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A HBFLE5 OF POPULAE EVENTS. ' im ' 1 - ' * -' .... ' ' /HR 7, er , . ??..i ,', _L.'.'. *'. i VgBHggBBgg?w?|^Mge^s^ i/jajjt . it,'."/11,11'.1..! l? ., 1 .. i n i i , l_i_! j emasm VOLUME XV. GREENVILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA. MARCH 31. IP69. A K0..4S. G . F. TOWN E fcJ. * ? EDITOR. I. 0. lAILXT, *T*'r. ?4 AuteikU Editor. BsiMRiHfow Two DolUn por annum. A?T?kTiiWim inserted at tho rates of en* dollar par aqua re of twelve Minion lines (this altod typo) or low for tho first insertion, fifty fiats oath for tbo second and third insertions, and twentv-flrs oonto for snbsoqaont tnsortioos. Yearly oontraota will ho made. AU advertisements must have tho number of insertions marked on them, or they will bo inserted till ordered oat, and charged for. (Tnless ordered otherwise, Advertisements will invariably be " displayed." Obituary notices, and all matter* Inuring to - to the benefit of any one, are regarded as Advertisements. v ?* Tim* it Falsing. Time le rushing in hit chariot; Rapidly his wheels go round ; Though they cast no dust behind them, Though they have no rumbling sound, Silently they bear us onward; Boon our Journey will be o'er? Boon the (fiends with whom we mingle We yhall nee and hear no more; 6 on onr feet shall press the meadows Of I )i? Vnfit nfnrrnl nlmrn Flying months and years r? mind ua Of the world wa'rs parting !o s r?t at leave good deeds h*hb?d ua. In the world we're parting through, "Which aha 11 he the aeede of klndo?ea Watered by oeleettal dew, And ahall bear good fruit for otheta? Fruita of jey, end pteee end love? Yeara long, after we are tinging In the immortal land above. Men are bom and men are dying; Thousands come, not one oan etey; Time isewift, hie wheels are (lying, Never ceasing, night or day. For the langhter nor the cr}tng Of the atricken or the gey ; Gutbing down, the Go<> defying-? They who laugh et Drat It's delay? And from sorrow, tin and tighing, Bearing geotle tools away. . Plana and schemes of men and nations, Hearts and homes and hnmaalead free. Granite walla and Art's creations, All the eye delights to see. All the ear delight-rfci hearing, Crumble, tnnibls, fall and feds. Oh 1 we need a world more cheering. Free from graves and cypress rliade; Thanks to God 1 that world We're ntaring. In eternal appliirta laid. Why I Want Boys to Learn Farm* ingBV HORACE GREELEY. I live when I can in the country. though most of my sleeping and nearly all of my waking hours are given to work which calls mc to the city. My neighbors are mainly farmers, generally in fair circumstances, whose children are fairly educated,, or may be if they will. I regret to say that a majority of tliein prefer not to follow their father's vocation, but want to live by trade, by office, or something else than farming. And the reason, to my mind, is clear: their education and their whole intellectual culture lead away from, the farm.? Their school-books contain nothing calculated to make them love agriculture, or qualify them to excel in it; their fireside reading is not of chemistry, geology, and the related sciences, but of knights and fairies, troubadours and tournamcnts?in short, all things calculated to make them detest farming as -a coarse, plodding, hum-drum pursuit, lit only for inveterate dunces sad illiterate lioors. I protest against this as false, misleading, pernicious, and demand an education and a literature which shall win onr farmers' sons to prize and honor the call ing of tneir fathers. A political economist has obpcrvoa that labor, unless used at the moment of production, is lost forever. |n most vocations, it is jinpossible to prodnce beyond the' day's needs. The doctor can only purp diseases as they manifest themselves \ the best lawyer cannot anticipate next year's legal business; the carpenter and ma pon cannot build bouses except as they are wanted. The farmer, on the contrary, may grow com or cattle, flax, wool, or cotton .'Jn exceaa of the current demandt bnd store it against the time of need. llettAr still. Ita mnv SmIw ??I ?? JJII 1 V jpiu inbeoll, and fertiliacf may plant trees, and graft, and prnne, so as to double uia nrodnct in the future by indicions expenditure of' effort In the present. If a hundred thousand additional lawyers and doctors were let loose upon the community, 1 do not feel sure that the set result won Id be more justice or less disease and death, while I am quite sure that the na tional wealth would not be increased thereby : but a hundred n< thousand enlightened, efficient tl farmers added to those we already a have could hardly fail to add one w hundred millions per nhuum to n the property which shall he the tl heritage of our children. * My dountrymen I let us each do ^ his best to increase the proportioo ? of useful workers to pestilent IT idlers in the community. Nay, e more; lot