The Newberry herald. (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, April 09, 1873, Image 1
Vol. IX. WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 9, 1873. No. 14.
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GIRLS! PASS ALONG!
BY JOHN G. SAXF.
Biess ine! wimil a ross row
Of girls at me their glances throw,
As they gaily conme and go,
The 'tight coquetish throng!
Can't the darlings near me say.
-"I have had my youthful day.
Now, I put such things away?"
Girlat pas along!
Ah, my Zoa! pray desist!
Sooth. I care not to be kissed:
Asyour rnother if I list
To, Cupid's siren songs?
Ste-but that is entre nous
Knows what love and I can do
Her advice you'd best pursue
Girls! pass along!
Laura! you would hardly guess
How your grandma used to press
Lips of mine-well-I confess
We didn't thiuk it wrong:
I)ok! she's coming! tempt we not
ay saloon or shady grot;
-girls! pass along!
ou smiling too! you naughty Rose!
wonder now if you suppose
i' not aware w1lat sort of beaux
Around your beauty throng ;
I know the husbaud hunting crew,
And all the pretty tricks they do;
I'm old, but much too young for you!
Girls! pass along!
Away-away !-you madcaps !-fly
Your roauish arts ahy will you try
To blini a greybeard-such as I
With Cupid's slender theong?
Yet, like a powder magazine,
My heart from flying sparks I scretn
The sparks that shot from wanton een
Girls! pass along!
IS IT WORTH WHIIK?
"I wonder if it's worth while?"
So queried a young man, as he
sat absorbed in deep thought. lHe
was trying to decide whether, in
view of his being a farmer. it
woutd-be profitable for him to ob
'tain a thorough education. He'
Vknew of farmers who could searce
- ,ly read and write ; none who pro
S, fessed more than a common edu
cation, yet many were good fatr
mers, in prosperous circumistances,
and apparently contented and
happy; and he had so often heard
the idea of a farmer having knowl
-edge scoffed at as a thing incom-)
patable with his vocation. Thus
he reasoned with himself. Hie
loved the life of a farmer; to him
it did not seem drudgery to till
the rich fields, and lhe was im
patient to enter upon the work.
Yet he was ambitious, and wished
to bonor his profession, and if this
was to be done better by an edu
cation than otherwise, why he had
both tihe means and inclination to
procure it. Long he pondered,
but his mind had acquired a thirst
for knowledge, and knowing that
DO calliag can be too well under
stood. he decided that in the end
it would not be time lost nor mon-'
ey wasted, and entered college
While there he did not forget the
object of his studies, and although
the classics were not n eglected,
the sciences were carefully regard
Steadily he pursued his course
until the closing days of college
life drew ne" r. His friends the
meanwhile looked on, proud of his*
ability, and pictured to themselves
thle glories he would win, and in
an ticipationi, no doubt, of reflecting
some of its rays. A mong his class
mates he was looked upon as the
model of the class. Imagine their
astonishment, as they were gather
ed together laying plans for the
future, to hear him say, "I mean
to be a farmer."
i:Why, Fred Meller, are you
crazy ?" exclaimed one; "you a,
farmer! To think of hiding your
self in the obscurity of that ham
drum existence; you might as well
commit suicide at once."
"I do not think there is any
thing desperate in it, Granger:
there is certainly need of good
farmers."'
"But what can there be in
hioeing and digging, from sutnrise
to sunset, that c-an possibly be
attractive to a person of your
culture? I would not degrade
myself so," spoke up another.
"Degrade ! flow can any honest
emnploymenCt degrade? Ar-e not
fatrmers, as a class, men of ac
k nowledged in tegrity ; and have;
not someC that the world has been
p)roud to honor been farmers? No,
I will not degrade myself by being
one.",
"Well, you will at least admit
that yocu "will lose the privileges
of society. What will you do
Swith Greek and Latin? Teach it
to your. cattle, perhaPs, and waste
-yotur fine abilities in lecturiog the
stara!"
'-No, you do me injustice. I
have thoughtwell upon the sub
1-e ak'ann at ba t
my mental powers become in
active. As fvr Greek and Latin,
you will agree that I shall have as
much need of them as a merchant
hs. They will help meo to im
prove and enjoy my leisure mo
ments. There certainly will be
use for the Natural Sciences. For
the rest, do not imagine that I
shall disregard the benefits of
society."
"Well, Meller, I hope you will
succeed in your expectations.
But tell me, do you think it
necessary for farmers to be edu
cated ?"
"Most certainly I do. I think
education as necessary to a farmer
as to a man of any other vocation."
Although silenced, they wue
not convinced.
"I think it a shame!" exclaimed
Henry Granger that evening,
after full five minutes of silence
and deep thought-a silence by
the way, very long for him.
