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Humorous Department. AN EFFECTIVE SPEECH. Persoos not used to making addresses should emulate President Grant's silence, rather than risk the inevitable embarrassment and probably break down. A California paper says: A young gentleman of more than ordinary intelligence, but who, by-the-way, is an exceedingly bashful young fellow, concluded to pay a visit to a public school not more than a hundred miles from Colusa. He was particularly partial to the intermediate department of the institution, over which an accomplished and bewitching young lady presided. After the usual afternoon exercises, the prepossessing preceptress asked her pupils if they would Tin*. Iit? tfk hpar a fpw rpmarlra frnm Mr. . and the unanimity with which the little folks answered "yes 1" made it equally as embarrassing for our hero to attempt to decline as to attempt a speech, and he arose and opened with the following exordium : "I love to note such an advancement as you are making. And I know you love your 1 teacher?do you not ? I do 1 And?that is, 1 I mean I loved my teacher when I was a lit- < tie boy." m After this declaration, laughter prevailed ( among the students, while the speaker was nervously handling an ink-hottle on the desk Ijy which he was standing. After the cheer- * ing subsided, he again proceeded, still fum- 1 bling with the ink-bottle: "I have often seen boys and girls act the 1 fool, but?" I At this juncture he tipped the ink over, , which went streaming down the desk, and he immediately hauled out his snow-white handkerchief, wiped it up, and then placed it back in the pocket from which he took it. In the meantime the scholars were giggling, while 1 the school ma'am shook her head at them?as ] much as to say that she would settle with , them in the morning for their bad demeanor. ( He then continued: "As I was about to remark, when I was \ young, I?I?well?" 1 He became confused. The DersDiration be- i gan running down his burning cheeks, and, < while he was endeavoring to think of some- < thing more to say, he drew forth his hand- j kerchief, with which he had rid the desk of the spilt ink, gave it a wipe across his brow, 1 and then down each cheek. Happening to ' discover what he had done, and coming to a ' realizing sense of his situation, he grabbed his i hat and went out of the school-room like a j shot out of a gun, without even bidding the , charming young schoolmistress a fond fare- ( well. ! CAUGHT IN HIS OWN TRAP. Once two ministers of the gospel were con- i versing on extemporaneous preaching. "Well," said the old divine, waxing warm, , "you are ruining yourself by writing your sermons and reading them off. Your congre- ' gation cannot become interested in your * preaching; and if you were called upon to i preach unexpectedly, unless you could get i hold of an old sermon, you would be com- , pletely confused.'' j The yo^|^tine used all his eloquence, . but in vanpo Convince the old gentleman 1 that the written sermon expressed his own thoughts and leelings, and if called upon he > could preach extemporaneously. i "As we are of the same faith," said the j young minister, "suppose you try me next | Sabbath morning. On ascending the pulpit ^ you can hand me a text from any part of the Bible, and I will convince you that I can 1 preach without having looked at the text be- * fore I stood up. Likewise, I must be allow- 1 ed the same privilege with you, and see who i will make the best of it." j The idea seemed to delight the old gentle man, and it was immediately agreed upon. The following Sabbath, on mounting the J pulpit, his senior brother handed him a slip, i of paper, on which was written, "And the ass ' '- ^JjScned his month and spake;" from which | ^^ie preached a glorious sermon, challenging ' the attention of his delighted hearers, and ] charming his old friend with his eloquence. , In the afternoon the young brother, who was sitting below the pulpit, handed his slip. < After rising and opening the Bible, the old < man looked sadly around?"Am I not thine j ass?" Pausing a few minutes, he ran his , fingers through his hair, straightened bis col- , lar, blew h:':s nose like the last trumpet, and read aloud, "Am I not thine ass?" Another { pause, in which a deadly silence reigned. After reading the third time, "Am I not thine ass ?" he looked over the pulpit at his friend, and in a doleful voice said, "/ think I am, brother." Buggy Riding.?Some time ago there lived in our city, says the Waco (Texas) Patron, a young gentleman and lady who for . convenience sake we will call Ned and Kitty. They were frequently seen together exhibiting unmistakable evidences of tender attach- : ment which was fast leading them toward a vortex of matrimony. Buggy riding was a favorite pastime with the young lovers, and there was scarcely a woodland glen or a prairie flower for miles around here that did not, at some time, witness their happy love-making, as they rode by, or stopped a moment to bill and coo and exchange vows. When the young man wanted a buggy, he , invariably wrote about as follows to the livery man: "Mr. Mc. .'?Please send the narrow-seated buggy to my door, at 5 o'clock P. M., and oblige, "Yours, Ned." In the course of time they were married, and a few weeks after the event transpired, Ned presented himself at Mc.'s office, and told him that he wished to take Mrs. Ned to the country for a few days' recreation, and desired him to get ready a buggy. "All right, old boy; I'm glad to see you round again, and I can let you have your favorite buggy." "Which ?" "Why, the narrow-seated rig, of course." "Never mind it, Mc.; that one will do," and he pointed to a buggy that two persons might have sat in with a yard's space between them. A Sudden Repentance?A farmer entered a restaurant, hat on the back of his head and a joyful look in his eyes, and flinging his hat on the floor, he exclaimed : "Whoop ! Sold my wool, and now I want a thanksgiving dinner !" He was invited to sit down to a table, handed a bill of fare, and asked to name his dishes. "I want chicken, turkey, oysters, fish, quail, snipe, pie, cake, soup, wine?bring on the best you've got in the shanty!" he said, as he pushed the bill away. The waiter entered, and the farmer continued : "You hold on a little. You may scratch out that other order, and bring me in some meat and 'taters and bread. I've sold my wool, as I said before; but I just happened to think that the corn crop may bust on me, and where'd quail on toast be then ?" A m If . ? fTL. .aL? ii. AKUTHJj'UAi 1T1AJN. AUO UlUtJf lUUlUlUg a careless mason dropped a half brick from the second story of a building on which he was at work. Leaning over the wall, and i glancing downward, he discovered a respectable citizen, with his silk hat jammed over his ( eyes and ears, rising from a recumbent posture. The mason, in tones of some apprehension, asked, "Did that brick hit any one down there ?" The citizen, with great difficulty extricating himself from the glove-fitting extinguisher into which his hat had been 1 transformed, replied, with considerable wrath, 1 "Yes, sir, it did ; it hit me." "That's right," exclaimed the mason, in tones of undisguised admiration; "noble man I I would rather have wasted a thousand bricks than have had 1 you tell me a lie about it." An Essex farmer is obliged to chalk his nose every time he takes a walk round the farm, to save himself from an old bull which strong antipathy to red. Jigwultutal fepartmeut. [Original] CIVILIZATION. The progress of a people, from a state of barbarism to a state of high civilization, presents an interesting spectacle to the human mind. It will be found that what ever civilization is in the abstract, it is composed of two factors?wealth and mental culture. Or, in other words, before an individual can be said with propriety to be civilized, in the strict sense of that word, he must be possessed of a certain amount of property, and, at the same time, his mind must be cultivated. The component parts of civilization are material wealth and mental culture. However much may be said against wealth, no national civilization can exist without it. Under peculiar circumstances, wealth may exist where there is no mental culture. In simVi nana flioi-o ia nn Slirh in 3UVU vuuiv jw uv v? * ?? ? ? 3tancea are limited to individuals. They never include a whole nation. It is absolutely impossible that such a state of things could sxist. Whilst wealth may be said to be inferior to mental culture, still wealth is the base of both individual and national culture. In the order of nature, mental development would seem to precede the accumulation of wealth. In the order of time and in point of fact, they are simultaneous. In a healthy 3tate of things, nations and individuals increase in mental culture as they increase in wealth ; and the very opposite is also true. The most wealthy nations are the most enlightened nations, and the most enlightened nations are the most wealthy nations. There ire exceptions to the rule; but when such exceptions prevail, things are not in a normal condition. In the accumulation of wealth and in the development of the mind, the rule admits of no exception. After a certain amount cf wealth has been accumulated, and a certain stage of mental culture attained, either of the factors which constitutes the civilization reached, may be discarded. When this is ione, decay begins at once. If England would, to-day, cease to accumulate wealth, tomorrow her mental culture would cease to progress. If, on the other hand, the English nation would adopt a rule to devote no more attention to mental culture, her we th would instantly begin to decrease and the nation would, in less than fifty years, be nothing but savages. Poverty and ignorance are twin children, rhey grow up under the same roof, and lie lown and moulder in the same grave. It sometimes happens that the mental culture of i nation is in advance of its wealth. This is in abnormal state of things, and is indicative )f ruin, unless the two factors which enter into civilization are restored complete. Such is the condition of the Southern States to-day. A.s a matter of fact, the intellectual development and all its attendant circumstances, are far in advance of the wealth of the Southern people. The result is, that everything is in a toppling state. The wealth and mental cul ;ure oi tne southern people were once in jusi proportion. The late war took away one of ;he factors of Southern civilization. The wealth of the South was destroyed and the nental culture left. The same results must follow as if a cone were placed upon its apex. In view of all the circumstances by which ;he Southern people are surrounded, and also n view of their actual condition, the duty which presses most heavily >upon the people qif :he South is the accumulation of wealth. Ifo-day, we are unable to keep up even the appearance of our former mental culture. rho3e investments and outlays which were jnce common among us, and which marked :>ur stage in the scale of civilization, must, for a time, cease, and by toil, perseverance and economy, we must accumulate more wealth or suffer our mental culture to sink lown to a level with our wealth. In some respects we are similarly situated with our fathers when they came to America. They were men of culture, but poor. By industry and economy, and an energy which was almost superhuman, they accumulated wealth. Our condition is more favorable than was that of our fathers. We are acclimated ; they were not. Besides, the country lies today inviting the plow. Our fathers found it a wilderness, inviting the ax. The true source of wealth is agriculture. It will be found that the first nobles were men who fed cattle and tilled the soil. These were the men who first accumulated wealth, and inaugurated a civilization which has remained unchanged in its leading features for thousands of years. Agriculture governs and controls every thing in society. The King on the throne, the lawyer in the forum, the judge on the bench, the minister in the pulpit, the smith at the forge, the merchant behind the counter, are all dependent directly upon the man who tills the ground and feeds cattle. As he increases in wealth, all other classes in society grow rich; and when he is poor, all other classes are pressed. That the civilization of the South may be advanced. t,wo things must be done bv our people. "We must devote more attention to the cultivation of the soil and raising stock. This is the only way by which we can accumulate wealth. There are fortunes in our old hills yet, if we can only get them out. To do this requires brave hearts and strong muscles. Our motto must be, Work! The other thing which we must do, is use more economy. The Southern people have ever been famed for their want of economy. What, with a rich and prosperous people, is a virtue, is a vice with people struggling with poverty. One thing is very clear, either the South must, in a short time, increase very considerably in wealth, or decrease very rapidly