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THK YoRKYfhLE EMQUfRKR.
ys1isteItaueu1s Artifles.

VALUE oE THE POUND STERLING IN CURRENCY.
The Journal of Commerce gives the following as
specimen of class of communications received al
most daily, which, with the answer to it, we trans
fer to our columns for the benefit OF like lnqurers
New YORK, December 81, 1866.
Editor Journal of Commerce. >,
Sir: In this morning. Journal, you quote gold
as opening at 1861. At this rate, what amount IL
currency would be required to purchase draft o1
one pound sterling? 1 wish you would PRINT some
simple rule, whereby novice could tell at any time
the actual value of pound sterling in dollars and
cents. I would also like to know the meaning o1
the quotation, Sterling bills are offered by leading
drawers at 1904 for sixty days on London and 1Oi
for short sight" Asking pardon for troubling you,
T am. &C., ANXIOUS INQUIRER.
1t is difficult to explain the seeming mysteries o.
foreign exchange to one who is wholly uninitiated
but we will venture few words in reply to the
above. A sterling bill is draft payable in English
pounds shillings and pence, called sterling money
A sixty days bill is payable with grace sixty days
from sight; bills were formerly payable on presen,
tation, but the custom of granting three days
grace after sight came into general use In England
and thus "short sight is used to designate those
bills legally payable three days after presentation
price which the drawer undertakes to pay pound
sterling to the holder in London, sixty three days
after presentation there for acceptance: 1t is not
1921 on the actual value of the pound in the Fed
eral money, but on certain conventional rate
IA. Thus s4.H4x 1904 equal to 81 1856, (omit
ting fractions The latter is the value to be paio
in gold here for each pound sterling of the bill o.
exchange. Now, $486.6 K 1861 equal 1854 g.
which is the value in paper currency of the pouno
at the rates given The rule, therefore, is obvious
Multiply S4.44 by the quoted rate Of exchange
that viii give the cost here of one pound Of ex
change in gold. Then multiply this product by the
Quotation Of gold; that will produce cost OF tht
pound in paper money This is very simple pro
cess, and one which, it is probable, every reader
will be able to understand
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On1Na A VENTR1LooU A gent ntleman going
down the river on a steamer, the engine OF which
was upon the deck, he sauntered to see the work
ing of the machinery Near him stood man ap-
parently bent upon the same object; In a few
moments ssqueaking. noise was heard on the op-
a gigantic one by the way-the engineer sought
out the dry spot and to prevent further noise OF
the kind, literally applied the contents Of the can
to every joint All went on well for while, when
the squaking was heard in another direction. The
oiling process was repeated and quiet restored !;
but as the engineer was coming quietly, towards
the spot occupied by the gentlemen, and the sran;
ger heard another squeak. This time ne detected
the true cause of the difficulty. The stranger was
ventrioquist. Walking up straight behind him,
he seized the astonished joker by the nape Of the
neck, and empted the contents Of the can down
his back. 'fhere!' said he, II don't believe that
old engine will squeake again.
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ANEcDoTE OF THE REvoLuHoN.-Col. William
Williams, delegate in Congress from Connecticut,
after having signed the Declaration Of lndepend-
ence, said to one of his companions: :,
''1f we are defeated in our effort for independ-
ence, this days work will make bad work for me.
have held commission in the rebel army; have
written for rebel newspaper; l am the son-in-law
of a rebel Governor, and now [ afix my name to
this rebel declaration My sins are too great to be
pardoned by our royal master. l must then be
hanged" on
The other gentleman answered as follows;
IT believe my case is not so desperate, for have
had no connection with the army, nor can it be
proved that heretofore have written or done-any-
thing obnoxious to the mother country
The immediate and prompt reply was:
''Then, sir, you deserve to be hanged.
The above will apply to recent times as well as
to the Revolutionary era.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-01-31

