Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, December 22, 1860, Image 4
klPO&TlftV.
Whither Tending t
wonders an lie looks before liim,
ml. nbout, below, ami o'er liim,
uitu's wiklcriiig, utnzy iia^us?
[book of Go<l?the work of ni'o? :
I^&spvvuil of knowledge, mo unending,
^VwliDt groat use, and wklllitr leading!"
Hgot learned, and unlettered,
v their slavish dogmas fcltcrtil;
Rllnd nud deal' by pedant learning?
Uod's opvn volume proudly spurning?
No'er rui.<o the thought, as onward wending,
He aim of life, or wldther tending.
lJut daring minds will burst asunder
nc cnams ot Ircti'l tlint keeps them under,
Am I. foai'lr**. vale nttil iiiomi
Hear tSod's sweet voice l?y sea ami fountain ;
Ktio'U vail of doubt asunder vending,
8ec eanso for hope, and whither tending.
To such, each rock, each mountain hoary.
In (Sod's own language, telN its story ;
The " Hook of liifc " to them unsealing,
Kacli bigot mystery revealing ;
Willi bounding hearts, an I hopes ascendinsr.
Vre taught wlijr mule, ami whither tcmling. i
1 ? -'Wliilo bigots mourn, wiih purblind vision,
A universe in wild collisiou,
fetojTiie chilil of thought, with calm emotion,
wise ile.-ign in tlie commotion :
BmI. I.nw, uml change lurever blending?
rl Translated for the Home Journal.
The Inheritance of My Uncle.
\L tin- death of my v.orthy uncle, Chris- i
tian Haas, burgomaster of Jjauterbach, tuy
proficiency in music had already elevated
me to the position of coprtfmeistrr to the !
Grand Duke Yeri Peter. My salary, it is
true, was but fifteen hundred florins; but
some of the pleasures of life may be enjoyed J
even witfl that.
? l^nelc Christian, who knew my position
very won, had never sent nie a kvcnt/.er, ,
and 1 could not refrain from shedding team
on learning his posthumous generosity.? |
1 inherited from him, alas! two hundred
and fifty roods of good land, vines, orchards, |
a bit of forest, and his great house at Lautorbncli.
"Hoar unele !" 1 exclaimed, with emotion,
" it is now that I preeeive tlic pro.
fundity of your wisdom. I bless you for
J having drawn tight the strings of your purse.
The money which you might have sent me. ;
^^^w lie re would it bo now? In (lie hands of
Philistines and MoaHtes. Little Katel !
^fcj^resseriiic could alone give some news ot* it ; !
Hbhilo now, by your prudence, like l-'abius |
Hnnctutor, you have saved the country; or, j
Breast, your nephew. Honor, all honor to ]
Hu. my dear unele Christian !"
B^ttng said these things with deep fool- t
Hg|l many others not less touching. I set I
^^^^^^WigjL-sebuck for Lauterbach.
Hris strange that the demon of avarice,
^pwhoin 1 had never before hud any deal- i
HBFT .seemed now determined to make him- ;
if master of my soul.
^fc?Ivasper," lie whispered in my ear, "you
, j . i111:111 now. Hitherto you have
^Jirsuod vain phantoms?love, pleasure, the
B?i .ire but empty vapor. One must be a
Hoi to earc anything for fame. Thoro is
omin aim suostantiul on earth but
Hnils, houses, and gold let out on good inort- |
Renounce your illusions. Extend |
boundaries ; widen your fields ; Till your 1
HflLu"'. b i
win be honored und
Mypected; lou will become a burgomaster,
Hike your unjclc, and the peasants, when they j
^Hsee you pass half a league off, will Hit their j
^^?aps and say :
' There goes Kasper Ilaas the
f aire?the great man of the country.' "
\ These ideas went and came in my head
like the <> n mni?!n ii
| ----- o-v . , >'?; uu v |
| had a grave, reasonable air, which seemed
' v very Imposing.
It was thcjmiddlc of .July ; the lark thrilled i
its interminable little song in the heavens; j
the harvests undulated in the plains; the i
warm breatli of the breeze brought to me tlio
^^^tohmtuou.s cry of the quail and the partridge i
H^I^U^urn ; the bright green of the foli- |
glistenKf in tli^ sunbeams; the lauter |
Hrurmurcd in the shau?/wof grand old willows 1
U--and I saw nothing, heard nothing of all
ft I is ; I thought only of being burgomaster ;
rfl swelled out my stomach, I pulled out my
fl \ cheeks, and murmured to my self:
"Thorcgoes Monsieur Kaspcr Haas?the
H iniUionuiro?the great man of the country!"
I And my little marc sympathized with uio,
I and beenn to trnllon.
I I was caj*cr to try on the tlirec-comorccl
1 ltat and scarlct waistcoat of Master Christian.
the) fit me," 1 said, " of what use to
^K) til CVS ?"
four o'clock in the afternoon, the little
Be of Lauterbach appeared at the cxBty
of tho valley; and it was not without
HBHflBon that 1 saw the large fine house of
^Btian Haas which was to bo my future
Bruce. I admired its picturesque situa^K>n
the broad dusty road, its imiiicn.se ,
Bf gray slate, its barns and its outhouses,
MM^g^vith their vast wings both the liar-;
J vest and its implements; and beliiml, the
puuiiry-yara; men, me little garden ; thcoreli- |
ard, the vines, the meadows in the distance, j
1 thrilled with delight at the spectacle.