in civilization. We are too poor to support the institutions of a high order of civilization. Our schools, our colleges, our railroads, our benevolent institutions, and every institution that marks a high order of civilization miiaf em rlown r?r xopi must: crow rifihfir. To grow richer, we must produce more and consume, or rather waste, less. Our condition very much resembles that of a plant which j has been pulled out of the ground. In order that it may live, its roots must be buried in the ground. Under present circumstances, it cannot live. It has air and sunshine, but to live, it must have soil. We have intellectual culture, sunshine and air, but we must have wealth?dirt, you may call it?or we must die. To save ourselves from mental and moral degradation, we must accumulate wealth. Streaky Butter.?The Practical Farmer says: "The only cause for streaky butter ever | occurring, in our experience, is the insufficient! working of the salt through the mass. Un- j less great care is used, butter is always of | different colors before the first working (after Baiting). Some portions will have little or no salt, and be of a lighter color, and the dairy woman should work so as to mix these portions with that thoroughly salted, or she will have streaky rolls or tubs of butter. A very little care, when working the second time, will prevent this result." fUadrog for the J&rbfortb. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] BIGHT AND WBONG. That some acts are right and others wrong, will be admitted by all. It would be a waste of time to undertake to prove that such is the fact. The most degraded of the human family never pretend to claim that every act of every individual is right; neither will such - ^ nil hitman anta arn XVTfWI ft {ft UliC auiuit (illCtLt Oil UUIUUM UVVD WAV fTAVMgl The question connected with this subject is, "What is it that makes an act right; or, what is it that distinguishes between acts so as to make some right and others wrong ?" It will be taken for granted that where there is no volition, there can be no accountability. We are not accountable for doing what we are forced to do. To be accountable, we must act freely and of our own choice. This being admitted, it still remains to be inquired, "What makes an act right?" Some, no doubt, are ready to say that an act is right where the perpetrator thinks it is right. However plausible this may appear, it is clearly incorrect. When Paul went from Jerusalem to Damascus, "breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord," he verily thought he was doing God's service. No man was ever more fully convinced that he was doing right,'than did Paul when he was doing "many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth." Clearly, thinking an act to be right, doe9 not make it so. Our thoughts have no power to I 'I - *1 i L I!..' TC nr. cnange me mnereui. imiuio ui luiugo. ou, we might change stones into bread. All we would have to do, would be to think that stones were bread, and they would be bread. Neither is sincerity the essence of light. To illustrate this, we might take the case of Paul again. No man ever lived who had less of the hypocrite in his nature and in his acts than Paul. He was sincere in every thing he did and in all his undertakings. There never was a period of his life when he would not have chosen to die rather than act with insincerity. He was just as sincere when he consented to the death of Stephen, as he was when he made his noble defence before Agrippa. In the former case he did wrong; in the latter he did right Some think that an act is right when it is profitable; and wrong when it is attended with loss. This is correct if the word "profitable" is used in a strictly Scriptural sense; but if it is understood as commonly used by men, it is not true. It is always profitable to do right. Such a course of conduct secures the blessing of God, both for time and eternity. Such profitableness, however, can not be estimated in dollars and cents. This is the way that men of the world are accustomed to understand the word profitable. What ever course of conduct increases their prosperity, is profitable. Dishonesty may be, in fact often is, profitable; and honesty is not often attended with great worldly gain. In the course of a few years, JuliuB Csesar paid an immense private debt and amassed a huge fortune besides. He was not onlv a successful warrior. _ ^ r but war was to him profitable. If the words profitable and right are words of equivalent signification, then Caesar did right in plundering Gaul and robbing the Roman treasury. If, it may be asked, none of these things make an act right, what does ? Unless we are greatly mistaken, it will be found that what God commands is Tight, and whatrhe forbids is wrong. Man is endowed with a moral nature, and his Maker has given him a moral law. To obey this law is right, and to disobey it is wrong. The only way by which we can learn what is right, and what is wrong, is by searching the Scriptures. In the Bible we have a complete list of what we must do to do right; and also a list of what we must not do, if we would not do wrong. In the nature of things, right is good and wrong is evil. In this sense, it may be said that right and profitable are synonymous words. It is clear that we may do what God, in his word, commands us to do, and at the same time sin. We may do a commendable act insincerely, and with improper motives. Good motives will not make a wrong act right, but bad motives will make a right act wrong. We may be desirous to circulate a number of Bibles amongst the inhabitants of some dark corner of the country. This is a proper desire, and to send the Bible to the ignorant is right; but this will not justify us in stealing the money from our neighbors with which to purchase these Bibles. Not only must the thing commanded be done; but it must be done in the right way and with proper motives. We are not accountable for what we have not. God never asks us to use what he has not given us. Our desires to do good, and our ability to do good, are usually com mensurate; but our knowledge of what ought to be done, and our individual ability to do, are frequently disproportionate. We are never commanded to break one commandment in order to obey another. Multitudes seem to think that they do right when they follow the guidance of conscience. There is not a passage in the Scriptures, so far as we know, that favors, in the slightest degree, such a notion. It is true that we are bound to obey conscience, but