THE WAY TO EMINENcE - Many years ago, a
little boy entered Harrow School. He was put in
to class beyond his years. andwhe all the schol
ars had the advantage of private instruction, which
was denied to him. His master child him for his
dulness, and all his efforts could not raise him from
the lowest place on the form. The little fellow re,
solved that he would try with all his might to learn.
Nothing daunted, he then procured the grammars
and other elementary books which his class,felowS
had gone gone through in previous terms. He devoted
many of the hours Of play, and not few of. the
hours of Sleep, to the mastering of these; In
few months he began gradually to rise, and 1t was
not long before lie shot far ahead Of all his compan
ions. and became not only leader Of that dlvlslon
Lut ultimately the pride Of Harrow! You may SEE
the statue of that boy IN st, Pauls Cathedral, toI
he lived 20 he the greatest oriental scholar Of mod
ern m Eurcre, = the celebrated SIR William Jones
Try boys, try! Never forge, that whatever is
worth doing, is worth doing weN
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THE LAST OF THE CoNFEDERACY.-- The Lynch
burg T,lginia,, says: There were sold in this city
on Saturday at public auction, on account Of the
United States lot of hospital or field stretchers
the property of the late Confederacy. They were
purchased by commissioned merchant, at SIX
teen cents apiece, and will be converted, the cloth
into grain bags and the wood into garden frames.
1t was sight that suggested mournful reflections
1t spoke of pale faces and bleeding forms; tspoke
Of suffering and anguish it spoke Of battle and car
and and thirst and exhaustion it spoke of bighted
hopes and broken hearts of vacant seats and
mourning houses; it spoke of furled banners and
shattered lances, and it spoke of a brave people
ground beneath the heel of despotc power. We
turn from the scene under the influence of these
sad memories.
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PERUVIAN GUANO.

nIRECT from Agents at Market Rates. So
IL LUBLE PACIFIC GCANO,sf9 (ash, eao ISL
November, with interest, approved City aceep-
tance.
yemberwith interest, approved City acceptance
1st November, with interest, approved City accep-
tance.
PHOENIX GUANO, $50 Cash.
FLOUR OF BONE, unadulterated and unburt
FARMERS PLASTER OR GYPSUM, war
ranted pure. n,. H.,
In offering the above Manures to Planters, | do
so with every confidence, not only having testlmo-
malls from Planters who have used them the past
year; but the further guarantee, that every cargo
as il arrives from tho Factory, IS anaSZe9 ny fTo
SHEPARD of the South Carolina Medical Col
lege, and tie high reputation Of these malures
fully kept up. D. n. kobooS' ~
To,,,s.. IN ~ Il
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The Mprkpille Guqnirer.
TERMS---IN ADVANCE.

