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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-11-28
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.

TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.
The following transfers of real estate in
York county, have been reported to the Coun-
ty Auditor since the 18th instant:
Mrs. Ann White to Mrs. Frances D. Roach.
A lot in Rock Hill. Consideration $500.
R. H. Glenn, Sheriff Of York county, to
William B. Williams. Lot in Ebenezer,
known as the "Alston lot." Consideration,
$40.
The Episcopal Church, South, to the Ma
sonic Lodge at Rock Hill. Lot in Rock
Hill. Consideration, 5000.
Elizabeth Latta to James L. Wright. A
tract of 125 acres Of land in Bethel town.
ship. Consideration, $3.50.
John Barron to Joseph Miller. Tract Of
fifty acres of land in Ebenezer township.
Consideration, 1898.
WI. Castles to Sarah Castles Tract Of
217 acres of land in Broad River township.
Consideration, $1,000.
A. Williford to William A. Isom. Tract
of 7S acres of land in Bethesda township.
Consideration, $l5O.
Peter McCallum to James M. Culp. Tract
of 300 acres of land in Bethel township
Consideration, $1,000.
Mrs. G. j. Robertson to Charles Gilbert
colored. Tract of two acres of land in York
township. Consideration, $25.
J.F. Workman to VIM. L. Robertson.
Tract of 81 acres of land in Catawba town
ship. Consideration, $500.
Samuel Young to J. D. F. Duncan. Tract
of go acres of land in Cherokee township
Consideration, $1,000.
Miles F. Duncan to Ira Hardin. Tract of
II acres of land in Cherokee township. Con-
sideration, $3.50.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-11-28

GreenVllle and Columbia Railroad company.
- The Baptist State Convention began its
sessions at Darlington on Thursday last. In
the absence of the former president the con-
vention was called to order by the Rev. j. O.
B. Dargan, D. D., the vice president, and the
meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev.
j. L. Reynolds, D. D. A letter was read
from Rev. DR.. Boyce, the former president,
stating that he had removed from the State to
Louisville, Kentucky, but that he was still in
hearty sympathy with the work of the con-
vention. After the delegates were enrolled,
ballot was cast for officers, resulting in the
election of Rev. J. c. Furman, D. D., presi-
dent Rev. J. @. B. Dargan, D. D., vice'presi'
dent; Rev. o. F. Gregory, secretary, and
Professor G. H. Judson, treasurer.
- The Columbia Union prints the following
paragraph: "One of the peculiarities of the
act of the late General Assembly in passing
or adopting the Code, without reading it, has
just been brought to light. 1t happens in
this way: Fort Mills Precinct, formerly in
York county, by clause inserted in the
Code is placed in Lancaster county, the clause
referred to defining the Catawba river to be
the boundary between the counties to the
North Carolina line. The people, and in
fact their immediate officers, of both counties,
know nothing of this change, even if the Leg
islature did, which is very doubtful; and, it
is fact, that in the late elections, no mana
gers we're appointed for the Fort Mills Pre-
cinct by Lancaster county, but as usual, here
tofore, were appointed by York county, and
the people voted in the last named county.
Further, had the vote in counties been g iven
as the boundaries in the Code indicate, Lam
caster would have had full Republican
majority and complete list of county officers,
and York would have gone Democratic, as
the Fort Mills precinct is one of the largest"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-11-28

From the observations so far, it appears that
the organized bodies are found in the first sta
ges of the disease when the discharge is thin !;
afterwards when the discharge is thick, no
animalcula can be found One physician
suggests that the animalcula penetrated the
membrane of the horse, and thus it is after
several days that none are to be discovered.
Perhaps to their subsequent pranks, may be
attributed the dropsy, which is appearing at
the North as the secondary stage Of the dis
ease.
The New York Herald speaks of the
disease which has lately broken out among the
fowl creation, as follows: "Up the Hudson,
and from the highlands and lowlands of this
river, back to the Susquehanna, and how much
further we know not, a terrible disease has
broken out among the poultry. Chickens are
dying from it by hundreds and ducks, geese
and turkeys in the market are said to betray
evidences of the same malady. 1t appears to
resemble the epizootic; the fowl affected has
a running at the nose. But in addition to
this symptom of catarrh, the victim becomes
dizzy, its head swells, and it soon dies of cere-
brospinal meningitis. From the latest infor-
nation of the subject it appears that this dis
ease is really assuming the form Of a destruct-
i've pestilence among our domestic fowls.
Should this pestilence continue to spread as
rapidly as it has been developed, we can only
hope that at least our beef, pork and mutton
will be spared for Thanksgiving day."
1t is popular fallacy that promissory
notes written or signed in pencil will not
stand good in law, and case has just been
dismissed by one of the New York courts,
grounded on that belief, the decision being
given that note in pencil is legally as bind
ing as one in ink "Story, on promissory
notes" declares that "a promissory note must
be in writing, either in ink or pencil; that IS
to say, the signature Of the promiser must be
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-25
STEALING JOHN VAN BUREN'S
THINDER.

