Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 23, 1866, Image 4

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Jwriros leading. ? .1 r" * . ? (.From Blackwood's Magazine..] MAN'S A MAN FOB A' THAT. A.XKW THWIOX. ~I." "A man'* a man," gays Robert Burn*, "For a' that and a' that Bat though the Bong be clear and strong, It lacks a note for a' that. The lout who'd shirk hi* dally work, Yet claim his wages and a' that, Or beg, when be might earn, his bread, I* mot a man for a' that. II. IfaB who dine on homely Are, Were true and hrare, and a' that, And none whose garb is "hodden grey," Was fool and knave and a' that, The vice and crime that shame our time, Would fade and All and a' that, And ploughmen be as good as kings, And churl* a* carls for a' that. III. You see yon brawny, blustering sot, Who swaggers, swears, and a' that, ioJ Ikh.be henatwrahie sfmna riffht AIT!). Might fell an ox and *> that,6 "?~ Tint Bet u noble, ma for ma, Aa duke or lord. ud i' that; Bet but a brute, Ireyond diapute, Aadoot amanfora' tint. IV. A man may own a large estate, J Hare oalace. nark and a' that. And not for birth, but honest worth, Be thrice a man for a' that, And Donald herding on the moir, Who beats his wife and a' that, Be nothing but a rascal boor, Nor a half a man for a' that. V. It ecmes to this, dear Kobert Borne? The truth Isold, and a' that, "The rank U hut the guinea's stamp, The ana's the gold, for a' that," And though you'd put the minted mark, Ob copper, brass, and a' that? The lie is gross, the cheat is plain, And will not pass for a' that. VI. Port' ?>??' and a' that. Tts sou) and bean and a' that, That makes the king a gentleman, And not his crown and a' that, And man with man, if rich or poor, The best is he, for a' that, Who stand* erect, in self respect, And acts the man for a' that. CHARLES MACKAY. "Who Peso Dese Local Editors ?" The Crnoinniatti Times has the following: Defceotive Larry Hazen was met yesterday by a keeper of a beer saloon, on Vine street, over the canal, who was laboring under considerable apparent ezoitement. Reoogniiing Hasen, he stepped np to him with the : "Who pese dese wot yon calls local editors?" (They pick up items," said the officer, "deadhead into shows, eto." "Dey piok np items. I think so. Is gold watches items ? Is sixty dollar items ? Hey? He was asked to explain what be meant, whioh he diu as follows : "Pis morning I was drinkin' lager mit mine friends all the while in mine saloon, and in gomes a yonng man wat dere never was already?and he polls out a leetle sheepskin pook and lead, pencil, and he says he pees looal editors, and be wants me to tell him all vot there was pont the row mit mine beer saloon last night. - * % ? f t_ "118X8 mm woe noa onasiness ue was to that row, by do, what kind o'right f "And be says be report amsin de papers. So I tell him all vot I don't know pout the rows vot some tarn rowdies tries to kick oat of mine saloon last nigbt. And mind poarders gets around and they dells more tings vot I recollects, and de nice yoang man, he stioks em down in bis sheepskin pook mit his lead pencil. Den be drinks glass lager, whiob he don't let himself pay for, py tam, (felt sore as never was, be one little neswpaper fellow when he did'nt make pay mit my lager; bat dat makes notting tiffcrence; der's no brinciple in dat,) and den be goes oat, and I don't sees him again all de wile. "Den one of my poaders he finds himself stolen away from his gold watch, py tam; and my neighbor Sobmitt, he found sixty tollar what he hadn't got" "The nice yoong man, who pretended to be a local editor, was a piokpocket," said Hazen, "who took that means to carry on his trade, and he succeeded pretty well if he got a gold watoh and sixty dollars." "I tinks he succeeded pretty well, mine i Got! De next time a man gomes in my saloon mit his tam sheepskin pencil and j lead pook, and says he is a local editors, by tam, he don't gomes in." A Delicate Bribe.?Between Yreka and Jacksonville, Oregon, there was a wed ding last winter, about the time of tbe deep snow, when Mr. Peiham anl other oitizens were corralled in that cold country. The f&miiies of tbe respective parties to the marriage were in attendance, and the party was rather after the old fashioned style, made up of neighbors, their wives and babies, and anybody that happened to be stopping anywhere within accessible distance. It was a pleasant affair; but, like all similar assemblages, it dispersed, and the bride returned to her ohamber, first having whispered to tbe fond groom, "Don't come up for half an hour." This being a first request, he obeyed, waited tbe time anxiously, nor let the hand of tbe ticking dock pass by a seoond of tbe limit ere he had gone to her with whom bis life was joined. Rapping gently at the door of tbe bridal ohamber, and reoeiving no reply, be entered unbidden and saw bis wife lying on the bed, arrayed in night-gear of the purest white, presenting a pioture of beauty, taste and loveliness beyond comparison. One step further, a oloser look, and the blood rushed back to his heart?she was dead! Loudly calling for help, father, mother, brother, sister, bridemaids, all tbe household rushed to the room. The mother discovered that her daughter still breathed, but horror upon horrors! there lay tbe empty vial from which the fatal draught had been taken. Messengers were dispatched for physicians, the patient was rubbed aod sprinkled, tod hopes were entertained of her revival, symptoms looking favorable. At this juncture, some one picked up a piece of folded paper from a table, on which was written, in the delicate band of the fair yoang bride "Be not alarmed, dear husband. Feel* ing that the occasion would be too much for my nerves, I have taken ohloroform. "Your Own Wife." Poor Fellow.?The looal editor of the Peoria (111.) Transcript, who has just been married, thus rejoices in bb obange of state: "No more are we doomed to roam in dark attios, illuminated by the faint odor of stale tobacco, and adorned by bachelor friends, inebriated and miserable. We begin to have an interest in the markets; are oorioas over the price of beefsteak, are affeoted by a rise in soap bones and potatoes. A picture of life dawns before us. We begin to fancy ourselves sixty or seventy years henoe, white-headed and venerable, slowly pacing the church, leading by the hand an interesting family of six rascally white-headed boys, infant Snookses?who look up to and call us 'Dad.' With suoh a possible prospeot who wouldn't get married? And then the joy of leading those six through the measles, whooping-cough, teething, rash, diptberiaand croup, buying them shoes, pounding