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YOL. XVII. SPARTANBURG, 8. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1800. NO/&3.
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Correspondence ol' I lie Npurlan.
Rusk Co., Tkxas, July 10, lS??o. { A
f>ear Si?arta$: Having beet unetn-j ^
ployed for the last three weeks, owing to a i ;l
protracted drought that has prevailed in ti
this and adjacent caunties, 1 am thrown in 1
a row with the mast of the farmers, hut lit- '
tie to do; or at least but little that can be ,,
done to profit; and thinking oil of the laud ti
r of my nativity and my former associates and b
friends, 1 had a disposition to spend a lew v
i a, .1.1 ..... . . i ti
?j my uiiproiuanie moments giving mem a (|
short communication through your columns, ( c
though 1 have never at any time before at- p
teiupted to write anything for publication. l'
But knowing tint many of your citizen* an- J
ticipate migration to the "hone Star State," ((
*" 1 wish them to he informed of the aim in
ing condition of most all I'astem Texas in 1 n
regard to breadstuff*. It is true enough food j w
can yet be had to keep all the animal Ui11r_- 1 J
doni on foot ; but T don't think I would be ' |
justifiable in saying, that all get enough t > j ,>
keep their digestive organs constantly ai '
work. They become so active altera person 1
remains in this State a while, that they ; |
can perform the functions nssigne 1 them ^
with despatch, and generally grind out and n
cravu something more to operate upon before
the accustomed time arrives to give j '
them fresh supplies. Hut the great and '
absorbing question is, how are these sup- , ,,
plies to I " kept up till ai.other crop can 1 e | >
made if Wheat was nearly a failure; oat , '
I,
a failure; emu. a failure; and cotton will
i ,|
be a failure if we do ma get rain in . -ho; : j
, 11
time; and there is iio prospect of that, it 1 :t
is now throwing off the shams, and tin- i I
lirst bolls open .ig i lie era - is ji.reliii.j 11
up rapidly, and without i i.n Will - i u . . J
to give a support to the mil o cow- t.f th - ;
i . i. . ...: i . i
irwiimiy , aim 111.11 mil Cllll.t.i 11 llleaus ! I
sustenance. lur tin- tniih ...id I? ?11? r e..n ?
sinned here is hi iii11><>rt.1111 item m .irK I
hail I Iie supjioi <it many families. j |
i his i - indeed i mi inn- time, and will I | ,,
.i:l eV- ell ting ' 11 In- p'liu lit lit lid 1 >\ all w In -i
k ui Willi n ii- i.mtnds l*ui it i- tlit- lii-t
jtar this roili.tj h is failed t make em. i. Ii '
*?o siippoi t ii-i ii .- iif?- it has In i ii s- ili l :
i'lu: of e st nil! r- in th r un: , |i ,\ '
hvnl In-11 almiii lu i.Iv i\vt .-. -.a. t! i
testimony is, tli.it il.tr .mil I . ;.
been a failure before stnee tiny se tad in
thu cuut>ty . thnii.h it w.i- iV . ii'iitK < 111 !!
'
nff'Ve or le.-s; i'lit tmt as su! j. et t - : iinjury
fl'otil the annual dm:. J, - e.?t
toll crop. i iiis count i \. a. e n ;inar In t it
testimony nf t hnso \vl\ 11\ . lie: lie.il . , m ,
variahly lias a dryu :lit in t! . litter;-.", n: '
the summer sea.-oii -111!\ and \u u i
|,
Corn is jreticraily matured l>\ tint I.me
- n
enough to mak. ! cin] , I . t r.itmi
crops arc cut oil".
Notwithstanding the h.-: \ : tii.-e.un- ;i
try j^ocs to prove that it is i>> i? -n'y- ' '
JroU^ht 111II11 Millie i>i the > i 11 -, .
yet it possesses iudiireiin n'.s t eiti/.t 11-h11
that many ol tie ... d not. I lie >t.ite ,d .1
lows its citizen.-a Iimm -t?ml ?>1 two liun- 1
died acres ot laml, live cows am! calves,
t
one horse, cm>u_h j. ?vi-i? 1 >?r mi _\..n Support,
and f.l' tlicit he: -1 l.?.<|J I'll i.'it 11 re. ,,
Here each citizen is esteemed m-cording a
to wort hand merit, and not according to w
family distinctions, and tin- atuoii' * of pro '
pcrty he is in possession ('. lien then
of people in I unit themselves on all poinu ?
.at issue, and act according to tin own o
.convictions of right and wrong, and not ac- j;
/lording as .Mr. A. or l>. would say.
il money is needed to cany on an im- "
port ant internal improvement tjj.it will he
bejuelicial to its citizens, tiny r< 1 ie njj t
(tho Work wit).' -unity ol Irenglh, t a< h 1 . :j '
willing to hear his part. Tlievai u.t ltk "
your citizens were about the Km, hm 11 of I'
Alio Spartanburg and liiioti Hailroad, ra:-e w
;a hue and cry, and say, We are called up- a
on to subscribe to an unimportant ausk?- M
that road Can never he I ctu lirial to us. v
That was a veiy erroneous notion, I tliinl ''
No road has ever been built that . as n< t
beneficial to the section ol'country through
" hieli it passed.
}t is uunecessary for mc here to .-el fort 11 (
, wherein the citizens ol 'Spartanburg Won. !
,have been benefitted by the cnmpleii n < i' (|
-the (ireeuville and hroiKh llroad Hailroad.
That has already been shown the.11, hut ()|
they were not open to conviction, or acted 1 .
bluntly to their ow'ii inl i. :.
