Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 08, 1857, Image 4
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NOBODY BY SOMEBODY'.
If nobody's noticed yon?you must be small,
If nobody's slighted you?you must be tall;
If nobody's bowed to you?you must be low,
If nobody's kissed you?you are ugly we know.
If nobody's envied you?you're a poor elf,
If nobody's flattered you?flatter yourself;
If nobody's cheated you?you are a knave,
If nobody's hated you?you are a slave.
. If nobody's called you a "fool" to your face,
Somebody's wished for your back in its place;
If nobody's called you a "tyrant" or "scold,"
- Somebody thinks you of spiritless mould.
If nobody knows of your faults but a friend,
Nobody will miss them at the world's end;
If nobody clings to your purse like a fawn,
Nobody will run like a hound when its gone. ;
If nobody's eaten his bread from your store, j
Nobodv will call you a miserly bore ;
If nobody's slandered you?here is your pen? ;
???1P iiVAko/lB" ac nu VAI1 <*!IT1.
Oigu jruuraeu -wuumj -w
THE TUSCALOOSA GIEL.
"Ha, ain't they, though? ain't they good
looking ? I should rather think they are," ,
said Tom. "I tell you what 'tis, I can just j
show you as pretty girls in the South and
West as you can find anywhere on dry land.
One I met at a ball in Tuscaloosa was good !
enough for anybody, and if any white man j
says she warn't, just let hiui say it loud j
enough for me to hear him."
"Tell us about her, Tom," suggested I.
"Well, gentlemen, she was about five feet j
high and eighteen years old, black hair and ;
eyes, and dressed as tasty as any woman in j
the States. Awful good on dancing, too. 1 ;
kind of froze to her first off, and got no bet- j
tcr very fast, after getting an introduce. Tell j
you what it was?she was a mighty stunning I
piece?waltzed with her nigh half an hour, j
and then we sauntered out on the piazza to
get cool. Got to talking about the moon, i
and stars, and all that sort of thing, (queer |
* - 11 N 1.1 J :
how tood 01 astronomy young luiKsare;, iuiu :
her that I knew one star?one -bright parti
cular star/ (Shakspeare, you know), that '
would just take down all the rest of them .
put together. She asked what star 'twas ; I j
hemmed and hawed, and did a little bit of j
the diffident?nothing like a little bit of diffi- i
dent with girls like her?finally I hinted in j
a mild way, that she was the star, and squcez- '
ed her hand gcntljyd the same time.
"Lord o* mercy, what a pretty hand she ;
bad ! just as soft as a jolly little white rose j
leaf, aud no bigger than three of my fingers. ;
Well, when I squeezed it, she gave a little j
bit of a pressure back again, that ran ting- \
ling all the way up my brachial artery, and j
turned the blood to pure nectar; then she i
rolled her eyes up so that the moon shone i
on them, aud 1 could look away down into
them about a quarter of a mile. That made j
me feel kind of queer, you kuow, aud some- '
how, without exactly knowing much about it, i
I found my arm around her taper waist, and '
could feel her blessed little heart jumping,
HItab rat in a steel-traD. Directly she laid i
"*w ? * r * .
her head over on my shoulder, so that her |
warm, sweet breath swept over my cheek, j
and kind of rustled up the end of my mous- j
tache, at the same tinie letting the full flood j
of tenderness pour up from her eyes into
- Hiine.
"Pcn't laugh, boys, if I do get a little
highfalutin'; you don't know how you'd have
felt if you'd been in my boots just then. It
, took my breath away; but I mustered up all
my courage, and turned around a little, put
my left hand under the back of her head,
raised it up ('fraid I mussed her hair slightly?it
was done up mighty nice, I tell you)'
and bending down, gave her a ringing kiss
right on her mouth.
"Now, boys, by jingo, I tell you what it i
is; I've tasted sweet thiols afore now?talk
/
about honey aud sugar?talk about your ;
Charlotte Russes?your Meringues a !u Cretue
?they are nowhere. 1 felt as if I had died ;
in a candy-shop, and had gone to the fortyuinth
heaven, where I was eating sweetened i
. i
ambrosia, with a whole crowd of she-angels ;
playing on golden harps all iuside of my i
head. I swow, if my heart didn't swell up ;
as big as a two-bushel basket, and it ham- j
mered away, thump-thump-thump, so you \
might have heard it a mile off. She didu't j
. say anything when I done it, and I was just :
going to do some more, when Jim Sawyer 1
came along with his girl and interrupted.?
I bate Jim Sawyer."
"Too bad by half," said Joe, who had
been very quiet during Tom's narration, j
"did you follow it up ?"
"No; I was only travelling through there '
-?left next day and never saw her again, nor '
any other girl equal to her. 1 tell you what,
I'd rather have lost the best paying patient .
I ever had, than to have lost sight of that i
girl. But you know what we used to say at j
college. 'Mutatis m utavdur? Tcmpusfriyit
?Sic transit gloria mundi.' That's all the
Latin I remember; let's go and have some- i
thing, I'm as thirsty as a graven image."
Doing the Taw-Taw-Talking Part. !
?Amos Merton and Gawiu Goodlucke help-;
ed to compose the community; iu fact, they \
went a good way toward making up i
the town, aud I don't believe 'twould be 1
much of a place without them. Nothing j
ever happened in town or around, but Gaw- I
f 1 ? oil 1
IU L/OUUIUUftC Aiivn an auuui iij uuu Iiv U ;
tell Amos; but when Amos repeated it, he
always stated his auihority, by saying, when
he thought the thing was a lie, "Gentlemen. J
Gawin's my authority." Amos was noted j
for his sobriety and truthfulness, and Gaw- j
in was his opposite. IIow they ever became J
to be such friends, every body would often
say, I can't see. But they were fast friends.
