Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, May 14, 1859, Image 1
"TO TIIINK OWN SELFBK TRUE, AND IT MUST FALLOW," AS THE NIGHT THE DAY. T11 or V A OT^M I EN IJ E FALSE TO ANY MAN."
BY ItOB'T. A. THOMPSON. PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, MAY ! 1, I8;5<). ' VOL. X. NO. 42.
SBLEQTlgp IPOHTKV,
Pictures of MemoryBY
AMOK CAUKV.
Among tho beautiful picture*
That hanjr on memory's wall,
Is one of a <lim old forest,
Thai secmcth tl?o hest of all;
Not for the (tnnrlcd oaks ohlcii,
l)avk with the mistletoe,
j\or tor tue vioicis jtomcii
That sprinkle tho plain lielow.
Nol for (lie milk-white lilies
That lean from thetrnernnt heil^o,
Coiniettiiijrnll day with (lie sunbeams,
Ami slcaliiift their pohlen etlgc ;
N<>r for tlift vinos in the upland,
Where the bright roil berries rest.
Nor the pinks, nor the pale sweet cowslip,
It scemeth to 111c the best.
1 ? 'ec had a little brother,
./itl? eyes that wore dark and deep;
In the lap of thai dim old forest
lie lieth in peace nslcep;
l.ijrht as ttic down of tlie thistle,
Free as tho winds that blow.
We roamed the beautiful summers,
The ?ummer,i of long ngo ;
Hut his feet on the hills grew weary,
nd one of tho autumn eves,
J i.iado for m\ little brother
A boil of the vellow leuvi>h.
Sweetly his jmlo firms fohle<l
My nook in n meek embrace.
Ah lh- light of immortal lienuty
Silently covered liis fnee;
AnAvrlu'n the arrows of .sunset
l.oil.icl in the trtjc-tojis bright,
lie t'eli. in his saint-like beauty,
Asleep by the piles <>f light.
Therefore, of nil the pictures
Tlmt liunj; on memory's wnll,
Tlmt one of the dim ohi forest
.Seemoth (holiest of nil.
rim Titr. nu niki?
The Mass Meeting at Tunnel Hill.
Mr. Ju/itoF: From tcver.d notices in
your paper it is generally understood that
a Muss Mooting will bo held ut Tunnel Hill
sometime during the summer, to take into
consideration the completion of the Hlue
Uidge llailrond. The convenience.of the
people will suggest that it be held on the
second Saturday in August, as no day
sCOnis already fixed, lly that time the farmers
will have their crops laid by. and be
at leisure to nttcml to it. The celebratior
of the buttle of Musgrove's Mills, in Spartanburg
district, conio8 on upon the 18th
of August, and by having the .Mass Meeting
on Saturday the 10th at Tunnel 11 ill,
the people from the low country can attend
to both on the same trip. lint it nccir.s
that a meeting to determine this matter,
should be called at I'iekens ('. 11., as soon
as possible; or did the one suggesting the
Mass Meeting at the Tunnel determine how
this should bo'(
The next eonsidi tion is, what must
this great Muss Mccimir do'( It must show
that tho State, or even private citizens are
able to complete the road; that it will he of
immense advantage to tho whole of the
State ; ami it determine the best means of
complctiirg it. ^
For many years it has appeared to the
greatest and wisest men of South Carolina
that this rond should be constructed. To
determine this the more clearly, let u,s asl<
he following simple questions :
First. If the Blue Kidgc Railroad be
never completed, what will be the position
of South Carolina in the Union ?
Second. Will any part of tho State ho
any bettor off, if it is never completed ?
Third. If it will bo of advantage to tho
whole State, would it bo just in the people
of Greenville, 8pnrtui)hur<r, and other places,
where they have Railroad*, io oppose
State aid ?
Fourth. Should South Carolinians be influenced
by selfishness or patriotism ?
Look well at the first question, oh, ye
chivalrous Carolinians! If wo never have
a great Central llailrond conncctinjr us im
mediately with the grent West, will not our
nubia little State oventually appear extremu'y
biiwill in the Union Then in case
of a dissolution of the Union, will not our
State be forced, in consequence of her want
of energy nnd fcnterpriso, to aet as a star of
thd least magnitude in a very dim sphere?
If she never liasa great Central llond, then
in futie times, she will be designated as the
little State near Georgia, as her own posi
tion will be too insigniiiunut to be generally
known.
There should bo 110 prejudice against
this road, for it tnkes the right direction to
benefit the whole State, np it passes directly
through the greate.it length of it. It
will bring .into the highest value nnd cultivation
the healthiest nnd most bes.utifui
regions of the State,, and consequently, enluinon
H10 rrrtnrti'nl #1*/*
.I....VW viiu ^viiuiua nujr|?nn.ow ?m HIV i
and lesson tlioir gonor tl taxes. Happiness
and woqlth generally follow tho ?rro?rt public
thoroughfare* of *l?o world, oi?why is it
r'int thcso nre confined to tho low country,
to the ccabo^itl und navigable streams??
