Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-04-14
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- The Charlotte Democrat of the 9th
says: The freight on the Charlotte and
South Carolina Railroad have been very large
recently. We learn that one train Of twenty
nine cars arrived this week freighted with
goods for merchants of this place and ad-
joining countless
- The Lancaster Ledger reports that j.
W. Cooke, Esq, member of the Lancas-
ter Bar, and formerly of the Winnsboro'
Bar, has received authority and license as
preacher in the NJ. E. Church, South, and
preached his first sermon on Saturday even
ing. 49,. -..
Wednesday slast will be remembered
by the clerks 10 the New York post Office.
The foreign letters despatched were S5, l87; !;
the foreign letters received per Niagara, Kan
garoo, and Persia, were 72,499 !; add to
these 10000 for domestic, sent and received,
ana we have total of nearly 200, 900, ma
king the largestand heaviest days work ever
known IN that post Office.
THE Military Commission appointed
by Gov. Gist, to examine into the condition
of the Militia of the State, preparatory to
report to the Legislature, held their first
meetingin the Military Hall, Charleston, last
Friday. We learn from the Mercury that a
variety of schemes and plans as bases of ac-
tion were submitted and ordered to be prin-
ted. The Committee will hold the next sit
ting at Greenville on the 5th of August.
The Port Gibson ReveiNe gives an
account of the recent Mississippi hail'storm
as it developed itself at that place The
editor says: "A friend sent us large plate,
containing six of the frozen missiles, which
though one hour and twenty minutes after
the storm, were of the size of pound weight.
Some of these missiles were obloug, measur-
ing ten inches in length and two or three
in thickness
The Port Gibson (Miss) ReueiHe
gives the following notice of the death OF
Sarah Holly, of that place: The widow
of Christopher Holly, free woman of color,
was buried yesterday. She died, owning a
thousand acres Of land and thirty negros.-
Her husband lived near town very many
years, and was esteemed gentleman. HOLLY
and his wife were as black as any of their
slaves, and always conducted themselves
well.
Great excitement prevails at Stafford
and Northampton, in England, in conse-
quence Of the introduction of sewing ma
chimes in the manufacture of boots and shoes.
At meeting in Stafford, attended by 2:eOO
makers and binders, it was stated that 5000
persons had been thrown out of employment
in Northampton, and 1,000in Stafford, by
the introduction of machine.sewu tops, and
union was formed for resisting the innoVa-
tion.
subscriber, residing in Marion coun-
ty, Florida, has sent to the Editor of the
Savannah Republican number of squares,
blooms, and young bolls, taken from stalk
of Cotton that has lived and Aourished in
that county throughout the winter. They
are the product of the present year, and the
plant from which they were taken, together
with number of others on the same plan
tation, is now six or eight feet in height
They afford evidence of the extreme mild
ness of the late winter in that latitude.
"A beggar in London accosted mem
ber of Parliament, and, telling piteous
tale, said, elf your honor does not assist me,
I shall be compelled to an act that nothing
but desperation could tempt me to do."-
The honorable gentleman gave him shilling
and walked on, but an idea struck him; so
he called to the beggar, and asked him what
he had meditated doing that was so desper-
ate. "Can't you guess?" said the beggar.
81 should have been compelled to hunt for
work, which nothing but desperation could
have tempted me to do"
The Greenville Patriot relates the
following instance of green old age, and adds,
with significance, that 'his habits have been
temperate:' sMr. Jesse Trammel, residing
in the upper portion of this District, who
has attained the age of one hundred years,
served all last week in Court as petit juror.
What is most remarkable, he went thorough
the labors of the week without serious fa-
tigue hearing and sight is as good as most
men thirty years his junior, and he is still
possessed of good memory and intelligence
The Rev. Alexander Gregg of Che
raw, South Carolina, is, we believe, the only
Minister in the Episcopal church in that
State who belongs to the Order of the Sons
Temperance. He is not only a member of
the Order but gives to it his earnest and
continued support. Brother G.. stands high
among the clergy of his own denomination
as man of talent, learning and piety. When
an individual thus situated has the boldness,
courage and independence thus to stand up
for our cause, we love to record the fact
Crusader.
We learn from the Greenville Enter
prise that Messrs. Cover, Cox, Markley &
Co., have by dilIigent exertion succeeded in
detecting the Williams, who applied the torch
to their extensive factory some months since.
James S. Parker was arrested upon suspicion
and confessed that he, at the instigation Of
one George J. Oberle, set fire to the work
shop; a journeyman boot-maker, Augustus
Weiser by name, has been discovered to be
an accomplice in this daring piece of vii