Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-01-19
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...... The Opposition. members of tn
Tennessee Legislature have nominated job
Bell as the Union candidate for the Presi
dency.
...... Late advice from Washington stat
that an agent has gone to Vera Cruz to Of
fer the services of American volunteers t
the Liberalists.
...... The Governor of Connecticut in hi
message regards the idea of dissolution o
the Union as very remote. He is agains
the African slave trade, and hopes the tariff
will be increased.
-. This being leap year, ladies who are
particularly desirous of entering the STATE
Of matrimony, will have the privilege
of making love to any of the opposite sez
on whom they may fix their affections.
...... Mr.. Mace G. Pendleton, sober and
industrious young man, of Darlington, shot
himself in the abdomen with a pistol, which
he was handling, on the 23d ult., and died
in 80 minutes after.
...... The Legislature of Florida has en-.
acted very stringent militia law, and re-
organized the military system of the State.
On the first Monday in May next, it is
made the duty of the Governor to order an
election from Captain up to Major General
...... The New York Tribune says when
Gov. Seward entered his gateway, be was
met by the various clergymen of Auburn,
waiting to welcome him home, and was Sc
affected that he lost the power of speech
1t is pity he should ever recover it.
...... We have been reliably Informed
than an incendiary was discovered in Clar.
endon District, taken in hands by Vigil,
ance Committee and hung. We have not
heard any of the particulars. From the
summary penalty inflicted, the evidence
must have been very palpbabale and the Of
fence henious. Carolinian.
...... A few nights since some thieves en-
tered female seminary at Wheeling, Va,
administered chloroform to the pupils and
then deliberately carried of all their jewel
ry, money, and apparel, not forgetting-the
sentimental rogues-to kiss all the pretty
girls as they lay reposing in bewitchiDg
beauty.
......It is stated that there are now in
Canada, forty five thousand runaway slaves
from the South. Valuing these slaves at
an average of one thousand dollars each,
it is clear that the Britishprovinces are
harboring S45, 100000 worth ofthe property
Of the United States, and keeping it be-
yond the reach of the rightful owners.
We understand that's a young gen.
tleman of color went, into the store of one
Of our merchants the other day, and enquir-
ed for axe handles. He was shown good
article Of Northern make and, after several
minutes of examination, was asked by the
tboss' if they wouldn't do. He replied that
they were very good, but that he didn't
like the people where they come from
Camden Journal.
....... -. Messrs. W. P. Gilman d Co., Of
Richmond, Va, are making arrangements
for the publication of Directory, to be
circulated extensively in the slaveholding
States, in which the names of all the con-
serystiys business-6snns of the Northern
cities are to be printed, so that the South
ern merchants may avoid the fanatics in
their dealings in Philadelphia, New York,
Boston and other Northern cities.
..... We received visit, yesterday morn
ing, from travelling agent of New York
Furnishing house. He informed US that
he had travelled through portions of Ten
nessee, Alabama and Georgia, for the pur-
pose of receiving orders for his house, and
that be had not received more than twenty
orders in his whole route-scarcely sufi.
cient to pay his travelling expenses. He
was on his way home. Hundreds of North
ern drummers are meeting with similar sue
cess this season.-Atlanta Conjederacy.
...... While gentleman of this city was
playing backgammon with his son, some
days since, one of the dice fell on the floor,
and was picked up by a hen. The hen was
killed eighteen hours afterwards, and the
die was found in the gizzard, having under
gone considerable abrasion from the action
of the digestive organs. Ithas lost the dis
tinctive figures and angles, as may be seen
on examination at our Office, where it has
been placed with its match die in the orr
ginal condition for comparison. Charles
ton Courier.
...... We have conversed with several gen.
tleman from adjoining and surrounding
counties, who without exception, unite in
representing the prospective wheat crop as
very unpromising. Several informed us
that they had seen acres upon acres entire
ly and efectually killed out by frost. The
winter has been an uDfavorable one, and
the disparaging prospects of the years crop,
have decided influence upon the ruling
prices of grains now upon the market
Wheat, the naked grain, without sacks,
is now selling readily at 81 25; and corn,
the naked grain, at G5 cents. If farmers
have surplus of either wheat or corn, they
need have no fears Of bringing it forward
to this market, as We can assure them they
can command good price for either
Chattanooga Advertiser, 18Th.
...... We learn from the Selma Gala. }
Reporter, that Mr. Henry, of Mobile, has
recently patented two inventions, which, it
seems to us, must be of immense value to
cotton growers in the Southern States. The
first of these is sort of driving closet con-