Complete tins road, nnd tho mountain society
of our State will soon be ns wealthy
and refined us nny other, as the mennti of
easy transportation will then bo at hand,
from tho Atlantic through it, to tho Mi^sisnippi
river. ^
Now read neffv the second question?
*?1 ? ? - ?
win nny pan ol tlie Wtnto l?o any better off,
if it ix never completed? No! Any nn prejudiced
mind can plainly ?ce thin. 1 low enn
any pnrt of the State be benefitted by di
minishin<; her importance nsa whole*? l>ut b
perhaps some persons in Spartanburg, York y
or Lancaster may conceive tliut they would >:
be benefitted b^ its non-completion, as they li
live a long ways from it. But if tlicre. he t<
any such persons, they must certainly have 'I
been raised a Ioiijj: way off from any road, p
and never read a newspaper. If there were J
*i.~: - *< 1 *
iiv iauiMi.1 III Idivil VUUIIiry, V11CV WOUKl 11U- V
lipiuo that they could catch them by hold- r
in?x salt out to them in their hands! u
Home may suppose that if the work goes ]<
on by State aid, they will then have to pay v
a heavier tax. But the truth seems to be b
that in a very short time their taxes will o
be less, for the valne of property in the t
State will be so much enhanced thereby, a
that a far less tax will be sufficient. Nar- 1
row, selfish minds then, arc those who will 1
opj ose the construction of the Blue llidgc 1
Railroad by State aid, as the arrangements
used in the last Legislature, show that the ^
l ? ...:n -~i
mihii, w iivh tuni|Mrn u, mill uuif ulliy very f
well support itself, but pay a handsome s
dividend. t
The third question, to wit : If it will be .
of any advantage to the whole of the State, .
would it be just in the people of Greenville, j
Spartanburg and other places where they j
have railroads, to oppose State aid ? de- i
mamls the attention of all conscientious a
men. I
i j?m uiiii, uivru mo many 111 mis relate | ,
who go for policy only, and not for justice, j
unless it .suits thorn. Kvcn in the lust Loir- ,
islature many boosted that they voted agaiust
the appropriation to the road through ]
policy, although they thought tho road ,
ought to bo finished by tho State. Ionian ,
is lit for a legislator who cares so little for .
justice ; neither is lie a {rood citizen, who
thinks more of policy tlion justice, as the
lauer is inc pivot on which every act of ! |
I man should turn. I
I J i) the last Legislature it is reported that ,
i many member*, though neknowlcdging the (
St:?to should aid the road,yet voted against
i it, because they had pledged their constitu!
ruts, that it' they only would let them go |
' to the Legislature at the puhlie expense,
I tlioy would vote against it! Were they
j j use. or vciini were they independent
! mm, or did they want to jr<? to the 1 jogisla- i
! ture pretty had i 'J'he fourth important j
' question as laid down nhove is, should S.
j Carolinians be inlluenccd by selfishness or |
, patriotism '(
Of course all true Carolinians would join
to patriots, and pro foi1 that which might |
j benefit the whole State, instead of adding,
' perhaps, a mere ini^htfora few years only
to their own purses.
Then at the Mass Mooting to be held at
Tunnel Hill, every member should act as
1 a patriot and as a man, who loves the pros- j
| perityof.his whole country, the whole State
..f u *i- n . 1! ???? " t - ^ ? 5
<ii rouni v/iirimiisi. i lie completion ot the I
I Ulim Kidgo Railroad cannot injure any | '
j man in it, so luueh as to iiulucc liim to net (
j against the intorest of liis country, it* he be
worthy of a country ; nnd indeed, it will, j
I almost beyoud the possibility of a doubt,
! ultimately be an advantage to every citizen.
1 It is true that the citixens of I'ickciiK '
j nnd Anderson Districts may afl'ord to fin- 'j
: ish tho road themselves, as the enhanced
j value of their property would thereby amj
outit to more than tho stock necessary to
) bo taken for that purpnso; but since the
i road would benefit the whole State, would
: it be treating thcin justly to compel them
j to do. it ?
It is to b ; hoped that every district in | '
the Nate will he well represented nt that <
Maps Meeting, unci that each member will |
he influenced more by patriotism and justice
than mere policy and aelfishnesf. ?
CnACKno.