that such obedience is right in the sight of God, we must first prove that the decisions of conscience are infallible. This can not be the case, for what the consciences of some men pronounce to be right, the consciences of other men declare to be sinful. Conscience is an endowment which God has bestowed upon man above the beast of the field. It is a moral faculty, aod its office is to declare concerning acts that they are right or wrong. Notwithstanding the fact that conscience is not a creature of education; still it can be educated. That faculty of the human mind which we call taste, is an endowment of nature; still taste can be educated. The office of taste is to decide with respect to objects as to their fitness or unfitness, their beauty or ugliness. The taste of some persons is correct5 of others incorrect. We say such a man has a good taste; and of another man that he has a bad taste. So it is respecting conscience. It may be warped and twisted until its decisions are worthless. We do right when we follow conscience, when conscience has been educated by God's word and God's spirit. The Bible, and the Bible alone, is a light to our feet and a lamp to our path. When we learn right and wrong from any other source, we are sure to be wrong. From no other source can we learn clearly and practically the will of God. Obedience to God's revealed will is right. We are sore of this. We can not be sure that anything else is right ^ - tee*" Many of the experiences of childhood are forgotton in after life, yet they all have had their influence; and this influence still exists, secretly controlling our lives. 16?* No man can go to Heaven when he dies who has not sent his heart thither while he lives. Our greatest hope should lie beyond the grave. ^liscclliwcous flradfaj. A COLORED MAN'S STATEMENT. What an ex-Slave and colored Preacher has to saj to a Northern Radical Republican. Rev. Silas Curtis, of Concord, New Hampshire, wrote to Rev. John W. Dunjee, a leading colored clergyman of Richmond, Virginia, urging him not to vote for Tiiden and Hendricks. The letter was of the most bigoted on/i r>Qrfiaon fltiArftntar Rev. Mr. Duniee re plied in the calm and dignified letter which follows: Richmond, Aug. 21,1876. Dear Brother Curtis:?Yours of July 26th is before me, asking me about rumors which you have heard in regard to my going over to the "rebels." First, I would state that I have tried to fulfill my whole duty in my work here, and have not at any time neglected my mission duties. No man is more interested in all that pertains to the best welfare of the colored people and their highest development. So, I have tried to conduct myself and < teach my people that it is their Christian duty to make friends with the white people of the South, among whom they live. This can be done without sacrificing any principle of man- i hood ; in fact, the Southern people do not ask i the colored people to compromise a single i right. But we who live here see the great importance of a full and manly reconciliation i between the two races. This can be done by dividing the colored ' vote between the two parties. As soon as it is thus divided they will cease to be an object of ostracism and a bone of contention. Both parties will then treat them with due respect. I Take Virginia, and Ihe white people of this State are as friendly to the colored people as I tbey are anywhere in America; the most < friendly feelings exist between the two races. < What we, who are interested in the great cause of humanity, are endeavoring to do, is to i break down all color lines, and altogether for- i get slavery, the war and the past, and go on < tc^higher attainments and a broader Christian < manhood. I believe the white people of the < South are true in the professions they are now l making. They do not desire any more slave- < ry ; they will stand by all the results of the i war; they are in the Union to go out no more < forever. They are laboring nobly in our State < for public education, without regard to color, i I have every right in Richmond that I would i have in Boston. Tbey are doing all for the colored people, in a benevolent way, that they 1 can do. You know the late war laid its with- < ? 1 J O-.-.U J .1 eriug dhuu upuu iub ouum, nuu uicic mo mauy poor people, both white and black, notwithstanding, there are many of the white , gentlemen who have contributed largely to < mission work, for our people, in Richmond ' and other places in the South. There are ! 31,000 colored people in this city who are de- 1 pending on the whites for the bread they eat. Many poor colored people would starve to j death here but for the kindness of -the whites , in giving them shelter and food. You can have no idea of the true condition of things here. Now, in the faee of all these facts, I do not think the white people of the South very dangerous rebels. Just a word about some of our troubles. You have heard much talk about "carpet- , baggers." You have no idea the amount of i trouble these men have given us. Men who were of the worst characters in the North, who were from the lowest haunts of New ; York and Boston, men as bad as crime could j make them, who were negro-haters at the I North, have come South and taken advantage i of the ignorance of the colored people, and ! have been elevated to places of high trust in 1 our State governments, for the sole purpose ] on their part to plunder the public. The i same class of men have arrayed the colored i people against the whites for political purpo- ' ses, and, when trouble comes, desert them. . All the mobs which^we have had in the South have been gotten up by bad men. 1 know we have some lawless white men here, but the good people of the South must not be blamed for their acts. You have them at the North p with you. This wild aod fruitless contest has been go- ( iog on for years, and who are the sufferers? i The colored men, being the weaker party, al- ] ways lose ground, and must at last go to the ( wall if the fight is kept up. I know you in i New Hampshire may not see this matter as I } do, but I tell you that the negro of the South , must go under if the policy of the last few 1 years is to be continued. Now, if the Home ] Mission xsoard discharges me tor these senti- ( ments I regret it, but cannot yield my honest I convictions. I am sorry I cannot make them i see the rightfulness of ray position. You ask , me what the persons who have contributed 1 from time to time for my support would think. ' To this I would say, if they understood