Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, May 21, 1857, Image 4
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THE COMKT.
BT GEORGE W. HOLMES, ESQ.
The Comet! He is on his way,
And singing as he flies:
The whizzing planets shrink before
The spectre of the skies !
Ah ! well may regal orbs burn blue,
And satelites turn pale,
Ten million cubic miles of hoad,
Ten billion leagues of tail!
On by whistling spheres of light,
He flashes and he flames :
He turns not to the left or right.
HC lUClll UUI> (UVI> W... ,
One spurn from bis demoniac heel,?
Away, away, they fly,
Where darkness might be bottled up
And sold for "Tyrian dye." .
And what would happen to the land,
And how woald look the sen,
If in the bearded devil's path,
Our earth should chance to be ?
Full hot and high the sea would boil,
Full red the forests gleam :
Methought I saw and heard it all
In a dyspeptic dream
I saw a tutor take his tube
The Comet's course to spy;
I heard a scream?the gathered rays
Had stewed the tutor's eye;
I saw a fort?the soldiers all
Were armed with goggles green;
Pop cracked the guns! whiz flew the balls!
Bang went the magazine.
I saw a poet dip a scroll
Each moment in a tub.
I read upon the warping back,
"The dream of Beelzebub
He could not see his verses barn,
AUkAn<*ti Kic Kroin a fried.
AllUVUgu uig viw*? ? ? - 1
And ever and anon be bent
To wet them a* they dried.
I saw the scalding pitch roll down
The crackling, sweating pines,
And streams of smoke, like water-spouts,
Burst through the rumbling mines:
I asked the firemen why they made
Such noise about the town;
They answered not, but all the while
The brakes weut up and down.
I saw a roasting pullet sit
Upon a baking egg;
I saw a cripple scorch his hand
Extinguishing his leg;
I saw nine geese upon the wing
Towards the frozen pole,
And every mother's g< sling fell
Crisped to a crackling coal.
I saw the ox that browsed the grass
Writhe in the blistering rays,
The herbage in his shrinking jaws
Was all a fiery blaze ;
I saw huge fishes boiled to rags,
Bob through the bubbling brine ;
And thoughts of supper crossed my soul;
I had been rash at mine.
Stranare sitrhts ! strance sounds ! 0 fearful dream!
Its memory liauuts me still,
The stoaming sea, the crimson glare,
That wreathed every wooded hill;
Stranger! if through thy reeling brain
Such midnight visions sweep,
Spare, spare, 0 spare thine eveuing meal,
And sweet shall be thy sleep!
Jimtsing M cubing.
A HARD CASE.
Poor people have a hard time in this little
world of ours. Even in matters of religion,
there is a vast difference between
Lazarus and Dives as the following anecdote
sent us, by a friend, will illustrate :
Old Billy G had attended a great revival,
and, in common with many others, he
was 'converted' and baptized. Not many
weeks afterwards, one of his neighbors met
him reeling home from the court ground
with a considerable brick in his hat.
'Hello, uncle Billy,' said the friend 'I
thought you had joined the church.'
'So I did,' answered uncle Billy, making
a desperate effort to stand still, 'so I did
Jeemes, and would a bin a good Baptis, if
they had'nt treated me so everlasting mean
at the water. Did'ut you never hear 'bout
it Jeemes?'
'Never did.'
'Then I'll tell you about it: You see,
when we come to the baptiziu' place, thar
was me and old Jonks, the rich old squir,
war to be dipped at the same time. \\ ell
the minister tuck the squire in fust, but I
did'nt mind that much, as I thought it
would be jest as good when I cum; so he
led him in, and after dipping him under, he
raised him my mitcy keerful and wiped his
face and led him out. Then come my turn,
and instead of lifting me out like he did the
squire, he gave me one slosh, and left me
crawlin' about on the bottom like a d?n?d
mud turkle."
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AN IRISH STORY.
In an Irish story in Bentley's Miscellany
a murdered schoolmaster is said to have been
found dead in the road, with his head full
f fractions.
- 'I'm thinking it's shoe aside,' said Larry.
'The horses shoe, was it?'
'No, allana,' said Larry, 'shoe aside is lattin
for cutting your throat.'
'But he didn't cut his throat,' said the
widow.
'Sure it's all one,' said Larry, 'whether he
did it with a razhir on his throat, or a hammer
on his head. It's shoe aside all the
same."
'But there was no hammer found.'
'No, but he might have hid the hammer
after he did it to throw of the disgrace of the
ahoe aside.'
'But wasn't there any life in him when he
was found V
'Not a taste. The crowners sot on him ;
and he never said a word against it, and if
he was alive he would.'
'And didn't they find anything at all ?'
'Nothing but the vardick.'
'And was it that kilt him ?'
'No my dear it was the crack on the head;
but the vardict was, it was done, and somebody
done it, and they were blackguards,
whoever they were, and unknown.'
