Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-11-05
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Holloway married his step mother, the sec.
'ond wife, the widow Of his own father She
had SIX children, three of them by his faith
,er, and three by himself; and having nine
;children of his own, the couple set up house
keeping with Is children.
The Caroziaian in paragraph in
regard to the Methodist College, says: -
This edifce is nearly completed. 1t will
furnish, educational facilities which many,
no doubt, will Immediately avail themselve
of. Under the patronage of the large and
influential body of Methodists, it must sue
ceed as an institution of learning.
- It is stated, "by authority" that a
new fashion is about to be introduced by the
ladies of Buffalo-no less in fact than an
immense calash, which is to be attached tt
the waists of the dear creatures, to be raised
aud lowered at pleasure, like the top of
buggy. Bufalopapcrs frantically ask, "wha'
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The Carotiniam says that the WORK
on the State House is progressing with al
possible rapidity under its present efficient
management The basement story is nearly
completed, and makes beautiful appearance
The masonry within-the bricks being.very
fine-is unusually firm and substantial in ap
pearance. When completed, it will be
most imposing structure.
II. F. Fowler, who was recently tried
at Union Court, on charge of negro steal
ing, and acquitted, and also charged with
felony in Georgia, made his escape from
Mr. Washington, who had him in charge
on his way to Georgia, on the 18th ult., By
jumping out Of the car window, at Lewisville
onthe s: C. Rail Road, leaving his hand
cuffs and chain in the car. The band-bil
states that it is believed he received as
sistance in Columbia which enabled him tc
escape. ~,
The Postmaster General has made ar
order that all Postmasters whose compensa
tion exceeds twelve dollars and fifty cents pei
quarters shall be supplied with wrapping pa
Der, twine and sealing wax for the use Of
their Offices by the Post Offices Department
and the rule adopted March IL, 1855, has
been repealed. All Postmasters whose com
pensation is less than twelve dollars and
fifty cents per quarter can purchase, for the
use Of their Offices, a reasonable amount ol
these articles, provided the net proceeds is
not less than twenty dollars per year.
We have few further particulars Of
Brigham Young's threat. Capt. Van Vlieat,
Government Agent at Palmetto, Kansas, has
lust returned from Salt Lake. He reports
that the Mormons refused to permit the
United States troops to enter the city, aud
that Gov. Young publicly declares that he
will burn the prairies, and thus deprive the
animals of the expedition ofsubsistence, and
burn his own city, if necessary, before he
willsubmit to demand of the government.
The report of the murder of surveying com.
panies by Indians are contradicted.-C Char.
lesion Standard.
We learn from the Charleston papers,
that the following only are the suspended
Banks. Bank of the State of South Carroll
ma, Branch Bank of the State at Columbia,
Planters Bank of Fairfield, Branch Bank
of the State at Camden, South Western
Rail Road Bank, Planters and Mechanics
Bank, Bank of South Carolina, Farmers
and Exchange Bank of Charleston, Bank Of
Hamburg, Bank of Newberry, Exchange
Bank of Columbia, Peoples Bank of Char
lesion. And we learn from the same source
that the following are the Banks paying spe.
Gle: Union Bank of Charleston, State
Bank of South Carolina, Bank Of Charles
ton, Commercial Bank of Columbia, Mer-
chants Bank Of Cberaw, Bank of Chester,
Bank Of Camden, Bank of Georgetown.
- The steamer Baltic brought from
Liverpool 972,000, 1858, 1861 The day
before the Baltic sailed, it had been ascer.
tanned that e270,000 more, (l,350,O0O,) J
just received by the Red Jacket, from Aus
tralia, had been taken up for the United
States. This amount has, it is said, arrived
by the Persia. The California steamer now
due will add 81, 500, 900, making the large
aggregate of So, ,213, ,495. When the hoar-
ders, large and small, perceive that English
capitalists are sending gold in large amounts
tobe invested in our low-priced, we'll secur-
ed, paying stocks, and in the purchase Of
our equally depressed produce, the frmness
of their grasp on their money bags will be-
come relaxed, and they will hasten to place
their boarded treasure again in the keeping
of the banks.-Chorzeston Evening Ne,rs.
We saw yesterday letter from the
eminent house of Cuddy, Brown and Co.,
Of New Orleans, to one of their correspond.
ents in this county, proposing to send car.
90 of cotton direct to Liverpool, for account
of the producers. We understand that Mr..
Shepherd Brown, the head of the house,
proposes to go to Liverpool himself for the
purpose of experimenting the sales of cotton
shipped by his firm. This is move in the
right direction, and we hear that quite a
number of planters who are out of debt, are
entering eagerly in the proposed arrange