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VOLUME XV. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 21, 185*. NUMEEK8. . |
PUBLISHED WEEKLY lJY
THOMAS J. WARREN.
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jHisrcliuraits.
Mrs. Wilson, the Indian Captive.
We have already announced the escape and
return of Mrs. Jane vVilson of Texas 1(1 Santa
Fe, who had been taken captive by the Canianclie
Indians, mid subjected to the m<??t extraordinary
cruelties. The affair has very justly
excited the greatest indignation in New
Mexico against the Indians.
From Mrs Wilson's narrative, it appears
she is but 17 years of age. About a year ago
she was married to a young farmer in Texas,
and in April they joined a party of fifty two
emigrants, bound for California. They were
attacked by Indians and the party was compelled
to return to Texas; but Mr. and Mrs.
Wilson remained at El Paso, where their horses
being stolen, they were compelled to give
up the plan of going to California, and set out
* on their return to Texas in July, in August j
\i- father fell into the hands
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of Indians and were muulered. Mrs. W. returned
to El Paso, and again in September
started for Texas, with her three brothers in
law and a small party. When within three
days' journey of Phantom Hill, an American
Military post, they were attacked, by Cuman
ches, while some of their men were off in pursuit
of some of their horses that had been stolen.
A Mexican who was with Mrs. Wilson,
was brutally murdered and scalped before her
eyes, and she and her two brolhers-in law, lads
of some ten or twelve years, were siezed,
bound, and carried off, with the entire property
of the party.
The Indians, with their captives, proceeded
in a nortnwest direction, each being appmpri- !
ated as the property of one or other of the !
chiefs. They were stripped of nearly all their
clothing, and otherwise brutally treated. Mrs.
Wilson, although expecting soon to become a
mother, was subjected to every conceivable ,
cruelty and indignity ; beaten and limited, exposed
to latigues of all kinds; her flesh lacerated
by lariats and whips, or by the loads of
wood she was obliged to carrv on her hare
back ; compelled to d>> the wtrk of men, or 1
punished for her inability, by being stoned,
knocked down and trampled <-u ; i.lmos* <-n'
tirel) deprived of food?and ail ibis lusted I'mtwenty
five da) s. At this time she wu- sent
in advance in the morning, as usual, when she i
determined to attempt an e-cape, which she1
succeeded in accomplishing by secreting her
Self in >?Miit* bushes, t ill tin* Inciinfis passed.
F<?r tvvi-lvc da\ s she wandered through this
Indian country, subsisting u|n?.. bertis, when
she fortunately fell in with some New Mexican j
traders, who furnished her with some men's
clothing and a blanket. In consequence <fj
their meeting with a Cantata lie, they had to j
leave her behind,and she narrowly escaped a
second capture. But by the sulisequciit aid of
one of the traders, a l'ueblo Indian, she was |
enabled, after hiding In-rseil for eight days, t<> '
escape. At the expiration of this "time she j
was rescued by the tinders, furnished with a ;
horse, and brought to the town of I'ecos, N. j
Mexico, where Major CaiMon and others, of ,
the army, took care of her, and enabled her to
pioceed to Santa Fe.
This is but an outline of a terrible story, the !
counterpart of which, in all except the escape, I
are said to be frequent. A letter from Santa !
Fe says that the white captives among the Camauehes
are as numerous as the Indians themselves.
The same letter mentions the escape !
ol a young Mexican woman, who returns, after j
h a year's terrible captivity, expecting to become
the mother of tin infant whose father is a wild i
Indian. The Camanches practice cruelty in
its utmost refinement towards tlfir captives.
Children are trained to be more savage than
they are themselves, and women arc subjected
to outrages too horrible to be mentioned.
The Santa Fe Gazette says: the two broth
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ers of Mrs. Wilson are jet in captivity, ana
unless soon reclaimed, will imbibe a taste for
tlie wild life of the Indian and lie forever lost.
