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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-04-02

NTUAhT,s O. YELLOW sUGAk--IUO
- barrels stuarts c. Yellow Sugar just landing and
in store. For sale by
an2-S 81 EDaOND. DAVENPORT L CO.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-04-02

RIo 6RANpE, Jan. 3l.-Arrived schr. Tempest
Wood Richmond
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-04-02

ENOR aAI.E.--T0 remaiu in OF near the
L city, valuable an6 genfeei house Servant,
about 20 years old. Persons wishing to purchase
servant to do general house work act in the
pacity of Chsmbermaid, will please call on
sp2- E. d. EACBO, Pearl street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-04-02

III CURES DISTEMPER.
HORSE TONIC
CURES SURFEIT
CURES NANCE.
HORSE TONIC
CURES HIDE.BOUND.
HORSE TONIC
CURES CHAMBERS.
HORSE TONIC
CURES CHRONIC COUGH
HORSE TONIC
CURES Loss of APPETITE
HORSE TONIC
CURES Erery Internal Disease of
the Horse.
The HORSE TONIC 10 worth 500 600 annually
10 the United States as the preserver of many val.
liable Horses and Cattle. Sold by
ap2 DUVAL & NORTON.
u NIB 4HIDERIh- JUST RECEfVED
Ia have just opened another lot of those chesp
York suction Some beautiful and cannot fail 70
please the mont fastidious.
app ALFRED MOSES 6S Main st.
NATTIN .WATTING - those "a
lsl White Mat,iSgs st % 81. per yard, are going
very fast All in want will do well to supply them
selves soon, at the noted cheap store If
sp2 ALFRED MOSES, 6S Main st.
UNDERGRADUATES, EMBKOIDEKIES.-
A"i open this morning, direct from the Northern
Auctions, supe,b line of eedle Worked goods,
oonsistiag in part of rich Infants Waists from 80
cents to SIS so Collars, Bands, very rich Dinity
Bands at % cents, cheap at so CENTS Sleeves. Cam
brio and Swss Ed gings and Inssrtings; Embi odered
hckfs, and great many other goods 10 the embroide
ry line, to be sold cheap. L GOLDSMITH.
ap2 205 Broad ut.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-04-02

Country Merchants will find in their Wholesale
Rooms fine stock OF rare and desirable Go1ds at
low rates they can be sold for by the largest houses
In the country. NH Sl-dac2w
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-04-02

WE HAVE kt&GEiVED Il ire
mendous stock of Shoes and Trunks, to
which invite the attention of the pub
lie as bel & the cheapest in the State We would
call the ateaton of country merchants TO our stock
az we offering great inducements to them to buy
with We sell trunks ct factory prices as we are
agents for several Of the largest makers in the world.
C. S MAURICE, Metropolitan Store,
ap2 ISL Man ST., Eagle squ,re.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-04-02

Il
L Der having had his store enlarged, ipforms his
friends in and country, that he 10 also making
large and varied additions to bis stock of Medicines
Fancy Goods, &c, &c and feels confident that he
oan offer superior inducements to those In want of
any articles In his line Particular attention paid To
orders from physicisns In the country, or from
farmers.
Prescriptions carefully and accurately compounded
from select and reliable medicines
JNO w. GAkLICK,
Apothecary and Druggist, Market Place.
NH i4-4w Fr.nk I'm .tr.st
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-06-25
tYes-well, but you know I'm your wife's
cousin.
yes said the merchant, i know you are,
but vour horse Is not.

aa-Some one of the Boston Evening Tran
scripts corps of reminiscencers has been
telling some anecdotes about members of the
Massachusetts bar, and among them the
Picayune finds this good one Ajockcy once
consulted Harrison Gray Otis in horse case,
the latter sent him bill of twenty dollars,
for advice. The client expostulated, but
Mr.. Otis explained to him so fully and so
blandly the reason of such charge-how
he had spent years and years in study, and
thousands on thousands in fitting himselfto
advise on such matters, that the jockey was
obliged to capitulate and pay the bill. Not
long afterwards, Mr.. Otis was standing in
the street, examing horse that he thought
of purchasing, and seeing his client passing,
called him up and asked him! what he thought
of the animal. The jockey set his hat aslant,
examined him on all sides, pronounced his
opinion on him dogmatically, and then held
out his hand for fee. 1t was Mr.. Otis turn
now to expostulate, but it was all in vain
our jockey recounted to him at what cost OF
time and money he had fitted himself for
Judging horse-aesh, and ended by saying
"Come, come, Mr.. Otis, we professional men
must be paid; my charge is only twenty dol.
lars" Mr.. Otis appreciated the joke, and
paid the bill.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-06-25

