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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-08-28
From the Laurensville Herald.
Columbia Steamboat Enterprise.

Probably but few Of our readers appreciate the
Importance Of this enterprise to them, and its
close connection with their pecuniary interests,
because they do not see that they directly pay the
exorbitant freight which has heretofore been i'm
posed on our people by the South Carolina Rail-
road. We, therefore, intend, from time to time,
to attempt to enlighten them on the subject, and
feel confident they will soon see the great necessi-
ty of encouraging n competition with the calous
corporate body that controls the said Road. In
the mean time, our correspondent, observer
has come to our aid, ably setting forth the cause
of the Steam Boat Company, and its claims to the
patronage of our citizens, and we invite careful
perusal Of his article by every citizen in the Dis
trict.
Already has the Boat Company caused slight
reduction in the freight charges on the Railroad,
but it is still exorbitant, and will, no doubt go
back to its former schedule, if the Boat Company
is not sustained III the noble effort to force the
road to deal as Justly with citizens rs 1t does
with those of Georgia, Tennessee, and other West
ern States
Why is it that the merchants Of Hamburg and
Augusta can afford to pay better prices for pro-
duce, and sell goods cheaper than in Columbia
md other places in this State? The reason is ap-
parent to every mind: The freight to those pla-
ces, on the South Carolina Railroad, is from fifty
to sixty per cent. less than is charged on the same
Road, about tie same distance, to Columbia. And
why we ask, should the citizens of South Carroll
na who mainly built the road, be compelled to SUBJ
nit to such injustice? Simply because the road on
the Hamburg Branch, has to compete with the
Boats on the Savannah river. Now the enterprisiug
merchants of Columbia have determined to creatca
similar competition to that point and will thereby
COMPEL those having the conduction of the road
to give to citizens the same advantages of low
freights that the merchants and Planters of Geor-
gia Tennessee, &c., enjoy, and enable the mer-
chants of the interior of this State to give such
inducements to our Planters, in the purchase and
sale of produce and goods as will prevent the me-
cessity of hauling produce to other and more dis,
tant markets. :,..si - -s5;55,s!s.sS.f;.,.
Every one in Laurens District who consumes
sugar, coffee, salt, o- other necessary articles Of
life, is deeply interested in the enterprise, and
should every exertion to sustain it. The price
Of every pound of sugar, sack of salt, or yard Of
cloth, of any kind, purchased at and above Colum
bin by our Planters, is enhanced by the exorbitant
freight charged by the Railroad, consequently it
is not themerchant who pays the heavy freight
bills, but the consumer So with cotton-the huy-
er counts the costs to get it to market, ANA pays
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Der: ready to aid in asking from the Legislature

per: ready to aid in asking from the Legislature
security for the Temperance Reform.
4th. Atpresent, we ask from 'rise, ririnous, and
patriotic legislators law which shall prohibit by
the severest sanctions 'he manufacture or sale Of
Intoxicating drink, to be drank at the place ~hcre
made or sold." This, it seems, cannot be consls-
tently denied. The law now permits distlIler
to sell without license sprtnous liquors manufac-
tured from the growth, or product, of his own
plantation, in quantities of and above aquart pro-
vided it be caried away from the same plantation;
and the 11th section of the Act of '49, directs
that under license to sell by the quart, liquors
cannot be drunk at the place where sold.
We ask this principle to be carried out AZ
present, IRE ask no more! Before its effects will
fall all distilleries, grog-shops, and taverns; and
then to a South Carolina, "sobrr and in her rlght
mmd,' we will say, '.prohiJH the manufacture ana
sale Of Intoxicating drink except for mechanical and
medicinal purposes" When this is done we shall
cease to agitafe, but not before. Then We will
look around upon our free and happy State, and
crown her with the noblest wreath which can be
pluckcd from her Magnolias and 'Palmettoes,
which will be as much superior to the Roman
crown of oak leaves for saving n citizen, as the
State is superior to any other single citizens
JOHN BELTON O'NEALL,
Pres't of the State Tem., Society.
Prospect Hill, Greenville Dist, August llth
1856.
nen. Papers friendly to Temperance are re-
oucsted to republish this.
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HEALTH.

