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?JOHN C, BAll.KY, PKO'B. . GREENVILLE, SOUTH CABOLINA, MAY 24. 1871. " ' " ' YoLDMB XVI11-N0. |.
|tiioiii?Tioii tto tlotbra p?r ian?a. I man U nU!??? ,.f -?J?? * - ? -* I . ? ? - * '
Iiiamiti Ineerted at the rate* o
par iqutn of twain Minion linn* '
t>jM) or Iom Mr the Irit ioMrtlon, |
edOU for Um eerond and third InoertWeotn-tve
mMi for nhnqatot
Yearly eoatraeU will ho nndo. I
ertiooanonU aut hawo tbo nnmHer ,
no marked on than, or they will ha
U ordered out, and obarged for. 1
ordered otherwise. AdvertUananU (
ably be " dloplayed."
t notioeo, aad all matter* inuring to '
aeflt of any one, are regarded ao I
aento. I
ml .Cnmmnniraliniis. J
Fetaale Suffrage. t
?T KtMW KIRN If ST.
W *? | '
n for and read.hefore a debating club,
_? n rt ? 1 ?
Ill uuciiufusin v. n*?.| I
1 feel quite (.tire of tlie fact that <
Inch a subject would not be B* ribusly
discussed by the gentlemen
nf ibis ordtr loving community;
but, lest their debute should lend
tome of the softer sex to think such
a thing a " consummation devout,
ly to bo wished,** I Bin constrained 1
to give them a few of my thoughts
upon the subject. I heliu-e that
ell true Southern Indies will unite
with me in u protest against the
agitation of such a subject.
I feel no hesitancy in raying 1
that woman is not. nun's equal,
mentally. I am not ashamed to
acknowledge my inferiority ; nor,
do I think it an}' disparagement to
> our sex. We have separate and 1
distinct spheres of usefulness, and.
if we fill those spheres as we
should, there will Ikj no jealousies
arising from conflicting pursuits.
Nature has denied her the physi
4Cft! power necessary tor a rivalry
with man in tire ordinary pursuit*
of life. I hold the opinion that a
woman has the right to make a
living for herself and those dependent
on her, in any honest wa>.?
If she lias no one to provide t??r
her, and Providence seems to de
sign her tor a position iisuallv till
?d by a man, let lasr not shrink
from her duty. Woman was made
as a helpmeet for man. Had G?>d
intended nor to he his enual, in
every particular, lie would have
made Iter, as he did man, "of the
earth, earthy." As it was, she
was taken from his side, that she
might he ever near his heart: f?*om
tyiidpf liis arm that lis might shield
and pyjufjeft ii?f by l/jf Superior
>t rental.
What was Mrs. Adam's occupation
in the garden ot Eden I Wits
it to entertaiu her angel visitors
with Complaints that her lord did
not accord*to her equal rights! ?
(Perhaps it had l>een butter for us
all had she been permitted to have
iuwer privileges.) Let us see what
Milton says she was doing when
Adam was expecting an angelic
Visitor.
44 And Etc within, da* *i her hoar, propsrsd
For dinner, savory fraits, of test* to please
True appetite.
To whom tbua Adam called :
Jlaste hither Eve, and, worth thy sight, bobold,
Eastward, among thOM trees, what glorlofs
hop*
Comes this way moving.
But go with spood.
And, what thy stores oontnin, bring forth
Abuodanoe, St to honor and roeoive
n.. .i.itA. ? -
This was anterior to the mighty
fall, therefore, her housekeeping
was not enjoined as a punishment,
bnt must hare been the part assigned
her bv her creator, and she,
very evidently, considered it h la
bor of love until the Arch enemy of
(human happiness tempted lief, as
4io has been doing ever since, to
try to become, even, the equal of
Ood.
Fanny Fern says that nien aro
precious fools sometimes. (Par
don nie for jumping from Milton
to Fanny hern.) hut, I think the
set pent must have been very suh
tie indeed to know so well that his
surest way ofsuccess lay in attacking
the *t#fcflti?lhasel. I do not
belicve".|it> coiild-^fW) o beguiled
man III #*y other fhrm tliun that
(of woiii^m. ,?r. |*auI tells OS ft.at
'.the Imshaitdflfho h?ad??t thQwife
-as Olirist Is the head of the
Church, and, the wife should see
that she reverence her husband.?