How TO PLow UNDER TALL WEEDS
Where weeds have not been kept down by
other crops, or by pasturing, they have, as
might be expected, made a most luxuriant
growth; and as many such fields will have
to be plowed for wheat, and other fall crops,
it becomes matter of much Importance to
know how we can best turn them under with
the plow, so as to be completely out of the
way of the harrow and drill. An excellent
way to do this, is to fasten one end of a hea-
Wy log-chain to the end Of double-tree to
which the harrow or off.horse is attached,
bringing the other under the beam of the
plow, just before the share, and conhning it
there. The chain should lag enough to touch
the ground, or nearly so. A little practice
will teach how tight it should be. By this
plan the weeds are drawn into the furrow
and completely covered by the furrow-slice
falling on them while there. Will some
body tell us of better wayT
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-06-25
PROSPECTUS OF
"THE SOUTH"
A DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED A.

A DEMOCRATlC NEWSPAPER, PUBLlohED Al
RICHMOND, VA.
DEFORE the close of the present month, the
I'D subscriber will issue the first number Of q
newspaper which he proposes to publish in Daily
and Semi weekly editions, and which he intends
to devote to the service of the South the interests
of the State, and to the support of the principles
of the Democratic Party. But the paper will not
be so exclusively political, that its columns will
only interest the politician; nor so subservent to
party rs to spare the misconduct Of bad men, to
betray principle for the sake of power, or to des-
pse its convictions at the suggestion of expediency
I shall endeavor to commend it to intelligent
persons of all classes, by diligence in the coec-
tion of news, by imparting something of agricul-
tural, commercial and literary interest to its col
umns, and by venturing an outspoken and emphat-
c opinion on the topics of the day. no matter what
the hazard of conflict with prejudice or of offence
to the self-appointed feeders Of party. The organ
of no clique, in the interest Of no faction, and
with no partial purpose to serve, the paper will
address itself to the honest judgment of the peo-
pie, and for support will rely upon the apprecia-
ton of energy and enterprise, and their love of
plain talk and independent opinion. There may
be particular individuals to whom this sort Of dis
cussion will not be very acceptable, but if con
conciliate The favor Of the masses, may survive
the opposition Of Ignorant or interested critics.
No doubt servile spirits will be shocked at my zeal
in the defence of the South; still have the con-
solatory assurance that there are plenty of brave
and true men in Virginia, upon whose sympathy
and support may rely with absolute security
And so believing, I embark upon the enterprise,
with no misgiving as to the result.
"THE SOUTH" will be of equal size with the
leading papers of the city and will be furnished
to subscribers ut the following rates Daily seven
dollars year, Semi-weekly five dollars-paya6le
in Advance.
Money may be sent by mail to the address Of
ROGER A. PRYOR,
Editor and Proprietor
R;obmnnd March 1877 13 If
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-06-25

NEGLECT OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
attention to agricultural pursuits is very gen.
orally recommended as a remedy for the
stagnation in trade, so often complained of,
in different parts Of the country. The Bos-
ton Traveller says:
"The complaints Of the present season are
not caused so much by the deficiency of bus
mess, as by the redundancy of traders, and
the over supply Of manufactured articles
furnished by the improved machinery which
has been brought into operation within a
few years. These are altogether dispropor-
tionate to the agricultural products Of the
country.
owe cannot look for any substantial and
permanent reaction, till larger amounts of
capital and much gre.tel number of ener-
getic young men arc Withdrawn from other
pursuits and concentrated upon agriculture.
"The general depression in commerce and
manufactures at the present time, and the
active demand and high prices for almost all
great agricultural staples, offers an excellent
opportunity for the profitable transfer of a
large amount of capital and labor to the cul
tiyation of the soil"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-06-25

