Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, March 03, 1860, Image 4
? ? ,rn ftrnm**ttimo wnni m>l)mi?iit^tMI
POEYftY- 1
Too Late.
BY MISS Mt'l.ocll.
OhiM vo conic Inek to me. l)onpln?, Pouglus,
In ihc oM likeness tbut ( know,
1 would ta so fuithful, i?o lovtug, Douglas,
I'ouglujj, JJouglns, tcndtr nml true. |
Never u scornful Word uliutil t grieve y.r,
1 11 smile on ye nwevt ;is tl?v augeli >io;
ijwecl as your sinilo on tflo ?lii>n? liver,
DougUa, bouglns, Iviiilcir iiinJ trno.
O to call !>noV tlic iIuvh Hint arc nut '
My eyes wore blinded. your word* wove few :
Do you know the truth now up in flenven,
Douglas, Douglas, tender an J true.
1 novcr was worthy ofyo'i, Douglas;
Not Imlf worthy ilio like of you : .
Now all men beoido scjein to me like shadows?
1 love you, Douglas, tender and true.
Stretch out your hand to me. Douglas. Douglas,
Drop forgiveness from Heaven like dew;
As 1 lay my heart on your dead heart. Doug'as,
Douglas. Douglas, tender and true.
t VArU'ZYY.
Homy Winter Davis.
Wo It avo no apprehension that tlto voto of
tho lion. Henry Winter Davis in favor of tho
Kcpubliean candidate for .Speaker will be misunderstood
in any quarter, whether in or out
of Cougma*. In tho House of which he claims
to bo a member, the peculiarities of his mental
constitution have long .since condnmnod
hint to a position of almost perfect political
isolation even in his own party. Front tho
day when he signalised the commencement of
his Congressional career, ns ho lias its close,
by contributing to the election of a Republican
Speaker, and during the whole of his intermediate
tor.it of service, Mr. Davis' idioByneracies
and vagaries have been a constant
barrier to anything like a cordial union bo
iwuuu iiuu aim anyoi me political divisions tit
tho House. Ulessed with a serene confidence
in the infallibility of his own judgment, which
ho will poriuit nothing to disturb, ami a balmy
contempt for the opinions of others, which ho
is at no pains to conceal. Mr. Davis has
earned a reputation more for dogmatism and
iluoncy in debate, than for sound statesmanship
or practical sagacity. A statesman, indeed,
he never could aspire t>? become?hick- ;
ing both the breadth of intellect and catholicity
of spirit which are essential to the charac- ,
.tor. A glib tongue and a bitter, and an invetoratc
hatred of the Democratic party have '
been tho qualities by which lie has made him- 1
self chielly distinguished. His ineonsiston-!
cics have I on too frequent and too glaring to
make his vote in favor of any side of any
question a matter of surprise to anybody ; even
if previous manifestations of Free-soil proclivities
had not prepared us for his linal summersault
into the arms of that party. Apart,
?
v..viv?V.u, & i will u I vj i.u.u 111.11. 11IM \YIUJ (Jill* CM
two votes which were decisive of the contest,
we do not suppose that Mr. Davis'action in
relation to the Speakership awakened the
slightest interest in the House. So far as
this city and State are concerned, it possesses ;
oven loss significance. It is, in fact, entitled i
to none at all. In no sense is Mr. Davis the J
representative of Baltimore, or of Maryland.
He neither reflects the sentiments of our pen-1
pie, nor docs he hold his seat by any valid
title, lleturncd to the place which he as- ,
eumes to fill, by violence and fraud, he has
no right to speak for this community. Content
to be the heiit-ficiaw r?f ?!>. > i.pim/w .......
mittcd on Election day, Mr. Davis can elaiii
to sland upon no higher level than 11?.?- \v'.u?
perpetrated them. Tho ruffians mil bullies
of his party itafled the ballot-boxes, and Mr.
Davis prudiici:> the frnudnlent ballots in proof
of his election. J'cftcefnl voiers were beaten
nod driven from the polls by scores and hundreds,
and men were murdered in the streets,
and Mr. Davis proffers the returns, rodduted
with the blood of his fellow-citizens, in vindication
of his rights. Tho effrontery that
can claim an election under such eireumstan- |
ees, is equal to even inoro than the contemp- j
tuous disregard of public opinion and mora!
oDiigntion, manifested in Mr. Davis* vote for |
Speaker. Claiming Ins sent in opposition to '
the "wishes of an ininien.se majority of the I
people of his District; wo have no rijrht to j
complain or to bo surprised that Mr. Davis'
votes should be equally at variance with their
views. The outrage which placcd him in
possession uf a vul?j, can scarcely be aggravated
by any use which he may make of it.?
To strip him of the fruits of his dishonest
victory, and to divest him of the character
which he usurps and abuses, should be the
next concern of the people of the fourth congressional
District, as it is the duty of the
Douse, upon whose deliberations lie intrudes.
[lialltmori' Kxihitny.
What Railroads iiayk Donh.?Many
pmsuns, snuiiing mcir eyes to facts ami circumstances
plain as the sun at noon day, obstinately
insist that railroads have been productive
of little benefit, except to stockholders.
It is waste ot' thought to argu' with such
dolts, and the common-sense course would be
to leave them to their ignorances. Perhaps
of all who receive benefit from railroads, the
stockholders, directly, get the smallest share.
The landed interest, the mercantile, the manufacturing,
and industrv'.! - -these are chiefly
benefited, lint that is not all. Railroads
are institutions peculiar to this age, and exert
an influence upon civilization, the coinforts
of life, find ni>niininv /if ; ?" Tl,....
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render homogeneous distant peoples, :iml
bring nearer individuals of remote countries.
