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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-09-13
Selefteb Mlisfeaanp,
From the New York Citizen
PHILADELPHIA.
VOICE oP THE BOYS IN BLUE.

VOICE oP THE BOYS IN BLUE.
Be merciful to the South
Not with the empty word In your mouth,
But merciful be--let your actions tell
To the men who were beaten, but fought so well.
BE merciful 10 the South!
Be generous to the South,
Gentle In deed and in word Of mouth;
For no craven brand on the forehead shines
Of the men who met US in volleying lines,
And fought for the flag of the South
Be tender and just TO the South,
For famine and slaughter, and hunger and drought
They have suffered who made such gallant night, l..
Fora that wrong, but they thought was right
Be Just TO the beaten South
be Just and be something more,
Now that the hot days Of battle are o'er;
For brothers we were in the glorious past,
And brothers again we must be at last
Be mercful TO the South!
We are all here once more,
The terrible days of our conflict o'er;
And again the Old Flag floats elate
O'er the Capitol dome Of each sister State
In the East, North, West and South.
Let us Join hands once more,
Renewing the vows that our fathers swore
Forgetting all strife, save the lessons II taught
And meeting as reconciled brothers ought
A reconciled North and South
Errors on both sides there were,
But for these-they are past, and we have no care
Lei sponge eide over The hdeOus Ss years
Dividing the North and South.
One destiny holds us yet,
We have common hopes and common debt;
For England was false 10 us both alike,
And against her power with strong arms should strike
The reconciled North and South.
Oh, 'tis glorious hour,
That joins again in imperial power!
And long Ger the land Of the free and brave,
May the Pine and Palmetto united wave
Fit emblems of North and South;
Again, like two parted friends,
With our quarrel fought out, the hatred ends
And none more welcome this happy day
Than the boys in blue and the boys In gray,
Who fought for the North and the South.
MILES O'RK1LLY, his \ mark,
Late private 47th N. Y. Vol. Infantry.
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Origin of the Names of States.

Maine was first called "Marvooshen, I"
but about 1888 took the name it now bears,
from Maine, province in the west of France
The name is originally derived from the
Cenomanui, an ancient Gallo people. New
Hampshire was the name given to the ter.
ritory granted by the Plymouth Company
to Captain John Mason, by patent, in 1889;
and was derived from the patentee, who
was Governor of Portsmouth, in Hamp-
shire, England. Vermont is from verd,
green, and mont, mountain. Massachusetts
was named frou a tribe of Indians in the
vicinity of Boston. Roger Williams says
toe worl signifies "blue hill" Rhode Is-
land was so called, in 1914, i9 relation
to the island of Rhodes, in the Mediter-
ranean.
New York was named in honor of the
Duke of York, to whom this territory was
granted. Pennsylvania was called after
William Penn. In 1864 the Duke of York
made grant of what is now the State of
New Jersey to Lord Berkeley and Sir
George Carteret, and it received its name
in compliment of the latter, who had been
governor of the Island of jersey Della
ware was so called, in 1902, after Lord de
Ia Ware. Maryland was named in honor
of Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles l.,
in his patent of Lord Baltimore; June 3,
1852. Virginia was called after the virgin
queen of England, Elizabeth The Caro-.
linas we're named by the French, in honor
of Charles TX. of France. Georgia was
called, in 1892, after George II. Louisiana
was named, after Louis XIV. of France.
Florida received its name from Ponce de
Leon, in 1872, while on his voyage in
search of the fountain of youth He dis.
covered it on Easter Sunday,-in Spanish,
Pascue, Florida The States of Alabama,
Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, illinois,
Indiana, Ohio, Arkansas, and Missouri are
all named from their principal rivers and
the names are of Indian origin-excepting
perhaps Kentucky-and their meanings in
yolved in some obscurity Tennessee is
said to signify Curved Spoon; Illinois,
the River of men; Mississippi, the Whole
River, or river formed by the union Of
many. Michigan was named from the lake
on It's borders Iowa is an Indian name
also Texas,-signifying "Beautiful." CAL
ifornia was thus named by the Spaniards
OF very early day.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-09-13