Now, in my humble opinioi', !!\t n j?
sio* of the Spartanburg and I i:i >11 IS til- ji(
road was an ail-iinportaiit iu.itt? r to tlieciti- jn
Zeus of Spartanburg and to tin St .te at 1;1
largo?one in which all should have heon
.deeply iutcrosted, because the completion vj
,of tliat work would have redounded to their |,|
urn ual benefit and commercial prosperity, p
But there were so many moon en v? s, cur p.,
jnudgcops, and old fogies, thoy would not
have it. They say, if v.o build the road ,
we arc giving up the reius of democracy, .1
ubiiiitting to a tHXation imposed upon uy
our legislators to carry on ^to our 1 tissliet)
an unprofitable work.
The plan upon which that road was ofared
your citizeus was the most judicious
tie that could have been otic rod thetti. The
unplctiou of that work, all ought to haw
ecu, would have bevti of incalculable innest;
and, inasmuch as all would have
ecu cijil illy bcuelitted, should not all have
een willing to pay something to build it
'trietly speaking. I do not think the plan
llcivd to build the road ought to have been
otisidered a taxation. The t ix-payCrs were
nly asked to subscribe in propel , ion to what
hey were worth the sunt of i>7 per cent,
n their general tax?merely showing the
mount for each to pay to build the road,
."o one could have scarcely fell the amount,
'he citizens of Spartanburg remind me ol
nine of our baptist brethren, belonging to
beautifully-situated church in your bisrict.
If it were left to a vote with them,
hey would vote away the preacher before
licy would pay him anything for pleading.
I think it is a wise thing that so
niny elections are kept out of the hands of
lie people, since they have voted out of ox
teiiee an important railroad. Xo telling
hat they would not vote away. They void
away the Homestead Law, or were so
inch opposed to it, tie Legislature re peald
it to satisfy tlieui. I should not he surrised
at all to .hear they had voted away
lie road already completed to Spartanburg
'.II. The stockholders of 'hat road had
otter be very vigilant, and not let the inLM'iist
of that road come to a test vot '.
I wish my Irion i- well, an 1 my enemies
) harm; but, in good faith, 1 think it
iouI i be nothing hut light for the Legisure
of South Carolina to appropriate funds
r the completion of the blue Ridge Road.
I'tin y are not willing to have the prolits
i railroad extension themselves, is it not
ivjit that they should help to i xtend when
hey are willing to have extension i?y
lie t iuie llie ei i/. u- <<l' Spurtuiihur" pay
heir pari of a million or two <lol!ai> to 111
nildin- ui lint road they will cotne to their
a.Ik.
W ii have a railroad now located IVoin {lie
alone I'a-- lo i I em lei-oil, the eem'v site
l llu.-ik eoiinly ? a di.-i hut of two ! I
lilies, d lie eiti/. 'n.i of Un.-k comity .. >:
ulv asked to mii i-ei iln: o" hundred thouand
dollars, and in one mil after tli
o..ks \\iie opened they had ,-uh-ciibi d two
ii.i Ire thousand dollars. 1 In; .-toekhole
r- o! ihe \vh >ie route then eali< la tin etui:
and made an estimate of the prohaole
mount of co.-t ? made it twelve thou-.iml
oil irs per in lie, and found tln-y already
a i Mihset ;'o< ! tweive thousand and live
n nlied per utile So pill -i e the citizent
1111 ? ou.it? eoine u t<i the Work Wit
hold front ill tin; whole mule o* out
>i 1 * Ii ei <i are in water courses to cm.-.ml
i?ut. Iilile In-.ivy ^r:s I\11_r.
In fam lie- like the pieseut this Sta >
hiiilvS ot' hir citizens. I he Legislature ?.
e\;i- II I d ill t Will -"Spell 1 the C lie 'lie;
I del>li> hy .iW. ill Ik" :..,,i is e.lli r..!
nine coin tin itties l<i in . an 1 In
on e. I ell i1 . u > I e n - n
i I It il t<l;i 11* i. i i.
o d 11; h 11 11
. I bia ails HI.
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illl li:i vi- to "pi lo _ l < . ?.i l
mil! I uilll!.'" lVlil.Ji lli ' ' 1" I illlllc'i
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nil i.-!i 'il ill Ni'W 11 .iveii, tni:. I, .- sii allele
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i u| jiuMti mi In .ill relipinii- In ii >. i! l
nii- (I..ir .him i- superior in it< _11 '. i
iiii> i?, ami i- in. ii >i".il. \vl?.fli it .Hi
I lli- i> ini! Mini, In.i'Ai v r. tli.ii aiiii
ll- In n ai'ti'i i\;!l i* Milin n* will; > ;' -;iili*
;i sun's ii- lli.it In- M.ni. 1 in>t I i- I:nrsiil
11, t hi- ili-i'iivi'i \. it - ii'iii'i' -In>u: 1 11 -re
lli'l' lll'IIIOII-tr.lle till! !iI LT'ill.ll or ill!
Ii mi]' ii./. e li ill pi\i ii Inrtli i i nil-].i in.- - >
ip.illl/.til till! It ri nil' I III' ili.-jiliiil V Il
In- hieatli ol -jiintu.il .mil i:11111. :.'i in'
I'l 1 ' illll' t 111' Silt 'jilt. Ill' illl t ll 1111 11 ill 11 I
hum.iti ii.itnil'. t'iit' 1 ai in . 1 ] .nli - i i!.-?
nl ii|.mi hi th.it ii Ti. imi wiiiiM in iii
Isc In' 111-Ji:.l';iil, cVcIl ll .vaclice .-lloul'l
i ical'tcr snlvc a "ii-it problem in cthiinlov.
air! account li,r the ilillcieu* "iocs ol
ii. b) shown.'*; that the 1> o.vii oiiranpiltaiij;
that J'.vcis uiiiunp the hrotvii .Malaya
'as their jiioL'i uil 'i" ; the Uac . "orilla tl
iilier nl the hiack races, ainonp whom lie
i stij! liuiinlj i>ther aim in the parents ol
llief ha - an liiiuiiies; ami some oijc lairr
t! an the rest the aice-tor ol the t'ir? t i;-,
whose -op- riority over their prop ni>1'
was so L'f'at, that tllev Itil'l l'O'.teiJ hi III
at lr<uii the earth. All thi-lhe IVolev-nr
rofrssrs in lii-liive i- in entire harmony
iili tin- lunik it! (ii-iii>is iimi with iva.'nn
mi common -I-HM-. '! hii 11i>cijj)f id' I >arin
is >ul) -r 1 to In- at ) ri in Nrw Maim,
ami, as lit' is considered perfectly
armless. there is no prospect that a writ
' itiitri/n:o ia 1/uin il'/<> will he issued.