We published in the ENQUIRER of last week
statement in regard to the health of Iorkvie.-
We hope it has alayed all fear on the subject,
and put stop to the exaggerated reports about
the health of what we consider our very healthy
little Town. There is not more beautiful, and
apparently more healthy location, to be found
anywhere in the State. IT matters not what sick
ness may prevail here, it is very certain there IS
no local cause for it. 1t strikes us very forcibly,
though we would not like to make the charge
against any one that there is some design in these
false rumors; at least it has an 'awful squint that
way. We have two very Aourishing schools, the
Female College and the Military Academy, and
ever since their establishment, We have heard the
most woful accounts of the health of Yorkville.-
whenever there is any danger, We will be as rea-
dy TO sound the alarm as any one else, and we
take the responsibility Of saying as much for the
Principals of our schools.
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EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON CITY, August lo
The topics which have engaged the attention of
the two Houses of Congress, since my arrival in
Washington, have been of such little moment and
so entirely local in their interest, that have not
heretofore felt prompted to turn my pen to their
discussion. Both branches have been engaged
almost necessarily in the generous employment of
disbursng and scattering abroad the contents of
our plethoric Treasury--a performance in which
there appears to be far more unanimity than, from
the distracted condition Of parties, one would be led
to suppose. This branch of legislation you know
has but little interest for South Carolinian al
though our little State pays into the Treasury
very large proportion of the public revenue,
scarcely single farthng finds its way back to the
pockets of our people. 1t must be so; Ours is
an agricultural community, independent Of all ex-
trinsic resources, above the petty scramble for the
public money, and, thus far at least, superior to
those degrading influences which are at work only
where the pap of the federal government falls
most profusely. And for the purity of our people
-lOr Tue VI Jul Ava SO"N
morals and q high public tone, it is we'll so 4:
though, after all, it puts one in no good humor to
know that his State contributes so literally to the
support of q government, from which no adequate
return can be secured-uot even that protection
and security in the enjoyment of the rights of
person and Of property which it is the highest
purpose of government to youchsafe.
1t is amazing to witness with what facility with
what unscrupulous defiance Of all right and prin-
ciple, the public revenue is squandered: The men
of the Eastern States always ready to vote for
appropriations, of whatever kind, which have the
effect to deplete Treasury: the groaning surplus
of which furnishes such apotent argument against
their schemes for the protection of the manufac-
turing interest. The men of the West, too, are
equally ready to vote for the surVeysand improve
ment of their rivers and harbors &c., however
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Pay Of Members.
The following is the substitute for Judge But

The following is the substitute for Judge But
ler's bill passed by the Senate:
Mr.. Hunter, from the Committee on Finance,
to which was referred the bill to. regulate the
compensation Of members Of Congress, reported it
back with an amendment striking out all the enac-
ting clause and substituting new BILL
- This amendment provides that the compensa-
ton of each member and delegate shall be So 500,
to commence from and after the adjournment of
the present session, and monthly during the ses-
sion until its close. The pay at each future Con-
gress shall commence the 4th March of each
year, whether members be elected before or after
that time and they shall receive the pro, rata
amount together with the mileage, which may be
due mt the commencement Of the session, and the
residue in monthly payments until the close Of the
session. II member die during the recess the
said pro rata pny may go to his heirs until the
commencement Of the next session, after which it
may be naid on proper rcquisition, and If during
the session, then the pay to cease on the dny Of
the choice of his successor, who shall receive Ibis
mileage and residue Ipay to which his pfede-
cessor would have been entitled. Each member
and delegate shall also be allowed at each annual
session Of Congress eight Dollars for every twen-
ty miles of the estimated distance by the most
usual route from his place of residence to the
seat Of government, at the commencement and end
of every such session, when the estimateed dis
tance does not exceed 1880 miles, and where 1t
exceeds that distance the allowance is elk doliars
for every twenty miles. :
The President of the Senate, when there is no
Vice President, or when thezVice President shall
receive the Office of the President of the United
States, and the Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatiYes shall be entitled to receive such addi-
tion to the annual compensation and mileage nl-
lowed by the first section Of this act as wiHinfhe
aggregate equal the paytof the Vice President;
and in case OF the temporary absence Of the Vice
President, the President Of the senate pFe ten,
shall be entitled to receive ten dolIars per diem
in addition to the annual compensation,
If any hnoke shall be hereafter distrbuted TO
members of Congress, by resolution ofe3lher or
both Houses of Congress, the price given for the
same shall be deducted from the compensation
herein provided by law; provided that this shall
not extend to books ordered to be printed during
the Congress for which said members shall have
been elected. 80 !. - : ;isss
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REV. FERDINAND JACOBS.

