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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-10-21

The USEFUL AND BEAUTIFUL The
tomb of Moses is unknown but the traveller
slakes his thirst at the well Of Jacob. The
gorgeous palace of the wealthiest and wisest
of monarchs, with the cedar, and gold, and
ivory, and even the great Temple Of Jerusa.
lem, followed by the visible glory Of the
Diety himself, are gone, but solomon's res.
ervoirs are as perfect as ever. Of the ancient
rarchitectuary Of the Holy City, notone stone
is left upon another: hnf the pnnl Of Rethes
da commands the pilgrims reverence at the
present day. The columns of Persepolis are
mouIdering into dust; bat its cisterns and
aqueducts remain to challenge our admira-
tion. The golden house Of Nero is a mass
Of ruins; ut the Aqua Claudia still pours
into Rome its limpid stream. The temple
of the sun at Tadmor in the wilderness, has
fallen but its fountains sparkle as freshly
in his rays, as when thousands Of worship.
pers thronged its lofty colonnades. 1t may
be that London will share the same fate Of
Babylon, and nothing be left to mark its
ute save mounds of crumbling brick.work.
The Thames will continue to flow as it does
now. And if any work of art should still
rise over the ocean of time, we may well
believe that it will be neither palace nor q
temple, but some vast aqueduct or reservoir /;
and ifany name should fash throug b the
mist of antiquity, it will probably be that of
a man who in bis day sought the happiness
Of his fellow.men rather than theirglory, and
linked his name to some great work of ma
tional utility and benevoence. This is the
true glory which outlives all other, and
shines with undyiug lustre form generation
generation imparting to works some of its
Immortality and it some degree rescuing
them from the ruin which overtakes the or.
dinary monuments of historical tradition or
mere magni6cence. e.-EdinJurg Reptew.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-10-21

MONEY IN THE DEAD LETTERs.-The
dead letter branch of the General Post Of
fee has just closed another quarters work.
During the three months which terminated
on the 9Oth ultimo. there were found 2,729
letters which contained money, amounting
in the aggregate to sl2,92l.s2. For the
quarter which closed Both June last, there
were received 4,549 letters and S2l, ,49o.s5
in money. For the quarter ending Both
March, 2,472 letters and $l3, ,457. l5in mon.
ey. Quarter closed 3lst December, 1852
letters and 1861. go in cash. Total in the
year, 1902 letters and SCI, ,2as.72 in mon.
ey. It is gratifying to state that under the
efficiency and promptitude which character.
ICES the finance bureau, over nine.tenths Of
the whole amount of cash has been restored
10 the original owners.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-10-21
M(ist&llaaots Aeaai1g.
From the New York Journal Of Commerce.
"JEsUs WHPTn

"JEsus WEPT."
Why fell those .ears from Hin who stood
Beside that love. watched grave
Whose call should summon back life
Whose very voice, should save
That ssddened greap from weary pain,
Release each heart from grief,
And wake in many fsithless soul
That heavenly pulse-belief?
Why wept He? Not alone TO, him
Who lay in lifeless rest
Nor loving friends. who mour ming knelt e.
Above that faithful breast:
Oh no! those holy drops were shed
For many an aching heart
Not heating yet-hut soon to learn
Our earth's great woe-to part.
For Jesus loved the world that lay
Before him in its blight,
And who can tell what scenes unrolled
Before his plying sight;
How oft within that little pause,
The hidden future. gave
That vision back,-the dropping head,
The good bye, snd-the grave.
Perhaps He saw earth's surface strewn
With groups Of mourner's pale,
And felt the air grow thin. and sharp,
With sorrows lonely vail;
While shrouded forms lay still and cold
Within each circle fond.
And Death stood gathering up the links
From every severed bond.
And then-He saw that one new grave
Wherein man had not lain,
But where the eating" and "yictory"
Together should be slain.
twas then-He spake. and bade to life,
As one day, he shall call
From out their graves in earth and sea,
The sleepers, great and small.
LILY L,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-10-21

