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. * tag easBiiMfl stfissAi. ' ' * c?? ' ? " ' ' ? - ???? BY F. M. TRIMMIER " Devoted to Education, Agricultural, Manufacturing and Mechanical Arte. $2.00 IN ADVANCE VOL XXIII. SPARTANBURG, S. C., T H U RS D A Y, J U L Y 19, 186C. NO. 25 THE mmsMs 18 PUBLISHED EVEBY THURSDAY MORNING, AT Two Dollars (Specie) la Advance. ? . . j RATES OF ADVERTISING. Oae Square, First Insertion, $1; Subsequent Insertions, 76 cents, in Specie. ** Brick" Pomeroy to Bill Arp. The following article embraces a Hood of (lccp and merited irony which \vc can- j not allow to pass : n;n (nr wh v iln rnn nfill Am nil mv i 4WI "mmJ v ^? I J daughter?so to speak ? There must be something very wrong in your nature. Reckon you must have lost something, or found a horse shoe and no horse to hang i it on. We believe you are a very bad Bill, and so we don't want to pass you in silence. You write as If there was something wrong with you?as it there were clouds floating over^ho land of magnolias and the sunny South generally. Really, Bill, we are surprised. There never was so ungrateful a people as you Southern gentlemen are, and now, after all has been done for you, to sec letters written by you so full of instructions, is too much. The fault of this lies with you. Wcrn't your folks most dogoncd wicked before this war? Honest Indian now, Bill. Didn't you get proud, and isn't pride a sin ? And didn't you own niggers down there, and larrup them continually to raise cotton for New England nabobs to spin?sugar to sweeten our coffee, rice to eat and squirt tobacco over our mectin house floors ? Answer us, Bill! And didn't you folks stay down there to attend to your own business a little too closo ? And didn't you have better horses, better clothes, better houses, finer grounds, better furniture and more land thau we had ? We ore all Christians iu the North. We t folt that all these fine things were dragging your souls down tu boil. Wo didn't waul you to rest in brimstone, being in torment, so wo tried to correl you in Abraham's bosom. Abraham was a great aud good man who died some time since, as we read of some where. And then, Bill, you kept your niggers too fat. Our factory opc:?tives grew jcal ous. Aud our girls weut down there to teach your your girls something, and fell in love with your boys, nnd forgot to come i nr. i- ___ . i i nume. ue ieei inai you were wickcu; we didn't want to s^e you go to bell! All the fino tilings that you had were leading you away froui salvation, so we scnt-Butlcr and Curtis, and Banks, and Washburn, and Steele, and Hovcy, and Prentiss, and II ul burt, and several of the elect of our Christian churches, down there to win you out of the jaws of hell, by withdrawing your fine lurniture, such as pianos, books, pictures, rosewood bedsteads, marble, tables, silverware, horses, cotton, and all such ^ plunder to a place of safety ! You were wrong to %?gagc in war? veiy wrong to do that thing. New England aloue could conquer you. Why, Bill, if you had a billion of millions of dollars, and enough of nice furniture to furnish all of the houses in the country, New Eng land could steal it in four years; and if New England Abolitionists could not, the Kansas saints and the Western cbiidreu ol Christian Abolitionists could, liuvn't we prayed lor you in nearly all our churches'! And havn't wo told you better'!' You wanted to get out of the Union! Ah, Bill, States once in can never get out! That is what we have always told you. All those lncnds of the great martyr tell you so. We wunt to keep you in. We fought you at Antictain, Pea Kidge, Get tvabursr. Vicksturi/. Kredi-.ru-.L-slnir.r sin. ^ cj * o? loh, Mobile, Fori Donelsou, and tlio devil only knows whero, to keep you in the Un ion. And then we sent Christian mission f aries down there, Bill, to rescue your val* uables and remove them North lor safety, you know ! And we burnt fcown your houses, and we took what food your women and childicn hud, and we sent your cotton to ii arkct for you, you know, Bill. And we sent three millions ol men 10 war to keep you durncd lellows in this happy Union. Qod only knows how many ol your folks we killed, for ono Northern man was always good for five Southern men, to say L nothing about mules, niggers, cotton and keepsakes. And, Bill, we bavo stepped into some little debt on your account. You see, Bill, cotton was too cheap. Tobacco was too cheap, liice was too cheap. Happiness was too ciuap. Our national debt was too small. It was costing too much to keep thai negro boarding house of yours, so wo remedied that by killing yout negroes, or giving them the benefit hp of liberty, rags, old houses and abolition' ism. And we mode your cotton moro val uable. And, Bill, wo enhanced tho prioe . of everything, for you, and made a demand L for carpenters and house holders down there. You