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Scraps ft Jacts. i
A wag pissing by a retailer's shop,
and seeing him measuring out molasses, ?
called out to him, "Sir, you have a sweet
run of business."
A gentleman aged seventy-one, having
in company his fifth wife, being the father
of twenty-one children, passed through
Utica a few days since for up north. :
"My dear Julia," said one pretty
girl to another, "can you make up your 1
mind to marry that odious Mr. Snuff?"? c
"Why, my dear," replied Julia, "I believe 1
I could take him at a pinch !" 8
A new pink has lately been import- 1
ed from China, with flowers three inches <
in diameter, color rich crimson, spotted ana .
edged with a velvety appearance, and very .
prolific of flowers. *
It is said that the whole West, from (
the Ohio to the Missouri, is one vast grain
field. It is estimated that the State of
Ohio will have thirty million bushels of
wheat?five millions more than it has ever *
produced before, and that it is of the best
quality.
. We are pleased to inform our readers,
that through the agency of that enter- 1
prising Company, Adam's Express, the f
telegraph will again be erected and put in 1
operation between Columbia and Charlotte
via Winnsboro,' Chester, <fcc.? Winusboro'
Register. S
' But three journals support Douglas *
in Alabama, and two in Georgia. As yet, 1
" r\?i:? I
DOt 006 ID &OUIU turunun, iuiooiooi^pi,
Louisiaoa, Texas, Arkansas and Florida,
has declared for him. There are two in 1
Tennessee, and one in Kentucky. t
A woman in Detroit has brought an 8
action against her husband to recover wages f
as a domestic. It seems he procured a di- 1
vorce, and she, much exasperated, seeks toj
punish him, or at least to make him pay
for eight months' service from which his i
own act had legally released her. fc
Col. John Johnson, of Cincinnati, ^
has been a member of the Masonic order,
in good standing, for sixty-five years. He a
is dow in his eighty-sixth year, and probab- 1
ly the oldest Free Mason in the United
States. He sat in the Lodge presided over
by Geo. Washington, more than forty years, a
Redpath states that there is no truth C
in the statement that the widow of John 1
Brown has received S30,0W from Hayti.? ^
She has not yet received a dollar from that iu
country. Furthermore, that the aid receiv- S
by the family in this country is not as
large as frequently reported. ^
During the recent fighting iu Catania, j
Sicily, one of the nuns shot from her window,
numbers of the royal troops. She fired
with the precision of an Alpine huntsman,
never missing. The Colonel ordered his a
men to fire in platoons repeatedly against the v
windows, but in vain. The heroine remain- v
ed unscathed, and still kept firing away, kil-1 *
ling her man with every shot. Jl'
Private advices received iu this! ^
city a day or two since, state that an insur- i ^
rection had broken out in the vicinity offe
Oceola, Arkansas, among the slave popula-L
~ - - < -.l -..l. i
tion. t'ur lntortnant learns mat me uistur-1 p
bances were quelled, but not until several !w
slaves were severely wounded. The ne-!c
gros, it is thought, were instigated by worth- ^
less white uien.?Memphis Enquirer, 8///. ?
' In nearly every fatal case of sunio
stroke that has occuired recently, whiskey is t'
set down as the primary exciting cause.? v
Let all who value their lives quit the poi-jh
son, at least until the "heated term" shall "
have passed. Some people had rather die a
thaD quit. For such we have no advice?!l
the sooner they get out of the way the bet- *
te r.?Stivan n ah II epu hi tea n. j h
G-en. Pillow, who issued a flaming j
manifesto some weeks ago in favor of Mr.
T t ft
Douglas, anuouoces, through the Nashville!
Cnion and American, that he will support
"those statesmen whom he knew so intimately
in Mexico, and whose course he has?
since known so well in their high position o
in the councils of the nation, John C. Kreck- h
iaridge and Joo Lane."
'1
A man with an umbrella in his hand,1
called at Senator Sumner's lodging on '
Monday, and inquired if Mr. Sumner was
in ? Senator Wilson was immediately sent
for, who, upon reaching the spot, at once; ]
asked the man standing in the entry whatii
he wanted of Mr. Sumner? The man re- "
plied that he had a little bill against him (
for tapping a pair of boots. Wilson exam-it
ined the bill, said it was correct, and Sum-.'
ner paid it, whereupon the worthy cobler (
spread his umbrella and left. Burlingame t
soon arrived, but found no blood upon the.'
floor. _ ;!
The London Tinns closes a notice
of Mr. Sumner's indecent harangue recent-; 1
ly delivered in the I nited States Senate, j:
as follows: "We must, in the name of
Knglish abolitionism at least, protest against
these foolish and vindictive harangues.? '
Scarcely has the frenzy caused by John
Brown's outrage begun to die away, than J f
out comes Mr. Sumner with a speech which
will set the whole South in flame. We can
well believe that the prospects of the Be-'
publican party have been already damaged
by it. Mr Sumner is one of that class of
politicians who should be muzzled by their
friends."
The Senators whose terms expire in j
1861, and whose places are to be filled by!
the next Legislatures of their States, are.
r.'lf-jTvitrw.L- nf Mabama : Johnson. '
.ur^.n. , ; ,
of Arkansas ; Gwiu, of California ; Foster,,
of Connecticut; Yulee, of Florida; Tverson,
of Georgia; Trumbull, of Illinois; Fitch, of
Indiana; llarlan, of Iowa; Crittenden, of
Kentucky; Slidell, of Louisiana; Green, of
Missouri; Clark, of New Hampshire; Se-j
ward, of New York; Clingman, of North !
Carolina; l'ugh, of Ohio; Lane, of Oregon ;
Bigler, of Pennsylvania; Hammond, ofj
South Carolina ; Collauier, of Vermont; and
Durkee, of Wisconsin?13 Democrats, 7
Republicans, and 1 American.
A new invention, called the "Shirt,
Bosom Expander," is recommended for:
general adoption, not only as a matter of
fashion, but one of necessity. The article)
is manufactured of nicely covered watch-j
spring steel, and is intended to keep the!
shirt front in an expanded position, thereby j
securing neatness, as the front does riot;
touch the body or become saturated with;
perspiration. It affords an easy and graceful
support to the chest, dispensing with
waddiug, and effects a thorough circulation i
of air, thereby imparting coolness to the i
system. Being simple in adjustment, less
than one ounce in weight, and cheap, it)
is particularly desirable to citizens and mili-1
tary men, as it secures protection, pleasure,;
and utility. j
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edited bt fj
JAM'L W. MELTON WM. W. EAST, two
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contributing editob: COrd
TAS. WOOD DAVIDSON....Columbia. S. C. drou
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THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 19. 1860. ?Dtl(
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Special Notice.?AH communications, on ^
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ions desiring prompt attention to their favors, jjftg
nust bear this in mind. ers,
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Samuel G. Brown, and J. L. Thompson, of York;
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TO ADVERTISERS. ^?U*
Our advertising friends will place us under es- 8eag(
jecial obligation by sending in their favors as have
sarly as Monday or Tuesday of each week. ,wou'
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APOLOGY. P108'
The absence of the junior editor, and the
>usiness engagements of the senior, will account rece;
'or the want of the usual quantity of editorial of bi
natter in this issue. P^ac'
have
LARGE BEET. aD(J
We have been presented by Mr. J. Martin vora
Jwann, with a turnip-beet, growu on theprcmisis
of Mr. J. R. Moss, which measures twenty
nches in circumference. torS)
THE OLIVET DEMONSTRATION. ^'V6
By an oversight last week, we announced the 's a''
Temperance Demonstration at Olivet Church, to ce
ake place on the 2oth of August, when it 8^?P
hould have been the 25th of .luly. The time ret01
or the demonstration has since been changed to exPe
Tuesday, July 24th. ^y tl
CONVENTION. jnter
There will be a convention of the Elders and jjave
)eacons of Bethel Presbytery, held in the Pres- wjJjc
tyterian Church at Chester, on the first Thurs- g t
lav in Auerustnext. at 11 o'clock. ?om
The Rev. John S. Harris is expected to doliver
. sermon on the office of Ruling Elder, and
lev. Wm Banks on the office of Deacon. on a
..?? - Stau
TEMPERANCE CELEBRATIONS. pref?i
"Bullock's Creek" Division, Sons of Temper- lette:
nee, will celebrate their anniversary at Bullock's Taze
!reek Church, on Tuesday, 7th of August. Mr. ft^ul
1. C. Presslt and others will deliver addresses. Norfi
in invitation to be present is extended to the Mr.
