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?V DAVIS & CRKWS. AHBEVILLK, S. C? THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1859. VOL. XVI Kn J *
/'ll, 1)1 t/iC ll'llf^f/M l'? '
an 1ncidkkt.
vor*nr. cr.rriNc ri* in tiik wokli
witii.k i'm coi.ng hown.
i had been taken my accustomed nftei
i,o>>u wall;, ami was returning home, at
'eiMirely pace wlien the above short sei
t.-nee iel! upon my ear, in accents of.sorrov
1 nn*an in a crying, fretful tone. Oh ! no,
was quite different from (/nil. It was <h
?ivered in a feeble, disheartened tone, an
j knew the import was one of deep meai
ttier. I turned and In-held a young la<
i\ lio could scarcely have seen nine sun
?ners, his form was finely proportioned, a
>1.. !? -i- i i ; ' | *
% iriiiu?ins ini'ss |?iau?i v spcal
<ng poverty *, but did lie bog? Oh no ! hi
little manly heart scorned tho thought
Alas 1 he was little better than a conimo
pauper. 11o looked up wistfully at the la
companion, ami a stray tear stood in hi
clear blue eve, as he said, ' You're get tin
up in the worhl, while 1 am going down.
The stray tear fell, and he covered his pal
face with those little hands.
Poverty had made him ashamed of him
8i'If, and he hid his face, fearful lest h
should again betray his sorrow to the worhl
Oh! lh t-f, will all its slings, thouh
dwell within that little breast. "Why stall
ve lorth from the proud and heartless t<
seek your abo'U*. in that young heart?
felt for tho poor boy, thus so young, to re
alize the griefs of this existence. ^ ha
grief has done, ami what otVeets it has cans
ed on or natures, I would not dare to thiid
of?it would be too harrowing; but to pon
der over what its inllucucc might be ove
such ;i young mind, ami what temptation:
it and poverty would hold out to liiin, wa
more than I could hear, and I shudderct
at the thought.
Prompted hv curiosity, 1 felt a desire t<
see the termination of (his little incident, a
I had already, unconsciously, began to tak<
quite an interest in my young hero; ki
hastily concealing myself behind a stom
wall, where I could obtain a full view of tlx
boys, I eageilv watched the result of the in
lerview.
1'efore proceeding let me give my read
ers a slight, insight into our young heroe'
companion. Ho was a tall, burly luokinj.
boy, with an animal looking face, aeeom
pained with a slv sinister expression, am
dressed ki a blue suit with brass buttons.?
When our young hero lad spoke to him
lie patted him on the head willi his rougl
hand, Raying,
"Nonsense, >\ed; don't he a foul; vol
nin't going down in the world ; voii'l
he gelling up in a good situation
while I a'ui oblige to get on jusla s I can
while I'm a getting down and you'ie gelling
up."
How true ho spoke he was indeed go
ing down in infamy, while the, other veali
ty, was aceeiiding llie ladder of light.
"Oh no!" responded our little hero; 'I
have no fine clothes like you, and nobody
speaks to me like they do to you ? its very
hard Dan, it's very hard ; you can In/jt me,
]>an, 1 know you can," and the little up
turned face looked ?>o beseechingly and
pitiful.
Tint liifr Iifiv pmilil iw'if flirt iiinnnr>n(
glance; it went through liitn to the heart;
lie turned his eyes to lliu ground, crimson
dyed his cheeks as'lfe' nervously struck his
foot a number of times against tlie llngslniie.
(>ue could plainly see ihe struggle that was
on going within, lie was sensible of his guilt
and well knew the wrong he lived by ; but
that innate feeling, that shrinks from tainting
others with your own crimp, now strove
iiyrcely against his avaricious nature. The
young boy had been his companion in happier
days, and in spite of all ho experienced
n feeling akin to pity for the boy's misfortune
:nid happiness, yet something, Unit
iiiu.-ite motive smote him and said, loud
enough loTe hoard by his reason, "Corrupt'not
the pure," lie knew not by which
call to abiflb ; but wlien he thought of the
nssistnuce-lho bov might be to him, in his
guilty avocation, lie lost sight of conscience,
and the evil thought, engendered by avarice,
caine stealing, slowly but surely, in
liit linticnin At'fi/>ninnirr tuunAn nn.l
? ? "o *"*"/ "
kindly fooling.
"liiat!" lie cried, as if the surper.t 0|
Eden again spoke forth ; "come close; bill
you won't lell!"
?Xo, no," was tlie eiiger response, an J th<
little boy's frame shook with excitement, al
hearing the great secret of human happiness
disclosed.
"You must learn to steal," whispered
the voice, in a hallow tone.
