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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-01
A Fable for Fine Ladies'.

Extravaganza in dress has reached such
a scandalous extreme in this country, that
no apology need be offered for rebuking or
satirizing the prevailing taste for costly dis.
play. So thinking, the Ledger will "tell
little story" with point and moral which
may possibly rasp the feelings Of some OF
the sumptuous "leaders of fashion," but
which has at least the merit of being apro-
DOS to one of the vices of the age.
An old French writer is responsible for
the tale, which runs with its redundancies
cut off nearly as follows:
A nobleman having lost his spouse,
udasher" of the Seventeenth century, ap-
plied to a devout hermit for information a.
bout the lads statxs in the other world
Thereupon the hermit dropped off into a
clairvoyaBt doze, and proceeded to state
what he said he saw. The three prominent
figures in his vision were St. Micheal, Lu-
cifer and the lady. The Saint had pair
of scales in which he was weighing the lady
and her good deeds against her sins and
peccadilloes. The beam of the balance was
OF an equipoise, and the good angel thought
that she might pass muster. But at this
stage of the proceedings Lucifer bekoned
to subordinate fend in the distance, who
Immediately shufaed to the front, STOPPING
under an enormous oack.load of magnificent
robes and rare jewelry, "These," said the
Archfend, addressing the Saint, "belouged
to Madame, while living, and you know
as we'll as 1 do that they we're wicked super
fuities which diverted her mind from Heav.
enly musings, I..desire to have them pitch
cd into the scale with her other sins" St.
Michael being fair.miuded hierarch, could
not fatty object; but he tried to argue the
case. "Bah !" said Lucifer, "the value of
one of those gowns would have clothed and
kept forty poor men through whole win.
ter, and the mere waste cloth from them
would have saved family or two from per.
ishing Throw 'em in" They were thrown
in accordingly, and straightway the lady's
scale kicked the beam. There was nothing
more to be said, and the Gentleman in
Black at once took the lady under bis pro.
lection. "What do you propose to do with
herr" said the Saint, soto voce. ''Do With
her ?" replied Beelzebub, in whisper;-
"Why give her new dresses continually and
make her believe that she looks like fright
in all of them" "Wbat worse than 6eudish
malicew exclaimed Michael. And so they
parted-the Saint going his way and the
FieDd with his unwilling companion taking
different and more unpleasant route.
Of'course, as Eugene Aran says in the
poem, "twas nothing but dream" But
the moral of the story is, that taste for
luxury in dress is not one of the Christian
graces. Quite the reverse.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-01
NUMBER As.
The Dead Letter Office.

A correspondent of the Boston Saturday
Evening Gazette says: ..+.
"The dead letter Office is one Of the Gu.
riosities of Washington to the stranger, but
to those engaged in it, it is terrible druid
gerry. The opening, examining and sorting
l4,500 letters every six hours, involves
much hard labor; but it must be done, for
there are four and half million of dead
letters come to the Office every year. All
that are signed are returned to the writer's
but so many are written by "Your affection
ate Adie," or "Your loving Susy," that
each clerk has huge two bushel basket by
him, into which all letters not signed by the
full name are dropped. From that recep.
tacle they pass to the cbopping mill, where
they are cut into small pieces, SO that they
may never be read, and from the choppiug
knife they 60 to the paper mill. The great
majority of these letters are lost through the
carelessness of the writers, and it surpasses
my power of imagination to know how peo.
pie can be so careless, especially when they
send large sums of money
Nearly fifty eight thousand letters came
to this Office last year, enclosing bills and
checks, or bonds And how much do you
suppose these letters contained? Over
three million and half dollars One let
ter contained two one thousand dollar bills;
it was returned to the writer. Another had
two hundred and fifty dollars in it, but moth
ing to show the name of the writer. For
tuuately, the post-mark, though partially
obliterated, could still be read. The letter
came from Chicago, was remailed there
and advertised, and the owner came for
ward, saying that when he sent the money
he was in so much of hurry that be forgot
to add the nome. The most valuable let.
ter, or package that turned up "dead" con.
tanned bonds worth over $40, 900.
All sorts of curious articles come here. I
was standing by the other day, when the
first letter contained twenty five dollars,
soon after two packages of medicine came
along. Sometimes duns, daguerrotypes,
postage stamps, bead bags, even snakes,
bottles ETC., come through this general re-
pository. 1t is an omniWns gatheruns of
small things. '.-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-01

