Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, June 28, 1866, Image 4
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A Call to the Hard-Shell Ministry.
Somebody is always tellicg stories aboat
the 'Hard-shell Baptists.' Wags have the
nm on them, and they may as well be content
and bear it. Gere follows a tale told
of them long since. My informant locates
it in the mountains of North Carolina,
where the Hard-shells are quite numerous,
and where they believe pretty strongly in
dreams aBd voioes. In the important matter
of a call to the ministry, a dream or a
voice is almost indispensable :
Now it came to pass that a man by the
name of Walker felt himself considerably
moved to "bold forth," and kept 'spreading
the fleece,' Gideon-like, to asoertain his duty
in the important premises. To assist him
in hif pious investigations, he called at a
still house one craning to get some of the
<good oritter.' After refreshment, the story
runs, he left for home, and on his way
he felt.'moved' to go into the grove, a few
hundred yards from the road, 'thar to wrastle
on the subject' While he was 'wraslin'
most earnestly, soaroely outdone by the patriarch
some one passed the road with a long
eared animal, politely called a John Donkey,
and John let off, as his race is wont to do
sometimes in a most moving and thrilling
manner.
Walker's imagination, by his earnest
'wraatlin' was wrought unto a great intensity,
and he oonverted Major John's discordant
music, which to most men, resembles
the Hing of a saw mill saw, into a oall from
Heaven, urging him to preach the Gospel
No time was to be lost. He rose from his
knees duly commissioned, went to his
church, aud demanded a license, when the
pastor interrogated him thus:
Pastor.?Do you belive, Brother Walker,
that yon are called of God to preach, 'as
was Aaron ?'
Walker.?Most sartingly I does.
Pastor.?Give the Chnrch, that is the
brethren^ the proof.
Walker.?I was mightily diffikilted and 1
was determined to go into the woods and
wrastle it oat.
Pastor.?1That's it, Brother Walker.
Walker?And while there wrastlin Jacob
like, I beam one ov the cariousest
voices I ever hesrn in all my bomed days.
Pastor.?You are on tbe right track,
Brother Walker, go on with your noration.
Walker.?I couldn't tell, for the life ov
me, whether the voice was up in the air or
down in the sky, it sounded so kewris.
Pastor.?Poor oreeture, how he was diffikilted.
Go on to norate, Brother Walker.
How did it ippear to sound unto you I
Walker.?Why, this way, <Waw-wawker.
Go preaoh, go preaoh, go preaob, go
preach ee, go preaoh ah, go preaoh-um, go
preach ah-uh-ee ah ah-ee.'
Pastor.?Brethering and sistern, that's
the right sort of a call. Enongh said,
Brother Walker. That's none of your college
calls. No doctor ov divinity ever got
sioh a call as that. Brother Walker most
have a license for sartin and far sare.
The license was granted, and Walker is
now doubtless making the mountains riog
with his stentorian lungs.
The Hooped Skiet and Baptism.?
At Detroit, last week, a rather amusing
soene took place during the baptism of a
young lady, by the pastor of the Taberna
ola. The minister reauested her to assume
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the dress peculiar to sach occasions, bat
she declined to take off her hooped skirt; !
the minister told her of the inconvenience
that would result from her obstinacy, bat
like a true female she persisted; bat when
she came to desoend into the bath the inflated
skirt toaohed the water and rose op
around her like a balloon; her head was
lost to the congregation; she was swallowed
np in the swelliog skirt. The minister
then tried to force her down into the bath,
bat she was kept above the surface by the
floating properties of crinoline, and was
buoyed op so sucoessfully that it was after
maeh difficulty, and many foroible attempts
to submerge the lady, the minister succeeded
in baptising the fair one. Finally, it
was effeoted, to the relief of the minister
and seriously inclined audienoe, who could
not keep from chuckling in their sleeves,
and laughing in their pocket handkerchiefs.
J?-A teacher in a primary school at
Brookfleld, Iowa, the other day, found among
his list of juveniles one who was conHtftntiv
enpaeed in some mischief, and at !
j o o ? - /
the same time was given to swearing. Having
uttered an oath in violation of the teacher's
rules, he ordered the aforesaid juvenile
to take bis place in one corner of the old
rickety school house, and placing a pair of
old fashioned iron tongs in bis band, ordered
him to watch a hole in the floor until he
should oatob a mouse?supposing this
would be a great punishment. The little
urchin gazed steadily at the aperture, while I
the teacher, with his face turned from hiin,
was engaged with the other scholars. At
last he heard the old tongs go bang! He
turned his eyes quickly upon the youth,
who, with a countenance beaming with excitement,
yelled?"Teacher, I've got the
i y rjy
a?a ante cuss i
A Keen Retort.?The post-office in oar
village, writes a Vermont lady, was kept in
the bar room of the tavern?a great resort
for lonngers. An old ohap, more remark*
able for his ooarseness and infidelity than
his good manners, was sitting there one day
with a lot of boon companions, when the
Methodist preacher, a new comer in the village,
entered and asked for his letters.
Old Swipes asked bluntly, "Are yon the
Methodist parson jast come here to preach ?"
"I am," pleasantly replied the minister.
"Well," said old Swipes, "will yoa tell
me how the old devil is ?"
"Keep your own family record," quickly :
returned the preaober, and left the room :
amidst the roars of the company.
M8F Some maiden ladies made soldiers'
shirts about a foot too short, having no patterns
to go by, and but little information. j
A wag wrote on their bundle:
"Like a man without a wife,
Like a ship without a soil,
The oddest thing in life
Is a shirt without a?proper length."
