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" LIKKHTY AND MY NATIVE SOIL."
VOLUME IV. ? ??? I NUMBER 40.
: ABBEVILLE C. II., S. C? DECEMBER 1, 1847. |
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INC ID E N Td OF T R& V EL.
vi.
Rut the most popular and attracting curiosity
of this county is the fur-Aimed Natural
Bridge, from which it derives its name ; and
truly it is and object of thrilling interest."
A view of it is worth many miles travel.
And accordingly we find ii resorted lo, from
every point of our National Confedracy,
an 1 many portions of Europe. Incompetency
on the part of the writer; and the
fact you have seen pcihnps a dozen of graphic
descriptions will prevent me from at
tempting anything of this order at present.
A few facts, however, may be not inappropriately
submitted. The awful chasm
over-spanned by the massive arch is about
90 feet wide und 213 deep. The arch is
80 feet wide and 55 thick. The walls of
the stately pillars are neatly perpendicular,
and are hyeroglyphiced with innumerable,
names from various portions of the globe.
Perhaps you will be more agreeably entert
1!m>rl urifti n four "L
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origin of this marvellous and stupenduous
fabric of nature. You know that Jeflerson,
in his notes on Virginia, expressed the
opinion that all Western Virginia was oncc
an inland sea. The lSIue Ridge had for
ages indeterminable opposed an insurmountable
barrier to the passage of the waters
of this territory to the Atlantic; but at
length the mighty accumulation of floods
forced a passage through the heart nf ?1?
mountain of rocks. Anil by a parity of
reasoning, an English visitor, in his enthusiastic
description has given publicity to a
similar sentiment respecting the formation
of the Natur vl Bridge. As the idea was
borrowed from Jefferson, and as ho belonged
to a sect of Philosophers, whose dogmas it
would not be always entirely safe to adopt
without investigation, we are constrained by
caution and prudcnce to examine the phys
ical structure of the vicinity, before we admit
the infallibility of the opinion. Anil
research will not progress very far until it
will appear that for a considerable distance
above, and some space below the Bridge,
the ridge was actually solid dense limestone
rock. It is a notorious fact if nature had
not furnished this accommodation for transition,
Cedar Creek could not have been
crossed for miles above or below. Now it
seems quite improbab e, if not unreasonable
that so small a stream could force roclcs from
the base of this everlasting hill, and leave
the superincumbent cap, or upper cnptum
unmoved. Besides the Bridge is about
midway between the upper and lower extremity
of a considerable acclivity. Now
upon the principles of human reason, and
experience, we would be strongly inclined
to conclude the water would force its way
through the narrowest and lowest part of
the barrier. Not very distant from the
Bridge the surface of the earth does not
lack a great deal of being ae low as the concave
surface of the arch. The water could
then, more naturally have made its escape
over this depression. You have, doubtless,
seen in the Book of the United States and
else where a thrilling account of James H.
Piper, a student of Washington College,
ascending the Eastern pillar of the Bridge
to inscribe his name higher in the rock than
General Washington, and not being able to
return, wafc obliged to force his way 213
feet up the precipitous rock, and on reaching
n j m*> . m\i jixt: ?wry n?ii' . r ? j'ii i .nmum. iii
| the summit was so exhausted thai he fell to
the ground almost lifeless, and his hair was
soon entirely gray. This was all a hoax.
U<; ascended from choice or thorough curiosity,
and although it was an exceedingly
ha'/Z:i.rd<tU3 nn?l Ovhilll^inir nnlnrni-ie..
- - -' n -o. ,
liair is not gray yot. Ife wip, for several
years, a member of the Sti-.te Senate, from
Wythe and is n??\v first clerk in th<>. Land
Ofilee at Washington. The same perilous
journey has been performed twice by an
other individual ; but who declares ho can
never be induced to attempt it again. The
route of these bold adventurous men was
specifically pointed out to mo ; and to stand
below and cast your eyes up, it seems a
physical impos-ibilitv; but a passage.
down in the car shows that it is not entirely j
perpendicular. My cicerone also pointed
out the American Kagle of gigantic stature,
which hasalways been reported to be visibly
delineated, by the moss on the concavity of
the arch. l?y his minute cxpaliations, and
a giant effort of the imagination, 1 saw his
aerial majesty; but hi.s portraiture was
very grotesque, and the outlines very imperfect.
