Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, November 21, 1867, Image 4
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SUT LOYINGOOD'S DREAM.
I was orful dry tother day, George, an'
fiadin a lot oy green whisky, I jist sucked
in a skinful ov it strait along. The fust
mouthful I swallered I hearn splosh in my
heels. I wur dry and empty both, by golly,
so dry that arter hit riz purty well up
in me, hit soaked through and stood all over
me in draps, makin me look like a big retikule
kivered with beads, but I swelled tighter
arter a while, then I filled up purty soon.
As soon as I cood retch hit by runnin a
spoon handil down my throte, I shot off
steam, and sot into rovin roun. Hit warnt
long before I found myself tangled by the
laigs in the dorg fennel, and I fell in a
heap down hill,, so I thort the mos peaceful
thing I could do war to go to sleep, a thinkin
ov a runnin winmill.
Well, I dreamed me a dream. I thort I
wur in hell, and had bin sent thar fur votin
the Radikil ticket. I felt the jestice ov the
. sentence so much that I didn't feel so on
easy and mad about hit as 1 would a Dm et
they had sent me thar fur murderin a bline
ole 'oman, or makin a back log ov sum gal's
fust baby, arter soakin hit in turpentine,
or sich like common wickedness. I thort
I hed bin thar long enuf to sorter begin to
git used to the taste ov the whisky they
stills down thar, an I muss say I thinks hit
.a little betfer than the truck what the skulkers
out ov the Confedrit army biled for
the government, because hit didn't create
the appetite to cus, steal or desart half as
soon on me, in Tophet, as that. 'Twas safer
whisky, George, safer whisky. Well, I
thort hell was a perfec roun hole?as roun
as a bum shell, right in the senter ov the
yearth. The walls wur glazed as slick as
an inyun peelin, and wur but jest half full
ov melted dinner pots, dorg irons, an ole
cloek wates, with a scum of smoking brimstone
a foot deep. The Devil staid aboard
ov a bote, and had hisself rowed roun jest
as he ^pleased, by the jury what found the
bill agin Jeff Davis. They looked like thade
T
like to have another pop at tnat jod. i
think, by golly, thade hunt a long spell afor
tha found hit agin.
I thort thar war long lether aidged cleats
nailed to the wall to clime by. Tha wur
squar aidged up, so the climin has all to be
done on one side, an when fellers got tired
ov swimmin, they .jest sot into climin the
cleats. I noticed that new comers wur
powerful fond ov climin. Thade sorter
slack off sometimes, ontil tha sunk into the
melted clock wates up to the pint ov thentail
bone, and by the gost ov a skeered
monkey, tbeyd come up overhanded to their
work agin, jest A wriglin and a snortin.
They worked like squrils on a tred mill.
Burned ef tha dident keep the thing rollin
strate along, and George, jest as sure as
you ar a fut^ high, that's what keeps the
yearth turnrn roun; I found hit out at last.
Well, one day the trap dore opened and
the Devil ordered old Forney to steer under
the hole. He steers wild, an after swim
min nearly all over hell, he got thar, when
down poured into the bote the durnedest
sluice of mean looking cusses you ever seed.
Everybody already thar turned thar heads
to look at 'em, an clum faster, skeered at
' njiir T?n<lilrila t.lip last
cm u y guiijft o.u? nu* ?..?
darned one. Suiu liml ropes rouu iheir
nex, with a running noos ahind the year,
sum had holes in their heads, sum had a big
gill cut under their chin, and every one
showed sines of hard times an hurry. I
seed Stevens, Sumner, Wade, Butler, surnamed
the Beast, an Wendell Phillips.
, "Hey," sez the Devil, "what's rong above?
colery ?" "Wus nor that," sez Sumner,
"the Constitution people has riz an ov korce
we are here; say your Majesty, is Preston
Brooks here?" "Oh, no," sez the Devil.
"'Well," sez Sumner, sorter brightnin up
and rubbin his hans. "I'm durned glad he
ain't." "Stop a minit," sez the Devil, wait
till I sorts you all out." He took up a needil
as long as a harpoon, and with a big
quile of trace chains he threaded it. Then
he picked out all the common cusses among
'em, an strung 'em on the chain, an hung
the hole bunch over the aidge of the bote
into the brimstone. Jehosaphat! how they
sizzled and dove and sloshed an sprinkled
hot iron about with their tails. A string
of sun pearch wood a bin no wliar.
While the Devil wur a sortin the small
fry, Butler, surnamed the Beast, aidged
back to whar I sot in the bote, a keepin one
eye sorter on the Devil, an tother on me, and
he whispered in my year, "whar's Sisphus?"
Sez I, "don't know, why." "0,
nothin, only wanted to see which node the
most ov our traids, him or me." ' Then he
whispered, (that mortal off eye ov hisn still
sot on the Devil) "say, do you know whar
his majesty keeps his spoons ?" Sez I,
"does you see that chain hangin over the
starn? he keeps em in a big pot sunk at
tother eend ov hit." He jest went over the
starn head fust, and cooned hit down the
chain, outenside under the brimstone. Arter
being down a spell, he cum back lookin
disperited like, but his gineral loox wur
powerfully improved by a bath in melted
Brimstone. I swow he lookt a heap more
like a human. Sez he, "gone, pot andall."
I opened my eyes. Sez he, "Laint Forney
got em?" Sez I, "Mebby so ?he's bin
Ittmhlin -round- -the-stam-A good while."