M&" The Boston Post says the magnifying
power has been so increased as to enable a (
gentleman to discover a lady's bonnet.
Wzpiftt #atbm?0S.
? Gen. Devena, commanding at Charleston,
has received orders to muster oat all
white volunteers in that department.
? A new word has been invented as an attache
to Judge Underwood's oharge, viz:
jurisimprudenoe.
? The first flour from new wheat was received
at Augusta, Georgia, last week,
being eleven days later than last year.
? A foolish young lady is like a careful
housewife?her "waiBt is as little as possible.
? Cyrus W. Field has crossed the Atlantic
thirty-three times on the Atlantic cable
business.
? The Augusta Constitutionalist learns
fmm a. relative of Governor Pickens, that
the report of bis illness is unfounded.
? The editor of the Savannah Advertiser
saw water mellons on the streets of that oity
on Monday last, whioh were selling at 33,
each. Of course he only saw them.
? A young lady of California recently
broke her neck, while resisting the attempt
of a young man to kiss her. This furnishes
a fearful warning to joung ladies.
? Information has been reoeive d in Wash
ington, that the Court Martial for the trial
of Captain Gee, at Raleigh, have agreed upon
his acquittal.
? Montgomery Moses, Collector, and J.
A Norwood, Assessor, for Internal Reveneu
in the First District of this State, have
resigned?not being able to take the oath.
? "Revolver," the four year old horse
whioh recently made his mile at Cincinnati
in 1.44}, is said to be the greatest horse in
the world.
? A Pittsburger, who has in his possession
the cork leg captured from Santa Anna in
the Mexioan war, is said to have decided
tn rotnrn it to the old soldier.
? Western papers assert that what were
vast treeless prairies in Illinois twelve years
ago are now oovered with a dense growth
of thrifty yonng forest trees, comprising various
species of oak, biokory, cotton-wood,
ash, &o.
? We have all heard of asking for bread
and receiving a stone, but a young gentleman
may be considered as still worse treated
when he asks for a young lady's hand
and receives her father's foot.
? A lady asked a noted dootor if he did
not think the small bonnets the ladies wore
had a tendency to produce a congestion of
the brain. "Ob, no," replied he ; "ladies
who have brains don't wear them."
?A proposition is pending in Congress
to put sixty thousand dollars in the hands
of General B F. Butler, to be held in trust
for the pnrobase of a site for a National
Asvlum. Butler is to hold the money?who
will bold him ?
? The lovers of "remarkable coincidences"
will not fail to note the fact that the
Fenian invasion of Canada oconrred in the
same region where General Scott woo bis
first laurels and on the day where his remains
were ooosigned to the grave.
? Milton was asked : "How is it that in
some countries a King is allowed to take his
place on the throne at foarteen years of age
bat ma; not marry until he is eighteen ?"
"Because," eaid the poet, "it is easier to
govern a kingdom than a woman."
? The Charlotte (N. C.) Times says :
"The wheat harvest in this section has commenced,
and we are glad to learn from reliable
sonrces, that while the stand on the
gronnd is not so thick as desirable, the
quality is excellent, and that a very fair average
orop will be made.
? We are reliably informed that the
whole issue of bills receivable by the State
Treasurer, up to the present time, is only
9133,000, and bis impression is that a large
? ?onm Vioa olrooilr Knnn rn.
piupui btuu VI VUIO O U Hi auvuuj vvvu ?vdeemed
in payment of taxeB and is now in
the hands of the Tax Collectors.?South
Carolinian.
? Cotton in Georgia has commenced to
blossom. The recent rains have overwhelmed
the crop in many places with
grass Wheat thronghont the State is harvested,
and although the crop turns out better
than was feared some time ago, it is by
no means excellent.
? The case of George W. Gale, who
proposed to raise ?1,000,000 to pay for the
assassination of Lincoln and Seward, and
published a card to that effect in the Selma
Dispatch, came up at Montgomery, Ala.,
4th instant. He pleaded not guilty and was
allowed to give bail io ?15,000.
? The North Carolina Convention passed
an ordinance on Saturday, changing the
time for the election of Governor and members
of the General Assembly until the third
Thursday in October, and fixing the ratification
of the amended Constitution on the
first Thursday in August.
? A little, keen, bright-eyed girl of four
years, on a visit one evening, was being |
helped to the knee of a gentleman friend, |
and on being tol l by her mother that she
was too large a baby to hold, retorted almost
immediately, accompanying her words
with an emphatio gesture, "Why, girls nineteen
years old sit on laps, and yon wouldn't
call them babies, would you ?"
? In Charlottesville, Virginia, a S.undayschool
for colored children has been organ,
ized by the ladies of the place, and over
three hundred have beoome regular attendants
Among the teachers are Miss Gilmore,
sister of Governor Gilmore; Mrs.
Brown, whose husband was a Confederate
Colonel; Mrs. Loutham, widow of the late
Professor Loutham, of Richmond College,
and many others of distinguished families.
? The widow of Johnson Hatch, late of!
Wells, Maine, now upwards of seventy ,
years of age, relates the following curious ;
fact: Something more than thirty years
Bince she heard a discussion in relation to
how long the germinating principle in corn
would continue sound and good. She re.
solved to try the experiment and prove the
fact. She selected a nice sound ear of
corn and planted a few kernals from it
every year for thirty years. Every year
for twenty-nine years the oom grew and
flourished, but the thirtieth year it failed
to oome up or sprout.