[ /'iril Iilnin f / h sjmtfh.
I it. 1.1. It I N't; J Ni I MMIK Kl/I \ t i ll.?-The
iin-iliii:it i ('uiiiiiu Trial,1 I* >[<uI) -1 oak..U
of the I Sell and Kvurett procession in
.at city, says:
"They eanie an army with 1 ells, all sorts
hell.-, all kinds of hells, every variety of
'lis, hip; hells ami little hells, house hells
id hall hells, dinner hells anil en*.v hulls,
II- !e i-cellam-oii.-] , sheep hells mil >upi-r
h> lis, aiietio' ecrs' Ih'.IIs am) ho'Is lor
>sj .-hi then, (to riiiir in the truants, Iplan
tim lu lls ami elnireli h !!>, sleigh hells
id hreakfast hells, together with all sorts,
/. s and kinds of belli*. Nieli an iiitoier.i
11 iit lo ver spilt the ears of hmiianity here.
It was worse than forty-six iron
amines all jx??injx at onee."
A man "behind the times" should : i
! en ft h up
. OlTIt STORY, 1>
From the New York Mercury.
Tin: CATACOMBS OF ltOME. ?
.1 Talr <>J the S" viuf Christian (.'<ithtri/. |
The traveler who visits the Rome of to- 1
day, it" a classic scholar mid antiquarian, oe- I
copies himself with the ruins ot ancient M
1 Koine?that ".Mother of Dead Umpires."' I
The ruined temples, triumphal arches, ii.- 1
! script ions, medals, coins, are lull of interest i,
to 11iiii. Seated on llie summit of the Capi i
toline Hill, or oil the ramparts of the t'oli- i
seum, he rebuilds the ancient city, making
it rise around him in maSsive grandeur as I
it stood in the days of the Caesars. j i
The artist who visits Houie spends his ' >
time in the galleries of pictures and statu..- 1
! rv; or. if he visits the chuiches, it is to visit t
i "The Last Judcanenl" of Michael An^elo; s
'The Traii.sli^uration" of Haldol; the won t
dert ul frescoes of tile Sistine ( itaped, or the I
works of art that crowd St. Peter's. He t
j Cares Little lor the Koine id' two thousand ;i
1 j years ipjjo, or the Koine ot to-day, except in i
'i so far us tin v contribute in the enjoyment \
' ol his favorite i ursuit. t
\\ liile ih .to ir a Koine for Hie artist and i
another for the anthjiiary, there is a third j
Koine for the Christian visitor-!?a Koine of i i
three hundred churches, with St. Peter's, a ' i
world in itself, and the treasures aeeumula- ' <
| ted through fifteen Celitiuies m the Vati- t
can. In this lie limls a world which o eti ! I
i pies all his attention And when he has I
| seen all that presents itself upon the earth's si
! surface, we tiud that there is another Koine l t
beneath the ancient city?the Rome of the ; >
j Catacombs. i I
Why these excavations were made ori^i- < >
ually no history informs us. lint in the ]
| second century ol our era, tiny were used ' i
j by the Christians in Koine as places of re- | i
j fu re from persecution, ol secret worship, | t
and for the burial of the dead I lore were i i
deposited the bones of the martyrs, the i i
' bones of those who were devoured by the i
j wild beasts in the amphitheatre, and the <
I ashes ot those who were burned at the intake. , i
I Those catacombs are o? j;reat ex:- i,t. :
i There are loin- irallorics, with recesses on :
1 1. . : l r1 1
? .i? ii -mi; nn ouriai, looKIII'J Hive the llcl's j >
I' lie 11 lis in our steamboats. When tin- j l
ho ly or n lics was deposited, the Cooos-iWawailed
p and plastered over with cement, j 1
and (lie inscription, eivinir the name and j
aae ot the ileeensed, and eoiiimeiuiina hi- J I
( soul to the prayers < f'lie faithful, was carv- ' >
el in stone or made in the suit mot tar. I
lamps are found which were kej t lighted i
i el ore the uraves of the limrtyrs, tithcr as
a mark of veneration, or to liaht those who '
j came theie to pray; and in many of those
; tonihs ale lound phials id martyrs hlooil | t
j ami (lie instruments ol their torture. 1
lie curious reader, who cannot ?io to j
11 uiie, w.il tind in (hi- A-Uif Library. and j
*-a11 see. i) lie liud- the librarian in .rood I
j liuiuor. two or three l.ilo.;o volumes. in
wl? -'i rti ^.rie.ri'--. eh . tub- and I
i . !a> ol i !i ei ie ai in; ren ? en e 1 \vi h , i
1 a in .-t r v . I I he i hapi-!- of the -e ( I
ell, . ! i e -IJ :i ill - >l|h- j
.ill I I-, he will ti id O! II . I
e nil - W h , h -In \V the I I v }
i\ i ii io ( la st a|j alt, ami the i
. i a. ai i' ii hy t!.i h in ca , '
i..'l . tli.il p.- . .. s. ol pi iC- S ui t hl 'S
w !.p j.