"What is so very disgraceful.
Henry?" and his sister looked up
inquiringly.
"Why, there's Fred MLer. the
best scholar in our class, has
splendid talents, and well titted to
make his mark in the world, you
would not think but that he would
be eager to secare some honorable
positliol. which he is so well fitted
to fill. (she did, thouah.) well,
what is he going to do but bury
himself in sonic wilderness and
actually become a farier. I do
believe the fellow has not a
particle of ambiLion."
"Perhaps he has much, not
however, for the fickle applause of
men, but to raise that noble em
ployment from the low estimatio.i
in which it is now hlcid, and cause
it to be regarded, as in trult iL i,
an honorable profession."
"Honorable profession ! Amy,
I believe he has been instilling
some of his absurd fancies into
your little brain, but we shall
never consent to your being car
ried off to die of hard work and
intolerable elinui on a farm. Re
member that!"
"I do not see why one iced to
all a victim to either- of tho.e
things because one lives on a fitrm.
Work may be a little harder and
visitors a little fewer. but they
may both prove but blessings in
disguise."
"You would soon find they are
not, and we will take good care
not to give you a tria!."
But whether in view of' Fred
Meller's "splendid talents," or
whethor Miss Amy possessed a
share of self-will, I know not, but
it is certain that Amy Granger
did become Mrs. Frederick Meller,
and that soon after the happy
event she did accompany her
husband to the veritable farm.
It was not a place that looked
nviting to the romantic views of
acity lady. Yet she knewv the
ind and heart of him to whom
he had entrusted her young life,
and held the meaningless form
nd glitter of society ot little value
n comparison. And it is my
pinion that Mr. Meller considered
his lady with a cultivated mind,
nd a refined. loving heart, worth
adozen years of study. If he did
ot, he should.
Mr. Meller's farm was, as I have
aid, by no means the most pro
nising. It had been under the
are of tenants for several years,
and fences, fields, buildings, all
ore evidences of neglect. But he
~vent to work, determined that a
ew~ years should make a great
difference in its appearance. Hie
id not follow in the time-worn
hannels of his predecessors, along
hich mecst of his neighbors were
till plodding, but took advantage
f all the facts which investigation
nd exp)erie'nce had laid before
im, and his own knowledge ac
ainted him with the soil of his
ields and its adaptation to the
ifferent products.
The neighbors ridiculed his
new fangled" notions, but in vain.
Knowledge is p)ower, and he felt
it, his fields provedit. As time
assed, those who had first ridi
ued, began to open their ey& to
he fact also, and queried among
hemselves by what means that
ld farm had been transformed
nto such a beautiful place.
"How is it," one asked, "that
ou have now a better farm than
ay of us; you don't work as hard,
ad yet your crops ar4 always
setter?"
"I know not, unless it is thatI
ave learned the science of' farm
ng, for my pecuniary means were
mall."
"I did not kno,v there was a
cience about farming. But if a
ttle study can make my boys'
etter farmners, they shall have it.
here's Jim beern asking me to go
o college, and I told him it was
f no use for farmers. 'But,
ather.' says he, 'don't you think
r. Meller is a better farmer than
he rest round here, and he's been
o college.' So I thought I wouild
sk you."
The consequence was another
ind fitted to battle with life.
Was it worth nothing to be able
by exmnle to satisfy the craving
not has had little experience of
the iiner wori of t!je mind.
So the years passed by. bring
ing theirJoys and sorrows.anl he3
gnigthe respect of'al i
cor.el sought, his opinio.n, betr.
ing the we ig-h t t hat superior
knowledge joini to so0, I j-nge
ment and long experience ever
will. le fil's no publi ofh(- ,
may never be known to the worid
at large, for reader, he is not a
politician, but a farmer, and in
that capacity is content.
For the satisfaition of, the eu
rious, lit me add that Mrs. Melier
is still living, and itr her cheeritil
coautenance you c:in se: !o traeo
of enl 0. er aristoc-ratic eitv
fiic_nds ar:e glAd tfo -et n invit:a
tion to :pend a few days at the
farmn.
Was it worth lwhile? We sim
p!y give Mr. Meller's own opinion,
supposimga it to be the fact.
Amy. that course of stu'ly at
If- wa. worth a mine of gold
to me."
I-Extravag.ant." Do you thin,k
so? then tr', it and see if lhe was
far from the t ruth.-Ra,mal.
cc t II its.
From Our Monthly.
LITTLE RIVER CHUiRci.