How SLAVE VESSEL ARE GOTTEN RID
OF.-One Of the sailors captured by the U
States Marshal, of New York, for being en-.
gagged in the African slave traffic, on the
Haidee, has made a confession. He says
the ship sailed from Havana to Cadiz, and
thence to point on the coast Of Africa:
The vessel lay at that place one day and
a night, and the next morning a cargo of
eleven hundred and thirty three negroes was
brought on board, natives Of the coast of
Africa; on the afternoon of that day the ship
sailed, and went directly to the Island Of
Cuba, making the port Of Cardeuas in the
afternoon, and anchoring there; in the even
ing of that day, two Spaniards came on board
and made arrangements with the Captains
Boutele and Viera for the purchase of the
slaves, on the next day, at an early hour in
the morning, two boats came alongside, and
took all the negroes that remained alive on
hore, about two hundred of the negroes had
died on the voyage. Whitney, BOutelie, Vera
and Thomas also went on shore, leaving the
vessel in command of Macomber, the first
mate, who told the crew that the vessel was
cleared for New Orleans, the bark went to
sea, and after being out one day, the mate
called all hands aft and told them that the
vessel had no papers, and asked what was to
be done.
The crew rel lied that they had not made
up their minds what to do; the mate then
said, "Well, We had better 90 to Long ISL
and we shall be safo there" The crew as
sented, and the bark sailei direct to Mon.
tauk point; after the land had been made,
the mate said it would be better to scuttle
the bark and land it at night; the bark was
then scuttled by boring hules in the side
which were plugged, the bark then made a
tack out to sea, as it was yet daylight, but as
soon as it was dark she came back within
Eve miles of land, when the plugs were
drawn out, and she soon sunk, seven of the
crew. named Jose Frank, Portuguese, Jose
Cartano, Portuguese, Antonin -, Portu.
guese, Jose Marie. Portuguese, John Bap-
tiste, Italian, PHILIPPE Wilson, Portuguese,
and - Balzoo, spaniard, got into boat
which was kept off shore till the next NOR
ming, when it landed at Montauk.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-10-21
CHEAP BLANKETs.-Newpapers blankets

CHEAP BLANKETs.-Newpapers blankets
are coming into vogue. They are no joke.
A correspondent Of one Of our exchanges
thus refers to the matter: 81 have recently
heard much about the value of newspapers
as q substitute for blankets, and have con-
sidered the statements to be apocryphal. But
last evening was induced to make the ex-
pertinent. took four full.sized newspapers
and pasted them together at the edges, ma.
king one large sheet the size Of blanket. l
then removed three blankets from my bed,
and blsced the newspaper sheet between the
me remaining blanket and the counterpane.
The sesplt was comfortable niighes slssR,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-10-21

To SToP A RAILROAD TRAIN.--A cor
respondent of the Washington Cd. Co. lu-
telligencer proposes to "stop train Of rail.
road cars whatever may be its runningspeed,"
by having an oil vessel placed in front Of the
driving wheels, and immediately over, the
rails of each side Of the track, with q com.
municating string leading to the Engineers
stand; almost Immediately constant stream
of oil could be poured on the rails, and the
former motion of the train would entirely
cease when, or soon after, the last car of the
train reached the oiled portion Of the rails.
By having another fixture not differing ma.
terially from the first, in the rear of the
hindmost car, Immediately overhapging the
rails on either side of the track, stream Of
sand could be poured on the rails, thus pre-
venting another train from being stopped BY
the cause. ....-y -....
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-10-21

A BANK OF GOLD There is project
on foot in New York to establish bullion
bank, which shall use nothing but coin in
its transactions. It meets with the cordial
approval Of many prominent men, among
whom are Martin Van Burep, Robert j.
Walker. John A. Dix and John j. Cisco
The capital is to be 81, 100000, and the rev.
epues are to be derived from loaning this
sum. and charging very small commission,
from the tvo.hundredth to the one tenth Of
one ner cent, on the sums deposited with
the bank, which will always be, payable in
coin 49,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-10-21
FoRaoT THE BABY.-The Oxford Mcrc..