i . as ill lie > ml Ce||tllr\ I I
i.iiv n- i . i- viit'Uiiijs tIn- philo.-oplo r. i
w .- . a. . i i. A ii i- and ueral perse- i
e i!i.ai :i n\ e l h - < h11 t la is to the e .taeoin1i.I
lie nee. ? iin-- oi linina livehh - ' coin 1
[ .1 I led ih in in a.i- n I lo their hn-nn >.? and i
... 1 i - hut 111 11 eluu eln;> above ^rnuinl I
We: e U" el ted. a la 1 I 111 In \ t re -id I 11 _ l Ml iii
rated i \ t lm -1 ty. - of lie- m u t \ is hi I
ill la ae; ol I he ejil't il A1 :i i< V V et'e l.hl'oV.'ll I
iii . j i- o -iiia iy were to. nr. d :;.id slain, t
Ai till- | ' loii, and al lieijin nt 11.t rvals
oo' li e 1. .-e lo-i eeoinri tin pa_:.ui <
ii-i w i- / al- u- in h>s own woislup the |
ll.iihe.o i - ii..ill ttlmw r ln-d In '. ..f if\ aspi!:;
.ij, i;n-i his j -i- Id . -i. nr th- | .'.iii a i e|- w ho
(mo i. d his w-'inily p - t-si had only 1
to i in tim.e Iiiiii t i ;he | i. .lie ;tnt 1 iorities. .
it In- was a I'hri-tian, to s t.-!\ his zeal,
ie- in.ilit'i . oi hi- eiipiditv v
t 11 ' a iaii. ;in "i!;c r ! 111 i 11 p ior - h ah-'i'l.
| i*. >ii< 1 of III- I a 11 k I.,- iv .III* ' 1
i<?11. a- ;i I iv..lit.' ni tin* p,,nl .*ii< 1 phi- i
I-| I.; .11 r.i.", do liujitishcl Into- ll
1?v lii-lull lit :11111 z il j .iimI in im way in ore s
tli.mi by the activity with which In- put-mil
th mi inic- ill tic "l?l I'rii inn. cn-hi iu.' l in r
the Iw-toiy literati! c, an i uts ul l-onic. t
In utic ul li i? i v | - iitim.. apain-t the |
('hi 1sti.iu-, lie entered tin- house of \_rip
|>a, a eiti/.eu of hiph ]>??11iun, who had been
licensed as a c invert In the new and drs- t
pined fa.ill. lie did not tiiul liltu. There e
were < 'hristi in- everyw here, even in the "
imperial | alnee, ami one of tliein had warn- t
ed A um ippa of hi" d impel
lint III place at a ( lit 1stniti, Wli<Hji ho j
Would have jnvl ull' diap- jed to prison. to w
I,. eoi.-ejued in turn to the torture and the j
wild b< i-i.-, ()eiavail Intiiid a yoiinj^ l.idv, j,
whose beauty was accompanied with a j
sWeetlir-s" which alarmed tin* youuj,' inn* c
SUsCC'ptihlc ollieer |,
As he knock'1,! |,?r admittance, she met (
him at the pale 11 is soldiers were seatteied
an mud the mansion to prevent cs- ; _
cape. Calm and sweet, wiili an ail nt purity
itnl of resignation, the maid' e .xiei ,
o
li1. in :
" \ till seek my lather,' she said. "lie ^
is not here.' j
"Do \nil know where he is?" asked the .
Ollieer m.z I I "I ' - ' "
, 0 ... ... I 1II1II III .11.111111 II011 lie |
Oiirt-ii lull lo culici i!
"IT I knew. \v >111 1 you a>k a daughter to
i betray her Dither ?"
' 'J IiiiI father is licensed o| lioino a incin* *
her of mi inl'.imoils ami Hi|?ci'.st itiotis ?ret,
which is rink a\oi iuo to undermine ami deHtmj
our am ii'iil religion "
"My (alio r, s.iul ('l.ui'liii,' lii'l'Uijjs to no "
aii'l not In:: ml..mm- t a;. attach itself M
to ilio name of A?ri|ij>a. "
"Is not yoin I'atlior a Christian? Does
Iti* not wor.-hiji n man who was exeat- ''
ted an a tnuliTuetor 1"'
"Again you ask a dnugluor to holray her ki
i fjther Whoc you have found hiru, b< ki
halt answer for himself. He is a man t
ruth, ami will not deceive you."
Surprised ut the mingled dignity an
wee In ess of the beautiful maiden, Octavia
vas forced to withdraw, ballled in Iris searcl
lint he could not forget her. Sin; cam
ke u vision, lie could see the Hash of Ik
ace, as she had defended her father; an
ic asked hiuiscif the question, which li
tad not heen able to ask her, so awed ha
te le ii by her presence: "Can she also L
?ne of those Christians whom We have in
lertaketi to exterminate cdl tliu face ut th
-u.i t h '{"
ller image sank deeper and deeper iut
lis heart. Her presence?her sphere, i
undern philosophers have termed it?lu
piritual being had impressed itself upo
lis memory and heart in iuetraeable charm
era. A senuous woman makes her iuiprc
lion upon the sensual nature. An intelle
ual one impresses the intellect; but a pur
ligh, spiritual, loving woman goes home I
he most sacred recess of the human hear
itnl when it is said that flic (Jreeks and lb
nans know little of the love of seiitiuien
ve iuu>t remember that the reason is, tin
here were but lew women fitted to iuspii
t.
