The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, November 23, 1855, Image 2
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Singular Couple 8
Along with my brother, who was collec- ?'
ting milter for ;? work he was about to pub* ?
lith, I visited tlw interesting town of Hex- b
' . . < hem?interesting at least to him, for it was
a fine field for historian! research, nl- :s
though for my own part I found little to
admire besides its ancient church. The cir- e
curostance which more than any thing else
obtained the dingy town a lasting place in 11
my memory, was our taking a lodging with ?
an extraordinary pair, an old man, and woman
?husband and wife, who lived by them- fl
selves, without child or servant, subsisting
on the letting of their parlor and two bed- c
rooms. They wore tall, thin and erect, f
though each seventy years cf age. When
we knocked at the door for admittance, they
answered it together; if we rang the bell, the
hwsbaaJ and wife invariably appeared side
by side ; alt our requests and demands were I
received by both, and executed with the ut- i
moet nicety and exactness. <
The first night, arriving late by the coach I
from New castlo, and merely requiring n <
good fire and our tea, we were puzzled to <
understand the reason of this double attendance;
iind I remember my brother,rather irre- .1
verently wondering whether we were always
to be waited upon by these Siamese twins.
" On ringing tho bell, to retire for tho night,
both apoenred as usual; tho wife carrying
the be?l-room candlestick, the husband 1
standing at the door. I gave her some
directions about breakfast tor the following
morning, when the 'husband f;<?in tho door
quickly answered for her. ''Depend upon
it she's dumb," said my brother, in a wliispor.
But this was uot tho case, though she
rarely made use of tho faculty of speech.
They both attended me into my bcd-rcom; 1
when tho old lady, seeing me look with
some surprise towards her husband, said :
There's no oft'encc meant, ma'nm, by my
liusbaaid coming with me iuto the chamber
?he's stotie blind.'
'Boor, man!' 1 exclaimed. 'But why,
then, does lie not sit still ! Why does ho accompany
you everywhere?'
"It's no use, uia'um, your speaking to my
old woman,' said tho husband, 'she can't
uear you?she (jmtc deaf.'
? was astonished. Here was compensation
! Could a pair bo better inatclied ?
Man and wife, indeed, one flesh, for he raw
with her eyes, and site heard with his ears! It
was beautiful to me evor after to watch the
old man and woman in their inseparableneas.
Their sympathy with each ether was
as swift as electricity, and made their depiivation
as naught.
1 have often thought of thnt old man and
woman, and cannot but hope, that as in life
they were insparablo to each other, so in
death they might not be divided, but either <
be spared the terrible calamity of being alone I
in the world.?Chamber's Journal.
Autumn. 1
The Buflalo Express preaches a most
beautiful and touching sermon on this Autumn
time, ami we can but give it to our
readers, who will readily trace its authorship 1
to the pen of Anson G. Chester:
There are single words which contain
more emphasis, more meaning, than can he
found in many a. volume. Say simply
"Heaven/'to the follower of the Cross, and j
liis soul is suddenly mled with celestrial rap- i
lure. Say "Home" to the exile, and you j r
ffiave recited the tenJerest poem that could t
the etmsiructod. Say "Mother" to the ob- ; t
/durnted criminal and bis heart will utelt likej \
dead within a furnace. Say "Autumn" to | '
?the poet, and his fancy is at once uncut bod j l
?.(he springs of his pathos arc unsealed?j '
rarid the harp of hi* passions i* swept by | t
vfingcra, that never sweep those chords in I li
!
Nature dies annually. Habit has render- 1
ed tu Indifferent to the circumstance, else ?
would it move and profit us. We witness 1
the process aud progress of the disease that ?
conquers her at last?see the burning Sum- I
mer fever that follows the sweet and health- ?
ful Spring of her existence; olwervo the An t
tutnu hectic that flu-lied her check, and the t
?%. a... . ?. .i i ? i_ e
niusr paiior mm* incrc, \>iuui iicruy- [ v
ing throes, her death ; and finally no her c
sweet clay clad in the lily shroud of Winter, ^
and her surpassing beauties 'committed to *
the tomb; and all this without a pang, per- I
Imps without a thought. Oh men are ?
