Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-06-14
Straps 4 fafts,


pence.
...... In setting 5000 ems Of types, so'
about "a, 900 letters, the hands of the prin;
ter traveses distance equal to 9 miles.
...... The Boston Post says that disap'
pointed candidate for Office, speaking Of
men.who sell their votes, remarked: "Fhey
are as base as Esop, Of old, who sold his
birthright for mess of potash"
...... Rev. DR.. James II. Thornwell has
appointed, by the Presbyterian 60
S. Assembly, deputy to the Synod o.
Evangelical Churches, to be held in France
and was to have sailed from New York, or
the steamer Adriatio, on Saturday last.
.'.... Throughout Kentucky the complaint
is almost universal of the destruction O
wheat crops by the fly. Fields that were
full of promise few weeks since will, from
appearance, produce scarcely two bushels tt
the acre. ..,..
...... The case of the State against W
". Stukes, for the killing of DR.. DpBose
carried from thelast term of the Court fol
Clarendon District to the Appeal Court ot
Columbia, has been continued. The pris
oner was examined by physicians at Colum
bia during the session of the Court, and by
them pronounced insane. Under this ex
preston Of opinion, he was ordered by the
Court tothe Lunatic Asylum.-marleston
Courier. x.
49,. The soap and oil discoveries are
thrown completely into the shade by the
following discovery, reported to have been
made by chap at Sugar Creek, Ohio, who
was,bofipg for OIL He says, CAT the depth
of sixty feet the drill penetrated a hard sub.
stance, which appeared like sugar, 1t was
thirty feet through this, when, on extract.
ing the drill, the molasses gushed forth
in large quantities" Great excitement pre-.
walls on Sugar Greek. :
.sss.tA correspondent of the Orangeburg
Soufhron, says: "Mr j.. B. Morrow, an
esteemed citizen of Branchvi'le, showed US
acuriosity yesterday in the shape Of a pig
having eight distinct legs perfectly formed,
two bodies, two tails and one head, which
had all the appearance Of general "grun-
ter" The connection of these pig-ese
twins occurs near the shoulder. The alb.
sence of the additional head, is the only
draw back, to the "curiosity" being called
"twins." 1t has been preserved in spirits. !"
..'.. There resides q man in Waterloo,
Iowa, who, nine years ago, was bitten by a
rabid dog. Four times every year since
that time he had regular paroxysms. 1t
is said he is conscious when they are COM
ing on, and giving notice to his friends,
ne is properly secured. His elbows are
usually confined behind him by cord,
and his feet are fastened to the bed Soon
, be falls into spasms, during which he
growls and barks almost precisely like a
dog, snaps his jaws and froths at the
mouth. Several of those paroxysms sue.
ceed each other at short intervals.
......" Raaie's Offering" is the title of
beautiful little volume, in blue and gold,
to be published at an early day, containing
: the Sketches and Poems of young gentle
man of thiscity. The Yorkville Enquirer,
in which journal most of the sketches were
originally published, said, in reference to
one Of the young authors articles: "We
give place to column-full of exquisite
prose poetryfrom Mr., on Love Court
ship and Marriage 1t is his best effort ;
and its conception, quality of thought, and
profusion OF 'orient pearls at random
strung would make a becoming frontis-
piece to Fanny Ferns Gems" The VOL
nme will no doubt prove attractive and pop
ular. Charleston Courier.
-. The gap in the Mississippi Railroad
is finished, and the connection through to
New Orleans is now complete The time
between New, Orleans and Philadelphia by
this route will be only eighty hours. By
the completion of this link, there is now a
continuous railroad from Bangor, Maine, to
New Orleans, except three short ferries at
Hudson River, the Susquehanna and the
Potomac Rivers. This vast chain of rail-
ways is composed of eighteen Independent
roads, costing in the aggregate for 2, 344
miles of road, s2,394, ,0S4, nearly one,tenth
of the whole railway system in the United
States, of which 1896 miles are used in
this continuous line.
...... Some years since Lewis Washington,
descendant; Of the General, presented to
the State Of Virginia the lot of land in
-Westmoreland county, on which stood the
house in which the father of his country
frstssaw, the light of day. This was done
with view of having the spot marked by
! some esuitable monument by the State. We
learn that is the intention of the Governor
and Secretary of the Commonwealth, to pro-
ceed to Westmoreland county during the
present week, to examine into the present
condition of the "birth place of Washing
ton," ceded to the State by his descendant
They propose having the ground Gone or
more acres) enclosed and roadway made
to it. 1t lies on the Potomac river. Al
monument will be put up to designate the
spot. A piece of the bearth-stone of the
ancient edi6ce (perhaps the only remain
ing relict) is now in the State Capitol in
Richmond. Many years since marble slab
denoted the place of Washington's first
home, but the mutations of time and chance,
it is believed, have caused it to disappear
Richmond Wig.
...... John Sanderson, Esq, of Norfolk
county, Va, has paid his negroes this sea-
son $3.50, for corn raised for their own
benefit, on his farm. He paid one of the
men alone s156. They are allowed time