Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-10-04
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eigh on Monday, the 10Th of November.
I'm Jackson Parish, Louisiana, there
are but two Douglasmen, and one of them
ism Jail.
..... Hon R. Barnweli Rhett is nomina-
ted for the Office of Governor, by a cores
pondent of the Charleston Mercury,
.....The Mobile Mercury puts the losses
of cotton, by recent fires and water, in that
city, at Is, 1850 bales, valued at slS7, 600.
....A prayer meeting was held on the
4th and 9th of September, at Glasgow,
Scotland, at which there were present about
fifteen thousand persons.
1.-The first paper mill ever put in op-
Grafton on this continent, was erected in
Elizabeth, N. j. Fire.engines were made
in the same place as early as 1892.
....A man recently got married in Glas-
gov, one day, and hung himself the next:
No doubt he wanted to try all variety of
mooses to see which he liked best.
....The census of Philadelphia is so
nearly complete that the population is as.
certained to be about $40, 900 and the man
ufacturing capital $3.50, 900 900.
"..'.A frstclass paper, devoted to Ameri-
can politics and interests, called the London
: american, has been established in London.
1t is to be republished in New York.
.... Thomas Hood died composiug-and
that, too, an humorous poem. He is said
to have remarked that he was dying out of
charity to the undertaken, who wished to
urn a lively Hood.
10y We learn from the Winusboro' Reg
laster that Maj. John Leland and Mr.. Leslie
McCandless have accepted the associate
Presidency of the Mount Zion Collegiate
Institute.
,..,Spalding & Co., of New York, the
great ~sprepared glue" men, have cleared
$50, 900 within a year past, on the sale OF
their glue, which they attribute in the main
to the policy of extensive advertising.
....A consumptive man in Massacbu.
sets, while coughing a few days since,
threw up a portion of one 0 fhis lungs, two
inches in length aud of considerable thick
ness. So says the Boston paper.
5000. KENMORE near Fredericksburg, the
residence of Mary the Mother of Wash
ington,' whose unfinished monument still
adorns the n%eighboring eminence, was sold
last week to a Mrs. Harrison, for $4,000.
...A correspondent of the London
Times calculates the age of the great CAL
ifornia Tree, "a part of which was in the
Crystal Palaee) at six thousand four hun
dred and eight years.
.M Miss Carrie Williams, ofNew Hamp-
shire, agirl of only ten years of age, re-
Gently rode on horseback, in one day, 65
miles, and some days after renewed the
feat, with perfect comfort to herself.
%Several thousand Polish Jews have
recently passed through Posen on their
way to the United States, via Berlin and
Hamburg, The German papers say that
such an exodus of the children of Israel
has not been witnessed since that out of
Egypt.
The Prince of Wales, irrespective
of being heir to the throne of Great Brit
ain, has also cash property at this time of
over 9700,O00, the surplus revenue from
the estates of the Duchy of Cornwall. At
twenty.one be will stand possessed of FL
100000 pound sterling in hard cash.
"..'. There are seven Jewish periodicals
in the United States, viz: The Israelite,
Cincinnati; the Occident, Philadelphia ;
the. Sinai GERMAN Baltimore; the Jewish
! Messenger, New York the Corner Stone,
New Orleans; the Weekly Cleaner, San
Francisco the Pacific Messenger, San Fran
cisco.
!, ....Gen. VIM. Walker was a native of
Nashville, Tenn, where his father still re-
sides, and is highly esteemed citizen
William Walker is the third SOD of the
family who has persisted in Nicaragua
Col.Rldler was a Georgian, for several
years q resident Of the city of Macon, in
that State.
900. Afterto-day, through express freight
trains will run daily between Charlotte and
Charleston, without trans:shipment, epa-
bling freights to make Charleston in FIVE
days or less from New York, and one day
= from Charleston, vice yersa. Through
tickets will be sold from Charlotte to
Charleston at So. $50, and to New York, via
Charleston Steamers, for $40, and pice ger
sa.-M Charleston Courier.
'...'A correspondent informs US that a
meeting was held at Glenn Springs, on
last Saturday, and a Vigilance Society was
formed and, among the resolutions adopt.
ed was one to this effect: That no negro
would be allowed to pass within the limits
of the Society without a ticket specifying
the place to which he is to 90; aud if a
negro is found with a ticket without this
specification, he will be treated as if he
he hal lone at all. This resolution is to
20 into effectt the first of October .-Erpress.
...'A New York policeman, a few even.
ings since, discovered well dressed woman
promenading the streets, and sporting quite
an extended train, of which she seemed
entirely VI The officer apprised
the lady of her misfortune, and assisted
her in the adjustment of her dress. When
this delicate operation had been completed,
it was found that the train consisted of an
entire piece of silk, valued at 500, which
had been stolen from a dry goods store but
a few moments before.
..'.A suspicious looking character, Civ
ing his name as johnson. was arrested on
Sunday evening last, in Dutch Fork, near