"Steal!" echoed the little fellow, shrink
ing back a pace or two from his coinpan
ion, not fully realizing the meaning of tlx
word; then, as the truth camo rushing in
i.:_ :..j i.? i:>?it.. i ? ? -
ii in iii iiiti j HU i itt.-i miy Mill .st into tears, aild
sobbed as if bis litllo heart would break,
for all his little cherished hopes tyid happy
plans for the futurd were in one moment
tumbled- to the ground ; yet 'twas but the
work of an instant for him lo dash away
his tears; and, holding his little form up
proudly before the hardened b:>y, cast at
him a defiant look, and boldly said,
Daniel, Daniel, you are very bad ! I can toil
nnd work for mother and I, but would never
touch one penny that is not honestly mine
You would not disgrace culy yourself, but
me, too. Go from me! I onco thought
jqu were my friend, but-now I look on
you as my enemy?l *
"Hearing this nimily speech, I observe
I that the l)?rlv bov's anger had hucom
) i "
1 aroused ; hut when ho heard the word "ei
. emy" coming Irom a mere child, in a ill (
r' | passion lie lifed up his arm to strike tin: hoi]
,l | less lad, when I rushed forward in time t
1 j ward oir the cowardly blow?the huily bo
1 stepped hack and, turning ghastly pal
,l stood riveted to the pavement. I was jii:
'' j on the point of passing him, when he sin
^ | deiily recollected his very awkward an
ij
j then looked round for protege, and there
I hehold him stand'ui", mute with fear, an
i .
j. not knowing what to do or say.
. "Come here, my lad," I said, in as kin
,s a tone as possible.
>. . "'Oli, sir, please sir, I did'n mean it?
n ' questionable situation, and scampered of!'.
]| i and the little fellow actually fell down ;i
1
s ! hiv feet, bciruiiiir niv forgiveness. I 1 ifte
I - = - ?
! liiin up, ami toKl him not to fear anything
" for I would not liarin liim ; but it w:i
0 ! sometime before lie could bo assured of m
! friendly intentions, and that I was not
. ' policeman in disguise. I soon got into hi
e | confidence and he told me his history. Hi
| j mother was alive, but his lather who \va
] | captain of a line sloop, having gone to sen
< ! was washed oil'the deck one night in a terri
jl blc storm, and never heard of after. Tliii
I i
] j heavy mislortune happened about two year:
! ;i?o. The little money which his mothe
t had soon dwindled away, and a few months
- ! after they found themselves entirely pell
c niless, so that his mother was obliged U
j earn their daily morsels, even at the saeri
r j lic.e of her health. Winter set ill, but then
s | was no husband now to cheer the hearth o
1 administer to their comfort. 15v fru-'aliM
1 j and perseverance they managed to keep
Uiv.-ul liung?-r ami cohl from their door f>>
) some months; hut business soon ceased
s : work became scarce and even that badh
paid, and they now were on the verge o
> i starvation. The manner in which the lit
j tie fellow related his melancholly tale wouh
. i have touched a sterner heart than mine ; ii
. : fact, I was seriously overcome. It was thei
j my turn, 1 thought, to tell how abruptly 1
i made my appearance, and so I did, Iron
, j lirst to last. I told him he had bchavei;
C I like a good and noble bov, and that Iloavet
I .
; wo'uid reward him for keeping in the prop
1 ! er course.
There is no time like that of youth b
? inculcate the moral principles ; for if tin
1 j seed be properly sown in the early season
! .. ;n : i i
, III-. JM....I- "III 1IJ1, uiiu 111 CI10 J line
1 ; take root so lir?nly, that even when blast:
! sweep over the plain it will stand unsha
, ' ken and undaunted.
1 ' 'Jo return to my young hero. lie ap
, ' peared very grateful for the trouble I ha?:
taken in 11 is behalf, and could not find
words enough to express his gratitude ; bill
when T intimated that 1 would go hoim
with him he leaped with joy, and said ]
' spoke like his p.ipa used to. 1 suppose he
j meant as kindly. I need not say that both
i j the widow and child found in me an cami
I est fric-nd. I piocured a good situation foi
! mv young protege in u house where his in'
tegrity would he suitably rewarded ; and as
j for the mother, I obtained for her a lucrative
and easy situation ; and often in busii
nf'fis hours do I receive a cordial inquiry
: after my health from a neat looking female,
! and which little consideration never fails to
; bring back to my memory the incident ol
; her trustworthy child.
f 'I' ...... .1 " 1 *
i i wu years wive ciasped since the above,
' ami quite a change lias taken place in the
prospects of my protege. Tlie father, wonderful
to say, has returned. It appears
that having fell overboard, lie remained for
i *7
I sometime in the water, till chance happen|
to favor him, he was picked up hy a
{ ship hound to Madagascar, which ship af1
icrwards was ship wrecked, and he, to?eth
j er with a few others, were thrown on an
i island inhabited solely hy savages. Jliscom!
patiions were soon after cruelly murdered
, ' hy the natives, he alone most miracnlousl j
i escaping: and after a long series of nps awl
downs reached his family having been absent
almost three years. Ilis case having beer
! made known to government, he was grant
ed a pension for life, so that tho family af
terwards were put in comparatively easy
p circumstances; hut I must not forget mji
little hero. IIo soon rose in the estimation
of his employers, and ho now, although
very young, holds a responsible situation in
, the establishment, and I have little hosita
(| tion in saying that I shall one day see liim
a useful membor ofsor.iety, and beloved bv
I ' all with whom ho come in contact. As foi
| the burly boy T never could learn, from
any authentic sour.ee, what became of him,
although 1 have more than one reason to
believe that he is now safely lodged in the
( state prison, Whero it is intended that lie
I vVill pass the remainder of his days.