JSow h<*w it it {MNwihle for ns to
levereuce our equals f True we
would scorn the idee of being the
quale of w?n:e we have seen who
call themselves t:ien ; hut we mean
tnsn% such as God made them. 1
believe it is generally itccorded to
t?a lLaf aiiv ?. ? ? - ?
innt vim imiiif n?u? nro ui.'i o juii
orally oorroct than tin** ot than;
till, wo do not rgatou a* man d<>e?.
W o are too prone to ju:pp at concln
alone, and take our tirst iini'ltU**
tor our jruidc, or rule of action.?
I do not believe ure tttnUl Qtript
ly jnat aa jurors or jnagea. Our
ltearta are too tender tor that, and
oar prejudloea too ttroftg. We do
not *lekl, to mnn% any superiority
wltltln our *?!< -? ?J ? ? *
? -r.WW Vt) l?M>K
down with eovereifrn onteiupt,
ppon such m would e??neat our
f within that apbe 6. A wo
' pan*' jrbo attempt* to plaoe burpelf'
upon as equal footing with
f *" u- ; ,
w
> ?*? io imfjcvv MA nullum ^ nui,
? man who stoops to our pecnlior
sphere, is too contempt iblo for,
Bven, pity. Wo know full well,
[>, man, onr weakness and your
strength; and are not willing to
snter tho political arena with yon.
Dnr rights are too holy to be mix3<l
np with anything so debasing
is politics. In all civilised oonn
t ies, man has placod us nj>on a
lofty thr<>ne, the highest ,v,..ic,e in
l?i* affections. Let u? hQ 'cm.tent
to Ins "the U'Vwer behind the
hrone." ly.vo rtnd sympathy conititutemir
C.< mospherc, and we can?ot
l?7ettthe, healthfully, in any
seller.
Tl.rt tfftiwt ?.r' f?i rr??? !a a?-n?t
sweet, but it cannot satisfy (lie
craving of a woman's heart. The
txietess may revel amid the deights
of (airy land ; may explore
the fair Helds ot imagination, and
drit k intoxicating draughts from
the fount of Custalia. She may
think she id happv while, in the
solitude of her chamber, she pores
over Spencer, ilton, Siiaksoere,
&c, d:c. S e may follow Lulls
KhtHik in her travels through the
Happy Valley, sit beside Ellen
D .iiglas as she rows her light skit)'
over the lieautitul lake, or roam
with Shelley through the weird,
hut fascinating Held of tancy ; but,
without congenial coini anionship,
all this pleasure palls upon her
se ises, and a Haven is ever croak
ing. hoarsely, at her door, ' Nevermore,"
until, heart-sick and
weary, she prays to die.
Thcio may lie a stern sntirdnc
tioti, to some women, in lieiug uhle
to rear the tendrils ot their licans
a way from all support, and to let
them trail in t. o dust, or snap
iiK-iii r.iuuosRiy asunder, until
they become t-eured and hard as
adamant. D? what we will, and
i-cem what we may, thcie are hours
when, even the breath id tntne
seems a sirocco to burn tip heart
and brain ; hikI we cry out. in hitter
anguish, tor a little spot some
where in this w'de world to oall
our home; for a strong arm to lean
upon, and a noble heart to love us
alnive all the world. What wete
literary or political honors to a
heart starving tor atfec'.ion 1
Let politics alone, my sisters.?
Improve your minds so us to be
pleasant companions for your
gpntlimcti friends. Let your mod
estv, intelligence, and affectionate
reverence he the magnet which is
to draw your husbands and broth
ers from all places id' vice to a
miniature paradise, a liotne such
as nature and inspiration teach ue
we were made to create for our
masters.
