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i THE CAROLINA SPARTAN.
?Y CAVIS & TRIMMIER. ' DnWttir to Soutl)?OI Hlgtyts, politics, ^tgricullUtt, ntlir HtisCfllaiU}. 82 PER AFtnm.
YOL. XIV. SPARTANBURG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1857, NO. 33.
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TU CABOIilN A SPARTAN. S
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From the Philadelphia Press. Oi
AN IRISH RACE. tb
Did Any of our render* ever have the pood lei
luck to see an Irish race? We say good P:1
luck advisodly, for of all the places on thin Pj'
tcrrestiial globe for "divilment," "dancing,"
and "divarshion" of, all sorts an Irish race-. bli
oourse cannot bo equalled. "Only itself can
bo Its parallol." As we fear among onr P"
tens of thousands of readers, much as they Kr
might enjoy such a thing, few have had the
opportunity, wo will essay feebly to describe 1111
a race wo "assisted at" some tifiecn years
Ago in that country immortalized in song
as containing, "fine roving blades and sweet cn
pretty maid?," to wit, oid Kilkenny. To all
conversant with Irish-sporting matters it is c'"
well known that Kilkenny in those days 8,!l
was the paradise of Irish sporting men, and l"
iu Hunt Club the most fastidious as well oU
as the Htost ho* pi table in Ireland. Wl
At the tnnn I speak of, although from 'ei
various cnirses on the wane, it counted e<
among' i its members the names of Lords as
Vv rf->r J, Do iK, Clou met, OUfdeu, liowth.
KtWarv, St. Lawrence, Mount Charles, Lord P?
L tiller, and other?, the cream of the l'''
Irish nobility, beside* several English no
blemen. Not less noble, though untitleJ. ''M
were vcveral of the gentry of the country,
Amongst w1o,,n Wer the wail known name* ' ?*
of Sir Joint power, ?jf Kilfane; Sir Hot-hard C'1
Ooxe, of Castletown; the .St. (ieorgos, I)e * '"
Montmorency*, Tighe?, Bluudens, liuslie*,
Ac., a,! men of uti blemished lineage, and
residents on ih'efr own estate*. Perhaps no
limit in the United Kingdom (Melton Mowhf.iv
not cu'Cj'lixl) could produce (i or hot
e?, or, for that matter, liner men, than a
field day in Kilkenny.
It was ?ni a bright and balmy day in the
latle; ji*ri of October that 1 mounte I my | l'"
Jiuit.2 IO prUCUCtl to 111** rj?C? gl'MIIld, ;? 1 >W<-'
tunc* o< sdhie five miles from the lionof s "
h uiiailvo, where 1 li?<! been staying. 1 had hu
goue down ftoiu Dublin sp vially to bo pros
oul at the*) races, and had been for *.>uio '' '
days hearing the most exciting, and 1 inu-t
add contradictory, accounts logarding the *'
merits of the helves to b?> engaged in a ?*ei 3U'
tain race fur the "hunter's plate,!' in which
the horsoa were to be ridden by gentlemen 'ro
of the Kilkenny limit (Jluh m a steeple on'
chase across the country*. ',ei
Although there were some five or six ',l)
horses entered in this race, it was generally (*"
conceded that lite contest would lie he;weon
two; and as these animals belonged to ri *l
farmers, named Nowlen and Walsh,
from nearly the same part of the country,
who each had their partisans prepare I I' ''ei
defend their champions with all sorts of
weapons, the excitement, as may he imag ''*1
iued, ran very high. Two distinguished
members of the Hunt Club had promised
i.\ VuIa ?!.? ?* 'I''" 1 1
(ims uiciu. me in hi nurses were called J
Whalebone ami I'oep o'Day Bov, and were I
certainly as fine specimens of I lie Irish hnn-tor
as could well be seen. While Mr. Ba- tht
ker was to steer Peep o'Day 13< v, Mr. JM. 4)f
George rode Whalebone, The udinheis of v"
Whalebone would say, "Wait till Misther to
Siu George find* Whalebone under hint; cm
may be ho won't take the consate out o'
thint Nowlans?bodaghs. Theditil a finer bo
horso ever thrun a l?*p or a boo Id h or lider
ever sthraddled a pig skin.' While, on on
their part, the backer? of Beep o'Day Boy tni
wore of tho opinion "That the divil renave era
the sight or a light of the 'l:up' one of the col
Walshes id ever sup, wid sich an ould glan- cm
dered garrawn as Wtialebonp. Cock them '*
up with a silver 'kup'?ananjh! The divil ; eh:
^ a 'kup.'" These, it must be confessed, were , ho|
very contradictory opinions, and aflorded , by
rather slight material to make a safe
"book" upon; and, as T generally risk- wo
cd a sovereign or two in those days upon fell
a race, "just to make it interesting," I
thought I would try to discover in some less wo
interested quarter an indication of the real fru
state of tho case. Accordingly, one or two 'jci
days before the race, I lounged mound to j un
r ray friend's stables, to sinoko inv afrer din- i all
ner cigar, and, after presenting a plug of tro
cavendish to John, the groom, I asked his ; tin
opinion on the merits ot i!;e rival horses. ! on
John, after re filling and rc-lig'!>iing his er i
(p\p??R process which in Ireland is oijo of to
great compioxily and deliberation, and
which must be seen to be appreciated? l b
hemmed oracularly, spat twice, wiped his ers
mouth with tho hack of his hand, and pro- ron
oeeded to enlighten me after tho following sbe
fashion: "Why, you seo, your honor, thim ?oi
Nowlans is always boastiu' a* the cattlo he.
