Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

^ .''}*? 1 **~.y /Ji*? ' ' 1 ' ' :* : / * _ "' /' i v. e ; ? 1 THE CAROLINA SPARTAN. wm:. trimmier. gcvotcd ta Southern ittghto, ivies, Sericulture, and ittioccllany. per .a^witbc. _ _ * . ' ? i ' ' * -1. M TOL, XYIL SPARTANBURG, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, I86L NO, 4^7 She Carolina Spartan. Price, Two Dollars per annum, in advance, or $2.60 at the end of the year. If not paid until after the yoar expire* $3.00. No subscription taken for leas than six months. Money moy bo remitted through postmasters at aur risk. Job work of all kinds promptly executed. Blanks, Lawand Equity, continually on hand, or printed to order. ^ Advertisements inserted at the usual rates, and contracts made ou reasonable terms. Tit* Sx'ahtan circulates largely over this a.id Adjoining districts, and offers an admirable medium to our friends to reach customers. ?? From A- C> -.n.'na Guardian"Chlcora." Tho following piece was sung last evening >fcy the young Lajics of llarliatuvillo Institute, . aid heir monthly Concert. Ca-c.oa is tlic Indian name of nrpliua. Tliis patriotic effusion was sung to tho air of "Daughter oi Ziuu." / Lone star of nat ions Ohiuora?(Jhicora! Hail, 'midst the darkness of tyranny's night! Shine in thy Heaven-' ?alone in thy glory ; Justice our buckler, and freedom out' might ! Vainly fhe wizards of 'in l.ncss w mid vail ilice High in the azure thou "liiue*1 it fur ; Sages unnumbered iter after shall hail thee, As they of the orient di I Uelhlehviu'a star. Sword of the Spirit, and (lod of the Hi >le, Thine is the might by which battle it done. On in that ua no, then, which li uhcotf would libel, Yepons of Cliicur.i! for lilj-rty, on! Striae?O strike home?fit* your hearth?atone and altar. Wife, inotlier, and daughter shall nerve thee : to war; And whore is the cravoa, whose spirit would falter, Wiikla waves over Southrons -CHcor.i thy Star. Lone star of nations ! ('.lie -ra?('iiu-nra ! Hail, * tit i l-t ol dai .nc-t oftyr.imiy s night! Shine in thy ileiv.-n . u a in ... g! ? y : Justice our b tck ?'!'. m l i d<iiii our oirgui. Conviction ok fur rn i' ui - in i, ai. u: ui i AND Misstssii't'i.?The atiouil i.u.oncer j assumes ibai the C >nvo.iii.i.ts in Sam i C i.nli- j ?a , Alabama an 1 Mississippi will violate the Constitution*of these-itui -? i. i a *y .a .go or modify, in any iu inner ordegr i i insirii meats, unless in tin uiode pr s ril.el by thin respectivcly. Tli call of n Convention without lite legal t'criiialiiics wou'd lie, i- argued by llie Intelligencer, a revolution try p ec vdlng. Hut a Oouveaiian assetuiilo.l in tne m.< .in-i wbica ita organic law prescribe* ay :u>; tuiiy nin.'tid hut destroy a C uisi.tminu, it it si> wills although it oaunoi ns-u.ibe but in ?hu mode prescribed, it inay c>aug the wliglc fonu of t? ivernnierit. A ''yuvenii- n embodies the Sovereignty oI'h S:a'.'. Tin arc l'nAnt ti* v.- >..! ! V- nm'i -il.! in the iiuJj .a <?/ i ? m vjo.i i-vvi j th in as prOijribaJ i.i it, tuu*l.?ui>*:t' d livr, hatherefore no peruueii i? when appl., 1 t.? :i Coo, yeiitiun afl.r ii is I ;n / / n< ? /. 'Filename Convent i n ill it cirric* a S o il of the Uni on, in iy perioral a suhord na o. 1cm Mire ti^n act of tin -odin:? it* (' itnti *?. tliose rfmlo Const it ution < were from mi1>-c qaoniiy to the ? I iption of tii Co istn ::i*i? ol tne United Slates, an I in render ' a Ii ?r n > uiotis vriui it. So when sccjs j i ' pine . mid another L* ii >a fs forme J. too - one supreme i> ;r thai perfo tin liiii act. ' u potency t? iV?li.:i or a tend i o .Sniie > .? :; lotions, in conformity w.tlt I . n y > 'a, ion such Sifttri hiv.-.n -utn 1. 1*. nil'the i ; > i esis assumed by tli > lin I. or . a .i.; d tlia a convention a iy t i. u >i . !. i:. ?l? functions nf (iovoro.ie.il 1 li'ive, _ id < ; ;l en I executive. Ih a : o.-n u . t I !?. : n piirod of ibe supivni try n u <! i.nci i 'i' ii ! Ini^ht l?e >1 ill , bill i is ii go ? . i . i I !i:i ] ji wool I be dm ? ' ics. Tan position of j.. ru ? \ .? ixa ?S int i i tttg nil. T- mi*. <1 ii. i.l. li ] s; i i e1. 1 ..rj cfi. I lie ill. i ! i o; >.i .i. ii . : S u. t ii I 'a s ii >1 I.. ... At01*4, W > il l b o i: >r i . I . i It i i . lfto',(. 1 to ii 1 . -.y ii i ' Ii [i 1 i Io "... ftoding nr.l.nn mo. a Minister . .. c iry ! and Knvny Ultra ml'.nary. a eelor. i i the United St*f"s Go\ : i:n.-ir. Won ill' ii ontch *d to Washington, filly enipnw .. 1 to u p, j tinte fort be t ecoguii ni:i of flic ovcrciptily ?f ; Houtli Caiolini, wifch would bring tip the question us in her right to sccc le. f he forts nt Charleston in iy rcinoin in pn?s si hi of i lit* Unite 1 Slates lor i nio He, for an h mr, for | a dny, or even for a month." miiil aetiutt lias been taken on I lie subject by the government nt Washington. Ihit In- ;s*niv 1 S -n |(. s h it if' , the envoy of Son: h i':ii olin i wo* not r i\ i. and ihc demand4 of louS t: for r?"'o jhifKm bitiplied willi, her jyili .iii ? nts \v n.ld ilic forts ami sell I those who cune to r "i.