Uk Ah I passed along the main street of the
^^^Ulugo, the old women with nut-cracker chins, 1
; fHu children with uncovered bristly hair,
Mthe men in their felt eips, with pipes in their
i fmouths?all these goud people gazed at and
1 Saluted me.
Good-day, Monsieur Kasper. Good-day,
nWV|frs1>tir Haas !"
All the windows were garnished with cu- ]
rious faces. " I am already at home," I
' Said, ft seemed to me that L had always
been a land-holder, a notable of Lautcrbach.
My life as cajuUnwinter was only a dream ;
my enthusir>sm for music a folly of my youth
?-how a few crowns modify the ideas of a
man !
I halted before the house of the notary,
blaster lieeker, who held the title-deed of
my property, The notary himself, with
bald, uncovered head, his meager spine clad
V in n long f^reen big-figured dressing-gown,
advanced to the threshold to meet mo.
F " .Monsieur Kaspcr Haas, 1 have tho lion*
or to salute you."
My arrival is expected; a littlfl table is
COUlfortahlv snrcnrl. Hofnr.> (infm-inrr lirvrtn
V- - ~I W..WW. ft, ?J|""
serious affairs, J must refresh myself with
ft a glass of Bordeaux. I am introduced to
H. Master Becker's daughter, M'lle Lothe.?
B l admire her little pink nose, great blue
H V/C8 and, chubby hands. I ask leave to
SBkhelp her to the wing of a chicken. Hlie
her oyt'8 ium! s.'.yn, v.'ith a blush,
Hmsicur is too good." J. fill her glass.?
Blips her rosy lips in it and smiles. IV
delighted, lie talks of the hv.nting
Bishing in the neighborhood, tho excel^ ociety;
tells me that Monsieur, the
Motor, is a charming young man; and
1.
I '
' thiH Monaicyr, the Justice of the Pcacc, plays i
u superior game of whist.
At length I am led into the office, and j
seated in a great arm-chair, and Master Keeker,
with a serious air, puts liis horn spcetielos
on his uquiline nose, and produces from
j his secret recesses various parchments.
"Here is the title of your meadows at
I Klchmalt; you have here, Monsieur linns, a
hundred roods of good land, the best watered
111 nn- iimii 111 uur, vim uo mown twice or thrice I
a year, will hring y >u a it income of four
j thousand francs. Thia is the title to your
j vineyard of Sonnethal, which yields two hun- I
| drcd hretolitries of wine, which can ho sold i
for from twelve to fifteen francs each?the i
pood yeurs compensate for the had."
Thus he went on pouring into my deligt- ;
ed ear the names, descriptions and values
of farms, forests, and pasture-lands, and end
ing with: "This is the title-deed of your '
house at liauterhaoh, the largest house in the !
| village, and dates from the sixteenth cen- i
tury."
uutuic. Piaster Meeker, that is not much
in it* t'uvor."
"On the contrary?011 the contrary.?
.Jean ]5ui*okhart, Count of Barth, built it
for his hunting-lodge, Tt is true that, many j
generations have succeeded since thru, but !
the repairs have not been neglected : ?t is in !
perfeet preservat ion."
I thanked Monsieur JJeeker for his explanations,
and, having enclosed my title
deeds in a volumnious portfolio, which the
worthy man insisted on lendiug me, I took
leave of him, more convinced than ever of
my new importance.
1 arrived at the door of my house. I introduced
the key into the lock, and, stamping
with my foot nnon the threshold. I an'wl
I t %
with enthusiasm, "This is mine!"
1 entered the hall. " This is mine!" 1
opened the arninrirs, and seeing the linen
piled up In the ceiling?"This is mine!"?
I mounted the staircase, still repeating like
a lunatic?This is mine ! This is mine ! Yes,
yes ; 1 am proprietor here; all my disquietudes
for the future are banished ; I am a
personrge in the world, no longer by ai
feeble conventional merit, bv a caprice of cus- !
torn ; but by the real, solid, effective title of 1
wealth which the multitude envy
" Oh, poets !?oh, artists !?what arc you 1
by the side of the preut lauded proprietor
who possesses everything, and whoso mere
crumbs nourish your inspirations ? You are
but the ornament of his banquet, the diver- I
sion of his ennuis, the. wren which sings
in his shrubbery, the jstatun which decorates
his garden. Why intoxicate and delude
yourselves with the vanors of nride !
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and vanity?lie alone possesses the realities of
life."
At tlii.s moment, if the poor e.cjirt/mrislur
had made his appearance, I should i.uve
looked nt hint over the shoulder and a.sked,
" Who is this fool, und what has he to do !
with me ?"
I opened a window ; the night appronehed
; the sitting sun gilded my orchards !
and vines as far as the eye could rtaeh. At |
the summit of a hill 1 saw a cemetery
I turned away, and examined the apart
ment in which 1 found myself. It was a |
vat-t gothic hall, the ceiling ornamented with |
hrflvy mouldings. An ancient spinet ooeu^L
pied the interval between two
nasiJbd my fingers over it '
^^^ p^^mooseil strings
^uTglec^^nT^^u'^^eTironical tone lil<e old
toothless women, quavering the airs of their J
youth. |
At the extremity of the hill was a vault- !
cd alcove, with long rod curtains ami a
canopied bed. It remiu led me that 1 had
been on horseback for six hours, and, uii- |
dressing myself, I lay down, sayiug, with |
a smile of unspeakable satisfaction, " I ant
about to sleep for the first time in my own
bed.''