eighboring Divisions, the ladies, and the public 00 ^
enerallv. _ chest
There will also be a temperance meeting at affec
lethel Church, on Saturdaj' next. Dr. J. M. c^an
trong, of Mecklenburg, N. C., and Rev. L. A.
ohnsox, of Yorkville, will deliver addreses. part,
MERE-MENTION. conti
The Grand Division of the Sons of Temper- Tli
nee of S. C. is to meet in Spartanburg, on at
i'edhesday, the 25tl. instant. The Louisille
Democrat proposed a bet of $5000 that to th
Kentucky would not go for Breckinrige. It was ove1'
roinptly taken. The Atlanta Intrtligrncer
nnounces the death, at Rome, a few days since, jn es|
f Hon. J no. H. Lumpkin. Sam Houston over
as declared himself in favor of Bell and Ever- J11?"
tt, for the Presidency and vice Presidency. per c
he British Government has officially notified the il
resident Buchanan that the Prince of Wales the d
fill shortly visit Canada, nnd that he will pro1
price
eed directly from Canada to Washington. g(lg M
Ir. Breckinridge has formally accepted the this 1
oniination for the Presidency. The skin use.^
f a boiled egg is the most efficacious remedy gprj,,
hat can lie applied to a boil. Peel it carefully, have
ret and apply it. It will relieve the soreness j playe
[i a few hours. The directors of the stea- ? oc
I Keio1
ler Great Eastern have reduced the price of | t|,e r
dmission to fifty cents. There were only resto
hirty-three deaths from violent causeein New P^nsi
'ork last week. Biighatn Young had two *"ge
undred and seventeen children at last accounts. for w
William H. Coit. a graduate of the Cita- was i
el Academy, proposes to establish a Military |
nd Classical School in Cheraw.
! Kaon
THE WEATHER AND CROPS. ^.'f
During the past week we have made inquiries en"ub
s to the condition of the crop? in various sections f 1
f the District. In some quarters there have I 11 ^ 011
een occasional sliowers, and corn looks prontis- Poln'
ng; but as a general thing, drouth prevails. Te
'he heat for several days has been intense, the |
hermometer rising from 95? to 98? in the shade, i
rrom our exchanges we take the following par- .
' air,
*7 , n
Drought ?Our crops are being almost entire-1
y cut off from dry and hot weather Without '
nin in a few days. <>ur corn crop will lie almost | and
i total failure. Upon many farms, corn would j gethi
lot yield one fourth of a crop even with the best j, .
if seasons from this on, it being too far spent to j (!
ecover from the effects of the drought.?Ah he j fore
nlle Banner. I
The Crape.?We are indebted to the courtesy : air.
if a prominent factor for the following extract'air?
"rom a planter's letter: Edixtn fx/awl, July 9.? j ?nd
IVe havehadlately some fine showets. which have j prefi
jaused improvement in our crops. The cotton,! Wha
;oo, begins to look well.?Charleston Mercury. : fully
Another Hail Storm.?Another of these des-i >s oc
tructive storms swept ovpi- a portion of our Dis- jdow
uict on Friday last. According to the report l.vear
which we have hod, it commenced about four ] s;l.V
miles to the South West of this place, travelling j 1" "
in a North East direction, striking the village and j l'u"
extruding several miles beyond. Tho crops M co
where it fell heaviest have been materially, if:,n'*
not fatally injured. It was accompanied with a 'or '
great deal of wind and comparatively little rain. I '',e
Lancaster Ledger. for '
This District has sustained great loss in crops, ?'. '
which all the rains c-f Noah's flood could not now ' ' '
repair. There has been no rains here to do the '
crops any service in four or five weeks, and dur
ing this time ii has been intensely hot. In many j .
places in the District, we learn that the com ap j
pears to be dead from the root to tassal.?Lau- H'J!
rcnsville Herald. )TI
| tewi
In this immediate neighborhood light showers j ter
have fallen and the corn crop is respectable, but j ?
in the upper and lower ends of the district no
rain has fallen for five or six weeks and the corn ! an''
crop will be a failure. I '
The oat crop is harvested and has turned out j rnisi
pretty well. i It is
Cotton is doing pretty well now, but the storms can
of May which required thousands of acres to he I snui
replanted?then the very heavy rains about the slee
first of June and the difficulty of working this and
most important crop to advantage?have all con ! rise
spired to render it certain that the cotton cropjuin;
will be a short one in this part of the country.? I air <
Son of Temjirrniirf. ! ai|ij
Destructive J foil Storm.?During last week so"'
several portions of Edgefield have been visited!
by very destructive hail storms. In the neigh- j
borhood of Mr. James C. Brooks, Captain Eugene j *in,i
Burt and Daniel Holland, Esq., the effects were | tinn
disastrous. We have before us samples of corn j tp.(!
attd cotton from Mr. Brook's plantation, as they .
appeared after the storm. The corn is riddled j
a:id the cotton literally stripped from the stalk, j I'igl
Mr. B. lias lost a large part of his crop. Capt.! fioii
Burt has also suffered seriously; and 'Sijuirt* i jj.>w
Holland's loss ises'itnated at some $1000.
In the neighborhood of Cheve's creek a sinii- j
lar storm did great injury. Mr. Samuel Gird day
ner, quite a large planter, is said to have lost | u
nearly his entire crop of corn and cotton. j j,. tj
These are severe losses; our sympathies are ! H)]v
with the sufferers.? E'ly tb/</ Ailrrrtinr. !
The Weather.? After another day of intense! forr
heat, the mercury having risen to 114 degrees, j fact
we were refreshed and invigorated yesterday j nun
afternoon by a fine, cooling shower, which fully j the
drenched the parched earth, and apparently ex- try
tended for innny miles in every direction. The is b
past four days, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday mul
and Thursday, have been almost as warm as the givt
same days of last week, and fully as oppressive, I the
while the nights have been sultry and uucom low
fortable beyond parallel.?Augusta Chronicle. | or t
if Weather.?The crops are burning up in
i parts of our District, while in others there
been copious showers. Hot?very, with
hermometer ranging from 96 to 98.
Kingstree Star.
if Crops.?We have had, during the past
weeks, sevefal opportunities of inspecting
irops of Orange Parish, and we regret to rethe
fact that the injury to the corn by the
ght is severe and general. Some of oui
: experienced planters apprehend a great
city of corn during the next year, and unless
ous showers fall within a few days, the worst
jipations will be realized. The cotton promwell,
but is suffering from want of rain.