St. Paul tells lis, (and he is very
gootlauthority, I think,) that It is
a shame tor a woman 10 speak in
church. What would ho have said
luid he heard ofspph 4 thing as a
4 Woman's Rights Convention t
Is it not much more a shame tor a [
woman to harangue an audience
il|h?ii jv'liiipjjl subjects? I c?ui<
sitlpr it a very doubtful honor for
a iimn to l>e made the equal of a
tiegjio ; but, from elbowing our
way through a crowd ot ncgros
and yqlgip* while men to the polls,
4 angels and minister! of grace
defend us P*
To the gentlemen who advocate
our polpipal e<juu|itv. I 6ay, be
ware what you do. You, surely,
do not know the extent of our am
hifion ; when once aroused, it is as
boundless as the universe, an -,
like the mountain torrent, swpeps
everything before it. We will not
l?e content with any halt-wuy privileges.
Give ns the right to vote,
and we claim the rigut to hold
office, also to elec iotippr, to fre
quent c<?nrt houses,and barrooms,
and treat, which seems such tt delectable
pi ivile tootir male friends,
to keep our riding horses, and
have our law and medical offices;
and. as onr sex has the majority,
besides those d the gentlemen who
could not vote against * a lady,"
we aio sure to get nil the bc-d
office*, while the men will be
fo'ced to our many expedients to
make a living. Should our very
wise handling of the reins of government.
bring our civil or foreign
wars, we claim the privilege to
ax.. r ?
W VV'? W?M* UIU *'! U||r
try. Of curse. as in civil affairs,
wh ex|tect to have the far offices.
We will be quarter m istroHMcs.
c'luminaries, turnout is and ohan
lains. B<?rne of us will by field
officers, while our poor husbands
or lovers must shoulder their muskets,
or, |HM'ha|? l>e detailed as onr
servants to clean our boots, and
keep our horses and arms in order.
MUP uiight a?k what is to be
cune of loupe, the (4,
thatcan Ire easily arraigned. We
can feet some maiden sister or aunt,
or (rran I mot her wh is mutter
free to take our places; or, may-ho
those of the lords of crea'uui who
claim exemption from military du
ty can be hired as substitutes to
stay at horns. O, won't that be
" '
a aviigtittnl time I Hewnre, I say, <
gentlemen,' we might become t
contaminated as to learu to swear 1
and chew tobacco I I
FOE .TI1E GSEENVIUJC EXTERPE18B. '
Gbkrmvillb. 8. 0., May 15,1871.1'
Jfessri. Editor$?Knowing ibe 1
^eop interest felt l>y many oitizcns 1
of this County in the proceedings <
of the Taxpayers* Convention. 1
held in Columbia last week, 1 !
ask a place in your pa)>er to give
a condensed account of some of
the acts and resolutions of that
b? >dy.
The Convention assembled in
Columbia on the Oth instant, and
was organized by the election of
W. D. Porter Piesident; M. C.
Butler, C. W. Dudley, D. 11.
Chamberlain and G. Cannon VicePresidents
; W. M. Connors and
Myron Fox Secretaries.
The President, on taking llie
Clmir, made a short, but excellent,
conservative, eloquent address, 1
styling the Convention an assemblage
of lax-payers, met for the
purpose of saving, it |>os8ikle. the 1
citizens from ruin and the State
from bankrupcy, advising the delegates.
in the name of the people
who had been grestly wronged,
so to act as to command the res
pect and sympathy of the whole '
country.
After a lengthy address by 1
Richard Lathers, presenting a 1
number of suggestions for the action
of the convention, advising
conference with Gov. Scott, hIho
advising a change in the election
laws; so that respectable minorities
might have representation in
assemblies where counties are entitled
to more than one repersett
tafive, * <
Perhaps, a little explanation
would uot be a miss right hero.?
For instance, a county which has
one thousand voters, is entitled to
three Uepseutativos; six hundred
are Demoorats and h*ur hundred
Republicans ; enoh voter is enti*
i ft i ---- j
iivu u? Miruu vo'.ffl unaer ilie pros
out law, but must cast thcin for 1
separate persons, consequently, at
present Iho+thrPM democrats
ould get six liundrcd each, and
the Republicans four hundred
each ; but under tho cumulative
system, as it is called, each man is 1
entitled to three votes as now, but 1
can cast th$in all for <?np man jf
ha choose, by which means minor I
ities, well organized, can secure a i
proportionate representation. I
see nothing unfair nor unjust in
this; however, if any change be
made, it will have to be tjonp by
the legislative, and I think it
very doubtful wiicther the present
LcgieUture will make a change in
the election laws Qr no*, though
prominent men of the Republican
party at present ttvv.ir ?b
Oovenor Spott and several other
prominent pitjgen*, were invited
to seats in council.