The persecution raged on. < )ctavian w;
lot so zealous us formerly; but tlie tauu
if h s companions spurred him forwar
hie day one of his spies brought lliin wot
hat lie had found the entrance to one <
lies cret hiding-places of the Christian
Losing no time, he to.ik a tile of soldier
ind billowing his guide, came to the e
ranee of one of the cutuc-uiuhs. They d
>eeU(led'to the dark passages, their ste]
ighted by torches. 1 letavian read tlio ii
>ci tpitons on tlie graves of the martyrs 1
..i-( (Mas ol persecution. lie heard inns
tin- l.u distance, sounding as it it can
Yum tlie bowels ot' tlie earth. Then can
in-suiulvi'(it iiietMise. Following the jnuii
vvith stealthy .-"eps, they eaiiie to a subte
nnvaii chapel crowded with wurshippet
1 hey wore all upon their l^neos in a postu
?f adoration, while a w hitc haired old pries
?ioil ill tloWliiii vestments, stood betorc i
i! ar, made of a martyr s tomb.
I he armed men leathered ill the dai
pace in the hack ot the chapel, lor the i
ar Was lighted with tapi rs, -md lamps we
.nspcmh d lioin the c "tlinjj. All was liusln
n a proh.uml silence tor a few moment
lluii tin worshippers rose, and a wonia
nr ino her head, saw the soldiers, and w
-urpriscd into a shin k.
The vimcrabie priest turned fiotn the ;
iar, and approached Oetaviaii.
"Is it I for wlioin you search?" tic aske
41 am ready. I.cad oil."
liut le f .re (h't.iviau could "ive an ord
o his so liers, another form stood be to
iiin. Claudia, in her white purity?Cla
I.a. in her more than mortal beauty, as
eci.'eii to (tetaviaii. threw herself betWC(
IIIII Ulld I lie a'^ei I pi Mist, uiid said :
"I am the ?ne he seeks. Look upon III
am a Christian. Carrv me to vuur jitd^c
iriuj: me to the emperor. ^ oil will ue?
in proof ?1 avow it I am a t hri-tia
a a\? : hi old iii...i ?leave these poof j.c
le. \ oil want a victim ? I will h.diu
' 'U."
\uripp.i. her tat!; r took her net illy 1
he a iii. Mid sai .:
Not toy i ll 1. What can he tla'
i_n.ti-t i hy \oiiili ami iiii.ee nee' It is
o, w h uii he sc k- 1 lite i- he who s 111e 1
ii i a( home i h"i' I am, sir; von slid
lot tie a second tint" di-ap; icnt' ij
Alas! lor Oeiiiiati TJ;o -yV who h
: 111111 I. :n wa- a 1 -ii a spv it] on him, ai
voiild ii t ! il to oi\e ii itiee o| .t \ lack
id iity to tic i iii| i'1'.r ami the law-. 'I I
oldier.-. ion, act iii" it11.1 *i* his orders, mini
'i | il't a?aill-t Iii lit, he 11 a? 1 no < hut. e 1/1
oaric-t .-<one one. and how c mitt he retu.
ho-' who ojh'tcd theluselvi's
W ill, a puiu, which wiiit to his heal
) lavi.ill i>i"ii? red the soldiers to arrest tl
il'iest and A ; < 11'||-, .
\\ id \ u iel at rest me also.' asL?.d t la
ha. "\\ hi re are if v 1 -ttetn ?" Mini nil
loldiim un her little hands with a smile.
"Let iin ti alewei for their deeds," -a
letavian. "\\ e need not burthen ourselvt
Mlh WolUCll."
| o,i with nnv father and my prie-t
aid the heioie will. \\ ho Will hilidi
lie :
>he kn w that il was to the prison.
ho relumed lo i? liit- rods, li \\;
0 tortuii-, ??r those more infamous and tihle
outrages so iniudi \v<use than an
01 lures t<> the Chi i>tian maid .i,uud whit
m:;iii lit?nn? 11: 1 not hesitate to i11Hie
Vutl (li rr \va? death?s*l?ts l> nevv it wel
ili knew it; and yet there ensued this e:
r.iordinary spectacle Men, women, an
v 11 children, pressed forward, find sail
lake ine al>o!" and held out their hum
o the Ii hat i ins.
Oetavian drove tliein hack, and ordere
he sij.iit.rs to take the prisoners he ha
elected ii?- < ti'iid net hinder Claud
loin eoino I,the s -le lit her father,
le could hut have taken her and llowiihere
\\ as no suck possibility. lie w?
oinpt lied to lead on <o the prison, and Ij
ad no power to resist, when the pcerici
limlia, 111111lii <_r the hand ol her lathe
aid to the jailor: "1 also am a Christia
- lock me up with my lather."
< Ictavian, tilled wits.- love, remorse an
espair, went to tin- palat e of the er_pei\
nil iirtth* his report. Mr <-i >11 It I not st.i
!ir coi'iisr of what Home considered justice
I knew the course ??!'the trial, for It
i I Imii a witness to many such. II
new tlir tortures that would he applied t
i,it delic ate woman, scarcely more than
liild. ami lie knew, also, and shrank i
^otiy IVoin the far more horrihlc outrage
) \v ieh she might ho exposed.
The trial was over. Tho aged pries
te lather ot his hclovml, ajni she wtios
uage never lelt him nieht or ay, wer
ntcneed "to the lions What a joy t
nine - ('h rist m /m* da It tit it s / The of
ry rang out nnee more fr.ni the foroeiou
Ionian nioh. The- (\Liistiaus to the lions
Oetavian resolved to in ike one effort t
ive them. He threv himself upon hi
tiers before ?hc good emperor the vjc
if emperor, anil begged hi in to pardon tlies
I three Christians.
J I "Three Christians !" said the philosophi
? Marcus Aurelius. "Wlij should we foi
, give three Christians? Have they bet
1C tried!"
;r "Yes, sir.**
j ' "Condemned ?"
1C " Yes, sir."
"Then they must be punished. \Vh
,e ever hears of a Christian being pardoned
The religious trunijuillity of the empir
l0 le juires that the impious sect should b
exterminated."