' - Conundrums.?-Why is a handsome pjirl
like an excellent mirror ? Became she is n
' eood looking
1 When is tl?o hub of a wagon like a jtvell
drilled soldier? When it's firm on the
i wheel.
Why is high living J'rke twelve doaen ?
Because it makes one gross. *
I What tune can make evjyy -one glad \
Fortune.
What post is never a welcome guest??
Impost.
Why is the letter N like a faithles lover ?
- Because it's in constant.
i When you cut 6)x inches off a waJkiAj?<
itick how long is it? Six inches Shorter.
I CLOTHF.S AND SCARECROWS.
ii> 1 thick wood lias an excellent paper oil the :
i- subject of dress. The wi iter afiirins lliat '
jf modern civilization, and enlarged an<l rapid '
i)- intercourse have done a great deal towards >
0 establishing uniformity of costume through- j
y out Europe, in tlio caso of die higher .
c, classes of society. Coat, waist-coat, trou- j
it sers and iiat are coininon to England !
1- . France, Ilussia, (Jerniany, Italy, and Spain, j
J j Even the dogged Tuik, as if desirous to i
j i obliterate from tin" memory tlio fa<*l that he !
j is at best an intruder on this s:de of thc '
ltospliorus, lias made advances toward the
j adoption of the standard dress of Eu- '
j rope. The following extract will show j
!, ihe writer's treatment of this suirueslivc ,
i
1 ; subject:
Notwithstanding the general uniformity
j of European costume, there are certain I
' i differences iu style, peculiar to the several;
' i nations. In (Jurmanv, dress, apart from i
S
I ollicial costume, signifies nothing more
- : lhau an outward covering for the body, j
,l j constructed without any regard to syinmesi
j try, (asto or elegance. Very rarely, indeed^ '
j do you meet with a Gorman, especially of J
! liic central and southern states, whoso j
j clot lies do not appear to have been put 011 ,
j with a pitchfork ; in fact, the old remark'
| of Tacitus, that a German pays no alien:
lion to the ornament of liis person, is even
j yet applicable. 41 Near the frontier," says
he, "on the borders of the Kliiue, the in-j
habitants wear nothing resembling clothes, (
but with an air of neglect tliat shows them '
altogether indifferent about the choice."?
j It is right, however, to exempt Berlin and
Hamburg from this general censure, for in
' those cities you do occasionally meet with
1 individuals who have bestowed some at1
tculion upon the texture and style of their
' j raiment, which is fashioned rather after the j
j British than after the French model. It !
r i .... 1
' j must Iso t e kept in mind tliat in all cotinj
trios \vltcr?t the military service is regaided
' i as tlie peculiar ami appropriate profession of ;
1 j the nobility and gentry, * lie :esl lie tics of j
1 j dress receive very little attention. Those i
^ I who should take the lead in setting the I
' | fashi on appear constantly in uniform ; and j
I j the cultivation of ordinary apparel being i
1 left almost, entirely to the burgher class, t
whose taste is seldom refined, it follows, as i
a natural consequence. that gross sluvenry
> prevails.
On the other hand, the Dutch, a com
} inereial and wealthy people, exhibit con.
siderable taste in dr-'ss, being particular as I
i to fit and ijtialit}*, and never launching into
. extravagance. The Hollander is not stillis
cietitly understood or appreciated in this
country. The absurd idea that he wear
I ail iinicliuite number of brooches and re|
semhles a walking baloon, still lingers
among us; whereas CV> tin seller I'lovdoll
was mucli nearer the mark in his statement
to Julia Mmnering: "The 1 Milch are a
much more accomplished people, in point
of gallantry, than their volatile neighbors
are willing to admit. I can assure, you, in
spite of your scorn, that if you want to see
handsome men, you must go to Holland.?
, The prettiest fellow I ever saw was a Dutchmail
Of the Swedes we shall not speak. The
Frenchman dresses showily, hut he does
not, to our thinking, dress well. There is
always something outre and extravagant in
( his appearance, as if the tailor meiely con.
sidered his customer as a pin or lay figure
on which to display his skill in the art of
fabricating garments. There can be no
doubt that the Frenchman dresses rather
, j for display than comfort, lie is fond of
innovations, new styles of cut, and artificial
appliances, so that with him the fashion
of his garments is always in a state
of change. It is in small things as in
great; the French cannot abide either by a
i coat or a constitution. Their present
. style, judging from the last human spec|
imens and costume pictures which wo have
seen, may conscientiously he nominated ex|
ccrahle. A pinched waist to a man
I is simply a deformity: peg-top trowcis
i arc a distinct abomination.