Clayton's Milln, S. C.t April 20th, 1859. ,
MtfOgULAMV. |
A Flying Sketch of U. S. Senators- I
If it bu objected that the members of the I
lT. ,S. Cabinet are improperly called the t
President's " Constitutional counsellors," 3
it will not be dented that U. S. Senators !
are his constitutional advisers, though in !
point of fact, the President asks advice of
the latter much loss frequently than of the
former. The president of the Senate is a
very young man to preside over such a body
of " grave and reverend seigniors." Time
I has not yet touched Mu black hair, or writ1
ten a wrinkle on his brow. How different
j bis from the prey locks of Clinton, Gerry,
I Calhoun and Fillmore ! Vet he presides
I ._! !. J!- i?~ ;...... 1 "? 1
mm mutiny, is popumr uy nature," and f
might, one would think, Rtop into the pros- 1
idcutial clinir idmoftt without iin ofibrt.? t
Few wouldj fill ^it bettor Brcckcnridgo is j
not only nn unoyccptionub'o man?this is a
negative quality?but he is positively a \
man of genius and tulent, if not a born j
j statesman. Tho room in which tjio Sen- i
ate meets is.one of rare beauty, nud the t
accommodations for visitors arc flir superior i
-.1 1 mi_
I iu iiioou ui uiu viiiiiiiuurn. .1 iirec groy-1 i
bearded clerks, under tlio Secretary, occu- (
j ]>y the deskn in front of tbo Vicc l'rcsi- i
I dent, there is ?n;p!c npnee on the floor, mid (
J tho ?c?tsrtro.?iTfti!po(1 with great convcn- }
I icnco to the He nn tors*. There nvo some .t
ScnntoTB for whoiu enrtuiry is nlwnyH flint t
j mado by a Htrnugor. rioitMtdtt. for instance i
' fliA nf '-l!
v..v. .v ... voviiiiw, ?wrfn? m.ipi rcur- c
ed from public lifo, but ha? <fllled a lurfro n
spnuo in tlio public oyo, tboii^li lie Iiiih not n
nuido n uiiuit impression on tlio Honntc.? 1
Nor will h<^bc nibmcd from tb?t body, r>s c
Home otbernnre miscod who were mighty n
in llieir dny and KOiierntion. (ten. II. is t
(.ill nnd comnwndiiig in person, a res^cta- t
lc speaker, and n variable ninu. For some I
ears past tliere has been, it is believed, a !
rent moral change in him, and domestic
ifc is said to have charms for him, unwon- '
I'd in the earlier portions of his life.?
"here is 110 doubt of his bravery?that he
ossessea sterling courage, for the <;reat
jcLsoii so pronounced. I onec heard him
> iieii in one of his emphatic moodH, (retiring
to an assault by a member of Congress
,w?. n \ i..:..- 'i'l? --- > "
jn/ii 11 j uAUiaiui, " i 1113 UOIItUlupilUIC Ilil>\v
! What ! strike my brnvc captain, who, 1
fheii ho was wounded and bleeding at the
attic of Horse Shoe, refused to be carried
ft' the Held, and said ho would rather die
here." Now, (leneral .). was n good judge
if military, and even civil character, though
io had some weak men in his Cabinet.?
3nt he was relfreliant, aud was pretty much
iiniseif " the State."
Crittenden is among the old Senators?
vitli a grey head on "green shoulders,"
or he exhibits youthful vigor in his urenic
displays, and relics as much on the
nontiinietv of his eloquence and arguments,
is on study for the desired effect. lie has
i terse, sententious way of expressing his
deas, which is always pleasing, without
jeinir drv. and is mii?? nl...v? !.? .c
r ;i ' ** ? !?...?. ui
ow intrigue, which dobascs some partisans.
lfc can scarcoly be said to any jv.ry,
though at heart a Whig. Still, ho is a
intioual man. and all such should be hold
n osteon). IIis old colleague, Thompson,
vvlio has become famous, like Hamilton, of
ICnglnnd, for a single speech, so funny,
lively and ml rem, flashed brilliantly just
it thcolosc of his term, and has come down,
rocket! ike. lie is a (pieerlooking man in
iction.
Toono who cxpocts a dignified personil
presence in :i Senator, perhaps white
liair crowning a tall person, Senator I'onjj|jt?
will he a disappointment, fur ho in short,
mnky," with black hair, nnd more, acive
than dignified more sensuous than
ipiritual. 1 do not presume to pronounce
in his principles, hut there is no doubt ho
las a very pushing, pcn(;tratinpr style of
iction, fitted to surmount obstacles, and
'oree success, it" it ever comes that way.
lie is neither an old nor a young man,
mt is now in that intermediate space of
i(e, which blends the ardor of youth with
lie discretion and experience of age.?
