Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-07-19
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.''''' A Wag Passing by retaller snop,
and seeing him measuring out molasses,
called ont TO him, "Sir, you have sweet
run of business"
1900. A gentleman aged seventy-one, haV-
ing in company his6fthwife, being the faith
er of twenty-one children, passed through
Utica few days since for up north.
......"My dear julia" said one pretty
girl to another, "cau you make up your
mind to marry that odious Mr.. Snuf"-
"Why. my DEAR" replied Julia, 81 believe
| could take him at q pinch q"
......A new pink has lately been import
ed from China, with flowers three inches
in diameter, color rich crimson, spotted and
edged with velvety appearance, and very
prolific of flowers.
......It is said that the whole West, from
the Ohio to the Missouri, is one vast grain
field. 1t is estimated that the State OF
Ohio will have thirty million bushels OF
wheat-6ve millions more than it has ever
produced before, and that it is of the best
quality.
. 1--WE are pleased to inform our read
ers, that through the agency of that enter
prising Company, Adams Express, the
telegraph will again be erected and put In
operation between Columbia and Charlotte
via Winnsboro,' Chester, &C. Wnns6oro'
Register. --.-.--
.:..::But three journals support Douglas
in Alabama, and two in Georgia. As yet,
not one, in South Carolina, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Florida,
has declared for him. There are two in
Tennessee, and one in Kentucky.
....... A woman in Detroit has brough ght an
action against her husband to recover wages
as domestic. 1t seems he procured d.
yorce, and she, much exasperated, seeks to
punish him, or at least to make him pay
for eight months service from which his
own act had legally released her.
...... Col. John johnson, of Cincinnati,
has been member of the Masonic order,
in good standing, for sizty-6ve years. He
is now in his eighty-sixth year, and probab,
ly the oldest Free Mason in the United
States. He sat in the Lodge presided over
by Geo. Washington, more than forty years.
...... Redpath states that there is no truth
in the statement that the widow of John
Brown has received O,Oe0 from Hayti.-
She has not yet received dollar from that
country. Furthermore, that the aid receiv-
by the family in this country is not as
large as frequently reported.
...... During the recent fighting in Catania,
Sicily, one of the nuns shot from her win
dow, numbers of the royal troops. She fired
with the precision of an Alpine huntsman,
never missing. The Colonel ordered his
men to FIRE in platoons repeatedly againstthe
windows, but in vain. The heroine remain
ed uuscathed, and still kept firing away, Kill
ling her man with every shot.
Private advices received in this
city day or two since, state that an insur-
rection had broken out in the vicinity of
Oceola, Arkansas, among the slave popula-
tion. Our informant learns that the distur-
Dances were quelled, but not until several
slaves were severely wounded. The ne
sros, it is thought, were iustigated by worth
less white men. .-Memphis Enquirer, sh.
".... In nearly every fatal case of sun
stroke that has occurred recently, whiskey is
set down as the primary exciting cause
Let all who value their lives quit the poi
son, at least until the cheated term" shall
have passed. Some people had rather die
than quit. For such we have no advice
the sooner they get out of the way the bet
ter.-SayanuaA Republican.
......Gen. Pillow, who issued flaming
manifesto some weeks ago in favor Of Mr..
Douglas, announces, through the Nashville
Union and american, that he will support
"those statesmen whom he knew so intlma-
tely in Mexico, and whose course he has
since known so we'll in their high position
in the councils of the nation, John {. Breck-
inridge and Joe Lane"
...... A man with an umbrella iu his hand,
called at Senator Summers lodging on
Monday, and inquired if Mr.. Sumner was
in Senator Wilson was Immediately sent
for, who, upon reaching the spot, at once
asked the man standing in the entry what
he wanted of Mr. Sumner? The man re-
plied that he had little bill against him
for tapping pair of boots. Wilson exam
ined the bill, said it was correct, and Sum
ner paid it, whereupon the worthy cobler
spread his umbrella and left Burlingame
soon arrived, but found no blood upon the
floor. E
...... The London Times closes notice
of Mr.. Summers indecent haraugue recent
" delivered in the United States Senate
As follows: ave must, in the name Of
English abolitionism at least, protest against
these foolish and vindctive harangues.-
Scarcely has the frenzy caused by JOIN
Browns outrage begun to die away, thar
out comes Mr.. Sumner with speech which
will set the whole South in fame. We Cal
we'll believe that the prospects of the Re
publican party have been already damaged
bvit. Mr.. Sumner is one Of that class o
politicians who should be muzzled by thei
friends"
900. The Senators whose terms expire II
1861, and whose places are to be filed b.
the next Legislatures of their States, a-'
Messrs. Fitzpatrick, of Alabama johnson