Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-07-22
rfERE.MENTION,

MERE-MENTION.
Prof. r. W. BARywELL, of the South Carolina
College, has been elected President of William and
Mary College, Virginia. To one so young in years.
this is certainly 9 distinguished compliment. We
indulge the hope, however, thai Prof. BARSwBII
will elet we'll enough alone. "..."...The Enterprise
chronicles the formation of two fourishing D:vis'
ions in Greenville District; and says that temper
ance principles are spreading in that field. Keep
the ball moving, brother! The Spartanburg
papers announce the sudden death Of W. THUR
LOW CASTOR, of Camden, at the residence OF his
brother. in.law, Prof. CARLISLE, in Spartanburg,
last week. Mr.. CASTOR occupied the position OF
a prominent lawyer, and was, besides. dlstln'
puished BY his earnest devotion to the work OF re
form in our State. His death will be felt as a
heavy loss. "..."The same journals also chroni-
Gle the death ofMr. JAMES T. FLEMING, formerly
proprietor Of the American Hotel, Columbia. He
died at Chicks Springs, after a shortilness. He has
left many warm friends to mournf for him. "''''Coun-
terfeit trentie, on the Bank of Hamburg are in
circulation. They are good imitations-!datedO
tober 6, 1S56..""."The Montgomery Mail says
that the first Southern League" has been formed
at Bethel Church, Alabama. Five or six hundred
persons were present; among them, Hon. w. L.
YAScY, the leader, and Gen. WALKER. We are
in the dark, 'oSSeer in this corner. Can some one
e~nlighten US?
W. B. McCRE1aHT, Esq, has issued the pros
pectus of a new paper, to be published in Winns-
boro', and styled the Liberty oak."'"'"'Advi-
ces from the Western army say that the forces will
be received peaceably by the Mormons. The or
my, however, was kept in readiness to repel any
treacherous demonstrations. A proclamation had
been issued to the people by General JOHNSTON, IN
which he tells them the army is as ready now to
afford them assistance and protection as it was to
oppose them when in rebellion against the Gov
eminent. 1t was thought this guarantee would
cause many Mormons to evade the despotism Of
YOUNG, who has sedulously inculcated the belief
that the army was particularly hostile to them.
1.-THE troops we're in fine condition and glad to be
released IrOU lnACtlUn. III va
cess MuRAr, Of Tallahassee. Florida. has been ap-
pointed Vice-Regent Of the Mount Vernon Associa-
ton, of that State. 1t is said that Madame MURAT
is the grand neice of WASHINGTON, md by her
marriage with AcHrLLE MURAT, she became the
neice of NAPOLEON BoNApARTE. Who wouldn't be
n young MURAr, with the blood of WASHINGTON
and NAPOLEON, the greatest men Of earth, coursing
the veins &c! Think ofit!.."".'At a meeting of
the Republican General Committee, Of Albany,
New York. it was resolved that ''the Republican
party of this county invite the cooperation Of the
American party to defeat the policy Of the Ad-
ministratior. So the wires are pulled, for the
next election. ."....The last arrival from Mexico
reports that theprdcrs, for the expulsion of fore
igners refusing to pay the forced loan, had been
countermanded.
A friend who lately passed through North Car
| olina, informs the Charleston Courier, that o bu.
rial case, which was on board the ill. fated Central
America, has been thrown ashore near Beaufort,
N. C..".".Theb bell on a Baptist church in Nan
tucket was tolled on Monday morning of last week,
to express the church's disapprobation Of the sins
of the nation. '...".The Judges Of the English
Court of Common Pleas have decided that railway
travellers are not bound to take care of any por-
ton of their baggage, the Company being legally
responsible for its safety. The report is con-
tradicted that q Yankee had invented O machine
to take the noise out of thunder. .'.'".The Mer-
cury says there are at this time in the Charleston
Orphan House 1927 little inmates Of whom COB
are boys, and 124 girls. '...".Col. J. D. WILSON,
| of Darlington, is nominated for Governor in The
Orangeburg Southron. ".'."'.A fine shower fell in
Washington on the 18th instant. The first rain
for forty t,ro doys..".."The citizens of Aberdeen
Mississippi, resolved few days since to raise ten
thousand dollars to assist Gen. WALKER to recov-
er possession of Nicaragua. "~..".BRtoHAm You've
says, 'if our enemies were to come here in a prop
err spirit, they would in one month embrace our
religion" "More likely your wives, old fellow"
puts in Prentice. ....... The Christian Register says
that the clergy cost the United States six millions
Of dollars annually, the criminals nineteen, the
lawyers thirty.fve, tobacco forty and rum one
hundred millions. .....".The Boston, Mas, Jour.
nal says: s'The Boston and Lowell Rail Road
has been in operation twenty three years longer
than any other road throughout its whole length
in the country and yet not one passenger has ev-
er been killed oni t.'.".."JAMEs A. HoYT has pur-
chased q part of the anderson Gazette. "''''The
Paris correspondent of the Boston Traveller, un-
der date of June 25th, says: Complaints are
made from every part of France that the wells and
springs are drying up, and it is said that wine
will! be cheaper than water this year. The wine
crop, it is said, promises to be the largest ever
seen; old wine casks cannot be had now for love
or money, and the potters arc busy making huge
jars like the oil jars of the Arabian Nights for the
superintendent grapes.
1t is calculated that a fluent speaker utters be-
tween seven thousand and seven thousand five hull
dred words in the course of an hours uninterrupt-
ed speaking. Many orators, of more than usually
rapid utterance, will reach eight thousand. and