-. h -in "with hloody Ii amis in h spii ;lile <; ives." This declaration, mile in much mor violent language thnn I have given it, is iitioiher caose ' pf the depression thai p -rva l" the friends nf i ^ the Union to-day. - Oiae?MImtrurstinp IsCIIH.NI.Ill.-t in fore hoi-d Hcntrcw let't this morning. a vei-y iiitie-;ing interview took place at rnngreiis Hull, i'liil lip Mills, an old veteran of Waterloo, one of the guards, to whom Wellington said on that eventful day. "I p Gi.aids, and at them," Was pros tiled to Lord lielifiew ml lii-? suite. He showed i'io Prince 1?i-> -V it t! > ?, d i!, his certilh- ite til' honorable <Ii charge from the ar^ my for "cxlretiu ly good eon t :ct . a.ol his eer tiftcate of ten years service in tlut i'oliec o' London. lie also liatiih'd the Priucei wo lone. s. aine front the t'oloncl id the liiauudicr Guar Is, find one from the Superintendent nfiha London I'oliee. addressed to the govuinoi Gcucial of Canada. Tliuy were given to Mills in IST'i. Mtid their seals have remained unbroken till ttl\ey were broken this morning by Ilia Prince. ,?They were found to coiituu tho strongest possible eninnend.u'.on of .Mills. The Prince, And his suite manifested great intcri-tin the veteran?Viscount ilenclunghrooks r.ud Mr. Jilliot arc themselves, tdbcc - in th" Guards i,t present the former being in the s into bat- ' tallion in wliich Mills formerly served. Gen. llruce look Mill's address and wo tru?l and believe the voter, in will have cause to re member the visit of the Prince with lifelong pleasure. Mills is a shoemaker ami has .? s.r.p IlOJ Lydins street in this city. ? Allmni/ Jwr- \ nal. But for the sorrows of the marl, whet" ?ml t the atfeel ions tin I i heir st i n a i V f t.u \ t.: it like the aroni.il ie shrubs ol tlie fores', out give Otif Ihoir sweets when their have, a a briiisi il and trainpled. I! who h i" not fell < ' sorrow, luny lie scarcely said to have known love; rt.nce the most pieei .us j' ys of the s?.nl arise from sympathies that are | mi nii isr.i fill they are sought. and never sought till they are necessary to soothe an infirmity or satisfy { a need. A JjOmiu.y Park?General Harding, a gentleman of great wealth, r? siding near Nashville, Tennessee, has a pnrk Including v00 acres. In it ho has 5M>(i # tr, nl ,nt ','t lutirn loes, %nd a herd of e)V @ur J^tont. [From the Grceusboro* (N. Y.) Times.] COINCIDENCK. UY 1IKLK.X K. ROUK1UUK!!, C II A V T E K I. 'Whontlio stranger kiinclx-tlt. ye shall Open your doors and take liini in ; Ye shall clothe and feed him. And he shall be as one of you. ' 'Two? biting c ?ld, and the s ow lav inches thick upon the ground as the March ; winds, whistling around the corners of the i house, warned us to draw closer about the ' ; blazing fire. Our hoiiio circle had greatly diminished this winter, three of the loved ones had gone out into the cold world with buoyant hearts, to return to th v warm nest which had sheltered their unfledged pin- i ions so many years ; how '{ the answer lies ! hidden in the pages of the nr.steriuuluturc. It was a small room, unl though the fire casta bright gl w around, a tooling | ol gloom hegan to settle upon our hearts, i as memory mirrored the features of the I dear missed o es we had parte 1 from oid lit I t -A uu'ksuu, one ny one. as Tncy went i.ctie to iiick I the storms of liie One had c m-' his fortunes upon Ne; tune's domain ; another hid directed his steps towards that ' Van itv l'uir," NrttW York, am! the ia.-f, a wee, curly hotul J ctarlin". whose tMt-reps were wont to irrcct us on every side, and whose iitUi i'.c tinjers wen traceable4 t.l every chamber, had, in some ill starred hour, mot a tail stranger, who a Jew weeks -inee ha I horue her away to ^mee h s Sum lain home. I !e!t the irlootn creeping ov? r us, and. ill a de-perate uliort to dispel it. I i turned to my old ^nMidumthci, k 111:tinin I ascuriier, tin i a.s v !. in my mo.-t couxiiim .*? ii's, l.?r a story. 44 A st.'ry, child !" repeated the old lady, drop;.in" Lei work an ;. jviUuvinp her spve tae-k-s, 44 1 don't know any." 41 Clh. ye-, tiiMiiiiy, try and remember; U'll a- s.)ii; :hhi_: iha( happened when you wore a jjirl," 1 pleade'l. The <>!.] lady smiled and ir.uac 1 for a | while, th"? resume 1 her wurk, knit.in/, a war hi is .ly, as -lie. unswere ! in a ? ub .tic. tone : 41 1 11 try and tell you a true4 story, hi/ zie ;' we all brightened un and prepared to listen, .is she eoiunienc d : 4* It w s ju-t .