Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-02-02
nIERE-n1ENTION.

kill the strongest man. The man who had man
ufactured it had grown wealthy by producing it.
MERE-MENTION.
A cheap and quite substantial article Of wrap
ping paper, has been manufactured from 'ba-
gasse,' the refuse stalks Of the sugar cane after
they have been ground-used, hitherto, as fuel.
death of Col. &. B. DAv1s-commander of the
9Th Regiment Of Cavalry, comprising the Dis
tricts of Richland, Kershaw, Clarendon and
Sumter. ......"Dr. LIVINGSTONE, the celebrated
traveller in Africa, writes to London society
that he has seen eight hundred elephants at one
sight. 1.-The sum Of $25, 900 has been raised
to relieve the sufferers from the Lawrence casas
trophe, .......Love, says Spanish proverb, gives
understanding to woman and takes it away from
man. ........Why should teetotaller refrain from
marrying? Because if he got wife, his prin-
ciples would not permit him to supporter !''''''
CoNcHA, late Governor of Cuba, made fortune
of seven millions of dollars during his admins
tration. ........The question Of the right of the
Senate to legislate prior to the organization OF
the House Of Representatives was again debated
in the former body ON Thursday, and practically
solved by the reference Of bill to Committee.
........The Rev. Fl. A. DUNCAN has resigned the
Presidency Of the Baptist Female College at
Greenvile, in consequence of his feeble health.
1.-THE Institute Hall, in Charleston, has
been secured for the session Of the National
Democratic Convention for one week, commen-
cling April 25, and as long thereafter as the Con-
yention may need it. .........To illustrate the ia
cilities of travel which mark the age, On Eng
lishman said that during the present year he had
eaten sandwich on the top of the great pyra-
mids of Egypt, drank the health of Queen Vic
toria on the verge of the crater of Vesuvius,
and been rather sharply scolded by his wife on
the summit of Mount Blanc. ....'..'""'CHARLEs
STARR, one Of the three original founders of the
American BILE Society, died at Orange, N. j.,
recently. ........ The number of free negroes in
the Southern States is estimated to be about
264, 900. .....-...JosHUA R. GIDDINGs and JOHN
Brown, Jr., are supmoned-and will probably
appear-before the Senate investigating Com
mittee, on the Harper's Ferry affair.
A special dispatch from Cincinnati announces
the death of Professor EspY, Of the National OBJ
servatory, known as the Storm King, and the
author of peculiar theory in relation to storms.
.........The bitter personal attack which ROGER
A. PRYOR, of the House, from Virginia, made
upon BENNET of the New York Herald, it is
thought, will probably lead to duel between
these gentlemen. ...'"."Some of the Charleston
papers are making a lion Of DR.. EALING, the
inaugurator of new school in surgery, who is
curing corns and bunions with wonderful facil-
ity, and with little or no pain. ..'.'"'The mer-
chants Of Savannah, Georgia, are making siren
nous efforts to establish direct trade between
that port and Bremen. ......".Rev. Il. E. OGBURN,
superannuated member Of the South Carolina
Conference died, on the 10th inst, at his resi-.
dence in Williamsburg District. ."''". Mrs. E. L.
SAXON, the gifted authoress Of many fine ro-
mauces, says the Laurensville Herald, is on
visit to her relatives in that place. 1--WE re-
pret to learn that the health of our poet, How
ARD H. CALDWELL, is still very frail. What is
life ?.........Miss ANNIE E. BLoUNT, of augusta,
Co., wel-ltnown by her signature Of Jenny
Woodbine, is about 10 publish volume OF her
poems. .....,...The Charlotte Bulletin informs US
that Messrs FISHER & BURROUGHS, Of that place,
have made arrangements to import direct from
Europe, the coming Spriug '''''''''The following
is good advice to persons visiting offices and
other business places Shut the door, and when
you are done talking serve your mouth in the
same way. ..'.'...""We learn from the Chester
Standard that HowERToN and HODGES, who were
sentenced TO twelve months Imprisonment at the
last Court, for an assault on q Mr.. MORRISON,
have been pardoned by Governor G1sT.
England now has force of 200 guns and H.
900 men Ell route for Paraguay, to demand the
release Of II British subject imprisoned in that
country, for whose release the British consul
made unsuccessful application, and was there
fore ordered out of the country. '''..'" Merch-
ants from rhe interior are focking to Charleston,
and conveying the impression that the whole
sale business with that city, this Spring, will
be quite general through the country.
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