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

! In Antrim, New Hampshire, few days ago.
! Mr.. JosErn DAVIS, revolutionary soldier, aged
! ninety years, was married to Miss Amra Green
wood. ....."On the first Of this month, in Canada,
the method of reckoning currency ny pounds
shilings and pence, : MS abolished, and the deci-
nal system of this country supersedes 1t. Deci'
nal coins will be coined to meet the requirements
Of the law. They will probably correspond In
value with our own .......In laying a submarine
cable for telegraph between France and Asers'
, it has been discovered that in some places the
Mediterranean is 1000 fathoms deer, or nearly =!
miles. .......The "Dry Ticket was successful in
Chester on Monday of last week. d. PINrIibAcK
was elected lntendant by twenty-ene majority
and Messrs. McNINcu, WALKER, GILL anu Me-
LURE Wardens ........L Late adyices from Washing
ton state that Hon. F. ". PicKESs has accepted
the Mission to Russia .......V ~. Ell, the hbus-
ter, was at Richmond, as the guest of ROGER PRYOR
....."The Merchants Bank Of Chcraw has de-
clared dividend of per cent. ''''''''The Demo-
cratic State Convention of North Carolina Will
meet at Charlotte on the nth Of April, for the
purpose Of nominating candidate for Governor.
.....'..A delegation of the Creek and Seminole
Indians arrived in New Orleans on Thursday
They nre on their way to Florida, with the purpose
of persuading Billy BowhrGS to emgrate to the
West.
The decrease Of travel at the North this winter
is evidenced by the register cf leading hotel in
Ne. York city, which shows the falling off of
nine thousand names, this year. as compared with
the Inst at the same datc. .'......The bank where
the wild thyme grows las declared dividend of
ten scrats on the share .....'."It is believed that
Hon. PIERRE SouLr will be elected Senator from
Louisiana, in place of Hon. J. p. BENJAMIN '''''''
Mrs. HARRIET CHAMBERS, wife of BESJAMIS CHAM.
BERs, ESQ, formerly of Yorkville, diedin Canton,
Miss, on the lst January. .'''''" Better to look
like great fool, than be the great fool you look.
"FIDGEr1yG bliss" is the latest defnition-nnd
not bad one either-for the tender passion, "ovc." 1"
During the past year &c revolutionary soldiers
have died, as have also % persons Of one hundred
wears and over. .....'. Resolutions have been Of
fered in the Virginia Legislature, and printed,
requesting the members Of Congress and Senators
fr,m that State IL endearor to procure the admis-
sion of Kansas under the Lecompton constitution.
........The Kentucky democratic convention has
endorsed the Presidents policy in regard to Kan
sas. fllbusterism &C. ..'..."Neccssity has no law,
but an uncommon number of lawyers. ......A
miss is as good MS mile Of old women. ''.'.'. At
a meeting of the Trustees of Chapel Hill on the
5th inst, Prof. W. S. MARTIN was elected to sue
ceed the Rev. DR.. MITCHELL. rs Professor of
Chemistry, Mineralogy and Geology. He is
natvi f Richmond, Va.
An office has been opened in Washington for the
encouragement Of emigration to Nicaragua and
portions Of Central America, the object being
peaceful colonization, as recommended in the
Presidents Message. .'...."Gen. WALKER passed
through Augusta on Sunday last. .'''.''"'The Wash
ington papers report the confirmation by the Sen
ate Of the nomination of the Hon. F. W. PIcKENs
as Minister to Russia. ..''"'A slight shock of an
earthquake was felt at Lockport n Y, on Satur-
day last .....'"The barquc Gay Head arrived at
Boston, brings from Constantinople l9 live Ango-
ra goats and sheep for the government ''''.''''
Judgment was rendered on the 9th in>t'nt aghinst
G,n. WILLIAM WALKERand his surety, s. F. SLAT-
TER, in the Circuit Court Of the United States at
New Orleans, for $4,000, on the recognizancc of
the former 10 appear to answer for breach Of
the neutrality laws, and which recognizance wns
forfeited by his departure in the Fashion in No
vember '....." Among The appointments of the
President, "by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate" We notice that of WILLIAM. X.
CALHOUN, of this State, as Secretary of Legation
ot Paris