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THREE DOLLARS A YEAR,] FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF USEFUL INTELLIGENCE, [INVARIABLY IN ADVAFCE. NOL.. WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1869. NO. 35, HE HERALD IS PUBLISHED E?VERY WEDNESDAY MOIRNING, - - At Newberry C. K., T80.F. & B. E. GREB$EER Editors and Proprietors. rRi5, $8 PER AN U, IN CURRENCY OR PROVISIONS. Paymentrequired invariably in advance. eiige Notices, Funeral Invitations, Obit mnrias, and Communications sabserving private ,mtkts,are charged as advertisements. 'HOUGHTS OF HEAVEN. " css there teSey wasting of the frame away; =Nt'fbarfhl shrinking from the midnight air; > o dread of summer's bright and fervid ray. . No hidden grief S wid and.cheerless visions of despair; e vain pettions for a swift relie'; f,4yaatl-lyes, no broken heartse are there! f. as no home .realm of ceaseless praise and ;dibteekaway and melt in foam, - frO fthe mansins of the spirit throne. The storm's black wing $'aeS r spread athwart celestial skies! Whintings blend not with the voice of - spring,. jst-soe too tender floweret fades and dies! No night distils dkPling dews upon the tender frame; mon is needed there!, the light which Ggs That land of g'.ory, from its Maker came! No-parted friends psr moonfl recollectious have to weep; o bed of death enduring love attends, 29 watch the eoming of a pulseless sleep. Y No blasted dower, bad. celestial gardens .now; 1i8 blast or fierce descending msp dmdraren'like a ruthless foe. M Waft2l word -es the sacred host with fear and dread; peace, crestion's morning b':L eer angel minstrels tread. Ltj depa dt'. _ p,. ick one' Thy wounded 4 AM bleed no more at sorrow's stern con, faith. our guide, euraed innocent to lead the way, far to plunge in Jordan's rolling tide. - ad the ocean of eternal day? APPLES OF GOLD. -y fitl we have regected on it, we amearcely, aware how much the .3msa of human happiness in the world is indebted to this one feel ing-sympathy. We get cheer ralnessand vigor wesCareely knonw how or when, frm mere associa tion 'with our fellow-men; and from the looks reflected on us of gladnes and employment, we *catch inpiration' and power to go ks,omhman presence and from "eerfbI-looks. The workman works- with added energy from having others by. The full fai - #y+ele-ba a strength and a life -eliarly its own. The substan - o, nd the effectual relief w1 sishexiend to one another ~~e twigting. 'It is not by these, ~iysomething. far lesa costly that the work is done.. God has insured it by a much more simple wibiery., lEE has given to the -g weakest and poorest power to con --tribtite largely to the common stock of gladness. The child's smile and laugh are mighty po w ers in~ this world. When bereave ment has left you desolate, what substantial benefit is there which makes condolence acceptable ? It cannot replace the loved ones you 4e loep. 1Jean bestow upon you riot1ing permanent. But a warm band has tdudhed yours, and its thrill told you. that there was a living response there to your emo ~tion. One look, one human sigh, has doe more for you than the costliest present could convey." "Tfranslated into its equivalent. money just means food and cloth ing and a salubrious dwelling. It ditiis iistructive books and ra tioiMal reereation. It means free dosi from anxiety, and leisure for Spersonal improvement. It means the seducation of one's children abd-the power of doing good to others. And to inveigh against it, as if it were intrinsically sinful, lsas fanaticalais it would be to in SigbWjaiiit the bread and the raitentihe books and the Bibles, which ,the money procures. It ~ould be to staltify all those pre '6pswhich t^ell us to-pro vide things1 ' ~n~*id the sight bf all men, to do good and to communicate ; i b belp forward :destitute saints siter a godly sort ; to make friends of (b4 unrighteous mammon. And as there is nothing in the Bible to prohiMlIthe acquirement of wealth, iis much to guide us in its . 