-neb a 11iht as thij, only ! ilic wind wan niueh more | ierein^. a.s it ] wlh-tled through the trees; i was livinj: i in the old homestead down in ."1 , | .' la- a husctls, then, like t '-ni-ht, we were ; gathered arQuml a blazing hear'h, chatting | and c vkinp onr jukes ami the nuts we 1 werei busily cn^a^ed with. \1 <ut ten! o'clock, the wind Here is d in viol n. e, and i tli snow 1k4v iii to fall in thiyk flakes ami j very last \\ hat a nipht ! exel limed one of lis. as she urviv nearer to .no tiro. 4> Hark!'' cried the mother,4* 1 thought [ heard uchilei crying ! Jiarl; ! ' V.'e all nir.m? t>?ujr 1 ;.. > tin plaintive wail of a yuuiiM iut'.iiit ran,; out upon she air j with the <|uiekness of th i!11 1 l!irew opv U tile do;0 ..lid rush) 1 out into . i. st . ill to rescue tile little watt le lei- ; hut \ till W.;S ui\ - earcii. tor ab:n? t Id.u.led h, ih ? ..... i was lu.ce'd to > rk licit< r iVom its < lenee. On returning i chain , d t.? tun.'de ! a.aains ->n i -th.n :. w. i h, ..jj r.. n I ' ne .rin.: i:?t i :he hou-e. proved he the form .? utile ci.' i. it cold m.i i numb, ..' el tile li..h? ol life >. oi.e i ihckcliliy; in a ' i s i n rin? eftbrt; (#ut the dtst >yin? an- I I 4el, theaiuli lj. e< liup nmr, seemed :< !, i( I lay his icy !in per UjMJU .t palii 1 bi >w. We ..J,.: ......A ... i . ' . . . . . V 1U| in ?* i I. : I I'J I . 1 ( K'i iU-i, ::ii i ? (jt : r's w<ri! ? < ] .1: aWe r t ? . i ' '.".ii'g UJ *'11 > ll ill. ill. lit. III. ;t trout resting mi my 1 1 j , I \ j<:e ivin . ;i .-!:gnt rc-pi:ation. Hie was wiy iuir, with an a'miiauee "i i? 11 hair, glad all\ tin- Inavily tri!ipr?* ' iids unr oMi'l, revealing a |? lir of almond-shaped \ -s. o| the \i !, t him ami lull of melaimi., v 5 .voi'iuc^ They w niderc 1 uiii in 1 tlie mill, an 1 (ilia!- ! ly rostc ! upon my lace Car a moment with I'H^r imiuiry, then moaning t tcously, she cried. ".Mamma, take mo, please," and stretching out her lirlr aim- in the vacant air, as tlmuji her mother was there. I ' linked her to my heart, a- I in (iiircd: "What is your name, little one?" " Alice, mamma's Alice !' she lisped Kissing the innocent countenance up tnruc 1 to mine, I remained sib-nt, pen taring over her origin; Cor, in the small village where we resided, t had never met her sweet late. At my mother's smygostion I bore her to my chandier and undressed her; in doing which I discovered suspended around her neck, ly* n stand r _ !<! chain, a miniature ol a beautiful Women, no doubt lie, ! mother, judging iro . the resemblance j between tliem. On rcniaviug it. 'lie little wait waihd out her heart rending cry ol ,4Mamma! ttiumnra !' Itwis-et 11 pearls, and^ip 'li the It tck of*it, in -mall gold lelteis, was engraved tlie sin fie w .r I " Alice." Covering her up warmly. 1 siid . I - > >; ed and kissed hm .juivering li;-: " Alae.e will go to deep now " 1 hit she lixed her large wauh liu ' eyeupon my lace and repc ite 1 her jdaiutivc cry as I left her. Alter conversing awhile w uli my mother, and emh'uvoriug to guess at the child s parentage, I returned to u certain it she slept. On appro aching tin lied I dise.vi ed her large eyes wide open, and fixed upon the taper burning in the room while be: j ale cheeks w re '.vet i111 teals As 1 entered she stretched forth her: rins. erving 44 M.union !' hut |w reviving !.< 1 mistake, she quickly drew them hack, murmuring tunrtiilly, " \u, no, maunn.i " It was Imarl-i ending to see this in! ut of three years, pinning al'ier the one who perhaps h id abai) on.at b 1 to til* charity I of this cold, cold worbl. The following day we made enquire ,; hut 1 none had ever -> on our littlu foundling 1 e..> 1 .1... ? i ? k? mi? jtitiu ? ;*- *i r 1411 L' y wra^cn iincu tiiat the (K:.<i body of a woman hiid lm n | ili.?covored in tlio snow foioe mi lei from thci village, and wo concluded the decease* was Alice's mother. My mother proposed sending Alice t the work house, to he taken care of, bu tho little creature's helplessness and beaut had touched 11 y heart, and I formed th abused idea oi' adopting her. 31 y tfiothe consented to her being kept, although sh joked ine a great deal about my uiatcrini dignity, and Alice became installed a inmate of our home, and cndeaiod hcrsel to every one, by her tnuny winning way Alice soon learned to love nit*?was sh not mine and initio only ? It became lie chief delight to climb into her seat npo my lap, and gaze upon a uiiiiaturc whic never li ft her neck ; s!io would pass he dimpled hand over the lovely luce, an murmur words ol endearment in a K>v sweet voice. C II A P T E K I I. "0! spare nine cyei : Though 10 no use, l?nl still to look on you. KlMi JiiU.M " Whence i- tli it knocking * Mow is it wtili uio when every noise t?pp lis :n?? V .\| vein:t >i. At the age of eight Alice was ah;.* i read, and so i.i learned to write and sev " Minnie . ...imI she one <l.iv, e mm to my sido,' where are you " i lire at you feet. | ! " i eon not. i i you: ud i.?da k ' efore me ! sin replied, feelitie for my dmuid r. " Vou tiro j king, Alice 1 ' s :t 1 1, tul.i'; her oil my Itiji. " No, . tiiiiiie, oh ! l.ow tiny aeY* m ! si e laid her hand up n my slmnl Yr, r she spoke. riectioiieg iil.ii f.o <1, we suit 1- a j iiycina ; lie examined her eye ;m 1 t. I i: there was no hope, he wis . > iru'>, itlit /. The I.low was ;.s t* rriMc a- it w.i sinideii, and much time el.ij d ere w In eamc reconciled to tlie belief tii.it thus beautiful eyes, so full of uie!;meln>ly sin iless, were forever eloped upon tlols e.rll What rendered Ali deanto or In u' w.i? the g utle so ?.o s >n wnh win h sii bore l> i misfortune. V t w.