The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, December 15, 1875, Image 3

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The Pr$ss and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S. C. Wednesday, Dec. 15, 1875. Ol'R 1)1 TY. Material Prosperity Xeciled?It mnst Come froin the Farmer, who is the Fountain Head. We have never been blind, fanatical advocates for the necessity of anybody's particular pet scheme, but we do now and have always thought that material prosperity is of more importance to our people than anything else. It should be borne in mind, and the fact shouJd not be lost sight of, that any govern ment is good for the rich, while the best government that could be conceived will seem to bear hard upon the poor. For this reason we intvnd to have an eye to material prosperity of our Coun ty. We Nvant our people to have plenty of oats, plenty -otVlittrley, plenty of whett, 'plenty.of corn and as much cotton as they can raise profitably. ,"With these Jesuits accomplished as*a jutpt rcjvacUt/or-our industry and atten tion to business, it will matter but little to us as individuals whether William .Holland or Everidge Cain represents the nativity of Calhoun in the House! of Representatives, or whether Hollins-1 head or Tolbert sits in the .Senate. or whether Chamberlain or Daddy Cain occupies the Executive Mansion at Co lumbia, or whether Crant or I)ix issuei imperial edicts from the White House j in the city of Washington. The poli-1 ticians are anxious for office. We say,! .let them have it, but let us have that! which is better?well cultivated farms,! rich garners, full barns, together with! the comfortable-surroundings of cheer-) ful homes. All prosperity must come from the farmer as the source and foun tain head. When agricultural pursuits i flourish then everything else moves .with accelerated sj>eed, but if our agri culture is hot profitable then everything else must languid. To bring.the desir ed prosperity to the doors of our plan-' ters, they must diversify their crops. [ To neglect to sow barley and oats is! fatal, while a failure to sow.,wheat and : to plantoofn4b. scarcely less disastrous.) Let our planters diversify their crops by j raising enough fbod for themselves and, their stock, and after that let them! make as much cotton as possible. Letj the neirro worrv himself with politics.; We want the oats. The country is able, to take care of itself. c The Blight That Re?t? Upon U?. Will a Christian Man Gamble Against the Mercy ?nci (.'oodr.ea* of God ? i JH-i ' ~ ' *] Bad Effects From Life Insurance. Like a blight, life insurance has; ruined our people. For evidence of the} truth ofMHis assertion, take up the) newspapers and note the prices realized I at public sales, on last S:\leday, of lands; in the Counties where people have run; wild on life insurance, and see the dif-j ference in the price of the same quality' of land in other Counties. If our, fnrmpr? r-imM Iimvi- ili<? li-iif million: dollars In ready cash returned to them, which they have so foolishly squander ed, does anybody doubt that they would be better able to buy, and thai our lands would sell for two or three times as much a* they did on last Saleday? j When money is taken out of the. country, and oiir supply of the circula-j tin^r medium is reduced, the prleeof ouri land is correspondingly aflected, and just to that extent is the solvency of] every man in the County effected. We Itave been following the ghost of a delu-J nion, and we think that we do not exag gerate when we assert that is fair to estimate that life insuiaiice, with its liost of organized agents, has done as much harm to t^ie people of Abbeville1 and Edgefield Counties as the grasshop-, per of Missouri ever did to any two counties of that sorely afflicted State. We are astonished that the public press of the State, who are expected to! Itjok.after the people's interests, will) longer remain silent while this mou-l strous delusion is absorbing our very j vitals. Our people have already lost i enough. Pray let this thing stop. We! are poor enough already. Jt steins j strrfnire to ns that anv individual will blindly f?o annually throwing away j hundreds because he has heretofore' thrown away thousands. They cannot j get back whaftfiey have already lost by ; throwing away more, and the sooner i our people demand paid-lip policies and 1 quit the business, the better for them-! sclvs and their families. This is noj over-drawn picture, but we think there i are-men in Abbeville County who are! to-day wronging themselves, their! friends, their creditors and the County, by annual contributions of their sub stances to this great delusion. We believe such a course on the part of ?ny man to be a crime against high heaven. I? H not sinful for any mairtoj speculate v>u his uwp life? Does not the* J taking out of a policy express a man's! mistrust in the gooduess of the authori of our being? Will a man with perfect) faith In the goodness and mercy of the] X^rd, gamble with tlje insurance com-1 piwiies on his very existence? Is life insurance not a game of chanw ? If so, then does not ,ou,r religious faith con demn the act ? ' * What a Brother Editor Says. An esteemed and influential cotcmpo rary, in a private note to us, gratifies us with the following endorsement of our "Outspoken course agaiust life insurance, guanos, and other humbugs "You are right about life insurance. It is one of the ciir#e* of our country,! and guano is another." We thank the brother for even a 7^7-2- j vate endorsement, as it is the first editor] who has endorsed our position on thej subject. We believe it to be his duty,! and we think it would be to his interest, 1 to denounce thipse ?humbugs in hisl JJHJJtfr, wc IIUVU \4WIIV ill isuia. x^vun-j ing will add as much to the prosperity of his paper. The insurance agents, would probably quit advertising with; him, but then we can assure hiintliati he would be ten (lines over paid fo<* any 1 loss on that score, by a bohf strike for! the interests of his readers. We have lost almost no subscribers since we I adopted that course, while wc h'trr. i added many new names to our book* on j that very account. 'jibe people like for a : naper to guard them against humbugs' and pitfalls, and the farmer will stick close to the paper that takes an interest in his welfare. If our brother will in- i vestigateand denounce swindles, there j is no telling the amount he could save to his County. We believe that we have! saved thousands for the people of Abbe ville, and think in a little while but few j insured men can be found within our borders. Before a great while, the man in Abbeville County who would buy a; lightning rod would be laughed ar, and; the man who would put a pump in his' .well to spoil the water would be hard to Jind, and the mat* who neglects to make! fertilizers on his own lot this Winter, and then has to buy guanos next Spring,' -Will haul them home by the back way. A Difference.?In Anderson lands: sell at public sale at an average of livei or six dollars an acre, while in Abbe-I ville bettet lands will not bring over two dollars. Anderson has put almost nothing Into life insurance, while Ab beville has sunk in that Serbonian bog over six hundred thousand dollars in cash, and our people haven't the money to buy land. Distribute among our. farmers the tfast amount that thev have thrown away in this manner, and lands would bring ten dollars an acre. I^i^jS^wspin town: i Successfully Resisting the Widow's . -claim.