Derned ef he didn't sarch every pocket ole
Forney had, and the ole cus never cotch
him at hit, and he got the spoons.
"While this wus agoing on, Old Thad wur
a trying to claim kin with the Devil, a
comparin his foot along with ole Nick's. I
think the pint wur to git offis, for I hern
the Devil keep sayin, "No, no, I be durn
ef I do; we has order here now," an all the
time ole Wade were a pesterin his Majesty
for a free ticket on his doggery. I seed
that the Devil wur a gittin monstrous oneasy.
Wendel Phillips kep a watching fust
the side that went down under the climers,
and then the side what come up out ov the
hjce. He just hopped overboard, and swum
. over thar, an tried his durnest to turn hit
tother way. He grabbed the slopin side
ov the cleats, and held on as long as he
could, and then slosh back agin among the
melted dorg-irons and brimstone. I reckon
he must a made fifty trials afore he quit and
swum back to the bote, and then he sot in
the most yearnest manner, to persuade the
Devil to take off the cleats an nail em
on agin upside down, so as to run hell
backward, an ov korce the outside world
with hit, without givin a reason why hit
would help the matter. This made the Devil
bile over. He sed not a durned one ov em
should stay thar another hour, that thade
raise a rebellion and destroy the institution,
and then what would the world do, particwlarly
New England f I tell you he jest
rared; sez he, "HI clear my dominions
-ov you durned quick," and he ranged a
big bum mortar what were in the bote,
point blank at the hatchhole, and he
loaded in ole Wade, feet fust, and made
Forney tetch hit off. By golly, he went
whizzen thru the hole, and nit raned whisky
on the lake ontil it burnt blue. Next
he grabbed ole Thad. Sez he, tremblin,
"Please, your Magesty, lode her in with
me," pintin to a she nigger strung on a
chain. Sez the Devil, "No, sir, I think we
can manage her arter you are gone, and besides
she loox like she needed a little rest."
Bang! an I jest cotch a glimpse ov Thad's
crooked foot scrapin a splinter off the hatch.
Comin hex, he yoked Sumner, and he begged
to be loaded hed fust, as he sed he'd
altnawo 4-?*otrn1o/l O+MW tllfll lift*. fill hft
OlHOJfD HOTUVU OVUAAA *1MM? J
wanted to finish his jerny the same way on
account of his record. So stum fust he
come outen the hatch hole, and I recon
sturn fust he busted again sumthin away
yonder on the outside. Butler's, surnamed
the Beast, turn cum next. While the Devil
wur a loadin him in, I observed him busy
butnin up his pockets. When the mortar
fired I was watchin the hatch hole clost;
I dident like the idea ov his leavin, but
durned ef he went thar, he follored the line
of his cock eye, and busted inter a million
pieces agin the wall. Spoons an breastpins
fell a foot deep all over the lake, an I
hearn the wimmin all cheer. The Devil
then licked his lips, an went for Wendel,
but he jest loped over-board and dove, and
to save his life, the Devil couldn't find him.
He'll raise trouble thar yet, see if he don't.
Nex he grabbed Forney, his steersman, an
sez he, "you don't steer to suit me," an he
commenced loadin him in, and don't you
believe, just as the cusses hed wer goin out
ov site, he whispered in the Devil's ear that
I was Jamison, the acter. The Devil re
marked, "I've got notnin agmjamison;
you is the one," made at me by golly jest
becase he seed the Beast outsmarted him in
the spoon biziness.
Thar will be peace in hell for a short
while, if the Devil can ketch Wendel, and
reconstruct the durned raskil. I recon he
will ketch him for he set all the revenu detectives
arter him, an I tell you, George,
hell is full ov the mean cusses, an more a
comin. Ole smutty reached for me last
one, and put me down his gun. I sat into
beggin hard. Sez he, "you mus go, the
prosperity of my kingdom demands that
nuthin havin the smell ov radikil on to his
close kin stay here."
A ROUGH COUNTRY.
Some years ago an attempt was made in
the Kentucky Legislature to create a new
county. The effort produced much discussion,
and drew forth the following witty
speech from a Mr. White, a member of the
House.
"I predicate my objections to this new
county on different grounds, one of the
main and most important of which is that
I am confident it would not be entitled to a
representative in the next fifty years. Mr.
Speaker, did you ever visit the territory
sought to be created into the county of CarI
ter ? Did you ever have an opportunity of
beholding its multifarous beauties and examining
its boundless resources ? Well, sir,
I have! I have been all over it, and around
it, and I do say here openly, and definitely,
that there is not level ground enough within
its entire limits to build a pig-pen on. The
soil is sn poor it. would not grow 'pennyroyal.'
Sir, you might mow the country
with a razor and rake it with a fine comb,
and you wouldn't get enough fodder to keep
a sick grass-hopper through the winter.
"Sir, they plant corn with crow-bars,
and hold their sheep by the hind legs while
they nibble the grass in the cracks of the
cliffs. Sir, the ferace naturae of that section
are principally ticks, and I must in
justice say that that variety of insects attain
a splendid size in this new county of Carter,
the smallest that ever fell under my observation
being at least as big as saddle-bag
locks. As to internal improvements in that
section, this House can form some idea when
I assure it that the only thing resembling a
road that I ever saw there, was when one of
the barefooted natives dragged a wild boy
seven miles through the snow. With such a
country as this, Mr. Speaker, they propose
to make a new county, and the reason given
for so doing is, that their convenience will be
promoted thereby. Sir, if it were possible
to hold their courts under a shade of postoak
and black-jack saplings?to keep a
clerk's office and the records of the county
in the recesses of a hollow sycamore, and to
make a jail out of some of the dark and slimy
caves beneath the craggy hills of that
rough country; if it were possible to establish
machinery for doing county business
out of such materials, we might entertain
the project as feasible and plausible.
