Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-10-18
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off of a man named Allen, near Iowa Clty
lately, leaving him unhurt.
...... Among the Wide Awakes from
Maine in the New York Republican pro-
%cession, were two sons of Hannibal Hamlin.
5000. Chang and Eng, the Siamese twins,
are on a visit to New York, each having q
son with him.
...... The Ohio Statesman says that four.
teen thousand negroes will vote the Repub'
lican ticket in Ohio this fall, under the de-
cision of Judge Brinkerhoff.
...... The common council of Lynchbure
has appropriated $4,000 for the erection Of
an armory and drill room for the use Of the
volunteers and fire companies of that city.
...... The total number of bales of cotton
raised in Tennessee for the year ending
August 81, 1860, was 10S ,676, valued al
$5,4S3, 800. For the year previous it was
only s6,32l, valued at s4,266,O5O.
.....: The Raleigh Register states or
"undoubted authority" that the State Bank
of North Carolina, in view of the alarming
condition of the country, has determined tc
suspend d~iscounting until future results
shall be developed.
...... 1t is stated that new republican clubs
have been formed in various parts Of the
West, under the names of "Zouave Wide
Awakes," Grail Split.ers' Battalion
"John Brown Avengers" and "Harper's
Ferry Raiders"
$3.50. The census of Charleston shows q
population of 40,74S. In 1850, it was 49,
9s5. In the last decade, the slave popula'
ton hasdecreased 1926, and the free col.
ored population 1874. During the same pc
Rod, the white population has increased g.
315.
...... The only contest in the State fol
Congress, the present season, was between
Gen. Aver of Barnwell, and George P,
Elliot, of Beaufort, to fill the seat made va
cant by the expiration of Mr.. Keitt's term
of service. Mr.. Aver has been elected by
an overwhelming majority.
......At a late ball in Paris, a lady wish
ed to remain after her husband thought it
time to go home! To effect her purpose
she went into the geutlemen's dressing
room, and threw his hat out Of the window,
and then thought it tolerably safe to accept
partners for the next six dances.
...... Out of a caravan of eighty-two per.
sons, who crossed the Great Desert from Al
giers to Timbuctoo the present summer, all
but fifteen used wine and other liquors as
a preventive against African diseases. Soon
after reaching .Timbuctoo, these all died
save one while, of the fifteen who abstain.
ed. all survived.
......A meeting of the citizens of Angus.
ia, Geo., was held on Saturday evening
last, the object being to ask for the inter.
ference of the President of the United
States in behalf of Col. Rudler, now a pris-
oner in Honduras. Resolutions to that ef.
feet were adopted, and the Hon. Howell
Cobb was requested to lay them before the
President of the United States.
...... The statistics show that the deaths
in Philadelphia are one in forty-fve annu-
ally, Boston one in forty-one, in New York
one in thirty.seven, Baltimore one in thir-
ty.6ve, Charleston one in thirty.six, in
Richmond one in seventy, in Norfolk one
in eighty.seuen. Norfolk, is therefore, the
healthiest of the sea board cities.
......A citizen of the upper part of Lau-
rens District, Mr.. Isbam S. Bolt, commit.
ted suicide on Monday morning, by blow
ing out his brains with a shot gun. 1t
seems that he had been much harrassed in
mind with the fear of an instruction, for
some time, and had lain with his arms be-
side him the night before his death.
..... VIM. H. Seward has declared that
Lincoln will, if elected to the Presidential
chair, Immediately issue an address to the
people of che United States, setting forth
his views of public policy, more especially
in relation to the institutions of the South
In this way Lincoln hopes to quiet the
fears of the South, and to prevent the Sc
c~ession of a single State.
...... There have been thirty arrests in
Princess Anne and Norfolk counties, Va,
of negroes implicated in the recent con-
spiracy there. Dick Ryan, the ringleader,
and another free negro, the Norfolk Day
Book says, were shot and killed by the
patrol who were attempting to capture
them. In Halifax, N. G., there have been
some s~ervile disturbances. The slaves on
two or three farms had run off. A patrol
had been appointed in the county.
~ 1t appears from statistics recently
published, that the consumption of coffee is
increasing much more rapidly than the
production. Last year the total cousump-
ton of Europe and the United States alone
was but $4,000 tons. The probable con-
sumption of the present year is estimated
at 337, 900 tons, and the probable produc-
ton at 274,000; and of next year the for.
mer at 313 900 tons, the latter at $4,000.
......T The number of American sea going
vessels which were totally lost last Septem-
Der, or reported during the month, amour
ted to IS of all classes, viz: 8 ships, 8
banks, 2 briggs and % schoouers. Of these
81 were wrecked, 4 foundered, abandon
ed, 2, capsized 2 burnt, and 3 were run
down. The total value of these vessels (ex-
elusive of their cargos) may be estimated
at about $3.50, 0O0.- Charleston Mercury.
....A young woman was arrested in
Hartford, Ct, on Wednesday, for stealing