The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, February 21, 1856, Image 2
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Byth. Prmdmt *f tht Unit* Stata of
Amtrim.
A Proclamation.
Wukrxas indications exist that public
tranquility and the supremacy of law in the
Territory of Kansas are endangered by the reprehensible
acts or purposes of persons, both
within and without the same, who propose
to direct aud control its political organization
by force. Ifc appearing that combinations
have been formed tberciu to resist tho execution
of the territorial laws, and thus, in effect,
subvert by violence all present constitutional
and legjal authority: It also appearing
that persons residing without the lerritory,
but near its borders, contemplate armed.intervention
iu the affairs thereof: It also
appearing that other persons, inhabitants
of remote States, are collecting money, engaging
inen, aud providing arms for the same
Curpose: And it further appearing that cominations
within the Territory are endeavoring,
by the agency of cinisSArics and otherwise,
to induce individual States of tho Un:
.... ^ at.^ ?zr. it .r
iuii ias intervene ni?iiu nuiiin) wiereoi in Violation
of the constitution of the United
States: . j
And whereas all such plans for tlio deter-'
inination of the futuro institutions of the Territory,
if sarried into action from within the
same, will constilute the fact of insurrection
and, if from without, that of invasion aggression,
and will, in cither case, justify and
require the forcible interposition of the whole
power of the general government, as well to
maintain the laws of the Territory as those
of the Union :
Now, therefore, I, Franklin Pierce, President
of the United States, do issue this mj'
proclamation lo command all persons enga
ged in unlawful combinations against the I
constituted authority of the Territory of
Kansas or of the United States to disperse
and retire peaceably to their respective abodes.
and to warn nil such persons that any
attempted insurrection in said Territory or
aggressive intrusion into the tame will be
resisted not only by the employment of the j
local militia, but also by that of any avnila .
ble forces of the Uuited States ; to the end of i
assuring immuity from violence and full
protection to the persons, property and civ-1
ll rights of all peaceful and law-abiding in-'
habitants of the Territory.
If, iu any part of the Union, the fury of.
fiction or fanaticism, inflamed into disregard j
of the great principles of popular sovereignty
which, under the constitution are fund anion '
tal in the whole structure of our institutions,!
ia to bring on the country the calamity of
an arbitrament of arms in that Territory, it
shall be between lawless violence on tlio one
side and conservative torce on the other,
wielded by legal authority of the general
government.
I call on the citizens, both of adjoiniug i
and distant States, to abstain from unauthor- j
ized intermeddling in the local concerns of!
the Territory, admonishing them that it* orPnic
law i* to be executed with impurtiul
nice ; that all individual acts of illegal in
terferenco will incur condign punishment;
and that any endeavor to intervene by or
ganized force will be (irmly withstood.
I invoke all good citizens to promote order
by rendering obedience to the law ; to
seek remedy for temporary evils by peaceful
means; to discountenance and repulse the
counsels and the instigations of agitators and
of disorganizes ; and to testify their attachment
to their country, their pride in its
greatness, their appreciation of the blessing*
they enjoy, and their determination that republican
institutions shall not fail in their
hands, by co-operating to uphold the majesty
of the laws and to vindicate the sanctity
of the Constitution.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand, and caused the seal of the United
States to Lo affixed to these presents.
Done at the city of Washington, tho eleventh
day of February, in the year of
[seal.J our .Lord one thoiwnnd eight hundred
and fifty-fix, and of the independence
of the United States the
eightieth.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
By the President:
W. L. Maiicy, Secretary of State.
James Buchanan.
The Philadelphia Penntylvanian
publishes the following cxtacta from a
private letter to a gentlemen of that
State, from Mr. Buchanan :
"You refer to the connection of my
name with the Presidency. * * *
This I neither desired nor expected.?
The movement favor has, therefore,
originated without mv previous
knowledge, or consent, and 1 should be
quite satisfied should another be selected.