But, alas ! even such advantages as these
are denied by nature to this country. It
is true, there would be no difficulty about
the caverns for a jail, but the necessary
1 - -1- ^ iA/ih onr\nhv\/?a f A cur*
pUSl-UtlK LllJLU UlitUA-JUUiv. oujjjsiiiigOj kv ouyply
with their foliage a canopy for the august
tribunals of justice, cannot be found.
They are not in the county. And as for
the sycamore tree suitable for a depository
of the archives of the county, it would be
sought in vain. The winds even refuse to
blow sycamore pods in that direction. And
the idea of the people ever being able to
build houses in which to transact business
is deeply, darkly, prodigiously and preposterously
absurd.
fl&f A Canadian boy in the quiet town of
St. Catherine's had been punished by his
father with solitary confinement for lying.
He showed on his release that he had been
employing his time in theological reflections
instead of using it for self-mortification.
He asked his father :
"Pa, did you tell lies when you were little?"
The father, perhaps conscience-smitten,
endeavored to evade the question. But the
child persisted.
vaii 4*nll lina tt]-? nr? nrmi Trnrn lif+ln
X^IVA jr?u "V^v, .
"Well, no," said the father; "but why
did you ask ?"
"Bid ma tell lies when she was little ?"
"I don't know my son, you must ask
her."
"Well," retorted the hopeful, "one of you
must have told lies, or you could not have
had a boy that would do it."
Sam , a negro, by good luck
received a fine start in the world, and soon
acquired a handsome property. When he
had reached middle life, a friend asked him
one day why he did not marry, as a man
in his circumstances was abundantly able to
support a wife.
"Oh, I consider myself too good to marry
a nigger wench," returned Sam, with a
feint to turn up his flat nose.
"Marry a white woman then," continued
the friend, "the law allows it, I think."
"I'll be hanged if I'd have a white woman
that was mean enough to marry a nigger,"
replied Sam, with a loud guffaw.
fhpattwtnt,;
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CUBING HIDES FOR THE TANNER.
A friend engaged in tanning, has called
our attention to the importance of good
sound hides, if good leather is required.?
He says "one fourth of the hides sent to my (
tan-yard, are spoiled before I get them; (
the fiber being softened and broken down <
by decay.'' Hence we re-publish the follow- j
ing article on this subject: 1
The Superintendent of one of the best ,
arranged and managed Tanneries in the t
country, communicates to us the following
directions for curing hides. If the hides
are at all injured, good leather cannot be *
produced. Nearly all sent in by private t
parties could be better cured, while hides, *
a part cured under Dr. Baird's instructions,
are sent in, in the best possible order, but a *
large proportion are much injured; if not
utterly spoiled. Hides maybe cured green ^
or dry, according to the weather. \
/"i t? nn\r o?t mnr\ ttttvtjo
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In ordinary weather, fresh skinned hides a
should be well salted on the flesh side, then 8
folded so as to lap the fleshy parts togeth- t
er, and then farther folded so as to be ?
rolled into a small bundle. You have then \
a compact parcel with id hair out, easy .
and clean to be handled, and taking little
room for transportation, and which will
keep for an indefinite time, and will be the
same to the tanner as green hides, which
are more easily worked, tanned in less
time, and make better leather than hides
dried in the usual way. Salt, besides curing
and keeping the skins, acts most beneficially
on them, and causes them to turn
out a better quality of leather. Some may
object to the cost of salt?the injury done
to hides by careless management is far
greater, in point of value on an average,
than the cost of three or five pounds of
salt required to cure a hide. Although a
hide may appear uninjured to the eye, it
often proves to be tainted in spots, which
renders a portion of it worthless. A great
many skins have been lost in our army
through carelessness or ignorance of thiB
wav of saving them. The value of a sin
? * ' 1 . A
gle hide lost would have Baved twenty-nve
or thirty with certainty. In fact, not a
hide would be lost if salt were freely used,
while thousands are lost to the country by _
attempting to cure them in the usual way. _
The saving in labor of "breaking the
hide," as it is termfed by the tanner; the
shorter time required in tanning; the better
quality of leather; the ease of handling,
transporting and storing Bmall compact
bundles, compared with large, stiff, }
awkward dry hides, are great advantages
over the usual mode of curing. ?,
DRY SALTED HIDES.
In very hot weather, flies and bugs are \
so troublesome as to require different management.
The hide should be we'll salted,
the salt rubbed in and then hung in the
sun for a couple of days; after that dried
in the shade, and when sufficiently cured,
folded and put away. They are not so
compact and convenient to handle as the
green salted, but work as easy arid make
as good leather.
From tlio Coiumbiu Sun.
PAY MONEY WAGES.
Editors Sun : The labor question is paramount
in importance. General starvation
seems likely to supersede universal suffrage;
but it cannot be doctored so readily as po- f
litical illness.
An exhaustive article for one of our re- h
views on the subject would be profitable, but
in a newspaper, out of place and unsatisfac- *
tory, from lack of space. I propose simply n
to make a few statements without adducing o
proof. An examination of the labor system "(
of the world, as exhibited in the writings of fi
Loudon, Babbage, Wade and other authors, ?
will confirm these statements.