>r. ( a, ? our dafloi^ bcee.m uioi It a r.tful go > i. sis the ,! w by ; tli of her form \v t- ] t r e \ no i tli tii_h In ii.ur Ii.nl d.irki lie 1 on-i l. r.ibiy, at time the golden tint of ehildln I was percept blc, wli.le the ro ate 1 >iush ol ina.de modesty was ever connoting with In1 check. It was an autumn evening', and th blight sunshine of find's heave.i was ol beured by umiuotis. i hn k clou ! . I w.i sitting by a window, sewing, when Alic entered and threw herself into hei faVoi iie seat uj n ao ottoman at my feet, an leaned her heal against my Lute, tli rem iiti< d thus ; one time when, lay in asid my work, 1 enquired t'n* eau^e e her silence. ' 1 was thinking !" ..in*.: v" \ M Uiiil . IW ? ' " . " l?o you believe in pre ies:iu ;'l jo, Mi; nio ?" ' Il-.w 'In y on mean, Alice?" " 1 > ? y t i...ik that every event tli; happens in on > lit*-, every liaj-j.I.h < lilis! tune :Ii.it befalls U-, has III n fori or.I.tine i nt our liirlii : ' No, A lieu! I in) n?t consider <1 M s unjust, as lor ii?? ?11 . t ? ih-rivo at th li rtli 01 one man, tii.t 0:1 arr.v.n.: at ::i turity, lie slum ?i hceouic a urn ! i.r, an inautinr that he .-h ail 1 be ru- i'.? throne. No, I hoi. vv vv are rew.n l. alul j'li.ii !u 1. a >. to our ?l< -i rtli sitli . A ice. it i - a wry ha 1 il<r\ ..e t nrolWs: for, mi >uld our pa sions actuate n r (h ir stt.it e nisi'leiili^ r ' r truitle-s, it hi in for. or.lain I tliut \ve shrill I e uuilt th line', :"1 the;. l'U ll.it be 1 Joiisih! far it." Yea, that i? very true; but hbould nc exactly refer to i very art ol' our lis - ; meant to ask, do y >u believe in niutcht h. ii.o iiiade in heaven ?" ' I th.Ilk til"I \V tl I he fewer ill a; sort al couples in '.his world, were th; so!' " Well. do you believe in dreams';" No, Alice, I con?i i. r dream- h it th ofi'cct ol illumination, during the parti. paraly>is of the ii asuiin^ powers, wlii 1 slei p is :ittailnili 14 a mote e.uii]>li tc -war and on awakiii,'. this etlVct a--utnos a toi l, we e ill" a dream 1" " I do not concur with you, for 1 firm] h la v that dt*l am-, i.r vi&iullS, arc sent t ii by t! 11, as wamiiiu- of tin- future." " A belief, as sweet us it is fallaeioii: Alice F " iv-rhaps so, hut that is my belief, am all the aroiiuicnts in the world would in shake my faith in it ! ' "I will not att? injit such a Ileriulea labor I ben !" I replied, sinilinp. "hi what ha-settled you so firmly. Mice!'" Slieh -ited awhile, hut finally after n..i . 1. - i : - iniii' ? it ?i u?> (jinxHIM. A Mre.itu, Minnie..! dream, wliirli li;i :ij?|?i'artil In lue > > iliti ii during lie j six iimntlis, tli it I :t iti con vine. 1 it is n eifect nf iinnu:iii:tti<?ti !" ' T? il it tu tin (In icliiui: it lit i Fading asleep, it wmii - ill ls tlnntMi I we t in it I e itilii'ul l.nn beMde n in111 inni in ; r 11e ihi, ^ii/uiii hi. > it- w it rs, wlie.i a lovely teiuaie nppo in leu k: tile rieli in 1 i.ly (li'a Pitneib voice s\te'.lin Inn ler : ml Ion ! r upon ear ear :is we a| pro.ielie I t lie singer, wlm proved tube young tnati. r< clioin.. Inm-utli tii *lia !. > n nrailiro tie He :u v-e, as we or w i and lii. gU ie, e! >|> n i: I. .a , .in :. e| liera up ii e.itli '! . urii'rt i el-, n ill ' !u r e\ L.' Ie lieaVcSI, ..s il ...- kin ' i in i Me -vin : it nil ; 44 11ns 11.;ire-ii. never v.niej 't ' 44 N. \ r et: t ! ' '* AuM how iKi yon interpn ' it?' " \s .'l I'eVi iat Inn ei tie hli.J .ill 1, t le -? fir nie by iny in Mi r v.' . an i I i llCJVut, Wa lies i v r lav \\ .. .re ! 4* Ilpvili ui I. \ doe; (iir woro this s< IniW v\11111 1 you know 1 iill 4' liy li s voice, whieli i would leo ,.i. iinuio(ii#?<'!v. J ** Whcro arc your reasoning powers'!! Alice, tin t yea allow an i>llc lancy to ybo tain so strong a hold upon your V t I "That is a ({ucstion we ail ask, Minnie, y ' when we :.re endeavoring t ? ur^uc another e ! out of a belief we deem false; but I do not, r I intend to uivc up this point; my faith is too e i strong to allow me; I love it; it is sweet to d | me to K?ok forward to the period of it.; re- I a I ulization!'' ti I remained silent fur a time, when a s sharp knock at the gate startled me. Opene ing it, a stranger entered and hogged of us r shelter for himself and horse from the fast 11 approaching storm. lie was of a comh inandhig height, very rohu.