Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

lllfilia U J.ubiki. j" TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM ] - __ ~ ! TIX JE3 X* XVIC33 OP XjIDE n TY IS UTEn: BY DAVIS & CREWS. ABBEVILLE, S. C, THURSDAY MORNINC ^ From the New York Courier. THE NINEVAH MARBLES IN NEW YORK 1 ( The valuable collection of large sculp tared stone slabs from the ruin* of Ninevali, j recently imported by James L<>iiox, Iwj., i j have been presented to tlie Historical So- \ ciety. They liiive been placed in t lie lower hall of the Society's building (-2d ave? ue, rorner of 11th street,) and will be open for , k.be inspection of the audience after the !ec ? " Tiro. i I They are twelve in number, ami are t placed against the walh of the apartment, i \vhicli they nearly cover on all siilcs, being I ^arge, from nltonl four to (seven feet in 1 Weadth. The height in uniform, bring about ] Hright feet. The thickness is about six inchrs. ( The weight is said to be one and a half to ( 1 wo tons. They arrived here from Huston i about six weeks ago, ntid are in very good < 'order, that is, the sen I tured sni faces ale I almost perfect, although most of lliem have ) < Wen broken into two or more pieces, but ! I Vicatl}' put together. The material is sai?l | to be a species of sulphate of lime, natn- i > rally inferior to good marble; and preserve- ! tion of many of the faces of the slal>s hitli . > erto found anion2 ilie various ruins on the I great plains beyond the Tigris, has been . ? owing to the. lact that they fell forwards :ii < the time of the destruction of tlie immense ! I edifices to which they belonged, ami have j : lain many centuries thus protected. Tin' i walls were very thick. l?ut often formed i only of earth. In places were remains | of timber, a piece of which. Lavard recog I nize'l as cedar of Lebtii<>n. lint w? do i i not wish to repeat the many interesting facts given in the numerous bonks n>?w in . i I the libraries of our readers. > ( All the twelve stones now in the histori- j cal building, have one or more figures, Mir- | rounded with broad sculptured ornamental j i i i i-i -1 uoruern, in wmcn ill** Honey suckle orna- j j illei?t is placed in different forms. Across I v the middle of each stone passes a l?>ng in j | scriptioti, in small cuneiform, or arrow 1 head characters, of from tw. niv to twenty "five lines arli, running over the figures I ? ornaments, &c. Most of (he figures are ? gigantie heroes <?r divinities, all winged, in ^ rohcs and sandals, lioldlv drawn and weil proportioned, making an imposing efl?-ci ^ when struck hy a slanting liLflit, all heing ,{ ill hnsso relievo, aliont half an inch deep. There is evident tminunism in tin- outlines, the regular curls of the hair and long >( ' beards, the wings, the folds of rohes fringed : and hanging to the feet. j , The first, accounts of the discoveries at Ninevah represented the style of .sculpture in exaggerated terms. Compared with ] those in the temples of Kgvpl, which they j < in sniiio t !?<?? ?? /* il ?, - > '- I whole, quite superior, being imnv true t<> ,, nature, to the rules of proportion ami anat omv, and displaying greater degree of , skill in the use of tools, as \v?