7J*5 besidment. Using but not tian avoids both the wasteful and the penurious extremes, and is neither a miser nor a spendthrift." "Whosoever occupies a station of moral influence, a station where his labor lies among the most per ilous materials with which man can intermeddle, the affections, the dispositions, the wills of other peo ple, must have amazing self-reli ance, or a deplorable callousness, if he is not frequently crushed down by the solemnity of his po sition." "Whenman'comes to front the ever lasting God, and look the splendor of His judgments in the face, per sonal integrity, the dream of spot lessness and innocence, vanish into thin air : your decencies, and your church-goings, and your regulari ties, and your attachment to a correct school and party, your Gos pI formulas of sound doctrine. w at is all that in front of the blaze of the wrath to come? And scepticism, too, how philo sophical soever, and how manly it may appear, will it rock the con s-ience with an everlasting lulla by ? Wi'l it make, with all its rca sonings, the tooth of the worm less sharp, and the fire less fierce that smoulders inwardly? Let but the plain, true man speak. We ask from him no rhetoric. We require no eloquence. Let him but say in his earnestness, Repent, or wrath to come; and then what has infidelity to fall back upon ? There is rest nowhere in this world except in Christ, the mani fested Love of God. Trust in ex cellence, and the better you be come, the keener is the feeling of deficiency. Wrap up all in doubt, and there is a stern voice that will thunder at last. out of the wilder ness upon your dream. A heart renewed, a loving heart, a penitent and humble heart, a heart broken-and contrite; purified by love,-that, and only that, is the rest of man. Spotlessness may do for angels,-Repentence unto Life is the highest that be longs to man." "Like the Caspian Sea, which has some unseen way of disposing of its waters, so that whatever, rains come down, and whatever rivers flow in, its great gulf never fills, and never a rill runs out from it again, so there is-a greedy, all devouring selfishness which, what ever rivers of pleasure flow into it, and whatever mighty bursts of hea ven-descended bounty exhaust their fullness over it, always contrives to dispose of the whole in the cav erns and subterraneous passages of its capacious egotism-the vast mare internumn of self-without one drop overflowing in kindness to man, or gratitude to God." "This is a' great principle, and not to be lost sight of-the weak ness of, oppression, the terrible strength of the oppressed. I do not allude to the elasticity of the human heart, though that is very great, and is apt sooner or later, to heave off despotisms and every sort of incubus. I dorn't so much allude to that ; for, elastic though it is, it sometimes has been crushed. But 1 allude to that all inspecting and all-adjusting Power w hich con trols the affairs of men ; for on the side of the oppressed is Omnipo tence, and the most deathless of foes is a victim." "Much as you have heard ot glutted markets and a redundant population, you will find that there is yet no surplus of tradesmen, or servants, or scholars, who with ex alted piety combine professional excellence. Lar ge as is the accumu lation of people who through mis conduct have broken down, or who through indolent mediocrity nev er get on, you will find no glut of talented goodness, or of intelli gence in union with principle. You will find tbat there is now enough for all who are really able to serve their generation." "While you always feel that whenever there is admiration of the great and good there is the germ of principle, the possibility of eminent excellence; so, be it the homely peasant or the vil age patriarch, be it the philoso pher, always pausing before he uttered the Name ~Supreme, or Israel's law-giver putting his shoes from off his feet on Horeb's holy ground, you always feel that to realize heaven's majesty is it self majestic, and that there is no thing in itself more venerable than habitual veneration." "Most books are like the marine medus.. fre stranded, newly published, they make a goodly show; but when a few suns have shone on them, the crystal jelly melts, the glittering cupola has vanished, and a few meagre fibres in your memory are all the resi due of the once popular author ship. If you ever tried it, you must have been struck with the few solid thoughts, the few- sug gestive ideas, which survive from the perusal of the most brilliant of human books. Few of them can stand three readings; and of the memorabilia which you ha< mar ked on your first perusal, on re verting to them you find that many of them are not so striking, or weighty or original as at first you fancied. But the Word of God is solid; it will stand a thousand read ings, and the man whohasgone over it the most frequently and the most carefully is the surest of finding new wonders there." [New Eclectic. A DOMESTIC ROMANCE CONCLUDED. REUNITED AFTER FIFTY YEARS' SEP ARATION. In our daily of the 15th nit., we gave the history of a romance in real life, whose main facts it may be well to recount. Samuel, father of Rev. T. B. Eastman, of this city, left Concord in 1819 to better himself in Massachusetts. He left a wife and three children tbehind, and finally went on a whaling voyage. On his return the family had left this city, and no trace of them were to