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, " LIBERTY AND MY NATIVE SOIL."
VOLUME TV. ----- - - " ; NUMBER 36.
]: ABBEVILLE C. H., S. C., NOVEMBER 3, 1847.
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Till": BLIND PRBACHEK.
UY WILLIAM WRIT.
It \v;is Sunday as I passed tlirou<?h the i
county of Orange, that my eye was caught
by a cluster of horses tied near a ruinous
old wooden house, in the forest, not fur from
the road side. Having often seen such objects
before through these states, I had 110
dilliculty in understanding that this was n
place ol religions worship.
Devotion alone should have slopped me,
to join the duties of the congregation , but
I must confess, the curiosity to h' ar what
the preacher of such a wilderness could say.
was not the least ol inv motives.
On enteiing, I w;is struck with his fra- '
ternal appearance lie was a tall and spare
old man, his head which was covered with 1
a light linen cap, his shrivelled hands, and 1
his voice were all .shaken under the influ- !
erice of a palsy, and in a lew moments 1 1
ascertained he was blind.
The fust emotions which touched the
preast were those of mingled pity and ven.eration.
Cut oh ! sacred God! how so? n
were ujy feelings changed ! the lips of Plato |
.were never more worthy of a prognostic i
swarm of bees, than thf> ""'J' 1
|MAnii i it. \v.is the day of the sacrament, t
and his subject of cotir.se the passion of our '
j i i ii ? .i i
?? iviiiui i ii:m nea.ru ine suojeci a tnou- (
vJ-pd.tii;>e$. I had thought it exhausted long
ago. Little did I suppQse that in the wild
,woods ,of America, 1 was iu moot with a j
man \vhose eloquence, would give his topic
a new and more sublime pathos, than 1 had j.
ever before witnessed.
As he descended from the pulpit to dig- s
tribute the mystic symbols, there was a per \
culiar, a more than human solemnity in his
air and manner, which made my blood run }
cold, and my whole frame shiver.
He then drew a picture .of the suffering
of our Saviour; his trial before Pilate, his (
asccnt up calvary, his crucifixion arid
death.
I knew the whole history, but never until
then hail I heard the circumstances so selected,
so arranged, so colored ! it was all new
and I sertncd to have heard it for the first L
time in life. His voice trembled in every r
syllable, andevery heart trembled in unison.
His peculiar phrase hud that force of* de- t
scriptiori, that the original scene appeared v
to be at th.it moment before our eyes. We i;
saw the faces ofthe Jews, the staring fright- ii
ful distortions of their malice arid rage. We
saw the buffet, my sou) muddled with a v
flame of indignation, and my hands involuntarily
clenched. But when he came to o
touch on the patience, the forgiving meek- o
ness of our Saviour, which he drew to the g
life, his blessed eyes were streaming to hea- h
ven ; his voice breathing to God, and soft c
and gentle prayer of pardon on his enemies a
?" Father forgive thern. for they know
not wIi n f thov rln" 1hf> vnir?o nf ihp nrpnpli. I
er which had all along faltered, grew faint- ii
er, until his utterance being entirely ob
structed by the force of feelings, he raised v
j his handkerchief to his eyes, and burst into 2
t a loud and irrepressive flood of grief. The c
[ effect is inconceivable. The whole house ^
B&* 4 resounded with the mingled groans and sobs
and shriejf$ of the whole congregation. p
, It was a longtime before the tumult had i
a- subsided so far as to permit him to proceed.
9? Inr^porl iilrtainar hvlhft tlQii:il hut rilLoiniio r
?I ~ j I
? standard of my own weakness. I began to I
; be very nneasy for the situation of the prea- c
: ? cher; for I could not conceive how he would
be able to let the audience down from the t
| height he had wound them, without impairm.
ing the solemnity and dignity of the subject, <
or perhaps shocking them with the abrupt- >
I ness of the dill. But, no, the descent was {
as beautiful arid sublime as the elevation 1
ftp had been rapid and enthusiastic. <
" The first sentence with which he broke
h the awful silenc^was a quotation from Ros- I
seau, " Socrates di?*d like a philosopher, but I
Hfe P.kriit Itlro n I" ]
I despair of giving you any idea of the i
|P|_. effect produced by this short sentence, un- <
ig|- less you would perfectly conceive the whole
Rfc manner of the Win, as well as the peculiar 1
crisis in the discourse. Never before did I
understand what Demosthenes meant by
laying such a stress on delivery.