"The next will bo the most important
and responsible Presidential
term since the last war with England
or, perhaps, since the origin ot the
government. Both our foreigin and
our domestic affairs will require the
guidance oi rui able, firm, and skillful
pilot to steer the vessel of State
clear of the breakers. I pray Heaven
that the best man nmy be selected for
the crisis, and to mo it is a matter of
indifference whether ha comes from
the North or the South, the East or
the West."
Patriotic Liberality.
^ We neglected to mention, in our
last issue, (says the Winnsboro* liegrsfrr,)
that, at the meeting on Mondav,
Governor Means reported that the
lion. R. F. W. Allston, with his accustomed
liberality in supporting a pat !
riotic cause, had contributed $100, for)
the aid of the Kansas emigrants from
this distrct- I
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SOUTHERN ENTSRPBI8E.
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cosiMasrymfcHiia, s. ?Thursday
Morning-, Feb. 21,1856.
I THE CINCINNATI CONVENTION.
Tiik ttudersigned request all their fellowcitizens
in Greenville District, who are in fa|
ror of sending Delegates to the National
Democratic Convention, to meet them in
the Court House, Sale-day in Ma rch next
to appoint Delegates to represent this District,
in the Convention, which will meet in
Columbia tho first Monday in May, to provide
for the State's being represented at the Cincinnati
Convention, which will convene tho
first Monday in June, for the purpose of
nominating Democratic candidates for the
i Presidency aud Vice Presidency:
T. P. BROCKMAN. W. A. MOONEY. j
I P. E. DUNCAN, B. F. PERRY.
W. P. McBEE.
THE TWENTY-SECOND.
The anniversary of the falker of his country
will be celebrated on to morrow by tlie
Butler Guards with a parade and dinner.?
The latter will be given at the Greenville Ho I
te!, by Mr. John W. Walker, a member of <
the company, who, we have not the slight- <
est hesitancy in saying, will spread before 1
tho company and invited guests a feast <
every way worthy the occasion and his hotel.
Tho members of tho company will al- <
so indulge in target shooting?the best shot c
to be presented with a plume by the captain : c
of the company. At night, a military ball j
will be given at McBee's Hall, when the |
members of the company will appear in unifiirm
nml tlu\ao wI\a P l
" ?IV VMU umT I'n.io Illiuugll 1
tlio evolutions of the dance, and those who j ,
can't may " present arms " to the ladies and ^
stand guard upon t hier hearts. Should the
day prove fair, it will long bo remembered, '
not only for the hand&omc manner in which ,
it was observed in honor of the ono whose j
birth has made it glorious, but as forming!
the first anniversary of the Butler Guards.May
the company long live, and enjoy the j '
celebration of inanv an anniversary vet to I ,
: i
come. r I ^
LOOK TO YOUR PREMISES. ||
It is well enough at all times to have an : ;
eye single to ones' premises, but wc have no' doubt
that a little extra precaution at the s j
present time would prove of account. Re- j
cenlly several depradnlions have been com-;
milted upon some of our good citizens, re-1'
suiting in the loss of poultry, provisions, dzc. 1
A lady friend informs us that two fmo fat '
turkeys were missing from her premises one ; 1
morning this week, and a neighbor of ours j '
happened to a like misfortune about the same '
time. There is little doubt but that theso '
thefts wero committed by runaway negroes, *
as it is well known that two or three are '
lurking in the neighborhood. The above
arc only a few of the cases related to us.? i
rv < -
wne 01 our cuizens had two or throe hun- i ]
dred pounds of bacon stolon from the smoke | i
house one night lntt week. Measures should 1
he taken at once to ferret out the robbers, 1
ami our citizens should, in the meantime, j
guard well their premi es. We dislike to i
make mention of such facts as the aborc, I
and iu doing so at the present, wo do not I
give it as an indication of the morals of our i
people, but on the to ltrary believe that the I
perpetrators, if not negroes, as lias been supposed,
are importations?in fact, we do not
think any of our people to low and depraved
as to be guilty of the Crimea we have
enumerated.
