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Monday Morning, Augttst 7, 1865.
Touching correspondents for the
"press, Wf?tTUW^TCe atid should be,"
we broke off on Wednesday, without
coming to^ny proper conclusion. We
said th.it the habit of "intense, reflec?
tion upatu moral or metaphysical sub
' jecte was decidedly iujurious to the
capacity of the individual for correct
orj?ervation in respect to external ob?
jects. Such, a mun will do for ? peri
..edieul essayist, but not for a jicwsph
per correspondent. He can write you
a book, and nevil- leave his chair.
" , He works from his brains, as the
silkier from his bowels, and his topics
for analysis and thought are evolved
from meditation.and not .experience.
In proportion as oin? indulges in this
*'sort of observation?, will he close Ins
eyes upon all external events. He
will not behold the grand procession,
though it passes directly beneath- his
. eye. The. Germans ca]} this disease
siihjedirity. You meet with this order
of intellect fr?rmently in the ease of
statesmen, (not? politicians.) great
mathematicians and great constitu?
tional lawyers. It is the characteristic
of great imaginative poets, who ?ire j
neither gramatic nor descriptive. Tlie
clever politician,' tho small orator, the
gossip, suffers pithing from this in- j
looking faculty.' The nisi *priit$ law
( yet* is not troubled with/it; his mood
being governed by his reliance on
tlicta which lie does not caro to exa-|
mine, ind hy the nccossity of keeping j
open eyes upon the world and tho |
worthies around him. To forget one's
self iti company, so that there shall be j
no company present, is a frequent I
consequence ' of this nioud, and indi?
cates the activity of the seH-evolving
nature. Tojnakc the great tra vein-, j
a certain degree of this nature is es- ?
sontial, associated with a vigilant%#- j
ternal vifkuii, and a rare readiness at j
grasping the. numerous dependent
objects of survey. TT-e faculties, thus I
united, ara* not frequently, found. '
After all that your correspondents j
write, how little do tlft?y say! They
sit down in your big cities, and take
. np ino newspaper in the morning with j
their coffee. Tlie on dit of thc day pre- \
ceding is discussed after a fashion-the j
last great atrocity-the abduction, the
murder or the Ina wi-a?d iin*v send
you the breakfast table commits
upon it^?uukingit no more clear than
the paragraph which you print in tho
same columns, and which fiu-nishes
the material for all the talk. If they
would always confine themselves to
the event, thus record? J. there would
be no harm doue, lint the^imbition
to do more leads to sonic practices less
innocent; and when -facts fail, and
philosophies are stubborn, invention
is summoned to the aili of tho corres?
pondent, and his intellect makes sad
havoc with Ins morality and con?
science. /"How to invent" he finds
much o^Jpr thau#"how to observe,"
or even '?now to think." To observe
is expensive, and to mink fatiguing,
^e have Hamlet's assurance, "indi
I reetly, that nothing is more easy than
lying; and then, too, there is such a
charm in originality, that' one soon
gets rcconeileiMo slight inaccuracies
- nay, to large inaoeitracies-in the
precious pleasures which accrue from
one's own exercise in thc arts ol' fiction.
One of the greatest passions iii this
poor country of ours is to provoke
astonishment; but Hie effort is a very
cheap one. It employs so little url.
Thc astonishing thing is that, with ii
passion so activo, "a desire so ambi?
tious, it Should call so little geni :.
into exorcise. Take the lying, foi
example, of thc lh-rnhl and, the Tri
blum, and you see that, injjfSacri?icii?g
his honesty, tlie poor devil scr/jbblei
has gained nothing by it. There h
no relief m tito wit or,thfi daffiness,
however enormous tho dimensions, ol
tin-lie. Now, won?tile mental clever
.v"v, in ony degree to correspond wit!
;. iiioi-.d flexibility, Hie ro;'lie might
. '? ? " ? V* . '"? .
