The tri-weekly news. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, August 02, 1866, Image 1

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4F4 1: PU 13an:D Eveny TUE3DAY) TifHUR18- Ordinary advierlisementi, ocupyig.nol D A. Yl AInore titan tel, lIneg., (onlQ*qu"#'g,) wil1 be )AY AND SATUIRDAY23 1ner1ed lu 71E NFV2. At. $1.00) fdr the By illard, Desportes & Co. . n tof.r ro sb , Ii \1nnsboro,' S. C., at $6.00 per au ap -ia "e wi re4 iet hooi n11n, in advance. is nade, will to charge n eXact"PrO' -.- -(ion. For annoufi iig aecandid'kto io afty, o#ic4 'oE FAIRFIELD fERALD oro, hnor a tust, $10.00.a MArrise., Obituary i iVes, MD., will b4. 8 11LIIDEV VXRYWEDNESDAYMORN- Obarged the same aa advertiWenists, whe ING, AT $3.00-PER ANNUAL VOL.111 WINNSBORO, S.., HU.AUGUST 2a1866. tn. -e w nt a banded In. oir thev will nokmn ]. AFOWTHE NEWS.] BAPT%g, dily---whilsper not-'tis biely scone, Tough the celestial openingi, angel eyes .A! glatioinj earthward anAom harps di. vine 'le strains of thrilling. molody breathe . peace. 'io cherubim and seraphim bow low lefore their maker. Glory from llis brow .ldines every face with smiles of joy, Lights every eye with ray sereno. - Behold I In the haplismal watet, clad in white Emblein of purity--of sin forgiven, Two forms are standing. Otdb, ambassador From Ileaven's great King, in reverent at titude, I. ready to perforim the sacred rito. ''he other whoie fair brow the touch of Time Has scarcely marked with weight of sutti nCr's tenl, Scent like a pure whitd bud:f-ouch guild Ie ssneIs-. Such neck humility her Image bears. 1Her folded hands are placed uponierbretst As when in prayer she knelt, and pardon sought For sins which some 'might doom but tri fling fatults. To /ar repentant heart they seemed to r16 Like mountain load of guilt-so great her love, So deep heo rove endo for the sinilr's Friend. But list! ihe hioly'n*an of God now speaks ''0't a profession of your humble fitith In Jesds (1rAst the Savior of mankind, My sister,'I baptise thee in the hame Of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen." A. lingers on his lips the closing words, 1!er form. i-ai-btriod in the watery grave, A sign of death to alponrighteousness; Then risci ;--most appropriate emblem, too, Of resurrection. whed the framo of dust, Remodeled, joins again its kiidrea soul And rises to existence new. Fair child I III lire's bright morning, when the cup of sill Has been but tasted, thdu hast dashed away Its poisoned contents., Let thy childish light Though feeblo, shine upon a darkened world. Thy joyous playmates load to Jesus Christ Who blessed the -little ones and' suffered them To come to 11im. Anothtip fdrm steps down, A maiden blooming hito wbManhioodi Like fragrant lilly washed by des df heaven, She seems, while standing in that crystal flood. I I . h 1! wherefore canW 4se there ? Can that sweet face Have aught of sin *ithin tO wdsh l*ay . Ifa4st watched the deep recessos of her soul AndI thou wert answered'; not perfdotion there. In festive h'41 the'tighto0 of-t h , 11er wtmn 'o*tioni ett4g iod niuch to eartd . But .when'the stern Death messenger laid low The idols of her love, and when she. clasped Their cold, siill forms and kisced their mar ble Vrdws; When'. e'en' their .soulless clay was borne away, The world irew nauglt 4her. Rebellion, thoughts Inflamed the angulih of bor stiloken heart; Arid Unbeliefontegtedt Yolg.Ith 'Fakhl, Ere Faith,- by lighit eelehilal, drew her From dreary earth to' Heaven. The rite' performed,, Bho breat'hes a silent pi'yer for help divine In all life's duties, and a voice repfles Ini softened accents, "I am With the# now And alway, 'till I call thy spirit honde." to lbnok, pure heart, upon a signatl