ISr Sidney E. Morse, of New York, has
just patented curious philosophical instru-
ment, which is called a barometer. You
throw it overheard, with Its appendages, in
the ocean, where water is miles deep. 1t
goes down like a shot, and as soon as it
touches the bottom it turns and comes
back to the surface. You pick it up and
the true depth of the water where it struck
the bottom is seen on the scale of the bs-
rometer, just as you see the degree Of heat
on the scale of thermometer
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Office National Intelligencer.
WASHINGTON, October 1866


This standard Journal founded than half century
since has been recognized with able and active corps
Of editors reporters and correspondents. It Is of enlarged
ring favoaby with any other first class paper. II has
authentic sources of original intelligence In politics,
commerce. science, and literature. The intimate inter
course between the founders of the National IntegeecT
and those who represented the extremes OF opinions
which have eliminated In the late war, prove the modera
ton and integrity which have ever marked Its course This
intercourse and respect embraced Webster Calhoun Clay
and Benton. 1t had received the confidence Of them ALL
The National Itegcncer Is conducted scrpuously upon
the principles which have guided it. II has lived to
feel the value of moderation and national fraternity, and
reoce perceive that the American people respect them
likewise.
The Integencer will extend cordial and sincere sup
port the benefcent policy Of President Johnson II will
favor such provision for the legal and social protection
the emancpated negro as the several States may deem
and proper. Qualified by location and sentiment to nedi
between the Of section and the resources Of
another It will advocate and aid In transferring the South
those clements capital and enterprises indispensable to
the prosperity of every community.
TO enable the legecer 10 fulfill this measure Of use
ulncss, II respectfully asks the support TO which Its past
moderation and sincere devotion for the welfare
entlte H. In this is now offered TO the public
journal published In the National Metropolis.
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WAYsIDE GATHERINGS.

WA o4D1 Wal aH14N1
Jenny Lind's husband gets drunk and
squanders her money.
TO what color does fogging change
boys complexion? Itmakes him yeD-O!
"A large portion of the burnt district of
Richmond has been rebuilt.
An English magazine writer, in an es.
say copied in Every Saturday, speaks of a
Why is bank note torn by dog sure to
pass2 Because it is current money.
- Negro labor is rapidly superceding
white labor in Illinois-it is so much cheap
er.
- The corn crops of Florida are poor, and
the cotton still worse, in consequence of
long continued droutb.
One hundred and sixty different kinds
of rifles are now on trial in the French camp
at Chalons.
White Frost made its appearance in
Rappahsnnock County, Virginia, on Sun.
Gay OF last week.
Young man-Are you waiting for some
door to open into broad and useful future
Don't wait. Select the door and pry it open,
even though you get your fingers pinched.
"A firm faith is the best theology; good
life the best philosophy; a clear conscience
the best law honesty the best policy; and
temperance the best physic.
The man in Jail who looked out of the
window of his cell, and exclaimed, "this is
a great country" is now generally admit
ted to have spoken within bounds.
Hon o. M. Roberts has been chosen
second Senator from Texas. He has
splendid record, having been President of
the Secession Convention of 1861
Hon. J. Harleston Read, died in Char
lesion, on Monday of last week. He was
for many years member of the Legislature
from Georgetown District
"A statement is being prepared at the
Treasury Department, which is intended to
show that there is no money in the Treasu.
ry to pay the bounties to soldiers authorized
by Congress.
- The New Orleans Times says Brazil is
no place for Americans. So We think.
Stop at home and do your part in the re-
construction of your country. He is no
true friend of the South who advises her cit
izens to 60 either to Mexico or Brazil.
He who is passionate and hasty is gen.
orally honest. 1t is your old, assembling
bypocrite of whom you should beware.
There's no deception In bull dog. 1t is
only the cur that sneaks up and bites you
when your back is turned.
Clergyman's sore throat is a disease
generally recognized by physicians, and
considered very intractable. A speaker at
the late Spiritualist's Convention in Rhode
Island has discovered the cause of it. He
says it is produced by preaching so much
hell.6re doctrine.
game which 'they play at in France" in
which certain members of a company are
entirely concealed except their eyes, and
the rest of the party have to indeutify the
concealed persons simply by their eyes.
The game is known in America as we'll as
in France. The difficulty of iudeuti6ca-
ton is incredibly great, and it is found that
the most intimate friends cannot recognize
each. other by what is considered the most
expressive feature, the rest of the counte-
nance and figure being concealed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-09-13

