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Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-06-09
Candies, Of all kinds,
AHBROTIPES, AHBROTYPES,.
PROFESSOR MOFFETT,

tEING just returned from st. Louis where he has
been taking thorough lessons in the art, wuuiG
sceu inform the citizens of Mineral Point vici.
tty that he mas opened line
AnIbrotyPe. Photograph and Dagncrrcian G aIiery.
ami invites the citizens TO call fine specimens
OF the art, which far surpas in beauty correctness
The AmTotypes beautiful in clearness richness
and decacy OF tone and have several advantages over the
naguerreotypes. They be taken in fourth the
time sitting they are not reversed have glare gt
they are warranted never 10 fade. They all the rae
now in the cities All who them charmed wifi
thelr beauty and cerncs. Come one, all and give
me CALI Instructions given ia the art good terms
have on hand fine gold 0ckets cheap for cash all kinds
Of fancy ana ames. Children taken in ono second
Rooms opposite Post Office.
2ou c. r. MOFFETT Artist
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-12-03
Eauards', Hiss, 1857.

THE VALUE OF THE CHINA TREE.-This
beautiful shade tree, under whose wide
spreading branches the Southern people
spend so much of their leisure time in the hot
summer, is (says the Port Gibson Herald)
truly to them one of the greatest blessings of
Providence. There is an inviting and well
come look about its refreshing shade, and we
hold that man is misanthrope indeed who
loves not the china tree. But the China tree
while it is such friend to man, is an unre-
lenting foe to insects and vermin.
Man has no terror about him equal to the
bold little ant in his swild hunt after some
thing to eat, and in his little pleasure excur-
sion, but in neither his hunting nor pleasure
trips, nor in his aspirations for the higher
life, will he climb the china tree. And the
caterpillar refuses to grace it with his hand
some turn out of butterflies. The tree frog
leaps from it as it would from the little urchiu
arped with stick for its destruction; and
those ear splittiuglittle tormentors, the locust
and the caty did, are said to refuse to make
melody in its branches.
This responsiveness about the China tree
to insects and vermin, has led some obserV-
ing and thoughtful persons to experiment
with it. Its branches hung about, fresh
meat will keep off flies. a tea made of its
roots is said to be death to garden WORMS
The skipper.Ay will not trouble meat which
has been smoked with the berry or wood of
the tree. Fleas and bed-bugs refuse to keep
company with its leaves. In fact the China
tree needs only the application of the inven-
tive genius of live Yankee to draw from it
some balm for most of "ills that flesh is
heir to- Truly the china tree is great
Tree-the pride of the South as well as of
China.
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HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

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to wake up our minds to lively interest. When
we see them bravng the hardships Of the desert,
overcoming every difficulty from savage foe, and
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and bloody war, We are pleased with every danger
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Gemperan(e Column,
cI,ERGYMEN AND TEMPERANCE.

