Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, September 06, 1866, Image 4

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Selects foetrg. LIFE'S SUKSET. Where are you going so fast, old man, Where are you going so fast? There's a valley to cross, and a river to ford, There's a clasp of the hand and a parting word. And a tremulous sigh for the past, old man, The beautiAtl vanished past, The road has been rugged and rough, old man, To your fee tit's rugged and rough; But you see a dear being with gentle eyes, Has shared in your labor and sacrifice; Ah! that has been sunshine enough, old man, For you and me, sunshine enough. How long since you've passed over the hill, old man, Of life o'er the top of the hill ? Were there beautiful valleys on t'other side ? Were there flowers and trees with their branches wide, To shutout the heat of the sun, old man, The heat of the fervid sun ? And bow do you cross the waves, old man, Of sorrow, the fearful waves? Did you lay your dear treasures by, one by one, With an aching heart and "God's will be done," Coder the wayside dust old man. In the graves 'neath the wayside dust ? There Is labor and sorrow far all, old man, Alas! there la sorrow far all, And you peradventnre, have had your share, For eighty long winters have witnessed your hair, And they've whitened your heart as well, old man, Thank God, your heart as well. You're now at the foot of the hill, old man, At last at the foot of the hill; The sun has gone down in a golden glow, And the heavenly city lies just below; Go in through the pearly gate, old man, The beantlful pearly gate. jranorfltts Seating. Wit and Justice in Missouri. It is well known that some of the judges in Missouri are very reluctant to enforoe j the law against Ministers of the Gospel, for fHfurwiaing their profession without having taken the test oath, and avail themselves of every pretence to discharge those who are accused. An ezohange has the following example: Three ministers, charged with the crime of preaching the glorious Gospel of the Son of God, were arraigned before a certain Judge. They were regularly indioted, and it was understood that the proof against them was very olear. "Are you a preaoher 1" said the judge to one of them. "Yes, sir," replied the oulpjit. "To what denomination do you belong ?" "I am a Christian, sir," (with dignity.) "A Christian I What do you mean by that ? Are not all preachers Christians ?" "I belong to the seot usually oalled, but wrongly called Campbelliijgp. (Not so muoh dignity.) "Ah, then, you believe in baptizing people, in order that they may be born again, do you V* "I do, sir." (Defiantly.) "Mr. Sheriff, discharge that man ! He is an innooent man! He is indioted for preaohing the Gospel, and there isn't a word of Gospel in the stuff that be preaches! It's only some of Alexander Campbell's nonsense. Disoharge the man !" Exit Campbellite, greatly rejoioing. "Are you a preacher ?" said the judge fKo ncvf nnminol \ "I am, Sir." said the miscreant. - "Of what denomination are yon ?" "I am a Methodist, Sir." (Bis look showed it.) "Bo yon believe in falling from graoe 7" "I do, Sir." (Without hesitation.) "Do you believe in sprinkling people instead of baptizing them ?" "I believe that the people can be baptised by sprinkling." [Much offended.] "Do you believe in baptizing babies ?" "It is my opinion, Sir, that infants ought to be baptized." [Indignantly.] "Not a word of Soripture for anything of the kind. Sir!" shouted his Honor. "Mr. Sheriff, turn that man loose! He is no preaoher. The Gospel is the truth, and there isn't a word of it in what that man teaches. Torn him loose!?It's ridiculous to indiot men on such frivolous pretensions. Turn him loose!" Methodist disappears, not at all hurt in his feelings by the judicial abuse he has received. "What are yon, Sir?" said the Judge to the third felon. "Some people call me a preaoher, Sir ?" (Meekly.) "What is your denomination 7 "I am a Baptist." (Head up ) His Honor's oountenanoo fell, and he looked sober and sad. After a pause, he said: "Do you believe in salvation by grace 7" "I do ." (Firmly.) "Do you teach that immersion only is baptism ?" "That is my doctrine." (Earnestly.) "And you baptise none but those wno believe in Jesas Christ?" "That is my faith and praotioe. (With emphasis.) "My friend, I fear it will go hard with you; I see yon are indicted for preaching the gospel, and it appears to ms by your own confession you are guilty." Baptist looked pretty blue. "May it. please your Honor," said the Baptist's oonnsel, springing to his feet, "that man never preached the gospel. I have heard him say a hundred times that he only tried. I have heard him try myself." "Mr. Sheriff, discharge this man ! He's not indioted for trying ! There's nothing said about the mere effort! Let him go, sir 1 Turn him loose ! Send him about his business! I am astonished that the State's Attorney should annoy the court with frivolous indictments." Exit Baptist determined to "try" again. Court adjourned. "God save the State and this honorable court!" exclaimed the Sheriff. "Amen I" said the three preachers. And after all say we, as ridiculous as the story may seem, it has a moral. If the State has a right to prohibit the preaching of the gospel, it has a right to decide what the gospel is; and when this is done, we have a national church and the adulterous connection between church and State becomes complete. 19" The past fall, as a lady, modestly attired, was on her way to the oity of New York, on board one of the Hudson river night boats, Bhe sat quietly reading in the ladies' cabin, when a flashily-thessed dame, mistaking her for a servant, rather rudely accented her with: "Do you know this cabin is for the ladies?