Arrival of the Arctic.
New York, Feb. 17.
The propeller Arctic, sent in search of the 1
Pacific,,has arrived at Halifax. She brings i
no tidings of the missing steamer.
Congressional.
Washington, Feb. 10.
The President has sent to the Senate and
House of Representative* communications re
lative to nft'airs in Kansas.
Bills have been introduced for the prohibition
of slavery in Nebraska and Kansas.
Hie Senate has confirmed the nomination
of Shannon as Governor of Kansas.
? Kansas
Affairs.
Wasiiinqton, Feb. 17.
Letters continue to be received from Kan- 1
tas leneatinw lh? dAlArminitlna nf ??r
ty in the Territory to carry through its purpose?;
and predicting a collision with arms,
uuWtM the Federal Government promptly interpose*.
? ? <^>? Election
ef Senator.
ANNAroLis, Fchurary Ifi. ,
j An than* Kennedy, the American oandi |
date, has Wn elected Senator from Mtcrf i
land. v ;
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?>! Ut witl?HwUiiiuilj lklUfttratM. VI Wltt
A Davenport, Publishers N. Y. For ask in
Greenville at the Booh Store of G. &. JBforu.
Seldom have we been better pledfidiii
glancing over the pages of a new boob than
those of Kate Weston. Jennie De Witt h
but a nomme de plume, the gennine name
of the fair authoress being Miss Dowltag, the
daughter of a Baptist clergyman of Philadelphia.
The book before us is not only possessed
of literary merit, bnt a moral, which
of itself eminently qualifies it to be placed
in the hands of the young. It Is calculated
to do good, instruct and amuse. "The stylo
is elevated, the plot effectiro, and filled up in
a masterly manner. The moral lessons inculcated
in it are such aa to give it a claim
to the favor of all the good. The eharnc
ters are drawn with a close eye to nature,
and marked and distinct in their delineations.
The scenery of the picture, its light* and
shades, are trtio to life." 1 vol: pries 11.26.
Tint Huirrraw' Fkast; on, Coimnisrnojwi aboukd
tub Cams-Fibs?By Capt Msyne Reid. De
Witt A Davenport, N. Y. For wile in Greenville
at the Book Store of O. E. Klford,
Hie nbove book we have read with more
than ordinary interest. To attempt a description
of the work or even the satisfaction
we experienced in the perusal of its pages,
would be to attempt a something we hare
neither space or capacity to perform. Capt
Reid is the well known author of "Tho Rifle
Rangers," " Scalp Hunters," and many
3ther works that have attracted much attention,
aud elicited the highest commendations
:rom the press and the public. Price of the
ibove book, $1.25.
We thank the publishers, Messrs Do Witt
t Davenport, for furnishing us with copies
>f the abovo works. Their books always
:ommand a ready sale.
'e'Wwon's Ladies National Magazine for March.
Mrs. Ann 8. fltcpluns snd C. J. Peterson," Edi- (
tors.
Each new number of this periodical con- ,
j*ins something pretty and original. " The .
White Doves" is a beautiful engraving.?
It also contains 1** Modes Paritrnnea, to
gether with other pretty and useful engra
ling*. Philadelphia : $2 per annum.
OURCOTEMPORARIES.
The Kooefield Informer.?The second
number of this new candidate for public furor
lias reached us. C. W. Styles, Esq., is
its editor, and wields a ready pen. lie ha*
for his motto, ' Equal Taxation?Equal ;
Reprcsenti.tion," in fivor of giving the!
election of elector* to the people?and divid-1
i?g Edgefield into two judicial districts.? ;
Published at Edgefield C. II.: $2 per annum
in advance.
Tint Literary Star.?This nice little
dieet, published at Spartanburg C. II., has
received new addition* to its editorial force.
M. 13. A. Lego, a young man of education
tnd promise, is nssoociuted with Komulck
l. Powokn, in the management of the Star.