By-the-bye, Amos stuttered, and whenever ,
he repeated any of Gawin's yarns, or ex- j
ploits that were the least bit extravagant, he :
stuttered worse, and would occasionally turn ;
red in the face, for Amos was a modest, hon-i
est young man.
Gawin used to make Amos the hero of
some of his stories, and he told me this one j
day, and it's a true tale :
"Amos and I," said Gawin, "went out to j
Col. Wilkin's orchard one day to get some !
apples. Having eaten as many as we want- j
ed, and loaded our pockets, when we were j
coming back, just as we vurned the corner j
of the orchard, we saw old Watkin'sson Bill
coming out of the gate, on old Sue, that old j
mare, you know, with a bag of apples, a
bucket of butter, and a basket of eggs on
his arm, on his way to town. He hadn't got
far down the road before Amos said to me :
"Graw-Gaw-Gawin, sup-sup suppose we act
the Mur-Mur-Murrel part-part by that boy ?"
"How's that, Amos?" said I.
"Why, ju-just let's muf-muf-muffle ourselves
up i-in our co-co-coats, and he-head in
rou-round thur-thur-thicke,t and yu-yu-you
je-je-jump out and ca-ca-catch his horse, and
by g-g-gings I I'll do thur-thur-taw-taw-talking
part." j
Well, we muffled ourselves up iu our coats
as well as we could, slouched our hats over
our eyes, and headed in through the thicket
around, and in a few minutes up came
the boy; out I jumped and caught the horse,
and out jumped Amos and caught the boy,
exclaimed:
"St-st-stand and de-de-deliver, by g-ggings
"
"Oh, go away, Amos Nelson, you stuttering
old fool! Do you think wow could fool
anybody ?' said the boy, right off?and we
let go; but it rather kinder plagues Amos, to
this day, his idea of doing the taw-taw-talking
part."?Spirit of the Times.
A POLITE JUDGE.
Governor Ford, of Illinois, tells an anecdote
of one of the early judges of that State,
but the Governor does not put upon record
the name of the considerate magistrate.
At the court over which this judge presided,
a man by the name of Green was convicted
of murder, and the judge was obliged
to pass sentence of death upon the culprit.
Calling on the prisoner to rise, the judge
said to him : "Mr. Green, the jury say you
are guilty of murder, and the law says you
are to be hung. I want you and all your
friends down on Indian creek to know that
it is not I that condemns yon; it is the jury
and the law. Mr. Green, at what time, sir,
would you like to be huug ? The law allows
you time for preparation."
The prisoner replied, "May it please your
honor, I am ready at^any time; those who
kill the body have no power to kill the soul.
My preparation is made, and you can fir the
time to suit yourself, it is all the same to me,
sir!"
"Mr. Green," returned the judge, "itisa
very serious matter to be hung. It can't
happen to a man but once in his life, unless
the rope should break before his nock is
broke, and you had better take all the time
you can get. Mr. Clerk, sitiee it makes no
difference to Mr. Green when he is hung,
just look into the almanac and nee whether
this day four weeks conies on Sunday."
The Clerk looked as he was directed, and
reported that that day four weeks catne on
Thursday.
' Then," said the judge, "Mr. Green, if
you please, you will be hung this day four
weeks at 12 o'clock."
The Attorney General, James Turney,
Esq., here iuterposed, and said : "May it
please the court, on occasions of this sort it
is usual for courts to pronounce a formal sentence.
to remind the prisoner of his perilous
condition, to reprove him for his guilt, and
to warn him against the judgment in the
world to couie."
"Oh, Mr. Turney," said the judge, "Mr.
Green understands the whole matter; he
knows he has got to be hung. You understand
it, Mr. Green, don't you?"
"Certainly," said the prisoner.
"Mr. Sheriff, adjourn the court."
Four week from that day Mr. Green was
hung, but not so much to his owu satisfaction
as his appearance promised on the day
of h's conviction.
We have been handed the following
poetical effusion by a member of the "E
Klampus Yictus Society. We canuot vouch
for its originality or worth, as we are no
judge of Chiuese poetry.
imi, uauz'irer 01 me great i,mng-cuiu,
Whose eyes like K.ision diamonds glow,
And wilt then love thy Fa-fe-fum,
My sweet, my lovely Ilo-ang-ho ?
The swans their downy plumage lave,
Where Lono's wandering waters flow,
Put, can the swans of Lono's wave
Caniparewith thee, my Ilo-ang ho?
Six moons have travelled through the sky,
And softly glanced on Kifing, 0,
Since flrst thy beauty met my ey?
J ij-ht of my v id, my ITo-nng If., 7
Ob, when [clasp thee to my breast,
{'hang-fee, to whom the nations how.
Shall not ho hnK so truly h!e?t,
A- l-'a-fe luiii and Ho-ang-ho.
? - ?1? - ? TOM
MARSHALL'S LAST.
A very amusing and characteristic speech
was lately tuade by the brilliant and eccen- j
trie Tom Marshall, in a trial before the Su- I
preme Court of Kentucky, which is too good ]
to be lost. The cause was an action for damages
brought against a gentleman who had a
fine fish pond, upon which some of his neigh- j
bors' boys were in the habit of depredating j
and who was provoked to the point of Hogging
one of the marauders, whose parents
sued for damages aud employing Tom Marshall
as his advocate. He recovered 83,000;
and the case being appealed, John ('. Breckenridge,
Vice President elect, and Garret
Davis, the great American leader, were retained
for defence. These gentlemen, in
their defence warned the Court against the
seduction of the eloquence and sophistry of.
the distinguished counsel on the other side.
Maj. Breekenridge contended that the correction
was a wholesome and proper one, such
as be had been subjected to in his juvenile
days, when caught in auy mischief.