Forget how we have benefitted your wicked country, Bill, or you would not Arp so continual'y on imaginary evils ! And we did all this to keep you in the Union. We sent old John Brown, peace to his ashes, fresh iroin stealing horses in Kansas, to 'tone for his sins by rescuing negroes from your grasp in Virginia. And for this little pleasantry on the purt of one of our martyrs?one of our illuminated little pages in history?you never thanked us as you should. And didn't we throw some lew irons hito Charleston harbor? The waters of that pool will be a good tonic for years, Bill. And didn't Curtis save your cotton? Didn't Butler savo your gold and protect your women ? And didn't Batiks save the Red River property ? And didn't two hundred and eighteen Generals get rich as mud from finding things you folks had lost ? And is there not houseful ..A. i r.i _ i i - - * unci uuuseiui ui itccpsaKes in me ixortn, picked up in the woods, aiul on woodpiles, by our army chaplains and our moral boys, while you were trying to kill those of our folks who wanted to visit you to keep your souls from hell? Bill, you are ungratelul! And thcu didn't we keep up this war till all the States were back in the Union? And didu't you want to get out of the Union ? j And d?dn't we act magnanimous, and as soon as the war was over, unite in saying that you were out of the Union ? Really, Bid, it seems as if you had it all your own way ! This war has proved a success?a brilliant success. We were bound to push it through in ninety days, and would, but lor your stubbornness. All wc wanted was your negroes, your cotton, uiules, furniture, sifver-ware and such odd tricks, which you folks could buy better than we could, idr you had more money ! It was womg to keep slaves, Bill, but it was not wrong to steal. This war was to preserve the Union. Everybody said so. The Union has been preserved?so much for us. Your States are kept out of the Union, which is still preserved ! You want re | construction. We'll reconstruct you !? You folks arc very wicked, Bill. God punishes wickedness. Good agents live in the North exclusively, Bill! And "we'll let you back, iit ihe Un'-'/ii. wlilcl. lies b?en preserved, when we gel ready. First, you i must hunt up the balance ot your property and give it to son e of our great and good agents and generals. Then you must move out of your houses, that is, what are left, and let the negroes in. And you must give the negroes your plantations. And, Bill, you must give them all your property; and then support the late wur by manual labor. And you must let ti e negroes vote, for they are wanted lor Republican Congressmen, Senators and sicli. And yuu must ignore your war debts, and not pay them, even upon the basis of honor. And you must help us pay for licking you.? And ere you do this, you must have your property taken from you, so it will be easy. Wc arc a just and uiagnunimous people in the North ! We are liberal and brotherly! We want pence and harmony! We don't want you folks to go to hell, nor do wc want you to dress better than we do. Per sona'ly, we know but little of this country. In eighteen hundred and sixty three, we left our country, immediately in advance of a bayonet, for saying some ol our folks j were stealing from some of your folks, an 1 for wrtting inutility letters to the Lu t'rosso Democrat, charging some of our generals with stealing ami cowardice. Ami we have had a very pleasant time of it at hem for thinking as tnuelt us you think, hut now we are convinced that the war tur the Union was a splendid success?that the country is better oil?that the negroes are happier?that the people are in better circumstances, especially the thieves and robbers, who have fattened on the blood j auu pioicii uicir enemies poor?that the way to wink - one section of the country : love another, is to fight, rob, steal and ' desolate them into happiness?that our taxes arc lighter?that Republican retrenchment and reform is a good tiling for poor people and tux payers?that, tli-? sure way to national greatness, is to ijuar rel with sections continually?that a peo pie are apt to love their persecutors?that it is honorable, and evidence of manly Christianity, to hammer a man after lie is down?that it is a blessing for poor men lo pay interest on bonds, while the bonds the rich hold are not taxable?that the negroes ure better off in rags, sickness and shallow graves, than at contented labor? that it is unchristian to resent, insults, and that you folks down ?South, especially you, Bill Arp, so called, are an ungrateful people, not to admire the present state of affairs in the Union, so called. Indignantly yours, "BiuOK" PoMEROY. James W. Craft, of South Boston, who a few days since accidentally run a knife into his abdomen, causing immediate dcuth, had insurance on his life to the umouut of 8120,000. Garters