Having had a "taste" of ambition, be
ivill not We satisfied until ho gets his fill
>r shipwrecks himself on political rocks.
lessen den of Maine, were ho not such a
i t ' * '
'iiiiipimt nnolitionist, would be a great acpiisition
tu the true Statesmanship of tlie
jountry, but that heresy wonderfully eonraets
and withers and denationalizes the
uind. (Jreen, of Missouri, is a tall, rawjoncd
specimen of the Western hunter,
ind of robust Western intellect. He has
i readiness and flexibility in debate j.upeior
to that of his stately predesessor,
no {tumor 01 the "thirty yours in the
\niericnn Senate," but him yet to vttain
?is weight ot' influence and character.?
\buut all the old statesmen have disappeared
from the arenn, and their weapons
ire buried with them. They all loved the
Union. Let their example be followed by
nose who becoming nctivo in the nation.
[;Y> ". York Journal oj' Commerce
A TTlinflrnrl Voore A /vr*
???.vu ?gv.
A great many events occur in a liunbred
years. Within that time America lnis
leaped forth in the astonishing power it is.
Qnc hundred years ago, says an exchange,
...... ..V,V .. oiugii; ?? 1111VJ lililll 111 V/lllO,
Kentucky, Indinua mid Illinois Territories,
rhen wliiit is now the most flourishing part
>f America was as little known ns the counry
around the mountains of the moon. It
iVa? not until 1700 that the " Hunter of
Kentucky," the gallant and adventurous
Boone, left his home in North Carolina to
)CC0U1C the first settlor in Kentucky. The
irst pioneer in Ohio did not settle until
wenty y?ars after this time. A hundred
ncn (Sinsuln liolnturn^ ?..-i
n~ ? ? v? i I'liirv;, iinu
1>0 whole population oi' the United Stales
lid not exceed a .million and a half of peotle.
A hundred years ago t!ie great Frcd:riek
of Prussia was performing those great
xpioits which have made him immortal in
iiilitary annals, and with his lut'o monarshy
was sustaining a single-handed contest
villi I'^issia, Austria a ml France?the threo
jreat Powers of Kuropo combined. A liunIred
years ago Napoleon was not born, and
Washington was a young and modest Virginia
colonel, and tho preat events in the
listory of the two worhls, in which these
wo great but dissimilar men took leading
larts, were then scarcely foreshadowed.?
\ hundred yenrs ago tho United States
vcrc the most loyal part of the 1 iriti?li Em-!
jirc, and on the political horizon no speck
mlicatcd the struggle which, within a score!
>r years tnereaiu-r, cstablisnert the greatest
cpublic in the world. A hundred years
igo tliorc wcro but four newspapers in Am- j
M-ica ; fteain engines hud not been iiurtgued,
iind rni!w??yfl nnd telegraphs ltnd not
mi to red into the remotest conception of ninn.
A'lien wo conio to look hack at it through
lie vista of history, wc find that to tlieccntiry
which has passed have hoen allotted
isore important event# til their heaving tipl?
the lmppinosH of tho world than almost
my othur which linn elapsed pinoo the ere- |
tion. A hundred yont* hence, whntf will
iv ?iim uviuiu|)iiirni i it is pane nikinit;
mt, oxcrpt in one filing, a fttotrglit wlileli
?toniHlic?l Xcrxex wlion lio stood upon '
lioiint Atlms -all, with l?nt f<-tv cxcopiims,
now livivlng, M ill b'i (loud* i
Seward in the SouthWin.
II. SVwarilisn politician?n shrewd
adroit,-pkillful, wary taitieian. Tho conceit
of the Presidency is no new fancied
idea with himj he has been poFSCMSed of it
ever since he was first elected (Governor of
the State, and was called " Little Sorrel '
Tr.ji," because, like Martin Van Huron, his
hair was red. H is oflu ii;l course h;is heen
governed by two policies?Abolitionism to
1 pain the North, and a lavish expenditure
of public money to Southern spendthrifts,
I ar.d other intrigues by which to obtain a
footing at the South. No measure has
I,,,,.;, in'rifli l.-.l |I... ?J 1 1
... iv? iiiv nvii.m', piiiw: in1 mis
litiil a seat in it, proposing to jippropriute :i
I dollor of money or grant a (iovermuent f
I vur in which the South or any Southern
1 man was interested, l.ut wln.t lias found an
j advocate, in him. No Southern man of
distinction visited the capital, hut Seward
was the first to call ; and in his intercourse
with Southern Senators, no obsequiousness
was too humiliating for his Uriah Heap
disposition.
Nor is this all that our dapper Senator
has done to innko friends at the South ;
he has gone furtl. r. We have the
assurance of more than one man of
high position and entire reliability that our
a i ' -?..? ...