It was night, and the moon was shining
in full splendor when I awoke without any
apparent cause. The vague perfumes of j
summer came through my window ; the sweet
odor of new-mown hay impregnated the air. i
1 looked round in surprise, then attempted
to rise. Strange to say, though my head
was perfectly free, my body seemed to adhere
to the couch with the weight of lead. Not
a muscle answered to tny efforts to rise; my j
i ... t : i. - i .i-- ;?. I
.urn.-) my uy in^ muu vuiupiciciy inertj my :
legs were extended motionless ; 1 agitated my I
head in vain.
"Am I, then, paralyzed in my limbs!" I i
exclaimed, in teror. My bead Mink back I
upon the pillow ; my eyes closed ; 1 listened
to the regular pulsations of my heart?that
! rush of the blood over which the mind lias no
i power. " What !" I exclaimed, "my body,
my own body refuses to obey me! Ka.spcr
I Hans, the lord of so many farms and vineyards,
cannot move this miserable clod of
earth which yet is his own. Oh ! God?
what does this mean ?"
As I was wondering in this manner, a
noise arrested my attention, the door at the
side of my alcove opened, and a man, clothed j
in a rigid material, like the monks of the
Chnpel of .St. (Jualber at Mayonce, with aj
lar^e felt hat and a falcon's plume over his |
ear, his hands covered to the elbows with j
buckskin gloves, entered the hall.
The wide boots of this personage reached j
above his knees, a heavy gold chain crossed I
his breast. His brown, bony face and caver- i
nous eyes had a horrible greenish tint, and ;
an expression of deep sadness, lie crossed j
the hall with a regular step, like the tic-tac |
- r _ . ?- i- t*i i * * ?
in ;t utouK, i!n.'inu was on tue Inlt ot Ins |
rapier, and, striking the ground with his j
heel, he cried out, " I am Hans Buekhart,
Count of Barth. This is mine !?mine !
At the same moment tlie opposite door
opened, and the Count of Barth disappeared 1
into the adjoining apartment, where I heard
his automaton step descending'a ticvcr-cnding
staircase, the sound growing fainter and faiut|
er, as if he were going down into the bowels of
the earth.
While I was listening, sudddenly the hall
was filled with a company of people; bursts
I of sharp laughter resounded ; they Jsatig of
love, and pleasure, and wine. Voung ladies
Were reel in ill" nom/iit/fi nil u Jiroiiiitl : ilaintv
r, . ? 7 J
\ cavaliers decorated with gewgaws, were
' seated on tabouret*, fringed with gold ; the
| little dry figures of r. respectable dowager,
with a parrot nose, clicked on tlio keys of
the spinet, finishing at length with a
, discordant rattle that made my hair stand on
! end.
I made new efforts, almost superhuman,
to rid myself of this nightmare. Impossible !
' But at the same moment one of the young
: cavaliers exclnimed :
| * t." Mcsseigneursjconsidcryouraelvesathomc
I My house is "
lie had not time to finish. A silence of
death followed his words. I looked?tlio
phantasmagoria had disappeared.
I Then the sound of a trumpet struck my
i oars; horses pawed the ground; dogs barked.
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* "i. 1 r^Li- 'j'aiL-L.'.Li'j - 'tt'iji j
The door opened as nt a blast of wind, and
lifty chssseurs, followed by young ladies two
ccnturics old, with long trailing robes, defiled
majestically through tho hall. Four
peasants followed, boariug, on their shoulders,
a litter, on which lay a huge boar, with dim
eye and tusks stained with blood and foam.
L heard the llourish of the trumpets without
redoubled; then it died away, with a
sigh in tho woods?then?nothing !
a ?i.~ i--?> ? * * *
iipnu iiiu nini vrns mieci. l looked aiul
saw, with surprise, one of the old protcstaiit
families of former times, calm, dignified and
solemn. The patriarch, with his white head,
was there, rending his Bible; the old mother,
tall and pale, in a dark dress, wit'* ? collur
up to her ears, was spinning the linen for
the household ; the oliubb^ children, with
thoughtful eyes, leaned their elbows on the
table in profound silence; the very shepherd's
dug seemed to li.-teii to the reading; the old
ciocii in its waluut oase counted the seconds;
and, afar in the shadow, were figures of
voung gills, and brown visages of young men
in linsey-woolsey camisades, discoursing of
the history of Jacob and llachol.
In an iustant the scene vanished?the
walls bccame tapestried with books; the
ample jterruqn* of some tmant appealed
above the back of a large ariu-cliuir of red
leather. L heard a goosecjuill running over
the pnper. The until, lost in thought, did
not stir; tlio silence oppressed me Hut,
judge of my surprise, when, turning round,
he freed uie, aud I recognised the portrait of
the juriscousult, Grogorius, catalogued, No.
'25i>, in the gallery of llessc-Dtiruistiidt.
"Hood God! how did this pcrsouugo gut
out of his frame?" I oried.
At the saiuc moment a hollow voice culled
out:
" Dominium. ? .?' iurv Quirtium ?' ?
u'rmfi rt ubntcnrfi quul^nu* nuturolit ratio
iHttilur." N
A* tliis formula escaped its lips, the figure
ere* paler, and still paler. At tlio last word
it disappeared.
Nor was this all I saw twenty other generations
succeed each other in the antique
mansion of Hans liuokhart?Christians and
Jews?nobles and plebeians, so cans, artists,
and coiumonpluce respectables. And nil proclaimed
my house their legitimat' property.
All believed themselves absolute and sovereign
masters ot' my domain !?till, death
turned them out of doors.
I became aceuwtomed soon to this straugc
phantasmagoria, and every time one of these
bravs meu cried out, " This is mine !" 1
bewail to laugh and whispered, " Wait comrade,
wait; you will vanish presently like the
rest!"