But after laying under contribution
all the energies of fancy's prolific powers I
could not reach the height nccessary to discover
the Lion's head, which is said to be
crouched beneath his majesty's wing.?
This efTurl. strongly reminded me of the re
mark uf Dr. Reid, an Englishman, who
visited this county on ecclesiastical business.
When his cicerone was describing the out"
lines of the E;tgle and taxing his oratorical
powers to elucidate the point; the Doctor
in despair gave up the effort as abortive,
exclaiming ' The Amcrirans can see
Eagles every where." Neither was it possible
for me to discover the head ol Washington,
which is also said to be there. We
saw an individual perform what was termed
a feat of dexterity. He cast three stones
up to the arch, a performance few have
been ul;le lo accomplish. In this as well as
mnny other things Washington excelled.
Ele cast a silver dollar on the top. An
aged silver dollar was recently found there,
supposed the General's, as his could not he
found. Whilst here we were entertained
with a practical application of the Baconian
system of Philosophising. A gentleman
observed he hud cut many antics on the
trunk of a small tree, which once projected
over the awful precipice. A stranger in
amazement inquired u Is it possible j " Yes.?
<k Did any one see you ?" was the next suspicious
inquiry. Yes. "Was you then
married ?" {; No." " Where there any
young ladies present?" uYes," was the
down cast response. " Was the woman
that you married there ?" " Y-e-s,"
lisped the fusion struck in.in, and appeared
as if he would evaporate. " Eli," uttered
the catcchist, and off he went.
The posthumas works of Dr. Chalmers
will be published by the Harpers, from duplicate
stereotyped plates, simultaneously
with the English edition. The first volume
will be published in a few day.
Q,uke:x Victoria.?The rumor gains
credence, says the correspondence of the
Courier des Etats Unis, in circles of the
highest authority, of the symptoms of insanity
having been manifested by her maiestv.
The well known liability of her family to
this malady, strengthens the probability of
this report.
Gen*. Duff Green proposes establishing,
in Washington, a new political paper, to be
called the Times, devoted to Southern interests.
Lilllc Failings.?"My James is a very
good boy," said an old lady, "but he has
his little failings for we are none of us perfect.
He put the cat in the fire, flung his grandfather's
wig down in the cistern, put his
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uuviii^ n |<ui?(I(/1-1IU11I III IUC SlUVC, IIUU lUU
coffepot to Jowler's tail, let off*squibs in the
barn, took my cap bobbin for fishing lines,
and tried to stick a fork in his sister's eye ;
but these are only childish follies."
A Quick Reply.?A lady whose fondness
for wine had given her a flushed face,
nnd rnrV?unr-lorl nnon woo nn<* Ji? Lftlrmi*
V?.?v. w? WW.. w?v?\? MVWV *?MO VIIC uu^ IWVH lll^
in the glass, and wondering at her rubicundity
of countenance, exclaimed, "where
in the name of fortune, could I have got
such a nose !"
"Out of the decanter, my lady," said a
sister-visitor, who stood by.
II II? _II|I nw r ri IM >? ! Ill III III ? HI IWMMpMPItIWK
Till: WOOD ENGRAVER; I
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T!s?' 4*<1?3 F<:t!?tvN Claim.
11Y J. II. IMJllAllAM.
u Where this evening, Charles ?' asked
:i lovely married woman of her husband.
The lone was slightly sneering, though she.
smiled as she spoke.
" 1 am on a visiting committee, and have,
to make a call or. a sick brother," answered :
Mr. Preston, as he, put 011 his gloves.
The lady pouted.
lie tonic up his hat, and approached In r
with a playful smile.
" Ah, Mary, I fear you will never overcome
your hostility?it is no longer prejudice
but hostility to the Lodge."
u And I do not wish to. Here y? u were
away from me on Tuesday night until nine
o'clock, and now on Thursday you arc off
again !"