We read in one of our exchanges, (says
the Spirit Of the Agc) last week, mclan-
choly instance of the danger OF moderate
drinking. 1t was the case of clergyman, in
Virginia, we'll known in some parts OF this
State, who has recently gone down to drunk
ards gave And we have heard of another
who has also been very lately in public
drunken debauch. Truly, in the language
of our ritual, ''Intemperance spares not the
high nor the humble Kings of the earth
sink before it, while wisdom, and genius
and piety fall PROSTATE"
In view of the reproach which drinking
clcrgymcn arc bringing upon the church,
should not the ministry give more Of their
influence anil their crcHions, to advance the
Temperance cause than they have been doing
Of late
In addition to motives Of personal safety,
certainly to christian minister there is an
equally powerful incentive in the argument
respecting the good of others. This view of
the question is pressed with great force, by
BiAop Pt'cr, in his discourse on the drink
ing usages of society, from which We make
the following extract:
uBut let us admit-for one moment, and
for the sake Of argument to admitit on 9TH
er ground would be cupable)-lct US admit
that yoa can dri"h ~M sIcty To yonrscy!!
Can gouorink miM @!jcW to .yo"r nciyhJor?
Are you charged with no responsibility in
respect to him? You drink as you think,
within the limits of safety. lie, in imitation
of your example, drinks also-but passes that
unseen, unknown line, within which, for him,
safety lies. Is not your indulgence, then, a
stumbling -block-aye, perchance fatal
stumbling block in his way? Is it not, in
principle, the very case contemplated by st.
Paul, when he said, 1t is good neither to cat
flesh NOR TO DRINK WINE, nor anything
rhereLy thy brother stumblch, or is otend-
cd, or is made freak Yonder are the young
and inexperienced, without habits of self
control, and with fiery appctites. Would you
have them do as you do? Yonder is one who
is just on the verge of the precipice that will
plunge him into shame and woe unutterable !
Are you willing that he should find in your
daily potations specious apology for his
own I"
There is another strong appeal. If strong
drink has ruined clergymen by hundreds, it
has ruined clergymcn's children by tens of
hundreds. No mans child, no Christian
minister's child, hut stand in jeopardy eve
ry hour" Is it the mere imagiuings ofa Tenn
pcrance enthusiast? We would that it were
so But the truth is the rcalityis more sug-
gestive of wel-founded alarm than any repre-
scntation of ours could make it. Let parents
give heed.
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SALLY DILLARD OUTDONE.

Scene at Chatham, during the session of
the Circuit Court in the case of Common
wealth vs.. Cassidy, on charge of maici-
Gus stabbing.
The venire being impanneled, and the jury
solemnly'charged by the clerk, the Common
wealth's Attorney called, in support of the
indictment, the witness, Buck Bryant, who
being solemnly sworn, the truth to tell, tes-
titled as follows:
Question by Commonwealth's Attorney.
Tell all you know abou. the cutting of the
prosecutor, by Cassidy the prisoner at the
bar.
Ans.-Well, gentlemen, it was election
day-'twas dark, cloudy, wet sort of drizz
ly day, and says I to my old woman, I be-
lieve II 60 down to Ringgold and post my
vote. And says my old woman to me, well,
Buck, as it is sort of dark, cloudy, wet
sort of drizzly day, says she, hadn't you
better take the uwbril. So took the um-
brill and advanced down towards Ringgold,
and when 1 got down thar, Mr. Cole coined,
and says he, uncle Buck, have you seed any,
thing of old neighbor Harris Says to
Mr.. Cole, for why? Says he, he's got my
umbrell (The witness was here interrupt
cd by the Court and told to confne HIM
self to the actual fray between the prisoner
and Cole, the prosecutor. In answer to
which the witness remarked, in tone of
indignant remonstrance, we'll now, Judge
you hold on, for am sworn to tell the truth,
and 1 am gwine to tell it in my own way
so 'tsint for-while for you to say nothing
more about it-whereupon the court and
commonwealth attorney, being anxious to
get rid of the witness on any temrs, told him
to go on tell the tale in his own way.) Well,
as Twas going on to say, twas on one elec-
ton day. Buchanan and Filmy was a run
ming for the legislature, and says l to my
old woman, old woman, says I, b'leve I'll
go down to Ringgold and post my vote
Says my old woman to me, says she, Buck,
as it is sort of a dark, cloudy, rainy, damp,
drizzly sort of day, hadn't you better take
your umbrill, says she? Says 1 to the old
woman, says l, Ispect l had better take my
umbrill, so took the umbrill and advanced
on towards Ringgold, till arriv thar. Well,
the first thing l did when got thar was to
take drink of Buchanan whiskey, which
was monstrous good, and says I to myself
says I cd hoss you feel better now, don't
you? And while I was advancing around
Mr.. Cole he came to me; says he, Uncle
Buck, says he, have you seen anything Of
old neighbor Harris? Says I, for why?
Says he, the old cocks got my umbrill. Ar,
ter while posted my vote, and then Mr..
Cole was tighter than ever seed him. And
so we advanced along till we got to whar the
road and path forked, and Mr.. Cole and me
tuck the path, as any other gentlemen would,
and after advancing while, we arriv to
old neighbor Harris, settin on log with
the umbrill on his arm, and about that time
Elijah Cassady (the prisoner) coined up,
and We advanced on till We arriv at Elljah's
house. Elijah is my nephew and likewise
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-12-03
RUM AMONG THE INDIANS.

