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THE CAROLINA SPARTAN.
by cayis & trimmier. DctroRlr io Southern liigljts, politics, SljjjviculJnvc, nntr iiliscellmu}. $2 per ahhum.
VOL. xiii. SPARTANBURG, S. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1857. ~ NO"48.
THE CAROLINA SPARTAN.
BY CAVIS & TKIMMIEJR.
T. 0. P. VERNON, Associate Editor.
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CAROLINA SPARTAN.
" 'JANUARY BILLS."
Our correspondent J. Forres?. Gowan, Esq., con
tributed to the Spartan, on the 8th instant, a poetical
hit at January bills. Another correspondent, thinking
he had found evideuco to conviot Mr. Gowan of
plagairitm, forwarded to us the following note, cnelosing
a leaf of the New York Literary Journal,
printed sometime in J856, wherein we found, as a
selection, this same January ballad, under the head
of "Payments:"
Mtcsaas. Editors: Under the impression that in
the "press of enjoyments,'' during the Christ 'nns
holidays, you hare neglected to examine your
"ex's." or, at least, to give your "original articL ?"
the proper "rrsdil," we send enclosed a paj>or, not
The Spartan, containing the article headed "January
Bills" and "Payments;" not but what we are
very much pleased with J. F. G's. "jeu d'eeprit"
and "daguerreotypes in verse," but to show, simply,
that the article reforred to is, in fact, a daguerreotype,
[not the original.]
Trusting you will pardou us for expressing the
opinion that J. F. G. would do well not to discard
l'the chemicals" yet awhile, we have the honor to
be, very respectfully, &o., Yours, till death,
WE US & CO.
Please send us a number containing the above,
and oblige, W. U. ?fe .CO.
We placed the whole matter in the hands of Mr.
Gowan (or cxpianation. llis surprise was intense,
and lie at once placed in our hnnds the proof that the
poem was his, and originally appenred over his
name in the Charleston Evening News.
The Newberry Rising Sun of last week also
came to us with black marks around "January
Bills," plainly intimating that we were ho-axed by
our friend J. F. G.
To settle the question of authorship beyond controversy,
however, our corre pendent seized npon
the incideut to daguerreotype i', in the following
happy muuncr. We think his triumph complete:
THpSG "JANUARY IIIIJA."
BY J. F. GO WAN.
I did not think, when fust 1 wrote.
In "Evening News," these verses,
That it would bring upon my pato
A host of New York curses.
So, thinking it appropriate
In January too,
I coolly took my pen in hand,
And wrote it ail anew.
The Spartan kindly published it
Upon liis columns rare,
Not dreaming that the New York folks
Would meddle with it there.
But, lo! from out the Empire State,
I letter is received,
Which dares to tell our Editor,
That he was much deceived.
site ".uucrary uourntu ' aays
Tlio linen tielong to them.
That J. F. G. had copied it,
They knew not where or when.
With this they are not satisfied,
But with ironic flings,
They oompliment my beauteous urt,
And mcntiou other things.
Now, J. F. G. plainly asserts?
With greatest ca*o can prose?
The "Journal" stole the "Bills" from him,
And published them, by Jove!
And diJ the Journal deign to turn
To Charleston Evening News,
Dated tlii' 12th of July lost,
And p.tiieutly p rase,
He'd find upon the column first
This very envied piece,
Headed, I think, the "July Bills,"
Which will my proof increase.
And if he is not then content,
John Cunningham, Enquire ,
Will tell him who the author is,
And all he may require.
Now, Mr. Journal, let me say,
B fore I close mv renn
I care not mucli whoe'er you be,
How loug may bo your purse;
But when you next attempt to take
Daguerreotype in eerse,
You'd better u?e a better light,
Or tako another course.
For Chemical? and Poetry
Do not at nil agree,
For men who praise the former mode,
But stenl the rest frotn me.
Perhaps you want to try your hand
In copying now and then,
If so, insert this picture too,
And call it yours again!
IIok. IIknky W. Hilhard.?A paragraph
which has appeared in sovoral Southern
papers in regard to litis gentleman's
purpose to change his present relations to
his church is, wo have reason to know, premature.
The remarks made by Mr. 11 i 1
liard had reference to the future, and not
to the present. It is well known that he
has long beon connected with the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and that his political and |
professional engagements have not proventen
him from advocating in this city and
olsewhere the claims of the gospel. It is
not, wo understand, his purpose to make
any change at this time in his relations to
the church, or to relinquish his usual pursuits,
if that should even take place.
[iYa/tc?a/ Intelligencer.
There is a firm in Now York, the name
of which is Lay, Hatch, A Co. Tho clerks
aie preauraod to be Sbangbais.
Dr. Livingstone's Exploration of Africa.
