The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, April 06, 1855, Image 2
From tho St. Louis Christian Advocate.
Romanism an Enemy of our Republic.
I* the testimony of History establishes
any one truth beyond the reach of successful
contradiction, it is, that the Church of Rome
is the unchangoable foe of civil liberty. The
annals of tbc world do not. record a single
instance in which she lias had supreme control.
whero lihoptv lmo ..? ?i i*~
aM?w llV/b lOHfU. 1U
lis subject, to stifle discussion,
to enchain the tongues of freemen, at a
juncture when this Church is manifestly arranging
her resources for tho subversion of
the civil and religious liberties of this land,
is to be guilty of political suicide.
It is an admitted principle in our Constitution
and laws, that all denominations arc
free to worship God according to the dictates
of conscience, with uone to molest or
make them afraid,?that every man is responsible
to his Maker alone for his religious
belief,?that the Church and Slate are, and
shall forever remain, seperate. In this relation
of the Church to tire Civil Government
we glory. It is our pride and boast, as a
protectant peoplo. May it never be chang '
ed ! Bui, suppose any one denomination j
shall adopt a political policy adverse to our ;
civil institutions?suppose its members and
ministers to bind themselves by a solemn
oath to disregard their civil obligations,
whenever they come in contact with man-!
dates of a foreign power; suppose they present
the startling pluno uenon of religion and
politics combined ; suppose that history and ,
#nr>r. olinui lliom (n ? I
wmv.. ?UVI? wv/ w y/wimi/Ul III illUIT UT* J
gnuization , and dangerous to all govern-'
mcnts which they have been connected;
suppose it fairly ascertained that they have
mapped our country, and arc actively engaged
id prosecuting the most, energetic couu !
eels for the purpose of wresting from us this
heritage of freedom, and bowing our necks
to the galling chains of a crushing despotism
; suppose in their crusade against American
freedom, tliey are pouring in upon
us myriads of the dupes and vassals
of another government, ignorant of our
institutions, and every day becoming
more insolent in their direct and palpable j
encroachments on the priceless liberties of,
this Protestant country ;?suppose all this, j
and much more of the same, kind if done
under the name of religion, while the political
designs are manifest; then, in that case. I
what is the duty of American freemen ? |
Does the mere name of Religion or Church j
cast an impenetrable shield over all political j
rascality that may be jesuiticnlly concealed :
under the folds of a spiritual robe? Must
the Christians and patriots of this Protestant J
Republic all stand still and awestruck, and ;
see this enormous Trojan horse introduced i
within our walls until the very citidal office-j
dom is tilled to overflowing with themyrmi- j
dons of despotism, 01 blazes in the conflagra-:
lion now gathering at it base ? Does it not'
Comport much better with the sacred duties!
nf Amfificnn I'ili'/dnc -I"?' ' ?!- '
w* <*. .v.... ...? iimv viiKs y iiiUllHI RVI/.C
the battle-ax of Truth and test the ribs of this
sham monster !
I obj^gBfts strongly as any man can do,;
to any jjolitical interference whatever with j
purely occflteiastieal ntfairs. But the Jesiut'
party in tlftfee United States partakes far!
more of a political than of a religions organization.
Who arc so ignorant as not to know '
that the political intrigues of the Jesuits have j
occasioned their expulsion from the most en-j
lightened nations of Europe. No other class :
of men on earth has risen to such distinction !
for chicanery and fraud. It is almost the
?ynonim of villain. To say a man is a Jesuit
is to stigmatize hiirf as an arch inhriyucr.
It hn'sintoifered with every government on
earth, wherever it has planted its foot of pow-!
er. Its gunpowder plots and London tiros !'
can never be forgotten. Its horrid Inquisition
and Bartholomew massacres, may well j
send a startling thrill of horror through
Protestunt breasts, and arouse us to uu&luiu-j
Bering vigilance over our altars and our
homes. Boast as \ve may, the modern Laacoon
is wrapping us in his tightening coils,
.and unless we arise in our might, and cast!
off the monster, out1 children may sec the
form of liberty struggling convulsively in his
folds, and, expitiug in his rapacious jaw.