From the Pall Mall Gazette, May M.
THE TREATIES OF 1815.
Main points of the treaty of Vienna and
the Holy alliance arrangement.
As the treaty of Vienna may once mere
be made the stalking horse of Bonapartist
ambition; it may be interesting to the general
reader who is more learned in present
politios than in past history, to be reminded
what that famous treaty really was. In
the first plaoe, if was signed by a larger
number of States than had ever before united
in the settlement of European affairs,
inoluding Austria, France, England, Russia,
Prussia, Spain, Portugal and Sweden.
Coming almost immediately after the widespread
shattering of old landmarks consequent
upon French conquests, the rearrangement
of territories amounted almost
to a reconstruction. This reconstruction
was based almost exclusively on dynastic
considerations, the real welfare of nations
and the tendencies of what are now called
"nationalities" being scarcely thought of.
Everywhere nations, or fragments of nations,
were placed under foreign sovereignties.
England's gaia, indeed, was fully equaled
by her loss in the new plan. She kept
Malta, which was essential to her position in
the Mediterranean, and where her rule was
not unweloome; for the sake of Europe generally
she undertook the protectorate of the
Ionian Islands, now got rid of; and to
satisfy royal prejudices, she also preserved
the kingdom of Hanover, now also got
rid of.
In Italy, Milan and Venice were given
to Austria, and Sardinia was confirmed to
Piedmont; while the Duchies of Tuscany,
Parma, Modena and Plaoentia were recognized
as sham independent sovereignties,
governed by collateral branohes of the Ans
trian Hapsburg. Austria still further obtained
possession of the Tyrol, Illyria and
Dalmatia.
Prussia's gains were enormous, and, unlike
many of the Austrian, were acquisitions
of real power. With half of Saxony,
nearly all Westphalia, Swedish Pomerania,
and almost all the Lower Rhine provinces,
she started afresh as a rival pf Austria, far
more formidable than before.
In the North of Europe, Russia reoeived
Finland from Sweden; as a compensation
for whioh Sweden received Norway, which
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who was Dot represeated at the Congress,
got nothing in return.
As to Poland, the three great partitioned
made some fresh rectification of boundaries.
The innumerable small German States
which had existed before the French revolution,
and which had been what diplomatists
called mediatized, or, as plain people
call it, Bwamped, at the setting up of the
Bonapartist Confederation of the Rhine?
these remained swallowed up by their powerful
neigboru.
Holland, having ceded her German possessions,
was consoled with the Belgic
provinces and became a kingdom, and Switzerland
remains much as before.
In the same year, 1815, political pharisa
ism accomplished its masterpiece, the
"Holy Allianoe" between Austria, Russia
and Prussia, by which they bound themselves
to act for the future on Christian
principles only, and immediately proceed
to enforoe the absolute supremacy of kings
as the 0D6 great principle of Christianity.
All Europe acquiesced in the announcement,
with three notable exceptions?the Sultan,
whose opinion was not asked, and England
and the Pope, who both declined to have
anything to do with'the imposture.
The Spirit of Virginia.
The Twenty second Anniversary of the
Richmond Grays was celebrated in that city
on Mondav last. The Drooeedings were of
a deeply interesting character, and we make
room for the list of volunteer and regular
toasts as an index of the spirit of the occasion
:
Virginia?"The home of the brave,"
though no longer the land of the free. Her
Boil is sacred still to the memory of her gallant
dead.
By Col. Marmaduke Johnson :
The Sons of Virginia?A cypress for
the dead, a laurel for the living, and a forget-me-not
for all. [Cheers.]
Our Glorious Dead?"They have cros
sed over the rivei, and they rest in the shade
of the trees."
This toast was read standing.
The Conquered Banner?May its recollection
at last be as bright and glorious as
the honored memorv of our fallen heroes.
General Stoneicall Jackson?The worshipped
hero of a great, though conquered
people. His name will be the honored
theme of song and story when those of his
revilers will be buried in contumely.
Virginia and Maryland?"Cemented as
one by the blood of her children in the
revolutions of 1776 and 1861."
Jefferson Davis?The oaged eagle. The
bars confine his prison, but his great spirit
still soars. He suffers for a nation which
loves him, but is consoled by the admiration
and sympathy of the Christian world.
General Robert E. Lee?"Twere easier
to turn the suo from its course than Febrioious
from the path of honor."
General Mahone?"The little man with
steel springs and iron nerves."
Colonel Connelly, of the Fifty-fifth N.
Carolina, a young man of renowned oourage,
who wore a Confederate gray coat with
an armless sleeve. This gentleman spoke
in straius of passionate eloquence, and
seemed as if his whole frame was convulsed
with the sentiments he was uttering. In
referring to Virginia, he indulged in the
highest praise of her history and tne patriotism
of her sons. lie said, "Virginia,
l.i t^_*i?1 _ TTr__u:__i
me Dirtu-piuoe ui a Husuiugiuu, in a iu?uisou,
01 a Monroe, of a Stonewall Jackson?
the brightest meteor that ever flashed across
the firinameDt; of a Robert E. Lee?the
rainbow of hope that spans the skies of lib
erty." Col. C. then offered the sentiment:
Old Yiryinia?"The womb and tomb of
liberty."
. General Mahone?-Bold and intrepid,
equally erect in prosperity and adversity;
when successful he accomplished his purpose
with stern resolution; when defeated he
rallied his broken columns, and from his
eagle eye shot along their ranks the contagion
of his own courage.