Orangeburg Southron.
if Growing Crop in Europe.?While we art
ratulating ourselves upon our prospects ol
bundant harvest, unfavorable accounts oi
growing crops reach us from the other side
le Atlantic. All over Europe the weathei
for months past, been a succession of showstorms
and hurricanes. "Never," says the
Ion Times, "have such an autumn, winter,
spring been known in Germany as during
ast ten months," and the British Islands
i suffered equally, or more from continuous
weather.
ccording to English journals, the herbage
been drowned at one time by torrents of rain,
nn at. another bv keen winds. The
iglings of the flocks and herds have perished
vant of food, and lambs, which, in ordinary
ons, are sources of profit to stock growers,
i been given away freely to anybody whc
Id accept them as a gift. The price of meal
;one up to a point at which it is placed ah
: beyond the reach of the working classes.?
land, which, with its long ranges of sheep:,
usually exports mutton to England, is now
iving mutton from England. Another month
ad weather, and the grain crops would be
ed in jeopardy. Ireland does not seem t(
(suffered so much as England and Scotland
the accounts of the Irish crops are more fa
ble.?Xew York Sun.
THE TORKVILLE GAS WORKS.
essrs. Wateehouse & Howes, the contrac
are making fine progress in their efforts t(
our citizens "more light." The main pipe
I laid, and the small pipes have been intro
d into many of our dwellings, stores and
8. The workmen are busily engaged on the
t house and gasometer, and it is confidently
cted that the whofe work will be completed
te 10th of August.
i everything in regard to this matter is ol
est to our towns-people at this time, wc
been furnished with the following article
h originally appeared in the Staunton (Va.J
'a(or, which we copy, with the introductory
rks of that paper. The article explains
i.iin and Coal Gas.?The following letter is
subject of much interest to many citizens ol
nton. The writer, Mr. C. W. Newton, is
ident of the Norfolk Gas Company, and the
r was called forth by inquiries made of
well Taylor, Esq., by Dr. F. T. Stribling.
ist put to rest all complaints in this place
t the price of rosin gas. The people of
oik have tried both rosin and coal gas, and
Newton says that, to the consumer, there is
ifference between rosin gas at $7 and coal
,t $4?the price charged in Norfolk, Winer,
Charlottesville, &c. For reasons not
ting the consumer, the Norfolk Company
ged their works from rosin to coal. We
add that the Staunton Company decided in
of rosin works for the same reasons, in
that influenced the Norfolk Company, but
iave every assurance that our works will
nue to operate well.
e Gas Company of Norfolk lighted the city
st with rosin gas. The selection of this
ras owing to the smaller outlay required for
lachiuery necessary for its production, and
e superior brilliancy claimed for the light
coal gas. The result of many experiments
! by scientific men at the north, upon the re
3 values of this and other gases, coincided
:ablishing its greater purity and brilliancy
coal gas. Without having these experi
s now before me. and speaking from recolm
only, the rosin was said to be nearly 100
ent, denser than ordinary coal gas; and as
luminating power is in direct proportion to
ensity, one cubic foot of rosin was stated to
as much light as two of the other gas. The
per 1000 cubic feet at the north for rosin
ii.. or 1 ? i
FUS generally C><, nnu ?c nns Itjjuioivu .?
>y other towns which used this gas. We
the "Coston" patent for its manufacture,
It was successfully working at the time in
igfield and Trenton, and would, perhaps,
continued it hut for difficulties which disid
themselves about a year after we went
iperation, in the clogging or chokiog of the
rts by a residium front the combustion of
osin in them. This required the frequent
ration of the Retorts, ami besides being ex
ive, rendered the supply of gas uncertaiu
variable. This, however, was a disadvanto
the Company and not to the consumer;
hile the price was fixed, its cost in making
ncrensed by this difficulty. I hare no doubt
a reference to the bills of con-turners will show
IooiI rosin gas at $7 per thousand cubic feet
out equal to coal gas at $4, which we have
charging since the conversion of our works,
iwn experience as a consumer of both gases
les me to come to this conclusion,
tnve thrown together these few remarks
t the gases and hope they may meet the
:s vou mentioned to me.
Yours truly, C.W.NEWTON,
i Tazewell Taylor, E?q.
EDITORIAL. INKLINGS.
? We have always had a partiality for night
especially when "besprent" with the pearly
luscious light of the full summer moon.?
;ontemp!atioti, or converse with bright eyes
"speaking" lips by one's side, it is "alto
er lovely." Florence Nightengale thus de
* our position: awl all logic must pale be
the sweet assurances of beauty :
Vn extraordinary fallacy is the dread of nighi
What air can we breathe at night but nigh
The choice is between pure night withou
foul night air from within. Most peoplt
i*r the latter. An unaccountable choice.?
t will they say if it proved to he true tha
one half of all the diseases we suffer fron
casioned by people sleeping witn their win
sshut ? An open window most nights in tin
can never hurt any one. This is not t(
that light is not necessary for recovery.?
rent cities night air is often the best aw
:st air to be had in the twenty four hours.?
ubl better understand shutting the window
iwns, during the day, than during the night
[lie sake of the sick. The absence of smoke
quiet, all tend to make night the best timi
liring the patient. One of our highest medi
authorities on consumption and climate, ha
me that the air of London is never so goo<
liter ten o'clock at night. Alwaysairyou
o. then, from the outside air, if possible.?
di.ws are made to open, doors ate made ti
?a truth which seems extremely diflicult o
rehension. Every room must be aired fron
lout, every passage from within. But th
r passages tliere are in a hospital the bet
'atertou thus beautifully corroborates on
Florence Nightengale's opinion :
Why should man be so terrified at the ad
-ion of night air into any of his apartments
nature's ever flowing current, auil neve
ios the destroying angel with it. See hoi
idly the delicate little wren and tender rohi
p under its full and immediate influence
how fresh, and vigorous, and joyous the
amid the surrounding dewdrops of the morn
r. Although exposed ail night long to tli
of heaven, their lungs are never out of order
this we know by the daily repetition of thei
? The editor of the Choraw Gazette, whos
description of Silver Spring we quoted soin
> ago, says that the smnllness of the trees <:
forests in many parts of Florida imlicat
: the country has not had its head abov
1 water for many centuries. The following
a the Gazette also, suggests that the land o
ers is not very terra jirma; and that it in a
back into its socket" again one of thes
s, like the fabled Atlantis of old :
Another remarkable feature of the countr
ie countless sink holes to be seen, occasion
in hammocks, lint mostly in the pine lands
whole peninsula rests upon a limestou
nation that in places comes near to the sur
. This formation must bp penetrated h
iberless caverns through which the waters o
lakes, prairie- ami tin; surface of the conn
in the wet seasons pus off. The lime ston
nt a crust in many places, and from an accu
ation of water, or timber, or both, it oftei
s way, sinking to a depth us yet unknown
tallest pines being carried out of sight be
the surface. These sinks ure from fifteei
weuty feet to acres in extent, are all circu
lar, and in many of them the water rises to the t
i surface. In the coarse of time, the walls, which r
at first were perpendicular, crumble away, filling
up the hole until the bottom becomes solid, and e
then timbers spring up upon the sides and bot- a
toms of the basons. We saw hundreds of these t
' basons, 6ome few with water still visible, but e
' mostly bearing, even on their bottoms, as heavy
, timber as grow any where in their vicinity.?
