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The ArmyoriVorthorii Virginia.
The concluding paragraph in an article
in tho Crescent Monthly, entitled "General
Lee and his Campaigns, by J. Quitman
Moore, Esq.," is the most graceful and
touching tribute to tlie gallant army of
Northern Virginia, and its last and most
renowned chief, that we have read :
"There stood the tnournlul remnants of
that once glorious army, that had dipped
its conquering banners in tho crimson tide
of eight and twenty sanguinary batt les,
and strewn its heroic slain from tho feet
of the Pennsylvania mountains to fho gates
of its own capital city; that had given Ma
lia*8as to Beauregard, and twined the fame
of tho Seven Pines battle in tho laurel
wreath of Johnson ; that had caused the
Waters of the Shenandoah eternally to
murmer the fame of Stonewall Jackson,
nnd, stretching out its right arm to the
distant West, had planted victory on the
drooping banners ot lirugg; and had wit
Desscd tour gigantic campaigns and through
all their shifting and tragie scenes and under
all difficulties and dangers, hud remain
ed steadfast and faithful to the lust. And,
alter having witnessed the rising o'.' Jto
Southern constellation, as it loomed up
brightly on tho horizon of war, pursuing
to its splendid zenith the fiery path ol
Mars, now beheld not unmoved, its dccli
ning splcudors going down in the gloom ot
eternal night.
" And ho, its illustrious chief, whoso
lofty plume was ever its (allying point in
battle, and around whom its uffoctious
warmly clustered, now commended it for
its past devotion, and bade it adicn forever.
Slowly and sadly he rode from that mournful
field, and the cause that he fought for
was beneath the foot of nowcr. Few were
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the eyes that grew not moist at witnessing
that departure. It was the agony of u
great cause finding expression in the subHmetsoul
of its great defender. And though
that causo be dead, yet will its memory
continue to live, uud ever honored will be
those illustrious names that sacrificed at
its altars. And on the scroll of fame no
name among the list of eminent worthies
wilt shine with a purer, sercncr, or more
resplendent light than that of Robert Edmund
Lee. ilis fame is monumental.
His name will be placed along-side of those
of the great captains of history?Marlborough
and Suxo, of Tilly and Eugene; and
as long as lite lame of the Southern struggle
shall linger in tradition and song, will
his memory be ohcrishcd by the descendants
of the Southern races; while his char-_:m
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vici niu eiuuu up in ino iwuigni 01 ins
tory like some grand old cathcdrul, lifrimr
itself in imperishable beauty above the objects
of earth, majestic, in its vast proper
tlons, awful in its solemn statelincas, sublime
in its severe simplicity."
I low 4itor Itecame Kick.
A writer in Harper's Magazine, speaking
of the lato John Jacob Astor, thus rc
fere to the mode by which he acquired his
grbat wealth :
It was neither furs nor tens that gave
hira 820,000,000. When he arrived in
New York, it contained only 25,000 iuhab- j
i.auts. In 1800 when hu begun to have
money to invest, the city had begun to 1
double in population, and had advanced
nearly a mile up the island. Astor foresaw
its future growth, and bought all the lands
and lots just beyond the verge of the city
that he could get.. One little anecdote
wilt show the wisdom of this proceeding.
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A* v nwiu i* lull All lliu VlUlllHy 01 Ml*
fctreet in 1810 for $8,000, wh-ch was supposed
to be somewhat under its value. The
purchaser, after the papers were signed,
seemed disposed to chuckle over his bur- |
gain.
"Why, Mr. Astor," suid he, "this lot is
worth 812,000."
"Very true," replied Astor, '(but now
you shall Bee what I shall do with this |
money. With $8,000 I will buy eighty
lot8 above Canal street. By the time your
lot is worth 812,000, my eighty lots will
be worth 880,000," which proved to bo a
fact.4
In the course of time the island was I
dotted all over with Astor lands to such an
extent that the wholo incomo from his estate
for fifty years could bo invited in new
houses, without buying any more land. ,
If you would bo known and not know,
vtgttate in a village; if you would know (
and not be kr.cv^, in a city.