my ' true position, they would, I think, make these i contributions more readily than ever. { The negro is now passing through the most critical period of his history, and his destiny j for good or evil will be sealed by his action. ] If he arrays himself against the white people, \ he must, sooner or later, be ground to powder. < There is no natural antagonism between the two races in the South ; the whites and blacks were born and brought up together, and must live and die together. The late trouble at ' Hamburg, South Carolina, and other troubles ' we have had in the South since the war, have t not been the result of any ill feeling on the part of our home people, but are the result of ! the action of bad men who have come South and kept up from year to year the most bitter political contest, and have used every ef- . fort to keep the white and colored people from making friends. One of their principal means is the wholesale use of bad whisky?also appealing to the very worst passions of the ignorant. No stone is left unturned on their part to exasperate and excite the feelings of our poor people, whioh might result in bloodshed. I only wonder we have not had ten riots where we have one. Now, I say that every good man in the South, white and black, ought to join hands and rid our fair section from this terrible state of things. I hope you will not misunderstand me; these charges are not against the good people of the North. We will give the roost hearty welcome to any good men of the North who may come among us for good purposes. I think that if you were to live here a few years, you would take the same stand I have. We have some men from the North , who are highly respected, but all ol these take the same stand, and are not the men objected to. The colored men, if they are to be \ citizens of this country, must differ just as i white men do on all the great questions of > the day, such as finance, tariff, taxation, and questions of law, trade, etc., etc. Until we , arrive at this point we will be mere machines, and not men in the true sense of the term. In conclusion, I would call your attention to the report of the Hon. B. B. Douglass, of Virginia, on the Freedmen'sBank fraud, and < the speech of Hon. W. S. Stinger, of Pennsylvania, on the same subject. I would also call your attention to the large amount of money stolen from the widows and orphans of the colored soldiers and sailors. The District Ring and many other things might be men tioned, but time and space will not allow it. The colored voter of the South, as ruled by 1 the Radicals, has no liberty in the use of his ballot; which liberty we claim and must have ; or continue slaves. He should be taught independence and self-reliance. Please answer me a few questions. Who should be the best judge of the true condition of the Southern people, I, who was born and J brought up in the South, as I have been, and served twenty-seven years of my life a slave ( (when a boy I played with white boys, and know there is no natural bad feeling between i the two races,) or yourself? What can yon, in New Hampshire or Maine, know of our condition down here? When you call our fjople "rebels" you do them a great wrong, believe the people of the South are as loyal ! to the Union as those of the North. I ask you as a Christian, do you think it right to be ( I constantly abusing the Southern people ? t They have come back to the Union and fully accepted all of the amendments to the Constitution, with all the results of the war. The only reason why they have made such an effort to get hold of tneir own State Governments is to protect themselves from the wicked plunderings and robbery of carpet-baggers, and every good man, white and black, ought to join hands to emancipate our section from this fearful state of things. Remember, that our homes in the South are as dear to us as yours in New Hampshire. Now how would you like your State to be infested with a gang of these political thieves, from another far country, plundering the public treasury and leaving a tax on the people too heavy for them to bear, exciting riots and causing bloodshed? I ask you, would you help them to continue the work of destruc tion against your own people? 1 tell you this is our condition, and the colored people are the main agency by which they are enabled to do their work ; and in my judgment, nothing but a division of the colored vote can bring peace and prosperity, which we so much need ; and I feel that no pulpit work or mission effort will enable me to do as much for my race as this work. I have given this matter eleven years' thought, and for years I have taken great pains to inform myself as to the true feelings of the people of the South, and these are my conclusions: First, that the whites desire to live with the colored people in peace and quietness, aud are doing all they can to gain that object They do not want all of the colnro/l nannla fn unfa fKfi Damnpralio t.?f?lr?r '/* VVI |/W^/<V l/V * WVW VUW 4^V?MWV*M??W Wkvw wvj but believe it would be best to divide their vote hetweeu the two parties. 4 This point would have been gained years ago but for the terror of the Radical party and its loyal leagues. There has been no intimidation in the South worse than that practiced by the carpet-bagger party of the South. I do not charge the colored people with this cruelty They are not to blame; they are only tools in the hands of these bad men. I have known 3ome colored men to be whipped, some turned cut of their churches, and all kinds of intolerant abuse have been heaped upon those colcred men who dared vote the Democratic ticket. In some parts of the South the life cf a colored man (Democrat) is not very safe. I submit these facts to you as the honest convictions of my heart, and must say I cannot accept your advice, because in doing 30 I would not do justice to myself and my race. Yours with respect, John W. Dunjee, (colored.) ?kr fJorMle ^aquim. TERMS?IN ADVANCE t One copy, one year. $ 3 00 One copy, six months, 1 50 fCriA onriv. thrfifl months 1 00 3ingle copy, 10 rwo copies, one year, 6 00 Ten copies, one year, 26 00 pS* To persons who make up clubs of ten or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be furnished one year, froe of charge. rHE COOKING STOVES manufactured atour works in Greensboro, N. C., give universal satisfaction wherever introduced. They are made >f the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heaver and thicker plate than any other Stove in the market, and consequently will