LARGE NUMBER OF VIsIToRs.-We are
gratifed to learn that, for the past two
weeks, the hotels of our city have been
crowded to overlooking, thus showing that
We are having large number Of visitors.
Many of the visitors are merchants from
the interior, coming to the city to supply
themselves with Spring stocks from the
choice collection of our jobbers and imror
ters, while others are here to see US while
in the transition state. Everything, We are
glad to say, looks as pleasant as one could
wish, and we hope, ere long, Charleston
will be the same, and more prosperous than
of yore.-Charleston Neos.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-01
HAIR BRUSHING BY MACnINERY.-S

HAIR BRUSHING BY MACHINERY.-St.
Marx, the Phalon of Charleston, has just
received a new arrangement by which he
can brush the hair of his customers by ma
chinery, which is, altogether, when skilful
ly used, one of the most delightful of pro-
cesses. Those who have enjoyed the thing
in London or Paris, need not hope, of course
to have it SO nicely done by St. Marx, be-
cause he has not all the openings for such
enterprise. In those places the wheels are
run by steam, and everything is the more
perfectly systematized. But here, in old
Charleston, it is managed very we'll, and to
those who really enjoy good brush of the
hair and scalp, we would recommend them
to step into St Marks, Charleston Hotel
We insure them they will enjoy fine lux
ury.-Charleston Neaos.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-01
Good Advice.

An Atlanta paper, the Neao Era, gives
parents, in the subjoined two paragraphs,
most excellent advice. Such advice is good
at all times, but especially is it 80 now,
when every arm and sinew in the Southern
States should be e1erted to retrieve her
shattered fortunes. We see many boys,
and even young men, about the streets, who
should be learning trade, or being indoc
triuated in some business callings. The sad
realities of the past year have exploded
many foolish notions, and among them that
it was not respectable to learn mechanics
trade. Labor is always respectable, and
Robert E. Lee and Joseph E Johnston and
General Elliott, are not less respectable to-
day, than when they were gallautly defend
ing the cause they -espoused with so much
earnestness.
The advantages of good trade or art in
any department of industry, have become
prominently apparent since the close of the
war. Many young men who previously
would have felt somewhat degraded to learn
the carpenters, house builders, or any
other trade, would give one year of their
best services to be master of any of the
trades. The man who has good trade or
craft, and who is diligent and industrious,
cannot suffer, even in this day of scarcity
and gloom. The Nep Era's remarks are
as follows:
Teach your son to work-to work with
his hands-to combine muscular power with
brain power, and be will seldom turn thief,
vagaboud or vagrant The great misfor-
tune with majority of our young men is,
that they have been taught no regular trade
or employment. They now feel sadly the
want of this useful training. Impress
boy with the value of time, teach him
some honorable calling, however humble,
and if he has the man in him it will devel.
op itself in time He will teach himself,
from observation and association with the
best class of persons, who always recognize
and appreciate true merit-to be, and not
merely to appear to be gentleman.
The silly notion, so prevalent heretofore
in this country, that physical labor is in
consistent with good breeding, must now
give way to more practicable, and more
sensible, and more healthy sentiment. We
will then have fewer forgeries, fewer gam
blers, fewer drunkards, and consequently
less demand for space in our State prisons.
We will have more workshops, more fac.
tories, more schools, more and better filled
churches, and a more thrifty, self.reliant,
intelligent, hardy and enterprising popula'
ton.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-01

AN ASTONISHING SEcRET.-The Ger.
man papers announce the death, at Made
burg, of learned physician, DR.. Julius
Won dem Fischweiler, who in bis will has
left the world the following scientific secret,
viz: That his own great age, one hundred
and nine, is entirely to be ascribed to his
constant habit of sleeping with bis head to.
ward the North, and the rest of his body in
a direction coinciding as closely as possible
with that of the meridian, that is, with his
heels to the South. From persisting in this
habit, the learned doctor considered that
the iron contained in our system, finding it.
self in the direction of the magnetic cur
rents which are constantly flowing over the
surface of the globe toward the North Pole,
becomes magnetized and thus increases the
energy of the vital principle.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-01