us try to increase tho " proportion of producers to cx " changers or distributors of wealth. r Fences, and padlocks, and police- ? men, and rovenue officers may be h necessities of our present condi- 0 tioil?I presume tLem to be so; but we might have our country so " well fencea, and padlocked and p? liced that we should all starve to ^ death. There is no shadow of 11 danger that too few will seek to 9 live by law, physic, trade, etc., 0 etc., wliile there is great danger that trade and the professions will * !.. I.J i- - 1 . I uu uvtsi'Ciuwuuu, to me neglect " and detriment erf productive in dustrv. Let us tfao^ the foe that 1 incnacesour position, and defeat c him if wc can. [Hearth & Home. The Will and the Health. If the truth could be known, it would be found that, perhaps, in eight cases of sickncee out of ten, the disorder is brought on by the morbid and excited imagination'of the victim. Intense fear of dis case is sufficient to produce it, and in the sickly seasona of the year, we cnnn<>t too powerfully exert our will to banish jjppreltcnsiori and keep our minds perfectly easy. The learned Feuchleeben says: The principal cause of an habitual unhealthy state is an exaggerated attention to everything that concerns tho body. It is pitiful to sec narrow minds occupied by an incessant and minute care for their physical existence, and wearing themselves away by hab itual anxiety. The physician, whom they are never weury of i4? a / s . - consuming, oniy ieeis contempt Tor j them. These people die 01 tlie i desire to live! The effect pro- c duced oi\ most people of weak t mind?, bv reading medical works i in which different maladies are i described, is well known. It often i happens in studying diseases of t the eye that, the fear of amaurosis t striking the imagination, the sight i finally becomes affected by that t fear alone. An English servant, i after reading an account of a i frightful de th caused by the bite . of a mod dog, was seized with i symptoms of hydrophobia, and i only owed bis. life to the most ] careful treatment. Goethe says: J " During an epidemic fever which I raged around me, I was exposed t to Inevitable contagion, and felt ] the first attacks, hpt succeeded in 1 saving myself (I am convinced of 1 it) solely by the exercise of a I strong will. The power of the i will at such moments is almost in- i credible; it expands, so to speak, throughout the whole body, which i it places in a condition of activity I to repel injurious influence. Fear is a condition ot indolent weaktlPfifl tl'9n/?K fidri'ftirrloi'O its rlnfftvtArt ..-www <> iiAvi? out i viauvio no less to the victorious attacks of the enemy." These are tacts worth remembering and acting on, and 1 they are seasonable hints. now to It a irk Plums.?The Rural World says: There is a se- 1 cret about plnm raising. We '! hnve discovered it fn traveling qyer the country. We never visited a largo plum orchard in our life that we aid not And -plenty of the trnit. Now these facte set us to thinking, and the result of our 1 ihongiit is this ; That it ig very 1 easy to have all the plums yon i want to eat and eell. The secret i connected with the plum raising , is to nlnnt ntfmtv of lr<uu bo u - ? I I J -- ? ?* - ? give fruit to tbe ourculio and to yourself also. If you will plant fifty or a hundred trees, you will have fruit enough tor everybody. < tlvery such orchard that we ever visited had plenty of rtpe fruit; ; some efen complained. that tbe j enrenlio did not thin out the fruit , enotigli, that the trees were overloaded. Bo we say to our readers, 1 it you plant plums at all, plant 1 fifty or one hundred trees?then ' you will be sure to have all the 1 fruit yon vr^nt. I A To Toting Men. JS It Is easier to be a good bnslcte man than a poof one. Half ie energy displaced in keening j, liead that is required to cntcn up (l lien behind win save credit, givo tore time to business, and add to a 10 profit and reputation of yonr ii \>ru. Honor your engagements. f, F you promise to meet a man, or t o a certain thing at a certain ( loineot, be leady at the appoint- n rl time. It yon have work to do, 8 o it at once, cheerfully, and p iierofore more speedily and cor v ectly. If you go out on business, c ttend promptly to the matter on } and, and then as promptly go 'f bont yonr own business. Do not f top to toll stories in business > ours. i If yon lmve a place of business, l o tound there wnen wanted. No 1 nftn can get rich by sitting ronnd t tores nndsaloons; Never 4t tool " i n business matters. If you Imv? | o labor for a living, remember < hat one hour in the morning is i letter than two at night. If you i imploy others, he ou hand to see j hat they attend to their duties, t tnd to direct with regularity, ] >rotnptnesn and liberality. Do tot meddle with anv business you i tnow nothing of. KeVer buy any ( irticlo simply because the lua i i hat sells it