Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-09-15
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sy rock, near some pond full of bull frogs.
a young Tennessee girl recently mar
ried an entire stranger. alledgiug that she
would have plenty of time to become &C
quainted with him afterwards.
-sPatrick, hereafter you will commence
work at FIVE in the morning, and leave it at
seven in the afternoon" Sure, sir, would
not it be better to commence at sivin, and
lave at FIVE in the afternoon 2"
- The Quebec Gazette notices the i'm
mersion in the Baptist Church of that place,
of Mr.. Freshman, late Jewish rabbi in
that city, and his family, numbering seven
children. There were a great many Chris
tian ministers present.
A meeting of enthusiastic Irishmen
was. held on Monday night, says the N. Y.
Express, when it was resolved to present
horse and furniture, worth $4,000 to Mar
shal McMahon, the Duke Of Magenta. 1t
is understood that the Sixty Ninth Regiment
will make similar demonstration in favor
of Gen. Neil.
"A gentleman in this District, (says
the WaNalla Banner was offered for seven
negroes, five girls (two of them under four
teen years of age,) and two boys Gone only
H. the sum of nine thousand and fifty dol
lars in cash. This is an average Of $685.
IS. We challenge the State to show higher
figures than these from Pickens.
IF man laugh at you, treat him with
profound contempt; if he offer you his sym
pathy, regard him as huckster, who is
trying to palm an inferior article upon you,
for the sake of receiving large profit in the
gratitude he expects in return if he praise
you to your face, accept the praise as an
atonement for the tongue-lashing he intends
to give you behind your back.
When railways were in their infancy
in England it was supposed that they would
injure the estates through which or near
which they ran, and the English Cabinet
Minister, Nh. Labouchere's father, received
the compensation of $3.50, 900 for an imagi-
nary detriment of this sort. After his death,
his son, finding that there was no injury to
the estate from the vicinity of the railroad,
but the contrary, refunded the sl5O,OOO.
j. B. Armstrong, of this District, has
invented machine for measuring distances,
which promises to be very useful. 1t is at
tached to buggy or carriage wheel, and so
arranged as to strike at every mile. A per-
SON may travel where there are no mile posts,
and at the end of the journey, by this simple
machine, he is enabled to tell the exact num-
Der of miles he has travelled. Mr. Armstrong
thinks he can furnish them at about S.
They are said to be very correct, and will no
doubt find ready sale.-Barn'oeH Sentinel
In the Monthly Law Reporter for
August, published in Boston, there is an
"Essay on the use of the seal in legal in
struments." The writer traces its history
from ancient times, and justly attributes its
use to the want of learning among all class
es, which was so common that many of the
clergy were unable to write. This ignorance
no longer existing, the old law maxim comes
into play, Ratio est legis anima, n'utota le-
ais ratione mutata est ler-which may be
rendered, the law changes with the reason
for it, This in fact is the construction of
the writer, who can see no utility in the
employment of little piece of wafer, gum
or wax, neither of which possesses any thing
at all personal or distinctive. Beside, the
majority of the States have already abolish
ed the formality of the waxen seal.
- Under the head of "Somethiug Worth
Knowing" the Cincinnati Comm'erctalsays:
A day OF, two since workman, descending
a well which had been excavated on Barr
street, was overpowered by the noxious gas,
and dbecame insensible. A light was let down,
and as Immediately extinguished from the
same cause, when one of his comrades pro-
posed to descend to his assistance, but was
prevented by the foreman, who wisely re-
marked that one man could be rescued more
easily than couple. As speedily as possible,
be procured a quantity Of uuslaked lime,
which he cast into the pit, and then dashed
down pail of water. The good effect was
evident in brief space of time, for pull
at the rope was felt, and the man was drawn
to the surface, having fortunately escaped
any i'll consequence from the remedy which
had been used to dispel the carbonic acid
gas.
We are grati6ed to learn that our CO.
temporary, the Courier, has we'll nigh CON-
pleted its arrangements for greeting its nu-
merous readersin an enlarged and improved
form. 1t is an evidence of continued pros
perity which is as creditableto our commun-
ity as it is to the able management bestowed
upon the Courier. Active and enterprising,
always on the alert, and conducted with a
skill and persistence that ensures success,
few cities can boast of superior daily
Journal. We trust that, with the improve
ments decided upon, our public will the
more literally bestow their patronage. Such
improvements are not obtained without an
expenditure of money and experience, un-
thought of and unappreciated, save by those
who are themselves aware of their magni-
tude. We await the appearance of the Cou-
rier in its new dress with much the same
feeling as one views new and elegant resi-
deuce erecting for successful friend
Charleston Mercnry.
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