Little River Chlureb). .situated
originall v in the upper part of
Newberrv CountIlLN. takes its namel
f'rom the stream flowin(l neart
Adg to Dr. Howt. li'tory,
it was organiz-Ad by R-v. ,ames
Creswell, in 17-4; nd its fir.t i
ders were, Col. James Wiiian.
who 1ll at ing's iountai, AM
gUs Camiphell, and James Bur-11
side. A Mr. W.illiam Caidwell. a
noted surveyor in his day, donated
the land upon which the i.iIlding
was erected. The original grant
contained twenty acres. hut the
elders thinking this more than
necessary, gave fifteen acres back
to Mr. Cald well. The land now be
longing to the church is about five
acres. So far as is known, the
framing timbers of' the present
building are the same that were
first put up, so they must be up
wards of' a hundred years old.
Judging from the size ofthe piece,
we would say, there were "men
in those days,"-and judging fiom
the manner ir which ole piece is
secured to atnother, we would say,
they were honest men, because
ihey did good work, and benevo
lent men, because they labored for
posterity. The house has several
times been re-weather boarded
and covered. Rev. W. Teunnt,
preached in this house in 1775, an1d
after the sermon, harangued the
people for two and a ha!l hours on
the interest of the country ; with
him came William Hi. Drayton, on
a mission to stir UP the people
(see Dr. Howe). Not. far' fr'om
this church, but in Laurens Counity
is the place known as Hay's Sta
tion. The scene of' ouo of the
most murderous acts of' the "bloodvy
Bill Cunngham," commander of
"the bloody scout.
A gi'andson of' Col. Williams of
King's Mountain fame, informed
the writer, that Dr. Howe was.1
mistaken, wheni lie said that
Col. Daniel Williams and young
Joseph Williams, murdered here
by "Bloody Bill" were brothei's of
Col. Williams-they were not the
brothcrs, but the sons of' that
honored man. On the site of' this
tragic scene, a be'autif'ul monnuent
was erected to the memory of the
"fallen braves." Last summer,
one year agro, this monument was
damaged either by a stroke of
lightning or by the ruthless hands
of those who seemed to envy the
peacef'ul sleep and honor'ed name
of the noble dead. For a full de
tail of'thbe history of'Little River
Church, up to the beginning of
1800, the reader is ref'eirred to Dr.
Howe's History of' the Pr~iesbyte
rian Chu:'ch, in South Carolina
pages 339-'40, 525-'27, 528 and 617.
Father Johni B. Kennedy began
to preach in this Church in 1196
(see Dr. Howe) and some think he
supplied this Church, at different
times, covering a space of' nearly
f'or'ty years. If' this opinion is cor
reet, his last labors here must have
been near' about the year 1836.
No sessional records of' Little Riv
er are extant, until August. 1841.
F'rm the year 1800, up to August
1841, no very accurate informiation
can be obtained f'rom those now
living around the Church. The
religious c omplextion of this comn
munity has been very much chan
god. Pi'esbyter'ianism has been on
the decline in respect to number.
The Church has now no Session,
and so far as the writer knows,
there is but one male member liv
ing in the bounds of the Church,
and he very aged and infirm.
Maj. John Black, Robert Gray,
and John Burnside, were rulin~
elders in this Cburcb previous to
1841. Mr. Burnside and Mr. Gray
havin gfaithfully served their gene
ration fell asleep in Jesus-the
former in 1832 and the latter, date
unknown, Dr J. WV. Simpson was
alan na ei4er i thia Chumh. but
he removed to Laurens C. 11., be
fore , the ext nt record beins.
Bjain Wlll mon Dr. An1
thonmy, F Goldling. Wils:n'. llo
ran, compo~Isedl the bench ot ..'erI
in 1841. F:1thr 1. D:Isoi! n':.y
have precheed soe, ill Lbis churbCh
before Rev. A lexider R irkpatrick
supphed it. The latter began his
hibors at Liberty Spring CLurch.
about 1821, ani hi- (lied at Cross
ill, lec. 30th, 10 2. It must
have been dunring this time that
lie Lilled the Little River pulpit,
butiL wh1ether he did this, ali the
Li ie he staid at LibertV Spring
churhe, is not Certainly known.
Rev. Mr. Rainey suppliUd Liberty
prin g Churcb. at least, one year
be seen 1:21 ak '12, while Mr.
Ki.A;ipatriieFs was inl Georgia, aId
as M'r. !'aineyle a:-o precacled at
LitIe lZiver, it, is lupipsed he did
so while suplin~ g Li uerLy Spring.
lai those( days, two sermons wereecx
peeted by the pe-ople each Sabbath
durigif the suin1er. For the evtL
ing servie Mr. Raiey lectired
Ola portion'1 (I the 'LO-Ld r)YrCI',"
aPd oni ov livil", who was then
quile a yo:,i.. says these lectlre
greati y editied and delighted the
pe"ple. It iv recoIl-cted that a
111v. Mr. Johnstou preaeiod a lit
ti while at this church. ho, long
or in what year iluknlown. Somie
time betore 184 , a Rev. Mr.
