Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-09-16
nIERE.MENTION.

According to statement made by the Superin-
tendent of the United States Mint in Philadelphia,
"The weight of one million of dollars of United
States currency in gold is So, $50 troy ounces"
This makes 4479 lbs. 2 oz.-or nearly two tons
and quarter, reckoning 1000 lbs. only to each
ton. .'.....A West Point letter says that the Sec
retary of Var has determined to shorten the
course of study, OF the Military Academy, from
FIVE to four years. ......."A man in Philadelphia
has been sentenced to six months Imprisonment
for stealing an umbrella worth three dollars
An anti Mormon paper is about to be established
in Great Salt Lake city. This is "bearding the
lion in his den. "..'''.."Two negro boys fought a
duel, the other day, in Mississippi One was bad
ly wounded, and the other killed-one laid up, the
other laid out. '''''."The Southron says that the
Jail yard at Orangeburg C. II. was sold at auction,
on Monday, for the sum of S2,355. .'...."There
were but two deaths in Warrenton, Va, in 1857,
among the white population, and none as yet, this
year. '..'..."An Irishman in Albany is going to
have his life insured, so that when he dies he can
the cold charities Of the world as he once was.
Hon. ZoLLIKoFFER, of Tennessee, famous in the
days of Know Nothingism, has recently been ap-
pointed President Of the Nashville aud Chatanoo-
go Railroad. ''''''"'The editor of the Kingstree
STAR has been presented with grape, of the Soup
pernong variety, measuring four inches in crcum-
ference !..'.".The New Testament is about to be
published in the Court dialect of China in octave
volume, of about $50 leaves, at cost of twelve or
fifteen cents copy. .'.'..."'An aloe planted near
withering fruit-tree causes it to revive. How
would it do to plant whitening old bachelor by
the side of good wife Guess it would rcjuvc-
nate him upon the same principle. ''''.."A woman,
feet in height, was at the American Hotel,
Indianapolis. on Thursday of last week.
On the 1st instant, the annual mass, in honor
of Gen. LOPEZ, was performed in the Cathedral at
New Orleans. ''''''"A clothing merchant has been
arrested at Trenton for selling clothes cheaper
than his brother cothiers, and held to bail in $500
not to do so any more '....'"It is estimated that
the bank note circulation of the banks throughout
the United States on the hrst of July, was one hum
dred and fifty millions of dollars resting on spe.
Gle basis of one hundred millions .'...'The Wash
iugton correspondent of the Baltimore San thinks
that Congress will take early opportunity to re-
wise the policy of the government with regard to
the slave trade. The maintenance of squadron
on the coast of Africa, involving annual expense
of q half million of dollars and the occasional
cost of transporting captured Africans to Liberia,
will induce grave inquiry on the subject''''.."A
whale WAS captured in North-r,ver, Gloucester
county, Va, on the 9th inst. '"'"The people of
Arkansas are taking measures to effect removal
of free negroes from the State"'''.''A man named
PLATr, who processes to be Christ, undertook to
preach in New Haven, on Sunday. ...'''..It is re-
commended to housewives, in making their pickles,