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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-08-08
HOW TO TAKE A WHIPPING.

The Western Morning Neacs, an English journ
al has the following fresh version Of an old story
MIR. Dickens, in one of his books, is very satiri
cal on American journalists. He represents them
as turning every incident into report with SEN
sation header, so that even when the editor got
thrashed for personalities, he at once brought Out
a special edition with the flaming announcement
'The Editor Cowhided Again" 1t is not, 1 think
generally known that Mr.. Dickens was referring tc
an actual case, which is tolerably notorious in A
merica, and is told with great glee by the person
most deeply interested. That person is no Other
than the notorious James Gordon Bennett, of the
New York Herald, and it is thus he tells his story
to his friends. The Herald had for some time vio
lently attacked certain actress. One day the Ia
dy's husband, himself an actor, came to the Her
aid Office, walked up into Benefits room and said
"Are you Mr.. Bennett?" 81 am, " was the reply
'take seat" "No, sir, I will not take seat
you have insulted my wife" 'Who isyour wife p
Name mentioned. "Never heard Of her." "But
YOUR dramatic critic has insulted her. 'That is
his affair."" "But I hold you responsible" and
thereupon the angry husband took the proprietor
of the Herald from his chair, flung him on the
floor, kicked him in the rear rolled him over, kick
ed him again, cutched hold Of his throat, and left
the Office. What did the victim do? He called
upon one of his employees, wrote out an account
of the affair." caused sensation pacards to be struck
off" Fourth Edition-Attrocious Assault upon
the Editor" Fifth Edition-Further Particu.
lars of the Ahocious and Cowardly Assault upon
the Editor" and soon all New York was buying
the Herald. "But," said Bennett, II added a lit
tie garnish which was not strictly true" I said
''We would have pardoned this unmannerly, cow
ardly assault upon an unarmed man, but tor one
circumstance. This despicable wretch, not content
with ferocious violence, had the unspeakabe mean,
ness to take up a quarter dollar piece which was
lying upon our table, and to pocket it" The next
day when the actor appeared upon the stage, he
was greeted with cries of "Who'stole Benefits
quarter2' and whenever he appeared the same
cry greeted him, until he and his wife were driven
off the stage and ruined. 'That," adds Bennett,
'Was my revenge"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-08-08
THE VOW OF THE SOLDIER.
A TRUE INCIDENT.