A Sailor Boy.?A sailor boy purloined
two or three pies at different times. He was
overheard in his whimsical method of repeating
the marriage ceremony, thus :
'I now propose a marriage between Jack
Bowning and this pie; if any objection can
he made to this union, let it now be known
or forever keep the peace.'
On this freak being whispered to the captain,
he prepared a good rope's end and
holding it in one hand and the boy in the
other, said:
'A union is now proposed to take place
between this rope and a sailor boy : if any
objections can be made to this ticklish match,
let them now be known or forever keep the
peace.'
'Captain,' said the boy, 'the banns are forbidden
; the parties have not the least regard
for each other. To make it right, both
With one voice should be reconciled to be
pliced.'
'Well/ said the captain, laughing, 'you
may go this time, sirrah, but look out next
time you make love to or marry any of my
pi?s, for it is clearly pi-ratical.'
In Central Africa, says the Missionary
Livingstone, the women have the upper
hand. They feed the men. The wife is
obliged to supply her mother-in-law with
firewood. A man who has five wives, having
returned home, asks something of No. 1.
No. 1 refers him to No. 2 who desires him
to go to the one he loves best. lie is haudled
about from one to another, till he becomes
quite enraged; but all he can do is to
go upon the top of a tree and cry aloud. 'I
thought I had got five wives, but I find I
have got five witches.' If a woman beats
her husband she is punished in this way.
Both are taken to the market-place and the
wife is compelled to take the husband home
on her back, amidst the people. On these
occasions the women generally cry out, Give
it to him again !
ZK55" A reporter of theT3oston Journalsays
that, in passing one of the delivery windows
at the post-office, he overheard the following
dialogue between the elerk in attendance
and a dilapidated specimen of the Green
Isle. Cleric: (Holding up the letter)?
Where do you live? Put: An' sure it's
raeseli that's not married at all. Cleric:
Where do you live ? Pat : I have three
sister* living around here somewhere.?
Clerk : I don't wish to know anything about
your sisters, or whether you are married,
but where you live. Pat: By the Holy
St. Patrick, I don't live any where. J make
bootk out in the country.
JPaT* A tall, keen eyed couutryman stepped
into the court-room at Detroit the other day,
during the progress of the railroad trial.
Stepping up to a spectator, he requested that
the prisouers might be pointed out to him.
The fellow accosted being somewhat of a wag,
pointed towards the jury. The fellow scanned
the twelve with his distrusting eye, and
when satisfied with the scrutiny, turned to
his iuforinaut and whispered : "Well, they
are a hard looking set, ain't they ? I know
by their leaks they ought to go the States
prison, every one of them.'
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Oet Married !?Marry, let the risk be
what It may; it elves dignity to your profession,
inspires confidence, and commands
respect. With a wife the lawyers are more
trusty, the doctor more esteemed, the mechanic
throws the hammer with increased
power, and shoves the plane with a more
dexterous hand; the merchant gets a better
credit?in 6hort, a man without a wife, is
no man at all! She nurses while sick, she
watches for him in health. Gentlemen, get
a wife?a pretty one if you like them best
?a good one if she is to be found?and a
rich one if you can get her.
Lay Still Granny.?A boy got his
father's gun, loaded it, but was afraid to fire;
he, however, liked the fun of loading, and
so he put in another charge, but was still afraid
to fire. He kept on charging, without
firing, until he had got six charges in the
old piece. His grandmother, learniug his
temerity, reproved him, and grasping the
old continental, discharged it. The recoil
was tremendous, throwiug the old lady on
her back ! She promptly struggled to rcorftin
her feet, but the boy cried out, Lay
o / still.
Granny, there are five more charges to
go off yet. _
USrThe following rich incident actually occurred
not long since in the recitation room
of a law school not a thousand miles from
Lebanon. One of the professors, to test the
ability of a student he was examining, propounded
this question : 'Mr. , what do
you think should be done with a man that
had committed suicide V The student was
puzzled ; scratched his head a moment, as
if to brighten his ideas,Jand then responded :
"Well, it is my opinion, as a professional
man, that he ought to be made to support the
child !'
mS?* The Hartford Courant has a few
thoughts on woman.
What makes a woman nowadays ?
Intelligence? good looks?
A mind wjierc all the virtues dwell?
No?dry goods hung on hoops!
Ho! whales, that sail the briny deep,
Repine not at your fate;
Your flesh illuminates the world?
Your bones make women great!
* All would be great?but all dou'tlike
A course of education ;
Schools, study, books?ah! what are these
Compared with inflatation?
5?" Robert Hall, on one occasion, being
disgusted with the egotism and conduct of
a preacher, who, with a mixture of self-complacency
and impudence, challenged his admiration
of a sermon, was provoked to say :
"Yes, there was one fine passage in your
discourse, sir"
"I am rejoiced to hear you say so; which
was it ?"
"Why, sir, is was the passage from the
pulpit to the vestry !"
Abernethy was sent for by an inn
keeper who had a quarrel with hiB wife, who
had scored his face with her nails, so that
the poor man was bleeding and much disfigured.