be found. Fifty years passed away, the first family had grown up, and Mr. Eastman, ignorant of their exis tence, had married again and raised another family. By an ac cident, Rev. Mr. Eastman ascer tained that his father was alive, and following up the trace, found and introduced himself to him, and told the story of the past half half century, so far as he knew it. The elder Eastman, his second wife being dead, gladly heard the tidings of the lost family, and he came to this city on the 13th, to renew the relations that chance had so sadly sundered. He was joyfully received by his grand children, whom he had never seen, and on the following day per formed his first duty that of vis iting his mother's grave. On thr 17th, the aged wife, with two of her descendants, arrived in this city.rom Nashua, and went to the home of her son, where all but one of her family now living were gathered. The husband en tered the room, and they looked at each other in silence for a mo ment. The old lady was the first to speak, saying, "Is this Samuel Eastman, my husband?" "And my long lost wife ?" he added, and they rushed to each other's arms, and kissed with all the ardor of sweet sixteen. By request of the father, a prayer of thanksgiving was offered over the happy re union by Rev. T. B. Eastman. The old couple are now re-uni ted, and though the bloom of youth has fled, both enjoy ex3ellent health and spirits. The old gen tleman's eyesight is defective, owing to straining it at sea, but he says he can throw a harpoon or lance at a whale as well as ever. He has never had a doctor in his life. The old lady is also in ex cellent health, but with impaired hearing. To both we wish years of continued health and renewed happiness.-Concord (N. H.) Pa triot, 18th inst. A MAIDEN's "PSALM OF LIFE." -Tell us not in idle jingle "mar riage is an empty dream !" for the girl's dead that's single, and things are not what they seem. Life is real! life is earnest ! single bless edness a fib; "Man thou art, to man returnest ! has been spoken of the rib. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, is our destined end or way, but to act that each to-mor row finds us nearer marriage day. Life is long and youth is fleeting, and our hearts, though light and gay, still like pleasant drums are beating wedding marches all the way. In the world's broad field of battle, in the bivouac of life, be not like dumb driven cattle ! be a heroine--a wife. Trust no future, howe'er pleasant, let the dead Past bury its dead! act, act, to the living Present! heart within and hope ahead ! Lives of mar ried folks remind us we can live our lives as well, and departing leave behind us such examples as sball "tell." Such example that anothei, wasting life in idle sport -a forlorn, unmarried brother, eing- all takre heart and court. Great Memory. Some one has dished up the following bash of great memories. It is a dish strongly spiced with the marvelous, and, as Western men say, we think the compiler had a "powerful recollection." Mithridates, king of Pontus, knew each one of his eighty thousand soldiers by his right name. Seneca! was able to rehearse two thousand words, which were given to him, in the same order. Hortentius kept in his memory all the prices paid on a day of auction. Hugo Grotius, on being present at a review of some regiments in Fran.:e, recalled all the names of the single soldiers which were there called up. JustusLipsius ventured to rehearse the works of Tacitus, from the first word to the last, forward and backward, even when somebody was standing befor him with a drawn dagger, to pierce him at the very moment he had forgotten but a word ! A Vene tian lady, well known by her eru dition, when asked for the sermon she had beard in church, repeated scrupulously every word. Racine knew by memory all the tragedies of Euripides; Bayle, the whole s ork of Montaigne ; Hughes Doneau, the Corpus Juris; Me tastasio, the entire Horatius; and Carteret, Lord-Lieutenant of Ire land, all the New Testament, from the first chapter of Matthew to the end of the Apocalypse. The learned Scotch man, ThimasDemp ster, affirmed be knew not what it was to forget ; and Scaliger is said to have apprehended within twenty-one days the whole Hom erus, and, within four months, all the Greek poets. "AND THEY PARTED."