftably fed to that class of animals
requiring what is termed by farmers rough
ness-such as fodder, shucks, ect., and that
only when the corn is ground with the cob.
He eregards it rs a positive injury to hogs.
THE Memphis News of Friday last has
the following paragraph. A young man by
the name of W. Dixon, who has been for
some time past engaged in Col: Locke's es-
tablishment, yesterday received the. crafty
ing intelligence that fortune of three mil
lion of dollars had been left him by an un-
Gle lately deceased in North Carolina. We
understand that he will start on immediate
y to take possession of his newly gotten
wealth. Quite handsome New Year pres
ent.
German writers are discussing new
science. 1t goes by some unpronounceable
name which in English means 'the Physi-
ognomy of the Human Form" Its theory
is that the body indicates in great degree
the quality and characteristics Of the mind
That not Phrenology, Physiognomy, and
Temperament are to be taken into account,
but the whole frame-elbow, shoulder, chest,
and back; face and head, &c., if studied
carefully in detail, are as indicative of char
acter in man, as they are of speed and
bottom in horse.
We understand that family, (says
the Danville Register) consisting of an old
man, his wife and daughter, were dug out
of a drift around their cabin, on the oppo-
site side Of the river, on Monday morning
last. When the snow was removed and an
entrance to the cabin effected, the old man
was found sitting on stool, venting his ex-
ecratio1s on snow storms, landlords, and all
foreigners in general. When interrogatad
as to the creature comforts within his imme-
date reach, he said he had no FIRE nor wood,
and no provisions; but that was small mat
TER when compared with his total destitution
of "spirits." a..
.-- FARMvILE, Va, Jan. 27.-A diff
fculty occurred up at Hampden Sidney COL
lege last evening, between E. A. Lang
horne, of Lynchburg, and son of DR.. Edie,
of Christanburg, Motgomery, Va, both stu
dents at the College. This morning they
met in the passage of the College Building,
when the quarrel was resumed, and finally
terminated by the drawing Of dagger on
the part of Langhorne, who Immediately
plunged it to the heart Of young Edie, caus-
ing his death in few minutes. Langhorne
has been arrested, and the truly deplorable
affair has caused quite sensation at the
College and vicinity.
pom the reception, in Columbia, of
the melancholy intelligence, by telegraph,
of the death of the late Preston S. Brooks,
the Mayor of the city Immediately ordered
the great bell to be tolled, in respect to his
memory. The exercises of the South Caro-
lima College we're suspended, and the chapel
bell gave forth the mournful tone which sig
nifed the departure of one whose memory
the whole State will reverence while memo
ry lasts The Students of the College held
a meeting, at which was adopted series of
resolutions setting forth the sorrow of the
meeting for the death of Hon. P. S. Brooks,
as that of patriot and true friend to the
South Carolina College.
The Charleston Standard, of last
week says! Our telegraphic column this
morning contains news of great interest re-
garding the cause of Gen. Walker in Mica
ragua. The intelligence, from very relia-
bic source, that Walker was on the point of
capitulating, is certainly startling, in con-
trast to the favorable accounts which has re-
Gently reached us. Our latest advices, pre-
vious to the despatch published this morn
ing, we're by the James Adger at New
York. The report of the Purser of that
vessel represented Walker to be in better
condition; and that he had at Rivas 1900
men we'll conditioned and equipped. Pas
sengers by the same vessel gave statements
somewhat contradictory of this. They state
that officers and privates were deserving Wal
ker's standard and that destitution and sick
ness are making sad havoc in his ranks.
Which Of these accounts is entitled to the
fuller credit, it is hard to decide; but with