Dr. Abernethy, admonishing the
offender, said : 'Madam, are you not ashamed
of yourself, to treat your husband thus;
the husband who is the head of all; your
head, Madam, in fact ?'
'Well, doctor,' fiercely returned the virago,
'and may I not scratch my own head ?'
The Teacher Posed.?A teacher asked
a bright little girl 'What country is opposite
us on the globe V
'Don't know sir,' was the answer.
'Well now,' pursued the teacher, 'if I
were to bore a hole through the earth, and
you were to go in at this end, where would
you come out ?'
'Out of the hole, sir !' replied the pupil
with an air of triumph.
J5@?' The following epigram on burning
widows is attributed to the pen of Canning:
As ia India one day an Englishman sat,
With a smart native lass at the window,
"Do your widows burn themselves ? pray tell me
that?"
Said the pretty inquisitive Hindoo.
"Do they burn!?that they do," the gentleman
said,
"With a flame not so easy to smother?
Our widows, the moment one husband is dead,
Immediately burn?for another !"
t8F How many girls, if they took hold of
hands, would.it take to reach from Warwick
to Birmingham ?
"Let's see?twenty miles of girls ? Why,
I should reckon quite a hundred thousand."
"Nonesense; it would only take twenty.
Ain't a Miss as good as a mile ?"
j?uA life ill-spent makes a sad old age.
jjatf, Jim ft c
j ? Friendship requires actions, not words, i
| ? What is the most famous day mentioned : P
in African history ? The Dey of Algiers. !t;
! ? When the day breaks what becomes of !
the fragments? Dissolved in light, of course.
O -= 7 ?
? Which five letters may form a sentence c
expressive of forgiveness? I X Q S U. jj
? Mr. Smith, the hogs are getting into v
your cornfield. Never mind, Dilly; I'm o
sleepy. Corn won't hurt'em. t]
? When may two people be said to bo half t:
? WVion rliovhave an understanding tl
? HICU i ? ?w. - --?j ^
between thcra I a
? Why is it easier to be a clergyman than t:
a physician ? Because it is easier to preach a
than to practice.
? We would like to know how many spokes
there are in a wheel of fortune? Of what .
kind of timber is the post of honor?
? A country paper lately got up an account f,
of a fire, headed : "Destructive fire ! Eleven ?
Buildings, ten Horses, and one cow in Ruins. c
? Why is a man who sets out to stop the v
circulation of a slander like one travelling to' v
a city in the north of Africa? Hecause he ii
is going to trip a lie. (Tripoli). f
? The woman who undertook to scour the a
woods, has abandoned the job owing to the 1
high price of soapsuds. The last that was a
heard of her she was skimming the seas. a
? "Mr. D , if you'll get my pants done
by Saturday, I shall be forever indebted to ^
you." "If that's your game they'll not be ^
doue, sure," said the tailor.
? Why is a mau who makes additions to _
false rumors like one who has confideuce in n
all that is told him ? Because he re-lies on ^
all that he hears. c
? Why was Ilerodias' daughter the fastest 1
girl mentioned in the New Testament? Be- s
cause she got a head of John the Baptist on
a charger. i
? If you have o friend who loves you j who a
has studied your interest and happiness; de- r
fended you when persecuted and troubled, r
be sure to sustain him iu his adversity. \
? 'Margary, what did you do with that v
tallow Mr. Jones greased his boots with this 3
morning f 'Please, inarm, I baked the grid- 8
die cakes with it.' Uvucky yoy did, Miss; '
I thought you wasted it.'
? An exchange asks very innocently if it
la any harm for young ladies to sit in the ^
laps of age?, Oor opinion is, that it all de- y
pends on the kind of agoS ejected. Those
from ] 8 to 25, we think are rather hawrdfljjs, [
Fontenelle was 98 years of age when a v
young lady aalod him at what period of life 0
men loose all ta6le for gallantry- "Indeed," a
replied the old gentleman, "you niih ^
the question of some one older than myself, s
? To one who said, <1 do not believe there t
is an honest man in the world,' another replied,
(It is impossibly that one man should
know all the world, but quite possible that A
one may know himself.
? A widow said once to her daughter, Q
'When you arc as old as mc, you will be
dreaming of a husband.' 'Yes, mamma,' j
replied the thoughtless damsel, 'for the sogond
time.
? 'Father,' .aid a cobler's lad, as he was a
pegging away at an oid fihoe, they say that t
trout bite now.' 'Well, well,' replied old f
I Jobson, 'you stick to your work, and they a
won't bite you. n
? An attorney, on being culled to an ac- b
count for having acted unprofessional!)- in ta- o
king less than the usual fees from his client, p
pleaded that he had taken all the man had ! ti
lie was thereupon honorably acquitted. t'
? A pleasant cheerful wife is a rainbow a
set in the *ky, when her husband's mind is a
set with storms and tempests; but a dissatis- ^
ficd and fretful wife, in the hour of trpyble, 0
is like one of those fiends who are appointed ^
to torture lost spirits. s
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? A chicken-fancier is trying to get up a ^
new race of pullets by crossing weather-cocks
with Shanghai hens. We shall watch his
success with much Interest. This is a pro- ?
gressive age. Rope walks will yet be made
to trot.