-While on our way home a few evenings since, tired and weary, and saun tering along slowli'enjoying the balmy evening air and delicious moonlight, we were made to wit ness a scene that made us feel "all overish." We cannot, of co,rse, give names or say exactly where they, or rather she, lives, but suf. fice it to say that the locality is in the city, and upon one of our prin cipal streets. Two lovers sat upon the front steps of an elegant man sion and, bathed in the shimnerin subdued light of fair Luna, "buz zed" first-class affection in each other's willing ears. The steps upon which they re clined, together with the house and lot, belonged to the father of the female party. It was no dif ficult matter for the young man to discover, by aid of the moonlight, that the young lady was comely and fair to look upon ; and, in turn for the fair one to drink in the lovelieniss of a newly sprouted moustache that sat upon his upper lip as airly and lightly as a fairy blue mold upon an ancient cheese. The deep toned bell in the belfryv of a neighboring church struck soemnly the honr of eleven. "Will you always think kindly of me, James ?" said she. James lift ing up his voice, said he would; and relieved his mouth of a pon derous, played out chewv of tobacco -the juice of which he had squir ted over the steps on which they rested. The young man then spoke and said: "Your mother wouldn't sit so still in the house, if she know'd I was here, would she ?" She said she thought she wouldn't. The two then mutually agreed to part to meet some more. About the time the parting was taking place, an upper window was raised (we wondered why those things were thus), and a shrill voice said: "You Lavina, get to bed and don't let me catch you on them steps again with that dirty loafer!" A separation of hands im mediately took place, "and they parted." says John Foster, "more palpably betrays littleness, meanness of soul, than a supercilious looking down on estimable friends of mn ferior order after a man has at taned some unexpected elevation." And yet nothing is more common. A man meets with a sudden in crease 'of wealth, and he fails to recognize as acquaintances those whose favor he once courted. A man forms some distinguished ac quaintances, and the plain people with whom he was glad to asso ciate are passed by. According to Foster, there must be a great deal of meanness of soul in the world. A gentleman the other evening, objected to playing whist with a lady, because, he said, she had such a "winning way" about GEORGE D. PRENTICE.-I was wandering through the hot rooms at midnight, in search of a proof reader when I stumbled upon that one of the men whose magic namo yet gives significance to the jour nal he founded and made famous. It was a little room, lit by one gas jet, that flared over a low cot bed, one table and a few chairs. all of the severest strie :mhol stery. From amid a pile 1.ers knee-deep, scissors in hani, rose up the poet journalist. I could have then and there embraced the dear old gentleman, had I not been shocked into a sense of propriety by his unexpected appearance. I had not seen Mr. Prentice foryears, and - was not prepared for the change he presented. Never, at at his best, caring a fig fur his ap pearances, he had in the heat of this July night, discarded all wear ing apparel, save his linen, panta loons and slippers, while his hair stood out like quills upon the fret ful porcupine. He welcomed me heartily, and I was glad to learn that his health is better now than it has been for'years. Few men have wielded a wider influence in his day and genera tion than George 1). Prentice, and even now the shadow of his name seems to breath over and give character to the journal he orig inated. But looking back over his career, an admirer could wish he had other surroundings than these. Perhaps, however, he would not be happier. Berringer like he probably clings to his old ways from chcice.-Don Platt in the Cincinnati Commercial. A COOL PROCEEDING.-A mar ried couple in this county, says the Evansville (Ohio) Corier, who had been living together for some thing over a year, separated re cently in a very pecul'ar manner, and, to say the least ' it, under very unusual circurnstances. We know nothing about their married life, whether it had been very agreeable between the parties. The husband came home to dinner one day, as usual, and while eat ing, his wife said to him,"Stephen, you had better sat a hearty din ner, for it is the last that I will ever cook for you." He inquired what she meant, when she in formed him that she had just re ceived a letter from a young man (a former beau) whom she loved bet ter than any one in the world; that she was going to leave her hus band and go to him ; and that she never loved (Stephen) her hus band. After din ner was over she attired herself neatly, anid soon after a hack called, her trunk (al ready packed) was placed on it, the woman got inside, the driver cracked his wvhip, and away went the wife, from homne and husband, forever. Such are the circum stances of the case as they have been told us. GOOD Ex..uPLEs.