Whiipy (the writer is not certain
about the r'ight orIthio''raphy of
his nan- ) a New School man. or
hlig ew S choo do 0C tInes,
from -.aryvilec, Tenn., fur a short
timi tlied the Little Biver pulpit.
!? . Johnr McKitriek, also preaeb
ed at. Little River Church )reVioUs
to 1841 ; but iu what year the writ
ecant say.
1hese are all tho ministers now
remembered by this peple as
their pzlstor101 or s1pply preVious
to 1841. We (o noL know when
l?eV. W. M'Whort-r began to sup
p)ly this ch urch. The session book
maN-es mentiou in Augu.st. 1841
IIe contiinued to labor here in
1841-42. In 1843 the church was
vacant. Rev. P. 11. Folker sup.
)lied it in 1844-'45. lIder WI
liam V. Horan, received a lettei
Do diS1i1ion in 844;. but, not re
movilg fromi the COnlgrgation, as
was i init,.lion, perhapq, he was
livited by the charch inl 1815, to
reSUme.0 his otlice. Flder A. F.
!iolding was dismissed to Liberty
Spring Chureh in 1845, and John
II. Boyd and Capt. J. G. William.
were elected and ordained elder.s
in the same year on tihe 2nd or
August. Rev. J. C. Williams sup
plied this chureb in the years 1846
to 48. Elder W. W. Horan was dis
missed in 1848. he bein- about to
remove to the West, Rev. C. 1.
4tewart next supplied the Church
or two years. Rev. D. Wils, 1).
).. in 1851. Rev. Z. L. Holmes, in
1852, and '53. Mr. Wills and Mr.
Logan are spoken of as present
>n a comm iunion occasion in '54.
Rev. S. Donnelly supplied the
?hutreb in '55, '56 and '57-per
Laps, the church was vacant in
58. Rev. Rohb't McLees preached
bere in '39, 'G0 and 'G1, it was per
NasVac-an t inl '2. Rev. J. S. Wil
Jan ks attendlied a mneetinig of Li t-I
Ie River- Session in '62. Mr.
Aurbuthnot. a young man from the
Seminary, preaLchedl here awhile
.iuring~ the war. Recv. S. Don nel
.y's name occurs on the Sessionahl
.ecor-ds for '63, '64 and '65. No
>ne, perhiap.s suppiied tihe Church
ni '6G. In '67 P'resbytery sent
P. WXatts and 1R.S.PIhinney,ruling
alders to visit this chren, whichi
visit resullted ini the e!ection arid
>rdination of' W. H. Boy d, as a rul
ng elder. In '60, Rev. A. A.
S1orse, as Evangelist, visited thle
Ih archi. Rev. J1. McKittrick preach
ad here in '69 and '70. Mr. Z. L.
[Iolmnes, in 'i1, and Mr. Strong and
I. R. Jacobs,from the Seminary, in
The last record of' the Session
>ook is this.-Wmn. H. Boyd, the
>niy ruling elder, died at his home.
n Laurens County. Feb. 10th,
1872. (The Little River churebh
uldin ha~ is ben remo~ived frloml
.he old site. to abotut one mile from
\Iilton. It is now standing on
~he left hand side of the r-oad, as
ou go from New berry to Laurens,I
'ict far from the residence of the
ate Mr. David Vance. The build
ng is not yet completed.]
No off'spring is simply the -ofi
pring of' its father and mother.
1t is at the same time the off'
prn of grandfatth er and grand
mother on both sides. Without
:oucbi;ng grrounrd at al debatable
be might have asse'rted that this
Jependence of~ offspr'ing of liability
~o reproduce famrily eharacteristics
~xtends much far-ther up the an
-estral line. Hence the import
sece of' thorough breceding.
A modest young lady at the ta
ble diesiirig the leg of' a chicken,
said : "I take the part which ought
to be dressed in drawvers." A!
p-ung gentleman opposite replied :
-I take the part wvhich ought to
wear the bustle." The young la
iy fain ted and was carried out on
l 1ea
01i3xN OF THE N.AMES OF
wTAT"-S.
T.i 1 much that i. inltervtin,
in the study (f the oj Iir of the
names of the states of the Union,
as thev are derived from a VafieNy
o f S,nn. To hoegin m Ih I eI0
graphical order. we first have
Maine. whibh Itas its name from
the province of Mainle, in France,
and Was so a!!d in conplinent
to the Qicen of ChaTrls I, lion.
rietta, its owner.
_New 1fampshire-first (aIled
Laconia-from IHampshire, Etig
lnd.