? "Dad, if I was to see a duck on the
wing, and was to shoot it, would you lick J
me V "Oh, no my sou ! it shows you arc a tl
good marksman, and I would feel proud of ti
you." "Well, then, dad, I plumped our old I
drake a9 he was flying over the fence to-day, ^
and it would have done you good to see "him j h
Orap! \\
? 'Madam, said a doctor one day to the y
mother of a sweet, healthy babe, 'the ladies o
have deputed me to inquire what you do to n
have such a lovely, happy, uniformly good w
child ?' The mother mused for a moment o
over the strangeness of the question, and w
then replied simply and beautifully: 'Why, h
God has given me a healthy child, and I let a
it alone. ri
? The ladies won't tell their ages, and law- o
yers need not attempt to get it out of them, ti
j In the Griswold divorce case, in Philadel- o
phia, the depositions of Mrs. Anne E. Ste- w
phens and Mrs. Elizabeth K. ElJet were read h
last week; one says she is 'over twenty-one/ t!
the other says, 'I don't koow my age of my b
own knowledge,' which is equivalent to say- e
ing she can't remember when she was born.
? There is a story of a young wag who was
once invited to dine with an old gentleman ?
of rather sudden temper. The dining-room (
was on the second floor, and the principal
dish was a fine roast ram. When the old
gentleman undertook to carve it, he found
the knife rather dull, and in a sudden pas- ,
sion flung it down stairs after the servant K
who had just brought it. Whereupon the 11
young gentleman seized the ham, and with w
admirable dexterity hurled it after the knife. 0
'What on earth do you mean ?' exclaimed a
J the old gentleman, as soon as he could speak. e'
'I beg your pardon,' was the cool reply, 'I ;
thought you were going to dine down stairs.
? Who has not heard of the Blue Laws of j
Connecticut, and wondered at their extreme ^
severity and singularity ? From time to time,
the most obnoxious to common sense, have
gone the rounds of the newspapers, and col- j
lections of numbers of them have been pub!
lished in pamphlet form?all tending to give
j them a character of authenticity. As such,
j they have been received by a majority of peo- j
pie. Yet, the truth is, no such code of laws c<
! ever existed in Connecticut, nor in any of st
I the New England States. The compilation si
! is a fabrication, perpetrated more than one k
i hundred and fifty years ago, by a man who iz
wrote the History of Connecticut, after he k
had been driven from the State, for the pur- n
pose of revenge; and this manufactured code ir
was one of the means used by him for tradu- b
cing the people of that State. fi
fanner's Jepailment.
(Composts.?The business of forming comosts
is one in which wo may derive imporint
assistance from chemistry. Every plant
i composed of certain constituents, derived
ithcr directly from the s-or through the
lcdium of the atmosphere. It has been
onclusively shown by experiment, that the
est manure that can be applied to the grape
ine, is a compost formed principally of its
wn foliage. In like manner we find that
!te wheat straw, and the haulm of the potto
plant, constitute the best manures for
he sustenance of those crops. Anatomy
lso teaches us that the residum of all vegerbles,
or that portion of them which remains
fter decomposition, contains the true pain<m
of their respective tribes, and that in no
-ay can their growth be more effectually pro
. i* m:.
loted than by tneir appncauon. nus ia,
adeed, the course nature pursues. In our
arests the only aliment the trees receive is
urnished by the decay of the annual foliage,
rith the exception of a certain though unasertained
amount of atmospheric food deried
through the medium of their leaves, and
rhich is also of vegetable origin. These facte
adicate a definite course to be pursued in
ceding our crops. All vegetable matters
re replete with the principles of rcproducion,
and should consequently be economized
nd turned to profitable account. Our lands
re in want of all the fructifying substances
re can procure, and this is one of the most
irolific sources to which we can hopefully ap
ily.? Gcrmantown Telegraph.
Houses Should de Exercised Daily.
?Horsos require dally oserpisc in the open
ir, and can do more be expected to exist
rithout it than their owners. Exercise is at
ssentlal feature in stable management, ant
ike well opportuned food tends alike to pre
crve the health of horses.
Daily exercise is necessary for all horses
mless they are sick; it assists and promote.*
i fice population of the blood, detcrlJune!
norHfic matter tfl tjip surface, develops th<
nuscular structure, prpaj.es an appetite, 1m
1 roves the wind and finally invigorates th<
vliole systoiii. Wp cannot expect much o
l horse that has not been daily habituated t(
uflicicnt exercise; while such as have beet
laily exercised and well manged, are capa
de not only of great exertion and fatigue
mtar?i ready ap.d to do our bidding
,t any season. When ao anjmal is over
rorked, it ronders the system very suspppti
>le to what ever morbid influeuoo UJfly b<
iresent, and imparts to the disease theymaj
id laboring under an unusual degree of se
rerity. The cibagstion produced by wan
if rest is equally dangerous, such Jwrggs an
lways among the first victims of disease, anc
i'hgft attacked their treatment is embarras
ing and ttbSwtfcfesJory.?Southron Ayricul
urist.