FUNNY RAT TRAp.-A correspondent OF
the Genesee Farmer relates the following
funny way of catching rats: 81 build my
corn-crib on posts about eighteen inches high,
made rat-proof by putting board or sheet
iron on the top of the posts. Make every
thing secure against the rats except the
granary, and have this rat-proof, except at at
one of the corners. Here, where they will
like it BEST, make nice hole, with spout
FIVE inches long on the outside, where they
can 90 in and out and eat at pleasure. Then,
if the rats are too numerous, take bag,
after dark, and slip the mouth over the spout
on the outside of the granary. Then send
Ben in at the door with light, and the rats
and mice&will run into the bag. Then slip
the bag off the spout, and slap it once or
twice against the granary. Turn out the
dead, and in an hour or two repeat the pro-
cess. After all are killed, stop up the hole
till new recruits arrive, which catch in the
same way.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-06-25
ORDINANCE.
nEITO ORDAINED, by the Intendant

DEITO ORDAINED, by the Intendant and War
I'D dens of the Town of Yorkville, in Council
assembled, and by the authority of ts same, That,
from and after the publication of this Ordinance
if any person or persons shall fire gun, pistol or
other fire arms within three hundred yards of the
public streets of Yorkville he, she or they shall,
upon conviction, pay ine Of five dollars for each
offence.
2. Be il further Ordained, by the authority. a.
foresaid That if any person or persons, owning OF
having in charge any horse or mule, shall permit
such horse or mule to run at large in any of the
streets of Yorkvile, he, she or they shall forfeit
and pay to the Town Council of said town the
sum of one dollar for every day such horse or
mule shall be permitted to run tlarge.
3. Be it further Ordained, That, for the purpose
of preventing encroachments upon sidewalks, the
owner, owners or occupant Of any lot within the
cooperate limits of the town are hereby prohibit
ed from setting-out any tree or trees in front OF
such lot out of the line now fixed and established;
under penalty Of One dollar for every twenty
four hours such tree or trees may remain go set
out as--.-- ,s,s.s-
4. Belt further Oranined That tax Of fve
per cent, be imposed on oil sales made within :he
corporate limits of the town by tinerant auction
eers-tbe amount of sales to be returned on
oath, and the tax to be paid, by such Auctioneer
to the Intendant before ten o'clock in the evening
of each day upon which such sales shall be made
and upon each and every failure to render return
in the manner thus provided for, such Auctioneers
shall forfeit and pay to the Town Council a sum
not exceeding Twenty Dollars, to be collected in
the mode now provided for by law.
S. Be il further Ordained, That each md every
person, residing within the corporate limits Of
the town, liable to Patrol duty, may commute fol
the performance of such duty by the payment o.
One Dollar and fifty cents; provided sold commu
tation be paid on or before the first day of Apri
next; and oil persons refusing or failing to pay
such commutation within the time specified, shall
be held iabe to Patrol duty, and for n-perform
ance thereof, to such fines and penalties as ar'
now provided by law.
6. BE it further Ordained, That oil Ordinance
or clauses of Ordinances repugnant to this Ordi
nance be, and they are hereby repealed.
Done and Ratified under the corporate seal of th'
town, on the 9th day of March, in the yea
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred ant
fftyseyen
F. H. SINIRIL, Intenaant.
Toupp, HppynoN TJorE
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-06-25

BR1B1NG CoNGREssMEN-A JoKE.-We
believe that it was 81, 500 that Congressman
Edwards, of New York offered Mr. Paine, of
N. Carolina, for his vote. Edwards says it was
all "a joke This reminds us of the story
of old Paraset, the Mississippi infdel French
man, who once blasphemously declared to a
friend that our Saviour stole the jack-ass
which he rode into Jerusalem. But year
or two afterwards the old fellow took the
cholera, and had two stout negroes rubbing
stimulating liniments upon his tortured ab-
domen, when, mindful of his blasphemy, he
exclaimed between the twists of the disease:
Oh! mon Dieu Ven I tell ole Marlow-
vat Sheezes Christ-vat steal zat jackass-
vat was ride in Sherusalsm-I aeas joke p
Edwards is just such another joke.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-06-25

