Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, September 29, 1860, Image 1
I" T() TI,1NE 0WN SKI.F BE TRUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW, AS THE ^ '\f^ ^ NIGIIT THE DAY, THOU CAN'ST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN."
I BY llOB'T. A. THOMPSON. PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, SEPTEMHEll 29, 1800. VOL. XII. NO. 91
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U TSVSOY&D IFOETl^V
The Temple of Dreftms.
1 | 11V I.I//. I K C. SMITH.
I s?f! afiiv Night's fair estate?
|j Night's p.iiaeo built on alnrry land ;
11 Hut nearer l>y with open pale,
The Temple of tlio Twilight stands.
And by tiioduskv wav 1 wait 1
I A ml press my heart with folded hands.
I wail beside the snored door,
Afraid In enter in nloiie,
For in this* Temple, evermore,
The griefs my orphan years haw known
J.io like pale ghosts upon the floor.
And, dreaming, in their sleep they moan.
I wait?from out the purple West
Through paths my viiil'd eyes cannot see,
A soul-friend comes, love-crowned, love-blest,
To walk these haunted isles wit!, me?
To clasp my hands from oil' my breast, * !
And keep me gentle company.
(And side by si.le with reverent steps,
We tread these sacred rooms apart,
And steal by Sorrow as she sloens
r
t Where moaning Marah fountains stun,
Willi echo wi ispcrs on our lip.s.
From vespor-drcams within each heart.
The yi.trs that bring no myrtle sprays^
jh No heliotropes to liloom for mo.
May come and ; their sweetest praiso
Is that they leave me gla.My free
To tread this Temple's dreamy ways,
Cltisp'il hamls, my spirit mate, with thcc. |
For us llie Twilight s cloister rIooio
,i Ity Fancy's fairy stars anil bemns
Is lit. Thought's magic roses bloom
I (In spirit bowers. , Each zephyr seems
A spirit, faint with love's perfume?
|ti A poet lost in fairy ilrciuus.
jjli And mustthou ^r<? ? All, me! the hands
Of royal novels in the West
Ilavo down beyond night's silver hinds.
My Sorrow waketli from her rest !
Kami friend, i>i:.\u friend, unclasp my hands
From thine, and fold tliein on my breast.
My eyes, veiled by the wings of Fate,
Meet thijic no more, hut I enn see.
Through il'tesudark plumes the Temple gate?
The dreams tim* tlout away from me
Will whisper at what time I wait
Thereby. riuknti or mv iikaiit. for thee.
>w .-J ii^ii lwhiti.w ifi iiyi?w
I*OUYiQ*L
The Blue Ridge Ruilroadt
T<> thr Ifoil. fcfictirtl (f. l*ulnwr :
* Vonr next objection to granting aid to the j
Blue Uii]}?e Kail road Coirpwy is stated thus: i
1\ ou tiring to notice the South Carolina Central
Railroad, o.\toi;<linir from (Jourdin's Station
011 the Northeastern Railroad to Charlotte, i
which, you say, " will place Charleston in j
connection with the North Carolina Vt'esteru j
extension at Slalevillc, a road pcnctrat'.n?r to ;
that very region of country where the I>lno
l'idge is attempted to he built. I.ct me. ask j
why this connection will not subserve all the '
purposes of the Blue Ridge road?"
This is nil assertion, though it is put interrogatively,
as you frequently do in your letter,
when you intend to his omphalic.
The ' very region of country where the
11 >1 ik! llid^c i.s attempted to bo built," is down
the valloy of the Tennessee River to Knoxville,
and appro aches, at Clayton, within one
hundred and forty miles of Chattanooga, i
which is the focal point of the Western and '
Southwestern roads, wh ?se trad i-< diverted to
Charleston or Savannah. Vour assertion is.
that the Stateville connection will put Charleston
in eonnnctiou with tliis region of cuiia
try, in a manner so advantageous as to subserve
the purpose of tho Dine Ridge Road.
The advantage of one railroad pver another,
is estimated i?y the comparative length of the
roads, for the cost of transportation is generally
in proportion to the length of the road,
and you must, therefore, be understood to assert
that, it will i,ot be further by the Stateville
c mucction from Charleston to Knoxvillo and
1(ino than it will be by the Blue
llid;jj<i Raul.
From Charleston to Knoxvillc. by tho Blue
Rid<re Road (via Aiken), is 410 miles, and
to Chattanooga, by tho 11 iwasseo Branch
(when built), will bo 415 miles.
I will now st te the distances from those
jilaeos to Charleston, by .the St iteville connection.