them when dgly, and trotting them on our knee when they squall; seeing them oome home drowned from skating, and having them brought borne blown op by toy oannon on the 4th of July, formed a picture of domestic bliss tbat we oouldn't resist, and so we didn't." A Practical Joke of the War. Henry Bale, one of the best scouts in the Federal army, left Leavenworth with despatches. As he rode along, men from every direotion were going to join Gen. Price. He saw an old secessionist with a shot gun, and thought it would be a nioe thing to drive the old fellow off and take bis borse into .Lexington. So he engaged the man in conversation, and getting an opportunity, pot a revolver to the rebel's head, ordering him to tie his gun totbeeaddle, to dismount and skedaddle! The old man made tracks rapidly, glad to escape with his life- Hale took the horse by the bridle and rode on, whistling "Yao kee Doodle." He bad ridden but a mile or two, when at a turn of the road, he was ordered to "halt" The old "reb" had procured another gun and got ahead of him! His gun was squarely levelled at Hale's head. "Get off that horse," said be. Hale got down. "Tie that revolver to the saddle I" Hale did it. "Puli off yonr pants 1" Hale sbuoked 'em off. "Skedaddle !" An order whioh Hale at once carried into I effeot, merely saying: "Well, Cap., I thought my shirt was ooming next; good bye!" The old "reb" went off with the two horses, whistling "Dixie," while Hale marched seven miles into Lexington with only bis ooat and shirt on. His ooat oontained the despatches. Pat's Horbob of Life Insurance ? Some enterprising Life Insuranoe Agents meet with rebuffs of the most whimsioal but obstinate kind. The following dialogue between one of the fraternity and an Irish meohauic, is a fair speoimen of these encounters : 'Pat, you are making plenty of money; why don't you insure your life V 'And what is that V Why don't you take out a policy of insurance on your life 7' 'Because I don't see the polioy of it. Sure I most die, policy or no polioy V 'You don't understand. If you insure your life now, when you die, the Company will pay your wife enough to keep her and your obildren from want or suffering. 'And that would be iusuriug my life; sure I am aftber thinking it would be iusuriug Bridget's aud the childer's. And bow much would they give ber ?' 'That would depend upon the premium. Say a thousand dollars.' 'A thousand dollars ! Holy Mother !? Whist man ! Don't mintion it! Ye don't know Bridget O'Reilly. Wunst she heard of it not a wink of sblape should I git till I done it, and tbin, bad luck to Pat. She'd murther me with kindness and drink herself to death wid the money.' Anecdote. The Reporters' gallery of the House of Commons is famous for its "originals;" and having been both reporter and newspa per editor in his time, Mr. Jordon has made himself familiar with the humors of the place, and the olaas of men generally found tnere. His brief note on one of these eccentricities, namely, Mark Supple, we transfer to our columns. "Among my other coadjutors were Mr. Robinson, also educated for the Kirk, and a quiet man, Mr. Cooper, the author of a volume of poetry, which prooured for him the countenance of the beautiful Duchess of Devonshire; and Mark Supple, an Irish eccentric of the first water; he it was, who, waking out of an intozioating doze, and seeing Mr. Abbott on the Treasury bench, (the House being in committee,) called out, 'Maister Spaker, as you seem to have nothing to do, I call upon you for a song, if ye plaze* The fierce indignation of the Chair rose hotly against the breaoh of privilege, and the Sergeant-at-Arms was sent up to take the offender into custody; but Supple adroitly escaped by pointing out a peaceful quaker, sitting two or three seats below him, as the culprit, and the affair as eumed so ludicrous au aspeot, that it ended in the worthy broadbrims being turned out in spite of bis protestations of innocence, and without having fees to pay." ?< >? Too Much "Ation." Madam?Most worthy of my admiration after long consideration, of the great repu . tation you possess in the nation, I have a strong inclination to become your relation. On your application of the declaration, I shall make preparation to move toa situation, to profess my admiration; and ifsuoh obliga tion is worthy of observation, and can obtain commiesefution, it will be an aggraodization, beyond all calculation, of the joy and exultation of, Yours, OA.U i^ABlUCAAUUn. THE ANSWER. Sir?I received your oration, with much deliberation, and a little consternation at the great iDfataation of yoar weak imagination, to show 6nob veneration on so light a foundation. I suppose your animation was the fruit of recreation, or had sprung from ostentation to display your eduoation by odd enumeration, or rather multiplication, of words of the same termination, though of great variation in their respective Bignifica tion Now, without disputation,yoqr laborious application to so tedious an occupation, deserves oommendation, and thinking imitation sufficient gratification, I am without hesitation, Sallie Moderation. J#" . * r v > V &*> . n ? iStagsifoe ?a%rmgs. ? A man died in Detroit lately whose liver weighed 25 pounds. ? Seventy-eight deaths from oholera in Cineinnati, on Thursday last. ?The business men of Houston, Texas, have resumed specie payments. All transactions are based on speoie estimates. ? Demaa Barnes, the proprietor of the qaaok medicine known as Plantation Bitters, returns an income of 952,164. He advertises! ? Of all European nations France shows toe slowest rate 01 increase id pupuiawuu. The 28,000,000 of 1801 bad only increased by 9,000,000 in 1861. ? A Tennessee paper says: "From present prospects, their never baa been, within the memory of the oldest inhabitant, saoh corn crops in this section as will be gathered this fall." ? The New York World states that a combination of capitalists in New York have bought 16,000,000 in gold, and intended to buy more, in order to ran np the prioe when there is a favorable opportunity. ?General Grant is reported to have said that Batler stole enoagh silver ware, while in New Orleans, to enclose his new residence with a silver railing. This remark oonld have hardly been provoked by jealonsy. ? The Evansville Journal says General Grant "whipped Lee." When ? We reoolleot that he onoe smothered him to death with a quarter of a million of Irish and Dutch; bat we never heard of Gen. Lee being whipped by anybody ?Among the recent "inventions" in France which have been brought to light by the reoent discussion on the needle gun, is one whioh fires twenty balls a minute, and has a musical