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no, TWEI-WEMY TE 8V.NE..N ByGl.11aIr esportes.] WINNSBORO, S. C., T11URSDAY. MORNING, MAY 10, t866. [VOL. 1I:-NO. 43. TII TRI-VHEKLY NEMS Terribly Sublime Spectacle A jet of lava of more stupendous pro portions than any ever conceived of, is 'described by Mr. Coan in the Ilonolula .riend of February, in his account of the eruption of Manua Lon, on the Island 'Of Hawaii: The eruption commenced near the summit of the mountain, and only five 'r six miles southeast of the eruption in 1843. For two days this suminit crater -tent down its burning floods along the 4northeastern slope of the mountain ;then suddenly the Vale closed, and the great furnace apparently ceased blast. After thirLy six hours the fusia was seen burst. ing out of the eastern side of the moun tain, about midway from the top of the base. It would seem that the summit lava had found a subterranean tunnel, for half way down the mountain, when coming to a weak point, or meeting with soei obstruction, it burst up vertically, sending a column of incandescent fusia one thousand feet high into the air. This fire jet was about one hundred feet in diameter, and it was sustained for twen ty (lays and nights, varying in height from ono hundred to a thousand feet. The disgorgerrient from the monntain side was often with terrific explosions, which shook the hills, and with detona tions which were heard for forty miles. This column of liquid fire was an object of surpassing brilliancy, of intense and awful grandeur. As the jet issued from the avAul orifice it was at white heat. As,it ascended higher it reddened like fresh blood, deeping its color, until, in its descent much of it assumed the color of clotted gore. In a few days it had raised a cone some three hundred feet high around the burning orifice, and as the showers of burning minerals fell in livid torrents upon the cone, and quivering with rest loss action, and sending out, it becamo one vast heat of glowing coals, fashing the heat of ten thousand furnaces in full blAsL ,Mb'he atruggles in disgorging the fiery masses, the upward rush of' the -column, the -force which raised it one thousand vertical feet, and the, continu OUS falling back of thousandsot tons of mineral fusia into the throat of the era ter, and over a cono of glowing minerals, one mile in circumference, was a sight to inspire awe and terror, attended with explosive aiteks which seemed to rond the mural ribs of the mountain, and sound to waken the dead and startle the spirits in Hades. From this fountain a river of fire went rushing and leaping <own the mountain with amazing veloci ty, filling up basins anid ravines, dashing over precipices, and exploring rocks, ui, til it reached the forests at the base of :$he mountain, where it burned its fiery way, consuming the jungle, evaporating ithe water of the streams and pools, cut ting down the trees, and sending tip 'clouds of smoke and steam, and murky -columns and fleecy wreaths to heaven. All Eastern Hawaii was a sheen of light, and our night was turned into -day. So great was the illumination at Anight, thut one could read without a Jlamp, and labor, traveling and recreation <might go on as in the daytime. MNri atrs at sea saw the light at two hundred ,miles distance. It was a pyrotechnical <display, more magnificent and marvelous than was made by any earthly monarch. In the daytime .the atmosphere for .thousands of square mniles would be filled avith a murky haze, through which the -sunbeams shied a pale and sickly light. Smoke, steam, gases, ashes, cinders furnace or capillary or filamentary vit rifications called Pele's hair-floated in the air;" mentimes spreading out like a fail, some im careering in ewifhi cur rents upon the>w' , or gyrating in everchanging colo tbe.fi,tful breezes. The point from wbIJ fire fountain issued is ten thousaud ft ove the level of the sea, thus m 5e Ouis pillar a distinct,objecto6 se WWn along thne whole eastern coast of Had~ During the eruption the writer ma an excursion to the source. After throfi days of hard struggle in the jungle and over fields, ridge. and hills of bristling scoria, he -arriwed near sunset at tho acenle of action. All night long he stood so near to the glowing iiillar as the ye hiement heat worul*d allow, 'listening t.o the starding explosipns and t,he awful in a ana wl eh made the mountain, tremble. It was such a scene as fow mortals ever witnessed. There ,was no sleep for the spectator. The fierce, red glare, and subterraneous mint. terings and strugglings, the rapid explo. sions of gases, tie rush and