Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-06-30
Straps & fafts,

eSk sWoenoo WILL Hu1oAoA'SA5 SHN A~"'S -
sTing," have been put in circulation at Nor
folk Virginia.
The agent of French house was in
Newark, N. j., last week, endeavoring to con-
tract with some of the shoe manufacturers
to, furnish 100000 pairs of shoes for the
Frepch army.
"A New York correspondent of the
Taunton Gazette writes that Sickles tran
gully smokes his cigar on Broadway every
fine morning, and that a few days since some
Of his friends gave him splendid dinner at
Delmonico's.
a wag says in journeying lately he
was put into an omnibus with dozen persons,
ofwhom he did not know single one. Turn
ing corner shortly after, however, the omni-
bus was upset. ssAnd then," said he "l
found them all out"
The Secretary of war has refused to
permit any more officers on leave, to depart for
Europe. It is feared they might join some of
the armies, and in the event Of being taken
prisoners, would lead to serious complica-
tions, which our government desires to a.
void. .s
Hon. Henry s. Foot has been nomi-
mated by an enthusiastic public meeting at
Yazoo, Miss, as candidate to represent the
fourth Congressional district in that State.
He consents to run unless some other avail
able candidate representing his general views,
shall be brought out by the "opposition."
AN exchange says :-"Show us a
newspaperwhose columns are crowded with
new advertisements, and we will show you
a community alive with business and enter
prise. The age is moving one. The man
that stands still these latter days will, in a
short time, find himself behind his competi-
tor"
The remains of the late Alexander
Hamilton, buried thirty-seven years ago in
the New Haven cemetery, were day or
two since exhumed for the purpose of being
removed to Bridgeport (where his sons re-
mains have within few years been deposit
ed.) The coffin, being of mahogany was
found to be almost perfectly sound, and the
skeleton appeared perfect
"A "general reader" sends the follow
ing prescription to the Pittsburg Gazette -
"a poison of any conceivable description and
degree of potency, which has been intention
allysor accidentally swallowed, may be rem
dsred almost instantly harmless by simply
swallowing two gills Of sweet oil. An indi-
vidual with very strong constitution should
take nearly twice the quantity. This oil will
mostpostively neutralize every form Of vege-
table, animal, or mineral poison with which
physicians and chemists are acquainted"
"A correspondent of the WATERFORD
San challenges any man or set>of men to a
game of "mumble the peg" The provisions
to be in accordance with the ancient rules
of the game, as follows: "The game to be
played with medium sized jack knives, with
or without handles, and having at least one
blade and the peg Of wood two inches short
and not to be driven into the earth more
thsnthree inches deep. The purse to consist
of The stakes, which is nothing up all round,
a like sum to be added by our chess club,
and which the winner is to appropriate, be
the same more or less"
"A fatal epidemic is prevailing among
hogs belonging to distillery near Auburn,
New York. The hogs were imported from
the West about five weeks since, and were
one thousand seven hundred in number, Of
all sizes and of different ages. Some three
weeks ago the disease made its appearance,
On the first day thirty hogs died, and the
number increased to one hundred and fifty
to two hundred hogs per day. They were at
tackled suddenly, and died within three min
utes. All kinds of medicines have been used
but they refuse to act. One thousand hogs
have thas died within the last two weeks.
a few days since, on going into my
back yard where freshly killed pig hat
just been hung up, man who knew, 1 wa
curious in such matters, said, "There, now
there's the mark as Satan made in the here
of swine before they ran down the cliff in
to the sea-" pointing to five dark marks OIL
the skin of the inside of each fore leg. o.
my questioning him, he assured me he hat
never seen pig without them q have since
looked at Eve and they had the same;) ant
be said the tradition was that all swine hat
them ever since the casting out of the devil
which destroyed the herd in the sea. NJ
queries are, does this mark always exist 2
How do anatomists account for it Mote
and Queries.
"A correspondent of the New Orlean
Crescent, in writing from Minatitlan says
An engineer, connected with the Jeckelsul
veying party, informs me thatin runningh
line across the mountains between this plac
and Tehauntepec be came across Indians VIII
had never seen white man in their lives
who spoke no language known to his party
and were absolute "free-lovers," living al
together, and twenty or thirty men and VIC
men sleeping in one bed, and acknowledge
a community of wives and proprieties. L
another place he passed through villag
where the Indians had light hair, fair com
plexion and blue eyes; ; and yet another tow
where all the inhabitants were lepers covere
with the whitespots of that detestable plague
Such are few of the human wonders to b
scared up in this section, and we only nee