box in the butt, thus doing away with the necessity of Tegimental bands. ? Brownlow has done one thing that never was done by mortal man before. We frankly give him the oredit of the miraole. He has united the New Fork press. All these journals agree therein that be is?what the Times and the rest join in oalling bim ?"the foulest mouthed man of the oentu99 *y?The New York Herald warns the revolutionists that "should the President be impeaohed by Congress, and removed from bis offioe upon partisan grounds, to be succeeded by Charles Sumner or Ben Wade as President pro tempore, until a popular election be held, the country will not quietly submit to such an outrage." ?The Lynchburg News tells of a new ma- 1 chine for sawing wood and pumping water on railroads. It does away entirely with * the necessity of water tanks, the water for 1 boilers being pumped directly from the wells by the steBm from the (traveling) en- 1 gine by means of gutta percba piping, thus avoiding the delays and difficulties that of ten arise from the freezing of the water in 1 the tanks. ? Tbe Petersburg Express says: It is reported that the freedmen of Amelia co., Va., held a meeting in that county a day or two Bince and resolved to work no more for the whites; also that they would counte- ! nance no negro who did. We do not know the cause of this action. If the intelligence is true, we witness but another widening of tbe breach between the two races. What if the whites refnse to rent their lands to the freedmen?they will be oompelled to emigrate or starve. ? As there are at present a great many , counterfeit and altered national bank notes , cow in circulation throughout the country, , we publish the following list of designs on the back of the genuine notes : $1000 notes, Washington resigning his oom mission; $500 notes, Surrender of General Bnrgoyne ; $100 notes, Declaration of Independence; $50 notes, Baptism of Pooahonta9; $10 notes, De Soto discovering the Mississippi; $5 notes, Landing of Columbus in 1492; ' $2 notes, Sir Walter Raleigh; $1 notes, ] Landing of the Pilgrims. All national bank 1 notes, the baoks of which do not correspond ' with the above, are bogus. 1 ? A ourious case of love and persecution * has come to light in New York. A man ! named Romero fell in love with his son's 1 intended wife, and in order to marry her, sent Romero, jr., to Cuba. The latter was * soon after reported to be dead and the wed ^ ding took place. Subsequently the young man returned home, wheD bis father caused him to be arrested and put into the luuatio asylum. The wife has discovered the facts in the oase, and secured the release of her first, and perhaps only love, and an interesting and spicy lawsuit is now said to be very probable, growing cut of this exceedingly rnmanfio nffnir 1 ? That portion of the musical fraternity j in the United States which uses the piano, ( will no doubt be astonished to learn that j there are in this oountry but 2776 of these j instruments. That is, the honest and up right tax payers of the country only returned that many for tax to the Internal Reveue Collector in 1865. We are more puz i zled by this return, becanse we saw an an < nounoement the other day that one of the I many piano mannfaoturers in America had i just completed bis 86,000th instrument; i and either the destruction of pianos in the i United States must be enormous, or else i our export trade in that article must have < become a principal branoh of American commerce. i ? The Portland Press says that one of the dispatches, after the fire, spoke of eve- i rytbing having burnt at a white heat so < that there were no blackened walls, and i said "tho tints among the ruins wasaBtudy i I for an artist." Very naturally this was i j printed "tents among the ruins; whereupon I I Harper's Illustrated weekly comes out on ' t t nn.i _ _* jaiy zecn wun a pioturesque view 01 "tne tents among the rains," which the citizens of Portland have vainly sought to locate.? There are the tall chimneys and five storied walls, with large treeB, showing it to be in the heart of the oity and nine or ten large tents, with families clustered about the doors in picturesque attitudes, women washing and men smoking their pipes, all drawn by the magio pencil of their special artist, J Mr. Stanly Fox, from the unfortunate i "tints" of the reporter, which got ohanged j into tents. ^eledefo pisdlaitg. . About Tin. * Tin is ft short word, bat fall of meaning. | If ft poor fellow's pookets are empty, he is ( said to be "out of tin." If Mr. and Mrs. ( Smith celebrate their tenth wedding anni- ( versary, it is oalled a tin wedding. Then { what a gathering of friends! each with a , present of tin ware. Bat it is all a mis- ( take. The ware oalled "tin" is only a wash ( of tin over sheet iron. As well might we ( speak of plated ware as being silver. I learned something novel recently aboat ( tin while looking in at a metal store, in ; Barling Slip, near Pear) street, and listen- ( ing to the ooarteoas salesman. I learned that, while oar extensive country produces nearly all metals, from gold to lead, including spelter ?which has only been found within the past ten years?there has never , yet been disoovered a tin mine. Should one be found, "may I be there to see," and J take a few shares in it. While the Lead Barons of the West , have become very wealthy, with prices from three to eight cents per pound, what mast be the profits of a mine of tin, when the , metal brings from thirty to fifty cents. Tin , is used for various purposes other than for , "Britannia Ware." The fine black oloths we get from France are colored by a eolation of tin. The most beaatifal red colors in oarpets are made by a chemical process ( which requires pare tin in the composition. , The best and most reliable tin is imported | from the Datch East India Island of Banoa. It is taken from Banea to Rotterdam, | and there sold, by auction, at semi-annual | sales; and from there sent to all parts of j the civilized world. Next in quality is , Malsooa or Straits tin, so named beoaose it , reaches as through the Straits of Malaooa. , A small quantity comes from China, bat , the Celestials have so many ways of obea- , ting that their tin is very unpopular. Our , English neighbors send ns great quantities , of their Cornwall tin, and they consider it , superior to all other; bnt while it is pore, ; it is not so soft as Banoa, and Brother . Jonathan prefers the latter, for whioh he is , willing to pay a high price. From Sonth , America we have small supplies; bnt it is , an inferior quality, and very drossy.?New ] York Journal. _ ( Nature's Barometers.?A venerable ' gentleman