Emigiiitlonto Ilrnzll.
Tho Chester Standard remarks ou this
subject :
Wo have had tho pleasure of congratulating
Dr. J. >Mct\ Gaston upon his safe
arrival from Brazil. Tho result of his exploration
of thnt country will soon be given
to tho public in nn extended report,
wliich is now in the course of publication.
The doctor will remove, with his family to
Brazil in the cour.-e oi a few months, lie
corroborates, in every respect, the report
of Messrs. Meriwether and Shaw, of Kdgeficld,
a portion of which was published in
our last issue, llis general opinion of the
advantages offered by the soil, climate and
productions of Brazil is highly encouraging
to tho*e contemplating emigration
The soil is exceedingly fertile, tho climate
lioulthv. and the nroductions varied ?iwl
valuible. In the province of 1?t. i'uul,
where he designs locating, lands of the
best quality can he purchased lor twentytwo
cents per acre, on a credit of five years,
without interest. The water is freestone,
and unalloyed by minerals.
An industrious emigrant can comfortably
support himself by his own labor during
the first year and lay up something
handsome. The method of agriculture in
Brazil is of au exceedingly rude and primitive
character. The crops of cotton, corn,
eoltee, sugar, fee., are planted and worked
by the hoc alone. The avcrago yield of
corn is from thirty to fifty bushels undone
thousuud to twelve hundred pounds of seed
cotton to the aere. Tropical fruits of every
description grow spontaneously and in great
abundance. The better classes of society
are intelliirent. fourteen* mil n.fim.il '
l)r. Gaston met everywhere the utuiust 1
kindness and hospitality. The authorities '
are anxious to secure a large immigration
and every facility will be afforded strangers
to exuutiuc the country uud make
settlements. No restributions are imposed i
on religion or education. Taxes arelinht, !
and tho policy of the Government exceedingly
liberal and enlightened.
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A Willi YislltStf 02IWc
find the following unioiigst the sc- l
lections of the Dublin Nation :
A correspondent sends us the following J
remarkable narrative : A melancholy in
stance of the u'auger of taking God's name
iu vain has occurred in Dnkhton, England.
A few days ago, as some boys were
playing together in a court leading out ol
Kdward street, in that town, a dispute
took place between them about tho number
of ''notches" one of them. ? fid nnnimt
Richards, had made whilst playing " cat
and dug." Richards declared that he had
scored more than his companion gave him
credit fur, and high words and bad language
were indulged in on both sides. At
length Richards flow into a violent passion
and exclaimed, ".May God strike me blind
if 1 have not made more than twenty !" lie
had scarcely uttered the adjuration when
he threw up his arms and exclaimed, "Oh,
1 can't sco!" and begecd of one of his
companions to lead him home. This was
immediately done, and on examination it
was itmud that a thick film had overspread |
bis eyes, completely obstructing the sight. !
In this pitiable condition he has remained
ever since, and there is little or no hope of
his ever recovering his sight. The uffiir
has caused considerable excitement in the
neighborhood in which the occurrence J
took placo. Richards is only thirteen years '
of ago.
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C auses oTSudden Dentil
Very few of I ho sudden deaths which
urc said to arise troni diseases of the heart
do really arise from that cause. To ascertain
the real origin of sudden deaths, an !
experiment has been tried in Kurope, and
reported to a scientific congress held at
Strasbourg. Sixty-six cases of sudden
death were made the suhjc tot a thorough
post-mortem examination ; in these casus
only two were found who had died Ivom t
disease ot the heart. Nine out ot sixty
six had died Irmn apoplexy, while there
were forty six cases of congestion of the j
lungs; that is, the lungs wero so lull of
blood they could not work, there not being
room enough lor a sufficient quantity of air
to enter to support life. The causes that
produce congestion of the lungs are, cold i
leer, tight clothing, costive bowels, sitting
still until chilled alter being wanned with
labor or n rapid walk, going too suddi nly 1
from a close, heated room into the cold air,
especially after speaking, and sudden depiessesiug
news operating u|? 11 the blood.