A ThUE 1NClUENI.
One beautiful Indian summer day, in the au-
tumn of 1874, stranger appeared in the streets
of Hanover, N H., whose garb bespoke the ut
most poverty and destitution. As he staggered
along, he was surrounded by a crowd Of village
boys, who amused themselves by insulting him
with coarse jests and personal indignltles de
bore their abuse with exemplary patience, and
begged them to wait till he felt little better, and
he would sing them fine song. His voice was
thick with unnatural excess and he was too weak
to protect himself from the rude jostlng Of the
crowd yet he smiled on his tormentors, and ex-
hibted no other sense of his helpless and forlorn
condition than look Of grief and shame, which,
despite his efforts and smiles, would occasionally
overspread his countenance. Late in the after
noon, the writer, then q student, passed him in
company with friend, when our attention was d.
rected by voice of unusual power and beauty,
singing that favorite national song Of France, LA
Parisienne." As he proceeded, great number
of students from the college gathered around him,
and at the conclusion an involuntary expression OF
delight broke from the entire mass. He was en-
Enthusiastically encored, and afterwards the Marseil
laise was called for. The same rich, clear voice
rang out that wild melody in the very words which
are wont to arouse the spirit of the French soldier
to frenzy. The admiration of the poor inebriate's
auditory was now raised to the highest PITCH
Despite bis tattered and filthy garments, bis squal
id beard and brimless hat, now that the fumes Of
liquor had subsidized, bis form appeared symmet,
rical and manly, and his face glowing with the
sentiments ofthe patriotic song, and flushed with
excitement at the unexpected praise he was win
ming, assumed an expression of intelligence and
Joy that beautifully set off his really fine features.
s'What, and who is the strangerF' was the uni.
versal inquiry. 'His singing is incompatible, and
his French and English are both faultless."
eyes," said he, dropping his eyes, "and I can
give you German, or Spanish, or Italian as well,
or Latin or Greek, either" he added, carelessly.
In reply to the many questions that were shower
ed upon him, with the coin he 50 much seemed
to need, he at length said, in sad tone, and slow
ly endeavoring to push his way through the crowd
"Gentleman, am poor vagabond, entirely un-
worthy your kind sympathy. Leave me to my
rags and wretchedness, and l will 60 on my way. u
But our curiosity was too much excited to allow
this, and amid loud cheers we escorted him to q
room, where he was furnished with water and an
entire suit of good clothes; the barber's art was
put into requiiton, and sitter an incredibly short
time be re-appeared upon the college steps, smi-
ling and bowing gracefully, man Of fine appear,
ance and noble bearing IS ever eyes beheld The
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self into the sea- and so end this horrid torture o.
the brain and heart.
Days passed. saw nothing Of Laurette.
would not see her. She avoided me and wa
glad of it. could not bear the sight Of that woe
stricken face.
The mate Garley, how hated him! He wa:
as cool and unconcerned as though he had no re-
membrance of shooting the poor wretch. .
At Cayenne resigned my ship. Going TO the
city, I made all arrangements and took the steam
er for New York. I placed ample funds in the
hands of trusty friend and told him to send Lau.
rette to me at the end of six months. Icould not
see her until grief had lost its edge
Weary, careless of my fate, I wandered into the
interior Of the State of New York. and finally pur.
chased little place, where hoped I should lie
down and die. .... ~
sent for Laurette. Poor bird, must see her.
I could wait no longer.
One summer night I sat in the porch Of my
house, smoking my pipe and gazing down the road.
Soon the rumble of wheels was heard, and the
stage halted. ...-. .......
The next moment pair of white arms were a.
round my neck, and the heart Of the sobbing Iau-
rette was upon my bosom.
"Oh you dear excellent Captain"
Heavens who is that behind you ?'
There stood the fine panly form Of Antoine
HindsClear, the convict
'sWhat does this mean7" I demanded, hardly
knowing whether I was dreaming or awake.
"Are you glad to see meF' g..
sThank Godr' was all that could calculate.
soon understoodit an The mate, Garley, had
read my heart better than I did myself After
leaving the brig in the boat, he arranged thewhole
affair. The voney was fired, butno bullet touched
Antoine Hindsclear. He was smuggled into bis
berth again, and took good care to avoid my sight
The whole crew were in the plot and, thank God,
I Was duped.
II sent Garley thousand dollars as reward.
am "a old man; but am happy. My chill
drer sud my grand children Il call them nothing
else seem to think old Captain Fontainbeau is not
such a wretch after all ,........ -. =
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-
Co-oPERATIoN MTHEs sSoUTH The, editorsof
the New York Eueing FIT says he hasconversed
with planter from the Lower Mississippi who,
after trying fairly last year the wages @stem,upor
a Cotton plantation Of several thousand acres has
come to the conclusion that system Of shares, or
between the workmen ands sthscapita-
List, promises, if fairly administered, thebest and
most certain results to both. This system sheaAs
adopted the present year, and with satisfactory
success SO far. He gives each workman . house
to live in, garden and small field for his owndl-
lage; he hauls the frewood and furnishes the food;
this much represents the monthly wages ;,then be
gives them one-fourth of the crop besides. The
workmen and women are divided into gangsaf
twenty, each with negro foreman, who is o1s of
the twentyss This foreman reports to the general
overseer the cases Of absenee,or idlenes: and an
account being kept of these faults ise idlers or a
sentees lose atthe end of the Sason certain DOR
ton Of their share Of the otton: but this share
is divided among the rsna;nder Of tho gang, go
that there is no Tempt ton for the capitalist to
make wrong deductions ,;.-s'T:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-08-08