There are many hundreds, and, we may venture
to say, thousands of captives anions the
Indians of New Mexico, principally women
and children ; the former are forced to become
slaves of the men, and the letter are trained
for warriors.*'
When Governor Merrlwetlicr came out, lie
was fortunate enough to rescue two Mexican
girls from the Camanches?one sixteen and |
the other eighteen years of age. They had I
been captured from near Chihuahua, one three ;
years, and the other ten months before. They
were sent to the Governor of that State, who
acknow ledged the conduct of the Governor of
New Mexico in very handsome terms. They
^ said t'.iere were a large number of .Mexican
women in captivity, and they saw one Amcri
can w oman with a small child ; that an Indian
one day when they were travelling on horseback,
took the child from its mother, threw it
up into the air, and as it came down caught it
on his spear, and that others rode at full gallop,
took it, on their spears; and so passed
it around among the party.
Surely our government will not permit such
ontruffes to "o untarnished, even if it be lieees
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sarv to exterminate the whole tribe of these 1
brutal savages.
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wrniorr Am.? Those <>l you who J
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notations, for it lias nothing to do hut grow and
twirl its h-elers. float in the tide, or fold itsell
up on its foot stalk when that tide lias receded,
for mouths and years together. Now, would
it not be very dismal to lie transformed into a
zoophyte? Would it not be an awful punishment,
with your human soul still in you. to be
anchored to a rock, able to do nothing but
spin about your arms, or fold them up again
and knowing no variety, except when the receding
ocean ieft \ou in the day-light, or the returning
waters plunged you into the green
depth again, or the sweeping tide brought you
the prize of a young periwinkle or an invisible
star-fish? But what better life are you spoili
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litui'uuMj icauui^ M uni^ivaiv i
your existence than chequers ihe life oI the sea
anemone? Does not one day float by you just
as the tide floats over it, and find you much the
same, and leave you \ege'.ating-still? Are you
more useful? What real service to others did
you render yesterday? What tangible amount
of occupation did you overtake in the one hundred
and sixty-eight hours of which last week
consisted? And what higher end in living have
you than that polvpu^? You go through cer
tain mechanical routines of rising, and dressing,
and visiting and going to sleep again; and
are a little roused from \our lethargy by the
arrival of a friend, or the effort needed to write
some note of ceremony. Hut as it curtseys in
the waves, and vibrates its exploring arms, and
gorges some dainty medusa, the sea anemone
goes through nearly the same round of pursuits
and enjoyments with your intelligent and immortal
self. Is this a life for a rational and responsible
creature to lead?
Constantinople.
The city occupies a triangular promontory
of land between the Hosplmrus and its inlet
the (iolden Ilorn. It is about three miles and
a half in length, and from one to four miles in
breadth, and is enclosed by a tripple range of
walls, twelve or thii teen miles in circumference,
and entered by twenty eight gates. It is built
on an undulating declivity rising towards the
land side. Externally it has an imposing appearance,
with its mosques, cupolas, minarets,
and cypresses, and its ports crowded with shipping
; but internally, it mostly cousi>ts of a
labyrinth ol ill pnveu, crooked, dirty lanes, and
low built small houses of wood or rough hewn
stone. There is a number of public fountains,
which amply supply the city with water.
Its population is estimated* at 400,000, including
Gelata and Para, and it is composed of
about 150,000 Greeks and Armenians, 20.000
Europeans, 00,Odd Jews, and the remainder
Tui ks and Aimedians.
There are between .'J00 and 400 mosques
in the ci'v and suhuibs, 40 .Mahomedaii colleges,
b? hospitals, 20 (.'hi islian churches, 180
public baths, and 180 khans or inns, besides
numerous bazars, colfee bouses, and caravanseries.
Tiie seraglio is to [lie east ol'the city,
and cotnpiiscs an area of about three miles,
s?*parut )v t-iiclu^cti |#y walls-, atnJ fXtrinling
down to the sea of .Marmora. 'J lie Golden
Horn is a line humor, deep enough to limit
ships of the laigest size ; it can receive 1200
sail ol the line, and is always full of mereail
tile and other vessels. On the north shore of
the Golden Horn mo the imperial dockyards.