1 was growing weary, when, afar, very far
oft", 1 heard a cock crow. The leaves stirred ;
a thrill p:ia.-?ed through my body ; *??y limbs
detached themselves from the couch, and,
raising myself on my elbow, I looked out of
the window. Aloug the little path which
led to the cemetery, 1 aaw deliliug, alowly, a
procession of all the phantoms of the punt |
night. It advanced step by step toward the I
worm-eaten gate of the enclosure ; anilUUfT
silent march, in the vague ''l*1'* jfctJlMiiiil|
dawn, was more fearful tluurff^Ti.:..- i >. ->
yet 0? wiIh my lipa
^'"l^g^^0ffPlrorehcad bathed willi Rwt-nt, the
\iead of the torttyc seemed to disappear under
the old weeping-willows.
There v?'>;^jjjcd caJj' a *<wtH -HW+tboT-rtf
spectres, and T began to take Im'ath, when
my uncle Christian, who was the last, turned
as he passed through tho moss-covered gate,
and inado nie a sigu to come. A distant voice,
which .struck inc as ironical iu its tone, culled
out:
' Kasper?Kasper?come?thisotate, too,
is ours !*'
Then, all disappeared, and a purple light
along the horizon announced the Jay.
It is useless to say that 1 did not avail
myself of the invitation of Master Christian
Haas. Yet, I niustconf?sn th.st the occurrence
of llie night modified singularly the
opinion 1 had conceived of my new importance,
for the vision appeared to signify that
if land, and orchards, and vineyards were solid
and permanent, the proprietors, alan ! could
pass away !
1 reflected on this seiiously, and instead
of giving myself up to the indolent dr ighta
of my new riches, I determined to?rcturn to
my music, and, next year, at the grand theatre
of lh'ilin, when my opera comes out, the
vrorld will hear of MjisIit K'llon>
- '?t" >?*"'
After all, glory, fame, whatever you choot?e
to call it, which men denominate a chiutnra,
is the most .substantial of all properties. It
dues not end with life. Death confirms it,
and gives it a new lustre. Let us suppose
Homer to return to the world?no one wouiu
think of contesting with hiiu the merit of
having made the " Iliad," and every one
would compete in rendering him the honoi
that is his due. liut if, by chance, n rich
landholder should come back to claim the
meadows, forests and farms which were
his pride, ten to one he would be recieved
as a robber, and perish miserably under the
cudgel.
. Hints kou Dishonest Ovk.'k-IIoi.okrb.
?In tlie autobiography of the lute Lord Cochrane,
issued in London, tliere is i< queer
anecdote. lie states that the many prizes
ho had taken in the Maditorrencan, which
according to rule, had been sent to ilie
M altose Admiral Court for condemnation,
had been encumbered with so many gross
charges that, instead of realizing anything by
his captures, he was made out to b? iurgciy
in debt to the Court. The principal ugent
of this Oonrt was a Mr. Jackson, who illegally
held the offices of both marshal and
proctor. The consequence was that every
prize placed in bis hands as proctor bad to
pass through his hands as marshal; whilst
j i#iui;iui it was lunncr in 11 ik power to inI
struct himself as marshal as often as lie
! pleased. The amount of self-consultation
! may he imagined. As proctor he charged
I for visiting himself, and. ?3 marshal he
I charged for receiving visits from himself.?
' As marshal lie was feed for instructing him!
self, and as proctor he was feed for listening
I to his own instructions. Ton shillings am]
I two pence three farthings was the ctistomorj
' price for an oath to the effect that lie liac
served a monition on himself. " By whai
ingenius process Marshal Jackson managed
to administer an oath to himself as Proctoi
Jackson I know not; but tho abovo charge:
arc actual copics from a bill in my possession
j the same bill containing many hundred sim
items bctiides." Lord Cochrane forinet
j </. iU: sheets a roll which, wlion unfolded,
j strotohcd from tlio Speaker's tabic to tbo ba
J of the House of Commons.
I Two travellers having been robbed in a wood
j and tied to trees somo distace from each other
I 0110 of thorn in despair exclaimedt "Oh, I an
I undone I" " Aroyou?" said iheo'h'.r, "thei
I t yrish yoto V Oil Id come Mid undo m A"
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From (ho Ledger.
The Man of Influence.
UY VII1.I.IAM II. MOKRI8.
Among tb? Congress candidates.
The ireU-riresstd ?nd the needy,
Young barristers, ol<l reprobates,
Ana politicians needy,
Whs ono tlio press could not impgach,
Although for votes lie Iradrd?
He mtidoa Tory clever speech,
Ami pushed himself-?us they did.
Around the polls from moru till night,
Prepared tor any tussle.
To prere tlicir cuiwlitlate was right,
Were partydiacks of muscle.
I Tlie " patriotic clubs " were there,
Ami men with lung* of leather.
Who inept in every public square.
Ami rfliout and " hnng together."
Their representative and I
Once served on ft commit tr ,
Ami thou bis arts I caw him try,
To sway tlie mob huwditti,
' A little ready cash, " he said.
" Is nutnn* to the sinner ;
1 preach to nil 'equality,'
And?a*A* my friend* (a dinner!*9
tfV> ^ ? .
The Brnvo Boy.
[Little oiifs : Hero is a story we mlvise you
to read. Wo believe there are some Hartleys
\ on our list who will peruse this in the Chil- I
dreu's Column.]
I L shall never target u Itw 11 which I roeeiv!
ed wheu quite a youug lad at the academy in
i 15. Atnoug my schoolfellows were Hartley
j and Jciusou. They were somewhat older
1 thau uiyself, and to Jeuison 1 looked upon as
a sort of louder in matters of opinion as well
as of sport, lie was not at heart malicious,
hut be had a foolish ambition of being thought
witty, and he made himself Inured by the bad :
habit of turning things into ridicule, and be- I
iug ever ou the lookout for matter of derison. !
