Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-04-30
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"A square foot of snow was weighed
in Rochester, New York, last week, when its
quantity was found to be 37s pounds.
- Mr.. Powell, who painted the De Soto
Picture for Congress, has been appointed by
the Ohio Legislature to paint representa-
ton of Perry's Victory on Lake Erie-thc
price not to exceed'$5 900. 1t will be placed
in one of the pannels of the rotunda of the
new State House. '
- An Irishman was asked at dinner
whether he would take some apple pie. "Is
it houlsome?" inquired Teddy. "To be
sure it is; why isn'tit?" "Because," said
Teddy, ~ once had an uncle that was killed
with appleplexy; and, sure enough, thought
it was something of the same SORT"
Some precious poet defines gbeautiful
extract to be helping young lady out of a
mud puddle" This is almost as bad as the
wit of Hartley Colerldge who once being
asked which of Wordsworth's productions
he considered the prettiest, very promptly
replied, "His Daughter Dora"
- The Boston Times of Thursday says :
The Rev. Sebastian Streeter, whose 74th
birthday occurs this day, which is also the
50th anniversary of his wedding day, asserts
that the whole number of marriages solemni-
zed by him in Boston, is .four thousand one
hundred and si1ty-nine! May the Lord
forgive him for the misery he has caused.
- On Sunday morning, 18th of April,
we learn from different portions of the coun-
try, that the whole face of the land was COW
cred with snow and sleet. Snow fell within
twenty-five miles of this place. What are
we coming to? This is certainly the most
remarkable Spring ever known. The pros
pect for Texas is anything than pleasant
Houston (7sras) Telegraph.
The Petersburg Va, Express says: {:
"Our citizens are beginning to observe the
unusual number of slaves that are constant
ly passing through Petersburg ON their way
South; and to the minds of the many the re-
suit appears inevitable that it will need but
the work of ten or twenty years to clear Viz
ginia completely of that part Of her popula-
ton. A company of one hundred passed
through on Saturday.
- There is society in London the OBJ
iect of which is to send missionaries among
the fugitive slaves in Canada. At a recent
meeting the society was addressed by the
Earl of Shaftesbury, Hon. A. Kinnard and
others, and it was resolved to form three Ia
dies committees in London to solicit sub.
scriptions to aid in establishing several mix
ed schools (for whites and blacks) among
the fugitive slaves in Canada. Such school
is now in existence at London, Canada West.
At public sale of negroes in Dahlo-
mega, Lumpkin county, Georgia, on the 7th
instant, the following prices were paid: A
boy, II years old, brought Sl,lO4; girl,
16 years old, brought 81, ,lO6.50; two boys,
oldest II years old, brought $500 and 1922;
woman, 35 years old, and child, 4 years
old, 81 ,012; two small children, $3.50. They
were sold on credit till first of June next,
with note and approved security, with in
terest from date. .......
- Captain Rynders has shown COM
mendable spirit in the opening lecture given
to his subordinates, but We have heard of a
late appointee who was equally terse, and
triAe more particular in his instructions
After receiving his commission he went to
his place of businessand called up his clerks:
"Now boy" said he, ':you're used to work,
and l am used to whiskey. You attend to
your part, and I'll do drinking enough for
the whole Of you"
a prominent New York physician
was robbed on Thursday afternoon, while
passing along Ninth street, near Callowhill,
by yelled female. The woman suddenly
stepped up to the NJ. d., and before he was
hardly aware of her presence she snatched
his gold spectacles from his nose. The as,
tonished doctor was too much surprised to
give any alarm, and the woman escaped
The physician returned to his hotel with no
very favorable opinion of yelled women.
-One of those old gentlemen whose
age is supposed to entitle them to say any
thing, made the following extremely rude and
personal remark to young officer in dis.
tinguished regiment about to proceed to
China: "Well, sir, we'll; you are going to
Canton, eh, sir ;? Well, I can only say I hope
you won't fall into the hands of the China,
men, alive or dead for if you're alive they'll
kill you, and if you're dead or when you're
dead they'll eat you. Sir, believe that it
is an undoubted fact that the Chinese eat
puppies"
We have been grati6ed, says the War
renton (N. CO. News, with the sight of some
small nuggets of the real "Simon pure stuff
from the mine of A. H. Davis, Esq, at Ran
SONS bridge, about twenty miles from War
renton. We understand about forty hands
are employed in the mines at that place,
averaging from so to so so each hand per
day. The precious metal is generally found
in grains among the gravel, but the nuggets
we saw were turned up in ploughing. The
largest weighed about ten pennyweights Of
pure gold, and with others of less size made
a pretty pile.
- Mrs. Polk, the esteemed widow ofthe
ex-President, has determined to reside in
Washington during the next session of Con-
gress. Heretofore, since her husbands death
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