A BIG CoNsPIRAcY.-The National ln-
teltgencer says information from the State
Department, furnished by the United States
Consul, Potter, reveals the existence of
widespread conspiracy in Canada and Eu-
rope, with the object of affecting the finance
of the United States Government. The
object seems to be, if possible, to create a
panic in the European markets in reference
to American securities, and, as a conse-
quence, forcing home our bonds now held
there. The hope seems to be cherished
that they may in this manner bring abouta
financial crisis in the United States, and
PROSTATE the commercial interests of the
country. The principal Canadian agent is
a man named Vernon, and the first move
ment towards the desired result exhibits it.
self in work, the proof.sheets of which
are in the hands of the Department. It's
tenor may be inferred from the following
heading: "Repudiation of the National
Debt IneSitable-Impossible to Pay the
Interest and Support the Government
The Farmer, Artisan and Laborer Slaves to
sShoddy' and Wall Street."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-01

How TO SELECT FLoUR-First, look
to the color if it is white, with yellowish
or straw colored tint, buy it. If it is very
white, refuse it. Second, examine Its ad'
hesiveness; wet and knead little OF IL De-
tween your fingers; if it works soft and
sticky it is poor. Third, throw little
lump of dry -four against dry, smooth
perpendicular surface if it falls like pow
der it is bad Fourth, squeeze some of the
-four in your hand; if it retain the shape
made by the pressure that, too, is good
sigu. Flour that will stand all these tests
it is safe to bny. These modes are given
by old -four dealers, and they pertain to
matter that concerns everybody-namely,
the staff of life.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-01

he thought the latter would willingly forget
the resentment for the sake of suceor, the
sturdy Yankee returned, and by a single
blow relieved both man and bear from their
troubles in the same instant. Sleeper
thought rather hard of Dobson for some
time, but no real breach of friendship en-.
sued, and, indeed, the two borderers became
afterwards better friends and neighboFs than
before.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-01

CURE FOR THE SMALL Pox.-A friend
has kindly given US the following recipe for
the cure of small pox :-Nepbern Times.
The mode of treatment is as fellows ::
When the preceding fever is at its height,
and just before the eruption appears, the
chest is rubbed with croton oil and tartar ic
ointment. This causes the whole OF the
eruption to appear on that part of the body,
to the relief of the rest. 1t also secures
full and complete eruption, and thus pre-.
vents the disease from attacking internal
organs. This is said to be the established
mode of treatment in the English army in
China, by general orders, and it is regarded
as perfect cure.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-01

roads, as general thing, have all been des
troyed. Jackson, Brandon, Grenada and
Oxford, particularly. The latter place is a
perfect wreck, owing to the prompt and eff.
fcient manner in which General Smith (tbe
prince of incendiaries) discharged the du-
ties devolved upon triumphant conqueror
He evinced no Partially, but destroyed
public and private buildings alike, the rich
and poor being involved in one common
ruin Kicksburg Journal, 3ra.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-01

AFFAIRS IN MISSISSIPPI. We have Just
returned from trip to the Northern por-
ton of the State and thinking that fair
and truthful account of the condition of af-
fairs in that section will interest our readers,
we propose in this issue to give it. In pass
ing, few remarks concerning the railroads
of the State may not be deemed inappro
pirate. The Southern road lin spite of the
difficulties and seeming impossibility of its
reconstruction, is now in fine running order
from this city to Meridian, with the excep.
tion of the bridge at Big Black. This, we
understand is in process Of construction,
and will soon be completed. The efficient
and courteous officers of the road, with COM
mendable forethought for the comfort of pas
sengers, have a line of fine ambulances run.
ming between the gap, short as it is. For
safety, comfort and regularity of schedule,
this road is not to be surpassed. We had
the pleasure of meeting, during our ab-
sence, Gen. West, the President, and Mr..
Frost, the Superintendent of the MiSsissip-
pi Central. Their road, which was per-
feet wreck, is now in good order, save some
fifty miles of the Northern terminus. The
bridges are all rebuilt, and the superinten.
dent informed US that daily trains would
commence running through to jackson by
the first of March. At present they are
tri, weekly from Grand Junction to Canton.
The Jackson and New Orleans railroad also
runs three passenger trains week, connec-
ting with the Mississippi Central at Canton
and the Southern road at Jackson. The
Mobile and Ohio railroad is running daily
passenger trains, and not having been so
badly damaged during the war, is in better
condition than any road in this section of
country. The towns and villages along the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-01
Report Of General Sherman.