From the Galaxy, for September
The author of "DesultOry Sketches, "
in the September GALAXY, tells the fol-
lowing story of John Van Buren,: Gin
the campaign of 1856 when be took an
active part in support of Mr.. Buchanan,
the "great moral question: having
ceased to interest him, / accompanied
him on an electiOneering tour through q
part of Ohio, and in some of the south
ern counties. He had prepared a strong,
political speech, and IS reporting in
those days vas no as general or perfect
as it is now, the intellectual labor Of the
expedition was not exhausting. He was
to speak in a town on the Western Re-
serve, and as considerable preparation
had been made TO get q large number of
people together, the services of several
local orators had been engaged, but, of
course, Mr.. Van Buren's speech was ex-
pected to be the principal feature of the
entertainment. UnfOrl unately John
was taken IN the night before, and al
though he was able to take a seat on the
platform, he was too much ~indisposed to
address the audience. In this exigency
Van Buren, insisted that / should make
a speech. / had previously spoken brief
Iy, when there was a dearth of cOmpe-
tent orators, but speeeh-making was not
in my line. Still, as be was 50 pressing,
/ concluded TO make an effort. As it
was an unusual occasion, the reporters
were present in force. L had heard Van
Buren's speech 50 often that l knew
every word of it, anecdotes and all and
to reQuite bis III offices in getting me
into the scrape, / determined to make
his speech. He saw the trick l was
practising upon him before l had uttered
three sentences, and he began TO scold
and swe al me in an undertOne with
so much vehemence and affected indig-
as to horrify several pious old
Democrats who were on the platform.
Course your impudenceY7 he exclaimed,
soto vOee, HWhO the devil expected you
would take the words out Of nv
mOuth?" proceeded, paying not the
slightest attention to his a~biurgatiOns.
and be quoted down after while. But
when l recited one Of his most pi0uant
anecdotes, which be never told without
general burst Of Applause, and which
received with the most uproariOus
manifestations Of delight, be broke out
gain: 1.-THE meanest thing ever done.
You might as well just pick my pocket.
latch me taking you along as a foil
gain. pd rather have a dummy for a
'OmpariOn. You shall have my hat and
when the meeting breaks up"
By this time the gentlemen on the plat
saw through the thing, and evf
enjoyed the joke and speech a
,reat deal more than John did.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-25
SHAMEFUL.


The facts in detail affecting the trans
fer to Grant of a Chicago farm, and the
appointment of the donor, one Jones,
to a foreign mission are again discussed.
There was no consideration for the con-
veyance to Grant, ave that supposed to
exist in the fact that Jones was about
to be appointed Minister to Belgium.
The land, the Tribune says, belonged to
a Swedish colony, and their trustee
sold itfoT an inadequate sum to Jones,
as it is said, without proper authorize
ton. He transferred a portion of it to
the President for the nominal con-
sideration of II dollar. A suit against
the trustee is spoken. Of, which will
probably bring out some of the facts in
the case. But before the subject is thus
dragged into the courts, il is a matter of
the first Importance that the friends of
General Grant should pay prompt at
%tentiOn to the case, and make some
satisfactory explanation of it. We had
hoped that this would have been
done already. These statements have
been some two weeks before the public.
They are made by a paper of the highest
character and influence. AS long as
they are unexplained they are extremely
d~iscreditable. We have delayed refer
ring to them in the hope that they
mightbe explained away. We hope to see
General Grant defeated for reelection,
and expect to bear a hand in the work.
But we should greatly prefer seeing him
beaten without any more of those sordid
scandals, which are not only d~isgraceful
to him, but in some sort d%iscrediting to
the Presidential office. We receive
every day circumstantial and apparently
truthful stories about the Presidents
misconduct in various ways which we
steadily refuse to publish, believing that
enough is already known to enable the
people to make up their minds in regard
to the personal aspects of the campaign.
The misrepresentation of the Liberal
candidates. man blameless in all per-
sonal, social, and domestic relations-are
foul and so reckless that we prefer to
let them pass without answer, and with
out retaliation. But a case like the
present, if it is true, is not a pri-
vate or personal matter. 1t is a case
If direct and positive maIfeasance in
office, which cannot be overlooked or
1ardoned. 1t cannot be dismissed with
)ut an answer We have waited long
for some explanation from the
President " his friends. We should
been glad to see a refutation which ,
would have relieved us from the neees-
ity of publishing the charge. And even T,
low, We earnestly hope that a full refuta-
ion may not be long delayed. The APP
ointment of Mr.. Jones, though he is
otally unfit for any diplomatic position, )
vas not so wholly incomprehensible as {
ONE papers have said. He was a I
,rother-in-law of Mr.. Washburne, for {
ONE days Secretary of State, and it !
vas natural enough that the fashion of t
r%oviding for ones household which
ad been set at the White House, should
e adopted at the State Department.
We are still not without hope that this =
natter, which looks like bribery, may
I'm out to be only ignorance and
epotism.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-25