^ "Certainly I do," was the answer, "and have been wondering for some time why you are here 1" Jlektefo Ifistdto. Novel Employment. The New Orleans Times tells a story of a man who, some years ago, was doing an extensive business in that city, and, owing to his singular blending of roughness and severity with gentleness, acquired the sobriquet of the "Artfol Dodger." Ooe cold November morning, an urchin applied to him for a situation, and in answer to his sharp interrogatories, the boy stated that his mother was a widow, and supported herself by her needle, and during the summer she had been attacked with the yellow fever, and had not yet recovered from the debility which it had produced. Up to this time the boy had been going to school, and expeoted to enter the high school, bat was compelled to go to work For some time the Dodger sat buried io profound thought; then suddenly turning round, be stared the petitioner full in the face and thns delivered himself: "Boy you are employed; I will give you fifteen dollars a month, but on certain express conditions. Saturdays you shall have all to yourself?all boys should have time to play?but I pay in advance, and when I hire people I expect them to work?work hard you understand?Yon give me your time?I give you my money. If I do what I please with your five days in the week, you do what you please with my fifteen dollars. He then turned to his desk, scribbled off a note, and then took six two-dollar and a half gold pieces oat of his safe, which he placed in the boy's hand, and told him to deliver the letter. "Mr. , Principal of School. I have hired at fifteen dollars a month. His time is my property, and I will most certainly dispose of it is I see fit. I choose that he shall go to school. If you find him negligent, let me know, and he will immediately be discharged. Respectfully, ." The salary was paid promptly until the old gentleman's death, and the novel employee now ocoupies a good position in a large commercial house, in Texas. American and Paris Prices ?A correspondent of the Springfield Republican, at the close of a gossiping letter about Paris fashions, gives the following comparison of Paris prioes for articles of ladies' dress with piioes here; "We can buy in Paris a good summer silk for six franos a yard, $1.20; black'silks, which at home are $3.50 a yard, are here $1 90; French oambrios, for which we pay .75 cents, are here 30 cents. Kid gloves, for which we give $1, are 50 cents in Paris, i and at Naples 20 or 30 oents; $2.50 gloves with us, are here $1 a pair. Six months ago in Amerioa ooarse flannel was 50 or 75 cents a yard; here it is 18 or 20. Lace-edging, for which a friend paid 33 cents last month at Madge's in Boston, I patterned here for 11 oents; Lubin's soap, for which I paid Harris & Chapman $1.25, I found in Genoa for 80 oents, and am told it is less io Paris. Lubin's extracts, for which 1 our druggists charge $1.25 or $1.50, are 1 here 25 cents. A point lace oollar and cuffs, for which at home we pay $25, are 1 here $12. "A lacesbawl for which we pay $400, is j in Paris $200, and at Brussels, where it is 1 made, $150. Blaok trimming lace of narrow width, for whioh we pay 75 cents, is 1 here 30 oents. As for bonnets, which, 1 I . ? ? - ! . 1 witn my lasc American experience, were at fabulous prices, such as from $20 to $80, ; the ordinary price of a handsome one in Paris is $5, often only $4, with fine French ' flowers. Those with blonde laoe trimmings 1 are $5 or $8. Yet ribbons are, for some onknown reason, as expensive in Paris as 1 in America So are boots and shoes, I provisions, rents and a few other things. Under garments of all kinds can be bonght here ready made and elaborately trimmed, for what the mere ootton goods costs at home. One is suspicious of cheap ready made olotbes, so often the tears of the poor are worked into them; but as I waited the other day in a large shop of the kind 1 1 observed the neat little sewing girls who brought home their work in a handkerchief, and they looked smiling and prosperous. ; "A French woman lives upon an inconsiderably small sum, and provisions are so subdivided to suit their economy, that a few sous procures them a luxurious dinner. Once or twice a week a few lodgers in the attio of some great bouse olub together and order a dinner whion is really luxurious, though it is paid for in hard-earned sous? and this iB all they ask." An Extraordinary Monkey.?The New York Post thus describes the performances of an extraordinary monkey now being exhibited on the streets of New York : The organ is rarely, if ever, used, except to attract the nucleus of a orowd. After that the entertainment is of a singular character. The monkey (a small one) takes Mb plaoe on a platform, which is nearly as high as a man's head, and begins the performance with music of his own upon the violin. The tones are not particularly sweet, but the posture of the player is very amusing to the orowds. At the conclusion of this the monkey carelessly tosses the in stiumtnt and the bow into the haods of his trainer, and, taking a hurdy-gurdy, plaoes the strap around his neck, aud makes more music of its kind. Afterwards come a tambourine performance. Then the programme varies. The monkey is provided with a needle and a piece of cloth, and sews rapidly, if not very well. With a broom he energetically sweeps the stage. His motions at this time closely imitate those of an industrious, but careless and comical, servant girl; and the spectators who wondered and applauded the monkey during his musioal exhibition now laugh at him heartily. The performer next takes the part of a warrior. His gun he first "presents" for inspection. Subsequently he removes the ramrod, drives home the charge, as soldiers on parade do it, and shoulders arms, carries arms, takes aim and fires off the percussion cap, with which the lock has been supplied. The march of the monkey on his short legs excites great merriment. A broad-sword exercise completes the belligerent entertainment. The monkey fences very well with his trainer, who stands off to avoid stabs. The perfornances conclude with some grotesque tricks. The monkey, which is eighteen inches high, puts on the great cap of his master, and with a ludicrous air, struts around the platform. There are other similar acts. Finally, he assists the servant in taking up the collection. Standing in the centre of the platform, he catches in his band, with great skill, the ooins thrown at him, no matter from how far, or how man; i come at aboat the same moment. His parse j hangs from his belt, and the money is slip ped into it with wonderful quickness and dexterity The monkey takes off his hat and makes a very good bow at the end of his exhibition. A Bold Feat.?Captain De Lac, the leader of a squadron of the Victor Emanuel Lancers attached to the Fourth Corps, hay. ing reoeived an order from General Cialdini to push himself forward till he should meet with the enemy, boldly presented himself before the gates of Padowa, where, of course, with bis squadron he met with the Austrians (for the city was still in their possession,) and in iarge number too. Instead of retraaing his steps in double'qaick, for be might have considered his mission at an end, the brave captain entered fearlessly into the city at the head of his squadron, sounding his bogle. The enemy, though possessing a force six or eight times larger, thinking that the squadron was followed by the whole vanguard of the Fourth Corps, evacuated the city iu great haste. Still Captain De Luc was not satisfied. Aocompanied by only four lancers, he rode to the railroad station and ordered an engine to be got ready. Entering a car with his four men, he made it hitch to a looomotive and bid the engineer to start for Vicenza No sign of Austrians on the road. At last the locomotive, with the car containing Captain De Lao and his four men, entered the railroad station at Vicenza; it was full of Austrian troops! Nothing was left for the Captatn to do but retraoe his steps, if that was even possible. Had be had with him his whole squadron, ten to one, he would have ordered the bugle to sound the obarge, and no doubt would have thrown tne enemy into the greatest confusion, who was not prepared for a surprise But what could five men do among several hundreds ? "Rnf fft nn Viuok omntii handed. 