n@Dr. Busby, famous schoolmaster, was
severe, but not an ill-natured man. 1t is
related of him and one of his scholars, that
during the doctors absence from his study,
the boy found some plums in it, and, being
moved to lickerishness, began to eat some.
First, however, he waggishly cried out, 81
publish the bands of matrimony between my
mouth and these plums; if any here present
know just cause or impediment why they
should not be united, you are to declare it,
or hereafter hold your peace" But the Doc
tor had overhead the proclamation, and said
nothing until the next morning, when, caus-
ing the boy to be "brought up and dispos-
ed for punishment, he grasped the we'll
known instrument, and said, 81 publish the
banns of matrimony between this rod and
this boy; if any of you know just cause or
impediment why they should not be united
you are to declare it" The boy himself
called out, 81 forbid the bauns !' "For
what ?" inquired the Doctor. "Be-
cause" said the boy, "the parties are not
agreed" The Doctor enjoyed the validity
of the objection urged by the boys wit, and
the ceremony was not performed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-06-25

A GREAT SToRY.-The following "thril-
ling story" although not of the highest Or
der of merit in literary point of view, may
serve as an amusing theme for lovers Of
"puzzles" to exercise their ingenuity:
We once saw young man gazing at the
Fry heavens, with + in l har and ~
of pistols in the other. We endeavored to
attract his attention by ing 2 in paper
we held in our s6., relating to young man
in that S Of the country who had left home
in state of arrangement. He dropped the
+ and ~ of pistols from his sa% sS-
with the "It is of whom u read. had
left home b4 my friends knew my design
I had 50 the Ras- of girl who had refused
2 lis 10 to me, but smiled upon another. I
ed madly from the house, uttering wild
to the god of love, and without replying to
the ? of my friends, come here with this
+&-~ of pistols to put to my exis-
tence. My case has no in this S."
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Two Dollars per year, in Advance.

Ma. To CLUBS OF Ten, the paper will be furn-
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in advance All subscriptions not specially limited
Mt the time of subscribing will be considered as
made for an indefinite period and will be continu-
cd until all arrearages paid or at the option OF
the proprictors. Subscriptions from other States
must INVARIABLY be accompanied with the cash or
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Business Cards, of half-squarc or less, will be in
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to the Legislature, SIS; to be paid by the persons
handing in the advertisements Monthly or Quar-
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per square, for each insertion. Contracts by the
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however, must in all casesbe confined to the i'm
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tracing. All advertisements not having the num-
Der of insertions marked on the margin, will be
continued until forbid and charged accordingly.
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Tributes of Respect rated as advertisements
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-06-25

CoUsININa.-A Vermont gentleman late
ly arrived in Boston, and Immediately re-
paired to the house of relative, a lady who
had married merchant of that city. The
parties were glad to see him, and invited
him to make their house his home, as he de-
clared his intention of remaining in that
CITY only day or two. The husband of the
lady, anxious to show his attention to rela-
tive and friend of his wife, took the gentle
mans horse to a livery stable in Hanover
street.
Finally his visit became visitation, and
the merchant, after lapse Of eleven days,
found besides lodging and boarding the gen.
tleman, pretty considerable bill had run up
at the livery stable, and he told the keeper
when. the gentleman took his horse he would
pay the bill.
svery good,' said the stable keeper, Il un-
derstand you
Accordingly, in a short time, the country
gentleman went to the stable and ordered his
horse to be got ready. The bill, of course,
was presented to him.
sOh,' said the gentleman, 'Mr. -, my
relative will pay this BILL
very good, sir, please to get an order
from Mr.. -, it will be the same as cash.
The horse was put up again, and down
went the country gentleman to Long Wharf
where the merchant kept.
well, said he, Il am going now
care you? said the gentleman, well, good
bye, SIR
well, about my horse the man said the
bill must be paid for his keeping
well, suppose that is all right, sir
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-06-25

How TO SELECT FLoUR.-l. Look at its
color; if it is white, with q slightly yellow
ish or straw colorcd tint, buy it. If it is
very white, with blush cast, or with black
specks in it, refuse it. 2. Examine its adhe-
siveness; wet and knead little Of it be-
tween your fingers; if it works soft and
sticky, it is poor. 8. Throw little lump
of dry -four against dry, smooth, perpen-
dieaiar surface if it adheres in lump, the
-four has life in it; if it falls like powder, it
is bad. 4. Squeeze some of the -four in your
hand if it retains the shape given it by the
pressure, that, too, is good sign. Flour
that will stand at these tests it is safe to buy.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-06-25

s@~ Ixenish wives have always been con-
sidered fair game for the satirist in prose and
verse. Everybody remembers the old joke
of the husband who, learning that his spouse
was drowned, went to search for her mp the
riiver from the place where the woman fell
in, alleging as reason that, "dead or alive,
she was sure to go against the stream p
And here is an old epigram, in two lines
or, rather, an epitaph-sharp enough to
wake up the vixen, if she was not very dead
indeed:
"Here lies my wife Polly, terrible shrew
If said was sorry, then I should lie, too"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-06-25
LAW BLANKS :!

