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v THE CAROLINA SPARTAN.
BY CAVIS A TRIHHIEB. ?ft?rt?l tf ?<mthcra Rights, ?>litiw, ^grirultm, and pisrrtJang. !' *2 PEE AENUM
YOL. XVII. ? SPARTANBURG, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 26, J800. tmo oi
31w Carolina ^Spartan.
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tr printed to order.
C?lrfdi$oiideace of the Spnrtan
Pleasant Mound, S. C.,
June 25, 1000.
Dear Spartan : I confess that it is no
without some reluctance that I undcrtaki
to give you and your readers the dark sidi
of the "truthful narration" I comuicneot
last week. This reluctance does not arisi
from aiiy aversion I have to finishing thu
picture, but from a f cling of inability?;
realisation of inadcrpiuteiicss t? bring it ou
in auch bold relief that you can form a tru<
estimate of the value and merit of the origi
oal. Vet, notwithstanding my unskilful
ness in the limner'* art, 1 think I may In
c able to impart souk features to the canvas*
that will be oasily recognised by the old au
<junintuncc, and which will enable the
stranger to form ut least a general idea
When 1 am done, 1 flatter myself that every
Texan, who bus not a lowed large crops ul
corn and cotton to give him u kind of strabismus,
will acknowledge the truthfulness
*>f what 1 now mean to write.
And first, one of the chief objections 1
have to urge against the countiy, is its climate.
In the summer it is too oppressively
hot, and in the winter too bitterly, bitiugly,
cuttingly, and killingly cold; and at all
times too variable and uncertain. Every
one who possesses Jive grains of common
sense knows that sudden changes are unwholesome.
Where the climate is uniformly
cold or hot, one may become used
So it?that is, his system becomes adapted
to the surrounding state of tilings, and this
may be, and probably is so, but ii. a less decree
evcu where changes come about, but
yet slowly, allowing the uda]>U^ion to be
made and keep pace with die variation of
uukc ?ic?i.uui. 4'ui u in r.) iu ivsisuii
-mod the experience of uiuiritind w assume
that man, who is So""wonderfully and fearfully
made," and so easily provoked to take
* 'tin disease, ran keep his system in a perfectly
healthy condition while living in a
climate as obnoxious to change as modern
/ politicians and oificc-scckjfrs. Willi as moth
reason one ruight expect to be free from
disease, who lived one hour in a stovc-boat ed
close room; the : ext in an ice house.
Now there's no use talking, for I know
ithese things arc so in Texas, and iuur-tifths
of the people are candid enough to confess
St, and displeased enough to Couiplai; , and
Joudiy. Whon I was there in May, the
duys in the latter part of the fureuoon and
the entire aftcrm >n was inUderuWy hut, not
to much as a gentle breeze in motion; but
the nights compelled us to have tjuiks,
w.hile the mornings were positively cold.
Hut are told that such is not unfrotjuuiutly
the case in this best of all Suites, forgetting
that they are at least six weeks' in advance
Of our season; and, to make us eyoul, .the
cold weather must bo with us in the middle
of July.
I alluded to the "northers" in my list
communication. It must be desperate, in-deed,
when it is so warm that a iuan is out
on his farm with coat off, coUut unbuttoned,
.sleeves rolled up, and in fact every means
-adopted to invite a .little air, and procure
-some relief from the oppressive feullriuos*
of the sun, and all in a moment, almost be
A>ro it could be said, "the Philistines bo
upon thee, Sampson," a cold, freezing north
wind should fill ujon him, and ere he eau
reach his home and build him a lire, his
1 ood is iecd within him. This lasts from
a day to several days, and as sudden us it
rtPafU its advent, just so it takes its departure,
leuvipg the poor fellow weltering in
(his own perspiration.
If not misinformed by the great lovers
,of the country, these are plgiu, puvurnished
/acts, stubborn as mules, hast winter thousands
of ca le and horses froze to death,
and hogs scattered in every direction,
and not only that, but stout, hearty, sober
.men f''ed on the prairies. They were
,caught out, and they soon grew so benumbed
they could ot travel, but had to fall
a* 1? >i -:j- - ? ?
(uunu ujf mi; ?> -aiue, 11) IIIU IlOlVllOg, Irigid
blasts and die. Don't be appalled, my
,<lear reader, this may be new and horrid
,news to you, but it is not, by any means,
strange to the Tcxaus. 1 know that it but
.occasionally occurs that human beings thus
perish, but such desperate deaths do happen;
and it is as notorious as any tact can
gbe that animals die by hundreds during
these north winds.
If these bo new things to you, you inay
be nure that your intelligence from Texas
has been one-sided, you've only had ibe
fair page read to you. So much for Texas
climate.
Now as to the water, and what 1 have to
iay erf it, will Ire compressed in a lew words.