1st. The metazer system, which is the 3
"joint system" or copartnership arrange- ?
ment, is an evidence of the very low agricultural
condition of the country where it ^
obtains, and is a bar to any improvement.
Poland, Portugal, the poorest districts of *
France, illustrates its failure. f
2d. Where agriculture is most profitable, .
the universal rule is to pay money wages,
which keeps labor and capital distinct.
England, Scotland, Belgium, Austria and
Prussia, are familiar instances of its splendid
success. 1
3. Workmen cannot force wages up nor 1
employers force them down by combina- ?
tions, but if let alone wages will find their 1
level. I
4th. The employer, that is capital, must J
take the risk, whether wages be paid in >
money or in kind. He plans, risks, manages.
If his plans do not succeed, he alone is
accountable, and alone pays the penalty
of his miscalculations.
If you admit the laborer to share in the {
profits, he can assume but a very 3mall <
share of the risk. It is a principle of part- ]
nership, that neither law nor reason recognizes,
in fact is at variance with common J
sense. !
5th. The "joint crop plan" has already !
failed with the negro, after two years trial?
thereby demonstrating the truth that what ]
the whole world has long since settled is not
exceptional in our free negro labor. y
The hired laborer does cheerfully any
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free negro partner objects to your mode of
planting, tilling and harvesting; waters
your cotton bales, appropriates corn and
potatoes, peas, pigs, and other small grain,
and absolutely refuses to do work upon
fencing and farm buildings' but fails not to
commit waste everywhere.
The negro partner got, in 1865, onetenth,
in 1866, one-quarter, in 1867, onethird,
for 1868 he demands one-half. How
long his native modesty will prevent him
from claiming the other half depends upon
his white partner.
I conclude by requesting an examination
of two plantations, with resident owners,
under the two systems of paying laborers.
It will settle the matter in favor of money
wages.
For the next year, if you have your corn, -i
made on hand, you can pay sixty dollars J
wages and board furnished, for first-class
laborers. If you have corn and meat to t!
buy, you cannot afford to pay forty dol- j
lars. Pay money wages. Alabama. ^
jSgy A contributor to the Practical Far- .
mer, "writes that the best cows he ever raised
had to be milked several weeks before f
the period of calving. This practice was a y
preventive of garget, and tended to the t;
general health of the animals. It some- ^
times happens that the udders of cows be- s
come greatly and painfully distended weeks J
before calving, and but few persons resort n
to the sensible practice of relieving them byr ?
milking. If this were practiced more there .
ivould probably be less complaint of garget
;han there now is.
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ew edition, and contains many improvements $,'
n the author's former publications. The price is y
a currency, for a single copy, $1.75; or $18 per
ozen, The Agent has a number of copies on g
and. TILMAN R. GAlNES. p
October24 20 7 'rr. v 7tf
ATTENTION! !
ALL PEOPLE
V WHO ARE [NTEEESTED
IN LOW PRICES,
ARE REQUESTED TO
CALL AND EXAMINE
THE STOCK OP
GOODS IN STORE,
TO BE FOUND AT
J. & E. B. STOWED
LADIES' DRESS GOODS,
[n great variety; Ladies' Hosiery, Gloves, Embroideries,
Ac.; Ladies' Hats, Bonnets, Flowers.
Ribbons, Ac.; Ladies' and Misses' Boots ana
ihoes, of all sizes-and prices, and in tact everything
o render a ladies' wardrobe complete, at prices to
luit the times and
DECLINE IN PRICES.
Everything in the way of GENTS' FURNI8H[NG
GOODS?Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, ReadyVlade
Clothing, Gents' under Pants and Shirtsill
wool. A large lot of SALEM JEANS; cele
jraioa ior De;ng last colors. Jtu v jjjk x uvu x come
ind sco us. Iu the
grocery Line
we cannot be excelled. Salt, per sack, $2 75; Moasses,
60 cents to $1 per gallon; Crackers of all
cinds j Soda, Butter, Eggs, English Dairy Cheese,
Bagging, Rope, Iron, Ties, Nails and Iron, Yarn
>f all numbers, Mackerel, Cod-Fish, Salmon, <fec.,
iole Leather and French Calf-skins?CHEAP for
LYSH.
All we ask of those desiring to purchase Goods
n our lino of business, is to call and be satisfied
EIOW CHEAP they can buy.
Tpas* Highest prices paid for all kinds of COUNrRY
PRODUCE, in Cash or Rarter.
Messrs. J. & E. B. STOWE are thankful
or past favors, but remind those indebted that
hey must'pay up old scores, before any further
avors can oe considered. A liint is sufficient.
October 31 27 tf
JUST RECEIVED
4t rose's
GROCERY AYD
Provision Store,
A LOT OF FINE
BACON AND SUGAR-CURED HAMS,
A WELL SELECTED LOT OF
3UGAKS, COFFEE, MOLASSES,
Spices, Jollies, Pickles, Teas, Vermicelli,
Maccaroni,
mackerel, shad,
100 SACKS SALT,
Lnd other articles too numerous to mention.?
am daily receiving supplies of Groceries of every
lescription, which
I WILL SELL LOWER FOR CASH,
THAN THOSE WHO PRETEND
To Sell at Co^t!
W. E. ROSE.
September 26 22 tf
GROCERIES AND DRY GOODS.
J: W. AVERY & CO.