with diamond buckles are worn with the new boope of Paris-? A I.IKlit In the Wiodow for Tliee When a boy, twelve years old, I worked hard to support my mother and two young brothers, und usually carried my earnings home every evening. One night, it being very dark and muddy, and having three miles to travel, and a heavy bundle to carry, I did not reach borne till late. My mother, feeble and | weary, had retired, but quickly aroused when she heard my footsteps, and met me nt the door with a warm 'e.irt, and warmer tears, and a kiss, and a "God bless you dear boy ! After this, m) s^n, I'll set a light in the window for you." And, true to her word, the bright light in the window appeared. Oh! how it cheered uiy heart, ever after for years 1 Health failing me, I left limnc (after my brothers could helu inv mnthori nr>?l . -f /? ?? soft. When three years irom hoiue, and on the Pacific Ocean my mother died; and, just before she expired, she said to those nround her, Give Edward my dying blessing, for he has been n good boy, and tell him I have gone to heaven, and I will set a light in the winuow for him." There's ft light in the window for thee, dear brother. There's a light in the window for thee ; Our mother has moved to mansions above? There's ft light in the wiudow for thee. A mans'on in heaven we see, And a light in the window for thee. There's n crown and a robe and a palm, dear brother. When your labors have ceased to be, For Jesus has gouc to prepare you a home, With a light in tho window for thee. A mausion in heaven we see, And a light in the window for thee. Oh! watch and be f-ithfuT and pray, dear brother, j All your journey o'er lffe's troubled sea Thougli aflliction assail you, and storms beat severe, There's a light in the wiudow for thee. A mansion in heaven we see, And a light in tho window for thee. Then on, perscveringly on, dear brother, Till, from conflict and suffering free; Bright angels are beckoning you over the stream? There's a light in the window for thee. A mansion in heaven we see, And a light in the window for thee. A Jewish Divorce. The New llaven Journal and Courier has the following : | "Yesterday, a divorce, according lo the practice in the Hebrew Church, took place ' >t the rcsid neo of tho He . J.C.ibriel. At | tho present term of the Superior t'nurt. a I divorce was obtained by Louis Lothr.ohibl from Esther Rothschild. One of tho parties desired that a divorce should also be granted after the manner of the Hebrew custom. Yesterday it was accomplished. As it is somewhat interesting to know what the ceremony consisted of, we give it. It was as lollows: The wife, dressed in black, with a black, veil over her face, appeared with her husband before a council of ten men, members of the synagogue. There was also present three rabbins, one oi whom acted as petitioner, and wrote out on parchment a petition in Hebrew, asking | for a divorce, and also wrote out the decree ol' divorce; the second acted as respondent or defendant, and the third as a kind of judge; the council of teu acting as I a jury. "The man and wife having appeared, ! ihey stood hide by side before the council, i The rabbins and council then took an oath, 1 all shaking hands?the oath being to the | effect that they would always consider the | divorce legal and binding. The w ife then i removed the veil, and the rabbi, who acted I as petitioner, read the petition in Herman, i and stated the case to the council, who, having heard it, decreed to divorce. The ! decree, folded up, was handed to the bus? i bund, and the wife raising her open hands, 1 the husband dropped the paper into theui. | The rabbi who acted as judge then took it utol cut the ends like a fringe, lie then handed it to the president of the synagogue, , telling him to place it among the records [ of tlie society, to he preserved as evidence i of the divorce. This hi?vin?? h??f?n i the ceremony was finished, and the parties i departed, no longer u.uti and wife." j (mi m ! An Englishman, boasting of the supcri! ority of the horses in his country, men 1 tioned that tlie celebrated Eclipse had run j n mile in a minute. "My good lellow," exclaimed an American present, "that is less than the average rate of our common I roadsters. I li?e in my country seat, near I Philadelphia, and when 1 ride in a hurry ' to town of a morning, my own shadow : can't keep up with me, hut generally comes , into the warehouse to find lue a minute to a minute and a half alter uiy arrival. One morning the beast was restless, and 1 rode him a hard As I could several times around a large factory, ju>f to take ; the old Harry out of liiin. Well sir, be went so fast that the whole time 1 saw my back directly before, and was twice iu danger of riding over myself." -m Tt was said in the olden tiino that the body was more than raiment; but now the raiment is often