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( ' ^ * s ' ' "ill MMM1& ' < 4 ., ' i 4BY F. M. TKIMMIER Devoted to Education^ Agricultural, Manufacturing and Mechanical Arts. $2.00 IN ADVANCE VOL XXIII. SPARTANBURG, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 5, 18C0. NO. 23 j j * f i / . *1*1-' i ' * ' 1 < ti THE r RPMBABT : c' ' ? . * IS FVBLIBIIID EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, A T ^ Two" Dollars (Specie) in Advance, RATES OF ADVERTISING. Oac Square, First Insertion, SI; Subsequent Insertions, 76 cents. The Soliloquy of n Political Preacher. What a liar I am! God knows it?] know it?the world knows it. A fev; years since I experienced religion. 1 at tended divine service?took part in re ligious meetings. I stood up in a church ?I arose from the anxious scat and told the brethren and sisters that the blcssec ' love of Christ?the wondrous love of pcact and good will to all men?the desire to d( good and to live at peace with all th< world filled mv soul to overflowing 1 Amen ! How those echoes came up from al parts of the room. And 1 knelt in prayer and this was the burden of xuy supplica tion. Oh Merciful God in Heaven, be pitifu to me a sinner. For years I have sinned For years I have offended thee. For yean 1 have boon wandering to and fro, heart filled with wickedness, my soul steep ed in hate, my mind thinking only cvi and wickedness. And now, oh God, thj Grace has reached me. The blessed in finence?the peaceful spirit of Christ wht is and who was, and who ever will be al' love, has filled my heart and I am rcadj to dio if my death scciucth good in tin sight. I have no hates, no envy, no spit* -no malice?no wickedness?no desire t< wound, to offend or to injure any one o my fellow beings, but had rather all slioulc live in peace. And oh! God in Heaven for this most wondrous peace, to thee 1 r give thanks, and here before the world brtore theo, before the angels and the spir its of life and death gi< e 1 myself unt< thee. Take mc as one of thine anointed take me as one redeemed from all cvi passions. Take me, oh God, to thy love for the love of thy Son, Jesus Christ, fill my heart with peace, with joy, with lovi to all men and to thee, and faithful t< those vows will I be, that I may meet witl the pure, the good and the holy in th; kingdom, there to bo forever blest. Am now, guide, watch over and guard mc, fo Christ's sake. Amen! A I AMEN t The incctiug will join in singing? "Blest be tho tie that binds Our hearts in Christian loyk I The fellowship of Christiau miuils Lb like to that above. From sorrow, toil and pain, And sin wc shall be free; And perfect lore and friendship reign Through all eternity ! f Oh tho blessed influences of Christian ty. It fills us all with love for otberswith love for those who have wronged ui as Christ loved thoso who sinned againi him. How I talked, and prayed, and sunj And I set myself apart for the ministr And I began to teach Christ and 11 im crt cified. And I professed to labor for th good of souls alone. I was an Agent ft Heaven. I was a professed follower < that dear Jesus who is all love and kind ness. And I was looked upon as a sane ified son of a sinner, and walked as or who was better than his neighbors. Oh what a liar I am ! {'While dead in trespasses I lie, Thy quick'ning Hpirit give; Call me, thou bun of CJod, that I May hear thy voice and live.'' And I wss called to take charge of congregation?to work in the vineyardto Bavc souls?to teach perfect love i Christ and to all our fellow-men. And prayed?and I talked?and I exhortod* and I wore a long face?and I made foil think I was good?and I knelt by the d ing?and I gave away in marriage?and baptized infants?and I won an influcnc .1 And then 1 forsook Christ, and took t politics. And I taught poople to hate eac other. And I taught ray church to ha the men of the South?to hato other d nominations?to hate, and villify, andslai der, and abuse, and to insult, and to qua rel with those who did not agree wil them in politics. And I instilled scctioi al hate, discord, envy, anger and wicke ness into the hearts oi the simple on who were confided to my charge. I taught pedple to bate each other, prcaohed tho negro and abolitionism ir stead ol Christ and salvation. And I nc lccted the souls of sinners. And T cndoi ed wars. I preached that it was worth crown to save even one poor aoul from he And I urged men to go to war?to hccon mad?to kill each other and to go into tl presence of God with an oatli on the lips-^cleath in their hearts?their eyes s in rage?their hands striking the steel to the hearts of their brothers. Polities paid better than religion. Politics were popular. I wanted notoriety. 