I i;liuuui nii^ Iiiuuc private pieilgcs, t !i;it lie
j hits entered into implied stipulations wliieli
! compromise him deeply < u. slavery
question. Tt is said tint* . peeeli in
i which he i'h* -larcd that ilie slavery hattle
j had been fought out wr.s intended as a
! feeler to j-ec how far he could venture
'upon a new ground, which would render
ii... t? ...i. i ... .1 .
j ?v. .1 * v.M-.MtMin IW III*.; l UUlll, Mill (lull
(hiding this position very hazardous (o liis
interests ut the -North, lie lost 110 time in
taking the buck track, nr.d made the famous
treasonable spcec-h at lioc-hesterin the
coil;paiiim of lust Novciiibor, in this State.
His late visit to a Virginia plantation, in
which lie took good care to give ont privately,
for Southern circulation, that ho had
I crossly erred as tothe workingof the pccuI
liar institution, was another preparatory
I movement in the same direction, and he
1 has succeeded in prevailing upon a southern
man of distinction to become his guest
i this summer :it Auburn. in fu-di>i* ?.> ?? ??? ?
I- ,v v
Southern social recognition, that lie may
t make a foundation for a Southern political
Stilt US.
These arc not the n\ovcs of :i statesman
?tlicy are the tricks of a small politician.
(Hay, Calhoun or Webster would have
suffered political crucifixion before resorting
to stiatc?eiiis of so base a character.?
u 1 II.. .1- p 11.11
i iiun innmiln 11 y mi* ciiui'ku <>i v amoun, ns
the exponent of a Southern idea, contrasts
with the. cunning of Seward, who though
risen to notoriety as the leader of an exclusively
Hasten) section seeks national
preferment hy deception. l>ut the South
cannot-he hniithoo'/lfd. The hopes founded
upon strategy like this cannot avail,
j There are great, principles underlying the
| political economy of the South. She has
| always contended fov those rights puaran:
teed by the Federal compact, and by the
I Constitution, and nothing move. Here
patriotic masses cannot be led even by her
own sons if rccreant to her institutions,
much less by an Eastern adventurer distinguished
for nothing but Abolition fanaticism.
It will be a fearful day for the
South, and she knows it, when a man like
Seward shall seize the reins of government.
"When that hour comes, if it ever
shall come, then, indeed have we reached
the ct'isos of dissolution. This fair nationel
compact will have been made in vain,
and the oxperiment of American- self^ovcrnment
will have proved a failure. The
American people will submit to tho rule of
a tyrant, but never to the tricks of a demagogue.?A',
V. A*//// A'cirs.
A Maiuiiaok Dkci.ahkd.?There was
ono case of sonic little interest, which catno
! before tIvo Court last week, to test the valid
j ity of n inarriaj>;o. It came up in the torn)
( of an action to recover from tlio defendant
compensation for the board of his wife.
Some eighteen months since, a marriage
ccremony wis performed by an individual
claiming to In: a MajjistratO, but who in
j I'.V'l'iy wo? not. and of the parties united
, together, the ' worse half" intended the
tiling rs a mere jest; but it was .sulliciently
evident from the tiKtimony, that the wo
i man in the etise was not only herself very
much in earnest, but believed the ' gallant
j gay Lothario'' to ho orjunlly po. The lion*
I cy-nioon was decidedly a short one, as all
I parties admitted, and the newly-made J?en'
edict departed after an hour or so, uucon!
scions that the silken chains of the pseudo
Magistrate v "ic tied in too hard a knot
| to he undone hut by death. The ease came
up on Tuesday, ami the Court very propJtl'l
V lll.sf 1
"7 v.mvu mm iiiu iiiiinm^v UlMlllilUI
whB''valid and binding, and guvo n doerec
for tlie plaintiff.
We need scarcely sny flint wn Approve
most heartily of tlio law of in rim age, as it
exists in our State. Nothing furrier is
necessary to establish t!ic validity of a marriage
than the Oonscnt of tlie parties expressed
before competent witnesses. Tlio
weal:er sex cannot, ns in other States, be
imposed upon by the fraudulent practices
of dcnigniiig mou.
Any 0Mf> mny solemn too n ninrringe, find
tlm mere (leolnriitions oftlio pin tioh tlioinw'lvos
in I lie nbsencc of nnv morn precise
testimony iswilliciont to'establish tlio I act
of tin iv marital relation, i:s our Courts hnva
decided in vr.rions instances.
[Chircnilon Bnnncr.
Court of Common Picas and General Bes
elous.
lion. Thomas J. Withers, presiding Judge. ((
The Court opened at 10 n. in., on Saturday, v
June IJO. Tho tiny was devoted to* the call- j)
ing of the Process and Entpiiry Dockets, ami i k.
the Imsiness was not of very special inteicst. j ,,
In the case of tho State vs. Priutrle, Henry. !
...1 M-. I... 1- ? ? ? i ' 1
. 11vi .MOI^IIU iiiiciouii iiimniiii'l's, lor 1'IUl 1(11(1 j
assault ami bnttory, which was given' to the ' j,
Jury r>u I* riuii(\ iiiitriiiOini, ihu Joi^ loniuiiv ! .,
od out until eight o'elock Saturday evening, j ,,
and were unahle to agree, when the ease was j t
terminated hv ? " mis-trial."