0 No more hope. The day came; the en
ls peror went to the umph'tbo'tMe, and U<
.,. tavian attended him. '1 he old priuut, stain
,, itig in the uiidst of the arena, his hamJ
i?. spread out in prayer, vias devoured Ly
^ great Numidian lion. Agrippa, lather i
Claudia, sank under the spring of a fcr<
L, cious tiger; and as his bones were heard t
u crackle in his jaws, seventy thousand Roman
l; sent up shout,} of triumph and applause,
t,. lfu even this blood-thirsty mob wa
hushed to silence, which gave place to
murmur of admiration when CI. udia, pal
IC as a lily, but with a higher beauty thu
over, walked with a gracelul dignity int
the arena. She gazed around a momen
ts her eye pausing with a look ot teudar pit
Lp j on the group ot officers behind the etupero
J ?Then she looked up to lleavcu ill whicl
uj' alone ?<hc trusted, and which uow scduc
s ' open to receive her.
s> | Two lions bounded forward from the tw
' sides ot the arena. Jiut they had not hul
e. way reached her, when an oflicer of tli
,s : imperial suite sprang into the arena, an
quick as lightning was at her side. Th
[,( ' eniperior, who was not a cruel mail, mail
jc 1 a sign to rescue them. It was too hit
lt; llelore the guards conM gain the aren
lc two more martyrs had moistened its sain
lc, ' with their mingled blood?two more sou
r. ! hud ascended to heaven.
re i liivui niice.
,t | As there has been no time within our r
in , collection when it was of more importaiu
I for parties to scrutinize the character an
rp | solidity ul tile guarantees they hold of tli
,|. description named as the h adiug of th
) ,. article, We take pleasure in culling the a
.,| teutioii ol our numerous patrons and reat
... ers to one ot the leading institutions of tli
i,t country, ?iz: 1 lie Home Insurance Colt
us | puny, of New ^ oik, as peculiarly entitle
I io their consideration and regard as bciu
t|. : what it purports to he, an "Insurance Con
! pany;' for with its large paid up eapit.
and accumulated surplus, together aiuouti
iug to in al ly otic and a half million of do
er lars all Si curelv invested- it* iwtivn ,.>.1 t.
iv | tclligcnt Hoard of Directors, selected l'roi
u- | among tlie best business men of the com
it Lry; its widely extended and largely it
ii j creasing business through its agents, can
j fully appointed in all the urincipal c ta
e. and towns in the I nited States; its fuiruc:
1 in adjusting and promptness in paying a
d holiest losses, it stands second to none, an
u. ; p.esi nts inducements to all who seek to lj
ti. ( protected against loss by that most destrui
,v\ 1 live element?Fire, ami who, when the
i pay their premium, wish to know that the
,i, ' have paid it lor i>al protection, and tht
i be tree hum all cure and anxiety as t
,v wln tiiei, il they should be so unlbrtuiuit
| as to one their property by the ravages <
In tire, they may rely upon indemnity withoi
,|| quibbling or unnecessary delay. W'elear
i that in the competition now so rile in th
,d i as well as in most other kinds of husiucs
,d and forming one ut the marked eharacte
i-tiesoj tin- age, many ol the weaker ela;
i,. ot companies, and those recently or^inizclit
are ottering their policies at rateswnicit n?
i;t ! only the older and more prudent underwr
M. ti is. hu* raga, ions business men g.-neralb
; regard as inadequate ?i <1 unsafe. '1 h
t, must, we think, lead to the winding up i
j,. iiuuibers id this class; indeed this pri.ee.
may be said to have coiniueneed alread v b
I.. the explosion recently of some two'ir ihrt
t whose soundness bad been more tlia
doubted, and whose reckless manner i
id doing bus;u >. iiad excited much Cotuiueli
, > among t .' iiisuianee frutorntty. We 1
gard litis mutter of Insurance very uine
1" as we do the employluent of a physiciai
rc and in both eases would have only the lies
Who would for a moment think ol'etiiplo'
It ing a doctor simply because he ottered i
(> tU nd bis patients ami administer his tin
i*. dninesat one half or two thirds the pri(
v .diarge I by the old ami well -trie.J pl.ys
h eian, whose xpcriuncc is h<s reliable cap
t tab" Surely no one in bis senses Woul
|| thus risk his life or health, or that ot b
, l.iimK' tin* ilo> t i n ?1
J , . . . i Wi HIV olllil 11 Ml\ I 11 1? 11
?| which he ini*^lit he tempted to euiplo
I: such aii cmpiric Ami so in regard to th
|.. matter of insuianc.e. Wha* we wait i
j cert tin security not that which is doubtU
j or which may ea se us a single thougl
(j or care in regard to it^. security in time ?
M need?uieh is not worthy the name of it
I j- Mir.dice, and is hut little hetter than a nn i
gambling operation, both on the part of *li
uoiuit.al insurer and the party who aecepi
(1 tbe policy; lor it the fuiiueroUers his jodic
at a rate below what experience, has t.iugl
1 can he remunerative, how can he expei
' : ultimately to meet his engagements; he
j therefore playing a more game of gral
j while the party who pro -ures such on n<
' count of the low price depends upon the ui
1 certain hope that it 'In sustains loss it wi
be wliih the inotwtvtiou is yet able to pay'
a fallacious hope in many instances. Then
' fore we would say, if any attempt at insui
' i au.ee is to be made by paying premium an
" accepting a policy, let it be done in canvas
and let there be no doubt about it, by di
" ing business only with companies which ar
known to bo soundand well managed, eve
if they will not tempt us with the low rate
' offered by novices and mere adventurers i
this business We find we have made
'' longer paragraph than we bad WtcndeC
? but he importance of this subject of misui
' ance, especially to the particular class o
* uiiinuinty among whom our pnpe
circulates, and uiore especially as we con
o mJ. r that the view we have here presentei
> bus not had due consideration generally
o must be our excuse * ,V J f'nthfinder
A
c Yl?? Zouave* In \eu l'ork.
