Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-12-09
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What kind of doctor woulda duck
make. A quask doctor.
why is it easy to break into an old
mans house? Because his gait is broken
and locks are few.
Pork is, we understand, selling at
present at six cents, gross. We predict that
It can be bought at from FIVE to six cents,
nett. We. have seen no droVes of hogs as
yet.-Psndleton Messenger.
Il An unharmonious connubial couple in
Cincinnati are endeavoring to get divorce
on the ground that the husband was married
to the wife under false name, the minister,
by mistake, styling. him, Edward instead OF
Edwin, at the time of the ceremony.
A little Swedish girl, while walking
with her father on starry night, absorbed
in contemplation of the skies, boing asked
of what she was thinking, replied: 4 was
thinking if the wrong side of heaven is so
glorious, what must the right side be !!
The Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Davis, D.
D., Bishop of the P. E. Diocese. of South
Carolina, arrived at New York few days
ago in the Arago from Harve, who has been
spsading the summer in Europe on tour
forhealth.1 .~.a .i..
The first drove of Western hogs pass
ed through the village this week. A few
sales were made at six cents, gross. With
the number of pork hogs in the country, the
price is considered high, and the article will
probably rate lowerwhen other droves arrive.
--Keowee Courier. . ..
Randolph, aeolored speaker at late
Convention in Utica, told the AbolitionlSts
and underground railroad men, cit is you and
such as you who are the real enslavers of my
race. Your injudieious efforts to free us have
done more than all other things combined to
perpetuate our bondage" Randolph doesn't
seem inclined to color the truth at least.
Mr.. Danseys, has introduced a bill in
the North Carolina Legislature to repeal that
article. the State Constitution which for
bids Jews to. hold Office. An enlightened
and liberal policy, tits tobe hoped, will guide
the assembled wisdom of the old North State,
and decide the immediate passage Of Mr..
Danceys BILL. .@
- The Pittsburgh (Pa.) Press under.
stands that the proprietor of the New York
Ledger, deeming the Presidents salary en-
tirely disproportioned to his services, has
made proposition to double it for the re-
rnainder Of the Presidential term, provided
he will furnish his executive message to the
Ledger exclusively.
- The Columbus (Ga.) Times, of Satur-
day, says that Orton & Olden's circus CON-
pany were all arrested while playing at Au-
burn, Ala, in consequence of members
having killed a man named Key, at Locka-
polka, on the previous day. A crowd of
sixty followed the company to Auburn, and
fred some twenty shots, ipjuring nobody.
The company submitted and returned for
trial.
"A man in Buffalo, New York wears
a most rare and ancient curiosity in the
shape of wooden watch, only one hundred
and ffty-six years old 1t was made by Cas-
per Glsz Stetten, in Switzerland, in l7O2.-
The pinions and verge are of steel; the bar
rel, main and scope wheels are composed of
brass, and so is the balance. The rest Of the
watch is entirely of wood, including the
case.
e. It is stated that the President has re-
1ceived information from Japan that a full
embassy from that country will make its ap-
pearance in Washington, some time in May
or June next. They will be brought to
Panama in an American steam frigate, and
thence proceed to New York. 1t will be
marked by splendid presents to the Govern
ment from the japanese Emperor.
We are pleased to learn that Mr..
Stokes, late of the Laurensville Herald, has
purchased from the veteran Seaborn the Far
m,er and Planter, and proposes to remove it
to Columbia. twill be editedby one Of the
ablest farmers and planters in the State, and
will be commenced about the twentieth of
January next. 1t will be printed with new
type and on fine paper, and published at the
low price of one dollar, for thirty-two octave
pages monthly. We wish it full success
Carolinian.
- A singular circumstance happened to
a young lady in Cincinnati few nights
since. The evening or rather all the day
previous, she had been complaining Of Sc.
we're pain in the head and eyes, more, par
ticulary, the latter. Judge of her astonish-
meut and that of her friends, to find the fol-
lowing morning, that during the night she
had become completely cross eyed. The
transformation occasioned her no additional
pain, and has been since, a mater of much
speculation.
Senator Douglass was serenaded in
St. Louis on Wednesday night last. In the
course of his speech acknowledging the COM
pliment, he said "Our political .confedera-
cy was susceptible Of improvement and ex-
papsion. If this doctrine of popular sove-
reignty is carried out we can add new terri
tory and make new States without any diff.
Guilty. We can add to our possessions Mex
leo and Cuba, and all territory adjacent. 1T
is the mission of the Democracy to expand
said he. If other territory is required and
demanded-he was willing to take it into the
Union"
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