. They all appear to be of ancient date, though
. we understand it has been but a few years since
, one sank between Micanopy and Newnansville, 1
, taking in a portion of the road, between a party j
. of gentlemen on their way to the latter place." j
The New York World, a new religious t
and Cosmopolitan paper which we have before <
P quoted with words of praise, has the following I
f judicious remarks on the subject of child-educa- I
! tion. We commend them especially to those I
who are in training for a life of activity, rather 1
, than meditation and profound thought: <
"The mental activity of children should not I
; be spread over muuu umc uu ?uj uu> ,
i itsbould be very regular in its intervals, and,
i very strenuous while it lasts. The great thing
to gain is the capacity to put the faculties into i
: intense and determined action at the precise mo- J
, ment such action is demanded. The press on
i which this sheet is printed would be of little
I use to us if it required tweuty four hours to
' work off as many thousand copies, or if, with the
, ability to print the whole edition in two hours,
) it could not be equally relied on, any part of
t the day, to do it. There is something analogous
in the demand made on mental machinery. You
must purchase before a sharp sighted rival t
anticipates you, and must think rapidly to de'
cide whether the venture is likely to pay; the
i cross-examination of opposing counsel draws
! out facts which upset your whole plan of de- r
> fence, and your mind must be alert or your cli- t
, ent and your professional reputation are alike ,
ruined ; your patient exhibits new and alarm ng
symptoms, and his life depends on the readiness t
with which you can command your resources; i
the telegraph, at a late hour of the night, brings j
. news of grave importance, and you must discov^
er and explain its bearings before the paper goes
to press. The mind should be trained in child- <
! hood to meet the deraaud which will be made on
j it in after life.
I What will he mainly neeaea men is, unci
good health and a constitution fortified forstren!
uous work, and then alacrity, penetration, and i
' force of intellect, and the power of ready and >
I entire concentration of all the mental energies
on the business in hand until it is completed."
f The Japanese have considerable religious ,
. freedom, notwithstanding their pagan notions, (
s and their isolation heretofore, as will be seen
from the following account: 1
"The orthodox religion of Japan is Sintoo?
all worship the sun. Their belief is that the
world was regenerated through the instrumentality
and appearance on earth of a female, and
: after having performed this great and good work, i
' for which by God she was ordained, she ascend- i
i ed to heaven and became embodied in the sun.
i Their national flag is emblematical of their re'
ligion, displaying as it does the sun in all its
purity upou the white field. There are other ,
sects among them the most numerous would j
' appear to be the followers of Buddha. Many
suppose that Buddhism is the principal creed,
from the fact that its followers number three
hundred and twenty millions ; this and the Ma- <
homedan religion being the principal creed or
religion of the nation of the East. The founder
| of the Buddhist religion was a man called Sakya 1
Sintia, wtio was Dorn, its was supposes, ?nu|
thousand four hundred and twenty years before
the Christian era. It is not known for a certainty
when Buddhism was first introduced into Japan.
The statement so often made that Christianity
is not at the present in auy way tolerated, i
is a mistake, for the Government is far from be- ,
ing intolerant in religious matters. The people
of Japan attend very little to religious matters.
Religion is a matter of business, which is attend- I
ed to altogether by the Makado and his priests.
Some of the Japauese attached to the Embassy
worship Buddha, some Sintoo, some Mahomet, 1
and some worship nothing. The two Ambassa- 1
dors and one of the interpreters are Buddhists ; ]
the Censor has no particular religion; the Vice- |
Governor is partly Sintoo and partly Buddhist."
George McDuffie, one of the old-school (
statesmen of South Carolina, thus philosophical- |
ly expresses himself on the subject of negro
slaver}': I
Where all the offices of dependent servitude
are performed by a separate caste, distinguished
by color, and wholly excluded from all participation
in the government, it is not to be doubted,
that the spirit of freedom is rendered much more ,
onrt l/\fW nmntiir tlinap who are frpp hv
l"uuu ,V'VI n ; ' ~J
the very contrast. No man in the Southern
States, whatever may be his rank or station,
would think of speaking to the very poorest
white man in the community, with the imperious
tone of insolence and authority, which are habitually
used towards the white servants of the
North. These views of the political effect of
slavery, are conclusively sustained by the philosophical
expositions of Mr Burke, in his celebrated
speech on the conciliation with the
, American colonics. And I will venture to pre,
diet that if the liberty of this country shall be
extinguished, the last glimmering of that glorious
light will beam forth from the South.CONTRIBUTORIAL.
A Sunday In Sew York.
The outside world that one encounters in the
bustle and jostle of hasty travel these times, impressesonc
with too much distrust iu humanity.
W?* no mi At- Uf?n mnn iirirrlit uml liPnnfl the im
'* ^ v'*,,uwv wv "*'*** ""O-M ? ? ? - ?
pression he makes upon us is erroneous.
We had been several weeks on the wing ; and
had passed several days in New York. The outside
world there too is very hard. One sees much
that is cold, and selfish, and repulsive. The
faces on Broadway seem to say?Take care!
The summer Sabbath morning found us with
the atmosphere of loneliness around us. The
f forms that brushed our sleeve in hurried passing
t j along the pavement seemed infinitely distant.
' Leaving the Metropolitan Hotel, going down
' | Broadway, the first church one finds is Fourth
,! Church. We turned in there. It was early, and
i we had time to observe the gathering crowd.
The crowd was perhaps less wealthy than filled
the venerable walls of Trinity. It was less
11 select than that which listened that morning to
- Dr. Taylor from the fashionable pews of Grace.
| And doubtless I)r. Tyng appeared before a more
' | aristocratic auditory in the capacious aud costly
l- St. George's ; as did also Dr. Clieever in the
white-marble Church of the Puritans ; and Dr.
I Mublenburg in the unique Church of the Iloly
r: Communion ; and possibly also did Dr. Bellows
- in that bizzarest of all church buildings, the;
|.j Church of All Souls, which the profane many
a; will persist in calling the Church of the Holy
e; Zehra.
i
"I We turned in to the entrance of the Fourth
| Church. We were kindly received and politely
. disposed of.
Dr. Chapin preached. He is a short man, full
vI in person; having very much the presence of a
r j Southern man.
K j He read:?"Be not forgetful to eutertain
"! strangers: for thereby same have entertained
y angels unawares."
!* These words were his text. His discourse
* ! seemed to grow out of it without au effort. There
p; was no labor at display?no ostentation. All
' was simjilt?, earnest, and practical. There was
t,; nothing doctrinal. So quietly, so clearly, so
e ! earnestly?nay, so fervently?flowed the great
,fj stream of truth which was not arguemcnt, that
c many a knotty and often-repulsive duty bloomed
e j forth in the beauteous hues of divine light and
| love. The speaker never hesitated for a word,
f - The gush of glowing charity that seemed wely
| ling froin his heart hardly needed words. He
e - showed the beauty and expediency of justice,
; even for the life here. V ice was folly. And
y' upon the guilty heart there beamed so bright a
-j sun of even human j>ili/ that one was ready to
' I snvrt in amazement at the folly of sin. Hut one
6! could not be startled there?there, in the holy
y ; hush of that almost godlike presence?there, as
f he brought the angels of love, of hope and of)
I charity to hover near?there, where the divine I
. j came close down to the human; and one might!
a i dare to feel that his own best impulses had been j
; placed in his breast for some use. Wayside op- j
? | portunities?the woman of Samaria?little drops
j of water?bread cast upon the waters?the Eye |
hat seetii in secret These end like these were
>ointa by which he passed. A holy spell Iingerd
around. We could hare listened for hours;
,nd yet there was nothing sadden in his close? m
he low-breathed benediction fell like a combined cl
icho of all that he had said. ?i
"How oft in my fancy I've pictured him there, T
Ah he stood In that triumph of passion and prayer." ^
We were better for having heard him. We
vent forth into Broadway, again, and the atmos- ^
ihere was not so cold. We looked upon the ^
lard face of the passing human with a clearer
eoognition of his humanity. The words of that ^
sarnest man were in our ears; and his divine
truths, we deem, can never wholly die out of n
my heart that Vruly heard him. Our heart has s<
:hanked him a thousand times since then. There *
ivas no cant about him. He had no time for
jant?he was thinking. There was nothing of
hat holv whine that has made many a well
ueaning man look like what he was?a fool. "
One of our American poets has said, with a
eference entirely human, and we have deemed ^
ler words true : ^
"Better trriHt all, and be deceived,
And weep that trust, and that deceiving;; tl
Than doubt one heart, that, If believed,
Had blessed one's life with true believing;. ?'
