Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, April 15, 1858, Image 4

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glnmsing ^toting. j = i SXTT'S DADDY ACTING HOESE. i "Hold that ere hoss down to the yearth." "He's spreading his sail-fly now." t " Keep him where he is." i These and like expressions were addressed 1 to a queer-looking, long legged, short-bod- 1 ied, white haired, hog-eyed, funny sort of a genius, fresh from some second-hand clothing store, and mounted on " Tarpole," a 1 nic-tailed, long, poor horse, and enveloped all over in a perfect net-work of bridle reins, t scuppers, martingales, straps, circingles and red-ferreting, who had reined up in front of ^ Pat. Nack's grocery, among a crowd of wild ^ mountaineers full of fight and bad whiskey. "I say, you darned ash cats, jist keep your shirts on. will vou ? You never seed a raal c strawberry time, hoping some stray horse ^ mout come aloDg; but dog ray cats ef eny 1 sich luck as that ever comes whar dad is, he's so drotted mean, an' lazy, an' savage, an' ugly, an' tryin.' " Well, one nite, dad he lay awake all nite, a snorin' an' rollin' an' a whisperin' at marm, an' next mornin' says he : Sut, I'll tell you what we'll do; I'll be hoss myself, an' pull the plow while you drive me, and we'll break up corn ground and then the old quilt (that's marm) and the brats kin plant or let alone, jist as they please " "So out he goes to the papaw, an' peeled a right smart chance of bark, an' marm an' me made geers for dad, and they become him mightily then he would have a bridle? so I gits an old umbrella what I found?it's a little piece of iron, sorter like onto a pitchfork, ye know?an' we bent an' twisted it sorter into a bridle bit, snail shape, (dad wanted it curb, as he hadn't worked for some time, and must sorter feel his oats and go to canvortin.) Well, when we got the bridle all fixed on dad, he champed his bit jist like a raal horse, (he always was a most complicated old fool, enyhow, au' marm always said so when he warn't about,) then I put on the j geers, an dud an I goes into the field, 1 a j leadin' dad by the bridle, and totin' the | ' gopher plow on my back. "When we come to the fence I let down J a gap; that made dad mad; he wanted to 1 jump the fence on all fours, hoss way. I , hitched him into the gopher, and way he ' went, dad leanin' for'ard to his pullin' right peart, and we made sharp plowin,' dad goin , right over the bushes an' sprouts same as a , raal horse, the only difference is, he went on two legs. Presently we come to a sasafras patch, and dad, to act up his character as a hoss, bulged squar inter it, an' tore down a hornet's nest as big as a hoss' head ; and all the tribe kivered him right strate. He rared and kicked once or twice, an fotch a squeal wus nor ary hoss in the district, an' sot into runnin' away just as natural as ever you seed. I let go the plow and hollered woe, dad, woe, but ye mout as well said woe to a locomotive. Jewhilikins, how he run ! When he come to a bush he'd clear it, gopher and all; pr'aps he thot there mout be another settlement of bald hornets in it: and that it was safer to go over than thro, an' quicker j done. Every now and then he'd paw one , side of his head with fust one fore leg and . then tother; then he'd gin himself an open- ; handed slap, that sounded like a wagon ! , whip, an' rumin' all the time an' carryin' that1 , gopher jist about as fast and high from j , the yearth as ever a gopher was carried, I swar. When he cum to the fence he bus- , ted rite thru it, taren nigh inter seven pan- , els, scatterin' and breakin' the rails might- ] ily; here be left the gopher, geers, swingle- ] trees and klevis, all mixed up, not wurth a ] durn, most of his shirt stuck to the broken j end of a splintered rail, and nigh onto a pint | o' hornets staid with the shirt, a stingin' it , all over?the balance on 'em, about a gal- ] Ion an' a half, kept on with dad. He seemed , to run jist adzactly as fast as a hornet could ( fly, for it was the tightest race I ever did see; 9 y horse til I rid up. Tarpole is next to the best horse that ever shelled nubbins, and he's dead as a still worm; poorold Tickey Tail." " What killed him, Sut ?" said an anxious inquirer. "Why, nothing, you tarnation fool; he jist died standing up at that. Warn't that good pluck ? Froze stiff; no, not adzactly, but starved fust and then frozed afterwards; so stiff, that when dad and me pushed him over, he jist stuck out so, (spreading his arms and legs,) like a carpenter's bench, we waited seventeen days for him to thaw, afore we could skin him. Well, thar was?dad an' me, (counting his fingers,) dad an me, Sal an' Jack?fool Jake we use to call him for short?an' Phineas, an' Simeon, an' Jonas, an' Charlotean, an' Cullina, an' Cashus Henry Clay, an' noah Dan, an' Catharine Second, an' Cleopatry Antony, an' Jane Lind, an' Tom Bullion, the baby and the prospect, an' marm herself, all left without any horse to crop with. That was a nice mess for a 'spectable family to be slushed about in, warn't it? I declare if I didn't feel like stealin' a horse, sometime. Well, we waited * and rested, and waited until well onto t down thru the grass they all went, the hornets ; ] sorter makin' it look like smoke all around , dad's head, and he with nothin' on but the bridle, and nigh on a yard o' plow line sailin' ] behind him. I seed he was aimin' for the j swimmin hole in the creek, whar the bluff is j over twenty feet perpendicular to the water, , and it's nigh onto ten feet deep. To keep up his character as a boss, wher he got to the bluff he jist leaped off, or rather he jist i kept on runnin.' Now rite thar, boys he i overdid the thing, if that was what he was . arter, for thar's nary hoss ever foalded darned fool enough to leap over sich a place; < a