Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-12-24
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bird there, that when the bird died she went
mad with grief and attempted to commit
suicide by stabbing herself with a pair of
scissors.
- 1t is stated that a resumption ofspecle
payments by the Philadelphia bauksis under
serious consideration. Most of them are be-
lived to be possessed Of ample means, and we
may expect that all which are sound will re-
sumo BY the first of February at furthest.
The subdivision Of Texas into two or
more States is reviyedn the public journals
of that State No State in the Union has
increased in population and wealth during
the last few years more than Texas. Her
estimated population at this time amounts to
more than half million.
- The Hartford co., Press, says that
the Rev. L. Ludingtou, of New Britain,
has been sentenced to twenty days impris-
onment in the county Jail, for breaking, the
windows of the church maliciously y, and in
the night season. 1t is said he was offended
because another clergyman was invited to
preach in the church.
The New York Courier of Tuesday,
says that the work Of resumption is steadily
progressing in New York and New England,
and may be said to be complete with the ex-
ception of Rhode Ishland 1t is doing away
with the nominal premium upon gold, and
has advanced the rate of Southern and
Western exchange.
- Gilbert Fleming was arrested aud
brought to the Jail at Spartanburg, on We'd
nesday, charged with killing George Pye,
who lived near Cherokee Springs. There
are no witnesses of the murder, but the body
of the deceased was founa shockingly mang-
led, and there is circumstantial evidence
against the prisoner.
- The discontinuace of the small note
issue by the Bank of England, and the re-
duction of the rate of discount by the Bank
of France, afford gratifying evidence that the
financial crisis in those countries is past, as
we'll as in this. We may safely look to a
speedy and sound renewal of the great move
ments of commerce and the active operations
Of industry.
- Mr.. John Martin, of London, has been
put in possession of the Jennings property,
which so very long period been without a
recognised heir. The cash he inherits amounts
to the gigantic sum of sS0,000,000, while
his income will be sl,250,00 per annum.
The luckily inheritor has been wretchedly
poor all his life. lie is now wretchedly
rich.
II never sec person proud of his fine
dress but | think, "Well, he has only cast
off clothes, after all; he has the jacket of
the lamb, and the old great coat of the sheep;
from head to foot he is dressed in what the
trees or the animals have used before him.
His shoes are made of hides, his stockings of
the cotton shrub, his shirt of the fax plant,
his handkerchief is spun by the caterpillar,
and his gloves are the waistcoat of the angora.
The new hall of the House of Repre-
scntativcs is very magnificent affair The
roof is constructed of glass and iron, each
panel having painted on it the coat of arms
Of one of the States. The desks are made of
oak, very beautifully carved and the seats
arc also handsomely decorated. The Senate
Chamber is not yet finished. A pretty de-
vice, I notice, is the execution of pictures
on the doors of the Senate Committee rooms
illustrative of the character of the busi-
transacted in them.
- Parson Brownlow informs the "Bor-
der Methodists' some of whom he says are
cutting up high shines on the subject of
slavery in portions of Virginia, that he ex-
poets to pass leisurely through the Valley of
Virginia, in the next spring, giving the pub.
lie a few ideas upon slavery, and L" the mer-
its Of that abolition organization known as
the Methodist Episcopal Church, North"
The reverend gentleman adds, "we are not
Jantering any one, but as we are the advocate
of free thoughts, free speech, free fighting.
and free press, should any conscientious
freedom shrieker wish to defend, We will
divide time, after the true style of Tennessee
stump-speaking ~
"A dentist in Boston after extracting
tooth for married lady, last Friday, took
the liberty of kissing her. Her husband
being informed of the insult, wrote the Doc
tor note with fictitious signature, request.
ing his immediate professional attendance at
No. Norfolk Place. In the meantime he
had provided himself with stout cowhide,
and on the DR.. arrival at the corner of the
Place, he commenced laying the hide on his
face and back with such severity as to draw
the blood freely. AS soon as possible the
parties were separated and the DR.. taken
away. He denies the accusation against him
but declines prosecuting his assailant. Some
800 spectators witnessed the Aogging.
We learn from Fayetteville, that
Wm. F. Wightman, editor of the North
Curolinian, and Mr.. Elliott, a native of
Georgia, who had been residing in Fayette-
vile for some time, committed suicide on
the night ofthe 10th instant, and were both
found dead in their room next morning, at
the Shemwell House They left short note
stating that they had, of their own will and
accord, taken poison, but gave no reason for
the rash act. This is the first instance of
which we have any knowledge, where two
men, by mutual agreement, and with delib-
Grafton, put an end to their own existence at
the same time aud place, in this country. In
France it is not an unusual thing.