strangely hard-hearted. Few there are who v
will leave their business, their pleasures, oven [ o
/or an hour, to attend the mournful funeral j o
of Nature?and to enrich themselves with v
r .the grave suggestions of the hour. ! si
Again the tiino of her death comes on.? I t<
Strength has departed from her liml>s?Iter I it
-sinew* are enfeebled?her veins are fast dry- i is
jng up. Slower and yet slower pace the' )'
.throbbing* of her great heart? feebler and : g
yet more feeble are the tickings of her hid- I c
idea cheek?dimmer and more dim waxes |
the light of her eloqueut eye. Who watches [ *1
the invalid as she passes away ? Who loves h
her so well that lie will not suffer her to die a
alone ?
The d#)'8 of the violets are gone ; the days j
(4 iU* hotkl?when the earth approaches ; q
neatest to the furnace of the suu, and warms i<
herself ifeerost, until huge bends of' sweat j h
glitter upou her forehead? have passed f
away ; the harvest is gathered ; the boiiti- i I
ties of the year are garnered up. fthe who ' n
dies has bequeathed rich legacies to (he! H
world, which it will eiyoy when she is not.!
Stiange (hat, in the enjoyment of the legacy,; U
we should basely forget tho source whence ' h
it came. Hut wo do.
Let the brown leave* fall. I.et tho her-j 01
1>age shrivel and wither. Let the shrill;
wind whistle over the dead plain and through y,
(tie naked brandies. Wo are filled with k
Cood, and care not for the general desolation jt
y which we are surrounded. W# live,
thongh Nature dies. Ji
And yet, there arc dyes which are Wind- d
pd i?y acakiing tear* as liiey see ffie dosing L
Jiouf draw nigh. For when she, wjiosje end *
is at hand, sunk to r?wt before, she sank *?ot
ak>ne, but took widi Iter those who were pre-^ di
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ioua as lif? or Heaven. And their grief re
irus to them now like an avenging foe,
rfco having b""en oSce foil?-J and having ,
alkered new strength for contest, oomee to \
rush us with his power. Let the dry loaves (
ill. They shall be sprinkled and moistened |
y the tears of unnumbered weepers. ,
The deal h of the year! It is a time for <
olemn reflections, for subdued fancies, for (
oly res dutions. It is a time to be tre*3ur i
d, not wasted. There is poetry iu the air |
rlieu Nature breathos her last?there is ad- |
nonition in the scene, When her bosom {
eases froui its throbbing;--there is joy in j
ler going, for we know that she will return j
gain. j
The hour offers thcojewels. See that tliou i
lost place them in a setting that is seemly, ,
ind dost wear them proudly. Else wilt ,
lion loee a treasure such as angels covet.
Prayer Profitable.
What profit shall wc have if we pray unto
Him ?' impiously exclaimed persona years
igo, and say now ; thus implying that praysr
is useless. They are reluctant to believe
that prayer to the Most High is cither n duty
or a service, and so 'restrain prayer before
God.'
What profit shall wc have if we pray unto
II im t' What?
Why, much every way,
1. Hereby comes divine illumination. 'If
any man lack wisdom let him ask of God' for
he giveth wisdom. 'I neglected,' say Mathew
Henry, tlio commentator, at the close of
* 'l-y, 'L to for liglit and i
aid in niy studies this morning, and hence
my chariot wheels have d rapped heavily.'
2. Hereby coines forgiveness of sins.
No one obtains pardon of his Creator without
asking for it. It is worth asking for,
penitently and in faith, and is obtained
on no other terms. On these terms
however it is obtained. 'If we confess our
sins, God, is faithful and just to forgivo our
sins.' 'I said I will confess my trangressions
unto the Lord, and thou forgavest me the
inquity of my sin.'
3. Hereby comes deliverance from evil.
Seo Israel rescued from the cruel thraldom
ofl'haronh, because in their deplorable
bondage 'they cried unto tlio Lord.' See a
terrible calamity?no less than n general
nnissacro, warded on from Esther, Mordccai,
and the Jews, because 'they sought the God
of their fathers.'
