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BY F. M. TRIMMIER. Devoted to Education, Agricultural, Manufacturing and Mechanical Arte. $2.00 IN ADVANCE
VOL XXIII. SPA.RTANBURG, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1866. N NO 80
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Mosqultos on a Bender.
By " Brick " Pomeroy.
Night before last, in order to sleep, w<
nUdoH Q nipon of rntv KonP otonlr of fVir
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head of our bed. In the morning it wa.?
by the mosquitos mucked as dry of blood a?
an old sponge, and our skin saved at leasl
two thousand perforations. All about the
room in the morning were mosquitos, plethoric
with blood, loaded till tbey coul-1
not fly. We killed a few, but the job was
too eanguinary, so we left them to their
feast.
Last night, in order to get even with the
serenading devils, we steeped hall a pound
fresh beefsteak in some old rye whiskey
? A . t . t . *t . t J T A
aim mil li uu u |jiulc uy mu ucu. iu ecu
minutes after the light was extinguished a
swarm of these back biting bill posters
made an advance movement. One of them
caressed us sweetly on the nose?he sent
in bis bill?there was a slap?a diluted
damn?a-dead mosquito 1 Soon we heard
a tremendous buzzing about the wiskeysoaked
beef.
The entire mosquito family come singing
iu, and such an opera?good Lord deliver
us 1 But they did not disturu us with
bites?we fell asleep to be awakened in ten
miuutes by the worst mosquito concert cd
itor, mortal, devil, angel, divine, Dutchman
or any other man ever listened to.
We raised a light, and the greatest show
of the season was there to be ee?o Ev?ry
mosquito was drunk as a blind fiddler, and
such an uproarious night as the long billed
0 whelps had, never xths seen oeiorc this
siie of Sclah I The worst antics! Some
were jiiujiug circus uu me piUMJ. yjlie uig
fellow, with a bully like Falstnfl, full of
blood and whiskey, was dancing juba on
the Bible, while u fat friend of his tribe
lay on her back beating the devil's dream
on an invisible tnmborine with one hind
leg ! Two more were wrestling on the
foot board of the bed, each with hie bill
stuck fast in the timber. Another was
tying the legs of our pants into a bow knot
to place about the neck of Anna Dickinson,
which hangs against the washstand, while
another red stomached customer was trying
to stand on his head in the wash bowl
All over the room were drunken mosquitos
! One long billed, gaunt reproent
ativc was trying to ram the mucilage bottle
full of newspaper clippings. Another chap
was drilling a hole through a revolver handle
and singing "My Mary Ann," while
another was limping across the window sill
in search of fresh air, to the agonizing
tune of tramp?tramp?tramp ! One little
rat of a skcct was trying to jam the cock
out of Ben Butler's eye with a tooth brush,
as his picture hung in the ruotn beside that
of Kidd the pirato, and u lew other thieves.
Another drunken stutcsman of the mosquito
family, reminding ui of Zach Chandler,
was talking Russian to a lot of drunken
companions as they lay in a heap on the
plate, while still another one sat in the
handle of our bowie knife, doubled up with
cramp on the stomach, and trying to unite
his tail with his bill, which seemed like
Lincoln's back bone when Anna Dickinson
said it wanted stiffening. He was a sick
looking skcctcr, and died in three minutes
after we saw him, her, or it, as the case
may be. Another one combed his hair
with a paper of pins, tied a piece of white
paper about his neck, pasted a five cent in
fcrnal revenue on his rump, and died like
u loyal cilizen. A worse behaved set of
bummers we never saw. They have acted
fearfully. About two thousand lie. around
dead, but sadness seemed not to break in
UDon their hilarious riotini* nnnn hliwt nml
whiskey. Halt a dozen of them sat on our
new hat playing draw poker, using wore
lozenges for checks, while ono of the party
got clean busted by making a fifty dollars
blind good to a four flush which didn't fill!
lie will be apt to wear cotton socks next
winter and keep away from church collco
tion day. Six others were trying to hang
one who looked like u Copperhead, to the
corner of a match sa<e, but as they were
drunk and ho sober, it is not safe to bit on
his b. ing dangled. They have eaten the
beel?drank the blood and whiskey?drilled
tho plate full of holes?and on tho ccn
tre table organized a Son of Malta lodgo,
using a five cent shinplastcr for a blanket
in tho aot entitled 'The Elevation of M in."