?;.fc>: . ^ ? .?'....*.. ?- . ?
delight us- wii? his> antics, aaiddhus
obtaili oin- indulgence forflhe lo?se
ne* of Ivis inor?is, inconsideration af
?he cleverness ;,of his. humor. . If,
having res^ved to accommodate him?
self to the exactions of the populace,
Jie should .SIMIW US thc "wondrous (da: - :
tioityand comicality of Punchiuolio, |
nlbng^vith his vulgarity, we readily !
forgive ?lie falsehood, the nbsurdi*y,
all the coarseness-"when wo behold <
tho rogue doubling upon us with his
ncucul??^sTirprises; now rolling him?
self up in a ma' .-., and nov; whirling
over the stage in a grout ball, solicit?
ing, with a singular attraction, tiic
impulsion of numerous mortal feet;
anon, rising erect, straight as a pine
tree and ns firm, un?t then, us sudden?
ly sinking into utter limitlessness, as
it every nerve, ?mil bone, und muscle,
were withdrawn; and while all aro
wondering ut the hopeless inanition of
Ibo jellied deposit, darling away in
air. ns if, like Ariel, it were 'suddenly
required ?d' him to put a girdle round
tho earth in forty minutes. To recon?
cile us fully to-the immorality in which
these inventiva correspondents of^thc
press Indulge??they should pe^sess this
flexibility. They should never weary
us with tin- mero monotonies (d' fiction.
They shoula bo capable of all these
chauges," and they should seek for
th-. ir justification on the ser.ro of mo?
rals, in th.? pion which fancy and arl
may "lterpose in their behalf. Lie if
you will, as a traveler or a correspon?
dait, but . beware bow you pmvo a
dull dog in your lying Li?i with a
grace, lise Brummell; with a swagger,
like Pistol; with humor, like Falstaff,
with an air. like any modern ministers
of fit.de; but to have no sort of trick
iii tue bo-to (?pul in the bold article
*-to 1 iring forth the liftin puris urdu
rt tl ib ts-a shapeless, uncouth, unclad
bantling, with its blear, inexpressive
features-this is tu sin hcynueV all
newspaper redemption... We traist that
ino correspondents whojii wc have de?
spatched beyond tho seas will take diu
heed of our requisition-.. I
A P?tflttt Aiin::v!r.T,t;.-We have
r ceivtd a copy (d' tuc Uidkilin, :
weekly paper published in Abbeville
by Mr. Hugh Wilson. lb-fore Alu
war* MT. W. was engaged in tho pid>
lieatioji of 4f newspaper in thai vii
tige; and now that thc "pressure" 5;
over, bc goes into typographies
luirnos.'", again. Wo wish bini succc m
A cohtcnvpoi'ai'y, remai'?ding upoi
"Our Mutual Friend"' and "Anna
i dide," speaks a?? follows:'"Dickens i
i becoming savagely stern asjio grow
j eld, probably because thc world wi]
J not grow.better in spite of all hi
I efforts to improve it. Wilkie Collin
I is not so stern as bis friend, pefhap
for the reason that he is mitch* th
younger man. Years may improv
wine, but the milk of human kindnes
i they turn sour indeed."' .
' ?STONI'AVAI.TJ jACICt?OX's'! M< )STTi? KN"
!-A c?rfospoudent of the Baltimni
' ?V,*^P|iies: It is reported here tin
j Mr. Volk, the artist! and sculpte
i formerly of Baltimore, lately eommi
I sinned by the State of Virginia i
execute a bronze 'statue of Stonewa
Ijacksoil, bas nearly finished the t:isl
i but is now ^u quite a epiamlary 1
j know what he shall do with it, in coi
1 sequence of the sudden collapse of tl
j Confederacy. The statue was designe
j tu be placed upon 'ono. of thu vaca:
I pedestals of the Washington, Mon
j nient in thc Capitol square,*!a coi
I pauy^with tho statues of Jeilcrso
j Henry and Mason, of revoluii->:H
i memory. Forty thousand (li liars
j gold wore appropriated to enable t
j artist to execute the work ?IL Euro]
and he went abroad with tfts i^te
tion over a year ago. . iiis statue
Stonewall is said to bo%work of gre
merit. But, what will ho do willi itv
? hat's th?1 <. i.:...J<,n.