Tom Marshall, in reply, said that both
gentlemen had endeavored to magnify him
into a very great man?Kentucky's greatest
lawyer and orator; and both, in their political
speeches, were in the habit of expressing
great confidence in the sagacity and intelligence
of the people. Now, lie wished them
to inform the Court how it was that, with
such great superiority of natural genius and
acquirements, aud with the additional sidvantage
of years over at least one of his adversaries,
he remained plain Tom Marshall,
hammering a miserable existence out of a
few law suits at the bar, "while you," pointing
to his opponent, John C. lireckenridge,
"who were but a tuw-hcadcd shaver, robbing
birds' nests and playing marbles, when the
yrhole broad Commonwealth of Kentucky
was ringing from one end to the other with
praises of the great eloquence, vast learning
and prodigious ability of Tom Marshall, are
now Vice President of the United States!
and you, Garret Davis, wanted to be, and al
most persuaded some very weak-minded people
to make you, President of the United
States!
"Now," proceeded Tom, "our Vice
President says he used to b<*flogged in his
boyish days for just such tricks as my client's
son was flogged for, and he leaves us to infer
that, so far from suffering any damage thereby,
it was one of the causes of his progress
and advancement to his present high position.
If my client had only known this before,
and if he could be sati. Scd that his
son was spanked on the same spot that my
distinguished friend was, so far from bringing
this suit, he would have acknowled his
profound gratitude to the defendant for thus
placing hi3 scoin in the line of safe precedents,
and giving him so strong a claim on
the Vice Presidency. Doubtless the political
misfortunes and disasters of my other
distinguished friend are attributable to the ;
. . -
j fact that, as his spanking was neglected in |
boyhood, he has to make up for it, by re- '
ceiving nothing but political spanks ever ,
: since lie reached manhood."
These palpable hits excited much laughter i
j among the lawyers and judges, in which the j
i two distinguished objects of Tom,s raillery j
| participated. - Cincinnati Enquirer.
AN ARKANSAS JOKE.
j An Arkansas correspondent of the New |
; Orleans Picayune tells the following good j
one:
In early times, in a country not far off, j
: these country dram-shops were common, as I
j they were all over the State, where the i
! b'hoys met every Saturday evening to shoot
j for whiskey and get drunk; and cool off
j with a fight or two. On one of those oc;
casions a big strapping six footer, full of
. "bust head', and Dutch courage, having i
| becu beat at the mark by another, slapped j
: his fists together, swore be was "spiling for |
; a fight," and could whip any man who !
i ? . i . j
i coul<l Deal him snooting.
; This was not noticed by the man for whom ;
it was intended. That, of course, made him
j braver and madder. He roared out:
J " I kin whip any blink-eyed sucker who
i kin beat me shooting?Whoop-ee !"
The man aimed at still said nothing.
Six footer here lihil over?so he walked
right up to him, shook his fist iu his face,
and said:
" You kin shoot, kin you ? but you dar'n't j
to fight me?I'am a unanimous hor-see?'
Whoop-ee?"
J The mau addressed still said nothing.
Six-foooter roared again the louder, and ,
, said he must have a fight if he had to "buy j
;lt"Look
'ere! Slicbemgoeasy, if you'll
I give me a tar fight I'll give you a cow and
j calf."
Slickeni deliberately began to strip. Says
he: "if thar's anything to be made I'am
; in. Six-footer turned a little?couldn't back
' down uow?struck a ring?pitched in, and
i Six-footer got most confoundedly nnd soundi
ly thrashed. Rose, shook the dirt off, and
swore he wouldn't pay, " for 'twarnt in the
! bargain he was to be swoUopcd."
j Slick'm said, " I'll sue you."
I "Sue away!" said Six-footer; and
mounted his bearskin and rode off.
Slickcm went to the county seat, saw a
lawyer, and told him his case; lawyer told
liirn it was a good case, and he would gain it:
I for him : told him to make out an account
, " for work and labor done," and sue before |
iu justice of peace. He did so; justice of :
I the peace gave judgment for plaintiff, and |
I ilin nnnctnhlo fn drive the cow nnd !
j calf to him. Here it rested. The defend- j
ant was heard to say:
" Well, I reckon that mout be law, but my 1
losing that cow and calf all coineo' my not
kivering all the pints in the trade, I 'sposel"
Piscfllaitfffiis.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
A correspondent of the Petersburg Express,
travelling over the N. C. Railroad,
writes thus about Charlotte :
Mr. Editor: Having parted with you
i and numerous other friends, with whom I
j had spent several pleasant days in the great
I commercial emporium of the Empire State
j of the South, at Branchville, I was soon
i Ended at Kingsville, the Southern teruiiuus
of the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad,
where, again changing cars, I proceeded on
to Colombia, the seat of government of South
j Carolina. Before arriving at the latter place j
I the country changes, and instead of low, flat i
i swamp and pine barreus, it is gently undula- I
i ting and the soil is more productive. Here i
! commences another railroad, known as the
! Columbia and Charlotte Railroad, terniina:
tiixr it the latter nlace. in Mecklcnburtr !