You are to bring before yon the venerable
figure of the preacher, his blindness constantly
recalling to your recollection old
Homer, Ossian and Mil on, associating with
his slow, solemn, well accented enunciation
and hi* voice aflecting melody, you are to
remember the pith of the passion and en;
thusiasm to which the congregtion were raij
sed. and then the tew minutes of por!
tenleoU3 death-like silence which reigned
through the whole house ; the preacher re!
?ii? * "
iiiovt-u ins uamiuerchiet irom Ins aged face,
((.'ven wet from the recent torrent of tears,)
slowly stretched out his palsied hand which
holds it, begins the sentence: ' Sue rules
died like a philosopher,"?then pausing raising
the other hand, pressing them both together
with warmth and energy to his breast
lifting his sightless balls to heaven, and
pouring his whole soul in his tumultuous
voice: but Jesus Christ like a God!" If
he had indeed and in truth been an angel
of light, the effect could scarcely have been
more divine.
Whatever I hud been able to conceive of
the sublimity of Massillon. or the. fnrrr? ?f
Buimlulom-, u had fallen fur short of tin:
power \\ liicli I It:It at the delivery of the
simple sentence. The Mood which juj-t
before rushed in a hurricane to iny brain,
and in tlie violence and agony of my feelings
had held my whole system in suspence,
now run back to my heart with a kind of
sensation which 1 cannot describe, a kind
of shuddering horror!
The paroxism of the blended pity and in- |
dignation to which I had been transported, <
subsided into the deepest abasement, humility
and adoration. 1 had just been lacera- i
led an di; olved by sympathy, for a Saviour
is a fellow creature, but now, with fear and <
trembling, I adore him as?a God !
From the Cincinnati Gazelle. <
rilE CATHEDRAL AT MEXICO. <
A crcnilenuiii who resided for a Innu I
?
lime in the oi?v of Mexico, has favore.d ,u? '
ivith t> o account of the
uarmuicent gold und silver ornaments con- I
O , C ,
ained in the cathedral of th< city of Mexico. '
l'hc facts are obtained Irom the most un- r
questionable souice : j
Golden Alt?r Service.
G large golden candlesticks, 60 inches
?
G large golden branches with a small j
ize vase.
1 gold? n cros?, set with very precious s
tones, with pedestal and front pioces, Set 1
vith precious stone. 1
4 smaller candlesticks of gold, 1G inches v
ligh. r
2 golden censors.
2 golden utensils to sprinkle holy water, n
navetas.)
1 cross of gold, filagree work. 0
2 crolden ditio. AtriNis. 11
2 golden ditto, Palebros. K
2 Portaparc? ol gold. ?
The weight of this altar service is not "
ess than 460 pounds, and its value not less v
ban 8125,000. s
The jiu.ige of the Ascension, the title of
his church, is of solid gold, adorned with
ery rich jewels?the weight of the image n
i 6984 gold castellanos: 18,700. Its value
licludin? jewels, is no less th;in ? 0(10 *
J "? ~ ^ - w .
The image of Conception is of solid sil- 11
er and weighs 30 pounds?value 8G25. l'
'i'hc silver lamp which adorns the front
f the Presbytery, weighs 2136 1-2 pounds a
f silver, 855 of which is gilded with pure "
old. Its apperance is magnificent. It ?
as fifty-four burners ; its height is 22 feet; ^
ircumference 30 feet; and is suspended by c
I LmI i IL ti
II I1UII C11U1IJ illllJ UUll WUIglllUg lU^JU 1 US.