with whom we reoently conversed, assured as that spiders were the best 1 barometers yet prodnoed. The barometer invented by the scientific, be affirmed, only 1 indicated the kind of weather we are to ' have immediately; while spiders nnerring ly told the obiiraoter of the weather for several days in advance For instance, if the weather is likely to become rainy, windy, or in any other respects disagreeable, the Bpiders make very short and firm the terminating filaments on whioh their webs are suspended. If, on the contrary, they make the terminating filaments or fasten- , ing uncommonly long, the weather will continue serene from ten to a dozen days Spiders nsnally make alterations in their webs once in 24 hoars. If they are totally . indolent, and do not even watch for flies, rain will speedily ensne. If the spiders . stay oat apoo their nets daring a shower, and seem actively engagod in patting affairs in good condition, it is certain proof that the rain will be of short duration, and that it will be clear weather for some time. If, daring the stormy weather, the spiders are seen fixing their damaged netB in the evening, it certainly indicates that the night 6 will be pleasant and that the rain is over } For the present Uar informant baa otten ( witnessed ibis result when the sky looked } most threatening, and be has never known ^ the sign to fail. , Pbopoexions op the Human Figure ] ?The proportions of the human figore are strictly mathematical. The whole figure is ( six times the length of the foot. Whether > ,he form be slender or plump, this rule holds good. ADy deviation from it is a departure from the highest beauty of pro ( oortion. The Greeks make all their statues 1 ri icoording to this rule. The faoe from the ? highest point of the forehead, where the iair begins, to the end of the chin, is one 1 enth of the whole statne. The hand, from i ;he wrist to the end of the middle finger, ' s the same. The ohest is a fourth, and from ;he nipple to the top of the head, is cbe i tame. From the top of the ohest to the e highest point of the forehead is the seventh. 1 [f the length of the faoe from the roots of ;he hair to the obin be divided into three [ :qual parts, the first division determines i where the eyebrows meet, and the seoond r ;he place of the nostrils. The Davel is ;he central point of the human body, and j f a man should lie on bis back with his > irms extended, the periphery of the circle tvbich might be described around him, would touoh the extremity of his hands and ' feet. Tbe height from the feet to the top )f the head iB the same as the distance From one extremity to the other when the irms are fully extended. These are the general measures of the man species. ? "" a A Second Balaam's Ass.?There it j in air of improbability about tbe following, wbioh is hard to get over. But as there t has lately been a great many asses speaking ind prophesying about the Capital at Wash f ingtou, we know of no good reason why the 9 same miraculous thing should not ocour over in Arkansas. We, however, give the story as we find it in our exchanges: A cotemporary states that some excite 11 ment was created in tbe neighborhood of Mrs. Babb, opposite Friar's Point, Arkansas, a week ago, by the repeated assertion ' of one of the negroes that a mule had Bpoken to him, a fact whioh his actions seemed to corroborate. The circumstances, as related to us by good authority, are as follows: "The uegro was ploughing with j < the mule, when he became exasperated atj i its slowness, and began to whip it uumerci fully; whereupon the mule shook the harness off of himself and confronting tho negro, ordered him to go home and prepare, 1 ] for the day of judgment was ooming, and a he would meet his jast reward. The negro i11 immediately fled to the bouse and related 0 the occurrence, laboring the while under ; c the most intense excitement. The negro is j now a raving maniac and has to be confined ; j1 but before the attaok of the malady, he p aould not, under any oiroumstances, be in-: " iuoed to go near the prophesying mule." ? Marriage in Spain.?The marriage oeremony in Spain is oondnoted differently from our C7n. Among the higher classes, it takes place at night, at the bride's house; tnd if, from any special oircomstances, it be deferred till the morning, it is fixed for i very early honr, and, in neither ease, is there any display, though wedding feasts are provided The guests are confined to the family or immediate friends, and are til, inolading the bride, dressed in blaok (!) which does not prevent them being often very ooetly attired. Seoond marriages are looked upon torvo vultu, and discouraged in every way. Popular feeling is so opposed to them that a second-hand bride aod bride-groom are considered legitimate objeotsof praotieal jokes and most annoying petty persecutions. It is all dooe in a good-humored way, but so is the ceremony performed by sailors on an unfortunate land-lubber when crossing the line for the ? v " .1 T5.il oret time; ana, as id toe one oase, ram?r Neptune exacts a rigorous tribute, so, io the other, must a handsome fine be paid to Hymen or bis self-constituted representatives. On the other band, facilities exist for those who desire to marry neither onoe nor twice, in the three-and-twenty or nvents which' Madrid oontains, belong"ng to various orders, active as well as contemplative. Extraordinary Relics op a Prkadmitb Race.?The following remarkable communication from a well known gentlemen of Middletown, Connecticut, appeared lately in the Maine Farmer: On the east bank of the Connecticut are the Portland stone quarries, which have been worked for 150 'years. At present, in the three quarries, about 1,000 men are it work, and thirty to forty vessels are employed in oarrying the stone to the great markets. Those exoavations, whioh have now reaohed a depth of 105 feet below the surface of the water in the river, have revealed untold wonders. The stone is said to be full of fossil remains in its lowest iepths. I might, call it a great Chamel house, but this is too gloomy a term to apply to it. It is rather Cod's great Book )f Records, whioh has been here carefully preserved and hermetrioally sealed up till within the last few yean. On the countless eaves of this book are found the records )f past ages. They tell us of the olimate, )f the animals; and, moie wonderful still, they tell us the men of those ages, show us their implements, and shadow forth some:hing of their customs. They also open to is their graves and show to ns their modes )f burial, the men lying in one posture and :he women in another. These men all bad three fingers and a