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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-04-04
Revolutions Of Opinions.

The Albany argus tells us that Henry
Clay used to say that there was nothing SO
wonderful as the forgetfuluess Of the A
merican public, and, thereupou, proceeds to
produce instances of the fidelity of the re-
mark to the truth of our political history.
Twenty years ago it was the fashion to sym.
pathise with Indians, as it is now with the
negroes. That was mainly the case in the
Eastern States, where there was no more
land to be taken from the Indians; but as
there was great deal of their land to be
taken by the Northwest as we'll as the South,
this form of philanthropy was postponed in
those sections.
1t is less than thirty years ago since Mr..
Seward made his entry into public life up
on the excitement of Anti Masonry. He
proclaimed in the Senate of New York that
he expected to leave this, his political creed,
to his children as legacy. What is there
of Anti. Masonry left The reaction against
it has been so great that our whole social
fabric is honey. .combed with secret societies.
Six years ago Mr.. Seward was reelected
to the New York Senate by the aid of the
temperance excitement, into which his
party rushed pell-mell, carrying the Cover,
nor and the Legislature upon the issue of
the Maine Law. Where is political tenn
perance now? Can General Carey tell .?
The reaction against it has restored the So
cial custom of drinking, and made the sell.
ling ofintoxicatiug drinks as common as the
selling of tea and coffee. Even Seward him
self has since been associated in the liquor
trade with dealer at Auburn.
What has become of the excitement in
favor of a Bank of the United States as a
regulator of exchanges and State curren-
cies? The opinion has become universal
that Gen. jackson was right, and that there
is no necessity for such an institution.
What has become of the Anti-Papaoy
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-04-04
MASSACHUSETTS PREPARING FOR A

MASSACHUSETTS PREPARING FOR
CIVIL WAR.-We perceive, by a report
presented to the House Of Representatives,
which we publish in another column, that
Massachusetts, has been actually preparing
for civil war on large scale. The COZ
tracts made for the equipment Of troops
for active service include two thousand
knapsacks and two hundred thousand ball
and an appropriation of $4,000
has been made by the Commonwealth to
defrsy the expenses Of putting the State
troops on a war footing. It would have
been we'll for the country if Massachusetts,
had been as ready With her troops during
the war of lS12-l4-when she refused to
allow them to leave the State-as she has
shown herself in the present instanee.-H'
p Herald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-04-04
Helper in Need of Help.

1t seems that Helper, who robbed his en-
ployer in North Carolina, and then went to
New York and assumed the authorship of
The impending Crisis, has run short OF
funds, and is trying to scrape up fresh
supply by lecturiug in the West. The fol-
lowing from the Dayton (Ohio) Empire,
gives US an idea of his success:
The Cincinnati Commercial of yesterday
announced that the author of The impend-
ing Crisis, Hinton R. Helper, would lecture
in Dayton last night. The same train which
brought us the information also brought to
our city Mr.. Helper and his agent. The
former, we are told, stopped with an ac-
quaintance and friend up town. The latter
called at this Office and ordered notice in
this paper, and a lot of circulars for general
distribution, announcing lecture on the
United States, at Huston Hall, last night.
The hall was lighted up, tweuty-shree tick
cts were sold, and after waiting a reason
able time for more customers, the agent
slipped away, and the gas was turned of.
The proprietor of the hall was at late hour
last night, endeavoring to find the author of
The Impending Crisis, who it seems, was
endeavoring to escape the consequence OF
his own work. We we're not an entirely
disinterested observer of the course of e.
vents, as the agent had neglected to meet
an 'simpending crisis" at our counter.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-04-04
VOLUME I.
Se1eetea Puetrp.
I'VE BEEN THINKING.