There is always a strong garrison of troops in
this city, and many le w barracks have been
built by the late and present Sultan. The
commerce of the port i> extensive, but not so
great as might at lir?t Mght be anlieipated.?
The city is the See of the Greek, Armenian,
and Catholico Armenian Patriarchs.
Boys Our after Nh;htkai.l.?1 have long
been iiu observer, a< I am a sympalhizing lover
of the boys I like to see them happy, cheerful.
gleosome. I -am not willing that they he
cheated out of the rightful heritage of youth?
indeed. I can hardly umleistaud how a hightoned
and useful" man can he the ripened fiuit
of a boy who lias not enjoyed a fair share of
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uiu ^iiau |mi>ik ^19 mil' i?? uui# hiiiiu i
watch with a very jealous eye all rights and
cu^'oms which t-ni reach upon the proper lights
of Imys, 1 am equally apprehensive lest parents,
who are not forethoughtful, and who have not
habituated themselves to close observation upon
this subject, permit their sons indulgeneies
whi'di are almost certain to result in their do
morulizatiou, if not in their total ruin; and
among the habits which I lia-c observed as
tending most surely to ruin, I know of untie
more prominent than that of parents permitting
their sons to he in the street after nightfall. It
is ruinous to their morals in almost, all instances
? they acquire, under cover of the night, an
nnhealthful and excited state of mind; had, vulgar,
immoral, and profane language, obscene
practices, criminal sentiment, a lawless and riotous
bearing; indeed, it is in the street, after
nightfall, that hoys principally acquire the education
of the bad capacity of becoming row
dy, dissolute, ciiiniua' men. Parents should,
in this particular, have a most rigid and inflexible
rule, that will never permit a son, under
any circumstances, whatever, to go into the
street after nightfall with a view of engaging
in out of door sports, or of meeting other I?<>\ s
for social or chance occupation; a rigid rule of
this kind, invariably adhered to, will soon deaden
the desire for such dangerous practices,?
I toys should ho taught to have plcnsurcsnround
the family centre table, in reading, in conver
satioii, and in (jniet amusements. Hoys, gentlemen's
sons, are seen in the street, after nightfall,
behaving in a manner entirely destructive
of all good morals. Fathers ami mothers,
keep your boys at. home at night, and see that
you take pains to make your homes pleasant,
attractive, and profitable to them; and, above
all, with a view to their security from future
destruction, let them not become, while forming
their characters for life, so accustomed to
disregard the moral sense of shame, as to openly
violate the Sabbath day. by indulging in tinstreet
pastimes duriti" its day or evening hours.
.1 TntrJ'ricn(/ >>f flic Iii>>/s.
C wrrat. rou Tin: ^ "i so.?It is n coosola
people whose opinion is worth having. And
it does not lake a great while to accumulate a
respectable amount of the capital. It ciisFts ;
in truth, hono.-ty and integrity; to which may j
he added decision, firmness, courage and per- :
severance. With these qualities there are few j
obstacles which cannot he overcome. Friends i
spring up and surround such a young man, al- j
most as if by magic. Confidence Hows out to j
him, and hu-incss accumulates on his hands j
faster than he can ask it. And in a few short!
years such a young man is far in advance of |
many, who started with him, having equal tal j
ents and larger pecuniary means; ere long onr
young liieiid stands foremost, the honored, j
trusted and loved. Would that we could in-1
dnee every young reader to commence l ie on I
the principle that moral capital is the thing af- i
ter all.
Tin- Cocoauiit TrccTliis
live is found all over the tropical parts
<if tlie world, especially in the vicinity of the
sea, growing in reach of salt water, and estab- j
lUiiing itself upon reefs and sand hanks, as soon !
as they emerge from the ocean. Its great im- i
portance to man has caused it to be cultivated
wherever the climate is favorable toils growth.