The Zouuvcs from Chicago are making
c a sensation in New York. They gave a
r- public exhibition at the Academy of Music
n on Thursday evening, which was attended
by u very huge audience, composed prin
cipally of ladies. The Tribune thus describes
their exhibition :
The soldiers of the Twelfth, seated in a
o section of the stockholders reserved for
them, were as much wrought upon by the
e mechanical effects of the splendidly Zouave
c ranks as the less intelligent observers.
They lrotjuently gave the cue for applause,
i- Mid were at Icugtli so surcharged with
> generous admiration that they Could -get
1- no relief but by three cheers and a tiger
Is for the corps. Distinguished military cliara
acters, in the private boxes and in the
)t wings of the stage, were equally moved.
)- Spontaneous coint ustion was the fate of any
o individual. There was no resisting the
is regular fall of feet upon the boards, the
. unfaltering front bearing here and there
is the sympathy of all the arms of all the
a finger-ends th-:t controlled and operated
le ! ihcni, the certainty of response to the
n most delicate call, the dash and ardor of
,u the young men, the pictures jucncssi.f their
t, every attitude, tli liappy lightness of their
y carriage, the novelty of many ot their tacr.
tics, the confidence of their boyish captain.
i, ! Several new wonders of discipline were
d ' revealed?a sharp support ot arms; a side
step fur symmetrical position; a silent drill
o j of loading and firing at will, the looks click f
I ing one click, and the butts rapping one
ie j rap ; a lock step in which, linked by each
d , other's arms, the corps moved like some <
c novel siir.ke, coiling and dragging in its !
le length. There were rare advances to the
e. very footlights, and orderly dispersions
i, when clashing seemed certain, attitudes ta
Is ken so suddenly that tin; br??iili ?m?c K..1.1
Is an J brilliant exploits beyond the reach
even of the simplest description. The exercises
wire divided into live parts, the intervals
of which were filled with music;
c- none of it, of course, was martially distino c
tive. rnusedtosuch confinement, thoactors
d sullercd greatly from the heat, and imbiic
bed copiously of the iced water provided
is behind the scenes. Several were forced to
t- withdraw irom service by inability to keep
1- their feet upon the polish* d Hour,
e The prone movements Were those that
i- most excited all the people. Several Jiad
d not been seen belore. The livjly turn-down
g of the men, vulgarly designated the "be i
ly- novcment," (although, truly, the word
il was more used than cither stomach or abt
dotucii in the period of .Jonah and theorigi1
nal J'rincc of Wales, and wus deemed rjuito
i- proper,) provoked hilarity. But "the ren
spouse to the orders to load and fire in horii
antal position was. perhaps, the climax of
i- the evening's wonder. Instantaneously the
i- lodies revolved and were face upward, und
;> thus disposed, with precisely as much una-s
uiiuity as in the common manual of arms,
!l the Zouaves loaded their pieces. While
d the spectator speculated whether they
ic would be discharged at the low level, aim*
j- tlu r order brought the whole corps to their
y feet, with all the advantage over the enemies
v of? ur country with whom the imagination
n, e >uld easily people the rear of the stage,
o these having shot clear over the outstretch
.e ed persons of the gay niu.-keteers. l>uring
if an entire intermission the men kept Unit
tl >nr, the postures of all being unconstruiuii
j edly graceful. Did anybody contrast these
is I incomparable soldiers with the melancholy
s, j crealuus in uniform which the stage of- i
r- ! lcrs as lair representatives of tLt; trade ul '
s war, 11 u<I revert to the sad marches and ter- ]
i, rible collisions of the immemorial c r who
.1 Constitute the army of Richard.'
i- | Nor must we neglect to mention a very
. (juaint t ictics that preceded these tactics
i. on the ground It \ as in U-v. lock sjt -p. 1
it lire men were involving without confusion
their respective l'eet, and as
\ stated previously, the line resembled a
e | brilliant serpent. 'J here came an order
m to halt. 1 he head and tail of the xnitual
it came together. At another order u douit
1 bled up. 'fliis phenomenon was caused by
- the iue,n suddenly sitting down upon each
1, otners kue ?. pro aling a very pretty
i, problem in tin- seance of equilibrium, and
t. a convenient theory tor summer pedestrians
r- to put into practice.
I Ml k Kl>l I'ATIO.NAl. 1 X ST IT I HONS.?A
I Sensible correspondent of the New York
Herald, writing ijom New Haven eoneern- I
| i ing Yale College and its improvements, j
?1 SA.V8:
flic changes ma le in the order of oxer- I
1M I
cises at V Mile at (lie last commencement liave '
given a new ciiaracter to college life.
j\ Looking back from the present, even no
^ farther than one year, the transition
I rectus as .sudden as if civilization, by a
colossal stride, bad brought us down from
(j. the feudal times. Tito very thought of
( being shocked out ol' one's dreams at such
unseasonable hours as was formerly the
"way we had at old Vale," makes one fancy
^ those tinier of utorinng and evening prayers
so be trudiiionary, "chapel rushes" somean^
oieiit uiyth. an I that the disgrucciul Conduct
connected with the old ctnpcl services
^ were the sacrilegious rites of some lar-olf
barbarous age. Students now have break
/ fast at 0.30 a. in., prayers at 7.30 n. in., re(
citation at S a. in. where formerly prayers
|i were attended at f?.30 a. n?., recitation im*
mediately alter, and breakfast at 7 a. in..
and such appetites! Chapel exercises only
' i one each day are now what they should be.
d
Zor.w'K.?-The word "Zouave" is genf'
orally a.ud incorrectly pronounced as a word >
}' ol two syllable*. J t should tie spoken as if ;
1 written Ztravc. the a the Italian ,
" sound as in "fan." The name is derived j
s from the Arabic- Zouaonoa, a confederacy !
n of the Kabyle tribe, who live on the lueen-;
a tains back of A'g ers The original I
'? Zouave; in the French service were cotn'.
pos'.d of Arabs from the country near \
AJglei*.
i- A thov~cg:cI dollar enniagc. made thirty '
il ytars ago, at Middlet< wn, h rtjioneral Jaokson
o ride in, lias rec< ntlv been sold for
1 sixteen dollar?- and a half I
Isnuc la (lie I'rewldenflal Cam*
palgn,
The country is now on the verge* of the
most dangerous crisis in its history.