FoRGoT THE BABY.-The Oxford Mcrca-
ry of Thursday, tells the following:
sOne of our citizens went to Water Valley
the other day with his family. After paying
respects to friends and acquaintauces, they
got on train and started home on the road
one Of the little girls laid down on seat and
went to sleep, and was sleeping very sound.
ly when the train arrived here. The good
parents in taking their effects out of the car
overlooked little sleepy-the consequence Of
which was, she was safely transported to the
Juuction-leaving the parental folks feel
ing like they had let bird go. The father
put out in the next train after the lost sprig,
and met her at Waterford coming down,
having had fine ride which she enjoyed
passing WE'LL -..'-7 "
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-10-21

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IN HIS GIa.--lt
is now but century since Benjamin Frank
lin, Postmaster Genera! of the American
colonies by appointment Of the crown' set
out in his gig to make an official inspection
of the principal routes. 1t is about eighty
wears since he held the same Office under the
authority of Congress, when a small folio
(uow preserved in the department at Wash.
ington) containing three quires of paper,
lasted as his account book for three years
These facts bring before us, more forclbly
than an elaborate description, the vast in
crease in post office facilities within hum
dred years. For ifa postmaster we're to un-
dertake to pass over all the routes at present
existing, it would require six years of ipees-
SAINT railroad travel at rate Of l35 miles
daily; while if he were to undertake The
job in gig, it would require lifetime for
its performance. Instead of small folio
with its three quires of paper, the post Office
accounts consume, every TWO years, 3,OOQ OF
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-10-21

without any feeling of cold. pledge my
word to you, gentlemen, that this is literally
true; and my object in making the commuss
nication is that, through the medium ofyopr
paper, the fact may be generally circulated; !;
for it is no triaing matter to the poor to know
that for an outlay Of few pennies they can
supply themselves with comfortable bed.
covering through the winter. One Of the
printers connected with the Advocate Office
has also made trial Of the matter, and says
it works to charm"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-10-21

GEN. VIM. T. HAsKELL.-We regret
to learn that this distinguished son Of Ten
nessee, now confined in the lunatic asylum
at Hopkinsvile, is still afflicted with the sc
verest form of mental derangement.. Lately
it bas bssp necessary 70 keep bin in 1bs
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-10-21

JEFFERsoN's Ten Rules. Meyer
put off till tomorrow what you can do TO.
day.
2. Never trouble another for what you can
do yourself. ~" 'o'@'
8. Never spend your money before you
have it. ~" "
4. Never buy what you do not want, be.
cause it is cheap. 80 70
S. Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst,
and cold. 1'.F- q. ....
8. We seldom repent Of having eaten too
little.
7. Nothing is troublesome tbatwe do vii:
lingly. "a '~s, "
8. How much pain the evils have cost us
which have never happened. ...-
8. Tskeeeverything always BY thssneoth
handle. 2ss
10. When angry, count ten before nm
speak !; il very angry, a hundred
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-10-21
M A little boy called upon one Of ou

@A little boy called upon one Of our
citizens last week, and offered some rssber'
ries forsale. Swell, my son" says the cit
izeu, aare there not worms in theml" 4he
little boy frankly replied, 81 think there are
some" Our citizen then said, M don't,
want the berries, bnt as you are an hooest
boy and tell the truth, will giveyops dime
The boy rstorted, y don't selling honesty"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-10-21