thumb, and four ioes. A Story op a Sentinel ?A story is sold of a Prussian sentinel stationed on the iteenle at Tronnau. and left behind there * ? ' svhen bis company retreated. The citizens ittempted to take bim prisoner, bat the Prussian easily defended with bis bayonet ;he narrow winding stair by wbioh alone iccess could be gained to tbe steeple. Tbey ;ben decided on reducing bim by famine, >nt the Prussian having with bim a good lupply of cartridges, Bnnoaoced that unless ie was regularly and well fed, he would ibuot every one who passed in the streets iround the Church. Tbe good soldier has contrived to maintain his position for ;wo days, when Troppaa was re-oocupied by ;he Prussians and be was relieved. Blushing.?Blushing is said to be a lign that something of the angel is left in voman, beauuiul to tbe eye and bespeaking he inward purity of tbe heart. When a soman ceases to blush, she has lost her greatest charm. MONEY! MONEY!! MONEY!!! THE great scarcity of money In the South, renders it lecessary for the people to make their purchases wherever hey can boy to advantage. A great chance to save money s offered them, to the greatest perfection, by the Proprietor if the YORK DRUG STORE. Purchasing for CASH, he Is constantly receiving FBESH JOOD9, and of course gets the advantage of DECLINES n prices. As a proof it is only necessary to mention that nanv articles mav now be ourchased from 100 to 150 Der :ent. less than twelve months ago. This GREAT REDUCTION n prices luu enabled blm to moka large sale*, which ha teen immediately re-Invested, at lower prices. The conao mence 19, that the purchaser always gets, at THE YORK )RUG STORE, all the articles he purchases at the LOWEST CASH PRICES. have always on hand, the choicest and most genuine arIcles of Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Dye (tuffs, Window Glass, Putty, Perfamny, Toilet Soaps, Irushes of all kinds, and FANCY ARTICLES Jenemlly. All kinds of SURGICAL, DENTAL and OBSTETRICAL INSTRUMENTS, not on hand, will be orIcred from the BEST MAKERS, without extra charge.? /OUNTRY MERCHANTS can buy their supplies from oe, on as good terms as IN NEW YORK. lemember the YORK DRUG STORE is the place where 'ou can save vour Money, Mosey, MONEY. June 7 7 tf NEWFOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP, CHARLOTTE, N. C. M. MARTIN &, CO., IAVING removed their Works from Ssowesville, Gaston bounty, to Charlotte, respectfully Inform their old patrons aid the public generally that they have opened a FOUNDRY & MACHINE SHOP, t the old Navy Yard lot, in the city of Charlotte, where hey are prepared to make all sorts of CASTINGS ?or Steam Engines, Mills, Factories, Water Wheels, Cane 1 1111s, Farming Implements, &c., Ac. REPAIRING, j Particular attention will be paid TO REPAIRING of all :lnd?. Ail work shall be done in the very NICEST STYLE, and be BEST MATERIAL used. M. MARTIN, JOHN WILKES, Charlotte, N. C. June 28 10 lira rHE YORK MARBLE YARD. RICHARD HARE, ^J^Che.ierDlslrleu, on^ foreign and Domestic Marble, nd specimens of bis work may be always seen at the Yard early opposite the 'ENQUIRER' PRINTING OFFICE. He is also prepared to furnish to order, IRON RAILING f any desired pattern, for Fences, Balconies. Ac. &7- Particular attention given to CLEANING and RENOVATING old lifoauraents, Tomb-Stones. Ac. {ttj- He will ?eep constantly on hand, TILES for I EARTHS; GRIND8TONES. of the best GRIT; PLAS'ER OF PARIS and CEMENT. 0(j- Ilia terms arc CASH ON DELIVERY. His rices are in specie, or the equivalent in currency. July 26 14 6m. TAVA COFFEET^JUST RECEIYJ ED and for sale by FLOYD, DOBSON A CO. PROSPECTUS OF THE SUMTER NEWS! THE undersigned proposes to Issue at Sumter, 8. C., on or nbout the first of June, 1806, a weekly paper, to be entitled "THE SUMTER NEWS." This Journal will be devoted to literature, morality and general Intelligence, and the promulgation of the occurrences of the day?political and general?which may be of Interest to the people. No pains or expense will be spued by the proprietor to render his paper acceptable to alt classes of readers. Re confidently refers to his long experience (of 33 years) in the past as a journalist, to secure for him the patronage of the people of bis District. I Fie congratulates himself that he can select for the Inauguration of his enterprise no better occasion than the I preterit. At the termination of a long and bloodv struggle, In ivhleh the principles of ftee government have been over noiicu sua uio waiuiuuvn mdhhw mwwn iw*?? muvo all the angry passions of frail and prringhuman nature have been excited and exercised?the Angel of Peaee Is now abdut to unfold ber wings over all sections of our common country, and once again to gather around ber the goodness, the strength and the magnitude of the American Union. At such a time as this, he can have no better landmarks by which, for the good of his country, to direct his course than the Union, the Constitution and the Presl dent of the United Sutee, and he pledges himself to sustain, as far as he Is able, the purity and Integrity of the one, ami the firmness, and the patriotism and the statesmanship of the other. To the people of Sumter District be confidently appeals for their symuathy and patronage. I dentified as he has ever beea with them and their interest In the past, he asks to be allowed the same plrvilcge In the future. He expects to build up for them a District paper, the course of which will be consistent prudent and patriotic, and one which be hopes will not be wanting in its Influence on the education and training of the rising generation. The services of an able and talented editor have been tomred, who will devote his time and abilities to the enlei u In meat and instruction of hit patrons, and who will take pleasure In seconding the efforts of the undersigned, to render THE SUMTER NEWS worthy of the confidence and support of a discriminating public. Tor further information aa to terms, k.. afidrett me, at Scmter, S. C. H. L. DARE. Mav 10 3 tf GET THE BEST 1 PHtENIX AND GLEANER. THE DAILY PHIEKIX (8 published every morning, exeepl Monday, and contains the LATEST NEWS, by telegraph and malls, up to hour or going to press; Editorials, Correspondence from dliferent points, Miscellaneous Reading, Tales, Poetry, Sketches, etc., etc., etc- In lh? QUANTITY and QUALITY of its READING MATTER Is not to be excelled by ar.y paper in South Carolina. ADVERTISEMENTS Inserted on (hvorable terms. THE TBI-WEEKLY PHOIX Contains, In every number the reading matter (embracing the latest news) of TWO ISSUES of the dally. It to published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings. THE GLEANER