The banc of the red men has long been
the fire water the whites brought to them,
and taught them to USE Before it they
yielded, and have been swept away. In some
portions of the coun' v, laws, more stringent,
if possible, than the Maine law, have been
adopted for their protection. But despite
all this, rum still holds sway over them !;
and, it will he seen by the paragraph below,
exercises itself for evil toward the General
Government, in the Indian troubles on the
frontier We quote from the st. Paul Times
of August 4th:
"We do not claim any original discovery
when we assert that alcoholis the stimulating
and direct cause of four.fifths of our troubles
with the Indians, as it is of fourfifths of the
crimes among white men. If the government
would infict heavy penalty on any one who
sells the fire water to the red man, and then
dcputize vigilant force to carry that law into
execution, and enforce that penalty, there
might be hope of something like perpetual
peace. InGians may smoke their kinikinik
in calumet, but drink of whisky is an
emblem of contention and crazy wrangling.
There is four times the need to-day for the
governmental station troopsalong the frontier
to prevent a set of vagabonds from pursuing
this everywhere nefarious traffic, and putting
to the red lips ofthe poor Indian the cup that
shall make him mad, than for the suppression
of any real hostiities. This is the key to all
our frontier difficulties. We sell to the wild
and benighted savage something that makes
him drunk, then we send government troops
to bayoret him because he don't keep, sober.
"The Chippcwas have been furnished with
liquor on the Upper Mississippi, and have
consequently become unmanaageable and
warlike. They have threatened the white
settlers, and have driven in the Rev. Mr..
Breck from his mission at Leech Lake. This
Infamous traffic not only sets tribes against
each other, and lights feudal sparks of discord
into blaze, but it puts in jeopardy the lives
of our settlers and our settlers wives and chill
drcn, and margins our territory with blood. l"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-12-03
we WILL ALL TAKE A RIDE ~

MILES JOHNSON, ESQ,
To his numerous friends,
His work so admirable commends,
Where grace and strength III beauty blends,
And cheapncss, not less lovely, lends
Her true poetic fire.
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Come ye trudgers through the sand
Come ye gay and gallant band,
Who ride for show, for pleasure and
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He's Brides, Saddles,
Buggy-fxings also nice and fine,
And trappings to suit every mind,
And everything that's most divine
In the Horse contraption line,
To suit oil straddles.
The beautiful
Assortment which he has on hands,
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His Martingals, Bits and Crupper- bands
Your close attention too demands -
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Come all and see
MILES JOHNSON; on the second floor,
Over WEIKERT & McCANTS'-once more
He invites you-furthermore,
lie has something nice in store,
Call, call and see!
Sent II 81 #
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-12-03
WHAT IS NOW Do1Nd?-While we write,