ft it not fit for a taw! to drink. I not only
object to the taste, but everything connectiff
,with or appertaining to the abominable
t| A RcpoSer^peecK/^
J At the recent editorial celebration in
l Washington, Major Ben. Perley l'oore, of zi
the Boston Journal, one of tho prominent w
f reporters and letter \yritcrs at Woahington, tl
. was culled out and said : Is
^auks for this compliment, ladies and hi
r gontlcmeh, and 1 wish that I could ae- <X
? knowledge it by pulling out of my pocket a gi
t carefully prepared speech, all ready to be u<
t read when "unexpectedly called upon" or
I Hut we who ure here at the metropolis, as ot
! rojiortcrs and correspondents, have so uiuch gi
> to do with the speeches of other people, to
F that we have neither time nor inclination pi
1 j to iudulge in oratorical displuysof our own in
[ [Applause.j But a correspondent is the at
i last wan you should have called upuu to fr
speak, especially after having listened to pr
t eloquent and intensely interesting remarks pr
. from the I'resideut, from meiuhers of Con- ir<
, gross-mid from high officials No inuuarcb, ; vi
it is said?is a hero to his vufr.t ilr chum- ' mi
hre?no playgoer should get a peep at the i wl
poor devils who slliit the scenes?boys who 1 in
blow the organ ure never considered a pur- l pa
tion of tl.e choir, and if you. ladies and gen- j pr
' tlcuieu, were lietter acquainted with uie- J N<
tropolitan usages you would know that cor- : ve
' respondents are but little est coined by those j th
whose good deeds they proclaim, : ud to if
whose short comiugs they are charitably j be
blind. [Applause.! No correspondent in,
should ever be called upon to speak, espe J re
cially when the universal theme i> the pro- j hi
liable perpetuity of the Republic, founded j si;,
by litin to whoso grave we have just urade 1 vu
:l pleasant pilgrimage. i pa
in the reporters' galleries disunion is re- rej
garded as a uiyth, and I uion-snving as a ' su
humbug. [A pplause and laughter.] True. dii
; we sec the honorable gcutleiucu beneath u? an
! indulging in oratorical and sometimes tui- on
stuff. It is limestone, and.tjiat of the mor
putrid kiud. Now pure, bound liiuostom
water is not only pleasant to the taste bin
wholesome. Most pewbns require a Cirtair
quantum of lime, which, if they can got ir
* its pure state, is anything but deleterious
But when it comes to gulping down u mud
I. dy, isinglass, filthy semi-liquid, strongly
a -impregnated with rotten, mushy lime, its
no go. A man had us well tell me tfiai
'* gun-powder and gum assaleetida, made intt
j decoction and.percolated in u sulphuretted
- hydrogen gas, generating ash bunk, make*
a^palatuMe and. delightful beverage, as te
try to convince mc that a single drop ol
* the water I saw in Texas is j^ood. 01
course the water is not so bad as the fure*
going, but I could get use to one with as
* little disgust us the other, for, i y all honesty,
the water is so bad that anything worse
would hardly be detected without a kiud
^ ol gustatory thermometer, a thing which,
so far us I know, has not yet bcou invented.
c By-thc-bv, there's not a great deal ol it, as
g mean as it is. Nearly all of the few branches
1 that are there, during the winter season,
are dried up by this time. Kvcii Brazos
{ river, which used to be navigated by large
! Inula, does not exceed twenty-live yards in
1 breadth aud four feet in depth at this sCat.
soft of the year, and on till towards Christ>
; mas when the wet w-ather sets in. In a
_ I word, 1 cun't understand how people get to
! liking utid even praising Texas water. It
' j is truly a mystery to me?a gOrdiati knot
5 which I never hone to undo.
> If a Texan read this, and tiud that 1 .saythat
their society is bad, lie will likely be
,1 indignant. But. friend, ! must insist upon
i it, truth forces me to the painful announcement,
that soeie y is, as yet, intolerably 1 iH
in Texas. Don't uudt r?taud inc to mean
!' thai there are no m> n in that country,
i No, indeed. There are good men. I know
tliein to be ttlcli Many, very many, hull
est, upright, moral ami devotedly pious.
But a few hundred good christian men don t
constitute society a.- the term is generally
accepted. To have good society is to hnVe
j a preponderance of the good, which is nut
i the ease in Texas at this time, n.r will be,
I appre&end, for at least two-ecu re years to
come. 1 admit there may be and doubtless
are a few neighborhoods made up mostly
and in fact entirely of righteous, and lawabiding
citizens, but to say on (hat account
that Texas has a pure society, is taking
quite a contracted view of the subject?it
is restricting the term to :v I.tuilo ! x. sig
viti cation. Let v- wait until the country
is more thiekiy settle 1; the la As become
efficient in the suppression ol crime; ubeu
a man, who has but twenty live dollars or
I uiorc, eamiot cut Ins ncighuor > throat with'
j inn pa i lily; .and the knives umi pistols that
' now hang round tlic bodns ol threi iuuitlis
of the popu.atioii as thick as bottles in a
drunkard s hovel, or calomel and lancets n
a modern doctor's saddle bugs, shall be east
' aside ani libbs take their pi ccs in tinpockets,
and affections, ar:<2 i lurches, and
Suuday-scliools, colleges and In ;,c,oleiit s cietiefl
bedeck every liiii-ion: then, and not
I till then, can Texas lay ela tu> tu that lust
of all blessings, a good and a pure Moiety.
l'/.?uii using tlie term in the sense t>l
neighborhood syeiety, and there are but
few that can claim it to be all-.-ullicicnt in
that thcnrjis/i souse, yet what guarantee
buAve ibey that they can keep it good one
jtiW<Jvc month? None, absolutely none,
i Why? you will ask. Simply, my lib a.l,
becau>e tuuu go to Texas fur the purpose ol
accumulating and hoarding.
Now, most of tlletn speculate in lands.
' Anyone, for u consideration, willsell; Innee
nvw neighbors are introduced to and settled
by you every year.
It may happen, however, jn aeeable your
eld neighbors may have been, t tic new may
j be immoral and corrupt. Now, where is
| your good society? Jt is gone, "and like
i the I arse less fabric of a vision, leaves not a
I wreck behind." They have a few good
, nioa, a few eh tire lies, a few schools and e d5
leges, hut I tell )ou they have not good society.