The defendants in iliis ease were indicted i <]
fur a riot at A|>|.ii Church. The evidence !
presented sevenil (|iiostiouA of interest, d | j
was in substance its fellows: I
The defendants were dark complected, hut j
| had the status of white men. both by nssooia
I tion and under the law. On one occasion two | ?.
of the brothers, one of w hom had been a mem- ! _
! I or previously, ami the other an attendant .
j for ii short time, went to Appii Church, Free j <;
| Mcliiwl'st, in St. .Tamos' Cooso Crook. Ccr- j
I lain of tho congregation, ami among tlirm j
j several of the prosecutors, had determined ; l
' tlioy should nut sit among tho soals assigned ' v
| to tho whiles, and informed Ihoin that unless ^
1 they would sit whore they told them, they t
j would heat tl.cin out of tho church, if neces- {
| sarv.
It wa? in evidence that many of tho load- '|
j in^ members of die congregation objected to |
( attending tho Church with the dofonilun' ?
I It was also in testimony that tho Jacks, s t
[ had tlie, lo^nl status of white men. nm! liml t i
i associated, fitaiy?;?1 under the same roof, and j \
| nte and slept with several of the prosecutors. t
l iulcr tlieso circumstances tlio Jaeksons t
| and their friends wTmo indicted for a lint,and ' ,
tlie following questions arose: Fit'Ht, wlieth
| er the facts constituted a riot ; and, Kceondiv, I (
I whether the defendants, having been declur- |
j ed by tho !nws of the land to be white, had ;
I not the right, in a free Church, to sit in the ,
j seats appropriated to white persons without ,
I let or hindrance, ami whether the nitcmpt \ i
i to expel them was not. in itself unlawful, i <
: anil therefore their right to remain perfect. <
Till* r?!ivo wnu nvminil !
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Attorney General liavne. for the ^tate. and | >
l>v Col. Tlios. Y. Simons, for tlio defendants. i ,
JJis Honor Judge Withers ruled in ovi- | |
(Ienco of tlieir hlood as throwing liglit on the ] *
transaction. His charge was :y ahle. and . |
I exemplified by many illustnw.ons ami coin- ]
j parisons. lie charged. however, in .suit- i
| stance on the point nuule?that the defen- t
| dants had tlio legal status of tl?c white: that c
I tlicy could vote, muster, and he members of i
the Legislature; l.nt that did not nocessnri- (
I v i>imlivr iliAm ">*".'"l ..1 --I.*- r *i - '
f *.?? WUMU K ?ll IIIU (
| pure white; and that if it was a fait that tin: *
I defendants were tinged w ith African blood, i
j though their lognl status was that of white f
persons, that they, the prosecutors, had a j :
I right tojassign toth.-m positions in thce.hurch ! i
! inferor to the whites, though not among the j 1
i colored persons, if there were those in the i
i congregation who objected to sitting with 1 i
j them ; tli-tt they could assign them positions >
l of inferiority though not of degradation. i i
I /V,,..ir. > i I
i.?? j
In Tftirprr'ts Weekly of the 12th. we fun! j
the following comments on the late homiuidc
j at Washington :
j "An injured husband lias but three ways i
I of meeting the injury. lie may laugh at it, !
or ho may challenge his enemy ; this is the
French method. The first recourse affords !
but little consolation, nnd requires unusual
philosophy, the second may superadd phvsi- '
?*n 1 to moral injury. He may sue the adulterer
for damages. This is the English plan.
It involves patience, delay, expose, disgrace.
ft ivivndno ll>A inlm'A.l ?x.??.*?. ?.v ?b.. ?
- ? MIJIIIUU PiltiJ W IIIU WJIllUIUl'- ' }
ly ofthc world. It seldom yield* substantial j '
profit, and when it does it must be painful to j (
use money obtained sit the cost of the virtue i
of a wife. Finally, the injured husband may j
take the life of him who has injured him.? j
This is the American system; and latterly it j
has been followed in many parts of Europe. I
Terrible as homicide \y, method must, on the I
whole, be admitted to the most effectual, tlie j
wisest end the most natural-revenge of an :
outraged husband.
There can be no excuse for the adulterer, j :
j I To commits a three-fold crime, a crime a- j I
iuv it uiiiiiu i\ ii'iui iiu nuMnni?<, u iTinir (
against tlio mnn whom ho dishonors, si crime i
against society which ho disorganizes. Klvoli .
of the three calls for condign punishment.?