they rare; but I wish to gracious wo were as i cen
sure ir the itepale this night as that tioi
'Wbalebono' will show thim nolhiu' but his | all
tail over that course?that's if Mr. Sin j mo
George can only hold him." ju^
This was certainly oracular, and I knew ; riel
enough of John's peculiar fount of oxpres- ! mi]
ion to bo satisfied that "Whalebone" was an<
the horse to back, and I accordingly invest mo
ed on hira?with what result will be ?ecn. frit
The roads to tho course wore ci **ded el i
with sturdy pedestrians and well-mcunted, the
frieae coaled farmers from tho Walsh r.ioun- j get
tains, all eagerly discussing tho merits of j sal
the several horsos, while every description It i
of vehicle, from the handsome barouche, j exj
wilb its four posters, to tho "Thing you- but
Know," wit it a straw bed for cushions, and a ant
,rod beaded farmer's wife, sitting in great
f?r occupant, blocked the way
ome of tbe scenes on the road to the course
ere of the most ludicrous character, and
>uld certainly not l>e witnessed out of Ir^
nd. On the arrival at the gate lending
i the course the crowd beenme almost imtssable,
and, a small fee being demanded
did horsemeu and carriages, all sorts of
hemes were put into requisition to evade
"Hero, hould me horse, Paddy," one
out frieze-coated fellow would say, "until
run across to Kinley's tint, and tell him to
3d up his gorsoon to take care of tbe
isle." The "baste" alluded to, furious to
join his companions who had passed
rough the gate-way, was loosed as if by
cidcnt, and, rushing through, nearly overrned
the gato keeper, and was caught into
by the triumphant concoctor of this
se to save a shilling. The same man
juld, aud probably the same day did, with
1 ti e pleasure in life, spend twenty in
mting his friends and boon companions,
i the course the scenes presented were of
e most extraordinary and varied characr.
In all the conspicuous places, and ap<
really in iminMienl peril of being tram?d
upon by the excited crowd, were men;ants
of all descriptions. The lame, the
ind, the paralytic, and othors, whoexhihiJ
hideous-looking sores to excite (he comssion
of the public, wero early on the
ound, plying their respective avocations,
iposlers of all kinds of misery abounded;
d it was observable that thoso whose mis-tunes
wero simulated were the loudest in
i ir appeals to tho charitable. Some such
treaties as tlie following might be heard:
or tho sako of the IIolv Virgin lave your
arilies with the poor lone widdy and her
ren dissolute orphnnts this day.'' Anocr,
a great hulking follow, with a villans
cast of countenance, exhibited his leg,
lit a horrible running sote artistically got3
up for tho occasion with caustic, solici1
public compassion in a stentorian voice,
follows: "All, good Christians are yez
ing to pass without laving a tritle with a
or disarted Cray th tire that's on his way to
blessed an' holy well at Ixuigh Dnrgf"
id when the party passed him unhecdr,
he muttered in a lower lone, "Hell purue
yez, ye nagura." While a third rod
on his vocal powers and the teiigious
aracter of his minstrelsy for provoking
mpassiou in strains like the following:
"Oeh, 'twas on a Christmas inoriuu'
That k-r<KW<:Mni> w?? born in,
l lie lloty Land adurtiiii',
All by tlu- linliL- tS:?y.
Time AiljjcU oil it rMtiou,
All III <1 H|l IIK'itll Itloll,
\V?.r i.ikin' rnyer-iyiition
Ail by llic IIjNic
On every part of L.o race-courso, except
U especially leseivcd for the horses, tents
re constrncted, where refreshments, con.?ui;
chiefly of potatoes, bacon, cabbage, .
d laxhius of whiskey, could ho obtained. '
eveiy one of the tents was a piper or a
<ller, ami even at the hour of my arrival 1
uciiig had commenced in many places 1
th great spirit. In the front of each tent, <
"pcudod from a long pole, was either the '
n of the owner, removed for the nonce 1
ui the front of his hoslelrie, (if kept by 1
o.) or home sinbo'. such as an old hat, a *
rriug. or a wisp of hay, by which lie wouhl 1
known by Ins frieud* anil acquaintances. 1
i some of the signs might he read the ra- 1
r incongruous announcement fora tent,of,
UitcrtatHMfhtj'or man and Haste by Mick
>ulcyon auothei "Good dry lodyiny by 1
jry Mulrooncyj" while another still,unr
thft sign ?..f the bee-hive, essayed the
lowing poetical recommendation of his j
itors: (
'"In lhi? hive we're all alive?
Goiat M;er makes u* bonny;
If you be <lry step in nil1 Irv
'ilie flavour nv our honey."
It must not be Supposed, however, that
i waula of the more aristocratic portion
the crowd were not provided for. Hand- I
ne marquees of snowy canvass were also 1
he found, whero the ino-t fastidious epi
e Could gratify his tastes, and where i
nes and viands of the linest quality could I
had at reasonable prices. i
And then universal hospitality reigned 1
the course. Every carriage and car con- , I
ned un ahnndant lunch; the more arislo j <
tic had champagne, the muro sensible ' I
d putich; and if you were unfortunate |
nigh not to know any body?a thing ol j <
o occurrence at such a place?still your j I
mees of a free lunch were not entirely , <
peless, for I have been deputed myself, I
the hospitable proprietor of a lunch, to 1 I
ile a perfect stranger, because, to use the ' i
rds of our host, "lie looked like a dacent I
low." !