Wlietl you hear or read of as good
society in Texas us here, you may depend
that its all a hoax.
1 must atop, for without infringing too
; much upon the space kindly t ndcred me,
j I cuuld not give you all the items iispecti
?sg Texas.
But reader, before I close 1 will lay down
; two propositions, first, i/ou an l>< ii> >- tatttmhtl
v/it rti/oii <U', I tltfut <ttr> ah,if rut
lull t( it m Laurent, than t/'rii inn ti'ifisibly
Lr ih Ttjras with all its b'Mistrrl < .;< < /h in t .
Second, though they have far richer
land, and make more cotton . /td corn, yrt
With jnujitir rcsjitouiy tux! tat Lit try ?/<*v ran
make tin UL'CIl MOM'.V lam.
Vou may be non plussed to understand'
this Inst proponi'ion, and cmpi'tre how can
this be? Perchance I'll tell you some of
these odd come shorts. In the meantime
turn your attention to improving, and <juit
your nonsensical notions of moving. Mon t
' sutler yourself to he hogged by a will-o'-thewisp.
This world is more upon an equality
than most of the people think it ts. Move
if you will, but your blood be upon your
! beads, and if you don't repent in sackcloth
and ashes, tuy name's nut
MOP hi ANON.
- - - - An
VNJ'ORTt NATK It.I I sTRATIOX.?
J'rules*or (J., of lUe.vdoiu Cullege, was noted
for having aeerf tin set of illustrations from
which he could not well deviate without
rutiuing the risk of a blunder. In illustrating
the powerful effects of Prussia aci d
he was wont to inform ihe ( lass tl.at a drop
platted ou a dog's tongue was sufficient to
kill him. On pin; occasion the class lilcd
into the recitation room, and the I'rof'easor
commenced the exercise. "Mr. Smith,"
he said, addressing a young man whowc
chance of gaining the valedictory w.is very
slender, "what can yon hay of prussic acid/
Is it powerful or otherwise'/" "It is rather
powerful," said the student dubiously.
"JUther powerful !*' said the I'rofessor
indignantly, "put a drop on your tongue
and it would kill n dog!" The slmut ol
laughter w hich followed, and Smith's confusiou,
revealed to the ihrii feasor that hia
illustration had served u double purpose.
jjilistie displays, ami we semi abroad ac- tin
counts of their heroic conduct, tinted to suit | tin
the political complexion of tlie n w.-p.ipcr | hu
which is to pay lor the letter. [Laughter. 1 1 iih
j Hut although, like lawyers, we en le i\< > ry
!to earn our retiming fees, We liav. our i... <11
dividual opinions, and we have no f i - th.i by
any of these combatants w ill fail > c.'i;? bu
| for their pay and mileage to the "L ii,!ni is
i States," so Ion;. as tve see our ^ueiphs and for
i chifibelines v alk arm in arm from their ?
.nenas. cal fraternally ut the same fc.-tivc
hoards, mingle in the ina es of the same
d.mee, or play poker at the same ta le.
| [IJoisterous laughter.] Vou cannot per- i;0
-a ele a correspondent that there is any j L.|.,
ground for alarm?especially one w ho, ii-c i tor
myscll, eoiiiea friiui old Massachusetts, fi"UJ ,,,
whin e ruck-bound coasts tiio sliip of JSato I St.
j was launched njsin the troubled waters ol ,.,A
1 political strife, and whose sons will ever be ! \V|ready
to aid in repelling boarders oi in atip- ; vj,
prcssi ^ mutiny. [Tlir-ec cheers for Mas- j rai
saeLusi tlr. ] J th.j
| Vou, editors of the Mississippi valley. | .,_.t
have it in your power to stop all this ur.cull t in
| ed for excitement, if you will ju-t de*cr : t.jj
in.lie not to publish imt wind about any ' j ,c
i pol lieiati who will even allude to the possi- |.h
1 biii \ i f knocking into pi this political tbriu Sj.i
ivhieli our fathers imposed with .-o inueh not
' care, and on w ich so many fjrlorinn.- iui- j iilt.
i pro-iuns of prosperity, uml power, and , jtm
I good feeling have 1 een worked oft. [('Leers.J <!,
Your pen. scissors and paste have made <,|j
1 these av iators wl at they are, and they are j \\'j
j only kept alive oil printer's ink. Stop j r,
advertising them, and they will Lo pewer- t'c
i less. j yvi
| In conclusion (that most acceptable ?wi
phrase ill a ('oy/ressdoiial speech to a re \f,
porter.) let luc recommend to you a plat- , j,.
form, the adoption of which can but pro- u'f
mote the prosperity of our rnitivo land. f',,r
Take, as its four supports the printer's hir
X J I < I -/.f , till* Clfr/tMly' /./? list i t 1 ? . V. ? i - - ?
, v.w,?v..v . .... I II (
i (iiitC'-i > i <ii frii/i/r-L'j.c, ami last, (.but I v Ho j'li
means least,) the ladies'Ami mi urj
tlitis*; pi.ioe the fthihn ol an honest, imle- idi
pendent Country newspaper, which has the ' j ,
county advertising ami a good list of a* 1- th<
Vance paying subscribers. [Applause ) tin
W ith ilial jdali'urm the country will L hi.