4. Hereby blessings descend upon others.
There is an established connection between
asking and receiving; aud that not
only between the suppliant and God,
but those for whom prayer is offered.
ill 1 l*l-t ' l
i nave ueara mee, saui uou 10 Moses, "llliU
pardoned thy people according to thy word.'
'The prayer of faith saveth the sick.' And
us manifest in the prayers of Abraham, Joshua.
and Elijah, cause singular interpositions
of Divine mercy in behalf of those prayed
for.
Behold the Apostle Peter mitaculously
Jelivered from prison and from death 'because
prayer unceasing was made by the
Church unto God for him.'
Let no one then pretend that prayer is
useless, or neglect to pray ; for prayer is of
the highest moment to ourselves and others,
ind is a duty of imperative obligation.
Common Sense.
We find the foiio*ving common sense parigraph
under the caption of uiIow to treat
i wife," going the rounds: "Fi.'t, get a wife,
ifccondly, be patient. You may h;ive great :
rials and perplexities in your business ^'ith |
he world ; but do uot therefore carry to |
our home a clouded or contracted brow, i
four wifo may have many trials, which, i
hough of less magnitude, may have been as ,
lard f bear. A kind, conciliating word, a ,
euder look, will do wonders in chasing from |
ier brow all clouds of gloom. You cncotin- (
er difficulties in the open air, fanned by f
icaven's cool breezes : but your wife is often ',
hut in from these healthful influences, and ' j
ler health fails, and her spirits lose tlicir j |
ilasticity. But oh ! boar with her ; she has i (
rials and sorrows to which you nro a stran- I,
fer, but which tenderness can deprive of all !(
heir anguish. Notice kindly her little at- (
entions and efforts to promote your coin- t
art. Do not take thciu all hs a matter of ; s
ourse and pass them by, at the same time (
eiijg very sure to observe any omis f
ion of what you may consi<ler duty to you. t
>o not treat her with indifference, if you t
lOuld not sear and palsy her heart, which f
watered by kindness, would, to the latest day ,
f your existence, throb with sincere and [
onstant affection. Soinetimet yield your ,
idies to hers. She has preferences ns! ,
Lrong as you, and it may be just as trying ! (
3 yield her choice as to you. I)o you think i,
; hard to yield sometimes! Think you it
i difficult for her to give up alutayt f If
ou never yield to her wishes, there is dnner
that she will think you are selfish and i
are only for yourself; and with such feel- |
igs she cannot love as she might. Again, t
[low yourself manly so that your wife can i
>ok up to you and feel that you will act nobly, *
nd that she can confide in your judgement.
A dows-kast paper gives the Maine lienor
law a thrust, after the following fash>n.
A friend of ours, it says, had arrived
lie at n hotel, and asked for some spirits.
"Stranger,*' said the land, lord "you forgot,
guess, you're in the State of Maine. We've
o spirits herd, but we have some tarnation
no lemonade,"
The leHionda was acceded to, brought and
ktUd. The lemonade was half whisky and
alf water.
"This is rather powerful lemonade," said
# J i *
nr menu.
"Why, yea, it is," Mid the landlord; but '
tm sec, stranger, the weather is hot, and to .
eep our lemonade, we arc obliged to make 1
cruol etrong. s
It U stated that steps have been taken by
ie authority, or under the sanction of the
^nited States Government, designed to 1
ring Walker's career in Nicaragua, to an a
tot and which it is believed wSTfitHy effect c
tat purpose. . I
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How Ha Spent* His Evening*.
There ? a very important portion of life, ,
fa the hours of evening and the
lie first part of night, that ipay be made, to
he young, the roostamluable of all. The
'awncr at this time arranges the rontine
ibout his barns and house, and reduces to
>rder his calculations for the future; the sue
:essful mechanic embraces this time to store
iis mind with useful knowledge; the apprentice
uses these hours as his school?he raniliarUes
himself with the different sciences,
ind reads literary works of valuable authors;
he physician and the lawyer embrace this
mportant time to review the works of their
profession and extend the compass of their |
>rof**?.ir?n? ! L-nn?>loil nn.l ik? "-f?! ?
r? ? .v..w . ...vtwi^v ) Miiva tire J/IVIVKIVII"
?l loafer, the drunkard and the gambler look ,
upon this important poriod as the inoet agree- t
able and valuable portion of the day.