We have observed with considerable
. disgust, that this French fashion of peg
tops lura been imported into the ]>rilish
. IsIhikIs, to the great disfigurement of
, those who liayo adopted it. The geni
llcman who dresses thus may bo truly
i styled a fish out of water; for, when in a
. slate of repose, his figure bears a striking
, resemblance to that of a salmon attempting
to titand upon its tail. Tho truth is, as
we have already remarked, that tho Kng
i lish are very clumsy imitators, and they
should never, on any account essay to iipo
, tho French, who have at all events that tal,
ent of carrying out their eccentricities with
j a jaunty assurauco and impudent bonhomiiiiv
which is exceedingly amusing and delightful.
Whereas the Englishman, though
| bold ns a lion when his blood is up, is
. in mutters of social intercourse a reserved,
difttilent and rather awkward being,
: painfully nervous.lest ho should be made
1 an object\of ridicule, 'mid blushing" up to
tho very eyes if he thinks ho can detect
a titter. Therefore ho ought never, though
b the temptation should bo ever so strong,
assume strange garments, which ho can- ^
not' parade with comfort to himself, frogfl w
sheer lack of th? requisite audacity. ^
What .i? tho difference between a Van- Jb.
' kee aad a South Carolinian? Ono blacks p.
his boote, the other boot* bis h7arks. di
I
[RBirif'ITtf.
(iTiti.i-iiirn itv u?:?iri:?iT.)
LORD BYRON S "FARE THEE WELL" TO LA
BYRON.
Fare thee well I and if forever,
Still forever, fure /.'( < Will
l'.vcii though unforgiving, never
'tia'mst llioe shall my heart rehel.
Would ilisit l?rea?t were l?are<l ln-fnrc thee
W1 iore thy hea<l co oft hath lain.
While that placid slce]> came o'er thee
Wliieli f 11<>11 ne'er eans't know sixain.
WmiM tlint l>rea?(. l>v llies glanced over,
Kvery inmost thought eonM show!
Then thou wouMst at last discover
"Fivu? not well to spurtt it so.
Though the worl-I for this commend thcc?
Though it sij^le U]miii the Mow,
jjwii us prunes must olleud thee,
Founded on another's woo?
Though my many faults defaced mo,
CoiiM no oilier twin lie fontul
Tliau t lie one which mice embrnceil me,
To inlliet :i cureless wound V
Vet, oh yet, thyself deccive Hot,
Love may sink hv slow decay,
IJnt 1 >y sudden wrench, lielieve not.
Hearts can thus he torn awny :
Still thine own it's life rctaiiicth?
Still must mine, though bleeding. bent ;
And the undying thought which ptiincth
Is?that wc 110 more may meet.
These arc words of deeper sorrow
Than the wail above the dead ;
l'oth shall live, hut every morrow
lVjtlie us from a widow'd bed.
And when thou would'st solace gather,
When our child's first accents How,
AVilt thou teach her to say "Father !"'
Though !iiJ care she must forego '!
When her little hands shall press thee,
When her lip to thine is prest.
Think of him who*e prayer shall bless tliee
..< i.:? ' -- ' * *
iv ui nun my jnvc uml l.ilesseit '
ShotiM licr lineaments resemble
Those thou never more may'st. sec,
Then thy heart will softly tremble
With :i pulse yet true to me.
All my faults pcrehanee thou knowest,
All my madness none can know ;
All my hop>>?, where'er thou goest,
Wither?yet with Mm: they go.
I.very feeling hath heen shaken ;
l'ri'le, which not n world cotiM how,
l!uws to thee?1 >y thee forsaken,
liven my soul forsakes me now.
Hut 'tis 'lone?all won Is are i<lle?
Wonls from me are vainer still ;
Hut the thoughts we cannot hriille
Force their way without the will.
Fare thee well !?thus disunited,
Torn from every nearer tie.
Sear''I in heart, ami lone, ami blighted?
More than this 1 scarce can die.
.ADY BYRON'S REPLY TO LORD BY ROT*
"FARK-THKE-WELL."
Yes. farewellfarewell forever,
Thou thyself hast fixed our doom,
P.adu hf]"'f sweetest blossoms wither,
Nevermore for mc to bloom.
"Unforgiving" thou hast callM me,
Diil thou ever say "forgive ?"
i in iin' wrcu'ii wuose wilesenthrall'd the
Thou didst seem alone lo live.
Short the span which time liatligiven,
To complete thy love's decay ;
Jly unhallowed passions driven,
Soon thy heart was taught to stray.
Lived for me that feeling tender,
Which so well thy verse can show,
From my arms why didst thou wander,
Jly endearments why forego ?