Dr. Livingstone is nearly forty years of
age; bis face is furrowed through 'hardships,
and is almost black with exposure to a
burning sun. He hesitates iu speaking, has
a peculiar accent, is at a loss sometimes for
a word, and the words of his sentences are
occasionally inverted. JLlis language is,
however, good, and he has an immense fund
of most valuable and interesting information,
which he commuuicates most freely,
lie is in good health and spirits. His left
arm, which was broken by a liou, is improperly
set, a defect which he will endeavor to
get corrected while ho is in England. lie
as an affection of the uvula, which will
prevent him from speaking much in public
for the present. This affection has been
brought on by preaching in the open air in
Africa. If ho now speaks much he loses
his voico, notwithstanding that ho submitted
to an operation in Afiica to enahlo him
to Rpeak in public.
lie has scarcely spoken the English language
for the last sixteen years, lie lived
with a tribo of Bcchuanas, far in the interior,
for eight years, guiding thein in tho
paths of virtue, knowledge and religion, lie,
in conjunction with Mr. Oswald, discovered
the magniHceul Lake Ngami, in tho interior
of Africa, lie traced by himself the
course of the great river Zainhesia, in Eastern
Africa, and explored one of the extensivo
and arid deserts of tho African continent.
In the interior of that continent ho reached
the eighth degree of southern latitude, that
is, twenty-six degrees north of the Capo of
Good Hope, far beyond the range of any
former traveller. The Lake Ngami is far
to the west of the hunting grounds of Gordon
Cuinming. Livingstone was in those
grounds when the Lion slayer was there,
and they both met often. Livingstone never | |
could make the Africans believe or under- I
stand that his countryman came for sport, i
They thought ho came for meat, which ho 1 ,
could not got at home.
The last news that Dr. Livingstono heard J
from Europe, while far away from the coast,
was when ho was rear Loando. llo then
read of the battle of llnlaklava. It was a
twelvemonth before ho heard further news.
The wife of the Doctor is the daughter of
Mr. Moflatt, the civilizer of tho llechuana
nation. Moffatt had lost sight of his sonin
law for some lime, and attempted to cross
into tho interior to see what was become of
him. He failed to reach him, however,
but be sent on by friendly tribes a package
of books, newspapers, and letters. This :
package was brought to the southern banks !
of a river which separated two hostile
tribes. Livingstone was then living far to :
the norlli of this river. The Southrons I
called to the Northmen, and told tliein that | '
they had somo property belonging to the
Doctor, who was held in great respect by
both tiibes. The Northmen refused to
cross over for it, saying that the books and !
papers contained witchcraft medicine. '"Ye- j
ry well," said the Southrons, "?o leave
them here, and if they are lost, on your
heads the blame will fall." They then re- j
tired. The Northmen thought better of it, :
crossed over, placed the parcel ou an island
in the river, and built abut over it. Twelve
months afterwards Dr. Livingstone found i
the parcel there safe. The Doctor has been 1
struck down by African fever upwards of:
thirty times, lie has constantly slept in
tlio open air in the most unwholesome climates,
and he has traveled over "sands, and j
shores, and desert wildernesses," with no (
earthly defence, he says, save his own right
arm, but under the protection of the Al j
mighty. It is impossible to talk with the
Doctor without discovering that he has a
brave heart, and possesses quiet and etidur
ing energy.
Dr. Livingstone explored the country of.
tho truo negro race. IIo saw a multitude
of tribes of Africans, and several races, 1
many of whom had never seen a white man
until lie visited them. They all had a re- '
ligion, believed in an existence after death,
wot pp? ' idols, and performed religious
corcu grov- aud woods. They j
u 'cicu oerosebea superior to white
men, who could liol speak their language.
i,ions wore numerous aim nesii active, lie
otuse many tubes in Africa belmvcd tli it
tlie souls of their chiefs migrated into too
bodies of those animals. These unlives
clapped their hands together whenever they
saw lions, to cheer and honor them. The
l>octor and Mr. Oswald discovered the Lake
Ngami by stratagem. The natives south
of the lake always directed travellers to it
in a straight line, which was at most times
through an arid desert, which could not be
traversed. Messrs. Oswald and Livingstono
skirtcil this desert, and thus reached the
lake, which was exactly where the natives
pointed to it, by a circuitous route. Far
north ho found a country abouuding in
game, though at some parts the gamo had
been thinued by the natives who had been I
supplied with firearms by tho Portuguese.
At the time when Dr. Livingstone was
supposed to have been lost, owing to the
ship which contained his despatches foundering
at Madeira, ho was then in tho interior
of tho country trying to seek a road to
tho sea coast. A chief whs anxious to open
a communication with the coast for the
purpose of trading, and the doctor and a
large number of tho chiefs subjects were
socking tho means of doing it. Tho ditli- i
culty consisted in finding a routo for vehicles,
on nccount of the marshy state of tho
country. Ilo describes tho language of the
ltechuanas, amongst whom he lived, as remarkably
sweet and expressive. It has
none of the clicking sound which distin- t
guishes tho Bosjcminan language. The
wholo of the dialects of tho African tribes
have affinities one with anothor, a circumstance
which assists a traveler, who understands
one dialect, to make himself intelli- j
gible in another.
The doctor loft the interior of Africa by
descending the liver Quolainaen, which
empties itself in the Mozambique Channel.
