Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-01-12
MERE-nIENTION.


ia, entered on the discharge of his Executive du
ties on the I'd instant ........Col. L. 7. WIGPALL
Senator elect from Texas, has arrived in Wash
iuston and taken his seat. This adds anothe
voter to the Democratic party. The Wash
ington correspondent of the Savannah Repubh
can in speaking of Col. KErrr, says Il take hin
to be about SO and 40 years of age. That make
&c, doesn't it, Mr. Matthew Mates ?..,...Welearr
from the Standard, that Mrs. ANNA WYI1E, wifi
of the late Judge PETER WYLIE, died in Cheste
on the 18th ultimo ..,...."0ne of our exchanges
advertises for two compositors 'who don't ge
drunk and adds that 'the editor does all thu
getting drunk necessary to support the dignit.
of the establishment '.........The French Bulge
for the ensuing year calls for an expenditure o
of $4,000, 900. ......."There was a heavy fal
of snow in New Orleans on the 1st instant. .'.'.
A horse arrived in New York, on Saturday, from
Italy, only seven hands high. He is to. be sen
to Washington to Mr.. BUCHANAN, as presen
from ]. H. BrNDA, the United States Consul. '.'''
It is no wonder that the wind is solemn ant
mournful; it has swept the fields Of mortality fol
a hundred centuries. ......."The Chester STANDARD
states that at HERNDoN's extensive sale Of lanc
and negroes, in Union, week before last, proper
ty sold very high. One likely negro girl brought
the extraordinary price of $4,000. ''''...A writer
in the Winnsboro' Register promises to be one
of thousand to subscribe each hundred dol.
lars, to secure a line Of freight and passenger
steamers between Charleston and Europe. '...''"'
On the authority of the New Haven Journal, il
is stated that COL SAM. CoLT, of Hartford, has
made arrangements to establish n mandatory
for firearms at Richmond, Va. The capital
required is 81 100000, of which Major W. M. B.
HARTLEY, of Connecticut, has agreed to furnish
one. half ..... The Charleston Courier says that
the New Court of Appeals opened in that city
on Monday last. O'NEALI, Chief Justice; JOHN
sToN and F. H. WARDLAw, Associate Judges.
The Petersburg (Va.) Express says that birds
are very plentiful in that market, aud that rob-
ius were sold there by the bushel, price one
dollar, on Saturday last. ..'...It is stated that
the late JOHN E. Cook was born on the 18th Of
May 1880, was sentenced to death on the 10th Of
November, executed on the 10th Of December,
and his child was born on the 18th of last July.
......."Some of the Southern papers are in faver
of exchanging the six New England States for
the island of Cuba. ......."A poor man out West,
whose wife has just presented him with twins
the fourth time, has applied for divorce on the
ground of her having an ouerdearing disposition.
.......Tbere is q firm in New York under the
mild and soothing title Of 'Snapp and Byte. ''''''
The Government of Farini has published decree
suppressing the Tribunal of the Inquisition as
with modern civilization. ..'.."'I In
of the act of Spain in declaring war
against Morocco, thousands of Jews have been
to abandon all that they possess, and
to seek protection under the friendly shelter of
the British flag at Gibraltar. '''..''"REMBnANDT
PEALE, the celebrated painter, is said to be seri-
ously i'll. ......The imports into New York for
the past year amount to $113, 100000, against
SEC, 900, 900 last year, and 000O,0 900 in 1857.
........Women can easily preserve their youth I;
for she who captivates the heart and under
standing never grows old. .''.'""HooPER, the
delegate from Utah, is in Washington, waiting
the organization Of the House to present an ap-
plica;ion for the admission of Utah into the
Union as State. ........LoLA MoNTEz is reported
to have written a drama of great pathos and
beauty, which has been accepted at one of the
London Theatres.