Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-10-25
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are now but eighty-nine survivors of the
army of the Revolution whose names were
placed upon the rolls for pensions.
... During the year ending April 80,
1860, there were exported from China to
the United States 31,66l, 426 pounds of
tea. The exports of Great Britain for the
same period amounted to 7S,4l6,O5 pounds.
Many a man thinks it is a virtue
that keeps him from turning a rascal, when
it is only a full stomach. One should be
careful and not mistake potatoes for prin-
ciples.
1900. There is a large number Of the
supporters of Mr.. Lincoln in the Eastern
States, who declare that the Constitution
of the United States is a covenant with
hell" and who annually make q bonfire of it.
.... An Irish Journal asserts, that after
the Prince of Wales returns from this
country, be will take up his residence in
Dublin, and that no other Viceroy will be
appointed for Ireland until he ascends the
throne.
......The latest Irish papers which have
come to hand are unfavorable as to the potato
harvest. A Limerick paper says the &C
counts from every district are dishearteu-
ing, and the price per stone for sound po.
tatoes has nearly doubled within a few days.
.....The Shoe and Leather Reporter
says that 243 ,6S3 cases of boots and shoes
were shipped to the South during thequar-
ter ending Both September, of which 92,-
1853 were shipped directly to the slave
States. Of this amount Georgia received
1873 Alabama, 1850 cases.
$500. Among the Democratic members of
Congress, just elected in Indiana, is the
Hon. D. W. VOORHEES,, whose great speech
in behalf of Cook, condemned and execu.
ted at Charlestown, Va, gave him a ma
tional reputation as one of the most bril-
liant orators of the present day.
.....There is to be a new cemetery at
Havana, with a superb arch at the entrance.
It is purposed to place the venerated re-
mains of Columbus within the arch, in an
urn, with a silver cover, upon which will be
inscribed in letters of gold the results of his
successful enterprise. A bronze statue of
Columbus is to be erected near by.
...... The Banks refuse to discount even
Cotton drafts all overtbe Southern country,
payable sitter the first of November. This
is the first impeachment to lie.
tween the States as the earliest fruit of the
slrrepressible conflict" That this will re
act on the Northern cities, and indirectly
on the working classes of the North, whose
mechanical pursuits are sustained by the
money of the South, requires no gift of
prophecy to foretell .-Evening Neps.
$3.50. A correspondent of the Charleston
Courier, writing from Conwayboro, S. c.,
says: 81 know an old gentleman, aged 70
years, having five sons, and all have fami
lies. Not one of them has ever owned one
dollar, ever took a drink of spirituous liq.
uors, ever used profaue language, ever was
one hundred miles from home, ever wanted
for anything, ever lost his vote in an :lec,
ton; all are Methodists and Breckenridge
Democrats, and hate snakes and tobacco.
..... The operations of the Gas Company
have infused much life into the streets of
our town. Nearly all of the pipes have
been laid, and the ground has been broken
for the erection of the buildings necessary
for the preparation of the Illuminating me-
dunn. We learn that the Council are
about making arrangements with the Con-
papy for lighting the streets. In about two
months, we presume, the works will be 6u.
ished and in full operation - GreenoiMe
Patriot.
...... 1t has been estimated that the tax
able wealth of Mississippi, in land and me-
groes, for the year 1860, will amount to the
handsome sum of 1858, OO0, 900. The esti,
mate for the county of Warren is put down
at S19, 500, 600. Kinds is put down as the
richest ~county-her estimate being $685.
000, 900. Lowndes comes next-S26, OOO,-
900. Yazoo and Bolivar, s25, 900, 000.-
Madison, S23, 900, 900. Marshall, s22,-
900, 900. De Soto, 100000 C0.
...... When the Prince was seated in the
car at Detroit, ready for his departure, an
Irishman was observed giving vent to his
feelings in a manner that showed that he
was fairly overcome with enthusiasm. At
ter showering a score of compliments on the
Prince, he gave the coup de grace by swing
ing his hat and shouting "be dad, and come
back here four years from now, and we'll
run you for President !" The royal suite
were greatly amused at this unexpected in
~vitation, and the Prince came near tumbling
from his seat in a paryoxysm of laughter.
.''..A volunteer company has recently
been organized in Virginia, which We think
is unmatched in material. 1t numbers fifty
FIVE, and of these fifty are in uniform
Of the fifty, two are ministers of the gospel
Zone Baptist and ose Methodist), two are
deacons, two class.leaders, two lawyers, one
doctor, one magistrate, two clerks of courts,
two deputy clerks, forty professors of relig-
ion, fifteen who don't profess but are moral
and religiously inclined, seven who pray in
public, twenty-six Sons of Temperance,
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