Resolutions wero adopted anoointing
several committees, oiie of
eleven, of which M. C. Butler
was Chairman, to inquire into the
finances of the State, recommend
iug tho abolidiiug of the many
useless County and State offices,
and curtailing the salaries of the
lest proportionate to tho labor
bestowed and the time; also to
examine into the condition of the
Blue Ridge Railroad Bonds.
A resolution was offered by Ellison
Reitt, pr posing to the President
of the United States to t|\k?
charge of this State, which was
tabled.
^.'n executive committco of fif
teen \yua appointed, to which
throe m??re wpre fttlerw(\rfta ad
ded?James Chcsnnt, Chairman.
A committee on e'.Qctiou laws w$s
also raised ?M. W. G&rev, Chair
man. Several other c mmittees
were appointed. and various reso
lutious were oillued, ail tending to
u' thorough investigation of the
Hnanciul affairs of tlie Srato, the
conduct of Stuto officials, &C.,
with a view to ascertain, if pos?i~
hie, the true indebtedness and
standing of tho State, and bring
to light the acts and doings ot the
State officials, whether they be
good or evii. I will not presume
to pass upon them now, but as
some: of the commit'cos have
made partial reports, which aie
published, I will refer yon to them.
! imping that you will give them ?
place in your paper; indeed, I
' wish you would pit (dish the wholo
Drocecdinirs ot the Convention
I from its inception to its ch*e, that
the people may sec for themselves
what i* going on, who is acting
well and who other wise.
The (Xtnvpi)tion certainty did
well in g?"ing QoVern'/f
(though the tV'MK* *?tH he open in
November) not to inflict any penal
t v o n tho tax oavurs until
March, 1872. Tliia will be very
greAt to relief to the people, particularly
iu ihe up|>cr portion of
the State, where the corn crot> is
>
lependod on to raise money, for |
:he crop would not he marketable i
hi November, the time first fixed <
to collect the tax, consequently ]
tbe people would not have money, 1
nor could they pay tho tax if tbe <
corn was ripe, to torco tho qnanti- i
ty which would bo necessary" to i
pay so high a tax, on tho market
?o early in the soa-*on, when al
most everybody would have some
of their own raising tor present
use and not forced to buy; it
would not bring more tlmn twen
ty five or thirty cents por bushel,
which would bo Millions to the
farmers; so the Governor has
done a good thing f??r the people
in postponing the collection till
Maroh. That
tho Convention has no lo
gal power, is admitted by all ; its
acts arc not sent forth as edicts to
be enforced by pains and penal
ties, nor are they upheld by the
strong arm of law and enforced
by the magistracy of the country
over the fiends nod contrary to the
will of tho ten pie, but the Convention
came into existence ?J:>y
common consent in answer to the
pressing demands and exigencies
of tho times and circumstances by
which wo are surrounded. Being
unrepresented and powerless in
the law making power of the
State, burdened by excessive, unreasonable.
unjust and ruinous
taxation, what is tnoro reasonable
and proper than that we, desirous
fn l\n t\ooonoloo '? > !?% ?
citizens, should meet and consult
together for the common good.?
As Christians, wo ohooso and advise
this course, yet wo admit
there are tunny trying, very trying,
circumstances, and wo arc not
surprised that natural men, un
restrained by tho direc influence
of the grace of God, do sometimes
resort to violence ; tho great wonder
is that it has not been oftener
the enso.
We would now fain hope that
the Convention, l>y its conservative,
manly course, its reasonable,
111-1 demand, its thorough investigation
and exposure of liaud and
corruption of a!t classes of men,
and its wise counsels, will, under
God, exert a power in the land
that will be omnipotent for good ;
that evil men may be restrained
aiid a high way cast up in which
all good and truo men can unito
in restoring our unfortunate, mis
guided State to order and good
government, tho country to peace,
moderate taxes, and a prosperous,
happy people. I am, &e.,
J. U WESTMORELAND.
P. .8.?The convention is not
dead, but a living power, at work
through its committees, subject to
be called together at anv time.
j. L. W.
