Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-03-26
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anniversary Of the "settlement" OF that
place, to take place on the 18th May prox.
Almost everybody thinks that he could
edit newspaper little better than any
BODY else. Yet historians and essayists OF
high repute have made deplorable failures
in this line of literature. They have proven
unsuccessful even in writing "leaders,"
and that is by no means the great work of
journalism.
90 The Union State Committee Of Con-
necticut have issued an address, in which
they recapitulate the acts of Mr.. Pierce's
administration, denounce the late decision
of the United States Supreme Court, and
urge the opposition to organize and stand
. firm, and oppose the principles and measures
of the Democratic party generally.
We learn that on Thursday, 18th
inst, Coroner's inquest was held in this
District, on the body of slave, the proper
ty of Mr.. J T. Sartor. The negro had
died on the Saturday previous, and it was
supposed his death was caused from brutal
beating by Lewis Jones, who had hired him.
The verdict of the Jury, after careful inves-
tigation, was, that the slave was killed by
Jones. 1t is said Jones has hed.-tnton-
vMe Journal. ...., -...... ...
The receipts of Cotton at New Orleans
from Friday to Monday (last) evening were
10000 bales; and the total decrease in the
receipts at all the ports up to the present
time, as compared with the same period last
year, is 100000. The majority of the trade
still favor total crop of not over 3,OOO,OO
bales; but, if recent reports from Red Riv-
er are correct, the probabilities are strong
that the crop will exceed the above figure at
least 100000 bales
jacob Thompson of Mississippi, secreta
ryof the Interiors; a native of Leasburg, Cas-
we'll Co. N. G. His father Nicholas Thompson
settled at that place in early life and followed
saddle and harness making. By diligence
and economy he accumulated large for
tune, and raised family of FIVE sons and
one daughter Jacob is next to the oldest,
and moved to Mississippi when very young.
He and three other brothers graduated at
the University of North Carolina. The faith
er and the oldest son still live at Leasburg.
-G Gen. La Vega, the Mexican General,
is stopping at Willards' hotel at Washing
ton, as is also COL May, who took La Vegas
guns and made him prisoner at the battle of
Pale Alto; and to complete the curious re.
union, COL Magruder, to whom May hand
edTa Vega over for safe.keeping, is at the
same hotel. 1t must be pleasant as we'll. as
suggestive to see these warriors assembled
at the same dinner table, hobnobbling in a
friendly way, and popping champagne corks
instead of nine Founders.
- Dred Scott-who is remanded to
slavery by the recent Supreme Court decis-
ion-is the slave of one of the Massachu-
setts NJ C.'s, DR.. Chaffee, through his wife.
DIR. c. represents ths. Springfield district,
the Argus of which place states the fact how
Scott became Chaflee's slavc-by Chafree
marrying the widow Of DR.. Emerson, Of
Missouri. The decision of the bench that
Dred Scott was not citizen of the United
States aud could not sue in the United States
Court, has remanded him and his family to
the chattlehood of Mrs. Chafee.
1t will be remembered, perhaps, that
nearly four years agoa controversy of per-
sonal occurred between Hon. Jefferson Da-
Wis, then Secretary of War, and Hon. Mr..
Toombs, Senator from Georgia. Mr.. Davis
is now in the Senate. A correspondence ap-
pears in the Union between certain mutual
friends and these two gentlemen, proposing
that friendship shall exist between them
hereafter, on the basis of an oblivion of the
past Each agree to the proposition, and
amicable relations are thus fortunately estab-
lished between these distinguished Senators,
We feel satisfied that reliable letters
have reached this city from Panama, saying
that Messrs. Morse and Borland, the Special
and Resident Ministers from this Govern
ment in New Granada, have been constrain-
ed to demand their passports, owing to the
determination of that Government to refuse
to do Justice to the matters now in issue with
the United States, and that great excitement
consequently exists on the Isthmus, where
it is confidently anticipated that the Govern
meut here will promptly direct United
States vessels of war to take possession of
the ports of Panama and Aspinwall.
- The news received from Bogota by the
last mail, as far as regards the questions
pending between the government of this
country and that of the United States, is
highly important, and we regret to say, as
far as regards speedy and amicable settle.
ment, anything but satisfactory. Indeed, as
far as we can iufer from perusal of the
documents, the stand taken by the Executive
at Bogota is so diametrically opposite to that
of the Cabinet at Washington, that it ap-
pears absolutely impossiblet to reconcile them.
The points at issue between the two govern
ments, as our readers well know, are three,
viz: the massacre of the 18th of April, the
tonnage tax, and the postage tax.
THE names and times of appointment
Of the Judges of the Supreme Court, may
be new to many of our readers. The
Court consists of nine Judges, six of whom
concurred in every essential point with Chief
Justice Tauey in the opinions he delivered
in the Dred Scott Gaze. Chief Justice, Ro-
ger B. Taney, Baltimore Nd, 1886. AS
sociate Justices, John Mclean, Cincinnati,