-A paragraph is gomng the rounds of tihe papers to the effect that one of Com modore Vanderbilt's daughter has actually condescended to teach her da'ughter to mend stockings. There is no doubt that th.e lady in question is a woman of good sense. who is aware that riches are particularly liable to take wings and fly away from Amer ian holders, but where the won derful condescension comes in, re marks the Cincinnati Gazette, we cannot see. Every mal.e member of the royal house of Prussia is obliged to learn a trade, that he may be able to support himseclf~ should want overtake him ;Queen Victoria's daughters arec said to be proficient in all departmcnts of housekeeping. In th e eyes of those silly females whose idea of happi ness is concentrated on the posses sion and profuse expenditure of money. all knowledge of kitchen and the needle may seem vulgar , but every sensible person must know that it is just as becommnga~ man to boast of his entire ac quainance with business and manly pursuits as for a woman to aff~ect contempt for an ignorance of the duties of her peculiar sphere. It would be well if those who are astonished at the homely industry of the Vanderbilts would learn a practical lesson from their example. Speaking of a young man who is in the habit of serenading the young ladies of that city, the Selma Mes.senger says: "For haiv-? ing heard him declare. in tuneful strains, to each of six young ladies n one evening, that she was 'all the world' to him, we can safely indorse him as the most 'barmon iou le' of~ our neanac. EXCITEMENT AND SHORT LIFE. The deadliest foe to man's ion gevity is an unnatural and unreaso !:able excitement. Every man is born with a certain stock ofvitality which cannot be increased, but which may be husbanded or ex. pended as rapidly as he deems best Within certain limits he has choice. to live fast or slow, to live abstemiously or intensely, to draw his little amount of life over a large space, or condense it into a narrow one; but whtn his stock is exhausted he has no more. le who lives abstemiously, w ho avoids all stimulants, takes light exercise, never overtasks himself, indulges no exh:rust.ing passions, feeds his mind and heart on no exciting material, has no debilita ting pleasures, lets nothing ruffle his temper, keeps his "account with God and man squared up," is sure, barring acciden ts, to spin out his life to the longest limit which it is possible to attain ; while he who lives intensely, who feeds on high-seasoned food, whether ma terial or mental. futigues his body or brain by hard labor, exposes himself to inflammatory disease, seeks continual excitement, gives loose reign to his passion, frets at every trouble, and enjoys little re pose, is burning the candle at both ends. and is sure to shor ten his days. "s" FIFTEEN GREAT MISTAKES.-It is a great mistake to set up our own standard of right and wrong, and judge people accordingly. It is a great mistake to measure the enjoyments of others by our own; to expect uui.'o:-mityof opir. ion in this world ; to look for judgment and experience in youth ; endeavor to mold all dis positions alike ; not to yield in immaterial trifles; to look for per tection in a fallen world; not to Vim at perfection in our own ac tions ; worry ourselves and others with what can not be remedied riot to aleviate all that needs al leviation as far as in our power; not to make allowances for the in firmities of others; to consider every thing impossible which we can not perform ; to believe only what our finite minds can grasp; to expect to be able to understand everything. The greatest of all mistakes is to live only for Time, when any moment may lauuch us into Eternity. COULDN'T SUBSCRIBE.-A pair of those interesting, entertaining la (ies who seem to carry on so large a business in the way of procuring subscriptions for new works, and who are so delightful ly importunate, so sweetly un-get rid-a-ble. called a short time since at the oficee of a young lawyer for the purpose of getting him to subscribe. "Indeed, ladies," said1 he, "the partnership of which I am an humble member has lately been so imprudent as to issue a new work of their own, thich, in con sequence of the enormous expense attending its illustraitions, embel lishments, &e., have completely cripp.led us. '-Then, p)erhaps," rep)lied the rngelie canvasser, we could pro cure y-ou some subscribers. What do you call your work ?" "Well, we have not fully deter mined as yet ; but I guess I'll let my wife have her own way, and call it after me-Charles IIenry." TRaEE IMPoRTANT THINs. Three things to' love&-Courage, gentleness and affection. Thlree things to admire-Intel lectual power, diguity and grace