Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-10-11
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MERE-MENTION.
The Spartanburg Spartan, of last week,
announces the death in that District, of
Mr., Matthew Skates, soldier of the revo.
luton of '76, aged 108 years. ....."..The
Charleston papers announce the death Of
two well-known citizenship. H. L. But
terfeld, of the Pavilion Hotel, and Mr..
Andrew Mcdowell, an old merchant, and
at the time of his death, Assistant United
States Treasurer. .......Frederick W Sew.
ard, on account of the serious illness of his
father, has been appointed Acting Secretary
of State. ........Despatches by the Atlantic
Cable are now called "Cablegrams. "..'''.
Postmaster-General Randall is in receipt of
letter from Nevada Territory, announcing
the discovery of mountain Of pure Rock
Salt, without any admixture, several thous-
and feet high ......"Capt. T. U. Tidmarsb,
well-known as the avaunt. courier of various
circus companies, died of heart-disease in
Memphis, last week. He was Captain in
the Confederate army, and was prisoner
of war on Jobnson's Island for many months.
....."..A Paris letter asserts thata French
troops will be withdrawn from Mexico du-
ring the Fall. ......"..The New York Daily
Neus says of the New York Times, that it
has "gone back ike the canine quadruped
to the rejected contents Of his stomach, or
the porcioe female to her bath in fluid i'm
urity.".........If you wish to know how
an associate speaks Of you to others, mark
how he speaks of them to you. '''''"".A
new style of bonnet is called "Fly-up-the-
creek. ".........The London Spectator is
predicting speedy civil war in this country
The Directors of the Atlantic Cable pro-
pose, at an early day, to reduce the price
charged for messages. .'.'''...On every suit
able occasion, the President expresses his
determination to stick fast to the principles
which have heretofore guided his admins
tration. .......The Fairfield Ne,os estimates
the cotton crop in that District for this year,
at 5000 bales, and suggests that it will put
nearly as much money in circulation as the
crop of 1860, which amounted to 1910
bales. ....."..The late extra session of the
Legislature of South Carolina cost the State
thirty thousand dollars. Who has it bene-
fitted .Artemus Ward is in Eng.
land, and is contributing a weekly article to
the London Punch. .........I has been wide.
" circulated that there were six thousand
cases of "broke bone fever" in Charleston.
A Charleston "local," in noticing the re-
port, says that is not the worst of it; in ad.
dition there are now in that city ten thous
and or more cases of "dead broke" fever
.....".Gen Pritchard, who captured ex-
President Davis, is a candidate for Congress
in Michigan. .........A Washington dispatch
to the Charleston Courier, says that call Of
the officers of the Internal Revenue Depart
ment South, have taken the oath of Office,
excepting one in Texas. ."..'..."'Fernando
Wood announces himself as candidate for
Congress from the Ninth Congressional Dis
trct of New York. It is thought that his
political conduct at the Philadelphia Con-
vention, which brought him high praise
from the Conservatives of both parties, will
ensure his election ......."L Late Mexican
advices report that Macmillan will put
himself at the head of his army to fight the
Liberals, and that he considers his empire
safe. The garrison at chihuahua has pro
nounced in favor of Ortega, having killed
their Governor Ferrezas, aud compelled
Jusrez to fly to Ell Paso. This news needs
confirmation.
Gen. Alfred Dockery who was recently
nominated as a candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, by the enthusiastically loyal
men" of that State, declines being can
didate. Sensible for Gen. Dockery. ....''
General Daniel E. Sickles has been appoint
ed Colonel in the regular army. .'''''''''
The Republicans have carried the town elec-
tions in Connecticut, so far as heard from,
by large majorities. '''''''"'Five hundred
applications for patents, and sixty-eighs ca
yeats we're filed in the Patent Office last
week. Two hundred and twenty-five new
patents were granted. ".'..'.Commodore
Stockton died at Princeton New Jersey, on
Sunday night last, 9th instant. ..'.''''.'Dr.
A. G. Mackey, Collector of the Port, has
been, for the present, appointed Assistant
U. S. Treasurer, at Charleston, vice Mr.. A.
Mcdowell, deceased. .''"Ibe Charleston
papers announce the opening of the "Plan-
ter's Hotel" to the travelling public.