It was in au attempt to find him that several
of the crew of 11. M. B. Dart wore
drowned, lie hopes next year to enter Africa
by the east, and proceed to extend his
discoveries. Although so long away f
the abodes of civilized men, he has not
the manners and polish ot a gentlemai
Dr. Livingstone arrived in Loudon
Saturday, the 13th, from Southampton
meet Sir Roderick Murohison and ol
suvand, in order to prepare corrected m
of Southern Africa, for the meeting of
Royal Geographical Society. Itissiugi
that the Doctor has found tho old map
Africa more accurate than tho modern o
He has found a largo portion of that sj
which is represented by a blank in So
African maps to consist of fertile counli
inhabited by populous tribes, and intersp
ed by largo rivers.
It is inoet important to observe that
farther he traveled into the interior of
rica, the more civilized nnd numerous
found the inhabitants. They were less
rocious and suspicious, had belter and m
settled forms of government, and more wj
than tho tribes which lived nearer the
coasts. He met with tribes in tho intei
who practised inoculation, and knew
medicinal virtues of quinine, although ll
Jid not administer it in tho concentrn
form as prepared in Europe; and inoroo'
they had a tradition of Noah's dele
They traded in ivory and gold, which w
iold by one tribe to another until these
Liclos reached Europeans on tho sea co
The number of largo animals of the ck
which Dr. Livingstone met with belw
ihe 8th and 22d degrees of south latiti
was perfectly marvellous. They find tli
mbsistenco upon extensive plains of cor
herbage, which, together with the abund
water melons, enable both man and be
to travel in Africa. Many tracts in t
country, however, cannot bo traversed
account of insects that sling beasts of I
Jen to madness. Tho doctor describes
fear of African wild boasts to be mi
greater in England than Africa.
The chief documents which Dr. Livi
itono had prepared relative to his trai
and discoveries he unfortunately lost wl
crossing an African river, in which also
nearly lost his life; but ho has 6tores
memoranda of the utmost interest as to
Bibliology, natural history. philology, go
raphy, and geology of the African co
nent.
I>r. Livingstone received a hearty rcc
Liou at the Geographical Society on M
Jay evening, and was presented with
gold medal of the institution.
On the 15th, a public reception was i
en by the friends and admirers of Or. 1
ingstone, to that gentleman, at the Fi
mason's Tavern, Great Queen stieet. I
Karl of ShafUburv presided, and after sc
ral complimentary speeches had been deBred,
it was moved by the lie v. Dr. Vau
an, seconded by the lion. A. Kinnaird,
I*.: "'1 hat this meeting presents its m
cordial congratulations to the licv. Da
Livingstone, LL. I)., on his safe arrival
his uniivo country, after an absence of i
teen years, occupied in missionary lab
and travels in South Africa. It er.tertn
the highest admiration of that Christ
benevolence, courage and perseverance
which he was animated and sustaii
throughout his extended and perilous j<
neys in those hitherto unexplored regit
and the meeting hereby devoutly nckm
ledge the merciful providence of God,
which Dr. Livingstone was befriended :
preserved amidst the manifold dangers :
gigantic difficulties of his noble enlerpr
and by which his self denying and inde
ignble efforts to open a channel for the
troduction of Christianity, with ita unni
bered blessings, to the enlightened milli
of South Africa, have boon crowned w
tho happiest success." The reverend doc
in the course of a long and eloquent spei
returned thanks, and the meeting separal
The Commercial Gazette of I'ort Lo
Mauritius, contains an outline of a leel
delivered by l>r. Livingstone, the Afii
traveler, in which he gave an interest
description of the peculiarities, cliinu
vegetation, and population of Africa,
lecturer sad that the first, or eastern zv.
was distinguished by a much more hut
climate than either of the others. This 1
earned by the prevailing winds being e
eily. The inhabitants were athletic,
and brave. The second or middle z
was comparatively flat and arid. Tho
habitant-, called liechuanas, though or
nally < I (he same stock as the Catfies,
not so well developed physically, and thoi
as fond of cattle and agriculture as the C
fres, are l?y no means so brave a peo
They are divided into upwards of twe
trilnjs, and live in towns governed by
reditary chieftains, who maintain their p
er by a system of espionage and rear
cattle.
Allusion was then made by tho loot?
to the rain doctors, who were cbictly adt
turcrs from other tribes. They resorter
all sorts of dot ices to gain time, in the h
that clouds might collect and permit tl
to gain credit by bringing their operali
to a close just at the moment when i
commenced. They were then sure of a
eral reward. In Africa, where rain
sometimes of so much importance, proph
anticipations respecting it were much loo
to. The JlechuHiias woro generally fri
nn/1 in/lnaf rtAiio 'I Iiau umrn *??/! >- 1
and glittor. As much as ??0 hud I
given for a superior English rille.