Hie Ladies' Department is under tho conrol
of Misvca Almf. Kgf.rto:< A Fledie
5aok. May its brilliancy incrcaso until it
lecomcs a Star of tho first magnitude.
Asiieville Spectator.-?This sterling
tincrirnn iournal nnt>liaK*d at A.liwilU
Suncombe County, N. C., lias commenced
Is fourth volume in a nes* drew. Its new
?ead displays very pretty taste, and gives
the observer an idea of the town*of Asbeville
and the surrounding country. We wish its
energetic editors much success. Their efforts
in developing the resources of the western
part of that State?and advocacy of the
right sort of doctrino and moasures, entitle
Lhcra to support.
Congressional.
"Washington, February 18.
The Speaker to-day announced the Committees
as follows :
Ways and Meant.?Lewis D. Campbell
of Ohio, llowell Cohb of Georgia, It. W.
Davis of Maryland, Russell Sage of New
York, John 8. Phelpeof Missouri, James 11.
Campbell of Pennsylvania, Alexander DeWitt
of Massachusetts, and one vacancy.
Foreign Affairs.?A. C. M. Pennington
of New Jersey, T. H. Bayley of Virginia
Thomas L. Clingman of North Carolina,
William Aiken. of South Carolina. II. M.
Fuller >f Pennsylvania, Ore. B. Matteson of
New York, John Sherman of Ohio, Anson
Burlingaineof Massachusetts, and Benjamin
B. Thurston of Rhode Island.
Territories?Galusha A. Grow, of Pennsylvania,
Joshua K. Giddings of Ohio, Samuel
A. Purviance of Pennsylvania, W. A.
Richardson of Illinois, George 8. Houston
of A'abama, Amos P. Franger of New York,
F. K. lollicoffer of Tennessee. Justin S. Morrill
of Vermont, and John J. Perry of Maine.
KLections.?Israel Wash burns, jr., of Maine,
A. H. Stephens of Georgia, Cooper K. Wat
ion of Ohio, F. R. Spinner of New York,
Mordocai Oliver of Mtaeouri, Colfax of Indiana,
W. K. Smith of Alabama, aud J. A.
Bingham of Ohio.
A Slight Mistakb.?TheCamden Journal
eaye there ie a mistake in the statement
recently published in the Charleston Stanford,
that a mtM by the name of Jenka bad
killed hie wife. near Camden. t We heard
the same tale, bat did not feel authorised to
pebltsh it, until we were care of its cor restno*.
lie broke his jag, in place of hie
wife's head* which i? a materia* difference.
notorious Anthony'Burns, belongs to a gen
tlcman on Red River, in Louisanna. Hit
master recently gave hio>,written permisaioi
to viait his relations to Virginia. On tin
way, Henry was forced to quit the Oiiii
River and travel through the State of Ohio
He stated on his arrival here the abolition
ists bothered liirn mightily in Ohio?espe
ciallv when they found out that he waa i
brother of Anthony. They offered to $e
him up in busineaa and raise him a larg<
sum of money, if he would abscond?bu
Henry spurned their offers. He said hit
master had more money bet upon bis roturi
than they can raise, aud that ills master uil
bound to win."
Nebraska Tkrritort.?For some tiun
past efforts have been making to remove tin
seat of irovernment from Omaha Citv. when
it had been located by the Territorial Legis
lature, to some other point The work or
the Public Buildings has been under waj
for months, and etui the town speculators
would agitate the question. At last, th<
question eeetns to have received its quietus,
by the rejection of a bill for that purpose
Omaha City is, therefore, to be regarded as
the permanent seat of government We ob
serve that Mr. Guthrie was appealed to, and
decided that without express authority c!
Congress, no part of the sum appropriated
for public buildings for Nebraska Territory
could be expended at any other place than
Omaha City.?St. Loxt.it Republican.