They pour streams of life through regions
that would otherwise he undeveloped and
primeval?they bear produce from the most
distant field, and return manufactured goods
and life's necessaries. ]5ut fort hem, interior
land would yield no remuneration to the farmer
beyond precarious support. The river
.. nuuiu Iiujliopon/.C (101111111(1, Prul OWtlOrS
of lands along their banks would control the
markets. Railroads arc to tbe interior what
rivers aro to contiguous land?offering a rapid
highway to markets. Contrast timo and
price, in tho following illustration, with the
saving in both at this day : On the, 23d Feb.,
1707, Mr. Jefferson left Alexandria, Va.. for
Philadelphia, to discharge his duties as Vice
President. Ilo reached that city on the 2<1
of Maroh, ata cost of ?<17.01-?, and eight day's
time I Now the cost is ?4.50, and tbe time
4 J hours;
It is not man that civilizcs man ; but the I
ejforttf ol lunn. otoauiborttw, onnnla, rnilroitdn j
?yuwvr-prwwcH, spmnmg.jennlOH?mowers,
plowers, reapers?yew, even eorn-shellers, are
civilifccrs. Let Old I'opry stnnd out of tho
Wfty of progress, if lie will not aid it? advance,
or he will DC entangled in soino cow-catcher 1
A.BOVB thk Vuloah.?There is a young
lady in fchlfl city who is so refined in her
"lancniUro that she never n<^o k" !
blackguard," but substitutes African sentinel |
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Cultivating; too Much LandThe
lannortt gCtoejfcU.Y attyiupt to cultivate
too much laud. The dis?dvniif?^OH nming
ft-oin this cause, nrc many and obvious. It is
no Gji)?gtfi':\tion to eny, that the lands cultivated
in the country are capable under u high
.state of cultivation, of producing twice as !
much us t\ipy now produce. j
When will our farmers in the country fully
tppn\ i *t'> tins truth ? There is !:o ouo tUiui*
that contributes-so" 'much tu retard our agriculture,
as the fully of cultivating too iniinh
land.
In tho lir-t placo, lio farmor should think
of tnanagirig HO of 100 tioie^ of land with
ono or two men. It is bad (cmomy tod ; tfp;
nothing van ho expected from it hut poverty
?.if hnth land acd purso. I low much butter
it would bo to cultivate halt' tho number
of acres, or k\s$, and do it well. It co>ts just
:m much to plow an acre that will yield ton
bushels of corn, as one that will yield fifty or
a hundred bushels. Tho difference in hoeing
would be a trifle, and the planting would be
the same, amount of fencing in the one caucus
in the other, and the same tax will have to be
paid on each. >\ hy not, Merclore, plow less
and plow deeper? why not cultivate lcsfc land
and manure more ? Farmers, many of tbout,
appear to forget that they have a productive
farm just underneath one the.y are cultivating,
ecjually and perhaps uiuoh more productive
than the one on the surface.
Turn up this farm, then, with a deep subsoil
plow?expose it to the action of the sun
and frost, and thereby double your crop.
But the surface farm?if there are any
MTU|m;K jiDuui nisiuroing tnc one immediate-;
ly underneath?may be greatly increased in ;
productiveness bv properly manuring it.. Lot
a portion of spring work bo devoted to carting
out imilntre on tbo land that is to bo cultivated.
lJe assured that no labor will pay bet-!
tor. If anyone has doubts on tbo subject,
let him try an aero of thin land without and
another with manure. And if ho desires to
he still moro utilitarian in his investigations,
let him dednot the cost of the manure from
the value of the increased crop, and it will be :
found that it is much better to manure one
acre well than to cultivate two without ma- j
u urc.
Mut let him try the experiment of both
plowing deep, at the same time manuring well, 1
and he will forever abandon the idea of cultivating
more land than ho can cultivate well. I
Karmers! think of these things: do more,]
practice . .1, and, our word for it. you will
have no ov .sion to regret that you did not
cultivate more innii.
View of the Pyramids.
I These, lis the earliest, the loftiest, the largest,
the most stupendous of the. works of 111:111
deserve, in this connection, n passing notice.
High on tlu> nun parts of tho Lyhuin desert,
' overhanging the meadows of the Nile, they
rest like the perpetual hills in .settled tranquility
on tluir rocky basis. In sterile and gloomy
<?vand<'ur they have survived the waste of
aires, whilo cities have risen, flourished, and
fallen mi the plains below, and will survive all
the ravages of time on their mountain-masses
until the mount;;ins themselves shall depart
and the hills he removed. Tliey extend from
the ureal pyramid of tJi/.eh to IKishur, a distance
of twenty miles. Met ween these extreme
groups, at unequal distances, lire, those
of Vim in and Sakhara. near Meaoiliis. In
t - - - I
utter tlcsp iir .-/ givu??r the render ??y just.'
; ilMpn of l'<H' V ..st i|i ni'iisiniiH of the
<_>> |. ds of (!heops. w:; o.ust content
dir.- ' . :> \vii'. tin- n>11: I vt.itistics, iind lc we
I him in i < initiation ! ? yi/.o and wonder at the
i enormous pile. '1' 1 s? foundations nre 7feet
, square, and covers ;i little less tlian tliirteeii
j acres of ground, Kroni this base the pyra
mid rises to the height of 17 J feet. Oii-in!
ally it was about thirty feet bibber; and
| sheathed in n easing formed of horizontal
' blocks of ?rr.niite hewn down to u uniform and
polished surface, on every side, from the apex
to the hise. The Ivitijr'K chamber, the nepulninv.i
it.i i...i
? l-"- u?<iui:i
vainly sought to find :i sure retreat for his l ist
repose, is v?-1 feet in length, 10 in height. and
17 in breadth, inclosed in walls of polished
granite.