Oh, in this mocking world, too fait ,i
The doubting fiend o'ertakes our youth I 1
Better be cheated to the last, w
Than lose the blessed hope of truth."
fll
Wo deem that many who heard Dr. Chapin
hat morning went their way with renewed pur- e'
loses of good?new resolves?new hopes.
We like that preaching which brings God so ^
tear us?so close about us?imparting His life ^
o the very air we breathe, touching with His ^
>eauty the very grass under our feet, and bathing
he humblest clod of earth in the warmth of His 01
sl
ove. The gentlest of the Twelve wrote?"Love
s of God." And then added?"God is Love." v.'
Such was the spirit of that morning's lesson,
lommon Truths. C<
Not commonly admitted.
8?There can be no effect without a cause. "
0?Our ignorance is a poor argument against
inything. J(
The Southern Presbyterian Review, a
For July, is just out. a
This quarterly has its fixed position among us; a
and that position is deservedly high. The present
issue is from the steam-power press of C. P. h
n? 1 u ??,! a firm uneeimpn of tvDocrraDhv. ?:
L ^lliam | auu ig im uuv ? ? -? t 0 A r
The whole thing is very well gotten up.
As to the literary contents, this number strikes 81
us as heavy, dull?or, at least, very theological, p
The book notices are a valuable feature of it; tl
and the contents of other periodicals deserves S]
special attention as a good idea. o
yhree dollars a year. j<
Address: Editors of the Southern Presbyterian p
Review, Columbia, S. C. b
Hutltdge. 7
Who wrote Rutledge? U
Not Miss Evans of Mobile, the gifted and sue- b
jessful author of Beulah.
Not Miss Lyons of Columbia, the accomplished 0
and brilliant brunette daughter of Israel. S
Neither of these. Rutledge was written by e
Miss Mintukn, a young lady of New York city; c
me who breathes the atmosphere of upper-ten-dom P(
?a lady, that is to say, of high social position tl
and, as Rutledge indicates, of coneiderable ge- j]
aius in that way. a
The book has had an unusual run with us in
Columbia. Everybody is reading or has read it. tl
? f?i. ?j .
me scene is new iur& ?uu tuci?iuvu>g| ?.vu a
i dash or so elsewhere. It is the autobiagraphy c
sf a beautiful and brilliant young lady, just a i,
little fast. There are in it a "course of true a
love," a seduction, a good many tears, a ghostly 0
room, a murder, two suicides, a flirtation, and fa
of course a marriage. The hero, Mr. Rutledge, 0
lives at "Rutledge," a romantic old mansion.
Hence the title. The heroine is an orphan, at a b
boarding school, just like Jane JSyre and like s
Beulah. She?her name never comes out in the J
book at all?she spends some time at "Rutledge" 1
(mansion,)and falls in love with Rutledge (hero ;) s
and he proceeds to return the compliment. He 1
is a solemn kind of body. Afterwards, the heroine
lives in the city; sees the world, flirts and s
dances. The parties become estranged?rough h
ruuniug of love. Then, the country again. A I
usual amount of useless reserve on the heroine's y
part towards Rutledgc(hero)?useless and guilty, v
we opine?pervades the volume. She herself a
says her conduct towards him "is marked with
pride, folly, and deceit;" and we agree with her. t
This is the theme proper of the book. He is kept 1
in a fume all the time. Later in the story, a g
great deal of romance is introduced?estrange- j
raent, murder, suicide, nonsense, guilt, otherwise, ]
reconciliation, and a good time generally, to quit (
on. ,
It is a good novel, and to a very large extent
deserves the immense success it is having.
Messrs. Townsend and North have it on sale, in
Columbia. This firm is the former Toirnnmd <JCo.
They have a large and varied stock of books
on sale.
Mrs. Rlon's Book.
Its title is the "Ladies' Southern Florist."
It is written by Mary C. Rion, of Winnsboro',
S. C.; published by Peter B. Glass; printed by
C. P. Pelham; bound by E. R. Stoke9 ; and sold
by Booksellers generally, and Peter B. Glass in
particular.
It is a haudsome duodecimo, with border,
printed in clear small pica; and is fair to see,
reflecting credit upon our rising Southern house
of publication, in Columbia.
We said a few weeks ago, knowing the authoress,
that the book would be quite the book in its
special sphere. We were sure enough of it then,
but are surer now, since we have examined
for ourselves the greater part of the volume, in
advance sheets. It deals in actualities?not in
sentimentalities about roses, loves, angels, and '
such stuff of the fashionable poets. It tells in
plain language how to plant flowers, when, and
where; how to dig, trench, hoe, manure, prune
and water the flowers ; how to kill bugs, caterpillars
and worms; how to manage cuttings,
buddings, and hundreds of other similar things.
There is fifty times as much common-sense in
this little book on flowers?on Southern flowers,
be it remembered?as we have ever seen in anything
of the kind. We have gone ourself to the
books for facts on flowers, and we speak from
our observation. The hooks are far too ambitious
?they are up in the skies of science, in the
clouds of sentiment, but never down in the soil
of practical facts. We have seen volumes read
upon some favorite but sickly climber, which
meanwhile died very quietly; all for want of
some simple home truth too humble for the hooks,
but which you can find given in unmistakeable
language here in Mrs. Rion's "Southern Florist.'
I will ho roiiflv in a oniinlo nf iIavs.
j Price?one dollar. I
The Geological Survey.
The Carolina Spartan has just received the
Third Report of this Survey by Mr. 0. M. Lieber.
That is late. We have had the Fourth Re
port two or three months. The Spartan remarks :
"The practical importance of the survey in which
Prof. Lieber is engaged does not occur appreciatively
to the popular mind, and already some
opposition to its further prosecution is growing
up in the State. We hope, however, it may not
be arrested."
We had been under the impression that every|
body knew that the Survey was arrested at the
! last session of the Legislature?arrested by the
I Legislature's refusing to appropriate any pay for
the work. Mr. Lieber (not Prof. Lieber) accordingly,
is not engaged in the Survey now,
and has not been since last December. The appointment
was made, but no appropriation to
pay for the Survey was voted him ; and Mr. Lieber
did not chose to work for nothing?very nat|
urally, we think. J. W. D.
Por the Yorkville Enquirer. portion as 1
DAVIDSON""OLLEGE.
The services of the twenty-fourth Annual Com- imp0aaible
encement of this favored institution, were hurt us, ei
osed on the 12th instant. The occasion was n?t taking
te of interest, importance and encouragement.
hecrowd was large, brilliant, quiet and respect- gweet milt
il. people; so
The disappointment was universal and intense an(* Jur^s
shepherds
lat Rev. A. W. Miller was detained in Peters- m^g ;t 80|
nrg, Va., by sickness, and hence, failed to be water-melc
resent to preach the sermon to the Graduating
lass. The worthy President, Dr. Luoey, furished
for the occasion a sermon, which, for ?
)und advice, earnest and tender expostulations Mosses.
ith the young men to consecrate themselves to c';
le service of God, was an excellent substitute. ?''