General Lee?History will Dime him atnong
her greatest warriors; tradition will
place him among the best and purest of
men. i
The following toast was also read :
Jefferson Davis?The last single captive i
to millions in war. It is not meet that he
should suffer for all. <
Dates of Sacred Events.
We give the following dates of events \
so sacred to Christians od the authority of
the late Rev. Samuel Farmer Jarvis, D.
T\ T T Tk ? ? - ?!?.?i nn/1 ilioSno
U.) JJJJXy.j au CUIIUCUt DUUUiai ?uu %M?imv
of the Episoopal Church, whose profoond
learning and diligent researches into antiquities
wonld have distinguished him in
any age : 1
Out. Saviour was born on Wednesday,
December 25, 4707, Julian period; 193d
Olympiad (second year, sixth month;) A. ,
U. C. 747 (ninth mouth,) fifth day; Julian
year, 36.
He was babtized by St. John in the river
Jordon on Sabbath (Saturday,) January
6,4738.
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His publio entry into Jerusalem was on |
Palm Sunday, March 21, 4731, Julian (
period; 20th Olympiad (sixty fourth year,
ninth month;) A U. C 680 ; Julian year, i
73, A. D 28; nineteenth year of the asso- ,
ciate reign of the Emperor Tiberius; fifteenth
year of his sole reign.
He was betrayed by Judas Isoariot on
the following Wednesday evening, March 1
24 , ? I
He celebrated the Passover and instituted
the Eucharist on Thursday evening,
March 25.
' v n i !- _ if 1 1/> A. 1_ _
UQ jj'naay morning, xnaroa 10, ai me
third hoar, or nioe o'olook, he was nailed
to the cross; the hoar when the lamb of
tho daily morning sacrifice was offered in '
the Temple. At the seventh hoar, or three
P. M., when the lamb of the daily evening
sacrifice was offered in the Temple, he
expired At five P. M., his body was <
taken down and deposited in the tomb of
Joseph of Arimathea.
On the first Easter Sunday, March 28,
aboat the beginning of the morning watoh,
or three o'clock A. M., he rose from the
dead. It was the morrow after the last
Jewish Sabbath, when, according to the
law, the first sheaf of the earliest ripe grain I
waved in the temple, by which the whole
harvest was sacrificed, thac Christ "the first
fruits," rose from the dead, as a type and
pledge of the future resurrection of his
faithful followers.
On Thursday, May 6, he asoended into
Heaven.
On Sanday, May 16, the days of penitence,
the Holy Ghost descended upon the
apostles and disciples.?St. Louis Republican.
Congressmen in Straits,
Some of the Confederate Congressmen j
from the Southwest, met with man; iooi- ,
dents, some of them quite amusing, in their {
efforts to reaoh home after the fall |of the ,
Confederacy. In Columbus, Q-a., Mr. Herbert,
of Texas, anxious to escape a party (
of Federals that were said to be approaching,
hurried to a livery stable to procure a
horse, but was refused. In order to ,
strengthen his application, he then stated |
that he was a member of Congress; where- (
upon some Yankee soldiers who were in ,
hearing, but had uot been noticed by him, {
told him he was the kind of man tbey
wanted, and took him iD custody; and the ]
officer of the squad went to report his cap- ,
ture. At this time an acquaintance of Mr.
Herbert's coming up, Mr. H. told him as
a rich joke, laughing heartily the while, |
that ho had been passing himself off as a i
member of Congress from Texas, and that j
these men thought they had somebody ! <
The friend catching the hint, entered into '
the joke, and repeated it with much merri- i
? - 4 - 4 ^ Mil V? /> aIoA OOAtnArl
II16DI 10 106 LlCit ttmvaij wuvs aiou ocvujgu
greatly amased that their old townsman
had suddenly become a member of Congress,
from Texas ! Thinking they had
beeD "sold," the soldiers told Mr. Herbert
to go, which he lost no. time in doing.
Several of the members passed themselves
as paroled soldiers, and were transported
as snch without detection, on government
steamers, to points near their homes.
Of these were Mr. Perkins and Mr. Wigfall.
The latter, in a disguise that precluded
all suspicion, entered freely into conversation
with the soldiers of the guard; and
in the course of the conversation asked 1
what ibey would do with old Wigfall if
they were to catch him. "Oh, we would
hang him, certain," was the reply. "And 1
you would serve him right," replied Wig- 1
fall. "If I should be with you I have no '
doubt I should be pulling at the end of the '
rope myself1 The double entendre was not 1
suspected, and its wit was therefore lost, but 1
is worth producing now. 1
Roman Lawyers.?At first the Roman (
pleaders received no remuneration beyond
the services which every client owes his <
patron. Consequently, when the law had ,
become a distinct science, it became tbe |
practioe for clients to reward their advocates ,
by making them presents, which (to evade |
the Ciuctan law passed to prevent this,)
were often disguised as secret loans. Before
the fall of the republic these fees ,
equaled in magnitude the largest fees known ,
in modern times. Even Cicero, who was |
regarded as a model of disinterestedness, is ]
said to have received from Publius Silla,
840,000 as a fee for his forensic services ,
In modern times many fortunes have been (
made at the bar, bat we imagine none can ,
be compared with that of M. Luoinius .