Is published every Wednesday morning. It is the desire, and will be the object of the Proprietor, to make this equal to, if not the best, FAMILY NEWSPAPER in the Sooth. In fact, as its name Indicates, A HOME COMPANION. Besides the collection of the cream of the news of the week, Political, Financial and the Markets, ft win contain a large amount of LITERARY MATTER, such aa choice Tales, Sketches and Poetry. It will embrace EIGHT PAGES, containing FORTY-EIGHT COLUMNS, to primed In a form to bind, and thus secures a falthftil record and history of passing events. TEEMS?LN ADVAHCB. Dally Paper, six months, $4 00 Tri- Weekly, " " 2 50 Weekly, ? " 1 50 JULIAN A. 8BLBY, Proprietor, Columbia, S. C. June 14 8 tf Office National Intelligencer. Wabhjxgton, October 1865. This standard Journal tounded more than hah' a century since has been re-organlzed with an able and active corps o' editors, reporters, and correspondents. It Is of enlarged sire, superior typography, and Is published at rates comparing favorably with any other first class paper. It has access to authentic sources of original intelligence In politics, commerce, science, and literature. The intimate intercourse between the founders of the National Intelligencer and those men who represented the extremes of opinions which have culminated in the late war, prove the moderation and Integrity which have ever marked Its coarse. This Intercourse and respect embraced Webster, Calhoun, Clay and Benton. It had received the confidence of them all.? The National hUtUigtnctr Is conducted scrupulously upon thn principles which have ever guided It. It has lived to feci the value of moderation and national fraternity, and rejoice to perceive that the American people respect them Jlkewtoc. The InUUigcncer will extend a cordial and sincere sopport to the beneficent policy of President Johnson. It will favor such provision for uw legal and social protection o the emancipated negro, as the several Stales may deem Jus ""J Analltiorl Kit lAittriAn nnil sAnllm.nt mnAi ate between the wanta of ane aectlon and the resource* of another, It will advocate and aid In tranafering to tbe South those element* of capital and enterprlaea Indlspensible to tbe prosperity of every coatmnnlty. To enable tbe InUUgencer to fulfill this measure of usefulness, it respectfully asks tbe support to which its past moderation and sincere devotion tor tbe common welfare entitle it. In this setise It la now offered to the public as a medium of intelligence, which cannot be surpassed by any journal published In the National Metropolis. Daily paper, one year $ 10 00 " six months 5 00 " three months 9 50 Trl-weekly paper, one year 6 00 " six months. 3 00 " three montna, 150 SNOW, COYLE fc CO., Successors of Gales k Beaton. April 15, 51 tf TILE BUBAL SOUTHERNER. A "WEEKLY VISITOR TO THE FARM, WORKSHOP & FAMILY CIRCLE. IT is proposed to publish at Columbia, as soon as a sufficient number of bona fide subscribers are sent In, a Weekly AGRICULTURAL and FAMILY NEWSPAPER, under the above title. In this enterprise are engaged the best practical and scientific Agricultural writers In the State, while the Literary, News, Manufacturing and Religious Departments will be under the control of tbe best Literary talent of the South. We shall also devote a space to the Mechanic Arts, which will be conducted by two of the best Mechanics In the South. Tbe necessity for such a work at this time is evident to all. Our change of labor necessarily involves changes In tbe whole Industrial pursuits of the South. To arrive at the best and most remunerative kind and mode will require experiments and discussion, and In no other way can the people be so well Informed on such matters than through tbe columns of a journal such as we propose to publish. It will require 2,500 subscriber* to insure the commencement of the enterprise. This number can be easily obtained If those who wish to sustain such a journal at the South win exert themselves among their friends. ufr. thpm WWtl.V VISITOR mml in eon tents and typographical execution to any In America. Price 93 per annum, currency, or &2 coin, to be paid 6 months in advance, on receipt of the first number. R. M. STOKES A CO., Columbia, S. C. August 9 16 tf TWO AGBICULTUBAL PAPEBS FOB $2 60 ! SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR, D. REDMOND at WM. N. WHITE, EDITORS. ESTABLISHED IN 1843. Volume 94 Commences January, 18661 Monthly, per Annum, in Advance, $2 00 Six Copies, in Advance, 10 00 BY special arrangement with the "MARYLAND FARMER," another excelleat Rural Monthly, published In Baltimore at $1 JO, both papers will be sent one year for 93-00 ?six of each for 9I6?lOof each for$23?giving each sub scrlber In this case, both papers for 92-60! Address, WM. N. WHITE, Athens, Go. February 22 44 tf ?M A TTW TTITI THE UHAALfcSTUfll UUUAU.it. tublishkd bt A. S. WILLINGTON & CO., CITY PRINTERS, NO. Ill EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S. C. ' TERMS: Dally one year, ; $10 00 Daily 6 months, 5 00 Dally 3 months, 2 50 Trl-weekly, one year, 8 00 Tri- Weekly, 6 months, 4 00 The Proprietor of the Enquirer Is the agent of the "Courier" for Yorkvlile. He will take pleasure in forwarding subscriptions. July 19 13 tf THE STATE OF S. CAROLINA, YORK DISTRICT, IN THE COMMON PLEAB. Tufts, Buries k Co., w. Burrows, Blair k Co., AttachCochran k Co., vt. do. Sam'l Blague & Co., vt. do. Tracy, Irwin &. Co., vs. do. merit. WHEREAS, the Plaintiffs did, on the 13th day of March' 1866, file their Declaration agaiuat the Defendants, who (as It is said) Is nbsent from and without the limits of this State, and have neither wife nor attorney known within the same upon whom a copy of said Declaration might be served.? It is, therefore, ordered, that the said Defendants do appear and plcud to the Declaration filed In each of the above stated cases, on or before the 14th day of March, which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred aud sixty-seven, otherwtse final and absolute Judgment will then be given and awarded agalst them. J. F. WALLACE. C. C. C. P. k G. S. Clerk's Office, York District, 3. C. March 15 47 lyq RENOVATING AND CLEANSING WOOLEN GOODS. MRS. J. E. GRIST respectfully informs the citizens of Yorkvilleand vicinity, thatshe is prepared to RENOVATE AND CLEAN Gentlemen's Coats, Pants and Vests, and Ladies' Cloaks. REPAIRING DONE IP NECESSARY. Satisfaction Guaranteed If the garments are not too much WORN or FADED. RarnasTO: Capt. I. D. Wltherspoon, G. R. Ratchfbrd, T. M. Dobson, Thos. H. Dickson, M. Jones, W. I. Clawson and MaJ. J. G. Lindsay. Articles left at the Printing Office will be attended to. December 