-lI as moo- ,, patient finish in details. Bui one wlio h-i* ;l hoard them compared favorably with I he ,, productions <?f eminent (J reek sculptors, U \ destined to disappointment, when lie ha- ;t opportunity lojudge for himself. Sterdiit ] of ideas, absence of originality, and a ser |, vile copying of models, will sink*' him ; t hut he w.ll admit what has heeii pronoun s ced hv artists a dec ided superiority in the j original models to those of ihe Egyptians. f( The countenances, like the figures, are iren ( erally well formed, expressive and dignified, <; The headdresses are various I>11L simple- |( bracelet* and armlets are frequent, the hit ot a sword is lure ami there viable ; .mil ' n sandals are numerous. fastened l>v binds v over llie too and ankle, and crossinir hamls , li over the loe and ankle, and e.rossiiiir hands | over the instep; hut with a high hack pieee j behind the heel. The robes have deep a fringes round their borders, and are giacefillly disposed, sometime* with cords and tassels hanging nearly to the ground. The (j lower part of the leg is sometimes left bare. , and shows powerful muscles, drawn with |( spirit, but exaggerated. -j Most of tlie figures are plucking a fruit somewhat resetnbling tho cone of a pine ^ tree, or holding it as if offering it to anuth er personage. ^ The stone in the middle of the northern end of tho hall, which is of the larger size, 1 . - t i is me only one which is omuea imo iwo compartments. In the upper is a standing 1 .figure, facing a silting one, ea'-li with one *' .hand raised. Below are two fi?;ur?-R, one ' with the head of a bird instead of the hu* . man, each holding up a fruit carrying a ' vesiel like a basket, with the other hand. ' On the western skin of the room is a large stone with two figures, both facing the south, the first supporting a shallow (1 bowl oil the finger of the right hand, and holding an unbent bow with the left. Layard speaks with astonUlrment of the correspondence between tbo form, arrange- ' a- i a ^ ineillB, Jill' 1 umirnnuiin ui oumv UI the temples which ho disinterred, and tho * descriptions given by tho Prophet Ezekiel. In his vision of tlie secrect idolatry in Jerusalem, in the 8tli chapter, he speak* of en- * I? " l>?l" in tlia tvnll nf th? tomnli. ' ujr n ijvio n?w ...... ...^ ?? and seeing M Every form of t-reeping tiling* c And abominable boaf>D?, and hII the idols o' 8 the home of Israel portrayed upon the wall ^ round about," and seventy men of tlie ancients, with censers, and a thick cloud of incense, "Things which the ancients of ' the House of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery; for Oiey e#y the Jjord seeth us uot, the Lord ^ i it;i111 forsaken the eaitli." At the door ?i the gate vvcri' seen " \V<iiitt'ti \vti?-|?iii?r r.imiDiiz ; ami lii'lwwii ill** poreli ami 11i< iltar wen- live ami twenty men, with tliei backs toward the t?