The Rev. Ferdinand Jacobs, of Charleston, for
merly Pastor of the Presbyterian Church in this
place. has been on visit to our town during the past
week. While living in our midst, he was univer-
sally esteemed and respected for his fervid piety
and Jealous advocacy of the great truths of the
Christian religion. We know there have been
many sad changes that would awaken painful
emotions in his benevolent heart. There is scarce
a family of his acquaintance that on entering its
circle he did not miss the friendly greeting and IA
miliar face of some loved one who has gone to the
spirit land. Yet amid life's vicsstudes and chan
ges, there are still scenes and associations to
'smemory DEAR" and happy reunion with those
whom he loved and for whom he labored, would
revive recollections of 'auld lang syne," that
would render his visit pleasant and agreeable.
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Presidents Message.
Fsllo,c Citizens ofMe Senate and House Of Repre-
sentdtireS:

fsl,ow Citizens of the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatires:
In consequence of the failure of Congress, at its
recent session, to make provision for the support
of the army, it became imperatiyely incumbent
on me to exercise the power which the Constitu-
tion confers on the Executive for extraordinary
occasions, and promptly to convene the two Hou-
ses. in order to afford them nm opportunity of re-
considering subject of such vital interest to the
neace aud welfare of the Union. With the excep-
tion of O partial authority vested by law in the
Secretary of War to contract for supply ofclotl-
ing and subsistence, the army is wholly dependent
on the appropriations annually made by Congress.
The omission of Congress to act in this respect
before the termination of the fiscal year had al
ready caused embarrassments to the service, which
were overcome only in expectation of appropria-
tions before the close of the present month. If
the requisite funds be not speedily provided, the
Executive will no longer be able to furnish for
transportation the equipments and munitions
which are essential to the effectiveness OF militia
ry force in the field. With no provision for the
pay of the troops the contracts OF enlistment
would be broken, and the army must IN effect be
tdsbanded-the consequences OF which would be
so disastrous as to demand all possible efforts to
arrest the calamity.
1t is not merely tndt tne oHSSlS ""u s'tS'NN'
men of the army are to be thus deprived OF the
nav and emoluments to which they are entitled
by standing laws, but that the construction of
arms at the public armories, The repair and con-
struction of ordinance at the arsenals, and the
manufacture of military clothing and camp equip
age must be discontinued, and the persons con-
nected with this branch of the public service thus
be deprived, suddenly, Of the employment essen
tiol IN their nor is it merely the waste
consequent on the forced abandonment OF the sea-
board Notifications and of the interior military
posts and other establishments, and the enormous
expense of recruiting and recognizing the army
and again distributing it over the vast regions
which it now occupies.
These are evils which may, it is true, be repair
cd hereafter by taxes imposed on the country
but other evils are involved which no expenditures
however lavish, could remedy, in comparison with
which local and personal injuries or interests sink
into insignifcance. A great part OF the army Is
situated on the remote frontier or IN the deserts
and mountains of the interor. 10 discharge bod.
les of men in such places without the means Of
regaining their homes, and where few, II any,
could obtain subsistence by honest industry, would
be to subject them to suffering and temptation,
with disregard of justice and right most derogato-
ry to the government
In the Territories of Washington and oregon
numerous bands of Indians are in arms and are
waging q var Of e1termination against the white
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the Planter accordingly; so that, after oil, the
Planter pays the freight, and 1T isstheir duty to
sustain such transporting facilities as will give
them the greatest advantages.
The Company will no doubt call on the Legisla-
ture at its next meeting, to grant them aid to
make the Congarceriyer navigable from CRANKY
to the Columbia bridge, distance Of three miles,
and in our opinion, such aid wonld confer greater
benefits on the people at large tbanthe most mag
nifcent Railroad speculation now conceived Of
We have before us p list of the rates Of freight
charged by the Steamboat Company, which'we
intended to publish this week, but finding that we
Upon examining it we find the Company offers to
transport freight at about one half the prices
charged by the Railroad. Success to the enter
prise. = !. .s9st5E.l{a
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PERSONAL.