mule mout have doue it, but dad warn't acting the mule. I crept up close to the edge i and looked over. Thar was old dad's bald j head, for all the world like a peeled ingun, j j a bobin' up and down, and the hornets a ' ] salin' and circlin' round, turkey-buzzard 1 t fashion, and every once in a while, one, and ] sometimes ten'ud make a dip at dad's head. I y He kept up a peart dodgin' under; some-; ] times they'd hit him and sometimes they'd I 1 hit the water, and the water was kivered with i drowned hornets. "What on yearth arc you doin' thar dad V says I. | 1 . "Don't (dip) you see these infernal var-.j i mints (dip) onto me ?" "I i "What?" sed I. "Them are hoss flies i thar; ye ain't really afeard of them, arc ye ?" "Hoss flies ! sed dad; 'they're rale (dip) j genewine bald hornets, you (dip) infernal I. cuss." j "Well, dad, you'll have to stay thar till nite, and orter they go to roost, you come !1 home and I'll feed you." "And knowin' dad's unmodified natur 111 )roko from them parts and sorter cum to the ;opper mines. I staid hid till about next tfternoon, when I seed a fellow traveling, md sed I: "What was goin' on at the cabn this side of the creek when you passed it ?" "Why, nothin' much, only a man was sitin' in the door with narry shirt on and a voman was greasin his back and arms, and lis bead was as big as a ten gallon keg, and le hadn't the first sign of an eye?all smooth." "That man's my dad," sed I. "Been much fitin in this neighborhood ately ?" said the traveller, dryly. "Xun wuth speakin' of, personall or pericularly," sed I. "Now boys, I haint seen dad siuce, and vould be afeard to meet him in the next ten rears. Let's drink." 80?* The following stump speech, deliversd by a pupil of the Wallkill Academy, at a ecent exhibition, will compare very well vith many pathetic harangues given by older ons of Hermes on the inexhaustible theme >f "Bleeding Kansas Fellow-Citizens?Allow me to picture o your excited and denuded immaginations nine of the heart rending evils which rise 'roni the want of protection to hen roosts, in ny vicinity, among my constituents. Fellow,'itizens, we will suppose it to be the awful nelancholy hour of midnight that this awul crime is committed?all nature is hushed n sound repose?the solemn wind softly noans through the waving branches of the rees?and naught is heard to break the lolemn stillness, save an occasional grunt in he hog pen. I will now carry you in iraagilation to that devoted hen house. Behold ts peaceful and happy inmates gently recliling in balmy slumbers on their elevated ind majestic roosts! Look at that aged and 11 1 1 1 1 _ i. 5 servant's elbow as a plate of mock turtle was offered her, which of course was upset ovet the young lady's white dress of tulle lace. No complaint, not even a frown beingevinced, the delighted suitor concluded that what he had heard was a mistake, and that his inamorata had the temper of a lamb who had been fed upon mashed potatoes, and as harmless as water gruel. So the marriage took place?but soon the lady's real character displayed itself, as is always the case after marriage, but never hefore, and his wife, [ike a human Stromboal, was subject to fiery eruptions every tcu minutes upon an averige. "How is it, my dear," said the happy husband, " that having such a bad temper, you stood the ordeal by soup so well?" " Why," answered the lady, "I might have appeared indifferent at the time, but good heavens,! you should have only gone into my room a little while afterwards, and seen the marks of my teeth on the bed post!" A Happy Family.?A friend of ours met his neighbor's coachman looking remarkably facetious, on a Monday morning. As the man touched his hat, he said to him: " Well, John what has happened to make you look so pleasant to-day ?" ? Why, sir," was the reply, " what do you think ? We area pretty lot at our house?that we ire. I started with five of us in the old carriage yesterday morning. First of all I drove :he young lady to the Episcopal church, and foflipr tn thfi Weslflvans : npst T tonk poung master Augustus to the Spiritualists; ny wife went to the Ranters; and when 1 lad put the horse, up I took a turn myself with the Calvinists." S?* An exchange paper tells of a person who prefaced his sermon : "My friends, let as say a few words before wo begin." This is about equal to the chap who took a short aap before he went to sleep. BST Somebody said that if nature had designed man to be a drunkard; she would have constructed him like a churn, so that the more he drank the more firmly he would stand. . i8@?* Why is a lean doglike a man in meditation ? Because he is a thin-cur. reneraoie, ana nigniy respecicu ruosier, us ie keeps his silent vigils with parental and inmitigated watchfulness over those innoient, helpless and virtuous hens and pullets ! rust let your eye glance around and behold hat dignified and matronly hen who watches vith tender solicitude and maternal congratuation over those little juvenile chickeus, vho crowd around their respected progenitor, ind nestle under her wings! Now I will isk, feliow-citizens, is there to be found a vretch so lost and abandoned, as will enter hat peaceful and happy abode, and tear hose interesting and innocentlittle ones from heir agonized and heart broken parents ? Fellow-citizens, I answer in thunder tones hat there is ! Fellow-citizens, is there anyhing so mean and sneaking as such a rob)er? No, there is not! You may search he wide universe, from the nations who reaose in solitary grandeur and superlative najesty under the shade of the tall cedars vhich grow upon the plains of bleeding Kansas, down to the degraded and barbarjus border ruffians, who repose in obscurity n their miserable wigwams in Massachusetts, ind then you will be as much perplexed to Ind anything so mean as you would be to see some of our clergy practice what thcv preach, or to see a certain whitc-coated editor of one of our daily papers taking into his ambrace one of Afric's voluptuous daughters I Fellow-citizens, I have sat quietly and heard the opponents of the great National measure irgue against me, till I am pretty nigh bursted with the indignant emotions of my lacerated sensibilities. Fellow-citizens, is it pos sible that men can be so infatuated as to argue against me. on this subject? I blush tc say that there are ! Fellow-citizens, all 1 want is for every man to act on this subjeel according to his conscience?let him do this and he will be remembered forever, if nol i t i.A.i t 7?