or I've heard q gentle mother,
As the tsrilighGhourS began.
Pleading with "a son on dufv

-
OF I've heard q gentle mother,
As-the tsvilighthours hagan-
Pleading with q son OF duty,
Urging him To- be a man.
But unto ner blue-eycd daughter.
Though With loves words mute as ready
Points she out the other duty.
"StriYe, my dear, 20 be a LADY
What's a lady2 1t is something
Made Of hoops, and silks. and airs.
Used to decorate the parlOr,
Like the fancy rugs n chairs?
Is il one that wastes on novels
Every feeling thgt is human
II It's this to be a lady
lis not his TO be a woman.
Mother, then, unto your daughter
Speak of something higher far
Than TO be mere fashion lady
woman" is the brightest star.
Ifye, in your strong Affection
Urge yOur son to boa true
Urge your daughter no less strongly
TO rise up ana be a oman
Yes, a woman-briglftest model
or that light and perfect beauty
There the mind, and soul, and body,
Blend to work out hfe's great duty
Be n w"Oman-naught is higher
On the gilded list Of fame;
On the catalogue Of virtue
There's no brighter, hOlier name.
BE a woman-On tOduty.
Raise the world from all that's low,
Place high IN the social heaven
Virtues fair and radiant bowl
Lend thy influence to aCh effo7t
That snal raise our nature human:
Be not fashions gilded lady,
Be q brave, true, whOle-sOuled woman.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-25
THE POOR.

This city of ours, even as the World
says of New York, has sores of which
the well-hOused ,well-fed, and influential
minority amongu US are absolutely igno-
rant. The rich and the " well-to-doD
are the greatest grumblers. Nearly all
the complaints addressed to the news
papers in respect to public ~nuisanees,
come from people situated far above
poverty. The grounds of such COM
plants are generally so trivial and self
ish VIXEN compared with the inaudible
grievances of the poor, that public Off
GERS are apt to pass them by. 1t is not
too much to say that one-half the inhab-
itaDts of any great city live, or rather
exist, in misery night and day. In the
country, where pure air and the sights
Of nature are free to whatsoever denizen,
poverty is comparatively easy to be
borne; but in every metropolis, in the
CHASTITY purlieus, men, women, and
children are deprived of every ~conceiva-
bic palliation for their wretched being.
No light, except when they seat them
selves on the reasydoorstep, overlooking
the nauseOus gutter. No breath without
the gutter stencil, unless they drag
themselves a mile or more to some park,
where every decently-dressed male and
female shuns them as if they had a con-
tagious disease. No comfort-for what
comfort a a family in a cellar or in
one of a tenement-hOuse possibly
enjOy2 The kindest hearts among us
ought to be our women, vet how few
wealthy or charitably disposed women
ever witness the extremity of tene-
ment-house Indebtedness! Many who
practice charity as a virtue practice it
from mere selfish delight in receiving
sppreciatiye gratitude. Truly charitable
people, who do not shrink from minis
tering on occasion to neediness so ex-
tTeme as to be unashamed and to misan-
so confirmed as to be vicious
and u~ngrateful, are apt to be cynics,
after all. Perhaps newspaper men
encounter the wretchedly poor
and most abandoned abject men
and women more frequently than
others. There is not a beggar driven
by intolerable hunger to publish his
own degradation, by asking aims, who
Ices not first find his way to the news
Office. However impoverished the
he has seen or read the news
PAPER. It's ubiquitOusness has made its
lame familiar, and there is hardly a tale
# woe told by their pale lips, or by
'lear-eyed debauehery, which is not re-
'ited in the presence of newspaper con-
and this is one of the penalties
'fnOtOriety. Even here, where the cost of
living is reduced to a minimum, there
re many homes which sickness has WIS.,
ted, and haggard want broods over the
edside Of neglected poverty. There are
7retched women that starve in foul
or cellars, or garrets, that their
ollow-eyed little children may have !
be meanest subsistence; and the gener- !
us aud good should never forget that !
Ut Savior, in asserting the perpetuity of I
and want, asserted the perpetual !
ecessity for the perpetual exercise of
oundless charity.
v
~ 2 n
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-25
LITTLE GIRLS.