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Dubl with Revolvers.?The New Orleans
Picayune of the 5th instant says i
"It will be remembered that about two
months ago a man named Bell, from Onhnwbn,
Ala., was arrested in this city on a charge
of having fired at and seriously wounded his
brother-in-law, Mr. Quarles. After being
f ol/ntl 4/\ PsKnioKn n t? nut iIa m aa* *
%?nuu w vnunni/rtj <? iivrovilU lucwiogc l/UWOVl
between the parties, an<f they enme to Ix>uisiana
for the purpose of wiping out old scores
according to "tfie code." Suuday last wa?
thr fw w?m
Lake Pontchartrniu the place, and revolvers
at twenty paces, formed a portion of
the appointments. It is said thnt they fired
five shots each?Quarle* receiving three
bIioIs, and Dell but one. The former received
one shot in his right ear, another in his
left cheek, a third in his shoulder, and a
fourth passed through his hat. The shot
which Dell received was in tho upper and
posterior portion of his right hip. None of
the wounds aro expected to prove fatal. Yesterday
the parties returned to Alabama,
accompanied by their friends."
??? m ? Turkic
Hundred Film musters orr run
Nicaragua.?The New Yoik Timet*iy?:
''The Star of tho West sailed on Saturday
for N icaragun, with three hundred filibusters
on board. Marshal Ililyer boarded her, but
he found the manifest all right. The crowd
about tho whaif was immense. The filiibus
ters all hud tickets. J. R. Male had a certificate
from his doctor thnt he could not
live two mouths if detained, so his bail was
released and ho permitted, to go like a gentleman.
Captain Morrison and Win. Lystei
also went. The gentlemen who went all for
them were on hand and consented to their
going. They return in April, or the $1,500
for each is forfeited."
Tho New Yoik Day book of Thursday
hist, says:
"Ten thousand whito men nre giving
their money or coinc to Kansas for the
'cause of freedom' for tho negroes, and so
little do the negroes care for what these
white fools are doing for them, that not one
out of the 50,000 in this state and 150,000
in the other northern states has volunteered
to go and fight nor to give ono cent to make
Kansas a f;ee State! What a comment on
the negro's estimation of 'freedom P The
truth is there is not ouo among the 200,000
who cares a straw whether Kansas is a fret
State or not."
' Wo can only add, that the negroes havt
more sense than their Northern Allies.
A Demonstration o? the Leap-Year.?
A rather singular^ and amusing occurrence
took placo near Cochranville, Chester county
Pa., a few weeks since. A Mr. Bachtell,
from Medina, was introduced to a Miss Duquct,
of Chatam, Chester county, about, fom
o'clock in the afternoon of the 16tb ultimo
and married her within three hours afterwards.
Both are said to be worthy and respectable
person*, but very'lively. They we?
jesting upon the subject of matrimony, wlier
she, jestingly, "pepped the question," tc
which lie acceded. One reply brought or
another, until they went to the parson's nn<l
had the ceremony performed.
A Good Editor.
/ 4s ?
The following paragraph from the Lou
/)nn P/vaf la
J VMS* l? I ? Lf 11C
"A good editor, a competent newispapei
conductor, is like a general or poet, born?
not made. Exercise and expercnce giv?
facility, but the qualification is innate*, or ii
is never manifested. On the London dailj
papers, nil the great historians, novelists
poets, essayists and writers of travels, hav<
been tried, and nearly all have failed. W<
might say all; fur after a display of brillian
cv, brief, but grand, they died out Ii eraUy
Their resources were exhausted. ul can.'
said the late editor of the Times to Moore,
find any number of geniuses to write for ma
but very seldom one man of common sense/
The Thunderers,' in the Tiinee, therefore,
have, bo far as we know, been men of common
sense. Nearly all aucceeeful editon
have been men of this description. Campbell,
CarTyle, Bulwer and D Isreali, failed:
Barnes, Sterling and Phillips, succeeded, and
DeLane and Lowe succeeded. A good editor
seldom writes for his paper?-he reads,
judges, selects, dictates, directs, altera and
to do all this well, he has but 1 ittle time foi
composition. To write for a piper is oM
tbiwg, food it a paper another.
