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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-06-10
THE GRANDEUR OF MENIALs.


A Washington letter to the Cincinnati CONNER.
ctal says: '.-..-
A stranger coming to Washington, the first time,
is an object Of pity Especially is this SO if he Is
of tender sensibilities, and of retiring nature.
What With impertinent hotel clerks airy messen'
gers, and the grandeur of all persons here holding
menial Or subordinate positions, added to the ex'
tortion everywhere practiced if stranger desires
a second visit here, he must be Of slow percep'
tions and cast iron endurance. have seen gen.
tlemen from Northern cities, even from Wall street,
come here with the intention of staying two OF
three days. for the purpose Of transacting business
in the departments needing their personal attention
take the return train, down-sprited, broken-heart'
ed almost at their uugeutle treatment by laekeys
and subordinates. Not men who are in the habit
of taking off their hats to you when they speak,
not men so modest and tender that they tremble at
the sight of Congressman; but those who rush
into the Stock Exchange, Gold Room and Brokers
Board, and fight, and yell, and bluff, and frighten
less reckless gamblers. When such men, with SEN
sibilities covered with a coat of mail cannot sue
ceed here, you may well inquire what becomes ofa
person who tries to use the manners Of gentle
man and the accent of Christian. They simply
eet frightened out of town. If the loftipess or
sneernc condescension of the hotel clerk does not
do it the first night, let him the next morning go
into one of the departments and accost messen-
ger sitting outside the door of an auditor, chief
clerk, or some other big feeling subordinate, and
he is bound to take the early train tor home. Ii
BY chance he escapes the messenger at the door,
he is sure to surrender to the first clerk with whom
be attempts to do business.
ArTHE STATE DEPARTMENT.
have vivid remembrance OF visit to the
State Department. when was younger and green
e. than am now. I remember it was on Thurs
day, and card was hung upon the door knob,
warning the visitors that none but members OF
Congress, foreign Minister'S and Secretaries Of Le-
cation were admitted on Thursdays. tried to
pass the messenger in the hall by assuming brusque
air, but his keen eyes and digni6ed bearing quite
upnerved and belittled me, and he turned me out
of doors with manner that charmed while it mad
dened me. I went up the next day the messen-
ger knew me, and with sneer bade me go up stairs
There found man who could gain position in
society at any court in the world merely on bis ap-
pearance. I felt humiliated in his presence. He
observed me with great composure, and he saw in
a few minutes that was not a member Of Con-
gress, nor Secretary of Legation, and he knew,
therefore, that 1 was of 70 consequence. He
turned me over to another man, who also put on
scollops and treated me something like a convict.
He looked me over and then transferred me to an
other. spent two hours in that department, try
inr to do what ought not to have taken me ten
minutes
AT THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
You are rather better treated here, merely be-
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STAMPS.

The use of postage stamps on letters and news
papers is merely new application of an old nven-
tion Revenue stamps are comparatively new with
US, but they have been known in Europe for near,
y two hundred and fifty years.
The Dutch have right to whatever credit may
be due for such an invention. Early in the seven
teenth century the States of Holland had laid heavy
duties on merchandise Of every sort, and still the
income of the Government was not equal to the
expenditure. They now offered an ample reward
to any one who should invent new impost; one
that would, at the same time, be light on the peo-
pie, and be productive to the public treasury.
Some shrewd thinker proposed that it should be
enacted by public authority that no petition should
be received, that no document should be admitted
in courts of justice that no contracts of any kind
should be valid, except such as were written upon
paper impressed with the seal of the State. This
appeared to the Hollanders happy idea, and
stamped paper was introduced at once (l624) by an
ordinance which represented the necessity and the
great benefit of the new tax. Stamped paper, it
was claimed, would tend to lessen the number Of
lawsuits, and for that very reason, if for no other,
would soon be adopted by other nations.
The Dutch were right In less than fifty years
a trial of stamp duties was made in England, -
though not for the purpose Of lessening litigation,
perhaps,-and other nations were not slow to fol-
low. Indeed, the Spaniards are said to have been
ahead of the English.
AT the present day this Dutch fashion holds its
ground over large part of Christendom. A slight
change, it is true, has been made. At first, the
blank for the writing was sold with the stamp, and
it was necessary for the Government to invest
large amount in paper. The improvement consist
ed in selling the stamp separately, as is now done
in most cases.
When the uniform cheap postage commenced in
England, somebody suggested tho idea OF paying
postage by means of stamps and the plan was
adopted in lS4O Seven years later, the Post Mas
ter General of the United States was authorized to
prepare postage stamps and to furnish them to the
post-ofices throughout the country. In 1852,
stamped envelopes were authorized in the same
way.
At first, the writer could place stamp on his
letter, or pay the postage and send it without
stamp; but since the beginning Of the year 1856,
it has been the duty of the postmaster to place
stamps on all letters on which stamps had not al
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REST FOR MOTHERS.