a great deal more than the body in value, and lull five times us much iu circumfcrcnco. The women must think that we men are great robbors; we arc all the while going about robbing tbem of their nanus Tlie Power ol" Cyphers. The enlightened man may have a clear understanding of thousands, and even millions ; but much beyond that he can form ' no distinct idea. A simple example, and one easily solved, will illustrate the obser-' vation. If till the vast bodies of water that cover near three fourths of the globe were emptied, drop by drop, into one grand reservoir, the whole number of drops could be written by two words, "eighteen scctillions," and expressed in figures by annexing twenty-four cyphers to the number eighteen. (18,000.000,000,000,000,000,000.000) A man might as well attempt to explore the bounds of eternity as to form any rational idea of the units embodied in the expression above; for although the aggregate of drops is indicated by tig- I ures in the space of only one inch and a J half in ordinnrw J' ?1 |/tiui| j w it t'dcu purucu* I I lar drop wore noted by a separate stroke ' like the figure 1, it would ioriu a line of marks long enough to wind arouud the sun six thousand billions ol times! Now observe, if you please, the marvelous power of value which the cyphers, insignificant by themselves, give the significant figures J8. The young reader will be surprised to learn that the use of the cypher to determine the value of any particular figure, which is now practiced by every school-boy, was unknown to the ancients. Therefore among the Greeks and Romans, and other nations of antiquity, arithmetical operations were exceedingly tedious and difficult. They had to reckon in pebbles, shells, or beads used as counters, to transact tho ordinary business of life. Even the great Cicero, in his oration for lloscius, th-? actor, in order to express three hundred thousand, had to make use of the very awkward and cumbrous notation, ccciddo cccijdo ccciooo. IIow very odd this seems . "in the year of our Lord mdccclxvi!" (isc 0.) Educational A2c ntldi/. ^ledical irses of Icc. To a person burning u;> with internal I fevers icc is a comfort bcyoud expression. Swallowing iec freely in small lumps is j the chief treatment in inflammation of tho stomach. | The cuirftant application of ice, pounded ' fine, and enveloping the head with it by means of a cushion or other contrivance, is the most reliable remedy for that danger' ous malady, inflammation of the brain, which so often scuds its victim to the grave in a low days, or to that living death, the mad house! T.n all inflammations :~4 1 j nuvvilCl 1II1CII1UI or external, ice diminishes rapidly the size jf the blood-vessels, and thus relieves the I pain they give when thus swollen by their | pressing r.gainst the nerves which are ali ways in the neighborhood of the arteries of the system. I Diptheria, and some of the worst of other forms of sore throat, has been arrested in a very short time by pounding a piece of ice in a bag, then laying the head back, take the lumps and swallow them continuously until relieved, allowing them to be detained iu the throat as long as possible, there to melt. All forms of diarrhoea and dysentery, where there is great thirst, the gratification of which by drinking any liquid increases the malady, arc promptly controlled, and in many crises perfectly cured, by simply swallowing as largo lumps of ice as possible. Epilepsy itself, one of the most uncoiltrolable of human maladies, is said to be j treated successfully in London by the ap | plication ot iec to the spinal portion of the I system. A piece of ice laid on the wrist will often I arrest profuse and dangerous bleeding ot j j the nose. I i? ??? - ^ , ... v.^U|., com as ice can make it, if applied freely antl persistently to tlie j throat, neck, and upper part of the ehflst with a sponge or cloth, often affords an al- ; most miraculous relief, especially if follow cd by drinking copiously of iccw.tter, wiping the wetted parts perfectly dry, then wrapping the child closely up in dry flan- . ucls, allowing it to full into a delightful and life-giving slumber.?Hall's Journal oj I/ralf/1. Prussian Military Hospital.? Brcsluu, in Silesia, has been selected by I the Prussian Government as the site of an | immense military hospital, which is to be I erected forthwith. It is to be furnished I with all the latest improvements, among I which figures prominently a circular saw, ldri.cn by steam, by the aid of which daui ! aged legs and arms arc to be amputated in n jifly. The Prussians ovidcutly anticipate Winn work. An Irishmau recently stopped at a hotel out West where pretty heavy bills were charged. In the morning the landlord made out tho amount of "damage," and presented it to Pat. Aiter he glanced over it, the latter looked the former in the faco, and exclaimed, "Yo