<iod protcet us.
An Uniquo mode of Dunning. !
A poor editor "out west," whose pockets i
are empty, but whose books a?*c filled with;
long standing accounts, makes the following
novel appeal to his delinquents. 11
We call the attention of those who owe ! <
the printer to the notice, and hope they will
govern themselves accord 1 v.
"Friends, Patroim, Subscriber#, and Ail
vertiser* ; Hear us for our debt*, and get 1
ready that you may pay ; trust us, we need, | I
for you have been long trusted; acknowledge ,
your indebtedness,and dive into your pockets,1
that you may promptly fork over. If there |
bo any among you, one single patron that (
don't owe us so moth in' then to him we say? I
step aside; consider yourself a gentleman. If j
the rest wish to know why we dun them,;
this is our answer; Not that we care about |
cash ourselves, but our creditors do. Would j
you rather that we go to jail, and you go .
free, than you pay your debts and we all
keep moving? As we agreed, we have
worked for you ; as we contracted we have!
furnished onr paper to you ; as we have prom- j
ised, we have waited upon you, but as you
don't pay, we dun you! Ilere aro agree-J
ments for job work; contracts for sul>scrip
tions; promises furlong credits; and duns!
for deferred payment. Who is there so
mean that lie don't take a paper! If any, I
bo needn't speak?we don't mean him. Who!
as there so bad that lie don't pay the pi in |
ier i If an let him shout?f?>r lie's the man '
we are after. Ilis name is Lcf/ion, and he'sj
been owinc us. for one. two. three, four. live, t
nit, seven and eight years?long enough to1
make us poor, and himself rich at our Expense.
If the above appeal to his conscience, j
don't awaken him to a sense of justice, we
shall have to try the law, and see what \ir-|
tuo there is in writs and constables.'1
__? ? ?
"When a undertakes to snuff out a gas*
light witli his forefinger and thumb, a wifnew
may conscientiously ?w\ar he w/is drunk, j
SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE^
^ a,
Friday Morning, April 6,1866. j
ACIKNTS.
E. W. CARR, N. W. cor. of W nlnnt nnd Third ?t
Philndclphin, it? our authorized Agent.
A. M..PEDEN, Fnirview P. O., Groonvillo Diet
WM. C. BAILEY, Pleasant Grove, Groonvillo.
THE KNOW NOTHINGS < ?. GOVERNMENT
CORRUPTION.
As the existence of this party becomes 1
more nnd more notorious?and as its ranks
are being daily increased?its leaders are *
growing bolder and more fearless in the advocacy
of their principles. When we re- (
member how firmly the doctrines of the old '
lino parties takes hold of their advocates? 1
how they have always endeavored to over- *
power, to crush or to absorb all and every- <
other doctrine which rears itself in a spirit *
of opposition,?the importance of kcepirig 1
their actions and principles from being pub- 1
licly and generally avowed becomes more 1
strikingly apparent
That corruption exists in'thc government of I
our nation, and that bribery is openly and 1
professedly practiced to a great extent in (
almost every branch and department of State
and country,the occurrences transpiring daily
attests the truth of the assertion. Every attempt
bv persons and n.irtifts lir>rotr.f.\rA
. ? I ' ?-"""I *"
abate ibis evil, ami to liavc affaire justly and (
equitably administered, has been met bv a
failure as signal as the effort was puerile and
insufficient. This ^uusucces* may be attributed
to the fact that the objects of those who
attempted wcic supposed to be as selfish as '
the accomplishments of the iut.ro fortunate '
were unjust and fraudulent. *
The consequence of a continued course '
like the one pursued by our more recent '
functionaries and office-holders, will fall up- (
on the country with such a stuning forco n.s 1
to baffle all future attempts to cleanse the (
foulness and corruption which has been, too 1
long, permitted to exist amoug them. So}8
far has intrique and bribery succeeded in i ^
getting at the helm of state bigoted and ava- j *
ricious men that the interests of the "people l(
have becu entirely forgotten and neglected in 1
the more natural care of providing for in- "
dividual preferment. So far lias dishonesty
triumphed over justice and right, as'will be '
detected in the success of such frauds* as that 1
of (ialphin?of Gardner?and of hundreds;'
of others, ho less notorious for the small al- j *
lowance of truth contained in them, that "a j*
peep belli ml tlie curtains" into the workings 1
of our "great agents," would present us a '
picture so free froin purity, as to remind us '
vividly of "a cage of unclean Lirds."