* 4 Policy-holders should remember how the Piedmont & Arlington Insurance company treated poor Mrs. Donald, by refusing to pay what Judge Orr and tl?e jury at Anderson adjudged was her rights. Can you have confidence in an institution that would thus act? We yet believe, however, that there is honor enough left in the company to pay that debt, even though they couid avoid it by law. But until she is paid we shall never fail to denounce not only the ; Piedmont <fc Arlington company, but I the whole system. If insurance eompa j nil's arc not for the protection of the widows, wo would like to know their object. Did Mrs. Donald get that ju.s tise and protection? Judge Orr and a just jury at Anderson, and the public, ! have pronounced differently. Would [your widow be treated differently if you ishould yet sick just before your policy ;expired, and then, by reason of that ; sickness, be unable to take the money to | the office, own though you bad it by, you? When we think of the matter, i we cannot help thinking that the com-' pany must have misunderstood the true facts of the caveat the Mine, and thatl they will yet reconsider, the whole mat ter, and will at least pay a part of the] money. For the sake of the widow, f >r j the sake of justice, for the sake of an honest name, and for the sake of the confidence of an intelligent people, will! not this company be induced to do what j the public demands of an honest insti tution? Stand up, President Carring ton,and answer like a man. Will you not yet give this distressed lady her ?r nnv Wo will be satisfied with a reasonable compro mise. Will you not give it? ?<??? Another Victim. When will fools quit ?<>ing to law with insurance companies? People ought to take just what the company will give. The idea of a poor devil going to law with an insurance company is simply preposterous. Here is the way they treat gudgeons over in Georgia. Isn't it very like the way they treat their customers in these diggings? We fear that we- shall be obliged to say something hard about insurance, if we see much more of the way the people are treated. We now ask, if they haven't been saying heretofore, "walk into my parlor ami see the beauties," and now wheu they have you bound hand and foot, don't they laugh at your calamity ? IMPORTANT J>priSION OF THE SU . MUIE.MJ5 COI'KT- OF OKOKOIA We find the following in the Choricle| i(- Sentinel of Friday last. Win. H. Hughs as. Piedmont & Arling ton Life Insurance Company. Hill for specific performance, from Muscogee. Jackson, J. A life policy with participation in profits, contained in this stipulation : j "If after the regular payment of not I less than twoaunual premiums, an ordi-j nary life policy should cease by the non | payment of premiums, then upon writ-! ten application of the insured within liuriy nays irom me lime 01 suuh ing (exclusive of thirty days grace) a. new policy will be issued for the' amount of cash premiums in even hun-j d reds of dollars received l>y said com pa-j nyfive regular payments were made, I partly in cash and partly in notes; the! cash amounted to $700 oO being more than the amount of two annual premi ums; ther^ was due on notes $">(iX *>0. Held, that on a i> i 11 for specific perforin - anee the complainant is entitled to a paid up policy for seven hundred dol- j lars. Judgement reversed. Ilczckiah. This person is well known to our peo-l pie, and fur him the Greenville Sews j has been good enough to say a kind! word : ? "Occasionally, we like to enjoy a little! fun, when U is not carried to extremes, J as was the case yesterday, when wej heard "llezokiah" discoursing toa large rr/iivd i.nt ,.vf>n wlih tliis unfortunate1 man, some people go to extremes. W"hat pleasure can it be to a man to J have a poor, half-witted creatures stand on his head in the mud, sit on tl>e; ground and "weave," or have him run the risk of breaking his skull with ai stick, for the pitiful sum of live cents. Idle crowds gather around him, and i have their, amusement at the expense of his misfortune, instilling into the mimls of the young a relish for barbar ous and indecent scenes, that will stick to them in after veahs. For the sake of poor Hezekiah himself, good mora Is a ml | common decency, we would sugest that] the authorities authorize the marshals to j put a stop to the unnecessary and dirty i practices which an unthinking crowd are wont to impose on poor flezekiah. Tjie True Southron has the following j good words for our town council. They j are merited words of praise:? "Worthy of Examhlr.?'The town council of Abbeville merit the undying thanks of the tax-payers. They manage to work the streets of the town free of expense, by using the labor of offenders against the municipal laws." A show, consisting of a tent, kettle drum, band organ, Egyptian mummy, a Figi Island mermaid, and a few ster eoscopic views, held forth for two or three days at Abbeville last week, arid the number of gudgeons that were taken in will never be known until a general J settlement with derelict Christians is; made. Rkckn'IXY our friend Trowbridge went lishing and duck hunting on I Long Cane, and while stooping down to! wash his bands in the creek, he didn't! notice the peculiar actions of a goat just j behind him. As he scrambled up out of the water and mud, the uoat ran otT. The immense urea of grain licit lias been sown is looking remarkably well. We predict that next Spring the farmers I will have occasion to rejoice to a de-l gree they have not before * .\perienced j in years. Mr- J. W./rn<n\;imii)OE thus expa-i tiateson his fresh oysters: Ovsters ! 