These causes of sudden deuth being known,
an avo'.dutice of them may serve to length
en many valuable lives, which would oth erwise
be lost under a verdict of heart com j
plaint. That disease is .supposed to he in- i
cvitablc and incurable; hence many may
not take the pains they would to avoid sudden
deuth it thev knew it lav in ih?ir.^u.
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or. _
Mr \V. L. llobiu'on, of New Orleans,1
proposes to publish, in book f<rn>, h roaord '
of the names and service* of ev?-ry citizen 1
cf that city who sorved in tho late war*
with specifieationu of all items of interest. '
The Idols of ludlu
l">r. Hutlor came from a land, lie said,
where the sun .shone constantly aud brilliantly,
where every thing was fair and
perfect to the eye ; but amidst all the cultivated
loveliness bo did not remember
a single flowc;-, except the rose, that emit
ted any fragrance, and though Iho birds
were gorgeously appareled, there Was not
uue that sung. It was a sad thought, but
might also be applied to the people, lie
had never heard a hearty, happy laugh
from woman outside the pale of Christianity.
With every opportunity for observa;
tion, he hud never seen amongst them a
i happy female face. It was n land where
j dark anil dreadful idolatry had taken the
I joy Irom licr heart, und sunk her to the
j level of the brute. lie was ouoo ou a jour
I ney irom Beuarcs to Calcutta, and went to
I sec a "dhurbar," or court, held by 8ir John
i Lawrence. A native prince, during re'
hellion, had given shelter to a number of
' Europeans who had escaped irom the So1-03
murderers ; and tr'ir John had been
commissioned by llcr Majesty, (Jnocn Victoria,
to invest the llajah with the order of
the "Star of ludio." The great men were
assembled in an immense pavilion, awaiting
the arrival of the Kajuh; and alter
about an hour spent in settling the difficult
matter of precedence amongst these nabobs,
a salute of twenty one guns announced his
coming. The scene within the pavilion
was very grand, and the habiliments of the
Kujah were in keoping with the surroundings.
Ho wore n cloth-of gold coat, was
loaded with gold and jewels, and had on a
lurge crown glistcnting with gems. Hut
as he went to tako his seat on tho throne
at one cud of the tent, and while the Governor
General was presenting him with the
various paraphernalia of the order, the
doctor remarked the singular awkwarduess
and hclplcssuess of the prince. Upon inquiry.
he learned that this great man was
a lei>or, without a linger on his hand or a
toe on his l'oct; and with all his wealth
and grandeur was burdened with a loathsome
disease that no money could cure.
And this was exactly tho conditiou of poor
India; docked with splendor an 1 magniti
cctice, and yet a moral leper, recking with
"wounds aud bruise^ ankruu*i\.-ina:5"
and with no means oi purification, except
tiro fountain opened in tlic liou-e o! David
for sin and uuclcauness. lie had seen
200,000 people standing upon the bank.
oi the uaugcs, and ut a given signal all
plunged beneath the sacred stream, in the
vain hope of washing their sins away?a
change which the children knew naught
but the Gospel could effect.
Why Children DieTim
reason why children die, says If ilf.*
Journal o f Healtht is because they are net
taken care of. From tlio day of their birth
they uro stupefied with food, choked with
physio, slashed with water, suffocated in
hot rooms, steamed in bed clothes. So
much lor in-door. AY ben permitted to
breathe pure air, once a week in summer,
and once or twice during the colder ntonih's
only tho nose is allowed to peer in daylight.