-.11 longer, Dy a graieiui posterity . rcnuw-uiiizens, I feel that I have said enough on this subject to convince the most obstinate mein ber of the necessity of a law which shall for ever and ever-lastingly put a stop to such foui proceedings. A Shrewd Man Ouwitted.?Mr. Clay ton, author of a book on the Crimeau Cam paign, met in his journey a strong mindcc woman. He says: We next touched at Malta, taking or board a few fresh passengers in lieu of some we landed there. Among the new comers was a lady of a most violent temper, so un governable that she hated mortally all thai did not agree entirely with her ideas upor everything. Iler husband informed us that just before his marriage, he was warned of the lady's fiery disposition, and to test the accuracy ol the information, one evening as he.sat nexttc her at supper, he managed cleverly to iosr the Jfarnter's J tplntenl From the New England Farmer. FARMING REQUIRES STUDY. ' Mr. Editor:?Owing to the high value of the farmer's productions, mauy mechanics have recently left their business and taken farms, with an anticipation of making a fortune immediately; and living with that luxury which they imagine country peo pie enjoy. They should remember that all ought to understand the business best thai they have been the longest time engaged in : and that if any one from any other business would prefer farming, let him begin understanding^. lie should know what, when and where to begin to plant; what, when and where, in the culture, what, when and where to reap, And can a person, ignorant of all this, expect to succeed in any part or in all ? Ae well might the country youth expect to be benefitted in the merchant's counting room ?as well might the student in addition) suppose because he used a slate that he could do all that can be done on a slate?as a person not used to, and not acquainted with the soil, can suppose himself to excel in agriculture. What must the farmer do to better himself and farm ? Study interestedly, by obtaining information from cxperince and skillful agriculturists ; by reading and observation; and by a judicious expenditure oi labor and money upon the soil; and when he has made his farm what a farm should be, he may expect to be able to live in a better maDnerthan any of his neighbors; and not till then. When I hear a man raising objections tc an agricultural paper, I observe his farm, and am generally sure to find that he is raising very powerful objections tn farming, in a very unconscious, and as we say, in a verj hereditary, honor-thy-fathcr way. E. Live and Dressed Weight of Animals.?You will greatly oblige farmers b) publishing the following Kules relating tc weights and prices of stock ; they are sc plain that every farmer can understand them. I have frequently given them tc drovers and stock buyers, and they have usee them ever after. They will be worth to suet more than a year's subscription : 1st. For finding the net weight of stock etc., where one-fourth is taken out, or allowed for tare. Rule.?Multiply the gross weight by the decimal 8 tenths, and the product will be the net weight. Example.?Supposea farmerhas a hog tba weighs 345 gross, how much will he weigl net? 345 x , 8=276,0. A us. 2d. To find the gross weight, having th< net weight. Rule.?Divide the net weight, by th< decimal 8 tenths, and the quotient will b< the original g'oss weight. Example.?What is the gross weight o a hog that weights 345 pounds net ? 345 X 8=4311. Am. 3d. To find the price per hundred net where the price per hundred gross is given. Rule.?Divide the price per hundrei gross by the decimal 8 tenths, and the qou tient will be the price per hundred net, an< rice versa. Example.?How much per hundred nc TT.I11 n fni-mor rrnt fnr Ilia tinors whftfiolls thetl mil u iuiu.v.1 6v" a"' "^o"' 5 for three dollars and fofty cents per hundrei ' gross? S3.40 8=t?4.25. Ans. ^ Thus it will be seen that S3 40 gross, i ' the same as 84.25 net. The reasons fo 5 these are obvious, comment is therefor unnecessary. I now Agriculture may be Improved ?One of the best agricultural addresses o th? past season (says the Country Gentle man) is that of Hon. L. Chandler Ball, be fore the Hoosik (Town) Agricultural Socie i ty. It discusses the question?"IIow shal the necessary conditions to further agricul i tural impovemencs be secured, and farmer ; take the rank, exert the influence, and re > ceive the honors to which, by their contri butions to social order, and the welfare of thi t State, they are entitled 1" lie lays dowi t the following propositions, and to their clu cidation^he address is devoted : 1 1. By adopting a higher standard of edu I cation, both general and professional. 2. By a more thorough cultivation of tin 1 soil, by which its fertility shall be increased ! and permanently maintained. ' 3. By the more general introduction o improved implements of husbandry, by w aid farm and household labor may be more easi ly and economically performed. 4. By improving the breeds of domosti* ' stook, and rearing only those animals whicl 1 are the best of their respective kinds. 1 5. By growing only those roots, grains ; grasses and fruits which arc the most nu tricious and the most productive. 