The distance from Chattanooga to Knoxville
is II ") mile.-); Knoxvillo to Morristown.
on tho Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, 42
miles ; .Morristown to Paint Rock. !?5 miles ;
I'aint Rock to Statesvillo, 102 miles. This
distance is taken from the report of Col.
<?wynu to the Governor of North Carolina, in
1851, of the survey, location nnd estimated
....... ... v..v l AiiMimin oi iin iX?irtii Uarolina
fll Central lliilroad from Salisbury to Paint
Hook, which were ordered to be iniidn by the
N.?rt!i Carolina Legislature. From Slatesville
to Charlotte, measured 011 Poor's Railroad
Map, not loss than "> ) miles, t ho sum of these
distances shows Charlotte, by '.ho Statcville
connection. to be 180 miles from Knoxvillc,
find 401 mill's from Chattanooga. The dist
men from Charlotte to (Jourdin's Station is
142 miles, and from that Station to Charlest
m is 5'J miles, which would place Knoxvillc.
by the SttUovillo connection, 481 mile* from
Charleston, and Chattanooga 510 miles. The
excess of those di.stunces wouM present seri
OUS obioctioilS to vonr nrnrw-iaiirl mi!.
[j. " i?r i"i
the Jsluo Ultimo !4<url with tho citizens of
| Charleston ; but I suppose you regard it ns
insignificant, when it in opposed to the Stiito;
"villo connection.
Hut. tlio frreator divtancca from Chattanooga
and Knoxvillo by tiio Stutoville connection
than by the Bluo llidge lloud, do not present
|( the moist serious objection to your statement
that the Statcvillc connection will subserve
alWho purposes of tho Bluo Hidjro Bond.
Before your Statcvillo conncction enn bo
fcp available, North Curolina must finish it* road
acrofS the Bluo Ridge mountains to Ashevillc,
nod from Ashcville to Paint Hock, which is
on the western boundary of North Carolina ;
nnd then tho Tennessee Company must finish
the road from Paint. Rock to Morristown.
Col. (Jwynn estimated the cost of tho road
from Paint llook to l?'lat Creek, near Ashc..:n?
?i liiftoon. r.? w i
w i?w VI^T?;VVV ; u?#m riu? v/r(XJK 1
across the mountains to bo 83,000,000 ; the
Piedmont section 8886,000, and thence to
Salisbury 81,400,000?making a total of nearly
87,000,000. Col. Ciwynn's location was 1
through the ^wannamm (Jap. I do not know
that the extension which is in progress of construction
will cross that (rap. Hut tho figures
1 have shown must be a near approximation
??,? ? ? ?< .i 1 -- ---
x.. ?..v, \ii mi- .-uvuuu iiiiiurai amnions ot
tl 10 road from Salisbury to Asheville, which
is in progress. With what assurance can you
aflirin that the people of North Carolina will
construct the road across the mountains '( Do
you believe that they will'! Jl'he undertaking
of the Blue llidge Railroad (Company to build
a road across the same Mue Riffle mountains
to Knoxvillo, you characterize as "otic of the
veriest humbugs that ever engaged the attention
of a sensible but deluded people." You I
must presume largely, and would have the i
people of I'idgefiold District to presume largoly,
on the folly and delusion of the people of i
North Carolina, when you hold out the com- j
tlletion of th<?ir rr>;i<l nu !i 4'--- 1
Blue llidge road ; and by the offer of this .substitute,
endeavor to induce the people of South
Carolina to abandon the Blue Ridge road. I f I
your opinion respecting the Blue Ridge road
be correct, must not you, and all the people of !
South Cur"lina, have r< nson to fear that the '
light of your wisdom may shine upon the peo- J
pic of North (Carolina, and that they may adopt ;
your opinion that their undertaking is one of i
the veriest humbugs that ever engaged the
attention of a sensible but d^'ud d people? i
But if wo m?v depend o \ t V- e.in'inu* d delusion
of the North Carolinians until t .! vc:
ie*t humbug, their road --'oss the n .n it .i is
to Asheville, shall be <v?.i?p|etod, at thi* point
two routes present th m^'lvcs, about whic* .
to ,v y the least, the people of North Carolin t
are divided. One descends the French Rroad
to Paint Hook, having Morristown for its terminus.
and forms your Statevillc connection '
with Knoxvillo; the other route proceeds,)
.southwardly, to Puektown. The hitter would ;
seem to he the route preferred, because the j
engineers are now engaged in the survey and
location of it. Should this route he adopted. ,
it may be a long time hefi.ro the French 15road
Route is completed.