, sale. i am
Thk Out*.in ok Haii. Coi.rMiii.\.' ^
? In the Recollections of Washington,'
Ijust published, occurs the following atuc- ^?w
du;i;: I gJ
The sung <?f Hail Columbia adopted in >.|u
measure to the President's March was writ- l,v
t n by Jose]>h IJopkiuson, ol 1'hiludel) bin, am
17'.'^. At that time war with iVanco wa> tin
' expected, mid a patriotiu feeling peivadcl ;|1(
j the community. Mr. Fox, a young si.i- 0;l
ger an I actor, called upon Mr. Ilopkinson Th
one morning, uml said, ' 'JViuorrou eve- for
niiig i- appointed For my benefit ?t the , 1?\
theatre. Not a single box has been taken, tui
and ! Fear their will be a thin house It a*1
you will write me some patriotic v< r*?s < n
, the tnufc of the lVcsideut's March, I feci ')
to nee oi a Full house, Severs] pe pic ab.i t ;i s
llie theatre have attempted it, but they have ' |
time to the conclusion that it eanu it In to
inmv Yet I think you may succeed. Mr do
lfc?pkiiisoii retired to his study, wrote the a |
tiia verse and chorus, and submitted thetu coi
f to tMr.s. Ilopkitison, who sung them to a eoi
ha rptu chord nceoinpaniiueiit. 'I he time <M
| and the words harmonized. The song was |Uil
j soon finished, and that evening the young j_r,.
; actor received it. The next morning the an
placards announced that Mr. Fox would im
give a new patriotic song. The house ab
was crowded?the song Was sung ?the au as
dience was delighted?eight titues was it W1
called For aud repeated, and when snug the m.
ninth time the wholeaudieaicestood up ami
joined in the chorus. Night idler night nc
Hail' Columbia' was applauded in the thca- do
tre and in a few days it was the universal nai
Song of the boys in our streets. Such was f0j
the origin 11 our uatiouul tulig'lJuU Co- ty
luiubia.' eoi
Nkat IIktoht.?An Israelite lady, nitliiiH
name box at an opera with a
French physician, und was uni'li troubled
with ennui, happened to papo..
Kxcuse ine, madam," said the doctor, an
' I am ylad you did notawall ?w me."
' Oivc yourself no unon?iticW, ' replied tr?
the lady. ''I mui a .Jewess, atid never eat iuj
j poik !" I is"
--J-4J I . gg
Chinese Traits.
Iu every largo city there is a vustorgani-j
it ion of mendicants, to which every oue, ;
ho begs for a livelihood must belong. At
le head of it is one styled the "ltcggnr- * I
dug." His authority is absolute, and to i
iui all the utbeft are atnenahle. It has a
>dc of laws and regulations. Every Leg- i
ir has a right, according to universal i
istom, to stand at the door of a dwelling '
1 shop, and bawl, sing, Lu >ck, or make any ;
her noise lie may please, till theoeeupanti ;
ves hiui one coin. Then he is obliged I i
desist, and cannot apply at the suuie i I
act on that day. No two arc allowed to '
iportune together at one place. Yet they j i
; so numerous that few doors are free | f
Din their clatnmoring long at a time. The I
oprictor* of large establishments, who I I
etc re to "commute," and save themselves ' t
inn the annoyance of these continual 1
>itutioiis can do so hy pacing a ctrtain <
m at once, U) the "king of the beggars;" t
lie thereupon causes a written statement 1
large characters, to that effect, to he ?.
Me?l by the side of the door, and this t
eeurcs for that house certain exemption. \
j beggar dares approach it; for, though i
rv tew ot them can read, all recognize j j
e . eal of their chief ujkjii the paper, and a
any one transgress he may either be 1
ateu by the iutuutcs of the shop or dwell- \
g, or will be more severely ohustised if t
ported to the king. Every beggar has j
s own particular district, or "beat" as- ; 1
pied him, in which he may exercise his t
cation, beyond which lie must not g , >u j
in of punishment. Thev have tin r n
gulurly appointed oversee;^, who ha\ t
pcrvision overall in a certain want or' j
strict. They must go to him every night, c
d hand over a definite amount from the j k
jeeeds of each day. These overseers, in ' c
rn, pay a tixed sum daily or monthly, to s
king, whos: income is said to be very a
ge; and, indeed it must be, for be lives j
c a uauou, in u htyle of comparative luxu- ^
and elegance. ll'a beir^ar commit ail j '
ence against the laws lie is not ai rested
the constables like any other offender, *
t i? rcpo ted or taken to the ''kinjj," who ''
huM l?y the city magistrates responsible s
his punishment and i^ood behavior. a
Dr. ('. Taylor's " I'n-t Yetirs in C'/itint." \ a
I f ' h
Land >wim>linu Extkauuiunaiiy ! i
51?;j,UOU.OU0.?The report of Attorney
neral Black upon the California land i
;in~ is one of the most astounding chap- j
s in the history of fraud. After the j
|iii-it:on ol the territory by the I'liited
ill's, cijilit hundred and three claims, I ,
ui: lib 158 square utiles of territory,
made !?y private individuals under;
.ie.ui prints. The first things th.?t'((
seil suspicions id their ^enuineucss was
it they included all the best mineral and j
'ieultiir.il regions ol California, and all i
places best suited for Imht houses, for- jj
cations, ports, military stations, aud in
x, every spot in the .S'ate which was ,
ely to prove indispensable either to the |
ite or Federal < loverument. There was
a piai'e to be found for a public build- ; s
; which was not held by some private1 *
lividu.il. under a grant from the Mexico (
vei'iinient, or a conveyance from the jfilial
grantee, at an eiiormouii price, i
lien the parties were finally put to their jj
>ols before flic I uited States l>i.?tiiet
urt d ieumeiits were produced bearing 0
rv appearance id authenticity; they were
irn to by hosts of w itnesses; and even t]
xicans in liiirh political and social po- tl
otis, members of the (ioverumeut, and i b
ii-rs cwuu- -ot to 8au l iaiieiseo fo vouch u
them under oath. The resnJ' was-tbo ' p
j^er portion ol them passed mu>lcr before 1
Pistiiet Court and were duly confirmed tl
e eniivieliou of their falsity was. Iiowev- h
so strong at v\ aoL'iu^ton, thwt tlie 1 're- v
lit sent special counsel out to California fi
IV.bruary, ls."?S. to give the proofs a ii
trough overhauling. The archives of n
former (iovernwieiit were then for the ?