The Orator elected to deliver the address be- 9^?PPa8e9>
ire the Alumni Association, declined to meet comPai
te appointment. *n cars
Rev. George D. Parks, of Hendersonville, N. roa^* Thi
.. was chosen to address the Alumni next | f?un'^
ear. ing as ev<
Instead of the representative speeches from minished i'
ie two societies, and which occupy Wednesday remains of
rening, a "conversational party" was held in 'u^7 ^efon
ie college edifice. Of the character of this 8a<*'7 ^itnil
e cannot speak, but learned that it was pleas- sa7ing so?
atly occupied in conversation, listening to most Yankee del
scellent music from the Salisbury Brass Band, ~'t3 buildi
nd in discussing a most luxurious supper, pre- officer
ared for four hundred dollars, by Mrs. Brown, presumed,
:ewardes8 of the college. Under the force of raale> ia mi
ie old maxim, obatarpincipiria, we enter our in- tutors, pu
ividual caveat against this material infraction with prope
f a custom which has contributed so largely to the fern:
Simulate the members of the societies to culti- ^7 le9S> th
ate writing talents. In our judgment, a Babel- ProPep *n
ke hubbub of miscellaneous chit chat, and a than in ye<
jrporeal glut with nic nacs, are an inferior, no t c?Ue?e> JU!
) say a degrading, substitute for a half dozen c?mplishec
terary speeohes; for we are confident that the modesty, fi
ilents to be cultivated, are requisite to the en- e(* *>7 his s
>yment of the supper; and its appurtenances The fir3l
re neither so rare, nor desirable, nor ennobling tution duri
s those employed in tho preparation, delivery, ^or> unders
nd appreciation of the speeches. was a 'on8
Our official engagements prohibited us from Ph7s'cftl i
- - - . humanity.
earing but four of the whole numoer 01 speecn- ?
s during the commencement occasion. We sPea^er mi
'ere, however, fortunate in hearing Judge Per- J0UD8 'ftdi
an, of Wilmington, N. C., deliver his practical, unc*er
leasant, and entertaining argumentation upon '^ink, and
ae "material, mental, moral and progressive 'owe(* aa (
pirit of the age." Besides the masterly array ture t0 sa^
f illustrative thoughts upon the general sub- Saturday i
;ct, and some witty and withering rebukes of m0taphysn
revalent vices, the address was fraught with aut*i?nce.
igh-toned moral and religious sentiments, and aS8emble 0
ras happily relieved of every feature of a po- ^ere8^ a
tical harrangue, so frequently, and in snch us bavc b
ad taste, obtruded upon Literary Festivals. *09e 80mei
We also heard the address of Rev. W. T. Hall, the bones
The art
f Ebeneezer, 8. C., before the Philanthropic
ocicty, in which, in his own chaste and inter- ' ?un
sting style, he discussed the "conditions of suo- Societj,
ess in study but as your readers know the 8U^ject
eputation of the speaker, it may suffice to say ceQturJhat
his effort on the occasion, was in keep- Pre80nt in
lg with his many attainments and successes as bibited thi
public orator. civiliz
From the Latin Salutatory and Valelictory of mac*e us
he Senior Class, we infer that the twenty gradu- m|schievo
tes have solid claims to high scholarship and m*sc^e'?
ommendable literary attainments. We were privi- maa 01
sged to hear no more of the eight Seniors ^eart ^rc
peak; but we opine that Mr. Dickey?a native
f York District, and a second honor man?in 8raoe> mo
lis "philosophical oration," reflected honor up- * ftm 8Ure
n himself, his family and his District. maD/'
Tho Trustees filled the vacancy occasioned tra'1
t al:-u
y the resignation of President Licey, who is 1IUIUI1
uffering under bodily infirmities, by electing t'10'r c'1Rf
ohn N. Wad del, D. D., of Lagrange College, le&e' For
Tennessee. This, all admit, to be a felicitous ^een attet
election; and under his administration, the col- ences ^ad
ege will go on prospering and to prosper. t'ie lntere
The professorship of Belles Letlres?vacant a ^ri"'anl
inoe it was created, five years ago?was filled
y the unanimous election of Victor C. Barringer, a^or^e^ 9
!sq., of N. C. It suffices to say that he is a ^uc
roung man, thirty-two years of age, and is a r7 &ddres;
vortby representative of the noble, polished, *?r(* ^0'^e
,nd gifted Barringers of the Old North State. ^s'e* ^ a
There is to be a called meeting of the Trus- * '8 8
ees held in Charlotte, N. C., on the second WftS 1 e
Thursday of August, to provide for the profes- yea ' a8
lorships of Greek, and Natural Philosophy and (
istronomy, recently vacated by Professors
Pishburne and Leland. Applicants for these more
Jhairs, would do well to furnish their names ^tera"y?
ind testimonials to some of the Trustees before Fr0^' ^ai
:hat day. None but members of the Presbyte- ence> an(*
rian Church are eligible to any professorial an ^our ft
jffice in Davidson College. eTer ^ear
The college is destined, we believe, to ascend f?aat> 8,D
itill higher in its progress of usefulness and ef- aPProPno
ficiency. The catalogue of the past year re- t'ie
ports one hundred and twelve students. A most to 'headi
nagnificent edifice has just been completed at a Alumni,
jost of moro than eighty thousand dollars. Poe*'c 101
Many pronounce it to bo the most commanding not se3 a
ind complete structure of the kind in America. ru^lc
IVfi can trulv sav that its overwhelmingly erand Custius?
proportions must be seen to be realized. Those ^ regret
sight large recitation and lecture rooms; more fl'ct>onca
:han seventy roomy and well-ventilated dormito- a^e t0 a
iea, entered from throe wide corridors or aisles, Wofford (
sach about three hundred feet long ; that im- am01
nense library room, eighty feet by forty, and * met at
:he chapel, eighty feet square, with a well rea(^ers ^
if pure cold water, emptying, through a pump,
into one of the passages, constitute a building jg ot
which is an honor, an ornament, and a recom- ticulars c
mendatiou to any institution. that has
By next spring, the railroad between Charlotto
and Statesville, now in process of grading, east of tl
and running in full view of the college, will be of stores,
completed. And thus not only cun students find buirdings
... were Ian
easy access to the privileges of the college, but coverej j
the commencement occasions will be visited by Ray, as f
countless numbers who are unwilling to be sub- ^
... . - . ,. the mnte
jected to the inconveniences of private traveling, jng|y jn)
and the inadequate accommodations with con- j fearful n
veyances, and extortion sometimes practiced by i of the sti
hnran.liirprs in towns where railroads now ter-1 coa^ ^e
"7 ren were
minate. circumst
May many more of the youth of the land save mut
flock to this Pharos of the country, to be polished,
educated, and made better ! Qn t^e
The friends of the Institution will be pleased consists
to learn that the college will receive from the building,
legacy of Maxwell Chambers, Esq., over two ^rf
hundred thousand dollars. The litigation be- &c<) js ai
tween the Trustees and Judge Caldwell, has ry with
been closed by a compromise, by which the stores> .a
v , , , ? , at the tir
Judge is paid forty-one thousand dollars ; and gCntiemil
the result is, that the above named amount ac- with his
crues to the college. May it all be wisely ex- wares, ai
pended, is the wish and hope of building..
r the groce
July 14, 1860. A CURATOR. j0hn Ro|
" | On the
Carbon is what we need in the winter j formerly
time to generate animal heat for us. Hall's j by Mr. >
Journal of Health thus speaks of what we need j ^Jr' ^
in spring and summer: the hand!