The cost of the lamp was $71,353,37 v
-2, and its value of gold and silver alone ^
3 over 845,000- P
The principal li tabernacle," or case in V
vhich the sacred pieces are preserved, is "
S7 1-2 inches high, and weighs 44 pounds sl
if pure gold. Its cost was upwards of a
M50.000, which it is now richly worth. v
r|'he large cibrium is of pure gold, of 9 Sl
lounds weight, and has 167(5 diamonds set v
n it. It is worth $10,580. v
The Chalice, of pure gold, weighs 6 1-4
lounds and has set in it 122 diamonds. 0
i,400 emeralds, 50 pearls, and is worth n
iboui $4,000.
The jewels of these cups were the gift of
he Emperor Charles V. u
In addition to these cups, there are 20 t
;halic?:s of gold, mostly richly adorned fc
vith diamonds and precious stones?6 large t
golden plates with their incense boxes and c
bells of gold. The united value of these t
:ups and plates is not less than $20,000. t
'The silver service of the cathedral is very r
beautiful, and extremely valuable. Among f
the pieces are 12 chandeliers. 12 incense ?
boxes, 12 large branches, 7 feel each, 71 t
silver cups and incense burners, 90 silver i
candlesticks and a multitude of branches; r
3 silver statues; 1 very large silver closet, t
beautifully engraved, for the deposit of holy ^
I things; 2 lamp standards with each four
clusters of branches ; 2 large standard can
dlesticlcs, very large, in the aisles ol the cathedral
Value of silver utensils, in silver,
30 to 40,000 dollars.
The robes and garments of the priest
hood are ol the richest and most costly description.
The more expensive were gilts
of the Emperor Charles.
a n ?
Ji. vjii.uicious JLJEATII. III oncof our foreign
journals we have read an account ot j
tlio late execution of two of the Polish pa- j
triots Their way to the sea fluid was like j
the march of conquerors. The sympathies
of the people of all ranks were enlisted in I
their favor, anil as they proceeded along, j
the balconies and windows were filled with i
ladies waving their handkerchiefs, and !
showing chaplets of flowers upon them. !
YV hilt a glorious triumph of enthusiasm over
despotism! The imposing arriy of the j
armed myrmi'Ions who surrounded them. I
could not check these ebullitions of popular
feeling-; but occasionally shouts rent the
air, while tears of sympathy rained from
many a dwelt, and lervent blessings attended
the prisoners. On tin- scaffold the first
of those; who suffered told the people not to
despair, hut lo still live and hope for the
redemption of Poland. I low tin; heart beats
at such examples of heroic fortitude, such
instances of holy martyrdom for liberty.
In ibis happy country we have no fears of
ever being called on to play such parts, but
we can still exult at the bravery of others
when thus laying down life for liberty and
land! We know nothing in history as striking
as this scene, except the march of the
(liroudins?those true republicans of France
in tl.~
in*, mninniiiu. i nry went singing
the iWarsoillois. like bridegrooms to a marriige.
Truly "it is great and glorious to
Jie for one's country."?Philuda. Bulletin. <
i
Mount Vkr.nox ?An effort will be made I
luring the next session of Congress to se- !
ure an appropriation of 8100.000 for the I
mrchase of VVy ' .N V,on i\VM" V r" '
>roi?itt'ir?^?s of M?.unt Vernon Mrs. Jane C.
Washington is willing to dispose of the i
>roperty on the following terms. The re- I
nains <?f General Washington, and of eve- s
y other member of the family now in the \
ittnily vault at Mount Vernon, shall never i
>e removed from their present renting place, c
3very member of the Washington family '
io\v living, (and no one ei.se,) who may de- ;i
ire it, may be hurried there, and shall not t
)<.} removed afterwards. The Government c
hall never sell, rent, nor give the whole f
lor any portion of the property that may s
>e conveved. to anv third nm-snn. In the I
:ve;;t of u dissolution of iho existi ng Fede- a
nl Government, the property shall revert c
r> the heirs ;.?f John A. Washington, the s
Idcst son of the present proprietor; and a
astly, that the sum of Si00 000 in money, t
r United States six per cent stock, runling
not less than ten, nor more than tweny
years, with interest, semi-annua Jv, shall ,
?e paid to Mrs. Jane C. Washington, or to
er duly authorized cgent, upon the con- .!
eyance of the property to the United
; i!