'twaa hard. All at once, the Captain who, having pat his head oat of the car window, was looking around with a disappointed air, oalled the engineer and ordered him to tarn the loco motive, and drive it at the head of a long train of cars which was waiting to be sent somewhere by the Aastrians. The engineer, let it be said to his praise, performed the manoeuvre with both dexterity and quickness; and twenty minutes later Captain I>e Luc entered Padowa at the head of a whole train loaded with Austrian tobacco?a trifle worth half a million of francs ! The Sardine Fishery.?The Paris correspondent of the London Field thus describes the manner of catching Sardines: "The nets, which are of the lightest possible material, are paid oat in a long line behind the boat, which drags the entire Beet of nets after it Bteadily. A man stands in the stern and throws across the net handfuls of prepared cod roe, commonly called "rogue." As it falls on either side of the net the fish dart through the net to catch it and are caught by the giils in doing so The long sank trammel I have mentiened would require ten or a dozen men to haul it in, but as it is worked on board the steamboats chiefly, it is wound in by the engine. Besides the above nets they use the large seine, or sean, and the ground sean, the mullet net and the shrimp Det, and there are some lift nets I could not get at. At times a prodigious number of gray mullet are got by putting a long net across the mouth of the creek at low water aod weighing down the corks with large stones. When the tide has oome up to its full height the ends of the net are Bbaken violently, the stones topple off, and the corks rise to the top, and every fish which has entered the creek with the tide is enclosed, without any disturbance or alarm. A gentleman I met told me that he had been out on the day that I saw him, and taken three Or four thousand pounds weight of mullet in that way, a large shoal having entered the creek, the whole of which were captured. Some species of the gray mullet will, however, when thus enclosed, leap over the corks, and when this is apprehended it is requisite to prop the net up above the surface." An Affair of Honor.?An affair of 1_ A. 1- _1 ?. - _? _l 1. 4 1__ couor luott piuuu ai uve u uiuun afternoon, between Cornelias Johnson (colored) and Isaiah Jones (colored), resulting in the wonnding of both parties at the first fire. The place selected was the opposite side of the Savannah River. The party, accompanied by their respective seconds and a surgeon, crossed the river at Screven's Ferry, and proceeding to the ground selected, arranged the necessary preliminaries?the weapons, pistols?the distance fifteen paces. Before hostilities commenced, an unsuccessful attempt was made to settle the difficulty without bloodshed The whole code was exhausted?honor was too deeply involved to admit of any other settlement but that presoribed as usual among gentlemen, and the principals were posted in their respective positions. Ave you ready??fire ! one, two?bang .went both pistols almost simultaneously, and both principals fell into the arms of their friends, bleeding and wounded, with honor satisfied?Johnson being shot in the thigh and Jones in the arm. They were taken in charge by their friends, and returned to the city about seven o'clook. Savannah Republican. Leprosy Revived.?It is stated in some of the foreign journals that this terri ble disease of the scriptural era, and which was an epidemio throughout Europe from tne tenth to the sixteenth century, is now developing itself in various parts of. the world with all its ancient repulsive characteristics. It prevails extensively in two widely sundered countries, the West Indies and Norway. In the latter, according to the statistics recently published, there are do less than 2,000 lepers. The tubercular form of the disorder, whieh is more common, and unfortunately muoh more horrible than that whioh affeots the joints, is pronounoed by the physicians incurable. It would be more modest iu the faculty to say [ that they have not discovered a cure for it. In all probability the antidote exists, although it has not yet been brought to light. Meanwhile, it is satisfactory to know that it is not oont&gious. Multitudes of lepers perished miserably in the early ages, abandoned to their fate in consequence of the universal belief that whosoever touched them must necessarily share in their calamity. It is now kaown that the distemper is incommunicable in that way, although, like scrofula and some other outaneous and glandular diseases, it may be transmitted in families, a terrible heirloom, from generation to generation. The malady is very rare in this country, and long may we be exempted from th e soourge. The. Termini of the Atlantic Cable. Heart's Content, where the Atlantic Cable is working on this Bide of the world, is - -? ? 