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getistelIaneons Artieles.
GAMBLING EXTRAORDINARY.

The newspapers have a story of Commo-
dore Vanderbilt seeing blackleg's bluff at
poker, and going thirty thousand dollar
steamboat better but this is hardly up to
an affair of which we recollect reading long
since in Mississippi paper. In the days
when the Hon. Geo. Poindexter represent
ed the State in the Federal Senate, say
some thirty-6ve years ago, before the time
of railroads, he started from Natchez by an
up-river boat on his way to Washington.
The Agricultural Bank, having heavy de-
post to make in one of the Pittsburg banks,
intrusted the money to his charge. Before
twenty-four hours had elapsed, some of the
sporting fraternity were making up a little
game, and invited the Senator to take a
hand, to which, nothing 10th, he consented.
The game ran about the usual course of
such things while the professionals were ia
king the measure of their intended victim,
and guessing at the size of'his pile. When
these points we're settled to their satisfac-
ton, the business began in earnest. An
overpowering hand was dealt to Mr.. Poin-
dexter, upon which he made small bet,
and the others passed, with one exception,
who essaw hin" and went thousand dol
lars better. To this he responded with an
other thousand dollars better, when the
gambler replied, II see your thousand dol.
lars and 60 thirty thousand dollars better :
for, perceiving that his customer was pretty
flush, he did not dare risk few thousand.
Poindexter replied that that was more money
than he had, but he would put up his pile,
which entitled him to sight. This the
other denied to be law. "Certainly," said
Mr.. P, 81 always understand that a gentle
man has a right to show for his money"
ssNot unless it is stipulated beforehand" )"
and the gambler appealed to the s'gentle-
men, present, who sustained him. "Come,"
said the ruffian, throwing down well-flled
pocket-book, and laying his watch on the
table. sIgo thirty thousand dollars better,
and give you five minutes to raise the mon
ey." Poindexter bid him to count his mon
ey; and there it was, sure enough, in good
bills. "Well," said he, rising, 81 will see
if T can find any friends who will furnish
the funds" and he passed into the ladies
cabin, in which was his state room. He
fingered some time, and as the hand was
nearing the last minute, returned quietly,
took his seat, drew bulky pocket-book
from his breast, and laying it upon the table,
calmly said: "Sir, I see your thirty thou
sand dollars and 60 hundred and twenty
thousand dollars better, and give you five
minutes to raise the money" 1t was the
turn of the astonished gambler to call for a
count, but before Mr.. Poindexter got
through with the hundred and fifty thous:
and, he threw down his hand-there being
too many spectators to make it safe to raise
row-and, with his companions, went
ashore at the next wood yard.-Mobsle
Times.
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p9- The pastor of city church was
cateehsing the pupils of his Sabbath school,
and remarked:
"Remember, dear children, that God is
everywhere"
The words had hardly escaped his lips,
when roguish little fellow rose up and
said-to the pastor:
"Please sir, did you say that God was
everywhere p
eyes, my son; everywhere
ais he in my pocket?"
eyes, he is in your pocket"
"Well, I guess I've got you there" was
the triumphant retort; because l amt got
any pocket" +. -,
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TO1PRINTERS.

/, IUFNlNTENSs
YTNHE undersigned offers for sale the Printing
Material mentioned below cheap for CAST. -
"A lbs Leads-cut to IA ems Plea. ~ t8f
150Advertising Rules -cut II 4emA Plea. NJ
u EBrass Dashes- -cut IA ems Picas1l & lg.
23 Parallel Gross Rules-cut l4eIps Plea.
13 Double Cross Rules-cut II ems Plea.
o"short' and "long'' Column: Rules. Also,
the "Head Rules formerly used on the fEnqui-
rer" '' ~ - .s.'i ~
+ One36-inch roller mould, in good order, and sew
Teral book; newspaper and Job chases. The roller
mould will be sold for SIS. .s g..,,,g lie,
Also, one 3-inch Screw Standing Press with 300
paper and 10 wooden boards. The Press, DC, Is
In good order, and will be sold as it one
hundred dollars in cash. Cost $40 previous to the
war. tt ,fa E.ftff -
Also, $50 hs Nonpareil- l--but little used-at 40
cents per pound. 81 Ia NJ GRlSE.
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B@~ A boy of six summers surprised his
mother with the remark: / have three fa
thers!" 'Who are they ?" was the mater
nal inquiry. "My father who buys my
clothes is one; George Washington, the ia
ther of our country is another; and "Ou1
Father who art in Heaven" is another !!
Turning to his little sister, he said: IL
you are not good girl, God won't be you
father"
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ssL The majesty of justice was fearfully
sustained by Lord Eskgrove, the English
Judge, who, is related, once sentenced a
tailor for numbering soldier in these words
"And not only did you murder him, where.
by he was bereaved of his life, but you did
thrust, or push, or pierce, or propel the le-
thai weapon through the belly-band of his
regimental breeches, which were his majes-
tvs"
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THECHARLEsTON MERCURY

