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' ^' It _ _ \ .* VO j* VOL 3. GREENVILLE, S. 0.: THURSDAY MWIF^ OCTOBER 2,1356. " ^":\:>^::^z. NO. 21. ' ????? ? Mil. -- ~ --- - - - ?" " rife" (Butrrjirisf, 1 REFLEX OF POPULAR EVENT: WS&k&am if* s>mn<ms, . EDITOR AN8 PROPRIETOR. '#1 0U, payable In advance ; f? it del*yed. CLUBS or FT VK and upwards #1, the mono; lh ayerr instance U accompany the order. AbVKRTISEMKNTS inserted oonepiouously a Uie rate* of 18 cents per square of 13 lines, an. It seats for eaoh subsequent insertion. Cor traets for yearly advertising made reasonable. AOKNT8. ? W.Cama, N. W. cor. of Walnut and Tliird-a1 Philadelphia, is oar authorized Agent. WW W>nn J- c.i i.r.'n n " Pmc* Stbadley, Esq., Flat Rock, N. O. A. IL Pkobx, Fair view T. O., Greenville Pi?t William C. Bailey, Pleasant Grovo, Greenville Cam. R. Q. Ahpkm )*, Cedar Falls. Greenville ifltctrit |%rtnj. She Jobed iflii). Sim loved biiu ; but she knew it not? Her heart bad only room for pride? All otber feelings were forgot, :4When she bocamo another's bride, t As from a dream she tlion awoke, ; To resdixo her lonely ainto, And own it Vas the vow she broke, Thai made her drenr and dcsolHte. She loved liiin ; but the slanderer came. With words of bate tliat all believed ; A stain thus rested on his unme, Uut he was wrong'd and tdjc deceived. Ah rash tbe act tbal gave her band, That drove bar lover from her side, nrL. i.f - i l i? - - 1 ?* nu uieu iiiui iu a ijisimiii ihiiu, Where, battling for a name, he died. 8he loved him, and his memory now W?? treasured as a thing apart, The shades of thought wore on her brow, i The need* of death were in her heart, For ell the world, that thing foiiorti, 1 would not, could not be and live; Tbmt casket, with its jewel gone? A bride, who has no hemt to give. v^fiUsctlianrotts Henhiim. -??___ 11)UHic^i ?bei)omcr^ ? u, tipi|? E^cf, / ' Recently wc published, says the 1'liiladel phia Ledger, a paragraph frotu an Afuhatm paper, atuting that u slave of Mr. Johu II liottdley had three children at a birth, t\v< of whom were black and one white. Tin fact coming to tho knowledge of our .scion tiflc towuaiuan, Peter A. Browne, Esq., win haa been making many interesting research m and investigations iuto the different chnr acterislics of hair and wool, induced him t< add ret w the owner of tliaahtverwiili\m tin fbtaJuing a specimen'of the piUfM coior nMhenfcads'of the-'children. Mr. II. lely complied w Kb hie wish, and sen specimens of tlie father's and mother, of the two black children, and also ] specimen of that of Uio white child. Tin result of Mr. Browne** investigHtiou esta^ li&hed the curious feci that the white oliilt is a black Albinos, its Itilti Ixiimr iu?t n> much us wool?tbo characteristic of the ne gro?an that of the two black cjuhirfn, \vh< *re wire negroes, from a pore negro htilic and toother. We have here ike solution*>(, a pheno menon which lias soux-iiine* confounded tlx ph|ti^?y?n<f wmot he, ho/ bton dispose to exmam by ftiept&unfption of infereon'r* with both white and black, on the part o the mother. In some instances, the pre Aroption mnv be correct, but the praclicn utility of h|rv Browne's investigation* U that doubt in such carc* infty Uf settled lc tftrminately by nn examination of the? pile Woo) and hair are certain distinct charm t^sdLgs. ,-.f differ?"- artftcio* of the huntn1 race, and interchange l>otween such specie ^enera'treiy is as permanently and distinct >y marked in the pile as any oilier cbarac ter'wtus feature to the ensuring of breed*. TLU fact i? important, not only in doler mining physiological questions wjiicU frc ise. hg^ly,^ Uu i faiWitt&tyrbduAl a growth of wool with a flKfcb certainty of ita quality ft? any othc crop which he cultivate*. The tntelligen labor* of eoience in ^Ae investigat ion c pbyatSal law* aWraya result in hem fit t mankind. and those who devote their tim and talents to *uch discoveries am the re* pliUantliropiata of the race. Ignorane aotneiiine* rate on a laugh at ihe expense c the natural nhilefOldier, bwnh<e of lite *eent ing in*?guificnnee of tlie objecta which cn hfo attention; but r, erv hut dfceove? M f Z% f ' e \m ^ cd h? rciehee'i* An "ndditlon to the sum o! real knowledge available to man. and pro motive bften of (Tin veiy highest interests 01 S fhe lrnnmn race. The" woman who i* ilie mother of tliow children ha* given Willi to fourteen children Ave of which are white?nil we rupposc AtLino*?and nina b ark. She hail twin* once, both of whom were black. The woman and her husband arc both of the Mine j color, which is quite dark. Thev are l?oth Cure Afticans. Some of the c!iildrcn are lacker than tlieir parents, hut-the white j. ones are as perfectly white a* any of the Caucadnn race. The phenomenon of an Albinos, we believe, ia referred to by physiolo. gists to a deceased condition of the individual. by wbich tlic }>erson is deprived of the coloring matter of the skin and hair. ??