6. By pursuing that particular branch o -c i 1?j? it.. u Ui nusuauury wuiuu ^ivcs iuu siiuujjcsi piuu abilities of success; baviDgreference to cli mate, soil, markets, and amount of foreigr and domestic competition. By making the business of farming at tractive to educated men, and to the farn house and all its surroundings pleasant t( ' refined taste and cultivated mannners. Experiment with Plaster.?edtioj Freeman :?I give you my experience ir the use of plaster, for the benefit of youi many subscrbers. In the spring of 'f)5, ] ' planted two and a half acres of potatoes or greensward, part of it broke in the fall anc part in the spring, in rows three and a hal: feet apart, dropping cut seed, one piece tc a hill ouce in eighteen inches, I put aboui j a level table spoonfull of plaster on eacl 1 i piece before covering, on all the field, ex ceptone row, which I left without any. Ir 1 autumn when I dug the same, there was, ir the row without plaster two bushels in th( | row: each side of the same, having plastei on them, two and a half bushels each. Then were on the piece 325 bushels?credit tc : plaster Go bushels. The credit was owinj . to the size, there being as many in number in the two bushels with plaster, as there were in the two and a half with plaster. The soil was a light loam, inclined to sandy. ] have tried several experiments since with | plaster and ashes, separate and together ! the results of my experiments are that plas ! ter alone is better than either alone. Pron j expcrinence I plant no potatoes withoui . plaster; 1tBt) | J Mode of Increasing the Potato Crop ! j An English writer says, by carefully remo ' | ving the buds as they appear on the potatc ! vines, the crop of large ones is very mucl: . j aumgmented. The theory is plausible, and 1 worthy of a fair trial. Ccntjierancc fatter. From the Spirit of the Ago. "WHY STAND YE IDLE ALL THE ! DAY P" As there was iu the days of our Saviour I upon earth, a large class of men who stood ; idle, as though there was uothing to do, so i it is now. lrou may find in every commuui. ty a class of meu, although they are among [ our best citizens?many of them consistent t members of the Church of Christ, moral in ; their lives, who notwithstanding, stand aloof i from the noble cause of the Temperance re. form, as though they had no "lot or part in the matter." They know and will admit : that intemperance injuriously affects all , classes and conditions of society?that not , only their jieace and happiness is affected by it, but their sons, yea, and their daughters i too, may experience its ruinous and desola! ting effects; that the Church must suffer the i taunts and jeers of a scoffing world, in coni sequence of her intemperate members?yet, [ when efforts are every where making to suppress and destroy this dreadful curse to the ' Church and to society, these good men stand idle as though they had nothing to do, or as though this terrible evil would finally cure itself. These good men do not act thus in other matters, ff their country's rights are infrlncfoil np trnmnled nnon. thev are anion?? , .u...uqw?, - r 1 j j o the first to take up arms to repel the inva ders from our soil?yet when the 1 s are 1 enacted to encourage and perpetuate the , dreadful curse of intemperance, they seem to be at ease, as though they could do nothing. I It may not be amiss to iuquire into the cause or causes of this inaction or apathy i and indifference. There must be a cause for , every effect, and if these good, but idle men, have good reasoas for remaining idle, when i there is so much to do, we would like to ' know their reasons, that we may not do them injustice, or impute motives to them they would indignantly disown. It is amusing, as well as provoking in some instances, to hear the reasons assigned by ' these sober steady and excellent men, when ) the subject of the great reform is introduced, ' especially if they are urged to enlist under ' the bannerof the Sons of Temperance. Some of them tell us they would cheerfully join a 1 Temperance Society on the old plan, but they are not willing to join in an organization > they know but little about, and consequently ' their ignorance of our order seems to be a sufficient reason why they remain idle. A5 nother one tells us, he is as much opposed 5 to intemperance as the Sons are, but lie is opposed to the secrecy of the Order. This plea seems to form a sufficient excuse for him 1 to remain idle. Another tells us he is a stronger temperance man than the Sons are, 3 for he would be in favor of banishing ardent spirits from the country entirely?but still 3 he remains idle, as though he had fully done 3 his duty by assuring us he would carry this matter farther than the Sons would Anothf eV tells us that all our efforts to supress in? temperance will prove abortive, as they al lege that spirituous liquors win oo niaue ' and drank, while the world stands, and that he has more sense than to waste his ammuni^ tion upon a hopeless cause. Others allege that they are unwilling to surrender the right to take a dram when they feel like it would do them good. Others pretend that the Sons ^ must have some wicked, nefarious purpose 1 to occomplish, or they would open their doors * tb all, and have no secrecy about the order. Thus we find every man has his excuse foi s remaining idle. Now it matters not how ofr ten you refute these objections, or show the e futility of these excuses, they bring them forward again and again, as though they possessed sufficient merit to justify their course f even at the bar of their own consciences.? But alas?alas?if these pleas were valid, then might ur aho fold our hands in idleness, apathy, and indifference, and let the j worst enemies of our peace and happiness, reign and triumph