CWrapt
in dreams of joy abiding,
On thy breast my lictul halli lain,
In thy love and trulh confiding,
Miss 1 cannot know again.
When thy heart by mc glanc'd over,"
First displayed the guilty stain,
Would these eyes have closed forever,
Ne'er to weep thy crimes again.
Knt by Heaven's recording spiiit,
May that wish forgotten be,
Life, though now a load,? I'd bear it
For the babe I've borne to thee.
In whose lovely feat tiros (let mc
All my weakness here confess,
Wliitn #l,rt *
{jguiij; loins permit ine,)
All her father's lean truce.
His, whose image never leaves nio,
Whose remembrance, yet I priw,
Who this bitterest feeling gives 1110
.Still to love where I despise.
With regret fiml sorrow rather.
When our child's first accents flow,
I shall teach Iter to say "Father,"
But his guilt she ne'er shall know.
Whilst to-morrow and to-morrow,
Wake inc to a widowed bed,
In another's arms no sorrow
Wilt thou feel ??no tear wilt shed ?
For I lie world's applause, 1 sought not,
When I tore myself from thee,
Of its praise or .blame, 1 thought not?
What its praiso or blame to me !
He irf whom my soul delighted,
From his heart my image drove,
With contompt my truth requited,
And preferred?a wanton's love.
Thou art proud, and mark mo. Byron,
I've a soul proud as thine own,
Soft to love, but hard ns iron,
When despite on mo is thrown.
Bu(, farewell?I'll not upftrnid theo,
Never, never wish thee ill,
Wretched tho' thy crime* lmve made me,
If tbou can'st?be happy still.
^ ? < i
C'wptnin Travis,-who is. said to be til
pst pislol shot-in the world, sent a ball iai
reek; says a Washington paper, through'
ox of the diameter of a half a dolla
eld between the thumb and forefinger <
is servant, at the distance of fourtee
ficea. He al6? struck in the center a ha
irae held between Bit finders.
/ ? <>/? (h<~ I'irk'shnf(f Dili/if Sunthron.
THE SONS OF MALTA.
An order lias lately been in trod need ii
DY the I.'niU'd Stales which, on account of t
unprecedented increase of its members, *
tension of its lodges, the extensive dist
hution of its charities, irrespective of pi
ties or religion, lias attracted no small sh:
of public attention. To gratify the cn
osity of tiie public, :ui<I to give the ine
hers of that Riicicnl order some inforn
tioti concerning its origin, the Crand I.od
at Constantinople sent over .1 tnannscri
entitled ' Ye llistoiio of ye Arcs Mo!to
l?v a special messenger, with orders for
to be copied by tlie Grand Secretary, a
mailed to the various lodges. The lod
in this piscc lias ordered it he printed,
rather a condensed form of the ' llistori
TIIU 1IISTOUY OK TUB SONS Ol' MAI.I
And it caino to pass, in the lust evelo
the earth's creation, after Adam and F.
had been placcd in the garden, the worn
I vi<ia i<jiM|inju nun iuii. i lion a came Hi
tlio sojourn of Adam in tlie garden
great beauty ami much delight was slio
cued abruptly 1?y his being turned out in
the wilderness. Then it came to pass tli
at (lie proper time, and in the course
nature, the woman did bear, unto Adn
tlio man, two children of tbe male kind.
The one lie called Abel or good ; I bo oil
Cain or evil. After many risings of I
sun, and going downs thereof, it came
pass that Cain went unto bis brother ai
slew liim. Then a mark was placed up
Cain's forehead, and all the peoples of t
eaith commanded not to injure him. Tl
inaik each Son of Malta now beholds gl
teiing above tbe chairs of tbe M. 10.
C., 10. M. C., V. G. C. Adain knowii
that mankind were given up to wor.shi
ping idols, which are our passions, coneeiv
the sublime idea of binding them togetli
as brothers. And so it came to pass tli
Adam journeyed together with Cain, 1
eldest born, unto the Land of Nod, whitli
Cain was bound. And when tbe county
Xod was reached, it came to pass tli
Adam published aloud in the streets, a
also at tlio principal entrances to I
lempics, mat lie would hold converse wi
the inhabitants of tlie land of Noil. Tli
there gathered together a mighty rnultitu
of people, and Adam unfolded unto the
the sublime iiml majestic project lie h
conceived. And it came to pass that I
l?s pr'-jcct pleased the people of Nod, and
Adam assembled all the men and worn
of good condition beneath the arehos of
huge cavern, and there each man was ii
liatcd into the sublime mysteries of the (
der. Atul he called them the Ares Moltc
which signifieth the Brothers of Lovo ai
Charity. It came to pass that as the cycl
o, of the earth's creation rolled by, the Ai
Motion increased nnny. very many, fo
until they spread over the face of the lari
And after many years, the people of tl
earth became wicked, while the wonn
who, because *oi' the primitiveness of tl
age, were confided with, made members o
side of the lodge, thus falling throuj
temptation, as Eve had dono. Thus a gre
pouring down of the waters came to pa!