Physiological research establishes the fact Boyd but
that acids promote the separation of the bile of Mr. J
from the blood, which is then passed from the Philip Pi
system, thus preventing fevers, the prevailing latter gei
diseases of summer. All fevers are "bilious,"' goods ho
that is, the bile is in the blood. Whatever is Son were
antagonistic of fever is cooling. It is a com- latter bei
mon saying that fruits are "cooling," and also the furni
berries of every description: it is because the in part rt
acidity which they contain aid3 in separating heroism,
the bile from the blood. Hence the great yearn- men, wit
ingfor greens and lettuce and salads, in the the batth
early spring, these being eaten with vinegar; in this qi
hence, also, the taste for something soar, for heartenit
lemonades, on an attack of fever. But this salvation
being the case, it is easy to see that we nullify either ol
the good effects of the fruit and berries in pro- whole ph
ive eat them with sugar, or evuu Willi j BtnuCPB
or cream. If we eat them in their; would [
te, fresh, ripe, perfect, it is almost i Town o
to eat too many, or eat enough to i On J
specially if we eat them alone, andconsisti
any liquid with them whatever, sumed
), is buttermilk, or even common sour the lat
lOtive of health in the summer time, books c
: tends to biliousness in sedentary Arthur
ur milk is antagonistic. The Greeks valuab
are passionately fond of milk. The offices
use rennet, and milk dealers' alum to comme
ur the sooner. Buttermilk acts like forty y
ins on the system. The
For the Yorkville Enquirer. and Wf
'ROM SPARTANBURG.
Editors:?With a yell and abound, wej jwejj ,
y of Columbia, dashing out among this tr
ckly looking corn; and, after sundry of our
reached Allston. Here, full half of ('ie Pr
women
ly with us, decamped and took seats and re
of the Spartanbnrg and Uaion Rail aid in
ee o'clock found us as the terminus. 8roe^>
iVoflford College looking as command- ^ur p.
tr; but the female college sally di- engngt
) quantity?the blackened and charred much
four of its buildings lying mourn- ?^serv
f > b rescue
e us. I said the female oollege was On t
lished in quantity. Am I correct in receivi
It revives the old question of the
lating clab?"Whatconstitatos a city $20.0(
ngs, the people that live in them, or this is
3 of the corporation?" It is to be men ^
* barras
however, that a college, male or fe- we .ft,
ide up of these combined elements? of oui
pits and buildings. So I must say soon t
r accuracy, that while the buildings
ale college ac Spartanburg were viaiie
number of pupils and tutors?upon
vestigation?were palpably greater
irs before. It is worth a visit to the Dtv
jt to make the acquaintance of its ac 1
President, Win. R. Blake, whose ^he
rraness and gentleness, is only equalicholarly
acquirements. amj w
t address delivered before this insti- was on
ing the Commencement festivities? , 8e,r
, . , , . solved,
itand, we are up here to attend them? jst
learned, close, logical, and meta- the wil
nvestigation of the generic organs of a' P'ei
In tho selection of his subject, the
11st have intended a compliment to the 2d.
es; for he evidently addressed them reaved
supposition that thuy had learned to
, f)d.
to think closely. But if visitors are al- jDg for
jpinion in such matters, let me ven- 4th.
' that the topic and discussion, on *? '
- - _ ? . . Sth.
light, by Her. J. K. Ficlcett, was too t
eal for a promiscuous commencement tion, a
For it is supposed the audience who
n such occasions, are there to be ins
well as the students; and many of
een long enough away from college to Fob
of the ardor we once felt in picking mand
of metaphysical abstractions. ^ndrti
dress on Monday morning, by Rev. (0 j?nr
can, of Virginia, before the De Staal from r
was an admiruhle production. His likely
is the "school girl of the nineteenth
He started out l?y saying that the years.
terest shown in female education, ex- been 1
s pleasing and wonderful spectacle of
ed world in love with the girls. He greutl
love Kate?his impersonation of the the Ci
us school girl?despite her rattling and fcarc.e
, be ran
but I wonder if there was a young |0Qg c
old?present, who did not feel his ready
ib in contemplating with the speaker, cops.
Sue?his impersonation of feminine
desty, piety and intellectuality. And Franc
I the tears?of laughter?in the eyes than t
bespoke the completeness of his porMiss
Furia Maria." suits (
it likely, after all, that the burning ot tarae
lei will yet prove a blessing to the col- at 'ea:
the first time in several years that. I have
iding their commencements, the audi- ia n0{,
comfortable accomodations to witness be gr(
sting exercises of graduation. It was Pass 1
_ . , , ... ions-1
; affair, and was conducted at the chap- y
brd College, the ample space of which, good
eats to all. th0 C
sday morning wo listened to the literai
before the Literary Societies of Wof- on]y ^
ge, delivered by Prof. James H. Car- ue to
,m afraid to attempt a characterization
.dmirable performance. His subject ^
progress of science for the last four the
developed in connection with astrono- eater:
once beard a college address under this
ime, space and eternity;" but this
n Miltonic title resulted?I may say new c
if not classioally?in only a must. But he pu
lisle, with his limits of oniy one sci- 10tef
J starte
four years, enchained his andienoe for per is
nd a half, with the very best oration we 23d, :
d from a college rostrum. It was ele- an!
Breci
iple, and often sublime, and exactly jjjj
.te. held
afternoon of the same day, we listened t'ie *
l?t
iress of Mr. Wm. M. Martin, before the ^
It abounded in classic allusions and ratini
mgery. I wonder if some of us did frienc
hit in the sunlight that flashed from Jjaac*
s that adorned the helmet of Marcos j
We thought we did. Th
t to say, Messrs. Editors, that family af.lied
me away suddenly,so that I was nn- m0Ta
goes,
ttend the commencement exercises of Th
College, the day following. But I hope
tig the number of your correspondents
Spartanburg, some one will let your; p0pu
ave particulars. F. A. M. St. ]
? Brec!
Destructive Fire. Ihout
ir unwelcome duty to record the parif
the most disastrous calamity by farj
ever visited the town of Union. On the urnn
of the 11th inst., at about daybreak, a differ
t out in that portion of it immediately noun
le Court House, consisting principally Bulh
and by sunrise two entire blocks of;
i, with the exception of but two houses,
1 in ashes. The flames were first disn
the house occupied by Mr. Elijah _
i bar-room and grocery, and the tin shop
.J.Elliott. Owing to the long drought,
rial of the buildings had become exceed- "een
flammable, and the fire spread with | fJ
ipidity. Houses on the opposite side of; uu'""
eet were in flames before their inmates j w
aroused, and in one or two cases child- ^ t?
with difficulty rescued. Under such | ?"
ances it was of course impossible to ! .Ci
ih of the contents of the stores, and in jan^*
nstances the entire stock, including even 7
s of account, were consumed. . a
! South side of Main-street, the loss 8''
of Mr. Davii! Jeter's large wooden
said to be the first house built in Union, lo?vS
tially occupied as a shoe shop by Mr.
rnpson whose whole stock of leather,
.1 entire loss. Mr. T. McNally's grocea
large and valuable assortment of Sui
, billiard table, &c. Another building Charl
ne unoccupied, and owned by the same late 1
n; Mr. Ray's erocery and har room | adopt
stoclrin trade, Mr. Elliotts fin shop and j Centr
id Mr. Schwarz's variety store, all the I oaste
i the property of Gen. J. M. Gadberry; i his vi
rw nf \fr F.int and the tin shon of Mr. I Th
ier complete the list upon the South. I Churl
North, the long range of buildings, j ville,
known as the Gage Hotel, now owned | and t
IcNaily, and at the time occupied by Depo
[. Johnson as a dry goods store, and by pr?je
var'z and Mr. McNally as residences: corns
some Law Office of Messrs. Wallace and 3610
; just completed ; the dry goods store j to S9
ucob Louis, and the shoe shop of Mr. j ?ubjc
ami, both buildings the property of the I their
itleman. The large and valuable dry to ret
uses of Keenan Bros., and F. Senile and I
! for a time in imra'uent danger, the I ^
ng often on fire in several places, anil I
ture contained in the socond story heing ^ews
educed to ashes on the tloor. To the "T
courage, and fortitude of those noble ifyinj
hout distinction of color, who fought these
a and gained the victory over the flames : of th<
tarter under the most trying and dis Tuesi
ig circumstances, we doubtless owe the sent i
of the remainder of our Town. Had with
' these buildings been consumed, the in tb<
tee must have been under the circum- der o
, vwCJJL iiYfiiy, aiiu Iiv? ?* ?4W?.V.? -? ?"