roar, the sudden amd startiing bursts, as of crash ing thunder--all, all were awe inspir. mg, and all combined to render the scene one of indescribablo brilliancy and of terrible sublimity, the rive.s of fire from the fountain flowed about thirl.y-five m11iles, and stopped within ten miles of Hfllo Had the fountain played ten d ap longer, it. would probably have reached the shorv. Union nitil Refo1tIruclIon Rcsolutioiis. At the grand imposing demonstration of the people of St Louis, indorsing the course of President Johnson, the following resolu tions were unanimously adopted : Resolved, That we hail with unfeigned joy the suppression of the late rebellion and tihe final decltration of peace through all the broad domain of the Republic; and we now hoeld it to be the (ltly of all good citi zens and good mon to forgive and forget the animosities of the late unhappy struggle, and to promote, by wise public measures, the restoration of civil and political rights to the people of all sections of our common country, und the re-establishment. of social and inlustrial interests as heretofore exist ing amnong ts. Resolred, That we commend President Johnson fo- his publio virtue, his firmness, lofty patriotism, profound politieni wisdom, and his uncompromising fidelity to constitui tional liborty ; and we pledge ourselves to stand by him as he staids by the people and tie dearest interests of his couhtiry. Resolved, That we utterly repudiate the heresy that any $tato ever has been or is out of'the Union, or tlat any State can law fully be deprived of the right guaranteed by the Constitution of representation in Congress ; flhat we still htold firmly to the doitrino. for which our fathers fought the battles of the Rtevolut ion, that. there ought be no taxation without representation ; and we denounce as unjust, oppressive and ty rannical all laws enacted in Congress in so far as they apply to any States that are de nied representation. Resolved, That we can only look with ap prehension and alarm upon the violent, crucl and bigoted policy of the party now generally known as Radicals, a party whose loading principles are thoso of hatred and revenge. demanding no less titan the politi cal -proscOption antt enslatehont of four or five millions of otr peoplo. and seeking to create and perpetuate a political aristocracy over the South, aid to set up a great cen tral despotismn to the destruction of all State and local authorities. Such, no doubt. will be the general tenor of all the resolutions of all th peace par ties in all the States. We have only to wait upon Time, and believe that such waiting is, in other words, a waiting upon God lie is the restorer, the renovatot, the peace maker, even as lie is the punisher and the final avenger. Let us be willing patiently to leave tle matter In his hands. This done, and the doubtfiul proverb, voxpopili, vex dei-becomes a truth. PaoonsEs or Tis PLOT.--Tho Washing ton correspondent of the Utica Herald, writ ing from Congress, discloses the fact that "there is a proposition before the House to instruct the oterk not to put any names on his roll for tie 40th Congres, of men from the rebel States, till Congress has reorgan Ized such States as entitled to representa. lion. If this bill shall pass Congress, it. is more than prot)able that the 1hesident will not assent to it. lie can not well do it in accordance with his expressed views. lie holds that the rebellious States'aro entitled to instant representation in Congress, and', of course, that no clerk shall have power to keep them out." This, then, is the next scheme. And it is this danger that the President confronts! The liberties of France were destroyed by the manipulations of telegraph, a,d the tricks of a subordinate soldier. The drams that should have sounded reveille at the coup d'etat, were out and silenced ; the ifian ipulationof the wires by the clerks of the telegraph office, deceived France as to- the assent of the people to the empire, and ar to thleir own power of resistance. And in that way a republic peris)ed Ours will be a more pitiable fate, If we consent that a cleik shIall strike with!his pen, eleven States out of the Union ; and subvert the government by a device that does not rise to the dignIty of a parliamen tary trick. As well instruct the clerk of the Smith sonian institute to ignore the stars of the heavens and turn tIle eonstellations ont of the firmament. There is a power greater than that of imposLtre and falsehood; and it will be time for It to manifest itself should this attempt of the ratdioal direetory at Washlngton be mado.