A little later they are sent #nut with n)
clothes on at all on the parts of the body
which most need protection. Fare leg*,
hare arms, bare neck, girted middles, with
an inverted umbrella to collect the air and
chill the other part of the bod}'. A stout,
strong man goes out on a cold day with
glows and overcoat, woolen stockings, and
thiik double soled booLs, with cork between
and rubbers over. The smile day a child
of thiee years old, an infant of flesh and
blood and bone and constitution, goca out
with .-hue* as thin as paper, cotton socks,
logs uncovered to the knees, neck bare, an
exposure which would disable the nurse,
kill the mother outright, and make the
father an invalid for weeks. And why '!
To burden them to a mode o! dress which
thy are never expected to practice! To
accustom to cxposuro which a d07.cn years
later would he considered downright foolery
! To raise children thus tor the daughter
pen, ami lay it to thu Lord, is too bud.
We don't think the Almighty had a hand
in it. And to draw comfort trom tho presumption
that lie had any agency in the
death of the chilJ, is presumption and profanation.
A good story is told of a doctor in a
town not a hundred miles from Venn ut.
The doctor kept missing his wood, and set
watch. As was expected, it proved to be
the work of a near neighbor, who soon ur<
pcared, and carefully culling out ail the
dry wood, started ofi with an armful. The
doctor hastily gathered up an armful cf
green wood and f< Mowed, trudging as fast
us he muld, and just as the man threw
clown his armful, the doctor did the mine'
exclaiming, "There, you must burn green
wood part of the time, its well as 1," and
departed, leaving the thief to his own reileotiona.
A gentleman having asked a young student
What gender is Thomas?" was duly
auswered, " It is masculine." " \\ hat gendor
is Mary ?" "Why, the crinoline gen.
dcr sir."
1 Very Heavy on the Thief*.
Some villainous fellow, without the fear ,
of the law before his cye3, feloniously en?
tcrod the sleeping apartment, of u printer
at Atlauta a lew nights since, whereupon,
Watson of the jS'etc J'Jra, lets oil" the following
series of shells, grape, sehrapnel,
ami minnic halls at him. lie had better ;
send back the stolen goods and get A. 11.,
to take back his "cussin." Hear the latter : |
"Some wretch entered the sleeping [
apartment of a printer on Saturday night,
and stole most of his wardrobe, including
a suit of new clothes. A man who could
j do such a thing as tha' Would steal the
j headstone from his mother's grave to knock i
i out his father's brains, lie wuu! 1 burrow
i a key from his Mother-in-law to unlock his
I wife's toilet that he may steal her pin
; money. Jle would steal an orange from
his sick baby if ho could sell it for two
j cents.
May his head bo taken for a foot ball and
the balance of Iris carcass for a seure-erow.
May lie have the itch, the measles, mid the
small pox all at once. May the suit cling
to him like the shirt of Ness us and sting
him with tho 6tings often thousand scorpions.
May tho cholera riochct through
liis intestines till ho howls like a mad bulb
May he have the toothache, the hcadacho,
the earache, the other ache, neuralgia and
all other ills that flesh is heir to. May he
grow pot bellied. May his uosc turn up,
his mouth get twisted, his hair and whiskers
turn to little snakes. May hornets
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uuuii ut-Dwj uvci evory uoor ana window iu
lib liuusc. May all his ohimncys rctuso to
draw, lib wife scold and his children squall.
May his pickles all he sweet and his sugar
sour. May all his whiskey bo made of
t rotten sorghum, and his lager beer be mean
| as garbrotu. May every dollar ho puts in
his pocket burn a hole in it uud got lost.