Franklin informs ua that this was the
time when he acquired hit most valuable
information, by study and constant application,
even while an apprentice, that caused
him to stand before kings, and be recognized
in history as 'the great American philosopher.'
Cobbett improved these hours, eveu
while a soldier, on the pay of six pence per
day, to lay the foundation of his future greatness.
Rodger Sherman informs us that
these wero tho moments that laid the foundation
o his feventfhl life.
IIow few of the young men of our town
and country properly appreciate this most
valuable portion of the day to itnprore their i
education aud to mature, their plans for success
in life 1 How few of them look upon
these hours as the ffolilen sanJa of iime, and
who will be able, should future misfortunes
and failure in business overtako them to give
a satisfactory reckoning of the manner they
have spent these hours ? How common it
is during these hours to see young men con
gregated at drinking saloons, at gambling
houses in idleness and taking lessons in vice,
and who will in a few years graduate with
the highest honors in sin. If p-ou wish to
employ a young man, and desire to know
whether he will be capablo and worthy, iust
make the inquiry in a private manner, horo
he spends his evening*.
Mr. Thackcry's Lecturo on the Life and
Times of George 111., was delivered in New
York to an immense house on Thuradny
week. All the papers are enthusiastic in its
praise. The Tribune savs it was a superb
performance, and ends thus :
"\Yc shall not attempt to detract in n
vain effort at epitomo from Mr. Thackery'a
touching picture of the closing days of the
old king, when sans brains, sans sight, sans
sound, sans everything, he ceased to reign.
"In these beautiful words, which we shall
long remember, ho closed."
"O brothers; speaking the same dear
mother tongue; O comrades, enemies no
more, lot u? take a mournful hand together
as wc stand by this royal corpse, and call a
truce to battle. Low he lies, cast lower
than the poorest dead, he whom millions
Iirayed for in vain. Driven from his throne,
uiffcteJ by a rude hand, tlio darling of his
old age called away beforo him, our Lear
hangs over his breathless lips and cries:?
'Cordelia, Cordelia, stay a little.' Sound
then trumpets, make a mournful march ; do- j
scend dark curtain on his pageant, his pride, '
his grief, his awful tragedy."
At flrtfiA f*n nnnlmiiJA 1?1 '
?- v.vwv .... Mjfi/Miuov, 11 iiivia unu irumiently
interrupted the brilliant passages of
the evening, rose into an enthusiasm which
set on Mr. Thnckery'a George III.a crown of
full success. <
I ^
Til it E> 7ECT6 or FrAn.?'Hie extraorditary
power oxcvted by fear over the human 1
nind was exhibited in Vienna, in a rcmarka- i
>le manner, a few U ?vs ago. Dr. K , an <
iminent physician of v jenija, obtained leave ,
Voin the local authorities to try his expert- ^
ncnts upon the person of a prisoner who 1
tad been condemned to death. Ai*.,r>rdiu|$y,
an offer was made to the individva. tn '
question, holding out the promise of the remission
of his punishment, if he would
;onsent to pass tho night in the bed of a paient
who four hours previously had been 1
1 *ce l.M -t. -1 rn ?
.in iicu uu uy viiuiern. me prisoner con- 1
tented, and was put to bed, and after the i
expiration of some three hours, or less, he was
eized with violent vomiting and all the at- j
cn lant syintoms of cholera. lie wue atended
immediately by several physicians, |'
md ultimately, being a man of strong and '
dgorous constitution, was completely re-cs- <
.ablished. His nslonisnineut was great,
vhen D. F informed him that the bed (
vas perfectly clean and pure, and that no
diolera patient had ever lain there.? Vien- ,
m (Jorrttjpondml of the Morning Pott.