WHAT Is NOW DOING ?-While we write,
these things are happening: In a grogshop
there is an old topper raising another glass of
liquor in trembling hand to his fcverish
lips. At his side stands young man taking
his grog and cursing everything, while the
dealer rattes the coin in his box. At another
grogshop there is fight now in high pro-
gress among set of drunken rowdies, and
before we make the period at the close ofthis
sentence, it will be Overcome poor fellow
stabbed to the heart-his last cash made and
his soul before its God, even while we were
writing from the last period to this. Away
somewhere under the shadow of hill stands
a cherries home, and wife and mother in
it, weeping as if her heart would break. Up
the pathway comes drunken man singing,
shouting and cursingby turns; and, entering
that cherries home, the terrified and half
famished children fly from his presence, while
that wife raises her hands to ward off the
blows she knows is coming. Hcavily-sorely
the cruel DlOWS are uOW iaiii"S uPOu SoihS
poor wife from the hands of drunken, bru-
tai husband. Up on hillside somewhere a
grave isyawning. They come-they come !!
the corpse and the mourners. If is young
man, and the sexton itnow telling stranger
the sad story as they lean on the grave yard
gate: "Hc was in hard drinking spree,
and the night before last he blew his brains
out with a pistol" They arc letting him
down in the grave now and the clods are
rumbling on the coffin boards, though we
hear them not, and an old mothers heart is
breaking over grave, though we feel it not
The tragedies ofrum are going on every min
ute these things have just transplred some
where in land cursed of rum ; aye, more
terrible than these have happened even as
we have written from one period to this last.
Spirit Of the Age,
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SEWING MACHINES.
To Manufacturers, Planters and Private
Families.

In purchasing such an article as O SEWING
Il MACHINE, the true policy is to buy the best.
l. NJ. SINGER & Co.'S GAZETTE, a beautiful
pictorial paper, contains full and reliable inform
alton about SEWING MACHINES, and answers
all questions that can be asked on the subject
All who read this paper will learn how to pur-
chase Sewing Machine with which 81 900 year,
clear profit, can be made, and will be protected
from being imposed on by some of the humbug
Machines now before the public. Singer Co.. s
Machine is arranged to do coarse and fine work Of
every description. The Gazette may be obtained
gratis on application at any of Singer & Co.'S OFF,
ces. A machine can be seen in operation at the
Tailor Shop of Mr.. W. C. OWEN, of Yorkville,
S. c. L. NJ. GRIST, at the ENQUIRER Office, is
m authorized agent.
Singer & Co.'s Charleston Office, 324 King-st.
Principal Office, 323 Broadway, New York.
July ., 1857. 2G If
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CONSTITUENCIES gentleman having
advertised for servant, black man applied
forthe situation The old gentleman enqulred
of him whether he understood Consequences
-"because if you do not, you will not suit
me-"
Sambo requested him to explain himself, as
he did not know that he understood the
meaning of the term.
why" said the gentleman, elf tell you
to set the dinner table, shall expect you to
lay the cloth, put on the dishes, the sauce,
&C., as a necessary consequence, without my
being under the necessity of ofmentioning eve
ry item to be placed on the table"
"Oh yes," said Sambo, 'if that is what
yon call consequences, I shall try to suit
you" ,
Accordingly, Sambo was employed, and
suited the old,gentlemau very well-mindlng
to carry out consequences in every particu-
lar.
At length the old gentleman was taken i'll,
and Sambo was sent in haste for the doctor.
Sambo stayed long time, but at length ar
rived, not only with the doctor, but with a
lawyer to write the will, the undertaken to
take the dimensions Of the coffin, and grave
digger to dig the grave, &c.
"Why, Sambo," said the old gentleman,
~ merely sent you for the doctor, and why
do you bring all these men p
"Because," said Sambo, "you told me l
must always consider consequences; and l
thought these men, (pointiug to the men of
law and dcath,) necessary consequence OF
having the doctor"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-12-03

s9- Some musical publisher Or teacher
once wrote or said "that theart Of playing on
the violin required the incest perception,
and the most delicate sensiblity of any art
of the known world" Some country editor,
in commenting on it, says, "The art of pub
fishing a country newspaper and making it
pay, beats the art of fddling higher that a
kite"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-12-03

a Coon JoKE-We had a painful trial
of our patience to-day. An individual asked
US what difference there was between the
new cent and the old fashioned quarter. Af-
ter giving the subject suitable reflection, We
replied-sDon't know
why, there's twenty-four cents difference,
isn't there?' said he. Itseemed evident that
he was right.-Boston Ga:ctc.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-12-03

aSe 4 man once travelling by stage
coach in Michigan, was fortunate enough to
be on poor road where was obliged to go
on foot, and carry rail to pry the stage
out of mud holes Becoming exhausted and
impatient, he addressed the driver:
"Look a-here old boss, I've no objection
to paying ten cents mile for my fare, and
no objection to going a-foot, but III be hang.
ed if [ carry this rail another rod"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-12-03
Amusing 8&abmg.
A SPECIMEN BRICK.
From Sphynx's Great Tragedy of ''Flat Burglary,
or the Attrocious Villain"
ACT ", SCENE Z.