-m|?U- of tin- Lord am 1 lioir laees toward the Ivist ; ami tliov wor diippcd tin; still towards ilu? Kast." " Am 10 sai'l unto inc. Iiasi tlioii seen tliis? ? riicivluro will I deal witli tliein in lurv. it?. Riiipft tlu? first di-coveiics made anion; In- ruins Ninevah, cat tin* eastern -liori ?f tlu> Tigris, wliieli wen* lir-t aiitioiinc<-i y (Ik* Missionary Herald of February 1S45 ami li'si copied into the Ane-ricai IVnny M-iirazinc in thiscitv. tins interest u In* |illt>Iio lias I?? ? !i gratified l.y full ac ;onnts of the results of extensive exeava ions made in ValinllS nl:iees .-vl.Miiliii. ?vt*r 111:111 v iwirts of tin* rountrv, ami th look's pll I li.-llfa I llMVt* liolM' all that ran ! < lone to Hiili?fv cnii.isitv. colllfo ions of srl|l|ilim-? have l>?iil; l>,-<*n trans mrU'il lo IStiitami iii.iiiv of us I 1 v. ?*?*ii them in l'aiis, L >n?lou. Ae?\ \V,. now owe it t>? tin* IiIlitv of >f our Id-si an I wcaltliii-st citizen*. tliat w tavif an o|i|Mir:ituiiv lo iti-pcrt a collcctioi ?f valiiaM<> am) w? 11 |?iv*?-rv?*<l s]>.-i iin<-ii 11 this si?h* of tin- Atlantic. \W uml<-r>taml also that a ci?llccti<in 1 itiiiijii"S, v M-s anil tlier nltj<*<*ls olitainci n lVin l?v an lCiiii!i-li tt'Mi!Ii'iirm who ha vm<IciI and travi-h?i| Iln-i? thiit\ \ears, will H-i-nliar opjioitiniilti-s I.. i 11 v -11 itwil >c xlnliilfil at tin* lecture I tin; 11;-1 1 i al Socictv. Ail'lr?--s?s from several ?|i*tini;u5.?hci iit'inln-is all-i \|n i-1?-i| in 1 xpl.t 11 a 1 i>?ti of tli iliji ?'t? aliovc llli'lit ioiii'il. A FEMALE ROBINSON CRUSOE. A Cliicaijo cm r?">iiiiii'h'iit. of 111 Nev fork Times relates a singular ami i 111 r?*~t nij story of n vnni; hnlv, who, In- -?i:it v;is ra-?t away ill a shipwreck <>ti :i ilt\?i alt! island in L ik> Siipi-iior tliifi- yfir ninl lias Iiiit ju~t luM-n r<-viumI am akeii l<? Ilai'im*, Wisconsin. nariaiiv las ail air of iinprohal-ilitv, Inn in iv ru-v rilioK'ss In; trut*. Tin- yoiinjj hnlv is ; ili>s Killi iul-oii, ayjfil 'wvniv two. HiolliitfiiaiK-K, wit limit li. iii^ positively liaii I lite, is pleasing in its expression ; In r ai tnl maMier ale well lnvil ami, altlmtml vhe? I saw ht-r she was a i rayed in <;ai nents, tliat ivcii! anvtliiiiiX 1 >111 lasliiniiaMi itnl elegant, atnl her hands were roii?hetiei ml liinvvticii with exposure ami toil, it iva1 lij osmIiIi' III.; to pero-ivc that ?ln? was ai dncated ain) intelligent voting lailv. Tin* Ktoiy is that Mi*s 11. saih-d in Mav b.jt). in tin- haiijin* Mary, lYoni f'levelaid )hio, to ("tiIt iv, in order to In- inani*-. here to I taiiicl Ashwell. Near I In* S i-iii1' Mackinaw a storm eatim 11 . and 111 aptain ami eiv w having indulged a hllli oo imii'li in lioiior, the ve-sel xva- m>t wi l nan:t<r<-<i, ari<! tin* next ii'.mnin?r s;rm-k "i r?cf al"'ill a mile from an island. Tin nlv life ver on hoard wa? oivrii ti Ii-s II.. iiinl tin* yawl liuviti<r 1 mm-ii I! hands ?? lli?- malt* who was M'J.'s coil*ili. Ic i lift I ovt-rhoard to swilll :i-|j? > l mi wi'ie never al'l<*i wai'ils seen. .Iti*i a< In- cousin and Mi-s I!. wore lo follow. ;i par It'll, ?11 iUi11LI 11former dead. Mi?s t. then fainicl aw.'iv, ami after reviving iiiinl dial tin* vessel was so wedded Intt'wii I lie rocks lluil il could not sink.? ilic lln-ii continue* her narrative a* f->l ?wn: Honrs pa??ed 1?v an.I I saw and hcar-l oiliing of tin- captain or the crew. 1 cas alone willi tin- dead. The lhoii<;hi ecainc nnhearahle, ami I resolved lo leave lie wreck and endeavor to reach