The organization of the Know Nothings 1
or more correctly, the American party, as it (
will hereafter he known, will attempt the re- *
formation which the times loudly call for,and j1
for which an injured and insulted people are |c
so anxious and willing to engage in. They !1
propose to do this, and if their success so far 1
index their ultimate end, we gladly welcome
them as benefactors to our country. Let the j
leaders of that party dispol the general conviction
that a spirit of iutoieraney exists in '
their principles?that it is not a fusion of abo- J
litionism, and the illiberal ruindedness of the
once pusillanimous fiction of Native Americans,
and they will then have settled the only
objections which are urged against them c
of any considerable consequence. When
our people arc made to understand the '
principles of this organization in a clear and
forcible light, ami' when the dissipation of all *
the odiousness which its secrecy is supposed
to vail from the public, takes place, the mass ,
of American people?who have at heart the
interests of the country?will at onco enroll ^
their names under its standard.
THE BUTLER GUARDS. J
Tins company was received into the Regiment
on Tuesday last by ! n?pcc'.or General
\V. K. Kasi.ky. < >n the outside of to-day's
paper will he found the Constitution of the
company. Tlicy will parade for the first
time on the 4th of July next.
SONS OF TEMPERANCE. '
At a regular meeting of Greenville Division,
No. 10, S. ofT. held on tho 31st ult., ^
the following oflieers were elected for the ,
present quarter:
1 , v>. u V_y ?T MO IV, X ?? 1 I
W. l\ PWCE, W. P.
T. (I DONALDSON, W. A.
C. M. McJUNKIN, It. S.
J. 11. SIIEltMAN, A. It. S.
(1.13. DYEIt, T.
G.T.MASON, F.S.
F. ALEXANDER, 0.
THOMAS GliOOAN," A*. C.
A. II. RICHARDSON I. S.
GKOItGE ftltTM, O. R
SAM'S DOINGS.
Wk received from the Post Office laat .
week, a newspaper from an adjoining State '
and after having read the local items with
considerable interest, yet with the belief that
tltAv wore a lit f In nM wo f/\ tKo Antn
?- " - v?vp ?VU VV WAV VMIV
of the paper and found that it wus printed
on the lfith of April 1854. Only eleven
months and two weeks from a place which
might be footed in three days! Are we a
progressive people?
CoirlrcsponOcncc of ifee Sflfek-phse.
LETTER FROM COLUMBIA.
Our Municipal Election?Oreat Know
Nothing Victory?City Items?The
New Stale House?Numerous Accidents
?New Postage Law?Miscellanea.
. Columiiia, April 4, 1855.
IV. r. PsiCE, KdITOR or 11IR KnTKRTRISK.
Dear Sir:?The Election for Mayor and
Mdermen of our city, came off yesterday.?
There were 050 votes polled, and much excitement
prevailed. We stated in our last
lie candidates for tho oflico of Mayor, and
we now briefly indicate the views entertain*
id by each one. Col. Wm. Mayiun was
apposed to any chango in tho Naturaliza
Lion laws?found no anti-republican principles
in any Religious Denomination?and ,
..^,.1.1 ?i.;??? i.?u
"vuiu ait* v c uv vujvjviivua iu luicigncia nviu"
ng olllco of "profit and trust." Cupt.
Wade was "mum" on all such points : while
E. J. Arthur, Esq. made no reply to such [
nterrogatories, being it is said, "Sam's" |
:andidate. Well, the result is as follows:
K. J. Arthur, - - 842.
Wm. Matrix, - - -211.