the longer withstand beat and hard usage. They are of hand some pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal in every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold n the United States, while it is confidently claimed ;hat they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual pieces of ware and cooking utensils are furnished tvith each Stove. An important consideration with purchasers is the fact that our patterns and sizes are never changed. Should a piece get acci lentaily DroKen at any time, we can replace it at he mere cost of casting. Not simply oecause it is a home production, buton accountofits intrinlic merits as an article of household economy, do we ask the patronage of home purchasers. More ;han ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now in use, and among many others having them we respectfully refer to the following: R. E. Guthrie, D. M. Campbell, M. H. Currence, York county; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, 3uthriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. ^onwo fro?nrVif frnm f Via nArfhflrn piHfifl 1 UU Vyflu OOYO VUV llvi^uviiuiu vuv uvi ?iv* u v...w Hid the dealer's profit, which is no small item, t>y buying of us, and at the same time get a 3T0VE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those jf northern make. The following are our prices lelivered at depot in Greensboro: No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00 44 y 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 26 00 Address, SERGEANT & McCAULEY, Greensboro, N. C. T. M. DOBSON & CO., Agents, Yorkville, S. C. JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, Lowrysville, Chester county, S. C. I. L. CARROLL, Agent at Chester, S. C. GEORGE WOODS & CO/S PARLOR ORGANS ?"T3 ^ .3 3 ^ ? gi "u go "3.5 ** : a J ^Qj^msnms.lHWflF f ug, h o c ^ *^B 5H o .*_> ^ ra is?a I jg~S)g: These remarkable instruments possess capacl;ies for musical effects and expression never before Attained. Adapted for Amateur and Professional, md an ornament in any parlor. Beautiful New Styles now ready. GEO. WOODS & CO., Cambridgeport, Mass. tVAREROOMS: 608 Washington St., Boston ; 170 State St., Chicago ; 28 Ludgate Hill, London. THE "VOX HUMANA. a IVfnoinol Tahmol of anlnnforl mnoln n. icauill^ l?x UOl\x?? vvuium w? ovivvwv* jj.uuiw md valuable reading matter. By mail for $1 per /ear, or ten cents a number. Each number contains from $2 to 83 worth of the finest selected music. GEO. WOODS <ft CO., Publishers, Cambridgeport, Mass. January 20 3 tf RICHMOND ADVERTISEMENTS, TALBOTT & SONS] SHOCKOE MACHINE WORKS, richmond, va? MANUFACTURERS OF STEAM ENGINES, BOILERS, AGRICULTURAL ENGINES, CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, GRIST, BARK AND PLASTER MILLS, 8HAFTING8, HAHGBBB AND PULLETS, iHPRnvRn TirnniNR watrr wheels. October 14 41 ly (VM. ETTENGER. H. P. EDMOND ETTENGER & EDMOND, Richmond, Va., MANUFACTURERS OF PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGINES, BOILERS OF ALL KINDS, SntCTTLAR SAW HILLS, GRIST MILLS, HILL GEABIHG, SHAPTI5G, PULLEYS, AO. AMERICAN TURBINE WATER WHEELS, CAMERON'S SPECIAL STEAM PUMP. - Send, for Catalogue. October 14 41 ly WRAPP1 tfcTPAPER. QLD Newspapers, of large size, suitable for wrapping, for sale at 50 cents per hundred, it the ENQUIRER OFFICE. THE CHESTER FURNITURE STORE. THE readers of the "Yorkyille Enquirer" and the public generally, are invitea to inspect my large and elegant STOCK OF FUBNITCBE. In consequence of my baying directly from the Manufacturers, lam safe in saying that I can sell Furniture AS CHEAP AS ANT ESTABLISHMENT South of Baltimore. My stock of Furniture is of such a character as will please all classes and individuals. It is both PLAIN AND ELEGANT, to suit the wishes and wants of the buyer. It is complete. Whatever is wanted IN THE FURNITURE LINE I am confident of my ability to supply. Furniture is delivered at different points along the railroad, FREE FROM FREIGHT CHARGES. R. BRANDT, Chester, 8. C. Juue29 6 , ly CHESTER AND LENOIR RAILROAD,I DAILY PASSENGER TRAIN. Yorkville, S. C., August 24,1876. THE following passenger schedule will be operated daily?Sundays excepted?on the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, from and after this date: going north. Leave Chester at 3.00 p. m. Leave Lowrysville 3.40 p. m. Leave McConnellsville 4.10 p. m. Leave Guthriesville 4.20 p. m. i Arrive at Yorkville 4.60 p. m. Leave Yorkville 6.05 p. m. Leave Clover 5.66 p. m. Leave Glenn's Store 6.35 p. m. | Leave Falls' Store 6.50 p. m. | Leave Air-Line Junction 7.30 p. m. Arrive at Dallas 8.00 p. m. going south. Leave Dallas at 8.30 p. m. Leave Air-Line Junction .........4.00 a. m. Leave Falls' Store 4.20 a. m. Leave Glenn's Store 4.35 a. ra. Leave Clover 5.20 a. m. Arrive at Yorkville 6.05 a. m. Leave Yorkville 6.20 a. m. Leave Guthriesville 6.50 a. m. Leave McConnellsville 7.05 a. m. Leave Lowrysville 7.40 a. ra. Arrive at Chester 8.10 a. m. Connections are made with the mail trains on the Richmond and Atlanta Air-Line Railroad, and with the Accommodation trains on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. Between Chester and Yorkville. the train will stop for passengers only at the following places: Poor House, Smith's, Lowrysville. 8anay River Road, District Line, McConnellsville, Guthriesville and Philadelphia. EDWARD THOMAS, Superintendent. August 24 34 tf BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY STATIONERY, AND BOOK BINDERY. ? THANKING the public for liberal part patronage. I now invite attention to my complete stookof STAPLE AND FANCY STATIONERY, consisting, in part, of Flat Papers, Midium, Folio Post, Demy, Letter and Note. Blank Books, of every variety; Envelopes, Slates, Ink, Ac, Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils, PenKnives, Writing Desks, Ac. Also, BOOK BINDING DONE, in all its various branches. Sheet M usic, Periodicals, Law Books, Ac., bound in any style desired. Ola Books robound and repaired. PRINTED BILL AND LETTER HEADS A SPECIALTY Orders promptly attended to, at lowest cash prices. * E. R. STOKES, 155 Main Street Columbia, S. C. YORK MARBLE YARD. THE undersigned respectfully announces that he is still conducting the above business in Yorkville. and is prepared to furnish anything in the MARBLE LINE from a plain slab to a costly monument, executed in the best style ol the art, with the very best materials, and at as low prices as the same class of work can be furbished any,where in jbp .United.States. Orders from a distance promptly filled, irnd the same a> tention gireiTto work ordered by mail as if the parties were present in person. From this date work will be delivered at any point on the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gange Railroad, between Yorkville and Chester, or at any place between Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Co lumbia and Augusta nanroau, ire? ui umuyn iui transportation. Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed upon my establishment, my determination is to merit a continuance of the same. F. HAPPERFIELD. SKY LIGHT, AND NO MORE CLIMBING UP-STAIRS ! "I TAKE pleasure to inform all in want of PHO1 TOGRAPHIC PICTURES, that I have Just taken possession of my NEW GALLERY, built with fine sky and side-lights,near my residencefirst house east of the jail, and only a few hundred yards from the Court House corner. An experience of 28 years and every convenience for business, will enable me now to do better work than ever before. Frames and Photo-Albums, Stereoscopes and Views always on band. I am also prepared to sell you a MASON <fc HAMLIN ORGAN, or an AMERICA?* SEWING MACHINE, for cash or on time. J. R. SCHORB. THE CHESTER JEWELRY STOKE. THE Store of the undersigned is supplied with a large and elegant assortment of ! WATCHES, CLOCKS. JEWELRY, SILVER AND PLATED-WARE, and all articles usually found in a Jewelry establishment. Moreover, I keep en hand MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, among which is the celebrated ORGAN, made by George Woods & Co., Cambridge, Mass. R. BRANDT, Proprietor. March 9 5 ly $250 REWARD. TH J<J -National uoaru 01 r ire uiiuumiKiia umir by offers a reward of TWO HUNDRED AND FIF'l'Y DOLLARS, for the detection, conviction and punishment of the party or parties, charged with the crime of Arson, in firing the premises sitnate near Yorkville, S. C., being the DWELLING OF J. T. LOWRY, on April 22d, 1876. Said reward will bepaid only on due proof being furnished the Executive Committee of the conviction and actual punishment of said criminals. By order of Executive Committee. GEO. T. HOPE, Chairman. New York, May 8, 1876. 20 tf JAKES F. HART. G. W. 8. HART. HART & HART, ATTORNT1Y8 AT IjAW, Y0BXVI1LE, S. C., WILL practice in the State and United States Courts. Special attention given to Accountings andjpuses in the Probate Courts. Will undertake Tor collections and legal business in all parts of the United States, through reliable business agencies. January 1 1 ly ? * -nrxra Cl i T Yl i>An u HUH BajuEi> THE undersigned offers at private saJe, a tract of land situated in the vicinity of Bethany Church, ten miles North of Yorkville, containing ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE ACRES, two-thirds of which is woodland. On the premises is a comfortable dwelling house with other improvements. For further particulars apply to 3. A. McELWEE. July 20 29 2m BARBER SHOP. THOSE in want of su EASY SHAVE, a fashionable and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant and luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that THOS. BALLARD, Professor of the Art Tonsorial. is still in business, in his old Shop next door to the Enquirer building, where it will afford him great pleasure to wait upon all who may desire his services. Razors honed and sharpened, and any other work of that kind promptly done, i'-* THOMAS BALLARD. July 27 30 . tf MAKING AND REPAIRING OF QUHST THE undersigned is thoroughly acquainted with the business of MAKING AND RE PAIRING GUNS. My work win give oajlaoFACTION to my friends residing In York and Chester counties, who will extend their patronage tome. THOMAS- BENNETT, Chester, 8. G. July 6 8 ly AGRICULTURAL LIENS, MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE,. TRIAL JUSTICE'S BLANKS. RECOGNIZANCES, Warrants of Arrest, Summons in civil aotion. and Executions. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE June 15 '24 tt &k. t r? tOA per day at borne. Samples worth tl free. $0 ? >Stu?oh k Co., Portland, Maine. 19 ly YORKVTLLE ENQUIRER. VOLUME 38.-1876. THE YORKYILLE ENQUIRER is now in its twenty-second volume, and is a large twentyeight column newspaper, handsomely printed on clear, legible type, and devoted to the Poutxoal, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Interests of the South. W# are enabled to promise increased attractions in all the different departments of the paper, conspicuous among them being the SERIAL STORIES, wfttfon A-rnreflfilv for its columns. A As a non-partisan, independent family newspa- A per, the future editorial conduct of the Enqutrbb can be as well judged by the pastas by any promise which we might now feel disposed to make. An experience of thirty-five years In the newspaper business?of which time at least one-half has been unremittingly devoted, to the management of the Enquirer?fblly convinces the proprietor that the plan he adopted on assuming control of the paper, is the correct mode of jonrnallim in the present day. The true mission^of the newspaper is to place before the public fttcts as they may exist, unbiased by partisan feelings or sinister motives ; and the propriety of this course is folly Attested, not only by the auocess of the ENQUran, which can trut^ully claim, the largest drcolatkm of any . country newspaper in the South, but also by many J other of the most popular and widely dresisted 1 papers of the day. The coarse thus indicated we 1 shall continue to pursue, aiming to publish a i LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, J which shall be a welcome visitor to the Home Cir- " cle, and acceptable alike to all classes of readers. Hence, the news department of the ENQtrtBBB, whether of matters at home or abroad?poUtttefi er otherwise?will be condnctefrwith thei utmost care; y' ^?5 and only foots as they aeem to exist, will be presented, free from sectional or party bias. . **" LITERARY DEPARTMENT. The original Serial Stories are 4n attractive feature of the paper, being from thepeq#; offoe most sprightly and entertaining story writers of the day, and abound with dramatio plot and stirring incident. HISTORICAL SKETCHES. The Historical Sketches or tnB Early History or South Carolina will constitute an Important feature of the volume. These Sketches are written by Rev. Robert Lathan, and commencing with the earliest settlement of the State in colonial times, gradually trace its rise and progress. To the writing and compilation,of these Sketches the author has devoted much thought and extensive research. Besides the colonial history, they will oontaln the