I'VE BEEN THINKING.
I've been thinking, I've been thinking,
What glorious world were this,
Did folk mind their own business more
And mind their neighbcrs' less.
For instance, you and I, my friend,
Are sadly prone to talk
OF matters that concern us not.
And others follies mock.
I've been thinking, now il we'd begin
To mind ou- own affairs,
That possibly our neighbors might
Contrive 10 manage theirs.
We've faults enough at home TO mend,
II may be true of others
II would be strange if it were not,
Since all mankind are brothers.
Pvc been thinking, too, that Jealousy
Is our abiding curse;
Its venom taints our neighbor's cup,
And makes our own much worse.
Our nelghbor's follies we can see.
And all their failings tell;
I've been thinking if we'd mend our own.
We should be quite as well.
Iwould that we had charity
For every man and woman
Forgiveness is the mark Of those
Who know sSgo err is human.''
Then let US Danish jealousy
Let's lift our fallen brother,
And as we journey down lies road,
Do good to one another.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-04-04

THE BROAD BARS OF OUR FLAG.-We
protest against the word "stripes," as ap-
piled to the broad bars Of the flag Of our
Confederacy. The word is quite appropri-
ate as applied to the old flag or BARRIERS
pole; but it does not correctly describe the
red and white divisions Of the flag of the
Confederate States The word is bars
we have removed from under the stripes.
As we speak of the flag, we may men
tion that the Committeee on Flags caused
the Secretary of Congress to order one
from Mobile, for the Capitol, which will
probably arrive to-day. 1t is % feet long,
by Is in width; and, as the Congress has
adjourned till May, will probably be turned
over temporarily to the War Department.
1t was manufactured under the direction Of
Major George B. Cli.herall.
Montgomery AaI
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-04-04

INCIDENTS AT Fort PICKENs.-The
Pensacola Gazette records the following:
One night last week, Mr.. Doyle, one of
the head machinists of the yard, and we'll
known here for his reckless daring, made
a visit to Santa Rosa Island, to ascertain
what was going on at Fort Pickens, by the
light of the stars He built decoy fire
some distance up the beach, which attrac-
ted the attention of the second lieutenant at
Fort Pickens, who, whilst approaching
stealthily towards the fire, was arrested and
taken prisoner by Doyle. After a lengthy
interchange of views respecting the crisis
and copious drink of Mr.. Doyle's good
brandy, the prisoner was discharged, with
several "bricks in his hat" and high opin'
ion of the skill and generosity Of bis captor.
A few evenings thereafter this same Mr..
DOYLE made another visit 10 the island, aud
by the darkness of the night actually sue
ceeded in effecting an entrance into the
fort for the purpose of spiking the guns,
but was discovered too early to accomplish
his purpose. He was taken before Lieut..
Slemmer, to the astonishment of the whole
garrison, who threatened to swing him by
the neck for bis unreasonable audacity."-
But Doyle reminding him and the lieuten-
ant of his kind treatment to the latter un-
der like circumstances on previous even.
ing, was spared so painful an inhiction, and
was simply confined during the night and
sent to the navy yard the next morning in
charge of a file of men.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-04-04
Charleston Importations.

The Charleston Courier, speaking of the
preparations now being made for direct i'm
portations into that city, says:
awe are grati6ed in being able to state
that several of the leading houses in our
city are moving as they should in this d.
rection. Prominent among the number is
the old and well established house of Geo.
W. Williams & Co.. wholesale grocers on
Hayne street. This firm, we understand,
have very recently made arrangements for
the importation of several cargoes of coffee,
from Rio de Janeiro, for the ensuing sum-
mer and fall trade.
The brig West Indian and the schooner
II. p. Russell, are loading for South Amer
ica with lumber and rice, and are expected
to return to our port with from eight to ten
thousand bags of coffee for this firm
Messrs. Williams & Co., are also arranging
to establish line of schooners, to be en-
ployed in the West India trade. One OF
the members of the house will leave for the
Island of Cuba for the purpose of estab-
fishing suitable agents, and for the purchase
of supply of sugar and molasses for their
large trade. These gentlemen bring to this
work long experience and every facility fol-
the accomplishment Of their objects. They
are faithfully doing their part to render
Charleston commercially independent of the
North, and we sincerely wish them every
success. ~ rs..
We learn from the most reliable authori,
ty that agents, representing several very
extensive manufacturing establishments in
Sheffield and Birmingham, England, are
expected to arrive here in few days from
New York, for the purpose Of making tenn
porary arrangements preparatory to the es'
tablishment of permanent agencies for the
receipt direct and sale of their wares.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-04-04