The whole Brazilian coast, from the river San
Francisco to the bar of Mamanguape, a distance
of 2S0 miles, is. with few breaks, thus
occupied; and it is estimated that in the year
18KJ no fewer than ten millions of trees were
growing on the southwest coast of Ceylon.
The cocoanut palm rises like a slender column,
to from (JO to 1)0 feet in height. In hot !
countries the uses to which the cocoanut trees j
are applied, are innumerable. The roots are j
chewed in place of the arecanut; gutters, drains j
and (lie posts of huts arc formed from the trunk, i
and the y.mug buds area delicate vegetable ;i
shade is tarnished by the leaves, when growing, j
and alter separation from the tree, their large
size and hard texture render them invaluable
as thatch for cottages; they are, moreover,
manufactured into baskets, buckets, lanterns,
articles of head-dress, and even books, upon j
which writing is traced with an iron stylus; i
their allies \ it-Id potash in abundance; their:
midri form oars; and brushes arc made by !
bruising the ends of the leaves, with a portion 1
: of the midri adhering.
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I rrcuii iiiL' jiiicc ui ilit; mi III ii i\11in ui i'iiiiii i
; wine, and -nbsequently an anient spirit is pre- |
| pared: itie farinaceous matter contained in the !
I stern is a g"oJ substitute for sage, and a coarse,
dark colored sugar, called "jagghery," is obtained
by inspissating the sap. This jagghcry,
mixed with lime, forms a powerful cement,
which resists moisture, endures great solar
heat, and will take a fine polish. The ripe
fiuit is a wholesome food, and the milk it con- j
tains a grateful, cooling beverage, indeed :
these, together, constitute the principal suste- i
nance of the poorer Indians in many countries. '
The fibrous hark is used to polish furniture, |
' as brnsl.es, and to form a valuable elastic cord'
ag>-, < iilletl "coir." Tlie fibrous mutter of tinhusk
is employed to stuff mattrasscs, and a I
manufacture of it into coidage, mats, sacking,
i Arc., lias lately been introduced ill (ireat Urit- I
aill. The shell is inauiifactured iu'o drinking
j vessels and ve?els of measure, and the albumen,
or white solid matter contained within the j
shell, yields by pressure of decoction an excel- j
lent oil, which is employed not only for burning
but in the manufacture of torches ami in the
Composition of pharmaceutical preparations.?
.Mixed with d immer (the resin o\' thorea robin \
la) it forms a substance used in India for eov- j
ering the seams of ships and boats.
The philanthropist will he pleased to learn
that whether the existence of cocoanut groves
lias led to a taste Ibr agriculture, or a taste for
agriculture lias led to the formation of cocoanut
groves, certain it is, as proved by long experience
among races just emerging from utter j
i barbarism, that this tree is the banner of hope
to its possessor. Mr. Kagle says that whencv !
| er assisting to form remote settlements, (at i
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wiiii u ur ihn r?iJi;in. > L?II ^ I?I 1119 mvi
hundreds of coi-??antils, for planting, have a!- 1
wavs formed part of the lirst ship loads of seeds; 1
and assuredly, if (lie* natives preserve the proves
that he has left them, they will have made tin* i
lirst step out of the darkness of baiharism.
When once this boundary is passed, progress |
heroines smooth and easy, although it may not ^
l>e rapid. A fixed resilience heroines nccessa ;
ry, to proteet the newly acquired propei ly, and
the plantation now becomes cxieiided lo other !
plants and edible fruits and roots that may be
found in the woods or procured from their
neighbors.
llaii, then, to the roeoannt tree, with its feather
of leaves and delicious fruit ? the commencement
of agriculture?the harbinger of|
civilization ? may it be propagated from shore 1
I to shore, wherever it will grow, until harbar- !
ism shall be unknown, except as history; the !
! errors of Paganism giving way to the truths ,
j of the Clirisliau religion, ils blessings >liall lie j
i diffused |o 1 lie furthermost parts of the earth.
(Am oamits are imported as dunnage, and !
therefore are free of freight.