This venerable pile had stood for several
| generations when Abraham went down into
! Iv_rypt While enjoying the favor of the
King at Memphis he gazed habitually upon
| this stupendous monument of power, if he
i did not scale its awful heights. Hut from it*
| .summit now- rvhat a spectacle! Ivi.-t, West,
: North, an i ath, tho (iivat IK .- hi frightI
fill desolation, unmitigated by a single shrub
or leaf; ar.d below the lm.jestic, mysterious
j Mile, pouring through this wide sea of" death
i its floods tjf living, life-giving waters, and
I spreading out oil cither side, up to the very
; brow of the desert, a broad margin of verdure
I " green?unutterably green j" and evoking
) indiscribahle fertility out of the most liopei
less, hideous barrenness?a contrast without a
j parallel in the wide world.
A S.\ i? Cask.?We have been requested
j to record the particulars of a painful oceurj
101 ice which happened in this district, on the
j -1th instant, and which we do more -as a war1
ning to parents than as a mere passing obitI
nary.
i On Saturday last, Mr. Elijah Rutherford,
j a respectable citjzcn of the district, sent his
j little boys to cut corn-stalks oil his wheat, field,
and for tiieir'sand the little fellow's gfatitica;
tion perhaps, permitted them to take with
I them a younger son of about four years of age.
! Whilst the innocent child was ulaviny around
a ,'ijrht-wood stump, which was on tire,. t!ie
flames were communicated to his clothing,
and he was burned so badly before his elder
sister could strip him or extinguish the five,
that he died the next day. lie received his
injuries about 11 o'clock on Saturday, and
yielded up his spirit on Sunday morning at
; sun rise. Ood'a providence often educes
; good out of apparent harm and so inny a no;
tiee of thin affliction of one. be for the good
of many?ArfvertUer.
Yr.sTKiiDAy we hjiw a very little child,
scarcely more than a bi.bOj clad in do- p mourn;
inpr. it was a sweet littio fare, which penp.-d
i out from that tiny black bonnet. What a )?*j
ty. thought wo, to befitfn no Carly?if at :?ll?
[ to associate gloomy idoau with death. What
1 can people who do tiiis.be thinking abont ??
[ To us it seems almost criminal to condemn a
little creature like that to mournful thoughts,
which should, instead, bo as much as posible
warded from if, and especially if it ba motherless
and fatherless.
Su&LY, the painter, was a nnm distinguished !
f?r ,.r <
.... ,?>..v.nyiiv VII iiinumtro, nn well nH nifl H1ICcomh
iii art. At n party, one evening, Sully !
was speaking of u belle, who wii? a great favorite.
" All," *nys Sully, " hIic has n mouth
like nil elephant." Oh, oh ! Mr. Sully, how
can you ho so rude?" " Kudo, hidjes, what
do you <ne?u ? I any she's got a mouth like
au glephaot bccavwo it's full of ivory." ,
v
Leap YearThe
year 1H09 i^ ?' leap year." aud conSVihi
of fchreohundrfcd atid sixty-six Qftys, one
d(.y bein^ udded to the shortest month, February,
which will therefore have twenty-uioc
days this year. Leap year occurs every fourth
your, and is so called because it leaps over a
day rnoro than does any other yoar. It is also
called bisextU?> from the Latin bit, twice.
| And scJrsixth?-moaning that the sixth ol
the calends of March (corresponding to the
24th of February) was miKoucd twice ever)
fourth year by tlie intercalation of a day.
The necessity for leap year arises from tin
fact that tiiO solar year does not correspond
exactly with the civil year, in consequence ol
its not ending exactly with a ?jiven day, bul
with U fraction of a day. If it were not foi
this arrangement Christinas in course of time
would be in midsummer und the fourth of Julv
?i._ ?i. ?
in vim uuiiiii in Hiuiur.
The true year consists of the timo it taket
for the earth to muke ono revolution around
the sun, which is determined by its comiujj
back to the same point in the zodiac from
which it started, nud this is accomplish
cd in three hundred and sixty-five diiys and
nearly nix hours j but as the calendar musl
consist of complete days, these six hours arc
omitted ; and in four years they nh?ko up i
whole day, which one is added to the year
making what is called a leap year. This
however, is not strictly correct; fur it is as
OiTtsiiilfd lir nnniiritji miloitliifirvna i? miln
year is exactly 805 days, 5 hours, -18 lmnu
tos, and 57.7 seconds, consequently, in put
tin** on the six hours we add 11 minutes 12.4
scconds in four years. This in the course ol
108 } years would amount to twenty-four houis
or a complete day. Every year the numbei
of wliioh is divisible by four without a remain
dor is a lea]) year, except the last year of tin
century, which is a leap year only when divi
siblo by -100 without a remainder. Thus tin
year 1900 will not, be a leap year.
The Roman year originally had but tcr
months, as may be seen in the meaning of tin
name December, which is "tenth month.' ?
March was the lirst month of the year in tin
time of llomulus, and December was the last
but Numn I'ompilias who kiunv astronomy bet
tcr, added .January and February.
While Homo's great founder made llic times hi?
CfU'P,
Ten months lie chose tb constitute t lie year;
Hut Nminis, better skilled in astral lore,
To Komulns' inonibs ndjoined two more.
Tho Egyptians wore the first who tipproxi
mated to the lull length of the year, wliiul
| they undo to consist of three hundred inu
sixty days. Aft< wards they added five days
I as was done by Thales, one of the seven wis*
; men of the Greeks, Jews, Syrians, Ethiopi
[ uns, Romans, Persians, and Arabs all hat
years of dilieront lengths.
; The d.iy on whieh'tlie. year commences i;
also different in different countries, but in al
it- is held i:i great veneration. The Jewisl
historical year commences with the new mow
near tin- vernal equinux, (March 22,) and tin
j civil year with the new moon near the autuni
1 nal equinox. The Mahoinedans begin thii
! yi.vir on the. day when the sun enters Aries
| the Persians in the month which answers t<
i nt'r .Juik'; tin' Chinese and Indians with tin
! first new moon which happens in March ; am
| the Mexicans 011 the 2i>d of February, a
which time the verdure in that country be
;_:ins to appear. W illiam the Conqueror hav
ing been crowned the first "day of January
gavo occasion to the English to begin thei
year on that day, in order to make it corres
pond with the most rcinukable date in tlici
history.