l(pfore coining to tho event of the day, it '
aid he unfair to oiuit noticing a class of, '
quontern of race courses who were "swi <
icris" and who always atforded me tho i
>*t intense pleasure in hearing tliem. I |
udo to the ballad singers, who, unliko the i
u bad ours of old, did not accompany |
nnsulves on any instrument, but relied j '
their vocal qualities, or rather their pow- \
of lungs and the character of their songs ,
Command a crowd, and with it a ready |
0 fur their wares, Ilenvon, such voices! |
eir main object being to attract purchas- i
, it was necessary, over the din and up- ]
,r of a race course or a fair, that they j
)UId bo heard; and harmony was, of ,
irse, unthought of?indeed, I have yot to ?
ir an Irish ballad singer with even a do- i
it voice. And then tho tierce compoti- i
u by which they were surrounded! On |
sides were rivals for tho spnre pocket ]
ney of tho swaying and excited crowd? ]
;glers, dancers, peep shows, and every va- j
Ly ot attraction. Such sounds as those
ght (to heard: ''Here is tho last spach j i
1 dying words of Mart in ltradloy, com-' i
inlv called 'Scut,' who was hanged in j
u ofCliumoll (Clonmull) jail for thecru- ]
and barbarious murder of his grandino- <
ir and two orphant children, in order to j
. a crock of gould which sho had con- i
ad in the tluro?and all for one hapenny." (
inay bo said that the above Uradley had
)iated his offence several years before,
t he was always good for fresh execution,
i bis "last words1' sold amazingly. i
f'uh hia ailver-moantcd pistol* I obamretd him '
full *oon,
"Arrnlil why! btfauu lie vroi roe Enniakillen dru- pec
Th<
"Then, fare-you-well, my Enniskellca? 1
"Fsre-yoa-well for awhile? ^
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"Where the biases are you pushiu' to? wit
Ye ouiadhauu of the divil, don't ye see the t|,6
blessed infant at me fut, that you nearly tuk wh<
the toes ar wid your brogues!" Rnt]
"Walk up now, little boy* nnd girls, and cje,
hinspoct her Majesty's Queen Wictoria's twj
peep-show?one of which indentically she p]0
shows the young princes and princesses at ven
Vindsor Castle bevery day. Wipe your w|,i
eyes, blow your noses, and don't breatho on w|ii
the glasses. l>i4c
"O, my! what is that, sir!" . |,is
"Tuat is the North Pole by sunrise, ta- tior
king on the spot by n beautiful young la her
dy of scvingteen years of age. lty a lookin' |,or
to the right you will see a while bear a cje!
suckling on her cubs, tho whole foriniu' afu,
one grand fan-tas-me-goria, which proves stIU
that Dritannia rules the waves which nature [
does procure! Cheep, cheep!" cou
"The next is the portrait of llichard chn
Kurede Lion, so called from the color of an9
his hair, from the two French worde, kuro the
?color, and de lion?of his hair." gj?
"Here's the kerroct card of tho races, with the
the names, weights, and colors of the riders, \ttj \
all for sixpence." "Cigaws nnd a light, ci- sn|t
gaws and a light." "1 want a cigar r-r." \\u
"Cigaw, yos, sir; sixpence, sir." "Arrah! is wa,
it iokin'ye are? Sixpence for a cigar r-r? |,iir
Wouldn't I get a ounce of rale Limerick |an)
for thruppence? I'll give ye a penny for t
wun." "Go to blazes, you Irish clod; I'd rae<
have to teach you to smoke it if I'd givo his
it to you." easi
Such were some of the sounds that ftalu- in^"
ted the oars in any one of tho numerous proi
crowds that dotted the course. Prepara- i ing
lions now commenced tor the bu?iness of fJlC|
the day. Before the steeplo eliase were one Wer
or two l!at races of no particular interest, sCv<
although one of thein was not without a lu- _?
dicrous incident: one of tha hor*?* atirr.wr.wt i ?
_ ?"? ?
in the race, anil called by his ower "liupos- j?"?|
ler," (in consequenco of bis unreliable quali- l"'' 1
ties,) having bolted from the course through
a party sealed ou the sod at lunch, knock
ing over champagne boUles, Jtc., but strange ?v?-i
to say, injuring no one.
It was now about three o'clock when the Of
bugle sounded for the great race of the day. q
Through the kindness of a friend 1 had ob i.*ve
tnined access to the enclosure where tla* ,u
horses were saddled, and thu-. had an op t)f t
portunily of seeing them stripped. There t j.
were six horses in all to go out of a dozen t|je
entries and rivals. "\VI aleboue" and j
"Peep o'I)ay Hoy" were cleaily the be>t of
llie lot. To a critical eyu neither of theiu p|tft|
weie, however, lit lor a fast race, as they
were both entiiely loo "high," and were t
jumping out of their skin for want of iiifli- jrtV(
cient exercise. Through some oversight K
neither of the horses had arrived on the
course until within half an hour of the lime |t>| ^
for starling. When I got inside the en W|(j
closmo I saw Mr. St. tieorge talking earn- .
estly to the groom who had "Whalebone" ijlH i
in charge, glancing uneasily from time to ...