The President yesterday transmitted to
the Senate the report of Major Gen. Sher-
man, iu reference to the condition of affairs
in those portions Of the Southern States re-
Gently visited by him He concludes his
report in the following language: "1ndeed,
so far as my observation goes, there is per.
feet satisfaction felt by all classes of the peo-
pie, except on the part of a very few who
are looking to future combinations, involv-
ing the local and unimportant State Offices.
l found everywhere in the South large
number of our officers and soldiers looking
out for land and employment, and l doubt
not that during the next year all the land
which is cleared will be under cultivation,
a large part of it under the direction Of en-
ergetic young men, and that all branches of
business in Arkansas will be stimulated by
the presence of class of men which has not
heretofore resided in that State. Single in.
dividuals now travel unarmed from one part
of the State to another, and General Rey-
nolds is rarely called upon to afford military
protection to any one, black or white"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-01
The Monroe. Doctrine.

PLANTING BY THE MooN.-The Halle
hurst (N1iss.) Copiahan enlightens US thus
UPON this abstruse subject:
"There are a great many who ridicule
the idea of planting by the moon; but ex.
perience is wiser than science, and many of
the most successful gardeners observe rig
idly the rule of planting according to the
changes of the moon. An old friend, in
whose judgement we have faith, assures US
that ali vegetables of the vine kind, as beans,
peas, potatoes, ETC., bear more luxuriantly
if planted In the first three or four days
after full moon; and that corn planted on
the decline of the moon will make heavier
ears than if planted at any other time. Let
our gardeners and planters remember this,
and make the experiment.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-01

GOVERNOR BRAMLETTE ON THE "BU.
REAU."- Lexington correspondent OF
the Cincinnati Gazette, under date Of the
5th, gives the following information
A few days ago, Judge S. S. Goodloe, Of
the City Court, under the statute of Ken
lucky, fined negro for having pistol in
his possession. Mr.. Pinkerton, agent of
the Freedmen's Bureau, took the case in
haud, and informed Judge Goodoe that all
such statutes were no longer valid, and re-
quested him to restore to the negro bis pistol
and remit the fine. Judge Goodloe declin'
ed to do this, not recognizing any rule of
procedure in his court but the statutes of
Kentucky. The matter at this stage was
referred to Governor Bramlette, who, in an
swer to Judge Goodloe, says "You take
the correct view of your duty. You have
no power to make, unmake, or amend laws,
but must administer them as they exist
This you and all other officers should do,
regardless of the menaces of the agents of
bureau which has no legal existence in
Kentucky.
The-powers assumed by super-oficials and
agents of overriding the laws and civil au-
thorities of the State, should be firmly met
and resisted iu every legal form. The whole
negro population being now free, are by our
laws, as they now exist, secured and pro.
tected in their rights of life, liberty and
property. The slave code has nothing to do
with the negro now, and never did have
1 have every reason to believe that the pres
ent General Assembly will adopt suitable
and wise provisions for the benefit of the
freedmen. Whether they do or not, MIR.
Pinkerton ought to know that it is not in
your or his province to make, amend or dis
regard existing laws Mr.. Pinkerton would
better subserve the true interests of the me-
gro, and of the society and State in which
be lives, by looking up his bureau and losing
the key, than by the course be seems bent
on pursuing" The Governor has turned
the whole matter over to the Legislature.
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-03-28
Democratic Victories la Penn
% eJlvs.sli;a ..-..