Ext X-CoNEEDs-WHATTHEY ARE ABoUT.-Gen-
eral Braxton Bragg, President of the New Orleans
Water Works, confines himself closely to business,
has nothing to do with politics. and bears the ap-
pearance of man of iron. General Hood is mer-
chandisng. General Longstreet, Of the firm Of
Longstreet, Owen & Co., remarked the other day
that be was disgusted with politics. It seems that
generals with whom he used to associate have CIV
en- him the 'cold shoulder and now when seen
on the street he is generally alone. Personally he
is thought as much of as ever, and spoken of in
extoling terms, but his political course is uniyer-
sally condemned in the South. JEFF Thompson is
not worth mentioning; he has store here. Iun-
derstand that General Loring left a few days ago
on visit to some friends in the West. General
Beauregard, President of the Carolton Railroad
Company, is up to his eyes in business, and al
ways appears to be in hurry. Gen. Dick Taylor
is chief director of affairs pertaining to the new
Basin Canal, but am told Lost Of his time is oe-
cupied in visiting and driving Gen. Wheeler is
successful lawyer of the New Orleans bar. Gen.
Buckner has been connected with the C1scens in
an editorial capacity, is President Of the St. Louis
Mutual Life Insurance Company. and also = prse.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-08-08

COMPOSITION OF CoM.-The gold coin Of the
United States is formed Of gold, ninety parts; sill
yer, two and half; copper, seven and q half
The silver coin is composed of silrH, ninety, and
copper ten parts A new alloy, which promisssto
be useful for small coin, is just announced h N.
NJ de Roul and de Fontenay, Of Paris and is
called by them 1ses-arqea or his6iTer. Il is
composed of SO per cent silver, rs to sopG cent
of nickel, and 81 to 50 per cent of copper. The
three metals when melted form compound which
is not homogeneous, and it is only by secret pro
cess that . msneabls metal is produced In color
the alloy resembles platinum, ittakes q high polish
and isnot affected by exposure to the atmosphere,
or by any but the most powerful reagents, and is
hard and tenacious Z. . y4s
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-08-08

see Susan q. Eodsa, the seemug wonder Of
Kentuoky, has never been Known 10 remain awake
longer than ten minutes at time the last ten
wears. fsome Of the Radicals would follow her.
example, the country would soon be estpeaoe
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-08-08
A RUSSIAN INCIDENT.

A young Russian recently had the misfortune,
while promenading the streets Of St. Petersburg,
to step upon a lady dress which was trailing on
the walk before him. The woman turned, and, In
language more striking than elegant, applied the
terms Clumsy" '.loutish," to the young man.
The latter preserved his poiteness, and sought, as
best he could, to appease her wrath, but in vain.
The beautiful amazon waxed more and more an
cry, and applied such epthets that he felt at last
obliged to reply in her own language, and remark
ed that if animals persist in dragging their tails up
on the ground, they must expect to have them trod-
den upon This inAamed the woman to such an
extent that she demanded the way to the justice
court and compelledsthe unwilling criminal to ac-
company her. Once there, she demanded one
hundred roubles for the injury doneher dress. 1t
was observed, however, that the dress was not We
ry new, and that fifty roubles would cover the orig
inal cost, and this amount the young man was SEN
fenced to pay. The woman was walking off in tn
umph, when doubtless remembrance of Portia
and Shylock fitted across the young mans mind.
and he said: 'sWait moment, young lady you
have my fifty .roublee in payment for your dress,
but the article itself you have not delivered VIII
you have the goodness to hand over one part or
the other of my property" Bushes Of shame now
overspread the countenance Of the female Shylock,
and she turned again to the justice for advice
There was no help for her there; the young mans
claim was good, and the money or, the dress be-
longed to him. With courage worthy Of better
cause, the woman sent for hackney coach, went
into an adjoining room, removed her dress, and a.
gain attempted to leave amid the shouts of the
spectators. But her opponent was remotseless. -
He now indicted her on the charge Of foul and abu
sive language on the street; the facts were proved
by witnesses, and the unhappy and mortified crea,
ture was sentenced to pay a fine of one hundred
roubles She gave back the fifty lately received in
triumph, and all the money and valuables she had
with her, and Withholding only enough to pay her
coach fare home. '--}
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-08-08

tieing lawyer. He left here fbr yeuf cits skott
time ago on business There are ii the Gty about
thirty Confederate Brgadier- Generals y. Va gest
number of Colonels and subordinate, officers Of the
late Confederate army. Q. C0r LouissQs
Courier. ,..e -. !. II -. -. LIZ
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-08-08