We were pleased to receive visit few days
ago from Prof D. H. HILL, of Davidson College.
He is in fine health and spirits. We regret that
his stay was SC short, as we were anxious to learn
of him, something more of the future plans and
prospects of the College. He regards its success
now as fixed fact, and confidently predicts its
future emnence and proud distinction among the
most favored institutions of the country.
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YoRKVlLLE, S. c.
THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST %, 1856.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Our readers ore referred to the new advertise
ments in this issue. Mr.. Walter B. Metts, offers
for sale valuable house and lot in Yorkville.
Mr.. F. NJ Galbraih also offers for sale, two
tracts of land, situated four miles South OF York
Vile, and u miles from Philadelphia Station, on
the Kings Mountain Rail Road.
Mr.. II. II. Whitener proposes to sell two Houses
and Lots, situated at the upper end of Main-street
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d, - Among the new things OF the age IS
the manufacture of shoes by cementing to-
sether the pieces of leather of which they
are composed. A shoe is thus made with
ont peg or a stitch, which it is said will
never rip and cannot be torn apart in the
seams, because the leather will tear first
y large company has been started for this
manufacture at Ballard Vale, their process
being to cement the shoes on the common
wooden lasts and then dry then dry them in
ovens. But we understand an improved
process has been invented, by which a pair
of shoes can be completed, in five minutes.
The pieces are cemented on hollow metal
lie last, into which stream is introduced by
turning cock, and its heat sets the cement
almost instantaneously.
We learn from the Columbia papers
thatSon Tuesday morning locomtive on
on the. Greenville road, on the way to the
depot, came suddenly upon a man lying be-
tween two cress-ties in depression, so that
he could not be seen until the engine was
almost on him. He was seen to lay his
head on the rail, but too late for the
engineer to stop the engine. His head was
severed from his body and fell off the track
his body was left as he sat, with his hand
clenched on cross-tie. The name of the
unfortunate man was George Shegog, for
msrly clerk in Columbia and at the Green
vile depot and letter found at his resi-
dence, written by him on Monday, disclos-
ed the fact that he intended the rash act
thus deliberately carried out -
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1856-02-14
Modern IayMtiens.

We know Of no invention ~ modstnt times that do
seryesor Is destined 10 occupy a higher niche In the
temple ~ m than the disco or inv5ntion 0fthe
Vegetable Epiletic Pills for curing Epilepsy, OF Fal-
ling ritaj Spnsins, Cramps and all Tie various m0di-
~ncatlons Of Nervous Disease. DR.. SstA s. HaHoe, OF
Of 1O6 baltimore street, Baltimore, Nd, the inventor,
Is certainly entitled to the best wishes Of all tho be-
neyolont portion Of mankihd, who experience q piea-
sure by the alleyiaiion ofhuman suffering. When nr.
Hanee arst prepared these pills, he Intended them
solely for Fits, Cramps and slEsms;bIl subsequent OK
perience satisfactorily proved to him, that In addition
Of Diseases. they eScrted n perfect control over the on
tire NERVOUS system. He was then induced TO try them
10 cases OF Neuralgia, Tic'Doloroux, Nervous head
ache, Palpitnlion Of the heart, Incipient Paralysis ,hys-
terra, Muscular Debility and . host OF minor diseases,
s~prliging from a lack OF nervous energy, IN all OF
whieh his anticipations were crowned with the most
sang cline SUCCESS. Persons at u distance, by writing
and sending = remittance 70 Dr. Haneo, can have the
hInedlclne forwarded by mail to ihoir postonico address
box, %, Two boxos, .sj, or ga per dozen. We hav'
given his address above, Fob Unto
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1856-02-14
III ID RE TONG,
MERCHANT TAILOR.