I 'I'U.n I. ?l.? 1 1 I-'
i iiuu^ii iiiu iiiMui'luiii >x*?iim uu^iii in nup;
land <>n the festival of (lie Circumcision, o
tlm first day of January, on which day tin
Gorman and Italian year begins, yet the civi
hi legal your did nut commence till the da'
uf the Annunciation of tlu; Virgin, the 2dtl
of .March. The part of tho year betweei
those terms was usually expressed in boll
| these ways : cither 17 IS 0 or 17 1 8 9. Bu
by the act altering; the style, the civil year nov
begins with tho 1st ot' January. The o)<
style followed the Julian method of eotnntit
in>4 the year by the calendar established b;
Juliu:> Ofvutir, in which every fourth year con
, <ists ui' :><?'.? days and the other years of 8(>.">
! This Julian arrangement of time makes, a
j wo hax'c seen, eleven minutes and some sec
i ondx in a year too much. Pope Gregory XI1 (
reformed the c 'kmd'?r by rotvoitfefcinj? ton day
in October, l.")S2, in order to bring baok tli
vernal equinox to the same day ns at the Conn
oil of Nice, A. !>., o2f>. The Reformatioi
was adopted by act of Parliament in (jrea
Hritaiu in 1ToI, by which eleven days in Sep
| teinber. 17o2, were rotroiielicd, aud tlie thin
j day was reckoned the fourteenth. This mod
of reckoning is called new style.
A I'kauitl (Calculation.?In his worl
on unfulfilled prophecy, Mr. Jjabangh advan
ces the theory that the inhabitants of the nc\
earth are not to be sick, and that they are t
live generally 000 years, and to inerensd ae
eordin^ly. Some patent mathematical geni
i us, taking this as u basis of calculation, esti
mites at the end of one thousand years th
I Jews alone would number "more than 1,02-1,
! UOO.OOO.000.000.000.tlOO.OOO.000 000 whir.]
I would bo more than 15,110,000,000,000,000,
' 000,001) on each square mile of the 3?rth'
\ surface, or 5,000,0u0,000,000,000,000 o
! cadi acre, ami more than 1,000,000,000,000;
000 on each square yard."
| By the time Mr. Labaugh is able to reni
i the above figures he will probably find rcnsoi
I to abandon his theory. The' total number ci
| .lews is now but from four to six millions, o
| loss than one hundred and fiftieth of th
I earth's inhabitants. If we make a corrcspon
din<x estimate of the increase of the whol
nine hundred and odd millions, the fisrnre
become still more frightful.-1?iV*. lr. Chrun
; iclc. . i > '.
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Tiik ninn deserving the, name, is one whos
thoughts and exertions are for others rathe
than for himself; whoso liiprli purpose is ad
p.pted oi? jiuit principle* and petfer abandon^
while heaven and earth affords means o
accomplishioc it. He is one who will neve
#oek an indirect advantage bv a snncinu
I word, mov take an evil path to secure i
real good purposo. Such a man were oni
, for whom a woman's heart, should boat con
I slant while ho breathes, and break when hi
| dica.
Not am, Dkkolatk.?Moss will grow up
on tho gravo-stones, the ivy will cling to th<
mou^lt{rii?g pilo, tho misleto will spring froti
tho dying bronoh; find, God be praist>d
something green, something fair Jo trie $igh
and grateful to tho heart, will twine sroum
and grow ojlt of tho seaina and craoks of tb<
desolate tornplo of the human ho&rt.
A FKLLOW out West get* off tho following
definition of a widow: " Oooi who .know?
what's what, and i? dosirotifl of furtlicr infor
wation on the same puhjcot/'
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JL Hi.',
v u Over the Left."
0, fr^st not yau>* fate to a woirtftn,
i Oiu> wlio*o eyos are us black n* hrr hair;
For 1 tol| you, man, Mtro u? you're huinau,
You ufo building your hopes in the atlM
! You ue'c>, I iiToVI, can believo her,
i Till your mind of it* wit in bovefl;
i She'll tnko all the giftrttfoat you give her,
And lovo you, mun^-over the left!
\ O, tnmt not your fute to a beauty,
t And avoid for your life a brunette;
You ne'er can attend to your duty
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, ii u.i juur mini uq.ioiii oe *ei i
She'll lend you nbotit by the hop*, sir,
Till your faeo of that organ's bereft i
' 'J'lion suddenly puck ftp her olollies. sir,
And grlevo for you-?over (lie left!
0, trust not your fato to a dune, sir.
One whoso cheeks aro embrowned in tlie sun ;
I vo seen many ducks tliut worw lame. siv,
s Hut a lamor than they you'll ho one!
You may glide on the'stronm of lier ^Inura*
Til^ our lienrt of its sorrows bereft ;
Wlien you sink in tho dark pool of madness,
She'll help you oub?over the loft!
r 0, trust not your fate to the one, sir,
J Who may run in tho pui'ils ns it spado ;
Far better your life had been done, sir.
Ere you met with this widow or maid!
I If to Blich your directions am given,
t Of all future hope you'ro bereft :
, , She will give you a glimps of high heaven,
To taso its bliss?over the left.
Who Taught You to SwearMany
years ago when there were few Mil
roads, n party set out from a.Southern city for
a weary jouruey by stage coach. Amid all
thoir discomforts, they had ono profit blessing.