A GEORGIA WIDow.-An anecdote Is
related by certain Squire, which proceeds
as follows:
"Oh," said the Squire, 81 wish was
married and we'll out of it. l dread it pow
erful. I'd like to marry widow. alters
liked widows, since know'd one down in
Georgia, that suited my ideas adzactly.
About week after her husband died, she
started down to the grave yard, whar they
planted him, and she read the prescription
on to the monument. When she got there
she stood looking at the stones which was
put at each end of the grave, with an epibed
on 'em that the minister had writ for her.
Then she burst ont, oh ho-ho = says she,
Jones was the best of men. remember how
the last time he came home, about week
age, he brought down from town some su-
gar and a little tea, and some store goods
for me, and lots of little necessaries, and a
little painted hoss for Jeems, which that
blessed child got his mouth all yal!er With
sucking of it; and then be kissed the chill
dren all around, and took down that good
old fiddle of his'n, and played up that good
old tune:
sRake her down Sal, Oh, rang dang diddle,
Oh rang dang didde, dang, dang, da.'
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What is "One HORSEPOWER"

very common; yet few, except good me-
chanics and engineers, attach definite
meaning to it, but regard it as indicating,
loosely, about the power which one horse
would exert. It is, however, when used in
the sense under consideration, as definite as
possible, aud means the power required to
lift SO, 900 pounds avoirdupois one foot high
in one minute.
A horse hitched to the end of rope over
pully one foot in diameter placed over a
deep we'll, travelling at the rate of about "a
miles per hour, or 220 feet per minute, will
draw up $50 pounds the same distance be
travels. The force thus exerted is called
in mechanics, "horse power" it being an
approximation to the average amount Of
continuous power it is fair to demand of a
strong horse. If we multiply the weight
raised (l50 pounds) by the number of feet
it was moved per minute, (22O) the pro-
duct will be the number of pounds which
the same power would raise one foot high
in the same length Of time-(33,0OO
pounds.)
The dynamometer is an instrument made
for measuring power, particularly thst ex-
erted in drawing. Those used for testing
the draft of agricultural implements are
simply. very strong spring-balances, or
spring steelyards, graduated to indicate the
power required to raise any weight, within
reasonable limit, at the rate of "a miles per
hour. When we apply the dynamometer,
in ascertaining the draught of machines, if
the index indicates $50 pounds, it is shown
that the horse is required to draw just as
hard as he would do if raising $50 pounds
out Of a we'll with rope over pulley one
foot in diameter at the rate of q miles per
hour, and so for other Weights.
The velocity at WHICH team moves is to
be considered, as we'll as the weight to be
raised, or the load to be drawn. If horse
travels faster than "a miles per hour, while
raising $50 pounds out of a we'll, he exerts
more than one horse power. If he walks
slower than this, he does not exert force
equal to one horse power.
In ascertaining the draught Of plow,
or reaper or mower, by drawing faster than
2i miles per hour, the dynamometer would
indicate more than the correct draught, and
by driving slower, the draught would appear
to be less than it really is. In testing the
draught of machines team should always
move at the rate of "a miles per hour, or
220 feet per minute, which is the univer.
sally accepted rate with reference to which
thermometers are graduated, and an easy
one to which to approximate in driving with
almost, any kind of team.
Many people have supposed that 300
pounds-two horse power-represeDted the
same force that a team would exert, when
dragging 307 pounds along on the ground.
A horse can haul 600 pounds on the hard
ground, with ease; but be could not draw
enough on the dynamometer to mark more
than $50 or 300 pounds, except for few
minutes. The power Of a man is estimated
at one fifth. of horse power.-Americom
AgrtculturiSt.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-09-13

A Com CRoP.-The Harrisburg Tele
graph says: It is estimated that the corn
crop of Pennsylvania will reach, this year,
nearly 100000 bushels; that the aver,
age yield per acre will be in the Deighbor-
hood of thirty-three bushels, although, 10
some localities, as many as 100 bushels will
be grown on single acre. There are seve.
raj Counties in the State where the aver
age product will be over fifty bushels per
acre.
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PROSPECTUS OF
THE SUM Err NEWS
THE undersigned proposes TO issue at Sumter, g. c. on
about the first of June, 1866, weekly paper 70 De en-
titled
ssTHE SUMTER NEWs.''