-tly built, with t I an eagle eye of piercing hlnek, while hi- j d soim what disheveled hair eurleJ, in little r, eh in riii;--., ah.nit his luo.nl hair of dear j olive. I would havo pronounced him handsome, were it not for a care-worn, anxious look, that seemed to linger about his countenance. <!i\ing his ho;-e in charge of one of th f ir u In Ips, we re entered the house, accompanied by our unexpected, I and to me, no welcome gu.?t; tor 1 : it i c i!d eh li pa-s over mi , as h : tin ki.o.d; ,, _t if< I op m inv oar. y hi returning t.i tio ? ; . ' or. 111 tr in ; r pau-ed in ; In- i| i ; w.y. . and surveyed A lie attentively, then turning to mo, enquire 1: " She is lei d i she I: e . ; \ es " i i j li 1 h i h'v. i n tin altetiti n l.i l h n arr -t ! ! t' changes , which were n;iid:v ti u_r , ;:i A!i 's i 0 j ? | . . tace : a- t he tr ii _ r v I u j m i. r , i :r, n o->k of jeyinl. 'a ; i i- 1 rec.'gniti n !<; appe ired. ntol pa--.' I aw iy ; suec. e h >i hv ! a Cfini in ' l:i?h, which o i lual y 1 id i. as J. she I ? vet -I her !.'?i 1 } .' ls i . - til- M ;h my h .i t !i . ' ! I i? -; 'it, .nd .. Wedge of ie driven i . hi . ng in a [, j chair. I 1 t!i e\ i , . at'., ' tend fig t i iii i- itiv. - .1. an . L. j who r 'II h tvd hilli i \ . .! t".;!? to i. ' my parent ; hut wli . tv. d ov a d ig1 ' ,-r into my li "art, wttli every gi.in. he . 1 hes'o.ved ii i ii \1i >:. c. | flic fill wing n: srti ng. on ?or u. ig toe ; 1 ! sir !; .; room, I tli iv .. 1, to t iy disomy,! ,j 1 Ali . and t!.. stranger earn stly convcrs* . .. , ' Al. . : I. ' y I 11 IVC !"! gottotl i to n'ten I to yoti; ' ii 1 ! ' s. I She rose and 1 ft tins rooitf( tiiid after I n I bidding me "good rniug," th Strang . ,r , rein iil.e I : She is very beautiful- *lio calls you L. Minnie: is th t '.our nan ' .. v... " i ... I ....1 - ' ). I I "* I I ? . I I'ili. It ( .1*. ls for hi.- 1 ir.M- i . - wv . li *11 ! u; - i c my face with i.i cirnc :n wVudi ii i^'It r. encd lac. C 1 \ i" 1' li It I II. Ji , tli' ! weeti*' 'i ; mil 1" ' ii",; d m:i, t '( TltiU over en e . : ia n or uv y li?* . " ' Hum iiti? .In. To ,\ oil I n: i It tin 1 for life it 'el. i' ; Mv life atiil - mo i It a'.i ?i .. . , ih& lluw to res; : : 1 to:' Lerj' * ly 1. ?i .1m ; ' ; \ii'l miu'' I t - >y ??. 'I. - I , I'o Vo t. |o r n _\ liMiti iter i t' 1 S much I < . : -I I . .y j r. l.'uo to llto M < . my 1. r 1." < .. i J s : I * I here do rU the that, will) *1! in] nrt, I hieli hi.I i It t i t aV- . !y. \i , i. . ' ' 1 would 1.11 |> . i .1 ! < 11 t. LI li." inn ; . . while; tlion drsnviu^ I !ii< lit'..'.si . . 11 lit tir If Iff t" i.t h'' a said. in a ! J " I ii iv it. t t. ate vli;eh \ 'l ... ; li?' :? to ", and \\. . at waiting l ! if , an : i l : is ' I : .1 \ j ' i.' d: Miu ",\!i:. '. ! |% d; . 1 ! ait" in !. j > " t b? lu'ilul li mi.1 :! !. im v. !t'.-'i Imvii mv _? < .u tlm i !i i ai*r .i .iis - Im -:i e ?!.. if.i v.1 I. 't 1. i ii. i . I mv tm \ lo | t 1 i:s; m without a si] a ; with ?ut one re ret fii! l.t .k, as ! e i/ed ii on its < irtitiae it 'irow-, a I \ in y i Im ' t'. ti - f<r tin 1 la ' time, tw seek ti.r <1 nit countries, s win r fiiow i.?'.v:i I mountains ri-e. one si'?ot aiioth"!', i-i tlm di-t iiiff an I w'n r-* < 11 .? .'1 ] o ' l -vate ti.-dr In i 1 -, like ? It m:i:i , t11 - I.i' nil': jUtty ! One i veltinj?, lillvl on !>v li ifo'iii l?.o 1 in 1 /. |>livrs, 1 wand r. i 1 tr awt. 1 :n?: t i; ( ?: u;^c I trow-. V. < ir: ! h\ il n?y I ii r ratable, ami own .ni?- by 11? it overpowerim.: perfume whirh the hloss s t-xhalel l:i\i 1 uie'tlowii beneath u tree, nml ii lull asleep. "fwas there I ha I this ilreutii A Lx lUtitul worn m appeared to nu<, leading V a lovely voting irirl. tin eounterpart of Ii r t? M'lf. I^lie appruaehoil ; ami rou?in^ ino, salt! in a ? 'iniiiiii !:n_r voiee , 'Ki-e, ami i, . follow the jxui<liii_r star of your exi.-telU'el' . ?ami disappeared, leaving her eoinptii J ion, who n t; h <l, as I appi; aohc i. She .t lr?l mi' thus over li.ili-i of i. ikiiowu in try ; finally . lining upon !. r, i woul I I. tie , n cla-pid her hi in\ ar..i- ; wli-ri a \o:nij_ it /;rl appeared, ami eml ivore1 i?? iut riupt nit- : hut in\ ? >y pii.-o iown_: hoM, turn : a e?l, ami ill . in ; I; i arm- ou>,d my n < k. eluu j to iut*, <h >]'!' Ill .1 .r? to the eon b trary I an >ko ; ami imp! > 1 with a it lutdiii" I lil m mi" h. I'm. < x | < riciic't!. I o bade adieu to Italy, ami h urilio in my lieu: t 'lit. ihi ije of Ii- r 1 1 < It id h i 1 ih*s Dm 1 for my wile, 1 set lotth on uar weary I il j il i linage tolin ' her. Hut M int'ess proved ' I. lot to I- >iu jourm-v* for many mui> I have ' ii wan leii I, ait l eii luuul the viiill !, > - ireliini; I, .; la nets ,i ran : - : lr\ eeil i \ unlar , >, t' ilie from mi beloved ll il ; have, le > iin.' 0 an uuloVt 1 life, retn I ail ent it is to i- return to th yearnin : hi -arts ol May k.n : i a in the vain seureh of It- i whom 1 i . ?!u i I as .'in 'i J / until hot ewiiino wii m the ,". h . . I ?' .1 ! ' I 1111" to so f , ,! ,j ,j I' I >W ! il it i It K i t i!| . I. r f I j I .1 1 \o : w i. v.ve lo I" o me; Will ' n. j e In r t i i i . in i , w . ii h he at" (or It ot aloft, an.] < . I 11. r iiitiu III) \ ' t - ( i i " i . ! .re ii.a I t il . 