Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-08-19
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addicted to their glass.
.-Aparrotin the Faubourg St. German,
whose age is ascertained, beyond doubt, to
be over sixty years, has actually laid an
egg.
One hundred and twenty-six thou
sand soldiers are to be inspected on a camp
near Warsaw, by the Emperor Alexander,
of Russia, towards the close of August.
The a~rtesian well at Lafayette, End,
now bored nearly through to China, throws
up a stream of water averaging at least two
hundred gallons per hour.
"A Philadelphia correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun saysa gentleman from New
York is in that city, making arrangements
for sending a large number of Mormons to
Utah.
The marriage of a loved child may
seem to APPARENT a kind Of death. Yet there
in father pays but a just debt. Wedlock
gave him the good gift to wedloek, then,
he owes it.
- In 1929, the General Court of Con-
necticut, not having a very good opinion of
lawyers, enacted: "That there shall be in
the colony eleven attorneys, and no more,
viz three in the county of Hartford, and
the other four counties to have two EACH"
At a Fourth of July celebration the
following toast was offered: Hoops and
Tight Pamss-the unqualified Representatives
of financial extremes: May the charms Of
the ladies be as boundless as their skirts;
and may the gents never get as tight as their
breeehes.
MIR. J. B. Stearns, superintendent of
the Boston Fire Alarm Telegraph, on Friday,
rung all the bells of Boston connected with
the FIRE alarm, from the Office of the American
Telegraph Company at Portland. This ex-
traordinary feat indicates the practicability
of a simultaneous ringing throughout the
world, of bells.
One Of the newspaper correspondents
outin Utah alludes to the arrival there Of
some twenty-five sacks of documents, speech
es, &c., sent there under the frank Of Mr..
Bernhisel, the honorable delegate from that
Territory, and computes that the cost Of the
transportation of these precious and valuable
documents was over $4,000.
One of our cleverest and most reliable
friends, informs US that common mullen leaves
smoked in. a new pipe-oDein which tobacco
has never been used-is sure and certain
cure for Bronchitis. The remedy is simple
and innocent, and within the reach of all.
Recollect chat it is no retired physicians
remedy, but is given to us by a citizen of our
own country, who has tried it himself and
seen others, and has never known it to fail in
affecting a permanent oure.-HoHy Springs
Herald.
Seven slaves were sold by the Sheriff
yesterday, under orders Of court, and with
out guarantee, at an average ofSl, 53S. The
highest price was paid for Octavia, aged about
26 years, s2,050; the lowest. vas paid for
Olivia, s1,14O. They were purchased for
we'll known prominent families. When such
prices as these fer slaves are obtained at
Sheriff. sale, two things are clear-that they
are in strong demand, and that they are not,
as is commonly supposed, deprecated by be-
ing sold by the Sheriff.-New Orleans Pic
ogune, 18th sanst.
- We learn that the company which
was formed last year forthe purpose of estab-
fishing telegraphic communication between
the Island of Cuba and the American con-
tinent, have completed their preliminary ar
r%angements, and are resolved to commence
the work immediately. This will be a valuable
addition to our comprehensive system of tele-
graphs, and one that ought to be supplied,
now that the submarine telegraph has been
successfully laid. We are informed that a.
mong the managers of the company are some
wealthy and ~enterprising citizens of Havana
and of this city.-New York Journal Of
Commerce.
We are indebted to the Boston Daily
Advertiser for the following interesting
Renaissance: "On the fourth of August,
1892, Christopher Columbus lost sight of
the most western highlands of Europe
which he was not to see again till be returned
to give to Europe his gift Of this New World.
Three hundred and sixty-six years pass
away, and on the same day thenoblest vessel
in the New Worlds navy comes in sight of
the most eastern of the highlands of North
America; and as the sun goes down she
connects with the American shores the thread
which gives Europe and America to each
other. A majestic celebration ofthe great
hero's faithful endeavor, at the end of a year
of years after it was made"
- The day that the announcement of
the successful laying of tbe Atlantic cable was
made, two dispatches for England passed
through the Boston Office. One containing
ffty.seven words-costing s57; and the
III rtwenty-seven words--costing SIT. Five
dispatches were handed in at the Office in
this city, when orders were given not to take
any more till the line is regularly opened.
The fact is that the mercantile houses in all
our great cities must be in daily correspon-
dence with those in England, France and,
Germany, no matter what the expense is;
and we should not be surprised if, within a
fortnight after the Inauguration Of the line,
it had to be operated day and night to meet
the pressing demands Of trade upon it."
- The Court at huntsville, Kentucky,