will take it ou*. in j rade. Trade is mopey. Time is j noncy. A good business habit ] ind reputation is always inouey. < dake 3*our place of business < ileasant and attractive ; then stay < here to wait on customers. < Never use quick words, or al- i ow yourself to make hasty or tin- ] gentlemanly remarks, to those in < rour employ ; for to do so lessens j heir respect for you and your in- < loenbe over thein. Help your- ( lelt, and others will help you.? 1 Lie faithful over the interests con- ided t<? your keeping, and all, in | food time, your responsibilities' ( vill be increased. Do not be in < oo great baste to get rich. Do t lot build uutil 3011 have arranged < ind laid a good foundation. Do lot?as 3*ou liojie to work for success?spend time in idleness. It , four time is 3*our own, business , rill suffer if you do. If it is giv- j m to another for ^ay, it belongs o nun, ana yon i avo no more ( iglit to steal that than to stc^ j nouey. Be obliging. Strive to ivoid harsh words and personali- ( ies. Do not kick every stone in ( he path ; more miles can be made ( n a day by going steadily on ( ban by stopping to kick. Pay as pou go. A man of honor respects lis word as he does his bond.? \sk, but never beg. Ilelp others , ffheu you can, but never give irlien you can not afford to, simi>lv tiecause it is fashionable. Learn to say no. No necessity of mapping it out dog-fashion, but i my it firmly and respectfully.? Have but tew confidants, and the :ewer the better. Use your own drains rather than those of others. Learn to think and act for vourlelf Be vigilant. . Keep ahead, ! rather than behind the time. Young men. cut this out: and if there is fully iu the argument, let us know. Berk T*acon.?It ie surpri?ing that our people will uol provide this luxury, when it can be eo easily done. Ju?t take the fleeby parte of the hind quarter, cut out in large piece* the sire of a ham, and treat it with sugar or syrup, tall and saltpetre, and when ready hang it up and smoke a* bacon, and rou will have an article for youc table which an epicure would relish. We have tried thia in person, and had it forcibly brongbt to our mind by a present of a piece of the beef bacon from the packer? of Dr. Perl, near thia citv, and after giving it a palatable let*, we do not wonder tbat it commands auch price*, and ie in such great demand in tbe Northern market. [Houtton (Texas) Telegraph. Amoko the fj perot it ion* of the Senesa Indiana it one of singular beauty.? When a maiden die* they imprison a foung bird until it first begins to trv its power of song, and then loading it With eereasee, they loose it over her grave, ie the belief .that it will rot fold ite winga nor dose its eyes notil it ha* flown to the Spirit Land, and de livered ite precioua burdeu of affection lo (ke loved end los(. A 'JMJ.1. J_L l Legend of Massachusetts Superstition. In the history pf Gloucester, ust written by Mr. Babson, he ells a legend of Beg .Wesson, a opiitcd wilch. in tbe year 1745 . company of soldiers were dieted u Gloucester, as a part of tl*e orco destined to operate against he French fortress of Louiebnrg, Jape Bronton. Some of these nen, before their departure, by orne means, so provoked old Peggy's wrath, that she threatened ot geanco upon thorn. While in nmp there a crow was observed lovering overhead in rather a stnmlar manner. Several 6hots were ired at the bird without effect, vhen one of the men thought it night be Peggy, and if an, he cnew that common lead would iave ho effect upon her: So he oolc a pair ot silver sleeve buttons rntn Ins wrist- drminmi tlipm into lis gun, anrl lot her have it. The diarmcd missile went direct to the nark, without regard to correctness of aim or distance, lhis bird Pell, wounded in the leg, and wa9 ?oon dispatched. They afterward learned that at the exact moment when the old crow fell, old Peg fell in or near her hoflse on Back street, with a broken leg. And more wonderfnl still, on an examination of the fractured limb, the identical sleeve buttons that wore tired at the crow under the walls .>f Louisburg were 'found imbedJed in the flesh. Another version >f this 6tory was to the effect that t siege train of heavy artillery was placed iu position and iu readiness to open lire, when the crow was observed flying back aid forth, passing over one gnn mid then another, and not a gun could be " ^ot off." The match was extinguished, or the powder would flash in the pan, until the bird was brought down. Straugo is it may seeiu, this weird tale was very generally received as truth, and it was befioved by urany down to a much later date. Ciiivksb Industry.?A writer shows how it la that the vast popillation of Chiua is enabled to live ind thrive ; "From ptttient and untiring inJnstry, it seems tojine the Chinese liavo no equals. Anything which needs great labor and but little skill, they can do better than all the world