A Convenient Mark for Sheep, ani
i good Suggestion.?The Louisville Dcm
crat has credit for the following :
\V liuu n fcfWPr J>eeps his flock within his
\vn enclosure, and does uoc *oqai^ an cai
uark to distinguish his from others, thq/ol
owing method will be found very simple
nd psRyppient.
At the first shearing; a slit in one car;
t a second, cut a slit In iho othb* , ci the
hird, make a half crop on one ear; the
ourth, make a crop 011 the other; the fifth,
fuii crop cr fhe other. Jly this mode ol
larking, the different ng?s of ?heep may
e ascertained in a moment, up to six'years
Id, when it is considered advisable to disuse
of thsnj, Anyone who has sense enough
o shear a sheep, pan understand at oppe the
ho full bearing of thi3 plan for marking,
nd any haud wlw eflu dress a mutton, can
scertain what aged sheep you may wLh to
avc killed. Let a farmer keep a good stock
r I1UC C^ilVVtUQ V1MWV4 ?- ? ,
f one and a half inches thick and from 5 to
inches broad, according to the quantity of
ater, can be used, which will increase.
Stirring the Soie in Pry Weather.
-Never stir sandy soil in dry weather, ex;pt
to kill weeds. When sandy soil is dry,
irring it increases its dryness. Clay soil
lould be stirred in dry weather, enough to
eep it perfectly pulverized. The pulver;ed
earth at the surface acts as a mulch to
eep the moisture below. All soil which is
ow perfectly fine is made more dry by beig
moved. But clay soils, when rain comes,
ecomes encrusted. The crust should be
equently made fine by the rake or hoe.
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[ intentional fraudORDINANCE,
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Intendant and Wardens
of the Town of Yorkville, in Council
assembled, and by the authority of the same, That,
from and after the publication of this Ordinance
if any person.or persons shall fire a gun, pistol or
other fire-aprqs within three hundred vards of tie
public streets of yorkville. he, she or they shall,
upon convictjon, pay a fiqe pf fiye dollars for each
offence.
2. fie it furltier Ordained, hy the authority aforesnid,
That if any person or persons, owninjjor
having in charge any horse or mule, shall permit
sucli horse or mule to run at large in any of the
, streets of Yorkville, he, she or they shall forfeit
r and pay to the Town Council 'of said town the
3 sum of one dollar for every day such horse or
mule shall U pfSffpUtp,} fp rpn ?t large.
3. J$c it turfite Qrilciiied', ifhat, fo^ tie purpose
> of preyenMPg ppsppnctiftyenis \}pon oipe-waiKs, tne
owiiiy, uWlUTS or QC^prtnt of any lot within' the
corperate limits of the town m e Leicby prohibit"
ed from setting-out any tree or trees in front of
t such lot, out of the line now fixed and established;
, under a penalty of One dollar for every twenty'
i ljO',1"-* snob tree or trees may remain so set|
out.
4. Be it further Ordnined. 'flint a tax of five
per cent, be imposed on all sales made within the
corporate limits of the town by itinerant auctioneers?the
amount of sales to bo returned on
I oath, *..4 l(,c f.yp to be paid, by such Auctioneer
' to the (utchdant, Deroro'tCi. o'lilcai; in t|;e cypping
. of each day upon which such sales shall be made;
and upon each and every failure to render a return
in the manner thus provided for, such Auctioneers
3 shall forfeit and pay to the Town Council a sum
r not exceeding Twenty Dollars, to be collected in
the ii.K.lfi tip."' proyided for by law.
5. Be it further Unlamea, iiiai e*N|i fij.d every
! person, residing within the corporate limits of
the town, liable to Patrol duty, may commute for
the performance of such duty by the payment of
One Dollar and fifty cents; provided said commu1
I Uti^n i,A P;-?d op, or before the first day of April
! next; ami all persons' refusing u? iajlip^'tp r^y
such commutation within the time specified, shall
, be held liable to Patrol duty, and for non-performance
thereof, to such fines and penaitice as are
now provided by law.
; f:. Beit further Ordained, Tliatall Ordinances
or clauses Of Mrdlpn?icc3 repugp^nt to this Ordinance
be, and they arc hereby repealed.
Done ami llntificd under the corporate seal of the
town, on the 9th day of March, in the year
fif ?"F I.'OrJ oue thousand eight hundred ami
fifty spy en.