and no man was saved except Noah ai
his family. Noah held the high and i
sponsible office of G. C. E. M., and the
cords of tho order were safely secured
the ark. And it came to pass after tl
subsiding of the waters, and the world w
again filled with the children of men, tli
Noah established divers and many lodgi
Noah's children introduced it into the cot
tries thoy settled. Thus once more tl
Ares Molten were spread over the wh?j
face of the land. We find it extending
the time of tho building of Solomon's Tei
pie. Solomon was G. C. E. M. of tl
order, and he it was who originated tho c
fiee of 0. G. E. This oflico was filled I
a good and great man, called Guharez./?-!
1 ??? i -
vie;.nri-z was kiiicu i>y a parly ol ovil mei
becauso lio refused io give up an importai
secret entrusted to liitn. After the dea
of tho C. G., Solomon gathered tho bret
ren together, and to!d them that he woul
erect a magnificent mausoleum in honor i
the memory of this good Geharez, and li
murderers shouhl be the builders thereof.So
Solc-iou formed them into a secret c
dcr and ilicy became numerous, and erect<
this miglity monument. None but wickt
and evil men were permitted to join tii
association, and become acquainted wit
its mortifying secrets. This structure \vi
many years in progress of constructio
and was known as tho Chancellarius.After
the great Solomon had been gatl
ered to his fathers, tho man who was
the hend of this body of workmen entere
into a bas?j conspiracy by means of whic
he attacked tho Ares Molton in tho lodp
one l.ight, possessed himself of its a
chievea, signs and grip9, and then murdere
all tho brethren present. This wlcke
man's name was Azarius. After this ma:
sacre it came to pass that the Ares Molto
gathered a mighty army, and marche
,/ignmm/\znrius. anu ins band. Tiiedescri
lion of tbift'renowned light we copy froi
ie (ho old MSS.:
it "When tho Arcs Molton saw'o the ine
a of Asariua, the men of Azarltts .made
r, gr.cate leapo and b<jgan to appvoachc, an
>f. cryo- to atmsahe our brethreuo, but the
n atode stylle and &tyrredde not for all tha
If Tlied agayiip, Alarms and hy? men th
^cconde t^me madean other leapo and ie
.3. 1
ci\'\ :<ii< 1 stepjx-il lurwartlc a lytell. I?ut our JAMl
hrethreno. removal not one loto; thiollie
a^aynu tlicy Iviipcil ami cryoil, ami wont y .
',u furtlio till they came in the reacho of tlie* . J
Arcs Molton?. Thou I ho Arcs Meltons ' ^
r'" | wont in amative tln-in, ami li?jhte<l<le liglilc ) ^
''' i hamlitle umange theiu Willi their iloubh* j
"C> ! 'dj'edile swoius. W hen the ;iieii of Az;t
i i- 1 , . , | . ' orli
uus felly the sworilos iiassvniru tlirmrne :
in most
I heeues, urines ami breasti* inanv of thoin | ,
i*i- '
' 1 caste ?lo\\ d ihoir swonh-n, ami roturncil mis
.re . mo. I
-> ' coin find. 1 lien voushouhl have sene the , .... ,
nt . " 1 ,,,u'
1 1 Arcs Muit.>u ilasslic in amative thetn ami j ^
! kvll a ureal e limnhre of them. An<l ever !
, j * | rat<;
1 j stt He th<a Ares Motions ili'l cutte where i. ^
! they sawy tlm yrealest jneace, atnl their j
j-N. o.."uivi Mm inn uiiw iihj men, ami ) _
01 1 whets they were downe tlicv could coal re I ~i
ie'i mm * 1 . * ll'tfii.
' I turne agavne. Ilie preacc was so tliyck | ^ ( > _
A' that one overthrew another, and so tho Ares 1 v.
e t ' I old Si
ofjMoUui. kvMcdall/' . ,c
.. I * ' in IS
A0 | Alter this victory there was groat re- . f,iein
an j juicing, and tho Arcs Molton had 110 more j t.V(.|V
iat,i trouble. Tln-y spread over Asia, Africa, j #
| Russia, China, Greece, Home, Ktirope, in 1 ;)ll! j
1 ; fact over the whole world. In China, Con ' faMjs.