Another red bolliod leader of the Miss
Keetcr family had a battalion of drunken
bumirera on the edge of a spittoon watching
him jam a for over coat into hie left
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ear. He acted foolish?foolish enough foi
a brigadier general or member of congress.
A little cuss, with black legs, crimson
stomach and double jointed bill, was vomiting
in a satin slipper, whilo his wife, a
> sickly looking lady of her trihe, was gnawing
at the bed post, thinking it a belogna
sausage. Another one, evidently an old
maid, sat under the sofa milking the cat,
while her sister was crowding a pair ol
woollen drawers into her waterfall, singing
in a subdued train :
"Come rest in my bosom."
Another one, with a certificate of marriage
on his head in the shape of a welt
the size of a candle mold, was dancings
fandango with two mosquito virgins on a
watch crystal, while a deacon in one of tlieiv
5 churches sat playing old sledge with a
? corkscrew, to see which should go for a gin
I cocktail We should say it was a gay pur
? ly?quietly so.
Talk abcuts hows, concerts, dog fights,
ampututions, circuses, negro funerals, drawn
' poker, sparking, or other amusements,
- there is nothing to he compared to a Bock
[ ot mosquitoes on a bender. If you don'i
, believe it, fix them up with a piece of steak
soaked in whiskey, ar.d laugh your sidcsorc
at the antics the drunken warblers cut
TrtE Secret of the Needle Gun
Discovered.?The peculiarity of the gun
is a secret nrenaration for i<rnirinfr the
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powder next the ball, instead ot at the rcai
of the powder, by whieh the powder is all
n/tnoii i ?-?*-?? J >*>'! ~~ * "kl '
vvuouiuru uii'i uiu pu^IUlO lOVCC Is
given to the charge. It is said also, that
only one person is in possession of these
crct, and he is constantly guarded by a
force of twelve men from the regular l'rus
sian army, to keep him iroui imparting it
to others.
The Cincinnati Gazette states that Mr
E. Kronenbjrg, of Newark, N. J., has been
experimenting with a view to learn th<
composition of the igniting material oi
this gun, and that n few months since h?
achieved a complete success, nut ucior>
letting the fact be known he Communicated
rritli the {jorcrnmontu of Kllg
land and Austria, to learn what proposition
they would make him for the sopret. Having
heard from thum, ho now proposes t<
offer it to the United States Government
Always Speak, the Tkuto.?"As I
grow older," says a distinguished preacher.
"I do not recede from a sense of the nee
of theology, but I intensify in my con.-ep
tion of the need of the simple virtues, a.they
are called, and of no one more than
that of truth, not only in the inward parts,
but outwardly in the work The habit nt
yea, yea, and nay, nay, is but very poorly
formed In this country. All throughout
the national character, the habit of not
waitiug to think before using words, tInhabit
of saying one thing and meaning
another, the habit of equivocation, of hall
spc-ihing, oi exaggeration, 01 suppress 11.
is fearfully prevalent. And I hold that
among the things that should occupy the
attention of Sabbath schoals, and common
schools, and pulpits, is the indoctrination
of this people in the necessity, and simplicity,
and beauty of xpcakin</ the truth
alllHtl/8."