The youthful druor was very ohcerful, mul
seemed intent on making his passengers us
much so as lay in his power. Many a weary
\\t ? ?? / 1\/*?! vaihIu \u.?c limruiln.1 l?io
p t " un ' 1 nUUVV| Jf
morry whistle, or lively ?ong ; the rains pour*x
cd, tho no)xi?s lagged* hut heard above the
winds was tho carroiled air of " Ilomo Sweet
( Uoiiic," or the bird-like whistlo of " Uluoj
eyed Mar> Oh, it is mu:h a joy to seo an,
other satisfied and happy in his lot and at his
toil! It makes tho lowly look up in hope, and
; the lofty look down in humanity; it niukss
% 1 the millionare, honor his driver or his fbot'
! nan.
' Now that is the bright side of our young
stage-driver; why l.iuat there bo two sides to
everything? JJoforo tho party halted, after
1 . .e first day's journey, the jaded horses thought
they had gone as far as profitable and it was
contrary to their sense of ri??!?fc flint, tliev wnn>
j pressed on. Our hero on the box coaxed,
- | whistled, patted, and :?t last whipped then,
i j but HtWl they draped heavily on ; when at last,
I [ losing all patience, the pleasant sounds that
, | had cheered tho insiders were changed.?
There did not seem to bo. passion in his tones,
- j but having tried all other motives to speed,
1 | the driver now began to swear, a-} if proi'anij
ty could impel a worn out horse. " God,"
* I and " Jesus," that " dearest of all names
! j above," were repeated with shocking- frei
queney and carelessness. ?01110 of tho pas1
I sengers were unn;' ?'ed, but others could say
. | with thi prophet, "The roproaches of the^i
- ! that roproae.hcd Theo, fell on inc."
r : Among the passengers was an aged minis;
! tor. liesjdd nothing at tho-time, but when
i they stopped for the night he made himself
? j quite familiar with the young driver, asking
1 ; him questions about his business and his hor
; >r.H, iiiuiiur?llll<r ill! llUOlt'Sl 111 ilil II1UI 110
- found interested him.
- | When ready to start at broak of day, ho
, I asked permission to sit on the box, that lie
r I niiirht seo tho country and talk with him,
- i " For," saW. he, " I'm very fond of tho coinr
pany of yuung men." This familiarity and
condescension completely won tho heart of
- would be John : and in the kindest manner
r ' he gave all the information in his power to the
2 old icntlenian.
1 " You're a minister, are you?" he asked,
.. i:..l t.:i
f i uucril iiiui: win 10.
i u Yo;, my friend, T am a Baptist minister."
i " A Baptist mini.stor, arc you ?" tio cricil,
i ' " why uiy mother's a Baptist j and when I
t ! get homo I 'll toll her about you j" and strong
v ' filial love beamed in his eye.
1> " Then your mother's a Baptist; is she a
. ! good woman asked the old man.
y " Indeed slid is sir," replied the afTeetion.
nte BQi) ; " f owe her everything. 1 don't
know a singlo thing which she did not teach
3 inc."
" Are you sure of that my young friend ?"
u Ycd, sir, for my father died when I
s was very Bmall, and left us poor. We were
o | three or four miles from a school, and as 1 \ as
. : her all, sir she couldn't trust me so faF frjm
n her all .day. So she taught me at homo till
t we moved awav from there; it ail then 1 wah
i. old enough to go to work. Y^os, sir, I will
I toll it. to lrer credit; site taught mo all I know."
c " Did alio teach you to swear, my son V
Cried the old gentleman in a stentorian voice,
and clapping his hand heavily on the driver's
k shoulder, "Tell inc, did your mothor teach
i- you to swear ?" The youth looked thunderv
struck. lie colorcd deeply and hung his head
o in silence. ,
!- " Come my son," said tho minister, " you
i- have told me that your mother was a Baptist;
i- [ want to know.whether sho is tho right kind
e of a Baptist or not; did bIio toach you to
swear?'
I? The vming driver looked up. Tho.ro was
none of that dodged insolence which woBomos
times sco in persons who have heen justly jiro*
11 yokoU ; no look ot dehunoc, which said piuku
as words could .say, " I can swear if 1 please,
I'm my own master,,and it is not your busiI
tfioMi who taught 1110 to it." No, cvon in his
II sin he showed the gentle touches of that lnunif
bio mother's moulding hand.
r " I'm mortified, eir, he said, that you
e heard me swear last night to my Jiofscs. I
i- was very tired, and very anxious to reach L."
c " And did your hovses feci tho oath moro
s thau tho whiw.xuy friend? Wo inside could
- not discover that thev were, at all infltinnnArl
by it," said tho minister.
it Of ooumo not, sir. And at to my mother
teaching inc to swear. hIjo docs not know
1 that I ever took a profane word ou ;?y lips.?
J. hope she novor will know it, for I believe
j. it would break her heart. I know aa well
as any Minuter can teach me, that swoaring
is a low and wioked, a# well as useless praoK
tioe but I've boon tluown into a good doal of
1 bad company in my busiuoss, and hare fallen
? Into the lmbit,^ hardly knowing whdu i do it.
* I forget when I Ioho my patieneo."
"lio^ou forget when at. homo with your
motnor r'
fi Never; her presence forbids it. I could
a not ?\vear in hor ricJ(tr{ng.,;
j "And Vol you oan ro no in the hearing
! of tho God you Insult,. of U>o Saviour who died
t for you 1" replied the old mam " God for1
.^ivc tho ohlld of a prajiu# mother for 3Uoh
j unpiet'-i"
% declare, with His help, that you
I hfivo i. sanl^nv laak rmrti " baI#1
? , U . . -> ? w.vjrVU..HU.UU
f deeply moved. > v. _
f ?' WKen I left my daughter'* houao,"
- tho* Minister, "she put a noble great loaf of
fcuitocikc iu joy trxxoje. Whoo w* part Ij
?
will glvo U to -yOu for a present for your ]
mother, if you will promise to tell her how you 1
got it, and all tho particulars'of your iuterview.