beside. If it be the digging'of innumerable miles of canals, or the buildiug of great walls that stretcb half way across a continent, they can do it. There are no inore careful, thrifty, economical tillers ol the soil than they; even the steepest hillsides are redeemed from waste hy narrow terraces, and their broador fields are kept as tidily as gardens. They spar.e 110 labor nor economy in tbe enriching of the soil, au < work hour after hour to irrigate it, carrying the water often for considerable distances in buckets twnfig across their shoulders.? Tliev use verv little agricultural J ? c machinery, and all their implement* are of the rudest sort.? What they depend on is thecease< less drudgery of patient manual labor; and by this alone the agrcultural miracle which makes all China one great garden has been wrought." Chkwisto Tobago ?.?Mr. David Macrae, a Scotchman, and recently a traveler in the United States, says: "Tho amount of chewing and spitting all over America, but especially in the South and West, is incredible. You find spittoons in shops, in parlors, in cars, in houses of assembly, in Congress, and even.in churches; and where thero are no spittoons it makes no difference. Yon will see a man in a court of justice lift the Bible to take the oath, give a side squirt of tobacco juice, kiss the Bible, hand it hack, aiid give another sqnirt.? At Kaleigh, N. C., 1 saw Litch tord, the tailor, whose apprentice Preeidont Johnson once was.? Litchford is now Marshal of the Snpreme Court, and goes through the toriu every morning of opening iha Court. When tho Chief Justice says, 4 Marshal, open the Court I' Litehford gives a squirt of tobacco, cries,"4 O yez! O yez ! this Supreme Court is now open ed t God bless the State aud this honorable Court!' and gives another squirt. That is tho entire ceremony." 1 * Cheating a Loyer. Greene is one of the bannei* counties in Georgia for sobriety, and intelligence, for fine looking 11 men and pretty girls?the latter, n by the way, are not to be caught I every time, nor is it their fault, as c the sad experience of A young man ^ will testily. It sceuis that he courted a young lady, and obtained her consent to become his lawful and wedded wife, but on. application to her parouts she was refused him, which of course was a suiirce of great disappointment and trouble to him. A few days atter this mortifying reltmal, be received a very polite note purporting to huve come from the object of his dearest love, etuting.that she was willing to be his now, and t'orevor, and to meet her on a certain night, at a certain place, and they would be joined in holy wed- 1 lock. lie was perfectly thrilled J wun ioy hi mis intelligence, pro- ' cured liia license and the services ' of the Magistrate, and was prompt- 1 ly at the olace at tlio time ap- 1 pointed. {Several young men ap- 1 pearcd with, apparently, a lady dressed in bridal apparel, with a veil over her face, and the solemn ceremony was duly performed.? The bride aud bridegroom got in the buggy and loft for his- home. 1 On tlio way lie was full of loving- ' and subduing expressions, such as darling, sugar, honev, etc., offer- ' ing to kiss her, hut with conscious ' timidity was slightly repulsed, but 1 he did not mind that, lie was the ' victor of an inestimable gain, and ' his joy was lull. But lo 1 when 1 he arrived home, and the light 1 shined forth upon leatures ainL,1 form, ho saw that lie bad marriea 1 n young man instead of a lady.? 1 What a terrible fhittcration and 1 tumbling of joys and hopes! 1 lie returned bis license to the 1 Ordinary, and asked him to take them and give him b.s money back, which, I believe, was done. tVhethcr ho will ever succeed in < | getting the one he thought he had, or not, I cannot tell. [Cor. Chronicle cfc Scn incl. Tub New York lleraid aaya Par*on Brown low pietenla the meat extraorI rlinftrv m^turA of aU-.# J i ? ucviiivj ?"?? w? ever before witnessed in any legit , lative assembly. Thad. Stevens might have been considered, when brought | into the Senate Chr.mber on mens' -boulders to take hit plaee among the managers in the memorable days o^ the impeachment trial, the beat illua tmtion up to that lime presented of the triumph of intellectual will over a shattered and prostrate bodily organism ? but Drownlow's appearance shows even greater indications of physical wreck and ruin, and yet the latter lacks nothing of the same unconquerable mental fire and energy that marked to his latest moments the character of the Oreat Commoner. When taking the oath* Hrownlow lay hack in his chair, his head bent down, his face abrivelledghastly and of unearthly hue, his hands clasped in bony, vice like grasp snd his whole appearance indicative of great physical depression*. As Mr. Colfas lead the oath the poor old Person raised his feeble arm, which shook with r**~V M,V|'|rvu IUI/IUCUI iW "is id*. Assistant Sergeant*at Arm* Bu ett went over mud sustained hia arm through the remainder of the ceremo ny, though the old man made one or two deaperate efforts by himself to aua< tain the right arm by proping it with his lafi band. After be bad taken the oath, the Parson stretched forth hia band for a glass of water, which shook wildly before it reached his lips. The ordeal, alight m it aeema, had completely exhausted him. *? * A smivo wagon haa been invented by a gentleman in Mayalik, which be proposes to run without any kind of unimal nr ctoom >vawa. II.