>t time card ally c<'Hooted and examined n
1 classified, and they lurutshed ample d
,deuce that the vast majority I the deeds n
1 grants jiresentcd to the Land ('ennuis- .)
iters and the I nited States district t<
nil were hurei'aeed aud iogeuious for- f<
ries. It was ascertained that claims to a
value of S L>t>,OUO,OUO were supported n
the must deliberate and systematic traud 1;
1 perjury, and they were carried up to y
Supieiue Court; where two thirds of g
in have Ik en already annulled, and the v
iers w ill share the same fate iu due course, o
e c >-t of the exposure will he 8Sl',(?('U.
v. liieh an appropriation has been made
Congress. We wish all the expendi- s
"CS ol" the Administration had been hall s
judicious and profit ible.?.V )' v
I'ti f. St mim.k Skciiki'.?Twenty clerks in I
t<?re. Twenty bauds in a printingoSlicc. 1
rooty young men in a village. All w ml t
tret along in the world, and all expect to 1
so. Olie of the clerks will rise tu bt t
xrtner aud make a fortune. One of the J
nposittns will own a newspaper and Le i
ne tin influential and prosperous citizen, i
ic ol the apprentices will Cvuue to he a I
ister builder. One of the villager- will c
t a handsome farm and live like a patri- ]
Ii 1 >nt w liieh is destined to ue the lucky s
lividunl? Lucky? There i- no luik I
out it. 'idie thing is idiuost as certain t
the Kule of Three. The Yuung fellow c
10 will dist mco his competitors is liewliu i
isters his business, who preserves i i- in
$rity, who lives clearly aud purely ; who .
ver gets in debt, who gains friends l>v i
serving them, an I puts his money i;i i ?
rings bank. Tin ro arc s tine way*5 to i
thin1 thut look shorter than tin- eij dus t
highway. Bui the staunch uicn ol the c
luiuunitv, tho uieu who athicve some
ii:g really worth having, good lortune, !
od name, and u sercuo old age, all go !
is road. i
"Here, you bogtrotier," said a dandy to j
nl irish laborer, "eotne, tell me the big- , t
at lie you ever told in your lite, and I'll
at you to a whiskey punch." " Vud by
, aowl," tjuickly retorted 1'at, ''yer honor j
a gentleiuau!'' ?
The lliblc id h book of philutophu. It |
is nut a book of mere definitions and tlieo- '
rien, but of practical and experimcntal
philosophy. This tact will not be questioned
by any one, who is capable of
appreciating the sacred volume'. The
Bible knows what is in man, enters into his
inmost soul?probes the heart thoroughly,
and searches niin out. Iu this precious
volume, we find a crde of laws, every way
adapted to the wants and woes of the world:
x system of philosophy of the purest and
most elevated kind, and which suits well
the abject condition of degenerate man.
These laws show forth the character of (tod
n a way most reasonable, and describe the
'tate of the whole human family, iu strict
harmony with our experience of its truth,
licligion is spoken of in a manner that will
uiti.-ify the most inquisitive mind. u|kjii the i
nost anxious and intricate questions?the <
loctrine of future rcwardsand punishments, i
he lcruivcucss of sin by a Mediator; the i
11 uns of grace, in the exe-.cise of which, j
>ur fallen nature may be restored and Creu- I
ed anew?these arc subject w ith regard to
vhich natural religion can never furnish 1
is with satisfactory i n format ion. l'hiloso- 1
diers may describe the beauties of godliness i
ind tell us wliut is the d ty of man; but i
tow to luakc luan inwardly good, and out- I
vardly virtuous; how to bring hiui to love i
he tru'li wbieli condemns his natural pro- I
ieiis,:ies, and to practic 'be duties wh.ch
lis nature dislikes, is a probh :iu ?hvy pre- : ?
end not to solve. j i
Natural religion never was able to teach i
Haul.:nl, beyond the jiossibility of a doubt. ; i
hat viiere was a state of futur. rewards and i
mnisbiiieti' *?it never led ib to ex eetthe i
xpiation o. sin by a Duii>" Ruhvnwr; it 1
mows not that there arc spiritual iutluen i
es with (j"d, by whieh our fallen and I
infnl nature amy Le restored to rectitudei
lid holiness. i
1>KATH.?The article on "DiXitli," in the j '
iew York Cyrfoj? t/ia, has the following:'
As life approaches extinction ins.-ns bili- j j
\ supervenes?a miiiibticAs and diq>o- tiou | |
> repose, which do not admit of tl < id a <d
ulb-r'ng. Kven in the^e cases, where the | *
ctivity of the mind remains t? the last |
nd where nervous sensibility would seem j
? contiuue, it is surprising how often there !
as been observed a state of h ppy leeling , t
n die approach of death. 'Ill had .str? ngtli ^
nough to hold a pen, 1 would write how i
asy and delightful it is to die.' were the | c
ist words of the celebrated \Yiu. llunter t
uring Lis last moments. I
'Montaigne, in one of his essays.describes !