+?+ - Glen.S. E. Cqlrcjj. Tub recent State Temperance Convention, i through a committee of which Dr. E. E. Presaly was chairman, sent a pressing invi tntion to Gen. Carev to come and spend the ensuing winter in tfii* State. The following I Jctter was reevjved iu FC?v : College IIill, Aug. 27. Gentlemen The wishes of the late State Temper a nee Convention of South Carolina conrevM to mn In vnnr t.. . J ... ... ^ .?nri U1 the 11th instant, nave been considered.? The repented acts of kindlier* mid generosity of the people of Sewth Carolina towards me me grateful to my feelings beyond the power of Jnngungo to express. To have the coiifldciico and respect of the great and good of your noble State would flatter the proudest ambition, and to gintify their wishes would justify any sacrifice. Ah 1 r.m at prescut situated I car.not give any nssUPMtco that 1 will be able to visit South Carolina again this year. '1 here is ,110 field in which I would labor with gieator pleasure, and none promises so large n suits to the good cause. Every interest of the people of that State especially requires a prohibory law, and your courts ure so constituted that tiie Judges ore not required tc become reckless partisan demagogues in order to secure a re-election. A prohibitory law so constructed as to so euic the rights of all would be a fixed fact iu South Carolina if .nice enacted. In jus tico to the great body of the citizens ofyoui Stale I must say that nowhere in this it-public have my sentiments and arguments met with more respectful attention. When. I went t there but little had been said on the peculiar topics discussed and erroneous and taU? notions were entertained in reference to th? real nature and objects of the laws desired, A calm, honest, dispassionate, gentlemanly . and intelligent presentation of its inciits is all that is necessary to give it favor in the hearts of your people. The tffeels of the irstllc upon your slave population arcaoriis' | tiuctly marked and aggravated that masters 1 j will see at once that any other law, except nit; viit3 uit'pvtvu, itiiiiiui gnu uicin |>ruwO ' tion. Motives of self interest, as well as ol ! patriotism, can be addressed to South Caro ' linians. ] To aid in Iiftstcningjhe "good time coining" in the l'aliiietlo State would be glory enough for me, if l>v possibility, 1 could > make arrangements to'entcr the canvass. ] p couhl urn. if I wouhl, di-guUe the fact that I love the people of South Carolina. Then ' gchertkity, frankness, hospitality, were ttn 1 bounded, ami oven those to whom my opin* ions were not acceptable, treated me with 1 uniform courtesy and respect. . I ninko these retnatk* for lite purpose o! i giving you some Id*1* of how trying it is tc # my own feelings to deny your request. Tht appeals from England to visit them are very ^ strong and uigent, hut I have been compelr led to.say no to my friends there. More than a year ago J gave a conditional promise to u>y friends in Georgia to canvass ? portion of that State the coming winter am] j they may claim uty services if 1 go any l> where. I am still undecided as to my I course in the future. I (hank God that thcro is no place in wy heart for any ot I tho.-.4? bitter, unpatriotic, unchristian sectionL al feelings, which arc so rife in those dsys sml, can, therefore, go anywhere where Got! may open the way for my accomplishing good. , | W lilt rntttiu-iU of respect, <kc., ^ l mil yutiro, fc. * C/nti. > . IIknry Si'mm kb, ) Iter. \Ym. Martin, r Committee. Iter. E. E. I'mkbslv, D, D. ) Simpmchy.?A neighbor ofours not long t sinco introduced io bis aon, abo'it si* yean ? of Age, a little brother, who bad ^ut nrrivec in this world, which iilf agree in abusing / bui noue like U> pHitWitb it, even in ex j, change fur n better. The boy looked at l?i? r infntit broiber in some littlo jpcrplexity, an<^ t then raising bis eyes to his lather, inquired ,f "where did you get it ?n Bought hira my o son,'* exclaimed the father,-with a latidabh ? gravity. Again the boy looked nt the baby j and after a abort time sagaciously naked P "Why didn't you pick out a white onef?th 4 or t" ?