the land hroii^hl up my trunks from the cabin, iwl lashed one lo each end of the spai rhich hud killed poor (icorjjo. Then willi finite labor I jjot lliein over the side inl?i lie water, which h:nl now lu-ronm - I""" ivcly calm. Summoning up nil my ivso ill ion, I lowered myself into the waves.? T.e lift* preserver supported me admirably ml I managed i<> reach the spar to which y trunks were tied. The wind carried ? slowly towards the breakers. There .'ere passages between the rocks, and forunately wo were floated through one o| lieso and thrown Hpon the. shore. I was crribly lacerated and exhausted, hut man ged to crawl tip on tho sand out of the each of the waves and then laid down kith a full and grateful heart. After rest ng for perhaps half an hour. I untied iiy trunks, and rolled them up tho hank 'lie shore was covered with casks and ioxcs and I succeeded in securing some if them. This fatigued me excessively, af was then unused to labor, and was noi o robu>t as I am now. Miss R. found among (lie goods a hah if buffalo robes, with which tdio made n >ed, and the n?*xt morning breakfasted on ome sardines. The wreck had disappeared riiO rest of her nnrralivi: is as follows: The nexl day I occupied in collecting to jether the goods'tvhich I had saved. I found fiat I had eight barrels of fork, two keg< >f lard, twelve barrels of (lour, two "f sugar everal boXjBs.of. candy, candles, raisins and Iried herring^ my .box of sardines, nnothei >ale of buffalo rabes a box of dry goods leedles, pins, thread, yarn, etc.; a box o nining hatchets, a box of heavy clothing uid a bale of blankets. On the third day I explored my island [ found it to be entirely uninhabited, as fai it I c'otild then judge, and I afterwards a* >f, corlaiiiec 11 <10. lilt! sin no HS I- samlv :?li<l haiTetl. ... ,. ,1 ' lit ii mile tr?>m I lie I i* lake lilele woii' short . I .11 , l sonil'liv trees. r wliicli -flew larifor ;i11 1 lliioi* i <' ~ - as von :nlI vanoetl. < >u tliis tlay.also, tlto wa ?J1IVW ' 111ioii i|i<; shore ill"* <loa<l ami brnise?l L " I ol" several of I lnt sailors, nnioii<r 111 -11) tlx. ' - of mv fon-iu. In hi-, pooki-t I l*i >?i nt ser - vice lo mi-. I iln^a sh.illow <riave in llio '' smimI ami aii'l Liuiii-tl litem as well .-is | ' coiiM. It was a -a<l ami awful <ln!v, ami ' loll mo verv iiH-laiH'li'ilv ami <le|>ies?ei|.? 1 For several wei-Ls I was oerlaiu thai a ' vessel won!.I arrive ami ivm-hi- me. lltit * when six Weeks 11a.I |>a->e.l ami 1 11a<l >eeii " iio sail, m>r heard the voire of anv liuiiiaii ' , heifi^, I b' jxall to -five way lo tin: ill"--t j>oi??iiaiiJ :i??i?iiv ami fear. I was enaMe-l '* linallv lo iiveiootno lhi?, am) as antiiimi ; ani>r<iai'he<l. I ha<! heroine in :i in. m-iiiv .-ii i ii-jm, rffniicili-d in in\ falo. " j I kiH-vv 1 11;i I provisions snllli.-nt for ! tluvo or l*<hir v?-:ir?. I li:i<l aln*.i*lv 1 ? :i?"iiv 1 ! to calrli li?li :ir? 1 I" < >">]< m\ |mrU :in<l lloiir witlioiil ill.' :<i*I <>l i|i?.lii*< alii ??l? 1 . Willi tin; frsiyiiii'iit* i>l tin* wivi*lc, ami snni<s ; <it" my fiiiplv lcnivl< :?nl a 1 ?>!. Oii.? i>!n| ?t" litis was ' I ilin <?l|i?;r was ti 11 I wit li a ?l<n?r j inaili* from ili?