This Journal will be devoted to literature morality and
general intelligence, and the promulgaon OF the occuTe
of the day-polldcal and general-which may be Of
interest TO the people
No pains or expense will be spared by the proprietor to
render his paper acceptable TO all classes OF readers de
confidently refers to his long experience of ~ years. In
the past journalist to secure for him the patronage Of
the people Of his District.
He congatulates himself that he select for the in
auguraton of his enterprise better occasion than the
present. At the termination OF long and bloody struggle
In which the principles Of free been over
ridden and the Constitution rampled under foot-in which
all the angry passions Of a and eng human nature have
been excited and eIercsed-the Angel of Peace s now
about to unfold her wings over all sections of our COM
mon country, and again 10 gather around her the
goodness the strength and the magnitude Of the American
Union. At such time as this, he can have no better
landmarks by which, for the good Of his country to direct
dent Of the United Sates and he pledges himself to
an far he Is abe the purity and integrity Of the one
and the rmness and the patriotism and the craftsmanship
Of the other.
To the people of Sumter District he confidently appeals
for their sympathy and patronage.
Identified he has been with them and their In
erest In the he asks TO be allowed tbe privilege
In the future He expects build up for them District
paper the of which will be consistent prudent and
patriotic, and which he hopes will not be wanting In
Its influence the education and training of the rising
generation ..
The services of able and talented editor have been
secured who will devote his time and abilities the
ertanment and instruction Of his patrons, and who will
take pleasure In secondng the efforts Of the undersigned,
TO render THE SUMTER NEWS worthy Of the confidence
and support of discriminating public.
For further Information as to terms H., address me, at
Sumter, 8. C. II. L. DARR.
NAV 10
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A Few MOSQUITOES. Brick Pomeroy

A Few MOSQUITOES. Brick Pomeroy,
of the La Crosse Democrat, writing of mos.
quitoes, says by way of illustration:
The other dag dark cloud was observed
coming up from the South. Some persons
remembering the horrors of Viroquar, talk
ed of torpadoes, whirl winds, tempests
others of an imaginative or speculative turn
of mind thought the gathering gloom mark
ed a John Brown atmospheric, ghostly
procession of horse thieves going to La
Crosse church sociable But it wasn't
either; it was dense mass of mosquitoes,
twenty-five miles long, five broad and four
thick, as countless in number as Chase's
greenbacks or Black Republican SINS
They did not alight here, seeming to be in
great hurry to reach St. Paul. Our story
may seem improbable, but it is vouched
for by two intelligent contrabands, five
political parsons and a newspaper CORE,
spondent of the N. Y. Tribune just return.
ed from the South. A German woman,
living out at New Amsterdam, discovered
a mosquito surfeited with blood, lying near
her residence one day last week. She
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-09-13
Wool as an Export to England.

Mr.. Henry Trenobard, of Charleston,
has addressed the following interesting COM
munication to Governor Orr, which opens
vast theme for reflection and action. As
he truly observes, the culture of sheep on
any scale can be made to pay handsomely
with but little outlay In Kentucky and
Tennessee it has for many years been a
source of ample income, and We see no rea
son, while in looking around for means of
sustenance and profit, our people should
not dwell on subject of such vast impor'
tance.
CHARLESTON, s. c., Aug. %.
To His Ercsllency Governor Orr:
SIR: Recognizing you as representa-
tive, not only of the planting interest of
the State, but of the new spirit of pro-
gress that is being gradually manifested by
our people, beg the attention of your Ex-
cellenoy to subject of no little importance
to the producers of the country, to which
with your accustomed propriety you may
allude in your forthcoming message. I refer
to the cultivation of the wool crop.
l. No State in America is better adapted
by climate to the culture of sheep of the
finest qualities and consequent production
of the best fleece than is the upper portion
of South Carolina.
2. Unlike cotton the wool crop is never
uncertain, and the demand never limited.
Furthermore, the high price of the former
articles gives to the latter prominence as q
material for manufacture which has not be-
fore been known in the South.
8. There is scarcely family in the State
which may not keep small Aocks of sheep,
and thus derive an income at little cost,
that it will not only amply compensate for
the original outlay, but return large inter-
est tbereupon.
A. For the first time, the wool business
has been made specially in the South
An English firm, of whom have the hon.
or to be the representative, has established
itself in Charleston, and gives in exchange
for lots of wool, large and small, either the
cash at highest prices, or the best English
manufactured woollen cloths imported ex,
pressly for the Southern market.
DESTROYS that the public shall be acquain-
ted through you with these facts, 30 impor.
tant and suggestive, and hoping that you
will consent to act as the medium, I am,
your Excellency, with high respect your
very ob't serv't,
HENRY TRENcHARD,
No. l9 Exchange Place,
Charleston, 8. G.
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PERIOD OF CESSATION.