"a Among the weddings which came of
in Philadelphia last week, was that Of Mr..
q. and Miss N. W. The parties were to
have been married six years ago, but milf
on the part of the lady confined the swain
to a single bedstead for all the subsequent
period. With his wife, II. gets fortune
of nearly seveuty-fve thousand dollars. He
narrowly escaped losing both, and from the
same cause which lost General Scott, the e.
lection of the Presidency. His troubles
were occasioned by an unfortunate bit Of
phraseology which went to make up tho sum
total of a love letter. H. has crop ol very
red hair. Miss W. isblessed with thesame
personal PECULIARLY. 10 writing to Miss
w., Fl. alluded to sour mutual fame an
expression which the lady applied not to.the
torch of Venus as was intended, but con.
strued it as an insult to her tresses, Red
headed lovers will please make note, and
when writing to red headed lady, say moth.
ing about mutual flames BY doing 50, H.
escaped losing frst-class wife with
a bag Of doubloons. ....-.. ~. ....
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-10-21

the largest sized ledgers, keeping not lees
than 100 clerks constantly employed in re-
cording transactions with 1000 contractors
and other persons.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-05-08

WE have been selling Bcrrhavcs's Holland
Bittcrs for some months; and, although, when
it was first introduced, we did not urge its sale,
being unacquninted with the article; still ne
found the public determined to have 1t, and to
meet the demand we have been obliged to Pur-
chase more of this article than We ever have OF
any other patent medicine whatever. Every
day brings new testimonials Of its efficacy in
removing the various complaints for which it is
recommended, and in offering it to orr custom.
ers we do 50 with more confidence in its virtues
than is due to most preparations Of the kind
Gale Brothers. Druggists,
14S Randolph ST. Chicago, m.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-05-08

y Coop WnrrEwAsir.-As this is the season
of the year when people begin to clean up and
make things look fresh for the approaching sum
mer, we copy from the last Scientific american,
the following in respect to the best and cheapest
whitewashcs both for the inside and outside Of
houses:
Take half bushel offresh burned white lime
and slack it either with hot OF cold water, in a
tub or barrel. When thoroughly Stacked, dis
solve in the water required to thin the lime, two
quarts of common salt, stir it thoroughly, add
one quart of sweet milk, aud it is ready for TO
put on with brush.
This wash is for outside of buildings fences,
&c, and is very durable. Some put glue il
vhitewa>h, and others flour and rice PASTE but
these render it liable 10 scale off in very dry
weather.
: The above wash may be made a cream color
by the addition Of Ochre.
The above whitewash is all that can be de-
sired for the interior Of houses, except the salt
it may be omitted, as it tends to mbibe nois-
ture. French white is superior to- lime washes
for the ceilings of it l. not 80 liable TO
turn yelloxish in color hut it rubS off easily
that it cannot be used for side walls.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-05-08
To the Hon.

TnE LATEST RAFT HvEa FLoATED on TIE Up
PER MGssIssIPPL-The largest raft of lumber
ever loated upon the Upper Mississippi passed
ST. Louis, on Saturday morning last. 1T was
the greatest sight, says the Democrat, 'eyer
seen in these waters" The raft was managed
by twenly-four red shirts every man at his
oar and every oar dong its work. The size of
the raft was .dec hundred and sirty feet long,
hy two hundred vide, and the amount If lum.
her which it contained full million feet, to
gether with 100000 lath, 100000 shingles
There were two good sized honses erected on
board, aud the whole crew aud officers consisted
Of captain, twenty -fonr oarsmen, two cooks,
one clerk and bottle lsdsher, which, together
with black hear and bull dog, made up the
occupants The raft was owned by James Car
net. one Of the heaviest of the Black River lun'-
Ter dealers
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-05-08

learn that this institution is beginning to rea-
lie the expectations of its most sangune friends
The number of students WHO have been entered
for the present summer session is said IN be
larger than it las been for many years. and the
different parts OF the country from which that
number is made up is in fact big with promise
for the future We believe il is universally con-
ccded that Washington College is now under II
system of government which may be regarded
os almost perfrct-that is humanity speaking
aud such being the case, in addition to other
great advantages, what now remains to prevent
our college from becoming the very first institu-
ton Of the kind in the Land! We can see no.
thing of the kind Washington Pa. Examiner.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-05-08

