Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-04-19

and afterwards planted his foot on his ma
tive soil, ever harvest the crops? Doubt
..... Sixteen gamblers were arrested in
St. Louis, last Thursday, under the vagrant
act. If convicted, they are subject to fine
of from $500 to 81, 900.
...... The Maine NJ. E. Conference passed,
with only one dissentient voice, resolutions
in favor of sentirely excluding slavery from
the church." at all hazards. ...
1850 A boy was recently arrested fol
theft. His father pleaded guilty for him,
but said in eztenuation, james is a good
boy, but he will steal "
...... They have made car in St. Louis
that can be adjusted so as to run on any
road, no matter what is the difference OF
guage.
They have no old maids in Japan ;
when the girls don't get married voluntari-
: ly, the authorities hunt up husband,
and make them marry, willing or unwil;
ling, -
..".. 1t is the part of wisdom to do great
things without fuss. When Solomon, the
Wisest of men, built his wondrous temple,
no sound of saw or hammer was heard
therein. ~ .-..- 49,
...... Ex-Governor Allston, of South Ca
rolina, has given an order to Michael Phe-
Ian, of this city, for the manufacture Of a
splendid billiard table, which he intends
to present to the State Lunatic Asylum at
Columbia.-M y Day Book. .
...... Capt William Beatie, the Oldest man
perhaps in, Southwestern Virginia, died on
the 4th inst. Capt. Beatie was about one
hundred years old, and was the last survi-
vor of the Kings Mountain veterans from
Z Virginia.
The Charleston Courier says that
seventy-fve additional policemen were on
Tuesday engaged as temporary assistants
in anticipation of any emergency that may
require their services during the crowded
state Of the City.
...... The notorious DR.. Hines has been
sent to the Tennessee peniteptiary for three
years from Memphis, for obtaining goods
under false pretences. DR.. Hines spent
six monthsin the Louisville, KY, work
house, inlS55.
: 81. The Kansas City Metropolitan says
that Senator Douglas is engaged in tight
rope performance on Mason & Dixon's line,'
but as he has a. mighty small chance of
legs thar, it apprehends that he will fall
and break his neck, or hurt himself consid-
erably. e- .
The following is an alarming evil
dence Of the progress of the photographic
art A lady, last week, had her likeness
taken by photographic and he executed
1t so we'll that her husband prefers it to the
original.
The ingenuity of Partisan cabinet
makersh found use for common sawdust,
which raises the value of that commodity
far above the worth of solid timber. By
a new process, combining the hydraulic
press with intense heat, the wooden parti-
cles are made to form themselves into a
solid mass capable Of being moulded into
any shape, and presenting brilliant sur
face, with durability and beauty of rose
wood, or mahogany.
49,. Henry Ward Beecher preached, last
evening, what, even for him, was 'sensa-
tion' sermon. Taking his text from Deuter-
onomy XXI; 6-'Be strong and of good
<courage'-he reasoned upon animal and
moral courage. In the course of his remarks
on the first he announced (what was new
% a. kpge portion of his congregration,)
that there is to be a great fsticuff match in
England on the 10th inst, in which one
half of all who speak the English language
felt an almost unaccountable interest, and
then rather inconsisteutly, proceeded to
condemn newspaper publishers by whole
sale for making the same ANNOUNCEMENT as
matter of news.-New York Sun.
...... Death has taken away, says the Ches-
ter Standard, another of our esteemed and
promising citizens, and broken another link
in the circle of an affectionate family. But
a short time since the father was taken
from our midst, and now the son in the
meridian of life is numbered with the ma
tions of the dead. Mr.. Mcclure, Jr died
in this town on last Sabbath morning and
was buried in the Chester Cemetery on
Monday. A large number of people paid
their last respects to the deceased, by fol-
lowing his remains to the Cemetery. He
was warm hearted social companion, and
from his generous and opligiug disposition,
had gained large number of friends, who
mourn his loss. Peace to his ashes.
Among the illegitimate births in
Massachusetts in the year 1858, there was
one case worthy of especial notice in conse-
quence of the extreme youth of the mother.
Elizabeth D. vas born of native parents,
in the aims house at Taunton, May "a,
lS47, and at the same place she became the
mother of healthy boy on the LIST of Feb
ruary, 1858; being only ten years eight
months and seven days old. This appears
to be rare case, in this climate, but is
we'll attested by the physician (Dr. A Bay
lies) of the aims house at Taunton, who
oficiated professionally, both at the birth
of the young mother and at that of her
child. The boy weighed eight pounds at