Confess your win to her una to God, ui>d
that, my son, will onublo you to keep your
good resolution."
Tho driver promised to do so, and after that
he wiw never heard to u^e a coarse or prt
i 1 /\l. ...1 .A .. . ? i . t
umc wuru. \/ii, vvm?v 11 mixniy power noes ft
Christian mother still exercise over her beloved
wanderers, restraining them from eio, OT
drawing thciu out .of it? meshes whou once
ensnared.
Look nt the two great representatives of
oonscrvatism and progress?depending for
their differeuco more on. tempenncnt than on
talont or opinion. Tho one slow and safe, not
liking to ho talked about, but jealous as to
what others think of him, anxious to keep
in stn(h i/uti his sentiments, his friendships,
I his property, hi . character, never preatly enlarging.his
personal experience. T.jo other
| anxious to mix in all societies, and to gain
I knowledge oven by contradiction, risking one
I fortune to gain another, advancing, and rctraI
cing his steps rapidly, irritating others by bis
' faults. ninl nfmiinc <".? tluiin ) ? ? iini>vncct(iil
I ? " r .
excellencies; crowding into a year more of
events and impressions than fill up tlic life of
the cautious, now. arising into gfofy, and now
sinking into ruin. W'liat is the only life
worthy living to one of-theso characters, would
be nearly death to the other.
St:pRRK)R endowmootB bcoouic n Kubjeel
of just pride, only so far as they are applied
j to the purposes for whioh they word given to
uh. Without this application they become
our greatest reproach.
Make IIoMK P/;basant.-?Home is the
residence, not merely of tlie body, but of t.h<>
; heart, it is a placofor the affections to un
1 fold and dovolop themselves; for children
' to live and lcnru nnd play in ; fur husband
! nnd wife to toil smifiiigly together, and make
J life a blessing. The object of all ambition
! should be to bo happy there; we cannot be
; happy elsewhere. It is the best proof of the
I virtues of a family civelo to see a happy iiroi
side.
I Human hair vtvies from the '250th to the
! GOOth part of an inch in thickness. The fibre
of the coarsest wool is about the i>00th part
of an inoh in diameter. Silkworm's silk is
about the oOOOth part of an inch thick ; but
the spider's line is six times liner, and a single
pound would be sufficient to encompass the
It is doing some service to humanity to
i amuse innocently; and they know very little
of .society who tliiuk we can bear to be always
Employed either in duties or meditations without
auy relaxation.
With every- child we love, wo see deeper
into life, as with every added lens wo pierce
farther into the sky.
It is remarkable how much aoonor the
weather sets in " bitter cold " to those furnished
with handsome furs, than to those not
so fortunate.
A CoLTiKUK student being examined in
f.oeke wherq he speaks of our relation to the
Deifyv-Vas asked, " what relatiou do we most
I neglect?" Ifi! nnswered, with much uiuij
plicityf*" poor relations, sir \"
Ar.r, who have meditated on the art of governing
mankind, liayo been convinced that
tho fate of empires depends on the education
of youth.
To Contractors.
okat.w) rnoros.\i.s win ?>? rcceivo.i by m. s.
1 Htribliiig until (I10 l.*>tli of March noxl, for the
building of a Church at Hi oh hi nil. The ni/.o nrnl
plan will bo shown by him at hi$ house, and contract
confirmed by Committee.
jr. s. stiuiHjIXO.
Feb 14, 1800 Si)
j Ditto iiigu Lodge, Wo. ?, A
mi IK ftoxt llogular Communication of lilue
.J- Blue Ridge L^dge, ^o. . A.'.F.'M.*.,
Will be hold in tho Lodge Kooui at Walhalla, on
Friday evening the Oth March noxt,at7 o'clock,
1'. M. By ordorof the W. M.
JOHN M. PHILLIPS, Soe'ty.
Feb 11. tKtiO 29_ 3
Regular Communication,
Keowkk Loihik, No. 70, A.\F.\.M.\
r"|"111K next rocular Communication of lyeowee
JL Lodge will ho hold on Monday ovoningthe
5th of March. A punctual attendance of mombora
in apcci'illy required, to tako into confcidoration
the propriety of building a Lodge lla!J.
By order of the W. M.
II. A. II. GIBSON, Sec'ty.
Feb 0. lKflQ 2?_ __ _4
j Alicock's Porous Plasters
AUK t!?? most usot ul articles of the kind vet introduced
to tho public. They aro entirely
pleasant; they do not /oil up in heaps; they do not
udhero to your linen; they only adhere to iliv
skin, and theyuvo pleasant, beoiiu?Q they arc (luxib!c,
and nwro with every motion. Thoy are ihr
best strengthening plaster, best pain reliever, and
an admirable planter for skin djaeases, especially
moth of tho skin, (licheij,) and all unsiglilly discoloration#,
which thev snrolv cure.
In affections of tho kidney#, their use ovw tlie
small of tho back 01- over the .sacrum, is intended
with tho best results; ask tor a bill of directions,
fvud examine eases of euro for yourselves.
wiiooriNa corun.
Jt]vii<('o Mi?s
T. Amx:oc:k & Co.?Gentlemen?Vlease wind me
another six dozen of your Porous IMastcrl. They
mo in groat demand hero for Whooping Cvugh.?
They act like a ehavm. I could have sold two
dozen this wcok, if 1 had had thorn. Bend as coon
fta possible, and oblige yourn, respectfully. .
Ono. I. Wim.iams, Postmaster.
LAM1* BACK. T
Ai.t.cock k Co.. No- 2tM t'.i.mi v...