Capt. Wade, - - - 01.
Arthur's majority over Mayrin, 1,11.?
Over all, 40. The entire Native Ticket for
Alderman was also elected, viz: Messrs.
Radcmfkk, Anderson, Killian, Wood,
IIamiiton and Gla/.r. The result when
innounced, created quite a sensation?very [
ew thinking that Arthur's majority would ,
be so great, or that the entire "Native" tiek- i
st would be elected. We have heard the '
jxi tence of a "Know Nothing" Lodge in 1
Columbia denied ; nor have we been certain j'
)f the fact that such an organization was j ,
imong us. Hut it seems very strange that i <
>ut of six hundred and fifty votes, more j.
linn one half should havo united on the ! I
lamo ticket, without a previous agreement.
There was no lack of candidates?nor scar- j
:ity of Tickets?twelve or fifteen different | |
ines having been announced. Yet on the j j
lay of Klection one entire ticket was elected j1
?and elected by a triumphant majority.
We were glad to seo one thing in this i
Election. Many of the adopted citizens vo- i
ed side by side with natives?preferring, it
ivould seem, a government of Protestant
\mericnns rather than that of Catholics, even
hough their own'brethren. We believe!
hat when the issue is made between the (
Protestant and the Papist, a majority of our
idopted citizens will fight to the death
igainst the latter. Lot us not seek, then, to
l.L _ it / A! _ ? -
leuur muse iiorn me priviuges we natives j
'tijoy but seek r;ltlw<r to gain their assis- j
mice in checking the insolent, overhearing, i
urhulent spirit which the jesuits in this I
sountry are daily manifesting. "We nour-!
shed the viper in our bosom, and now it j
vould destroy us." 11
A falso spirit of patriotism would lead'
iome to oppose "putting down" the Catho- j
ics. Hut for one we have declared an cter-1
ml, uncompromising warfare against the!
principles of the Papists. As long as tho
earful name of the "Inquisition" stands on
he historic page?as long as the records of
he Martyrs whom Catholics murdered enlure,
shall we do our utmost to prevent this
leadly serpent from enturning in its poionous
folds our beloved institutions. Repub*
icanism and Roman Catholicism are incompatible.
They cannot co-cxist.
For any information in regard to "Sam"
vc must refor your readers to the " Carolina
Finus" where the localities visited by this ;
gentleman are daily mentioned and his ncions
duly recorded.
In tho way of "City Items" wc aro nonplussed.
Nothing remarkable or extraordipary
has occurred for some time. Times'
March is onward and the soft, balmy days
pf May will soou he here. Already flowers
ire blooming and birds sing vweetly and
'evening walks with ladies fair" delight us
nnw ' IPAii't think Mr. Kilitnr that ui? ?.?
in love and as a necessary consequence are
becoming sentimental.
Several dreadful accidents have occurred
within the past week. A negro girl belonging
to Mr. W. W Walker was severely
burnt by her clothes taking iire at night
while she was sewing. In endeavoring to
extinguish the flames Mr. T. P. Walker and
Mr. W. W. Walker wore both badly burnt
in the hands. We are also informed that a
child of Mr. C. E. Simms fell down a flight
of stairs and was hurt badly. Several other
accidents of a serious instance also occurred
The Emmett Guards, whoso Captain is
W. P. Johnson Editor of tho Carolinian, paraded
in "Ail! feather" on Saturday evening
last.
We had intended going further this time
m
II iff 1 I.I. I
and giving soma information in regard to
the new State House, but ess of Uie
hour forbids. Promising, to contribute a
longer letter next time and to enter more
fully into news items instead of scribbling on
Politics, *
We are,' truly, yours,
RAVARn
More Land for Settlement.