--
Attorney-General Speed is prep:
- ing an opinion in favor of Ike legal:
. I of the trial of the conspirators agail
, ? the lives of President Lincoln a
J others; because, at'the time oft
commission of that ?Iced, the warv
. j still going on, and the District of (.
r lumbla 1ms ho?n .unfter martial 1
. ever since, no order ha\?ng'been issn
for its revocation .?ince tho battle
5 Bull llu;i.
--H8-.
f The Shenandoah is continrlin'.
wholesale destruction Mimong !
"whalers. TTcr commander was
t formed of tho surrender of Lee, I
'i [.did not credit it.
?
> Parisian Gossip. . ' |
A Pa?W tournai relkos tl io follow lng
story/d' uulav lui love- ?ind revenge:
. The chief actor is one of those Be?
douin "Englishmen who live alternately
in kll the European capitals, except
when they are on an occasional iawiit
to Egypt, or to China, or to India, ci?
to tho Holy Laud. He never travels
alone; his wife 'was with him, his
?bona fide -wife, for notwUhsteuding his
errant life-so ajot to weaken one's
monds-he had all thc English respect
for thc sox, and a true V iig?shinaa's
love for his wife. She was a beautiful
woman, ono of those "keepsake"
beauties, that once seen makes a man
dream love forever. Her social suc?
cess . was very great ii: ail the cities
they visited.
. hi Rome, after some years" marriage,
they became acfpinmtad with a Ger?
man artist, ol' ?i g*Kid deal cd' reputa?
tion, who to his.art, joined tlie learn?
ing ol' ?i Benedictino, und know the
eily of Koine as well as "Wiucldeman
or Visconti. T? ie German volunteered
to be their cicerone, in the Eternal
(Jity; they gladdy accepted his ofier.
Many were the hours they passed with
i din in tho museum < i thc capitol, in
thc Vatican, in Kt. Peter's, and iu thc
<lt light ?dj fXcursions tiley made i:i the
environs of Kaine. Trie artist became
in love with tlie English lady; she
reciprocated Iiis iifiifction. The hus?
band wiis a long white sn sseing the
stain upon his honor; severa] years
had passou away before he perceived
it, for he was very much pleas? d with
tho-artist, and they had long been
upon tho most intimate tooting.
Although stung to the (patel: by such
faithlessness and snell gross violation
of tho laws ol' hospitality and friend?
ship, he said nothing; ho d. liked
scenes; he wax, nevertheless, deter?
mined upon eomplt fcc revenge-and lu?
appealed!" cooler ivlircl ;.u,is*to fur?
nish a suitable punishment.
Toe ]>assions are had counselor .
He left Haly, and retired with his wifi
to England, saying nothing but m.
ravoir to tho artist. When he reached
. England h$ told his wife of the pain
ta! discovery he had ruadi*. and lu
gave her back into brr father's hands,
He thou returned to the continen
?dons, and visited Germany, iTr.^si.
and France, where lie purchased ?
great many paintings; he then wen
to Italy, meanwhile continuing to pin?
chase paintings, and at last- two 3 ear
havo now passed away since their las
meeting-lie called o;i tho Germai
painter, who still lived in l?oine, uni
tlemumled satisfaction from him. Iii
challenge was Accepted, and thc laug
lishman, according to tho Eur >peai
custom-much bottor<th:in infrs - o.
ing the uifcmded party, selecto?! ch
weapons. He chose pistols. , ?
' During the pant two years lie ha
practis?fcLdaily for sovend hours, am
his I^3B address with the pistol lh>.
luvoirPGIh unerring certaiuty of .-hoi
He sent "thc shot wherever he wishe
if to go. The parties went on th
ground-taffy wire placed ai thirt
paces apart, with the privilege of ac
vancing ten paces before tiring. . Th
signal was then given, (hie! Two
Three! Eire! The word was scarcel
out of the second's mouth when th
Englishman lired, without moving
his antagonist's pistol fell from,li:
hand, and was'diseBarged by tho fal
tin1 ball burying itself in tlie ground
The Englishman's ball had sliattere
', the artist's hand, and amputation w?
necessary; his culver was ended- an
forever.