1 did not care a curse for the causc-of Christ Private ends and a little money were the things I was afler. Christ never preached hate, envy, discord, malice, etc., as I have for years. But this is American religion. It is popular. It is the kind that pays. Christ is out of mind now. It is all niggers and popularity. But ain't I a ^ pretty man of God to kneel beside a dying man!?What damnable mockery ! As if ? Christ would listen to such a liar, backL slider, hypocrito and villifier of religion as I am! "My former hopes arc fled; r My terror now begins : I feel, alas ! that 1 am dead 1 ^ In trespasses and sins." But what of it ? I'll go on and fool " people. I'll fill hell with sinners it I can't | fill llcavcn with saints.?I'll have a friend | in the devil if not in Christ. I'll damn ' poor ignorant souls if I can't save them. 5 I'll earn political pay if I can't win the * approval of God?the God I am trying to 5 fool. I'd like to hear Christ proacli a ser mon. I wonder if he'd instil hate, section. al discord, envv. oppression, persecution and euch ideas into the minds of his fol> lowers. lie said : "Blessed are the peace makers, lor they shalf'&c. I think that is a mistake. I don't believo Christ ever said it. 1 think the 3 one who reported that sermon must have 1 been drinking the sacramental wine too ' freely. That is where Christ and I dif? ' fer. American religion is that of hate, wrong, discord, envy, war, oppression, persecution 3 and killing of people for a difference of ' opinion. T "But thou soul-searching Ood ! hast known f The hearts of all that Vent the knee ; ? And hast accepted those alone, j AVho in the spirit worshipped thee." [ But it makes no difference with me. J There is no true religion in nic. I'd en dorse the devil and preach hell il it was [' popular and paid. I'd forsake Christ any time for an increase of pay, and let the | cause of our religion die out forever, j lr/ioit a liar I aju ! Aud what liars all those so-called j christians are who profess to have their hearts filled with Heavenly love, yet, war ' upon a people for a difference of opinion? j, who read from stolen bibles?who kneel 0 by stolen chairs?who read in stolen books Ij ?who look at themselves in stolen utirrors?who lay their children to sleep on j stolen sofas?who themselves slumber on stolen beds?who cat from stolen dishes? who beautify their dwellings with stolen ornaments?who go to church in stolen garments?who partake of the blood of tho Redeemer front stolen silver cups? wno nac to iuncrais in stoicn carriages ? who ride for pleasure behind stolen horses ?who have shrouds made from stolen cotton?who arc awakened in the night by the braying of stolen mules?who are purged with stoicn medicines?who get drunk on stoicn liquors?who piny sacred airs on : stolen organs and mclodeons?who play _ patriotic airs on stolen pianos?who, surj rounded by thousands oi things stolen from 3| the South, in the name of loyalty, by the fT< men who aro the brothers of their victims y ?by the christians of the north whose preacher and Heavenly guide-board I atn ! e Won't I catch it when I die ? If there >r is a hot place in hell?a lake where the molten brimstone is deepest?a locality _ where the eternal worm is bigger than the t. serpent of the late rebellion, I'll have it lC if there is a just God who punishes those who enlist for him, and work for the devil?to fill hell with victims rather than Heaven with ransomed ones. The only consolation 1 have is that four fifths of the ministers of Christ are as great liars and hypocrites as I am, and if they can spend a an eternity in hell, I know I can. ? [I/a Crosse Democrat. x An Editor in Heaven.?Under the ? above caption an exchange gives a long cs obituary notice of a deceased brother cdy itor, from which wo have room only to I extract the closing paragraph : e. "Should we then not rejoice that our ip late friend of the scissors and quill is in :h heaven ? In that paradise the cry of te "moro copy" will never again fall upon his e- distracted cars. There his enjoyments will n- no more be interrupted by the prowls o! r- the unreasonable subscriber, or the duns of the paper makor. There he will enjoy n- entire freedom from the detractions and d- misrepresentations of political opponents, cs and tbo caresses of ambitious political ns pirants. In that blest abode lie is no more I to be troubled with illegible manuscript i- or abdminablc poetry. No rival editors g- will thcro steal liis thunder or bis items, "s- and typographical errors shall know him a no more forever." 