-. -1 *? ? VI BIVNIH J/V T?yi I iiO UA9 AI ready perfected ft small model which run* up or down hill very rapidly.? The power ie received from nn immenee coiled eteel spring, which will run for hiilf an hour without being wound op. In going up hill the spring exhttuHa it elf, but in going down bill it winds itself up. The inventor claim* tbftt'he c*h osrry very heavy loads over any ordinary road. Hopes and cares, anxieties and tsars, divide oar life, A ' 1 n ? .1 I II I Once More?Plant CoraIt is much to be feared that corn olds but a small place in the nind of the farmer, and that the .11 engrossing tbonght is ootton.? t certainly looks so. On every side ixteosive preparations are making or big orops of cotton ; the whole nind teems to lie occupied with his one idet^ Immense qnantiies of guano have been brought nto this district, with a view to aisa this crop ; and all the rcadv noney which eonld bo made avail* ible, has been converted into cotton fertilizers, with scarce a bought for corn. In former lines, the tnania ran into the acstimulation ot slave property? :unun men neia as large a place n favor as now, but it was plantid and raised and sold only to be ion verted into the inevitable nepro; now the proceeds are put ino guano. Now cotton is made to juy guano, and guano is bought jo make cotton, and if a small portiou be left, it goes to filling up the corn crib. We do not advocate the neglect of cotton by any means, it would be folly to do so, but we recommeud and advise the planting of corn, and all the grain crops, to a large extent. Let cotton tako the second place, bread the first. If the cotton crop fails, or the price goes down, where will the money como from to buy corn f What will follow but insolvency ? We want immigration too, and what attraction can the immigrant see in great cotton fields! he canuot eat tlie fleecy staple. The prospect is certaiuly an uninviting one to him, and he turns away in most instances from the cotton fields of the South, to seek a country that gives promise of something to eat. Plant corn, farmers, ana plenty of it, and then cotton to your heart's content. [Neiolxrry llcrald. A fellow who has been shared la China says that the baiber first stropped the razor on bis leg, and then did the shaving without any lather. The customer remonstrated, but was told that lather was entirely useless, and had a tendencv to make ilia hair si iff and tough, and was, therefore, never used by persona who had any knowledge of tha face and its appendages. After the beard had been taken off?and it waa done in a very abort time?tha barber took a long, sharp, needle shaped spoon, aud began to examine his customer's ears. lie brought up from numoroua little crevices bits of wax and dirt that be bad been accumulating since child* bood. The barber suddenly twisted bia subject's neck to one side in such a manner that it cracked as if the vertex brsc had been dislocated. M Hold on 1'* shouted the parly, alarmed for the safety of his neck. "All right," replied the tonsor, " me no hurt you," and ha continued to jerk and twist the deck until it was limber as an old woman's dish rag. He then fell to beating tha back, breast, arms, and sides with hie nsi?. aim pummeiea the muscle* until Ibey fairly glowed with the-beating they bad received. lie then dashed ft bucket of cold water over hi* man, dried tb* skin with towels, aud declared that his work was done. Price, two cent*. Footstkps or Natur*.?All things are engaged in writing their own his* tory. The plant and the pebble go attended by their own shadows. Thft rock leave* its scratches on the mountain side, the river its bed in the soil ; the animal leaves its bone* in the stratum, the fern and leaf their modest epitaph in the coal the falling drop ro*k*s its sepulchre in the sand or stoue ? not a footstep in the enow or along the ground, but prints its character more or leee lusting, a map of its march ; every eel of men inscribes its tnemorien on bis fellows end his own fnce. The sir is fall of sounds, tbe sky of tokens ? the ground is ell memoranda signatures, end every object is covered over with hints that apeak to tbe intelligent. Those who are fixing their eyes tip* werd in mock devotion should rfetnetn ?ber tbet people do not go to heaven by lairs. Heap ideas and house fTiem well, hut leave the toorde hight stubble*