\.RE now receiving a LARGE and well-solected
STOCK of
Family Groceries,
Consisting of
PRIME RIO & JAYA COFFEES,
SUGARS OF ALL GRADES,
Ceas, Maccaroni, Oysters, Pepper, Spices, Ac., Ac.
Also, a large supply of
STANDARD GUNNY BAGGING,
ROPE, warranted to hold, at 11 conts.
Onr Goods wcro bought for Cash, and with our
ixperience in the trade, we are satisfied that we
an sell a good article, as cheap as any other ostabishment
in town." AH articles, either Dry Goods
>r Groceries, are as represented, or no sale.
Also, just received FOR LADIES:
CLOAKS, SHAWLS, FRENCH MERINO,
ALL AND HALF
WOOL DE LAINES, CALICOES, &C.,
ALSO,
GENTS COMMON AND FINE
CAS8IMERES AND
Furnishing- Goods.
September 26 '22 tf
PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES.
[AM now devoting my whole time and attention
to PHOTOCJRAPH Y. Hence, with tweny
years experience in the ART; a complete outfit
ma a well known reputation of STRIVING TO
JIVE SATISFACTION IN EVERY CASE, I
an offer such inducements to all in wantof LIKENESSES
of themselves or friends, as are not ofen
met with in a country town. My prices, too,
.re LOWER THAN EVER BEFORE. CaU at
ny commodious rooms in the "Adick.es" buildng
J. R. SCHORB, Resident Photographer.
June 14 8 tf
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD,
JENERAL SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE,
Charleston', S. C., October 3,1867.
fkN and after OCTOBER 6,1867, the Passenger
l_J Trains on the So.nth Carolina Railroad will
un as follows, viz:
jeave Charleston for Columbia, 4.S0 a m.
Lrrive at Kingsville, 11.15 a m.
lieave Kingsville, 11.40 a m.
Arrive at Columbia, 1.10 p. ra.
lieave Columbia, 10.00 a. m.
Irrive at Kingsville, 11.35 a. m.
jcave Kingsville, 12.05 p. m.
Arrive at Charleston, 7.05 p. m.
l?eave Charleston for Augusta, 10.40 a. m.
Irrive at Augusta, 7.40 p. m.
lieave Augusta, 3.40 a. m.
Arrive at Charleston, 12.20 p. m.
The Passenger Train on the Camden Branch will
onncct with up and down Columbia Trains and
Vilmington and Manchester Railroad Trains on
JON DAYS, WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS.
Night Express Freight and Passenger Accomnodation
Train will run as follows, on and after
he 8th instant, viz:
r'UrtMlnoLxn <VM? rV\lnm 1 \io R in r? m
Arrive at Columbia, 5.00 a. m.
l?eave Columbia, 3.00 p. m.
Lrrive at Charleston, 3.20 a. m.
jeave Charleston for Augusta, 7.30 p. m.
Lrrive at Augusta, 6.50 a. m.
jeavo Augusta, 4.10 p. m.
Arrive at Charleston, 4.00 a. m.
H. T. PEAKE, Gen'l Supt.
October 10 24 tf
E. R.STOKES,
BOOEf - BINDER,
AND
BLANK-BOOK MANUFACTURER,
Opposite J. C. Dial's Hardware Store,
MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C.
BLANK-BOOKS Ruled to any Pattern, Paged
and Bound in the best Possible Manner, with
'rinted Headings when required. The attention
f Clerks, Sheriffs, Ordinaries, Commissioners in
Jquity, Railroad Olllcials, and all public officers
i particularly invited.
A largo stock of BLANK-BOOK PAPER, of the
lest Quality, always on hand.
Special attention given to the binding of Music,
Id Books and Files, and all other work in plain
r ornamental style.
Orders sent to, and contracts made directly with
ie, will save money, as I am prepared to do work
t a very small advance on Now York Prices.
My business motto is "Promptness, Economy
nd Substantial Work."
E. R. STOKES, Columbia, S. C.
November 29, 1866. 32 tf
FHE CHARLESTON COURIER.
PUBLISHED by A. S. WILLINGTON A CO.,
City Printers,.NO 111 East-Bay, Charleston,
outh Carolina.
Terms.?Daily, one year, $10; Daily, 6 months,
>; Daily, three months, $2 50; Tri-Weekly, one
ear, $8; Tri-Weekly, six months, $4.
jfSf The Proprietor of the Enquirer is the Aent
of the " Courier" for Yorkville. He will take
leasure in forwarding subscriptions.
Januarys 30 tf
IS T O V E:?.j
I
tjv^^
^gii kfe,
- kW ' Mf
JUST RECEIVED, A LARGE AND COMPLETE
assortment of
COOKING STOVES.
Also, a few <
HEATING STOVES.
PRICES FROM 820 TO $75. CURRENCY.
All orders shall receive prompt attention, and
Stoves purchased from us warranted to give satisfaction.
G. W. CURTIS & CO., Chester, a C.
Ootobor 17,1867,, 26 j 6m '
PIEDMONT T
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF VIRGINIA.
THE Subscriber respectfully informs the publlo
generally that he has accepted the Agency of
the above Company, and is now prepared to issue
policies of LIFE INSURANCE. The solvency
of the Company is certified to by the Court Officers
of Nelson county, Virginia, and is commended
to those who desire to support a "Home Institution.
J. A. McLEAN,
v At the store of J. A E. B. Stowe.
THE OBJECT
Of this Company is to insure life?not indeed
to prolong life?but by paying a certain sum to the
beneficiaries of a policy when you die?thereby to
continue the exertions, investments and benefits
of your life to your dependents, after your life is
terminated.