to their hearts conteut, s and society, be stripped of every vestige oi morality, religion and social order. Now it would be easy to show the futility b of all the excuses that have been noticed, but i this has been done again and again, and still - they are relied upon io justify the course of those who stand aloof from the noble cause . of Temperance. Were T allowed to offer a few conjectures on the subject, I would as, sign other reasons as the real outs?and here I would remark, that I will not do injustice to any man wittingly or designedly. Some f meu will not join our order, because they j have taken a stand against it heretofore, and . have not only argued against the order, but have thrown out innuendoes, or insinuations , to our injury, and although they may have , afterwards become convinced of their error, yet they are too proud to admitthey arc wiser to-day, than they were yesterday, and therefore retain their former position. Others remain idle, or stand aloof from our Orf der, because they are prejudiced against the . order, not from anything they know about . us, but from information received from the , enemies of the cause of Temperance, or of the Snno nf ToinndrnrM and f.hnv have never *'? *" -? f } ?J ?- given themselves the trouble to enquire into ^ the matter, to see whether their prejudice was well or ill founded, and thus remain idle ) ' and stand aloof. Others, although sober men ?were perhaps never drunk in their lives? ? yet they are fond of the taste of liquor, and , are also very tenaciousof one of their inalienr able rights, as they call it?which is to be at [ liberty to take a horn whenever they may , feel like it. This is doubtless a weighty reaI son with some. Others do not like sotne of f the Sons, and are unwilling to call them , brothers. Others believe that the Tempert ance movement will ultimately prove a fail, ure, and they are unwilling to identify themslves with a cause which will not eventually , succed. There are others who do not like , Free Masonry, and allege that the Sons of ; Temperance are the grand sons of Masonry. r If the Sons of Temperance were a sect of , swindlers, knaves or demagogues, there , might be some ground of suspicion furnishi orl Viot ftioTT mipn nnf. tn be trusted, or en 5 couraged. But what is the fact in this par, ticular. Are they not, as a class of men, as , i intelligent, as honest, as virtuous and as pi[ j ous, as any other class of men on earth ? Let (j me say then to all, in conclusion; come and ! cast in your lot with us, and "we will do you . j good, aud not evil all the days of our lives." t : Stand no longer idle, but "be up and doing ^ * while the day lasts, as the night will come ! in which no man can work." Yea, let even I the drunkard come, and we will receive him . j with open arms, and do all we can to reform - ; him. Let the precious youths of our coun) try come, and we will endeavor to keep i ; them from the path of the destroyer." Let I 1 the Ladies also como, they will cheer us on I to viotory, and strengthen our hands and en courage our heart in the noble enterprize in which we are eDgagcd. R. 5S?"" If his father had been what he should have been, ***** would not have been a drunkard." This was said in reference to a man who had been beastly drunken and whose father was given to strong drink. The seeds of evil example ripen early into a fatal harvest. The parent's position is one of the most responsible; and under the dominion of whiskey, Israel's proverb may be then reversed and enforced: "the children have eaten sour grapes and their father's teeth arc set on edge." Spirit of the Aye. 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Monthly orQuar tcrly Advertisements will be charged One Dolla: per square, for each insertion. Contracts by th< year will be taken on liberal terms?the contract: however, must in all casesbe confined to the im mediate business of the firm or individual con trading. All advertisements not having the num ber of insertions marked on the margin, will b< continued until forbid and charged accordingly Obituary Notices exceeding one square in length will be charged for the overplus, at regular rates Tributes of Respect rated as advertisements. cvn * i? justness nonets. DR. ALFRED CRAVEN |lesibtitt burgeon $lentist, YOHKVILLE, S. C. HQf On the East side of the Main Street, Soutl pf the "Palmetto Hotel." Jan 6 1 tf JOHN B. ERWIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, YORKVILLE, S. C. Office in the "Adickes Building"?Up-Btairs Feb 11 6 tf B. H. MOORE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, YORKVILLE, S. C. Office in the Court House. Feb 18 7 ly JOHN L. MILLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND .COMMISSIONER IN EQUITY, YORKVILLE, S. C. Office in the Conrt-Honse. W. B. METTS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, YOKKVILI.E, S. C. 1 Office in the Court-House.-?fl > Jan 14 2 ly I C DAVIS MELTON, V ? SAM'L W. MELTON I Chester, S. C. I t Vorkville, S. C. MELTON & MELTON, i ATTORNEYS AT LAW, YORKVILLE, S.C., ' Will practice in the Courts of Union, York, Lan caster Chester, and Fairfield Districts. Particular attention given to collections. I Office in the "Adickes Building"?Up-Stalrs Jan 7 1 tf I BENJ. II. RICE. CIIAS. B. SIMS RICE & SIMS, msiimiiiun North-Atlantic Wharf, CHARLESTON, S. C. Particular attention paid to selling Cotton, Grain , Bacon, with Produce and Merchandize generally July 30 30 ly CASTON & ALLISON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Will practice in York, Chester, Lancaster anc Chesterfield Districts. Prompt attention given to the Collecting Business OFFICE LANCASTERVILLE, S. C. W. THURLOW CASTON, 1 / ROBERT E. ALLISON Camden, S. C. J \ Lancastcrville, S. C June25 25 ly KERRISON i&, LEI DING, IMPORTERS OF FANCY DRY 