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    1. Yorkville Enquirer 1857
    2. Nancie O'Sullivan
    3. 1857 ORDINANCE We publish in this issue the First Ordinance passed by our new Council...MR. MARTIN MULLINAX has been elected Marshal. -- CONVICTION OF PRICE Our readers will perhaps recollect that some 18 months ago, JAMES A. PRICE, was put upon trial at Union for the murder of a man named HUGHES, in the far-famed' Pea Ridge' country. In consequence of the illness of one of the jurors, a mis-trial was had. Before the setting of the next term, PRICE escaped from prison and made his way to Tennessee, where he remained until last December. He was then apprehended , brought back to Union jail, again put upon trial last week, and found guilty. The motion for a new trial, which will be determined in the Court of Appeals in May. --- SONS OF TEMPERANCE At a recent meeting of York Division, No. 26, Sons of Temperance, the following persons were installed as officers - J.C. MILLER- W.P. I.N. WITHERS-W.A. D.J. LOGAN- R.S. J.R. KINCAID- A.R.S. J.E. SMITH- F.S. T.H. SMITH- T. J.J. SMITH- C. JAS. ALLEN- A.C. H.F. OWENS- I.S. WM. SMITH- O.S. WM. C. BEATTY- P.W.P. -- COPPER MINES We are pleased to learn that the Copper Mines on the plantations of Messrs. JOSEPH TURNER and ROBERT STEARNS, discovered last Summer by MR. LIEBER, have been purchased for about $3000. by a company of gentlemen organized in Columbia. Upon careful examination, the deposit is thought to be rich and the prospects is fair for a profitable investment. -- L.D. WITHERSPOON, JR. Our esteemed friend has fixed his home permanently in Montgomery, Alabama and publishes in this issue his card as Attorney at Law. He has many sincere friends in Yorkville, who will learn with pleasure of whatever success may attend his efforts in life. -- MARRIED- In Columbia, on the evening of the 6th , by the Very Rev. DR. LYNCH, HOWARD H. CALDWELL, Esq. to AGNES , second daughter of CHARLES MONTAGUE, Esq. - In Anderson District, on Wednesday evening last, by the Rev. J. SCOTT MURRAY, J.V. MOORE, Esq. [ editor of the True Carolina] to MISS E.E. ROBINSON, all of Anderson District. - TOWN COUNCIL ELECTION For Intendant- F.H. SIMRIL For Wardens- JOS. HERDON, T.H. SMITH, P.B. DARWIN, ELI MEEK. --- ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE- All persons having demands against the estate of THOMAS H. LOVE, deceased, will present them duly without delay, either to myself or to my attorney, C. D. MELTON, Esq. at Chester, C.H. JOSEPH FEEMSTER, Adm'r. Jan. 22, 1857. --- SCRAPS and FACTS, March 12, 1857 We regret to learn that ALEXANDER NOBLE, a youth of about 15 years of age and the oldest son of MR. A. NOBLE, of our district, was accidentally drowned on Friday last, the 27th, in the Savannah River. He was alone and supposed to have fallen out of the batteau. --- The Yorkville Enquirer- Edited by SAM'L W. MELTON, JOHN L. MILLER and J.H. BLACK. --- PRESIDENT BUCHANAN- HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS: ....to the best of my ability perserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. In entering upon this great office, I must humbly invoke the God of our Fathers for Wisdom and firmness to execute its high and responsible duties.... { if you wish to read I have one full column of the address, some of these obituaries are about as long :} --- nancie --- --- Nancie O'Sullivan --- [email protected] --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.

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