As general thing, American women have to
work too hard during certain part Of their lives.
Not that they should be idle or have nothing to
do, but they should never overwork if they would
have their children Of a.high order. Mrs. Joseph
inc C. Bateman, of Painesvile, Ohio, in speaking
on this subject, in the Ohio Farmer, thus dis:
courses: ... .-.,..... ...., ...
1.-THE cause Of this early decay Of mothers and
neglect from children lie, we think, far back, com
mencing in the anxious, ,overburdeued young
mother. We understand your position, sisters;
you love your husbands, and you feel that their
interest is yours also you are snxions to help
to economize, as far as possible, and, at the
same time, desirous Of gratifying your husbands
fastidious tastes; so you hire no help, tfor You
really can not afford it, yet the house must be the
perfection of neatpess the table must be abundant
y if not daintily, spread the babe must be cared
for. and as well dressed, too, as any Of your neigh
bors' children and, in fact, you are as healthy
and as smart as your aequaintanees, and many Of
them do all this, and 50 you will, Soon there is
another child, and then another and still you strain
every nerve to do all the work without help. You
have no time for reading or for rest; you forget
the future, and do not ask what viii be the end Of
all this. Your husband, too, adlnires your indust-
ry, and forgets that the time will come, when be
lays aside most Of his active hbors, that he will
want that in you be. cannot, fnd-au intelligent
companion. You forget that you will soop Be dis
tanced by your children in the acquisition Of know
ledge. and they will be sure to make the sad
discovery that motheris more Ignorant than they;
and with this discovery, comes the loss Of respect
for her judgment, and opinions, Women seldom
rest, except for a few hours at night; yet they
need it and should, take pains to SECURE it. 1t is
not wasting time to rock apd read, without the
knitting. Your husband would think it hard to
work 50 steadily at al hours; and, in consequence
of their hours of rest, men do not often grow old
so fast as women. The frailest sex work the most
necessarily, and the work is more arduons when
there are but one or two little ones than when the
family becomes larger, and some are old enough to
assist the mother. If you do not love reading,
stiIl practice it'll you do love it; and you viii
soon become interested. In addition to the Bibla,
which we hope no mother will neglect, let valuable
books be;read when they can be; but, for those
who have so little time as the housewife, newspa-
pers and magazines must form the staple reading.
as the short articles and items are well adapted to
the spare moments that can be snatched here and
there. Woman.must be intelligent, if she would
win both respect and love from husbandand child
rep.- She must constantly improve if she vonld be
whatshe should be, by no means considering edu-
cation finished when she becomes married,
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Stlerted gaetrg.
JUNE.