1 0 , factions was among its most di?lingui>hed same
1,11 i members, and a perusal of his works wilj vorv
j convince each Son of Malta of this fact, as j t0 |,e
1,1 j lie uses terms 110110 but a member could 1111 . point
j derstand. In diU'crent countries the order ; interi
l0r j bore different names, in order to divert tho ' (() |i:,
I attention of despotic governments. Alex culin
'?' | atuler tho Great, and his sire, wero lionora ' tiolos
j ble members of our fratornily. Four of the ! c.,j
u" j renowned wise men were also brothers.? ' fol-f0
',u j Their names are Anacharsis the Scy- 1 is no
i tliiau ; l'ittacus of Mytylene; l'criandor of1 table
Corinth, and Solon. The question pro ! thin<?
pounded by Periander, viz : ' which is the J no
J1-' most perfect popular form of government, ' t|,e
and the answers of the wise men, are re j 'Ji)C
corded in the records of llie Grand Lodge ' ll0us
,CI at Constantinople, and were derived from J t0 ;,n
''|l thenco by the historians. Pmuco of Scot j Il0 j,
"s land was head of the order in that land, i temp
l"1 and was succeeded bv the noble Doiifrlas. I .1..^
?f to wliotn he bequatlicd his heart to lie ear jy
iat ried to the lloly Sepulchro. Douglas was l,ja (
ni' killed in Spain hy the infidels in his pro 120
'lc gross to the iloly Land. As lie was hat- are j,
tling hravely with tho Ares Molum ahout jee?
0,1 him, be took the casket, and dashing it on js 0?
the ground exclaimed, 'Now pass thou on Sontl
111 as thou wast wont to do, and Douglas will jrion,
!U^ follow thee or die.' lie did die nobly, and river,
',e in the Escuiial lodge, a sublime and beau ^ j
"st> tiful degree was for a long time conferred form
t n styled the 44 Bloody Heart." The old man a|]y (
a uscript mentions Richard Coeur de Lion as ilirou
"* an officer of our ancient and suhlimo order* tCntt
)r" It states that the conditions on which bo ry s;<
,n? released his conquests in Palestine, were ob anj j
K' (..'lined by the discovery that Saladin was 'p|l0 }
ts also a member of the Arcs Molton. The cious
talisman which had worked such wonder beaut
^ fill cures in tho hands of Saladin, was taken tivatc
I ' to Scotland, and for many j-cars kept in the and '
IC Bruce Lodge No. 47. This talisman was Here
j*11 made by a Moorish sage, a member of our to (h<
order. Tho manuscript makes mention of in tli
r|, niany noted names recorded in the-Hook of north
I'orpuUiity now kept at the Grand Lodge house
in Constantinople. forma
uj We mention a few ; Bayard ; Francis, g'oric
e. 1st Count De Foix, noted for his great 'hern
re beauty ; Ilainault Hourcicnult, who, with ^ne fi
j? others, held a tournament at St. Tnglerre, w''? '
|>e near Calais, against all coiners ; Sir Ilegi- river.
as nald De lioye, who fought Sir MuIIolhmd; :,tlacl
at, Louis 14th ; in England, King Alfred. bty'eL,s>
Hlack I'rince, Sir Thomas More, Earle of sP'en<
jn Chatham, Wolsey, Fox, Win. l'itt; in 's 0,10
lie fact, noted men in all countries. Napo pnrty
,|e leon was a memher, and was initiated in know
;,t the Pyramid Lodge, Xo. 15, in Egypt. All a few
n. his MarshalU were als'o mem hers. Louis .
J0 Xapoleon Is the head of the order in France, "'^cei
,f. and IVince Albert in England. In theUni- so|no,
>y ted Stales the first men of the nation claim ^ <ls''
_ relation with us as brothers, bound by tho an
,1( Maltese bonds of affect ion. We aro not n ,ost
;,t permitted to mention the causes of the W1"^(
L|, name Sons of Malta, as that is a secret. We ^nildi
. I _ ?r ,i.? Ml-i ial
|j. ucito UIMJ n IUCIU u'?|niuii ui inu
|(] groat history of our nncient order, as a full Part,c
transcript would fill many volumes. It '
was known in the tiino of the Revolution, al l',r
Cot rr
_ and to it we are indebted for the capture of ?
,r. Andre. 1"s,rri
was hi
id \\ o now number many thousands, ant! j,joc|.(
id our influenco is felt through tho length and
. n vein
is breadth of the land. Our object is high |n)|j ^
h and praiseworthy. The groat, tho good,
hp the noble and the serf; the Hebrew,.the f, ' .
i. , , . l'ie t(
n, man of peace and the inditarv man ; the , ,
i ' , , ' hundr
? learned and unlearned, meet upon a per- wj ,j
li- feet level, for wo know no distinction save ,
a tli.it which we create. In every land and
id in every clime, among all people and na* wj(j j
ill' tions, the Son of Malta finds brothers and
;e friends, Tlie honesty and integrity of our
r- order, the purity of the doctrines we teach,
id are evinced by the rapid progress we have aro Cl
d made in the United States. As soon as '|,ou{
5- the number necessary to be completed is ?. *,m
n obtained, a grand meeting will be held in ^
d Paris. This is looked forward to with, Iner 1
p much pride by the Sons of Malta, and we ^'e 0
u have understood that the number is confi- 1118 ai
dently expected to be gained in two years. ^
n a r. J. A. o. a d
? -*
n increa
d The leArtied Russians connected with the ished
V college in Pekin have recently announced woma
t- that, according to the last census returns, suddci
id Chihi contains a population of four, hun- ?ng tin
dred and fifty five millions.. tiou.'