put mo io mind of a snipe." "Why," asked the landlord "Bekaae ye're very uigh all bill" Robbing GodOne Sunday a gentleman was going to church On his way he saw a numbfer of boys playing on the common. He wanted very much to show them how wrong it was for them to be so doing, but he knew that if he began to trcprove them they woald not listen to him. So he walked leisurely up to them, and sat down on the grass. Presently, in a pleasant, familiar tone, he said, "Boys, I want to tell you a story/' Directly they all gathered unsuspectingly around him, and he began as follows: "There was once a good man who was noted for his kindness and liberality. At the time of which I speak he was on a journey. As he was pursuing his way along* a louely road, he met a man who represented himself as having suffered a great loss, in consequence of which he was in great distress. With his usual kindness the good man drew out his purse, and after examining it, he said, 'I have only seven pounds with me, but I think with one pound I can get to the end of my journey, and you shall have the rest/ With this ho handed the man the six pounds. Was not that generous ? Would not you have thouzht that me Deggar must have gone off, feeling very grateful and contented? Certainly, we should havo expected this. Bat he did no such thing. He was not a beggar at all, hut a robber; and seeing that the good man had still one pound in his purse, he knocked him down with a club and stolo bis lart pound from him." The boys were very indignant on hearting this. They all cried oat against the shameful conduct of the robber. One of them went so far as to say he didn't think I anybody could be found quite so wicked as that; "Now, stop," said the gentlemen; "let bm tell you, boys, thi9 is just what you aredo* ing. God has given you freely six days * out of seven for your own use. He lias kept only one for Himself, to be kept holy, and spent in worshipping Him; and yet you are so mean as to rob Him even of that!" The boys hung down their heads. Thoy had not a word to say, but broke top their play and went off.? The Biblical Treasury. Jcwlsli Conversion. An exceedingly interesting and important ceremony, one which is not of an every day occurrence, was witnessed on Snnday nforning last at the Synagogue, corner of Maine und Exchange streets, the Rev. Dr Tusk a officiating. It was the conversion of Mrs. Lewis to the Hebrew faith. The reverend gentleman delivered an able and impressive sormrvn in ,L t ? , .u TIU1VU tuc iiur CUQ^ vert was reminded ot the duties and reeponsibilities attached to Judaism : also, the* new station in lite which she was assuming. Dr. Tuskn, in defining the doctrines and tenets of Judaism took occasion to remark, that it sought no converts to its religion, but if convinced that the applicant wanted to enter within the portals of its sanctuary in good faith, it accepted and welcomed them ; while other denominations sought their converts; that the Jewish religion was not ptoscriptivc, and believed in every one worshipping the Lord according to their conscience. After the eloquent remarks of Dr. Tuska, she was examinedin the doctrine and teachings of the Hebrew faith, reading the articles of faith in a clear voice and without hesitation, showing that she was thoroughly informed in regard to the new relation which she was entering, and affirming her belief in Judaism, after she was declared au Israelite. She was then remarried, in accordance with the forms and observations of 'the Hebrew church. Mr. Edward S. Goulakon and Mrs. P. A. Phillips, giving away the bride, and Mr. and Mrs. L. Isaacs, the bride-groom, when, after an earnest petition to the Throne of Grace, asking the Almighty may guard and guide her in the duties and responsibilities attendant on her new station, and thn hlrmoi r ? W.?wwtiiga Uft l?UQ XXI* mighty cravrd, the convert was dismissed. She then received the congratulations of her friends and acquaintances. We are iniurmed that this ceremony is of rare occurrence and drew a large oonoourse of interested spectators.?Memphis Appeal Charging Breast Works.?The correspondent of the London Times furnished that paper with the following good one: When the Confederate army was passing through Chambersburg, many ladies gathered about the doors and windows, around tho gates and upon the verandah, moat of whom were decorated with Union flags ubout their persons. One yonog lady who stood near the street had a tremendous I one stretched across her boaom. One of ilood's Tcxans saw it, stopped and leaning his chin upon the muzzle of his gun, eyed it for a few moments, and than said : "Miss, I advise you to take down thai fla? " "Why; sir?" "Because these are Hood's men hern, and they aro terrible fellows to oharga Yankee breastworks, especially when they are surmounted by a U. S, flag." The j young lady vanished.