BYEps. JANE MARIA MEAD.
HIVE YOU come tuani June You've been absent too longs
We have missed you for masy day.,
With your musical lips everHowing with song,
Like a fountain forever at play.
You've been roaming, while, with Idle pretence,
Where the ever In bloom; ..
Where the o6or Of orange uees gaddens the sense
And the lemon groves shed their perfume.
You have slept on the shadows Of cinnamon bow'si
You have toasted where pine apples grew;
Where the bes rocked by zephyfs, and Graded tn owH
Bathed his winglets In tropical dew.
You have trod where the olives Of oavet hse,
Few In g,nn6eur, and aged and rivn; 3" " 10
Whence the awe-sruck disciples gazed into the skies,
As our Saviour assembled 10 Heav'n
You have come have you from those Isles Of the Bles
Anchored deep In that haven OF bliss,
Where Hls moarners rejoice, and his hboses resi-,
In a clime that b farer Than this =
Did you walk With loved ones that In those ises
Did YOU blend with rhe Heavenly throng?
DID yon catchf the lost light Of their beautiful smiles!
Have you brought US some notes Of their song!
en- you knew that ve sighed for your visage Of Light
- As wsstcod In thebare, leafess bow's;
Where the frost that had etteEed the waves In their hight,
Lay whits on the graves Of the how'n .
You have cSne-but alas! Hike star, like dream,
Like bird, Of soul-sayishing tune,
Or rainbow, that sheds e'er tempest It's geam,
You will pass from our presence, far June!
You will glide like thought, in your roseladcn bark
From the sim biighted realms Of the sun, ..
With a volume, whose manifold pages will mark
AL the good, all the Dl we have DONE ~ '-.-.
You win go-when the roses their coronals cast
When the bob-o-link bushes his glee-
Down the River of Time, TO those Isles of the Past
Lying green In Eteralty's sea. - sa-:-s.' z.
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ready been placed-that is to say ifthe postage
had been paid.
In 1861 the Postmaster General was authorized
to procure and furnish letter sheets with postage
stamps impressed thereon;''' but the method Of
folding these 80 that, when sealed, their contents
cannot be read, may almost be reekoned among
the lost arts and there is consequently very little
call for this kind of stationery. -
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-06-10
DO WE SLEEP LONG ENOUGH

We boast that we are VIDE awake people. 90
ia. as that relates to the quantity Of our wide
awakefulness, it is a serious question whether we
do not pride ourselves upon serious bhnder.
Our late hours and our early hours; our night
work and our night pleasure our travelling or rev.
cling when we had far better be on downy eouches
or hair mattresses, reeumbent, are far from saluta-
ry to bodies, or brains, or character There are
crowds who, to ret gain, indulge their ruling pas
sions, carry out their projects are necessarily ION
the co." with all their faculties at the top Of their
speed, toiling, thinking, planning, seheming all
day, and far into the night, stunning repose as
It were an objectionable sin. We hear mep talk
Of doing nothing but sticking day in and day out
to their business; of reading nothing but newspa-
pers and only the commercial portions Of those ;
of rushing from Dan to Beersheba without stop
ping as fast as steam cars can carry them; Of do
ing any amount of work, and doing it on the jump,
as though they were running against time When
we hear men talk thus, implying that al this haste
and restlessness is a matter Of their own WILL We
fail to see what there is 80 very commendable in
their conduct or why they should speak of such
indefaigable, wearing and tearing smartness as
something praiseworthy. e., , =.
It is in sleep, in regular rest, in quiet and CON-
posure of body and mind that compensation for the
exhaustion Of toll, the renewals of the mental and
physical forces, are to be found. For this reason
provision is made for needful profound,
dreamless repose-to repair the waste Of the wa
king and active hours; and for this reason human
beings should be careful to allow themselves the
full maximum of slumber leisure, stiffness and in-
vigoratiug recreation they require. The conse'
quences Of their failure to do this are seen In the
increase of insanity, in the commonness Of soften
ing of the brain, in the prevalence of dyspepsia In
shattered nerves, in broken frames, premature old
age and untimely graves they are evident in the
demand for stimulants and narcotics, and in the
various devices resorted to, to patch up and keep
running the physical system; nay, they are only
too marked in still worse forms; in morbid feel
ings in vitiated appetites, in fiery passions in un.
controlled tempers, in all those mental and moral
so haggard, and unnatural, telling Of
rash violence done to the human oonstituton-a
violence that is as suicidal almost as would be the
deliberate drinking of prussic acid. We speak
strougly-pcssibly little strongly. But We speak
from the conviction that the tendency Of the evil
We are discoursing Of, if not checked, is towards
disaster, greater or less to individuals and society
generally. FIVE could have more repose, both for
flesh and the spirit, by parting with fifty per cent
the rate of our speed to conquering and subduing
this continent, and developing its resources, that
repose would be cheaply purchased
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could be induced to burn after much persuasion, it
was declared that water would be converted into
steam at 80 low temperature d. TO lose its expan-
sion force, and upon this theory prediction was
predicated thst the locomotive would stand still in
its track, or rush backward down the steep ascent
urfed BY its own weight But somehow Or other,
these scientific theories came to nsught and the
iron horse of the Black Hills rashes TO meet the
iron horse of the Serras, and to-day they meet on
the confines Of the Great Salt Lake, .-..
n. H." LIFE LENcTHENED. -"
l.. Cultivate an equable temper; many man
has fallen dead in . ct fpassipn.
q Eat regularly not over thrice day, andnoth-
ing between meals. = - s. 81. - ~. .'.,'i..''
8. Go to bed 1t regaia, hours Get up Is soon
as you awake Of yourself and do net sleep b the
daytime, at least not longer than ten minutes ke-
fore noon. ga: ,-;... -.,.,,.,r H..
1 Work always by the day, and not tby the job.
s. Stop working before you are Ysry much trad,
before yea afe tagged out" -.stig 7r ',s.~1
6. Cultivate generous and an accommodating
temper. '. So - -. :.
I. Never GROSS bridge before you come to'it::
this viii save half the trouble of life. ~
8. Never eat when you are not hungry, nor drunk
when you arc not thirsty, ,a<,s.as. 81. ----
9. Let your appetite always come uninsited-
10 Cool off in place greatly warmer than, tas
ODE in which you hare been eserising this srn-
pie rule would prevent ipcaiculable Sickness and
save millions df lives every year. 'E -.
=, II. Never resia caQ of nature fox q, singh
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AT THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.