SUNSET Cox.-Cox, the vac.llating ObioM. c.,
whose surrender to the administration shows
him to be either very weak or to have his price,
was thus dismissed to the land of the setting sun
by the Cincinnati Gazette, few days ago. The
same thing would apply to Bill Lawrence:
''Ths sun of Cox has set Of all the weather.
cocks of the day, he is one of the mos: remark
able. At the first dawn Of the Douglas rebellion
this ambitious fowl crowed the most Justify of
all. From this time forth, Mr. Cox may hang
up his violin. There is no more hard work for
him to do in Congress after his term is ont. y
true, honest, manly course would have ensured
his reelection. We venture to say that he could
not have been defeated had he been willing to go
before the people next fall simply on the Lee
compton issue. But he has changed sides just
in the critical moment. The Republicans OF his
district are relieved from the unpleasant duty
they would otherwise have had Of giving him
their support"
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-05-08
TnE MrNIcIpAL ElEcr1oN 1N PnILApELrnIA-

The MUNICIPAL ELECTION IL PHILADELPHIA-
4nti.LecomPtoa Tri,enpa.-At the election
on Monday tile auti-Iecomptonites of PhiIadel-
phia elected their ticket for Mayor and munich
pal officers generally by over 4, 600 minority
The North .4anerica. of Wednesday morning
says:
'The election in this city yesterday resulted
in the triumph ofthe Peoples Ticket. Accom-
plished as this result was, in the face orthe
most thorough discipline Of party perfectly or
ganized, it proves the determination Of the yo-
tcrs to secure reform in the city government,
and at the same time to administer an unnis-
takcable rebuke to the powers at Washington
Municipal misrule and national tyranny had
completely diSgusteti the voters of PHILADELPHIA
and they showed their sense Of rcprobatiOn by
the decided maiOrities which were yesterday
pollrd against the democratic ticket. At the
tune We write, it is certain that Mr.. Henry and
the whole of the city ticket has been handsome
ly elected, with large proportion of the Select,
and at least two-thirds Of the Common Council
which secures the entire pat 'onage of the
city to the opposition. Sornueh for Lecompton
and corruption
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-05-08
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Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-05-08

Gov MISE IL FIx.-'Ehe Frc,.rck~burg
Ns,r, has, as the h'hoys say, fairly 1T down"
our wonderful Gov. Wise. 1t PUBLISHES side
aud side, the letter OF Gov Wise on Know
Nottingham, dated Oct -, SOD, ari IAN On.
tract from lectures on the Dramatic literature
of the age of Queen Elizabeth, by William fIaz-
litt,' They read just exactly alike, for the good
reason that Gov. Wise has pagiarized, rer5ati'e
ct Eterntinl, the extract amounting to what
would make nearly a column in our paper. We
are sorry for our reckless Governor. He ought
to have had more sense. The discovery is n
god-scnd to Ridgway, OF the Richmond IrHig,
who Immediately bursts out into one OF his
usual tender passages about the Governor.
Says Ridgway;
We have always contcnded that our delecta-
bic Governor was the va~leSt and most impudcnt
humbug of this or any other country, OF this
or any other age. Aud We believe such is fast
getting 10 he the universal conviction of the
country. \ short time since made an expo
sure of his petty larceny" in the matter of
that very striking and beautiful toast lac sent 10
Washinton on Saint PatIick'S Day We are
sorry that our near and Gear neighbour with all
his admitted resources, should thus he detected
in plagiariSing other mems thoughts and Ian
guage. But such, we suppose, Is the nature Of
the animal, and he can't help it Always aiming
10 appear raoldinarily original, and anxious
to make sensation, he tsW appropriate literary
property when h, is unable Of himself to the
accomplishment Of the particular end be may
have in view.