Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-08-11
Seat'ps 4 fatts.
His Excellency, Governor Gist, arrived
in Columbia, on Monday last.

Ills Excellency, Governor Gist, arrived
in Columbia, on Monday last.
The rigid sabbatarians in Massachu-
sets have gone 50 far as to recommend that
funerals be not held on the Sabbath The
next move will be to prohibit persons from
dying on Sunday.
Ministers sometimes take queer texts
for sermons. Rev. Mr.. Pope, of Hyannis,
Mass, on Sunday last preached from the
text els there any taste to the white of
an eggr He not only showed that there
was taste, but that twas the best part'of
the egg.
There is an intimation that Napoleon
III. stipulated in his late interview with
Francis Joseph at Villa-Franca, that the
dust of Napoleon H., the Duke of Riech-
stadt, which reposes in Austria, shall be re-
moved to France, that it may repose by the
side Of that of his great father. ....
At the battle Of Magenta, an ensign
of the. .Aust1ia-Italian regiment Sigismund,
attempted to desert to the enemy with the
flag Of the regiment, but the commander of
one Of the battalions galloped after him, cut
him down, and returned in triumph with
the precious bit Of silk.
The best cotton we have seen this
season is from the plantation of Maj. James
d. Barry; it is not more than 4 feet in
length, but it tbranches out considerably, and
contains bolls innumerable The stalk is
we'll developed, also, and comes as near the
cotton tree, as We have seen it, 1t is really
hard to beat.-hdiqn Land Chronicle.
DIR. Bissell, one of the quarantine
physicians at Staten Island, is of the opinion
that elf persons hair be washed he is not
liable to disease" The Norfolk Herald sup
ports the opinion; $50 important result,
(says that ;paper,) from SO simple cause
may seem incredible to many, but not to US.
There is not more effectual preventive OF
disease than the immersion Of the head IN
cold water the year round"
A touching story is related of aZou-
ave, who had picked up "a wounded Austrian
and was carrying him out of the melee As
he was trudging along with the man upon
his back, he felt something cold upon his
neck, and, cautiously looking around, per-
ceived that the poor fellow, with pair of
scissors, which he had contrived to draw
from his pocket, was cutting off lock of his
preserver's hair, to keep as memento. K
Oregon has adopted State seal. The
escutcheon is supported by thirty three stars
and divided by an ordinary, with the inscrlp-
ton iof ssThe Union" In relief, mountains,
an elkwith branching antlers, wagon, the
Pacific Ocean, on which British man-of-
war is departing and an American steamer
arriving. The second quartering with a
sheaf, plough and pickaxe. Crest-the A.
merican eagle-Legend-the State of. Ore
gon.
Our readers will learn with pleasure
that application will be made at the next
Legislature for Charter for Railroad to
connect Newbery and Chester. Those most
interested in this very important enterprise
are vory sunguine of success in securing the
necessary means to build and equip this
road. Such road is greatly needed and
must and will be built. We will refer to
this subject again at proper time.-Chester
Standard.
The, Camden (Arkansas) Herald Of
the 10th instant, says :-"Never in the his
tory of Arkansas has the prospect of fine
crops been more hattering than now. From
all portions Of The State we receive the most
glowing accounts. A good crop of wheat
and other small grain has already been gath
cred. That there will be an abundant yield
of corn is fixed fact and unless we should
have an exceeding drought we shall have as
much, or more cotton than can be picked.
From our obliging young friend, John
q. Mcdaniel, Census Taker for Chester
District, wereceived the following communi-
tion in relation to the census of the District.
He says: "I have finished my tour of duty
under my appointment, and find the white
population of Chester District to be as fol-
lows males, 3,677; females, S,6SS; total,
1855; majority of females IL. In travelling
over the District I passed Al schools-l9
male teachers and % female. ."-Chester
Standard.
"A correspondent of the London Times,
writing from Milan, says that when the
news Of the peace came he saw young Of
6cer at the Cafe delP Europa draw his
sword after reading the bulletin and break
it against the marble table at which he sat.
He heard others, who related the insulting
words with which they had been assailed by
the populace, smypathising with the feeling
which had dictated those words, and only
nleading their innocence to the transactions
of their Sovereign. The revulsion was sud-
demand blasting to the Italians, that in one
day five persons were carried to the mad
house raving maniacs.
The adoption of the Zouaves and Tur.
cos into the French army, and their successes
against European troops, have incited the
British government to attempt the organiza'
ton of similar corps from their colonies in
the West Indies. Sometime ago the black
soldiers in Bermuda were uniformed a Ia
Zouaye, and We now learn that orders have