May lib creditors be as thick as skippers
iu fly time, and lib debtors as scarce as
doodles iu December. May ui raiu fall on
lib potato patch, his pea-vines grow green
per.-.millions and his snap beans grow
emetics. May twins bo boru unto him,
and a cow-hide given to each to lash their
father w ith. May lie be compelled to teach
a negro school through ibe month of Au'
gua?. M..y lie ho allowed to read oothiug
! hut Harper's Weekly, New York Tribune,
and Brownlow's Whig. .Hay ho have the
Poll-Kvil, the King's Kvil, and legion ol
| devils, and when lie dies may his starve
ling soul bo raetcmpsychcsized into nryellow
cut and bo worried by :i htuipp tailed
egg-sucking, sheep killing dog.
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What Comes uf (Jkttihq Flies is
tiik Ear.?A French Medical journal contains
tho lullowiug account of a singular
case:
A locksmith, aged fifty-two, having Leon
treated nt the liospitul IhMtijoin for a disloention,
has been sent to tho A isle do Vinccnues
for bis complete recovery. A few
days before lcaviug that establishment he
felt as if a fly had got into his left car.
lie took a lucifcr match and tried to get
out the intruder with it; hut not succeeding,
and the pain Laving subsided, ho
tilAlr nr? tnArA i? Af ?n.v a!' >? 'PI. ^
WW? tiv mv> w Iivuuv Ui ti. J-UIUU 411J 3
Liter, being at St Queen, lie experienced a
tickling in his car, which prevented him
. from sleeping, and on the following day
1 he went to Pr. Jarjavay's consultation.
!' Here upon examination, two small larva1,
like those which arc wet with in dead
bodies, were found in his car. The patient
j complained ot very violent pain in that
J organ, and all along a line which, begin'
ning l'rom the middle of the forehead, fob
i lowed the eyebrow, and, crossing the tcuipie,
ended behind the mastoid apophysis,
j Ho had cramps and n tingling sensation in
j the arm, fits of trembling, sickness, &c.
' On visiting him in the evening, I>r. Jar- i
javay poured a few drops of ether into his j
car. This caused great pain at first, but
| soon nflcr it produced considerable relief, J
[ and during the night upwards of one bun i
j dred lurvio fell out of the car on the mau's
pillow. On the following morning the
doctor perceiving some large larva? of musca
oarnaria at the bottom of the meatus auditarius.
The doctor got a few out with a
proper instrument, then made some injec
tions which brought out fifteen more, and
in the evening poured a drop of ether in
the car, whereby three more wero got rid
I of. < >n the duv after no more 1 >rv.-i? er.. I
I visible, but the tympanum was discovered
to be perforated. The case was now trcntid
with injections of mollow* and einolli*
cnt poultices, and three days later the paticnt
left tho hospital perfectly recovered.
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An elegantly dressed young lady recently
entered a railway carriage in Paris
whero there were three or four young gentlemen,
one oi whom was lighting a cigar.
Observing her, tho Frenchman asked if
smoking would incommode her ? 3ho replied,
" I do not know, sir; no gentleman
has ever smoked in ;ny presence.
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pretty girl says: If our Maker
thought it wrong for Adam to live single
when thero was not a woman on earth, how
criminnlly guilty ore old bachelors, with
i the world full of pretty girls !"
Tlae l>o?r und the Thief,
"No dogs admitted, sir,'* said the porter 1
to a gay at??einblago, as a young man and
his dog appeared at the entrance J "jroa
uiust leave hiui bcliind, if you go in/' "*
"Very well," said the young man; *^?tay about
here, Prince, until I como back ;"
and he joinud the crowd within. By and
by the young man wished to refer to his
watcli, when behold the chain bad been
nipped in two, and the valuable timo piece
was gone He considered the case a moment,
and then a <)? '?
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into lib mind. So, stepping out, he whispered
the fact to the porter and gained
permission to take in lib dog for a minuto
or two. -
"Look here, Prince," said he, "my watch
is stolen," and he showed him the Cnip'.y
pocket and the cut chain. *!? thert U
the thief. You find it, iny good doggte.
