Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-06-14
THE NEWS.

| leaving Washington. Mr.. Buchanan preseh'e
them, each with large gold medal, bearing hi
likeness and q suitable inscription, and also
number of illustrated American books. The
| were much pleased with this farewell visit, an
at parting, the shaking Of hands was mutual,
cordial. The other. Washington news is no
specially interesting. Much violence occurred
at the recent city elections, and some blood wa
shed.-Mr. Summers speech (alluded to in al
Inkling) is said to be too ultra for the worst o
his party, and its circulation, it is thought, vii
injure Republican interests.-A terrible gal
swept over the city, doing much damage, bu
killing no one. Frequent and violent "blows" {?
have 'trauspired within the past two or tbre
weeks in various parts Of the country. Wb.
call them "blows"
"Western life' is again, in repeated instances
represented to us in its darkest colors. I. Thre
men were killed in fight in Alabama. 9. Stone
a lobby member of the California Legislature
attempting to procure the passage of bill fo
the division of his county, was opposed by Bell
the proper representative of the county. Bel
was in the legislative hall consulting with anoth
er member, when Stone came up, called Bell {
liar, and commenced shooting and stabbing him
infictipe wounds from which he died in two days
Stone was released on bail; and the Assembly
took no notice of the murder-though premed
tated likely-as Stone was q rich man. Bell wa'
from Ohio; Stone, from Kentucky. 8. Terrebont
parish, La, was lately the scene of a shocking
massacre. VIM. Hornsby, justice ofthe peace, hi:
brother James and one Wallis were the parties
The difficulty grew out of law suit decided by
William in favor of his brother and against Wal
lis. Words were passed. William Hornsby
drew knife Wallis did likewise. A fight en-
sued, in which each was stabbed FIVE or six times
The fight ceased upon Hornsby's exclaiming,
he was killed Wallis was badly injured; but
started home next day. While passing the resi-
dence of James Hornsby, James came out with
q revolver. Wallis begged him not to shoot
He did, however, twice-one shot striking near
the elbow, the other missing Wallis is not e1-
pected to live. Hornsby escaped All of these
horrid facts indicate criminally loose and in
efficient administration of law in the West.
The cattle disease continues to prevail at the
North. The New York Herald, commenting on
this subject, says:
"What vast interests are involved in this ques.
ton may be estimated by the fact that the cat
tie in the United States number some twenty
two millions, of which over seven millions are
milch cows. The annual product in butter,
cheese, labor of oxen and slaughtered cattle in
1850 was SlS0,000,000, to which add the value
of the cattle themselves, and the property was
worth S4O0, 900, to which must be added in
1860, twenty per cent for increase. But it is
not the money value alone that is at stake, but
the comfort, the luxury, the health Of many mil
lions of population, and even the very existence
Of children"
All the recent State Conventions, assembled
to send delegates to Richmond or Baltimore, or
both, have been heared from, we believe. The
result is that every State, except South Carolina
will be represented in the Baltimore Convention.
The delegates from Alabama, however, are in
structed, should the Baltimore Convention refuse
to reconsider the platform adopted at Charleston,
to withdraw again to Richmond and nominate
candidates for the Presidency and vice, ,presiden-
cy. Dispatches from Virginia and Georgia
pledge cooperation in this line of policy.
immigration into this country, especially from
ireland, continues te be quite extensive. The
immigrants are pushing forward in large num-
bers, as fast as they land, to the great Nor
West" As q compensation" many American
citizens are almost daily leaving the port of New
York, to spend the summer in Europe
The African Colony at Key West numbers sew
enteen hundred recipients of Brother Johnathan's
What is to be done with them is
an important consideration. They desire te re-
main here and the wsest, cheapest and human
est arrangement that could be made, would be
to leave them, as apprentices to Southern plan
ters or otherwise, within the influence of chris
tianity and civilization. Congress, however,
has appropriated two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars for their return to Africa-this too, after
q debate in which it was urged that they might
stay or 60 back at their pleasure. They are to
be entrusted to the African Colonization Society.
who contemplate making one hundred Thousand
dollars by the bargain.
The news from st. Joseph, Missouri, bearing
date of June the 1st is Of much interest. The
pony express, which bad arrived without any
mails, brought the intelligence that several a.
merican citizens had been killed by the Indians,
on Carson river, some thirty miles from any set
Element; and that several companies hal gone
in pursuit of the murderers. A battle occurred on
the 18th May between these companies, mum
bering something over hundred men, and the
Indians to the number of five hundred, in which
the Indians were victorious; 21 whites being
killed, wounded, 43 missing and 38 returned.
accouats of this affair spread rapid
" to all parts of California: the people soon
raised several thousand dollars to equip men ::
some companies have gone against the Indians,
and all the principal companies Of the State have
siguiied their readiness to embark on the same
duty. The Indians in the country around num-
Der about 1000; and from the cOntiguity Of the
Mormons and the hostile acts necessary to deeni
,ur people, it is feared will all become enemies
Of the United States.
The Methodist General Conference, North, in
the Buffalo session, recently determined by n
arge majority, that holding slaves should dis
1ualify for membership, both clergy and lai-
y, in the churches under thatbody. But, for some
.ause or other, the Convention receiel from this
position and the new chapter for the Discipline
IN the subject of slavery, is now merely advisory
md not statutory.
ABRoAp.--The general news of Southern Eu.
ope is still very interesting and important.
Sicily The revolution has been progressing
T. Sicily; and Garibaldi has been proclaimed Die