Percussion or Fulminating Powder, as '
t is called. such extraordinary '
>ower that it cannot t>e used as a project! I o, 4
here being no cannon capable of withstand- '
ng its force, if tired in any quantity at once. 4
Sufficient to project a ball of bomb shell '
rould completely shatter a cannon on the 1
nrtant of explosion. Tlie fulminate is com- 4
>oeed of nitric acid, extracted from sulphate, j
ilcohol, orspirits of wine and mercury. The '
all of a feather upon pure fulminating pow- 4
ler will sometimes cause it to explode. One 4
>unce of it is more than enough for charg- *
ng a thousand caps, the fulminate being 4
nixed wilh a quarter of its weight of water 4
md half its weight of gunpowder, and ground 4
villi a wooden muller on a marble slab.? 4
The terrific force of the article is owing to the
oncentration into a solid form of the ele- 1
nontsof air in the immediate juxtaposition 4
>f combustible material*, which, when fired, 1
issuine, instantaneously, the air, shape and J
mlk, which is by tlie (teat, developed at the
nstant of explosion, fearfully increased in 1
ize. ?
The head of Joaquin Murinto, a noted 1
>rigau3 of C'aljfyrm*, was recently sold at 4
luctibn by the Sheriff of San Francisco
otir.lv for $36. The purchasers were Judge <
.)<>n and Jr. V. Plume. 4
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Friday Morning, Hov. 23, 1886.
aokkts.
E? W. CARR, X. W. cor. of Walnut and Third-st, i
PhiltdtljihiA, (a our authorized Agent.
N, W. WALKER, Columbia, a C.
i. M. PEOEN, Fairview P. O., Greenville Diet
WM. C. BAILEY, Pleasant Grove, Greenville.
CAPT, R. Q. ANDERSON, Cedar Fall*. Greenville.
Io Colrt-egpondente.
Rev. W. G. Ala.?The P. O. of the
person enquired of is Bounty Land, Pickens
Distriot, S. C. A line addressed to the P.
M. at tliat-piace would meet attention.
J. G. Dunklin.?The article sent us
will he published in our next. It arrived
too Inte for this issue.
U0ur Friend" Columbia, S. C.?We ,
cannot account for the non-reception of your
t. .*:ii i: 1 'i - ? s- -?
at mill n*w, ?nu mu wiwr ? 1*1
homo for the present The publisher informs
us that your former enquiries were answered.
Iu a few days all will be made
right
THE VIRGINIA HARMONIANS.
These gentlemanly perfortneis gave one
of their Concerts in our rillago last Friday
evening. Their sougs were excellent?
the music inimitable?and the amusement
of a character quite chaste and highly agrceablo.
Wo wish them success. Butler,
Sweeney and Farrow erasure to win favors
wherever they perform.
AMERICAN DOCTRINE.
The following will do without any comment:
"The American party, while exercising the
largest and w idest fellowship and charity towards
the citizens of other countries, proclaims
this grand fundamental doctrine:
'Americans must rule America.' Come as
fist ns you please ; occupy our fertile lands ;
enter into business; worship Cod iu your
own way; send your children gratis to our
common schools; enjoy every right, privilege
and blessing of our free institutions ;
but that these institutions may remain what
they are?that our country may remain
what ilia?we govern it ourselves. You, by
centuries of humiliation, degradation, and
slavery : you Irishmen, you Germans, and
other escaped subjects of European monarch*, 1
have clearly shown that you do not undorstand
how a free country should he governed.
Nay, by your very flight from your 1
own oppressed soil, you havo admitted your
incapability, and have appealed to us for 1
protection and an a?ylnm. We freely ren- '
tier both, llere you are safe?here you are
freo?here you shall forever enjoy, undisturbed,
the fruits of your industry and yonr i
skill. Why then should you immediately 1
atv inpt mingling in the governing of the (
country to which you have flown, to escape ,
slavery and starvation ! Are you not afraid |
that you might make as bad husiuese of it <
here as you did at home, and reduce our !
country to the servitude of lungs, priests and j
popes 1 I
>*We are afraid of it; and wo tell you |
that we w 'II not allow the experiment to be <
mado. We i?J*o allowed it to go too far 1
rlready. We know th.?t we can govern j
America wisely and well, for we have tried (
it. Wo mean, therefore, to continue to gov- ]
srn it. Nothing else. Take eveiything
which that government can import?L'ntyon
muuuii u?? auu guvnriillieill I15C1I.