women wore not well tieatcd l>v the II
lianas or Caffres. They were, ho we
complete mistresses of tho houses and
produce of tho garden. A man did
dare to enter his wife's hut in her abse
Tho middle zone was nearly llat and '
sandy, but it was not a desert, like port
of tho north of Africa. There was ahi
ant vegetation, but water was very sci
The inhabitants, called "Bakalahari,"
bushruen, managed to subsist with a
small supply of tho precious fluid, for t
are many tuberous roots which contnin
their collular tissues, supplies of pure
water. In tho plains wore immense n
hers of ostriches and herds of largo r
lopes, which can subsist for months wit
water. The animals which canuot
without water were the elephant and
noceros, tho giraffe, pallah, buffalo, i
roin j and hyenas. When thesennimnls aro met
lost ' there is almost a certainty of water beinj
i. found in the country.
on 1 Immediately beyond the bushmen nm
i, to . Bakalahari, thero was a curious race o
Llicr peojilo called Bakoba or Bazciya. Tliej
inps lived on tho river /.anga and other rivers
the and wero tho Quakers of the body politic
ular in Africa. They never fight, but submi
is of quietly to every tribo which conquers tin
nes. country adjacent to tho rivers on whicl
>ace they always reside. They say they neve
ui.li fight, because their forefathers tried to d<
ries, so onco with bows made of paltna christi
ers- [ and as they broke they gave up the prac
| lice entirely. Tho spirit of trade is strong
tho ! in the African.
A f 1 There seems to be a scarcity of disease
ho j in Africa?no consumption, or scrofula, liy
fo- j drophobia, cancer, cholera, small pox o
lore measles. In every village thero wero crowdi
mis of children. This explains why, notwith
sea standing all their wars and kidnapping
rior j thoy continue to dwell in tho presence o
the | all their brethren. It seems as if they wen
liey preserved (said tho lecturer) by Diviiu
ted Providence for purposes of mercy, ns dis
rer, tinctly as tiod's ancient peoplo, tho Jews.
Ige. 1 - ? ?
ero { IIoBnim.K SurEiisTiTiOK.?The Browns
ar- villc (Texas) blag notices a enso of super
ast. stitious barbarism which almost surpassei
nso belief. It is said to have occurred in Mala
ecu moros, Mexico, about a month ago:
udo B seems that a young lady of Slatamoroi
ieir was taken sick, and an old lady of tin
irso neighborhood, reported to have some skil
ant in tho virtue of herbs, was solicited to visi
jHst and administer to the patient. From iom<
bat cause or other tho old huly failed to attend
on and suspicious reports were circulated thai
?ur- tho old ladv had bewitched the young one
the Tho authorities were petitioned to compe
ich the attendance of the old one. Officer!
wero sent to take her before her supposes
ng- victim, and these miserably ignorant wretch
. els ca reported that thev. on iilrwm
lile repaired to her domicile and could not find
lie her at home, but found instead a suspicion
of looking black cat. After several efforts
the however, they found the old woman al
og- home, instead of her cat, and she was taker
nti- ! to the presence of tho invalid.
Hut her herbs failed to restore the siek
ep- j to health, and the meddlesome black cal
on- persisted in following its owner, and beinp
the by the neighbors found in tho room of tin
| invalid instead of her mistress, fixed th<
r;v. opinion fast in the minds of these ignoranl
jv. | people, that the <>ld woman and black cal
peo- vvoro 0110 n,,d tho same person ?that sin
I lie being a witch could take the form of tin
,ve- ! c at and assume her own shape at will ?
jjv. | that (he invalid was a victim to her diaholi
pi,. 1 cal art. With these convictions, it is said
M. t?'ey sought out the unfortunate old crea
lost ' luro? nud actually lied her up and witl
vid thongs cruelly flogged her to death as r
in :
six j ,sticO to the civi authorities of Mala
l0rs moros, w e are happy to state that they wer<
L;ns not a party to the tragic part of this singu
j.|U lar transaction, and that they were promp
|jy i in arresting tho netors. Hut what a mourn
ued picture does it present in this enlighten
>ur- ' eJ aSv*
>nv? Nkw Youk in the Oi.de!* Time.?Hish
L>w* op Meade, of Virginia, has for some tinn
been engaged in writing the history of tin
" old churches, inini?tcrs and families in Yir
V ginia. In a recent communication in tin
,s0' Southern (.'hiirchiiuin. llie Itislinn sne?l.-?
f;11* Governor Page, who was a member of Coo
m" gress, which then sat in the city of New
lm* York, lie made it a practice to writ*
^,1S homo frequently to his children. In one o
lt'1 liis letters t?> his son, written 08 years ago
,or' I Governor 1'age says:
;j' " This town is not half so large as Phil*
. delphia, nor in any manner to be compare*.
u,s' to it for beauty and elegance. Philadelphia
ur0 I am well Jissured, has moro inhabitant!
ca" than lioston and N? w York together. Th<
l"g streets here are ba lly paved, very dirty, am
V narrow, a> well as crooked, ami filled uj
' ',0 i with a strange vari.tv of wooden, stone anr
,ne< brick buildings, and full of bogs and mud
u'4' The C 'Hog.*, St. Paul's Church, and tin
Hospital are elegant buildings. The Fode
a>l" ral Hall, also, in which Congress is to sit
tali js slogant. What is very remarkablo ben
?.ne i>, that there is hut ono well of water whicl
,ln" furnishes the inhabitants with drink, s<
?g' ' that water is bought hero hy every ono lira
are diinks it, except tbo owner of this well
Four carts aru continually going about sell
al ing it at three gallons for a copper?that is
P'?* a penny for every threo gallons of water
1 -v The other wells and puinps servo for wash
, ing, and nothing else.