11 lv?? ????? fpnrn tha a Biiiaii uuy \jr uutuj pivjcuNug kvui *mw east side of Trinity Bay, .00 the Island of Newfoundland, latitude 40 degrees 50 minutes, longitude 52 degrees 20 minutes. The settlement, notwithstanding its romantic name, is only a small oolleotion of fishing huts, as are two adjaeent settlements, known as Heart's Ease and Heart's Delight. The settlers who named these places must have been not only of a romantio turn of mind, but contented and unambitious persons. The Island of Valentia, the Irish terminus of the Atlantio Cable, is about six thousand aores in extent. It has three proprietors, of whom the Knight of Kerry is chief, the others being Trinity College, Dublin, and Colonel Herbert of Muckrosa The population is about two thousand, but although the Knight is a staunch Protestant, his oo-religionists do not number more than one hundred and fifty The harmony of this little community (says a correspondent of the London Star) is, however, undisturbed by religious discord. The old priest, who is now between eighty and ninety years of age, has had obarge of the parish for half a century, and his watchword has always been "Peace." The average value of land is about 15 shillings an aore. Muoh more of it is used for grazing purposes than for cultivation, the principal article manufactured being butter. Most of the cottages are simply small hovels; but there is a considerable number of a better class, and the peasantry have a well-fed comfortable appearanoe. They owe much to the Knight, who spends nearly the whole of the income he derives from the property in improvements and in giving employment to the people. She Wouldn't Marry a Mechanic. A young man oommenoed visiting a young woman, and appeared to be well pleased. One evening he called when it was quite late, which led the young girl to inquire where he had been. "I had to work to-night." "What! do you work for a living?" she inquired in astonishment. "Certainly, replied the young man, "I am a meohanio." "I dislike the name of a meohanio," and she turned up her pretty nose. That was the last time the young man visited the young woman. He is now a wealthy man, and he has one of the best women in the coantry for his wife. HPK** mKft /liolilra/l tViA noma r\f ma. J.UW .aujr ?-v ohanio is now the wife of a miserable fool ?a regular vagrant about grog shops, and she, soft, verdant, silly, miserable girl, is obliged to take in washing in order to sopport herself and obildren. Yon dislike the name of meohanio, eh ? You whose brothers are but well dressed loafers. .We pity any girl who has so little brains, who is so verdant, so soft, as to thiok less of a youug man for beiDg a meohanio?one of God's noble-men?the most dignified and honorable personage of heav-1 en's oreatnres. Beware, young lady, bow yoo treat young men that work for a living, for you may one day be a menial to one of them yourself. Far better discharge the well fed pauper, with all his ringB, jewelry, brazeooess, and pomposity, and take to your affections the callous-handed, intelligent, and industrious meohanio. Thousands have bitterly regretted their folly who have tnrned their backs to honesty. A tew years have taught them a severe lesson. Railroad Signals.?Those who travel on the cars, or who witness the movement of the trains, and the men who operated the roads, may desire to know the signals need everywhere on the roads. The signals are given by the whistle, lanterns, flags, and motion of the arms. Their signification is: One whistle?"Down brakes." Two whistles?"Off brakes " Three whistles?"Back np." Continued whistle?"Danger." A rapid succession of short whistles is the i cattle alarm, at which the brakes will always be put down. A sweeping parting of hands on level of the eye is the signals to "go ahead." A downward motion of one hand, with extended arms, "to stop." A beckoning motion of one band, "to back." A lantern raised and lowered vertically is a signal for "starting;" swung at right angles, or crosswise the track, "to stop ;" | swung in a circle, "baok the train." A red flag waved up the track must be I regarded as a signal of danger. So with other signals given with energy. Hoisted at a station is a signal for a train to stop. Stock op by the road side is a signal of danger on the track ahead. Carried onfoTled upon the engine is a warning that another engine or train is on its way. Strange but True?a Northern Woman's Idea of Southern Morality. ?The Nashville Dispatch gives the following amusing account of a Northern miscegj enation affair. It says: A short time since a lady of some pretensions arrived in the oity, and securing j comfortable quarters, settled down. She gave her former plaoe of residence as In duos, that State of easy marriage and quick divorce. A few days ago the lady needing the services of a physician, imagine the surprise of the dootor on notioing that the color of the infant did not at all correspond with the complexion of the mother. Kinky hair, flattened nose and thiok lips, gave indubitable evidence of African descent.? Our medical friend announced the result of his observations, whioh were received very calmly by his fair patient. "She was aware," she said, "and indeed those were her reasons for ooming to this city. In her State snob a thing would be talked about, bat here, she presamed, snob a thing was not uncommon. Farther, she would like to dispose of it (the child) in some manner; could the Doctor afford her any assistance in this direotion also ? "No, madam," replied the Dootor, "such property is of no value here now. A few days ago it would have been worth a hundred dollars, but there is no market for it now." We have yet to learn what disposition has been made by the mother of her dusky offspring. The Doctor's dry joke doubtless astonished her. Life in Texas. ? A correspondent writes: Almost every man yon meet carries a huge revolver in his belt and probably has a bowie knife under his vest. They langh at the little revolvers oommon at the North; call them popguns, and respect nothing bat a navy six-shooter or a Ballard rifle. Look aronnd in any bar-room, and yon will see marks of Derringer and revolver ballets all around the wails. In every altercation the rale is to shoot first and argue afterwards At Riobmo h1, a little town not far from here, I was waiting at the depot the other day, and it happened that a fight took plaoe in a bar-room opposite. The scuffle had lasted about fifteen seoonds, when a brawny Texan near me, who at first had manifested an indication to oross over and see the fun, turned on his heels with a oountecacce of deep disgust, exclaiming. 