' 1?ut I have duties I owe to others as
well as to yourself, Mary ! I jjive you five
evenings and often six in every week, and
you have a threat portion of my time, during
the day. We must sacralicc something for
others. As members of the great community,
we have duties external to those due
to our immediate families."
But you had no such duties until you
bccaine an Odd Fellow."
"Idid not till 1 became an Odd Follow
sec so plainly the duty 1 owed to my fellow
creatures as 1 now do. Becoming an Odd
Fellow has enlarged my views of benevolence,
and opened to me a field for its exercise.
"A young married man by the name of
Pcllon, who joined the Lodge a year ago,
1 learn by a note I received from the Noble
Grand while L was at tea, is discovered to
be quite ill. He has been absent from the
Lodge for several meetings, but as no one
rr n ;
was ported, I was not aware of it till just
nr As hii livffS ill tln> nnvt I ?v?n*?
go and see him."
' Who is he?"
"An Odd Fellow."
u I mean his^trade !"
"That you mean how respectable is he?
Wc Odd Fellows, Mary, know no distinction
of trades within the Lodge. Wc are
all brothers and friends. lie is a mechanic?a
wood-engraver, [ believe 1 have
several times spoken with him and like
him. He is quite unassuming, and quite
interesting in conversation. I have heard
him fpeak in the Lodge with great fluency
and eloquence, [-lis health has been delicate
of late.
tc You seem to feel very much for such a
sort of person, it seems to me! Well, go!
I'll try to pass the evening as well as I can,
as I do those when you are at the Lodge !"
And the lady pouted and looked ill-pleased.
il Why not let me call and ask lively
Amy Otis to drop in and pass the even
ing ?"
' I had rather not have her,"
" Why not go to your liithor's? I will
see you there and call for you when 1 come
back."
" No."
" Then pass the time in re/ding Fredrica
Bremer's last."
" I shall go to hod."
This was said so very positively and angry
that her husband said no more exeunt
' good evening."
She wailed till she heard him shut the
street dour, and then she sprang up and began
to pace the room The cricket was in
her way, and she kicked it out of her way.
The piano was an obsiaele to the free exercise
of her limbs, and she tilled it over. For
full five minutes she continued in this amiable
mood, during which, annuals strewed
the floor, chairs were laid upon their backr,
and the poker and shovel louk a turn or two
ol cachucha about the room. At length
she threw herself upon a sofa and played
the divil's tatoo with her little' left foot upo-n
the carpet until she was tired. She then
pulled a feather fan to pieces and cast the
fragments around her ; took up a book and
glanced into it and flung it to the other side
of the room, greatly to the peril of a splendid
French mirror, and to the utter demolition
of a cologne bottle that unluckily lay in
its progres.
The fragrance of the spilled culogne, or
perhaps exhaustion, calmed her, and after
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a lew germe epitneis at tne uau f eiiows in
general and her husband in particular, she
rung for an ice cream to be brought her
from the next confectioner's ; a very excellent
cooler in such cases.
Mrs. Preston was not a simpleton, nor a
vixen nor a fool. She had good sense, a
cultivated mind, and knew a great deal beter
than to act as she did. But she was jealtous
; jealous of the Lodge, not of woman ;
for she had too just appreciations of her own
beauty, if not of Chales's constancy, to be
jealous of any lady. No The lodge was
her rival. It robbed her of a part of his
society, all of which she felt it was her right
to monopolize. She was like a stingy
u
kmt .o?r*<?artnM nim? iwn uw im mmi i.-jiijy.M'mmiii i tummmmmmmwrn
child with a sweet apple, lie must enjoy
it in acorncr, lost somebody should want a
bite.
Slichad. from the first, openly shown her
hostility lo the Lodge; and many had been
the scencs of tears and recriminations betwecn
thom; he being too firm to yield to
her weak entreaties to withdraw iroin an
Institution he knew to be so worthy ; and
oiiiulonly to her own selfish love lor everv
i,n>> u: r-? i -
duiii vi iiiiiu) >u ui.v) iu1usui, sue would rcj~
k>rt?