Hartley was a ricw scholar, aud little wns '
Vudtt [I nf 11 Ilia fl'rt t
.. miuvu^ viiv uvjjo. V/IIV LUUt II* !
inj;, as wo were on the way to school, he was (
ioen driving n cow along the road toward a i
neighboring fiold. A group of boys, among
whom was Jemson, met him as ho was pass- j
ing. Tho opportunity wts one not to bo lost ,
by Jettison. " Hallo!" he exclaimed, " what's i
jth e price of milk if 1 say, Jonathan, what
j do you fodder on ? What will you take for j
all the gold on her horns? Lfoys, if you ;
want to sei* the latest Paris style, look at ,
those boots !"
Hartley waving his hand to us with a pleas- i
ant smile, and driving the cow to the field, j
took down the bars of i* rail fence, saw her ^
sufely in the enclosure, and then patting up ;
the bars, came and entered school with the ,
rest of us. After school, in the uftcrnoon,
he let out the cow and drove her off, iioue of
Us kuow where. And every day for weeks
he wont through the Raims ti.sk
v i
The boys of 11. academy were nearly all the >
sons of wealthy parents, an J rouic of them, |
of whom wus Jeimson, were dunces t'liou^htyjlook
down with h aort of dihtlaiiMmuu^Thcnol- '
ur who hud to drive u c-ojyaiUl i
jeor* ot JI'Uij.oiL^tTT're aecordiuel v often rcuowod.puce,
oa u plea that ho did not i
odor of tlio barn, refused to pit next
to liurtly. Occasionally, he would enquire
alter the eww'u health, pronouueing the word
" koow," after the manner of Home country
w;ii. ...1...i- > ------- ' <
(i i 14 uuuiiiiiviv ^uuu nature uiu j
Hartley bear all these billy attempts to wound
kiuI annoy liiin. 1 do not remember that he 1
was even once betrayed into a look or word of;
mft?iy i c?.Hi.n loii." (TilTuU. )
" I hU|ipo?c, 11aitlrty, said Jeinsou one day,
your daddy mean* to make a milkman of you?"
"Why nut?" waked Hartley. "() nothing
; only don't leave much water in the cans
utter you liusc them?that's all."
Tho boys laughed, and Hartley, not in the j
least mortified, replied: "Never mi.id; il^
ever 1 should rise to be a milkman, I'll give
good measure stud good milk too."
The day after the conversation there wns a
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2'v*isiAv, vAAiiiiuauuii} ai >t111u11 u iiiiiiiner oi iadies
and gentlemen from the neighboring
towns were present. Prizes were awarded by
the principal of ovir academy, and botli Hurtley
and Jem&ou received a creditable number;
for, in respect to scholarship, these two were
about e<|ii?l. After the ceromony of distribution,
the principal remarked, that there was
one prize consisting of a gold medal, which
wag rarely awarded, not so much on account
of itsgrcut cost, as because the instances were
rare which render its bestowal proper.. It
was the prize of heroism. The last boy
I IV1 11 rum w-.u wini?> \l.??? ?..? * -
?..r. J -'1.1 Illicit, WIIU, |
three years ago, rescued a blind girl from ,
drowning. The principal then said, that
with permission of the company he would relate
a short story.
" Not long since some scholars were flying
a kite in the street just as a poor boy on horseback
rode by on 1ms way to the mill. The
horse took flight and threw the boy, injuring
liiiu so sadly that he was carried home, and
confined some weeks to his bed. Of the
scholars who unintentionally caused the disaster,
none followed to learn the fate of the
wounded boy. There was one scholar, however,
who had witnessed the accident from n
distance, who not ouly went to make enquiries,
but stayed to render services.
" This scholar soon learned that the wound
j cu boy was tlie grandson of a poor widow, I
| whose sole support consisted in selling the j
; milk of a fine cow of which she was the ow- i
ner. Alas ! what could she now do ? She |
was oM and lame, and her grandson, on whom
she depended to drive her cow to the pasture,
was on his back helpless. "Never mind,
good woman," said the scholar, " I can drive
I yourcow."
I " With blessings and thanks the old woman
accepted his offer. Hut his kindness
i did not stop here. Money was wanted to net
articles from the apothecary. 44 I have money
that my mother sen^ine to buy a pair of
1 boots wi h, but I can do without them for a
while."
44 Oh no," said the old woman, 44 I can't
1 | oonsent to that, but here is a pair of heavy
1 j boots tliat I bought for Henry, who can't wear
' | them. If you would only buy these, giving
! | us what they cost, wo should get along
! nicoly."
44 The scholar bought the boots, clumsy as
' ( they wero, and has worn them up to this time.
1 i 44 Weii, when it was discovered by other
' ! boys of the academy, that our scholar was in
' ! the habit of driving a cow, he was assailed
t : - J? -:?t. 1 -?? - i "
- | orurjf unjr nivu mugnujr una riuicuic. His
' ; cowhide boots, iu particular, were made a
rj mutter of mirth. Hat ho kept on chcorfully
! j and bravely, day after day, never shunning ob>
: scrvation, driving tho widow's cow and wcar"
j ing his thick boots, contcntod in the thought
1 I that he was doing right; caring not for all
> I the jeers and sneers that could be uttered.?