1 "They're Irish. They're not Americans, or there'd have been a shot fired cow." inquiry showed that he was right, and this little icoident gave me a curious glimpse into the customs of the country. Human life is of less account here than horse-flesb. There has been nobody hung for murder in Texas for the last ten years, but ageat many have been bung for horse-stealing. Is Not Prepared to Pat.?A Philadelphia paper publishes the following letter, received by a firm in that oity from a North Carolina merchant: Concord, N. C., August 6, 1866. ] Sirs : Tours of August 3, 1866, came to band this morning, with notice that you had drawn on me. Your draft will not be honored, nor will the account which you hold against me be paid until it suits my convenience. I am well informed that you were one of a party of Southern crushers and Northern radicals and fanatics, who gave your means for the destruction of Southern peo pie, my property and my life among the rest. My life was narrowly saved and my health permanently injured by two most fatal gunshot wounds. What funds I may now have saved from the vandalism of bummers, is needed otherwise than in turning the other oheek for you to smite. Tours, D. R. PHIFER. Method op Rendering all Sorts op Paper Fire-proof?This astonishing effect is prodaoed by the most simple process. It is only necessary, whether the paper be plain, written, or printed on, or painted for hangings, to be immersed in a strong solution of alum-water and then thoroughly dry it, when it will immediately become fire proof. This experiment is readily ascertained, by holding a slip of paper over a candle. Some paper, however, will require to imbibe more of the solution than it may receive by a single immersion, in which case, the operation of dipping and drying must be repeated till such paper becomes fully saturated, when, it is positively asserted, neither the color nor the quality of the paper will be in tbe smallest degree affeoted ; bat that on tbe contrary, both will be even improved. ? Pawned Her Waterfall.?Miss Nettie Wbyte, at Chioago, Illinois, the other anlnrtfofl a mi* a? oKaao of o ofnf on/) uojf j ovicuvvu ca U1 ouuvu av s? awi ) uuu^ taking them in her hand, went to the door, saying she wanted to show them to a friend, and would be back in a few minutes. Meantime, would the obliging olerk be kind enongh to keep her little satchel for her ?? The obliging clerk did so, bat several more than a few minutes elapsed, and the young lady did not return. The little satchel was opened, and found to be empty. The olerk was indignant, for the shoes were not paid for. A few days after he met her in the street and demanded payment. She bad no money, - i i IJ ?-t-. t A ?.11 | DUt assea lr oe woaiu case ner waieriau ao security. He woald; so she quietly de tacbed it and gave it to him. The next day she called at the store and redeemed ber back bair. A Phenomenon in Vermont.?E. B. Osgood, Esq., our oity auditor, a few days since returned from Brandou, Vt, where he has paid a short visit. While there, he examined the famous ioe well, so-oalled, about which there has been so much discus* sion among the savans. The well is of the ordinary size, and forty-four feet in depth. At the depth of thirty-nine feet, ice is formed on the sides of the well, and from that 'down, the water !b of the usual temperature of ioe water, and no matter how the thermometer stands upon the surface of the earth, even if it indicates 100 in the shade, this never varies, and the ioe is always there. In the winter the ooating is thicker. No other well in the vioinity has this feature, and the oause is not easily explained. South Carolina and Massachu| setts.?"Perley," in his dispatch from JfbMSdeipma 10 tee x>osiod oo-umai, speaking of the visit paid by the delegates from Soatb Carolina to the Massaobasetts delegation, says: "Then Gen. Caster eame in, and was j introduced to Gen. MoGowan, of the Confederate army. After cordially shaking hands, Caster said : "General- -we have been looking at eaoh other often dnriog the war throngh field glasses and amid the smoke of battle. If we oan now shake | bands, these civilians who have stayed at their homes in safety surely should/' PROSPECTUS OF THE SUMTER NEWS! > THE undersigned proposes to Issue at Sumter, S. C., on or about the first of June, 1866, a weekly paper, to be en- T titled "THE SUMTER HEWS." p This Journal will be devoted to literature, morality and general intelligence, and the promulgation of the occurren- ( ces of the day?political and general?which may be of ? Interest to the people. d No pains or expense will be spared by the proprietor to render his paper acceptable to all classes of readers. He tl confidently refers to his long experience (of 32 years) In s the past as a Journalist, to secure for him the patronage of p the people of bis District. e He congratulates himself thnt he can select for the In- e anguratlon of his enterprise no better occasslon than the r present. At the termination of a long and bloody straggle, c in which the principles of free government have been over- c ridden and the Constitution trampled underfoot?In which all the angry passions of frail and erring human nature have c been exdted and exercised?the Angel of Peace Is now a about to unfold her wings over all sections of our com- r mon country, and once again to gniher around ber the c goodness, the strength and the magnitude of the American t Union. At such a time as this, he can have no better t landmarks by which, for the good of his country, to direct t hia rnnrsr than the Union, the Constitution and the Presi dent of the United States, and he pledges himself to sustain, as far as he to able, the purity and Integrity of the one, and the firmness, and the patriotism and the statesmanship of the other. To the people of Somter District he confidently appeals for their sympathy and patronage. Identified as he has ever been with them and their interest In the past, he asks to be allowed tbe same pirvllegc in the future. He cipects to buiid up for them a District paper, the course of which will be consistent prudent and patriotic, and one which he hopes will not be wanting in Its influence on tbe education and training of the rising generation. The services of an able and talented editor have been secured, who will devote his time and abilities to the entertainment and instruction of bis 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. For further information as to terms, St., address me. at Sumter, S. C. H. L. DARE. Mav 10 3 tf GET THE BEST I PHENIX AND GLEANER, THE DAILY PHOENIX IS published every morning, except Monday, and contains the LATEST NEWS, by telegraph and mails, up to hour or going to press; Editorials, Correspondence from different points, Miscellaneous Reading, Tales, Poetry, Sketches, etc- etc., etc. In the QUANTITY and QUALITY of its READING MATTER to not to be excelled by any paper in South Carolina. ADVERTISEMENTS inserted on fhvorable terms. THE TRI-WEEKLY PH<EN1X Contains, in every number, the reading matter (embracing ine latest news) of TWO ISSUES of the daily, it to published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings. THE GLEANER Is published every Wednesday morning. It to the desire, and will be the object of the Proprietor, to make this equal to, If not the best, FAMILY NEWSPAPER In the South. In fact, ns its name indicates, v A HOME COMPANION. Besides the collection of the cream of the news of the week, Political, Financlnl and the Markets, it will contain a large amount of LITERARY MATTER, such as choice Tales, Sketches and Poetry. It will embrace EIGHT PAGES, containing FORTY-EIGHT COLUMNS,Is printed in a lorm to bind, and thus secures a faithful record and history of passing events. TBBMS-IN ADVANCE. Daily Paper, six months, S4 00 Tri Weckiy. " " ..... 