A IIero.?Peace hath not only her vie
torics, but her heroes. The St. Hyacinth
Courier thus records an instance of true
heroism:
"As a train of the Grand Trunk was
passing through this locality during the
night, a young gentleman, Mr. Hachand,
! noticed that a house was on tire, while the
people seemed not to have wakened up
lie urged the conductor to stop the train,
or at least slacken it, but met with a rcfus
al. The courageous young man leaped,
however, from the cars, broke his leg, and
yet cr^pt to the burning house, wh'eh was
that of Mr Urgclic Destnarais, merchant.
The family were all asleep, as Mr. Bach
' and had supposed, and he roused them in
time to save their lives, with one exception,
tliut of a young lady, twenty two years old,
a niece of Mr. Pcsuiarais."
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Tiie Greatest Curiosity of the
Aoe.?One of the most remarkable curi
osities of the age, in the way of monsters,
is now on exhibition iu this city. It is
the head of a colt, born on the farm of Mr.
, three miles s< uth of this city, with
hut one eye, and that immediately in the
centre of the forehead. The cyo was lul
ly developed and capable of sight. There
is a malformation of the upper jaw, a defi
(>innf>v in lhi> irr inth nf itin hnnn u'hicli
? j " ***w r? - *,,v " ,v,?
t gives it a still more hideous appearance.
\_Iluwkiiisvillc Dispatch.
M i I ?I I ^
By some curious coincidence it appears
that tho coining year, 18C7, has been fixed
by Mahomedans, Brahmins, and various
other sects, as well as by some lew Christians,
as a period in tho history of tho universo,
to bo marked by eome great and
marvellous change.
WUIle it In Called to-day,
BT FANNY TBI'*.
i Let us lore while life is given.
For we cannot tcil its length ; \
Death ma/ call us in our wen' neei, S
1 It may snatch us in our strength. j
Let us love I oh, fully, freely,
. Let the blessed fountain play, 1
| Washing every stain of anger,
From each bosom, all away.
> 1
Let us love in work an<l action ; (
Not nlono in word and thought; |
Time is swiftly, surely passing,
Have we on its pages wrought
Some kind act, some silent blrvsing, 1
I'rompted by a loving heart, i I
Dally, with an earnest purpose, I
Choosing thus the better partt .
Let us love ! oh, love will lighten 1
Every burden or complaint; t
It will strengthen weary footsteps,
, It will cheer the sad and faint.
Let us love ! give out the sunlight,
On tlie darkened ways of life, 1
Let its sweet rays melt the bareness, <
And subdue the wrong and strife. j
Let us lore 1 oh, love will hallow i
Every duty, pain or care ; i
Give it freely, give it fully,
It is needed everywhere.
Let us love while life is given.
For we cannot tell its length, '
Death may call us in our weakness, \
It may snatch us in our strength.
Finding (lie Stolen Jewelry. 1
I A New Yoik correspondent of the Hal- f
timoro Enisc(,nal Mrthmlist writes te that
paper: (
"A Southern lady, on a visit to this city,
went to worship in one of the up town s
churches. Soon after an elegantly attired t
New York lady, of high social standing en i
tercd the same pew and remained during <
the service; alter which, the Southern t
lady called her aside into the vestry room. <
and in the presence of the rector, with t
whom she was well acquainted, thus ad- '
dressed her, "Madam, 1 do not jvitdi to of i
fend you, but that shawl you arc wearing i
belongs to me" (The shawl ?? u nut-orb
one.) The New Yorlof protesiej. and de j
ciared that there must be some mistake. i
"If," says the Southern lady, "you will ex- i
amine a eertuin conicr, vou will sc?/ my <
initials work.d in it, and the rector ktior.s i
:uy name very well." Sonthr*? :
then remarked, "That urig Hx-r upon i
.our finger is also mii.e, and it you will <
i: k the trouble to examine the icterioi, r
you will see the same inilieU engraved in >
the ring."