Crassus, whose fortune is said to have ex- j
ceeded ?15,000,000 One mode of re- j
warding advocates by legaoieo left them by (
their clients, appears to have been a source <
of considerable profit, and was esteemed (
highly honorable to the legatee. Cicero j
boasted that in this way he had received (
20,000,000 sesterceB, more than ?800,000. j
We fear that clients in oar day are not so
liberal in their last will and testaments.? t
In faot, daring the best days of Rome, I
success at the bar was the sorest introdao- i
tion to popularity, distinction and political <
power. No wonder, then, that the art of11
forensic speaking was greatly cultivated and <
with so much success. Probably no age I
has produced a band of more eloquent men .'
than Cicero and )iis cotemporaries of the i
Roman Empire. j
Manufacture of Wafers.?The mode
of making the best quality of wafers, as
practiced by the English manufacturers, is
as follows: Fine wheat dour is tak^n and
mixed with white of eggs and isinglass into
a very smooth paste; this is spread over the
plates evenly, and dried in an oven, several
of the plates being one over the other to
communicate a glossy surface to the wafers.
When dry the sheets of paste thus formed
are laid up iu a pile, about an inoh or more
in depth, and out iuto circular pieces by a
hollow punch, whioh is effected with great
rapidity. The variety of oolors that are
ordinarily communicated to wafers is given
them in the paste, by the usual pigments in
the dry powdered state, or previously dissolved
in the water employed.
The French isinglass wafers, made in
Franoe, are formed of isinglass dissolved in
water to the proper consistency, which is
poared oat apon plates of glass provided
with borders, and laid apon a level table;
to prevent the glae from sticking to the
plates a little ox gall, or saitable material is
robbed over them. Previous to the isinglass
becoming quite -dry, they are cut
through along the borders. The leaves are
then removed and out oat with hollow
punches, as in the case of other wafers.?
The various colors are also communicated to
them by pigments while in the fluid state.
Commercial Bulletin.
Gen. Robert E. Lee.- ?he following
brief history of the parentage of the distinguished
Southern hero, is taken from the
National Intelligencer:
Robert E. Lee was born in 1808. His
father was Major-General Henry Lee,
known as Light Horse Harry, of the Revrvlnfinn
a rrallnnf. nffinnr. th? nnthnr nf
"Memoirs of the War in the South;" Governor
of Virginia in 1791; and advocate of
the Federal Constitution in the Virginia
Convention; a member of Congress when
Washington died; appointed by Congress
to deliver the enlogy on the occasion, and
in his eulogy originated the olassic words:
"First in war, first in peaoe, and first in the
hearts of his countrymen." Gen. Harry
Lee's mother was the beautiful Miss
Grimes, Washington's first love, and whom
he celebrated as the "lowland beantv."
Light Horse Harry was always held in
great friendship by Washington, and Irving,
in bis biography, suggests that the
memory of this tenderness for the mother
was not withont it's influence in oonneotion
with the son.
Speech op Genebal Longstbeet in
Nachitoches.?Lieutenant General J. B.
Longstreet being serenaded reoently in
Nachitoches, replied as follows :
"Gentlemen?I have no platform upon
which to address you. If I approach Mr.
Johnson, I am cslled a traitor; if towards
the Radicals, I am called a Rebel; therefore
I must be content to remain on the
fenoe. I thank you, gentlemen, for your
sweet music, and you, Mr. Orator, for the
J;~?: J 1: *
UlBWUgUlBUCU UULUpilUJCUt JTUU Ultiv puiu uivj
and the names of those noble patriots who
have fallen for their country. We will ever
oberisb their memory with honor and pride.
I am, gentlemen, bat an humble citizen,
in fact, only a prisoner of war on. parole,
and mast be content with only looking on
the changes that are now taking place in
our land, and my voice mast restrain itself
until each time as when we will once more
enjoy those rights and privileges as of yore.
Again, gentlemen, allow me to thank yoa
for the honor yoa have paid me, which I assure
you is duly appreciated."
? ? ?
Paritan was a term applied, it is said,
by a Jesuit, named Sanders, to a sect who
made great professions of purity of conduot.
So "Methodists" were so called on account
of a peculiarity in their mode of worship.
The strict and Methodical regulations of
the religion of Wesley and bis followers,
acquired for them the appellation by which
they are recognized among the sects. The
"Protestants" were thus called by the Catholics
on account of the protest which six
Prinoes of the Empire, converts to Lather's
dootrines, made in reference to the decree
jf the JJiet ot spires, lazy, againsr toe
sxercise or promulgation of these doc rines.
Thus those who protested weie called
"Protestants." The fantastic bodily exersise
used by the "Shakers" in their worship,
suggested the name ; ard Jt- tremulous
manner used by the preachers of the
Sooiety of Friends?the Orthodox in particular?gave
rise to the name of "Quakers."
Important to Freedmen.?The JScien
\ijic American says; "The unpleasant odor
produced by perspiration is frequently a
source of vexation to persons who are
troubled with it. Nothing is more simple
than to remove this odor much more effectually
than by the application of such unguents
and perfumes as are in common use
[t is only necessary to proourc some of the
compound spirits of ammonia and place
ibout two table-spoonfulls in a basin of
water. Washing the face, hands and arms
Frith this, leaves the skin as clean, sweet
and fresh as one could wish. The wash is
perfectly harmless and very cheap, is re- |
commended on the authority of a distinguished
physician."
Salt Yode Chimneys ?As doubtless
1 great many dwelling houses will be erected
during the coming months, and as these
bouses will want chimneys, the following
tiint may be useful:
"In building a ohimney, put a quantity
)f salt into the mortar with which the inter
:ourses of the brick are to be laid. The
?ffect will be that there will never be any
iccumulation of soot in that chimney. The
philosophy is thus stated : The salt in the
jortion of mortar which is exposed, absorbs
Doisture from the atmosphere every damp
lay. The soot, thus becoming damp, falls
i ? *i? a 1 fPLi u~
JOwq 10 cue jure-piaou. luiy uppeura iu uc
in English discovery. It is used with sac:ess
in Canada."