As Eloquent Extkact.?"Generation \
fter veneration have felt as we feel, mul
Iieir fellows were as active as our own.? j|
'hey passed away like a vapor, while na- j
jre wore the same aspect of beauty as when
le Creator commanded her to be. The j
eavens shall be as bright over our graves j
s they are now around our paihs. The
mild shall have the same attraction for ^
uv offsprings yet unborn, that she had once
)r ourselves, and that she. has how for our ^
hildren. Yet a little while and all of this
rill have happened The throbbing heart ^
:ill ho stifled, and we shall he at rest.?
)ur funeral will wind on its way, and the
rayers will be said and our friends will re- ^
jrn. and we shall be left to darkness. And 'j
m;iy be for a short time thut we shall be ,j
poken of, but the tilings of lile creep in, ^
nd our names will ?ioon he forgotten. Days
/ill continue to move on, and laughter and
ong will he heard in the place in which
i'c died; and the eye that mourned for us |
yill be dried nnd glisten again with joy ;
nd even our children will cease lo think
f us, and will not remember to lisp our
lames. . j
']
Bread Baking.?Persons who arc so ^
infortunate as to be poorly provided with (
hose agents of mastication, good teeth, will fi
ie glad to know that there is a method of y
taking bread which obviates the necessity i
>f a hard crust. The crust commonly at- v
ached to the loaf is not onlu troublesome n
o such persona, but is ofien the cause of I
nuch waste. The way to be rid of it is as s
ollows:?When the loaves are moulded,
(nil before they are set down to "rise," I
ake a 9n>al| quantity of clean lard, warm a
t, and rub it {ightly over the loaves. The I
esult will be a crust beautifully soft and c
ender throughout. This is not guess t
vork.?Prairie Farmer,
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OrLiu of the Mursiilics Hymn.
I\l. do Lmiartine, in his Historic tics Gi
ro/uiins} just published in Paris, gives the
loll owing account of the origin of the F rench,
national air 'The Marseilles
In the garrison of Strasburg was quartered
a young artillery officer, Itouget de Lisle,
a native of Louis le Sunlnier, in the Jura,
[le had a great taste for music and poetry,
and often entertained his comrades during
their long and tedious hours in garrison,
j Sought alter lor his musical and poetical talent,he
was a fiequent and familiar guest at j
I -
im- uuuse oi one Ueitrich, an Alsatian patriot,
Mayor of Strasburg. The winter of 1
1702 wiis ;i period of great scarcity at Strasburg.
The house of Dietrich was poor, his
t.ible was frugal, but a seat was always op- '<
en to Roti^et de Lisle. One day when '<
there was nothing' but bread on the table, <
Dietrich, regarding the youriff officer, said 1
to him. with :i en I 11 v 1 '? - ' 1
_ aijiiiillillice Hill I
at our boards ; but what matters lliat if enthusiasm
fail not at our civil jctcs nor courage
iu the hearts of our soldiers? I have i
still a last bottle of wine in my cellar.-? c
Bring it,"' said he to one of his daughters, ?