Treat* with the Chii'I'evtas.?The information
conveyed in the following article
may be useful to persons who desire to locate
lands under tho new bounty land net. It
will be seen that tbcro will be no scarcity of
land of good quality. -The St. Louis Intelligencer
says:
"The lands conveyed by tho Cliippewas by
the treaty just concluded on deliueated on
the map in the office of tho Commissioner of
Indian Affairs, are bounded by a line beginning
at a point at tbo bend of Vermillion
river, situate 40 dogs. 10. min. north latitude,
02 degs. 40 min. west longitude; thence running
southerly to 40 degs. 48 min. west long-1
itude; thence running westerly iu nearly a
jtraight line to 95 degs. 30 min.; thence
northweste'rly to where Buffalo river intersects
Bed river at the north ; thence down
Red river to the mouth of "Wild liico river ;1
thence in a northeasterly direction to the:
north end of Otter Tail lake; thence due i
north to the source of Black river ; thence
down said river to liainy river to tho mouth
of Big Fork river, entering from the east side;
thence in a straight lino southeasterly to the
point of beginning; said tract containing
12, 000,000 acres, moro or lees. This land |
is iu addition to seven or eight millions of j
acres conveyed t<? the United States last Sep-;
tcmbor.
The "NVinnabagos have also conveyed to
the United States nearly nine hundred thousand
acress of land at Long Prairie, on the !
Mississippi river, in Minnesota Territory, in
exchange for money, and about two hundred
and thirty thousand acres on Blue Earth
river, in tho same territory.
Court.
About twelve hundred cases will be re- j
turned to the Spring Term of Sumter Court,'
which sits in Sumtervilleron the Cth of April I
next. Wo arc not informed as to tiic exoct
number, and therefore we cannot speak posi-1
lively. In all probability our calculation is'
a small one. Wo were under tho iinprcs-1
?ion tli.'it all persons would endeavor to
avoid, as far as possible, all suing?but we
perceive that the "daughter has been indiscriminate."
The number of cases would have been comparatively
small, if Charleston and Northern
Merchants were not so urgent in their unreasonable
demands. It is remarkable that the
Merchants of Charleston are as deeply implicated
as any others. We had expected
better things. In future, ultimate as well as
immediate interest will be consulted.
The "tightness of the times," and the
pressing demands of "Thingumbob Co." .
is a sufficient excuse to put in suit the papers ;
of the best men in the community.?Black
River Watchman.
Col. McCluxo, "tub Di'klist."?The dispatch
published yesterday, stating that Col. [
McCluag. "the duelist," bad committed sui- j
cido at Jackson, Miss., referred to Col Alex- j
aiuler K. McClung, a well known citizen of I
Mississippi, who served gallantly in the Mex-;
ican war, as a volunteer under General Tav-:
lor. lie was tho Lieutenant colonel of the!
Mississippi regiment. It is said that he was
the first to scale the walls of tho Black Fort!
til Mnnt/d'ov nnil f/\r ?l %?
... ........ ...o ......r.?.v ... i.? ,
the stars ami stripes on its captured walls, j
was inarkeil and pierced by the enemy with
wounds under which he sufl'erod the most
agonizing pains for several months. During .
fJcneral Taylor's administration, he was an- j
pointed Charge'd Affairs to Bolivia, in South i
America, lie was engaged in several duels !
many years ago, and was noted for demand-'j
ing and granting the most extreme terms of
the falsely styled "code of honor." His tirst
meeting was in 183d or 1834 with a man by !
the name of Allen. The weapons, pistols,
to betired at ten paces, or while advancing
nearer to each other, and then the use of the I
bowie-knife. Allen foil. The second meeting
was five years afterwards, with young
Menifee, Vicksburg, the brother of Richard
II. Menifee, member of Congress from Ken- j
tucky, in 1838 '9. The weapon, the ritle ;
both parties excellent shots, but Menifee fell i
at the second fire. lie was also concerned
subsequently in other duels. He was a man j
of fine talents and of much influence in Mississippi.
Imi'hisonmrnt or Soldi erh in England.
?Lord 1'anmure, as Minister of War, is moving
tho second reading of an act to amend
the army-service laws, declared "compulsory
means must unquestionably Ire found to fill
up the ranks of the service." Ho added,
that he would not object to enrol recruits for
three instead of sevcu* years, "as ho hoped
the war would be over oro then." These
compulsory means are not an equal conscription,
such as in France and on the continent,
where all rnnksare equally drawn from, hut
a forced impressment from the lower classes.
