Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-09-11
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AMERICAN ANA.

Governor Trumbull, of Connecticut, on
the occasion of grand riot, assembled
block and attempted by speech to quiet
the people, when a random missile hitting
him in the head felled him to the ground
He was sadly hurt, and, as his friends were
carrying him into his house, his wife met
him at the door and exclaimed:
sWhy, my husband, they have knocked
your brains OUT mo they haven't said
the Governor; 'if I'd had any brains
shouldn't have gone there
In 1852, when the Whig Convention was
in session, first came news that Gen. Scott,
who was supposed to the prone to display,
particular in plumage, was nominated Tor
the Presidency Then came news that Will
liam A. Graham, of North Carolina, the
land of tar, pitch and turpentine, was NOM
mated for the Vice Presidency. When this
latter piece of intelligence was conveyed to
Mr.. Webster, he was engaged in shaving
himself. He stopped, and, having heard
the news, remarked, in his low emphatic
manner, as he deliberately wipedhis razor,
well, 1 do not see, then, but that the whig
party have tarred and feathered themselves,
Gov. Draper, of New York, it is said, was
dining the other day in Congress Hall, in
Albany, where the butter happened to be
particularly rank. sHere John,' said ORA
per to the favorite waiter who was standing
behind him, John take this plate away;
some people like their butter stronger than
others John took the plate, held it up to
his nose moment with the air of a con-
noisseur, then put it back again in its place,
and observed in firm voice: 'Misther
Draper, that is the strongest butter in the
house.
Here is a secret worth knowing William
Writ, in letter to his daughter, thusinsists
upon the Importance of the small sweet cour-
tesies of life. Depend upon it, he is right.
He SAYS: Il want to tell you secret: The
way to make yourself pleasing to others, is
to show that you care for them. The whole
world is like the miller at Mansfield who
cared for no body-no, not he-bccause no
BODY cared'for him. And the whole world
will serve you so, ifyou give them the same
cause. Let all persons, therefore, see that
you do care for them, showing them what
Sterne so happily calls the small sweet cour-
tesies in which there is no parade whose
voices are too still to tease, and which mani
& fest themselves by tender and affectionate
looks, and little kind acts of attention, Civ
ing others the preference in every little en-
joymeut at the table, in the field, walking,
sitting, or Standing
At the termination of the conference in
l776, between Lord Howe and the Con-
gressional Committee, consisting of John
Adams, Edward Rutledge, and Dr.. Frank
lin, his lordship expressed his sorrow that
no accommodation was likely to take place,
and assured his old friend, DR. Franklin,
that he should suffer great pain IN being OBJ
liged to distress those for whom he had so
much regard. Il feel thankful to your lord
ship for your regard, replied Franklin, 'the
Americans on their part will endeavor to
lessen the pain you may feel, by taking good
care of themselves
Mr. Jefferson made an original book out
of the New Testament, an account of which
is given by him in letter to John Adams,
dated October Is, 1913, when Jefferson was
seventy years DID, He took two copies of
the New Testament and cut out the sayings
of our Saviour, rejecting every verse which
was evidently not his; these he pasted in
book, and his compilatiouEis described as
covering forty-six pages. lie wrote to Mr..
Adams that this arrangement had placed
before him sthe most sublime and beneyo-
slent code of morals ever offered to man.
In proof of the extraordinary influence of
Washington over his officers, the following
story is related On certain occasion, when
his officers were engaged at a game of ball,
Washington approached the spot and leaned
against fence, for the purpose Of witness
sing the play. His presence checked their
shilarity, the game gradually slackened, and
finally stopped, the officers declarting hat it
was impossible for them to play in the pres
ence of the commander-in- -chief.-NoIile
TriJune