I ""O ? - -- - - r ' ^ ,
county, N. 0. This road is nearly all in I
: South Carolina, only about uiue miles being j
t in the Old North; still, its President is a
[ North .Carolinian, residing in Charlotte. I i
j had the pleasure of forming his acquaintance, j
i and found him to be au intelligent aud po- j
i lite gentleman, whose praise was in every !
j one's mouth. He is devoted to the interests !
j of the work over which he presides, and j
j gives it his whole time, aud is uow actively j
| employed in having relaid with heavy iron j
| the track of his road?having secured the j
j services of the indefatigable Khodes, so long J
j in the service of the Raleigh and Gaston, '
j aud more recently in the North Carolina
Central lload. I had almost forgotten to i
i tell you that his name is Johnson, and of!
| the numerous family bearing that appellation, i
j it has never been my fortune to meet with j
j one of whom I regard as his superior,
j We arrived in Charlotte, N. C., the birth j
place of American Independence, about 4, i
I P. M., and after securing lodgings at a first I
| rate hotel, which everywhere abound within j
j the limits of the Old North State; accompanied
by several gentlemen of the place, who |
kiudly volunteered to show us the sights, a- 1
mong whom was our friend Parks, who had !
the honor of sitting as the Vice President '
of his State in the Commercial Convention
at Savannah, and is also the -Mayor of Charlotte,
I sauntcied forth in quest of adventure.
First, I was shown the spot upon which i
the old Court House former'y stood, uuder
whose roof was first proclaimed the Mecklenburg
Declaration of Independence, which
preceded that of the United States by 45
days, being promulgated on the 20th May, j
1776, signed by 25 of the patriot citizens of j
i ?u?f Ann..),. ,1'V.siuo nniiiM jirwl flowmeters dfi- I
ibllUb LVUUi j j i* uvuw ?..?
serve, and will receive throughout all tiuie,
{the respect and veneration of every loyal
son of North Caroliua. Many of their de
scendants are still living in the State, and
; are among her most honored sods, of whom
' may be named the Hon. Win. A. Graham.
The 20ili May is annually celebrated in North
Carolina, and efforts are being made to erect
a suitable monument upou the site of the old
Court House, to hand down to posterity the
memory of the event which there occurred.
The language of this declaration is so similar
i to the one of the U. States that many persons
suppose that Mr. Jefferson must have
seen it, and adopted not only the sentiment
but the language.
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Proceeding farther, I was shown the site
of Queen's College, not a vestige of which
now remains ; but in its place is a large private
mansion, shaded by a grove of beautiful
oaks, occupied until recently by a grandson
of one of the immortal 25, whose house was
the seat of the refined and princely hospitality,
which will long be remembered by those
whose good fortune it was to enter its open
doors.
It was in Charlotte that Gen. Gates' last
order was iieued u commander of the South- j
em army, when he was superseded by Gen.
Greene. That order was dated 3rd December,
1780
Here, also, is a Branch Mint of the t\
States, erected during the administration of
Gen. Jackson and Mr. Van Bureu, of which j
Col. Wheeler was appointed first superintendent.
It was here that he first made himself
famous by the display of his exquisite
taste and ingenuity in embellishing and adorning
the mint, his palatial residence,
which no doubt caused his merits to become
more prominent, and ultimately made.him
an envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary
to Nicaragua, under the present
administration. Proceeding farther, I was
shown by the polite owner, Dr. Andrews,
his valuable cabinet of minerals and fossils.
It is the most extensive and valuable oue in
the South, and does great credit to its own-1
er, who has been at great pains and expense
in collecting the materials. I understand
*l*"A n.11.? "ilokoa IA KUTT il anil
nun A/a viunuu vuiicgc mouco w wuj .v, ?..?
I should suppose would not hesitate, as the
price asked uy the Dr. is, I think, hardly
oue-half its value.
MOKE OP THE 'FUSION.'
We had hoped that the complete overthrow
of the continued efforts of Southern
Know Nothiugs and Northern Black .Republicans,
to defeat the election of James Buchanan,
had beaten a little sense and patriotism
into the braius of the Know Nothing leaders.
The gallant people of the Keystone State
nobly spurned the solicitations of such quasi
Southern men as Botts and Rayner, to help
the cause of Fremont by sustaining the "fusion"
Fillmore and Fremont ticket, and gave
a clear majority to the Democratic cause of
the Constitution and the Union. Thoroughly
routed on the Pennsylvania battleground,
there was some reason to ar 'cipate that the
Southern schemes of the "American party
would have been content to bear their inglorious
defeat with a little equanimity, to bow
to the will of the people, and to abstain for
a little while from their baffled machinations
of anti-Democratic fusion.
But the events of the past few days in
Congress satisfy us that "the creature is at
his dirty work again." The Democracy
must be resisted in its holy mission of giv- j
ing peace to the country, at any risk ! The
movement of Etheridge, a Southern antiNebraska
Know Nothing, sprung in the j
House on Monday, on the subject of the j
slave trade, without consultation with his fcl- j
low.members from the South, looks like* a I
wretched attempt to produce dissension and j
division among the Southern members, and
thereby to play into the hands of the Black
Republican members. We rejoice that Mr.
Orr, of South Carolina, so promptly defeated
this Know Nothing movement by bringing
forward a temperate resolution which fairly
represented the universal sentiment of the
South in opposition to the wild and visionary
project of the revival of the slave trade, and |
which received the sanction of nearly every
member of the House of Representatives.? !
This wise and patriotic act of Mr. Orr, coupled
with the action of the Savannah Convention,
will fall like a thunder-bolt upon the
machiuatious of the Black Republicans and
will blow up their basely cherished schemes
of making capital out of Southern divisions.
But there is still another striking phase of
au unholy assimilation between Know Nothingisui
and Black Republicanism. The attention
of the people of the South, and particularly
of the "American" party, should
be directed to the recent remark in the
House of Mr. II. Marshall, of Kentucky,
viz : "I would not give the toss of a copper,
as to which of the two political candidates
had been elected to the Presidency,
Mr. Buchanan or Mr. Fremont!" Such a
declaration from the leader of the "South
American" party in Congress, is well calculated
to give aid and comfort to the chiefs of
i.u. T>1 ? l. .Via I
IUU J-MUUh. Jivpuuiivwii UV.?l. . .JllW IUV/ tJUUlllern
Know Nothing party prepared to reiterate
and stand by the sentiment of their leader
in Congress ? Are they ready to admit
that John 0. Fremont is as sound and safe
as the able Pennsylvania statesman who has
always stood by the constitutional rights of
the South ? What other consequence can
flow from such prejudiced and partisan opposition
to the voice of the people, than that
in their anxiety to defeat the success of the
incoming administration, they furnish weapons
for the Flack Republican assailants of
the South, the Constitution aud the Union ?