The war is showing or making Euglaud the
worst governed State of Europe.
Tiie Kane Expedition.?Itisstated that
the Philadelphia light boat is to be fitted up
and equipped with the money appropriated
by Congress to bo sent in search of Dr.
wt cjt- fit -l.li - 1 - i -i ?
rvnuc. ouu win prouauiy no longllicneu
about twenty feet, if practicable, and fitted
up witli a propeller. She will be accompam
ied with a sail vessel of al>out three hundred
tons. The expedition leaves in June.
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Hocthkhn Qcatitkrly Review.?It is
proper to state that W. M. BurwfH, esq., is,
not the editor of tho "Southern Quarterly
Review." Ilis connection with that journal
commenced and terminated with the January
number.?Bnlthmrt Patrf&t.
From the OoroHoa lime*.
TELEGRAPHIC HEWS.
Connecticut Election,
Hartford, April 8.
Tho election in this Stato has resulted io
the sucoees of all four of the anti-administration
Congi eosiueu. Tho Whig end U?n?wNothiogs
lmveelected 20 oft he 21 Senators,
and a large majority of the House. There
is no chance for Governor bv tho people. The
vote stands Inirhaui: fDarn.i ?*.nno, Mln?r
(Know-Nothing,j 25,000 ; Dutton, (Whig,)
5,000.
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Massachusetts Election.
Boston, April 3.
The election of State Censors has resulted
in the success of the Know Nothings by a
large majority.
Cleveland Election.
Ci.kvei.and, April 3.
The Know-Nothings have elected their
Mayor and Gov. Wood, Dem., by five
huudred majority.
?
Death of Distinguished Ladies.
Washington, April 3.
Mrs. Cass died at Rome on the 2d of
March. Mrs. Shroeder, wifo of the American
Minister, died at Stockholm on the 2d.
Our Institute Fair.
We take occasion ^o remind our^ distant
friends that the fifth annual fair of the South
Carolina'Institute will wimmmiM nn f)?n 11 ?1. 1
of April, and that we expect to hail and welcoYno
many from our interior and from sister
States both as contributors and as visitors.
This will bo the first fair in the new and
spacious ball of exhibition, which can afford
to machinery, handicraft specimens, and products
generally of ingenuity or art, advantages
of spaco, light and arrangement far
surpassing all former exhibitions in this city.
For machinery there will be an ample supply
of xuotivos at hand, and the occasion deserves
the attention of all inventors or agonts
interested in such objects. The
arrangements of the hall and its supply
of rooms, in addition to its main exhibition,
assortment and fair exposition which
have never been realized before. The ladies
arc assured that their offerings of fancy skill
and ingenuity will bo attended to by a special
committee selected for gallantry and just
taste?although, whenever possiblo. wo
would bo pleased to have such agreceble contributors
bring themsolves with their offerings.
In relation to the department of livo stock,
poultry, <fcc., it is desirable and important
that early remi ts be mado by cacli person
intending to contribute, and wc call attention
to the notice of the committee in charge
of this, which appears in our advertising columns.?
Charleston Courier.
Thk Wheat Chop.?The Messenger, published
at Hannibal Missouri, learns from farmers
that the prospects for a good wheat
crop throughout northern Missouri aro more
promising than they have been for some
years past. In Illinois the prospects for an
abundant wheat crop are also good. Wc
learn from the Alton Courier, the editor of
which paper has recently mado a trip across
the central portiou of Illinois, that, "however
short the cropaKnight linvo been last year,
it has not detcrrerWrc farmers of the State
from seizing every portion of favorable time
during the fall for sowing their wheat, and
the result shows that there aro at least twenty
per cent, moro acres now in wheat than
in any previous year. Tiro winter has been
exceedingly favorable, and if we should bo
blessed with our ordinary spring, Illinois will
have an amount of wealth in that single crop
which it would bo difficult to estimate.
