Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, September 21, 1876, Image 4
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
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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.
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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 ?"
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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.
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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
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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."
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CONDUCTED BY
REV. ROBERT LATHAN.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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- <
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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
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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, $2.50. Money may ta.forwjgnjled
at onr risk by draft, post-offlce order or registered
letter?otherwise we will assume no risk.
Write names plainly, giving post-offloe, county
and State. Address all letters to ' 5
L. M. GRIST, Publisher, Yorkrille, a 0.
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PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS*
By a favorable arrangement with the different
manufacturers, we are qnabled to maketfceibllowing
liberal and unprecedented offers of Premiums
for Clubs. 'These Premiums have beep adopted
by us with special referenoe to scouring only
articles of value, and which will prove serviceable
to those procuring them. The regular:i?ta!l
price is given with each and they are just as good
as so much cash to those who receive them. All
the articles are put down in our schedule si manufacturers'
regular retail prices, and cannot be
bought with cash any lower than the priosa here
given. Premiums Nos. 1,2 and 8 will be delivered
through the mails, to persons entitled to reoeive
them, free of cost The other Premiums wjll j bn
delivered at the expense for freight charges, o$*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
*