-Albany rgmu., Republican paper says: "iWe do not the civil rights bill that io. itself it ethe the ifate, but we aver, that if 000 as the eonstitutional powir to pass th 1; which strikes at 'the ,ery foundat f State autihoity, the'r6 is d left a sell provinee .ef the State . pen, whieh it m t tresss, gr arightyeserv, ed to them the righ 6f obliterato,. A compatn arrive4 in ph 0' ne to osta 1 ifr9t t,radie wt~~ eU' SELEUT READING. TIIV HAuATi BnWAKER.-The Ca1i. fornia Christian Advocate records the in cident reported in the following article: In a quiet village situated on the shores of a beautiful lake, lived a man of some wealth and independent man. ners. Ile disregarded the Sabbath en. tirely and pursued his business or pleas ure as best suited his convenience. He commenced building a boat principally for pleasure excursions on the lake. While he was proceedit with the en. terprise, which, it was whispered abroad, would afford opportunity for Sunday sailing, lie was called on by a minister, who inquired about the boat, and expos tulated with him, as the enterprise would increase the wildness and immor ality of their village. "I am afraid," said tle minister, "your boat will prove a Sabbath breaker." Tho man looked him in tle facei, and with much assur. ance said, 'Yes, it will; that's just what I'll name my boat; I've been thinking some Lime wlht to call her, and you have just hit it. I ihatik you for the suggestion. The boat shall he called 'The Sabbath Breaker.' " As he said this, lie bade the inioister good day, withi a chuckle at his evident, surprise an.1 modification. The building went on, aild especially on Sunday. She was soon ready to launch, and was launched on Sunday, and imited the "Sabbath 13reaker," amid the cheers of some twenty or thirty half intoxicated men. An old sailor or two shook their heads at the way she strnek water, but the folly usual to such an owner hid his eyes to the truth. She was rigged and fitted for an excursion. She must go out on Sunday. A gqneral invitation was given, and numbers crowded on board. On the steame was floating the name in large letters. "The Sabbath Breaker." She putz out. Several, seized by an indefinit' dread as they read the name over tkem, sprang on shore ; others would li ve done so, but she was off. She sailed well enough for awhile. The tunid felt re-assured and music (ad mjoh, began. But ?Chrcely rour' hours had blapsed when the boat wias struck by a flaw of wind which came very suddenly upon her. Confusion reigned on board. Scarce an effort was made. Sho keeled almost instantly over, and went to the bottom. Now, what an outcry I But soon all wias over. Forty souls, mostly youth, had found a watery grave, and jist above the surface of the lake floated the flag, bearing the inscription, "Sabbath Breaker," proclaiming to all the pas. sers by that there is a God in heaven who judgeth righteously. Ti: JUDGMENTS OF Womx.-In a conversation I once held with an emi nent minister of the Church, he made this fine observation: "We will say nothing of the way in which that sex usually conduct an argument; but the intuitive judganmnts of women are often more to be relied upon than the conclu sions which we reach by an elaborate process of reasoning. No man that has an intelligent wift-, or is accustoaied to the society of educated women, will dis pite this. Times without number you must have known them to decide ques Lions on the instant, and with unerring accuracy, which von iad been poring over for hours, perhaps with no other result than to find yourself getting deep. or and'deoper into the tangled mazo of diffi-culties." It were hardly generous to allege that they achieve these feats less by reasoning than a sort of'sagacity that approximates to the sure instincts of the animal races; and yet there seenms to be some ground fbr the remark of a witty Vi-ench writer, that when a man has toiled, step by step, up w flght of stai-rs, he will be anre to find a woman'at the top, but alte will not be able to tell how shle-got there, How she got there, however, is of little moment. If' the conclusions a woman hvaa reached are sound, that is all that concerns ns. And that they are very apt to be sound on the practical matters of dornestic and secular life, nothing but prejudice or self-coonceit can prevent us from ack<now-. ledging. The inference, therefore, is unavoidable, that the man who thinks it beneath hIs dignity' to take counsel tth an ititplligent wife stands in. .hia awn ligh;t, amtdbeigays thiat lack of judgment, which ho tai ttribues to her. 19W1J LL.t.0ml. Svy. thing is-a labor jnstin