F. II. Sf&flllL, [Htetidmit.
i .Tosppn Upaxpox, OUrd;, '
PROSPECTUS OF
' THE SOUTH,*'
A DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED AT
RICHMOND, VA.
the close of the present month, the
subaivibar piii i-vop the frst number of a
| newspaper whirh he proposes to puhiuu in paily |
anil Semi-weekly editions, anil which he intends
to devote to the service of the South, the interests
of the State, and to the support of the* principles
of the Democratic Party. But the paper will not
be so exclusively political, that its columns will
only interest the politician ; nor so subservient to
party as to spare the misconduct of bad men , to
betray prinpiplg (bp the sake of power, or to despise
its convictions at the suggestion of expediency
I shnll endeavor to commend it to intelligent
' persons of all classes, by diligence In the collection
of news, by imparting something of agricultural,
commercial and literary interest to its col'
umns, and by venturing an outspoken nnd emphatic
opinion on the topics of the day, no matter what
the hazard of conllict with prejudice or of offence i
tq t)ie eplf-nppointed feeders of party. The organ }
of no cliqpe, ip (.}}? of no faction, and |
with po pqrtipl pprposp Ip sgrye, tlje paper will i
address ifsolf to the honest judgment of the peo- j
pie, and for support will rely upon t|je apprecia- i
ticn of energy and enterprise, and their loye of i
plain talk and independent opinion. yhere may |
be particular individuals to whom this sore or discussion
will not be very acceptable, but if I can
conciliate the favor of the masses, I may survive
the oppositiou of ignorant or interested critics.?
3fo d.opbt servile spirits will be shocked at my zeal
in the defpupe of the jdouth | still I have the consolatory
assurance that there are plenty of brave
and true men in Virginia, upon whose sympathy
and support I may rely with absolute security.?
And so believing, I embark upon the enterprise,
witli 110 misgiving as to the result.
"THE SOUTH" will be of equal size with the
leading papers of the city ; and will be furnished
to subscribers at the following rates: Daily seven
dollars a year, Semi-weekly five dollars?payallt
hi advance.
Money may be se?u u,. mail (a tj)P qijfjress of i
ROGER A. mVOH, 'i
Editor and Proprietor, j
Richmond, March 1857. 13 tf i
/ A RETIRED PHYSICIAN
/ T^n"HOSE sanjb of ljfp |iat| nearly run out,
/ v T discovered while in the East "fndies, a cer|
taiu cure for Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis,
Coughs, Colds, and General Debility. The remedy
was discovered by him when his only child, a
daughter, was given lip to die. Wishing to do as
much good as possible, lie will send to such of his
afflicted fellow-beings as request it, this recipe,
with full nnd explicit directions for making it up
-_.i ?..r..n? :? ir? nn
IIHU SUUWCOOl UIIJT USlllg l?t **v tv<juuvw ?r |
plicant to enclose him one shilling?three cents ,
to be returned postage on the recipe, and the 1
remainder to be applied- to ttie payment of this j j
advertisement. Address, /
Dr. II. JAMES, No. 1U Grand-st. /
Jersey City, N. J./
May 14 l'J 4t
press foTsaleT
WE have received instructions from the ow- I
ner, Mr. ROBINSON, to sell the PRINCETON
PRESS recently used in our office, at very
| cheap rates. We exchanged this Press for n new i
machine (a Princeton Press of larger dimensions) j
I at a merely nominal cost; and we can assure our j
I cotemporarics that it was laid uside for no fault j
! whatever. The Bed measures 44 by 28 inches.
Mr. ROBINSON promises to put it up in good
i working order, and to furnish it with his recent
: valuable improvements ; at a charge considerably
! below the original cost. Our experience warrants :
us in recommending it as the cheapest Press that 1
can be used in a flourishing country office; especially
so, as it is offered on accommodating terms.
For further particulars address,
L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C.
Jan 22 3 tf
i imom m ii
CALL AT B(
IN ORDER TO KEEP UP WITn THE T1MEI
ING STOVES into general use, the eubscril
North, where he made a large selection of the be
above cut, "THE WONDER," fullyjustifiesitsnai
an Air Tight Cooking Stove, is not to be surpassec
large Ovens and strong draught; the Castings ar<
particular attention to a favorite called
IBB
Many of which have already been sold. It is an
any other brought out. It fjas moveable long pen
a complete PARMER'S STOVE.
I have, however, every variety of COOK, PA
anil put up without extra charge. It shall bo m
struction of Patterns but in the smoothness of C
In connection the Establishment, I have, also,
A LARGE T
Where every article in the Uno is kept on ham
ROOFING AND GUTTERING.
The public arc invited to call at the Show Roo
be found all that is required for HOUSEHOLD
l.:~t- :it ^ .1 trrrAf do t t r tvn dtip;
i wiiiuu win uu bulu, ui i? nnu iaua/
Southern Country. tfcg" Orders solicited, which
Vorkville, S. 0., May 7, 18&7,
FRESH AND RARE!
the latest
FANCY STYLES.
rT. R, RRTCHFORD,
HAS hjst opened, FRESH from Charleston, a
varied and beautiful assortment of Dress and
FURNISHING GOODS, consisting of all the latest
SPRING STYLES FOR 1857.