WYE have on hand, and are prepared to supply
w at short notice, at the ENQUIRER Office,
all kinds of LAWYERS BLANKS in general de-
mand, printed on good paper and neatly pressed.
We offer them at rs cents . quire. Single half
Quire so cents. As we have incurred considera-
BILE outlay to ENABLE US to furnish good article,
we will sell for CASH and CASH ONLY.
Our present stock consists Of the following va.
rieties, viz: Sum Pro; Fl. Fa.; FL. Fla. on Sum.
Pro-; Copy Writ in Case: Copy Writ in Deb; : De.
claration on Account; Declaration on Promissory
Note; Declaration on Bond or Sealed Note; Sub.
prna Writs; Subpoena Tickets, &C..
p6r Orders from distance promptly attended
to, if accompanied by the CASH!
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-06-25
0riginal 4oetrp,
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
MY MOTHER.

MY MOTHER.
When an infant in the cradle,
Who delighted in my prattle
Who first heard my childhood grief
And ever gave me kind relief?
My mother.
Oft by whose hands was I caressed?
: Oft on whose bosom did I rest?
Whose ever kind and gentle voice
Would make my little heart rejoice?
My mother.
Who taught my stammering tongue to pray
And praise my God from day to day
Who taught my tottering footsteps right
And led me in the path of light!
. Ny mother.
When childhood's happy days we're gOne'
'And:riper years came slowly on,
Who did the words of counsel give,
? And told me how I ought to live!
My mother.
Who fingered longest by my side,
When many ills did me betide?
Who sat and watched with anxious care,
And seemed my very pain to share'
- My mother.
When was shattered by disease,
Whose willing hand gave peace and ease !
Whose watchful eye was never closed
Til on my eyelids sleep reposeds
~ Mymothers.
Though others all did from me fly
And least of favors me deny,
Who'd ever ready round me stand
To soothe my brow with gentlest hand !
E Ny mother.
When called to leave my native home,
In other lands to live and roam 3.
Who offered up pious prayer
Invoked for me q Makers care?
My mother.
Now, when life's ftful dream is past,
And + am called to die al last,
Whose grief for me will be strongest!
Who'll liuger at my grave the longest!
My mother.
Whose hand will plant the wild wood-bine
Around the last long home Of mine?
And decorate the silent tomb
With the richest flowers that bloom?
My mother.
3 YoRKv1LLE, S. c., June 25, 1857. P
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-06-25

THE AGE OF SEEDs.-The fact that age
adds value to seeds may be perfectly famil-
lar to agriculturists, but it is new to U.S.
A gentleman in this city is in the habit of
saving his melon seeds until they are six or
seven years old, and maintains with entire
confidence, that, in consequence, they germi-
nate more readily, and originate more pro-
life plants. This theory has recently recei-
we'd striking confirmation in France. In
1852, as we learn from the Paris correspon-
dent of the NJ Y. Times, few grains of
wheat we're discovered in the tonbs of some
ancient mummies found in the south of
France, supposed to have been 1000 years
old. They were planted, and produced the
astonishing amount of 1920 grains to one.
The Government assumed charge Of the
matter, and since that, the product has been
magnifed in such an immense proportion,
that the minister of agriculture is now ena-
bled to distribute large quantities over the
empire, with instructions from the govern
ment farm as to the best mode of cultiva-
tion.
1t is suggested that the immense produc-
tivencss of this wheat is owing to the long
rest of the seed. We imagine that it would
be hard to find sufficient cause in any other
direction. 1t opens very fine field for
speculation and inquiry, and if any of our
readers have facts bearing upon the subject,
we would like to get hold of them.-'Spring-
field Republican.