As matters stand, Southern Know Nothings
must take their choice between the Democracy,
sustained by the people, aud the Rlack
Republican phalanx. Can any true Southcm
man, can any patriotic lover of right
and of the peace of the Union, hesitate for
one moment ? To break down, or even
thwart the conservative action of Mr. Fuch- J
anan's administration, is to act with the coe-1
uiies of the Constitution, the real disunionists
of the land. No Southern man can in his
conscience mistake the obligations of duty.
liit limond Enqv.ircr.
&ST" A glass of brandy can't hurt anybody
! Why, I know a person, yonder he is
now, on high change, a specimen of manly
beauty, a portly six-footer. lie has the
bearing of a prince, for he is one of our
merchant princes. His face wears the hue !
of health, and now, at the age of fifty odd, |
lie has the quick elastic step of our young j
men of twenty-five, and none more full of |
mirth and wit than he, and I know he never !
dines without brandy and water, and never!
goes to bed without a terripin or oyster sup- |
per, with plenty of champagne, and more !
than that, he was never known to ne arunk.
So here is a living exemplar and disproof of'
the temperance twaddle about the destruc- j
tive effects of a temperate use of liquors." I
Now, it so happened that this specimen of
safe brandy drinking was a relative of ours. !
He died in a year or two after that of cliron- j
ic diarrhoea, a common end of those who i
are never drunk, nor ever out of liquor.? j
He left his widow a splendid mansion up-;
town, and a clear five thousand a year, besides
a large fortune to each of his six children
; for he had ships on every sea and j
credit at every counter, but which he never j
had occasion to use. For months before he !
died?he was a year in dying?he could cat j
or drink nothing without distress, and at
death, the whole alimentary canal was a;
-p J? ,l. .?;i !
mass or disease: in ruts ujiuou ui mo um- i
lions, he died of iuanition. That i? not the !
half, reader. lie had been a steady drinker, i
a daily drinker, for twenty-eight years, lie
left a legacy to his children, which we did
not mention. Scrofula has been eating up
one daughter for fifteen years; another is in
the mad house; the third and fourth of unearthly
beauty, there was a kind of grandeur
in that beauty, but they blighted and
paled and faded, into Heaven we trust, in
their sweetest teens; another is tottering on j
the verge of the grave, and only one is leftj
n'-tVhn.:. --^a-.
with all the senses, and each of them is weak
as water. Why we came from the dissecting
room and made a note of it, it was so horrible
A gentleman of thirty-five was seen sitting
on a chair, with no specially critical
symptom present, still lie was known to be
a ''Dissipated young man," as the saying
goes. He rose, ran fifty feet, fell down and
died. The doctors see a beauty in death,
the chance of cutting up a fellow and looking
about for sights. The whole covering of
the brain was thickened, its cavities were
well filled with a fluid which did not belong
to them, enough to kill half-a-dozen men
with apoplexy; a great portion of one lung
was in a state of gangrene, and nearly all
the other was hardened and useless; blood
and yellow matter plastered the inner covering
of the lungs, while angry red patches of
destructive inflammation were scattered along
the whole alimentary canal. Why, there
was enough of death in that one man's body
to have killed forty men. The doctor who
talks about guzzl-' 2 liquor every day, being
' healthy," is a perfect disgrace to the medical
name, and ought to be turned out to
break rock for the turnpike for the term of
his natural life at a shilling a day, and board
himself.?I/all's Journal of Health.
If
B&* Hoop petticoats were introduced into
England in the reign of Queen Anne they
constituted part of the female Court dress,
until abolished by George the Fourth.?
Aprons were part of the dress of a fashionable
lady during the early part of the last century.
In 1744 they reached the ground.?
Muffs and black silk mantuas were also in
fashion. Ornaments were worn in profusion.
A watch adorned the waist, a jewelled necklace
sparkled on the bosom, and bracelets
were worn over the long gloves. Powder on
Via tioir nroo Ttrnrn an l;ifn !?9 170S. when it
was discarded by Queen Charlotte and her
daughters. Ladies wore white silk stockings,
cveu in mourning, as late as the year
1778. After then, black silk stockings
came into fashion. Shirt collars and the
| round hat appeared immediately after the
I great French Revolution.
?Bli
j 5-SyThey have a man in Mississippi so lean,
! that he makes no shadow at all, A rattleI
snake struck at his leu six times in vain, and
retired in disgust. He makes all hungry
who louk at hiui, and when children meet
him in the street they run home crying for
bread.
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without informing the publisher, and their paper
^ e?.? .j:.o,.?
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it uncalled for. is prima jiaeir evidence of an
intentional fraud.
WfT, would inform the citizens of York Dist.,
V T of the State, and visitors from abroad, that
our constantly increasing business has eompcllcd
our removal from "3 BROAD-STREET." to the
magnificent and spacious "Brown Stone Building."
9 BROAD STREET.
The accommodations and arrangements of this
"NEW DEPOT," are unsurpassed by any similar
establishment in the United States; and whilst it
will afford facilities for keeping our usual large
stock of
MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS,
CHEAP PUBLICATIONS,
M?MM IBS, &?.,
we also propose adding largely to our
STOCK OF STATIONERY:
And those in want of LEDGERS, JOURNALS,
CASH BOOKS, LETTER, NOTE, and CAP TAPER,
&c., &c., will find it to their advantage to
isit us.