lime at the horses. Presently I saw a faint ,|nn
smile chase away the frown upon St. n
Hedge's haudsoino countenance, and 1 j -n
inwardly conjectured that he had hit upon ju
some plan of getting a preparatory gallop ^ t
before the race, although how this wa? to ^ (
be accomplished, knowing the well known
nnnlnallln ..f T -.-.-.I-- .1-1
uu.itj ui uuiu liunin III blrtrilllg IIIO I ^M.|V
horses, I could not imagine. ; m Vh
Meanwhile "Whalebone"sooined to iro.it Vvhii
nil thin anxiety about him with the great- I is gi
est contempt, laying down his ear-, omin- e,
ously when any thing approached him, and (ion
being so particularly active with his heels !(ir,
that i made an inward vow to give him a > the
wide berth on the course. "Peep o'lhty tu \
Boy," on the contrary, appeared a good ' sign
tempered slob of a horso, apparently fitter (.?|
for a brewer's dray than for a four mile |vnt
dash, at racing speed, over one of the slid" >0111
est countries in Ireland. At last the bugle j slor
rounded "to saddle," and at ten minutes to ,u)0l
three the horses left the enclosure. They 1 crys
all submitted to bo mounted readily, save | ncm
"Whalebone," who reared, plunged, and j.hoi
lashed out in all directions, much to tlx- ,>bsc
danger of his rider, and all but preventing I inco
liim from getting ir.lo the saddle at all. WuU
When there, greatly to my surprise, instead mu>
:>f adopting the "soothing system"' with hi* j ado
liurse, St. George struck him sharply three I clad
5r four limes with the spurs, irritating the Urgi
liorse nearly to madness, and causing him i,>
Lo rush through tho gate with the speed of pail
1 whirlwind, nearly oversetting the other Jivi 1
liorses and their riders. Tho only control -jret
5t. George appeared to exercise over him mid
was to turn him away from the steward's voll
itand, and he pursued his \ ay down tho 1
:ourse, literally dying over the ground. lias,
The courso, which was admiiably kept me.i
by a troop of tho Scots Greys who were mos
then quartered at Kilkenny, fortunately af- the
forded no obstruction to his teriihle career, depl
The wildest excitement prevailed among a m
me poo pie on oacli side of tho ropc-?, and day,
?ucli cries as "Oh! great Savour of the world! Si. 1
he'll be kill!" "He llio Crass of Cashol he's nior
n dead mau," rising inlo shoots of ndinir; ; will
lion as he was seen seated unfalteringly in tu->
his snddlo, his horse taking everything lalei
in his stride, without a touch or a mistake, thre
Nearly half the course was thus g"i.o over, tho
St. George still apparently passive, when, to now
the horror of some and the astonishment of glol
all, upon approaching llio most diflicult or l>
leap of tho whole, ho was seen to gather up Hut
his reins, tako a pull at his horse, and turn foi li
his whip upon him with all his force. Tho < only
jump he rode at, being one of tho most dan like
gerous sort at a high rate of speed, deserves , of I
a passing description. It was what is call- vey<
ed in Ireland a "boroen"?Anglice, a lane, won
generally used us a cart-road, from one thoi
part of a farm to another, or as a slant ted
cut the high road and having almost gre:
invariably a high thorn fence on each wor
side, with double gripes or ditches to vast
carry off tho water, tho distance usually wo
from sido to side boing from twenty-two to listi
thirty feet,* and is generally crossed in hunt- piei
ing by jumping into the lane on one side, pier
and from it into tho field on tho other. To soai
see a man, instead of slackening his speed, disc
increase it, seemed Almost like insanity, cs | will
ially with what seemed a runaway horae. lis
3 horse, upon receiving the blow of the tli
ip, could be seen, oven from the distance ini
as, literally bounding from the earth na
h rage and pain. He rushed towards pa
lane with a speed of a cannon ball, and
en within -fcur feet of it rose in the air, tic
I, incredible as it will appear to some, Mi
ired the whole spac- without touching a tui
g or unhorsing bis gallant rider! Peo- roj
drew their breath more freely, and gave "A
t to their suppressed feelings in a cheer cal
icli must have been beard by St.George, of
o was seen in a few minutes cantering pa
k towards the starting point, himself and wi
horse covered with foam and porspira hu
i, but the latter apparently perfotyiy so- j hu
od. As almost every one imagined his bu
se had run away with him, few apolo- *h<
? were nccossary to the Stewards, and, th<
r a few minutes delay, tiie horses were all
tod for the race. pe
asked my friend John, who was ou the ty,
rse driving his master's family, what the pit
nces worenow for "Whalebone," and his el?
wer was significant and satisfactory: "lie lit
inoitial, your honor, when I saw Mr. thi
George layau' to the horse coming to Pn
lloroen, I thought somebody's pick must | oa
jruck; but when I saw hi in laud safe, I I nb
! to myself, 'Its a Hoy no salmon to a | tin
itorford li.nke' an' Whalebone; all he tic
lied was a littlo of the divil tuk out of of
i, and uow he'll go as paysable as a elt
ib.'? in
Vml John prognosticated truly. The frc
> was run, and "Whalebone" had it all an
own way from the start, coming in an in
> winner hv ten lengths, and distance- llo
"Peep o'Dny lloy." Tlieie was an im- ra;
inptu race ou tbo way homewards, end- tb<
in a beautiful light between the rival in?
ions, in which lour of the "Nowlana" | on
e "kilt," but subsequently recovered, and i da
,-ral others were severely wounded. j en
vi.Mjuvu\.r, v?l j UVM ) , *1111
ralk witli liiiu llio busy or the secluded th?