,. i .o 1 - 1
.. niiiuuni III III SU Nl'llSCICSS UlUt ' J
e was taken up lor ile.nl. On being re- . t
lured. however, lie says: 4 .Met bought my life ! t
nlv hung upon my lips, ami 1 shut my eyes ' j
0 help tin u>i it out, and took a pleasure1 ,
1 111111i> 11 ag ami lotting myself go.' A | ^
rjter in the (Juuit>r/i/ lircirir records I j
mt a gentleman who had been rescued Irom | ,
rowniiig declared that he hail not ex peri- 1 .
need the slightest leeling of suffocation. ' ^
lie .stream was transparent.the day brilliant. ! s
nd as be stood upright be e >nld see the i t
hi shining through the water, with a drea- j
ly consciousness that his eyes were about j
i he closed on it forever. Yet he neither j
ured his fate nor wished to avert it. A !
Icepy scusation, which soothe i and grati- t
i'd him, made a luxurious bed of a watery .
rave.'" ^ ,
A MoTHK.it*s Lovk.?Children, look in 1
ln.se eyes, listen to that dear voice, uotice 1 c
lie feeling of even a single touch that is ; ;|
estowed ly that geutle hand! .Make ifc
inch of it while yet you hate that in >st 1 '
rccious ot all good gitls?a loving mother. '
tead the uul.itheuralde love ot those eyes; , E
lie kind anxiety oi that tone ami look. '
owever slight your pain. In after life 1
ou tuny have tiieiid.s, fond, dear, kind y
riellds. bnt never :i<r>iin vrill V..II ?U.>
"B" J"" *- "" '
expressible love an J gcutlcncss lavished '
|?oii yon, which none but a mother be- \
tows. Often do 1 sigh in my struggles 1
it la the h.ml. nncri iug world, tor the sweet, c
cej? security 1 felt when of an evening, '
. stliug ti her bosoui, I listened to soiue j j
uiet tale, suitable to my age, read in her ; 1
under and untiring voice. Never cau 1 '
Jigo' her sweet glances upon iuo wheu 1 , *
j'pt-ar to sleep; never her kiss of peace at
iglit ! Years Lave passed away since we 1
iid Lcr btsid' my father in the old church v
ard; yet, still kii' vuiee whispers troiu the ^
ravo-,*ud her eye watehes over me as I 1
isit spot* lung since hallowed to the ineni- '
ry of my mother.?-.l/'ienw/iy. '
A MoTHKIt h t f H.V\ K.? Karth has some '
acred spots; where we feel like losing the '
hoes from our foci, and treading with re- *
nonce; where common words oi social
on verse seem rude, and IVieudshi) s huu Is
lave lingered in each other; where vows
lave hcen plighted, prayers otlere I, and i
ears ot parting shed, Oh, how thoughts t
mver aroaud such places, and travel hack :
brough unmeasured space to visit them! ?
?ut ol all the spots on tln> greni earth, i
wiir is so sacred as that where rots, wait- I
ng the resurrection, those we have once l
ove 1 and cherished?our brothers, or our I
bilditu IJ i in ? , in u!l ages tiic better. I
mrt of iimnkiud have chosen and loved <
pots el the dead, I on th > spots the* i
lave loved towomi.i at ciciituie, to tuodi- I
ate Hut of a" places, even among the >
ii... ..'it
. i.ci li? iu ~ S iii IIIC UiMIl, UOIIC !?. Ml >a- I
J us a mother's grave. I ;
There sleeps the nur>.' of iii'.ncy?the'
;u.do tit our youth?the counsellor of our t
ipor y< us ?our friend when others desert <l
us >he whose heart w;u> a stranger to I
very other feeling hut love, ami who could i
ind none hwtourselves. Tlitrro she sleeps j
no *o love the very earth lor her suite.
Wondkiutl rr Tm k.?M. Kruoehi, of i
Mice, announces that he has discovered a
?ew method of reading and interpreting 1 <
he hieroglyphics of Egypt and China, and i
hereby discovered lite couiuion principle
>t all the languages in the warld.
? - - ?
"At twenty years of age.," says a modern
hiliMopher, "the will reigns, at thirty the
vit *ud at forty the judguieut M
-
Mournful Close of tiie Career of 1
Four Worlo-Heroes.?It is a remark*- in I
blc fuel tlrat the career ot four of the must awe
renowned characton that ever lived closed the
with some mournful and violent death: hor
Alexander, after having climbed the the
dizxy heights of ambition, and, with hi* wit!
temples bound with cliapleta dipped in the wat
blood of countless nations, looked down 1
upon u conquered world, and wept thut whi
there was not another oity for hiut to con- woi
(pier, set u city ou tire, and died iu a scene stm
oi debauch. stoi
Hannibal, after having, to the astouish- wit
nicnt and consternation of Ko *>e, passed bro
the Alps, after having put to flight the ar- pas.
mies of the mistress of (ho world, and striji- sea
pod three bushels of ?okl rings from the J
fingers of her slaughtered knights, and inei
uiade her foundation quake?fled from his sha
country, being chased by one of those who den
exultiiigly united his name to that of God, hall
mid called him ilanui-Baal, died at last by cup
poiHon a l.:iuis?ered by bis owu hand?uu- had
lamented and unwept in a toreign land. can
Caesar, after having conquered eight wen
h'undred cities, and dyed his clothes in the A
jloo.1 of one million of his foes, after hav- upo
iug pursued to death the only rival lie had the
hi earth, was miserably assassinated by sow
hose lie considered his nearest friends, and ?(
in that very place the attainment of which
liad been his greatest ambition. .
linn.qui te, wli >se mandate kings and ERl
uipcrors obeyed, after having filled the *^f
inrth with the terror of his name, deluged on
l ..lib idood, and clothed the world with
i.ickciolh, closed -lis days in lonely banish- c'111
neiit?ainio?t literally exiled from the ;1U^
vorld, vet where he could soinetiines sec v,'ixa
lis eoun'ry's banner waving over the deep, 'url
nit wlin'i could not or would not bring ?/'*
liui aid.