The words might be sharp, harsh,
c~ensOriOus, or even bitter-it mattered
not, she threw nothing back, but met
them all with the same sweet spirit of
calm endurance. She was often placed
in very trying circumstances, but her
~self-eonTol eve left her; her patient
kindness remained unchanged.
When a mere child, her mother gave,
as it were, the care of the entire family
into her tender hands, and kissed her
a last farewell. Tender, delicate child
that she was, and yet so strong, 50 firm
in goodness! Her father, hasty, irritable,
at times unreasonable, was most exact
ing in his requirement; but she met his
various moods with patient, fOrgiving
love.
Her brothers and sisters were pas
~sionate, ftful, and trying, but there mis-
demeanors were never visited with sharp
rebuke. She never answered back to
their peevish and complaining words.
j have seen sadness come over her
eOUntenace like a heavy cloud, and large
teardrops roll slowly down her fair
cheeks, but no temper-dasbes ever dis
turbed the quiet beauty Of her face. no
violent emphasis or UnlOvely accents
broke the melody of her sweet voice.
I've seen her slowly leave the room to
avoid q conflict, and once through some
MISUNDERSTANDING she received a pain
fully ~upbraiding letter; she stole away
softly to her chamber, and afteTward she
told me that she fastened TO God to get
right feelings quickly.
One day she was telling me Of a par
ticular trial with one of the Wayward
children, and I asked: " Well, what
did you say"
She answered: 40 nothing. 1 only
kept still. You know it does not make
better to answer back"
but what did you dO?D 1 again
| just waited as patiently as I could,
until she got over it.
Keep stiNr' How wise, how heroic,
now beautiful to keep still and bear in
sharp, passionate words Just
waited" How admirable the grace Of
patience, to wait until the furious storm
If anger is over, and nev Increase it
the utteraDce Of a single word,
How sweet 70 see little children turn
away from contention and how
beautiful for young people to abstain
rom answering back!
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-25


The name of General Cheatham ap.
peared at the masthead Of the APPEAL
yesterday morning, just forty-eight
hours after his nomination; and this
paper viii most cordially aid the people
of Tennessee in electing him to the Con-
gress of the United States. General
Cheatham is one Of the most popular
men in Tennessee; has served the peo-
pie faithfully, and to defeat him would
be a disgrace to the State. His career
as a soldier and citizen deserves the
sympathy Of all who honor courage in
action, dictated by nobility Of soul. In
war he is as courageous as the lion, and
in peace as tender as a woman His
life illustrates the truth Of that philOso-
ply which teaches that the brave are the
loving, the tender are the daring. The
noble responses made to the nomination
Of General Cheatham foretokens his
triumph in November next, and
the signal overthrow Of the in
dependents, who, in politics, are
regarded with as much contempt as
~guerrillas in time Of war. The news
from all parts Of the State indicates q
popular uprising Of the people to defeat
the cOnspiracies Of the Radicals and the
independents. But all who are strug-
Cling to defeat Grant, and to elect the
ticket which appears at the head Of
this column, must get to work. 1t is
but little owe two months to the cleo
ton, and there is much work to be done
in that brief period of time. The result
in North Carolina should warn Us
against being lured into q false security.
We think we are safe in tennessee,
and probably we are; but we must
make assurance sure. The Radi-
Gals are connecting all sorts Of
schemes and combinations. They are
hunting for Independents to be
used by them in the approaching
election. They will move heaven and
earth to carry the State. They have an
active and Woodworking committee,
which is just now flooding the State with
campaign documents, well calculated
TO produce a reaction in the popular feel
ing when insidiously introduced into
every family, and left to work their
effect without contradiction or explana-
ton. We have before US now a number
Of these documents which a half dozen
clerks in the pay of the Radical com
mittee are busily employed in
ranking to all the cOnserva-
tive people Of the State. The
franks Of the Radical Congressman
are freely and ~shamelessly used for this
political purpose. They have funds in
abundance, also provided, we suppose, ,
from the same source that furnished the
to corrupt North Carolina. All
the machinery Of the government is at
their disposal to circulate these dOcu-
ments. In view Of this activity on their ,
part, it is time we organized to take the .
field and open the campaign in earnest. F..
We must not lose the food of the tide
by u supineness, or rely too much on :
our fancied security. Tennessee can be :
,olOnized as well as North Carolina. u
Perfect organization is the only safe d
guard. 1t will not do merely to say the I
State Of Tennessee is safe; we must {
make it so beyond the peradventure Of
any unforeseen emergency. This can =
,nly be done by voting for the regular :
nominees OF the party. |
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-25