14 35 tf STAMP DPTUM Imposed by Aotol Congrcw^to Take Hkt TIE followin g is an Alphabetical list of the stamp dntlM Imposed by the Act of Coign*, passed July 13,18b6, and to take effect August 1st, UK: Agreement.?Other tlan those mentioned la ttlli irhsdstn (or any appraisemeat) lor every sheet or piece of paper on which it Is ifritted; 5 cents; appralsesreufc of value or damage, ffcentb. " Bill of Exchange, foieig*.?Drawn In bat payable oat of the United States, If drawn Antfy or otherwise than la a set of three or more??ime as Inland bills of uxchsume or promissonr notes. Drawn lo sets of three or more, ttirev- < ery bill of eadi set, wbsre the sum made payable shall not m exceed 0100, or the eqtlvalem thereof, In any foreign ear- ? rencv In which such tills mar be tirnicmnrt Q ?' every additional 0100, or fractional part thereof la excess of 8100, 8 cents. bill of Exchange, ialand.?Draftoc order fat the paymtht or any mm of money, not exceeding 0100, otherwise &n at sight or on demand, or promissory notes, except baalt notes and checks; or my memorandum, cheek, receipt, or other written or printed evidence of an amount of money to be paid on demand or at a time designated, for asom not exceeding 0100,5 centi; for every tlonal part In excess of ?100,5 cents. Billof Sale.?Bills or sale by which any ship, or vesM I or any part thereof, ahtdl be conveyed to. or vested In any [ other person or persons, when the consideration shall not exceed 0500, stamp duty M cents; do., wtan the ooarideration exceeds $500 aid does not exceed 01,000,01. Exceeding 01,000, for every additional Hieaat Of 0MV, or fractional part thereof. 50 cents. Personal property -other than ships or vessels, v cents. I Bill of Lading.?For goods and merrtsndfse sxpotted to fnrpftm nnrfi. nfn?r fhwn i?b>rfpr ndrfw nh?K id I Bonds.?Of indemnity?where the mosey ultimately recoverable thereupon In (1,000 or leu, 10 cent*; when* the penalty exceeds fl.OW. foe every srVltttnasi (LMarflmfiUonal part in excess oi (1,000. SO cents. For |M doe cxncutlon of the duties of any office, #}. Of uy description other than such as may be required In Iqpi proceedina, at used in connection with mortgage deeds, end not otherwise charged in this schedule, 25 cents. -?*-2 fx Certificate Other titan those meatiooed, S cents. Certificate of Dana, -e?Aadea other documents issued by any port-warden or marine surveyor, as cents. Certificate of DepeM'?Pnr a-tam not exceeding #100, cents; sxcoedin* glOO, 5 cents. . - .1 * Ortfjlcats / iYojki?In any incorporated couur, tot an anouqt not leu than (10, nor exceedtatt (50,10 rams: Certificate of Stock-la lncorpoatad coouany, 26 cents. Charter Party On imy letter or nwmnrsndtint reteting to the charter of any vesuei, if the rerlstsred manage does aM j exceed 150 tons,(1; from 150 to300 tons,S3: fiom 300to 600tons,(5; over600tons,(10. Checks, Drafts or Orders?For any amount on any h?a, broker or trust company, at sight or on demand, (eaaterfi amount exceeding (10 on any parson other than a beak, banker or trust company, at sight or on demand, SeaNs. Uear Lifkf?Made in pert of wood, wax, steak paper or other materials, in parcels or packages, 1 cent ; in packages of more than SO and not mora than 30 asm, n ,??i.. for every additional 26 lights, or fractional pert of that number,! cent. Contracts.?Contracts, broker's note, or riaasisilaai nf sale of any goods or merchandise, stocks, bonds, notes ct hand, for each note or memocandaai of saw, Ueaate. Conveyance or Deed of OrasU?Wben the coeaideiatioa or value does not ""U ssoo. so emits: Ass an u (1,000, (1; and for every additional (300, or pan thereof, in exceu of (1,200,60 easts. t Entry of Goods.?At custom bouse, not exceeding la value (100,25 cents; from (100 to (300,50 cents; exeeedIng (5o0, 1 dollar; for the withdrawal ofpoods AauibanM warehouse, 60 cents. Friction Matches? Or lucifer matches, made in part of , wood, in packages of 100 or less, 1 cent; when in parcels or packages containing mere than 100, and not men (tea 2w, for each parcel or package, 2 cents, and for evggy additional or fractional part thereof, 1 cent; for wax tapers, double the rates herein Imposed on friction patches, J east. Lease.?Where rent is (000or leu, 50 cents; waste the rent exceeds (300, for each additional (100, or fraettoate excess of (300,50 cents; assignment oca lease, same stamp u original, and additional sumpnpon the rahuor nmsM eration of transfer, according to the rataa on deeds. (See I Conveyance.) Manifest Entry, Clearance.?Of cargo of vassal for forefga port, If tonnage does not exceed 300 toas,(l; from 300 to 600,(3; exceeding608,(A. - ... tiZ Meats, Fish, Fruit i, Sauces, Jellies, fc.?For and upon every can, bouie or other single package, eontainingnwefir, fish, shell- fish, fruits, vegetables, sauces, syrups, prepared A mustard, Jams or Jellies, contained therein, packed or 1 sealed, made, prepared and sold, or offered for sate, or re- j moved for consumption in the United States, on or after 1 the let day of October, 1660. when such can, ioWete?w 4 single package with its contents, shall not exceed two 1 pounds In weight, 1 cent; when such ean, bottle or other single package with its contents, shal exceed two MMhb in weight, for every additional pound or fractional p4A?l cent. Mortgage or Personal Bonds.?Given as acctuity for the 1 payment of any definite sum, front (100 to (500,50 cents; exceeding (300 and not exceeding (1,000,(1. For every additional (360, or fractional part thereof, in excess of (660 30 cents; provided that upon each and every assignment or transfer of a mortgage, policy of Insurance, or the renewal or continuance of any agreement, contract or eteugar, by letter or otherwise, a stamp duty shall be required equal to that Imposed on the original instrument. Passage Ticket.?To a foreign port, if ol leu pdee than (35, 50 cents; from (35to (50, (1; and for every tiinMtoal (50, or fractional part thereof, In exceu of (50, (I. ?. Pawnbroker's Certificate.?For any amount, 5 cents. Playing Cards?For and apooevery pick, not exceeding 52 cards in number, irrespective of price or value, 6 cents. FoUcy of Insurance.?tin any life or 1MB. where tbs mmount Insured does not exceed (1,000, 25 cents f froai J1,000to (5,000.50cents; exceeding (5,000,1 dollar. Fire and Marine Risks.?Premium not exceeding (10,10 cents; premium not exceeding (5c, 25 cents; exceeding (50, SO cents. Accidental Insurance Companies are exempt Power of Attorney?