?w' I The New York Commercial says tha
,no , thero are some at the present day who r?
member the "( )!d Tea-Water Pump," whicl
irer afforded that supply.
i to A Nt.w Ioka.? \estoruay aftor dinne
opo wo were ensconced very snugly in our ol
iem arm chair, musing upon?nothing in pai
Ions ticular?when our better half rushed int
rain our preseuco almost broalbless, and exclaim
lib- ed: "Husband, is thero a cooper shop i
was I town?" "No," we replied, "what do yo
ictic wantr "(Hi!" said she, "I have just loarno
kud ! such a okkat mkciibt, and have promise
rgal ! not to tell it, and 1 want to get hooped, f*.
liow 1 am afraid, if 1 don't tell it, I'll burst.
>een Wo fainted.
1 lie i hi.si .m s iio.v.? Lust week wo recorue
ecl?- several di-linguishcd presentations that ha
ver, lately taken place, and now wo have to at
tlie nounce another. Our public spirited friem
not K., presented to our distinguishe
uce. young friend, J. 1*. Ik, on the evening <
very ibo 20th ult., n magnificent white pock'
ions handkerchief. Several speeches were mad
ind- Every thing went off with a great deal i
iree. eclat and considerable egg nog. We lui
and employed a reporter to bo in atlondanc
very with a view to giving our readers full pa
hero ' liculars, hut the unmitigated scamp g
i, in egg nogged, and tho last we saw of him I
cold was atlhcted with weakness of tho knee
utn- and singing "bobbin around."
into- j The Sheriff of this county, Mr. John I
bout Murray, Iihh requested us to say that 1
live will receive the bills of "The Peoplt
rhi- Bank " S. C., in payment for taxes,
lions j [Cfjf'cevtlle (Miss ) Intelligencer.
Legislative Lines. Pla
? The following jcu <Tesprit on the Roll /
I of the House of Representatives was perpef
trated by a member of thai body, who is ^!'3
r distinguished for his learning and wit. ?pej
' | Having presented us with the manuscript, has
"r we feel at liberty to mako a few extracts and
3' from it: .
i | "In the prosent House of Representatives j
r , of South Carolina there nro an Ambler
> and a Leoett (pronounced Leg it) in the t|
, : jxrujxitclic line; a Carter in the vehicular ^
line; and a McCarter in the Book !ine- a IE 3
r Rally in the municipal line; a Clarke in the ^ y
: .tub official line; a Beahj in the pugnacious
s line; a Rlack and a Whytc in tho opposi- . .
tion line; a Black-well in the boot line; a j
r a Bland ing in tho courteous lino; a Blum ^
i j (pronounced Bloom) in tho floral line; a j u
. ; Brat-ton in tho brat line, and a Broylos in j ^
, the bee/stake line. I
f A Carwile in tho sunning or persuasive j (
i line; a Caut-hen in the coop or trap line; a
3 i Chambers in the bed line. ^
A Dantrler in the polk ing lino. rac<
Two Karles in tho line of nobility; ad Kas- j
ly in the "free ami easy" line; an Kdings in
the bau lino; and Edwards in tho meta- 1
j * ? | met
physco-reltgtou* lino*
? Farrow in the Itank line; and Fuller in the ,
- cloth lino. ""j
Good-win and Win smith in the winning j.*s?
line; A Gra ham in the bacon line; a bunch j.no
J of (jreens in tho vegetable line; aGregg in the
I granite line; a Gritlin and a Hart in the
t fore natunc line;and a Ilardv in the robust : , .
. i ' 3 his
C* I tho
, Two Johnsons in tho dictionarydine. beei
t A King in the royal line; an Elliot in the ; ee
Port royal line. j
1 Two Kirks in tho ecclesiastical line.
?i A Merriwether in tho sheep husbandry \ '
I line; a Milov in the mileage line; Miller in no '
,I. i-L? _ \f ? I son
j urn rwuiy iiiii-, it moony in me imiar line;
, h Murray iit the grammatical line; and a Mul j^j1
I litis in the uiedico-rauminoMs line. An O'- j
t Cain in tlio (riitta jterchn line. ;
, Two l'ojxw in the pontifical line; a Smart j ^
L j in the smirking line; and a liay-mond iu the '
i sjxirkling line. j
A llice in the ccrcal line; a Seaborn in the
Oceanic line; a Seymour in the optical line;
t a Smith in the mechanical line; and nSulIi- .^n
\ van in the insular lino. j j
' A West-on in the tax tern line; a Whis
ling in the Jish line; and a Whaley in tho ; |
L bi'/jish line; a Wilds and Wood in the for- .'
t ?Vline. I(
And a Yeadon in the privileged or elec- ,
> j tion line.
1 Mr. Yeadon was Chairman of the Coin- ej '
j inittee on Privileges and Elections. i.