" You pretend to friendship, love, and
trniii! Where is your friendship for vie. i
Where is your love for me ? Where is your
l utli, when you refuse this to my love, after
you solemnly pledged yourself when you
married mo, Charles, to love and honor me ?
i.s this honoring- or loving me? If you
think so, L do not."
While Mrs. Preston was eating her ice,
Amy Cits came in ; and being now in better
humor, (ices are an unfailing prescription
in these matters.) she managed to receive
her husband very amiably, when at
hall-past nine he returned.
He looked gratified at the change in her
but made no remark before Miss Otis. lie
was grave and thoughtful. At length he
said, smiling-, as he looked at%is wife?
"Miss Amy, my wife has scolded me a
little far being an Odd Fellow, you know.
She tried to have me stay in to-night. But
as I was on the siek committee I could not,
very well. I am thankful I did not." he*
said impressively. " Would you like to
hear," he added, addressing the young lady,
" where I have been'?"
" Yes," she answered, laughing. Let us
hear, sir, of some of your great benevolent
doings 1"
"After I had walked five minutes from
my door, I turned into Lane, and
with some difficulty I found the house I
sought. It was small and of humble exterior.
I knocked, and a thin, pale young woman
came to the door. I asked if Mr. Pellen
lived there? She said that he did. I
tolil linr I Vinrl enmn. tn onn hiiw
..w. A WWW Having JUOl
heard of his illness."
' He is indeed ill, sir. I am glad j'ou
have come to see him, sir. Are you an
Odd Fellow?" she asked with an eager
look.
"Yes." '
11 Then all is well for us!" she answered,
gratefully. 11 He is my husband, sir. He
has not been well for this six months. And
the last six weeks he has'nt been able to
work for the dengue in his fingers. This
worried him and wore upon him, and made
hiin right sick at last. Well, sir, as his daily
earnings were cat up by the four children
and us two as fast as it came in, if he lost a
day it was robbing the mouths that depended
on him ; and he has been paid low of
late, there is so many engravers that are not
married that work for very little. So he
grew sick and took to bed with a bad
fever."
"And how long has lie been ill?"
" Four weeks, sir."
" And why lias he not made it known to
the Lodge ?"
" So I told him ; but he said no. lie
said he would keep from the funds of the
Lodge till the very last minute. So he
made me sell this and that for food and to
buy medicine."
" The sensitiveness was all wrong," I
said to her. "The fund was in part his
own contribution. lie was entitled to it as
a right. It is never regarded in the light of
alms."
<{ But he felt it was, sir ; and lie is proud.
Well, sir, we struggled on till to-day, when
he proving worse, and nothing to sell and
nothing to eat, l.made him tell ine who was
the 'Grandee* of the Lodge ; and I put on
my bonnet when he was asleep and goes
straight to his store. lie received me kindly
and said my husbann should at once be attended
to; and that's only an hour since,
and here you are already, sir, come to see
mc !''
She pressed my hand, with tears and expressions
of the deepest gratitude. I entered
the sick man's room. IIo turned his
large glazing eye upon me, and smiled as
he rocognized me.
4( You have come to a poor man's house
sir," lie said, as if mortified at his poverty.
"I did not expect I should so soon call on
the charity of the Lodge."
u You are claiming of mc only your right,
and my due," I said. {,No Odd Fellow can
be regarded as an object of charity. He is
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the duties extended to him are those of l >ve.
We owe each other only love. It is that
has brought mo here."
He smiled gratefully and pressed my
hand with his skeleton fingers, which were
hot to the touch. I found that he and
his family were perfectly destitute. There
was no cooling medicine for them. His wife
told me that the children had eaten nothing
since dinner, and were gone to bed crying
for food, and she had for their s:ikes eaten
nothing since the night before."
J I-"""1,-- !-'?
"Oh horror! Dreadful I" exclaimed
both Amy and Mrs. Preston, in tones of pity
and sympathy.