l4- To persons who make up clubs OF Ten or
furnished one year, free Of charge.
ADvERTISEME
Will be inserted at One Dollar and Fifty Cents
per square for the first, and Seventy-fve Cents
per square for each subsequent inserion-les than
three months. A square consists Of the space oc-
cupied by ten lines Of this size type, or one inch.
No advertisement considered less than square.
Semi Monthly, Monthly, or Quarterly Adver-
tisements, will be charged Two Dollars per square
for each insertion.
Quarterly, Semi-Annual or Yearly contracts
will be made on liberal terms-the contract, how
ever, must in all cases be confined to the immed-
ate business Of the firm or individual contracting.
Obituary Notices and Tributes Of Respect, rated
as advertisements. Announcements Of Marriages
and Deaths, and notices of religious character, in
serted gratis, and solicited.
GBr Personal Communications, when admissa-
BILE; Communications of limited or indivual inter-
est, or recommendations Of Candidates for offices
vertisements.
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HAVING IT QUA gentleman, riding through
the country few days since. struck up with the
following rich ''case and giving, as it does, new
phase in that nature common to us all, we gladly
rive it place Our friend, riding eisurely along,
approached fence corner, when his ears were
greeted by e1clamations of anger, accompanied by
vigorous thwaeks on some object that judging from
dust arising from the locality, was anything but pa
our informant beheld tow-headed urchin Of some
twelve summers belaboring with all the strength
he was master of, what seemed to be most stub
born specimen Of the genus mule. The operation
did not apparently discommode the beast further J:
than to arouse its, ''mulshiess," and to which it
gave vent by series Of kicks that would do honor
to Castellos circus ring At this uncture, our in
formant ventured to demonstrate, when the follow
ing explanation was vouchsafed: dad whips
nam, 1whack- mann whips sis, ,(whaek-
me-, me, an I'm going to take It outE(xhaek. J"
Griffin Herald
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COOP FOR CHEATHAM. The Nashville cores
pondent of the Missouri Republican, who sat near
Ben Wade and Gen. Cheatham at the, recent
stance of what the gallant son of Tennessee said to
the rough old bear, Wade, of Ohio. He assured
the Senator he was law abiding citizen, in whom
he thought the Government might repose conf
dence. Yet, he wished it understood distinctly he
came to his duty with no sobs and tears Of pretend
ed contrition. He was quite twenty-one when he
enlisted as a fighting rebel, and was not seduced
innocenty. But he was defeated and surrendered,
and now, the Government for which he had once
fought with foreign foe, could not have from him
a food of slivelng protestati IS. ike those of q
cudgeed urchin, but simply soldiers word Of
honor
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MARRIAGE The importance attached to the in
sttution of marriage is not at all an exaggerated
one. To select one from the mass of mortals witt
whom you are henceforth to share the good and il
of life in common one whose tastes, pleasures, III
terest and affection, are to be of yours whether YOU
twin journey be along the pleasant and aowery. val
leys of existence or up its steep and precipitou'
path one whose morning and evening prayers art
to ascend with your own to God; one whose un
closing eyes are to greet the morning sun wher
yours do; one who is to eat at the same table, tt
the s'lamb which Nathans beautiful parable de-
scribed as '1ying on the poor mans bosom anec
all this is not for few years only, but ri deatf
part YOU To select partner like this, ought, in
deed, to be grave, almost an awful task.
Exchange.
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Bors IN HORSES. The following is the sub
stance of note from Brevet Colonel j. Hamilton
to Professor Townsend Glover, entomoogist of this
department, dated at Raleigh, North Carolina
II observe in your report for 1864, that you say
that no very certain means Of ridding the horse
stomach Of the bots has yet been published Since
receiving the following from Dr. Gee Of FSSrda fig ieI,l
% % bu aa t ia has the ai.e ar Of 1a& eee ae and Certainly
on the first opportunity You are aware that it is
hard sometimes to distinguish between an attack of
the bots and one of the cholic; this remedy, how
ever, is equally efficient for either. The reason
that bot can resist the action Of agents admins
tered is his power of drawing his head into the
walls Of the stomach by his tentacles But ne can
reform screened by couple of spoonfuls of any
good muciage will make him let go his hold on the
Stomach, even after having bored nearly through "
Phtent Office Report.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-01-31

AN INSTANCE OF Perseverance,. = One morn
ing during the war, an officer, riding through the
woods of North Alabama, was attracted by tall
hank countryman, whoseemedto be using his best en-
deavors to reach the top offs large hickory tree.
Scarcely had he gained the summit when, rapidly
descending, he started up another one few yards
off This strange proceeding was continued at
least adozen times, the .countryman climbing and
quarter of mile The officer at length overtaking
him. inquired the cause Of his eccentric gyrations
.'Wan, stranger" he answered, 'Iwas lyin asleep
under yon hickory, when darned squirred drop
ed shell-bark into my eye I'm goin' t worry
him till he leaves the settlement, if die in the
attempt"
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
York District.

u1HEREAs, SAMUEL SMITH, Jr., has ap-
w piled tome for Letters OF Admlnlstraton on
ali and singular the goods and chattels rights and
credits of JOHN DENNIS, late of the District
aforesaid, deceased. :,
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
and singular the kindred and creditors OF the SAD
deceased, to be and appear before me, at our next
Ordinarys Court for the said District to be hold
en- at York Court House OH the SIXTH OF FEB
RUARY next, to shew cause, if any, why the
said Administration should not be granted.
Given under nv hand and Seal, this 23d day OF
January, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-seyen, and in the 9lst
wear of the Independence of the United States
of America. r. Z. aAhhlo, ". :. ~.
January "a 81 ~"
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aas- One day, during the hard winter of 1862, q
Miss Arnold applied to Gen. Milroy, for a permit
to forage her COW, whose milk was the chief sup
port of the family.
care you loyal?' asked the General.
Yes she.replied.
He began to write the permit ~,
tTo the United States or Confederate States p
'To the Confederacy, of course she replied.
'aThen 1 shall give you no permit This infa
NOUS rebellion must be crushed. :.
"Wen, " said she, ''if you think you can crush il
by starving JohnrArnold's old COW, 60 it.
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aaasrpxs department.
TEEP CLEAR OF THE DOCTOR.

