Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-01-21
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENTS.

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The weather is horrible just now, and when the
Washington weather is horrible it is so emphati-
cally.
Gen. WALKER left this morning for New Orleans.
| He is the most modest looking man imaginable,
and seems as gentle as Miss just coming out.
Upon close study. however, you see intense ear
ncstness written in the outlines OF the face of the
modern PIzARRo. The orators of both houses will
continue to define their positions on This interest
ing theme.
| Important intelligence is expected to-day from
Kansas, as to the result of the voting on the 4th
instant for State officers. jim LANE anf squad
of his myrmidons are paid by subscript to9s from
the East to howl and, i. must be confessed, they
do howl con amore. "'Tis their voca tion." which
they follow with becoming zeal. A great deal of
Importance has been attached here in certain in
fuential quarters, to the split in the Free State
party on the question of voting on the 4fh. The
majority of that side have, tits said, voted; which
in spite of their protest, is construed as an implied
acquiescence with the Lecompton Constitution.
A very interesting article is copied into the u.
MON from the London Times, upon the question of
slavery. The Times considers that the slavery
question is just now coming up for solution; that
the Ab litionists will have to sing in n subdued
tone rs to the improved condition of the cnfran-
chiscd slaves. The Times insists that emancipn-
ton in the West Indies is failure. This is the
most decided article which has yet appeared in
the Times, and marks strongly the reaction going
on in the opinion of the civilized world. The ab-
solute ruin into which the British West India
colonies nre rapidly falling; the insecurity Of
their possessions in the East the rumbings of the
have brought England "to pause and look back" 1"
She can no longer afford to commit suicide in the
West India colonies. Another signal sign of the
times, is the action of the French Emperor in re =
yiving the African slave trade. 1t is done, it is
true, under the euphonious term Of voluntary emf
grafton, but this decciycs nobody. II is said that
there is in the mind of the aforesaid Louis Ma
poLEoS, the germ Of great idea on this vexed
question of slavery. 1t is said that the Emperor
thinks that St. Domingo belongs to France. and
that the negroes had better be at work, than eat
ing pumpkins and sleeping in the sun. LOUIS
NAPOLEON is IA practical man. France is the great
power Of Europe. Tropical colonies with slave
labor are valuable appendages. Hence then, tis
not surprising that the "nephew of my uncle"
should turn scrutinizing look to the ebony king
DOM The financial disasters which have so Sc.
rously affected Europe, render it more and
more difficult for the laboring classes to exist ;
and as one Of the modes Of amelioratng their con.
dition, the development of the tropical countries
by African slave labor is manifest Ir is evident
therefore, as stated by the London Times, that the
slavery question, as great labor question, is
rapidly assuming more striking proportions We
know that the agitation Of this question, will re-
dound to our advantage. Let it then 60 on.
CATAWBA.