'twould need the genius of a Shel- j * lev To litly hy 111 these treasures of the sen; So'liwiouw dabs of appetizing jelly; Sources of epigastric ecslucy. A Western newspaper says that the : devil has "reserved several choicc seats j for those who do not pay their subscrip- ; lions to the County papers. It will : take two seats in contiguous territory to j accommodate our big delinquent. Tiikre is an old red cow on our public, square that has sampled more cotton bales than any merchant in town. She ' never buys, but always keeps the sam ple. \Vb will thank the secretaries of the! various Lodges, Granges, and Temper ance Societies in this County for for warding to us lists of the officers chosen at tht'ir respective elections. As the circus didn't come-on Saturday as advertised, we would like for some body to take around a subscription paper to make up our loss of ten complimen tary tickets. The Laurens Railroad has got away1 iroru i>ewucn-j, j t io nun c... four miles from Laurens Court House, i and the citizens there are straining I their ears to hear the whistle sound. j Mr. J. Tj- Sibert was here a few days ago and paid up old scores and had the "76" put opposite his name. He said he renewed because we denounced humhugS. Abbeville has more worthy young men than any town between the moun-j tains and the seaboard. I Jackson Literary Society. We are indebted to our friouds of the Jackson Literary Society for a polite invitation to the Jiall and Supper to be given at the Female Academy on the evening of the Ulst, after the exercises in the Court House. The Literary en tertainments of the occasion will doubt less attract a large audience, and prom ises to be very interesting, whilst the ball and supper will present additional claims to the young and pleasure loving. Addresses will be delivered by the re tiring and newly elected Presidents of the Society, ami other addresses original whilst soma choice music will be fur nished by the Abbeville Stringed Bund. The occasion promises to be u very in teresting one and we trust to see a large attendance. (iodcy'8 Lady's Hook. We are glad to welcome back to our exchange list that famous oid monthly (rtxhi/s Laity's Jiool:, and can consci entiously rccommed it to all of our lady readers as "perfectly splendid." The fashions are I lie best, the pictures can not be excelled, while the stories, edito rials and miscellaneous matter are of the most chaste and interesting character. Our cash subscribers can get thechroino ".Morning call'' and the magazine at a reduced price by calling on us. No lady should be without it. ?<?> The Governor has notified Trial Jus tice Williamson, of'Abbeville County, that if any further charges of errors in the administration of his office are made against him, he will be removed with out notice. He has also notified the Trial Justices on the coast thill they must not inter fort; between masters and .seamen of foreign vessels, except in cases where actual violence is charged; all ques tions of dispute about wages, &<%, come under the jurisdiction of the consul of the country to which the vessel may belong. The Clara Wildraan Troupe perform ed to large and appreciative audiences on Monday and Tuesday nights, and elicited much applause. "Marriage and Divorce," "Orphan and Foundling," and other favorite pieces made up the attractive programme of the two even ings'entertainment, and were well ren dered. The company is composed of the best theatrical talent and deserves the patronage of the public. We com mend them to our friends everywhere. ,1 ?U..L- mnf xjji'j cnci^viiv auu viuv/iviib vi\.i ?\ -i/? Probate, Mr. J. (!. VVosmansky, is now putting all the old papers of tliat office in nice paste-board boxes, properly la beled. The office now presents as good an appearauoe as any office in the State. 'I'llis work involved a great deal of la bor, but it was performed at very little cost to the County. Such officers should be highly appreciated. Mr. T. U. Mil ford, the Probate Judge, isgivingentire satisfaction in theadiuiufetralion of the affairs of that office. Tin; circus failed to put in an appear ance on Saturday las-t. The multitude of sable brethren present was sadly dis appointed. Their money, which was laid up for the circus, was invested part I v iii uffn <? itiirwl j mifl nsil'llv in f.il'n ill its liquid form. It jseslimated that they left with our merchants some twelve or fifteen hundreds dollars. A Faitiifi'l Ofkickh. ? Br. R. S. Beckham, Trial J ustice at. Lowndesville, passed through Abbeville a few days ago. lie is one of the best Trial Justices to be found any where, and he makes his office self-sustaining. The lines he collected will over pay all his bills against the County. Out of the fifteen hundred or two thousand persons who were here on .Saturday last, we saw only three who came to the circus. Squire S. A. Mc intosh, from Bordeaux, Mr. John A. Thomson, from Calhoun's Mills, Mr. Horace Rabb, from Due West. The others came on other business. Wk regret to learn that the dwelling of Mr. B. C. Chiles, of the lower, sec tion of the County, together with the j furniture, was consumed by fire a few days since. The charitable and liberal hearted are requested to leave their con tributions with Messrs. Q,uarles& Per rin. rMivuH aJj nu no ml persons in Abbe ville County have at various times in sured their* lives. We will give two years'subscription to the first one who has ever received the dividends which lie expected. The Abbeville Debating Society are going to discuss the question, "(.'an a delinquent, subscriber beexpecled to go heaven?" As soon as they make a de cision we will publish it. The ladies of the Ninety-Six Baptist Church will give an entertainment on Tuesday evening, December 21st. Hot supper, charades, and music, makeup the programme. * Mr. James W. Lawson has a number little Christmas tricks. Purchasers should call early and spend a few dimes to make innocent little hearts happy. "An honest confession is good for the soul." Mr. John A. Thomson owns ii]) that he was sold on Saturday last. The Sells Brothers sold him. Mr. Robert McG. Hii.l has a No. 8 foot erowded into a No. 7 shoe. He says that he wants us to ttnd out how he may wear it comfortably. There is quite a large quantity of a poisonous vegetable growing on the Calhoun plantation, in the Flat Woods. One bite will kill a cow. The teacher of tlie cornet band does not allow his students to blow other people's horns. Every man has to blow his own horn. Horse Racks are much needed on our Public Square. From six to ten horses are usually hitched to one post on public days. Dr. W. M. Tack; art, of Dry Grove, is a man of education and intelligence, \ and he says that he wouldn't haul guano j home for it. I)n. W. M. Taooakt thinks oats] and barley indispensable to the fanner's j success. JJarley should be sown imme diately. Mr. J. L. Covin was in town on Thursday. He is a good citizen of Alt., C'armel and reads the best paper on the j globe. Rkmoious. ? The Rev. J. O. Lind say preached an excellent sermon in the Presbyterian Church, on .Sunday morn ing. Messrs. D. C. Webu ami Edward I Noble, jr., we learn will apply for ad mission to the bar at the next Court. Mr. Wit. Di'NX came in on Thurs day. He said lie wanted to make one j soul happy, which he did. Tin-: papers announce the death of Mis. C. (J. Bo wen, the daughter of the j late James L. Pettigru. Some men have two strings to their i bows, but the Junior has not as yet been able to secure one. Ajjbevjlle has five exemplary young lawyers ? ull regulur heart-breakers. Ladies, beware. Mr. C. \V. Guffin ordered two car loads of corn from the West. It came in the shuck. At night, in the same church, an im pressive sermon was delivered by Dr. XV. M. Grier. Bee notice of the sale of the Pruit farm near Due West. This is a valua ble place. Mr. F. W. R. Nance has a drove of hogs here, which are selling 9 cents. We are indebted to the Hon. L. L. Guffin for Legislative documents. A new Charleston daily is to be es tablished. Masonic. j At the annual assembly of the R. % iS. blasters, the following companions were elected officers of De Saussure | Council No. 16, for the ensuing Masonic j year. . % J , ' ?