You understand, do you t" Prince wagged
his head and tail, and then the two
went in again. Quietly this dtiitib^detective
glided around among the people smelling
at this one's coat aud that one's chain,
until at last he set his teeth firmly into
the coat skirt of a genteel looking man,
and could not be shaken off. The yoang
man quickly made known the case to the
by standers who Gathered around him
hnd tho thicfe pockets duly searched. Six
other watches were found about him, which
he gathered up in the courso of the morning,
and which their rightful owners were
cry glad to get their hands on again,
Prince selected out his masters property
in a twinkling, as that was all nc oared
for, and gave it to him joytully. It would .
hare taken a very keen policeman to do
tho work so neatly and quickly, and till
agreed that he merited as fine a dinner in
a dog could hare.
A Prehuman Explains.-? A freedman
explains the difference between a
Yankee and a Southerner 'thustly ?
Now, white folks, I'so a gwine to toil
you do difference 'tween a Southern ma
and a Yaukco. Well, do Southern man he
stop at dc hotel- n? n*
, ? .v. . .v^ -l ??
git dc key ; he say " here Jim, take my
valiso " When he git in do room, ho say,
" J im, yon black rascal, brush my coat sad
boots, and be in a hurry. Whilo I'ae doing
dat be wash hisself, comb his har,tako
a drink, and when I gives him do boots he
hands mc a dollar. When de Yankee stops
at de hotel, ho says," Mr. Johnson, please
brush my boots?Mr. Johnson pleasecarty
dis note to Mr.&mith at tLe railroad depot
?Mr. Johnson, 1 guess I'll have to trouble
you to bring me a pitcher of water?Mt. /
Johnson, please carry dis messago to do
telegraph office-?Mr. Johnson, I gw I
ought to have a cigar?run down mmI gal
a Gve cout one." I cum back, and ape#,
of course, he gib mc about two deUaia, but
stead of giving me do money he a* ma to
take a seat and tell him 'bout my graafaddor,
my gTanmuddcr, my bruddor, my sister,
and my cousin, and my old mama, and
how much I'se makin' and how old 1 is,
and all sich nonsense, and after a while
ho say, ' Well, Johnson, I guess I'll have
to give you a dime aforo I leave hcrc."~
.now, white folks, dat's do difference'tween
do Southern man and do Yankee, and it*
every word truf.
Effect of Sorrow.?Life ha* long
years ; many p'?a?urcs it has to give in return
for many wnich arc taken away; and
while our cars can receive the sounds of
revelry, and our eyes are sensible of pleasant
sights, and our bodies are conscious of
strength, wo deem we live. Eut there is
au hour in the lives of all when the heart
dies ; an hour unheeded, but after which
we have 110 real lito, whether it perish in
the agony of some conquering passion, or
die wearily of sorrow ; an hour which they
may try to trace, who say, "Ay, I remember
I thought and felt differently then?
1 was a mere l>oy?1 shall never fool the
5amo again; an hour when the oord i*
snapped, and the chain broken, on which
depended the harmony of cxistenoc. Shoot
little children ! shout and clap your haoda
with sudden joy ! Send out the sound of
ringing laughter over the face of the green
bosomed earth ! From you the angel hath
not Vet dennrfeil in vnnr lm
gcr tho emanations from the Creator?
perfect love anil perfect joy.
House Lameness?How Discovered.?TuLo
notico, that in examining a
horse for Jamoaesa, you may often detect it
by ouly looking at his cars; for all horses
that arc lame before, drop their heads
when they throw their weight on to the
sound leg ; and those that arc lame behind,
throw their head up when the sound leg
comes to the ground.
Honest Toil.?A cheerful life mast be
a busy 0110. And a busy life cannot be
well otherwise. Frogs do not oroek in
running water. Active minds are seldom
troubled with gloomy forebodings. They
come up ouly from the stagnant depths of
spirit, unstirred by tho generous impulses
of the necessities of honest toil.