York, Nov. 25, 18G0.?GenlU'inon?I lately suffered
soveYoly from a weakness in my bnck,'occasioned
by suddenly Qxei tiug myself. Having Heard
1 vpur Plasters mucli rocofiUhGnfC. Me
kioil. I pvocureu'v.tO, W.l tll9 ^uU was all that I
could donlro. A slngla plaslorflitred me in ft"WG0!f,
Youvo rospootfully, J. 0. Unions,
, Proprieloi of BtfunAreth llouso.
#$T9oi<l by W. 8. & fj. P. WILLIAMS.
TrfteufagMtr. Vob. 7, 1800 ^ <f
Lost,
0*1 vWfrlfW. 29th D^eiuber lost, a small red
\j roft??er I'ockot UOoI<, containing soino money,
the 'Mljwing XotcS, Uml ofhor pnpera, ,0 wit.: On
James. Otiorge & Oo. for $00, A. lioutvh for $60,
on J frill} Munition for $25, and one ou II. Pnhntgo
for ?itv
.^vi'uiio ui g ri:ijuemoa not to pny
tho.io No!o? to any on<) but' myself- My namo la
(iIko in (ho bfctk. Any inlurinuilon In rolt^ion
thereto will bo thankfully received.
UANIRL 111 LEV.
Jrtn. 2118W) , 23 _ ?f
4 Boyd Cotton Seed for Sale.
T HAVt! n - t . -? -
_ mi* ucjournteii eecd
ceuts pe,Jo
pound* 5 in oxobftnye, 1 for 2.- * K
Application must bo nmdo !iy the Ink JArtfapv
a sa ? - ? ?? W. 0KAWKO1U). '
7rlfl lfttfing- ^>oc. jb iKsn ci-tr
HIDES AND BABE
TTTILL BE BOUGHT AT FA IK PRIOFS
' VL Zf r A ,?a J* J" N? SMITH/ I
IV -urd, Jon 4, IS>58 |
WM~
Ml ?>I f IHMIfcBH 1*11 ltd*!*I iliu HlHlMlljljWlUMwiI I,.<
(UIBBNVILLK MARHLti YAIU).
fTMtK Bubacribor has on Urtnd niid is constant
M ly receiving a litrgc and varied fissurtiWnt vt* \
American and Italian Marblo,
'I'ft l?a vfnulil onll Mtn nhniitian nf tlutwn in
wnnt of a suitable Myriumerit to min k tho spot
where repose tho remains of" their departed rel'lives
nod friends. Curving ut\d lettering of
inds neatly nod promptly executed.
"Particular attention imid to oedvfw by mail
J AM KB M. ALLRN.>
Orccnvillo 0. II., S. C., ItYb 2*2 31?tl*
N. 15. JIc rofcr* to D (AWiwIftnlil. Ootveif,Coxr
Marklr & Co.. Dr. M I) Baric, W 11 Watson,
J'Ni| . Col D llhltft K MrKuv. I'-<i.
j. w. kokk1s, jr. j. w. hartupty:*. 0. cvlmam.
NOIUUST HAKluS0N~& .I'l'LUAIM;
Attorney* at Law,
AND SOLICITORS IN KQUITY, v\\flLf.
attend promptly to nil buMine#h entrusted
j IT to tlivir euro. Mn. I'llliam can always be
I found in the Office.
Oi'Jr'JOK AT PICKENH C. It., K. 0.
Scjit. 0, IMr.r, if
Rags! RngBI
WE want to buy 2o,0U0 nqunds CLE A NT
KAOS.
J. B. E. SLOAN & CO.
TVnillcfon, .Jillv I. 18159 ;>i) Jf
W. T. HOLLAND, M. D., ;
WALUALLA. VICKENS lMSTllTGT, S. C.
Alrttgh 3, lwr.i) Jl tf
'['I1K STA'I'K 111' SOI 'III OAIIOUnT,
VICKKNK?IN THKl'OL'JIT o|- COMMON PJ.KAfr.
"5 T'JDUAU W. CLYDE, who is in the custody
I j of tlio Sheriff of Pickens District, by ?ri&
of cunhvj ml stflipfriCiciulnnt, at the suit of ft.
A. AUjKiMidor, having filed in my o fit CP, toyothoV
with a Schedule, on oatl?. of h*i? ostnto mid ct'-.
ferts, h'u oetitiou to the Court of Common Picrtt*,
p -itiK that ijO may be tidmitieJ to tllO benefit
i of ilio Acts of the Gcnorul Assembly in rule for
I the rolief ol' insolvent debtors. It is ordered*
uis\i uie sum n. ?v. ivicxauuer, ana an omcr tno
creditors to whom tho said Kitgar W. Clydo is
in nnywino be, and thfy aro hereby
suminonod, and havo notice to appear, bcforo
the hiiJU Court nt l'iokens Court I louse, on tho
2Jd Momhty in March nojct, to show crttiso if any
thev can, why the prayorof the petition aforesaid,
should not be granted.
J. E. IIAC00D, c-.c.v. s.
]><>( . i.-., is:>o ->\ 8 m
STATE OK SUIT! I CAROLINA, . y
IN OHDIN.VUV?riQKKBB.
.Innino lniil'iiw
vs I Petition for I'a. 'Won
Tlios. Jenkins & others. J
IT Appearing to my ?ati?fHetioii that Thomas Jeni
kins, tlio hejrs-at-Juw of Abnet Jeilfcind, decens-ed,
names and number unknown. John Jenkins
Williamson Jenkins, ono of tlio heirs <>t Andersrin ' (
Jenkins, duceascd, to.wit: Thomas Jenkins,
Stewart and wife l'liza .Stewart, reside witjioiit tlio
limits of this .Stnte: It is ordered, 111 ore fore, that *
! these absont defendants do severally appear in tho
{ C?'iirt of Ordinary, to be hold en at Pickens C H,
I <.n .Monday tho lib of March next, to ohjoot to tho
I divis )'i or sale of (ho Heal Estate of Frances Jenkins,
doensed, or their consent to tho sumo will bo
entered of record.