In these tlio- hiitor days oxporienco prove?
that in all such cases society will justify the , '
iuliictious of the lasi penally hv the liusl and. 1
Fjciitinc ox I!qi ai? tkrms.? In <loor?;:a. |
Juilgo T., ucelebrated duelist, who had lost !
lii.s lo?. nnd who was known to ho a doad 1
shrtt. challenged Colonel 1> i'f? liv.vm '
of grout humor. Tho friends tried to jirewnt ! !
t!iu meeting, but to no effect. The ymrtio* | <
met on tho ground, who!) Colonel IV wa^ ask- j >
it! if lie whs roady. "No," ho replied.? : ,
" What nro yon w iiUing for, thon ?'' in<|uircd ,
Judge T.'n m*c<)U('.?" Why. sir, said Colonel
1)., " 1 have soul my 1 ? .>y into tho woods to
hunt a boo gum to put my log in, for I don't ! '
intend to givo tho judge any advantango <>\or 1
mo. Von f-oo lio has a wooden log." The i
whole party roared with laughter, and tho (
thing was so ridiculous that it broke op tho j
(\,ll>n<.l I) trn!i nrinrii-ni-.lii f/.l.l ?!..%? 1
it would sink his reputation. " Well," lie l
replied, "it. can't sink in'e loner than a ljul- |
lot ban."?" Hut." urged his frio.iid?. "tliej
papers will lie filled about von."?" Well," j
said he, " f would ruthor till Hftv papers
than one cofBn." Noonecvcr troubled the
Colonc' after that. j
Ckj-'.kn Old Ann.-?There is something j
bonutil,:! in that age which ripens without
docuv?in that peaceful going away, down
the declivity to the eternal, with tho nmliin- f
nw*fl Inufiv* um''i \H ?S/.K ?" i? - *
. ... v . t, , s ii 11 v i i 11 \ run iTJiiii 11 rilVJr' I
I pusses to his ro?>t. They who preserve the i 1
freshness of the honrt, e;it? itovor ho ol<l, i I
for there is sonic)hiiijjj in the love whiuli ; '
mantles throufih the wrinkles phieed upon i *
. tho chocks hy time, which seems n. proto- i '
I typo and promise of tin t etornnl frebliness |
i in which tho new life is shrined.
J)r. I'vnn. when n l> v nt lfrtrvow, hiul liv
intfenpoM idv nef|nin?l (< ? old u 1?m?Uinjr fnee t
for lii? n '.;o that one d.iv Sir Will hint .Folic* I
paid to liim j??kin?x'v. " I'iit. if you should i
I linvo Iho^ttoa luck to ln? turiv yenrs. you | i
mny stand n i-hnncc of ovprfflking your face." r
Popping the Question"
IVi]ijiii)g liiQ question." which lins. hereitfoi
o proy.cn eucli u " tea/,or," to bashful
fiutlis in tin* pursuit of niatrimon\ unilcr 'lil*
culties, is likely, after nwhilo. to I>o render(1
ns ciisv n.i " rolling <>fTu log." All sorts
f met hods Inivo, from time to tunc hoon rcurtcd
to. to got nvouml-this difficult point in
.iiirlsliiu?sillvni'tisiii<r io nowstumors. ?!nrros
-------- r ry l i
loiidinji, Iiv lutlor. ne>*Otirttiii? through an
ii;,?!?i.! improvement has been
undo upon all tho>e plans lately, as witness
he following:
" A 1'i'iv nijjhts 1 >;?rk, a small party of lalies
ami xontlemcn worts laughing, ovor the
uppi sod awkwardness attending a deelaraion
c.t' love, when a gentleman remarked
hat it' lie ovor often d himself, he would do it
ti a oolloviod and Imsinoss-liUo manner.?
1' >r instance,' heoontinuod, addressing himelf
to n hulv present. '1 would sav. M'ihk S
, i have been two years looking for ii
\ iJo : 1 am in tlic receipt ofabout a thousand
lollars a year from my business, which is
laily on the increase; of all the ladies of my
ccpiaintancc, I admire you the most; indeed
lovo you, and would gladly make you my
vife.' 'You llr. Iter me by vour preference,'
jood humoredl^ replied Miss 8 , t>
he surprise of all present ; *1 refer you to mv
ather. 'Bravo!' exclaimed the gentleman.
Well, 1 declare,' said the ladies in chorus.
Hie ladv and gentleman, good reader, woro
narried soon a It Or.