* Hp i I J. F. 0. DuPre, T. Til. M. I F. A. Connor, II. 111. D. M. ? I>u. John A. Stuart, 111. P. of \V. C. F. Hammond, M. of Excqr. Jxo. M. Gajujrjjll, Recorder W. T. Bkafch, C. of G. W. Rosenberg, C. of C. T. C. SkaIj, Steward. Rev. R. N. Pratt, Chaplain. J. T. Rohkrtson, G. Marshal. ' AT ^'innsTrvv Sentinel. At tlio Regular Communication of Clinton Lodge on Inst Monday night, the following officers were elected for the ensuing Masonic vear: W. H. Parkkr/W. M. W. T. Branch, 8. W. T. Ti. Milkord, J. W. J. C. Do DO lass, Treas. J. C. Wos.uansky, Secretary. The three Lodges, Blue, Red and Pur ple, will have a public installation of officers 011 the 27th inst. Mercy to Prisoners. Ts it not cruel to lock a man up In our calaboose these cold nights? We think even a drunk man is entitled to our sympathy and consideration. Chris tiauity teaches us to.be merciful even to the weak and erring. Although our Christian neighbor a few years ago laughed at the calamity of some of our citizens when they were burned out, we are not yet convinced that any man id so low as not to deserve the compassion of even the best man in the world. While on this subject, we would sug gest that our Representatives in the Legislature provide some means for warming our jails. Humanity demands that the poor creatures locked in these doors should not be tortured to death by coid. New Advertisements. Stray Mule?Andy Valentino. Strayed or Stolen?Wesley Adams. Plantation for Sale?(t M Jordan. L;iw Office for Sale?J S Cojhran. Sides by the Sherilf: Real Estate A. 1'. Connor. Roal Estate Francis T> Wilson. Personal Property John R Seal. The Due West Cornet -Rand will fivp .a nmsiciil entertainment in the Court House on the 28th inst. The en tertainment will be un excellent one, and we trust that a large crowd may turn out. Mr. John W. Means is a man af tea our own heart, and we regret to learn that he is going to move to Missis sippi. I le has ordered us to send him the Press and Banner as .long as h?? lives. In noting the arrivals at our friend, Mr. .Tac.l> Miller's hotel last week, we omitted lo insert sixteen names s.ntong the arrivals. Noone knows bjllvrhow to keep a hotel than Mr. Miller. Parents, mothers, nurses, do not fall l<> give Dr. Hull's Cough Syrup to the little ones for all ?:a.-.e.s of coughs and colds. On-1 lv <*ost - "< rents. . A nousi: wili "live three months on n bushel of b irley, if it is sown now. < <5 Gossip with our Exchanges. "OiM-:x Policies on cotton, written at Now York rates. Jtev. A. Sinclair, General Insurance Agent, Charlotte, X. C." CSsy? We copy the above advertise ment gratuitously from the Charlotte. Observer. Wo do not know what "open policies" arc, but we dislike to see a man make merchandise of the ministe rial title of "Reverend." Mr. Sinclair may be a tirst-class man', but we regard with caution any such title as "Kev." prefixed to a business notice. We al ways run clear of tobacco or other mer chandise that is stamped with the A/fuL-nnin Wlioii n mnu lutes (?n his masonry or his religion, we are down oil him. Tub editor of Hie Newberry Herald keeps a book store, besides running an excellent paper. He is encouraged as to the prospects of business. He says: "Great expectations in the Herald of fice on Sale-days. Not always realized, however. Transactions on Monday?3 new subscribers who seemed to doubt the JleroltVs holding together,'; 2 re newals, and 1 call to see if time was | out. In the Book Store, 15 cents worth of envelopes and a 10 cent copy of a Frog who would a wooing go. We are rejoiced to see that business has opened so briskly?we expect sales to reach a half dollar per day by Christmas. The Newberry Herald says of the organization of a Hook and Ladder Company: "YVn liava trio#! if T?ocitH . Tlifl 1? ders lie prostrate. The sheen of the metal is gone. The cunning web of the spider lies o'er the bucket. The sound [of the gong is hushed. The flutter of the roil shirt is seen no more. And the spirit of Hahcock has taken wing, and is not more than a yard, a yard and a half, may be two yards, behind Mr. Ward's Muscovies. Just tell why should a life Insurance company be praised and puffed in some newspaper for paying.a policy after the holder of it is dead, any more than an ordinary man should be eulogized in extravagant terms after paying for a barrei of flour or for a load of wood? Is it because such payment is so rare that it deserves special mention??Christian Neighbor. Doesn't the Christian Neighbor hit the nail square on top of the head ? The Charlotte Observer doesn't like his brother editors to appropriate his editorials without giving him credit. Brother Observer, the habit of giving credit i? about out of date in this sec tion. We often need a little article, and we ireijuemiy unu ;n uie uuxervcr a better one limn wo could write, ami we just gobble it up without saying much about it. Tub True Southron has two subscri bers, and he makes the following pleas ant mention ol them: "One man ftkes our paper-die takes a copy, pays for il, and gets a friend to do the same; lie is not always grumbling to you or others, but has a friendly word. If an accident occurs in his section, be informs the editor. This is newspaper patronage." Trrrc Christian Neighbor asks, "Why should one who conducts public worship read over the whole of a familiar hymn ?c. g., 4 Jesus, my all, to heaven is gone," &c.?before he begins to line out or the people begin to sing?" We give it up. Wm. Power, of Laurens, has been taking the Greenville Enterprise and Mountaineer for forty-three years The; editorought to send it. next year gratis. Whenever"a man takes the Press and | Banner for forty years we throw iu two, or three years subscription to encourage.] Iiim t/i tiiIfr> if fnrtv venrs Innfer. Ouk neighbors of the Chronicle-vndl Sentinel, who publish a live and thrifty' daily, a few weeks ago were kind enough: to oiler us a suggestion or two. How dn j you like the arrangement now, neigh bor? We tiii 11 k the Chronicle and Sen tinel a pattern paper, anil the bint is appreciated. The Register notes the presence of a number of the circuit judges about the Legislature who are doubtless giving material aid to that body in the dis-j charge of their duties. The Sunday^ Editor ofjhe Qrccnvillc' J\ciV8 has the uegree of -L>. conierreu, on him by Furman University. The True Southron wanta a bank ati Sim tor. Donaldsvillc Items. i ' S v I Donahteville is still growing in size. ! Mr. J. ('. Hodge.