stirring scenes and important events, the anecdotes and incidents-legendary and antbentio?which have never before been folly published, connected with the Revolutionary history of the State. Much 'of the material of these Sketches being tradittonal--aaaAy of the events portrayed having never been in print? and written in Mr. Lathan's easy, ftmllUur style, they will be id with peculiar satla&ction, not only in onr own State, but by every one having a just appreciation of the history of a noble auoeotry in their struggle for liberty and independence. CHESTER CORRESPONDENCE. -.i. To meet the demands of our increasing circulation In Chester county, we have engaged the services of Bbaxitbrd MoLtraus, lfiBq., who wfll contribute a letter of oorrrespondenOe from Chester regularly each week. These letters are devoted entirely to Chester affairs?to the interests oftlie town and county-^and written in the racy and graphic style peculiar to Mr. MoLun, they essnot fail to be of interest toour readers in Chester, as well as elsewhere in the State. , ..iw, o THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. In addition to the above features. Rev. Mr. Lathan will continue his regular contributions to the "Sabbath Rear ing," and the "Children's Department," which, under his management fbr the past six years, have been an i m portent attraction; and with the nsnal melange of MiscelljUjeoas Reading Adapted to all tastes; the Agricnltural Department, containing practical and psefal information for the farmer and boose-wife; a column of Humorous Reading every week; "Scraps and Facts,"embracing light carrent topics; acorppend f OTthe TSCWH Abrtsc a?J Bt'Uuiuui Ou'iidbpwn? dence; Commercial and Market Reports; Editorial Articles upon appropriate subjects, intended v to promote the prosperity and welfare of - our people, we hope to make the Enquire* replete ^ | &8&H 0lH6rc8inin|^miu moiiruviiivQ A'aouij ??*%? wi? Terms of Subscrptiow?Free of Postage.? ' Single copy one year, $3.00. Jn data, each sub1 gcriber, per year, $2.50. Money may ta.forwjgnjled at onr risk by draft, post-offlce order or registered letter?otherwise we will assume no risk. Write names plainly, giving post-offloe, county and State. Address all letters to ' 5 L. M. GRIST, Publisher, Yorkrille, a 0. ' * vv PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS* By a favorable arrangement with the different manufacturers, we are qnabled to maketfceibllowing liberal and unprecedented offers of Premiums for Clubs. 'These Premiums have beep adopted by us with special referenoe to scouring only articles of value, and which will prove serviceable to those procuring them. The regular:i?ta!l price is given with each and they are just as good as so much cash to those who receive them. All the articles are put down in our schedule si manufacturers' regular retail prices, and cannot be bought with cash any lower than the priosa here given. Premiums Nos. 1,2 and 8 will be delivered through the mails, to persons entitled to reoeive them, free of cost The other Premiums wjll j bn delivered at the expense for freight charges, o$*i those receiving them. In oases where Preyiqms can be delivered at our publication office, arrangements may be perfected for reducing the fifdgbt charges on small articles to a nominal amount. The charges for freight on the Silver Ware Premiums will be from New York; on Webster's Dictionaries from Philadelphia; on the Cooking Stoves from Greensboro, N. C.; and onr th4Sewing Machines from Baltimore, Md. No. 1.?For a club of 4 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give atreble silver-plated BUTTER KNIFE, worth $1.00. >, ........ , *1Uf> No. 2.?For a club of 8 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give one copy of the family edition (eloth binding) of SMITH'S ABRIDGED BIBLE DICTIONARY, the publisher's price of which is $3.50 per copy. Or for $4:50 we will give 'a copy of the Bible Dictionary and send the Evquxbkb one year. No. 3.?For a olub of. 10 subscribers; at $2.50 each, we will give a treble silver-plated CHILD'S GILT CUP, worth $3.00. No. 4.?For a olnb of 15 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give one set?six of each?Hard Rubber, solid oval-handle TABLE KNIVES AND FORKS, the manufacturer's prioe of which is $5.00. No. 5.?For a club of 15 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give one copy of the latest edition of WEBSTER'S NATIONAL PICTORIAL DICTIONARY, containing 1,040 pages =and#? < illustrations. Publisher's price $5.00. No. 6.?For a club of 17 subscribers, at $2A0 " *?' J VI. eacft, we win rave one uuhu uduio wrw-w.?, TEA-SPOONS, worth $6.00. . .... v No. 7.?For a club of 17 subscribers, at 99.50 each, we will give a treble silver-plated SYRUP CUP, worth fft.OO. - - - ' No. *8.?For a club of 20 aubeorlbera, at |2.50 each, we will give a treble silver-plated BUTTER DISH, worth 98.00. No. 0.?For a olub of 20 subeorfbbra, at 92.50 each, we will give one dosen solid cast ateel ovalhandle TABLE KNIVES, valued at $8.00. No. 10.?For a club of 23 subscribers, at #B-fi0 each, we will give a treble silver-plated CASTOR AND FIVE BOTTLES, worth 99.00. No. 11.?For a club of 26 subscribers, at |2.50 each, we will give one doaen treble Silver-plated TABLE SPOON8, worth *12.00. - " .*??. No. 12.?For a club of 20 subscribers, At 92.60 each, we will give pne dosen treble silver-plated TABLE FORKS, worth 112.00. No. 18:?For a club of 20 subscribers, at1 92.50 each, we will give one treble *Uvar-platedCAEE BASKET, worth 112.00. No. I4.??For a club of 50 subscribers, at 92.50 each, we will give one oopv of the latest edition of WEBSTER'S UNABRIDGED PICTORIAL DICTIONARY, containing l,840p^:srith 5,000 illustrations,, besides four pages of ooloved iiuxstratipns showing the Anus of the 8tatae andTer- m ritones, the Arms of variooa Nattons, the Flags ~ of various Nations, United States Naval Flags, etc., the publisher's price of whichVtSKSOkzT' No. 15.?YtoVfk dub of 40*tibstnibeie, t at fS^O each, we will give one dozen extra superfine, full roval ivory-handle TABLE KNIVES, with silver-plated blades, valued at 917.00. No. 16.?For a olub of 55 subscribers, at $2-50 each, we will give one No. 8 TROPIC COOKING STOVE, including a full sefeof fixtures and cooking implements. / Mannfiwtnrers* price 130.00.. ^No. IT.?For a olub of 80' subscribers. *t $2.50 each, we will give.one three-quart, treble silvermss^WL - No. 18.?for a club. of 65^ 8Ube^bam^?^60 STstop'Bowl, ^^Sj-F^fac^lTof TO tobtgribera. st 12.60 9ssa^s$Sm t $12^*tn.,jX?jSg "-S^T *