Vermont, from the Green mnouti
tairis. (Frn h 10 ve 1dont.)
trv ab-! t the geat hiil."
1)h1de Ijand gets its Lw .am
the la. io.l l S_ [e se blince to t!.at of
In the ancient Levant.
Coinn cticuts name Was" lin
g.*1 spellud originaily, Q o -h
ta-em , iniying 'a long river."
New or .so 1 In ned as a
("oMlime:n- to the luke of Yo1k,
wh.o bother, CharitIs H1, graLt
cd him tiat territory.
NevW Jurbvy was nmed by cne
of its original propietor.-, Sir
George Carterer. afti the island
ot Jer.-ey, in the British cliai l,
of which he was goClNv .
Pennsylvania, as sgenera!!
known. lakes its namq from WV!*
li:,1n Puin, the word "sylvania"
mhening woods.
Delaware deriVes its name from
Thomas West, Lord De la Ware,
Maryland derived its naie from11
the Queen of Charles 1, Henrietta
Viiiiia (ot its iam fro m1
Queenl Elizabeth, the unmarried
or Vrzin Qicen.
Tho Carolinas were named in)
ho0nor of Charles I. and Georgia
il 110101 of Charles iI.
lorida gets its name from Kas
cias de1 Flores, or --Peast, o1 tile
fl Iwer."
Alabama com,-es from a (reek
word signIifing Uhe lana of
re't."
Louisiana was sc. named in hon
or of Louis XIV.
ESSissippi derives s name rom
that of tile great river, whilch is in
the Natebes tongue, "The Father
oi Waters.'
Arkansas is derived from the fn
dian word Kansas. I-Smokv wat
er." With the French pretix of ark,
.a how."
Tennessee is an Indian name.
meaning "The river with the big
bend."
Rentucky, Olso, is un Tndian
"At the heil of the river."
Ohio is the Shawnee name for
"The beautiful river.'
lichigan's name was derived
from the lake, the Indian nlame
for a fish wier or trap, which tile
shape of the lake suggested.
Indian&s name came from that
of the Indians.
Illinois' name is derived fr-om
thle Indian word "illini," men, and
the Frcech affix "ois,"' making it
"Tribe of men.''
Wisconsinz's inme is said to be
the Indian One for' a wild, rushing
chan nel.
Missoui's is also an Indian n ame
for. muddy, hlavingL referencee to
the mluddiniess of the MLissorni riv
er.
K\ansas is the I ndian word for
smoky water.
The dierivattion of' the names of
Nebraska and Nevada~: is unknown.
Lwoa signifies0, ill the Inidian' Ian
tunage. L.The drowsy oneCs" and
inesota "Ciooudy wvater."'
The orijgin of the n1am e of (ali
fornia is uniknowni.
Oregon.ae-cordi nL' to some,eomes
fr'om~ Oregana. tile Indianl name of
a wild majoram which grows abuin
dantly on tile Pacificecoast: and.
according to others. from Oregron,
"The river of the West,"' in allui
SiOn to tIle Cohlumbia river'.
West Virginia gets its name
from having been formecd torm the
westernl part of1 old Vi rg ina.
THIE 1ZES-ULT OF AN OYSTER 5cP
PEn.-Thle Dan bury News g'ives a
sad account of the vicissitudes of
life ex-peiienced byv a young man
in thlat place. He wenlt to see a
young lady-, previouly just havig
been to an oyster suipper. As he
neared the house he saw her father
standing oni the steps, and hii~iled
hlim: "Hello, old Tadpole: z'at
you ? Where ish my loveiy ga
zelle ? Where ish my love now
dreaming?" The father looked at
tile young manl, thin kingt hie want
ed something, placed his hand sad
ly upon his shouilder. turned hlim
arounid and filced the space undIer
his coat tail withI leather. The
younig man don't go thlere any
more. Hie says small -pox is here
ditary in the family. __
WXhen you see a man On a moon
light night trying to convince his
shadow tbat it is imp)roper to fol
low a gentleman, you may be sure
it is high time for him to join the
Temperance Society.
Thbree things to govern-temper,
tonene and conduct-;
N.i VW11RITING OF DISTIN
GUISIiED .MEN.
Colonel Foriney, il his "Re
e>)ilectionis of Distiniiguished menr,"
-senator Sumner's writing is
ebar~cteristicaliy large and dis.
tic' short sentCeces, carefully
potinted, ood ink and excellent
StC1!ioCrv 6om1ewhlat after the
Parliamentutry fashion. Hie is a
prodigiouis worker, and, I fear.
evCi Lizi prostration cannot keep
his hand from pen arid pencil.
