Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-09-01
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-T The New Orleans Delta says that Bob
Harlan, the colored man who accompanied
Mr.. Ten Broeck to England, and is one Of
the best race managers in the United States,
won $4,000 on the recent successes of the
American horses.
"A letter from Bresica speaks Of a
large number of Hungarians deserting from
Nerona and Mantua, and says "they have
decided to emigrate to America rather than
trust to any amnesty which Austria can
grant.
"A coroner in Arkansas, after empanel-
ling jury, said: tNow, gentlemen, you are
to determine, whether the deceased came to
his death by acoideuce, or incidence, or by
the hand of the inoendiary.' The verdict
was that The deceased came to his death
by accidence in the shape of a Bowie-knife. ,
by taking up shrubs or plants about
this time, with some of their own soil about
the roots, and placing them upright in a Gel
lar until October, then transplanting them
into pots, watering them with solution of
half an ounce of salt ammonia to pint Of
rain water, you will have summer flowers in
winter.
- The Faquier White Sulphur Springs
were sold last Wednesday to Mr.. Higgins,
of Caroline county, Va, for $4,000. The
watering place known as the Rookbridge
Baths, in Rockbridge county, was sold last
Saturday to William A. mann, for s2l, 900,
The Cold Sulphur Springs, in the san g coun-
ty, were also exposed for sale, but BID in by
the proprietor at $40, 900.
- The descendants of Mrs. Mary Breed,
the oldest inhabitant of West Lynn, Mass,
lately held picnic at North Saugus. Grand
mother Breeds now IS years old, yell and
happy, blessed in her children and cbildren's
children to the fourth generation. She saw
nine carriage loads of her descendants in
front of the old homestead, eager to escort
her on visit to the hamlet where she was
born, and to the groves where she rambledin
childhood.-Lynn Ne'os.
In addition to the disastrous issue of
re-opening the slave trade, it is said that one
reason why General Houston was elected
Governor of Texas, was the unpopularity of
the policy pursued by Governor Runnels
toward the people of the frontiers. He did
not afford them adequate protection against
the Indians. Houston was pledged to do so,
and the frontier counties voted for him and
against Runnels almost to man. He beat
Rnnnels by 5000 votes, which is more than
he otherwise would.
- The Detroit Tribnne says that imme-
diately after great shower last week, a
gentleman residing in that city, on walking
about his premises, discovered large num-
Der Of striped or garter snakes, averaging a.
bout six inches in length. Some of them
were on the front porch, four feet from the
ground, and some on the kitchen door steps,.
He commenced killing the reptiles until he
had despatched forty-seven by actual count.
His neighbors also killed quite large num-
Der, and the finding of the 'snaix' continued
four or FIVE days.
- DR.. Emmons' advice to young preach
ers was not to preach over thirty minutes,
saying, sthere are no conversions after the
first half hour Wesley held the same opin-
ion, and said in one of his letters, 'if any,
then, of the preachers exceed their time,
(about one hour in the whole service } |
hope you will always put them in mind what
is the Methodist rule. People imagine the
longer the sermon is the more good it will do.
This is grand mistake. The help done on
earth God doeth it himself; and he does not
heed that we should use many words
"A letter in the Poutotoc, Miss, Er-
amiaer, iutimates that one Caleb S. Manly,
known as DIR. Manly who, good many
years ago, had plantation on the Butte
hatchie, Monroe county, Miss. who resi-
ded in the upper part Of Aberdeen who had
a great big bell' to ring his negroes up be-
fore day who worked them hard, whipped
them we'll, and clothed few of them badly,
and who was known as the worst master in
all those parts-had sold his negros, put the
proceeds in his pocket, removed to one of
northwestern States, and become rampant
abolition lecturer.
The Richmond Advocate having oc-
casion to overhaul the present statistics Of
Methodism in the United States and Canada,
says: Here are the Methodist denominations
that we can now give an account of, with
the numbers in each: M. Z. Church,
North. 5S,472 members; NJ. f. Church,
South, 699,175; Canada Conference, 49,
OS6; East British American Conference,
1855; Methodist Z. Church, 70,0lS
Wesleyan Methodist Connection, 10000;
African Methodist E. Church, $4,000; AT
ricau NJ. E. Zion Church, 6203; Evangeli-
cal Association, or Albright Methodist, 2l,-
O66. Total 1867 ,937."
1t is said that accidents on railroads
being so much more rare in England than
in the United States that travellers do not
avail themselves of the privilege Of insurance.
But in the United States the adoption Of
the system of life insurance on railroads
would work we'll, it is thought, both for In.
surance Companies and passengers, or their
relatives. In England it is brought to such
great perfection that at almost any station
there are agents empowered 10 issue the re-
quisite policies-which are simply tickets.
Two or three pence additional paid on pur.