is of life; to instruct and delight llio kei
generation*; ethere d essences us they lie
to outlive coliitiuis of brass and pyra- im
s ol granite; and l<> descend in eternal em
lli tiie unending highways of the ages. tio
>oes it seem much that the skill of men
in these latter days, contrived llio
us of communicating into ligence al- til*
I with the rapidity of thought, across wr
expanse ol continents and beneath the do
;h of oceans by the electric wire? Flint vei
essngo despatched from Boston at mid- a s
, will so far out-liavel the sun a ; to reach tor
Louis an hour before ho arrives at that in*
idian? It is much, and wo contemplate a"'
i just amazement tho wonderful appara- 1 h
wliieli, when laid down, as sooner or at
r it perhaps will be, so ;is to connect the cio
0 continents, may, by possibility, sond ' u
beginning of such a sentence as I am
pronouncing around llie terraqueous
>o and return it to the lips of the speak- t.lt
afore ho had completed its utterance, jj,
(his amazing apparatus is but another VH|
1 of language; it transmits intelligence |n,
r as it transmits words. It is like speech,
tlio pen, like the press, another piece
machinery by which language is con- j|,.
. d from place to place. The really c,|
idorful thing is language itself, by which VVt,
ight is made sensible and communica- |or
from mind to mind, not only in the c0
?l living congregation of the civilised Co|
Id for tlio lime being, but through the
. genera! assembly of the ages, by which jtlJ
are able at this moment, not only to wo
:n to all the great utterances which ex>s
the thoughts and emotions of the
<ent dav throughout the world, but to ga
r with Milton to the green fields of I'arn- la<
i in tlio morning of creation; to descend ca'
(? iJanlo to the depths of penal woe; to ( Tfc
ag
rii<* (iiiiauec clivirod by "\\ lialctunv" at this fro
|i ?a? measured al'iur llie race, an.l wo? exactly
ily loar feil wis incites. The liurw wan pur- |
vd bvlure lie left tlie CuUCM by llie Maquis of
i-rl'unl li?r 304) guim-un, and, under tbu name of
inkin," added lolii* laurel* i?v winning almost tli<
y race kv was engaged in. no
an
:can Telegraph?Poems of Homer, mi
'lie oration delivero> 1 by lion. Kdward
iclt, at St. Louis, on occasion of the in l;u
nratioii of tlm Washington Iniversity l'u
ho Statu ul Missouti, of which the id a l'M
il part* worn repealed at Cambridge, in l}''
address before tiic Alumni Association
l irvard College, is now in tin- pre-s of s"i
srs. Little, Lrovvn it Co. Woaie grnii- |
to bo ab!o to lay before our rcadois | K?
tuoriiiiig, in advance of its publication, '
'struct utile froiu the pioof sl.Ccts, and
? selected for th>* purpose, a-? j >-M'S?iiig
tculiar iuteie-t at tho present moment, th<
beautiful parage, in which the won- see
of tlie ocean telegr; iph are compared tin
i the wonders of language, as illustrated , ton
he preservation of the pooius of llotner tor
ng thirty centuries: I of
Such i-. language, the rcpiescntulivu of tin
iglit. 11 a ell upon i'., 1 pray you, a luo Pr
it longer; il is a great mastery of our his
g. Py tl to Use of a few written or | ha<
ted lines on paper, so like each other, thr
, in languages with which wo aic un- ry
iliar, witness a Malay or Japanese man- e?i
ipt, thero seems scarce any difference ?lra
reeii them; this unseen, intangible, nil
terious mental essence, compared with lire
cb a perfume, sound, a lunar rainbow me
o-s and material. expresses itself to the vol
by tho gentle impulse, tlic soft vibra- foil
s, which the lips impart to the elastic the
it expresses itself to tho ear. To give Hasp
?koii word duration, 1 translate it in- j of
vrilten character: to giv the written j pai
a vita! emphasis, 1 translate it into vo- of
speech. I5y one divine art, tho dead | ow
tr, charged with a living uieaning, km
ids through echoing halls, and wins or the
ills its way to sympathetic hearts; by \e>
iher, the fleeting wavelets of th.e air are it i
talized into a most marvellous porina of
ce, and becomo imperishable genu of am
ight, whose lustie no lapse of time can tin
me: while, by the union of both, this agi
inprehousible being, tlio mind, gently iitf
ed from the vc>tai cliambcrs of our in- e It
t nature, conies forth hko a bride wo
rued for her lordly spouse, the word; in
in tho lich vesture of conversation, of slit
mi.Hit nt I>I.I.HIO? ?" ? * '
ten to the thunders of Tully nod Demo
enes, and, by the guidon chain of et;
idogy, trace the affinity and descent <
tions back, through the labyrinth of lb
st, almost to the cradle of the race.
I hold in ioy hand a portion of the idei
al electrical cable given me by my frien
r. Peabody, which is now in progress <
mufacture, to connect America with El
pe. I read upon it the following words
i part of the submarine electric lelegrap
l)le, loanufaclured by Messrs. Olass A Co
London, for tho Atlantic Telegraph Coir
uy, t > connect St. Johns, Newfoundlani
lit Valencia, Irelaud, a distance of sixtoe
uidrcd and forty nautical, or cineteo
ndred statute mile?." Docs it seem a
t incredible to you that inlclligenc
ould travel for two tuousund urilcs, alon
jso blender copper wires, far dowu in th
but fathomless Atlantic, never liefer
uetrated by aught pertaining to human
, save whoti some foundering vessel hn
mged with her hapless company to th
irnal silence and darkness of the abyss
>es it seem, ( say, all but a miracle of ar
ut the thoughts of living men?th
oughts that we 'think up hern on th
rlh's surface in the cheerful light of daj
out the markets, and the exchanges, am
u seasons, and tho elections, and the tier
s, and tho wars, and all the fond nothing
daily life, should clothe themselves wit
'mental sparks, and shoot with fiery spee
a moment, iu the twinkling cf au cy<
nil hemisphere to hemisphere, far dow
long the uncouth monsters thut wallo'
tho nether seas, along tho wreck*p?ve
or, through the oogy dungeons of ill
y less deep; that the last intelligence i
9 crops, whoso dancing tassels will in a fe<
juths bo enqueuing with the west win
these boundievs prairies, should g
siting along the slimy decks of old suul
galleons, which havo been rotting fc
eS that messages of friendship and l*?v
mi warm living bosoms should bum ovc
a eoid green bones of men and woniei
lose hoaiis, once as warm us ours, burs
llio eternal gulfs closed and routed ov?