-To transfer stock, bonds or sate, to collect dividends, lnterau or rent, 25 eents; to vote by proxy, except In charitable, religious, literary, and ccmctBs ry societies, 10 certs; to sell or tesse real estate, and perform all other acts not specified, (1; for any otbaryvpoaM. | 50 cents. Probate of Will, or Letters of AAetUMration?Where the estate does not exceed the value of (2,000. (I: for every additional (1,000, or fractional pert la exeess of (2,660, 50 cents. iYotert of Note, Draft, $c.c-Oi marine protest Ac., 25 cents. Proprietary Medicines, Cosmetics, ?5'c.?Not over 25 cents, 1 1 cent; not over 50 cents, 2 cents; not over 16. eanto, 3 1 cents; not over (1,4 cents. For every additional 50 cents or fraction thereof, 2 cents. Receipt.?Receipts for thepaymentof any sum. of money, or for the payment of any debt due, exceeding (20, not being for satisfaction of any mortgage or judgment, or decree of a court, or endorsement on any sump obligation in acknowledgment of its fulfillment, ior each reealpt, (Mate. Provided, that when more than one signature is affixed to the Moe paper, one or more stamps mar be aflxed thereto representing the whole amount of stamp* required tat neb signatures. Salts.?Or contract* for the sale of stocks, bonds, foreign exchange, gold and silver bullion *and coin, promissory , notes or other securities, when made by broken, banks or bankers who pay a special tax, require *009* equal to 1 cent on every $100. If there Is a Oraches over $1*0, the same to be stamped ax the ftili rate of $100. What made by a person, Ann or corporation not paying special tax, for every $100 of value, 5 cents. A memorandum of sale or contract must be made by the seller to the buyer upon the sale or contract belngmade, and the sttmph suai thwatu Writ.?Writ 50 cents. Where the amount claimed in a writ, issued by a court not of record, is over $100,0$ coats. Upon every confmsicn of judgment, or cognovit, for $100 or over (except In those cases where the tax for the win of a commencement of rait baa been paid,) 00 cents. Writs or other process on appeals from junices' courts or other courts of inferior Jurisdiction to a court of record. 00seats. Warrant of distress, when the amount of rent claimed does not exceed $100,35 cents;.when exceeding$100,00 cents, axanmoiu. No stamp duty shall be required on powers of attorney or any other paper relaxing to application for bounties, enearages of pay, or peosions, or to the receipt thereof hem time to time; or upon tickets or contracts of insurance when limited to Injury to peiaons while oaveBhigi nor en certificates of the measurement or weight of animals, wood, coal or other articles, nor on deposit notes to mum! insurance companies for the insurance upon which pnttrtfs j subject to stamp duties bave been or are to be Issued; nor on any warrant of attorney accompanying a bond or note, when such bond or note shall have amxed thereto the stamp or stamps denoting the duly required ; aad whenever any bond or note shall be secured by a mortgage, but one stamp duty shall be required to be placed on net Men; nor on any certificate of the record of a deed or other instrument in writing, or of the acknowledgment or pnof thereof by attesting witnesses; nor to any Indorsement of a negotiable Instrument. Provided that the stamp duty placed thereon shafl he of the highest rate required for said Instruments, at either 'of tbem. "?r 1 Receipts by express companies for the delivery of any nrooertv for trans Donattou art) exempt from stamp duty. MKALTIU. Penalty tor making, signing or issuing amy Mawtt, document orpeper of any kind whatsoever, or AaO accept, negotiate o< pay, or came to be accepM, Mgntttad or paid, any bill or exchange, draft or order, or promissory note tor lite payment of money, without tha amae Mag duly stamped, or denoting the duty hereby imposed thereon, $50 ; and the Instrument shall be deemed taraild and of no effect; or for counterfeiting strops or dief,(l,000, aag imprisonment to hard labor not exceeding dire year*. For making, signing, issuing, accepting or paying any Mil of exchange, draft, order or note without stamp, #901. For selling proprietary cosmetics, matches, meats, fish, fruits, sauces, jellies, die., without proper stamps, (SO. other raonaioaa. 4 Instruments are not to be tecorded unless properly stamped. ? No instrument it Invalid for the want of the particular kinds of stamps designated, provided a legal stampefeqnal amount (except proprietary stamps,) is duly affixed. All official instruments, documents andpapan issandor used by officers of the United States Government, or by the officers of any State, county or other moaieipal corporation are exempt. < In cases where an adhesive stamp shall be used for dene- < ting any duty imposed by this set, the person using or affix- * lng the same shall write thereon the Initials of his same and date upou which the same shall be attachsdocwsds so that the same may not again be used, under a penafty of 850. *r. . Instruments heretofore Issued without stampa, hot to be void where stampa are subsequently affixed. Postage attmpa cannot be used as revenue stamps. ,, Any person may present to the commissioner of Internal Revenue any instrument, and require his opinion whether the same Is chargeable with any stamp duty; and if the sultl commissioner shall be of opinion tnat it is not chargeable with any stamp duty, be is required to impress on U a particular stamp, with words to signify that It Isuot charges ble with stamp duty; and every instrument on which said stamp is impressed shall be received in evidence In ail courts, notwithstanding objections on the ground of such instrument being without the proper stamp. The party to whom a document is issued from a foreign country, or by whom it is to be used, shall, before using the same, affix thereon the stamp or stamps indicating the duty renulred. Proprietors of cosmetics, medicines, or proprietary articles, may furnish private dies, and are allowed 5 per cent, on ail purchases af $500 ; over $500,10 per coat. THE 8TATE OF 8. CAROLINA, YORK DISTRICT, IN TU? COMMON PLEAS. Danvin it Jefferys, ) w. > Attachment. Durro W3, Blair it Co.,} WHEREAS,tberialntil&dld,on the 14th day of March, 1666, die their Declaration against the Defendants, who, it a U said, are absent from and without the limits of this State, g and have neither wife, nor attorney known within the same, upon whom a copy of the said Declaration might he served: It Is, therefore, ordered, that the said Defendants do appear and plead to the said Declaration, on or before the fifteenth day of March, which will be in the year of oar Load one thousand eight hundred and slaty-seven, otherwise final and absolute Judgment will be given and awarded HMnst them. J. V. WALLACE, C. C. C. P. < Clerk's Office, York District, S. C. March 29 49 -119 / ' 1 d