11 It'io iH tu i i h i if w)
OR, UKCU JAKB'SBXPIRUNCI.
f Thar oertr wm ? better Dimicrat than
. Uncle Jake Rodgara on yearth, alls'* uttend
in barbecues nud speechifyins every dm nee,
\ and like tho Parson, could give ? reason for
t tho faith that was in liim?he bus alters been
j looked up to as a sort of outdo in poriiiica!
t matters, and nooe the history of tho United
i States Bank and its orfu) iniquities, the tariff
I and. its oppressors, tho distribution of the
i publick lands and all thsra measures the
old Whigs used to try to fix on the people
so hard. In fact, Uncle Jake was a dimicrat
, from the top of his hed to the soles of his feet,
, and from one aide all thro* to the other, and
, Aunt Nanoy, his wife, was just as rambunc.
tious on the subject as himself, only a little
, mors oo.
, Now, Mr. Eastman, I don't like to expose
, Uncle Jake, but the thing is so good, I'll
, have to tell yon all about it.
Last summer thar cum into our settlement
I _ , ,
a nice young man, sent out, as l larnt, from
| your place to make no nothing, but ho didn't
. let us nil no what lie cum for at fust, nowI
soincver, he linked in quite a lot on 'em,
t nrincipallv whigs.and I larnt that sum on
> 'em intended trvin thnr hands on Uncle
Jake. Thinks, t, old fellers, you'll be barki
in up the rong tree, sertin, but the fust tiling
I noed they got hold ot the old man, treated
him, told nim that the dimicroU was
nlljinin' on'em?that it warn't no whig
trick, nor nuthin' of that sort?that the Pope
of "roam" was a cumin' here to use up our
government, tomako preests of all the boys
an' nuns of all the gals?that all the other
1 denominations wud have to cave in, an'
, wear crosses and kiss the Pope's big toe?
' ?that the no nothing was goin to stop all
these evil things?goin* to regenerate the
land, and bring things back to the days of
Qincril Jacksou? that Gov. Jackson's folks
\ war all fur 'cm. tooth and toe naif, an' what
with one thing an' another, the furt thing
. Uncle Jake noed he was a regilar ringtailod
no nulliin. They dun the ole man At nite,
an' ni ter it was all over he started hum, an'
as ho went a long his inind was full of raisgivins,
bow cud he face the ole 'oroan f What
wud Giniral Jackson say if ho was live!
How cud he meet his old diiuicratic fronds
agin J an' he suddenly recollected that the
. Union, (^ihe old watchman on ihe tower of
our Perhtical Zion, as he used to call your
paper,) was opposed to it. All these tilings
ucgin 10 woric iu uncie juice's mind, till by
bj the time he got home he was in a powerful
Mvivet.
1 He found Aunt Nancy a sitting up fur
him, and Uncle Juke he never was ashamed
to meet her before.
1 "Well, Jake,sea she, what on yenrth has
kept yen out so lato to-night!" for Uncle
Jake was very regular in his habits.
Wy, Nancy, I been round?atlendin' a
' merlin* to-nite, ses he, quite hesitatin* like.
"What kind uv a meetin?" sea she.
1 "Wy?a sort uv parlitical meetin," sea he,
sliiverin all over, for ho was powctful onca?y
by this lime.
"Well," ses she, "ifyou've been tryin to
lied these no r.uthin*, 1 niut got no more to
1 snv, fur you couldn't be in bettor bisiuess,
fur I leyrn that sum as call themselves dimicrnts,
have jined 'em. I don't like 'em no
how, Jake, for they don't cum out open and
above board, but are pokin round at nilo
. in alleys and dark places; but I thank
, the Lord you aint won of 'cm, fur J no I
, couldn't live with one on 'em to save my
, life, But what innkes yon look so, Jacob,
i are you sick ! Bless my life if you aint got
i a chill on vou, and your hands'ns cold as ice.