In S6afsr's Nsp Block, bstssen the Taiinadrs House
aud ShaGer's Hotel,
- TTASJus opened a large and beautiful assort-
Nh ment Of MADE CLOTHING, to-
MA gethe r with as enoice selection OF Cloths, Cassi-
III merss and Vestings.. All OF which has been select
cd with great care and with special reference to the
wants and tnsts of this community.
- HisiOng experience In thls branch ofbusinoss, Is q
sure ghraniee That his stock embraces the choicest and
best variety, and his purchase HTS been maze upon such
termI that he can sell at the LOWEST POSSIBLE PRl
BES.
The public arc respectfully requested to call and ex
anime his assortment. He has on hand Il general as
SUMNER WEAR,
And is at all times prepared TO ~mmod hs old
friends, eithor with an excellent article Of Ready made
Clothing, or to MANUFACTURES TO ORDER, out OF
the best material and by most accomplished workmon,
any style of garments, FOR MEN n BOYS, in the
best and most fashionable manner. lie is ~con1dena, in
this respect, that no can give general satisfaction.
His assortment embrncesa general variety OF
Linen Coats, Vestings, Suspenders,
Dress do Pantaloons, Hosiery,
Sack do Cravats, Undershirts,
Carpet-baes, together with all other articles usually
kept in n Gentleman's Furnishing Store, and manufac'
tured in the most fashionable styles.
Ithas been purchased of well-cstablished houses In
the Eastern cities, and Mill Be parrantsd, TO be made o.
good material and In a durable manner.
He respectfully invites his old customersa and other
to call nj his new establishment, whereho will at al
times be ready TO waitupon them with aooD aoops Al
THE LOWEST RATES. To test his promises, he asks al
examination ofhis stock In trade and the style and quail
ity ofhis manufacture. T. TONG.
Lancaster, May s., 1854.
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mAGAzIN
Family Grocories, Quccnswar. ,se.,.

Family G~rOceries, Queensw0re ,&c.,&e.
VNElLx G. BARBENcHoN has become proprieior,
by purchase, OF the Grocery Store OF II. h. Hunter
& 90, 10 which he h~asjust added q large and supor1ne
variety Of Family Groceries, now arriving and 70 arrive
from Cincinnati, and other marts. In making his pur-
chase he has had In vtew the accommodation Of his
friends and discriminating pubiiey for an SESSIONS. he
c%opmends to their attention, Among other arnclesj at
prices that cannot fail to give satisfafdoh,
CONTEMPORARIES Of all kinds, for f~athiliCs ana
parties. -.
Brazilian Nuts, Figs and dates.
JeLiss, and Gelatine forJelhes PruEes, dc.
OF Famiis g groceries no will only mention Phil, now
dercd and crushed SUGAR, Eow Orleans do, TEAS,
Rio and Java COFFEE Spices, Molgsses, Golden syr-
up, French Chocolate, Mushroom Walnuts, Tomato
Caisup, q splendid lot Of Engish Diary Cheese, and
other articles to numerous 10 put down here.
Not TO forget, also, uqtora, Brandy for the sick and
convaleseent, elenrsS years old, smoaking and chewing
TOBACCO, Powderu and Shot for the Sportsman.
lie will keel on hand n variety OF Paints, Ya-RfsA
and Jdyaa Of hisown manufacture for h9 trade.
Notlohst, q largc aud full assortment Of QHseasoars
EarthsH varf, French mare aRd English 0Idsspare, al
so, W0sRsH pars, Tabs, Buckets, &c.
| NFHnhopes to obtain a fair shnir ofthe public fayo'
In his new undertaking, and looks for the appreciation
and patronage ofhis frionds. Having been compelled
10 ~relinquish his former business us Injurious to health
he will make a fair trial ofthis, to SEQ fit will not froh
lhs purse, as we'll as his healE,. If the experiment., u
whiehh will devote his undivided attcntiou) does no
succeed, he will be able ho trusts, 10 serve the public ii
sOme other useful capacity.
May 5 feb4. FELIX @. ~BARBENCIIoN.