However well prepared a man may be in a spiritual
point of view to meet the "king of terrors,''
if he be possessed of a thoughtful mind and a feeling
heart, he can bat look with sad forebodings to.
that finale of his earthly career which IS to deprive
his fond wife and helpless children of that snpport
and fostering care which his arm has fornisnod.
He shudders as his mental gaze looks within tlje
gloomy portals of the grave and leaves behind
those whom be loved, gs vagrants roaming the
friendless, thorny paths of public charity! Yet.
alas! liow many do it 1! when a small present outlay
would gilg their troublous rood with ease and
comfort, if spent "in a Life Insurance Policy. Reader,
are you not liable to this sad death-bed reflection
of the unseen trials you bequeath those yoti
leavo behind, by neglecting this cheap protection
which we now urge upon you? If vour mind
were easy on this subject; iryou could feel when
you "shuffle off this mortal coil" your femily
were provided for, you would be relieved of ti*B
car king anxiety that fills every worthy mind at
such fears: you would bo better prepared to pursue
your avocation with mental composure and
zeaL We do not mean to assert that mon^y oanflll
the place of a fond father, yet we do assort, what
you know to fie true?money will prove their bat
earthly friend when you are gone; and you can
leave them this certain friend now while you are
living. ... o j
Can you?will you refuse it? .f_ Business
men are considered rather improvident
who do not insure their goods and houses against
fire. Now, your house may never be burned?it
may stand ahundred years; but your life cannot
last so long?your "lamp of life" must burn oOt
some day. You argue it is prudent to insure against
uncertain misfortunes to youx property, and
yet neglect a certain event which will and must
come to your body. Is this consistent wisdom and
Srudcnce? We admit and assert the prudepee of
le first, but assert the greater wisdom and r (easily
for the lost. Ask yourself the question, are
you doing right to neglect this opportunity ^ provide
effectually for your femily in case of your
death, while you have it in your power? And
bear in mind?now, this moment may be your last
chance?death is after you I When once his "rugged
scythe shall clip the brittle thread of life," the
ghastly panorama of want and suffering will be opeued
to the sighing hearts you took care of while
you lived. Remember! only while in health?before
age, with attendant diseases come upon you?
before you begin to loiter in sad sickness on the
verge of the gravo?only while living?mentally
and physically living?can you obtain a Life Insurance
Policy. Life is a vast battle-field?death is
always the final victor?and while we do not urge
this process will disarm liim of his sting, (for religion
only can do that) yet it will soothe your heaving
bosom to know you have provided for your,
femily before that trying boor comes. By having
your life insurodyou "disarm the sting" of poverty
and want to fhdm. We imagine now we hear
the wail of suffering from some lone widow, while
she examines the merits of this business, as her
shivering group stand around her scanty fire and
cry for bread: "Ob! that my husband had insured
his life ! If he could have foreseen my lamentable
state he would have done so. Ho was kind
and good to all, and supposed that all would be
kind and good to us; but alas, how mistaken! He
provided well for us while living; but if he had
insured his life, its benefits would have continued
to us now." Do not say this is a fancy sketch, Ibr
many such a scene has really existed.
JOHN R. ALLEN is the Agent of the above
Company at Chester.
October 10 24 " tf
C. ?. BECHTLER & CO.,
PRACTICAL ,'j.
OHEONOMETEB, DUPLEX, PATEHT LEVEE. HOBIZOHTAL,
VEETIGAL,
WATCH AND CLOCK MAKERS
AND " H ,:
MANUFACTURERS OF JEWELRY.
(Ponnerly of the firm of C. Bechtler A Sons, of
Butherfordton, N. C.)
OU RESPECTFULLY return their
? thanks to the citizens of Yorkville
and the surrounding country, for
flfr?' n) the liberal patronage already bemjiCj.y&L
stowed upon them, and solicit a
" continuance of the same for the future.
They have now on hand
"A GOOD STOCK OF MATERIAL,
and are fully prepared to do all kinds of work in
their line or business, with dispatch and neatness.
And with an experience in the first class shops in
the cities of Philadelphia and New York, and
many years' experience in the Carolinas, they flatter
themselves that they have no superiors, North
or South, in their line of business, and feel confident
that they can give satisfaction to all who may
favor them with their custom. They will, also,
give special attention to the
REPAIRING OF DIFFICULT MACHINERY,
of all kinds, and Fire Arms, Locks, Keys, Ac., Ac,
Their charges will be moderate, and none need fear
having work done and being over charged.?
Their motto is "to live and let live," or in other
words, eternal extermination of all high prices
and useless charges. ' ,
ALL WORK WARRANTED.
Watch Glasses only 25 cents each, and other work
in proportion. Come one, come all, and bring
your Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Ac., to the shop
of C. E. BECHTLER A CO., and see if yon don't
get tho worth of your money back.
Their Room is on-Main-Street, in "Stowe'a Hotel"
Building.
September 26 22 tf
THE CHARLESTON MERCURY^
fJIHE CHARLESTON MERCURY is now, as it
J. has ever been, a true Carolina paper, in the
hands of Carolinians, and an exponent of the prevailing
sentiments of the people. As
an advertising medium it offers advantages
that cannot well be surpassed. Its circulation extends
throughout the whole South as well as
through the Northern and Northwestern States,
and is -apidly and steadily increasing.
THL MERCURY contains all the latest political,
foreign, religions, and literary news, in a condensed
and attractive form, and will be found to
be all that it claims?a live Southern newspaper.