1 e) . hu' 1,m\ n ' 'il an? ?w . i slni! h i . ; :tu 1 Mill, 'il, t i -e \li e i j 'i _ e t'.. v i . nn 1 I v .. i ill" t! i 1 i s i- . . i th ou .in" wii ii ha . i i , I ? a h. 1 1, : hi,.. I in n:\ i . i i . : p re I to ' >; n : m . I ,, . ... .in \ i ti. ... i * '? ?? *.. x. .v 1 uu^au j ?! as I ]r t\o<l w.iii ! .? i iir!.1 4,V.'hai is?; Mimii**?"' 44 Tin* presumptuous proposal of thisbtruti-' . . i ' 44 "Boware ! Minnie, I love litm.* , ' *4'l*liin is too ridiculous?u stranger you have known hut a night!" 44 I have known hint for months; have loved liitu a- iny luturu husband; tin: choKcn'of my mother; the blessed of of rjty tiod , and as such, will continue to love hint uutil I die. 1 . c 44 This is infatuation, Alice! i It niit// l?; hut tin infatuation that will last m tii the cord which hinds me to iilu < wears away!" ! j 44 i'oyoi entertain tha slightest idea of' ( marrying this stnng?-r. Alice?" ! j 4* Vcs; with your consent!" J ] 44 T/i'it you will never obtain!" I 4* I love you dearly, Alice, but I can ' i never c nisent to your marrying one, of whom I know nothing, and besides dis- , | 41 I hit you will compter this dislike; will love him I r :n , sake; wilt you not >linnc?" | \ ...i .... i. - * i ?i;m .'iHiK'1, sue t w.nctl tier anus --in_rly sib mt inv neck. ) ' .N ! I roj.l, .1 (utterly?" You must >- I>e? w? < ;i :??i- ,-tr.iii^er, who would1 - \ i < \ r ti?' thai i- dear to you, mid the \ ?i:?? v. i . iv>i;ti? <1 you tiotu tIto arms of <! .1 h: whit >h ynii.siu unknown foundling j t< Ii? rli. ii!,aii ] wr.tj jii11you in the mantle . oi h r low, ;.av?. ii] her lite lor yuu, uul \v!i ?:ti \ > i now st k l i In stow you upon one w!i u-ei! I -? ]?;!: sit you tYoili lierainl lliu^ \ !i .v loved." ' Oil "iitinio,- i.?my inure than hi "Iter, s ai u? ! I cmii ii il help it; I in I In* eivi ii him i i I I fan u it v.rt < it f t'r htm! " On , h' . [ lliouol.t vim would use; i".| h . - tmt ! t i\v? J your love upon liitn, ! lit your o.vii I t io not endeavor U> explain ; i \ '% i't urs. do not uiidei.-tand. j ' i t h i\<-m ii lout in yonr Hrvam; wilt | you h - j i! ajij -aiMuei', Alice:" 1 _ . r" in ,i|ie Would lit11. 1 replied: ( It ?iv< ,i imin et -cri; t:<hi. 1 i;.., k over tl union; and jurhaps ion n: - it ui'd ye i m it, I e\a-t a promi e Ji'o:a y .oi 'n di -n.!-? t he Mihjt?t lurever ? ! i y.in ; tit!... Alice?" Ill ! >.. i pit- 1 while a smile lit up 1 .!iT .di'C. " \Yh it- It'- .it iture ' ' lie is tail ! " l h : ol hi- tiioiitii i'" " .v'm i!i I" .. \t*i. i t e ? ?i uiit i.imi "I r?i-<* nji> n?_" r ' Incline I to ;ii(it.iiiiu !" j 'i In* ( ilni .?!' Lis huir ?" J < Pluck 1 ^ , o.r " r.i .vk: t * t I I : I1* I .11 .. I'll lir II g \ . " .1 iii. ; t i I;o 11.1111Jnut* !' *' I. it I III- ' II.. ll'YIUtl I" . ..i . r a j ir.it lescriptian, I *. . : i.i i i .v.* i ! . .i c .ri : in uiv aiinwci .-, > " ' 'v'-.v* i i 11 :i \i? i il iliiiik t' i- over .' ' ' A ? i >r I lie l.i*l Iiin to il to her j i hi- thing I - i m | H tide ; you .a i tii iriy this in-tain u,uu t!i-* pn.ba i e -I |I|I*..C ire* N?"l lllilki- up \ i il II t.. ! j :u11_t into tin* river mma- J W ii :t Utl'hllg itydoptllS. A I- j ' r m ii . li w ii ! ir y '"t av. iy fiM.n . \v!.i> have t lit-: i i. i \ >u to hi- taiui-1 !_.. who may rcpuuiat luiu tuurn you as an j 1 .''ii foundling i tiiaf !ie <16-1 - . ui. iii an ua- i e.v. i mi I, w!i re n -t t . a ?ur native i . t. ..o is iii. I -t - t * ] ? ' i.; . ini nil t'. n.lv how in.i'i'i tie- % iu woti! i - . i.l. >v i : \ 1*?\ inhearts you *.v a':! a e. ui' : ii" ho i.e \ o i w .ii! i make ii Mae, tIt:nk. <d all the familiar ; ? . *: . !i in . , i ver regain bend loving- , !\ n\ < r i heir darling of tin- dear old lioi. e-I :. I ?i i e your elnlihoods day- Wire ji s e !; d' ri t ae j i you liave eari s-ed ; <d" .at:. ^1 ii*i. who liu- loved and cared Vol}, a'. 1 wh >- child \o i have ever been.- -t ?h! A! .'. i i t 1- -ei t me; you'll break m\ t. art I .?r this -"trail *<r > i\ Volt will Hot; Miidlbe my child; in j own Aliooonooinoro!" i ji ile-1 with t art'ul e\?*s. l'.r serera. i.. in at- she ati.-wered not; 1 could see ih-inward -!iu_'.;le bet w een gratitti le, and !..ve, t.\ ijuivi r111vT "I tli - ruble, lip-, and the i j i heuvnigs ot" the -uowy b >.->ni. I dwelt with eager eyes upon her troubled' eotiiiteliai Ce ; aw nt ug her reply when a lia-iy -t p -ouii led u|>ou my ear. 1 turn 1, to n t the eyi.- ot'tlic stranger lived upon li.\ l.U-O. II ve \ e*u ever ! >\i 1 ? ' he etnjuircd. 'Sir!' I replied, indignantly ri.-iug. Paying no further attention to me, he -to .nt I, and taking Alie 's hand, in hi-, -ai 1 : _ J " Alice, vou will go with me t>? Italy's beaut .a u- -lie. i- when tl maiden twine" the pin l.'eo-oms of the Myrtle and the riche 1 hiu 1 Pomegranate with the silken tn - s of her el. ui hair as she wan lers tini uh the 'trance 'ii >ve, or alone the b inkr of son.c -, i\ er\ lake, pluck .ng too In ?m >ii- purple lTimj c 'il'ln'r ^tinny 'tin w!i? re lio.ivculy strain* "i music lull you to sloop I ?nl .i?ijy i .1 I l'.owi.r> e!u<t i uhoiit y?ur foot " j..", on * very Biut*. You will go j wii!t .t , Alii.' am! ho inv hrile?" 