^iibany Kniek. I- Burr to rise'?People who tena bulls dur iug the continuance of "Hy time." r (Driginnl Comnutnirntan: r ; ?* ror tub jcktbrhu8e. f MI liad a droam: it was not all a irtim," ' For my young life's blood was rolling its jojous course through my veins, while 1 was bounding like a roe o'er hill and dale, chaa> ing that wild phantom Pleasure, whose i r.nniQ lives only in song. With high bounding pride, I made, as / thought, gi, gantie strides across life's flowery plain, but, alas, it was a dream. Somnambulism was > a doctrine to ine strange and mysterious.-*1 My angel had not as yet, led me through its sih nt clouded halls, yet Iliad a dream thut was not all & dream. Though a fond mother had' not left Iter silent homo of denth, yet there seemed to l>c a gentle guide to accompany mc as I passed through life. Her uamo was Ilope, with her liily hand she unfolded the doors of some gorgeous palaces, where the rich and gay were elm ing upon the "fantastic toe" ihe brilliant hours of noonday life. All was still as I heard an angel wing the air; as my ears caught the gentle tones that died away, too sad for mortal ears ever to hear again. The stern decree is obeyed, and the loud peals of laughter and extatie joy are turned to mourning, and those rich melodies which told of lover's woes and joys, were turned to wniling and lamentations, for she has fallen ! oh, that bright eyed girl I so fondly ' loved. I saw her in the dance, more I eau, liful than the gay butterfly circling in the inorning sun, and pausing now and then to 1 sip the nectar of the god's (i? m earth's sweetest flowers. Deep in her rib-lit tomb iny Mary softly lies. l There iu that narrow liome my youthful joy diet. "I had a dream, but 'twas not all 1 a dream," for that g?*y ciree faded like a summer's flower, and those gay halls, resounding with n stranger's tread, ne'er re , sounds again, fo' t ern Hea'ily approaches; . he whose inusic has been the clash of re sounding arms stands before roe, with hi* mantle dipped in blood, and iu his cold, 1 pale, bony hand, he holds a t-ceptre, by ' which he rules the world. lie speaks, and > the strong man turns pale, and lays himself i down to die; he utters his voice, and the faithful totub unveils kef bosom to receive in her icy embrace, the vast throng from , banquet balls to sacred courts. "The groan, J . the pall, the knell, the tier," acknowledge his empire. Hut I hud another dream, 1 which was not all a dreain. I left my childidi sports, for iny faiiy guide told me, f speaking sadly too, there was one devoted spot 1 yet must see. "Hut stop," raid she, "in those sacred pages." (pointing to the Bible,) "thou hast rend the doom of Sodom, and the fate of Gomorrah ; thou hast teen I in thy fancy the curling naine turning ila deb* f tractive way, and thou hast hoard the last ; note of woe dio away amid the deepening ' rour of a ilaming city ; thou, too, hnot read of our Snvior weeping team of sorrow over Jerusalem; hut I've a spot to shew tlice; C no burning Sodom, no mangled Jerusalem ? ?Iter name is Mammon. She is set upon ' a hill, but exalted to heaven ; a munnniering streamlet rolls at her feet, to hear her [ chad away ;her sens and daughters at twi light hour stray in pensive silence beside Iter i murtnering nil. On one of her lofty hills, I her Prophet-school doth proudly stand, and like the glittering gems of light that mark t the tending sky, her sons and daughters f new besin forth,- with light for every eye. Some for Paul, some for A polios, and some ? for Cephas, but none for Christ. 1 looked ' and 1 beheld not only what she mentioned. ' but four solemn temples, where they say her sons and daughters are together called by their cLl'.nsng txlk ; their r*3teh<yi. rumbling wheels, proclaim the same. I looked ; oh, that scene! enough to mxke a devil quail. Close by these solemn halls old Bacchus , rears three stately domes, and the chiming \ of his bells, betrays the unsuspecting youth. I The mechanic leaves his tools and shop, the > clerk his counter, the former his fields, the student his books, and all with a wild fiendI isli shout proclaim, proclaim old Bncehus t king. 1 awoke exclaiming "Verily, vsrily, f shining Sodom, thou art exalted to heaven, 5 but shali indeed be thrust down to hell.? ' "I had a dicam, it was not ulljl dream." [ acio. The mind has more in it than most peo> - pie think, if you would furnish the apartments. " J)i3cobc J-ics of Ifye * epc pi C e rUnt). ?/> Some of die mni.