Among these the Ladies will find the most approved
pallets of i^ress $ilks, Bareges, &p; and an
assortment of
3 HATS & BOMETS,
j embracing at Iea3t40 styles, which has peyerLcen
expelled fp VU>w mbrliPi- fje hq.s qlso provided
I for Gentlemen an equally yarned stopk of
SPRING STYLES OF
SI, 1, II STMff Ills;
nnd a few pieces of very fino CLOTHS and CASSIMERpS;
with a general variety of new Goods
hi his linp.
These goods having been purchased for the purpose,
especially, of informing the public in regard
to the very
LAT1ST FASHIONS,
they y/illbe displayed for nothing, and sold at a ve
ry moderate advance above cost. Ladies and
Gentlemen are invited to call and examine tbcm
at the NEW STORE IN THE LINDSEY BUILDING.
February-26,1857. 8 tf
DECLARATION
i PF
INDEPENDENCE.
FIRST OF JAIVARV, 185?!
r
44T1S7"HEN in the course of human events it
n becomes necessary for one one people" to
lnovn o It /ill on nnil rvo fn nnAflmr iliio 1Q horofVirA
to cifc q.i)d admonish all men that I,
MIUS8 ^OHfJSOW,
have moved my SADDLE and HARNESS FACTORY
to WEIKAIIT & WALKER'S NEW CARRIAGE
SIIOP, where can be fonnd as good and
cheap an assortment of home-made Saddles, and
Harness as can be happened npon anywhere this
side of Mason & Dixon's Line, together with Martingals,
Halters, Collars, Wagon-Saddles and
Ilaufiess, Whips, Bridle-Bits, Mountings, and every
thing in tlj6 lipo.
And if yop desire your old Saddles and Harness
rejuvenated, just ''bring 'em in!"
I, MILES JOHNSON, thank you, gentlemen,
for yoar custom, nn<i will endeavor with might
and main and talent and strict attention and a
prompt fulfilment of contracts, to deserve and
obtain a continuance of this great popularity.?
When you visit*York,^ive me a call, before buying
a store-saddle and soforth. I AM NOT AT
THE CORNER ; but if you want the real article
come up to WEIKART & WALKER'S building,
and soo the stock. Come, gentle Muse! and in
this great cause, give me aid?to wit:?
Come gentlemen, come one and all,
And give the undcrsigued a call;
E'en though perchance,you nothing buy,
Yet'twill be well you'll not deny,
To please your taste and feast your eye.
You always may expect to find
Ifujsf-trapuings here of every kind?
iaacii part made ready lq yppr Jumt},
From bridle-bit to crupper-band.
And be it clearly understood,
All's handsome, lasting, cheap and good I
Signed, MILES JOHNSON.
Jan i5 2 tf
TOirPIlINTING,
THE PROPRIETORS of the ENQUIRER respectfully
inform their friends and the public
at largo, that they are wall prepared to execute
orders in the JOB PRINTING LINE, such as
PAMPHLETS, POSTERS,
HANDBILLS, BLANK NOTES,
BUSINESS CARDS, LABELS,
LAW BLANKS, CIRCULARS,
MAGISTRATE'S Do. . CATALOGUES,
c j Ac.i #c?
All work entrusted to this establishment
will be neatly and expeditiously executed, and at
reasonable rates. Call-at the ENQUIRER Office,
ONE DOOR SOUTH OF THE P. OFFICE
l-.. 1 1 .r
tiuu. i j. ii.
"law blanks]
WE have on hand, and are prepared to supply
at short notice, at the ENQUIRER Office,
all kinds of LAWYERS' "BLANKS in general de-"
raand, printed on good paper and neatly pressed.
We offer them at 75 cents 'jjl i]uire. Single half
Quire 50 cents. As we have incurred considerable
outlay toTennblc us to furnish a good article,
wc will sell for CASH and CASH ONLY.
Our present stock consists of the following varieties,
viz: Sum Pro; Fi. Fa.; Fi. Fa. on Sutn.
Pro.; Copy Writ in Cast; Copy Writ in Debt; Declaration
on Account; Declaration on Promissory
Note; Declaration on Bond or Sealed Note ; Subpoena
Writs; Subpoena Tickets, jfc.
Orders from a distance promptly attended
to, if accompanied by the CASH!
f sheep, and he will not, as is customary,
gye to examine the whole fioock for one
uitablc for the fa,hie ; nor will he take his
nest and most thrifty toy g, purpose,
ut he will iiud that those which have the
nds of both ears cut off, are sufficiently
ood. So also, when his flock is too large,
nd he wants to sell a part, he can select
without trouble what he should dispose of.