in, centuries ago? Heboid another phi
melton of a surety not less surpmiugiutellectual
electrical telegraph?if
iv so call it?not less marvelous. Th
lie volume which I hold iu my hand cot;
us the two immortal poems of ilouiei
jso world-renowned strains which one c
imperial minds of our race, not far froi
rlv centuries ago, poured forth in thedi
lited ears of heroic Greece, while th
lust down of youth was upon the chce
its young nationality?those glowip
iden legends?that sorereigu wrath c
ihiilos, which
hliuli bum uiiquciR'liubiy,
Until the I'leroal tluoui ahull l>e?
) parting of Hector and Andromache?
ne to which the sad experience of thro
msand years could not add one image c
idernes- und sorrow; the threats of Jupi
to the awe-struck gods, while every peal
Olympus was ablaze with his leapinj
itiders; the piteous supplications of nge<
iain, kissing the hand and bathing will
tears the feel of the cruel chieftaiu, win
J dragged the torn liody of his nohlesoi
ee times round the llian walls; the wen
and sorrowful warnings of Ulysses, whicl
:ry subsequent ago of maukind has re
cod with dolighl?these all, like the cun
igly imprisoned airs of a musical box
atUo to us in one perennial strain o
ilody from within the covet .-? of this sum!
nine, l'.y the simple Agency of twenty
ir little marks, slumped on the written u
i printed page, the immortal legend ha
diod down to us through the vicissitude
umpires and eras?across the rust ex
use of enlightened and benighted period
history?from region to region; from hi
u rocky i-det in the xEgean to shores uri
own, Ufidieamed of, ly hiin?ben eat!
I overwhelming billows of three thousam
?ra, where peoples whole have sunk, am
low hinds together, by the golden wire
intellect and taste, the minds of Europ
d America, at this meridian oi their rc
eineiit, w ith the mind of every intervenin,
> of literary culture, back to tbe cradle c
nil Greece. And while, at our places t
icalion, wo diligently investigate tli
mlerftil properties of matter devclope
the phenomena of the physical work
ill we not, my friends, deem a portion c
r lime and attention well bestowed upo
miracles of the word, written and sp<
\?the phenomena of language, whicl
at the foundation of all our intellceiu;
provemeut, of all our literature ami sci
in a word, of all rati mil communion
ti between man and man?"
Smooth, tho most gallant of men, wn
i other day contemplating "To Let,
itten in large letters, on a bill in the win
w of a bouse in Square. At th
ry same moment tho lady of tho mnusiot
parkling widow, and a sparkling tlangli
.appealed behind the notice. "Whic'il
juired Smooth, pointing to the wordi
d politely taking oil his hut (<? the Indie
0 enect was irresistible. 1 hey retro.* le
oneo from ilicir truly accidental nti?I hi
lontally true position to enjoy a heart
igli out of the gentleman's sight.
"Me Suhk vou akk Uiuiit."?A lud
>us incident took place at the Jnnclio
>telf La l ayette, Indiana, upon tho an
1 of a train front Indianapolis. A gontl
in and lady, inspired with sudden recoj
ion, were observed to rush frantically ii
each other's anus, and the fun of it wa
it after a hearty embrace, they discove
thai both "had tho advantage." The
re strangers; but the la ly, mistaking liii
lier "dear cousin Clin i lie," had einbr
d him, while lie, with a half defined r
llection of having scon her before, wei
lemons nnd "got squocr.ed." Their m
il embarrassment on tho discovery ea
11 bo imagined.
A SKssinuK Docroa.-?A iloctor up tow
vo the following prescription for a sii
ly, a few days since; "A new bonnet,
dimete shawl, and a pair of g liter-boots
le lady recovoied immediately.
?- South Carolina Cordage Manufactory.
1 Among the industrial enterprises ol
Charleston, the Factory of the South Caro
c linn Cordago Company, on Meeting street,
near Spring-street, it one of the most notice
J able, when considered as an adjunct to the
, plantation and country interests. Halo rope
is no small item in plantation expenses, and
it is an evidence of the deep interest felt in
jj the welfaro of the country by tho city capi
lal'ist*, thai ? factory, almost exclusively de
*' voted to its manufacture, should he mainj
lained at home. So long as this and simi'
lar mills are in operation in the South, the
planter is no longer at the inercy of the
j Northern manufacturer.
This Company manufactures either manllla,
hemp, or culUu cordage. Its ma
* chinery is of the btst construction, and peculiarly
adapted for its purpose. Its foreman
is skilled in the manufacture of cordage,
conversant with its various depart
meals, and fertile in expedients for enter,
g*ncie?. Twenty-live operatives are at
I' present employed at tho factory, producing
' about twuety-lhree cwt. of tope per day, ol
a quality equal to any in our market.