Thus, four great men, who, from the pe- tlun
Miliar situation of their portraits, scetnCd ^
,o stand the representation of ail whom the "S *
for Id calls peat?those four, who each iu ,>o111
urn made the earth tremble to its centre
?y their simple tread, severally died?ooe Vcrl
>y intoxication, or, as suutc suppose, by poi- WM
on in ngled hi wine?one a suicide?one ''U1'
iiurdcred bv his iriends, and one in lonely ',ur
:xil?. ' w"8
? ? ed t
J apanese Clock.?The Japanese make mor
docks, and herein, by the way, they have lie i
ill ?\vti remarkable ingenuity and skill, and
dcvlan gives the following account ot a taki
dock which they made, and exhibited to in a
lie l>utcb, while he Was au inmate of Wh
Vziiua: tion
"The elock is cental ed in a frame three wo :
eet high by five feet long, and presents a siuii
air landscape at noontide. Plum and wc
hcrry trees in lull blo^snin, with otber
ilauts adorn the foreground. The back- T1
ground consists < fa hill from which falls a
atseade, skillfully imitated iu gluss, that C
bruis a soltly glowing river, first winding Ail
irotui : rooks placed here and there, then writ
ulining across the middle of the landscape T
ill lost in a wood of fir trees. A gulden shot
uii hangs alott in the sky, ami, turning at tl
ipun a pivot indicates the striking of the grcj|
lours On the frame boluw, the twelve rem
lours of day and night are marked, where goic
i slowly creeping tortoise serves as a hand. Adr
V bird, perched upon the branch ofa plum ami
ree, by it? songs and the clapping ot its Am
viugs, announces the luomeut w en the neni
mm ? xpires; ami as the song ceases, a bell us, i
s heard to strike the hour?during which it \
iperation, a mouse comes out ofa grotto agtti
nd runs over the hill. * * livery havi
epara'.e part w.is uit-dy executed; but the ??>or
?ird was too large for the tree, aud the sun relai
or the sky, while the mouse scaled the h*av
noun tain iu a morncut of time." his
Whatever uiay have been the defects of men
aste the ingenuity and skill in this piece ^ ir;
if luccbuuisiu are very npparcut. cliol
* ? <> wari
The New Lamp.?Capt. TUoiuas A. hoa:
iaiduor informs us that a luuiit h.is been
nvcuted that promises to throw Kerosene , '
?il into the shade. It has been sutisfuc- Ihc
oiily tested in New Bedford, and found tor^
hat it will byru eighty hours, consuming t'u\l
n tint periu J one gallon of w hale oil, which
inured at SO ecu ts.a gallon, u*ou d be out
>iit an hour for u light that u iperior to a^e
my save gas. This is a high estimate, as 'mv
he last quotation whale oil was 44 ceuts;
vhich makes the cost of light mentioned uoW
1 I 20th of ulcut per hour, eheap enough 8aVt
u all conscience. The laiup hums with?.it
suioking, and .smells but slightly of the *|uU
nl. the odoi ot which is far less disagrcea- ^u|'
de than that of Kerosene. It genius keel 8 1 cml
levolv.ng itself in lights, we shall hooii have se^
Hie otiered us that will trim itself and pay ^uy
livideiids to its owners.
r.A*tfn?u< /??/ hujuircr. *
__ 1 1 stan
Tut: Tomato as ? l?r Bennetts! '1"
i prole? -or of some celebrity, considers, i j j
lie tomato an inruluable article of diet;
Hid a-cribos to it various iinporlant modi- i ,n'^
m1 properties, hirst, That the tomato is '
ne of the in ist pow erful aperients of the j ^
iver and oilier organs; where calomel is ' luai
udicatcd, it is probably uue of the most ef-1 ^cr
leetivi aud le;i?t harmful remedial agents au''
known to the profession. Second, That a ^,o1'
in iriral extract will he obtained from it r<J;u
ih.it will htiiHieode the Use of calomel in a w
he eure of .l.?ease. Third, That he li.ui u,0
uec vsfully treated diarrhoea with this ur- wa-s
ioie uloue. fourth: That wheu used as' Tin
article of diet it is an almost sovereign ' ^n<l
remedy for dyapeptia and indigestion. ' Wor
fifth. That it should he constantly used , ,s^e
for daily loud, either cooked or rsvv, or in 1 n" 1
il. form of catsup, it is the most healthy '
hi tit ie now iii use.. j
A youthful nietuher of a rrfle corps in a c'?!
