Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-08-19
oTERE.MENTION.

$50 counterfeit on the Bank of Charlotte,
North Carolina, has been shown the. Fayetteville
Observer. The signatures of the President and
Cashier, H. B. WILLIAMS and:W. A. LUCAS, ore
engraved, not written with a pen; and the paper
is very soft and inferior, This is dated 10Th
July, 1855. "..."."A Democrat in the Nswberry
SIM, dominates Hon. B. F. PERRY for the United
sena.e"."...A correspondent of the Anderson
Gazette gives the following as the chemical COM
pounds of the water at, Williamson springs:-
"sulphate. of Magnesia, ten grains sulphste' of
Soda, nine grains; Carbonate Of Iron, two grains 4;
Muriate Of Lime, one grain, and a trace Of Iodine."
.......Gen. WILLIAM WALKER hate President Of
Nicaragua passed through Augusta on Friday last,
IN his route towards the North. ".""'.Hon. JOHN
T. M,ss,so is nominated in the Charleston Asrc-
m for United States. Senator. "'"".'In Boston,
on Friday last, a woman was discovered by
her the police, with . heavy paddock chained to
ankle, which had been placed there by her hus-
band to keep her from patronizing a neighboring
snuff store. .."...The Lebanon (Tenn.) Wing says
that JOHN J.. CR1rTENDES, who is on a visit to that
town, disavowed all aspirations for the 'Presiden'
cy, and said he would not accepta nomination If
rendered him. ".""..A young fellow in Cincinnati
Ohio, on Tuesday last, made application for a
marriage license, but when called upon to give the
lady's name, could not, for the reason that he had
forgotten it.
The Guardian says that the first bale of new
cotton was sold in Columbia on Saturday last, and
was brought from the plantation Of Col. 7. j.
ROBERTSON. 1t was bought by Mr.. R. ANDERSON,
at Il cents. The quality was 'middling fair"
."..."We learn from dispatches by the Arago,
that the great comet of Charles V, ash is some
lines called, but better known to astronomers as
that of Fabricius, has at last made its appearance,
and will very shortly be visible to the naked eye.
1t has been seen from the Paris observatory
through its telescope, and is pronounced by the
Arapo the genuine article. ...."..GERRITT SMITH
has accepted the nomination for Governor of New
York made by the Liberty Convention. '''''.' The
great American Snowman, BARNUH, is at present
exhibiting TONI THUMB at Baden Baden. He has
announced that he intends delivering lectures
next winter in London oh humbug. ''.''''Gov. Nc
RAE, of Mississippi, is spoken of to fill the vacan-
cy in Congress caused by the death of General
QUIrMAy."..""To kill cockroaches, get a pair Of
big boots, then catch your cockroaches, put them
in a barrel and dance on them. "''"'The Rich
mond, Va, journals quote 'hoop poles' at6@ls,
according to quality and size. "'"""The whole
amount of money for charitable purposes given
away during his lifetime by the late AMOS LAW
RENEE, of Mass, is said to be six hundred and
thirty-nine thousand dollars.
Col. Colt, of Hartford, Conn.,, has had q case
of arms constructed for presentation to the Empe-
ror of Russia. The case WHICH is of rosewood,
lined with silk velvet, contains two largo calibre
rifles (56 and Az, a holster pistol, breech attach
ment, belt pistol, and pocket pistol. These arms
ore highly finished, elegantly engraved, and gold
mounted. ...... The members of the Methodist de-
nomination, in the town of Birmingham, on the
Ohio, have recently had Q serious difficulty about
q trivial matter. Several weeks ago o travelling
exhibition stopped there for one night, and quite
a number of the members attended it, thinking,
doubtless, it would do 40 harm. The exhibition
was a combination Of circus, threatre, 'nigger
dancing" and other pea nut attractions. The
Methodist preacher very severely rebuked the