14 ' lie never undertook to explain why he drove
i r cow, for he was not inclined to inako vaunt
| of his oharitablo motives, and futhcrmoro ho
\ ] . ..o sympathy with tho falso pride that
rj I could look down with ridicule on any useful
u ' employment It was by mere accident that
| his cQursc of kindncsfe and sclf-dcuial 'Hifl yes
xil 1 11 I. L
tcrday discovered bv his teacher.
" Now, ladies and gentlemen, I oppeul to
you, was thero not true heroism in this boy's
conduct'( Nay, Milster Hartley, do not hide
*.t of si^ht, behind the blaek board ! You
c not afraid of ridicule, you must not be
afraid of praise. Come forth, come forth
Master Edward James Hartley, and let us
see your honest faco !"
As Hartley, with blushing checks made his
appearance, a round of applause, in which
the whole company joined, spoke the gene
i i in it|)(.iruu:uiuu ui nis conduct ; J lie ladies
stood upon benches and waved their handkeri
chiefs. The old men wiped the gathering
moist uro from the corners of tlieir eyes, and
clapped their h:mds Thosc clumsy boots oil
Hartley's feet soeuied a prouder ornament
; than a crown would have been to his head.?
| The modal was bestowed on him amid general
| acclamation.
Lot mo tell you a good thing of Jcuison bci
fore I conclude. He was heartily ashamed <>f
! i,;u : 11 J ?.: 11 - i < -
[ < > iii ii.inm u iiiiiu-ry, ;hki axicr wc wore dismissed,
he went with tours of manly self-rei
buke in 11is eyes, tendered his hand to llart
ley, making a handsome apology for his past
j ill manners. "Think no mere of it, old to 1 i
low," said Hartley, "let us go and have a
ramhle in the woods before wo break up for
1 the vacation." The boys one and all, followed
.Jt iuson's example, and then we set forth {
with huzzas into the woods. What a hap iy
day it was !
Hoys and girls, never despise another who !
may be more plainly clad than yourselves.?
"here is many a noldo heart under a well- j
patched garment. Whenever you are tempt- j
ed to look scornfully uj on one in a poor or I
plain dress, think of Edward James Hartley,
#i.,. ii
inv; un.\> r. til11 , aim ins OOI.I) M I'.DAIi.
Tlio Education of the Heart.
\\ c commend tlic subjoined judicious remarks,
trout an able pen, to tlio diserimina- :
ting attention and regard as well of parents )
as m| teachers. They contain an important
principle in reference to the education of the
young, and one which cannot he too carefully, !
heeded :
It is the vice of the ago to substitu' learning
for wisdom?to educate tins head, and
forget that there is a more important education
uccessary for the heart. The reason is
cultivated at an age when nature does ii"t furnish
the elements necessary to a successful
cultivation of it ; and the child is solicited to j<
reflection when he is only capable of aensution ^
und emotion. In infancy the attention and J
memory are only excited strongly by things jf
? ich impress the sense and move the heart, Jf
und the father shall instil more solid and avail-M
able iiiffruction in an hour spent in tin; licldssM
where wisdom und goodness arc exeuiplilicdjM
seen and felt, than in a month spent in studyT^
when; tIn j>y^r--gp?mT:^l<*fco^
ao piiysieiun doubts that precocious clij
dren, in lifty eases for one, arc much woI" j
fur tho discipline they have undergone. !lf !
mind seems to have been strained, and ';<t i
foundations for insanity are laid. When,? i
studies for maturer years are. stuffed int1 '|t0 |
child's bead, people do not reflect on tin'1 '1,0 |
tomieal fact that the brain of r.n infant/0
the brain of a man ? that the one is coil1; !lUa"
and can bear exertion?the other i* '3
and requires repose ; that to force tliof'"""J
tion to abstract, tacts?to load t/ic if
with chroiioloitioal, and historical, tin' attentive
details?in short to expect a chij?y?>einory
to bear with impunity the exertion a^~~seicnis
just as rational as it would be r'.d's brain
the same sort of experiment on its V'f a man's
The first eight or ten years of lyt? hazard
be devoted to the education of thejf " >usclc:j. the
formation of principles rather t j "i t o should
acquirement of what is usual'; tornfl cart?to
edge. Mature herself points out sueHrh'Ui to thu
for the emotions are then the livt ?,ied knowl
most easily moulded, being as yet ')? course
by passion. It is from this soure ;l ost, anc
mass of men are hereafter to draw 1 unalloyci
of happiness or misery; tho aetii ;*e that tin
immense majority are, under all circ their juii
determined iniicli mnw !.?? ms tit th
reflection ; in truth life presents an j^iinstiincc!
occasions where it is essential to |c,g than b
that we should feel rightly; very |v infinity i
it is at all necessary that we should!^ hiippincj
found!) . J Ifew whoi
I j> to the seventh year of life, think pr
changes are going on in the strui ti{v>
brain, and demand, therefore, the >'(,""cry j^re
tontion not to interrupt them by inf,r,re ot tl
over-cxcitcincnt. Just that degre<(,<,l!utmost 1
cisc should be given to the brain nt?1*. proper
od ns is necessary to its health; ami ?>' CX(
is oral instruction, exemplified b)1,1 this pe
which strike the senses. 0 V1 the bi
It is perhaps necessary to add tl "n'y objei
period of lite, especial attention i Slu|
given both by parents and teachc rsjf'd 1
physical development of the child. ] jJ^uld
and free exercise are indispensable, tiur"}
ever either of these are withheld, tli/ .>l,fe
quencea will be certain to extend t lic/ut,d
over the whole future life. The se ida'^K>u 001
trueted and hopcles-. Bufferings have,
lnerublc instances, been sown into IlicF ?[ 1
tution of the child simply through ig/u' !" n]
of this great fundamental physical hv * cot
the time has come when the united V( >,nt?ioiv
these innocent victims shall ascend, tr ' "/ ?