"and let us drink (or France and liberty. >s
Strasburg should soon have its patriotic so- t
lemnity. De I,is!e must draw from these r
last drops one of those hymns which raise s
the soul of the people." The wine was o
brought and drank, after which the officer v
departed. The ni'rlit wms ml<1 ' -1- ' '
. -n _ w.v?, JilMU *
was t bought fill. His heart was moved, his s
hoiifl was heated. He returned staggering r
to his room anil slowly sought inspiration, j c
sometimes in the fervor of his citizen soul, ! b
and anon on the keys of his instrument; i g
composing now the air before the words and I p
and then the words before the air.? c
Ho sang all and wrote nothing, and at last ll
exhausted, fell asleep with his head resting g
on his instrument, and awoke not until day- o
break. The music of the. night returned to b
liis mind like the impression of a u. ri
. j 1 . n. , v, whom ne
He wrote it, ana ran to I ?? '? y ? ,
.... ...cgaruen,nigging winterlettuccs*. Sf
nu - --- - r
i iiu who ana daughters ol the old man were
101 yt*t up. Dietrich awoke them anil caled
in some friends, all as passionate as him- fa
self for music and able to execute the com- m
msition of l)e Lisle. At the first verse at
rhceks grow pale ; at the second tears flow- sa
?d ; and at the last delirium burst forth, m
The wife of Dietrich, his daughters, himself sa
md the young officer threw themselves in- le
o each others arms and crying. The hymn br
?f the country was found. Executed some hf
ew days afterwards in Strasburg, the new w
ong flow from city to city and was played at
>y all the popular orchestras. Marswillps or
idopted it to lie sung at the commencement or
?( sittings of its clubs; and the Marseillaies
spread it through France, singing it
l(,ng the public loads. From this came 01
he name of' Marseillaise.' di
cc
Tub Cholera.?We regret to announce E
hat this dreadful scourge is m iking its ap nt
til
learance in dilferent parts of Europe and
^aia. ItS COUrtiC is Civalinnr witli
? ' IT
hose who have watched its progress from
tie plains of Scinde toward Western Eu- v0
ope. About ? fghteen months sincc it ra- m
aged the banks of the Indus with frightful ^
t? verity, inflicting serious loss upon the
British troops at Kurrachee and Hydoradad. ^
Lbout the same time it raged in AfHrhani- ^
lan ; spread thence into Persia, which it
a versed from east to west, spreading to
us northwa'd into Tartary and south- ^
/ardly in:o Turkish Kurdistan and the 1
.1'!") I I T-* i . nn
uctKiiic ui t>iguau. Hiiiriy in me present
ear it made its appearance to the west of UJj
le Caucasian mountains, and committed ^
real ravages in tli<* Russian army acting: ,
gainst the Circassians; and we just now
;arn of its re*appeaiance in Europe, haiugbroken
out at Taganrog,Mari.inopolis,
nd other ports on the western I y shores of
le Sea of Azof, Kief, Smolensk, Riga,
'iffiis, Kars, Kontias, and Trebizond.?
ireat alarm is felt at Warsaw, where the
uthorities were preparing hospitals. On
oard the Peninsula and Oriental Compaq's
steamer Sultan, Captain Brooks, on her ^
?te voyage from Constantinople, several
ases had broken ou?, in consequcnce of
fhich she hud he on ordered by the health 1 .
uthorities at the latter port to Prince's Isand
to ride out her quarantine of ten days. jQ
['he Tiger will therefore be despatched to
/Ialta in hnr stead, to carry home tlie India wj
bulky) mails and passengers. As in its
armer progresss towards Europe, in the ^
ears 1830 and 1831. the general course of
he pestilence has been nearly due Northwest
; and it seems, so far, to have travelled
t about the same rale as on that occasion,
n 1831 it mide its appearance on the al
hores of the Baltic (at Riga, Dantzic and pli
kernel) in the month of May, at Vienna and of
Berlin in August, at Hamburgh in October, qu
md reached England in the beginning of ov
November. We regret to stale that the ac- ra
ounts from Berlin an 1 Frankfort announce ap
he rapid approach of Cholera to Poland, ed
Wilmer 4* Smith's Times. ba
IWU|-?WW? I 111.1 ) ?! ! U<MiltW<l?l
Gkn. Taylor and the Army Orders.?
When Gen. Taylor's famous letter to Gen.
Guinea was published in the New York
Express, the Secretary of War revived tho
old army order, forbidding officers in camp
from writing letters on the subject of military
operations. We, however, daily see, in
the government organ at Washington, letters
from the highest officers in the army,
in direct violation of tho above order; and
recently, in a New Hampshire paper, wo
saw the official report form Colonel
Ransom to Gen. Pierce, detailing this
proceedings ot ins regiment near the capital
of Mexico, before it had been published offi
eially in tlie Union. We have nothing1 to
say to all this, unless it would be to ask the
Union and Mr. Marey what their opinions
ire of such disobedience of orders, or if the
irmy order above alluded to was intended
">n!y to prohibit Gen. Taylor from writing
letters ?