- MlM | ,
First Marrtaoe of Mr. Davis ?A j.
itory has been going the rounds detailing j
;he first marriage of Mr. Davis as a ran- j
iway match. A correspondent of the CiD- '
jinDati Enquirer contradicts the report ?
He says the marriage took place at the resiieDce
of the eldest sister of Geo. Z. Taylor,
living near Louisville, Ky., where Mr.
Davis had been for several months on a vis- i
it, with the knowledge and consent of her
parents, and the writer was at the wedding. 1
Gen. Grant has donated another 85000 to
ward the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal
Church in Washington, D. C. Both he \
and Chief Justice Chase have consented to j
serve on the Board of Trustees. J
- ?
Hay The French journals arc already pre- ,
paring to send correspondents to Germany '
and Italy in view of the probability of war.
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June 14 8 tf
METROPOLITAN ENTEfiPKISE.
GREAT GIFT SAIiE
OF THE
New York and Providence
JEWELERS' ASSOCIATION,
CAPITAL $1,000,000.
DEPOT, 107 BROADWAY.
AN immense stock of Pianos, Watches, Jewelry, and
Fancy Goods, all to be sold for ONE DOLLAR each, without
regard to value, and not to be paid tor till you see what
you will receive.
CERTIFICATES, naming each article, and Its value,arc
placed in sealed envelopes and well mixed. One of these
|i k. .... k., m'tll ,n in. Oi<il?U. or, naulkf of
25 cenu; five for ?rv eleven for $2; "thirty for $5; slity- I
five forijlO; and one hundred for $15.
On receipt of the Certificate you will see what you ore
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and lake the article or not. Purchasers may thus obtain a
Gold Watch, Diamond Hing, a Piano, Sewing Machine, or i
any set of Jewelry on our list, for $1; and in no case can
they get less than One Dollar's worth, as there are no
blanks.
Agents arc wanted in every town in the country i every
person can make $'0 a day, selling our Certificates in the
greatest sale of Jewelry ever known. I
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March 29 49 3m
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TILE undersigned proposes to issue at Sumter, S. C., on
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"THE SUJUTER SEWS."
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and the Constitution trampled underfoot?iu which
all the angry passions of frail and erring human nature hare
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Athens, Ga. i
February 22 44 tf i
TDE STATE OF S. CAROLINA, 1
YORK DISTRICT, !
IN THE COMMON PLEA S3.
Darwin & Jeffcrys, 1
tt. > .Itlachmcnt.
Burrows, Blair & Co.,)
WHEREAS, the Plaintiffs did, on the 14th day ofMareb, *
1?S6, file their Declaration against the Defendants, who, it
is said, are absent from and without the limits of this State,
and have neither wife, nor attorney known within the same, '
upon whom a copy ot the said Declaration might be served: jj
It is, therefore, ordered, that the said Defendant* do appear "
mwi i.iRa.t m the said Declaration, on or before the fifteenth
llav or' March, which will he In the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-seven, otherwise final
and absolute Judgment will he given and awarded against
diem. J. P. WALLACE, C. C. C. P.
Clerk's Office, York District, S. C.
March 2d 4^ lyq ^
resovatixg asd cleansing J
WOOLEN- GOODS. j
MRS. J. ?. GRIST respectfully Informs tlie citizens of
Yorkvilleand vicinity, thatshe is prepared to RENOVATE j
AND CLEAN Gentlemen's Coats, Pants and Vests, and n
Ladies'Cloaks. REPAIRING DONE IE NECESSARY. a
Satisfaction Guaranteed If the garments are not too much u
WORN or FADED. 1
Refers to: Capt. I. D. Witherepoon, G. R. Ratchford, a
T. M.Dobson,Thos. H. Dickson, M. Jones, W.I. Claw- s]
ion and Maj. J. G. Lindsay. M
Articles left at the Printing Office will be attended to. a
December 14 35 tf v
'dmenistrator's noticeXX
All persons indebted to J. A. McLEAN'Administrator
of the Estates of C. R. MOORE, W. C. CREPS,
and W. C. OREP8, survivor of MOORE St CREPS, are t
hereby notified that unless they pay up promptly, their I
NOTES and ACCOUNTS will be turned over to an Officer
for collection.
June 14 8 '"f' " " ' if
THE STAMP ACT. .
ONE OP THE TAX LAWS OP THtfU. STATE8There
are probably hut flrw of the readers of this paper
?ho know the details of the Stamp Act. Yet, there is no
aw, State or National, the provision* of which are more
mportant to the people. Here are each of in proceedings
sre think as will prove moat interesting and important to
he reader- ?* jf* a*
SCHEDULE B. *%':
ACKOWLEDGMENT?of deeds ezampi
AFFIDAVIT Acenu
in suit ar legal proceedings ezemot
AGREEMENTOR APPRAISEMENT?for each
sheet or piece of paper on which theneaui is
written 5 cents
ASSIGNMENTS OR TRANSFERS?of mortgage,'*
lease or policy of Insurance, the same duty as on
the original instrument.