Caleb k"ushing writes very rapid
Iy, arid it requires one anii:iar with
h 1i anu cript to interpri-et it. Of
all m vn owever, none was hard
er toU unicCrsand' thani Tiaddeuis
stevens. I have some note of his
w h OUld puzZh- an experL.
J.1nl Lothro: ) oti.v. the histo
rian, i siguiare precise. Thack
era%Y 6.eiied to rejoice in small
f*m:-i:eC ebaLractrs, a-ld took
gr La "lh in his letters to his
firiemis dterate the bordei with
al mnndl r of curious Caricatures.
Robir-- Cinrad the poet, was a
mu.t UILeate and vdviufe wri
0 *. Sjale o lhis pocmS were not
less models of literLry beauty than
o.f meban:ied taste. Williamn B.
eed, so we", known iu 'ies
ain lite'r:LtUrC writes a hand
verly muL like the venerable
.le;lrV C. C:Crv-falir to luok
UPON, but SO.i11aes dad to in
ratecl Stepheni A. i)oug;las dash
I ofT his letters without iuen rIe
gard to apearance. le sermed
o be alvas unier a hili pres
surand what ie wro!e was wit
tn w1ith intense feeli:..i JoI C.
t remonit signs his nanie boldly. :
little after the Dickens style. Wi'
liam i. Se ward was excessively
p.u-ticula 1in the preparation of his
speeches, and composed with de
liberation. I heard an old steno
grapher say that after he had ta
ken down Mr. Seward, literally
in one of' his gieatest efforts, an d
prosonted him tie full report, the
statesman recast the whole dis
course, aud sent it to the printers
in hisown hand. Senator Morton
writes in hold, round charactcrs.
Thurlow Weed's is significantly
editorial-anybody who sees it
can tel that hie has reeled off mul
titudinoous leaders. MeMiehael, of
the North American, writes ner
V.o1ly. in straight lines. frequent
ly hard to solve. Boker, the poet,
prides himself upon his cool and
dainty ehirography. Rufus Choate
was a dreadful affliction to the
printers when they got hold of his
legal papers, and the man who
most resembled him in his time,
George W. Barton, of Pennsyl
valnia, was almost as proliie in his
oratory as in his handwriting, and
it was far easier to enjoy his mag
niticent rhetoric than his written
sentences. Filmnore's style wvas
methodical and slow :Pierce's
Fquick, bold and legible ; Lincoln's
small, careful and rather labored;
Grant's unpretending and easily
read."
A STIR.AN( E C.AREE R.
DEATII of A NoTED) WOMAN--THE
WI'E of NINE HiUSBANi's.
One of the strangest careers of
mderni t ime s has juis t ternminiatedI
in the deatu of Ladyl Elleniborough.
at Damanstcus. Forty years ag~o
she wa's one of the mont notedl
wxome n in Europe, and her resi
dence in the East has long been
sort of scatndalous romaiice.
Then daiughter of the late Admi
ral Sir Henriiy D)igby, beautiful,
witty and rich, she married i
1821~ t he Earl of Ellen borough. who
was atterward Governor Geuerail
of1India, and who at that timen
was one of the most, brilliant men
Of the day. She was ab)out seve
teen years of age at the time of
her marriage, and Ellenboronigh.
who was a widower, was thirty
founr. They lived together some
six yeatrs, anld her dissoiute con
duct was a cause of scandal for
some time previous to the catas
trophe of hier elopement with
Prince Felix Schwarzen berg, a'
celebrated roue, then Autstrian
31inister in London. The event
causedgni immense sensation in the
wvorld of aristocracy and fatshion.
Ellen borough procured a divorce
from Parliament anud never mar
ried again ; but his runaway wife
soon separated from Schiwarzen
beirg, anid in 18:32 marrie'd Baron
Vsenningen, a Bavarian. T1irin
of himi presently. aind with her
great wealth and personal fascmna
tions having little dificeulty in pro
curing divorces under the easyF
laws of Germany. bhe was mar
ried in succession to five other
individuals; but as none of these
unions met her expectations, they
were all dissolved after a short du
ration. In 1848 she was living in
A thens with her eighth husband, a
Greek colonel. Count Theodoki; but
without waiting to become a widow
she had this marriage also dissolv
ed, and set out for the Levant.
During a journey from Beyrout to
Damascus she found a new affinity
in the person of an Arab camel:
driver, known as Sheikh Abdul,
whonm sh mdried after4 theArb
z id la-t of her c.,;juI l partn
'.1 axwholv year Uhe accompa
Iled h I 1n Is Pu11 betw e e
i *o U it: i hi:i L i , f 1 e ' drii V
caseis. 1iring of -.-.is ne d
l- object of ciosity to a
no av i'lers.. A kdu' l (;Intin
n i tn bu.d s as a C(l~::!
w:a 'lwas hospjitably emertlalined
by* her whnve he camlie to th e
pl:r-e. d now she is dea.d hav
ing curnple three e'...