Wasn't that a moilest way of " coming to
he point," ntul a lady-like method, especial
y during leap-year, ol Inking a man at his
vord ? Here i.s another method of "popping
luMpiostion," ipiiteas cool as the foregoing,
hough, perhaps, not bo conuncuduble in prulish
eves :
" A gentleman was riding with n ladv 'all
if a Bummer's day,' and accidentally?men's
inns, awkward tilings, arc ever in the way
?dropped an arm around her waist No
il'jection was made for awhile, and the arm
xradur.llv relieved the side of the carriage of
he pressure up-ill it. lint of a sudden, whether
A-,..,. I..i/, I...........,.:,.,.,
>f the tiling, or tin; sight of another beau
riming, never was known, the lady started
,villi volcanic cuorgv, and with a flashing
ivo exclaimed, "Mr. B ?, I can support
nyself!" "Capital 1" was the instant reply,
'you arc just the girl I have been looking
or those live yearn?will you many me?"
Speaking of " popping the question," we
lon't know hut it would be fairly in order
o "wring in" (ho following from an exhange:
" lb; sure before you commence eooina.?
lur friends 1' und S met ono
svening at the house of an acquaintance,
ionic young ladies, lor whom both gentlemen
uitcrtniiicd tender feelings. In a spirit of
Yolse. ono of the Indies blow out the lamp,
md our two friends, thinking it a favorable
nomcnt to make known the siale of their
'cclings to the fair object of their regard,
noved scats at the same instant, and placed
hcniselves, as they supposed, by the lady's
side, but she had also moved, and thegentlcncn
were in reality seated next to each oth>r.
As our friends could not whisper witlijut
betraying their whereabouts, they both
jontly took, as they thought, the soft, littlo
land of the eliarmcr, and when, afsor awhile,
hoy ventured to give a gentle pressure, each
nixtnkiililo squeeze. It may well bo iinngin(?l,
tlint the moments llow rapidly, in this stent
iiiietvhinge of mutual uiVoclion. But
lie rest, wondering at the; unOsual silence of
lie gontlejnen, otic of thorn noiselessly stepped
out, niul suddenly votuviuul with a light ;
md there sat our friends I' fttid K
nost lovingly; squeezing each other's hand,
md supreme delight beaming in their eye.-.
Their consternation ami the estacy of the la.lies
may ho imagined, hut not described.
15 >th gentlemen sloped, and 1' was afterwards
heard to say, that he thought all
iiio willie .1-1 s hand 1 elt ImriU
Tho "llcmliiwccncps of Lorenzo ])ow,"
the eccentrictravelling Methodist 1'readier,
lire thankfully received: but most of tho
incidents narrated have already obtained
i wide publicity in print We once heard
!iiin prejieh, in an upon grove, in ur.vofthe
icntral towns oV our State . Ilia appointment
had boon made smile two months* in
idvancej and the day before had been one.
)f wind and storm, and the travelling wax
(M'l'ifift. Illlf IMVllhltl In lliA Kaiii. ....
- iu UJVi IIUlll J IIU JiJ)icared
on an old and way-worn bay warn :
lis face covered wit!?' a board and mou*:aehe,
wliieh at tho- day would excite 110
ciuaik, but wbiob alone would then bavo
ongrogatcd the curious of a whole township.
lie mounted the htuud, a rude Cre?tion
of rough boards, pave out n hynui
with which the " suvrounding aisles of tho
dim woods rang," ottered np a short prayer,
nd then began liis discourse. We tnsdu
u n; of a pair of littic twin-Zaeehcuses, ou
u tree over liia head, our of whom wiih occasionally
a little rr-.-tlej-s, anting from tho
ii:s 'cure and yielding nature of his perch.
)hl lioronr.0, his vet) rimmed mouth openng
round as he spohe through the mossy
iperture, looked up, nnd exclaimed : l-oys !
je st ill?l<cop still?or come d o w n ! Yen
ire like, the tlog in the manger, who would
i't eat himself, nor let tho ox a-cat ah !'?
Phe discourse, in some respects, was wonlerl'ul.
It was at times pathetic, often In
Iicrous, w:?11 occasional i 1!listr;:tions so IVicitious,
11 ml so full of ftroug common-sj>?nc,
hat ho fiiok his hiuijciim! iudianeo with
liin. " I'm ojiIv a poor old ram's horn,"
;aid In1, in concluding hissfnnon, ' through
vhich (iun hn? hlown upon the people :
nay Hi! hh*K his work A hymn, a
uvyor, n b iicdif torn, ai d " (/.Id Lorenzo " **
Viis again in tlio saddle, chirvopiii" hin
ihl niavo into a trot, for another appointlient,
miles and miles nwav. lie was a
II jl .. .1:. ? ! I . .
?i i iiiuuiM ?i;nn to hoc :
[ Knu /. ' rho< I. o.r.
A IU n.vway thiol! lm\ii\;r l fin worlc
r> u hhtckaniiih, l he liiKcr sin \stil I>iit) .somo
ftinlonfFtf, mul di-jtiiT'l *o know if lie evor
mule nnv of llioin. " W'liy. yen. *lr;" *ni'l
iho olhor, Fcintcfifng liit* head ; "1 June V-ml
v hand in thcio/'