. j [Andsrton <!a:clte. ^
i The French Imperial Family.?A lato P?6'
i letter from Paris has the following:
The Prince Imperial was yesterday, in ?inj,
spite of the coldness of the weather, taken fara
} ! out for nir and exercise in the garden and tej
court of the Tuilcries. In the afternoon bis ! Tliii
1 I imperial highne<y was carried in tho car- j cjrc,
liage, with a military escort, to the Park of j
Monceaux, whoie he remained an hour and ' Gf |
a half. What ho may grow up to it is yir>
. impossible to say; but though a strong, 1 c;en
3 healthy looking child, ho is assuredly, at ,na#
3 present, far from prc-posse.v?ing in appear- anj
. ance; the mouth is gross and altogether un- .uuj
3 comely; the cheek bones are long and prom- j *]'
f inent; the complexion is swarthy, liut he mjlj
. is lusty as a young eagle. Scarcely nine pro,
j months old, he rolls himself over and over J5ia
j after any object which attracts him, with j,en
f surprising agility, and shows all the germs i,;, ,
of future despotism in his determined man- j fak
tier of exercising his freo will on all mat- wer,
. lers within his domain. Tho fondness of 1 mi(]
} tho imperial parents is absolutely intense, sjpa
and the genuine amiability of both is never ! cf w
s, more apparent than when the child is in ' was
3 their presence. j s|0v
j As to the Empress, it seems to ho tho on- | ti,0
, ly thing that w;is wanting to draw out the ; j,,^
j great depths of her character; and in the an\j
duties of maternity bIio displays a grave so- ,1uj(
i;.i:t.. .... i i.. .tc 1
L? ii\in j IIIIU n wuinii I j cmticaiiicsn ui rstuvitj y
. she was not always supposed capable. The [
health of tho Emperor, if it were atTocted .
(. to the degreo so generally reported, is sur- j
, prisingly recovered. lie now rises at 7 ^
j o'clock. is fre<juently at work in his cabinet lW(j
t by candle light, and at 10 receives his tnin- | . jj
|# islors, marshals and high functionaries, as
heretofore. The only difference in him by ^u?
it those who are most intimately associated '
>t with him?and I am speaking on the best
. { information?is that he is often seised with
long tils of abstraction, and will sit (or hours 1
t sometimes doing nothing; and yet it isevi- ' Sou
dent that this is not a slate of inaction, for bee
there are uninistakeaole indications of his ry
mind being in constant operation. He baa vie'
an atVection of tho instep?a sort of tic wiiJ
ir douluretix, as ho calls it?which often pro of
J vents him drawing on his boot, and indis- ' tiot
r- poses him to move about. His general 'j
0 health appears excellent, and thus secures I bos
1 him from the imputation of gout. of '
n ? ? city
paiison iikowni.ow and his Josrsnoito' aru
crstomkks.?Tho last Knoxvillo Whig con- ,W1
tains a characteristic and pathetic appeal no'
,r from its editor to his former customers at gei
.lonesboro, where tho Whig was originally |,r?
published. Ho offers to take bills on the ou'
ll llank of East Tennessee, which are worth sm
twenty cents to the dollar, in full payment, ^ri
1 and adds: c'1'
' "Persons wishing to squaro up with us
l(' can now do so. If, however, they wish to thr
' get oil" at a cheaper rate, they can withhold f?r
at ovon these bills, and wo promise during the co1
e- , coming year to receipt them in full through : ke
the paper, forever, and file our claims
u' against them in the Il'gh Chancery of Ilea of
?i ven, and let them Rettle with their God in ve'
r* 1 the world to come! j ?f
"And to leave all without excuse, we lh
further agree to tako Shanghai chickens, nai
|S. hoop skirts, bootjacks, broom corn, baby- |
jumpers, fishing tackles, patent medicines,
* sucking-pigs, frozen cabbage, old clothes, hi*
10 Colt's revolvers,second hand tooth brushes,
13 ginger-cakes, parched corn, circus tickets, Pr<
or any other aitides found in a country re n"
I tail stoic "* gr'
ys of Shakspeare?Who Wrote Them?
in interesting controver^fehos arisen in
literary world in England^ aa well ao in
country, as to tiro authorship of the
s generally attributed to Willain Sbakire.
William Henry Smith, of London,
impugned the validity of his claims,
transferred his claims to Lord Hacon.
s bold heretic commences his onslaught
the Hard of Avon by ciling a passage
a the writings of Alexander l'opc, in
ch the poet gives it as his opinion that
"plays attiibuled to William Shakesre
wtro pieces produced by unknown
rors, or fitted up for the theatre while
?"as under his adminstratioo, and no
?r ow ner claiming them, they were ad
jed to him, as they give strays to the
of the manor."