> li.ls of inv two irutikv ; 1 i ov<-r iuv ltano!-. an<] lu>x?-s nf I ii; ... . i. i - . . j -IH-M-IH-I -I Mil, 1 II llDH'll IIV II ? | of sialics. As I In* winter :i|>|iro;ti-li<-il, 1 1 lainii'nu*"! lioin iny Unll'ilo rul't'-i a ilr< ' which I f iiu-i.-i! woiiM In- impervious to the j rohl. My :-iio<'<, <r|<ni-s an<[ hat wcit; Hi-nil* j j o| tin; s-nin* material. Tin? foiv>| su|>]>lic<l j iik* with fuel. ami I soon l**trif*l io choj> it \ v j vvilli i-oiim<1--i:iI'1'' ease. I lining til*? earlv ' I part of tin' liist winter I snllereil tcriiiiiv* i 1 " 1 hut I manage.! lo live through it, ami t!::1 tn-xt season I was inured to har.Kh:|i.-.? : > j in this manner T ]ias-<il t! - ? long ami I ' loiH'Iv years. I ic<*| ?t a journal tin ring this I I- ; imh:i|i|iy ju'tioil. ami this was my oniv i i recreation. Mv I'ooljs, aiij ?*vi?n iiiv i?il>Ic, 1 ;t j ivi'iv It'll in tin* vessel. 1 >iirinI lit?< three I r | wars I saw liiit. seven Vessels, Tiiev either I 1 iii not si*!* or i!ni not ri'jjnril iiiv signals ; r mv anguUli on tJ>?*~<* occasions was imlc* j i scriliiMc. Tim thoughts ot home ami ot . lliu frii'iiiis who wi'ii' now mourning im- j as aiiioiii; the ?l?-:i* 1. would rti-.li upon nn- j I with ovi'i[lowcrii g force, and my mi-ry i * m'i*iin*iI too heavy for nm to l>"ar. i ; At li-m^th, I know not on what 'lav, i-u* ! 1 . ... | liv mv ali'iilali'-n-, mi tin* 'J.jth of r'.-liru | . ; arv. iiiv i-lamis wis visited |.y >i\ M<-tiotui j . I in**.* Indians. I in-v hail nn- ud troiii tin1 j I | 1iri-?li ?liitiv, |i-?rii;ii!y in Ilit-ir :ui< 1 j | (firllv ?'ii 5Ins Tin-v \vi*n? as miicli i ! siii |?ri?i'<l tu liihl nil.* Ujiui I In-, i-l nil! :i> I i w i> i|i'ii^!ii>'il In >i"<- a human I'.i.'f :ii;:iiii-? i j We i-"ii!'! nut mi li-iMaml ith-Ii nlln-r, ! >? i j ilii'V iH.'i-li' si^ns iliat I sliotiM willi j j I Ikmii. I ?a- in llii'ii p wtr, l>nt I was I > | willing I?? a> I i'Oii*'i'ivi"l tliai In tln-ir J , : iin-.ni- I in fill fin i!l\ ni-laiu tnv i'i-Iim-i* j j ail I r?'>l?>iailull. 'I'im*V i*'l hi ii>-ii willi nm I , i ! > lli*- Iii:;'1? i-it i-i, wliicli I ti.ink i- nut j . > iiiihi- 111111 iw.-iiiv or |Wi*ni\ livt' i ii!? . |*ii>111 i in\ i-ljiml. Timv *n 1 u**t * 1 in** in a iwu j i i|u\'? j'liiiifV (o a l*"ifin'ii Ii nliiij? |n?~l. ' i wIi**i*i* fur llii* tii-i liun* n ilnvi* \i*ais | j I f.nin l ni\- lf in i'm* i'*iin|iaiiv ?f civiliz.il I m-ii. I w:ts HM'?i\'i?ii willi kiinlim-s, ami j | sol mi forwai'ili-il tu F*trl William Tin* j 1 I'liinmamli-r of tins furl eiiti'rt.iiiiol ih?* ' 1 lms|iit:ililv until 1.11n lak" l?t*r inm mum. ! ! vvln-ii In* l<?s|i;il "!? c<>iio<l: "To j this fact (lie all< Jitioii of parents ami jjnar- ! dians should i-crii.tisly !? given, ili.it hy it | tliev mav learn to avoi.l the petty tyranny ami folly of iii-Min;; on cli l-lrcn eatinjj | f<to<I of which tliev manifest repugnance. j It is too common to treat llie child's rcpujj- ! nance as mere caprice?to condemn it as 'stuff nonsense,' when lie refuses to eat fat, 1 or <*ggs, or ceil ai n vegetable, ami holesome,1 puddings. Now even a caprice in ' ' Mich matters should not be aliogclhet' ! ' slighted, especially when it takes the form I of refusal, because this caprice is probably