RELIGIOUS CoNsIsrENCY.-Rev. Thos
Whittmore tells story Of his having at,
tended church to hear an eminent divine,
and the subject of the morning discourse
was, eye are children of the Devil" He
attended the same church in the afternoon,
when the text was, "Children obey youl
parents"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-04-04

SOUTH CAROLINA STATE PR1DE.-The
nbest abused" State iu North America has
always been distinguished for an indomlta'
Bile State pride, which has distinguished
her under all circumstances. To much of
that spirit is due her present proud position
before the world as the gallant leader 10
the grand secession movement by which the
South has become "redeeued, regeuerated,
and disenthralled." TO that spirit is also
due the excellence of her institutions of
learning, literary and medical. No college
iu North America can claim superiority to
that at Columbia, making due allowance for
the dates at which they were respectively
established. We can account for this on
no other principle but that same spirit of
State pride and patriotism which dictate
the true policy Of building up and foster
ing enterprises within her own limits rather
than those of other States, and particularly
of the North. A natural consequence OF
this is, that independence in politics for
which South Carolina has always been pre-
eminently distinguished among her sister
States, and which doubtless prompted her
to lead off in the great political revolution
through which the South has thus far tri'
umphantly passed.
We have been led into these remarks
from noticing the places of residence of the
graduates of the Medical College of the
State at the late Commencement. Out Of
about ninety who received the degree of
NJ. D. only eighteen werefrom other States.
While larger number from different States
would be no evidence Of superiority of the
institution for affording thorough medical
education, it shows that South Carolinians
appreciate the Importance of fostering her
own enterprises. With such spirit al
ways animating her, what wonder is it that
she should be particularly odious to the en-
emies of State sovereignty, North and
South Let Georgia and every Southern
State initiate her example.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-04-04

R% The man who lives for himself alone,
lives for bad fellow.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-04-04

and Anti Foreign excitement? So utterly
ceased, that the nominee of what was left of
that party looked to the fidelity of the emf
grant class of voters for defense of the Con-
stitutiou against the prevailing fanaticism.
What is remembered of the excitements
against the leading public men ofthe coun-
try, who figured few years ago on the
political boards? These excitements about
the Indians, Anti-Masonry, United States
Bank, Know Nothingism, Temperance,
spread like epidemics, and have totally dis
appeared. Those remaining who were the
victims of them laugh at them now; but
most men have forgotten them entirely, and
only recall, by an effort, the memory of their
extraordinary prevalence.
So will it be with the present excitement
about the negroes in slavery, and which has
swept the whole North like an Epidemic
1t is a fauaticism that, like fever, must
run its course, and, we may add, will either
kin the country or cure it Of negrophobia.
With the Argus We say, we have no fear,
if we master the present danger, but that
the public mind will be cured of its fanati-
cism. The demagogues who have played
upon the tendencies to excitement have
learned lesson. They see that the sec.
tional issue has been pushed to the verge of
safety, and never can be pushed further
with profit. They will, therefore, abandon
it, as they have other issues-as they did
the United States Bank issue, Anti. Mason.
ry, Internal Improvement, Maine Law,
Know Nothiugism, &c. The only danger
that their demagoguery has gone too far,
and their policy commenced too late.
Another lesson may be learned, and that
is the folly of allowing ourselves to be drawn
unthinkiugly into the vortex Of these excite.
ments, and believing that our political creed
or platform of our party are emanations Of
Divine wisdom, and should be as inhexibly
adhered to as the Decalogue. And further,
the folly of carrying our political feelings
into our personal and social relations, and
regarding those Of opposite politices to our
selves, as fit only for our hatred, simply on
account of their party afinities. Cincin'
natl Enquirer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-04-04
Collection of Customs IN the Confed.
crate States.


