Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-04-15

the eternal submcrging of that ~vilestof oil plague
spots, Napoleon, We shall deem it a refreshing
operation. I.'.'".Gen. HENDERSON. U. 5. Senator
from Texas is said to be far gone in consumption.
Gen. DAVIS, of Miss, is still in q precarlous con-
dition. .".."Our friend PERRY GILL, has been
elected Captain of the Calhoun Guards, inChester,
rice. Capt. T. S. MILLS, resigned. We saluteyou'
Captain Your gallant company have done ga
good thing. "."'.""Thc municipal election, held
in Columbia on Monday before last, resulted IN
the choice of the following officers: J. d. TRADE
WELL, Mayor; Aldermen, T. W. RADCLIFFE, Z. >.
BoLLIN, THOMAS BEGGs, A. R. TAYLOR and JOHN
BEARD. "."."The Kcomee Courier announces the
completion of the Blue Ridge Railroad to Pendle-
ton; and therefore gives notice of agrand Jubilee,
to be celebrated shortly..""".A despatch from
Washington, dated April, 8, states that a man
named BEsAscAN, formerly of New Orleans Mt
tempted to shoot Hon. JACOB THOMPSON, Secretary
of the Interior. The Secretary grappled with and
threw him on the floor, dislocating his (BEsAN-
cAN's) shoulder. 1t is thought that the man Is
temporarily insane. .....".Advices from the army
in Utah, to the LIST of March, have reached st.
Louis. The troops would probably move upon
Salt Lake City about the 10Th of May. COL
JOHNSTON has an effective force of 1900 men and
1000 animals in good condition, and it was be-
lieved that he would not wait for reinforcement
before making an attack on the Mormons.
Grasshappers, the Austin Ga:eH" says, are very
bad in the vicinity of San Antonio, and in fact, in
almost oil The counties south west Of Austin
Serious apperhensions are entertained by the
planters that the crops will be destroyed '''''''
DEBow's Press says that hnlfa million copies of
Senator HAMMoID's late speech have been sent to
the North. .....""A gentleman having failed in
business, was asked what he intended to do, and
replied: 81 shall stay ut home q while and get
acquainted with my family !".""..The Washing
ton Union very properly styles CRrTTENDEN's a.
mendment to the Kansas bill, "a bill for keeping
up the Kansas agitation. and making confusion
worse COMPOUNDED. "..''.'"Texas has PSI miles Of
graded rail road, of which 1872 are completed, and
the track laid. ...""The story is told that q Jury
Mt Taunton, Mass, recently, being unable to agree
in q certain case where a man was accused Of
stealing 50. so worth Of nails, reported that they
were willing to pay for the nails and let the pris-
oner go..".."Thc wheat crop in the different
pnrts of Tennessee looks unusually fine and prom
Using. The crop is rs forward ms it has ever been
known in March, and it is growing beautifully.
...."".One hundred shares of the Greenville and
Columbia Railroad stock were sold Mt Anderson
on Monday last ut six dollars and fifty cents and
seven dollars per share, with the assessment in.
cluded.
An indolent boy being asked by his teacher, who
came latest to school? replied, ~'Indeed, sir, can
not say, for I did not get here early enough to
see. ""......G Governor McWILLlE of Miss, and his
estimable wife, have just been blessed with q
twenty.frs pledge of conjugal afection!'""'''''
Portsr's Spirit says that Mr.. TEN BROCK will take
the famous racer, "Charleston," to England, to
contend with the English horses. ''."'''A Penn
~sylvania editor says: "Somebody brought one bot
tie of sour water into our office, with the request
to notice it as lemon beer. IF Esau was green
enough to sell his birthright fort mess of pottage,
it does not prove that we will tell n four shilling
lie for five cents. ...".Wnshington City has a
population of 60, 900. During the month of Feb
ruary, there were SO denths within it.''.:Ex-
President PIERCE writes from Madeira that the
climate of that island continues to prove highly
beneficial to the health of Mrs. PIERCE. '''"''A
wac saws that a Miss is, nowadays, in circum-
ference, Gas good MS n ile.".."'"'LoLA MoNTEz
says it is strange to see what pains men and wo-
men take to catch each other, and how little pains
they take to hold on. "'"""'A writerin the Norfolk
.Argus describes the statue Of WASHINGTON in
Richmond, as having its eyes fixed on the House
of Delegates, and its right fore. finger pointingt TO
the penht,niiary. .'...".Blcssed is he who blows bis
own horn, for whoever bloweth not his own horn,
the same shall not be bowed. "..""'The constable,
MS a preliminary, informed his worship thathe had
in custody JOHN SIMMONS, alias JONES, aims SMITH.
" very we'll" said the magistrate, 81 will try the
tmo romen first; bring in alice Jones'"
The Augusta Dispatch, learns that n duel took
place on Friday last, at West Point, Ga., between
BEN LANE PosEY, of the American, and the editor
of the Commonwealth, of Marion, Ala. The re
suit of the meeting is unknown. "''""'STEAD.
MANS Salem Magazine, has been removed
from Salem to Raleigh, N. c., and will begin a
volume with the May issue. "''"'The
editor who threatened to write two columns o
week about Kansas, unless his delinquent subscri-
bers paid up, says that every one has squared up
his account, and three hundred and seventy paid
one year in advance.