Similar movements as above desoribed 1
took place, and with similar icsults. Turn
it?<_' to her again the Southern lady said : t
Madam, that bracelet you have on is mine ! i
also, and by pressing a spiing on t he-inside, | <:
it will uticlnsp and show you my portrait." j t
The New York lady did as requested, and ; ?j
there was the lady's portrait." She prompt j C
ly returned the ring and bracelet, as i-.be j
was convinced, beyond the power- to con- v
trovcrt it, that they were the property of r
this Southern lady, and remurke.t as she I 11
did, "They are yours and you arc welcome 2
to them; but as 1 wore the shawl to church, 0
I must beg the privilege of wearing K home
again." The Southern lady acceded, of 11
course, and they exchanged car.Is. The v
shawl caiue hack in due time, but the New s
York lady had obtained the articles in s
such a manner as to render it too unpleas- c
ant to divulge. No more was said aboui it. L
Moral?If Southern ladies want to 1 s
know where their articles of missiiu; iew- ! 0
clry ami wardrobe furniture are, let them .v
attend some fashionable *r tow n" New I g
York church ; and if the uien \vant to n
know what has become of all their fine I
horses shipped North by any officers and v
"bummers," let them spend an evening in
Central Park.
A True Max.?The man whom I rail ?
deserving the name, is one whose thoughts
and exertions are for others radier than , v
himself-?whose high purpose is adopted I
on just principles, and never abandoned |8
while heaven or earth affords means of ac- 1
conplishing it.
He is one who will neither s.n k an in- *
direet adjutage hy a specious road, nor
take au evil path to secure a really good
purpose. Such a man were ono fot whom 1
a woman's heart should heat con-tant while '
she breathes, and break when she dies.
?Scott. J
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A True Woman.? Her very soul is in 'j
home, and in the discharge ofaill those f
(juict virtues of which home is the centre, t
' llcr husband will be to her what her fath- s
cr is now?the object of all h< r care, solic s
itude, and affection. She will sec nothing,
and connect herself with nothing, but by 1
or through hiin. If he be a man of sense s
and virtue, she will sympathise in his sor,
rows, divert his fatigues, and share bis
: pleasures. If she become the portion of a v
j churlish or negligent husband, sho will i
sun nis uiste also, lor she will not Jong
survivo his unkindncsa.?Sco#. (
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"Bcilo Boyd" has recommenced her (
profe?si inal career, and re appeared lately
at Manchegler as Pauline, iu tfct "Lady of
| Lyone." ^ i
Sins of the Flesh.
The Christian Inquirer has some good
'emarks on tlio tendency of the age to s?n;ual
indulgences, and on the importance of h
iringing the whole power of the Qospel to
>ear in subduing them : r<
'The sin of tho flesh seem to be gain- **
ng on U9 as a people and age. Tho tenlency
is to pamper the body, stimulate the d,
flood by high living, heat tho passions by Q]
i sensual literature, the theatre, fashion,
ind the corrupt appliances of tho Greek
mfl Konian n^e. Intemperance, licentiousicss,
tho relaxation of the niarriuge tics,
:lie frequency of divorce, the scandals of
;lic public press, the addiction to the es- b'
hctic arts even, and the immense sudsi- w
lizing of a vast material prosperity and 01
soundless resources of commerce, the useful
arts, sciences, and the culture of tho
jarth, to gratify the senses and pamper the
leshly and moral appetites, demand vigi- 01
anoe and retoiui. The anxious question
presses upon many hearts. How shall wc w
flean out this Augean stable of modern ol
nvilizatiou '( Reform as reform has been
:ried, with its societies, pledges, and the Q(
whole apparatus of agitating machinery, ?
ind it hi's accomplished much good. But
SVC have. \rn nnnlpjo linlo -1- - ?