proportion as we hpspodo it by a .saparate effprt.. If *ie'p4ys uebliged> o de t ag hI breathing once a w.eek, to eat his food only at rare intervals,- or to put on his clothing simply for a f6w ays in the yens, he would find therh a very weari some task. It is only frequency of these ncts, only breathing every ionment, eat. ing every day, and wearing our clothes literally as a habit, that keeps then froin being irksome. Drive your wagon over a road where the planks are five feet apart, and the motion is excruciating; let the planks be shoved up together, and it is on- delicious roll. So in the Christian life. We must make our du ties come so near to each other that they will touch, it we would have them a pleasure. It is easier to give fifty times a Year than it is ten ; ensiur to go to church overy Sunday tian overy month ; easier to pray each night and morning than only now and then ; easier to be a Christian on eve.y day, and in every place, than only in the church, and once a week. I-.bit is the great helper that takes away the ,urden from all labour, and makes'even the roughest. place smooth. A nd, in our well-doing, the best way never to ho weary is never to etop and rest.-Rel. Mag. Sayings and Dolrgs of Great Men. President Johnson subscribed $2.5 towards the Tennesseran, a paper published in Nash ville in the interests of the freedmen. Sum nor subscribed $5. The eccentric Lord Holland, of t he reign of Willinm 111 , used to give his liorses a weekly concert in a covered gallery special ly created for the purpose. Ito maitiained that. itcheered their hearts, and improved their temper, and an eye-witness says that "they seemed delighted therewith." Bulwer, the novelist. in a letter to a gen tleman of Boston, says : --I have closed my career as a writer of ifeion. I am gloomy and unhappy. I haveexhausted the powers of lire, chasing pleasure where it is not to be found. John Randolph is said upon one occasion to have visited-a race course near the city of New York. A flashy-loking stranger of fered to bet him five hundred dollal-s upon the result of the race, and iroducing his companion, said : "Mr. Randolph, ' my friend here, Squire Tompkins, will held the stakes." But, Or," squeaked the orator of Roanoke, "who will hold'Squire Tompkins?" Sheridan was one day much annoyed by a follow member of the House of Commons, who kept crying out every few minutes, "hear hear." During the debate lie took occasion to describe a political ootemporary that wished to play rogue, but who only had sense enough to act a fool. "Where," ex claiimed he with great emphasis, "where shall we find a more knavish fool or a more foolish knave than lie ?" IHere, here," was shouted from the troublesorne member. Sheridan turned around, and thanking him for the prompt information sat down amid a genoral roar of laughter. Victor Ilugo, rises winter and summer with the sun. lie lights his fire an-i makes his coffee ; then he writes, reads or com poses until eleven, and during that time no one troubles him in his meditations. At eleven whatever the temperature may be, he goes out on the terrace of the house, which is on the samellevel as'his room, and mnkes long ablutions with cold water. Then comes the breakfast hour, devoted to family chat and the reading of newspapers and letters. This meal generally lasts for an hour and a half. Then tie poet. takes long walks across the island. lie works while walking, and often stops before the points specially a0lmires. lie is not much given to eating. Ills table is simply set, and he is always satiified with liis dishes before him. Although he has a- good appetite, lie is moderate, and-no one ca'a sny that he han seen him contmit the least excess. Victor HIugo' goes to bod' early, generally befitre teiro'olock. Pens, ink and paper are plac ed on the table nigh him. Ot'ten, ib his broken sleep,-he jots down the thoughts that ot-oss his mind. Sometimos lhe writes in this dark- and makes hieroglyphics that in clie morning he alone cams decipher. Ti Fansty Nmswar'aer.a.-Theo 2th dtxy of April' will be the one htnd-red anid sii2ty-second anniversary of the fast puble:ationl of the first A merican newspaper--the- Bosto News Ietter whieih-appeared ot April 4, 1-T4. It was printed itt largb typo on at very small' shieet, and t.he fltst number con t,-unedmv speeoh of Qiteen Anne to the Briiish Paliamenat,- some local itehns and one ad vertisemenit. T he News Letecr had no riyal ii1 America until 1721. A CEroHUu B $5NSATION.-Th latest sensadion' in Ed larid is "mushroom leetchup." 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