Ir. Smith describes Shakspeare as au
ducated man, incapable of producing
drama with which his name is nssociaand
represents him as no higher than
leatrical factotum, heiug solo owner of
wardrobe and the properties; in a word,
he manager and superintendent of the
ihanical department of the theatre,
n favor of the pretensions of Lord IJa,
ho puts forward the following argu
it: Hacon, in 1557, composed the Dumb
wa, acted before Queen Elizabeth, at
enwich. It was a mask, and this is
uced in proof of his dramatic capabili;
besides, his familiar conversation is
wn to have been peculiarly dramatic in
?. In 1021 ho was politically disgraced,
devoted himself to collect and arrange
literary works. In 1023 appeared '
folio of the plays, which bad always
i attributed to Shakspeare. Now, who
le the selection ? who aiono was com
nt to make it ? who could classify the
ilays contained in tho folio! Clearly
icreon but the author himself, or a perdeputed
by tho author. The folio ap
cd under the names of Johu iluminge
Henry Condell, tho players; but Mr.
ih considers the real editor was Hen
uson, who acted under the directions of
J Hacon. Mr. Smith, in support of his
; commonly born in the great city, liavc
ier*ilv gono to reside there, to feel the
issure'of that activity which would draw
, their strength, and to tind a theatre
table for their talents. Our men of lets
have their homes in or near our largest
es. 11 nine, whose authority is great in
matters of more literary experience, *aj?
it "a great city is the only tit residence
a man of letters." This is true. In the
mtry there may he leisure, but theie will
a want of impulse for intellectual pur
ts. The mind languishes in the luids!
a wilderness. "Tis better,'1 in the dc
opuient of intellect,''to dwell in the wiids
alarms, than reign11 in a horrible solitude
0 mind without congenial spirits stag
tes. "It gathers tho rust of decay," a:
) immortal Chalmers says, "by its men
tance from sympathy and example." Se<
1 policy of cities. It is the presence o
raries and of lite rary men, and under tin
sssure of intense excitement, that the hu
ui mind ordinarily comes fmh in it
catest power,
V
i
I - ' '? . 1
>ry, quotes a letter from Tubio Mat- 1
<r.s to the Ixird Viscount St. Albans, '
. lining this remarkable postscript: "The J
t prodigious wit I ever knew of my nn,
and of this side of the sea, is of your
ship's name, though ho bo known by
thcr." By "another," it is assumed
Tobio alludes to Shakspeare, who usurphe
honors duo to Bacon.
L is a well known fact that Shakspeare
singularlv regardless of fame, liis ediMal
one, when criticizing the phiy calltho
"London Prodigal," says: 4,Ono
ws not which most to admire?the imonco
of tho printer in affixing our great
t's name to a comedy, publicly acted a:
own theatre, of which it is very im:>ab!e
that ho should have written a
;lo line, or Shakspeare's negligence of
e in suffering such a pieco to bo irapu
to him without taking tho least of it."
i indi(Terence is indeed a Tery startling
,iinstance; but was it not equally remark- {
1 in Lord Bacon, if he were the author
he dramas attributed to Shakspeare?
Smith denies that SbakspcAre had suffit
talents or learning to wiito these dra;
but ho wrote the poema of "Venus
Adonis," of "Tarquii*. and Lucrocce,"
tho "Sonnets."
hose are proofs of his abilities, and to
ce good Mr. Smith's argument, ho iuusl
re that Shakspeare was not their Author,
there is other evidence of Shakspeare's
ins in the praises of him accorJed by
contemporaries and transmitted to us.
o the following from Fuller: "Many
e the wit combats between Shakspeare
Ben Jonson. I beheld them like n
ni&h great galleon and an English man
rnr. Master Jonsou, like tho former,
built far higher in learning, solid, but
f in his performances; Shakspeare, like
latter, less iu bulk, but lighter in sailcould
turn with all tides, tack about,
take advantage of all winds by the
:kness of his wit and invention."
ill educated persons must take a lively
rest in whatever relates to the fame oi
Hard of Avon, and we have therefore
;n tho salient features of this new con'ersy.
Kacb must decide for himself been
Paeon and .Shakspeure. Mr. Smith
vered a lecture on the subject at the
ithoven Looms, Harley street, London,
it doos not appear thai he has as yet
le any converts.
SKLIENCE OK CtTV LlFE.?lieV. l)r.
It, the eminent Presbyterian divine, lias
n lecturing befoie the Mercantlio LibraAssociation
of San Kiancisco. His
as of the intluenco of city life on youth
lely differ from many who have treated
the subject, but are well worthy atteni
:
I he country and the village may bo the
t place for the birth and early training
youth; but it is in the excitement of the
r that the highest development* of mind
made. The powerful minds that have
tycd the destinies of mankind, though
MORAL INSANITY.
A hit at the ih/ktikotov cask.
Loko Luded Lams: You wii! find my text
done up as nico as a toro toe in a bundle of
papers, wid a piece ob red tape raped 'roun,'
a layiu' on de shelf ob de Spruiue Court in
, de City Hall. L>e papers belong to Mass*
Jim Brady, and de subjiel forsideration am
what he calls do
ABREBIATION OB MIND,
on, Moral Insanity.
And you will find tings in dem papers
dnt you uebber dierct ob in your numskulls.