Wl.-O- ? 1 - -
unites uie nmncr, jaKCf"
"Nuthin much," ses Uncle Jake, "I don't
feel very well to-nite, ole oman, and I'll go
, to bed so saying he blipt into lied, and the
I old oiuru arter li?m.
5 Biineby Uncle Jake, ni ter tossin nnd rollin
about, gits to sleep, nnd dreamt that nil
t his dimicrat friends he used to l>e with so
much wouldn't hnve nuthin to do with him,
and that he couldn't no longer vote his old
ticket, for his old friends nnd his old princi(
pies, and he groaned in spirit.
Aunt Nancy waked him up^keered to detli,
and Uncle Jake had to out with the hole
' thing. Annt Nancy jumped out uv bed
'f and declared ahe couldn't stay thar, that
a no nuthin couldn't cum a nigh her. Un>
' cle Jake at lost told her if she would forgive
him, he'd go early in the mornin and git out
t of the thing, but sbo told him no, she
( couldn't stAnd him till morning, and direct)
ly Uncle Jake hauls on hiscloee, and went
| out and got the President and sum more
I on 'era together, and swore he roust git out
afore mornin or kill sum body one. They
let him out? and when he got loose, be
sung, he shouted, he danced and capered
like a boy?he run borne nnd like to a
. squeezed Aunt Nancy to detli; she, good old
soul, was mittily riled about it an powerfulr
iy distressed,but senled bis pardon with a
. kist of fonritrnpu nn !ol K? .*.??
,,lJ 1 ? ? "J I"
, gone?.
t One man voon arter hinted to Uncle Jake!
f that he heard he waa a no nnthin, when he
t pitched into the feller an like to a walloped
j biro to deth ; since that time nobody has
, ever accused Uncle Jakeof being a nonuth.
in.? Viekkburg Sentinel.
I Tit* Legislature' oWi'rgioia is deliberating
apon n hill to amend the third section I
of chapter 108 of the Oode of Virginia, so
! to doclare all persona having one-sixteenth
or more of negro blood in them mulatto*.?
' Ex Governor Klotd oppotod the bill, on ac(
count of the difficulty, if not impossibility, if
It passed, of defining the statue of individi
uals of tbla class. He argued that there
should be a line of demarcation, beyond
! which African blood should cease to be
transmitted.
' --
f Dr. J. F. Lindray was on Monday hist,
[ elected Intendent of the town of Yorkvilk,
! and J, 1. Evans, B. L. Love, 1>. A. Gordon
W?d ^Dr. J. IT Eowry, Wardens.
tendeda pmsetft of jewelry, and having selected
eeme clir.te* g*mKf he repaired to hi* room
and indicted a loving epistle full ot Under
express ion?enc? warm hope* for the X?tUf?.
lie despatched a servant frith the mfreive
and gift, Mid in the evening called- aa usual
to pass away an hour. He noticed that the
reception bj his ladv was not very cordial,
and he thoughthe detected a superior groutiness
in the parent's visago. The intended
was not adorned with the jewels. After endeavoring
to solve the mystery, be ChJftested
a walk, preferring to encounter the cmns of
winter to the coolness of % discontented
household. On reaching the sidewalk, he
ventured to inquirer:- ,
'What's the row now I"
'Oh Juraes,' was the response, 'how ceuld
you make such a mistake !' *
'What have I done now I What*# tune-'
cd up I* * . *
'Why your letter to-day.'
Wasn t it all right f I took extra pains/
'You made a mistake, James, for inside
of the envelop was your tailor's hill, #327,60,
with a note bv the tailor: that it had been
running two years, and strenuous measures
would bo resorted to, if not paid toon.
Father was at tho table when tho gift came,
and made me show it to him. lie was rery
wirrrw and, and'?
'llnng my, luck,' exclaimed tho unfortunate
lover, who felt like a man surprised by
the scarlet tevei. 'If this ain't a pretty way
to begin a New Year. I must have laid the
note downwind carelessly "inverted tho bill.'
The note intended was found on the writing
desk, and the second day of January the
father was appeased by the exhibition of the
aforesaid bill receipted.