NJ Tessier, who for a period of many
years was Superintendent of the Expert
mental Farm established under the auspices
of the French Government at Paris, found
that Of 5S2 mares, the shortest period was
287, and the longest 4l9 days-exhibiting
the surprising difference of 1872 days An
other author observes that the most conclu-
sive and satisfactory experiment on record,
is that instituted by Lord Spencer, in which
the period of CESSATION in no less than 764
COWS, was actually sscertained. From this
it appears that the shortest period in which
a live calf was produced, was 220 days,
but no calf produced under 242 days could
be reared. The longest period Of CESSATION
was 3l3 days. From Lord Spencer's ta.
BILE, as given in the Journal of the Royal
Agricultural Society, it appears that 314
cows calved after the 2S4th day and 80
calved afterthe 2S4th day, SO that the prob
able period of CESSATION in this useful ami.
NAL may be fixed at 2S4 or 2S6 days.
Such, almest identically, was the result
of M. Testers experiments According
to his tables We find that of SIS COWS,
81 oalved between the 2O4th and goth
day-mean, 269 days.
544 calved between the goth and 299th
day-mean, 282 days.
10 calved between the 299th and 321st
day-mean, 3l3 days
Prof. johnson says that "auy calf pro-
duced at an earlier period than 260 days,
must be considered decidedly premature -
and that "any period of CESSATION exceeding
800 days must be considered irregular; but
that in this latter case the health of the pro.
geny is not affected"
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summoned big Yawcob and little Yawcob,
small Hans and large Hans, brought all the
tubs, pals, kegs and kettles to be procured,
and then knocked the mosquito on the
head A knife was plunged into the car
oass, the blood caught, and the family now
have ESQ frst.class puddings in their smoke
house preparing for the "winter of their
discomfort
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THE STATE OF 8. CAROLINA.
YORK DISTRICT,
THE COMMON PLEAS.
Darwin & Jeferys,
Us.

WHEREAS, the Plaintiffs did, on the 18th day Of March,
1885, file their Declaration against the Defendants wbe
is said are absent from and without the limits Of this sae
and have neither wife, nor attorney known within tho same
upon whom copy Of the said Declaration might be seVeo
s therefore, ordered that the said Defendants 90
and plead to the said Declaration, or before tne
day Of March, which will be In the year Of ou Lou oS
thousand eight hundred and s1tyseven, otneW,se ma
and absolute Judgment will be given anG % eTI1so
them. J. F. WALLhec' - ". ~ f'
Clerks Office, York District, 8. Q. = ,v,
March % ~ ...E A9
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The TRANSMISSION OF BLooD.-It is an
nounced that the wonderful medical opera
ton of the TRANSMISSION of blood from the
body of a healthy person to that Of sickly
one has just been performed at Vienna
This method of TRANSMISSION is but rarely re-
sorted to, and only in cases Of excessive
debility, when all other remedies fail.
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CESSATION in Animals.

In volume of great accuracy and re
search, published some time since by dis.
tinguished German author, the period of
CESSATION aud incubation in nearly every
animal and fowl subjected to domestication,
is carefully given. The following table may
be of service to some:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-09-13

The CoTToN CROP OF ALABAMA 1t
is estimated that Alabama will make one.
third of her old cotton crop. The cotton
crop of 1860, in that State, was, We believe,
about 1000, 900 bales. If the staple main.
tains its present price, the Det return to the
planter will not fall far short of the revenue
derived from the larger yield of former
years.