, .uj uvviv tauu III IUC rupetition
of the same efforts. Nothing P
cents adequate to the sins of the flesh in tl
)ur latter days but the same remedy that
recast the old sensual civilizations, and out ^
if them brought forth modern Europe. Jj
fhe spirituality of the Christian religion
iccins ulone to possess that courage, persistency,
resource, and tender love of ?hu
minify that can match these awful forms 11
>f vice, and can say to tlic drunkard, the
lebauchee, the glutton, the sensualists of a|
ivery form, Go, and sin no more. Hut to f(
lo the work it must be applied, preached, 01
iud wrought with amnzitigzeal and energy
nto the Working zeal and energy into the .
vurkiiig thought and impulse of the time. ?J
May it not be questionable whi ther the
lulpit does not lire a liftl? ?" littrfi, and Cl
nil le kourxln g ilie lofty key of thought,
ind reaching the more intellectual and tl
uitivated hi society, it doos not,fail in be hi
ng faithful and (Hcctive in its udioinistra* ai
on of Ohriftianitv, and "Ml the resources}
?i modern aoiueee, thought, history, and
iciiee, to ihe sins of the fL-sh '( It is j
i need so imperative as to demand all the
pirit forces wo ran bring into the field.
III go en ul' Austrian ">l*elpllne.
In L341 1 hid a terrible example of the
nilitary discipline of Austrja Owing to V
he state of war the frontier was then guar
led by Croats. I dined every day with
he Austrian officers a; the little village a
if Orsowo, 11 the banks of the Danube, [fn
)ne ay 1 expressed a desire to see the tr
. fin tll<? rtf Inn* c?il a a4' I- 1
? ...v ?>?v> wi luu jsanuoe. so
rhere Kossuth had buried the crown of
:t Stephen, of Hungary, vrhcn the army ,
led into Turkey j the place had been dis ' 1
overed, the crown disinterred ; but I want- *,r
d to see 'lie singular tomb.
Colonel i'. promised to go with nic the
icxt day on the other side of the bridge
rhich separated us from the enemy. That sa
auie evening as I was taking my walk, 1 th
aid to myself, suppose 1 go now. 1 pass- sc
d the body guard, and proceeded to tbc to
nidge, and had nearly reached the opt,o
ite side when 1 heard a report, and three cr
r lour balls whistled by lue. I stopped. ^
Several Croats rushed upon me, muttering
omething which 1 could not undeistand, ^
nd led tue to my friend, the Colonel. He
ooked at me exasperated. Sir, said he,
rliat were you doing on the bridge ? h<
I went to visit the tomb. or
Enough! Without a permit? And the T
en'itiel did not arrest you at the entrance K1
if the bridge!
A sergeant answered in German, "We W;
vere dining with tbc body guard." tp
Ah! Is this so? And nil that time th
pies could be going and coming?how tfc
nany were you ?
"Four men and uiyself," said tho sor* ,
roam. hl
"You shall all bo shot!"
The Colonel went to the. window, called
he guard of the opposite tent, and gave 1,1
he men into custody.
The next day the men were shot in spite 8C
>f my appeals to the Colonel, on my knees,
r\v I..- ,U~
vst ^hiuvii iui mc uuiuiiunu\e man oi jot
rhosc death l was unwillingly ihc came. ! m
rhc Colonel was inflexible. When those ' or
ivc Croats, pierced by shots had fallen, w<
he Colonel, who regretted his soldiers and pi
eemed to forget our friendly relations,
aid: p
"And now, sir, leave the territory in two
tours, or I shall have you arrosted as a Cl
n? at
py -
"But, Colonel?"
lie looked at me, and with a terrible
'oico, said : "Upon my honor, sir, I swear
t."
A quarter of an hour afterward I left
)r>owo. Five years alter, 1 saw among la
he list of officers killed at Magenta, the bi
Colonel's name.? Courrier des L'tat* Unis. so
Radical philanthropy?raying freed- cc
nen'e wages in corn at $3 per busbal- w
WIT AND HUMOR.
What is neoessary to a farmer! to Mrirf
im f?system.
The road to ruin is always kept in good
pair, and travellers pay the expenses of
Some wires are so jealous that they
on't like their spouses to embrace a fair
pportunity.