Young, vigorous and prosperous beyond
parallel in the world's h story, daily expanding
its popul.it'on and multiplying its resources,
the republic, to the external observ.
cr, presents 11 most magnificent example to
tht beneiitti of her institutions, cherished
and support* d hy a happy, industrious,
patriotic and united people. But beneath
this lair outside there lurks a hidden danger
which threatens, before many years
have passed away, to overthrow the fabric,
and bury in its ruins the liberties so dearly
earned with the blood of our ancestors.
It w- uld be idle to deny that in the present
position of our political affairs the dissolution
of the confederacy is more than
probable. The cout.try is on tlm five of
that great struggle?that sectional conflict??
which was initiated by the old-fashioned '
abolitionists twenty-five years ago, and the
first Iruits of which were predicted by Mr.
Calhoun immediately before bodied. That
accomplished and far seeing statesman declared
that the anti-slavery agitation,
which had already divided the Baptist, the
.Methodist and Presbyterian churches, would
in due course of time break up ull the political
narties nf tin* A-..I
an L-rcii position, aim iit midday lio stood
upright; tov,?nis evening be as gradually
declined, descending with his tjag head
foremost.
"On the 28th it retained the same outline,
b'U had become a skeleton. On the
2Dth the figure was disjointed, and its parts
gradually assumed the appearance of six
separate flags, united in a circle by an apparent
cord or line. After this nothing
more was observed in the sun's disc but
a few small spots. The" American papers
notice only the extraordinary appearance
of the sun on the above mentioned days. #
I'erhaps the ohicrvers on the continent
were not in a position to catch the proo'so
appearance which the particle* u m uter
presented to the ship's*company of the
Ma jf stir. Theru could bo lio optical delusion
on the occasion, as the phenomenon was
observed by so many dine*out o\.v>, and
tor so long a tiuw The first figure was
seen dining the whole of the 27th, thcskeloton
on the whole of the 28th, and the
fh^gs during a greiU. part of the 20th.v
It is said, cn the authority ol official statistics,
that there are at present in Europe
18,14b actor*. 21,(500 actresses. 1738 nianagors
of theatres; and the number of persons
attached, in one way or another, to
1 'untie establishments, amounts to 82,246
r ...v. **i?v* n m uuu
that this question did divide and ruin the
old whig party, that it killed the Kt>ow
Nothing or American organization, and
that now it has given the death blow to the
, once powerful and well drilled democratic
party. The democratic party has ceased
fo cxi3t. There are now two great sectional
partisan organizations in the United
.States?the one a Southern party, supporting
Mr. Breckinridge, and the other the
Northern abolition faction, represented by
Mr. Lincoln. These are the only vital
parties and real nominations lor the couI
federation of the masses. The other nominations
for the Presidency are meroiy
personal, and Lave no weight. Breckinridge
and LincolTi will have the electoral ,
t votes; the other candidates will enjoy the
empty honor of running for the Presidency
and being beaten. The line has been drawn
between the two sections of the country,
and tho struggle for political supremacy on
the part of the North, and political equality
on the part of the South, has ?1 ready
commenced. **.**
That is the real state of the case as It
stands.?And now it remains for the conservative
men of the Middle and Western
States to say what course shall be taken Ui
avert the danger that threatens the country.
The miiNtinii - ?? ? 1 -
, ujjuuaut mm. H
is 1'ar above any party Consideration*.
The matter lias gone so far that the politicians
have no longer uny control over it.
At such a time every man should consult
interests which are above personal preferences
and party ties. We need not paint
the horrors which would result Iroui the
dissolution of the Uuion. We need not
point to the inevitable money panic, the
breaking down of the commercial, mining
and manufacturing interests of the L'uiou.
All this suggests itself to the mind of^every
man who his anything at stake in the
country. We uiay, liowet$r, suggest that
the only Way by which the peace of the
country can be preserved is by uniting all
the opposition against Lincoln upon one
candidate?the one who alone is sure of the
Southern States, lfshe conservative men
of the North can ho aroused to a sense of
their danger, so as to combine fur Mr.
Breckinridge, then Lincoln may be defeated;
hut, on the other hand, if the black
republican candidate should be elected, we
can expect no.mug but renewed and more
bitter agitation, ending finally in the disruption
of trie confederacy and consequent
downfall of the republic. Men and brethren,
ponder upon these things??.V. Yt
11, rahl.
Thk Man in tub Sin--'The inai>
iu the moon" is no stranger, but the man
in the sun is a personage with which we
are less familiar.
The (J cut lemon's Magazine, London, for
June, lvl.">. announces, under the head of
'foreign occurrences," that "the newspapers.
both in America and England, have
noticed the remarkable circumstance of an
extraordinary phenomenon in the sun
I he following is an authentic and correct
m?ct unt, tor the truth of which ('apt.
Hayes, of his majesty's *Majntiaud too
whole of his officers unu ship's company
may l>e appealed to : On the morning of
the 27th August, Is 1 3, the Majtxtic, i.?ing
then oil Boston, the men on hoard observed,
itt the vising of the sun, the complete
figure of a man in the centre of that
luminary, with a n.ig divided by three
lines n his hand He was first on his back,
1 at as dav advanced, he gradually assumed