Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-10-10

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look Of anxiety.
"Why, no--certainly not, never.-you
couldn't hire 'em to-
"But you said she called him horrid names,
and threw up his looks"
"Oh, yes, of course, and she may even
spank the children right before bis eyes, and
tell him they are pack of good.for. nothing
thick. headed little beggars but then it's on
ly her way, you know, and she don't mean
anything by it, of course. It's only way
she has of being cheerful and keeping things
livened up around the house. l tell you
Louise amt going to let the dust settle
around her much, no matter where she is"
A BANK REMINISCENCE.
Secretary Sherman, in making bis arrange
ments to roll out the heavy silver dollars
over the country through the mails, will ap.
preciate the little story told by Nathan Sar.
gent (Oliver Old.schooD about Nicholas Bid
die and the Savannah branch bank. One of
the assaults against the United States Bank
was the calculated "happy thought" to prove
its insolvency by breaking one of its branch
es, of which there were ten or twelve situated
in different cities. Savannah was far distant
from Philadelphia in those days, and the bus
mess of the bank was comparatively small,
consisting chiefly of drafts upon cotton sales,
requiring very little specie, of which there
was but small amount kept in its vaults,
compared to its bills in circulation. 1t would
be an easy matter, therefore, so calculated the
opposing parties, to secure quietly a large
amount of the bills, present them for redemp-
ton, before the bank had notice, make run
on it, in other words, and have the bills pro-
tested and its doors shut; thus proving the
insolvency of the branch, it would react on
the parent concern.
So the scheme was set going But Mr..
Nicholas Biddle sat in his countingroom
reading the weekly returns of the branch
banks. For several weeks he observed the
reports from one branch after another. ave
return you less than our average of Savan.
nah branch-notes.' Just what it meant was
not apparent, but it meant something evi.
dently, so the ready President, keeping his
own counsel, quietly shipped 100000 Of spe-
Gle to the Savannah branch, writing letter
of caution and advice to the president Mean
while, the New York operator, having &C.
cured something like $4,000 of the bills of
the Savannah branch bank, started for that
place, secure in his scheme. Arrived there
he asked private interview of the president,
and informed him that he was New York
broker, and had quantity of bills for re-
demption, probably much larger amount
than was usually presented at any one time.
To his surprise the president did not appear
at all disconnected, but politely replied that
he would be happy to give him drafts on New
York or New Orleans for the amount. These,
however, were declined, and the specie de.
manded. The president reminded him that
he could get the specie for the drafts in New
York and so save transportation and insu
rance. But the broker insisted on the specie,
and so it was counted out, keg after keg.
| When about hundred thousand dollars had
been counted and still the kegs kept rolling
| out, the broker saw that he was outwitted,
and kindly offered to change his mind and
take drafts. But the president told him he
was really very much obliged to him for re-
ieving him of the specie, and couldn't think
of taking it back. So the gentleman had
the satisfaction of shipping the specie back
to New York and paying both freight and in
surance on it.-Philadelphia Ledger.
LoNDoN.-Of all great cities London, on
the whole, contains the most to interest and
instruct Americans. Its mere growth is mar
velous 1t has doubled in population in the
memory of men still young. Most of our
readers remember when Macaulay's History
appeared In his first volume the author
contrasted the grandeur of the modern city
with the London of Charles II, and boasted
that the number of inhabitants had increased
from little more than half million to at
least nineteen hundred thousand. In the
brief time that has passed since Macaulay
wrote, the one million nine hundred thousand
has become four millions. A few extracts
taken from the best estimates will give some
suggestion of the immense magnitude Of the
city. 1t is aptly described as "a province
! covered with houses" New York is equal in
population to the aggregate of Maine and
New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island,
Connecticut Massachusetts and California, all
together. To equal the city of London here,
we should have to bring together all the peo-
pie of the following cities: New York, Phil
adephia, Brooklyn, St. Louis, Chicago, Bos-
ton, Baltimore, Cincinnati, New Orleans, Buf:
falo, San Francisco, Washington and Louis
vile. The transient people in New York are
about thirty thousand, in London one hun
dred and sixty thousand. In New York
babe is born every fifteen minutes, and
death occurs once in seventeen minutes. In
London birth occurs every six minutes, and
death every eight. The drinking places in
New York set in one street would extend
seventeen miles, those in London seventy
three miles. The hugeness of London makes
it an uninspectable labyrinth to the majority
of visitors. They see little here and there,
but the wealth and variety of detail in all
that interests the mind is too great for any
tourist to master who does not 60 systematic
cally and inteligently about it. Taking up
these volumes on the great city, after having
made seven visits there, we find that we have
not begun. to see what we desire to.