A BEAUTIFUL THoUaH.-I was reading the
other day, that on the shores of the Adriaic Sea,
the wives Of the fishermen, whose husbands have
gone far off upon the deep, are in the habit, at
eventde, of going down to the seashore, and sing
ing, as female voices only cam the first stans Of
beautiful hymn; after they have ungit heywM
listen till they hear, borne by the wind across the
desert sea- the second stanza sung by their gallant
husbands, as they are tossed by the gale upon the
waves, and both are happy: Perhaps, tive listen,
we, too, might hear on this desert world Of fors,
some whisper borne from afar, to remind us that
there is heaven and home; and when we sing
the hymn upon the shores Of earth, perhaps We
shall hear its echo breaking in the music upon the
sands of time, and cheering the hearts Of those
that are pilgrims and strangers, and look for city
that hath foundation. .-Dr. John Cummings
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-08-08

STORY WITH A MoRAIl WHEN General Jack.
son was moving on to strike McGelIen,s flank on
the ChickahOminy, he camA to st1eam which bad
mo- no D1dge' ana could not oeA Gossed without one.
ley, arough uneducated man, kuIl Of energy, who
had served him in emergencies, and in whom he
had the utmost confidence Hs, called this man,
told him that stream must be bridSved immediate.
ly; the regular engineers were also advised of the
fact. In short time the rough carpenAt nAter andthe
polished men of science were at the stIe&Su: The
former had his plan, the latter theirs he wfshed
to go at the work at once without drawings, 6sqt
they objected until they could perfect the plans on
paper. The engineers retired to their tent topper
feet paper bridge; the carpenter took his men
and went to work at once to make real one.;zfn
a very short time he appeared at the Generals
tent, and reported briefly thus: General, that
bridge is done, but them pictures amt come YET"
This story has moral that al our readers can dis
coVer.-Cuistian Adrooate -.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-08-08
WHERE DID THE BOOTS COME FROM

WHERE DID THE BOOTS COME FROMs
A young man of Detroit who did not, up to
day or two since, have much faith in the supernat
ural, has become j1lly satisfied that theresare
ghosts in existence. He is married, and himself
and wife occupy rooms in the second story Of a
boarding house. The young man is in the habit
of being out late of nights occasionally, and anus
ing himself about town, leaving Mrs. - to her
own company. He came the other night quite
late, and entering his bed room said nothing paid
no attention to the bed, and after raising the win
dow fronting on the street, half undressed himself
and sat down in the dark room placidly smoking,
watching the passers-by, and thinking, we suppose
on his happiness as married man, well to do, and
located on a pleasant street. An hour or two slip
ped by, and he was just about going to bed, when
a white object, between five and six feet high,
flashed by him, disappeared through the window,
with an exclamation that sounded like vulgar Eng
lish, and lit on the side walk with an audible thud.
1t disappeared in the darkness and was heard pat
terng down the street with its garments Auttering
in the wind. A search was instituted in the dim
light, and the wife was awakened and told Of the
circumstances. She couldn't explain, of course,
but the inquisitive young man struck light and
hunted his room over and over without finding
anything to lead to the discovery Of his unceremo-
NOUS visitor The belief began to take possession
of him that he lived in haunted house. Sudden
ly he espied on chair, in dark corner, suit Of
mems clothes that he knew never belonged to him.
A further search revealed pair Of boots, a hand
|. 1.Il1. LII I'LL
before. He can't believe that some mysterious
spirit has made him present, and don't think
burglars are inclined to have valuable dry goods,
and sail out of windows like white bats and would,
therefore, like to know "Whos'h been here since
ish been gone ?" Will some savan tell him what
IL was2
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-08-08