probably now remain to show where the
f Union once stood.
ndgmcnt street the whole of Law Range,
ing of a number of Law Offices, was con;
the large and valuable legal library of I
e Col. Z. P. Herndon, a number of the
if Messsr. Dawkins & Gadberry, of B. F. <
, Esq., and others, together with many
le papers, were destroyed. Among the
was that in which Gov. David Johnson
need the practice of law at this place over
ears ago.
fire extended in various directions to a
jrable distanoe from the burnt quarter,
is only kept under by the most active and
ul perseverance.
d all this ruin and distress, the mind will
with pleasure on some of the incidents of
ying time. Not only did the male portion '
citizens rally almost to a man to resist A
ogress of the flames; but even delicate 1
i and young maidens came to the rescue V
ndered eager, effioient and persevering
removing goods to a place of safety. Newithout
fear or hope of reward, fearlessly
d their lives in willing efforts to preserve
roperty, and among the many who were j
id in the work, under circumstances of so t
temptation, hardly a single instance was j
ed-of an i '.tempt to appropriate the goods
d from the fl ames. j
:he whole, the interests of our Town have
;d a severe shock, and it will take years o?
t and diligent effort to repair what we have
The injury is variously estimated at from
)0 to $50,000, and only a mere fraction of
covered by insurance. In some instance* 1
ave lost their all, and in others serious emsment
for a while may be the result. But
ve great faith in the indomitable energy
- .AfMlfttiftn an/] wn /vnnftrlonf 1 v J
; J ? r? ,
o see oar Town rising from its rains, im1,
enlarged, and beautified by this disas- j
Union Pret*.
For the Yorkvllle Enquirer, '
tribute: of respect.
ision Room, Centre Division, 8. of T. \ ;
July 14, 1860. / 1
reas it has pleased God in his All-wise
ecoe to remove from oar midst by death,
end and brother, Allen G. Lawrs.vc* ;
hereas, by his example and influence he ?
r most efficient member, and his loss will ^
iously felt amongst as : Therefore, Rf- w
That whilst we bow with submission to
II of Him who gives life, and takes it away
isure, still we deeply lament the removal
deceased brother, and deplore the loss we
ustained.
That we truly sympathize with his befamily?his
loss to them being irreparaThat
we wear the usual badge of mourn*
thirty days.
That we allot one page in our record book
memory.
That we will send a copy of these resoluo
the Voukville Enquirer for publica
- j- J
net another to tne raratiy or me ueceaseu.
JAME9 FITCHET, )
J. R. WALLACE, > Committee.
A. P. CAMPBELL, J
? ? i???t -
eiqk Demand,?For several years the dethat
has been made upon us by foreign na'or
pro visions, has been comparatively small,
e shipments of breasdstuffs from his coaotry
opean shores, correspondingly small; but
ecent advices, this state of things is not
to continue, but for the next year, the
it of provisions that will be sent abroad,
perhaps, exceed that of many previous
Thousands of barrels of floor have
aken out. of store, in several of our cities
5, and shipped for European ports,
accounts represent the weather as being
y averse to the growth of crops, both on J
DOtinent and British Islands; and it is *
ly possible that a sufficiency of food can
sed for the subsistence of the people. This
ontinuance of unfavorable weather has alresulted
in great damage to the growing
It is said the English harvest will be a
later than usual, as well as very deficient
,lity?and the same is true as respects
e, where usually the harvest is earlier
bat of England.
failure then, and the oonstaat demand on
necessary supplies, will be followed by rejuite
pleasing, no doubt, to maay of our
rs, and others able to supply the needy?
?? urt oa nnrtfifa a ra nnn^omotl Whan
e and England, and most of the other niof
Europe are eompelled to bay food, it
difficult to see that the expenditures must
sat, ani that vast quantities of g>ld must
nto the hands of those who have provisto
sell. The chance for abundant crops
ear in the United Suites, is, perhaps, as
as in many years past. And now, since
hinese war with France and England is
to be commenced with vigor, and the
ther of the Moon" declares thatfight is tho
vord left in his vocabulary, we wulcontinreap
the advantage of our peaceful treaty
;he Celestials, and the labor and enterprise
r farmers will probably preserve France
Ingland from starvation, while they enjoy
glor;/" of pummeling the pig-tailed opiam :
j.?Columbia Guardian. "j
recklnrlclge Lane Movements.
iv Breckinridge papers are multiplying. A
laily paper, to be called the Enquirer, is to
hlished at Milwaukie in the Breckinridge
at; also, a new Breckinridge daily is to be
id at Cincinnati. A new Breckinridge p&i
to be started at St. Paul, Minnesota, on
for the campaign. The St. Peters Staletind
the Scott County Democrat also support
tinridge.
nois is moving. Tho National Democracy
their State Convention at Springfield on
1th. The Illinois State Democrat says:
he National Democrats of Christian County
called a meeting for the purpose of inaugu- ,
5 a Breckinridge and Lane Clab. Oar
la in Griggsville have reared a pole one
red and twenty-five feet high, and on the
,t the mast head, the names of Breckinridge
/ine proudly meet the breeze.''
ree more papers in New Jersey have abani
their leaning for Douglas and joined the
ment for Breckinridge and Lane. So it
in all quarters.
e Troy Budget has lowered the Douglass
in exchange for that of Breckinridge and
evidence of the direction of the tide of
lar sentiment in Missouri, the Bulletin, of
Louis, announces that since it raised the
kinridge and Lane flag, the names of one
and three h' idred and forty country sob- \
ers have been added to its list,
e same paper publishes, also, a half colof
short extracts from letters written in
eut portions of the State, all approving the
nation of Breckinridge, and all ordering the
tin.
Columbia Market.
Columbia, July 16, 1860.
Hon.?We have no sales to report this week.
)ur?The sales of flour for the week have
confined to small lots. We quote
lack of 98 pounds. Extra family would
land a shade hight\
rn.?The supply is equal to the demand,
uote $l,C8(o\$l,12.l per bushel 66 lbs. in
is.?The market is pretty well supplied, *
re quote SI,00 per bushel.
ts.?Nominally ISfaSQe.
y.?North Caroliua $1,62?@$1,75 W 100
Northern
con.?Country hog round 12?@13; Sides
)14; Shoulders 11@,12; Hams 14c.
rd.?13@13Jc.
icat Bran.?$l,40@l,50 per 100 lbs.
7iter and Surroundings.?The editor of the
otte, N. C., Whig was a Delegate to the .
Rail Road Convention at Sumter, which "i
;ed the route, for the "South Carolina
al" to connect Charlotte with the Northrn
Rail Road at Gourdiu's. Referring to
sit, the editor writes:
e road, as contemplated, will run from
lotte in the most direct line to Lancasterthenee
to Dishopvil'e, Sumter, Manning,
o the Northeastern Rail Road at Gourdin's
t to Charleston. Never has a rail road
ct been commenced under as favorable cir- \
r-vnoes. There is now snhsoriherl certain
,000, with a prospect of its being increased
00,000, and Charleston and Charlotte not
ribiug a cent, but both will certainly do
part nobly, especially Charleston, which is
ip the advantage of this road.
t African.? at Key West.?The Savannah
says: i?
he telezraph last night announced the grat5
fact that one hundred and twenty five of
Africans have been rescued from the hands
> Government officials, and were landed on
lay, at Mobile, from whence they were
up the Alabama River, and will be provided
humane masters. Is there a philanthropist H
3 country who does cot wish for the remainf
them the same fate."
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