2 50 WeckJy, " " 1 50 ' JULIAN A. SELBY, Proprietor, Columbia, S. C. June 14 8 tf | Office National Intelligencer, Washixqtox, October 1865. Thlx standard Journal founded more than half a century 1 since had been re-organized with an able and active corps of editors, reporters, and correspondents. It is of enlarged size, superior typography, and Is published at rates comparing favorably with any other first class paper. It lias access to authentic sources of original intelligence In politics, 1 commerce, science, and literature. The intimate Intercourse between the founders of the national Intelligencer and thoso men who represented the extremes of opinions which have culminated In the late war, prove the moderation and integrity which have ever marked its course. This Intercourse and respect embraced Webster, Calhoun, Clay and Benton. It had received the confidence of the* all.? The national Intelligencer is conducted scrupulously upon the principles which have ever guided it It has Uvea to feel the value of moderation and national fraternity, and rajoice to perceive that the American people respect them likewise. The Intelligencer will extend a cordial and sincere support to the beneficent policy of President Johnson. It will favor such provision for the legal and social protection o the emancipated negro, as the several States may deem jus and proper. Qualified by location and sentiment to mediate betweon the wants of one section and the resources of another, it will advocate and aid in translerlngto the South 1 those elements of capital and enterprises Jndispcnsible to ' the prosperity of every community. To enable the Inteligencer to fulfill this measure of use- ' fulness, It respectfully asks the support to which its past moderation and sincere devotion for the common wcltee entitle It In this sense It Is now offfered to the public as a medium of intelligence, which cannot be surpassed by any journal published in the National Metropolis. Dally paper, one year ?10 00 " six months..... 5 00 " three months, 2 50 Tri-weekly paper, one year 6 00 " six months. 3 00 " three months, 190 SNOW, COYLE k CO., Successors of Gales 8t Beaton. April 12, 51 tf THE BUBAL 80UTHEBHEB. A WEEKLY VISITOR TO THE FARM, WORKSHOP & FAMILY CIRCLE. IT is proposed to publish at Columbia, a.sf>oou as a sufficient number of bona fvic subscribers are sent In. a Weekly AGRICULTURAL and FAMILY NEWSPAPER, under the above tide. 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 tbe control of the 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 Mechanic* In the South. The necessity for such a work at this time is evident to all. Our change of labor necessarily involves changes in the u. 1111!n industrial tiiirsiilis of the South. To arrive at 1 the best and most remunerative kind and mode will require experiments nnd discussion, and in no other way can the people be so well Informed on such matters than through the columns of a journal such as we propose to publish. It will require 2,500 subscribers 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 will exert themselves among their friends. Wc promise tliem a WEEKLY VISITOR equal in contents and typographical execution to any in America. Price ?3 per annum, currency, or A2 coin, to be paid 6 months in advance, on receipt of the first number. R. M. STOKES It CO., Columbia, S. C. August 9 16 J ' tf TWO AGRICULTURAL PAPERS FOR $2 50 ! SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR, D. REDMOND lc WM. N. WHITE, EDITORS. ESTABLISHED IN 1843. Volume 34 Commences January, I860! Monthly, per Annum, in Advance, $2 00 Six Copies, in Advance, 10 00 BY special arrangement with thp "MARYLAND FARMER," another excellent Rural Monthly, published in Baltimore at .$1.50, both papers will be sent one year for $3.00 ?six of each for $16?lOof each for$25?giving each sub scriber in this case, both papers for $2.50! Address, WM. N. WHITE, Athens, ft a. February 22 44 tf THE CHARLESTON COURIER. pcbushbd by | A. S. WILLliSGTON & COM . CITY PRINTERS, NO. Ill EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, 8, C. TERMS: Daily one year, .$10 00 Daily 6 months, 5 00 Daily 3 months, 2 50 Tri-Weekly, one year, 8 00 Trl-Weekly, 6 months, 4 00 JSJ- The Proprietor of the Enquirer is the agent of the "Courier" for Yorkvillc. He will take nleasure in for warding subscriptions. July 19 13 tf THE STATE OF 8. CAROLINA, j YORK DISTRICT, ' ] IN THE COMMON PLEAS. Tufts, Buries k Co., vs. Burrows, Blair k Co., 1 Mtach~ Cocliran i Co., vs. do. I S im'l Blagge k Co., vs. do. Tracy, Irwin k Co., vs. do. J _ ment. WHEREAS, the Plaintiffs did, on the 13tb day of March' 1H86, flic their Declaration against the Defendants, who (as it is t old) is absent from and without the limits of this State, and have neither wife nor attorney known within the same ujton whom a copy of said Declaration might be served.? It is, therefore, ordered, that the said Defendants do appear and piead 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 nttndrcd aud sixty^seven, otherwise final and absolute judgment VT III U1VU "V gnvu nun UFTOIUtU QCOIOl uwu?? J. P. WALLACE, C. C.C. P. A G. S. Clerk's Office, York District, S. C. March IS 47 lyq RENOVATING AND CLEANSING WOOIjEN goods. MRS. J. E. GRIST respectfully informs the citizens of Yorkrilieand vicinity, thatshe is prepared to RENOVATE AND CLEAN Gentlemen's Coats, Pants and Vests, and ! Ladies' Cloaks. REPAIRING DONE IF NECESSARY, i Satisfaction Guaranteed if the garments are not too much I WORN or FADED. 