N w Orleans Bulletin.
UkaL'TFTR nv Till? W an 'Phi* Vi.ivl- A rr_
- *'? ,v "S'
ics, Captain Cutter, cleared at Baltimore
in the 1st of May last, for Vera Cruz, with
i cargo of 220 tons of Cumberland coal,
she arrived in safely at her port of destinaion,
where it was found that the .coal was
lot wanted. The vessel was, however,
u flu red t?j remain sixty days in the harbor
if Vera Cruz, on demurrage, at the end of
vhich time she was ordered to Baltimore
vith her cargo. On reaching; Baltimore,
he was ordered to this port, where she arived
on Thursday last, with her entire
argo, not having broken bulk since, she
- ft Baltimore in \lay last. Here the caro
was sidd for the most it would bring,
robably not over $9 pt?r ion. This coal
o^t the srovemment iipv Inn Innilffl nt
lis port?thus miking a loss through the
ross mismanngt-Mw ?i .miJ ignorance of its
fficials, not far 818,006. This is
ut one among numerous itistrtnces of a
er in 0' " '*?Ouey of th^ rJ10 Tan*
luandere ^ .?slon Journat. Pcople is
v
Corn Meat. Cakks.?Excellent breakst
cakes can bo made in the following
aimer:?Mix two quarts of corn meal?
night?with water, and a little yeast and
lit, just thin enough to stir easy. In the
orning stir in three or four eggs, a little
iiciiiLus uuu a cuji ui suur iuiiiv, au aa ivy
avo it thin enough to pour out of a pan ;
ike three qaarters of an hqur, and you will
ive large, rich, honey comb cakes; and
ith a good cup of coffee and sweet butter
breakfast, one finds with Hamlets, li inease
of appetite to grp*v with what it feeds
i." **
The Use or Acorxs.?Farmers in vari,?
. . r ?..
i? put ui vjriuiiiti^ | >a i i iL. u ;ti i [y in ouiuu
stricts in Saxony, successfully employ a?rn?
for the winter fattening of sheep.?
tvglish farmers, however, either totally
'gleet them, or use them almost solely for
e fattening and feeding of hogs. In Hertrdshire
and in the New Forest district of
ampshire,hogs, in many instances, receive
fry little other food than acorns, and comonly
attain great firmness and weight,
id yield a decidedly good nnd well-flavornni?lr
Vnt om>li nc nin Inr n cliArf tiniP tiritll _
awn from the acorn diet, and have their
itening complete by four or five bushels
barley flour or peasineal to each, are jud:d
by some parsons to yield pork of still
Iter substance and superior flavor. Tho
mors of Gloucestershire bestow nearly as
jch care 011 thn fruit of the oak trees as
on the produce of their orchards. They
Idom sell acorns, or can find in the mart,
yet usually estimate their value from
. 6d. to 2s. per Dusht-I, according to the
ipp nf hoBim nrwl thov rnrrnrd 11 a ?> ill fis
cidedly superior to beans at once for fatling
hogs, for increasing their weight,
d rendering their bacon firm.
Rural Ct/cleopcdia.
We should like to see the newspaper that
>uld suit everybody; it would be a curiOsiSuch
a thing never did nor never can
ve a place among the things of the earth,
t thousands arc astonished that the paper
vvhirh thr>v .irpi ?snh?f rihr?rs rlnnH nrtt ron
in just such articles as they liko to read
s>t. One expects moral essays ; another
ve tales and miscellany; another mirth
d anecdotes; another looks for a sermon;
iiileaU wonder that their particular taste is
it suited?never for a moment supposing
at an editor caters for the mental appetites
thousands.
The Siamese Twins.?A recent visiter
the home of the Siamese Twins, at their
antation in North-Carolina, says that each . \
them has several children, and they are
lite prosperous as cultivators of the soil,'
inning two plantations and numerous seM^
,nts, living plainly* and economics l|fcan&
iparently very happy. They haiMH&g?the
name of Banker, in honor
inker of that name in NewV