tongued, to the ears of every parent am . ,,u''ic<
i teacher in the land. " (live us free 111,1
i wholesome exercise; loavo to develop s nV).c
I pandinr, energies in accordance with t lro,'l|ir
| of our being, and full scope for the ela;^? *1>>U1
i bounding impulses of our young blood 10 uh?
it niu;.?ii
DlIlKCT TltADK WITH EuKOI'K.?T ?f th<"
folk ( Vn.) Chamber of Commerco i ilUfy<
sent John I). Myrick iih its agent to ilinii ho
to investignt" the facilities for est'iblis cc
reet trade. Tho Argus, in noticing unite ly
j turn, says : on
" Several firms of tho highest re: r.it th? 1
Liverpool, Ilavro and Antwerp, ha> it is''
| led to look to Norfolk as a point from rade <pu
i direct trade tuny bo inaugurated; ai h Cawe
I arc pledged to mako cash ndvances us
j shipments that our enterprising ni itent fid
! tnuy make. It would not surprise i ?* us tl <
j of tho French lines which the Kmr >ng li?cr
i uiKcti unacr ins liberal patronage. I spirit
' induced by efforts in Virginia to ulVhcn ,c
port its WoBtorn terminus. Mr. Mjfimeut ;C(
j obtained many valuublo assurances ?ed in t*?
1 points, nnd we hope lie will cnablq mtrong j/r
l nish to the business communities rif ?ncl, if?
, the data which he has taken somiclBI, noa,*8
j secure." ( Bel twoH
? ?? ] fl bch'ip ]
NonLK CONHIflTKNCV.?Whcl
, Sidney was told that he might Th
| by telling a falsehood?by donyii;
i writing?hesuid: " When God
| mo into a dilemma, in which I n inBn^tfh
lio or loflo my life, he gives me a
tion of imy duty, which is to pref JHB c<y*
falsehood." ip^Bt, J'
? i . ?^? iii i ii t Bl
CuRISTiAJf mordity in true gflHf''
tgg3B9Hftcv
HB
j9"'9 " I. r-r?^
3 any
i ? . -? 1
It is saiJ The Idea of Wealth.
was wurtlijl that John Jticob Astor, who ncrer H
IIOUU u UK' IIIUI ?? lliuuii UC UIO ovia "UH 12), ?(J. H
not to tryin who had made n good start in life,
a vexatio to ho wealthy, adding : " It's only
drcd tlitn; a miyn who has four or live hun- H
wore riiflusand d/tllars, is as well off as if he H^S
ho errcJi." The millionaire was right, or if
Wo cat, it wus in the height of his estimate.
needs?i; use a ljttle money for our personal
.....JK . 1 .... .1 i _
I Lllli (111 MUl XMIUII f illiu HO 1U Ult ICftl, ?Y0 can
ii wiscjay a little?not n great deal, it* wo give
| den?A" Al'ilr that, the remainder is a bur- - I
. the. oaf Ibnd, which wears a man out in jfl
worth 1>t "' il-J Suppose the ease uf a mull *S
lars, and t?u<>,y forty and fifty millions of dol1
lie would r0<9 are not a few sueh in the world.
; made productive on tliis property, if it were
cent., or 8-/ive, a round income of live per ill
| have no elea,2.")U,00U per annum. Now, we
I than we havfer idea of two millions of dollars,
I deal of motio of forty millions, it is a great H
I :? ..../ - ' -
) >. ) ?u must icuucc 11 again to
Wo wilinugeablc.
reader is 1 suppose that tlie income of the
I above the*2,400 per annum, which is much
ly at the /average. If he receives it rcsiular;
dollars uuiitd af his (lay's work, it will be six
lieient sftd sixty seven cents per diem?a sufsuppovtJun
oil which a large family may be
thing to3, and children educated, with eoiucbetwvctyitpuro
for the poor. The differonoo
Astor f tliih amply provided person and Mr.
80,000#, that the latter receives more than
If tj every day.
I.ardcylie six dollar mnn thinks lie works any H
mbtal/than he of the six thousand, he is much
more ten; it' lie thinks that the other enjoys
errorf substantial comfort, he is equally in ,H
tion lo should have a great deal of considerahavdlmd
sympathy for rich men. Their roses
havl thorns, and are finer to look at than to
par'! in the hand. The owner of the shining
earvcrre is, after all, not as well off as the
witless pafser-hy, who enjoys all its beauties
tljjhout oou of its responsibilities. There is
I 'm responsibility of benevolcnoo, for example,
a W ryhody says that a rich man ought to give
" f*} a deal of money. This requires
(jflVsinidl degree of good judgment. A wide
' mL inili-ei iiiiiiKitc. alms giving does no good T
(fjBn the contrary, much harm. The laws of
II and nature as to private thrift nro identiThore
i.s a niggardliness, to be sure,
eh i.s easily strengthened in the huuinn
rt, and which turns it, at length, into u
uhincut money-purse. Hut no man's hc;irt
ds to full into this shriveled condition.?