1 Refers xo : Capt. I. D- Witherspoon, G. R. Ratchford, | T. M.Dohson, Thos. H. Dickson, M. Jones, W. I. Clawi son andMaj. J. G. Lindsay. Articles left at the Printing Office will be attended to.j December 14 35 STAMP DUTIES wpoaed try Act of GoBfreM t? ftki effect fP Aaiut 1st. ue*. *r# -matrv , PIE following is an Alphabetical list J or the stamp duties Imposed by the Act ofCoapem, s assed July 13, 1866, and to take effect August 1st, 1866x ?. I Agreement,?Other than those meotlonedln (MsscboMe J or any appraisement) Tor every sheet or piece of paper on rliich It Is written, 5 cents ; appraisements of value or * AM air.age, 5 cents. Bill of Exchange, foreign.?Drawn In but payable out of Ac United States, 11 drawn singly or otherwise than la It ct of three or more?same as inland bills of exchanse or MH romlssory notes. Drawn in sets of three or more, for e*lr - MB ry bill ol each set, where the sum made payable shall not xceed $100, or the equivalent thereof, In any foreign corcucy In which such hills may he expressed, 2 cente; A? " M very additional $100, or fractional part thereof In excess ' ? .f $100,2 cents. - j Bill of Exchange, inland.?Draft or order for the payment 1 if any sum of money, not exceeding $100, otherwise " A sight or on demand, or promissory notes, except tank totes and checks; or any memorandum, cheek, receipt, or ither written or printed evidence of an amount of money o be paid on demand or at a time designated, for a sum not ixceedlng #100,5 cenu; for every additional # 100, or fraclonal part in excess of #100,5 cents. bill of Salt.?Bills of sale by which any ship, or vemel >r any part thereof, shall be conveyed to. or vested in any ttber person or persons, when the consideration atdffl not txcced $500, stamp duty 50 cents; do., when the rrnitai ation exceeds #500 and does not exceed #1,600, #1. Ex:cedlng #1,000, for every additional amount of 8500, or < factional part thereof, SO cents. JPersomJ property other ban ships or vessels. 3 cents." Bill of Lading.?For goods tad merchandise exported to 'orelgn ports, otiier than cbarter party, each 10 ceats. Bonds.?Of inJcmnity?where the money ultimately re toverable thereupon is #1,000 or less, 10 cents; whereth* penalty exceeds #1,000, (hr every additional #1,000 or ftac- ' lioual part In excess of #1,000,50 cents, for tae doe eae - ' :ution of the duties of any office, 81. Of any deacription 3 ther than such as may be required in legal proceedings, or ised in connection with mortgage deeds, and sot otherwise :barged in this schedule, 35 centa. Certificate?Other than those mentioned, 9 centa. * J Certificate of Damage?And all other documents issued ) >y any port-warden or marine surveyor, 35 cents. t Certificate of Deport!?For a sum not exceeding #100,} . A tents; exceeding #100, 5 cents. " l8 Certificate of Profits?In any incorporated company, far cy in amount not less than #10, nor exceeding #50,10 cents; fl rom #60 to #1,000, 35 cents; exceeding flbOO, lor every sN iddltional #1,000, or fractional part thereof, S3 cents. Certificate of Stock?in Incorporated company, 33 ceas. Charter Party?On any letter or memo random relating to die charter of any vessel, if the registered tonnage does net re txceed 150 tons, #1; from 150 to J00 tons, #3 : from 300 to >00 tons, #5; ovtr 600 tons, #10. ~ ^'4 Checks, Drafts rr Order*?For any amount on any bank, broker or trust company, at sight ortm demand, Scents; for imount exceeding #10 on any person other than a bank, C ' banker or trust company, at sight or on demand, 3 cents. Ugor Lights?.Made in part of wood, wax, glass, paper ir other material!, in parcels or packages, 1 cent; inpackiges of more that 35 and not more than 50 lights, 8 cents ; br every additioc ai 35 lights, or fractional pert of nnmaer, 1 cent Contracts.?Caitracu, broker's note, or memorandum of k lale of any goods or merchandise, stocks, bonds, notes of |' land, for each note or memorandum of sale, 10 centa. Conveyance or Deed of Grim!.?Where the consideration >r value does no. exceed #500, 30 cents; from #500 to jd,000.81; and for every additional #500, or fractional part hereof, in excess of #1,000,30 cents. . Entry of Goods.?Ax custom house, not exceeding la ^alue #100,25 crats; from#100 to#500.50ceats; exeee#- 1 ng #5oO, 1 dollar; forthe withdrawal or goods from bonded j warehouse, 60 cents. . t Friction Matches?Or lucifer matches, made In pen of wood, in package* of 100 or less, 1 cent; when in panels >r packages containing more than 100, and not more than 100, for each parcel or package, 3 centa,aadlbr every additional or fraction^ part thereof, 1 cent; for wax tapers, louble the rates herein Imposed on friction matches, 1 cent Lease?Where rent is #300 or less, 60 cental where the I rent exceeds $3Q<, for e ach additional #100, or fraittlou In J sxc ess of #300, at cents; assignment ota lease, same stamp jl u original, and additional stamp upon the value or comrid> re eration of transfer, according to the rates cm deeds. (Bee JE (JonvcyancmJ , mo re Manifest Entry Clearance?Of cargo of vessel for foreign J port, If tonnage does not exceed 300 tone, #1; fimna to fi #3; exceeding #00,#8. ^ s- ? Meats, Fish, fruits, Sauce*. Jellies, fc.?Yot and piMpC. m every can, bottle >r otiier single package, containing msata, fish, shell-fish, fruits, vegetables, sauces, syreps, prepared mustard, jams or jellies, contained therein, narked or sealed, made, prepared and sold, or offered for sale, or rrs re moved for consumption in the United Btates,onor elker JB the 1st day of October, 1666, when such can, bottle or otfcer re single package vdth it* cootente, shall not ex coed two pounds in weight. 1 cent; when such can, bottle or atiwr re blnrle nackace with lu contents, shall exceedtm m?a? re Id weight, for every additional pound or ftactionalreat, 1 5 cent. - ' ' ' ' "' W F Mortgage or Pe'sonal Bonis.?Given as security ftxtks Q nflumnnt nf flni/ rlnrtnlfxa onm fmrn A1AA sa ffic/M M ..t.v ? iLZXlT'&t every 1 additional $500, or fractional part (hereof, la excess of $500 ? 50 cents; provided that upon each tad neijr adpital <g or transfer of a mortgage, policy of Insurance, or lb* renew- V al or continuance of any agreement, contract or dunter, by letter or otherwise, a stamp duty shall be requited eqinl to that Imposed on the original Instrument. Passage Ticket*-To a foreign pott, if ot lev fries then $35, 50 cents; fro oa $35 to ?50, fl; and Cor every addition- , id $50, or fractional part thereof In excess of $50, $1. t Pawnbroker's CtrtificaU.?Foi any amount, 5 cents. 7 . Playtng Cards.?For and upon every pack, not exceeding 52 cards in number, irrespective of price or value, 6 eaNk Policy of In.turcnce.-Oa any life or lives, where the a- 4 mount insured docs not exceed $1/100, 25 cents; from $1,000 to $5,000,5) cents; exceeding$5,000,1 doilar. Fire and Marine Risks.?Premium not exceeding $10,10 cents; premium not exceeding $30, 25 cents; exceeding $50,. 50 cents. Accidental Insurance Companies are exempt." '*5 m Power of Mtoney.?To transfer, nock, linn dsns, aotfp, I to collect dividends, Interest or rent, 25 cents; to vote by e proxy, except In c-iaritable, rellgtif, itoauy, art cemeto* 4 ry societies, 10 cents; to sell or lease real estate, and pes- V form all other acts not specified, $1; for any other purpose*. I 30 cents* ... A 1 Probate of Will or Letters of Administration.