Ifyou get into some Of the bureaus Of the Navy
Department -Dahlgren's for instance-you might
as well be ina furnace If your courage is not
awed into something like the fear Of child at the
sight of Dahlgrep, you are fit for a claim agent
The grandeur of that man is appalling. It's easy
enough to talk to Grant, but it's worth yeur life to
speak to Dent. So it is easy enough to talk to b.
rie and Porter; but to face Dahgren is to face an
earthquake and tidal wave.
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A BEAUTIFUL ALLEaoRY.-A Traveller who
spent some time in Turkey relates beautiful par
able which was told him BY dervish, and which
seemed even more beautiful than Sterne's celebra-
ted figure of the accusng spirit recording angel
every man." ssid the dsrvish, ''has two angels,
enc on his right shoulder and one on his left.
When he does anything good, the angel on the
right shoulder writes it down and seals because
what has been well done is done forever When
be does evil, the angel on the left writes i down,
and he waits till midnight fbefore that time the
man bows his head and exclaims, Gracious Allah !
1 have 'anned forgive mel the angel rubs out
the record but if not at midnight he seals it, and
the beloved angel on the right shoulder weeps."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-06-10

TIE BANKRUPT LAw.-An erroneous idea pre-
walls, says an exchange, that in order to obtain
discharge in bankruptcy, bankrupts estate must
nay fifty cents d the dollar. By reference to the
amendment it viii be seen that discharge will be
granted, if the petitioners assets are equal to fifty
cents on the dollar of the debts that are proved
against him that be owes as principal. Security
debts are moi taken in consideration. Again, if the
petitioner can obtain the written consent Of ma
iority in number and in value Of those who have
proved their debts against him that be owes as
principal, discharge will be granted The refusal
Of Congress to extend the Act really makes but
little difference, as discharge can be as easily OBJ
tanned now as before the commencement Of the
operstion Of the ffty per cent clause.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-06-10

FAITH AND WoRKs.-Two gentlemen were one
day crossing river in ferry boat. A dispats
about faith and works srose, one saying that good
works were of smaAimportance and that faith was
every thing the other asserting the contrary.
Not being able to convince each other, the fe1Y-
man, an enlightened Christian, asked permission
to give his opinion. Consent being granted, he
said. II hold in my hands two oars. That ia nay
right hand I call faith; the other, in my left,
works Now, gentlemen, please to observe; pull
the oar Of faith, and pull that alone. >seel the
boat goes round and round, and makes no progress
I do the same thing with the oar Of works, and
with precisely similar resul-no advance. Mark!
1 pui both together, we go on apsee and in very
few moments we shall be at our landing place. So,
In my humble opinion" be added, faith without
works, or works without faith, viii not suffice Let
there be both and the haven Of eternal rest is sure
to be reached"
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a yEsT oFLUNATIcs.