Correspondence of Greenville Enterprise.
Corinth, Miss., May 1st, 1S71.
$Ic88V8. Koitors? Whilst on tldft
bright May morning old revived
nnture stands forth dressed in all
her spring-time beauty ami while
her many thousand 11 weis are
easting their sw^et perfume upon
tlio floating breeze at early dawn,
the various divisions of the Sunday
School ai*n\y in the city of Corinth,
wore aroused by the many
eweot voices of the song birds,
frotu their pleasant dreamy slumbers,
and with glad hearts and
bright hopes made haste in preparing
to enjoy the appointed " Mayday
celebration." The place bcieeted
is " Cypress Creek," noted
as a fishing stream, and a good
spring, located some fifteen miles
west of Corinth, on the Memphis
and Charleston Railroad. At halfpast
6 o'clock, A. M., the bright
(ittle soldiers, dressed in fall spring
nniforin,the superintendents, teach
cis, preachers, friends and picas
nroseekers, laden with flowers,
flshing tapkles and baskets filled
wjtlt the many tilings needful for
the body, gathered at the depot,
i ! -
hiiu impatiently awaited tlioarriv.
al <>f tlie train, sent specially for
their accommodation. Soon, the
iron horse, wreathed in pay flowers,
appeared, far away in the distance,
whi'e, at the same time, the
curling smoke and shrill whistle
told to the oagcr oxpcc'ants his
ea Jy arrival. Amid waving
handkerchiefs and shouts of wel
come, he halted at the right
place, stood immovable, and seemed
proud a id conscious of his ability
to perform his part in the
" May day celebration." Soon all
were on board, seated and waiting
the signal to start. Just then, a
shadow passed over the bright
scene. Far awqy, h?.V(1u4 the
western hiijs, in deep muttering
tutipe, was beard the "jow melodipug
tlmndpi\yhilpthe sombre
rain cl .u<ls were looming up and
obsCUrimz the dueo blue western
sky, the train, with it* precious'
cargo, rolled away towards its destination.
Soon this rain cloud
overshadowed the Uearens, and
I
k
poured in torrents its heavy ?a fi
ters up^n the eartb, whilst ever <1
sud anon the forked lightning t
played across its dark brow, and a
thunderbolt after thunderbolt leap- n
ed from its agitated bosom, and c
shivered, with their burning touch,
the proud inonarchs of tlte plain, fi
Ilow much th s stonn marred the N
happiness and blasted the brigl.t 2
hopes of this gay throng, we can- d
not now tell, tor being warnod, we I
and our little ones did not go. n
This may remind ne, that whilst v
the earth's teoniiug millions of (
pleasure takers are thoughtlessly n
hurrying on to tlieir final destina- 1
tion, regardless of tlio thunderings J
from Sinai, there is a storm gath v
ering beyond the everlasting hills
of God's love and mercy, more (
dreadful than earth's tempests.? t
Tnat storm is filling up with the (
thunder of Jehovah's vengcanco, c
and, on tho great Day, will and- i
deniv burst upon the world, wrap 1
it in flames, melt the elements with s
Ajrveht heat, tumble all nature into v
ruins, and, like the baseless fabric t
of a vision, leave no wreck behind ! t
Tlinn n?v/1 * 11 ? *1
vii, vjwu mil rum UfMMI (116 i
wicked fire nnd hail and a horrible .
tempest." Fear will come upon
them as "desolation and destruction
as a whirlwind." Or, taking an
other view ot the 6ccne, it may re- e
mind us of the happy throng of
Christians and little ones on board
the " Old Ship of Zion," sailing
majestically along over the rough
sea of Me, shielded from the ^
6tortus of this worl and finally ^
landing 6afely on the blooming ^
shores of the better land, where, j
with shouts of "Glory to God, our
dangers are all over I Homo at ?