-Where J the estate does not. exceed the value of I0.""**, $1; tear .? ery additional $1,030, or fractional part In excess of $2/100, 3 50 cents. >?* jfl Protest of Note, Draft, t[c.?Qi marine protest kc., 26 V cents. ' W Proprietary Medicines, Cosmetics, t(c.?Not over 25 cents, 1 cent; not over 50 cents, 2 cents; not over 75 cents, 3 1 ccnu; not over $1,4 cents. For eveiy additional SB Mats 1 or fraction thereof, 2 cents. 1 Receipt.?Receipts for the payment of any sum of nosey, or for the payment of any debt due, exceeding $90, not be- A dig for satisfaction of any mortgage or Judgment,/* decree of a court, or endorsement on any stamp obligation tat acknowledgment of Its fulfillment, for each receipt, 9 cents. Provided, that when more than one signature Is affixed to t the same paper, on ; or more stamps may be affixed thereto representing the whole amount or stamps required for such signatures. , ... Rales.?Or contmcts for the sale of stocks, bohls, 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 stamps equal o h , < cent on every $100. If there is a fraction over $100, the same to be stamped at the full rate of $100. Whes made by a person, firm or corporation not paying special tax, for evety $100 of valne, 5 cents. A memorandum, of sale or contract must be made by the seller to the buyer.upon the sale or contract being made, and the stamps affixed thereto. IfXl.?Writ 50 tents. Where the amount claimed A a writ, issued by a court not of record, Is over $100, 50 cents. Upon every confession of judgment, orcognovlu fog $100 or over (except in those cases where the tax for the writ of a commencement of suit has been paid,) 50 cents. Writs or other process on appeals from justices' courts or Other courts of inferior j urisdiction to a court of record^ 50 cents. . v lUJiUik ui ucHitv , wuru uie uuuudiui nwicuumcu arc* j doi exceed $100,2li cents; when exceeding $100,50 cents. 1 tmraoin. ^ j No sump duty shall be required on powers ofattorney oc ij iny other paper reiulng to application for bounties, orrear- A ages of pay, or pensions, or to the receipt Lwroefftom time M to time; or upon tickets or contacts of ksiruce when nH limited to injury ? persons while travelling; nor on eertificatcs of the mearurement or weight of a.lmaie, wood, ^ coal or other orticits, nor on deposit notes to mutual insu- 1 mnce companies lor the insurance upon which policies j subject to stamp duties have been or are to be issued; nor 3 on any warrant of attorney accompanying a bond or note, j when such bond t r note shall have affixed thereto the a stamp or stamps denoting the duty required ; and whenever I any bond or note siiall be secured by a mortgage, hot one i stamp duty shall be required to be placed on such papers ; J nor on any certificate of the record of a (feed or other in- < strument in writing, or of the acknowledgment or proof j thereof by attesting witnesses; nor to any indorsement of a negotiable instrument. . ... yf ' Provided that the stamp duly placed thereon shall be of the highest rate required for said instruments, or either of ^ them. lieceiptsby express companies for the delivery of any propeny for transportation arc exempt &om stamp duty. oH PINALTTES. Penalty for making, signing or issuing any instrument, document or paper of any kind whatsoever, or shall accept, negotiate or pay, or cause to be accepted, negotiated or paid, any bill of exchange, draft or order, or promissory note for the payment of money, without the same being duly stamped, or denoting the duty hereby iaaposed thereon, $T>0 ; and the instrument shall be deemed invalid and of no effect; or for counterfeiting stamps or dice,$1,000, and imprisonment to hard labor not exceeding five yean. For making, signing, issuing, accepting or paying any bill of exchange, draft, order or note without stamp, $300. Foe selling proprietary cosmencs, maicnes, meats, nsn, iruits, sauces, jellies, Ac., without proper stamps, ?30. ji ?V," OTHSK PKOVUIOXI. Instruments are not to be tecorded unless property stamped. - - < No instrument is invalid for the want of til* particular kinds of stamps designated, provided a legal stamp of equal amount (except proprietary stamps,) is diDy affixed. All official instruments, documents and papers Issoed or ^ used by officers of the United States Government, or by the officers of any State, county or other municipal corporation are exempt. * jaaNt. 0 In cases where an adhesive stamp shall be used lbr deno* S ting any duty imposed by this act, the person offing or aSx* i Ing the same shall write thereon the Initials of his name and date upon which the same shall be attachod or used, so 3 that tiie same may not again be used, under a penalty at g ?50. " Jjwrsnwn? < instruments heretofore iasued without stamps, not to be void where stamps are subsequently affixed. Postage stampa cannot be used as revenue stamps. Any person may present to the commissioner of Internal Revenue any instrument, and require bis opinio* wfcetber the same is chargeable with any stamp doty; and if the said commissioner shall be of opinion that It la not charges* ble with any stamp duty, be la required to impress on an particular stamp, with words to signify that it Is not chargeable with stamp duty; and every Instrument on which mid stamp is impressed shall be received In evidence In all court*, notwithstanding objections on the ground at nen I Instrument being without the proper sump. The party to whom a document is issued from foreign country, or by. whom It is to be used, shall, before using the same, affix thereon the stamp or stamps indicating the duty required. r- t Proprietors of cosmetics, medicines, or proprietary articles, may furnish private dies, and are allowed 5 per cent, on all purchases ef 9300; over $500,10 per ceut. THE STATE OF S. CAROXJOIA, YORK DISTRICT, * IN THE COMMON PLEAS. * i Darwin & Jeflferys, ) ! vt. > JtttacknwU. ? J Burrows, Blair k Co., > ' J WHEREAS, the Plaintlfls did, on the 14th day of March, 1660, die their Declaration against the Defendants, who, it J ia said, are absent from and without the Units of tblsHWr, and have neither wife, nor attorney known within the same, A upon whom a copy of the said Declaration might be ?red: m it Is, therefore, ordered, that the said Defendants do appear flg and plead to the said Declaration, on or before the fifteenth V day of March, which will be in the year of our Lord oon tE thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, otherwise final 3 and absolute judgment will be given and awarded against them. - J. F. WALLACE, C. C. C. P. fj Clerk's Office, York District, 8. C. fl March 29 49 lyq ^