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Cuitinrs Calculations.?A writer in the
Boston Journal makes the following anions i
ealeulations:
i The enormous sum of ?20-1,000,000 in gold ;
iia< been received at the Mint in IMiiludciphia j
iVoin ('alTornia, lroin the first discovery of the j
precious metal, to l'eeeinhcr I. IS.").'}.
.Vow in order to give some idea to the general
reader of the immense amount of n-J()J(-,
000 000. I will merely slate that allowing each i
silver dollar to weigh one ounce avoirdupois, |
sixteen to the pound, the weight would he JJ,750,000
Ins., or tons, allowing *2,000 Ihs.
to the ton. To carry this weight, it would require
0,375 wagons, containing a toil each, or (
i $oJ,0(>0. Now, suppose each vehicle, drawn j
I by one horse, to occupy a space ol 'Jo I'eel, j
| they would extend ilia continuous line a liac- (
| tion short of 30 miles
! In order to count such a vast sum ol money '
i as tin-. very lew person- have any idea oi tue j
I lime i( would reipiii'e, witlioui making calcula- t
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as plain as A 1> C, we will suppose a person to
count GO of these silver dollars a minute, .'3,GOO
an hour, 4-3,200 a day of 12 hours each, or
(Sundays included) 15,703,000 a year, I say,
to count this stupendous amount of money in
silver dollars, it would require a fraction short
i if vim? re
Agassi/. on tlie Races of .Han.
Wo give the following from the Boston Traveler's
report of Agassiz's lectures, now in the
course of delivery at Lowell, Mass :
We next come to the geographical description
of the races of man; and here we must
leave out of consideration all question as to
the unity of the races. Professor Agassiz is
conscious that his views on some points are
not generally received, and he fully respects
the motives which make the views of others
almost sacred to them. lie hopes that his
views will he received in the same spirit as lie
?> ;>rnssuts them, viz: in the effort to arrive at
triii h.
Wc will first study the limits of the range
of each race on the different continents, and
must consequently eliminate from every element
dependent upon migration, as the present
American races. We arc to consider the
primitive location of the races, that is, the distribution
cf man as recognised by the earliest
traditions. The question is, where the races
were originally placed, rather than what are
the modern changes in their distribution.
The first race to bo considered, is one peculiar
to the Arctic regions, a race different much
from any inhabiting the temperate zone, and
still more from those of the tropics. This race
comprises the Esquimaux of this continent, the
Laplanders of Europe, and the Samoydes of
Asia. They are all characterised by a broad
lace, short in its vertical diameter, a low forehead,
and a great length of body, when compared
with the shortness of the legs. For
more minute descriptions the works of Pickering
r.nd Prieliard must be consulted. The distribution
of these races correspond very nearly
to the zoological regions of the North.
The races o'f temperate zones are three. The
Mongolians in Asia, the whites in Europe, and
the Aborigines in America; audit is remarkable
also that these races occupy the same territories
as the faunas previously described.?
In A>ia has been described the terrestrial Japanese
fauna, the insular Japanese fauna, the
Chinese fauna, and the fauna of the Caspian
regions, intermediate to that of Europe and
Asia. Inhabiting precisely the same countries
are the Japanese, Chinese, and Turks.
The Indians of North America are a dis
tinct race, (on this point Professor Agassi/, disagrees
with Dr. Pickering,) differing from the
races of the Old World, as the inferior animals
of North America have been considered not to
be identical with those of Europe. The Aboriginal
Indian race is identical, from the Arctic
regions to Terra del T'uego, the only differpiu-o
bi-i 'i; mm nf tribes not of race*. These
t'ibes are divided into an infinite number of
small :ribcs, a fact perfectly in accordance
witli the distribution of the inferior animals
upon this continent.
We have seen that a great mountain chain
cxtenduig from the Camillas to Patagonia, connects
North and South America, and produces
a certain uniformity in their faunas ; that their
faunas are subdivided into those of the Pampas,
lie Antilles, the Andes, the Sou thorn
States, the .Middle States, the Canada*, the table
lands west of the States, and those of Oregon
and California. In the same manner the
Aborigines are sub-divided into a large number
of small tribes, which arc circumscribed
within narrow limits. They form no great 11alions,
as do the Chinese, Tartars, and Japanese
<?l the oast.