At present tho Factory is running upon
j Manilla. This is not a hemp, but fibre
fioiu tbu bark of a plant, belonging to the
s same untural order as the banana, tho plautain
and the strelitxias. It coiuos to the
j factory in a comparatively clean and pure
stale, so that in its manufacture very little
' waste is experienced. When the bale is
v opened, the first ptocess is to cut tho Ma'j
uilla into certain lengths, suitable for hack
e ling, it is then placod in a largo revolv
)( ii.g wheel, thickly set with spikes, by
means of w hich it is combed, or arranged in
, parallel fibre*. It is then, in bundles of
uniform weight, placed in the tapper,
through which it passes twice. The duty
^ of the tapper is to unilo the hackled bun
dies into one hand or sliver. From the
~ tapper il passes to the drawing carriage or
' frame, parsing twice through tilts also.
t' When the bands leave the tapper, their
r ends are loose and tender, and unfit for
' spinning into smooth yarn. In the draw
ing ft aula they are united, doubled mid
I drawn into a long, soft and uniform rovp
ing; that is, il ha* received a single twist by
1 being drawn through an eye. All of the
preceding operations have been performed
j. in one room; frotn which, by a ciiute, the
roving is parsed into tho spinning room.
The spinniug is performed by jennies, on
' which the roving is spun into yarn or
strands; thence il passes to the twister,
a wherein several strands, generally four, are
^ twisted into a small cord. These small
cords, each upon its own bobbiu, are theu
taken to the rope layer, tho peculiar aud
serviceable machine of the establishment.
The machine is the invention of Philos 13.
54 Tyler, of Springfield, Massachusetts, for
0 which ho received letters patent iu Juno,
^ 18o4. Three bobbins are placed iu the
' machine at ono time?for larger rope more
k can be used?tho cords from each bobbin
I? are passed through a pierced tube, by which
' they are united into one rope, and ruu
1 through the flyer for perfection of twist.
0 The rueril of this machine consists in the
1 variable friction, by which the properamouut
of strain shall bo obtained to produce rope
1 of uuifoim twist, regardless of the uneventie*
of tiro cord or tho different amount up
" on the bobbins. From the flyer by a screw
> inoliou it is wound upon another bobbin.
1 Eacb machmo is capable of making 000
'' lbs. per diem. Nothing now remains but
to lay it more carefully in a coil, as, from
' the velocity of the flyer, il is laid upon the
s receiving bobbin unevenly. This being
" done, it is ready for market, in coils weighing
45 !b?., or thereabout*, each.
* This is the regular system by which the
" best Manilla rope is manufactured. For
'' inferior qualities and for hemp, some slight
11 variation from this process is neccessary to
prepare the roving for the jennies. For
' Cotton rope, the process is distinct to the
s twisting machine, being simiiur to all cote
ton picking, carding and spinuing, except
! that a large and strong yarn is the product.
Beyond llio twisters, Cotton hemp and Ma
" i nilia pas* through the same process.
*' j Observation of this inanutiicture to one
0 ; who is n<>t annoyed by a little dust mid
smell of oil, inseparable from swiftly tnov
' | ing inachiitery, is very gratifying and in
tere-ting. lire great amount of labor is
11 1 performed by the machine*, which only to'
! quire the attentive eye and ready hand to
1 control and assist their motions. To such
)' an extent is this the case, that the prodttclion
of the mill is nlmost a cwt. per day for
l" each employee?-a large result truly. One
hundred pounds of merchantable Manilla,
j hackled, carded, spun, twisted and laid into
* ! rope, by a single person, in a single day of
ten hours, with the aid of machinery!
'* This Company i* composed of gentlemen
0 identified in feeling and interest with the
' prosperity of the City and State. It is cm
? pnaucuiir ft baulh Uaroltna enterprise, de
voted to the production of ono of ilie ir.ost
j necessary articles for bringing the principal
s" ! product of our industry into tho lu'irkoti
. of the world, and in utuler the immediate
: , superintendence of a young Charleslonian,
v who received his meciinnicHl trnining in
I our midst. Tlie rope manufactured com
1 pares favorably with any with which it it
i- 1 brought into competition, and it has, there
n fore, every motive of economy and conve
i nionce to induce its gouoral encouriigemenl
j ; and suppoit.? Charleston .\ftrcury.
' j WltKAT.? To 1 'hKVKNT St'OTLINO It<
s Bins.?Attilin Burlingame, a fanner o
r. ; Cortland county. N. Y., who writos tia tha
v he is 77 years old, and of course lias ha>
? j sotne experience, ftftyn that if farmers wil
u put onodiy brick to eve y five bushels o
L,. ; grain put in bins, or into the centre of i
barrel of wheat (lour or meal, it will no
grow inouldy or sour. We have neve
? tried bricks for this purpose, hut have used
and often recommended others to use, <
stono of a few pounds' weight in the oewtr
'U J of a barrel of corn meal, with assurance c
k its being lieneticial, and we have no doub
a die uso of a clean dry brick would be mor
!" so, as it is better calculated to nhaerb jpois
tore than stone.?.Veic York Tribune.
L mmmmmmSag&?
Professor Faraday's Lecture
r Before the Royal Institution, Feb. 27, 1867*
'I'llis lecture is on the Conservation of
Force. It has attracted much attention from
. tlie high reputatiou of the lecturer, from it*
, strength, and from the boldness with which
, the received theories of science are examinod.
. r
The main idea of the lecturer is that force
(i. e. vie, or the power, or that with give*
motion) can uoither he created nor destroyed;
that "gravity" has no exemption from
the principle of conservation; hut that, he*
, iug inconvertible in its nature, it offer*
i an unchanging test of the matter recognU- v
ed by it.
