Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-04-05
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..... The Book Concern of the Northern
Methodist Episcopal Church published last
year over one million of volumes.
. ...". Gen. John Devreux died lately in
London. He raised the Irish legion which,
under Bolivar, engaged in the successful
struggle for independence in Colombia.
......Tbere is carriage-maker in Provi-
dence, r. L, who gives notice that he can
make carriage which will 'carry a man
into Office or anything else,' and he also
. srepairs carriages in Constitutional and
Union-like manner
...... The profits of the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad for the month of Feb
ruary, as appears from an official report,
amounted to 800, ,4S2.49. This is certain
ly unexampled by any Railroad in the Uni
ted States.
...... Dr.,A. w. Bivings informs US that
in exhuming some bodies at family grave
yard near his her'sresidence, Crawfords-
vile, lately, the body of woman, buried
some twelve or more years, was found in a
state of petrifaction, with each article of
dress perfect.-Spartan. r. .s.
..".The Augusta Evening Dispatch,
Of the 18th ult., contains letter from Hon.
Howell Cobb, in which he withdraws his
name, Internationally from the canvass for
the Presidency. The absence of harmony a.
mong the Democracy of Georgia, in regard
to supporting him at the Charleston Con-
vention, is the reason assigned by him.
49,. We are pleased to state that, in
travelling about through the country, we
find the farmers generally have finished
planting their corn; and that the wheat
crops, which many thought were sadly in
jured, are now looking well, and promise
an abundant yield of the 'staff of life.'-
SandersviNe Georgian, 2sth ult.
...... The Republicans and Democrats in
the Senate and House, it is said, are pairing
off for the Conventions at Charleston and
Chicago, 80 that if Congress refuse to ad-
journ ten days for each Convention, it is
evident that there will be no quorum for
the transaction of business during the ses-
sion of the two bodies. Congress, therefore,
will be virtually adjourned.
So. Some years ago there was man in
New Orleans who, on week days, was a
cotton broker-on Sundays he was a
preacher. There had been week of unu-
sual excitement in the cotton market, and
on the following Sunday our friend COM
menced the services with hymn, which
he announced as follows: I'VE will sing
to the praise of the Lord the 427th hymn
long stap1er
.....'The lawsuit which has been pending
for some time between Davidson College
and the heirs at law of the late Maxwell
Chambers, Esq, has been compromised by
the parties. The college will receive some
thing over 100000 from the estate The
new college building is neary completed
Rev. D. Lacy, D. D., the excellent and ef-
fcient President, has rendered his resigua-
ton to the Board of Trustees.
...... A letter from Waco, Texas, about
the middle Of February, states that two
Baptist preachers who went to Rainey's
Greek to hold protravted meeting, came
upon large drove Of horses the Indians
had stolen. The indians gave immediate
chase and shot six arrows into one of the
preachers and one into the other. They are
both shot in, the body, the arrows penetra-
ting the lungs. Their names are White
and Griffith.
..... A correspondent writes from Paris
Experiments have lately been made at the
.pol5gone of Vincennes with the explosive
ball of Deyisme. The experiments were
made under the direction of Commandaut
Nesler, director of the School of Vincennes,
and in the presence of all the officers of the
Arsenal. The same ball as that used by
Jules Gerard, the lion killer, was used on
this occasion. The target was cassion,
lined with an iron plate on the inside, and
placed at distance of $50 feet, English
) Twelve balls were fired, and every one of
themexploded inside the cassion. After this,
experiments were made with the improved
rife of the Foot Chasseurs, with the new
ball Of Commander Nesler At the enor-
nous. distance of half mile, sixteen balls,
fired successfully, strucka target only a
yard square; one half the balls touched the
centre mark. This seems to be the last
limit 10 the perfection of infantry fire arms
...... The town of Napoleon, in Arkansas,
issituated on sort of peninsula at the juno
tion of the Mississippi and Arkansas rivers.
For distance of several miles in its rear,
q narrow strip of land, about four hundred
yards, in width, separates the two rivers,
and connects the town with the main shore.
It seems that within a few weeks past
train of powder has been placed across this
neck or slip of land, and that on Monday
night last match was applied, causing a
terrific explosion, which tore up the earth
to such an extent as to permit the water
from Arkansas to pass entirely across and
empty into the Mississippi. The result
has already been the introduction of a
strong current through the pass thus form
ed, which is rapidly widening and deepen
ing, and threatening to isolate the town
entirely from the main land, and at no very