J. E." I1AGOOD, c c.p. it 'actiko o.r.n.
Nov. 28. 1NMI
THK ST AT 10 Otf SOUTH CA KOLIX \r
IN KqilTY?-1'ICKKXS.
John Daniels & wifo )
vs {- liill for Partition, &o.
Elizabeth Collins, et.al. )
IT appearing to my tmtitffaciion tlint the heirs-atlnw
of Silas Collins, deceased, (names and min?;
bcr unknown) defendants iu this case, reside bcj
yo>id the limits of this State: On motion of Orr
j .Si I hidden, eoiuplainants' Solicitors, it js ordered
a thnt the said absent defendants do appear in thi.-i
I ( ll.lll'l .111.1 tllflllfl nilQWOV .,!? rluht.lt> In till, CAlfl I.ill
within three months from thin tlnto. or their consent-to
the snme will be taken us confessed by nn
order pro eonfw>. ' ">
JlOB'T. A. THOMPSON. c.H.p.n.
Deo. 24, 85'J 22 Hin
Tlll^STATK'"(')K-^Ol'Tl1 I'AKUUNA,
IMCICKNS IX OHDISAKV. S
Reese Bo wen, Adm'r, | for finn, sftt,
.T. II. Blank un.l oIIich. j l,e?ient aud dccicoIT
appearing to mv satisfaction that tho heirs- *
at law of KUxa Crane, (names and number, '
unknown) ami James II. lllack, dofeudants iitf
this ease, resido without tho limits of this State 7
It is ordered, therefore, that (hope absent dfcfond*ants
do severally appear in tho Ordinary's pffiov,. \
at I'iokens Court, IIouro. on l'Vnluv the ffltn
clay of April next, to ?how causo. if any the? can,,
why n final KCttlenlont o[ tho Estate of .Ivhn T.
Black, tloceascd, should not be tnado, and a docroo
Cutorcd accutdipaly. '
W. E. IlOLCOMliE, o.r o.
.Tnn. 4. i860 2;j
T1IK STATI", OK SOCHI CAKOLLNA,
riOKKNS? IN OUDINAKV.
T B Clyde and wjl'o J
vfl > Petition fur Partition.
Angnata Barton. J ( '
JT appearing to my satisfaction that Anguntft.
narton, (>uo of the defendants lit this case,
reside without tho limits of this State : It is
ordered, therefore, that sho do personally appear
in tho Ordinary's office, ftt Pickens (J. II.? ot?
Monday the 2'??f day of April next, to object to
the division or sale of tho Ileal Esbito of BailV
A. liarlufj, deceased, or her consent thereto will *
bo entered of record.
W. E. HOLCOMUE, o.v.n.
i -fan. 10, 1800 . ffiV.
Til K STAT 0 <>K Soi'TIl CAIiOhLNA^ .
IX OtUHNAHV ncftHNH.
JeremiahCleveland, AUm'r for finn, ^
Tho,. Cleveland & qtfcors. -e?rew6^&dcori?e
IT appearing to my satisfaction thftt Thomas >
Clcvelanil, Gibson i.\ and wife JCnnqy- iimf
Martin L, Looney and vrifo Miriam, defendants
ni mo Rbor? Muted reside without the'.limits
of t!ii? Stato: It is ordered, therefore, that
tliey do severally appear in the Court of .Ordinary,
at I'rokona Court House, on tho fourth * i
Mondoy in AJijrqh noxt. to kIiow causa, if any
tl?oy can, why a finnl settlement of tho outato ?>f
lltmjainiu Cleveland, decoded, should U'jt
had, and a jldmee made accordingly. <
W. K. IIOLOOMUB, o.r.p.Jfr <
Deo 23. 1.859 22 8m V .
THK'STATE 01' 80UTU OAliOLl-N A,#? ;
,PICKKX??JN ORTllX.VHY.
Hnnnnh Clrtyton, E.\ Irix, . 1 . .f . < . -v
Alex. Alguod, Ex'oj-j Petition for flnul set- (
T8. tlciuciU.
HtooUoaQ. Ceylon&oMn>r^J ,
I |T appearing lo wty ffitiofactivn (It at Rtvphcn G. J
II ci.jtwj.n.,{!j""in ?n'1
ana John T. Clayton, dufond&tttu tp 'ni? v.? .,
st Jo without tho limits of this fjtato : .It is or<lo?c<1,
tlicrcforo. ttial Iheie Qbnon? itafi-ni'Miilft do Morally
npponr In the Court of Ordinary, ut fiokctoM
U., on Monday the 8OU1 day of April next, to shew - "
Suae, if any thoy oan, why a finoV MjuJeimcnl t>f
6 estate of John Clayton, JLocc#?^J,' xhonld not
bo made, and a d?crce thcrooit nocovdlp'jly pre- |
nouncod. . * .
W, E. IJOLCOIJPE, o.f.u. "" '
Jan. 25. IftftO ^ JT?: .?tt>
J. II. VOIGHT, ... K
Tin, COpperNinlth A Htill *tulici> J
WALHALLA, S. 0., \
WtM, glvo strict nttopiion to all bnslileM animated
ty his euro. Tewna (ho mOwt reasonable.
Tnn. J 2. 18*0 . 2fi 1 *
Assignees' ifo^ice. . ' v' ?
ALL Ilia crc'lUors 0f k. /f. A5o*anticr, fcbftdMro.,
to Inkc 4n<ler )il? Maigi>mont, must
their claims on or bolero Iho Otb day ot M?roli |
noxt. A |)Aym?u? will La miula <M?#uoh ?laifn* on,
! the CUi tiny o\ iUnh hc*l, W 1.2 o^look, M. at J.
. J. Norton'* Law-oflic^ in Hokrntfj?ttU|L?< J
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