7p3T- Terms of Subscription for Daily, per annum,
$8.00: for Tri-Woeltly, per annum, $4.00.
Conducted by
R. B. RHETTABRO.
F. W. DAWSON, Assistant Editor.
March 28 48 tf
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
x oris, i/ibiricu
Lewis M. Grist, vs. Seth W. Fowle & Co.?In the
Common P l eas .?A ttachment.
WHEREAS, the Plaintiff did, on the 9th day
of February, 1867, file his declaration against
the Defendant, who, (as it is said) is absent from
and without the limits of this State, and has neither
wife nor Attorney known within the limits of
the same, upon whom a copy of the said declaration
might De served. It is, therefore, ordered,
that the said Defendant do appear and plead to the
Declaration filed against him, on or before the 3d
day of March, which will be in. the year, of oar
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight,
otherwise final and absolute judgment will be
given against him.
J. F. WALLACE, c. o. o. P. <fc 0. s.
Clerk'8 Office, York District, S. C.
March 7 45 lyq.,.c
FOR TAX-COLLECTOR*
TIE friends of JOHN M. SHEERER, (Of Bullock's
Creek) respectfully announce bfrp as a
candidate for TAX-COLLECTOR, of York District,
at the next election.
I1-August 16,1867.1 17 - ,6m* +*
aBV9E9tiI>3EK.*S
IMPROVED t /g
CLOTHES WASHER.
Patented May 9V 1*6*.
IT is simple in its construction, durable and not
liable to get out of order: it will waih six shirts,
or that bulk of clpthea, in five minutes, if properly
used according to directions.
We am manufacturing the above machines at
CHESTER* S, C.. where we will be pleased to fill
all orders promptly; and in aliases, if the Machine
does not"_give'perfect sfidffhction, we Will
take it back and refund the money.
. P* ELDER.
CERTIFICATES. J
' < Tobkvtu.8, S. O., Angnat 27,-1867.
This will oertiiy that we have examined and
tested the Washing Machines manufactured by 4
Mr. Elder, of this State, and find that ft is entitledto
all that he claims for It. ^ ^
all who cfesiro to economize time, labor'and expense,
in the washing department.
' J. R. BRATTON,
WM. E. ROSE,
J. .BOLTON SMITH.
J AS. P. HART.
S,9H7H CAROLINA, Chester District, Hopewell
Church.?I hereby certify that one of F. Elder's
Improved Washing Machines baa been used I
by my femlly for nearly two months, and that it
has given entire satiaflwtion. We find its merits
equal to its claims. It washes thoroughly, (if the
directions are followed,) expeditiously, and with
oat injury to the clothes. I can safely recommend
Mr. Elder's Waahing Wn/Uiin*.to publio patronage.
feeling assured any ftdnily will be delighted
with Its great superiority oyer the old wash-tub
mode.
R. V. BRICE, Pastor Hopewell Church. -i
Mb. Elder?Dear Sir: I procured one of the*
"Doty Washing Machines" more than a yearago,
and the springs having failed I had it changed to
your Improved Patent. My family think it a de- , \
elded improvement, and recommend it as a Having
of labor and clothes, and would nbthe without it.
- J. JL REEDY, M. V.,Ch6tUr, & G
g J
Mb. Eu>?&?Dear Sir: I have thoroughly tested,
during the jidst three months, your valuable
Machine.. I bq? to state that my family is too wbII
pleased with its merits ever to part with it. J witneSs
its performan ce Weekly, tmd I am tally con- i|
vinced that H surpasses all Othera irt cheapness,
durability, ease and simplicity. None better can
? Q. PITHER, Pub. "(Xestii- SUauiard." I
woafcnJ. jdi :?>'!
I witnessed the operation of Mr. Elder's Washing
Machine. ' Two aprons, dnS towdj, one shirt,
and two white hanmrerehlafe weroTiwroughly
cleansed in five mingles, .
- "i ' -. ? ' "Qfr&ntnftrfbe State of?. C.
: ^ r l . . . . i - .
t WJ?^Krrz7r-cr; ...AI rjx;i ..'it.
State and District Rights for Saie.-*aa
jSWMr. P. M. QADBRAiTHj OfYorkvflle, is
my authorized Agent Aiiy ftimfly cAri Sire the
. Fisher?JjOwrance, Columbia, General AHeSMlbrSdHmuitoliiis.
vsar.* tdT
August 29 .>.18 Jiuki-'thxi h #0
PHILADELPHIA TOIVEESITY
OB1 MEDIcnfE AND StT^O-BHTV.
yj^TTTn Philadelphia Universit^of ]^B&d^e^ajad
tfe Legislature, February 28,1868. Name changed
(^Uejnfoif Philadelphia in "1880. ^h^f^^/purchaaed
the Pennsylvania Medical College, established
in^l842,^and tfoe PWJadelphia Me&calColPennsylvania
Medial ^Tlece?* ?Tn^??B4Tt purchased
the Penn Medical University, The Txus- 1
tees of the separate schools united, petitioned, and M
obtained a special act of the Legislature, oonsoli- ; A
dating theaeinstitntionsand'chaagingtheirnjAmes m
to that bf the Philadelphia University, of Medicine yl
and Surgery, March 15. 1866. All these various !
