Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-05-08

sis on Monday night last at Boston, and died
on Tuesday morning.
The circulation of London newspapers
is stated as follows: The Daily Telegraph,
10000 copies; the Standard, 100000; Daily
Ns0s, 100000; Echo, $4,000; Times, 10000.
The morning and evening papers together
give sum total daily of $4,000 copies.
Since the beginning of the present cen
tury the population of the United States has
increased seven-fold, while that of Great Brit
ain has only doubled. According to the last
census the population of the United States
was 38,55S,371.
The emigration from England to this
country has been very heavy this spring. Ten
thousand emigrants left Liverpool last week,
and even before that, when the season had not
even fairly opened, the tide had commenced
to set toward the United States.
A telegraph operator in Baltimore re-
Gently sued a friend for twenty-five cents, the
amount be paid for telegram sent at his re-
quest. He obtained verdict for the amount
and costs, aggregating S1.95, but the defend
ant appealed, and has finally given bond in
the sum of fifty cents.
"A summary of the religious statistics Of
the census show that church property has
more than quadrupled during the last twenty
years, while membership has increased only
fifty per cent The Methodists possess the
largest amount of property and the largest
number of members-$69, 1884, ,121 and $685.
209 members.
Congressman Garfield, of Ohio, shifts
the responsibility of the back pay grab in a
manner that would do Benjamin F. Butler
credit. A Republican convention held in his
district, having passed resolution requesting
him to resign his seat in Congress because he
voted for the salary bill, he replied that his
vote did not make the law, but that General
Grants signature did,"
The New York Legislature has passed
the bill, which has been for some time pend
ing, intended to prevent the frequent accidents
that occur from the careless handling of fire.
arms 1t is now misdemeanor in New York
10 point gun, pistol, or other frearm, at any
one, whether the weapon is loaded or not, and
the crime is punishable by fine and imprison.
ment This is wholesome enactment, well
worthy of imitation everywhere.
The money market in New York is still
stringent, but for what reason is not apparent.
No great movement of crops or anything of
that kind is on foot, calling for the immediate
use of large sums Of money, nor is the condi-
ton of the country such as to create any real
disturbance in money circles. The stringency
is thought to be caused by the Wall street
cliques, who lock up gold and currency, no.
ping thereby to cause Secretary Richardson to
change his financial policy.
- expedition is being organized, to be
assembled at, and in readiness to depart from
Fort Rice, Dakota Territory, on the 18th Of
June next, for the protection of engineering
parties Of the Northern Pacific Railroad in ma
king surveys for the location of the line of.the
road between the Missouri river and the Rocky
mountains Among other troops connected
with the expedition, will be ten companies of
the 7th cavalry, several companies of which
we're recently stationed in this State.
"A circular issued by one of the promi.
nent mercantile agences of the country states
that last year there were 1869 mercantile fail
ures, the aggregate liabilities being $121 1885,
900. Compared with 1871 this is large in
crease, there having been in that year 2915
failures; with liabilities aggregating $S5, ,252,.
900. The increase is said not to be chargea-
BILE to the ordinary causalties of business, but
caused mainly by the Chicago and Boston
fires.
The Chicago fire, although occurring
more than eighteen months ago. it seems, has
not yet gone out. The papers there mention
that smoke was recently seen issuing from a
portion of the ruins near Van Buren and
Clark streets, and, an excavation being made,
pile glowing Goals was found, which, when
the air reached it, was speedily famed into a
vigorous flame. The investigators, to make
the fact memorable, baked some potatoes in
the fire, ate lunch and lit their cigars after
the repast.
ALEXANDER Won Humboldt died in a
state bordering on poverty. His financial en-
barrassments were caused by his loss in 1S43
Of the sum of $4,000 or $4,000 in gold, which
the King of Prussia had presented to him.
At the time it was believed that the money
had been stolen from the great savant; but
the police we're unable to find any clue to its
disappearance. Strange to say, short time
since the gentleman now living in the house
formerly occupied by Mr.. Humboldt, found
the money in small box among some old
rubbish in the cellar.
"A Western genius has invented a little
machine for removing the shells from chest
nuts and peanuts 1t is made to fit over the
nose. The breath, passing from the nostrils,
furnishes the motive power; the nuts are drop
ped into the hopper on top, and the meat, or
unshelled nut, is dropped into the mouth of
the eater below. 1t is noiseless in its work
ing, and gentlemen or ladies who have been
debarred from attending opera boufe or
church, because they we're not allowed to
"crunch' nuts, can now experience new
pleasure.
The last census exhibits some facts
which will do to reflect on as showing the
amount of crime in the various conditions of
society in Massachusetts and Georgia. In
Massachusetts one person in every SIT is a
criminal !; in Georgia only one criminal in
1906. Of the native whites in Massachusetts,
one in every 946 is a criminal of native
whites in Georgia only one in every 1882 is a
convict Of the colored people in Massachu'
setts there is one criminal to every 100; in
Georgia there is one to every 913. Foreign
ers in Massachusetts are criminal in the pro
portion of one to 2S6; in Georgia only one II
799.
The Supreme Court of the United State