Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-04-08
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hill of life, and stays to bliss US with its
presence throug all life's weary way.
- The man who thinks his wife, his
baby, his house, his horse, his dog and him.
self severally unequalled, is almost sure to
be a good humored person, though liable to
be tedious at times.
-A young Irish girl, who was rendering
testimony against an individual in a court
of law, said: II am sure he never made his
mother SMILE" There is a biography Of
unkindness in that sentence.
- An editor, who has probably suffered
some, tells people how to stop a paper. He
says "call at the Office and fork up ar
rearages and order it stopped like a man,
and not refuse to take it out of the post Of
fee and sneak away like a puppy.
- Among the bills passed by the Legis.
lature of Massachusetts,, is one making two
divisions in the crime of murder, the first of
which, where it is premeditated, or life ia
ken while in the commission of felony, is
made punishable with death. The second
degree is punished by imprisonment for life.
We learn that one of the cadets, an
orderly, was suspended on Tuesday, for
some misdemeanor in one of the rooms-up-
on which eleven others made common cause
with him, and the twelve are suspended un-
til the meeting of the Board of visitors In
November next.-SouM Carotntan.
- Thos. johnson, an American sailor,
who endeavored to seduce regiment at Sun
derland, England, to "rise, disarm the off,
GERS, march on the town, and proclaim the
Republic" was tried for the offence at Dur
ham a~ssizes, and was sentenced to a months
imprisonment.
The Barnwell Sentinel says, that two
of the oldest citizens living in the vicinity
of Hamburg, or perhaps the District, died a
few days ago Mr.. James Jordan, supposed
to be at least IS years, and his wife lOl -
Mr.. Jordan died on the 18th, and bis wife
on the Goth Of March.
The Madison (Florida) Messenger has
reliable information that Billy Bowlegs "has
surrendered his sword, and is now at Tampa
with his whole party, waiting the consum-
nation of arrangements now being made. to
be transferred to the West. 1t is said the old
gentleman was in a shockingly ragged and
dirty condition, when he presented himself
at Tampa"
- Last evening a man applied to the
harbor police station for lodging, and upon
searching him one SIS gold piece was found
upon him, three half dollars, twenty-five
quarters, forty.four ten cent pieces, twenty
seven FIVE cent pieces, and twelve three cent
pieces. In additionn to the above, the indi-
vidual had on three coats, two pairs of pants,
two shirts and one frock, and stated that he
had the Glitch" He was provided with lodg-
ings forthe night.-Boston Trareler.
The following is supposed to be the
number eff newspapers in the world: Ten in
Austria, fourteen in Africa, t%wenty-four in
Spain, twenty-six in Portugal, thirty in Asia,
sixty-6ve in Belgium, eight,6ve in Den
mark, fifty in Russia and Poland, three hun
dred and fifty in the Germanic States, five
hundred in Great Britain and Ireland, and
two thousand in the United States-total,
1854. From the foregoing, it will be seen
that in the United States are issued nearly
twice as many as in all other nations conf
tined.
The Confederation learns from Col.
Garrett, agent of the Greek Indians, who
lately passed through Montgomery, that
Billy Bowlegs and his warriors-6fty or
sixty in number-have all agreed to remove;
and that Sam Jones and party, (only some
forty in NUMBER being the remainder of the
tribe, will, in all probability, consent also
to emigrate. Thus will terminate the TWEEN.
ty-two years. war with the Semiuoles. The
prices agreed upon each arc $1,000 to the
chiefs, $500 to the warriors, and $3.50 to
the squaws.
"A dry goods dealer, doing business in
the "Island Ward" East Boston, has step
ped out leaving his creditors under the
following mom8fM circumstances He man.
aged to sell out most ofhis stock in trade, du.
ring the last week or two, collected nearly
all the debts due him, sold his household
furniture at auction, and then informed his
friends that a near relative of his family had
died out West. He tied a yard or so of black
Grape on the door handle, closed up his store,
and is among the missing. The shop, on
being opened, presented a sad and solemn
appearance to his creditors .-Boston Her.
aid.
- The Washington onion gives the fol-
lowing description ofthc sceuce in the House
of Representatives on Thursday, when the
vote was being taken on the Kansas Bill:
Every seat seemed to be filled, while the
doorways were crowded by an eager throng
striving to gain admittauce. The ladies'
galleries we're full to overaowing. The
seats assigned to the diplomatic corps were
occupied by several members thereof, who
doubtless embraced the occasion to take u
lesson in the democratic mode of disposing
of a great and exciting question. The scene
was altogether impressive, ami the proceed
ings of the House unusually decorous and
orderly. Including the Speaker, there were
two hundred aud %thirty-three members in
their seats, only one being absent, Mr.. Caro-
theirs, of Missouri. We have no recollection