hCI SSINI
(ScENE-A perpendicular rock, two hun
dred feet high; six yards square at the top.
Capt Hercules Gapperclaw, R. N; stature
FIVE feet six circumference, five feet pre-
cisely; hair, red complexion blue; appears
mounting ladder to the summit. AS he
reaches the fourth round from the top, the
head and shoulders of Clarence Montmoren-
cy, the ardent and chivalrous young Ameri-
can, the defender of Isabel De Courccy, ap-
pears at the top of ladder on the other side.
His elegant figure is attired with fastidious
taste. The rivals stare for moment in mu-
tual astonishment.)
Mont. Gin clarion tones.) Fiend.
Clap. (hoarsely.) Ape!
Mont. Demon
Clap. Baboon!
(Nontmorency leaps upon the rock.)
Mont. Here, monster, if you dare the en-
counter, our mortal feud shall end, till inject
thee again upon the blisteriug crags of the
Internal world
Clap. Fool ! give bail against flight by
doing thus He mounts the rock and
hurls his ladder into the abyss.)
Mont. Boastful bully of the seething surge,
behold my pledge! Gle tips his own ladder
into the chasam.)
Clap. Now, dainty sir, can you tell me
what is the difference between the ruler of
the Tartar hordes and an unsuccessful aspi-
rant for repown?
Mont. Wretch. can. The one is great
Khan, and the other great can't.
Clap. For carpet-night, not bad; but
now, nincompoop, tell me, into what insect
an iceberg transformed when it sinks to the
bed Of the illitable ocean?
Mont. Execrable assassin I smile in Sc
rene derision at thy poisoned dagger. Thus
I answer; it becomes bed-berg, Of course.
Clap. Perhaps, then, perfumed Jacka-
nape, you can explain the electromagnetic
difference between the functionary who COM
mands yon distant railway train, and the
minion who tends the brakes?
Mont. With ease: the former being a
conductor, the latter is, of course non-con-
ductor.
Clap. Qoosing his temper.) Sheep! I
will trihe no longer. Tell me now why the
Atlantic telegraph cable should be styled the
modern Bosphorus.
Mont Because, being attached at one ex-
tremity to Ireland, twill become famous
crossing place for bulls. And now rufian,
(clarion tone again. answer me this: why
is paralyzed cockroach like fictitious mar
rative?
Clap. with sinking sensation in his
stomach, but keeping up bold face in his
desperate predicament) Solve that disgust
ing problem yourself puppy! Hercules Clap
perclan, R. n, disdains such butchery of
his royal mistresscs English.
Mont Because, monster, it is numb
bug, Gan 'um bug.)
(Clappercla'c staggers-falls over the
precipice.)
Mont. Down with thee to Pandemonium
remorseless wretch.
CURTAIN FALLS. FINS.
Note.-An injunction against the publica-
ton of the thrilling tragedy, of which the
foregoing is the closing scene, has been SER
we'd on the author. He is ready, however,
to give public readings in the principle cities
in the United States and Canada on short no.
tice. Persons of weak nerves not admitted.
Boston Saturday Ecening Gazette.
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BgPREcocIous.-Little Sis-"Oh Bob
by, Pm goin' to have hcoped dress, an
oyster-shell bonnet, pair Of ear.drops, and
baby"
Little Bub-''Thc thunder you is q! Well,
I'm going to have pair of tight pants, a
Shanghai coat, shaved head, crooked cane,
and pistol ~