11. j ? > ao j Til* people of Nashville, Tern., are tak ing active measures to scouro the construc>ir j tion of a railroad from that city to Knoxct villc. Our Cherished Dead. What, tlio* no stately column Thtit clicri-hcd names may raise, To ditn the eye and move the lip Willi gratitude and praise ! The blue sky, hung with hannoredclouds, Their solemn domes shall be ; All Heaven's choiring w inds shall chant The anthem of the tree. The spring with vine-clad arms shall clasp Their hillock'd resting places, And summer roses droop above With flushed and dewey taces. For daisies, rayed and crowned, shall spriug Like stars Iroin out of their dust, And look to kindred stars ou high With eyes ol paiieiit trust. And vainly shall the witling's lips Assail with euvious dart TLe lame of our heroic dead. Whose stronghold is the heart5 The AiUion's heart?not crus bed, Tlio' each Ihroti be ill pain ; For Life and Hope must stilt survivo, Where Love au?i Fui.lt i cumin. Sublimity ami Variety ol tlie Dibit . The true reason why some men disbelieve the llible, is the one given by Dr Johnson?'because they ate ignorant of its contents.' And the same may be the reason why so many re >dors tail to read this "book divine.' Mrs. Ellis, in her 'Poetry ol Life,' has well said : 'With our established ideas of beauty, grace, pathos and sublimity, cither conceit trutcd in the minutest point, or extended to the widest range, we can derive from the scriptures a iund ot gratification not to be louud in any other memorial ol the past or present time. Froui the worm that grovels in the dust to the track of the le viath-in in the foaming deep?trotu the moth that corrupts the secret treasure, to the eagle that soars above the clouds? from the wild beast ot the desert, to the lamb within the shepherd's told?from the consuming locusts, to the cattle on u thou sand hills?from the rose of Shareu to the cedar of ^Lebanon?trom the clear crystal stream, gushing from the flinty rock, to the wide waters of the deluge?from the bar reu waste, to the fruitful vineyard, and the land flowing with milk and honey?from the path of the wanderer, to the gathering of w mighty <?<? ?? ?i?? *?? ? falls in secret, to the din ol battle and the shout of a triumphant host?from the cottage to the throne?from the mourner clad in sackcloth, to the prince in his purple robes?lroin the gnawing of the worm that dieth not, to the seraphic visions of the blessed?from the still snia 11 voice, to thunders of Omnipotence?from the depth ul hell, to the regions of eternal glory?there is no degree of beauty or deformity, no tendency to good or evil, no shade of dark ness nor gleam of light, t.iat does not come withing the cognizance of the Holy Scrip turcs; and therefore there is no expres sion or cinccptioii of the uiind that may not here find a corresponding picture; no thirst for excellence that may not meet with its full supply; and no condition of humanity excluded from the unlimited scope of adaptation and sympathy comprehended iu the language and spirit of the Bible." Homci. Varied as (he flowers tf die earth is the character of women ; toalarge garden may the whole sex he compared ; ratik weeds arc found there, the shan, stinging nettle and tho poisonous nighfthade j but like wise arc seen blooms ot rici beauty?plants of graceful growth?the iCcnted ro.-e ami the climbing jasmine?tin painted tulip and modest lily?all are r.et in the great parterc of the world, blooning side by side, mingling either irugruiicuur poison with the nir around. And thetnflucncc of wo man is as diversified ns her churact r, whether in a domestic orpublic point of view. Two women may h placed in precisely the same circumstaives sociuliy, ibe one will diffuse happinc*4 lie other destroy it; the oue will giw a perfect charm to life, and the Other male it ilinos' a corse, and siuiply by a diversity ol temperament producing different icmi|s. An ill-tempered, quuirUntno woman is a nuisance on earth. A ill tampered man is bad enough, but the frpctuai '-niggle" of a sour-tempered womb is insnflcrablc ; there is a meanness abut her irritability which men generally dofiot p?sess. A man may swear and bchae like a l iutc ? | such conduct is as e-oiutm us daisies in I summer, but unless he beimicihitig below i the levol ot u buil)?ml that is low enough?bo won t keep i> un incessant small shot churgo of hint und innuendo, and pettish rejoinder?foifhutis the style oi these nettles of the liupin race, ilnse vegetable blistering | last* tot liunian.iy? cross-grained women Suh women, with out having anything ot jnotivo viee in their composition, uo an imjei.sity o| harm; there is sorrow and trialfenoiuli in tlie world, without ill-tempetfa .ding to ttie burden ; a cheerful hcartpnd a cheering word ofoomfjrt, it is wonki s prerogative to bestow, and it she luilsl> exert her pre rogativc, she loses, and fcscrves to lose, that supremacy over mwshc is born and destined to hold.? Tditi fVQWeine. Tlie End ofu GamblerAmong the innumerable anecdotes