Americanism and Religions Toleration.
Extract from a speech of lion. Thomas 1
Stanhope Flournoy, lato candidate of tho .
American party of Virginia for Governor:
' The American party is charged with religious
tolerance, and with opposition to re- 1
ligiou* freedom This I utterly deny. One
rf its lending ot.jecUis iiwyf?MiTStiuriofrO' !
ligious liberty, by holding in oheck the in* '
Hucnce in this country of the Roman Catho- ,
lie Church, whoee tenets and whose history .
diow it to be the great enemy of freedom of !
opinion. We make no war upon it as a re- ,
igious denomination but we uncompromisingly
oppose the tompornl power which it 8
slaiins, and its rights to control the eonsci- ,v
snoot and actions of men aa citizens and as f
lubjects. We insist that they shall bare secured
to them in our country perfect freeiom
of opinion, and the right to worship j
Ciod according to the dictates of their own
onscieiicos. ?
It is difficult to conceive how any candid *
mind shall so misconstrue tho principles of
the American party touching these subjects
m to make upon them the unjust and un- >
founded charge of religious intolerance.? s
riie eighth article of the platform ia so 1
plain that he who runs may read and under- J
itand, declaring, in emphatic terms, opposi- t
lion to those only who acknowledge an alle- i
f'ance outside of our government, either civ- ?
or spiritual. It is the political feetaro in i
the Romish church we oppose; and while I t
would aid in defending them iq their wor-1?
hip of God according to their own judg-| >
nserjU, even to (lit sacrifice of my life, yet 11
ytr A A \ jgU*"-, jA
when We come lo prefcr- wen to office, 1
would unhesitatingly record ray votetajainsf
tliero, believing that their principle* make
them uneuited to republican intityWon*.
To iUustruto? suppose
Uaptibt, Pre?byteri*t? or Eptscopalton Churches
were to declare, WpSrt of their creed,
their belief iu the necessity of * union of
Church and State, would it be religion* in
tolerance, or opposition to religious freedom,
to avow a determination to appose their election
or appointment to office"? Would not
una ojiposuion ue iu? support ana maintainance
of religious freedom I History teaches
us that Protestantism and Liberty go hnnd
in hand. Wherever the Roman Catholic
Church is in the ascendant despotism prevails.
Preceding the Reformation, under its
influence, scarcely a ray of liberty penetrated
the gloom which had settled upon the
world. But as Protestantism has advanced,
Liberty has progressed, and wherever it has
taken n foothold, Liberty has found a home.
For illustration, look to Spain and Italy
upon the one hand, to Soothed and England
upon the other ; compare in Ireland the
adjoining counties in which Protestantism
and Romanian alternately prevail, and the
difference is marked. It is equally as striking
between the Protestants and Catholic
States of Germany ; and upon our own con
tinent it is more strikingly illustrated between
the United States and Mexico. The
struggle of the American party on this subject
? but a revival of the spirit of tho Reformation,
in opposition to theUomibh Church,
whose track has been mnikcd with persecution
and blood; and I trust that the American
party throughout the country will adhere
firmly to the position they have taken in opposition
to the temporal power of the Church
of Rome. Civil aud religious freedom both
require it.
' Nicaragua.
The following description of Nicaragua,
will, at ihe present time, be interesting :
On the west it is washed by tho Pacific
Ocean, and partly on the east by the waters
of the Caribbean Sea, the Misquito Territory,
foiming a large sharo of its eastern boundary.
Honduras borders it on the north, and
Costa Rica upon tlio south. Its area is about
forty-nine thousand squares miles, and the
population is estimated at two hundred and
forty-seven thousand. The females are said to
greatly exceed tho males in number. Not
more than twenty thousand of the people
are whites, the rest negroes, Indians and
mixed races. Most of tho population live
in towns, many of them going several miles
daily to labor in the field*. The plantation*
nre scattered pretty equally over tire country,
and nre reached by paths so obscure as to
almost escape tho notice of travellers, who
are thus liable to fall into tho error of supposing
thnt the country is almost uninhabited.