A gentleman Of fortune visited lunatic asylum,
where the treatment consisted chiefly in forcing the
patients to stand in tubs Of cold water those
s6ghty effected, up to the knees; Others, swhose
eases were prsver, up to the middle, while persons
very seriouslyin Ill, were immersed up to the neck;
The visitor entered into conversation with one OF
the patients, who seemed to have some curiosity
to know how the stranger passed his tune out OF
dos5s ,o,.,., .na .,.., h,,nds f,r oonrs;os ,,
said the latter, in reply to the others question.
:sAh they are very expensive
ssYes, they cost me q great deal Of money In the
year, but they are the best Of their kind
"Have you anything moreT >,
II have pack of bounds for hunting the fox. I"
."And they cost great deal, too?n ;,
"a great deal And have birds for hawking.
II see; birds for hunting birds And these
swell up the expenses dare say? 9.
this country And then sometimes 90 out with
my gun, accompanied by setter and a retriever.
"And these are expensive, too
HOf course. After al, it is not the animals OF
themselves that run away with the money there
.must be men, you know, to feed and look after
them houses to lodge them in-in short, the
whole sporting establishment.
'"I see, see! You have horses, bounds set
tiers, retrievers hawks en-and all tor the cap
ture of foxes and birds. What an enormous reve-
nue. they must cost you. Now what l want to
know is this !; what return do they pay? What
does your year sporting produce?
tsWhy, we kill fox now and then only they
are getting rather scarce hereabouts and we sci;
dom bar less than fifty brace of birds each season.
Clark" said the lunatic looking anxioqsly
around him. 'My friend in an earnest wins
per 'sthere is gate behind you; take my ad-
vice, and get out Of this while you are safe Don
let the doctor get his eyes upon you. He ducks us
to some purpose, but as sure as you are living
man, he viii drown you.
The gentleman looked serious as he passed on
mate of the asylum.
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A New GAME The Mobile Register thus
speaks of new game played by the darkies in
Mobile:
sFLY Loo" Look out for the blue-tailed fly
keep your eye on your sugar lump-"Lor
game has turned up for the freedmen of leisure;
We hasten to lay it within their reach tits called
'.Ay loo,"- beats kino and draw poker all
hollow. 1t is very simple, and can be played at
by any number of darkies The players all put up
a stake, and after the pot is made up, each one
puts lump of sugar on his tongue, and the one
who closes his potato trap on the first fly that
lights on the sugar, rakes down the spondulI1
Darkies may be seen sitting in the sun out West,
playing ''fy-loo," and their tongues hanging out
Ike SO many yards of red flannel.
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p% Here is good article on stingy Pensioners.
Few ministers can be useful in their high vocation,
if they are compelled to live on such.
A good Methodist minister at the West who
lived on a very small salary, was greatly troubled
to get his quarterly instalment. He had called on
his steward number of times, but had each time
been put off with some excuse. His wants at
length becoming urgent, he went to the, steward
and told him he must have the money as his taml-
ly were suffering for the necessaries OF lite.
Money!" replied the steward. You preact,
for money! Thought you preached ior the good
of souls!" :,
''Soulsr' replied the minister can't eat souls
and if I could, it would take thousand such as
YOURS to make decent meal
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
York District.

WHEREAS, WILLIAM +. JACKSON has
w applied to me for Letters of Administration
on all and singular the goods and chattels, rights
and credits of ANDREW A. JACKSON, late of
the District aforesaid deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish al and
singular, the kindred and creditors OF the said de.
Ordinarys Court for the said District to be holden
at York Court House on the FOURTH DAY OF
FEBRUARY next, to shew cause, if any, why the
said Administration should not be granted.
Given under my hand and Seal this 10th day OF
January, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-seven, and in the 9lst
year of the Independence of the United States OF
America. +. q. HARRlS, ". L. u.
January "a 80 II
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DETERMINED TO DIE.