crate States.
G. G. Memminger, Secretary of the
Treasury of the Confederate States, has is-
sued circular instructions in relation to the
collection of customs. Revenue stations
on the railroad lines entering the new Con-
federacy, where all goods are to be subject
to examination, and the trunks and person.
al baggage of passengers, will be subject
to the following supervision:
PASSENGER BAGGAGE
The baggage of all passengers passing
over the railroad routes before named, on
arrival at the aforesaid revenue station or
depots, shall be subject to the inspection
and examination of either the revenue
guard at such stations, or revenue officer at
such revenue depots, and any baggage that
may be intended to be landed at places be-
tween the revenue stations and first revenue
dcpots, may be examined by the revenue
guard, and if containing no articles subject
to duty, shall be landed at the intermediate
place named, by having the following per-
NIT, signed by the said revenue guard, past
ed prominently on the trunk, valise, carpet
bag, or other envelope of such baggage,
and the permit shall be in the following
form:
Revenue Station ut 18
Passenger baggage examined, and may be de.
livered. A. B.,
Revenue Guard.
BAGGAGE CONTAINING DUTIABLE MER-
CHANDIsE.
Should, however, dutiable articles be
found in such baggage, the trunk or other
package containing the same must be placed
10 the car with the merchandise, and under
the revenue lock, as before required, and
the fact noticed in the manifest. And such
baggage shall be delivered, with the other
merchandise, to the chief revenue officer at
the revenue depot, under the foregoing reg
ulations.
DISPOSITION OF BAGGAGE AT REVENUE
DEPOTs.
Passenger baggage destined for places
beyond or more interior than the revenue
depot, must be examined by the chief reve.
nue. officer at said revenue depot, and if
they are found not to contain any merchan-
disc subject to duty, may pass to tteir des'
tination by having permit in the same
form as that provided for revenue stations,
signed by the chief revenue officer, pasted
thereon.
Should, however, such baggage contain
dutiable merchandise, the trunks or other
package 10 which said baggage is contained,
shall be deposited at said revenue depot as
hereinbefore provided for regular merchan-
disc.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-04-04

Tariff of 1861, known as the Morrill, Tariff,
imposes the following duty:-"On all iron
imported in bars for railroads or inclined
planes, made to patterns, and fitted to be
laid down upon such roads or planes with
out further manufacture, and not exceeding
six inches high, tvelre dollars per ton"
The Tariff adopted by the Confederate
States imposes the following duty Iron
in bars, bolts, rods, slabs, railroad rails,
spikes, fishing plates and chairs used in
constructing railroads, ten per centum ad
0alorema. ~. ~ -~. -.,.a
There is this slight difference. Taking
the average cash value of railroad iron in
England at s37 per ton, the duty on such
at the port of Charleston would be SO ~
at the port of Wilmington it would be
Sl2 per ton, and this is only slight speci.
men, railroad iron being somewhat favored
under the Morrill, Tariff, other bar iron pay
ing fifteen dollars per ton. =.
The awfully complicated schedules with
respect to calicoes aud other textile fabrics,
under the Northern Tariff, must immensely
increase the cost of collecting the revenue
on the little sum of exports that do not find
their way through the ligbtly-taxed ports
Of the Copfederated States. If Mr.. Lin
coin would defend his authority ane the or,
ganization of this Government against dying
trophy, he had better call Congress to
gether to frame reasonable tariff. Under
existing circumstances he cannot collect
enough revenue to pay the new recruits,
let alone find pap for the hungry veterans OF
the abolition army Wilmington Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-04-04
STATISTICS OF MORMON POPULATION.