A few days afscr tin* amputation tl
. Englishman called upon him, an
; wit:unit noticing thr angry receptio
lie met. s;iid to the suli'ering artist:
j? "If you Hiiukmy vengeance is sati
i tied with v,mr sliattere I hand and tl
Iwreek of your ari isis' career, ye
, strangely imder-nitc tia- agony 1
la "deco: ved, dishonored liusbam
I Though !. have com!, inned you to
life of vain regrets, to a never-endb
series of impotent sighs, t<; a tot
oblivion by. ?.ll amateurs and hist
rians ol' art-."
"Oh^no, sir." interrupted t!
a?st, ms face beaming with ,a ray i
ho}??; "the last you cannot do. 3
Madonna, at Sr. Petersburg; n
Luther, at Berlin; my Flight in
Egypt, at Pa: i a, my -."
. T he Englishman interrupted him
tin n.
"Spare me," ?aid lie, "tlie names
your works, hut look over this cal
[ logue, ami see if 1 have not thc exa
. list, ol' them ?il]."
"Yes, they are all tlc re- oven t'
painting I finished {?ie day before t
(luci." '
I "So l was persuaded. Allthe paii
F lugs on this catalogue are my proper!
being my property, 1 do with tho
what 1 please. I please to burn tin.
i --aye, to burn every one. of them
. that yojtr name may, he effaced Ero
- the glorious roll of artists. lu t\
t ?lours fr.?ni tiiis time, your toil, yo
i i>.,jc-i...i'4|s. yo,?f skill, viii bo
-V
????gil ii-m "-? - .TTit'ji- i-'.*-SE5BS
completely effaced from- Chis world as
r.ha linds which, the urchin fcfaoos in*
the sand are effaced by th? rising tjde;
lire is as extractive us- water. "
In/ vain the poor artist begged for
merey; tlie wronged husband-was in?
sensible to his supplications, and iii
two hours tho servant broiiiriit to the"
artist's room a large earthen, vessel
commonly used to contain oil, ulled
with asho:-:--il was all that remained
of his paintings.
From Syria.
? correspondent of the New York
Observer, writing from Sidon, Syria,
under date of May .I(Xh, comments
tims: , * .
importafnt changes aro now bein.-;
ms de in the Governmentdierc. For?
merly, there were Pashas in all tin
large cities, such as Tripoli, Bicrut,
Damascus, Acre and Jerasalem.-bach
ol these amenable to the "Porte di
. rectly. Now there is only one Paglia
iGeneral'for all .Syria and Palestine.
; The bultan will thus have fewer largo
j salarierto pay, and wilt haye more tu
! spend on-Iiis palace on the Bosphoras.
Another change hus "been" the d< po?
sition, of tiie native hei'eftitary chiefs
: from their authority, in sever:!] dis
? tricts in Syria, and idling their posi?
tions with Turkish subject:;. These
I native govemers could date tlu-ir an?
cestors for centuries back. The Pro
' testants in various places have sulrerod
I much :<l times from tiles?.? men. ft
remain.", to bo seen if their successors
will lend a less ready ear to the ene
, mies of the G-ospeL
Our curiosity has boon somo'vr?'hat
! excited of late respecting a statue,
! discovered in Tyro, of a fo-malv tig'ire
'.seated eui a throne. So many rival
; claims arose for it, that the' Pasha of
? Tyre ordered it to be coySrod with
j earth in its bed, until the disputes iv
: spoofing it were settled.'
Two serious evils are now threat -li?
ing Syria. For more than u month
I past, swarm after swarm of locusts
I have gone ovei*the laud, looking like
a snow storm when they alight.
J These flying locusts eat but little, but
j they leave their eg ;s on the ground,
i and when they hutch out, the erei ninjj
; locusts ICM vt- a desert behind thom.
Goyernment olfiiv iv. nave ord? fed tin
; people to collect large amounts of Un
j eiAgs. In the district of Mbrj Ab un:
' fifteen hundred mids or peeks, wen
i collected, lt is feared, however, thal
: may not s hr. the plague.