Of patent right 5 cells
BANK CHECKS, DRAFTS OR ORDERS, Ac.,at
sight or on demand 4 cents
BILLS OF EXCHANGE, I*la*d?daft or order,
payable otherwise than at sight or On demand, ' V
and any promissory note, whatever, payable on
demand or at a time designated, [except Milk
notes Issued for circulation, ana checks made
and intended to be, and which shall be forthwith
presented for payment] lor a sum not exceeding ~
$100 .."TCgSu
For every additional hundred dollars, or fractional
part thereof . , . ir. . , A cents
BILLS OF LAt)ING?of vessels for ports of the
United States or British North America exempt
Or receipt of goods on any foreign ports 10 cents
BILL OF SALE?of any vessel, or pan thereof
when the consideration does not exceed five
hundred dollars * : >: 5 5$ cents
fcxcecarag ana uui exceeding ji.vuu 11.W
Exceeding 91,000, for each $900, or fractional
pan thereof .. 50 c(Ml
Of personal property [other than ship or vessel] 9 cents
BONO?personal, for payment of money [Sea
Mortgage] '
Official . $.00
For Indemnifying any person for the payment of
any sum of money, where the money ultimately
recoverable thereupon la $1,1)00 orleee . - 50 eenta
Where the money recoverable exceeds $1,000,
for every additional $1,000, or fractional pan
thereof . 50 cents
BONDS?county, city and town bonds, railroad
and other corporation bonds and script are suhJect
to stomp duty. [See Mortgage.]
Of any description other than stsch an an rah quired
in legal proceeding*, and sach as are not
otherwise charged In this schedule. 05
CERTIFICATES?of deposit In bank, stun not ,
exceeding one hundred dollars . 8 cents
Of deposit in bank, sum exceeding $100 9 cents
Of stock in an Incorporated company 89 cents
General 9 cats
Of a qualification of a Justice of the Peace .?
Commissioner of Deeds or Notary Public -5 cents
Of search of records 9 cents
That certain papers are on file / 5 cents
That certain papers cannot be found & cents
Of redemption of land sold for taxes 5 cents
Of birth, marriage and death 9 cents
Of qualifications of school teachers 9 cents
Of profits in an Incorporated company, for a sum
not leas than $'0 and not exceeding $90 10 cents
Exceeding $50 and not exceeding $1,000. 99 cents
Exceeding $1 /)00, for every additional $1400, or
fractional port thereof ' 29 cents
Of damage or otherwise, and all other certlfi- .
cates or documeuts Isatted by any pad warden,
marine surveyor, or other person acting as such 89 cents
CERTIFIED TRANSCRIPT?of judgments, satisfaction
of judgements, and of all papers, re- corded
ox on file ? < ^ 9 cents
(N. B.?As a general rule, every certificate
which has, or may have, a legal vakkt fn any
WVIUI v> Miff VI vi|iuyj vtui m awuuy uw ?.
ty of 5 cents.) '
CHECK, DHAFT OK ORDER?for the payment
of any sum of money, exceeding $1(3, drawn
upon any person other thau a bank, banker or
trust company, at sight or on demand. 3 cents
CONTRACT?[tiee Agreement]
Brokers. 10 cents
CONVEYANCE?deed, instrument, or wittfaqr
whereby lands, tenements, or other realty, sou . .
shall be conveyed, the actual value which does
not exceed ?500 c:.v 59 cents
Exceeding $500, and not exceeding *1,000 81,00
For every additional $600, or fractional part
thereof, In excess of $1,000 60 cants
ENTRY?of any goods, wares or it
any custom house no( exceeding$100 In value 36 cents
Exceeding $100, and not exceeding $600 In
value 60 cents
Exceeding $500 In valne $1,00
For the withdrawal of any goods or merchandise,
from bonded warehouse . 60 cents
GUAGER'S RETURN?IT for qotnilQr not exceeding
600 gallons, gross, JO cents
Exceeding 500 gallons SS cents
POWER OF ATTORNEY?to aeB or transfer
stock or collect dividends thereon 25 cents
To vote at an election of incorporated company 10 cents
To receive or collect rents 25 cents
To sell, or convey, or rent, or lease real estate $1,00
For any other purpose 50 cents
PROBATE OF WILL?or letters of admlnistra
tlon, where the value of both real, and personal :>
estate does not exceed $4,000. $1,00
For every additional $5,000, or fractional part
thereof, in exeess of $2,000 ,,, 50 cents
Bonds of executors, administrators, guardians
and trustees, are each subject to a stamp duty at $1,00
PROTEST?upon bill note, check or drill 25 cents
PROMISSORY NOTE?(See Bills of Exchange, $ -
Inland.] , , , j
Renewal of, subject to same duty as an original
note.
RECEIPT?for the payment of any sum of money,
or debt due, exceeding $20, or for the delireiy of'
any property 2 cents
TRUST DEED?mode to secure a debt, to be *
stamped as a mortgage. Conveying estate to uses
u> be stamped as a conveyance.