If the J'reneh Broad route should be chosen, '
your difficulties arc not then ended. I low shall
the road from Paint Rock to Morristown he
made? 1 know from the oith of the President
of that Company, to a creditors' bill, filed
against the Stockholders for payment of their
judgments, th:.t the <'o >p.;??v is insolvent.
1 nder these circumstances, and with the
opinion you have expressed respecting the i
l>lue Ridge road, is it not a delusion worse, j
even man you tmnk tlio lihie Kidgo roiul to '
1)0, l?> depend on the Statovillo conncetion as ,
:i substitute for tlio ] SI in* llidge road, and to |
urge tlio avail tliility and sufficiency of tlio
former, as a:i argument for abandoning tlic j
latter'{
Tlio last of your objections which 1 will
notice, is expressed by interjections of amazement.
You advise tin4 people of Kdgefichl District
not to waste their energies " upon one of the
veriest, humhujirs that ever engaged tlio att< ntion
of a sensible but dolurl"d p-ople and
tnus close tho ftirauraph : " Was there ever
before so ihouslrous s {.illy at!?i; >pte?J to 1>
j?rj>etrated by a s\i!!?lo people!"
T .f Mint ilid;;e Ivuitoid C.inpanv h:.ve !
undert then to conn < (. I?y railroad (tin1 only j
practicable c mnection.) tin'. State of South I
Carolina wstii t lie oa vis ible wafers ami svstmi !
of railroads in the Mississippi valley. The |
Slates of Maiy'iand, Vaynn.i Mid (2;':;rp?s, "t
a cost manifold uto iter than w'nat is solicited i
from South Carolina, have effected that connection.
In every instance tlie co'iiplction of
the roads have been followed by overflowing
prosperity. The. entire population of those
States, high and low, rieli and poor, wise and
simple, commend tbo wisdom of those undertakings
which experience of their benefits has
made manifest to all. Statesmen and patriots,
who?c virtue and wisdom arc canonized in the
memory of the people of South Carolina, devoted
.-ill tlioir Mimi'./i/.o ' *
- - . ii.v.o miciai iivv yeurs :i?0 l(? j
tho accomplishment of the grout national work.
If the authority of the multitude of wise
and virtuous men, who 'nave exhausted their
energies in effecting. or in the attempt to effect,
a connection between the Atlantic and
the Western States by railroads?tho universal
commend.ition of such a connection when
it has been completed?the experience of its
benefit, which has forced conviction to the
most stubborn adversaries?if all these things
cannot persuade you, nothing can. It may
ho that you arc wiser than all tho wisdom collected
of those who carried through the
Southern Atlantic Hailroiids across the mountains.
You may be wiser than experience,
I5ut let me make a su?rtrestion. Whatever
JOU limy tliiuk, do not proclaim it ?o publicly.
Edward Frost.
Gonk North.--Wo clip tin; following
pointed and sen iibln article- from tho Rock ,
Hill Chronicle, nnd refer it to the special
!lllAlllii1ll nf ill"- ' '
?,.?? vmv-)u vtiiwii it uiiiy uouccrn :
' Merchants in our St;\to wlio kicked up j 1
such a dust. at I In; ti no of t'no .John JJrown I
raid in Virginia, about diicet importation
and Southern trnnde, aro now going North to
liy in full supplies. Wc nro ashamed to tell '
it, hut it is so. The night travel on the Charlotte
road is now very considerable, and 1
among the passengers no class are more numerous
thnn merchant* on their way to New
York. Gentlemen, don't write any more
resolutions about the importance and necessity
of direct trade. Your preaching is vain
unions you practice vour doctrino."
Dawkinh n>arric<1 n Indy for her money, i
but cannot touch it till she dins, nnd ho tronts
her very badly on account of what he calls
licr " unjust;liable longevity." The other i
day Mrs. Hawkins, finding herself ill, sent for
a doctor, and declared her belief thnt alio was
poisoned, nnd that Hawkins hod done it. " I i
didn't do it," shouted Hawkins. " It'* all
gmniuon?she isn't poigonod ! Prove it, doctor;
open her upon *.ho spot?I'm willing."
The Consequences of Lincoln's ElectionSomething
lor the Northern Men to think ofDispassionate
men are everywhere beginning
to ask themselves what will be the cons?'?|ucnccs
of tlx; election of 1/uicoln, and it is
time that every man in this confederation who
has the good of the country at heart, should
be prepared to answer this momentous question.