600SS, Silks, Linens, Hosiery, Embroideries, &c., NO. 141 MEETING-STREET, Opposite Hayne-st., CHARLESTON, S. C. E. L. KERRISON. HERMANN LEIDIXQ Aug 6 31 ly JAMEsT M.EDNEY, COMMISSION MERCMANT, 50 JOHN-STREET, N. Y. BUYS and forwards every kind of merchandist for 21 per cent. Com mixtion. Refers to Govs Swain and Morchead, N. W. Woodfin, J. W. Osborne, C. P. Mendenhall, A. M. Gorman, Esqrs, and Rev. C. F. Deems, Hon. W. A. Graham, and others. Dealer in Pianos, Melodeons, Organs, Harps, Guitars, Music, Sewing Machines, Iror Safes, Pumps, Garden Engines, &c. A printed list of the different makers, kinds and prices arm free. Publisher of an elegant lithograph ol "Hickory Nut Falls,"N. C. (SI) and the "Cherokee Physician: or, Indian Guide to Health." This invaluable family adviser should be in every house. It treats of all diseases, has a copious glossary, and prescribes the remedies from nature's bounteous stoves, for '' our infirmities and misfortunes. It is prin'ed on fine white paper, handsomely bound, fourth < d tion, 300 pages, and is mailed free for one dollar. New Rosewood Pianos, $150. The State of So. Carolina, YORK DISTRICT. Eldred D. Williamson rt. S. W. Ruddock.?Attachment. W. B. Withers, vs. Same.?Attachment. WHEREAS the Plaintiffs did, on the 20th day of November 1857, file their declarations ngainst the defendant in the above stated cases, who, as it is said, is absent from and without the limits of this State, and has neither wife nor attorney within the same upon whom a copy of the same declaration might be served. It is, therefore Ordered, that the said defendant do appear and plead to the said declarations, on or before the 28th day of January, which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fiftynine, otherwise final and absolute Judgment will then be given and awarded against him. JOHN G. ENLOE, c. c. c. pls. Jan 27 9 lyq LAW BLANKS! ' VfTE have on hand, and are prepared to supply | H at short notice, at the ENQUIRER Office, ' all kinds of LAWYERS' BLANKS in general dej mand, printed on good paper and neatly pressed, i We offer them at 75 cents ""{d quire. Single half ! Quire 50 cents. As we have incurred considcra blc outlay to enable us to furnish a good article, | we will sell for CASH and CASH ONLY. Our present stock consists of the following varieties, viz: Sum Pro; Fi. Fa.; Fi. Fa. on Sum. Pro.; Copy Writ in Case; Copy Writ in Debt; Dt| duration on Account; Declaration on Promissory j Note: Declaration on Bond or Sealed Note; Subpcrna Writs; Svhpccna Tickets. MILES JOHNSON, MM AID I&1IESS MAIMCTDRER,. OVER WEIKFRT & M'CANTS COACH SHOP, YOBKVILLE, S. C. J All kinds of Saddles and Harness made at the shortest notice. jj@" REPAIRING promptly executed. Feb 4 5 om : GOLD & SILVER. THE SUBSCRIBER HAS ON HAND h splendid assortment of (and is constantly receiving something new) GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES and JEWELRY of all kinds. Coral, Cameo and Gold Bracelets ; Gold i Beads, Necklaces, and Neck-Chains ; Fob and Vest-Chains: a large assortment of Seals and Keys, ; LOCKETS AND MEDALLIONS; 1 Gold and Silver Pencils and Pens; Gold Thimbles j and Spectacles; Cornelian, Plain, Gold and Sett - Rings ; Necklaces, Amulets, Ear-Drops and Pins; f Silver, Shell and Pearl Card-Cases; Silver Salt3 Cellars inlaid with Gold; Napkin Rings m boxes ; r Silver and Plated Cups and Pitchers; Cake, Pickle, and Fruit Knives; Sugar, Salt, and Preserve Spoons; SILVER mmsato sokes; Silver and Plated Ladles; Shell Jewelry Boxes, with lock and key; Jewelry Vases; Watch-Stand urifh Koll unit inV-qtuml attached: Pearl Glove Hoi 5 " ?" *?v.. *"? ? , i ders; Fancy Shell-Boxes and Dressing Cases; La3 dies fine Work Boxes and Travelling Caps; Ladies . Work-Baskets and Stands : [ WRITING DESKS, 3 Folios, Paper-Cutters, and Ink-Stands; Tuck, - Dressing and Pocket Combs; Hair, Cloth and . Shaving Brushes; Harriscn's Perfumery and . Soaps ; Violins and Strings; Patent Candle-Sticks > and Lamps; Castors, Fruit Trays, Razors, Pock et and Bowie Knives; TABLE CDTLERY, (51 pieces in a sett) Tea-Trays, in setts and single ; Table Mats. All the new style of PISTOLS, ' from 50 cents to $40. GUNS, double and single, from $10 to $50. Slung Shot and Percussion Caps ; Game-Bags, Flasks, Wads and Shot-Pouches. Walking Canes of all kinds; Clocks from $3 to TWENTY DOLLARS. All the above named articles, with many others not mentioned, will be sold LOW FOR CASH , and CASH ONLY. Bring in yov.r Bank Bills?I will take almost any kind of money; so trouble not yourself with the idea that I will refuse. ft?* WATCHES, JEWELRY, CLOCKS and Musical Boxes REPAIRED at short notice by an EXPERIENCED WORKMAN. 1000 oz. OLD SILVER WANTED. E. M. KIRKPATRICK. Nov 26 47 tf TO PIASTERS 11III fiOISE-BIILDEBS. THE Subscriber returns his thanks for the very liberal patronage received for the past, and takes this method to inform thecitizens of York and the surrounding Districts, and the whole South, that he has effected another improvement in the Cotton Gin and Wheat Thrasher, that excels any that have ever been introduced heretofore; and from long experience he has no fear in challenging any other Factory, either North or South, to produce an equal. He feels very confident in saying to the public, that his Qins excel , in performance any other make or pattern now in use. With dry cotton the roll cannot be broken or made to spew over, which no other pretends to claim, and with good driving power and attendance, a 45 saw gin, will Gin from 4 to 6 Bales or more in a Bay weighing from 350 to 400 lbs.; which is as much as any one hand can well handle in a day. Any person wanting a superior Gin or Thrasher, can be supplied by sending on his order to me at Lewisville, Chester Dist,, S. C. Work will be shipped to any place desired. REPAIRING done at the shortest possible notice. To