De time was, my frens, when crazy folks
whs known and piuted out to you, eder in de
lunatic ostium or strait jacket, but now-a-days
its different. Crazy fellers can run loose,
keep fast women, fast horses, and de fastest
ob houses?swell in de best 'siety, and we
ncbber dreme, til dey git into a fix, but
what dey am as sane and as full ob common
sense as sotr . ot> you niggers am ob
menencss and ungynets.
Things \ .o changed milily eben in ray
day?de Atne tings we used tc call swindling,
cheating, robbery, fo.gcry and murder
am now known no longor by dere onery
names, but ntn all classed under de head
ob Abrebintion ob de mind and moral insanity.
If you meet a seedy chap in de street
late, at nilo and he comes up and axes you
what time it nm, and when you pull oat
your watch to tell him he lams you ober
do head wid a club, grabs de watch and
runs off wid it?don't you say nuffin to
him, but if you hab time to do it, put your
hand in your pocket and gub him yonr
small change, kase de poor feller wants it
?he's laboring under de Abrebiation ob
Mind, and wants do watch and de money,
poor fellow. Dat class hab got it bad and
needs our simplify.
i Dis dreffui 'diction 'feels different men
differeut from do odder. For initink?
sposen I wns still in de clam biziness, and
Pete LeJderfacc, dat sits ober dar wid his
arm around Percilla Jane Nubbins, was to
buy a hundred clams ob ine on trust, till
he made a bit in de policy shop. Wall.
f-poso Jim Taterlip was to find it out, and
on benouns to mo he war to call on Pete
and toll him dant I sent him for de two shillings
for de clams. Well Pete, he being
an onsuspishous darkey, ho gubs him de
money, and as soon as Jim giu it he goes
off on a fuddle, and spends de hole ob it
widout coming nnie me. Den Jim would
hab it in a berry mild form--but sposen
Pete was a cunning ole datkey, and when
Jitn come to him for de money he war to
say to him, "No, sir, I don't gtib no money
widout an order from Purfesser Hannibal
hesoff." Well, dan, sposc Jim go off and
git a piece ob paper and rite de order for
J de money and sine my name to de same?
den ho hab it bad, and need all de care and
; kind 'lenlion bis frends can gub him. Dapfore
you see de wus do crime am dat de
man commits do more his mind am Abrogated,
or cut short, and do more ho am to
bo treated wid pity and sich tings.
In view ob dese tinjrs I beer to offer a s?
ries ob resolutions, which I hope to see go
down wid you like a fry on de half-shell.
Fuslly, I resolve dnt all do prisons in de
country be burned down, and beautiful palaces
be put in dar place, and iusted ob cells
and de iron bedsteJ now in woge, a splendid
room, carpeted and lounged up to de
prcscut style ob de fif avenue, and intted
ob putting de inmates to work for de Stale,
1 want a theatre, a library, a park (and a
pair ob hosacs and a sarvant for eacb lunatic)
added to cbery stablishment ob dekind.
Den dese poor suffering, neglected mortals
wood be properly taken care of.
Dere's no use ob baben prisons no more,
kase if do Police does cotch bad fellers and
jugs dem, de gubnor comes and opens do
doors ob all dem dnt can raise enuff to pay
do turnkey, and lufTs dem go to rob and
steel, and become a leprocy to de community.
Derefore I pronounce de resolution carried
fore I put it.
De mora! ob dis lecture am dis?
Don't put no faif in dis modern insanity,
nor no such nonsense. If a feller tries to
cheat you, jis go at him as if be was a thief
or a scoundrel, and I'll bet a shilling stew
against 3 crabs dat you'll hit de right nail
on de hed.
Brudder Harper will please hand round
de sasser.?Arpip York Picayune.
I German Celebration of New Year's
; Eve.?The Germans had a beautiful celei
bration of New Year's eve at their "Volks
| Garten," opposite the Bowery theatre in ,
| New York, which is thus described by the
Express:
j The exterior was lit up with variegated
lamps, forming the words "Volks Garten."
Within were all kinds of amusements and
singers suitable to the physical, moral or
intellectual tnste. Midnight came, and a
long, loud "hurrah" came with it. Each
person jumped up to w ish his neighbor a
happy new year; every one responded, but
in tlie midst of their congratulations the
I _ ? % %
gas was suddenly turned off, the bells began
to ring, the bands played a solemn air,
and the blue lights, red lights, green lights
and whiio lights, alternately illuminated
tho extensive building from the roof. The
whole affair was gotten up in exact imitation
of the Winter Garden celebration of
NTow Year eve in Germany. On a sudden
' tho building was brilliantly re illuminated,
tho band struck up ''Hail Columbia," and
congratulations followed.
The fun was afterwards kept up for some
time, a 6elect chorus of thirty male voices
from one of the German clubs singing the
t old country "Frolic Songs," and tho double
band of musicians furnishing capital accom*
paniainent. Tho house was crowded *11
the evening.
9 V? to Snuff.?It is asserted thnt it
9 costs the general goroininent several thouf
sand dollars a session to furnish members
9 of Congress with snuff. A bo* that will
- hold half a peck it seemed by the desk of
ft the Cleik of the Uou>c. end it filled with
fresh Mftcabov every luoiuing.