" ovttisk town, on his arrival home one eve- cau
< II - ? 1 t I ' ? * * * "*
Biu^ ji?vmuy ieiu Ills governor Uiat he had ?<
|nut got his arm*. "Airitis," quoth the an- ^u*
rient drylj, "I'm think.i i' ^iti the French
Come \o'll hae mair need o' jour lege.*
"What is the difference between a can- in i
(1 c in the Mammoth Cave and a dance in ma
npuldie bmiec?" "<iuv't op." "Vcl, yo* out
aCo, an how, thi'-one is a taper in a wen; 1 wc
cud the other is ? faner hp a tpeer* " * j -j
? JU 1!^
V/? JmJLm
Ieauty of the ?ea.?There iuachana
the sou. The freedom there is fn iU
iep; the grandeur theft is in its bdlows;
music there is in its roar; its round
icons beaded with whit* foam; red with
wine oi morning light, and tinged
h morning sun that descends into its
ere aud dissolves. f ' The
ship, so like a bird, that spreads its
ite wings, and skirts tl?e sea euoirojed
-Id; the wild tales of strange lands sad
mge adventure; the gems and gold thst
v its caves; the coral groves touched
h eterual sunset, the bubbles thst haft
ken upon its surface, and released the
siug soul, all these have shroiffted ther
w th h mysterious charm.
Vnd then to think that the sea is the
11017 of the world; that an angeTs voice
11 summon it. and it shall surreuder its
d to air and life again; that the lower
F of the heaven is hidden like a jeweled
in its bosom, that the over going sun
worn no path th reon, and the longivau
of ages bus left no foot prints as it
it.
lud so wo, w' u have never laid a hand
n its uiane.do love the ocean, locked is
green settling of the world, aud thiokly %
n with counterfeit presentments of stars.
'U ictu/u Journal.
l'lRITUAL CoNXEOTIQN OF A DlfirffeV;i>
Arm with the Li vino' Body.?
Tower's 11 ill, in Lanesboroogh, Mass.,
Tuesday, a young man named Jerry
in, was caught by the arm in some malerv,
und the limb was ho badiy broken
mangled that immediate amputation
neeessary. This was successfully perued,
but accotding to the 1'ittsficld EaM
r. Swan's J:
? 1VU IIIC UIB*
red limb did uot cease with the open* ,
>n recovering from the stupor prodtoed
:he use of ohloroiorni, Mi. Swan still
iplaiticd sorely of au aching hand,
e in the evening his distress became
f great, and he insisted that his hand
cramped by being doubled up. The
i> had been plaeed ic a small box and
red. llis attendants dug it up and it
found to b2 cveu so! They staightenlic
hand, and he was soon easier. This
niiig the limb \ras agaiu buried:' But
?oon com plained of a se nation of cold
great pain in it.' It was accordingly
311 up again, wrapped up, and deposited
. touib, since which he is again relieved,
ut docs tliis mean? Is it all itnagina>
? If this iuotance were a solitary one,
might thinkso. But there arc so tunny
ilur well attested cases on record, that
can only shake our heads and say.
There are more things iu heaven and earfli.
ban arc d. earned of in our philosophy."
r. P. H. James' last Evening ut
erica.?A correspondent of The World
an:
he evening before he sailed from these
es, never to return, 1 sp? ut with h'.m,
tie l"nion Place Hotel, lie was in a
it flow of spirits. His plans for the
ainder of his life were settled. He wsa
ig to Venice as Consul-Getieral for the
iatic, a position worth some S3,000 per
um. In four years be would return to
erica and take up his residence permatly
in Philadelphia. Irving van with
mid when the two frieuds shook hands,
ras w ith the expectai on of uicetiug
n at the expiration of this time. They
e met at the end of the long journey
icr than either expe ted! James was ,
ting to us among other thiugs, certain
e- taking occurrences at Richmond, on
departure from that city. The mere
itiou of the oonlialitv ^hourn K'i?.? K?
gin ana overpowered him, and in *
Led voice be exclaimed, "They're *
ui-hearted people?they're a waraited
people."
lirrt hn of the J kwsto Palestine.?
re arc few current subjects of more abiing
interest or of deeper significance
i the eveuts now almost daily transpiring
eh jKjint to the repossession by the Jews
lieir own land. The tide of progress,
r the lapse of cnturies, may be said to
e fairly turned in that direction, and
pr ycr long offered by that chosen but
scattered people, that" Judah may b?
;d and Israel dwell securely, and that
Redeemer may come to Ziou/* is u*?
btedly hastening to fulfillment. 31m
tan of Turkey is encouraging Jewish
gration to Palestine, and is offering to
them us much land as they choose to
, and it is said has even expressed his'
iugness to dispose of the M usque of
ur to thcin, which, it will be uscoliec ted,
uls upi?u the very sito of the Jewish
uplc on Mount Moriah. This mosque
ic oftbe Mohammedau's most celebrated
lies, buing scarcely inferior in national
ortance to those of Muco aud Medina.
\>n Better, for Worse.?When a
i loves a woman, before lie tries to wit
, lie will have, if he loves her unselfishly
generously, many a doubt concerning
li her and himself. In fact, an I once
1 somewhere: When a man truly Iotc*
oioan, he would r.ot marry her upon
account unless ho waft quite certain be
the host person she could possibly marBut
K*4 Si kill ?llA L,,.. -'"J
...? (Wf vc HNUi OIIU llf
iffn it, un-l in certain, that however u?
thy lie may bo, or however many faults
umy p<.w.s<*tus?1 novcr tolil you you were
nu gel, did I, lit i!e lady? They Lave east
ir lot together, chosen one auother ''for
ler, for w<>r.s'?," then the face of things
entirely changed. Ho has hi* right-.
ie anil strong, as mi other human being
have with regard to her?she has hone it
eu them to hi in; and it he haa any ttiau
*m in hill) he never will Let tLcut ^o, bit,
d her fact forever and ?rot
The census takers find great difficw!
use ruining the aces of girls, a latg
jority of them being only sittoen. I
family in a neighboring State So- r
re luun? to is> ton hatipeno ^ **4
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