Tuk Unfortunate Ericsson Invention.
?The Ericsson experiment is at an end.
The invention is conceded to be a failure,
and poor Ericsson is a ruined man. He has
spent all his fortune in building his caloric
I ship and in the experiments he has made on
the vessel. He has done more, he has spent
all his wife's fortune, which was great, and
she too is beggared. But the worst of all is
' that ilhaaled to recrimination and alienation
that they have separated, never to be united
again perhaps, llad ho been successful, his
name would have been enrolled with that of
Columbus, Newton, Fulton, and other men
of illustrious renown. But he has failed ; he
has lost his all ; he has introduced ruin into
a onco loving and happy homo; and the
word coldly looks on and says : MI told you
so."?I J on ton Journal.
Ji'dok Elmorf.?We failed to state, at
the proper timo, that Judge Hush Elmore, of
Kansas Territory, left this citv on the 21st
ult., on his return to the Territory. His
slaves left here for tho same destination on
Thursday best and his white family will fob
low in a few weeks.
The numerous friends and acquaintances
of Jude Elmore will regret his departure
i from among un. He has for years been one
I of our must respected and useful citizens, and
the pcoplo who inhabit his new home will
i ts_,i i.:? ^-i? ? ?
nun nun wormy oi mcir nignesi esteem and
consideration. May he meet with abundant
success in aII his undertakings is the heartfelt
wish of thoso who have known him longest
and host.?Montgomery Advertiser and
Gazette.
TnKC/.Aits Dying Words.?Thcdying injunction
which tho Knaperor Nicholas directed
to bo transmitted to the King of Prussia,
requesting him "not to forget the words of
his father," is supposed to refer to the following
paasago in the will of Frederic William
III, addressed to tho present monarch
"Never neglect to maintain harmony among
the Sforoprfau nations as far aa it is in your
power. Above all things may Prussia, KusslafhnuAustria
nevor separate. Their union
should bo considered the keystone of the
great Kuropcan alliance." m
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Extraordinary Joying Maohine. +
,. W? find the following curious and interesting
statement in the Paris Palrit:?
"The Academy of Sciences is a good deaf
interested by the invention of n Flying Maabino,
by Don Diego do Salamartba. With
this machine Don lliogoVdnitghter, Uosurtra,
rose in the air some time ago at Madrid,to
the great astonishment of the Spaniards,
who are bnt little accustomed to this sort of
miracle. Don Diego do Salamanca' and hi?
daughter is about to nrrive at I'aris to show
the effects of his marvellous invention. Hie
machine is very simple < it consists in a ens^
two feet lone, and one foot w.i.tn
o- m.O|/|V? v?/
a band of leather round the waist buckled
behind. Tho two iron r?xU fastened to tho
case support a small piece of wood on which *
the feet rejposo. The case contains a simple
aud ingenious inechanisni, similar to that
employed to Bet an outbmanton in motion. fl
The mechanism is worked by means of a
handle. It sets in work two large wings*
ten feet long, made of very thin duoutchouc,
covered with feathers ; and tho wings tnajv
be bo worked as to produce vertical, perpendicular,
or horizontally flying. Tho num- ,
her of turns given to tho handle determines
the height to which it is desired to go. The
handle has to be turned overy quarter of a
leguo to regulato tho distance; the operation
of turning lasts a minute. Horizontally
flying is the most difficult/*" The wings beat
the air like the oars of a boat, or rather as
the feet of a swan when it swims. By
means of this curious maclnnd a man can
go almost as rapidly a* a carrier pigeon from
tho Hotel do Yille to tho Are do Triompbo
d? Kioll? in eight minutes, and in half'an
hour to Versailles. The experiments, which
will be made in Talis, will be on a small W
scale, and the flights of Don Diego will not *
extend beyond the department of tho Seine;
but at a later period lie proposes to go to
Lyons, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Marseilles and
Tours, and to take the lines of railway. Ho %
pretends that he can travel quicker tLnu by
rail. The price of each machine will not
exceed 1200f, for men, and lOOOf, for wo- ^
men. If the experiment succeeds Don Diego
will take out a patent, and mnko the sale #
of tho machines a branch of commerce. Although
greatly astonished at this new inveu- cy
tion, several members of the academy have
jwinted out the inconvenience of bringing it ^
into general use. In point of fact, there will
, be no security for any one, if by tho aid of m
j such machine all our usages and customs bo
I overthrown, and if malefactors can fly on ^
the roofs of houses, afterwardsjget into apartments
aud commit all sorts of depredations.