'Tis true, 'tis pity; 'tis pity 'tia true/?
[oneymoon bliss sometimes turns out to
3 moonshine.
A lady last week had her likeness taken
j a photographist, and he exeouted it SO
ell that her husband prefers it to thn
riginaL
A wag on hearing that a man bad given
p chimncy-sweoping, expressed surprise!
i he .thought the business "sooted" him.
Aunt Betsy snys, "a newspaper is like a
ifc, because every man should have one
f his own." Aunt Betsy is right.
A Connecticut paper given a lengthy ac)unt
of damage recently inflicted by "the
ghtuing."
Why is President Johnson like a fine
?ct ? Because he can "wake to eostaoy
ie living lyre" (Forney.)
A lady fixed the following letters In
ie bottom of a flour barrel, and asked her
usband to read them O I-O-U-R-M-T.
The war in Prussia has caused suoh a
:areity of labor that women aro employed
i repairing railroads.
Genera! love is like a mitten, which flta
11 hands alike, but none closely; true aficiion
is like a glove, which fits one hand
iiy, but fits oloaaly ?ne,
Dobbs says that beauties generally di#
d maids. They set such a value on
icmselvcs that tbey don't find a purshai*
till the market is closed.
By their fruits ye shall know them/ as
n* farmer exclaiuied when he traced half
ie^ohfen pippins to the pockets of a tntu
schoolboy.
Tom ?'Look bore, Jem, there is a hoi#
locked out of this bottle you gave me.
km.?'Why here ia the bole iwifc now.
it was knocked out, how oould It b#
lore !'
If you wish to recollect a man's nam#,
> security lor his house rent. For keep*
nr your memory fresh there is nothing
ke it.
A lady who w??hed some stuffing from
roast duck, which ? gentleman was cart*
g at a public tuhle, requested him to
ansfer from the deceased fowl to her plat#
me of its artificial intestiues.
If your neighbor asks the loan of fir#
>llars of you, tell him ynu were not pres>
it, but if he will pass on to Jones or
inth, he will ascertain exactly the whol#
iriiculars of the accident.
'Do you think I'll get justice done meP
id a culprit to his counsel. 'I don't
link you will/ replied tho other, 'for I
e two men on the jury who are opposed
i hanging.'
A poor widow was asked how she be*
ime so much attacked to a certain neighjr,
and replied that she was bound to
im by so vera 1 cords of wood whieh he
id sent to her during the hard winter*
A Kansas paper says : "Two men of the
)rse-thicving fraternity danced in the air
i Lightning Creek one day last week,
hey immediately retired to a hole in the
ound after their exercise."
A young lady on pulling open the fig,
us shocked to find an insect burrowing in
ie core, and instantly threw tho fruit into
>e giatc. 'There,' said she, 'I hare burnt
ie creaturo in F-I-G !'
'One moro question, Mr. Parker. Ton
ive known tho defendant a long time;
hat are his habits?loose or otherwise J'
he one ho's got on now, I think is rather
!?ht under the arms, and too short waistI
for the fashion*-' 'You can take your
at, Mr. Parker/
A man being awakened by the captain
a boat with the announcement that he
ust not occupy his berth with his boots
i, considerately replied: 'O, the bug*
on't hurt 'em, 1 guess; they're an old
tir.'
A correspondent writes from Helena
ity, Montana, that there is no oity in the
tun try moro quiet or well governed, and
Ids: "We have an active vigilance oomittcc,
plenty of rope and a pine tree han?
t where justice is laid on at the time,
here have been seven men hung on that
ee."
Hosea Merrill, of Pittsftold, was married
st week, need 89 ^u? ? ? t"5"
,7' ? J ?
ido thirty thousand dollars, she being
racwhat younger than himseli. He wag
able to get oat of his carriage, and thw
reuoony was performed while the parting
e.-e sitting in the carriage