1 n >-| lit- i tli.i' Jti>\oice lo >k the same low, ion-i n.oti. toiii- ill which lie h.cl pknloil lo 1110 nnl f?';ti i'i_' the ivsult oi' lit- speech, 1 tlin it. o li t inio-s in to my voice :is I ! i o! I < > 11 :. nnd said j " Cl)0o$0 be-1 twe? :i U , Ml c * .-lie nisiwet' 1 ii..:, hut t.iine.l her *;riu? I1 .lilt || - i I ;,iu! r? ?l h-. i' 111 .i'l iigriill!?t i.i I ' Mm I., hi tl.-r ik* ii; I n ine .nt 1 \ < .ii my e 'Mieut t>? their union. I - III. iI i. le?> to Irugt'le si gainst the j current, which would inevitably l>e;ir me \ Six i ton i- after, :i l>ri i ll party stoo<l up i i11 ottr \ iti t c church 'I I.e I.ride, was our | Mice .the ;_ro>tu, Krin .nt Solve-t io 1/ t range j ll ^ . I | . I 1-3 ( II A P T K It I V ' Romeo, tlioiv dead, wit hushnud i.. thai luliet: | ind she. ill .e dead, that Ho * 's fn'thful | wife." Romeo aku Juliet. 11 ' r rosy lips how swuci iliey smiled. Her jot hl*i-k eye* how briplit they shone, Tiiere never w:ia a lov.er child : And * * * * * * Lewis. With Alice departed the sunshjno of the >ld Homestead; and though bright rays Aould bicuk in mid dispel the clouds ol ;looin settling upon our hearts, shedding a warm glow around when her sweet voice From atar would spenk to us in terms of [ iidi-armeiit. telling of er great happim-ss in her foreign home through the long loving lett.ts we received inont! ly, und over tvliicli vvi? iiroii u " -4!n , .......... ,.g .JOB BUII ; the dark clouds won d gather, closing up j ilio void ; shutting out the sunshine, atrJ j clothing every thing in tbeir own sombre , hue : as memory recalled that she was no lung r the child we lia-i taken to our hearts,' the hud we had watched untold its each ( Imf. I eiicath the genial rays of our love, j >l? ning into a beauteous blu-som. with w'nieh wo ha 1 crown* I a strAugcr's happiness, Nay we even uiurmurcd in our hearts, >urs in a deathlike slumber, she had awakened with the glorious gift of rein \ti d sight. that we had not been (tic first object to greel tier nvwhorn vision. Hut i time continues his onward course, heedless J "i ,r..f- tears of pleasure s smiles ; ;itid so I the tear- were on until the Oth of Alice's; r.; i:e< > ariived ; during which, when the en;!i w is robed in v. bite and Iter rainbow . 11u d diaiiiDT.ds glittered Mpou Iter bnsoui, | \ g> !it;e mother, weary ot her long jour-j ii . Iiil i-i i her heivy burden of cares, and hi i ling u- all a tender larewell, pluriged i ito the dark waters of the river of death 'I tien during uiy bereavement, j came a hies-sge of love from tny chil I, tel- | lug the vy, '< mc lie*-., that she would j eoinc toil-in the spring. And when the] tender leaves peeped forth, to greet their | smiling protection, Alice returned to u? 1 wiili a little lisping liiiuature. tliat she had ' iiaiin lafnrtue; a sweet pratth-r, whose g eeltil shouts ot infantine laughter were ; choc ! hn k l<y the Ivy ovor-irrown wall of ' - . 1 JillOtl. fJojrpjo'*?V. liuttu. Itlaekville?NV ti Connor. l.Ii-to Fork Mins.? K A Prieo. P irnvrell? \V \\* ('. Cuban;. Aiken Mis??VI F Thwiag. r? j.din^ Elder. A!nr! M lion Mitchell. Marion Circuit-?.I \V Mm my. Otic | to be supp lied the old 111>111 '.iii'iiJ ; as with cliil iislt ?miri<1 -i'y -ho peered into its nooks, ami corjie.s Alice j assed the summer \\ it It ine; ami a- time n?*\v. the day appointed tor tie- r d -parted drew near. Hut Alice was destined never to return to Italy. Within a we t of ilie day, her had and sickened ; and despite our careful nursing, and the l't -t of m<-lieal attendance passed from earth. u laid hiiu btaide my mother; and Alice. tarried with ine yet a while longer t n iisi_r her little darling, uud strewing 1) ov.-r- upon the graves of the d parted; her -pirit yearning lur its release. A few months after (jod granted her prayer, and summoned her to heaven. We laid our Alice. to sluml.er s-erenly beside the one she loved. " Hut what became of the little Minnie?" " As Alice's last cift she titok the place in my heart her mother had left vacant; and lias lived to hh ss me lor the care I l is- iwed uj h i her childhood i" As she sp h . tin- old lady took off Iter ; - eetae:- ?. and wij -1 them: adding as she ! . p'.n 1 tliem, " \ i s ! she has indeed !" - Hut who is she now ?" " Your mother, my chiid I" f turned my eyes towards my luothet ? si-at. to find her i hair vieaut, an 1 catch a glimpse of her skirt-, i re the <hior closed behind her, as J site glided from the room. South Cnrolhui t unfcrenfc. I We suhjoiu the list of up|>ointiiicnls lor the next t oiiletenee year. I'll Aill.KSTOA* MSTIUCT. W 1' Presiding Klder. Charleston?I'umb rl'1-af.?J A Porter | Trinity?T 11 Walsh. " licthcl?