Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-11-28
ooIUMB1A, SOUTH CAROLINA, 18th Hov 1857.
southern Home Journal.

membered that We made mentons Bverai WeeEs
ago of the specimen number. TheIegular issue it
is that now makesits appearance; and the issue is
to be regular from this time forth May it live
fosevet!I ] f'9s Ygfafylfs tt-
The Elections. 50
The election of delegates to the State jConven-
ton, last Tuesday and Wednesday, passed off qui.
ETY. 1E.bsa, ID. =. 1bat bu,ts II'TrII11H HHT
The grog-shops were shut.
The negroes yoted, by hundredagfq'g
Eight white men voted
There were four candidates-F Nash, Wilder,
Robertson, and Thompson all wereefcourse
elected. ~ =! =. s::l3t," GEA . .EikTz&oA
Hundreds of the negroes on these election days
carried in their hands canes, walking sticks, clubs,
and bludgeons S'-'.y '.,.' ..i.''':t -
q Many negroes, bn being 'interogated on the mat
ter If voting, clearly Showed that they had not the
faintest idea Of " what i was all about t;
Now WHAT .t.,al mi gEs,f js5srlu:
The Baltimore rFracas. -, ;... ,,..,orT..
The press generally, and especially that of the
North, has said good deal about the Wise-Pol-
iara dlncnity IN fbaftamoref 'pa ;Gb ~ bm2IiEmi
The case is strong one. 5i zaos ts;ra5 .z.ik
Pollard wrote some severe comments upon apub-
lished criique BY Governor Wise. Two sons Of
Governor Wise went to Baltimore, to shoot Pollard
''at sight ~ ~ and shot him, breaking his arm.
), Among the comments upon this affair that We
have seen, those Of the New York Times are the
heaviest on the Wises.4 The Times says q tsThe
braggartb which considers such an actproof
Of mapliness and spirit belongs to sayages, not to
the civilized and enlightenedn1, 3,a, g4.si sso.r
Il may be right to shoot folks that way; but, if
80, we don't see 1t. 7qtya9 ,YI iigs s:g:sk
German Newspaper. L ,f17,sss s;i;tf., ffs ~
We had the pleasure of meeting Mr:; Erckman,
.ona Of the publishers Of the new German weekly
newspaper--Dis Ghaylestona ,Zeitmgs- published
in Charleston tEor the German settler among us
it is ali Important to have such amedium of com
munication with the news.world. Besides the news,
especially such as bears upon the fatherland, there
are miscellanies narratives, and communicationsof
various kinds IN ita In the current number, con-
tinued, there is translation into German of one Of
Gilmore Simms's sketches Of the war, under the
general tide Of &casa a. GmoAaa.i The ZaAa.5
published ut $s ayear. .haGh Taa p9ofgi ea 30.
Books. :si' y9i' psqp
reAweek or two ago, we made mention Of q new
book ID the war Richmond During tie Var;
four years Of personal observations, BY Richmond
Lady with . promise to recur to It again We
have read the volume with unusual interest Z
d medium sized duodecimo, published BY Carleton
& Co., of New York, and was written by an eye
witness Of much that she relates ~ one who heard
the first shout over the secession of Virginia, In
1861; who lived In Richmond during those four
dreadful years Of war, and who witnessed the DO
sing scenes In 1885 . The narrative gives living
pictures Of life Id the Confederate Capital and Is
the most interesting book we have seen Of its Kind;
and is not more interesting than valuable as are
|cord Of the times = as history dsT2s3t' ,.,i>'si
Lectures. y ~ s.!g'.R ''S'''o'i' :,
Prof: John Le Conte, Of the University OF South
Carolina, Is now in Baltimore, delivering course
Of four lectures before the Peabody Institute. : r.
The second lecture in. tie series, now current,
before the public in the University Of South Caro-
lima, was delivered last Thursday night by Prof
Joseph Le Conte, upon the Law Of Circulation n
Mature; The learned Professor, by the magic Of
his style, brought down the subimities Of science
to the comprehension Of .unscentifc mortals; and
upon subject suggestive Of very little to the pop
+ular mind, gave us one Of the most charming and
instructive lectures that we ever had the pleasure
Of listening TO-. Il was wonderful. In addition to
immense scientific attainments, DR., Le Conse has
the peculiar and very rare art Of catching and
holding the attention Of the entire auditory BE
is deservedy reckoned among the great lecturers
of the College - among such men as Cooper, Max