The dwellings, of the peoplo are usually
of canes, thatched with palm, although
the betlei classes construct tneir residences
of adobes, and by the help of fruit nnd shade
trees, planted in the court-yard, render many
of them exceedingly pleasant.
A range of mountains extends along the
west coast of tire State, at a distance of n few
tniles from the sea, but attaining no great
elevation until they approach the confines of
Costa Kica, when they reach the height of
five to eleven thousand feet. In tlrecentral
Enrt of the State is an immense level tract,
nown as the plains of Nicarngua, comprising
in its area the lake of that name. Numerous
volcanoes exist along the Pacific
coast, There are a considerable number of
rivers, but none of them, except the San
J nan, aro navigable in a commercial sen?e
Vein* of copper nnd silver ore of exceeding
richneaa are found in many parts, but they
remain aimoat all of them either unexplored
or only snperficially worked. Gold, nlso, is
laid to exist. The climate is licalthv, though
various. In the interior and mouubtinons
parts tho temperature is more dry nnd cool
Lhan on the const, where it is hot and ap :
pronching to humid. The greater portion
of the State consists of plains and gentle
dopes formed of a rich black loam, of which
but a small portion is made available. The i
productions are indigo, sugar, coffee, cotton ]
of superior quality, corn, rice, wheat, Ac., ,
besides oranges, lemons, and fruits of various
kinds. The great banc of tho country |
lias been its civil wars, and it was ono of
ihose which enabled Col. Walker to achieve
bis almost bloodless conquest.
Young Sam it his Heals.
The New York Sunday Courier telU the
following story:
.Among the statuary at the Palace, there
s a gi.^up of marble or plaster, by Jones, of
jouuon, labelled "Ptolemy Lagos, nourished
>y an eagle.71 The bird U represented as in j
he act of shielding ?n infant from the cold 1
vith its wings, while a bit of something, >
vbich might l>o a date o." some such edible,
s being placed in the mouth of the little felow,
by the bosk of" sir feathered narse.
Yesterday, during the rain, a number of
Western drovers, who had finished their bus* 1
ness at Dull'* llead, visited the Institute Ex- 1
libition, and were deeply engaged in a care- 1
ill inspection of all the sights. By accident,
ome three or four of thera met around the '
vork of art we are speaking of, and one of
hero slowly deciphered the tag for the bene- <
it xrigthe party, <
"It's a cursed Yankee lie!" exclaimed one >f
the Hoosiers, "Putolcmene Lager.11 Don't
know f 1 toil ye that1* the American Earl?
feeding young Ham with gravel stones to (
five hitu grit.'1
Mas. Swissiiei.ii has been to a 'baby 1
how, and rather intimates, if we can under- i
tand her, that she don't quite like them. 1
Here is what she says, at any inte: "The t
>oor dunes of mothers are to be pitied rathtr
than blamed. Some of thom are descent,
nnocent women, who have no definite, idea
A the light in which tliejr plnoe themsel ves,
ind most are too nearly idiotic to be eccoun- .
aKIa ltllt ll i. ?* 1
.. ,m II1A MJfllV llim UUIltmllJ I |
thou Id be degraded thus in these person); .
lobody expects nny respect for humanity 1 \
rrom Bamum. Toe parties really to blame',
iw- ^immM
lie :^ 'uKo "g!vw nto ?*e a
lot of them deserves n pair of monkey'? ears.
/1V? wtliiMUon U akiu to tU oUhmMmi
tint sliows; and when Barnum and Wood
visit a city touring shame on the mothers of
it hy ino of theso allows, the sons of that city
should sea them safely past the suburb* on
a pair ofrails. \
Naturalized CitizensWk
have repfatedly avowed the opifiojh,
that many of onr naturalized citizens were
ajuoug the very best Americans; tnen^rho
have as sincere an attachment to our country
and iu free institutions as natives of th*soil
could possibly have; and if, at any time, in
speaking of foreigners, wo have been fjpMb
stood to include such naturalized citizens w?
were certainly misconstrued. We have heretofore
expressed the most entire confidence
in the integrity nnd patriotism of a numerous
class of naturalized citizens ;; whilst, for
another clais we have the most contetnp^ou*
opinion. It was against the latter claim, and
their aiders and abettors, that we have con*
tended ; and we gladly acknowledge the assistance
which has been rendered by the former
to the American cause i if the fate election.