Their deliberations have been character
istically interspersed with angry de-
bates full of Jealous and malignant
spleen, and at intervals the picture is ar
tistically touched up with displays of
pistols and other barbarous blood-letting
implements, with an occasional smite
with missiles such as bricks, inkstands,
gavels, chairs, and whatever else the
aggrieved and disappointed could lay
hands on-making a splendid picture of
first-class Bedlam.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-25
CROPS.

Colonel WestbrOOk thus dise0urseth,Of
bis travels: We have returned but
newly from a trip through the North
western portion Of Haywood, Western
Crockett and a good portion of Lauder
dale, taking WOOdville, Ripley, Double
Bridges, Dry Hill, Chestnut Bluff. New
York and Brooklyn in the route and
never, since the country was settled,
saw we such fiattering prospects r0r crops
Of corn and cotton. Farmers nave
worked well, the soil is extremely fertile,
have been propitious, IA the
results must be, without some unexpect-
Ell disaster, the largest yieldot our staple
products that has blessed the laoOrer fOF
many a year. The average yield OF cot
will he more than a bale to two
acres. which is a high average"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-25
HER EYES.



There's meaning ia her liquid eyes
Far o than tongue can tell;
Ihe deepeNt Beauty IN them lies,
More rddtent cen tha orient skies,
softer imam t|glligits mellow dies
On ocean gentle swell.
Ihe star that smiles first on the night,
All iuln DOusw With heavenly Light,
Is not SO ~delicases2 bright.
As thef far arb--my theme
Whose praise ~46sAENQble bard doth sing,
As through rhyR 2iuAas wandering,
He homage doe SHsS lovely thing,'
soft As an angels dream.
The graceful laShes, long and jet,
That shade those beautiful eyes,
And full twin hrow-I see them yet,
Their beauty / may never forget
All! would that they had never met
My gaze, to start n sad regret
Too many heart-born signs.
Down in the depths OF those dark eyes
see all that we mostly prize
a heart ali big with charities,
All kind, all true-divinei
Ripe with every holy feeling,
Natures Hottest aim revealing;
Oh the strangeness DER me stealing
Beau ifui eyes, I'm thine!
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-25
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

For PreeidenLHORACE GREELEY
For VToe-P resident-B. GRAFT BROWM.
For GoUeraor-JOHN C. BROWN
For CongresS-LANDON c. HAYNES.
Cangress STAT at Large-B.E CHE4THAM
Tor Senator-H CLAY KING.
J. N. CREWS
PEYTON J. SMITH
For Represcntuiue-HUGH D. GREER.
4. B. IA
" JAMES ~ HARRIS
" s. r. CANNON.
" JOHN OVERTOM
JOSEPH BARBIERE.
Far Fogter-J y, ELDRTDGE.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-25

Captain Alexander Gibson, United
States Navy, who died lately at Pensa-
cola, Florida, was in the sixty-hfth year
of his age. He was a native of Virginia,
and was appointed to the government
service from that State. His first COM
mission was dated July LIST, in the year
1922. He performed duty at sea during
seventeen years and eight months, and
engaged on shore or other duty six
years and one month. He went to sea
for the last time on the sixth of May,
1856.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-25

THE Republican Convention which
has been in session at Columbia, South
Carolina, for the past two oil three days
has been a decidedly lively assemblage.