House-builders, I will say that I am manufacturing SASH BLINDS AND DOORS, of every description, made of the best material, i. and dry lumber, and workmanship the very best. All work carefully packed and forwarded to or der. JOHN SIMPSON. June 12, 185G 24 tf SEWING MACHINES. To Manufacturers, Planters and Private Tamilies. IN purchasing such an article as a SEWING MACHINE, the true policy is to buy the best. | I. M. SINGER & Co's GAZETTE, a beautiful pictorial paper, contains full and reliable information about SEWING MACHINES, and answers all questions that can be asked on the subject.? All who read this paper will learn how to purchase a Sewing Machine with which $1,000 a year, 1 clear profit, can be made, and will be protected from being imposed on by some of the humbug Machines now before the public. Singer & Co.'s ' Machine is arranged to do coarse and fine work of every description. The Gazette may be obtained . gratis on application at any of Singer & Co's Offi, ces. A machine can be seen in operation at the Tailor Shop of Mr. W. C. OWEN, of Yorkville, S. C. L. M. GRIST, at the Enqcibeb Office, is an authorized agent. Singer & Co.'s Charleston Office, 324 King-st. Principal Office, 323 Broadway, New York. I July 2, 1857. 26 tf The shoals and quicksands OF YOUTH?Just Published, the 3d Edition. On Spermatorrhea or Seminal Diseases.? A scientific Treatise on the treatment and perfect ' cure of Nervous Debility, Seminal Weakness, Involuntary Emissions, Impotence, &c., resulting from vicious habits acquired during the critical passage from Youth to Manhood. , By DR. CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, (1827.) Licentiate of the Hall (1824,) and 30 years Resident ! Practitioner in London; Author of the "Guide to ' Health," "Green Book," "How to be Happy," "Memoirs of Single and Married Life," &c. j This small, but highly valuable Treatise, written by a world-renowned Physician and Surgeon, ' points out the only sure and permanent cure for | all diseases resulting from self abuse, and is the f only publication of its kind written in a benevo. lent spirit and by a scientific man. It should be in the hands of all who value their life and health and happiness here and hereafter. ! Price, 12 cents, or 4 stamps, at the receipt of which will be sent, post free, and well secured, by Dr. Ch. Kline, No. 420 1st Avenue, Box 3586, 1 New York. Jan 21 3 tf i In Common Pleas -York District Eldred D. Williamson,) t'j. ! Attachment. Sam'l W. Ruddock. J Nancy Mcacham,) vs. i- id. Same. J ? j J. M. Strong,) vs. v id. The Same. J Ihave attached as the property of the Defendant, in the above stated cases, one tract of land, containing One Hundred and Thirty Acres, more or less, bounded by lands of William Boyce, ; R. S. Daniels, James Elms and others. No one |1 was in possession of said land when attached? j1 and any person or persons claimiug the same, are I \ hereby notified to appear and show cause pursu- j j ant to the acts of the General Assembly of this j ' State, in such case made and provided, why said 1 lands should not be condemned as the property of ' said absent debtor. 1 S. C. YOUNGBLOOD, S. Y. D. May 29, 1857. 22 (Pr'sfee $8) qly. National police gazette.- , This Great Journal of Crime and Criminals . is in the Twelfth Year, and is widely circulated i throughout the country. It contains all the Great j j Trials, Criminal Cases, and appropriate Editorials I ( on the same, together with information on Crimi- | nal Matters, not to be found in any other news- ; j paper. j, Subscription $2 per Annum; $1, for Six , . Months, to be remitted by Subscribers, (who j j should write their names and the town, county and State where they reside plainly,) To R. A. SEYMOUR, New York City. July 16 28 tf TO THE PUBLIC. PHOTOGRAPHY in all its various branches, is still practiced by the subscriber, one joor West of the PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.? [ will attend to taking PICTURE8 EVERY SATURDAY as heretofore; and on other days between the hours of half-past eleven and two o'clock. Yours thankfully for past favors. J. R. SCHORB. Sept 10 36 ly THE LITER nHYESOMATOlB J PREPARED BY DR. SANFORD, Compounded entirely from GUMS, IS ONE OF THE BEST PURGATIVE AND LIVER MEDICINES now before the public, that acts as a Cathartic, easier, milder, and more effectual than any other medicine known. It is not only a Cathartic, but a Liver remedy, acting first on the Liver to eject its morbid matter, then on the stomach and bowels to carry off that matter, thus accomplishing two purposes effectually, without any of the painful feelings experienced in the operations of most Cathartics. It strengthens the system at the same time that it purges it; and when taken daily in moderate doses, will strengthen and build it up with unusual rapidity. The Liver is one of; itheprincipalregulators of the human body; and Qrj when it performs its functionswell.thepow-ipHiers of the system are fully developed. The ^. stomach is almost en Ivnlvr ilnnbnHnnt (in t lip . health V ACtinn of the Liver, for the proper ^performance of its functions; when the stom-fijachisat fault, the bowels are at fault, and the. J j whole system suffers in consequence of one or-i^jgan?the Liver?havingceasedtodoitsduty.: J;For the diseases of that organ, one of the pro-'Qn|prietors has made it his study, in a practice otrH, more than twenty years to find some remedy /^y wherewith to counteract the many derange-.Wiinents to which it is liable. r-Wi To prove that this;^j remedy is at last found, any person troubled lj. with Liver Complaint, in any of its forms, has ^Tbut to try a bottle, and conviction is certain. I These Gums remove rjail morbid or bad matter from the system, [supplyingintheirplace a healthy flow of bile.iXjiinvigorating the stomach, causing food todi ,rj.gestwell, purifying the blood, giving tone and H| health to the whole machinery, removing the; ;cause of the disease, effecting a radical cure Billious attacks are p^curcd, and, what isbetter, prevented, by the.rjVoccasional use of the Liver Invigorator. P^j One dose after eating! is sufficient to relieve the stomach and pre ^ vent the food from rising and souring. { J Only one dose taken,H| before retiring, prevents Nightmare. M Only one dose taken rHiat nigbt, loosens the One dose taken after Tin | each meal will cure Dyspepsia. !? JOT One doseof two J*. |teaspoonful8 will always relieve Sick Head L] ache. One bottle taken for?