"I instantly wont out atid hastened to tho
next grocery. There 1 filled my handkerchief
with bread, cheese, cakes, oranges for
tho sick man, a pnper of tea and sugar;
under my arm I placed a bottle of wine,
and in my hand bore a quart of fresh milk.
With these treasures 1 hastened back to
the scene of adliction and wretchedness.
My presence soon cast sunshine upon tho
gloom. In less than half an hour things
bore a new face. 1 despatched a note to
two of my fellow committee men, with inclrtlft
inrie In lll'Inn' n
?vr i/liug u pUJIOil/IUll) <tIIU IU CUII1U
prepared to stay for the night, as my wife
would by no means give me permission to
be out."
"Charles! Charles! this is too, too severe
!" said his wife bursting into tears.
"Nay then, Mary, I did not write so to
them of you ! I withdraw the words !"
"I deserved it if you did! I have been
all, all wrong! Forgive me I"
"Freely!" ho said, kissing her hand.?
"I remained until they came with Dr. .
By the time I came away, every thing-a-,
round the invalid was comfortable; clean
bed linen, clean linen for himself, and plenty
of food in the house. The doctor said,
with careful nursing he might recover. I
took leave of hiin a little while since,leaving
the two Odd Fellows watching by his
bedside. Whnn thfiv lnnvn him nt Hnwn
their places will be supplied by two others.
I ought to be one of them, but"
"Charles ! Go ! Bo one of them ! From
this moment I shall speak only of your Order
with honor and affection !"
A NAME IN THE SAND.
BY MISS HANNAH F. GOULD.
Alone I walked the ocean strand,
A pearly shell was in my hand,
I stooped and wrote upon the sarid
My name, the year, the day.
As onward from the spot I passed,
One lingering- look I fondly cast;
A wave came rolling high and fast,
And washed my lines away.
And so, me thought, 'twill shortly be
With every mark on earth from me!
And wave of dark oblivion's sea
Will sweep across the place
Where I have trod?the sandy shore
Of time; and been to be no more ;
U1 me?my day?the name I bore,
To leave no track nor trace.
And yet with Him who counts the sands,
And holdp the water in His hands,
1 know a lasting rccord stands,
Inscribed against my name,
Of all this mortal part hath wrought?
Of all this thinking soul hath thought,
And from these fleeting moments caught,
For glory or for shame.
PALINDROMES.
Time, the beautifier of the dead,
Adorner of the rum, comforter
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i\nu umy iiuuiit wiiuh mu ucan iiuiu D1CU?
Time! the corrector when our judgments err,
The test of truth, love?sole philosopher,
For all the rest are sophists.?Byron.
If the above word, time, be artificially
transposed or metagrammised, it will form
the following words:?meti, emit, and item.
Now if the before named words and its anagrams
be placed in the following quadratic
position, then it will form what may be
termed an anagramatic palindromo :?
TIME
ITEM
MET I
E M I T
This word, Time, is the only word in
the English language which can be thus
arranged, and the different transpositions
thereof are all the same time Latin words.
These words in English, as well as in La.
tin, may be read upwards or downwards.
The English words, time, item, meti and
emit (to send forth,) are mentioned above;
and ol'the Latin ones, (1) Time, signifies?
learthou; (2) Item?likewise; (3) Meti
?to be measured ; and (4) Emit?he buys.
l I have known," says Cicero, " many
sins by speaking, few by keeping silence ;
it is therefore more difficult to know how to
be silent than to speak." And there is a
Spanish proverb to the same effect:?
" Any fool may babble, but it take a wise
man to hold his tongue."
Fmt\t ? T?*mnTtn j n Atir noa/1 1 An
liiiswv xtuuDiiii ia uouu ivi oauuico-to
which its elasticity, durability and other
qualities peculiarly adapt it. ^ v|||ju
" What do you think of whiskey, Dr.
Johnson V* hiccupped 60s well, af|re5^ptying
a sixth tumbler of toddy. " 3ft,* said
the doctor, " It penetrates tily very soul like
the small still voice of conscience; and
and doubtless the^Drm of the,$ill is the
[ worm that het^dies."
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