Good adopted as well as the native citizen*
must feci the injury which our couutry
has sustained bv the immense irniuietanon of
t. : l.1i. r .i i.. . . ..
uiiigu rciuu* miti paupers 10 ine
United States, and must have an equal desire
to debar such future immigration fromllie
exercise of the right of suffrage for twenty-one
years after their arrival; Unless this
lie done, good citizens will, in a short time,
be entirely excluded from all public office*,,
and none but those of disreputable stamp
will receive appointment*. Our judicial offices
sill bo filled with corrupt and ignomut
men, who, instead of ndmiui?teiiiig justiceaiid
punishing criminals, will Ikj found hobnobbing
with such persons in grog-shop*,,
and protecting them from punishment whew
arrested for the most serious crimes. Thank
God we are now likely to escape such a disgraceful
state of things.? Clipper.
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Vermont Wit.
Tiirkk w n good deal of humor oozing out
from time to time up nmpng the Green
Motimnin*. The last drop that ha* reached
us, f.oni a small village not many utile* from
Bennington.
Old Stokce, after years of toil, got pos***sion
of a granite ledge, lie was in the habit
of buying his powder with which he quarried
the ledge, of one .foqas Arch bald wins
sold tape, groceries, and other varieties in the*
village stoie.
Archlrald was a good deal of a boast**
about his wares, ami one evening, while r%
crowd were sitting around the stove in thw
tavern bar room be addressed Stoke* with r
"Well, old Stokes that1* pretty good |*?wder
of mine, I paid a high price for it down
in Uoatou. 1 recommend that |x>wdMv?
How do you like it, Stokes ?'
% "Well/ responded Stokes, slowly. "It's
pretty good powder hut I came near loosing
that last keg I bought."
"Alt," saul Arebbaid, "how; that's unfortunate."
"Why," responded Stokes, "the confounded
keg got a fire and I had to go nltont
thirtjwwKdown to the brook before I could
put if onf"
? - ComraiMt^hce
Women. ^
ueavcn known how many simple
letter*, from simple-minded" women,
have been kissed, cherished, and wept
over, bv men of far lotticr intelect.?
So it will always be to the end c^rbjje.
It is a lesson worth learning by these
young creatures who seek to allufe by
their accomplishments, or dazzle bv
their genius, that though he may admire,
no man ever loves a women for
I hose thing*. He loves her for what
is essentially distinct from, though not
incompatible with them. This is why
we so often see n man of high genius
t>r intellectual power pass by the De
Staels and tho Corrinnes, to take into
his bosom some wayside flower, who
has nothing.
Two Georgia Preacher* in tux samus
Contrauictino bach Otiisr.-?
Two preachers were in lite same pulpit together.
While one was preaching be happened
to say, uWhen Abraham built the
srk.f
The one behind him strove to correct hie
blunder by saying out loud, u Abraham
ittrm'? thar"
but the speaker postal on, heedless ot
the interruption, and only took occasion
shortly to repeat, still more decidedly, "I
iay, when Abraham built the ark.n
"And 1 mi," cried out the other, u Ahrm
torn won't ihar:n
The preacher was too hard to h# he ate*
lown in this way, and addressing the p>opia?
sxchmned, with great indignation, W1 say
Abraham was thar, or that amowis I?
Mr. J. W. Wright, one of the Mail Age ale
>n the Oeorsria Hall irAo/t ?? *
... .?! r. no MIOTICU Ml
\tlanta, on th? 16th irut, on the charge of
imbezzling letters from the mail bags put m
ils charge. lie confessed to Messrs. Frierion
and Magulre, the Special Agents of Use
Post Office Department, that be bad taken
wo money letters. :
Missouri United States Senatorahip. ^
Chicago, November 14.?The Legislature
>f Missouri refused op Monday last to go Mas.
in election for the United States Senator ifiL
dace of Mr. Atcblaon. Two democraflfl^
mucuses have been held. *
iu election art doubtful. "
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