:s GOUDON BENNETT IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
. J a i iK'.s ' lurdoii Hon nut t of t lie New
I lerald, thus speaks of l.is recent viv
Chailestoii ami Columbia :
lliin spring journey a small party
it'<l Charleston in (lie: beginning of
I, in one of the steamers from Now
? the James Adger, Capt. Adams, a
obliging ami gentlemanly man, one
i* ol<l school, with whom it is a pleasr>
travel. Charleston is a very beancity
*, it is the commercial capital of
i Caiolina?Imt it is onlv a second
town ami seaport in every point of
The last time some of us saw it, was
seven years ago, ami there is not a
deal of ditfereiiee between it now and
As we passed the corner of King and
ii streets, our eye met the identical
i an tee in which we had seen beer sold
22, and we now pointed it out to our
Is ; it was unaltered, and the same in
respect as it was thirty seven years
The l'attery and some of the streets
uiproved, but the principal thorough?
Jvist I'ay and King streets?are tho
to day as before. There are soma
I i.?. 1.1- ? - *
s.y.iu u-^iuis mere?tne only good orieS
found south of Kichtnoud ; for ill
of lioteU tiio soul hern country, in (liu
or, appears to be in the dark ages, and
ive made no progtess whatever in tlm
ary art ; with the exception of the arof
rice and hominy, nothing is cooknperly.
With all the finest material*
oil at hand in great abundance, there
capacity for preparing them for tho
?no genius of the kitckeu. Kvery:
is entrusted to the negroes, who have
.ill in the cooking of anything except
plainest and moat common articles,
claret and other wines at the Milis
ie in Charleston arc excellent, superior
iy to bo fuiuid in New York, owitigr
jnht, to the genial climate and even
eratnre. The cold of the North renliglit
wines sour and acrid,
oin Chatlcston we proceeded to Columhe
political capital of the Stale, lvinrr
t - rr
miles to tliu northwest. Tim railroad*
ood, and tlie speed was from eigltto
twenty mdes an hour. Columbia
c of the most beautiful towns in tku
h, being situated in a high, rolling re,
on the eastern bank of tho Congareo
immediately below the junction of
5road and Saluda rivers, which, united
the Congaree. The land rises gradurom
the river, which at that point runs
igli a plain of two or three miles in exfrom
which the ground slopes on ovelo.
On this plain tho town is built,
t commands a most extensive prospect.
;treels are exceedingly wide and spa(fully
100 feet,) and the number of
iful and blushing gardens, highly culid
and with every variety of exquisite
gorgeous flowers, is truly astonishing,
many gems of raro beauty are native
i soil and thrive in the open air, which
10 climate of Now York or further
could only be kept alive in tho greeni.
The same remark applies to the
i of the trees nntl1 <I'm
kt.w nuvo MI buvn
>us foliage. There is nothing liko
at I lie North. Among the owners of
Aid ens here is Mr. Wade Hampton,lias
a plantation some miles down thiv
To his town house in Columbia ialed
a beautiful garden in the FreniTi'
There are a great number of other
Jid gardens, and altogether the placo.
of the most delightful in wliieli a'
of travellers, who have leisure and
how to ninuse themselves, could spend
days.
Columbia is now being erected a magiit
State IIoHao of large dimensions,
vliat in the stylo of the Capitol at,,
lington. The work is sunerintendoil'
accompiishcd architect from Vienna,.
> name we forget. When finished, it
s one of llie most beautiful and classical'
ngs in 1 lio southern Stntes. The maof
which it is constructed deserves
uhir notice. It consists of very fine,.
Gjray granite, fotin4in immense blocks*
ee miles distance in the bed of theiree
river. We made a visit to tlio
p, which is h curiosity in itself, audi
iowii us by the polite architect. Hero*
i of one hundred tons weight, without/
, are token out and transported by
, on a railroad constructed for tlio
se to the rising edifice in the centre ot
awn, which i.s supported by several',
ed pilasters of this beautiful granite;
have a very striking and fine effect.
nailer pilasters for the windows are
I like wood, in a machine like a lathe-,
we believe lias never been done ben
the case of granite. The largo
\ are quarried without blasting, they
it to any size required, and. split;.
;h by means of wedges,. In process,
le every new building in Columbia,
o constructed of this stoue, which is.
hair any in tho northern States, capf
a polish as 6inoolh as marble, whilo
t bard as any other, granite..
lergymen. was lately depicting, beforody-interested
audience, the alarming
se of intemprance, when lie astoa
his hearers by exclaiming : A young
n in my neighborhood died very
ily lakt Sabbath, whilo I was preachi
s gospel in a beastly state of intoxjq*