related of tlie persons at play, there is one worth relating, winch refers to a Mr. ll?rter, a gentleman who, in the reign of jUuecti Anne, possessed one of the best salutes in Northumberland, tho whole of which ho lost at hazard, in twelve months. According to the story told of this madman?for we call hint nothing else?when he had just completed the loss of his last acre, at a gambling house in London, and was proceeding down stairs to throw himsell into a carriage to convey him home to his house in town, he resolved upon having one more throw to try to retrieve his losses, and immediately returned to the room where the play was going on." Nerved lor the worst that might happen, he insisted that the person lie had been playing with should give him a chance at recvvery or tight with liiin. His proposition was this : That his carriage and horses, the trinkets and loose money in his pockets, his town house, plate and furniture?in short nil he had left in the world, should he valued in a lump at a certain sum, and be thrown at a suigie east. No persuasion should prevail on him to depart from his purpose. He thn w, and lost; then, conducting M?o I < o I Kiiint r to the door, lie told the coachman there was his master, and marched forth into the dark arid dismal streets, without house or houie, or any one creditable means of support. Thus beggared, he retired to an obscure lodging in a cheap part ol the town, subsisting partly in charity, sometimes acting as the marker at a billiard tabic, und occasionally as a helper in a livery stable. In this miserable condition, with nakedness and famine staring him in the lace, exposed to the taunts and insults of those whom he had once supported, ho was recognized by an old iriend, who gave him ten guineas to purchase necessaries. lie expended five in procuring decent apparel; with the remaining five he repaired to a common gaining house and increased them to fifty. lie then adjourned to one of the higher order of houses, sat down with fori iner associates, and won .C20,000. RcI turning the next night, he lost it nil, wns once more penniless, and after subsisting uiuny years in abject poverty, died a beggar in St. Gilea. Look to tiik .School Rooks.?We advise our Democratic friends, says the Cincinnati! Knquircr, to look closely to the kind ol school-boiks that are put in the hands of their children. As a specimen of its necessity, read the following from the New York correspondent of a Georgia exchange : Rut the most noticeable publications that arc brought out, arc those designed entirely lor children. Through these a big crop of hate and persecution for " rebels " is being planted, precisely as Abolitiouism was sowed thirty years ago. I remember then finding Abolitionism in my school books. One of 11) V lit tin Imvi irnl 1 -? ?* ?1 - -v ? 0w * uc nuiiuui the other day ; it was a book entitled 44 The Soldier lJoy." The frontispiece contains an atrocious libel, in representing a Con federate sobMer attempting the life of a Federal soldier who had given him a drink of water. It narrates with approval all sorts of outrages peipctrated by 44 The Soldier lJny " and his triends upon 44 Southern sympathizers" or 'traitors.'* The book, in short, is an abominable tirade against the South; and yet it is permitted to bo distributed to the school children in this most conservative quarter of the North. There is no instruction in it, only u spirit of malice against the iSouth and the Copperheads. 1 -< ? > ? A McIntosh.?The New Orleans correspondent ol* the St. Louis llcpublican Among the recent arrivals here is Gen. Mcintosh, grandson of the old Scotch Gtncrul Mcintosh of Georgia, and son of Gen William Melntosli, hy the beautiful Wattie, daughter of it Chattahoochie Creek chief, of course the noblest in the land? an much nobler than tho descendants of 1'ocah ntas as thy Mclntoehcs and Troups, ol Georgia, were nobler than John .Smith, ihu Oriental rover nud colonist of tho .lames. Gen. oclntosli is direct from the t.reek Nation, in behalf of his destitute people, and tells me that the war has left a | tearful desolation in the Indian territories. 