THE HECHARLESTON NMERCUR RY
yJyHE CHARLESTON MERCURY is now, as it
/ has ever been, true Carolina paper, IN the
hands Of Carolinians and an exponent OF tho pre-
vailing sentiments Of the people.
AS an advertising medium it offers advantages
that cannot we'll be surpassed. Its circulation ex-
tends throughout the whole South as well a. as
and is rapidly and steadily increasing.
THE MERCURY contains all the latest politi-
CAL foreign, religious, and literary news, in con-
densed and attractive form, and will be found to
Mss- Terms Of Subscription for Daily, per an
mum, $500: for Tri-Weekly, per annum, $4.OO.
Conducted by
F. w. DAWSON, Assistant Editor.
March % 4S If
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s@ "Job printing! exclaimed an old
woman the other day, as she. peeped over
her spectacles at the advertising page of g
country paper. "Poor Job they've kept
him printing, week after week, ever since
first learnt to read and if he wasn't the
most patienest man that ever was, he never
could have stood it so long, nohow." +
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
York District.

Iewis M. Grist. vs. Seth w. Fowle & Co.-IN THE
COMMON PLEAs.-AHachnaent. q
"HEREAs. the Plaintiff did, on the 9th day
w of February, 1867, file his declaration against
the Defendant who, las it is said) is absent from
and without the limits Of this State, and has nei,
ther wife nor Attorney known within the limits oi
ton might be served. 1t is, therefore, ordered,
that the said Defendant do appear and plead to the
Declaration filed against him, on or before the Sd
day of March, which will be in the year of our
Lord, one thousand eighthundreda and slxty-elght,
otherwise final and absolute judgment will be
j. +. WALLACE. G. c. G. P. d g..
Clerks Office, York District, 8. c.
March 40 lyq.
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1868! .,.Tt?.:7,i,7 ;.f'+...2-7 :
THE SOUTHERN FAVoRITE!
.BURKEs WEEKLY DDR boys AID GlRLs
Beautifully illustrated G. Elegantly Printed
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WE are now publishing MAROONERS ISL
w AND, Sequel to the Young Marooners,
and Jack Dobeu, or a Boys Aduentures In Ieras,
by one of Fannin's pronounced equal to the
best of Mayne Reid's stories." We shall begin,
in the first number of 1868, thrilling story by
lady of Virginia, entitled ELLEN HUNTER:
4 Tale of tie War;" which will run for several
months. .s...
Among the regular contributors to BURKEs
WEEKLY are ReY. F. r. Goulding, author OF
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IS; Five copies for $si Ten copies for al5, and
Twenty-one copies for $50.
Clergymen and Teachers furnished at $1.50 per
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The volume begins with the July number. ~
Back numbers can be supplied from the first,
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THE CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.

LIE CdAUN1VAC 12NO Dt13N I 43s1311'
nUBLISHED Daily and Weekly in Augusta,
ca. is the Oldest newspaper in the State. Es-
tablshed in 1904, it has ever since that time been
one of the leading papers In the South and it still
maintains its place in the front rank Of Southern
Journals. :.
which the master minds of the State address the
PEOPLE, its value as conservative political paper
Is second to none while its numerous ard reliable
correspondents make it a first class NEWS AMI
FAMILY JOURNAL.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS:
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received and forwarded at the ENQUIRER OFFICE.
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LOOK HERE.

TAvING made arrangements to get Stock di.
rect from Baltimore, will resume my trade
Of making BOOTS AND SHOES making and re.
pairing HARNESS, repairing SADDLES, &c, al
DENNIS CROSBY'S OLD STORE HOUSE
All Jobs done with neatness and despatch and on
terms LOWER THAN. THE LOWEST, By
strict attention to business and low prices fol
work, I hope to merit considerable share of pat.
ronage SPECIMENS AND PRICES of my
work may belsem at the York Drug Store.
:. 80 .l'E-''s.f 9!si &c - d. n. MURRAY.
Februarv8 "a o. s2I If
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EsTELLA:O OIL.

yTyHE New Burning Fluid, ESTELLA, OR
STAR OIL, with the new Sun Burners, or
Comet Burners, and Chimneys that do not smoke
or break, now ready for sale making your light
nearly loo per cent. cheaper than Kerosine Oil.
At the YORK DRUG SIORE.
January % u
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BAD SPECULATION In BLACK CATS.

