Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-04-11
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, the watch of Milton to the British Museum
THE banks of Savannah have taken five
, hundred thousand dollars of the loan au
thorized by the Congress at its late session
t -. There is Bible in the library of the
University of Gottingen written on five
thousand four hundred and seventy-si1
palm-leaves.
80. The New Orleans Crescent very sens
bly, declines publishing communication
from a genius who signs himself "Everthe
same Stupidass"
80 A man in Bridgeport has sold Barnuu
a Tom Thumb dog that weighs but three
ounces. 1t was an English terrier, ano
sold for 500.
-" The Chicago Tribune vouches for the
fact that clerk in the post-office there car
stamp taco hundred letters per minute, and
in the presence of witnesses, too.
%. Don't riUet blacksmith's attention
by ironically heating his temper with the
assertion that he will forge and steal, for
fear you get hammered and rolled out.
-. The merchants of New York are wri,
ting to Washington, stating unless Congress
holds an extra session to repeal the Morrill,
tariff, they will import goods by the way Of
Charleston.
=" Sheridan, a scholar, wit and spend
thrift, being duuned by tailor to pay at
least the interest on his bill, answered that
it was not his interest to pay the principal,
nor his principle to pay the interest.
=" Martin Van Buren, is the only individ-
ual who has filled the four highest positions
under the American Government. He has
been United States Senator, Secretary of
State, Vice-President aud President.
-. Several United States soldiers in Wash
ingtou were on spree on Monday, and be
came very disorderly, and gave cheers for
Jefferson Davis in the streets. They were
carried to the watch.house.
-" A Chinese proverb says, that "To be
happy on cath, one must be born in 500,
chow, live in Canton, and die in Liauchan ;
for in the first are the handsomest people,
in the second the richest luxuries, and in
the third the best coAins."
-" One hundred and forty. three students
are now at the South Carolina College; of
these, thirty. one are in the Senior, forty.
five in the Junior, thirty.fve in the Sopho-
mere, and thirty-two in the Freshman
Class
." Among the arrivals in New Orleans on
the 2lst ult., by the steamship, Cahdrbo,
from Havana, was Baron Rothschild, of the
distinguished family of that name in Paris.
Baron R. has been spending some weeks in
Havana.
-" The famous foreign journal u Uniuers,
which ought to be we'll informed in Amer
ican affairs, announces that the last hours
of Lola Montez were sootbed by the kind
attentions of Mrs. Buchanan, wife of the
President of the United States.
:" The man everybody likes is generally
a fool. The man nobody likes is usually a
knave. The man who has friends who
would die for him, and foes who would love
to see him broiled alive, is usually man
of some worth aud force.
." The Oxford (MississippD htelhgencer
protests against Tennessee entering the
Southern Confederacy, unless she will pro-
duce the scalps of Senator johnson and
Representative Eth,r;dge, as an evidence
If her sincerity.
80 w. G.. Brownlow, or as he is better
known, Parsou Brownlow, announces him.
self in his paper, the Knoxville Wing, as
candidate for Governor of the State Of
Tennessee. He endorses the Inaugural of
Lincoln, and says he desires the office for
the sake of the three thousand dollars a
year.
-. What is it to be gentlemen 1t is
to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous,
to be brave, to be wise, and possessing all
these qualities, to exercise them in the
most graceful outward manner. Ought not
a gentleman to be loyal son, true hus.
band, an honest father? Ought not his
life to be decent, his bills to be paid, his
tastes to be high and elegant, his aims in
life lofty and noble ?-W N. Tacheray.
:" A discussion arose in hotel parlor as
to the citizenship of gentleman at the
other end of the room. "He's an Eng.
lishman," said one, 81 know by his head" ."
"He's Scotchman," said another, 81 know
by his complexion" "He's German, -
said another, 81 know by his beard" The
ladies thought he looked like Spaniard.
Here the conversation rested, but soon one
of them spoke: 81 have it," said be, "he's
an American : he's got his legs on the to-
ble"
." An exchange paper tells a story of a
man in London who determined to spend
all he made during the first year iu adver-
tising. He soon found that it was impos-
sible, for the simple reason that the more
he advertised, the more he made, and af-
ter strenuous effort to get rid of his mon
ey in advertising, he had to give it up. If
you don't believe it, try it.
:" At koethen, Saxony, recently, gen.
tleman engaged in play at a faro table, and
died in his seat. His death was not dis.
covered until his money, by being left on
the table all the while, had won heavy
sum. A law suit resulted between the
banker and the dead players heirs, which
was decided in favor of the latter.
:" In Portsmouth, N. H., during snow
storm, on the 10th of January last Shan.
ghai hen was buried beneath drift. On
the 18th of February thaw occurred, and
the hen stepped from her prison, apparent
!, ly as lively as ever, but much reduced in
weight.