\\ 11 Kleiuillg. " spring St. and City Mis-j sioti?J W Miller. \\ A llcutiiiiiigway, ; Supcruuiue ary. M Aitdrcw s Mission?To he supplied. W ilti-rb?>ro'?1' ^ Crock, J Penny. .**t (leorge's and St. Pauls Miv>ion? \ .Nettles. J'.jii I*.?:? Mission?1' li ikowmaq. A.->In |? <> Mission?J W Coward. <'omtkuhcc Mission?M J. Bank*. J A W\.h1 ituinhcrg?\\ Crook. Allendale?1. M Hawier. Ii.uk Swamp?.1 W Kelly, F. Auld. I'rinco William's Miss.? W W Mood. S ivnmiau Kiver Mission?J 11 C<?burn, .1 W .MeHoy. li.ullton Mission?Sam'l hoard, N K Mellon. Hcanford Mi*-ion?I 1' Hughes. Kioto and .leluosee Mission?C Wil-j Missionary to China?11 .Tonkins. OK WGKKl'KG DISTRICT. F A Mood, 1'residing Klder. Orangeburg?-A 11 Stephens, 1{ 15 Tarrant. St Matthew's Miss.?To he supplied. ( \ | re Circuit?1> \V Scale. Summer.olio Miss ?C MehioiJ. Co-.per Kivcr?A N Wells. ? .op Kiver Miss.?G W Moore, .7 : L Dixon. j St Junies (loose Crock.?To ho sun-' mp?CTawpa????pa??^1 Georgetown?.0 II Pritchard. Sun tec M ission?,J Finger. J. H. Tart, Black Itiver and Poc IXe M iasiou?A Ervin, C K Land. Sampit Mission?J A Mood. Wuccauiaw Mission?C Belts, D J Moi Millan Cotiwayboro*?0 II Wellf, Gonwayboro' Mixtion?r A 8 Link. All faints?W Bowman. Darlington?H J Simmons. I .you It burgh?M A Connelly'. Hrownesville?W L Pcguea. William*! urgb?L M Utile, J C Stoll, Darlingtoq Circuit?P'r Kiatler, J II Carpci; -}:r. COLL MB* \ DISTUICT. It J B.?vti, Presiding Elder. Columbia?Washington Struct-?\\ \ tianif'wnll Columbia?Medium St?M Brown. " Cong-aree Mjas?N Tally. * Marlon St?J W Huwbort. Fairfield?J W l'uctt, J J Workman, Sandy River Mi?i?W S ilaltoiu. Chestci?A (i Stvv. Rocky Mount?A J Cautbcn, K T ^ T ripne. Itidiland?W A Clark. Richland Fork Mi*#.?J L McGrego*, Camden?E J Mcynardie. Watoreo A|ff*aion?J li Shufwd, W M Wilson. Sumter?R 1* Franks. Suuiter Circuit?A L Smith, \Y A, I lodge*. Santce? M Puckett. Manning?N 1) Moore. Sunday School Secretary?C Taylor. Columbia Female College?W Martin, 1'resident. COKESBURY DISTRICT. W A Mi'Swain, Presiding Elder. Cokesburj ?W II laiwton. A B Mc Ciilviay, S 11 dunes. Super. Laurens?J T Kilg , J L Stoudemiao, A 1' Martin, Super. Newberry?B English. Newberry Circuit?J W Wtgbtmau] one to be supplied. S-.luda River Miss?One to be supplied. Ninety-Six?J M Carlisle. Rocky 1'qnd Mio*.?O \f M Crciglji ton ; one to be su[.j,!ie<J. Butler?J i iehclt. Edgefield?J S Connor. A IH.? i l.? i> ir T **. <>?i" > ?i inn itiMiiui, u j .uur^su. Anderson?T li Herbert. Pendleton?V A Sliarpo. Pickens?F M Morgan. Williaiuston?J L Lifley. WADESBORO' DISTRICT. S II Browne, Presiding Elder. Wudesboro?L A Johnson II C Parson*, Supernumerary. Albemarle?J M Cline. Concord?L \V 'lhompson, P L Hamian. Rocky lliver Missouri?0 A Cbritzberg. Monroe?B J Jones, G W DuPre. Catawba River Miss.?A II Ilarmai} or c to be supplied. t'licsterlield an l Mix*.?LScarboro, J 1* Wilson. Chernw?YV S Black. Bennetisville?R It Pegu s, ii B Alr son. Society II ill Mission? A goi.t of Carolina Female College?\y C Power. LIXCOLNTON DISTRICT. JoiiN T Wir.nrM.VN, Pre.->iding Elder, l.incolnton?G \V Ivcy, J Hoover. Pallas?Tlus 11 E*l\r?rds. 1'ineville?A. McCor^uodnle. Charlotte?1' M Kennedy, j Charlotte Circuit?W W Jones, J \Y Aheruathy. Catawba?Win Carson, J U C McKen; ny. Rich Mountain Miss?A 1' Avant. I a1 noir Circuit ami Caldwell Miss?4 Watts, J W Ruby. Morgantou Circuit?W J E Trippe. Shelby Circuit?.J S Nelson. Vorkvilie?L C Weaver. Rock Hill?Daniel May, S A Roper, J W North. Super. Davenport Female College?-II M Mo??d} President. Rutherford Academy?R L Abcru&thy, principal. R P A RT AN HCllt 1 D1 ST RICT. H A C Wai.KRH, Presiding Kldcr. Spartanburg?J Stacy, W C Kirkland, Snpcrnumerary. jlrond River Mission?Jo?. Parker. Spartanburg Circuit?A J Stoke*; AloJt; W. Walker, Supernumerary. Kutherford?J S Krvin McDowell?M Colllinbu* T J Civ le. Hickory Nut (lap Mission?A. I* I}?nr nick. Hickon^ville?T 8 Daniel Keowee Mission?To be supplied. Greenville?S .J Hill. Greenville Circuit?E A Lemmond, A II Lester. Cnion?J II Zitnmetman, J P Del"***, 0 M urchinson, supernumerary. Goshen llili?.1 W Crideii. Pacolet?O A IHtrby. Wofford College?A. M Shi pp. iNeti. dent. W Smith, Professor. H Durant, Agent. Not Hatv?A blooming yonng widow, living in one of the Southern State*, which is strongly in favor of seccsaiqn, sonds word, through a ludv tViend, to a Spry widower of tliis city, but who is not in very ro! ust health at present, that " ;.ho is for Union." To which he replied : " And so am I, bat due regard must he hr.d to the Constitution." One John \V. Jones, who has bean sent to prison h?r marryintr two witog cxeusmi himself l?v saying ih;t? a! , ho M she fought htu., ha* whun he j^>*, twe, they fought oueti othaf

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The Carolina Spartan. (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, January 03, 1861, Image 1