* is building a very ueal residence on road to Due West near MTr. iWm. Agnew's. Mr. W. W. Rowland has enlarged his carriage shop, and Mr. J. H. Wren contemplates building soon. Mr. A. H. Dodson has a fine house nearly completed. The Good Templars andcitizeuH will build a school house andG. T. Hall together, Mr. R. R. Slea wrijrht has kindly given the lot for building on. The receipts of cotton a"e as follows: September 8J October 79" November 558 Deceuber 452 'Jbtal 1,888 Greenwood Items. Wi rnnuiir/ul o r?n 11 fWw?v? Am. "\C S. P. Booker, of Greenwood, last week and vere pleased to hear a good report front that stirring town. Thi matrimonial fever, he says, is prevaling very extensively. Two wed ding.1 are to come off certainly before Chrilmas and others are to follow soon. Eggsarg plentiful, and there wi|Tbe no gcarcty of good things during tne'Tioli days. He:hinks that the present crop will ; about pay oil* the indebtedness of the iGreeiwood fanners, and as they have soweca plenty of wheat and oats, they will li'ep out of debt in future. Ouifriend endorses all that we have said i. favor of sowing small grain, and think the|couutry owes us ajdebtof grati tude n Jhe .premises. Now that the whoa and oatsare planted he thinks we onght to urge the farmer to put in a large crop of corn, and make cotton a secon|ary matter. That is our policy, whicl we have again and again urged, as tin only road to independence and | prosprity.* It will make the farmer in j depeitlent of lien laws, or any other, : and cown him with uutold blessings. Antrcviilc Items. Yoin reporter had the unqualified Sleasae of witnessing the nuptials of Ir. James Little and Miss Gussie Bowei, of Antreville, which came off on Tujsday, December 7th, at 9 o'clock, A. M.j and proposes to make a few brief remarks. The morning was very unfavorable, in consequence of the rain, but it did not deter the groom, for he was present in ample time, thou/'h the proceedings were delayed a short while by the non arrival of the parson ; but soon he made his appearance, which quickened the pulsations of every heart, and all was anxious expectation till the happy couple were made one hv the Rev. Pearson. The bride was dressed in a neat culico dress, which looked as grand and dazzling as the finest silk. The parson's ceremony was indescribably beautiful: he irrew elouuent. and told the groom "to cherish his bride as aj casket of jewe ls and as a precious gem, and to throw around her the broad mantle of charity, and to love her with all his heart." Iliad but one objection to the ceremony, and that was the length: J hope when t call 011 Uncle Frank ro perform the .-ame duty for me, thai be will abridge his ceremony .some I what. 1 would again extend my con gratulations to the happy couple, and I hope iheir .sail over life's sea may be smooth, and all their troubles be little ones. Married, on the same day, by the Rev. Wilson Ashley, Mr. Melvin Cal lahan) to Miss Essie Ellis, all of Leve Land. 1 On the fame day, Mr. Zachariah Tay lor, to Miss Davis, all of Little River. Married, on December 2d, by the Rev. W. E. Walters, Mr. John McMahon to ?1! sxt' flwv VoHmii i'u.ia XL/ila maiiii, an wi inv mn/u. I predict that next year will lie unu sually hard, and that cradles will he in great deiuaud. A. R. Anderson Items. We clip the following from the An derson Intcllit/ciicer;? Several droves of hogs have arrived in Anderson during the past week and have uniformly sold at 'J cents gross. There has not been as many sold in An derson this season as formerly 011 ac count of tiiehigh price, hut as the opin ion seems to he general that meat can not he bought cheaper most persons have purchased at least a portion of what they need. ? t 1 I ft.ll llglctMiiuui iiiis uui;ii iiiimv the itiercliimts of Anderson to close their places of business on Saturday and Monday, 25th and 27th of December in stant, in order to allow recreation to their employers. Our friends from the country, accustomed to transact busi ness at tliis place, will make a note of this agreement, and not to expect the stores to open on the days designated. Commercial tourist?drummers, in common parlance?are becoming so plentiful in this section of the country that the local merchants are devising ways ami means for their entertain ment. One of our firms has en gaged a retired merchant expressly to receive the drummers, and listen to J their valuable praise of samples. This gives the active men of the cencern I time and opportunity to wait unou cus tomers?whenevever they are about. Tnraniro ati r M'P"PT> "Pom liJiiiuo ur xiN ixjiijjojL. Qen. Dakin, of th<* American team ia a heavy shot. He weighs 220. The expense of entort*ining the Bioux Indians at Washington, including- their traveling1 expenses was $3,705. Mrs. Edwin Foit?M'b suit apaitfit the estate of Edwin Forrest is settled, she re ceiving $95,000 and relinquishing dower. A saloon keepar in Louisiana has just been compelled to pay $1,200 damages to a woman for Helling- liquor to ber husband. Them are 71,000 cigar makers in the Stttio of New York?one cigar maker to > probably lens than thirty smokers. Mr. Bergh would find employment in Oeorgia. The other day a copper-hauler in Can-oil county, whi'c in a drunken frenzy, cut out the eyes ot his oxen. An Indir.na voting woman has gone blind I from using ccndy paint to redden her cheeks J This fact should open the eyes of other young women, but it won't. The highest mountain in the world has been discovered ag :n. It is in New | Guinea, and is S'2,733 feet high. They have | christened it Mount Hercules. The Winsted pin factory turns out near ly six million pins n (lay, thirty-six millions ! per week, or about a pin for each man, wo- j man and child in the United States. Mrs. Liz7Je Pottit C.itlor declared in a recent lecture 011 ' Flirts of Modern Socia ty," that "it if always tha noblest and best men who are ruined by the flirt." Hydrate of chloral a* a stimulant ifl: titking tho place of opium, haahncsh, &c.,; in England and to come extent in this country. It kills in about three years, on an average. 