world, lBnt sully.not thy robe of rlghteousne'ss. Go tell thy gay companions of thy joy hcIere lrstinog fat, than theird. - Yos, bid thenm And quafl' tho waters of,eternal life And testo of ondles. pleasures. Another, in the prim. of ruanhood's (like sturdy oak'. C .JUm, That bows before 'the mighty storm-kings power) Has 7ielded a tihe vol#otf God, ad now, With mien les.i etately thad its wont, re ceives The burial of baptisni. Go forth, strong man, thy Savior's' strength, not thi4e, p that scoffed at holiness; the mind That searched the hidden mysteries of God But to condemn, and prove lis doqtrines ralse rte lofty intelleot whose mighty power. Was felt in naught but specious arguments Dn chance, the non-existenceo of a God, Materialism, and future state of man; All these must now1bo wielded, with their weight Of influence vast, in nobler cause. One more. hong since, the load of three score years and ten Bent low his frame-bdimmed his eye. Ilii step l1rte scarce the firmness of thelisping babe's - Iis slow, uncertain footfall seems to say In low and mournful tone-"Passing away." Like falling leaves of Autumn, soon to die, he fading of his life is almost here. rhe dews of eventide had silvered o'er liis raven -looksl but now the chilling frbst )f wintry age has bleached them white as snow. Flis long, black, heavy chain of years, be stained With crimes of darkest hue, affliction's flood Iud sorrow's tide have cleansed. Its crush ing weight iad well-nigh sunk him to depths of woe Vhen Meroy's arm relieved him of his load Ind placed him near the bright celestial gates. Che radiant smile that beams upon his faee is, risen froth baptismal tomb, he stands, 3eems but a ray of light eeaped from Heliven. 3ack to thy transient earthly home, old man hey carry thee, to die; yet joyously rhy weary, wornout limbs will great repose; n gldness shall thy qoul reach Heaven. 'Tis o'er. riat rite so beautiful, ordained by God. Vith voice impressive -sweet, with eyes Upraised, lod's minister addresses the Most High ord, I have done as Tho.u hast bidderl me, tnd yet there room remains for more; and now, Vith lifted hadds (the,congregatioh risen) lepeats the benedictioih List the sounds. rhat tremble from the ofgan's voice. TItOy 3eeth qow sad and low-to month o'er fallen mfi Ind now, with rapturous joy, they seen to rise And minale with the harps above, in pfntiso )f Him, the Lamb pf God, f9r sinners slin. #hildren and manhood, youth and hoary age', iays in the fount ain of H'is blood be cleatis day freely dink 4he,wters of His 1qvej Ind then, when Death brings message to depart, t'heir willing souls shall bid adieu to edrth, Itd borfie Ott Faithe bflkit pinions, soude to Heaven; - - - PINTlidi 'NNiFssE.-Wd bolieve tha4 al he ineinbers from Tennessee hvte akon tho oath, and bden admitt6d .t 'heir seats, The Senate, by a docded in ajorit igrced to striko front the oath tIj4 fo) owing sentenoo, for the begio$t of' fuoPatterson: "I havo ef sogt o cett,or at,tompte"to sidreigo the functions of any offe hatever under miy athoi't, in ho.' liitym to the Ulnited States." -TBit the IIouse, by' a large pnajority, refused to ~oneur with the Senate, anid se Judge Ekttersoni t9ok the oath and was ad nitted to his seat. Patt'eon was a judge tn the Con: 'oderacy. The sensation oteated in Enghtid >y the Montor Miantomah, has >roulgtforth-a letter from the Lailrds, who mnolition the fact that they built lie first threo turret vessols whichl urossed the oeaan wkhont. canyoy. 