S. 6. COURTENAY & CO.,
BOOKSELLERS & STATIONERS.
Sign of the Newsboy. Charleston,
Nov, 6, 1856. 46?6m
er- TO THE PUBLIC. ^
"WARTNKSSAS!" !
I
is over; and sow wiiae the
| PRESIDENT'S ELECTION
Is going on, provide yourselves with good and
comfortable outfits, wherein to
; SIRE AST THE STORM AND MEET
THE CRISIS ! !
11? L EllfiG & fifflM
TAKE pleasure in informing their friends and
customers, nr.d the people of York District at
j large, that, looking to the future and seeing the
i coming necessity fur good, comfortable and stylish
CLOTHING,
I they are now receiving and opening th? largest
STOCK OF
FALL & WINTER GOODS
j Ever brought to this place; carefully selected in
I the Philadelphia and New York Markets by one
' of the firm: and at such an advantage as to enable
them to sell very CHEAP
WW CAS TT?
JL \/lt' V11KJX1
The .stock consists in port of Silk and Worsted
Ladies' Dress Goods, Ginghams, Calicoes, ft heavy
stock of DOMESTIC'S ; LADIES' MANTILLAS
I ami CLOAKS of Silk Velvet, Silk, ami Cloth, in
the latest French Patterns; Straw, Silk and Silk
Velvet French HON NETS, the ni??t fashionable !
and beautiful styles;
EMBROIDERIES,
Fancy Work-Baskets, Collars, Sleeves, Haadker- j
chiefs, Flouncing; and a large and elegant assort- i
ment of other GOODS which are usually kept in ,
A DRY GOODS STORE.
We are very thankful to our friends for the gen- i
l erous custom already given us, and all we now nsk I
is?call on us when you are in town, NEXT i
' week, and we will do you goo I in return.
L. BLOOMBERG & BRO.
| Oct 9 41 tf
| Swan & Co's Lotteries!
FORT GAINES ACADEMY LOTTERY !
CLASS 23,
| To be drawn in tho City of Atlanta, Georgia, in j
public, on TUESDAY, JANUARY
20th, 1837, on the
IMS of sisgsb mmn
130,081 T1ITH30? POIZES!! '
NEARLY 1 PRIZE TO EVERY NINE TICKETS! j
MAGNIFICENT SCHEME!
1 Prize of $25,000 is ^25,000
1 ? " 10,000 is 10,000
1 ? 10,000 is 10,000 ]
1 " ? 10,000 is 10,000 |
1 " " 4,000 is 4,000
1 " 1,000 is 1,000
' 1 ? ' " 1,000 is 1,000
10 Prizes of 200 arc 2,000 ;
90 " 100 are 9,000
KiO " Ji) are 7,000
100 " " 50 are G.OoO
I 3.000 " " 40 are 120,000
3.307 Prizes amounting to $204,000
*r ri ? m- I . ?MA TT .1 if f\ t CO CA
1 j IV/lOie HCKeis JJIU?I Wives C'J?yu?ri?r? ;i,w.
The first 307 Prizes are decided iu the usual
i manner.
3000 Prizes of $40 will be determined by
the Inst figure of the number that draws the $25,000
Prize For example, if the number drawing
. the $25,000 Prize ends with No. 1, then all the
Tickets where the number ends in 1 will be entii
tied te $40. If the number ends with No. 2, then
i nil the Tickets where the number ends in 2 will be
. entitled to $40. nnd so on to 0.
Certificates of Packages will be sold at the fol,
lowing rates, which is the risk:
, Certificate of Packnge of 10 Whole Ticket?...SCO
? 10 Half ? ... 30
" " 10 Quarter 41 ... 13
Orders for Tickets or Packages can be address
, ed to S. SWAN & CO.. Atlanta. Ga.
or S. SWAN, Montgomery Ala.
Dec 25 52 td
in us ii Mi;
A NEW SUPPLY.
mHE Subscribers respectfully call the attention
JL of the citizens of York, and the adjacent
counties of North Carolina, to their new stock of
' Fresh and Genuine
MEDICINES,
embracing nearly every article usually kept in
DRUG STOltFS. Our stock is very large and varied.
offering excellent opportunities to the Physician,
Planter and Merchant, who will do well to
call and examine for themselves.
All our preparations are in accordance with the
prescribed rules of the U. S. Pharmacopin. It
shall be our particular care to faithfully represent
the quality of every article sold by us.
Our purchases are made under circumstances
enabling us to sell upon terms and at prices the
most accommodating. Our stock consists of Drugs,
Medicines, Chemicals, Dye- Woods and Dye-Stuffs,
[ Oils, Paints, and Painter's Articles; Varnish.**,
I Window-Glass and Putty; Glassware; English, AI
t rt i n. /Tt .'l.i CI .*
I merican ana rrencn rerjumer;/; 1 uun una o??r<wy
I Soaps: Tooth, Flesh and Hair Brushes;
Surgical and Dental Instruments;
i Trusses, Supporters and Bandages; Spices, Snuffs,
! Fine Chewing Tobacco; Cigars of finest flavor;
i Superior Inks: Pure Wines, Fancy Articles, &c.
8r?k. Prescriptions carefully dispensed. Goods
j carefully packed and forwarded as directed.
Prompt attention given to all orders.
L. P. BARXETT & co.
I April 10 15 tf
RAIL ROAD HOTELBy
JOHN R. NICHOLSON.
' Subscriber respectfully informs his friends
J. and the public generally that his HOUSE,
1 known as the Railroad Hotel, opposite the CliesI
ter Depot, is still open for the reception of regu- j
j lar and transieut boarders and the travelling pub- |
i lie; and that he is making every exertion to de- ;
j serve and socurp a continuance of the kind and !
j liberal patronage which has been hitherto extend- J
! ed to him. He flatters himself that every needed I
arrangement has been made to promote the com- |
fort of all who stop with hint. His rooms are ai- I
[ ry and well-furnished, his servants are attentive j
' and obedient, and his table constantly supplied j
* with the best of the season, so that his friends j
, will not want any attention necesary to make j
J their sojourn pleasant and agreeable. His stables !