1 1 A Chinese cook in a Columbus family ' made a rat pie for <11 ner, and the family j ute every scrap of it beforu they knew what ' it was. Then they disehargud him and 1 called in a doctor. |; it One of the modest little farming patches ] in Illinois is laid out in 19,000 acreR of com, 2,f)00 aci-es of flax, 1,0JO acres of oats and enough grass to produce about eight thous- j and tons of hay. I CONSIGNEES. Express.?'T L Cosby,J E DuBose, T R Zachary, J D Chalmers, W F Thomas, 11 G Morrih, llobt Cunningham, W H Tiiggart, Geo Griffin, N E Johnson, S A N< rwood, C E Bruco, S J Winestock, II McGuire, Mrs Mary Noble,. McLaughlin <t Co, A Sharp. M'Tucker, L I) Bowie, S C LinK. m w ey en HOTEL ARRIVALS. sh ar Alston House.?Dr A T Widcman. S L Jones, Greenville; BS Wilher, Boston; .las W Sampson, Greensboro, N C; P II H Peistel, Philadelphia; Thos A Cater, \Vm H Moore, The Fork ; J li lltulcloii, 11 J3 Bonner, T L Haddon and lady, Duo West; II M Wliitlock and lady. Greenwood; B LI Baker, E A Mars, Calhoun's Mills; Jesse S Jay, Harry C Moseley, Mill Way; J H Bell, Antreville; J J Calhoun, J C Milford. Rocky River; SElbridge Smith, la CO G Ri at m lit Ti th I Jlaruora, UIJ U iMUiier, jj ounuit v^naxiua ton; Mrs S Teinpleton, Arthur Sassard, DuPre Sassard. Mrs Wm Teinpleton, city; Misses Jano and Ellen Link, S C Link, Linkville; F J Wildman and wife, W Fletcher and wife, Miss Ella Bailey. Miss Kate Collins, Fred Morvery, E S Bergan, F Stenbgen, G Ellis, J Daymond, George McGownn, F Hendricks, S II Hubbard, H Davies, ike Stick, C' A H Hatch. Clara Wild man's N. Y. Comedy Theatre. Wieu's Hotel.?D T Madigan, W A Pict, Baltimore; W M Crookshanks, E E Keese, George Johnstone, sr.. George Johnstono, ,jr, Atlanta; Dr S Angle, Char lotte, X C', II W Daner, Evansville, Ind; It M Roberts, Iliclimond, Miss; J E Thou ron, Charleston; J P Phillipps L M Fouche B F Day,, Ninety Six; D Is Coleman, Co lumbia; T W Fuller, England; H II Bris tol, Philadelphia; F A Connor, C'okosbury; Wilson Watkins, J C Douglass, Long Cane; A Ii Kennedy, Wideinan's; H E Os ier, Charleston; C E Harper, Honea Path; W J Lenard, Newberry; J A Foster, Spar tanburg; W K Bailey, Greenwood; C E Young, G & C It H; Dr J W Wideman, Bold Branch; W S Chamberlain, J Newby, Liberty; Mrs E P Campbell A Son, Pen dleton; J M Jordan, C A C Waller, Green wood; B C DuPre, Due West; A M Hill, W H Parker, J F C Dul're, T f miaries, j jyi Gambrel, T B Millford, J C Wosmansky, Dr E Parker, T C' Sc.il W Rosenberg, C V Hammond, J D Chalmers, Col J T Robert son, J (J Ed wads, W T Branch. T M Chris tian. city; C A II Hatch, New York. MARRIAGES. MARRIED, Nov. 30, 1875, at the resi dence of the bride's father, by Rev. N K. Melton, Col. M. C. DICKSON, of Pendle ton, and Miss ADDIE A., daughter of Mr. J. L. Gilkerson, of Laurens, S. C. MARRIED, at the residence of tho bride's mother, on the 7th inst., by tho Rev. W. T. Walters, Mr. JAMES LIT TLE and Miss GUSTAN BO WEN. MARKET REPORTS. CO IIIlKCTED WEEKLY by wl Barnwell & Co., Cotton Brokers and Dealers in General Merchandise. Abbeville. Den. 15. Cotton, 11(S)11J Fodder, ..$1.25 Eggs, 30c Molasses, 50c(5.$l Flour,....$8.00(g,$10.00 Meal SI.25 Peas *1.00 Apples, $2.00 Bacon, 12c@15c Butter, 25c Coffee, 25c@:i0c Com, .$1.00 Chickens, 25c Attousta, Dee. 13.?Cotton quiet and de mand moderate?middling, lJj j receipts, 1.280 hales; sales 988. Ciraklkston, December IS. ? Cotton quiet?middling, 122 @ 12 15-16; receipts, 5,843 bales ; sales, 2,500. Livkhi'ool December IS.?Noon.?Cot ton active and firmer?middling uplands 7; middling Orleans 7.f srles 15.000 bales. New York, December 13?7 r. jr.?Cot ton easier?sales 1H>5 bales at IS 5-10 ?isj. Pork (lull?new 21.50 ($21.75. Gold dull at 1.141 @1.142. New Advertisements. ;:o0iisi!0" SEWSMC MACHINES. liberal Termi cf Er ch&ugefor Second-hand Kachmea cf every doc cription. "DOMESTIC" PAPER FASHIONS. The Best P?tt(rn? made. Send Sets. for Catalogue. Address DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE CO. Acutj Tiarui. "S3 NEW IOBK. (p a n ii iliiy nt home. Agents wanted. Ouflt j5lZ and "terms free. TltUE & CO.. Augusta, Mai no. PRESCRIPTION FREE. For the speedy cure of special troubles common to the young and middle-aged. Nervous, men tul ml physical depression, loss of memory und energy. pains in the back, self distrust, dizzi ness, dimness of sljrht, confusion of Ideas, and other disorders of the nervous system conse quent on various habits that lower the vitality of the system. Any drueglst has the incredi ents. Address Dr. E. H. HILTON, ChclnMtl, Ohio. <? 77 PER WEEK GUARANTEED to Agents J)ll maleand female, in their own locality. Terms anil outlit free. Address P. O. 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KOWELL & CO., Editors & Publishers. THE WEEKLY STO7~ 1870. NEW YORK. 1876. Eighteen hundred and seventy-six In the cen tennial year. It is also the year in which an Op position House ui Representatives, the tlrst since the war, will he In power at Washington; and the year of the twenty-third election of a President of the United Mates. All of these events are sure to be ol great interest and impor tance, especially the latter; and allof them and everythingeonnecttd with them will be fuiiy and freshly reported and expounded in The Sun. The Opposition House of Representatives, ta king up the line of inquiry opened years ago by The -Sun, will sternly ami diligently investigate tlin corruptions ami misdeeds of Orant s admin istration ; and will, it is to be hoped, lay the foundation for u new and better period in our national history. Of all this, the.sun will am ain complete and accurate recounts, furnishing its readers with early and ti ustworthy informa tion upon these absorbing topics. The twenty-third Presidential election, with the preparations for it, will be memorable as de ciding upon Grant's aspirations for a third term of power and plunder, and still more asdociding who shall be the candidate of the party of ltu fonn, and as electing that candidate. Concern log all these subjects, these who read The sun will have the constant means of being thorough ly well liiiormed. The Weekly .Sun, which has attained a circu lation of over eighty thousand copies, already has its readers In every state and territory, and we trust that the year 1X70 will see their num bers doubled. It will continue to be a thorough newspaper; all the general news of the day will be found In It, condensed when unimportant, at full length when of monieut; and always, we trust, treated in a clear, interesting and instruc tive manner. it is our aim to make The Weekly Hun the best family newspaper in the world, and we shall continue to give its columns a large amount ot miscellaneous reading, such as stories, tales, poems, seientillc intelligence and agricultural Information, for which we are not able to make room in our daily edition. The agricultural de partment especially is one of its prominent features. The fashions are also regularly report ed in its columns, and so are the markets of every kind. The Weekly Sun, eight pages with flfty-six broad columns is only SI. 20la year, posUigepre pald. As this price barely repays the cost of the paper, no discount can be made from this rate to ulubs, agents, postmasters, or anyone. The Daily Sun, a large four-pafie newspaper of twenty-elgh, columns, gives nil the news for two jentsacopy; subscription, pontage prepaid, Sic. t month or sAW a year. Sunday edition extra 11.10 tier year. We have no traveling agents. Address, THE SUN, New \ ork City. Dec. i, 1875 34-fit RKSH NORFOLK OYSTERS received ouce a week, !)