WAREHOUSE RECEIPT?foe any gooda,wares
or merchandise not otherwise provided for, de- "
posited or stored In any public or private ware. <r>
house, not exceeding ?500 in value 10 cents
Exceeding 8500, and not exceeding $1,000 90 cents
Exceeding $1,000, for every additional $1,000, or
fractional part thereof, in excess of $1,000 10 cents
For any goods, Ac., not otherwise provided for,
stored or deposited in any public or private warehouse
or yard <r ' 25 cents
WRITS A LEGAL DOCUMENTS?writs or other
legal process, by which any suit la commenced
in any court of record, either of law or equity 40 cents
Writ or other original process issued by a court
not of record, where the amount claimed is $100
or over 50 cents
Upon every confession of judgment or cognovit, v
for $100, or over, except In cases where the tax
for a writ has been paid 50 cents
Writ or other process appeals from Justices'
courts, or other courts at inferior Jurisdiction, to
a court of record 50 cents
Warrants of distress, when the amount of rent
claimed does not exceed $100 95 cents
When the amount exceeds $100 50 cents
insukajvue;?Buus. uuua ua ran. warn
the consideration paid for tiie insurance. iacaalL^.
premium nous, or both, does not exceed $10 lOcents
Exceeding$10. and notexcceding $90 50 cents
INSURANCE, Life?when the amount Insured
does not exceed $1,000 : 23 cents
Exceeding $1,000, and not exceeding $5,000 50 cents
Exceeding $5,000 $1.00
LEASE?or lands or tenements, where the rent
does not exceed $300 per annum 90 cents
Exceeding $300, tor each additional $200, or fractional
part Uereof, in excess of $300 50 cents
Perpetual, subject to stamp duty as a conveyance. *
Clause of guaranty of payment of rent, Incorporated
or Indorsed, five cents additional. ~"
MEASURERS' RETURN?if for quantity sot exceeding
1,000 bushels 10 cents
Exceeding 1,000 bushels . .v~.. , 25'cents
MORTGAGE?trust deed, bill of sale, or personal
bond for the payment of money exeeedfavflOQ,
and not exceeding $500 50 cents
Exceeding $500, tor every additional $909 or
fractional part thereof, in excess of $500. 90 cents
PAWNERS' CHECKS w 3 cents
PASSAGE TICKET?from the United States to
any foreign port, costing not more than $35 90 cents
Costing more than $35. and not exceeding $50 $1.00
For every additional $50, or fractional pan thereof,
in excess of $50
GENERAL REMARKS.
Revenue Stamps may be used indiscriminately upon any
of the matters or things enumerated in schedule B; excep
proprietary and playing eard stamps, for which a special
use has been provided.
Postage stamps cannot 6e used in payment of the .duty
chargeahle on instruments.
it is the duty of the maker of an Instrument to aflxand
cancel the stamp thereon. If he neglecta to do no, the
party for whose use it is made may stamp it before It la
used; but In no case can it be legally used without a stamp
nid If used after the 30th of June, 1864, and used without
i stamp, It cannot afterwards be effectually stamped. Any
failure upon the part of the maker of an Instrument to appropriately
stamp It, Tenders him liable to a penalty of two
Hundred dollars. .
Suits ars commenced In many 8tatee by other process
than writ, viz: summons, warrant,publication, petition,
Sue., in which case these, as the original process, severally
require stamps. ? ? <.
Writs of scire facias are subject to stamp duty as original
processes.
The jural of an affidavit, taken before a Justice of the
Peace, Notary Public, or other officer duly authorized to
take affidavits, is held to be a certlhcate, and subject to a
stamp duty of 5 cents, except when taken in suits or legal
proceedings.
Cciutiuii.es of loon. In which there shall appear any
printed or written e vtdence of any amount of money to be
paid on demand, or at any time destgnateove subject to
stamp duty as "Promissory Notes."
Tim muimmmit of & inoKisc is subiect to the tame
stamp duty as that imposed upon the original instrument;
hat is to say, for every sum of five hundred dollars, or
iny fractional part thereof, of the amount secured by the
nortgage, at the time of its assignment, there most be affixid
a stamp or stamps, denoting a duty of XiUy cents
When two or more persons join in the execution of an
nstrument, the stamps to which the instrument-Jeilahle
ruder the law, may be affixed and cancelled by one of the
nutles.
In conveyances of real estate, the law provides that the
itamp alflxed must answer to the value Of the estate on
merest conveyed.
No stamp is required on any warrant of attorney accom
anylng a bond or note, when such bond or note baa afixed
thereto the stamp or stamps denoting the dnty reluired,
and whenever any bond or note is secured by
uorigage, bat one stamp duty is required on such papers,
nch stamp duty being the highest rates required for such
[utromenta, or either of them, in sqch .case a note or
nemoranduui of the vaiue or denomination of the stamp
ffixed should be made upon the margin or in the actuowledgmeut
of the instrument which Is not stamped.
November 23 32
THE STATE OF S. CAROLINA,
YORK DISTRICT,
IN THE COMMON PLEAS.
.'ulb, Burtes h. Co., vt. Burrows, Blair & Co., 1 Jtttach.'ochrau
& Co., us. do. I
Sain'l Blagge & Co., vs. do.
'racy, Irwin U Co., vs. do. ... J meat.
WHEREAS, the Pi aintlffs did, on tiie 13th day of March,
886, flic their Declaration against the Defendants, who(aa
lis said; is absent from and without U>e limits of Ulia State,
nd have neither wife nor attorney known within the same
poo whom a copy of said Declaration night be served.?
t is, therefore, ordered, that the said Defendants do appear
ud plead to the Declaration filed In each of (he above
uued cases, on or before the 14th day of March, which
rill be in the year of our Lord one tbotieand eight hundred
ud sixty-seven, otherwise final and. absolute Judgment
rill then be given and awarded agalst them.
J. P. WALLACE, C. C. C. P. k G. 8.
Clerk's Office, York District, 8. C.
March 15 If ; - . - lyq
nOTTON YARN.?STOWE'S
\J COTTON YARN. For sale by - _
W. H. McCORKLB.
October20 28 .iw VjG>i15Sir,"