nothing lcs-> than the expression of a par' ticular and temporary statu of his organism* wliU'.li wo slionhl do wrong to di-regaid. ' And whenever a refusal is constant it indicates a postivu unfitness in the food. Only gross ignorance of physiology, and igno ' ranee unhappily too widely spread, can ar 1 gue that because a certain article is whole some to many, it must necessarily be whole some to all. Each individual organism is ! specifically different from every other. How 1 ever much it may resemble others, it net1 essarily in some points differs from them i ' and the amount of these differences is of ten considerable. If the same wave of air striking upon the tympanum of two difft-r' cut men will produce sounds to the one which to the other are inappreciable -if tho ' same wave of light will Hff.-ct the vision of! ' one man a* that of red rfoloc ivliiti* ili? i * virion of another it is no color at nil?how ' unrt-asoiiH lo i? it to expect tlint the same ^ nuhptance will hear pr?ci>ely the R?mo rela' tion to the alimentary canal of one man as to that of another 1" , ?^ ? r When i? a man like a rooster ! When . | bit head it ctonatted. / 'fin I If S/iiii'hinlmrif h's/ms*. TI1E HISTORY OF OUR RAILROADS. Mi xsr.s. /'.' /1 (nr.* : Tint follow iii*4 ilcuis oiiik'i'IimI with tin* 11i-t ?? v of our railroa-U. iave lici-n ?*o!!f( (<>il from various souio-s, iu<! .in- ..Ii.-1.-1 for |iul>Iii'ation, with lint io|?.' tliril, wi111 ilu' 111 !j? of your U;vt!nvu >f tin* |>r?">s it uiav l?" :iinl cor r' ' <1 lllltil It IS <*OI|l|?it*tt*, It 11 IS Ik-cu ''l,! ' *' OJII IO lll.lt k til"' OlH'llilli; of (Midi '-'Ii ,m:"I -i Mm- State 1 v a <tpi..'l?ratiou, \\ 11 i -11 sliouii |1(, ,.,,n?;i,|,.|-,.,| tin- fonu.il I >< sriimiii^. ^ !i' ;.in lii.-n.l-~ in tlie ?1 'll<-r?*nt lof.i:it.-> fill :ii-ll til. .. ,(..1,.S .?tl| vl. ivu.-.. a ipl-l.i u. i J Smith Cui'/fiiKi (\innl Hue Ci,ui ,jinn/y Cluii h shm, />rri i)i>.,r IJ.rtil lii"j ill J : < 1111 ? I! \ !>. I 8-10. Kihi>l..-.t in liramrlivilU*, .-.ixiv-tv.' niili-p Xov., iy.;j. T.. 11 111?I?ui tT? limxlrcil ami ittv si.\ milfs lV>?in ' iiai ! -''Ht. < *?- ?1 ?? !5. "l itis was. at llial tinn*. Iti>? loni ?! iai!rnail ill lln> Worlil ' tin* lii-?t la'lr-il imii; ill litis country, vil'l a view (if II l * HI! \ >!fiu? power; i'ii i'im r.iilioa.l in .i?* l,*ni t?*< 1 Siat'.-s tiial carrii'il tli.* mail ; ml lli>> lii-t h?cnaii>?ivi luiilt in th?; L'nit* ! State* was lmili f.ir it. Tlii? 1 lam-li from I'r.-in rhviilo (i (.Vlnm 1'ia, M.ilyM-iglit mi!?.-s, was lini-'n ,'unc, 1*1 "J. 1 ii?! 1 ir?i< * ill i from 11 j i* Jum-ti l (now King .villi*) to ('aimleii, lliii ty?uv>.-i iniiw, w.i.s tiiii^iu'.! in I8t7(.') *! !? ro.i I from (.'oiumliia 'o (jiarlollc. win- unit imm an 'i miiv Iiiiivs, v. ;*. ? in 1S.V2. 'I lie l?tritii'li i'ioin ^ ??rkviI!o to t\v<-iity-liv.% \\:ts l'.:ii-!ii- ! in 18."'2. l'lii! m.-.il limn to <'< nvilli\ oin* 111:i<i! " ! ri'iil \ t?it * ."!- '.v.is 'In in 1 }\VJ. l/iutvi:;. I.r.iiirii, tliirlv uiiliv. fi J.in 185 : . AMitsvJilc Uvflvt! ini\\. fini-!io?l in 1S.VJ. A in; its" iii Iii-.-iiidi, fii't?-e? milt-. fiuisln-il in \\ iimiii^iiiti mill M;itu*lii*st<T ra.Irnnil, uiii! !iiiit< 11 ?] ;iii<V suvcii! v-oin; is il'.'