11 wiil be grutilyiug to you to learu that the illustrious hull'breed, though sixtylour years old, and the father of eleven children and thirteen grandchildren, and co unci in the Con federate armies of the trans-.Mississippi, still bears witness to the nuth ot the saying that "blood will tell." lie is as straight us an arrow, clastic in ami as handsome as all the Mclnlostics and T roups in (leorgia. Not long since, a youth, older in wit than years, alter being catechized concerning the power of nature, replied: ''What is thateagerly isquirod tho mother. "Site can't uuko John oniith'g tuouth any bigger Without scttina h:? carJ back." I Time. " A million of money for one inch of time/' said England's proud Queen Elisabeth, while filled with remorse in her dying moments; but all the wealth of the world could not purchase a singlo hour. Young woman, aro you improving your golden hours bo as to save yourself from vain regrets by-and-by, when the fatal archer lets fly the arrow of death and cuts short your dream of life ? You have heart sympathies to cultivate, mind to educate, powers to make active for good, and influences to wield for the right and the true, llow much of your time is absorbed by lofty aims and noble strivings ? Young man, can you afford to waste an hour in idleness and frivolity ? Can you afford to neglect }*our opportunities of storing your mind with useful information, of making solid acquirements, and preparing yourself thoroughly for those high efforts that win success iu the great undertakings of life? You have a great deal to do, before you attain to your majority, in order to meet the just expectations of society. You have to do with a fast age, to share in operations moving with lightning speed and you must be capable of quick decisions aud brisk movements, for time and tide will not wait for you. Every hoar not needed for repose and recreation should be filled up with benefits to yourself and oth- ? ere. Act UDOn this hint, and wn will ? -- - J ? W bless us for dropping it. Here is an old saving and a true one, which you will do well to fix in your memory: "Whoknows nothing in his thirtieth year, is nothing in his fortieth, lias ndthing in his fiftieth, learns nothing, is nothing, and coiics to nothing." TnE Frozen Well of Brandon, Vt. ?The Freeman thus speaks of this remarkable well: This well has existed seven winters and six summers, its depth is 41- feet. The water is from two and a half to three feet in depth. *A coat of ioe is formed on the wall of the well the whole depth of the water. The ice becomes so thick in winter as to render it difficult to dip up water with a common bucket. The surface of the -water also freezes over every night da. ring the winter. Ice has thus formed fottt inches in one night, the present whiter. The owner is obliged to descend into the well and cut open the ice every morning* in winter, in order to draw water. As spring advances, the surfaoe of the water ceases to freeze, but the ioe remains on tha well around tho water, diminishing in quantity as summer advances, but does not entirely disappear, some remaining untU the next winter's freezing commences. The well yields an abundaut supply of water. A TI1RILL1NQ ACT OP HEROISM. Ai a train of tho Grand Tronic was passing through this locality during the nighfc, a young gontlcman, Mr. Bachand, noticed that a house was on fire, while the people scorned not to have wakened up. He urged the conductor to stop tho train, or at least to slacken it, but met with a refusal. The courageous young man leaped, however, from the cars, broke hl3 leg, and yet crept to the burning house, which was that of Mr. T'rgele Desmarair, merchant." Thfc lamily were all asleep, as Mr. Bachand had supposed, and he roused them just in time to save their lives, with one exception, that of a young lady 22 years old, a uicce of Mr. Desiuuniir. She has perished in the flames, and the Coroner has returned in reference to her a verdict of accidental death. Mr. Bachand certainly deserves a reward from the Humane Society of Kngland. St. Ui/ac in the (<7. IT.) Courier, 2 StJi. ? i ? ?? ? Advertisements.?A gentleman who has traveled a great deal, remarked to us* the other day, that he considered tho advertising columns of a newspaper as infhlliblo mirrors of the business of a place. The fact has been established, that not duly docs advertising and merit open the way to fortuno, but those who advertise are more liberal dealers; and, inasmnch as they keep themselves and their wares constantly before the public, it is certain evidence that they have what they advertise, and are anxious to secure customers whom they will exert themselves to retain by liberal dealing. We can point to onr advertising columns with pleasure, and would say to our friends, by all means, bestow your patrouago upon those whose advertisements there appear, as they will be found to ho honest, liberal minded and accommodating men in business. Mark this. [Griffin Star. i^l A meeting of citizens was held in Gordon.svillc, Va., on tho 1st of April, to devise measures for the purpose ot a suitable lot, near Uordonsville, to which tho remains of the Inte Confederate doad who have been buried in the counties of Orau^ty Green, Madison and Louisa, iray be ro? moved, and said oemetciy to bo so laid ont and beautified as to make it a suitable tribute to our noble dead. I