uC StdGCulChU pltUV 1A SitsSA r. AShAASo A~A~
kee has bought an island in the Ohio river,
and has stocked the same with black cats,
intending to 60 into the fur trade, has call
ed forth the following account of similar
experiment which was made muny years
ago by gentleman who resided in Mary
land. The idea struck him that as the fur
trade was lucrative it would be much better
to raise animals nearer home than the re-
gions of the North, and accordingly he pur-
chased an island in Chesapeake Bay, stock
ing it with the blackest of black cats. He
paid extravagant prices for the felines, and
all the boys in the adjacent country went
extensively into the business of entrapping
unsuspecting Tommies and Tabbies, which
were Immediately disposed of and sent to
the aforesaid island.
The gentleman found the cats were pro-
|lifc, and was soon compelled to employ two
men to live on the island and fish with a
seine, in order to supply them with food.
At first, the fishermen had quite an easy
time, and readily supplied fish in abundance
for their charges; but the numbers in
creased, until whole legions of black cats
trooped over their island home, devouring
ever ything in the shape Of food, and the
men found it impossible to furnish the re-
ouisite amount of nourishment. At last it
was determined that one of the men should
take boat, and, returning to the main
land, report the alarming state of affairs.
During the absence of the messenger, the
cats became exceedingly bold, and the Ne,
naming party fearing for his life, locked
himself up in his cabin, and prepared for a
siege.
The enemy, emboldened by this display
of fear, and urged on by hunger, surroun.
ded the house, climbed up the sides, staring
in at the affrightcd man through the win
dows and apertures, keeping up the while
the most hideous caterwauling. He care,
fully stopped up every crevice, save the
chimney, but seeing and hearing ominous
falling of SCOT, which disclosed determi
nation on the part of the bcsciging force tc
affect surprise, he closed that opening al
so, and, Micawber-like, waited for ''some
thing to turn up" For two days anc
nights he was kept in this singular prison
with the dreadful howls of famished cats
ever resounding in his ears, and with say
age eyes glaring at him continually.
At length party arrived with guns, ant
succeeded in succoring the man from hi'
truly awful position, but so numerous were
the cats, so fierce their aspect, and threat
ening their demeanor, that both the rescu
ers and the rescued were only too glad tt
leave this pandemonium ofjet black cats
gaunt and ferocious as they were from star
Yation.
The animals all perished, and thus ende(
one of the most extensive cat rearing ven
lures ever recorded.
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LurHER's SoLAcEs.-Luther, when study
ing, always had his dog lying at his feet; a
dog he had brought from Wartburg, and of
which he was very fond. An ivory cruclix
stood at the table before him. He worked
at his desk for days together, without going
out but when fatigued, and the ideas began
to stagnate, he took his guitar with him to
the porch, and there executed some musical
fantasy-for he was skillful musician
when the ideas would fly upon him as fresh
flowers after summers rain. Music was
his invariable solace at such times. Indeed,
Luther did not hesitate to say, that, after
theology, music was the first of arts. Mu.
sic, said he, is the arts Of the prophets; ii
is the only other art which, like theology,
can calm the agitation of the soul, and put
the devil to flight. Next to music, if not
before it, Luther loved children and flowers
The great, gnarled man had heart as ten;
der as woman's.
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for our system Of cultivation must change
from large farms to small, and We must try
to make every acre bring its utmost.
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RAGS WANTED.

UyWO CENTS per pound, IN SPECIE, viii be
paid for all CLEAN Cotton or Linen RAGS
delivered at the -, .IENQUIRER OFFICE. /,
December5 50 - f7
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The Morkrille Guqnirer
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|RIBIDS Towers RARIIE, CHILDRBIl |
ltHEAR ME- FOR MY CAUSE!

TAVING entered into Copartnership for anoth.
er year, with the great "King Of Day." old
SOL more fully PTspaTsd than e; ever to exc.
of the Photographic An, and at prices suited to
the times A fine light, a complete equipment,
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beauty hence the least favored need not be dis
couraged. Call and examine those new and beau
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NV rooms are still in "Adickes' building" third
story.
Albums and stereoscopes always on hand. The
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globe without leaving your home. Wonderful!
December % "a
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ALMANACS FOR 1868.