Flaxseed to inoii.ea.sp fne Yield of
Iilk.?Oil-cake has long been known, in
tiose districts where linseed oil is manufac.
ared, as a cheap food for cows in milk. A
bavarian landlord has been experimenting
rith linseed, to increase the flow of milk in
is heifers. His theory was that this diet
ould afreet the lagt.oaj development of the
oung cow permanently. He scleptgd 3 Jot
f animals, and began to feed about three
lonths before they were expected to calve,
'ith a handful of boiled flaxseed, strewn,
ver their fodder twice a day. The result
as that the heifers thus treated had much
irgcr udders than others of the same age
nd quality on ordinary fodder. The supeior
milking qualities continued after the see
nd calving, and lie is confident tfiat tins
reatment permanently affects the character
f the cow as a good milker. This hint is
orth following up by those dairymen who
ave heifers coming in this season. If a lite
extra feed at this time will make the
eifer a bettor milker through life, the extra
xpenses is certainly juslifiodCheap
Wood Underdrains.?We have
een trying underdraining some in Craw>rd
county, on a cheaper plan than I have
;en recommended. I put in some two
undred rods, last spring, at an expense of
om 10 to 15 cents per rod. We do not
now how long it will last?the oldest I
now of is some eight years. I think in a
lajority of cases it will pay the expenses of
laking in two years.
We dig a ditch 2 1-2 or 3 feet deep ; at
feet deep, 3 inches wide, then 1 foot deepr
6 inches wide at top, and 3 or 4 inches at
ic bottom; then place in a piece cf timber
> large that it will lay 4, 5, G or 10 inches
om the bottom, according to the quantity
f water required to pass. The timber should
e well driven down before filling up.?
JUnra onlittinnr timVior is flrtflfce. boards one
HUME, COMBINED!!
fi ' :*0 &A* ?' '*. *
r
V'- ?>a%C
DSE'S DEPOT. ??
S, which seem to demand the introduction of COOK)cr
recently visited the principal Foundries in the
st varieties, suited for this section of country. -The
no; and fi@?"TDE BELLE OF THE STATES,"-?!
i for durability or beauty. They are perfectly made,
i strong and cannot be cracked by heat. I would, ask
' -**r " *-*?<&?>
Hill? sciiiiJij
Elevated Oven for Baking, of greater capacity than
tre pieces, to receive a large Boiler, irhicti makes it
RLOR and OFFICE STOVES, which I wiH deliver *
iy pride and ambition to excel, not only in the conastings,
and the manner in which they are mounted.
IN-FACTORY,
J, or made to order. particularattentlon paid"to
ms, in the old "HARRIS BUILDING?' wherewiU
i PURPOSE8, snch as JAPAN AND TIN-WARE,
pjm.Rjm.nrus? ?c., &c., ail
AIL, CHEAPER than has ever been offered In the
shall receive prompt attentionWM.
E. ROSE,
18 6mo
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
WE would inform the "di^oens of YorkDist, |
of the State, and visitors from abroad, that
our constantly increasing business has compelled
our removal from "8 BROAD-STREBT,? tiythe
magnificent and spacious "Brown Stone Building.
iflM 1 luVvdP^SiK^Bili i-:' >/^^C^k'/" v
The accommodations and arrangements of this
"NEW DEPOT," ore 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,
MA?AMNE?, &??,
we also propose adding largely to our
STOCK OF STATIONERY: i
And those in want of LEDGERS, JOURNALS, *
CASH BOOKS, LETTER, NOTE, and CAF PAPER,
&c? &c., will find it to their advantage to
visit us,
S. G. COURTENAY & CO.,
BOOKSELLERS & STATIONERS.
8ign of the Newsboy.
Charleston, Nov. 6, 1856. 45?6m
TirAmnnno a imi mnvi
irJUOHfiD 06 JEUULRI ;
THE SUBSCRIBER JUST
having returned from the North, would
respectfully invite his friends and' the public
generally, to a rich assortment of artioles usually
kept in his line of business, consisting in part of
the following:?
WATCHES.
Gold and Silver; JEWELRY of all kinds ; Specta- ^
cles, Gold and Silver; Silver-Ware; Silver plated
Ware; Britannia-ware ; Waiters; Fancy Articles, ^
GUNS, PISTOLS,
Bowie-Knives, Walking-Sticks, Military Goods;
Clocks of various styles, &c., besides a great many
other articles too tedious to mention. Persons
in want of articles in my line, will find it to their
advantage to give me a call. I am determined to
SELL FOR CASH,
and for less than goods of the same kind1 can be
i be had at retail, North or South.
TTR n " W A TTTTR TW.T
JLittrAlltllW
In the Watch and Jewelry line executed with neatness
and dispatch, at the shortest notice, by an
experienced workiuau.
BST Old Gold and Silver taken in exchange for
Goods.
E. M. KlBKPATRICK.
Dec 4 49, tf
In Equity?York.
Exparte, Mirauda Kent, by next friend?Petition
to settle funds.
JL. KENT residing beyond the limits of the
State; On motion of Witherspoon, Pro. Pet.
It is ordered that J. L. Kent, the husband of the ^
Petitioner, do plead, answer, or demur thereto, on fl
or before the oth day of June, and on failure to ^
do so, that judgment, pro con/mo, will be entered
against him. JNO. L. MILLER,
($6) > C. E. Y. D.
March 6 9 > 3m
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