/ TROWikUDi E. THE JEWJ3U;ii? OF CONSTANTI NOPLE. In the richer jewelers' shops, there are asses of preciou.- stones inclosed in coffer* lich tbey keep constantly nnder their I es, or which are placed within wire-work j closures; and in many of these obscure! 8ps (more resembling cobbler's stalls than ! ything else) incredible riches are accumu-; ted. Diamonds from Visapore and Gol-' nda, brought by the caravans; rubies of j amschid; pearls of Ophir; topazes from j razil; and opals from Bohemiii, in great mndance; with turquo^en, garnets, aqua uiuup auu ntuiuu* uuui>/??} ? ?> i erally lying in heaps in the shops. The j irks are very fond of precious stones, and is not merely as luxuries bat as deposi ries of wealth. Ignorant of the retine ents of modern finance, they draw no in-: rest from their capital?so doing, being i deed, rigorously prohibited by the Koran; id it is for this reason that we find the; oposals for " Turkish Loans" always vio itly opposed by the old Turkish pai ty. A amond is not only easy to conceal, and to rry, bbt embodies a very large value in a inute compass; and, in an Eastern point view, is a most desirable investment, though it makes no return; out try to irsuade Arab or Turkish avarice to irt with the stone jar which contains his eaaure, for any three or four per cent, en though the thing had been permitted j Mahomet t These precious stones are ineraily either uncut, or only roaeuut; for e Orientals themselves do not cut dia onda or rubies?ei tiier from not under anding the process or not possessing the amond-dust necessary for the purpose, or om an unwillingness to diminish the eight of the stones themselves. The set igs of such stones as are mounted, are arse and massive, and in the antique Gen se style. The exquisite skill of the Arabs the working of jewelry baa left few aces among the Turks, The jewels con st chiefly of necklaces, warring-?, head-or iments, stars, flowers, crescents, rings for e ankles, and handles of sabres or pon rds; but they are never displayed m all eir splendor except in the recesses of the irem, where they adorn the lovely forma the odalisques reclining beneath the eye the master in a corner of the divan; and I this magnificence is, for strangers, as if did not exist Although the wealth of e foregoing sentences?starred as they are th the names of precious stones ? may ive made the reader dream of the Cave of boulcassem, (again involuntarily returning that inexhaustable mine of Oriental iinag y and association?The Arabian Nights,) i must imagine nothing of particular bril tncy in the aspect of the jewelers' 6hops emselves ? for the Turks do not under und the art of displaying any of their iires; and the rough diamonds and other ones, lyiug in little boxes of common wood, ally look little different from bits of glass, tVimurh in nnn miirlit HRSllv enend DUO,000 francs in any one of these obscure id paltry ah ops. A MONSTER HOTEL. The Palace Hotel, now nearing comple )n, in San Francisco, is the largest hotel ructure in the world. It covers 96,250 luare feet of ground, and is seven stories gh; 24,661,000 bricks were used in its alls, 3,000 tons of cast and wrought iron, id 4,561,524 feot of lumber and timber. : contains 1,060 windows, 377 of which are ay windows; 926 rooms, none less than >xl6 feet, and 383 bach rooms. It contains /er three miles of halls; there are five asscnger elevators a'>d eeven grand stair ays; there are 4,540 doors, 9,000 gas urners, and thirty-two miles of gas and ater pipe. It requires 50,000 yard?, or venty-eight miles of carpet It can ac jmmodate 1,200 guests, besides 360 ser inta and employees. And, best of all, lere is not a dark or windowless room in le house. It has been decided to run a ngth of heavy plate glass, sixteen inches igh, along the top of the balusters and bal ustrades, as a precaution against accidents y children sliding down the balusters or imbing the balustrades. This plate glass ill reflect the gas jets, and at night the in irior courts will present a dazzling scene. PAIN IN LOWER ANIMALS. It is generally conceded that insects, hich we crush under foot, do not suffer so mch as we should if similarly destroyed; ad it is well known that the lower order of limals often inflict on themselves injuries hich apparently must cause suffering, and at every indication proves the same to be 3sent. Rabbits have torn themselves free om traps, and been found feeding minus vo legs. Rats, when pressed by hunger, ill eat their own tails. We have seen igs, after their throa's have been cu^ >aso their cries and attempt to eat, and it Baid that the same animals, when stuck j nawares, often pay no apparent attention j i the wound. It is curious also to notice j lat rabbittf and rats, which can support lemselves even if their locomotive process ) injured, will bite off their feet if caught trap*, but that a carnivorous animal like e lox will never uo so, lor, once unable i run, be would starve to death. In the j st case there appears to be no sense of ! lin to prevent the action; in the second, I ,e sense certainly exists. Crabs and ; bsters drop their claws when frightened, id seem unhurt. There is a little lizard in ; cily which, when suddenly alarmed by! e blow of a cane on the rock near to it, i ill break off from its tail and scuttle away, inning- into obstacles in its path, and ting very like a sliip without a rudder, i tish, the sensation of pain is trifling. A i i*p will eat after it is cut in two; bo will a agon-fly when inip.iled; and that the in- j cts should suffer lo any decree seems on j face impossible, particularly if the mil- | ns and millions which the birds eat be i ought upon. A Ll'NtJ ins:.ASK YEAR. Thus far this year hits been signalized as great lung disease year. The mortality >m bronchial ant' pneumoniid attacks ice the first of Jnmiary has beon very jat, at least in the northern hemisphere, would appear that such attacks have been jportionately both more numerous and ire fatal during January and February tiiio jcni liinii (.uriiig uuriwjjuiiuiug' mths for many years past. These facts ve been brought out very clearly by the jorts of the Register of vital statistics in ! city of New York. The unusual fre sncy and fatality of lung complaints is far this year are attributed in part to 1 severity of the sea-on, but still more to i extreme fluctuations of temperature ; ich have charaetori -."d the period named, ildhood and old ano and feebleness gen lly have suffered much this season, but arge number of young and