The Caucasian race is widely distributed
and divided into many nations. Those inhabiting
the eastern part of Africa, the northern
j>ait of Arabia, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor. &c.,
ail constitute different nations with different
languages. The Teutonic branch, including
tlie Unman, Dutch, English, Danish, ?.Vc. ; the
Selavonian branch, including the Russians,
Poles, Ac., each have a nationality and language
peculiar to themselves?but they all
have a feature in common, viz: a noble expression
of the face, above all that of other
races, a mirror of the innermost movements
of the soul, and it is this branch also which is
capable of the highest moral culture and the
highest degree of civilization.
Africa has one characteristic race?the negro.
Rut the interior of the grrat desert, Nubia
and Abysinia, have races different from the no
gro. J lie iioitentoi lives at me ootun, ana
the western shores have their peculiar tribes.
It was possible, even, during his recent visit to
the Southern States, to recognise among the
negroes those belonging to tin; several African
ti ibes.
In the East Indies there are three distinct
species: the Malay, Telingan, and Negrillo,
(like the negro, only dwarfish.) 'l'he Australian
is a tribe peculiar to that country. The
features are those of the negro, but the hair is
straight and Mowing. The inhabiiants of Madagascar
are a peculiar tribe. But. our information
concerning them is scanty. They are
not negroes, hut resemble more the inhabitants
of the Sandwich Islands.
With these facts before us, we can asscr
that there is a law of distribution of the hu
man race, as well as of the inferior races, am
these laws are in accordance with each other
In the next lecture the same subject will h<
treated more minutely.
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Tin: foiu'k 01 Cohesion.?The force witl
which ill*; parti h*s of matter cohere, is entire);
dependent upon lical, the existing cohesiv
force decreasing proporlinule to the increas
of t emperature. The arrangement of the pat
tides, likewise, exerts its inlhience over tin
force of cohesion. Wood is known to he inor
eh'avahle lengthwise than across the tiliers. an
i :i'.l >t<*el is more hritt'" tha'i wrought steel.-'
The force til cohesion of various substances
i. >.* -ii -if I v keovn. I 'JO 11 is. a re rcipii
Poon Relations.?A poor relatWn is? the |
most irrelevant thin?r in nature?a piece of im-! th
pertinent correspondency?an odious approxi- | fi;
ination?.1 haunting conscience?a prepostor- in
I ous shadow lengthening in the noontide of your as
; j prosperity?an unwelcome remembrancer?a I in"
perpetual recurring mortification?a drain on j St
your purse?a more intolerable dun upon your ! to
I nriile?.1 tlrnwli'i/df nnnn ciu-ppm;?n rebuke to I (Ic
your rising?a stain in your blood ? a blot on th
your escutcheon? a rent in your garment?a ti<
death's bead at your banquet?Agathocles' pot de
?a Mordecai in your gate?a Lazarus at your \vi
door?a lion in your path?a frog in your ou
, chamber?a fly in your ointment?a mote in ju:
i your eye?a triumph to your enemy?an npol- frt
i ()t?y to your friend?the one thing not needful ta
: , ?the hail in harvest?the ounce of sour to a lei
i pound of sweet?the bore par excellence.
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> Pleasure of Contbntment.?I have a rich se
! neighbor that is always so busy that he has /*!
. no leisure to laugh. The whole business of ro,
| his life is to get money, and more money. He ?/
| is still drudging on, saying what Solomon n(
says, "the diligent hand maketh rich." And it
is true indeed : hut he considers not that it is
nut in the power of riches to make a man hapi
py, fur it was wisely said by a man of great f"
observation 'that there arc as many miseries he- m!