We take from on exchange the following sem
satioual narrative of events said to have transpired
somewhere in North Carolina, but soheve is not
told. IF true, Nmoral IDEAS are making progress
in the sober old North State:
"A Mr.. Lord, Jane his wife, and four children
named Sarah, Polly, Eli and Nimrod, beoame in
sane by attendance at Q" "proracted meeting" and
began to'ses Visions Sally chained 70 beths true
God, the mother often saw Polly ON the Cross and
sometimes herselffelt On her head thet thorny crown,
and felt in her side tie SPEAR as lier Saviour had
done before her. They held meetings in thefelds,
and were seen one day with their sleeves rolled up
above their elbows, knocking dried chesuut.burrs
about from one to another until their naked hands
and arms v~te covered with blood: One night,
while Sally and her mother discussed some passage
in Scripture, dispute arose, occasioned by both
of them claiming to be God. The neither thopsAt
Sally was the devil, and ordered her sons and hns-
band to tie her. they did 90, and thrust her, her
hands tied together, out Of the door. She attempt
ed to get in James seized bit Of board and tied
to push her away, while the mother, unahesto
hold the door against her, ordered Ell to shoot the
devil he fred, hitting her in the hand, and then;
ss they described it afterwards, the devil sersna-
bled eff the doorstep" Soon she wssbashsgain,
putting her bleedy hands in at hole ID the tepof
the door, when Eli was again ordered to shoot.
Nimrod loaded tho rife With two bullets, gave %
Eli who said, Father, must shoot?'' IT
nothing else will do," said he, lyon must shoot"
and said Eli, this time r1sm,bed her right BE-
tween the eyes" The body lay outside the door
until daylight; then themother ordered the rest to
carry the devil to the log-heap and burn it This
they did, nothing being left but bit Of the spine
and skull, rib or two, some portion of the abdo-
men, and the outline of the swelling shoulders and
hips in the ashes The family were taken to jaa,
and while they were all occupying the cage, room
grated with iron On the top and sides, the sous
Killed their mother by choking her A trial re-
suited in their acquttalon the ground Of insanity"
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1ne employees are dnogeedobaoie: 5dogefioaf
is go cross and irritable that he has few visitors
He is the exception, It is generally easier to do
business with the head Of the department than
with the suberdinatss but the rule is reversed in
this case. You can't do business with the Atter-
ney General at all without quarrelling. With bis
subordinates you can transact business, and you
can't quarrel. See the effectof wretched exam
The Portland daily press., 1869-06-01
The yeleeIpede in seo.luna.

The Dundee Advertiser tells this story:
A matron in Bonnebank was stunned and
supplied the other day on seeing gentleman
who had been practising with velocrede,
aud who was approaching her ewellius on
loot, leading it up the incline. preserve a.
iiying--come here" she cried to neighbor.
did ye ever see. thing like this?' Both
looked intensely for while, and the other
said :'sToots, woman, did ye uever see a thing
like that? It's just man gaun about WI a
thing for sharpin' razors'" Hearing this the
matron ran to the house to look for her scis-
sors, crying at the same time to her SON" Jim,
rim, out and tell that man to stop, for want
my sheers sharpit." Jim did as commanded,
but after looking short time-"M Mither. that's
no sheer man ava. / think it's only Teyler
Tamson tryin' to row twa girdsw But the
gentleman, who was now .strideegs" over
the fleet horse, was of like an arrow. HHech
What'll ye wager quoth the matron, as he
vanished from view, "bul that's ane O. the
new-fashioned whurlgigs the newepapers call
philos ophersw