~jJfemale obstruction removes the cause of the.Qj disease, and makes a perfect cure. |ri Only one dose imme i/^\ diately relieves Cholic, while Nw One dose often re ^ peated is a sure cure for Cholera Morbus, and jf 1 a preventive of CholeOnly one bottleyTjli8 needed to throw out of the system the effects ,'j of medicine after a long sickness. B$k?Onebottle taken;^ for Jaundice removes all sallowne8S or unnatu !rf\ j ral color from the skin. One dose taken a ^!9hort time before eating gives vigor to the appetite, and makes food digest well. One dose often repeated cures Chronic Diarrhoea in its worst forms, while Summer and Bowel complaints yield almost to the first dose. One or two doses cures attacks caused by Worms in Children ; there is no surer, safer, or speedier remedy in the world, as it never fails. few bottles cures Dropsy, by exciting the absorbents. We take pleasure in recommending this medicine as a preventive for Fever and Ague, Chill Fever, and all Fevers of a Bilious Type. It operates with certainty, and thousands are willing to testify to its wonderV. virtues. All who use it are giving their unanimous testimony in its favor. ggk, Mix wnter in the mouth with the Invigorator, and swallow both together. THE LIVER INVIGORATOR IS A SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL DISCOVERY, and IS UUlljr TTUlAlUg V.UICO, ailUVOb IVV^itai, bV Utile V V* It cures as if by magic, even the firtt dote jiving benefit, and seldom more than one bottle is required to cure any kind of Liver Complaint, from the worst Jaundice or Dyspeptia to a common Headache, all of which are the result of a Diseased Liver. PRICE OXE DOLLAR PER BOTTLE. SANFORD & Co., Proprietors, 845 "Broadway, New York. Wholesale Agents: Barnes & Park, New York; T. W. Dyott & Sons, Philadelphia ; M. S. Burr & Co., Boston; II. H. Hay & Co., Portland; John D. Tark, Cincinnati ; Gaylord & Hammond, Cleveland; Fahnestock & Davis, Chicago ; 0. J. Woou & ?o., St. Louis ; George H. Keyser, Pittsburgh ; S. S. Hance, Baltimore. And retailed by all Druggists. Sold alto by ALLISON & BRATION-. Yorkville, S. C. Feb 18 7 ly A llEAATIFl'L HEAD OF RICH GLOSSY HAIR, COMPLETELY PRESERVED TO THE GREATEST AGE. AND who that is gray would nothave it restored to former color; or bald, but would have the growth restored, or troubled with dandruff and itching but would have it removed, or troubled with scrofula, scald head, or other . 1 i L. ? -i ?:.i. I J eruptions, nut wouiu oe curcu, ui ?*uu situ ucuu ache, (neuralgia) but would be cured. It will also remove all pimples from the face and skin.? Prof. Wood's Hair Restorative will do all this, see circular and the following. Ann Abbor, Novembers, 1856. Prof. 0. J. Wood?Dear Sir: I have heard much said of the wonderful effects of your Hair Restorative, but having been so often cheated by quackery and quack nostrums, hair dyes, &c., I was disposed to place your Restorative in the same category with the thousand and one loudly trumpeted quack remedies, until I met you in Lawrence county some months since, when you gave me such assurance as induced the trial of your Restorative in my family?first by my good wife, whose hair had become very thin and entirely white, and before exhausting one of your large bottles, her hair was restored nearly to its original beautiful brown color, and had thickened and become beautiful and glossy upon, and entirely over the head; she continues to use it, not simply because of its beautifying effects upon the hair, but because of its healthful influence upon the head and mind. Others of my family and friends are using your Restorative, with the happiest effects ; therefore, my skepticism and doubts in reference to its character and value are entirely removed ; and I can and do most cordially and confidentially recommend its use by all who would have their hair restored from white or gray (by reason of sickness or age,) to original color or beauty, and by all young persons who would have their hair beautiful and glossy. Very truly and greatfully yours, SOLOMON MANN. Friend Wood: It was a long time after I saw pnii at Blissfield before I got the bottle of Restora tive for which you gave me an order upon your igcnt in Detroit, and when I got it we concluded to try it on Mrs. Mann's hair, as the surest test of its power. It has done all that you assured me it would do; and others of my family and friends, having witnessed its effects, are now using and recommending its use to others as entitled to the highest consideration you claim for it. Again, very respectfully and truly, yours, SOLOMON MANN. Cablyle, III., June 28, 1852. I have used Prof. 0. J. Wood's Hair Restorative, ind have admired its wonderful effects. My hair was becoming, as I thought, prematurely gray, hut by the use of his Restorative it has resumed its original color, and, I have no doubt, permanently so. S. BRESSE, ex-Senator, U. S. 0. J. WOOD & Co., Proprietors, 312 Broadway, !i. Y., (in the great N. Y. Wire Railing Establishment) and 114 Market street, St. Louis, Mo. And iold by all good Druggists, and by ALLISON & BRATTON, Yorkville S. C. Feb 18 7 3m PEARL STARCH, ARROW-ROOT and Tapioca. For Sale by ALLISON & BRATTON.