- yond riches as on this side of them.' And yet
[ Ileaven deliver us from pinching poverty, and tn
; grant that, having a competency, we may be ca
i thankful. Let us not repine, or so much think ^
the gifts of God unequally dealt, if we see an- 101
S other abound with riches, when, as God knows, an
J the cares that are keys that keep those riches, 'U(
hang so heavily at the rich man's girdle, that they trc
1 clog him with wcarv days and restless nights ^
, even when others sleep quietly. We see but rel
the outside of the rich man's happiness ; few by
i consider him to he like the silk worm, that ?'#
| when she seems to play, is at the same time Wl
j spinning her own bowels, and consuming her- 011
self. And this many rich men do, loading
themselves with corroding cares to keep what 'K'
they have already got. Let us, therefore, he url
i thankful for health and competence, and above 'hi
j all for a quiet conscience.
P?
How Fallen.?It is customary to charge
I every man with fanaticism who advocates the
] total abolition of the rum traffic; and he who rei
ventures to speak one word in the defence of be
I an injured woman is charged with a sickly co
| sentimentalism. At the imminent risk of in- "g
: curring the censure of such people, we shall bo
| relate an incident which recently occurred on sb'
j Orange street. A young husband bad been ,m
j enticed to a liquor den and made drunk. When
I he had partially recovered his senses he was de
conveyed home. His wife, an amiable and SP
; beautiful woman, gently laid him on a sofa, and by
bathed his fevered brow, and twined her fingers
j in his raven locks, and spoke kind words to 111
him, and tried to smile when he turned up his tc<
i heavy eyes and stared at her with that e<>ld
stare which only a drunken man can give. W1
I Sleep at last relieved her of her charge, and en
! then, covering the face id' him she loved, as if co
' to hide his shame, she knell down by his side 011
| and wept,?wept bitter tears,?for she was but Pu
an artless woman who had not yet learned the P?
heartless usages of society. And there lay the
unconscious husband?alas, how fallen?dream- co
! iug, perhaps, of boisterous merriment, of vol- Pr
1 gar songs, of coarse jests; but lie dreamed not
i of the aching heart of her who bent over him, I'
I and prayed for him, and wept for him, but mi
would not give him up.
The morning came, and he was received with
smiles and with soft caresses. He heard no sli
harsh word, he saw no unkind look ; yet he Oi
was sullen, and his whole aspect was cold and jus
repulsive.* After breakfast he rose up and de- D(
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! lie was carried home drtiuk ! One year ago, ly,
! this man was an industrious, kind-hearted, lov- ru
! ing husband ; now, lie is an outcast, a degraded va
| wretch, Ids own shame, Ins wife's sorrow, his st;
j neighbor's scotf, the world's by-word, tho pic- Bi
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Tun Registration* Act.?The act passed at
e last session of the Legislature for the regisy
of births, deaths, and marriages, is one of
uch importance to our citizens. Not only
a matter of statistical interest, exhibiting the
iprovement or decline of the population of the
ate, does it possess interest, but in relation
questions of property, the record of births,
athsand marriages, is of permanent value to
e commonwealth. The origin and cornice>11
of families, intermarriages, births and
auis, preserver ana reeurueu uv me oinu',
ill furnish the most conclusive evidence in
ir courts of law and equity, and the ends of
stice will he subserved, and imposition and
iud prevented. By the terms of the act, the
x collector of each district is required to colit
from every citizen information as follow.-:
As to births: The date, sex names of parents
d their residence. As to deaths: Date, age,
x, name, parents, residence, cause of death,
s to marriages: The name of husband, ago,
sidoncc, name of wife, age, residence, names
parents, date of marriage, and by whom mar;d.
As to colored persons and free negroes, the
rtlis and deaths are to be recoided; and as to
ives, the number, sex, dates, name, of owner
ne of birth or death, &c. As to non taxpayg
citizens, schedules will be furnished by the
x collectors to ministers of the gospel, magisites
and physicians, to enable them to record
ses atnosg the poor.