The Democracy have carried Harrisburg.
the capital OF me State, by l47 majority, be-
ing democratic gain Of l50
The Democracy Of Mercer have cIcstcl
their Burgess by. twelve ofa majority, being
q Democratic gain offs.
E The D. moclacy Of York elected their tick
ct by 3I5 Ola majority: being large Dem
oc"Gt;c gain
In Bedford the Democracy elected their
rieSct, and gained Il on last year $ vote,
The Republicans in those places took the
SIDE OF the. present disunion Radical Con
rrcss, and>tho Democrats that OF President
johnson and his restoration policy. Hence
the glorious result.
The city Of Erie, Pa, has always beo,
booked upon Al one Of the places that crq,d
not tTe anything e. sc than Republican On
last Friday, March Is, they had an election
Tor Mayor. wien Wm. j.. Scot, he Demo
era'ic canlidate for Mayor vas elected by
Joar hmd'ed md Miry &i9 majoriiM As
stron= Republican as Erle has heretofore
Teen, It's citizens do rot endorse the Samacr
Stevens dlsnnion progra nme OF the present
Radlcal Congress. There are plenty Moyc
places Just like Erie as these Radical gentle
men wil discover before they are nanv
years U!d@r
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-03-28
Allegheny Cattle Market
TUESDAY. March %. isC6.

lOLSDAfs Harch u, 1cO0---
CATTLE he supply Of cattle on sale
Yesterday was again up to the usual average,
the whole number in the pcn- being esiima-
ted at from 9j0 to 1000 head, AMI as the
demand was restricted almost entirely to
supplying the wants of the retail trade, the
mark ruled little dull. though prices
as compared with last week. unlerwc-t no
essential change. There was Ettle or no
inquiry on the part Of shippers, and we
presume 80 head Would be a fair estimate
of the number sold for that purpose. The
falling OF in the demand for shipment il in
consequence of the unlavnrablc condition of
the Eastern markets iast week, and those
who had cattle there Their lost money, and
they have no idea of irving il again this
week, for fear they might again meet u sim
llar late. As will be be seen by references
to the sales, prices ranged this week at from
D to % for common; 6! Tor medium; and :
to y for prime to extra.
HoGS. Continue dull and neglected. hut
as the arrivi Is continue light, prices, in a
retail way, remain about a. last week rang
ing from 81 to l0i, for fair to good averages.
IL IS worth Of remark, that the great rro-
portion "f the Hogs now coming in arr
light, averaging from $50 to 200 lbs.
SHEEP, There was a fair retail demand
tor Sheep this week, and while the market
was apparently more active and shade
hrmer, prices rs compared with last werk.
have Undergone no material change, and
lar to prime fat mutton Sheep may BE- fairy
qloted at g to I cents, gross, and common
at to 81. .s. O..
atxs---rs .-.--rS--,.v-.-<.-
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-03-28
Kiae EcEI.2R Gusd Fro Quo

The Fenians at Cleveland had festival
on the evening Of St. Patrick Day
Thomas Lavan, Esq, Of that city, closed
his speech on the occasion as follows:
+" The Fenian Brotherhood adopt the sen
tlment and now all We n,k from this Gov
eFninont IS neutrality IL 1ngiuir That
IS, proclamation that is never intended to
be carried out, while at the same time arms
and munitions OF war are being conveyed to
the tcnlans, and ironclads are being named
9y American .sermen, to sweep, with thc
GreeH rag 1loating from the masthead
with that neutrality, the I1cniin Brother.
hood may be able TO adj, before MANY
moons have passed away, coup1e Of yery
large Northern States to tho Union. and
plant the Green Flag on the rampalts of
Dublin Castle. -
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-03-28

WASHINGTON, March &l.-T The bill to
cqnalHe boufi lies. INTRODUCED! hy Mr. Julian
to-day and referred to the Conmjttee on
Military Affairs, provides for the payment
to every soldier and sailor whs serS-@ du-
ring The late war. and who has been or ,aay
be h2no"abIy. discharged, a bounty of eisAt
and ope-third dollars for euch month ser
vice rsndefei; provided, in case Of discharge
on account of wenpis received in action fall
bounty shat! be paid FOR the time for which
the enllstn6ut was made. No bounty is to
be. paid 10 any soldier or sailor who was
prisoner OF war at rhe time Of his enlistment,
or who had been discharged at his, own re-
quest, unless for tlie parposc Of re-cnlist
sme,f or to accept promotion; nor to any
sailor whose prize money fi,di exceed the
amount of bounty he. would be entitled TO.