In the little town of Dover, which is situated on
the Cumberland River, in Middle Tennessee, there
lived some years ago, an eccentric ana mtempSer-
ate old batchelor, by the name OF hngston Oh
one occasion, when prostrated on his bed py ex,
cess, and suffering acutely from those stings ana
horrors peculiar to his situation, he sent TOR on one
of his old boon companions to come and visit hlm
Sbvraek. for that was the others name, came duly
to Kngston's room.
what the matter, KingstonT
"Shyrack, shut the door"
"Yes my dear fellow"
"Lock ii"
sEh?"
'Iock the door"
Certainly, my dear boy
s'Shyrack, I'm going to kill myself
MY dear fellow, let me entreat you not to 90
it"
sTwill."
Don't; it'll be the death of you.
Shyrack was quite cool and jocose, little dream
Ing that so terrible an event was actually going to
take place. ~. rc
Kingston had, as the last eccentric act of his bite,
taken a chisel and mallet to bed with him, and
now with desperate resolve he seized the extraor-
dinary tools Of DEATH and in an instant drove the
blade of the chisel into his breast.
The hair rose upon Shyracks head and fright
spread like sheet of snow over his face.
Kingston! Kingston. my uear lelio" -1ou
ID rascal, Kingston do you want to have me
hung2 Hold don't die till 1 call somebody
Shyrack ran to the door and called like mad
man to. somebody across the street :,
"Hallo! here say you mister all you stupid
people, make haste over here, or there Il be muir
der"
The people crowded into Kingston house.
"Don't die, Kingston don't chisel me that way,
Don't die till you tell them who did it,
IT did it myself" Kingston articulated.
''There, that Il do; now, my dear fellow, you
may die, - replied Sbyrack, taking long breath
and Mping the pespiration. from his forehead
And Kingston did die in that extraordinary way,
as suicide that was almost murder.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
York District.

VXTHEREAS, ]. CLARK KUYKENDAL has
w applied to me for Letters of Administration
on all and singular the goods and chattels rights
and credits Of S. J. KUYKENDAL, late OF the
District aforesaid, deceased.
These are, therefore, to citeand admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of the said de-
ceased to be and appear before me, at our next
Ordnary's Court for the said District to be holden
at York Court House OH the FOURTH DAY OF
FEBRUARY next to shew cause, if any, why
the said Administration should not be granted.
G;yen Gi1 under INV hand and Seal this 10Th day of
January, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sxty-seven, and in the 9lst
wear of the Independence of the United States of
America. r. Z. HARRlS, w. I: "
January "a ~ ZtN
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A SHORT HONEYMOON few weeks since q
young German barber, of Indianapolis, led to the
hymenal alter handsome and intelligent girl tt
whom he had been paying his addresses. The
course of true love was not disturbed by as much
ripple until Monday last, when the 5FnSIghth 1Ss1 h g
canary bird had flown, leaving nothing but theemp
ty nest. The disconsoate barber returned to hi:
shop, and put an end to his existence by swallow
ing half pint of hair dye.
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SHOCKING BRUTALITY. - We learn that a freed
man, living near Riceville Va, had quarrel with
his wife about mouth ago, when he deliberately
took his little son, aged ten years. and chopped his
head off with an axel The body was thrown in
the woods as prey for wild beasts and the fowls o
the air, and the diaboical deed kept secret, until
few days ago it was accidentally discovered The
head could not be found. We record the incidents
as narrated to us. DanrMe 7rmes
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EASY MODE OF SHARPENING EDGE Tools. -
The simplest mode of sharpening razor or other
edge tool is to place the blade for about half an
hour in water containing one twentieth of its weight
Of sulphuric or muriatic acid. Upon taking the
razor out, wipe it off lightly on piece of soft rag,
and in few hours afterwards set it on strop.-
The acid supplies the place Of milestone, by cor
roding theentre surface uniformly, so that nothing
but good polish is afterward needed This pro-
cess never Injuries good razors while poor ones are
often improved byit
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IN E0TITTY-YORK DISTRICT.

Moses White, Administrator, rs. l.. Jane White,
and others.-BW tor hsju'ction, Sale Of Land
DO, DC.
VJlIIE creditors of DIR. ALEXANDER WHITE,
late of Union District, deceased, are hereby
ordered to render on oath, and establish their
claims according to law, before me IN my once,
on or before fhe first day Of May next, or be de-
barred from taking any benefit under the decree of
the Court in this cause. ,,r,,e,
WALTER b. METTS,
$50 sM Commissioner i'll Equity
January II as OLD
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The CROOKED TREE i Have You noticed that
tree in the corner of the yad? When very young
it was bent down to the earth, and embedded there
1t then shot up again. but it is now dctormed. The
sun may shine, the dew anu the rain may fall, but
the tree will never be straight. So, bad habits
once fixed, are hard things to root out.