The Valley Tan copies the following sta
tistics of Mormon population: b
The population of Mormons in the UNI
ted States and British dominions in 1855
was not less than $4,000, Of which 38,
we're residents in Utah, 1000 in New York
State, 1900 in California, 5000 in Nova
Scotia and in the Canadas, and 5000 in
South America. In Europe there were 38,-
900, of which $4,000 were 10. Great Brit
ain and Ireland, 5,000in Scandinavia, q,
900 in Germany, Switzerland and Frances,
and the rest Of Europe 1000; in Australia
and Polynesia 2,400; in Africa 100; and
on travel $500. To these, if We add the
different branches, including Sarengities,
Rigdonites and Whitcites, the whole sect
was not less than 10000. In 1857 there
appears to have been decrease n'the pop
ulation of Utah, the number being only
81, ,622, Of which 5000 we're children, a
bout IL 900 women, and II 900 men capa-
BILE Of bearing arms There are 2,3s8 men
with eight or more wives; Of these, IL
have more than nine wives, 7S0 men with
Eve wives, 100 with four wives, and q
5OS with more than one wife. Recapita!a'
'tion-4,61 men with about IL, 500 wives.
The SECRET OF SUCCESS IN BUSINESS
We clip the following from the Syracuse
Cniou and recon- mend its truth to the con.
sideration Of our friends: "When you find
a man doing more business than you are,
look at the advertisements he has IN the
pa pers. The business man who puts his
sign in the newspapers does much wiser
thing than when he fastens it over his store,
and who would think Of neglecting that!
The man who advertises informs the public
that he wants trade, and his card in the
newspapers is an invitation to customers to
come and buy. Where one person reads
in the streets, FIVE hundred read it in the
paper. No matter how well business man
is known he can always pick up new eusto-
mers, if he will take pains to letthem know
where be is and what he has to sell. No
one can afford not to advertise for by neg
Iectiug the means Of securing trade be
loses the best part of his profits.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-01-14
ReaI estah..
A RARE CHANCE

Ga A RARE CHANCE.--A very de-
ii sirabe and eslely located geuiee residence Nth
9shAnearly OF Land sale. H0nt Cha9 Thur
Der having taken up his reAldcnce In Brooklyn NJ r..
has favored with Instructions offer at private sale
bis beautiful meneion In Worcester Mass Said house Il
thoroughly built In the most modem and approved STYLE
y repete with everv convenience or comfort and ut
lty. containing spacious entrances hqll with fourteen
large rooms warmed by superior iaInaee lighted vita
gas Egyptian marble mAntlcs, set marble basins In cham
bers supplied with warm and cold water spacious bath
Ing and LANDRY privileges, spacious kscAen with
abundance Of domestic convenences, gas nxtures for
cooking &C., large conservatory, two SON water cs
terms. good well, large cellar with floor laid In
ment, and many other advantages not enumerated. TIM
house s ~ anelghborhood Of the highest respeiabty
upon an elevated lawn covered with fine growth Of
namental trees strawberry c. with an extensive 'front.'
age lnclosed with massive Iron fence granite foun-
datton. There Ii also paved carriage way from the
street to acommodious barn and carriage house In the
rear built OF stone In the most substantial manner.
the rear land tastenly laid out with fine garden and
fruit orchard of choice trees in bearing condition.
mented with hedges shrubbery. &C. For terms and fur
ther Information, Inquire of Hon CfIAS THURBER, a.
the Mansion House, Brooklyn, A. or Of the snhscib
No. Flasgs Building Main street, Worcester. Mass
IroI leE
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-01-14

sire and envy. all the mortal sins sirode past
them; an angel Of punishment read their fault
and their defence. This latter, to be sure, was
not brilliant, but it was presented to that God
who reads all hearts, who fully knows every
thing, the evil which is born with us, and
which we leave to that God who is himself
grace and love. The hand Of the pastor
trembled he dared not stretch it out he
ventnred not to draw hair from the head Of
sinner; and the tears gushed from his eyes,
like a stream of pardon and love, whose cool
ing waters should extinguish the everlasting
flames of hell.
There the cock crowed.
"AlLmercful Godl Do thou give peace to
her whom am unable to ransom I"
81 have it now !" said the dead. at was
your harsh words, your doubt in humanity,
your gloomy belief in God and his creatures,
which brought me te YOU Become acquaint.
ell with mankind E2en in the wicked lives
a part Of God, sLeh part as can conquer and
extingnisl the TASTES Of hell r.
And the preacher felt kiss on his lips, a
shimmering light shone around him, the clear
sun Of God streamed here into his room, where
his wife, living, mild. and full Of love, had
awakened him from dream which God had
sent to him .asi