Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-04-05

france mas Oeen QeHnlte!y Settieu' niooi suos
the negotiations in regard to Tuscany are in
fair way of reaching conclusion.
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EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
The question of reuniting the Northern
and Southern wings of the Methodist Episcopal
Church is receiving some attention. A reunion
convention is proposed to discuss its feasibility.
1t will probably result in nothing, as the South
ern wing will be apt to oppose measure which
would be injurious both to the church and the
South in the end.
- Mayor WooD-FERNANDo WooD of New
York city-is, they say, sending circular letter
to the delegates to the Charleston Convention
throughout the country, in which he mayor
WooD) makes bid for the nomination either for
President or Vice President. He is willing to
take the gift of either Office, but prefers the
presidency. Yet he is willing to be sacrificed
for the good of the Democratic party, and
though the delegates may feel it to be their duty
to vote for him as President to the last, yet he
wishes it to be distinctly understood that they
are at liberty, whenever the public good requires
it, to let him down among the candidates for the
Vice Presidency.
- The Charleston Mercury gives an account
of hail-sterm passing over that city on Sunday
evening. II says :-"The month Of April has
made its debut more like lion than lamb. It
opened yesterday morning with mild shower,
but towards the afternoon the skies in tie north
assumed threatening aspect, which gradually
grew darker and thicker, and about five o'clock,
with the wind at high point, we were visited
with hail-storm, accompanied with thunder and
lightning, which, fortunately, was of short du-
ration in the city. The hail stones were of ex-
ceeding large size and irregularly shaped-some
round and fat, while others were large and CYL
ndrical One hail stone, probably larger than
the average, measured one inch and quarter
lengthwise and the same in girth. The shower
must have been spent before it reached Charles
ton, and we fear it did much damage to early
vegetation ir its course"
- Reports have recently reached our State
that Hon. L. M. KE1Tr had been killed in duel
tradicted. The following paragraph from the
Washington Star will probably explainits origin {:
"The wonder -mongers Of the country are just
now terribly exercised over rumored regular
set-to, as it were, in recent Democratic Senate
rial Caucus, in the Capitol. Seeing frequent
dark allusions to it in the newspapers, many of
them duplicating parties as the belligerents, who
were not the men, and hearing all sorts Of i'm
probable verbal stories concerning the affair, we
may as well say now as at some future time-for
such cat must, of course, sooner or later, get
clean out of the bag-that we believe Messrs.
CLAY and Clingman to have been the parties in
collision; and that, until separated, the latter
was very roughly handled. So says Madam Ru-
NOR, in circlesin which she not unfrequenty tells
the truth. Ten to one, 'squatter sovereignty,
in disguise, was at the bottom of the muss."
An exchange explains the rumor quite differ
emily. 1t says ga gentleman Of our acquain,
tance explained the mystery Of the report, quite
satisfactorily; it seems that the rumor first orig
mated in Wilmington, and he suggested that
odd Rip had just awakened to o knowledge OF
the difficulty between Messrs. KEITT and Grow
some two years past, and dreamt that the former
was killed in the rencounter."
Some days since Mr.. CovoDE, member
of the House from Pennsylvania, offered reso.
luton, which was adopted, for appointing com
mittee to Investigate whether President BUcH
ANAN has not used money, patronage and other
improper means to corrupt and influence mem
bers of Congress. On last Thursday the Presi
dent sent message to the House, protesting a.
gainst this procedure. We give the concluding
paragraph CT the message:
"I do, therefore, for the reasons stated, and
in the name of the people of the several States
solcmnly protest against these proceedings oi
the House Of Representatives; because they are
in violation of the rights of the coordinate Ex.
ecutive branch Of the Government, and subver.
sive of its constitutional independence; because
they are calculated to foster band of interested
parasites and informers ever ready, for their own
advantage, 70 swear before er parte committees
to pretended private conversations between the
President aud themselves, incapable, from their
nature, of being disproved; thus furnishing ma,
teral for harassing him, degrading him in the
ewes uf the country, and eventually, should he
| be q weak or tmid man, rendering him subser.
Went to improper influences, in order to avoid
such prosecutions and annoyances; because they
tend to destroy that harmonious action for the
common good, which ought to be maintained,
and which l sincerely desire to cherish, between
co ordinate branches of the Government; and
finally, because, if unresisted they would estab
lish o precedent dangerous and embarrassing to
all my successors, to whatever political party
they might be attached"
We learn from the Charleston Mercury
that W. W. WALKER jr, proprietor Of the Cou,
rant while that paper existed, who left Columbia
last Fall ostensbly for the purpose of going to
England to recover o large fortune, has turned
up in st. Louis as witness for the plaintiff il
the Carstang divorce case, under the assumed
name of W. ALsToN. He accounts for his new
name in this wise:
"My former name has been associated with
that Athenuum affair, and report has been
spread that had acted dishonesty; and as
came out West, did not want that report to
cling to my name, as that might injure me in
what I should undertake for living. confess
that 1 have lived somewhat indscriminately
heretofore, but now mean to do better, and
do not want former report to injuro me in the
ewes of those with whom I may have dealing
henceforwarl."
- The Edinburg (Scotland) Courant says
that preparations are being made for grand