I bor this seu-ioiij the harvest is toe
j mucli forward ti? suffer greatly. Tin
. oilier danger impending is 'Av,t of th<
murrain, which a year ago destroyer
iieai-iN ?II the cattle in ?gypt. aja
which has e-.uumoneeel in'this land
. Weeping Hwty UlOSt of the initie il
< some villages.
The encouraging signs in our mis
.1 siouary york are in the zeal and self
denial shown by the people in build
\ ing places, of worship. In Hashboiya
j that injured by the Drupes is lulu:
' restored. In Ivashciya and lol, Iii
I Protestant.; ave quarrying stones an:
preparing them for building. 1 kiun
j two or three Christian friends in Ame
rica wh > have promised to nhl them
and ii their eye lights on this, let t lu 1:
hasten on their gifts.
We are rejoicing over the complete
translation and ruin ting of the Arab:
Scriptures, tue rc-ult of Sixteen ye?i'?
labor- first of Dr. KU Smith and thc
of Dr. Yan Dyck.
! Two Mahonimetlanshave latoiypro
! fessed Christianity 1? re, mul hav
j suddenly and mysteriously disappi ai
i ed. Of one lidie is kn*wn: tho otho
j is the son of the (.'ardan Damascus, <
a wealthy family. The ( 'ousels hav
made some feeble efforts to aseertai
Iiis bale, hut without avail. These ar
sad days for religious liberty in Till
Rey, but if no inquisition fortheblooi
ol'these men is made on earth, Goi
will not be silent. An hour of re tri
button is coming.
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(TOT.o '.M> Oe.ii.s. A corresponcten
of the Philadelphia Inquirer, wriiiu
of the Werdern district ol' North C.'i
roi i na, says:. '
1 learn from parties who recent!
left, that locality, that in the Souti
western conn i- of the State there i
considerable excitement over the r<
cent discovery of gold there, and ai
told that precious s tout's of consK.ern
ble sallie have been found there. .
\ laclj owning efmsiderable property i
thal region, with whom j" converse
recently, claims to have nKcr posses
sion two ol' the finest opal" ever disc*
vered, which were found in Cheroke
County, and says that, owing to rece!,
discoveries, many persons who hithei
to considered it almost a penance t
"live on their rugged farms among th
lfiountains. nev o"gin to regara t uen
selves as embryo mdlionaires.
A new kind of army biscuit has bte
invented. It has been christened th
'?'rock of ages" biscuit; on ace s ant c
its mdurated ciaractsr.
Local Xtonrv^ rs ?r i
YVe arc inesbioi! to Kio Southern Express"
Co'-.:v>;iuy tor a bitch 01 lato papers.
Sirs. Mahitqsli fwhoso 'advcrtisonier.t ap?
pears in aaawfier ebtumn) has als<> favored'
us with Charleston and 1M?W York papers.
?\vc would int'-rai our fronds through thc:
np j ?? r part of the State, thar our regtdarly
authorized agent, Mr. T. P. Pu iv. o, will vlsi"
Newberry ard GrgcnviUo Colart nv:.A- :.a',
.fveok, on business connected with ?ho
Ph^inU. oncl wi li receive ?63 receipt for
subscriptions, ej:c.
To T-r.-.v; ?..!..:'>..-c. >. Pool's hack line
connects vi tn thc cars a| Hope Station, im
*tnecliat?ly upon thc arrival ol' the ..t<<v.-n
train, and will convey p?ssimggys safely and
securely to Columbia: it '.viii also carry pas?
sengers from Col uro b;r. to flopc Station, in
time to tr kv the liam tho same day for
Greenville. *
A Tsk.vr.--Yfe wor'e ?io gratified recipi?
ents of a fine lunch, on Saturday morning, 1
from .ur. J. 0. Adams' eating saloon; corder
oi'.Ci-a'.cs?aiu] Washington streets. And wo"
take this opportn .itv of mformmg' our 1
readers that tie .-.ot ??.?y Ihmishes a good
lunch, br.t also t- capital (limier-a* any ono
, can have satisfi-ctorily proven, by giving
I a call. ..'._.. '
I Ali.B7.VAIi f.ND i UVA !: 11 lil". Ol' Gl'.xi GlLL
! : roar. . Maj. Goa. Q. A. < ?minore, command- .