; are furnished with good hostlers and an abun- I
! dance of provender, and he is prepared at a mo- I
j uients notice to supply his customers with private J
: conveyances of every sort, to any part of the sur- j
I rounding country.
Boarders furnishing their ownlodgingwill !
i be boarded at $10 per month.
He desires to return his acknowledgements to
the public for past favors, and solicits for the fui
ture an equally liberal share of patronage.
John r. Nicholson.
march 20 12 tf
"mm bt Aivnrsn
Uil WW WUMAIMU i
\\rE have on hand, and are prepared to supply
iff at short notice, at the ENQUIRER Office,
j all kinds of LAWYERS' BLANKS in general de!
maud, printed on good paper and uently pressed.
| We offer them at 75 cents $1 quire. Single half
i Quire 50 cents. As we have incurred considera|
ble outlay to enable us to furnish a good article,
! we will sell for CASH nnd CASH ONLY.
Our present stock cousists of the following va;
rieties, viz: Sum Pro; Fi. Fa.; Fi. Fa. on Sum.
! Pro.; Cop}/ Writ in Cage; Copy Writ in J)>bt; Dt,
duration on Account; Declaration on Promissory
j Note ; Declaration on Bond or Sealed Note; Subpoena
Write; Subpoena Tickets, <jr.
Orders from a distance promptly attended I
to, if accompanied by the CASH!
TAK.I2 AOT1CE.?All persons indebted i
to the estate of ROBERT-E. MILLER, de- ;
coased, are earnestly requested to make immedi- j
ate payment. The demands against the estate I
are pressing. I HAVE HAD TO PAY SOME !
COST and dont wish to pay any more, nor do I j
; wish to put pthers to the unnecessary expense of j
paying cost. JNO. L: MILLER, Adm'r.
i. Jut 2ft 2d tf i
TO SOUTHERN MERCHANTS,
CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC, J
The whole country is flooded with Counterfeitand
Imitation Schnapps. Tlsc public should; be
careful to purchase only the genuine article, manufactured
nnd imported by Udolpho Wolfe, which
lies the name of the manufacturer on tho Bottle,
Cork ?nd Label. , " . '
For sale by all the respectable Growers andDruggists.
Read the opinions of the New Fork Press. UDOLPHO
WOLFE,
22 Bearer 8treet, New York.
From the New York Mercury.
FBAFDl'LENT IMITATIONS OP 8CPERIOB COMMODITIES^
Among the many dishonesties of trade whloh
the moral sense of the community is called upon
to suppress, we would particularly notice a most I
pernicious nnd infamous practice adopted by unscrupulous
dealers of imitating and counterfeiting
the exterior appearance and precautionary label*
of popular drugs, mcd camenta, nnd other article*
of personal consumption, and thus, by seizing upon
the well acquired reputation of an enterprising
trader, palming off most destructive and worthies*
compounds, to the sore detriment not ouly 6f the
consumer, but to the character of the man who
has expended thousands of dollars in bringing the
genuine article into esteem nnd demand. These
petty larceny thieves arc the best of all honorable
dealers nnd traders, and the trade is as much highway
robbery as the violont appropriation of tbeir
neighbor's purse ; in fact, they are beneath the
burglar and highwayman in dignity?for these
latter felons exhibit n bravery or rcckle$sbn88 of
character in nowise distinguishing the mercantile
assassin who stabs in the dark. And ought they
not be rewarded with a punishment commensurate
with the cowardice of their crime! We were led
to these remarks by accidentally observing a spurious
counterfeit of Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam
Schnapps. The labels were imitated perfectly,
with the slight addition of a few letters-to plead
technical avoidance of the law against counterfeiting;
the hottic9 were very similar, arid "every
thing carefully prepared to impose npona careless
purchaser* Now is not the man who perpetrated
this fraud, a felon, a robber? Assuredly he is;
for, as Mr. Wolfe has expended large sums to brfog
his genuine imported schnapps into popular demand,
that demand may be justly considered a
a part of his capital tn trade, and a fellow stealing
a part of his reputation is as much of a thief as if
lie had stolen a barrel of his schnapps in bulk.?
And to this crime he Adds a farther en? of defrauding
the community by giving tlerm a ruinous article
for the money they intended to expend for a
commodity in which they had confidence. And,
farther, every man who participates indirectly in
the fraud, by selling spurions Articles is as mnch
of an offender as the principal who planned the
imposition. The remedy of Mr. Wolfe should lie
in his holding atl concerned np to the contempt of
the community thus swindled by their operations,
and unconsciously imposed upon by their noxious
composition. We trust that* Mi4.' Wolfe" will obtain
names, not only of tire coucoctors of these
counterfeits, but of every man offering tberafor
sale, and then publish them to. the work!; for his
own reputation and the health of the community
demand that all parties should be hailed to the
pillory of popular execration.
From the New York Dispatch. * '
As Infamous Brsisrss.?When an enterprising
man strikes out a new business, to the establishment
of which he gives his industry, time; talents
and pecumnrv mean?, can anything be mQre contemptible
than to have another steal in, and, under
specious pretext?, hold out tothe public an Inferior
article, and endi nvor to obtain their patronage?