TUST received large lot of MERCHANTS
81 ANDFARMERS ALMANACS," for the year
1868. The calculations were madeby Prof James
81. Carlisle, of Spartanburg District, for this ati
tude. They are offered for sale at 10 cents esch
Apply at the ENQUIRER OFFICE.
January 2 80 tt
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ROSES HOTEL
YORKVILLE, s. C. -

Ab ing a THOROUGH RENoVA-
rT TING. The rooms cannot be sur
& passed in the State. We have pro-
cured the services of WHITE SERVANTS; the
Dining Room will he furnished with the best this
market can afford.
In connection with this House, is BARBER
SHOP, BILLIARD SALOON and BAR ROOM,
and in fact all that traveller needs.
THE STABLES are superintended by compe-
tent person. just from England. Horses will be
well fed and groomed. Charges moderate. 90
msy- An OMNIBUS will be at the Depot, every
evening, for the purpose of conveying passengers
to this Hotel. VIM. +. ROSE q co.
November % 81 3m
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SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD,
EssR H9 60 yss

GENERAL SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE,
CHARLESTON, s. c., October 8, 1867.
0N and after OCTOBER 6, 1867, the Passenger
Trains on the South Carolina Railroad will
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p8 ssBuy any butter here?" said
country customer, who walked into dry
goods store in Springfield, ILL.,, and looked
much like q character who knew great
deal more of himself than he cared-to tell
.Es'No, sir, we don't wish to buy any" re-
piled the merchant. aaas-s .....'.s....
5stWant any eggs ~ :,
stNo, sir, we keep dry goods store here. "
$50 wal then, may be you'd like to buy
some fat chickens-fat as pigs, and a
mighty sight nicer, tew."
ssNo, sir, I tell you we don't deal in any
thing but dry goods"
ssCouldn't sell you nice fat shoulder
ofpork" s..
aItell you, sir, we deal in dry goods ex-
clusively." .,.. ..
"Wa'al, what1l you give for dried ap
ples?"
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TOBACCO AND SPEARS.

TOBACCO AND SEGARSs
good assortment Segars, Smoking and Chew
ing Tobacco, constantly on hand.
| Orders from Physiciansa and Merchants from the
country, ATTENDED, WITH PIE CASH, re-
spectfilly solicited and promptly attended to. W.
cannot now sell for credit, and the cash will be re-
quired on delivery of the goods at the Store.
October "a 26 If
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Mnttntaas 9tpatttHent,
THE-LOcAL vs.. THE LECTURER.

n
The following story may have been told
before, but will bear repeating over, as it
will probably be appreciated by all keen
enough to see the point. 1t is in two parts,
the first being entitled, "What the Local
said of the Lecturer"
The lecture last evening was brilliant
affair. The hall ought to have been filled.
We are sorry to say, only forty persons
were present. The speaker commenced by
saying that he was by birth an ecclesias.
tical deduction gave learned descrip-
ton of the devil, and his skill in saving
trees. Among other things, he stated that
the Patriarch Abraham taught Cecrops
arithmetic. We trust the eloquent divine
may be induced to repeat the lecture at some
future day. =,
Part Second-"What the Lecturer said
of the Local. ..a- ...s.
Dear Sir - In report of my lecture in
your beautiful city, you have made some
few mistakes which wish to correct. You
make me speak of myself as by birth an
ecclesiastical deduction" What I said
was, that was not by birth, but only eccle-
siasticallya a Dutchman. Instead of speak
ing of the-deya as saving trees. spoke OF
him as sows,sg tares. I said nothing of
Abraham, but spoke of the Arabians as
nomads of patriarch simplicity. I said that
Cecrops was the founder of Athens, and In
structed the people in agriculture.
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-,,,.,, ,PIEDMONT. ..a -. ss.s,
LIFE NSU;Rl:l.Al Il. NGE COMPANY

VTlHE Subscriber respectfully informs the public
Il generally that he has accepted the Agencyof
the above Company, and is now prepared t9 issue IS PC
Of the Company Is certified to by the Court OH
GERS of Nelson county, Virginia, and is commend
ed to those who desire to support "Home Instt-
tuition. al,f s.,,a.a b. .J.fA- MCLEAN, ,sla
--.-, ,.,ni At the store Of J. q e. B., Stowe.
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FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
ALLISON g. BRATTON,
DEALERS IN -,

DRUGS, MEDICINES AND CHEM1cALs, =
Essential Oils, Medicinal Extracts, Patent Med
Stuffs, yarnishes, Artists Oil Colors Artist
Dyeing Oil, Nut Oil, Indigo, Madder, &C., &e.
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SPLENDID ARRAY

NOL. McCORKLE begs to inform his numerous
u friends and customers, that he has just re-
turned from the NORTHERN CITIES, where he
bought Second Stock of FALL AND WINTER
GOODS. AT ...i 3: .... .- .&. T