The developments of tlie campaign ure
bringing clearly to view the radical and revolutionary
intentions of the black republican
party. The spirit and tunc of its catnpiign
journals and documents leave no room to doubt
the thorough abolitionism of its principles
and its candidates. Helper's handbook of
treason, Lincoln's unmistakcuhlc abolition
speeches, and Sumner's rabidly and fanatical
i .1 i>
iiiuiiu^iiu m nit' ocnaie, nrc tne staple expositions
of the black republican creed, for the
circulation of which every possible effort is
made. Horace iJreclcy, whoso position as a
journalist makes him one of the master spirits
of his party, and enabled him to overthrow
Seward, its originator and lender, tells the
world that ho means " to labor for its eradication
(the institution of domestic servitude)
from our own, and all other countries, as long
as I live." Win. II. Seward finding himself
sot aside for a loss prominent leader in his
party, proclaims that Lincoln is just us radical
an abolitionist as himself, if not more so ; that
lie is enlisted for life or death in the " irrepressible
conflict," and that both belong to
"the Massnehus 11 s school" in politics. Tho
black repub'i n party of that State, fearing
> ;t tin: fanatical and destructive abo1:
;..n cl'i:'.:! : ! - ili - Massachusetts school"
W' r'd 1,1*' in" ! nilf
Njio" 1 ;.nd 01' l.- Senators elect?\\ i I son
ami Sutnnrr- ?!i - pi :oed in nomination
lor lhe gubernatorial rbair Andrews the friend
and intimate of Win. Lloyd (Jarrison and
Wendell Phillips, the open and declared sympalbi/.er
with and defender of John Brown, and
the unblushing endorser of their const int reiteration,
that they hold the compact of confederation
to be "a compact with hell."
These are tho indelible marks which, in
only sixty days of canvass, with a prospect
of nueces< before them, the black republican
leaders have placed upon their followers.?
Let no man hug to bis heart the conviction
that he can co-operate with them for a while,
and then either control the folly that guides
their aeliun or cannc (Vsim 1
miu it will bring it' tlicy attain control of the
powers of tho foil or. 11 government. It will
then be too late to advise them, ainl utterly
fruitless to abandon their support. Once in
power, they will c.ire neither for moderate
advisers nor moderate supporters. Conservative
republicans will be cast aside everywhere
as broken and uselees tools?as thev
have been in Massachusetts?and only black
republican abolitionists of the schools ot (Jar
rison, Phillips ami John Brown, believing
that a repetition in the Southern States of the
bloody massacres witnessed in St. Doniinrro
would bo doing ( Jod service, will be entitled
to place in the civil rervico, the judiciary,
the army and the navy of the country. Concede.
for arguments' sake, that for politic
reasons they will not deem it lit. to inaujjur:it*?
the bloody and miuht issue at once,
what will bi t.ii" oouise they will pursue??
11 we we have t ie nd.ui tt?* 1 ficts of their intend
>d ac:i..n. and iu i hs;ii we may see reflected
in the. oiirr r of truth the conser|acneos
of Abraham Lincoln's election as President.
The first stop will be the appointment to
i:vei> p??si ?>f cxecutivc or power
within the pi ft of the President of men
who believe that slavery is an evil and a sin:
that it is their moral ami .social, as well as r
litieal fluty, to make War upon it in evt y
way; that "this Union cannot stand half
slave and hall' five," and that William Floyd
(inrrison, Wendell Phillips and John Brown
arc rijiht in the theories they have proclaimed
and the policy they have advocated.?
With men holding these views as judges and
officers of the federal courts, as postmasters
and collectors of customs, as district attorneys
und marshals of the United States, there will
commence an agitation of the slavery fjucstion
such us the world has never witnessed.?
Federal officers may refrain from immediate
participation in criminal acts, but the abductors
of slaves, the fomentors of servile inccn
iliarism, nnd th<> coining John Urowns, will
pursue their iniquitons labors, in the full confidence
that, if arrested and brought to trial,
it will be by marshals, prosecuting attorneys,
juries nnd judges that sympathize with them,
and who believo that the cause in which they
are engaged is the cause of righteousness.
Tl,? ..e ii !. c * i
?.iiv in mis iaci mono upon trie .spirit
of fanatic abolitionism in tin; country will proUnco
the most disastrous results, (five the
orintiind hut the confiilonce that men of his
stamp will sit as judges over him if arrested,
ami crime will at once become the audacious
ruler of society. So will it bo with tlio " irrepressible
conflict." The underground railroad
will be brought to the light of day, the
stealing of slaves will beeonoa trade of which
thousands will b" openly vain, heroism in the
act will be worshipped, and not alone Virginia,
but every Southern State, will have to record
its John Brown raids, and the abolition
promptings to incendiarism now seen in Texas
will be witnessed in every slave State from
the Delaware to the Rio Grande, and from
the Ohio to the (rtilf of Mexico. In such a
Btato of things there will bo no need to use
the army and n;ivy of tlio United States to
suppressor extinguish slavery; will only
bo necessary to defeat its employment to sup- !
nrCM fnr-tion nml infloniHoriim In ?