sre are safe outlets for money enough to
a the thriftiest of men from such a drying
ICvon Mr. Cr??sus Dags, burdened as ho
y involuntary aecunnil:'t^ H
nu-HUsof ^.vin^limscif lint the notion
111'V a man ought to give away everything
that he gains, beyond the comfortable support
of himself and his immediate dependencies, i.s
is a hurtful fallacy. A man who is in health,
is not morally entitled to anything which be j
does not earn. And, as all moral laws are f M
. .... i ... u. ......witli imii'Ii other, it is
IOUIIU IU t/v tunoi^tw.. ...... ,
ascertained that the acquisition of unearned- [8
money is almost uniformly a damage, rather
than a bcuofit. The moment a man is thus
endowed, nature struggles to restore her stan- yJM
dard of equilibrium, by dispossessing him, xfjH
and reducing him to his former posi'ion. The $1
brief stay of inherited possessions, in the absence
of legal protection for the mere inherit- iuflj
anee of fraudulent gains, and of wasteful
charities, is the evidence. There are plentiful JB
instances of real need, of eases in which palliative
help is necessary, and in which it may
not be rightly withheld. Those who are ready
i ! to perish from want ; those who are in eircum?
stances of spiritual destitution ; those who are
. earnestly helping themselves against odds ;
those who are unwilling to receive alms, and
1 can scarcely bo induced to take it; are to bo
] found everywhere, and afford an ample oppor- B
c tunity to deplete dangerous wealth. Nor
u should WO always luru nwuy irom mc >, u^m
e mendicant, whether he come in cravat anil
5) broadcloth, or in rags; sometimes even he
Y may haven claim upon us. We hould hour II
>f and jud^'C.
. Wealth belongs to some men, just as intel- flfl
re 1 Icet belongs to others. They would be rich
0. I anywhere, just us their envious neighbors
! wculd be poor anywhere.
at At All agrarian meeting in this city, about WH
no j tv/cnty years ago, a gentleman of property ob,t
tained a hearing, and foreibly argued this
or point. Addressing a sailor near him, who
had been prominent in the proceedings, be gffl
ost 44 What would you have mo do with my jS]
cts money?"
" Divide it equally among us all," replied |H
ilia
be "That would give u.> about 810 each and
the to-morrow I should have $).50 of mine left,
air while yours would begone. What then '{"
lcr. " Shiver my timbers !" exclaimed the sail- |LJ
ise- or; >'? perplexity, " why?then divide again J*'.
Ives [ |j
inu- Opinion is the great pillar that uphold^ F
the commonwealth.
"IC<: Mlatc of Mouth d'iii'o jiin, I
""U IS OHIIINAHY?CITATION.
?s of \,T V HKRHAS. It. V. (Sillilnml and Nnnoy K. Gilipet
' ' liliiinl liuvo ii|t|ilic(l lo ute for Id tew of ml?
"II in id Hint-nhii- the iicfHomil
vcrv ? ? .
*< estate of I>11 vill (lillihind, deceased, Into of tlio I &
alK District of l'ickcns nnd State Aforesaid : 'i'hc kin- l
rex- Ured nnd creditor* of said deceased, nro. therefore, '>^Bj
Iu\V8 cited to appear before nio at l'ickeiiftC. II. on Mon
mi J day tlio 7th day of January, IHtll.to she? caufe, if
any 'hry can, why said lettors should no/ bo i
granted. Given under my handuui'scu! t!:!s/l''tli r
December, 1800.
r- _ W. K. IIOI.COMIU:. o.r.? .
urori tTi 10STATU OF NO I.: Til CAKOLINa" \ .
f? rt('kr.ss?in oudixaiiv.
lig ro- J^.c8 Uoger., Adm'r, | ,v?tioi, for >.p?l setllo. 15
Edward llogers. t.al. j mcnt.
tc, 111 | T appearing to my satisfaction that Tcnmernnco
been I McWIiortor. John MoWhorier, 2'iigh Hogers, H
whioli | l'rtidenco Drennan, Kllender llobinson, an I the heirsS
I at law of John llogers, deceased, (names nml num-fl
y bvr unknown,)dot'vnduiilH in ii/ih ciiHo. repine wiui-gmt
3ii .'my ()1|t tlie limits >f *liiH Htnto: It is ordered, tlicre-flHP
cliuotM fore, llmt tlio 8fiid nbsent <J<jfendunls do uppenr
if ono tlio Court of Ordinary. to bo lioldon ai I'ickvnn C'Js
ror has H ? 011 Friday tlio ftli d?y of Kobrunry next, to h!ip\#&,
mhl be cat^0' if a,,y H'?y flin? V>y 11 final ?eltloniont oKB
, tho KnUite of James lingorn, senior, deccnsedaflft
kc uui should not bo mndu pa that day, and a deorco liufflp
I. "xta' tlmir lidvn lif oin.'ll 11 gi:H
iCK lius I hereon; nin<>, m ^
n thcge recuive (heir dibtrlbutive ?hnrenin said Kotnle. KHI
to fur- "OF.OOMBK, o.p.n. 1
lr Stato Ordin>rj'? Qg?p. : 'i. ihoo
pains to ST/Vrfi OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 1
IS FQI'ITV?PICK KNH. .flS
W. 8. & T. P. WllHums \
lfornon I vs f l'ciition for Rcllof,
h I'f 0?"?- W> MflKinnef, ct.al?. )
. , 0 IT appearing to iny satisfaction that fleorgo H
IH linnu- 1 MoKinncy. one of die defendants fn thin cajtfkC
br0U?flt resides without the limits of thin .State:" On J|Hj
nttort u Hon of Norton, pro pet: )i in ordered that hH
r i'ld.ica- *l>sont defendant do appear in thin Court, HR
or demur to the petition tile.fc&l
death to I),cn80, within three months from tho <BBM
hereof, or it will ho taken pro conftuno n? to hflKX
ROH'T. A. THOMPSON, JK
Oiity. Oct. 20, 1800' 12 |H
t