'onfo$hiWg al%ut .8flnstroke. Tle .rePe,;jit4iity6f solar beat.has, as Poul Iverise ,to a Conoiderabre number of lalI repuilts, coneequent upon direct oxposirb to its influence. " A'few woa'of-ifQtniaion upon the Unatio of illi dangrous affectioii will, no dotubt, be itgresting, and may also hae their use m1 enabling the reader to uivoid so sudden inu exit from sub-so!ar existence, t-is rather a singular fact ihat sun 6trokois mo.re fatt and more frequen iii bie temperato than ii the torridzotie, -N(w York haq more casei than Fraviria or -Rio,- in proportion to population ; evetui Quebec the daiger is quite. as gr6ht, i the few days of tWnse heat, allotted to that region,. n in anlly p/rt of the world. Tihe indications of the ther. 'Monieter are very im pe.fect guides in: rgard to the action itheat -' upon the animal frame. "The trite inidiation of the frco.of the solar ray$,.' says Iler schel, "youil seem to be, not the statis tical effe.r. on tile thermometer; bdtt. their inomentary'intii5',v in'eured by the velocity. ith which thoy coOfmiti. Cte heat to.an 'absorbent h idv." It us monentary iitensity'' wihich ..aIuses the phenomenon of sunstroke,. and which seems to be greater in regions without than within the tropics. When the head is exposed to the stin's rays in times of tier gr test ill. tensity, the heat seems ofte; Ruse constant inflamm'tory act the, contents of the skull. The a ex. periences intense' headAche, a ceved by vomiting; he ther falls bicathless, and, unless instant aisi be given turns black in the expires. Victims of sunstroke ar often lab. orers, and intoxiOating drins-strongly predispose to this sudden ammation of te cranial organs. . const.ri tions about the neck, from eravats or collars. 0lio predisoo troke, did.- generally niy 'bp mental or physicali lessen the reitsting power of the body to this as to other dis. eases. Terrestrial radiatidn of the sun's heat seens to-bear an important part in the prodtictift ' of sunstroke. At sea, and on small Islande.. stih a. result, is very uncommofh, no matter h'ow intqItsely the sun's rays. beat dowpw4iile itihand, and especially ..in hirgo cities, whiere stony pavements and -long ranges of"buildin'gs Combino to add their radiant caloric to the direct acodn of the situ, fatal ca.el most often occur. One of - the . best Prot ectites againist suti-stroke is tile sun u'merelly, tiiversal. ly used in. our Soithan' cities, but rarely seellat the Nort , where, during our.short, but fiery summer, 'they are even. more necessary. Ii. in addition to. this,'chav9ts and dtess halt 'are discard .ed, the hair clipped eosN all alcoholic bevoriges strictly eschewal, animal food reduced to a ninimium,. ind ice drinks, water, sodn water or lononade, freely but temperately indulge, .in, we nay confidently continue our suail out door avocations without, dangr. . Laboring men, . vho cainot carry siu titibrellias, will find theirgreatest safety in the totalism, at least airing the heat. ed term, with frequent washing of the head in cold water while at work in the sun, and immeditq aianddnment of labor on the ocirrenci of dizziness, or sickness at the atnach. For one sun struck, the most,t(fftivq plan is remov. al to shelter,- fe applicatidn of cold water to the he4, watel- to drink if the pmstient can sollow, and medieal (id without delay. A :svorite tireatmient of sun-strokeg the army, said to have been. very sutessful, was thie contition~s dAhiing of the patient's body with cold water util gvival took plae-.'often for an hgtr or .re -with plenty of water to drink, w n .swallowmg, was pvssiblg. A trial of 'in civil practice is deftuini. ly justifi e0 seeing that -urider thre usual tre eat every oasd termingtes fatally. oston, Lommercial, - To.d a great hanqulet will hge liujd, in whi .the meat of the horse will play the~ pr' pal rote. To day' is a great triumi or the friends of' horse meat, fo r i . l.of this article will be allowved I ini p no to-day.