1 ?- v. xu o uvii n
utate of thing* parties will bo driven to the j
highest pitch of exeitoment, acts of fury will i
be perpetrated on all fides, nnd day by day
the whole eountry will rceedo further and far- i
thor from the rule of reason. I
With the inauguration of such a state of
things, we would ask the morohants of New
York, Philadelphia and Boston, whut would
be the value of the Southern note* you hold ?
If the reply would not bankrupt you, it would
onuse you to cut <>fi' all your Southern trade
to avoid bankruptcy. In such a state of
things, wo would as!; the manufacturers of .
j Pennsylvania, New .Jersey, New York, Conj
nceticut, It hodc island and Massachusetts, 1
what would he the value to you of the note of
a merchant in New York, Philadelphia or Hoston,
if the Southern trade were bankrupt?
You would not sell a single paekage of goods
011 Southern credit, and would hnvo to ilimii..
isli production, or overstock other avenues to!
consumption. Aim), in this case, we would
ask the'eipitalist, the firmer, the mechanic
and the laborer of those States what will be- ,
come of your rents, your markets and your'
wages, ii' the manufacturers have to diminish
production ? They must and would dc
eline, all the combinations of intellect, far- ;
niers' unions a.ul Jrmln ?i...
.1 " l'?- ;
world could not sustain prices nnd wages, even I
if tliey could prevent universal bankruptcy, j
Our whole industrial and commercial fabric ;
is built 011 the broad bagis of credit, and -lie
(ibres, veins and arteries of this are so intertwined
and connected through the whole body
politic that a vital blow at the credit system
in one section will bring the whole cdiliee
crumbling to the ground. That blow will be
struck at Southern credit by the election of ;
Lincoln, and the installation of " the .Massachusetts
school " of abolitionists in our national
administration.
[.V. ]r. ITcmhI.
\ rnom tub r.arur.Nsvn.i.i: iii:iiali>.?ijy ltKijrRST.
I 'Hi '<! reply of the late distinguished bowudes, j
j that " the Presidency is a position ncilhei to
besought nor declined," is alike applicatde to
the (.iovernorship of n sovereign State. In I
limes of tranquility, it is not so important 'o
1 exact the higher orders of intellect and great
qualities, to discharge the duties til' (iovernor
and ('oiutnandei-in-( Ihicf; but when perils
surround?yea, threaten?and arc actually
waged a^aiu.-t the entire South, to the destruction
of our institutions and to massacre!! it
! bccoaios every citizen in South Carolina, who
! nits a 'ainily and a home, to think seriously,
ami to make a requisition of antecedents, of ]
capacity, of patriotism, of wisdom in council, I
j and en. r;_ry and .ihility t'? execute in camp and
i field, s?wdi duties as will doubtless devolve !
j on our next Chief Magistrate.
In 182S, when tho t Jovcrnnieut. at Wash-1
iniitoii, more rpscinlly then, commcnccd its
nets of agression, and when resistance hy
I State intcrvont ion was deemed a solemn duty,
J prominent statesmen of that crisis, Mich as
j Stephen i). Miller, James Hamilton, llobcrt!
j V. Ilavne an I (Source M? l>ulTie. were chosen
successively to fill the distinguished post of I
| Uovernor of tin; State. Ami during tiic war
I with Mi Jco, when more tlitin ordinary talent
| was roi(iiired, Pavid Johnson, tin: profound
: jurist ami Inmost man, (not interior to cither
i ni' the tour predecessors named, in intellectual ,
strength) was with one accord, unanimously '
i elect-d to carry out with ability and fidelity j ,
the duties of Oommandor-in-diicf. I (
In recurring to our personal knowledge of
prominent men in the State, we know of none |
hotter qualified, in all tlio attributes of emi- 1 ,
nont worth, t?i fill this important ollicc than |
(ion. David Jamison of Orangeburg. This (
gentleman lias served in our Legislature, was , |
appointed by (lovcrtior lla mmmd one of tin; |
visitors of the Military Academy at its organ- (
izntion, which duties lie lias discharged for J ;
eighteen yearn, w:;s a member of the eonveu
tion at Nashville, and recently a member of n
the convention at Richmond. " lie is a scliol- ; j
ar, a ripe and good one," an able, pure, and j
classical writer, and thoroughly ncquiinted ,
with Southern policy. As a iiencniioi' (,'iiv- j
airy, he was a model. As a man, kind and j
social in his relations, wise and prudent in rc- <
solve, firm and bold toexecute. And in obe- |
dicneo to the t?xt and in unison with his mod- ,
c.st, retiring character, lie do?s not seek ofTicc, j
but doubtless would not decline, lie is eini- j
ihmiMv fit for tlic dark era of troubles wo may j
expect in the history of Carolina the next two | :
years, as to whether the State sin.11 bo sovc- j 1
! reign or shall be vassal to pay tribute, and bow t 1
her neck to every arbitrary edict in the North- i
I crn code. | ]
We rejoice that there exists no divisions nor I
; sections of parties in South Carolina. For a j
while ago, there was an ideal difference, but <
| like the colors in a changeable silk, there were <
I shades of party, but by condensntive rays, the *
i line of difference is indistinct, and now like
the more brilliant colors of the rainbow, the
State forms one beautiful arcli, supporting the i
banner of Dreckinridgc and Lane, extending j
its beckon to our misguided friends that in
I union fherr is victory?in division ilcj'cut.