last! Home at la6t 1" they will en- s
joy that " rest that remains to the ^
people of God," *
TRir TO MADI80K COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. (
On my last trip to D??ak's Creek '
Church, nine miles east of Canton. }
Mis9., I went by way ot Memphis, *
to visit my brother, Capt. J. J. c
Gwyn, who lives in Panola Coun
ty, forty miles south of said city. *
Got off at " Como," on the Missis J
sippi and Tonneseeo Railroad, and '
learned that he lived seven miles c
west of that place. Hired a horse
and buggy lor $3.50. Before
reaching his house, I, driver and i
horse, were very suddenly attack- (
ed by a whole brigade of buffalo J
gnats, with here and there a com- a
pany ot musquitoes nnd gallanip* t
pcrs. Without throwing out skir- r
mishers, and seemingly tearing no c
evil, on swiftest wing, nnd in an s
unbroken front, they rushed upon c
Iwil'RP- d l il'OP Olid ?i?nn/il.n?
VI unva |?* V/CIW .^1 f UllUf
vampire like, began tlio dreadful i
w<>rk of probing and sucking ?
blood. The horse kicked, stamp I
cd, and madly pawed the ground, i
the negro, pa fling and blowing, <
and smothering many ot the ene- t
my in hia thick wool, leaped from t
the buggy, and began the work of
plastering his hoi so with mud,
whilst, at t.ic same time, the
preacher, like the negro, was puf- ,
fing, blowing,and with both hands
and handkerchiet fought according
as the exigences of his position de- i
manded. The only commands
given on our side were, "Shew j
fly," and " woe, horse." In the
tnidst of the battle, I thought to j
myself, if my friends, Capts. lien- i
ry, Louis and Jim, and Gen. Mart i
bad been there, I was sure that t
neither of tlicm would have lainrh- i
r 1
ed ??r said Soft words. Tho battle j
rajred fearfully for aboutmiu- <
utes, and, as reinforcements were i
cons'an tlv arriving from all directions,
Cutfy and 1 held a war council,
and having concluded that discretion
was the better part of valor,
; we put whip to our plastered steed,
and quit the field, closely pursued
by the enemy. Their general inchief,
having, as we supposed, fill
ed himself with blood, and seeing
that we were rather gaining diulnnni>
on tlmm lnilt.x"! IiIj U-ni>no "?
.....WW w?. . q | ?VM * I I WJ 'O CIO |
wo emerged from the swamp into
the open field. Wo received many ,
wounds, none fatal, and lelt on the
battle field, unburied, many of ,
the enemies'jdead. Mow, Messrs.
Editors, viiu and your many readers
may think 1 have written rather
floridlv, if not hyper Uolicully,
concerning these buffalo gnats and
musquitiea, bat I assure you the
picture does not fully represent th.
ronlity. For on my arrival at my
brother's, 1 learned that these same
enemies and their like had killed,
the night before, fifteen horses and
mules of one single farmer, besid e
a number of others. At my
brother's, i fonnd the ladies quilting,
underneath which was ft
smoke rising, to drive qiyay the
gnats. W qlT, I tup! often heard ot
Mississippi gnuts, bat never saw
thp buffalo before. Just then, lj
would nave preferred a residence
on Pari* Mountain. Tlies^iprots
are about the size of a full grown
grain of wheat, and come front the
Mississippi bottoms, when high
tide, and retnrn when low. The
land is very productive, yielding
9
roin one thousand to fifteen hunred
ponncs of ootton, end from Ir
wenty to fifty bushels of corn per w
ere. My brother, with throe sons, di
lA/l/? a>o? f K*.1AA *
imviv v?viiv t univs v/i UUIVUII| mm ?i
orn to do ltiin? last year. c
From thence, with swollen eyes, e<
ice and hands, I went to Canton, T
liss., where I found Elder Jauies si
folson, engaged in conducting a tli
eoply interesting meeting in the se
laptist Church. After hit arriv- si
1,1 did the preaching, and he the
isiting. I preached at Doak's 0
>reek, in the day, and then return M
nd preach at Canton at night.? w
'lie meeting continued two weeks, ei
luring which tiino thirty-three n
fore added to the Church. h
An interesting Sunday School C
Convention of Tishomingo Associa- a
ion was held lost week with the II
Corinth Baptist Church. On Sun- ti
lay, there was a mass meeting of h
ill the Sunday Schools, held in the a
Methodist Church, and interesting r<
id dresses made. The whole thing d
vh8 a sucoeas, and a decided Bap- I
i?t impression made. Would like ti
o give particulars, if I had space, (i
HI well. T. D. G. a
?n?,?? ?? f<
44 Can't Rub rr Opt."?44 Don't ^
rrite there," said a father to his n
on, who was writing with a diaaond
on his window.