-Parii correspons den, uly 10) oft A4 Carolin(en;i At INTERsTING BATrs.-COld Christ Church," in Lanmasitor county, Virginia, was recently ,iduriy A coh. vocatioki of OlorgyMn 6 the Noith4rn Neok,) thd swe of a.most interestSig baytismal coiQuony. An observer 6n the oc.oasion gives the following de. eri tion : The auplo aiadd 6f the grand old walnut trods was soon shared by an lmIlense concourse of pdoVl1 and ere the bour arrived, every seat and res"ing place, and nook was filled. 11here was a secret influence pervading tho ininds of that multitudo, saying, inl the silence of their hearts, "your fathers .for generations past have wor-i shipped within these venerable and ainjestic wAls." The services of thd da7 were vory solemn. The pure white old Italian marble font, of three feet diameter, was to be need. Mark . .Ashburno was ba tized, and then he prosented his litt e boy. i ' Namo this child," was pronounced by the rector officiating. All was still in that large old church, as the standing congregation had every eye riveted on the fontal. scene. But what a death-like silence caie over them when the father an swered fo' io child I" "His name is Jefftrson Davis I The ininister falteied as he slowly ronouncdd that name. Tears be ewed..nany cheeks as they trickled down ; hearts were bleeding, battle fields, the buried dead, the ' somuate and the prisoner-this was tNe scene that catne before oUr iinds. [Norfolk Virginim Tnn PRESIDINT'S MsAGON - R1 - F* NAv RRSoLvrfox1111.-'he IntefiWgeficer in its "Notes from the Capitol," uader date of the 26th, says: The message of the President, delivered to the House to-day, in response to thetwo re'dlutions il behalf of the Fe aiFi tn d lio jpt rd4 rather tan hewmid,obt ild?fOn. gre4bional party.. The resolutifts were siiply intended as bid for Irieb votes, by manifesting an ext4ordinary intefeat in the fato of the recent' anlan 'raiders upon the border. It ,appeaft, fVor the: redpoes of the Proshlent, thatthe su'ddenly-awakened ankiety of Congr9su In teference to these unfortunato person'l had long ago been ai tclpated by the lIteouttve, and that the do. sired s'tion in behAlf of the Fenian. prindn ers in Canida, aU4 the Feians indicted In the United States courta for a breach of the beutrality laws, hatl long mince tsen taken, Without hwaiting for the growth oT Congres slonal sympathy io their favor. This pure ly electlneering arfifice,has, thefore, not Only f0il6d in its dealgn, but has served to bring to the attention of the Fen%ns, who arojust now'so assiAtuusly courte'd by the Rtevolutioniats. the fact that the 1residept had promptly, an.d without suggAtiorts fro'm Congress or elsewhere, institue pi64 ceedings for the relief and release of all the participators in the Fentaii wrid, who hid bn placed in arrest on either side of. thA line. A NLzar N7xGaaR'S ITH IX-RU14YO cxni'URy.-We .oorloss that we cannot he?V thinking the enoi 'ous nether garmU moritioned by ,"Of ED liand" as havin been abolished in Eliza eth's reIgn, nawPq have been most us6ful-to the wearers in stead of interfering with their oontiot. Strutt tells of a iian who, having beAn brought bfb e the judges for infringing the law made against these extensive articles of flothing, pleaded the convenience of hid misdemeano. They appeared, indeed, to avo.answprOd to him the purposes both of ivardrobe a4,Ainin cupboard, for, from hir ample.receses he drew forth the lel owinp articles, vis: a pair of sheets, .two table cloths, te 'fiapkins, four shitts, a )rupl, a glasi hoomt, beides nigbt-caps Lnd other-nsehl things ; the defense beng t ' "Yonr worWhip may undettand that be is;use Ihavd to eafer stor-houseo, thege inekets di ep et e for a room to lyu N89godls;i.; ein .hough it be a atrii 'rHion et " iI enough for them." 