Prof. F. contends that the conservation /
of force ought to be admitted as * physical
principle in nil our bypolbese*; that aU
forces act in time, and across spAco, oiitl Wy
or in physical lines; that a theory cannot be
accepted as sufficient unless the principle
of the conservation of forco be contained in
it. ^
Prof. F. asserts that the idea of gravity
r ignores entirely the principle of the conservation
of force. Suppose a particle of
matter A to exist alone; it has no forco ?if
attraction. Let 1> be created; alone it
, could not attract; but, both existing, a force
or power is supposed to ho created by jux?
, taposition; or, in other words, position creates
force. The learned professor asserts
that (ho usual deflation of gravity is inconsistent
with the principle of the conservation
of force.
Prof. F. believes that the cause of gravity
is not resident in the particles of matter,
but is constantly in tbeni and in all space,
which he claims was the opinion of NewtOU,
1 that iturtio is a pure case of the conservr.
t on of force with a strict relation to gravity.
Prof. F. denies that he is opposed to the
law of gravitating action; but that the totality
oi force is never employed as gravity.
lie it is supposed to show the conservation
of forco, for it is transferable, and it
cnu he made to produce mechanical motion;
it can be made to act against gravity.
Prof. F. nlso cites chemical attraction in
relation to his fundamental principle. The
lecturer con-ider* all force as convertible
; coverva an incredilHd space of ground; and
' J from that plant, wo believe, all tho rdnnt
less vines <.f tho Jsnbclla gra|>? in this, city
1 j originally sprung.? h'Jitx. Xat. Tattll.]
I I l*ARI.OR IittORATOnr.? Anfonixhinrf Kr|
jxrimtut.?Into a small retort place an
oonco of strong liquor of Jewish?-that is,
t j pure potash dissolved in water, together
. with about a drachm of proepboi us. I^et the
neck or beak of the retort dip into a saucer
; of water, say half sin inch deep; now very
f gently heat the liquid in tho retort with a
l spirit-lamp until it boils. In a few minutes
I I lite retort will l>e tilled with a while cloud-,
I then the gas generated will begin to hubf
ble at theond of ilia retort; ? minute more,
i each bubble, as it issues from the boiling
t fluid, #11 spontaneously take fire as iiconics
r . into the aii, forming at the saino time the
1, philosopher's ring of phosphoric acid. Gar*
a is required in handling phosphorus; bnt our
e young chemical reader will, we think, not
forego this wonderful expoiintent for the
t i want of due attention, for, without proper
a j oare on their part, we must give up shoSri-1
ing them wonders even greater than these.
1 [ Scien tific . 1 msn'rnn.
into various forms of actioti, believing that
in its totality it is of ono value; producing
effects to one degree; that it cannot be gen*
crated or destroyed, increased or diminishod.
Prof. Faraday asserts that a mathematical
mind, simply a* such, has no advantage
over an equally acute mind that is not
mathematical in porceiving the nature and
power of any now principle. He affirms
that ho docs not oppose Newton in any
point; that it is rather those who sustain ?
the idea of action at a distance who contradict
Now tou.
Prof. Faraday coucludos by observing
that all no have that is good and safe?as
ihe steam engiue, the electric telegraph?
arc witnesses to the conservation of force;
that it would requiro perpetual motion, fire .
without heat, heat without a source, action
without reaction, cause without effect, or
effect without cause, to displaco this fundamental
principle from the theorios of philosophy.
This resume of the lecture is prepared
from a report sanctioned by the learned
lecturer.
The Oiuoin ok the Isabella Grape.?
General J. G. Swift, of Geueva, New York,
in a letter to the National Intelligencer,
gives the following accouut of lliu Isabella
grape:
"It originated at Gooso Creek, near
Charleston, South Carolina, and is a hybrid
of the native fox and the Burgundy of the
Huguenots. Gov. 13. Smith, of North Carolina,
brought the grape vine to Smithville
iu 1809, and Mrs. Gihbs took a cutting
from Goveruor'Siuilh's garden to Brooklyn
Heights in 1817. In 1819 I purchased the
Gibbs place, in Brooklyn Heights, of George
Gibbs, K-q., who canio from Bladen county.
North Carolina; Col. George Gibbs was
from Newport, Rhode BJntid. In 1820,
from tho first well grown vine in my garden,
i gave cuttings to William Prince, of
Flushing, who in compliment to Mrs. Swift,
proposed to name tho grape 'Louisa.' Mrs.
Swift objected, saying Mrs. Gibbs's 'Labella'
was more entitled to die name; and thus
tho ttiimo. Mr. Soaton may remember that
in 1822 1 gave him and Mr. Calhottn, Secretary
of War, plants of the Isabella. As
to tho hybiid character of the plan', the two
faces of the leal show the upper to be Burgundy
and ll.e lower fox.
"The Catawba is a more delicate plant
than the Label la, and a inoro shy bearer.
! It tuny be judicious to cultivate tie Isabel;
la by grafting until it* pulp, now leathery,
i may become soluble, and thus yield a drier
j wino than it nuw makes."
[Wo well remember the incident ?>f 1S22,
i referred to by our friend Oe?. Swift. Mr.
1 | Calhoun, wlu? was our near neigltber dut
ring tl;o t ight years of his Secretaryship,
1 planted his wine cutting in a large bed ?f
compost in his garden, which gave it a rig'
[ or of growth that in the cour-c of two rears