.'lie work will he a heavy one on the tax col leers,
who should be compensated for the same
d no doubt will be. After they collect the
ts, the books are to be returned to the Compiler's
office, and are there to be delivered to
2 registrars, whose duty it is to digest and
nrtrt. fn the r.errislfltnrp. Thp nrpspiit hill i<a
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no moans a perfect one, but as a beginning
a most valuable work, we trust it will meet
th the cordial efforts of our citizens to carry
t its object.
The Medical Association of the State has
en anxious and earnest in originating and
?ing the matter, and are entitled to the
inks of the community for their zeal in adlg
to the history of South Carolina such imrtant
records.?South Carolinian.
India Rubbed Combs.?One of the most
mark able uses to which India rubber has %
en lately applied is in the manufacture of
mbs, the article possessing, it is said, all the
htness, tenacity and elasticity of shell or
ne, and afforded at one third of the price of
ell combs. The following is the process of
uiufacture, as described by the Philadelphia
idger: The rubber is first prepared by being *|
odorized, hardened and colored. Then it is
read into sheets of the necessary thickness,
machinery. A circular saw set against the
ges of the sheets cuts it into stiips, lesembling
shape two combs, locked together by the
?th. One blow of the cutter divides the
jth. A grinder sharpens them, and a grailer
th a file gives them the requisite bevel. The
tire surface is smoothed by a revolving wheel,
vered with cloth, and the comb is then bent
a metal cylinder, heated with steam. The
lisher, upon a wheel prepared with a fine
lishing material, imparts a beautiful finish.
1 kinds of combs, dressing, puff, children's
mbs. are manufactured by nearly the same
ocess, and the finish and beauty of these arti(s
must recommend them to general use.?
ley neither warp nor split in the teeth and
iy uu waMicu in warm water,
John Neal's son has been found guilty of
ooting Mark E. Jose, of Portland, Maine.?
jr readers will recollect how bitterly and un?tly
John Neal sometime since assailed Neal
nv and misrepresented the Maine Law in
\e State of Maine newspaper. Subsequent,
when his son James became the victim of a
mselling outlaw, he endeavored to take adntagc
of the provisions of the prohibitory
itute, by prosecuting the temper of his son.
ut it seems he was too late in his conviction
the necessity of total prohibition. This unrtunate
son had formed the appetite which
s since placed him in a felon's cell, and the
thcr has the melancholy reflection that his ?
n's fate is but the practical application of the
ther's finely spun theories. Had he not so
tterly denounced the Law which seeks to reove
the temptation, his son might not have
len an early victim to its fatal evasion.
[Lancaster Express.
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Forgot How to Mix it.?An old fellow in
?:niiri who ur?<* in fhn habit of "not helnnrr.
r to the temperance society," was in the net
taking a nip one day before a young Virgin i.
"What do you drink V' asked the latter.
Irandy and water was the reply. "Why
n't you drink mint juleps?" "Mint Juleps?"
leried the old man, why, what in the name .
drinks is that ?" "A mo^i_Ji M'1'"" .1 ' ^
. i n lion you how to
tttTciT, as 1 see you have mint growing aU
ost at your door." The young fellow soon
ocured the julep, and the old man was de'lited
with it. About a month after, on his
turn home the Virginian thought he would
np at his old friend's to ' indulge," hut judge
surprise, when his inquiry at the door lor
s friend was answered by an aged female
irkey with : "Oh, Massa's dead and gone dis
ro weeks!" "Dead!" exclaimed the young
an, "why how strange! what did lie die of?"
Jh 1 d'uo," returned the woman, "only a felw
cum along about a momf ago and hunt
m to drink grass in he rum, and it killed him
two week*."
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A passenger on board a ship bound to Call nto
cfnfuc fIf11 fliot' litni nil luViril !i fhin in/i
cble member of their company, who bad been
a sick all the way out to t!i?* line. One day
is man went to the doctor, and in a sad, snpieating
lone occosled bint with?
"Doctor, can you (ell me what I shall be
(?! fur v hen 1 ji? t to San Francisco i11 keep on
fawny:'"
"Tell v oil I Jo lie si:ro 1 can. ^ "ii'ie just the
an we want to begin a f/rarci/ord n'ith