Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-06-11

CURTIN AND STANTON.-AulOllS Clle Gu
rious documents on file in the War Depart
ment is one from Governor Curtin, of Penn
sylyania, to Secretary of War Stanton, which
will cause the new secretary of that depart
ment to wonder what could have been the
provocation for such fiery telegram. The
following is its history: Among the thou
sands of Union soldiers that were languish-
ing in Southern prisons were many Penn
sylvanians. Gov. Curtin came to Washing
ton to see Stanton about an exchange OF prlS-
oners. The Governor stood aghast at the
brutal reply which Stanton made to his ap-
peal Said the war minister: "Do you sup
pose 1 am going to exchange ten thousand
fat, healthy rebels for like number, of Un-
ion skeletons?" Governor Curtin looked hlm
in the face and said: "Are you human
being. q Christian man or brutal fiend to
express such sentiments?" "Think of me
as you WILL" said Mr.. Stanton, "you have
my answer" The Governor returned to
Pennsylvania, and in a few days Stanton
wrote him, but did not allude to their re-
cent interview. He urged Governor Curtin
to come to Washington. The Governor tel.
egraphed, "Will you make an exchange OF
prisoners?" Stanton telegraphed, NO"
Curtin telegraphed, "Go toh-l." That tel
egram is on file along with the correspon-
dence. The ghosts of the neglected prison.
ers and that of the unfortunate Mrs. Surratt,
proved upon the mind of the cruel secretary,
and after suffering the anguish OF remorse
until life was uncomfortable, he died by his
own hand -Bellefonte IVatchnaa's.
"BLUE BLooD."-The term blue blood,
from the Spanish phrase sangre azul, IS much
used without very clear idea OF its signiti-
cation. Its real meaning is-"not that the
blood itselfis blue excepting that all venous
blood has blush tinge)-but that the per.
sons or class to whom the term is applied
have skins so white and transparent that
veins show blue through them, and this is
taken as a certain indication that the. class
or persons thus designated are without an
admixture of races. Any one who has tray
eled in Spanish-American countries, or in
Spain, where the term originated, would
see at once its applicability. The descend
ants of the Gothic cOnquerOrs OF Spain retain
to this day characteristics of their ances'
tors-the white, transparent SKIN, Diue eyes
and auburn or taWny hair, and their veins
show blue through their cuticle; but IN case
ola admiXture of African or Moorish DlOod,
the blue blood (veins) gradually disappear
until in case of a great preponderance of the
latter races the veins show merely as ridg-
es. Tourists in Mexico will notice this pc
culiarity in all of the Mexican cities as well
as in the haciendas throughout that coun-
try, on account of the great admiXture
of Indian (Aztec, Toltec and Tlascallan)
blood in the population, and everywhere
| they will find that the people whose veins
show blue through the skin are the ruling
class.-Letter IN Boston Transcript.
A SUICIDES RIGHTs.-An interesting
case was decided in the City Court of Sa-
vannah, Ga, last week, of great importance
to all beneficiary orders. H. Stephen Jones,
the we'll known young merchant was men,
Der of the Knights of the Golden Rule, and
held o. beneficial certificate for $4,000. On
the 9th of December, 1882, he committed
suicide by shooting himself. His wife
brought suit against the lodge for 81, ,0OO
The officers resisted payment, claiming that
their. constitution did not permit them to
paw the claims of a deceased member who
took his own life. S. NJ. Bernard, general
attorney for the supreme order of the United
States, was there, and assisted the counsel
of the local lodge. C. N. West appeared for
the plaintiff. The case occupied the entire
day. The plaintiff claimed that the de-
ceased was not in his right mind at the
time that he shot himself, and therefore
was not responsible. After two hours ab-
sence the jury rendered verdict for the
plaintiff in the sum of S2S.O4 with interest
from the first of March and all costs OF court.
Ras- Consider for a moment, what it is to
vote. It is the token of inestimable priv
ileges, and involves the responsibilities of
an hereditary trust. 1t has passed into
your hands as right, reaped from fields of
suffering and blood The grandeur of his
tory is represented in your act.-CHapm.
By- Necessity is the spur to self:reliance; {;
noble pride and self-respect are it's atmos-
phere. Where there is wealth the spur is
apt to lose it's sharpness, and often self re.
sheet is smothered under an accumulation of
social influences.