'Hr d o :a gf-anted, and his eles~ r defnse el laghed at. mopes entertain.94 for theo safety of this ror~nth~~qJff~ sch, wej 39 cabin,a -ae ~a,g passe'gre on oard, have, hgen: at ~ebgth diselled >y the d4e y of u sw,pice m in coast of Ker' ,oz o an cty t rth indtant, and. i ichl behove4 to save belonged to ihe vessel, tog4thor vith a numberof .dead bodies, The. geahi iinama experiencedt ho foundere.d as.ong the* icebegs, [pro& tie Yonke'9At1 Iditkt fiy J snt' 131i,Io. - I don't believe in "Good L "Bad Luck," beitig brmnded on brow at his borning. that he h wear, as a dog does a collar, knqwing why. There is such a thing, (in w1Mt * '4 Good Luck, sa there is such'alnge aV energy, phick, and endura iat prompts a wan to Poniooit pt rather thaf' net stuck in it aNi rpas such a thing as Bad fAi tha om Ei a ni( to get his I hun'dred i'il 60 dofar afte.r It getd burnt up'. I never have heard a ay *ho was prosperoto hW their enterfrebs gt4o the credit of it to' .Good ILuck; but I have known thousa'nds of men spend all the day long in a cornet grosery, brag ging about ad Luck. Gob Luck is like #irttke, something to be gained, and Bad Luck is some thing to be gained too, but i.is like a bad cold, that a nan must expect to gain, if he is carel'ss enuf, to sleep, (Wi a cloudy night,) in a 10 acre lot that,. ain't fenced in. A YOUTH WHo NEVER SAW A Wo MAN.-Meadow's history of the Chi nese, lately published in London, in a chapter on love, has the following stoy "A Chinese who had been d isap Pointed in amarriage, andl I griev dusly suffored through woiqea in many other ways, retired with his Infa%t son tlo peak.s of -a mountain i-angd itt weicloi, to a spt quite miaccossiblo to little fVoted inese wdinen.- He trained his boy to worship the Gods and stand in awe fnd- abhotrene of ie devils i but he nev.er rhentioned woman to him, always dese"nding the fionntaind alene' 6. buy .food.- At lerinrth, hofrevero ridertites of 6g. compelled .him to' arky'he heiVy .ag of.rice. As they were leaving thi market town toget'her,the son sudden ly stopped short, and pointing to. thrbe approaching objepts, ctifd, "Father, *hat are these things 1 Look i look l what are they 1' The father instant ly answered with a pcrewtory order, "Turi away your head ;. they are dbv ils !" The son, in d6iiio alarm turned away, noticing that the qvil things were gazing at him With surprise froni behind thbir fans,, HQ walked to the iountaid in silence, te no u and froni that day lot his. app6tito, and was aflicted with melancholy, For some time his troubled. and anx ious parent could get no satisaotor IsTter to hi?. inquiies, but qt leu i Lhe'yoUng man burst out. cyrn.u 1th inexplicable pain, "Oh, ft, that tallest devil ! that tallest devil, fath or I" AN INCIDENT.-A "reb," who had' long l4lignished on the sweets of a rorced Ilenes Iconsequint upon hIs mcupation 'h inf "tetminatod wit,h 1,ee's surrendor-g Vato log* about. him for hometh -N' 16,&A6, or to inffer. Thinkin himself ,suffcierntly reconstructed, e applied for one of 'he Departments, presided over by a Rederal >fficor, "1ave you' tetn in the rebel ser rice 1" he wa4 taked. "CYes, sir/' was the reply. "About eighteen pitchod battleq "Ever kill any Yankes I "No, air hotiver killett any.' "HIo* do you ktnow that "' "Well, I oouln't kill any of then*. "Why was that6 V" "Because they wdre all is the rear pudg;but I guess I hlayed ab)i~eohouand datoh ,aund Irla. . We did not lern whesthe. .the can. Iorof this sobseestadshia s plao. qr set, but froertainly was, deserving of some recognitio.Nro -Viriaan. Eingentu iu ioI presente4 ji:a London papg . The aiwer is : "The sesci ji >ackward' (the Cs dd fisfl . Ivard.)