ing the department, arrived in this city on
Saturday afternoon; and kooli up eis quar?
ters at thc Shiver [louse, ii-.: was accom?
panied by tho following m ?ai hers bf bi*
sta it': 'M. jt r- '.thomas and Goi\r?nd, Capt?;
l?ragg. Leslie and James. Tiffe Oencrftbcx*
peeled to meet Gov. Perry here, to arrange
a bou i MSi.c < i. vornimmt matters; but tho
Govt mor uni having arrived np to; est?relay
evening; Con. Gillmoro was conmelled to
leavo. '_^
A PROPHECY Ftrupr?Ti?p.-A friend
in looking ovt r an old number of tu?
Southam /'VV'o' tani Fifesi'fe, dat.vV
i&ptemuer 28, 18G1, cuno rc.-ross tho?
following prophecy, th - predictions ol'
which, have1 been in a great measure
veri tied:
BJNGXJ.L MI Ila>i'it:;ov.---.V? translate
the following from the Courrier des?
;;/.//.: Vitia of the 2'dtli ult.:
"Although many of the predictions*
made by Sosfcradamus (especially
those concerning tlie dca? hs ol Henrv
IV and ?Louis .WI.) have been mm-,
pletely verified, they1 ave generally dis?
credit, d in 'oar .times. J'.ri. in tho
i "Propf/dics ri eal ici wallon*" o? thu*,
groal ?nan. vol. 2d, (edition of. 1G09.)
i wc lind the following, which, would
ai cia t > ?1: i?*r\o some attention:
j "About, that .time (1stVI) it great
quarrel i n-.l contest will arise in a
? country bey ?nd the seas-^A n?trica.
"Ian;, poor devi'.-; will be hung, and
i-many poor'wretches killed by-a pun-,
ishment o th?, r than tho chord. Ion
j my faith, yon, may believe ma. Tho
; war will not cense for four years, at
j which none should bo at all astonished
or surprised, tor there will be no want
of hatred or obstinacy in it. Ai the
' ead oi' that time, prostrate?nd nb.i?st
ruined, the people will re-embrace
each other in great joy and love."
i "?iow here is something very con
: urmaiory of the prophetic genius of
Noshadamu.-.. 'oat in no way consoling
to us poor devih and wretches (p:ui
I rre.-i itiubles ei piners* heres) who will
have to sillier midor this var for fo.yr
: years. Let us hope that the astrdlo
I ger was. mistaken, : t ' lea.st on this
point. " -J?'xhunni'.
1
.[ba >K:.X\M>-..;. lhere is a famous
proscription in use in England for tho
cure of drimken?iess, by which thou?
sands ?nv said to have been assisted in
recovering themselves. Tko prescrip?
tion came into notoriety through,thc
efforts of John Yirie Hall, commander
of thc Groat Eastern steamship. He
liai! lallen into such habitual drunken?
ness that his most'earnest efforts to
reclaim himself proved unavailing.
At length he sought thc advice of an
ancient physician, who gave him a
prescriptioir*which he followed faith?
fully tor seven months. At the end of
that tim?; he had lost all desire for
liquor, although be had many times
been led captive by a most debasing
appetite.
I ii,- prescription, which he after?
wards published, and by which so
.nany o; lear drunkards haye been as?
sisted to i\ fora:, is as follows:
Sub-hate or' iron, five (5) grains;
magnesia, ten (ID) grains? peppermint
water, eleven (ll) drachms; spirit of
nutmegs, one (1) drachm; twice a day.
This preparation acts as a tonic and
a stimulant, and so partially supplies
the place of the accustomed liquor.
Last sr.infuierfa cargo of ice was im?
ported into England from Norway.
Not having such an article in the cus?
tom house schedules," application was
made to tho Treasury and io the Board
of Trade; and. aftor along* deity, it
.was decided th.rt the iee should be en?
tered as "dry goods;'' but the whole
cargo had molted before :he dov.b: wai
C??YS? IVO