.s, w:;> lini>li. il i;i 1 J-5-l. (JIicmuv ;i!ii| ! )aili:i^ioii rasli'?:t<l, forty niili-s, was tini>ii<'il in I S.jT. Not iii K ?-t?-rn r.iilnni], no liiin<lrt.*;! :!:: ! iiii'rs was lini-ii?M 1 ill 185V. /! ><!i/a* in l'i<i/riss.? 1line Ili*lj??? lo i.l. |ini-iicil ?. 1 Vinih:!oti, Ill'si ell i:iii?*>. i.?t.'ii ji' i! S:iv:uii.:i!i r iiii ? !, I<> ! < nut' i111;t ii'?- I am) Iwo miles, litii>iit.*<l mil-?. S|> irtanhm<r ami Union road, from Al ( ii on the (ir?*?*iivi!!e vail to Si<;i:i:itil?iiiir. M-vcnlv ini!<-; {]i:i -!:! to L*u.oii, fori v six miii'!*. If nutnhers sirt? correct, tin* 11u1111 > r of fl:ii->in'<| tniles ni r:tilro;ti!, within tin* iiuii:> of i ho **!ate, will he ahoiit eight him In-.I :iii'I tii'i v iniit*?>. Tin* districts which lnw iio locomotive .n-111:?J!v isisniiiiiT within their limits, arc 1 Sc iiil'in i. (*!aivmh*n, (jM*<.|ir.-!.>wn, Lanca-let-, Maf!!-tir<i', I'ickcns ami Sjiiiiiatihnri;.? Though in s>?-vi>ral 'h?*i'-. (as 11 ?rr\. insfioii. Ivlir-li.l.l.) ihti railroad haieiv ihioii^li an t'xlivin>? comer. \\ lien tint roails 1111\v in nro?rre>s shall have Iii*i*n finished, the onlv dUiiirts ?*lilIt * IV Wlllltllll a I'liaiJ \SIU lit* UlSirt'IHaOII, < town, Lancaster, Mai Hit no'. In S|>-iit;iii 1 mi-jr District thrro is a line of railroad rcai-hitii; fr-iin C'ow|n*ns to tin* 11 ii 11 i?*a in* li-illiiiLj M; IN, l\vi.-lvt> mil-* in n*ni;ili, mi wliifli Ij? ???.* power is used. II. Shiynliir $rt nc in a Church. ? A singular iiiciilfiit orriinvd Ik*ic yosterdi)* (!>sui il.-iy) afti-rnoon. A preacher from some lit Iter town 11:111 I ii ?*x |??*<*S *?! ( > hold fori!i in the Hapti.it Church, ami the amli-ncv wfii! gathered, son I t'le preacher arose.? After announcing his text he proivc-dcil with liis .sermon, I>iit lie li.-nl not gone far when lie said to thu astonished audience : " I have l?ecn instructed not to preach anything of abolitionism or itpiih!ii*ani>in?L>.it I must serve my master, and I " At this jlifturo D?*ai:i?n Doolittle ro*fc and " Hold on. It's my impression that you have s:ii.| enough." (Turning to llie audience.) ' M< et injj is out." The audience rose simultaneously, mid Inking their lint-*, won: out. Tlio minister sat d??wn. Deacon Dooliltle went to the j>nl|?it and said to liim : "If you want to preach politics I have no objection, and my house is at your ser vice. But this church is not the proper place, and it cannot he permitted. 1/ you ilcsiie to give a political sermon or speech you can do so at my house, or any other place, and I will warrant a good audience, and you shall have fair play and not hu hurt. Hut you must not attempt it in | this church." There was no more preaching in that llmt nfioriiaiin T1u??a om tli? as related by ?omo who were in the audience when this scene look place. A political novice rose to make his* fii>t speech, and, in his embarrassment began to scratch his head. " Well, really,*' exclaimed one of his opponents, " I ain beginning to think ho'a got something in his head after all."

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The Abbeville banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, May 05, 1859, Image 1