j Anticipating the apprehended last result, to
meet which the State should look to early j
ijn ijiu.uujii iiiiu iicttMiiiiiic on one 10 assume
the helm, capable unci willing to meet the 1
event, such a inan we respoct fully again sug- <
i ge*t, is (Jen. David Jamison, in all respects s
' ably qualified. Citizen. 1
{ August 2.*), 1800.
~ ? l
J Rrvoi.ittionaky Kki.kj.?Our fellow tows- (
I man, M. 1?. Crawford, Ksq., has shown us ,
j a cannon ball, (a six pounder) which was '(
picked up a few days sine on his plantation ,
in the Waxhaw section. Its rusted appear- t
ance, besides other circumstances, would in- .
dicato itsbeinga relic of Revolutionary times (
It was picked up within a short distance of |
the spot where Jackson was born, and upon (
tho plantation ("then owned by Crawford,
grandfather of tho first, named gentleman)
whcro the first years of his remarkable life 1
were spent.?Lancaster Loilyer. '
A CELKi?avrnr> toper intending to go to a i
masked ball, consuJtod on acquaintance as to i
what character I10 should disguise himself.? t
" do sober," replied bis friend, "arid your i
most intimate friends will not know you." i
TllP, I)uko de Durns, observing Desoartos j
seated ono day at. a luxurious tablo, cried r
ut; "What! <lo philosophers indulge in {
dainties?" " Why not?" repliod Descartes. ?
" Do yon think that nature produced all her f
good things for fools ?" - I
How to Preserve Woman-A Chapter of Ex- I
cellent Advice
There is nothing in the world that we think !
so much of as we do of women. Our mother?wife,
sister, and pretty cousins, arc wo- !
men, and the daughters will be (Heaven spare
them !) if they live long enough. And there ;
is a love of woman in general which we do ,
not deny. A line magnificent specimen of the
sex, full of life and health, a ripe, red ehcek
and (lashing eye, is somewhat that does one
good to look at as she illuminates the humdrum
sidewalks and every day streets. A
North Itivcr steamer, under lull headway,
with colors flying, is rather stirring and inspiring?and
we pull up our nag to see her
pass, and admire the swell she cuts. Com- ^
parativcly, however, the steamer sinks into
insignificance, or some other deep water, by ,
the side of a well-kept, well-dressed woman.
There is no rubbing it out; women are the
eharm, blessing, beauty, and bli.ss of life?
men's life, we mean, of course. Any means,
therefore, that can be devised for preserving
them should be publicly made known. They |
arc different from any other kiml of fruit.? ;
Von can nut picklc tlicm. You cannot do ;
them up in sugar anil sot them away in a room
with a paper soaked in brandy over their I
mouths. You cannot put them in cans seal- j
ed up air-tight, without injuring their form
and flavor. Now as men arc so dependent
upon women for their choicest blessings, a
proper mode of preserving them becomes of
?:reat moment, and we are sure that the pub- ;
lie will thank usforan infalliable recipe.
ll.ue the feet well protected ; then pay the j
next attention to the chest. The chest is the
repository of the \ital organs. There abide 1
the heart and lungs. It is from the impression
made upon these organs, through the
skin, that the shiver comes; it is nature's
quake?the alarm bell at the outset of danger.
A woman may never shiver from the effects
of cold upon her limbo or hands or head,
hut let the cold strike through her clothing!
on her chest, and go oil to her teeth into a j
clatter, and the whole organization is in com- :
motion. One sudden and severe impression
of eold unon the ohr?st. 1ms sin!n i?j tmt* r.f
thousand*. Therefore, while the feet are well
looked after, never forget the chest. Thc.sc
points attended to, tlie natural concoctions of
the dress will supply the rest, and the woman
is now ready for the air. Now let her visit i
her neighbors, go shopping, call upon the .
poor, and walk for the good of it?for the fun
of it.