Our CoLoRED FELLOW CITIZENS THEY
ARE SWORN 1N.-Meantime, however, the work
of registration is going on throughout the whole
State, and to-day I had an opportunity Of seeing
the process in practical operation at the Atlanta
Courthouse The Board is composed of two white
men and one black, and during my stay saw sew
eral scores of both races made into voters. After
several white men had been sworn Individually, a
batch of seven blacks was called up, and Pompey,
Caesar, and Crassus, were made citizens in the
lump. It was curious spectacle, and one calcu-
lated to stir many reflections. Standing in row,
they listened very attenvely to the reading Of the
oath, some bending forward and others with hand
to the ear, the better to catch each word The
reader threw in for their benefit a running exege-
sis of the oath, causing them to guffaw by drol
look when he recited that part Of it which makes
them swear that they never held Executive or ju-
dicial Office in any State" while, when he came to
read the prohibition against registering by those
who have been dsfanchised for felony, and explain
ed felony by the gloss, "such as cow stealing,
they were so struck by the droery of the interpre
tation, that their bodies swayed in uncomfortable
merriment.
Throughout all the recital their countenances
showed desperate mental effort to keep their
''holt" of the meaning, and during the reading Of
the main body of the oath, the effort was measur-
ably successful; but when the registering officer
came to where the formula speaks of IAN act supple
mentray to an act, the poor fellows became per-
fectly habbergasted. Like Twemlow, they found
their intelects giving way under the severe strain
and they lapsed into mere outer darkness and col
lapse When I afterwards talked with them on
the Courthouse steps, / could not find one who
had the faintest idea fthe meaning or purpose Of
the thing, and the brightest of them all only knew
that it was something he knew not what-that
was ode best for de country. From Saunton's
atlanta Letter to the Neao York Times
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-08-08
IURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1857:

delight of the crowd at this Transformation was in
tense, and repeated shouts rent the air: "Give us
La Parisienne" echoed from all sides; and as
soon as silence could be obtained, again that clear
rich voice uttered those inspiring words:
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-12-13

MURDER OF COLONEL JoHa Fl. NEITHER
oUTT-Wo briefly alluded to the murder
OF Col. Nethercutt yesterday. We copy
from the New Berre Republican the follow
ing particulars
heport reached the city yesterday morn
ing that Gel. J. Fl. Netherc,1tt had been
| murdered at his residence in Jones county.
two Inlle# from Trenton. The most con-
iiictli6 i"i!ioiS we're soon afoat us far as
we can learn the facts in the case are ahort
as follows
On Sunday night, while Col Nethercutt
and hlS 1anIy were seated around the fire
ID me sitting room, some persons entered
tie house, and before Mr. Nethercutt, who
was facing the fire place. could tnrn. some
one discharged a musket, almost INSTANTLY
Killing Mr.. n, the ball passing through
his Chest.
Ihe murdercrS, who are reported to be
tive colored men, then attacked Mrs. Meth
circuit by striking her upon the head with
Il char. Report says that Mrs. Neither
cults skull was broken by the blow and
that she cannot survive The murderers
then proceeded to lock the children of the
family III tie smoke house next to the
dwelling. and ransacked and robbed the
house. During tie night the children
iIdOt tAtii SSch I}t9 rom the smoke house
and gave the alarm to the neighbours
Word was 1T once sent to Trenton and
New Rcrne, and parties We're started to fer-
ret out the rurderers OF pursue them -
Major Van Horn, the commandment of this
post, at once sent Il detachment of troops
under command of 1t. Fletcher to the
scene of the outrage.
Sheriff Colgrove, Of Jones county, is also
in pursuit.
This horrible murder has caused great
excitement and gloom throughout the
counties bordering on tho scene Of the
Tragedy, and the opinion is universal that
| the most energetic steps should be taken
to punish the iendish murderers No
steps, labors or money ought to be spared
in the effort to bring these outlaws to JUS
tice, and il is to be hoped that rewards
will be offered to aid in bringing them to
light.
Ihe number OF arrests Of civilians made
by military authority, for tho same time,
was ;}36 white, $50 black total G5G
JAc h1t0L ~un5e,' Of citizens Nicd by n2ii-
to'Y h'ibnn0ks d'<7'i"g tie same period, trus
2SO instead of 959~-the latter number be-
ing the whole number Of trials o. inyeBti-
CATIONS made b.3 4c military into tho con
duct ii both civilians and soldie1;.
Raleigh Sentinel.