It will be very curious to see policemen in ^
Franco or England pursuing theives in tho
air, in order to lock them up on earth. It
appears that 1855 promises us all sorts of u
marvels. ,
Sunday in the Gamp.
We find the following picturosquo and
striking passage in a recout letter from tho
Crimea :
Yesterday, being Sunday, tho roulino was
broken by the impre??sivo ceremony of an
open-air church parado. Each divison, on : *
these occasions, has divine service performI
A/1 Kit ? /\ ? *
^V. K>J 1 CO vnu Ullipittiu. 'Mil's WllS UniWIl
upon tlie rising ground, just beyond the
tents, in a dcoso hollow squaro. The clergyman
and officers occupied the centre.? * ^
Every one was covered. Some of the men
wore forage-caps, for lack of shakos , aud on
die that the loss of these stiff and ugly varieties
of head-gear is submitted to with great |
resignation by the line generally. Tho cliaplain,
with his dark velvet skull-cap and
black moustache and beard, reminded me of
a foreign parade in canonicals. We
were scarcely placed in position, before
the loud rush of round-shot from tho
fort was heard, again and again, in our ears,
causing sundry dislocations of the square?
the men grinning and swaying about at each
whirr in a kind of jocular disorder. Noth
ing was left for it hut to move off. So we took
up our ground a few hundred yards lower
down ; and here?though a fleecy littlo cloudlet,
which announced its birth in a thunderclap
showed that a shell had hurst above us, ? '
not very far oft" to our rear?The sorvice was <
conducted to a close. Everybody, of course,
stands upon these occasions throug^Ak the
ceremony. To obviate fat%uc ther^pe* the
Litany and Communion are omitted? Tho
chaplain preached extemporaneously, and
with so excellent a voice that, though thd^
ui-!_ - * t. ?
niuu nun uiowing niS SUrpilCO HbOUt, it di<]^^
not drown his tonos.
I was amused by his British Bang froid.?
Half his congregation might perish round
the walls of Sebastopol, before next Church
Parade?a theme which the threatening
missiles exploding about him would have
served sufficiently * ell to enforce?but he utterly
disdained such obvious rhetoric. Perhaps,
indeed, it is considered undesirable to #
make allusions of tho kind; and certainly
they are too patent to need much insisting _
on. At any rate, the reverend gentleman^
neither noticed the pyrotechnics in'his soundi
practical sermon, nor in his own person ;but.
stood with his back to the fort, and poarch-.
ed on some every day text; and never changed
his voice or turned his head in corapliv
raent to shot or shell. ?
Destruction of Penitentiary at Nash Tine;.
Louisville, Marchmo, 1855.?The State
Penitentiary at Nashville, Tennessee, is in
ruins. The fire broko out at- three o'clock
this morning, iu the cabinet department of
n*. ?;? 'L- ? -?? ----- "
a vniiniiunrj, me names spreading with ^
great rapidity. In a shdrt time the entire
portion of the bnilding act aside for the dif- i
ferent branches of trade became a burning
ina?9. The cast wing of tiie main bmltUtog
then CAtight fire, and it is so muclt dafhngfea
as to render it useless. The oclfs wore thrown
open, and tl?e prisoners convoyed to an enclosure
inside the walls. One convict, naMed
Conner, was smootbered to death by thfl^
smoke. Not a singlc^>risoner made au escape
from the prison. All the tools in the
different shops were destroyed, us well As all
the work being manufactured. T(ig Joss il m
estimated at % 100/>om.
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