strong men e fallen victims to pneumonia which has ived greatly more d atructive in its rava. this winter than bronchitis. Let us >e that the latter months of the year y redress the balance disbursed by the liar. lea is inei-ely water consolidated by cold; tbe change into ice taking place when the temperature of water is reduced to 32? of Fahrenheit's scale. When particles' of water are frozen, in the state of minute division in which they exist in the atmo sphere, the beautiful phenomena of snow flakes and hoar-frost are exhibited. Hail /.nnmata nf M in -fl ninS f rOZOTl into fflobtlleS. When these various forms of Ice are micro scopically examined, they are found to be made up of a scries of exquisite and minute crystals, some prismoid in shape, others stellate, &c? their filaments being joined at un angle of (HP or 120?. Galileo was the first to observe ice to be specifically lighter than the water from which it was produced: the cause of thifl remarkable and all important fact had been variously accounted for ; the probable solution of this circumstance i$, that water during freezing, is converted into an aggre gation of minute crystals, arranged in such wise, that a vast nuinlier of interstice* are produced between tfce crystals, and larger than between the particles of water, besides, water during freezing, usually im yj jauiir? u ijLiiuiui^ vi <vu 'uuuuico u/ no mass, by which means the balk of the ice becomes larger than the water from which it was formed, and [lighter at the same time in the ratio of eight to nine; and thtu the ice will float at the surface of the water. The expansion of water during the freez ing process is proved by the bursting of water-pipes in winter, and vessels of consid erable thickness often hurst during the freezing of contained water. The fact of ice becoming lighter than water, is a circum stance of the most vital importance, beeuu.-e, had the almost universal law obtained h?re ?namely, of bodies passing from the fluid to the solid Btate becoming header?it must be evident, during seveie winters, ice forming on tho surface of our rivers, Ac.f would cause a succession of solid strata which would sink as fast as created to the bottom of rivers, pouds lakes &c, till the whole would become one solid mass of ice, thereby destroying all the animated tenants of the deep, and would constitute such a barrier of iea as would require immense time for the sun's rays to penetrate and dissolve, the direful consequences of which must be palpable to every one. Here we have a beautiful manifestation of the wis dom and goodness of the Creator toward* hia creatures. The watery vapors which are diffused through the atmosphere, if exposed to intense cold, fall in the form of light snow-flakes, or hail, or snow ; harm less and pleasant to look upon, because of the extreme minuteness of their particles: but suppose these particles had been aggre gated into ice masse*, on falling from the higher regions of space they would have destroyed everything in their career; thia ur?au u;uen^iicuv^ us avci icu vug uur tance of the particles of vapor from each other in the higher regions of the air, and their being consolidated in separata or pm all aggregations during the freezing process. BURNING BASIN OF MAUNA LOA, Miss Bird has been recently travelling in the Sandwich Islands, and describee with great force some of the wonders she wit nessed. In Hawaii, the object of moet ab sorbing interest is, as many are aware, the burning mountain of Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world. Miss Bird went through some not altogether pleasant experiences in order to see this extraordin ary phenomenon, but was rewarded by wit nessing the Kilauea crater under especially favorable conditions. While confessing her utter inability to reproduce what sue saw, she nevertheless attemps it, and her descrip tion is exceedingly vivid. The crater, we are told, is one huge pit in the flank of the Mauna Loa Mountain, 500 feet wide at its narrowest part, nearly half a mile at its broadest Within this abyss, boils and seethes, and throbe and roars, a vast sea of lava, surging against the rocky barrier which surrounds it with a sound like an angry ocean breaking upon an iron-bound coast From the centre of the lake, ever and anon leap up crimson fountains of angry flame, whose fiery efful gence dyes the heavens blood-red. The whole spectacle is one of indescribable force, commotion, terror, glory, and myite 1 ry, not unmingled with an awful and im? ; poeing beauty. TOO MUCH MARRYIKO. There is altogether too much marrying, by form of law, those who at the moat art only a third or half married in other ways. And there is altogether too much urging and coaxing, and alluring young people into the most important and sacred of all i human relations before they are prepared | or moved to assume its burdens, and by | those who ought to know better and act ' with more consideration. We make too much of marrying and being maimed, un lit it is thought by many people, somewhat of a disgrace for a woman to pass through life alone; when in fact, the life of many * single woman is poetry, romance, raptur* even, in comparison with that of many a wife. 80 there is a vast deal of marrying with very little of real marrying; a vast deal of discontent, heartache, misery, hy pocrisy and unmarrying at the last. What we want is not a more stringent divorce law, but a better understanding of the moral law, which forbids the marrying of those not already one; not less marrying, but less marrying where there is no real marrying-. And, above all, let there be no inciting or bribing those to marry who art not drawn to each other, and held insepar ably together by qualities of mind and 60 uL THINKING. It is only by thinking that a man can know himself. Yet all other knowledge without this is splendid ignorance. Not a glance merely, but much close examination will be requisite, for the forming of a true opinion of your own powers. Ignorance and self conceit always tend to make you over rate your personal ability?as a slight degret of knowledge may make & timid mind pass upon himself too humble a ju>lg nient. It is only by thinking, and much impartial observation, that a man can dis cover his real disposition. A hasty tamper only supposes itself properly alive; an in dolent indulger imagines he is as active as any one; but by close and severe examina tion each may discover something nearer the truth. Eubopb has five millions of soldiers all ready for fighting, with fifteen thousaud cannon and a million and a quarter of norths; its united fleets consist of 2,039 vea !<el?J, manned by 28^,000 sailors, and carry ing fifteen thousand guns. The coat of these immense armaments is five hundred and sixty millions of dollars annually, three fifths of the amount being consecrated to the armies.