Keep away from the stove or register. Air j
that is dry or burnt, more or less charged with
gases evolved by the fuel, is poison. Go up
stairs and make the bed with mittens on.?
Fly around the house like mad, and ventilate
the rooms. Don't sit bent up in a single
room, with double windows. Fruit will not
retain its form or flavor in air-tight cans, neither
will woman. They need air. If the
shiver comes on during these operations, go ;
directly and put something more about the i
lirnncf
Again, do not live in dark rooms, Light
fades the carpct, but it feeds the flowers. Xo '
living animal or vegetable ean enjoy health in j i
ilarkness. Light is as necessary as air, and a |
brown tan is preferable, even as a matter of
beauty, to a sickly paleness of complexion. j
This much in regard to the physical means i
important, livery woman should be married
lo an excellent, man. Marriage, it is true,
brings care and wear, but it is the ring that
is worn that keeps bright, and the watch that
lies still unwound that gets on* of order. The
<y. ipatliies involved ir. the family relation,
the now energies devolved by now responsibilities,
the new compensation for all outlays of ,
strength, bring about a delightful play upon lie
heart and the intellect, which, in their relction
upon the body, produces an effect that
is nothing less than preservation. j
Iynoxvimx and Kkntucky I'ah.uoat). i
?-The opening of the Nashville and Louisville
Railroad, has shown the incapacity of I
:Y.it, or any other road, to do all the busi- '
w...,, ... ?im ueigm, eon?rantiy
pressing upon it, and it has demonstrated l
lie necessity of the early construction of the i
Knoxvillo and Kentucky Railroad. Even
two roads could not now send forward the
Born, flour, bacon, ami other heavy freights
>fier. d, and destined for the cotton States
Eolith of us. i
At present, the shortest route from Atlan- i
ta to Cincinnati, would be only 400 miles!?
The route via Knoxvillo passes through the
most extensive and inexhaustible coal and
iron regions in the world; and the completion
of our route, would at once build up the i
great manufacturing establishments of Louis- 1
ville and Cincinnati. We name ...is fact for I
their consideration. We shall soon have i
completed the first thirty miles of this road, <
Parting out from this city. The track-laying <
tviU commence in a few days. i
There is a creat meeting in Cincinnati at , i
tins time, and iNasliville has sent up a strong
lelcgation. Tho East Tennessee and Georgia
Railroad Company has sent up three ablo
lolcgates?the Knoxvillc and Kentucky llailroad
Company have despatched three more
strong nnu efficient delegates?and our city
authorities havo sent a delegation suited to
tho occasion. If Kentucky and Ohio will
look at the thing as it is, this is tho route for
ineir interests.?A noxvillc Whig. '
At a late ball ill Paris a very stent gentle- J
man, proprietor of a had catarrh and a very ,
jharming wife, insisted, very inconveniently ]
it the close of a polka, tliat niadame should (
return to tho bosom of her family. " Nover <
nind," she said to her partner; "ask me to
lance in the next quadrille all tho same?1
ivill find a way to stay for it." Slipping out t
vhile the sets were forming, she went into the 1
gentlemen's dressing room, fouud her hus- ]
.11. l..i - -1 " * "
iiiuu s wu, ana mrew u out ot the window, t
rhen, returning, and requesting her spouse j
o first find hifi hat and call the carriage, she
locepted partners for tho next six dances,
juite euro of two hours before the hat could 1
>c found.
S
Sccrets of the OceanMr.
t? recti, the famous diver, tells singular
stories of his adventures, when making
search in the deep waters of the ocean. lie
gives 8omo .sketches of what he saw on the
Silver Hanks, near Uajti.
The banks of coral 011 which mv divine*
J .-? 7
imrrttcd in the previous chapter, were made,
arc about forty miles in length and from ten
to twenty in breadth.
On the bunk of coral is presented to the
diver one of the most beautiful and sublime
scenes the eye ever beheld. The water varies
from ten to one hundred feet in depth,
and so clear that the diver can pee from two
to three hundred feet, when submerged, with
111 f 1 c> nlwfriinflnn in tlir* vt i cr 11 #
Tho bottom of the ocean in many places on
tli<\se banks, is as smooth as a marble floor;
in others it is studied with .coral columns, from
ten to on^ hundred foot ill height, and from
one to eighty feet in diameter. The tops of
those more lofty support a myriad of pyramidal
pendants, each forming a myriad more;
giving the reality to the imaginary abode of
some water nvmnh. In other nlne.es. the nen.
dants form arch sifter arc1!, and as the diver
stands on tlie bottom of the ocean and gazes
through these .into the deep winding avenue,
he feels that they fill him with as sacred an
awe as if he were in some old cathedral,
which had long been buried beneath " old
ocean's wave." Here and there, the coral
extends even to the 8urf.ee of the water, as
if those loftier columns were towers belonging
to those stately temples now in ruins.