acts are published in the statutes of Pennsylvania. I
The cdst of the building and museum was over
one hundred thousand dollars. It will be observed
that the University, as now organized, is the
legal representative orthefbur Medical Colleges
that ft has absorbed. Itls a liberal school of medicine,
confined to no dogma, nor attached U) any
medical clique ;"but^embraces in its teachings everything
or value to the profession. ''
. Sessions.?It has two full sessions each year,
commencing on the 1st of October, and ooqpnuing
until the 1st of January as Itsfiro session, and
from the 1st bf January to the 1st Or April as its
second ; the two constituting one fuBoourse of
lectures. It has also a summer session, commencing
the 1st of April and oontinuing until August
for the preparatory branches, such as Latin, Greek,
Mainemaucs. joomny, zoology, unemmry, Anat- . a
tbe foil course of iMttees I
U2p,:ctr |00 for each session, Fbrthe s?mm?r or I
preparatory coarse 925. Graduating fee $30. To
aid young men of moderate, meane^ theUnivemitv
has issued ftv*. hundred schola rship 8, which are sold
to first coarse students, for $75, and to -seeqnd
course students and clergymen for $50, each constituting
the holder a lifiTmember, with the perpetual
privileges of, the lectures, and all the teachings
of the school. The only additional fees are a
yearly dissecting and matriculating ticket, each of
which is $5.
v The Advantages &fak*shfyL?The stpdent
holding a scholarship can enter me College at any
time during the year, attend as long as het&ooses,
and re-enter the institution as frequently as desired,
, v v ft
It requires no previous reading or study to enter
the University on scholarships, nenoe, all private Vy
tuition feee are saved. S?
Students, by holding scholarships, can prosecute
other business a part of the time. "
The candidate for graduation can present himself
at any time, and receive his degree as soon as_
qualified;
In case a student should hold a scholarsblpltad
not be able to attend lectures, it can be tnmsnrred
to another, thus preventing any loss. * ..
Parents, guardians, or friends of students wishing
to purchase scholarships for them a y eat or
more before their'attendance at the University,
can secure them by advanaingjrae-half the price,
and paying the balance when the student enters.
Physicians and benevolent men can bestow great
benefit upon poor youngmen, by presenting them
a scholarship, and thus enabling thexn to obtain an *,
honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces seventeen eminent physicians
and surgeons. The University has associated
with it a large hospital chide, where every |
form of medical and surgical disease la operated
on and treated in thejpresenoe of the class.
College building.?The College building, located ' 2
in Ninth Street, south of Walnut is the finest in '
the city. Its front is collegiate gothio,. and is a- ,
domed with embattlements and embrasures, pre- J
senting a novel, bold and beautiful appearance.?' n
The fecade Is of brown a' one, ornamentedby two j
towers, rising to the el?* ^tion of eighty feet, and i
crowned witn an emtwttted parapet The build- - Vj
ing contains between fifty and sixty rooms, all ii
supplied with water, gas, and every other oonve- I
nienoe that modern improvement can contribute ^9
to facilitate medical instruction. Only five hundred
scholarships will issued, and as two hundred
and fifty are now sold, those who *ish to secure
one should do so at once. Honey can he remitted
by express, or a draft or cheek sent on any }
National Bank in the United States, when the
scholarship will be returned by mail, signed by *1
the President of the Board 6t Trustees, Job. 8. /
Fisher, Esq., and the Dean of the Faculty', W. a
Paine, M. D. All orders for scholarships orother
business of the University, should be addressed ]
to Professor W. Paine, M. P., Philadelphia, Pa.
NEW BOOKS* * ]
PAINE'S PRACTICE OF MEDICINE, j
A NEW Work just issued by W. Paine, M. D., x
J\ Professor of the Principles and Practice of J
Medicine and Pathology in the Philadelphia Uni- f
versity of Medicine ana Surgery; author of Paine'a
Practice of Surgery; a work on Obstetrics and Materia
Medica; author of New School Remedies; &
an Epitome of Eberlie's Practice of Medicine; a
Review of Homoeopathy; a work on the History
of Medicine; Editor or University Medical and. j I
Surgical Journal, <fcc., Ac. It is a royal octavo of -j
960 pages, and contains a full description of all dis- 9
eases known in medicine and surgery, including '?
those of women and children, together with their .'if
pathology and treatment by all the new and improved
methods. Price $7 ; postage 60 cents.
Address the author, 933 Arch Street, Philadol- 1
phia, Pa. *
ALSO, A NEW WORK,
Entitled New School Medicines, which is the only
work ever published upon Materia Medica, embracing
all the Eclectic. Homoeopathic, and Botan- \
ic remedies, with a full regular Materia Medica.? \
Price $5; postage free. \
Address as above.
UNIVERSITY JOURNAL
OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY.
A fiVMT.VnWTtn VT?~
, rnj-rn.n r - - A UUUXUMUI UL6ttlOU16t BUT"
\ gery. Physiology, Hygiene, and General Litenutue,
devoted to the Profession and the People.
The cheapest medical paper inthe world, publlshed
every two weeks, at the University Building.
Ninth Street, south of Walnut.
Single copies, * $ 1 00
Five copies to one address, 4 35
Ten " " 7 50
Fifteen " " 9 30 I]
Twenty " " ........?...... 10 00 |
The getter-up of the club shall have one copy 11
grattS* Address, |
W.PAINILM.D., Editor, I
Philadelphia, Pa. j
May 23 4 tf /
C. E. BKTCHXER & CO.,
HfTATCHMAKERS and MANUFACTURERS
Vr of JEWEgYTAc,, Ac, On %ain-street,
' " i