:Xa:d en y arI al in. a 4 :.',
fiu eto hivr revlaLiV , th DI
hyv 1:-Jiiy inlni n .uc en
ory o var.in aZI oi shame.
An Act to Encourage and Pro
,ide fbr the Incorporation ol
Agricutniral and -1echanical:
Societies and Associations f-r
the Promotion oflthe Arts and
Sciences.
]P it enacted by the Senate and
11OUSe of Rversentatives of the State
ofi South Carolina. now n;et and sit
tig in Genieral Asenblv. ::'l by the
at hority of the Same
ET1oN 1. That seven or more
p-rsons within this State. having as
oCiate thLemelCVes b a'grement. in
for the proltion of agricul
I ire. :1echaies and otheir industry and
inUi tv. ndfor thle enlcounrgemlent
fir ti arts and sciences. or for any of
th, pllurlposes. under any name by
h. su:ued, and upoi complying
wih t I*e prvisin' of this act. shall.
WiiI thIrI SUkce.'SorS. be de::ued a
i ,.ly iltic and (orporate.
S 'TiN 2. Th, plur)Pe.sc of sucih
co):* nil 1 .L c WhereL i. is
estjlishedi and located. shall be
dit inctly specillel in its articles of
:asntion. wIich articles, and all
ae *1bets tL-reto, shall be recorded
in t1e office of the reLister of iesne
convevances for the county wherein
uh place is situated, and such cirpo
ration shall appropriate its fLuds to no
other purposes.
SECT.ION 3. Such corporation shall
have perpetual succession of officers
and members, and a common seal.
with power to change, alter, break and
renew the same, as often as it shall
judge expedient. and it shall be capa
ble in law to purchase, have. hold. re
ecive. enjoy, possess and retain to
itself and its successors and assigns.
in perpetuity ral or personal estate.
or both. whether accruing to the
same by gift.. purchase, devise or con
veyance. not exceeding in value one
hundred thousand dollars; and the
sawe. or any part thereof. to sell, alien.
devise or exchange, whenever suei
corporation may deeni proper.
SECTION 4. Such corporation shall
be liable and capable to sue and be
sued. implead and be inpleaded, in
.ny of the courts of this State of
appropri-ite jurisdiction; but no stock
holder in such corporation shall be
liable for any of the debts or liabilities
of such corporatea beyond the amount
of his share or shares therein.
SECTIoN 5. Such corporation shall
be competent to make all such byv-laws
and rules for its g!overnment and
operatins as 1w. fromr time to time.
be deemed necessary. nt repugnant
to the laws of thre land: Procided,
That the same are made by such
majority or qjuorman as mlay, by the
laws of such corporationl. be declared
competent to make the samie.
SECTION 6. Such corporation may
hold fairs and exhibitions. at stated or
occasional periods. and may establish
regulations for the preservation of
auod ojrder at such fairs or exhibitions
consistent with the laws of the landl.
A pproved February 26. A. D). 1tK.
WHIERE TIHE SUN DOEs NoT SE:T.
--A scene witneCssed by some,
tr:ivelers in the north of Norway,
from a e!ifY L.000 feet above the
sea, is thus11 descri bed:
The ocean stretched away in si
lent vastness at our feet; the sound
or wvaves scarcely reached our airy
lookout: a way in the north thle
hug~e old sun swung low along the
horizon, like the slow be-at of the
pendu i umn in the tall eloc-k or onu
grandfa ther's parlor corner. We
all stood silent looking at ou r
watches. Whien both hands came
together at twelve, midnight, thlej
Full round orb hung triumphantly
above the wvave.s. a br-idge of goild
running due north spanning the
water between us and him. There
he shone in silent mlajesty which
knew not setting. Wec invoIlun
tarily took off our hats ; no words
was said. Combine, if you~ can,
the most brilliant sunrise and sun
set you ever saw, and the beau
ties will pale before the gorgeous
coloring whieb now lit up ocean,
Heaven and mountains. In half
an l->ur the sun had swung up
perceptibly on his beat, the colo-rs
changing to those of morning, a
fresh breeze rippled over the floor,
one songster after another piped
up in the grove behind us--we had
slid into another day.
If it is true, -as' - eged-, 'th-at~
alcohol can b-e m-ade out of saw
dust, a man ought to have no
difficul ty in procuring spirituous
ionor at any nime, wheen hann
ADVERTISINC RATES.
A,1vertisements inserted at the rate of $1.00
per square-one inch-for first insertion, and
7.>. for each subsequent insertion. Double
coumn aoivertiements ten per cent on above.
yo ices of meetings, obituaries and tributes
of re-4peo:, saie rates Xer square as ordinaiy
advertaisn..