There were countless varieties of diminutive
trees, shrubs and plants, in every crevice
of the corals where the water had deposited
the least earth. They were all of a faint
hue, owing to the pale light they received, .
although of cvory shade, and entirely different
from plants, T am familiar with that vegetate
upon dry land. One in particular attracted
my attention ; it resembled a sea fan
of immense size of variegated colors, and of
the most brilliant hue.
Tho fish which inhabited these Silver
Banks, 1 found as different in kind, as the
scenery was varied. They were of all forms,
colors and sizes?from the symmetrical goby,
to the globelikc sun-fish ; from those of the.
dullest hue to the changeable dolphin ; from
the spots of the leopard, to the hues of tho
sunbeam ; from the harmless minnow, to the
voracious shark. Some had heads like squirrels,
others like cats and dogs; one of small
size resembled u bull terrier. Some darted
through the water like meteors, while others
could scarcely seen to move.
To enumerate and explain all tho v.irious
kinds of fish I beheld while diving on those
banks would, were 1 enough of a naturalist so
to uo, require more space tliau my Hunts will
allow, for 1 am convinced that most of the
kinds of fish which inhabit the tropical seas,
can bo found there. The sunfish, saw-fish,
star-fish, white shark, ground shark, blue or
shovel nose shark, were often seen. There
were also fish which resembled plants, and remaining
as fixed in their position as a shrub.
The only power they possessed was to open
and shut when in danger. Some of them
resembled the rose in full bloom and were all
hues.
There were the riqbon fish, from four to
five inches, to three feet in length. Their
eyes are very large, and protrude like those of
the frog. Another fish was spotted like the
leopard, from three to ten feet in length.?
They build their houses like the beaver, in
which tney spawn, and the in:ile or female
watehca the egg until it hatohes. I saw many
>l>eoinieiis ??f the green turtle, aoiiic fiyp fcft
long, which I should think would weigh from
100 to 500 pounds.
Or.d M vids.?An eloquent writer thus disjourses
of this estimable class of females.?
There is truth and beauty all over the paragraph
:
" I have no sympathy with that rude, unfeeling,
and indelicate phrase, old maid,
which is bandied about in the mouths of rude,
unfeeling, and indelicate persons. It is true,
that a selfish nature, cut off from all duties
and ties, and sinking back into the solitary
life of a selfish heart, becomes most unlovely
und useless. But shall the few cloud the true
nobleness of the many? How many elder
sisters, it may be unblessed with outward
comeliness, have entered into a brother's or a
sister's family, and accepted all its carcs as
tliA /!???. /-.f i:r~ > "
,?v u. vuvii mi-, nnu, htuiiiijj; lianas \vun
t!io mother, given to each child, ns it were,
two souls of love, lihtwo wings of God, to
help it fly up witluil from weakness and ignoranee
in manhood and strength ! How many
liave cheerfully given up their own whole life,
built no nest, sought no companion, but sang
in the tree, and near the younglings of another's
nest, patient in toil, watchful and laborious
in sickness, frugal amidst poverty, rich in
nothing but good works, and in these abounding
in wealth ! When the roll iu read above,
mil they are named that liv?d in self-sacrifice,
n gentloness, in patience, in love, and in the
>nly triumph of disinterrstcd mercy, they who
ire unmarried and childless, that they might ?9
nore heroically serve the households of others,
and become mothers of children not their
>wn, shall stand high and bri ght."
Witty i'kkykhsion.?-A minister had n
quarrel with one of his parishioners by the
lame, of Hardy, who showed considerable reicntment.
On thesuccooding Sunday the di,*inc
preached from the following text, which
ic pronounced with great emphasis, nnd a
lignificnnt look at Hardy, who was present:
' There is no fool liko the fool-Hardy."
A rniJST of bread, a pitchor of wat< nnd
i thvtohct roof, and love?thero is hiippiness
'or you, wbothcr the day be rain}' or sunny.
It is the heart that makes the home, whether
ho eye rests upon a potato nntoh or n flmrnr
garden.
" I FSSL," said nn old lady, " that T'vo got " I
ibout through with this world. Ifhnn'ton- iWl
joy much moro trouble."