4* W hy not 1" M
44 Because you can't rub it out." I1
Did it ever occur to you, my 8
hild, that you arc daily writing "
hat which you can't rub out ? !'
fou made a cruel speech to your '
nother the other day. It wrote *
tseli on her loving heart, and ^
;ave her great pain. It is there e
now, and hurtu her every time 8
ihQ thinks of it, You can't rub It f
>ut.
You wished a wicked thought J
)ne day in the ear of your play h
nate. It wrote itsell Oil Ina mind c
uid led him to do a wicked act. a
t is there now ; you cau't rub it c
mi.
All your thoughts, all your P
vords, all your nets arc written in !
ho book of Gyd. Bo careful.? 1
L'he record is very lasting. Yon
:an't rub it out.
^ _ p
Electkicity as a Motive Pow- 1
iit.?General Leggett, the new x
>?inmissioner of Patents, has (
daccd in charge of a special ex j
uniner the improvomeut in tna (
.liinory for using electricity as a v
notivo power, for which caveats
ire now being filed. A New Jer- t
cy inventor claims that the pow- {
ir can he, by his invention, indefi
titely multiplied without incicas ,
ug the si%e ot the battery or the. j
trength of the current. lie. has
lere a two-horse power engine,
un bv a 6in<?le can lmtr?rv th?
? _ - I ? ? J1 ?~ '
;xpense8 being no greater tluui
lie coat of a battery iu a country 1
olograph oflice. (
[ Washington Patriot. f
Spabtanburo.?T h e Carolina ,
Spartan, of the 18th, says : (
Titus Cooper, a colored man. j
who lived in tbo neighborhood of ,
Glenn Springe, in this County, ,
was shot and killed a few days t
ago, by a colored man, named Geo. j
Williams. The cause of the lioinicido
arose from a dispute about
matters connected with their j
Work on the plantation where |
they were employed. Titus was a j
negro of good character?honest ,
and industrious. Geo. Williams, ,
L?r (Geo. Cute*,) has not been ar
rested, lie is supposed to have ,
gone to llaywood County, N. C.,
where his brother is living.
A Curious Scenic in Court.?
In tlie Criminal Court, in Washington,
on the 28th instant, quite a
singular scene occurred. Upon
the occasion of tlm sAntonnu
dentli of n mnrdotcr a feeling re
ferenco to the mother nnd sister
o f the condemned brought the
wretched mnn into a elate of nil- t
diable weeping, nnd, us ttic jndgo
proceeded, l.e li i msclf became
overcome, and, together with the
criminal nnd many of the spectu
tore, there was a crying time all
round.
\V ere there none there to vrecp
for the mother and sister of the
tnnrdcred man ? But perhaps
their grief lias been assuaged by
the lapse ot time.
Tuic Louisiana State Register
says, at Fort Jackaou eighty miles
below New Orleans, is located a
military prison. It contnins about
one hundred soldiers who have
been tried by military courts, and
sentenced to iniDrisonnicnt with
hard labor, for terms varying
from two to twenty years. General
Sherman has recommended
the transfer of these prisoners to
the State Penitentiary at 13Aton
Kongo, in case the State authorities
will consent to receive them.
Wo presume the lessees of the
penitentiary will have no objection
tothe proposed arrangement.
f
rain ann gkkat dattua.?
wna obsened during rl?o la?e
ar in our own <country, and aba
urintr the war between France
id Germany, that heavy and
intuitions raitm invariably folhiW*.