fuilness. Three things to hate-Cruelty, arrogance and in gratitude. Three things to delight in Beau ty, frankness and freedom. Three things to wish for IIealth, friends and a cheerful spirit. Three things to pray for-Faith, peace and putrity of heart. Three things to like-Cordiali ty, good humor and mirthfulness. Three things to avoid-Idle ness, loquacity and flippant jes ti ng. Three things to cultivate-Good books, good friends and good hu-. mor. Three things to contend for Honor, eounut-y and friends. Three things to govern-Tem per, tongue and conduct. Three things to think about Life, death and eternity. Ain't it wicked to rob dis chick en roost, Jim?" "Dat's a great moral question, Gumbo, we ihsn 't no time to a-u it now-hand down anndder TIME FOR MATRIMONY.-Among the ancient Germans, than whom a finer race never existed, it was death for any woman to marry before she was twenty years old. By the laws of Lycurgus, the most special attention was paid to the physical education, and no delicate or sickly woman were, on any ac count, allowed to marry. Dr. John-, ston, in his work of "Economy of Health," says that matrimony should not be con tracted until the first year of the fourth septennial on the par. of the lady, nor before the last year of the same in the case of the gentleman. In other words, the female should be at least twenty-one years of age, and the male twenty-eight years: The doctor says there should bd a difference of seven years be= tween the sexes, at whatever period of life the connection is con= tracted. There is a difference of seven years, not in the actual du. ration of life in the two sexes, but in the stamina of the constitution; the symmetry of the form and lineaments of the face. In respect to early trarriage, so far as it con cerns the softer sex, for every year at which marriage is entered upon before the age of twenty one, there will be, on an average; three years of premature deeaf; more or less apparent, of the cor poral fabric. THE USE OF PEPPER.-Pepper is an almost universal condiment. Black pepper irritates and in flames the coatings of the stomach. Red pepper does not irritate, con. sequently it should be used instead of black pepper. It was known to the Romans. and has been used in the East Indies from time im memorial, as it corrects that flatulence which attends the large use of vegetable food. Persons itd health do not need any pepper in their food. But to those of weak and languid stomachs it is far more healthy to- u5e cayenne pep-. per at meals than any form of wine, brandy or beer that can be' named, because it stimulates with: out the reactions of sleepiness or debility. HOME INFLUENCES.--HOme !. it is the paradise of infancy, the tower of defense to youth, the re treat for manhood, the city of refuge for old age. Recollections, associations, cluster round it-O how thickly ! Enjoyments are tasted there whose relish never' dies from the memory. Affections spring, and grow there, through all the turns and overturns of life, and which last on, stronger than death. The thought of its early innocence has kindled anew the flame of virtue, -almost smoth. ered beneath a heavy mass of follies and crimes. A brutal fellow, given to beat ing his wvite for amusement was set upon the other day by all the women in the neighborhood. armed with mops, brooms, shovels, ard tongs, and thoroughly drubbed. His face was scratched, his hairr and whiskers pulled out, and his body beaten black and blue. To' ponclude, the Amazons brought a cross, and compelled him to take oath never to strike his wif6 again. Just as Christ is both the phy: sician and the medicine, the priest and the sacrifice, the redeemer' and the redemption, the legislator' and the law, the dookeeper and the dooi-, so also is He both 'Ibe sower and the seed. For indeed the very Gospel itself is no athber than Christ Incarnate, born into the world, preaching, dying, rising again, sending forth His Spirit; gathering His Chiurch, sanctifying it, governing it. "Arthur," said a good-natured father to his hopeful. "I did nob know till to-day that you had been whipped last week, "Didn'f, you, pa," replied hopeful, "I hkew it at the time." "Your fat is all in. the fire," saidM orpulent stump speaker, of three undred pounds averdupois, ad :ressing himself to his opponent If yours were, we should have foretaste of the general confla gration," replied the latter.. A lady wished aseat. Apo'rtly, handsome gentleman brought one and seated the lady. "Oh! you're a jewel,' said she. "Oh! no,'he replied, "I'm a jeweler, I have just set the je wel." Let us, then, be up and doivg, with a heart on triumph set-astill contriving, still pursuing, and eah oe a huomhand get.