Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-03-19
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mer, living near Broad Run Station, virgin
ia, lately slaughtered hog which weighed
COZ lbs, nett ! Who has hog to equal that!
-Ex-President Pierce stated to dep
utation of Tennesseeans, who called upon
him on Friday, it was his intention, at as
early day as possible, to visit the South
The Sydney (Australia) Morning Her
aid states that nugget of gold was recently
found at Louis Greek, the value of which is
estimated at 100000. 1t is said to be the
largest ever found and weighs 5 cwt.
- An extensive planter who has recently
examined large number of plantations in
the parish of St. NIary's La, assures the
New Orleans Bee that the prospect of the
next sugar crop is magnificent, and was neV-
er finer than at present.
The Boston Post says that the draft
of Washiugton's farewell Address, in his
own hand writing, has recently been stolen
from the State Department at Washington,
and efforts to recover it have been unsuccess-
full.
a quaker in business in Philadelphia,
disliking the "Esq." to his name, advised
Southern correspondent to direct his letters
without any tail, and received reply super
scribed Amos Smith, without any tail,
Philadelphia.
-Ex-Secretary Dobbin left Portsmouth,
Va, Wednesday morning for home, accom-
panied by Hon Mr. Winslow, of North
Carolina, and his attending physician. He
was quite i'll, and unable to respond to a
public reception which had been prepared
for him at Weldon, North Carolina.
The Office of Secretary of State, now
filed by Mr. Cass, has been occupied BY
the following distinguished gentlemen since
the formation of the government: Thomas
Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe,
John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, Martin
Van Buren,, Edward Livingston, John Z.
Calhoun, John NJ. Clayton, Daniel Web
ster, James Buchanan and William l.. Mar
cy.
The Chester Standard says that the
family of Geo. w. Curtis, of Chestervllle,
were poisoned last week, and that one OF
them, an infant, lost its life in consequence
Some tea had been made of root, supposed
to be sassafras, and of this the family par
took; but the root was subsequently found
to be jessamine. A negro gave it to neph-
ew of Mr.. Curtis, but he cannot be ldentlh-
ed.
In Africa, one of the most common
and terrible kinds of punishment inflicted
upon disobedient boys is to rub red pepper
into their eyes. Their screams and yells un-
der the operation are savage beyond descrlp-
ton, and it is wonder that their sight is
not entirely destroyed. Adult offenders arc
sometimes subjected to still severer pun
ishment. They are made fast in the root OF
house, and thoroughly smoked with pep
per.
There lives near Cassvile, Ga, one
John Halves; 234 years old, the Standard
saws the oldest man in America. He was
born in Virginia, migrated to South Carolina
near hundred years ago, and was in thlr-
teen different battles in the war of lndepen-
dence. He has lived for most part on the
frontier; his diet is mush and milk for break
fast and supper, and the flesh of wild ami
mails for the midday meal. He attributes
his long life, first, to an unwavering trust IN
Providence-second, to simplicity Of diet
and, third, to always keeping out of debt.
"A duel occurred on the 9TH inst, at
Mobile, between James O. Nixon, Esq, Of
the New Orleans Crescent, and Mr.. Breck-
enridge was shot through both thighs, and
the left one broken. Mr.. Nixon was un-
hurt. Mr.. Breckenridge, our readeas will
recollect, fought duel with Mr.. Leaven-
worth, of New York, in 1855, at Niagara
Falls, where Mr.. Breckenridge was shot
throug ugh the calf of the leg, and Mr.. Leav-
enworth was shot through both thighs, break
ing the left one. Mr.. Breckenridge, it will
be seen, received a wound similar to the one
he inflicted upon his former antagonist
We recently mentioned coal pit ac-
cident in North Carolina, by which several
persons were killed. The Fayetteville OBJ
server says in relation thereto: "The ac-
cident occurred in the nigh shaft. The six
men had just descended the shaft, and step
ped inside, when the foul air ignited, and in
its force hurled one man into the shaft, down
which he fell and was killed. Another was
thrown into the large reservoir of water, and
was drowned. Three others were burned to
a crisp, mutilated and mangled-while the
sixth owes his preservation to a large spike
nail, on which his clothes caught, and pre-
vented his being hurled down the shaft, which
is some 200 feet deeper than the vein Of coal
at which they are now working"
- The Washington Union reporting the
first " Reception" of Mr.. Buchanan, speaks
thus: The spacious apartments of the Ex-
ecutive Mansion were filled on Friday eve
ming with dense crowd of ladies and gen.
tlemeu, who were individually presented by
Marshal Hoover to President Buchanan, and
cordially received Miss Lane, a niece of the
President, who will dispense the hospitalities
of the Executive Mansion, also received the
salutations of the throng, and those present
of the gentlemen who compose the new Cab
met were warmly congratulated by their nu-
merous friends. Prominent among the dis
tinguished citizens was e1-President Pierce,
who was no less an object of respectful at