Pray. what diftV-rence is there, so faras tho hon- J
esty of the thing is concerned, between purloin- <
ing the business by which a citizent hopes toTbtrke
his bread and stealing the bread'itself? A common
thief, if he takes without leave,'hdjjfcver hungry,
a loaf of bread from a bakerisshrvp, is apprehended
and condemned to the pen&ntiary for daring
in a surreptitious manner to a pease his appetite:
bnt pnt a respectable looking coat fln bis
hack and a few dollnrs in his pocket, and he may,-*
with impunity, nay, even with the applause of bis
fellows, by knavery, forgery or other ..Infamous
menns, take the biteincss of an hoirtsst miuif from
him, and go unscathed of justice. All thlsislrrong.
Some years since a gentleman of this city (Udolpho
Wolfe) introduced to the United States a medicated
article of gin. wliich was highly approved
liy professional gentlemen as a superior fonlc and
deobstruent, and the knowledge of which he,
by advertisement and otherwise, disseminated
throughout the country. So soon as tricksters,
who pass in the business community as hmest
men, saw that Mr. Wolfe was likely to haVe handsome
returns for the time and money which he
had expended, they set about forging hi?.labels
and palming off upon the people -detestable and
poisonous compounds which they have the hardihood
to call '-Schiedam schnapps." In some instances
tliev have gone so far as tc put Wolfe's
name to their villainous liquids. As this horde
are growing bold in their ra.'calities, it is time the
public in town nnd country wore put upon their |
guard Consumers should be sure tbat^tb j par- '
chase the gcuuine article, or else their health may
he irreparably injured by uciug tha.horrible stuff
that unscrupulous nun, because they can buy it
cheap, will offer as the genuine article. Pure
Schiedam Schnapps can ouly be obtained nt the
stores of respectable merchants and tlruggiats, in
town and country, nnd at the establishment of
LMidpho Wolfe, Nos. 18, 20 and 22 Denver. Street,
in this city, where it is gotten up exclusively. We
thiuk it n duty which Mr. Wolfe owes to -himself
and the community to publish, by name,, thu+nsca!s
who are thus attempting to defroud both him
and those who would be his customers, .He should
not permit his moJcsty to hold hint back from
making so righteous an expose.
Agknts in Cuablcsto.n.?Havilacd, Harrall &
f\> Klinsk .t Wirkenberc. Fnll-.n .fe FV?nr<raiind.
A. Von Dohlen, Henry Gerdts, B. Bollman, Oppenlicim
Brothers, Paul & Brown, John F. O'Neill,
A. BL-chofT, D. A. Amme, G. F. Meldau, Btuley &
Douglas, H. Jessen, S. S. Farrnr & Brothers,
Werheim & Fietjen. Dec.
49 8m
. to'
Singer's Sewing Machines.
THESE celebrated machines are inpractioaland
profitable use in all parts of the civilized i
world. In all the various trade?, and in sewing J
evCVy sort of fabric, either of cloth or leather, I
they have been fully tried and approved. Sewing
machines of other manufacturers often fail to
work, but Singer's Machines always operate perfectly,
being strong, durable and complete in contrivance
and workmansnip. A perfect sewing
machine kept employed affords a clear profit of
$1,000 a year; but an imperfect one is a cause of
constant vexation and loss. The entire reliability
of our machines is one great reason for their unparalleled
popularity.
Machines for family sewing, of a frail and delicate
construction, arc recommended by other
manufacturers. Such machines are made to catch
the eye, not to perform substantial work. The
truth is, family sewing machines ought to be
stronger than any other, because they go into less
skilful hands than when sold to manufacturers,
and are used for a greater variety of work. The
machines which have proved best for all othlsr purposes
must be best for family use, and they are
Singer's. The speed of our machiues Lag lately
been doubled. No other can compare with them
in quantity of work.
Ug?,Ntw machines of the latest improved style
will be exchanged on liberal terms for old sewing
inncliinet of our own make, or for operative machines
of other manufacturers. Local agents A
wanted to sell our machines. H
N. B.?All persons desiring full information a
bout sewing machines, can obtain it by applying 1
for a copy of "I. M. Stngcr & Co's Gazette," * *
paper devoted entirely to this subject. It will be
sent gratis. I. M. SINGER & CO. ,
Principal Office, 323 Broadway, New Yprk.
BRANCH OFFICES.
47 Hanover street, Boston ; 32 Westminster-st.
Providence; 274 Broad-st. Newark, N. J.; 847
Broadway, Albany, N. Y ; Glovcrsville, N. Y.;
&8 Chapel-st. New Haven; 11 Buchannn-st. Glasgow,
Scotland; 142 Chcstnut-st. Philadelphia;
105 Baltimore-street, Baltimore; 8 East Fourth
et. Cincinnati. ; Chicago, Illinois ; 6o N. Fourth
st.,St. Louis; 81 St. Charles-st. New Orleans; 20
Dnuphin-st., Mobile.
Oct 30 44 3m
REPORT ON SPERMATORRHEA.
JUST PUBLISHED by th? HOWARD ASSOCIATION,
Philadelphia, a report on Spermatorrhoea
or Seminal Weakness, Impotence, the Vice
of Onanism, Masturbation, or Self-Abuse, and
other Diseases of the Sexual Organs, with an account
of the errors and deceptions of Quacks,
and valuable advice to the Afflicted, by GEO. R.
pAT.wnrv \r n mvsrrT.Tivn surgeon of
the ASSOCIATION, a benevolent Institution, established
with special endowment, for the relief
of the sick and distressed, ufflicted with "Viru- j
lent and Epidemic Diseases.'' A copy of this Re- U
port will be sent by mail (iu u sealed envelope,)
FREE OF CHARGE, on the receipt of two stamps
for postage. Address, Dr. GEO. R. CALHOUN, ^
No. 2. South-Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Oct 2 40 * to
SEIDLITZ AKD SODA POWDERS
of extra sue and quality. For sale by
s ' ^ It. P. BARNKII & 00.
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