Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-02-21

Switzerland. The Registrar of the district in
which the chateau Of Arenenburg is situated,
has returned in the list of Swiss citizens "Prince
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, temporarily absent"
The Greenvlie Enterprise announces the death
Of Capt. H. Lee Thruston, promising young
lawyer of that district. Captain Thruston was
graduate OF the Military Schools of our State,
and was a member of the Military Commission
appointed under the Act Of the Legislature in
1858. For many years he commanded the But
Ter Guards at Greenville ......"The New York
World states that arrangements have been made
in that city for the building of several gun boats
for the South, and that others already finished
have been bargained for. .'...".Joel E. Matthews,
Of Dallas county, Ala, has offered the services
Of TWO hundred negroes to the Governor of Ala
bama. In addition to this, the same gentleman
deposited in the bank of Mobile, on the 23d of
January, $4,000 to the credit of Alabama for
State defence. ......'"The citizens of Montgom-
cry, Alabama, have determined to present
to the present Congress the Montgomery Insur-
ance Buildings large house of some twenty
partments of this Confederacy under the Provis-
ional Government. ...'.'".A correspondent of the
Pensacola Observer writes that there are two old
soldiers in camp at Warrington Navy Yard-one
belonging to an Alabama company, "who is
seventy years old, and who challenges competi-
tion for the performance of duty and endurau pc
generally with any one within twenty years of
his age" The other-a member Of the Lowndes
southrons, Of Mississippi-is seventy two years
old, and offers challenge to any one within
twenty years of his age, to run, jump or wrestle,
and if he is an enemy to the South, to fight him
q mortal combat. ......."Commodore Duncan N.
Ingraham South Carolina Navy, has received q
summons from Government to repair to Mont
gomery, doubtless with view of obtainining
his valuable aid in the organization Of the Navy
for the Confederate States. '''..".The Savannah
Republican, Of February 18th, contains an ad-
mirable editorial on lengthening the terms of
ONCE e.lOlQerS. IL recommends tne extension OF
the Presidential term to ten or eight years, and
the final retirement of that official, on pension.
.'"Mechanics out Of employment are rapidly
Withdrawing their deposits from the Savings
Bank in New York City. For several days the
run has averaged ten thousand dollars day.
Some Manchester houses have adopted the
most sensible way Of solving the Cotton supply
question, by sending special agent 10 South
Carolina for examination and inquiries. A:.".
The New York Tribune gives US this pleasant
information: The country will be glad to learn
that much activity prevails at the Navy Yards,
and that several additional vessels will soon be
ready for service, and will be employed in re-
covering the forts, custom houses, arsenals, and
other property of the United States. .....""Mr.
Willard, of Troy, N. Y, is in Washington with
mammoth petition from the women of the coun-
try, to be presented to Congress, asking set
tlement of the national difficulties. ........Tbe
Texas State Convention has passed an ordinance
favoring the speedy formation of Southern
Confederacy. The Convention has also elected
seven delegates to the Southern Congress.