1 tho occurrenoe < ( grear battles,
lie tact has given rise to titneli,
>eculation as to the reason of >ha?
ling, with a sort of general o?uv>
int that it rwin'ra fr..?
mm Viil V'UVUr*
ou ot flie atmosphere canned. b^>
ipeated discharges of artillery.
ut Plutarch, in hi* lite of Cain*
[urius, has a sentence which
ould seein to indicate this as an
rror : * They say that e\tru<>rdir .
ary rains generally follow great
attles: whether it is that some
tivine Power purifies the ground
nd drenches it with waters from
leaven, or that the blood and pr.^.
efaction send np a moist andr
eavy vapor which condenses the
tmosphere, which is moved and
eadily changed to the greatest
egrec trom the smallest cause.'?
t is certain that there was no arillery
in the time ot Marina
about 100 years before Clupst.),
nd equally certain that the rain*
v..ir ???
-' ? |'>nvg anvi giUUl UUIUC8.?
V hat, then, is the true e^plunaation
of the phenomenon }
?? '
Ladies are carrying parasols
rith long, heavy handles and l<?ng>
oints?using them as walking
ticks ; and as a lady has about aa
inch idea of using a cane as a
nan has of a fan, it is extremely
ndicrous to liehold the operation,
'irst, you're reminded of a flat?>nt
on the Mississippi, with some
nergetic raitstnan shoving her
tlong in the mud ; then, as she
:oinos nearer, prodding the harm
ess sidewalk, j on think of men
rou've seen spearing eels, till finilly
you seo she is not noting a
ttinrade, and begin to pity her for
i poor blind girl, but all of sttdlen
find it s only a girl of tho poind
trying to walk with an over*
crown cane that has a siiolit erupion
of parasol broken o\\t along
ts spine.
Recently a telegraphic tnes~
ago was received in London nn
Thursday which left India on ihe
?liduy* following Tho message
vas therefore received in Lo:
Ion the day before it - was sent
rum India. The time actually
ecuJ>ied by the message in traiituission
was fifty minutes. The.
tin would require foix hours and
wentv-six minutes t<? do t?.*>
V % "" " v * * v
listance; and as the message wna
tent aoou after midnight. the exraordinary
effect ia produced of
ts arriving the previous evQMi?gv
.
A Gkkman editor is in luck.?
Tweiitv four heathen Ch i n e s o
.calked into hi" sanctum ciio ??i|?er
fay. through the medium of an in*
erpreter paid ca^-li down tor
v four subscriptions to his papers
The editor wondered greatly what
[hey wanted ot an English paper,
not being aide to read it. and was
informed that tiio.v took it for the
' picture " in it, the paper having
Cupar's rat cut, a catarrh cut, a
apiano trade mark, and an umbreb
a " picture."
Why was it, as an old woman
In a scarlet cloak wud crossing a
field in which a goat ?a-i browsing,
that a most wonderful iaet%.
norphosis took place? Because
the goat turnc<J to. butter, and the
antique party to 9 sqat let runner
1
A GUNTi.KVia.n traveling on a
t-tcamcr one day, at dinner, waa
making away with a large pudding
close by, when he was told
by a servant that it was des8rrtv?
"It matters not to me," said he,
' I would cat it if it was a wildersi
css !"'
On March 25th, Chili was visited
by the most violent earthquake
since 1851. Manv
... .-V.V.ing*
in Valparaiso and, fcii&tttiugo,
were-damaged. Tlie rocking c"i>tmned
throughout. the day. At
nigtit people camped in the
squares and field**.
Gknri al Jordan, who, a year
ago, was the principal c< nimander
of the revolutionary Cubans, ia^
now engaged upon the magazine
ami newspaper writing in New
York. He is an old army officer
and is a man of the mo.?t varied:
talents.
Ajj opponent <f 44 Woman's
Rights," hays it is a great coiivtnience
to have women %t??r postmistresses;
they can not only infoira
an ani.licnni it tli?r? - ? 1* -
, , "?
liim without looking, but can also.
tell hitn what is in lr.
- ?
' It is fo?ty years, my old
friond John, since w. were boy* to..
gether.n wls it! Well. don:\
?l>eak fo loud, there*a thatyou^
v\ idow in the next room l''
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