Special no:ices in local column 20 cents
per liue.
Atvertisenents not marked with the num
ber rf insrions will he kept in till forbid
and charged accordingly.
Special cont.cts m:nde with large adver
, era deucous on above rates
Dxne wi:t Neatness and Dispatch.
Terms Cash.
THEIVALS.
I : INg at Squire Jones.
H i:1 a :iai :nd she was pretty
Vu bt. I wsd to think she was
: y : ::g to eat. :tv I loved
that grl w:lld be no descriptian
a .In A aii eings; but I as
!.e aou 2; ndto .'e matr
t a!y ;.and he Cam" once" a
com! up. and hi'd 'bck right Zp
U S.!!y and set up 1 haf the night.
I hateLd him, of coure. and no
d cou,d U In for it. I
deterIned tI' sp him or bust.
I *ei on a la. * mi' told Sally's
brther~ 4o his' nme waS Ike.
hewe p .am4 we went to
wok. i hey 'ee S erC of house
room;1 hald froc.tL ,,nd btack room,
wh1ich was Used for a kitchen and
smoke houe.
Me and ike slept in the back
room. The floor w as made of
puncheons, and immediately ui,der
our bcd, and also under the floor,
was the big soap.trough. It had '
about ten bushels of soft soap in,
it. I told her that I wanted to
sleep wi:h her sw eetheart that
n Iht. S:e said all ri"l t. lie
cami1le dresised I]'p inl his best. lie
had one of tioC high colla-ed,
long. eissur-t:.led coats, new eop
p-eriS pa!ts, wIfUl tight, a high
be-a-am hat. and a square-yard
rCd cotton handkerchief around
is neck.
He soon cornered Sally, and me
and Ike went to bed-but not to
sleep. We raiked the floor over
the soap-trough, took the boards
off the bed, all only on the fir c;ide,
where i was to lie-,iust enougu
behind to hold up a bed without
a feller. Ike iay before the fire on
a pallet. I lay on my plank hold
ing very still. I began to think
they would sit up all night. but
finally about 1 o he came in.
I snored vio!eitly.
lie hanled ri is linenu. and
over he craweud nd in he went,
down inlto the noap-tr'ough. Of
all the suetrting and kicking yeu
ever herd. it as rigt here. I
began to yell at the top of my
voice. Ike was making a light,
as be got a' flaming pine knot
light in full bas. the cid folks
camne tearing int, in their night
clothes-the old man with his gun
and the old wonan with the
poker.
I had Sally's beau drawn out by
this time and stretched out at full
length before the ftre. The soap
was half an inch thick all over
him. Of all the sigh ts Ilever saw,
he looked the most terrible. A
Ku Klux wasn't nowhere. Sally
caime with her dress in her hand,
and as she entered the door he
broke. The dogs all went after him
out of hearing-he don't come
back any moure.
ENGLusn Gts--As a rule,
women in English society are re
markablyv natural-negatively na
tural. I mean. English girls are
particularly simple and unassumi
ing. They are innocent of all ef
fort to impress or astonish. As all
womankind does and should do
they make themselves as pretty as
they can ; but as to peraonal
superiorities. their educators do
not lay enough stress uponl such
things to make them ambitious
to excel in that way. All young
ladies are taught a -certain mode
of deportment, which is excellent
so far as it goes. The ch ief pre
Cept of the code, avete inculca
ted openly or by tihe silent feeling of
society. is that each you ng lad y
must do as the rest. That "young
English girl," who is the theme of
the novelist and the mnagazine bar'ds
and artists, easily merits all the
adulation she receives. Does not
a the world know, is it not al.
mlost an imlpertlinence to say, that
for dligtnity. modesty, propriety,
sense, and certain son, self-posses
sion, she has hardly her equal any
where ? But the BritiTh maiden is
taught that ambition in character
inot a deg!rable thling. Thte nat
uralness and propriety which ae
company this state of mind are
not particularly admib able.
A baby was left on board a
steamboat at St. Paul the other
day, with a note stating that his
name was Conrad E. Clark. Ima
gine the torturing' curiosity of
that child when he grows up, to
dleterminc of what name '-B" is
thle iitial.
A gentleman lately entered a
shop in which were books and
various miscellaneous artices for
sale, and aske-d the shopman if he
had Goldsmith's Greece. "No."
said he, "but have some splendid
hair oil."
An Irish htousemaid who was
sent to call a gentleman to dinner
found him engaged in using a
tooth-brush. "Well,.is he coming? '
asked t-he lady. "-Yes. mna'am,
directly, he is just sharpening his
teeth !"
Illegal corn messures-a tight