Energetic Gall to Pay Up.
Father Brownlow, of the Knowville Whig,
concludes an earnest appeal to delinquent
subscribers to pay up with the following u?inisukeable
expressions:
Those of vou why can't pay, and will
write to us, aekuow ledgt ng your indebtedness,
we will record as clever follows, and those of
you who will not do either, we will publish
this spring, in an extra sheet, as a set of
Gncelfiss rascals, willing to hare a poor man
i?or for you for years far nothing, and pay
for paper, ink, and the hire of hands to serve
you, without pay.
Come to Knox villa, you lousy rascal*, on A
pilgrimage, and see our little one* "chip* of
iiiu o!u oiock,n looking daggersnt us, .and crying
for bread. Conao and see us with our
elbows out, and the officers of the law lending
us about for debts created to furnish you a
paper, and yon will fork over at once I
And you hypocrites, who sire nu-inbcrs of
different churches, owing us for our paper,
how dare you, around your family altars,
night and morning, pray to God, "pay u*
this day our debt*, as wc fray to other* !w
He knows you owe iu, nud won't pav, and
until you do pay, you may pray yoiwselves
out of breath, and you will novor bofcwd t
yes, you saintly villain*, you have been owing
us long enough to make us Mpooi, halt,
miserable, blind and naked," and yourselves
rich at our expense. You get to hca\cn
without paying us up?never f
Fierce Medical Ssi dknts.?It is stated
that the students of the Philndelpia Female
college have a cavalier uniform which completely
outdoes Quixote. A ^exchange says
that ulhey wear their hair cut short, an ugly
pistol iu their belt, and present generally
a dashing masculine air."
Fiddletown, in El Dorado county, Cal,
is said ?o be a very lively piece. e ??ppote
it it A groat place for hope.
(Greenville Prices Current.
?. -* ? ' ??
COKRKCTED WEEKLY FOR TUX ENTERPRISE,
BY BRADY & QOOCLETT, MERCHANT8.
? . .. -
(IKE*villi. FeuVrarytO, 1806.
BAGGING, Gunny, per yard, ? SO
Dundee, a 18
BACON Ilsnna, per lb., 12^ o 14
Shoulders,
Sides, 10
POIlK, Country, 7
BUTl'ER.. .Goshen, per lb. none.
Country, per lb. 16 a
COFFEE...Rio, per lb. 18*
Java, per lb. 18 30
DOMESTICS, Shirting, per yd. 6* a lO
8heeting, per yd. 10 a 16
Osnaburgs, per yd. 11 a 124
FLOUR....Country, perbbL $7 a $8
Country, per sack, 8? a 94
GRAIN.... .Corn, per bushel. a 60
Wheat, per bushel, $128 180
Oats, per bushel, a 4(T
I RON...... Swedes, per lb. 0* a 7
English, per lb. e 64
LART per Ib^ S ?
MOLASSES. W. I. per ga!. 0O~
N.O., per. gal. a W*
SYRUI"....*4 44 per gal. none*.
OILS Lamp, per gal, $11 a $2f
Train, per gal. 071 a $lir
Linseed, |l{
RICE per lb. 0 0$
ROPE...., .per lb. 1 h a Mr \
SUGARS...N. Orleana,per lb. ? 154 ', , I
Porto Rleo, per lb. ? 12$
Loaf, per lb. 1 >
Crushed, per 15
Refined, per 16. ^ ? **
8ALT.......per biwhd, $1 %
Salt, per sack, a 2 id
SOAP .Coigate^pale, pr.lb. 1 $4 a 1$
Yellow, per lb. 8 a ICr
SHOT .per lb. 1*4 *
Shot, per bag, a $8$
i_j? ii n ii?ea? i?iijii juieiiMiaaa
To Sent
fitfb THE large end eonmodiora Celling
JPLSOOp at the eorner of Main and Benwd5i
etrecU, recently oeetipled by Dr. W. R.
Joeae. Apply to the nbeonber.
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