| wonderful results of human intellect has been witnessed in the last fifty year* ft is remarkable Iiow the niind of the world has tun into scientific invest! Ration, end what achievement* it Una effect* ed in that short period. Fulton launched the first steamboat in 1807, now there are .1,000 steamboats traversing the waters of America only. In 1825 tho first railroad was pat in o|*ratioa in Massachusetts. In 11800 there was not a siugle railroad in the world. In the United States alor.e there arc now 18;797 milea of rnilroad, costing 285,000,000 to build, nnd about 22,000 utiles of railroad in Europe. The electric telegraph had its beginning iu 1845. The j electric magnet was discovered iu 1812, and ! eleolrolvpihg is a still later invention.? Ifoe's printing press, capable of printing 20,000 copies rii hour, is a very recent di eoeery. tias light was unknown in 1800; I now every city and town of any pretence is lighted with eras, and we have ihe nnnrninw. I mcnt of ft still greater discovery, by which light, heat, motive power, may all be produced from water, with scarcely any co>t.? rbiguerre communicated to the world hi* beautiful invention in 1839. (inn cotton and chloroform are discoveries but a few years old. Astronomy has added a num-i bor of new planets to the solar system.? 1 What'will the next century accomplish ??! We may look tor still greater discoveries ; tor the intellect of inc.:: awake, exploring every mine of knowledge and searching for Useful info: mat ion in every department of art and industry. Mki.axchoi.y Waknino 10 Sni fk 1>ipi t'KKB.? Although thtt-hahil of snuff dipping lias been proven by medical inea to be inju rious, and in many eases fatal to the human i system, yet the practice seems to be followed bv females with an avidity which would i signify that the habit is gtaeiful, healthful and deliffhtful. What an infatuation 1 To look at the pale and swntthv faces in our community, with lips lidaubcd with the jKsrnicious compound, one might exclaim, in astonishment, "why wiil ye die J" Well do we remember how rosy the cheek.*, how bright and spuikling the eyes, and how gay was the step of an esteemed female of our acquaintance, who, but half a year ago, seemed the person i Heat ion of health and beauty, but who now lies beneath thy cold earth, solely from the use of smith While her soul glowed with animation, and her heart beat high with hopes for the future, j never did she dream that her ow n hands i were doing for her tlio work of dciuh-?that i by a simple practice she w as stopping up ! the avenues of life, l>y clogging her lungs with smith The uufortunate voting lady j referred tp was know n and beloved throughlout this community, and we mention the facts hoping that others niav take warnim*. [Danvi U r Rept>hi!can. ?q(j ffonSr IjT ii) i 3 Ui-s; j 1. Pay him, because it is tlic ordination of (iixl, "i hat those who minister at the altar should live of tire altar." When God sent von your pastor, lie laid you under obligation to support him. The Ilead of the Church is too just to call a man from secular labors for his service, without giving a precept for h:s sustenance. 2. Pay your minister because yon owe him and the precept is, "owe no man" Having had the time and service of your minister, you can no more deprive him of his wages, without siu, than you could "the reaper of your 1 ticlds." The money you subscribed is not a charity, but a aebt. 3. Pay your minister, that lie may i be worth ]>nyit?g; How can he give i instruction, if poverty drive Win out of ; his study to dabble in worldly business. | How can he buy books and periodicals j without means f How can lie think and reason closely, if you allow his ipind to bo tortured with fears of debts and insolvency, and keep him l imning from neighbor to neighbor borrowing money ? How -cr.n bo go before the Church as a pioneer in godliness, if you compel him to be continually struggling with pecuniary embarrassment ? 4. Pay yoHr minister so that he can ?. i t . mi l i . pay ins aeDis. inc worm ex pccis ministers to pay tlieir debts punctually. Not to do this is to bring reproach npon religion. Can the ministers be punctual, if bis }>cople withhold the means? The shoemaker, tailor, merchant &c.f want their money, uml will you compel your minister to defraud them ? ' -? 5. Fay your minister, if jou would keep hiinr or ever get another as good. It is a bad thing for a Church to get tlio name of''starving their ministers." Wo knpw some churches who do.this ! Tlie euro? of God seem* to bo ujw*n tit em worse en<l worse. They will soon become Hike the mountains ofGibcon, without dew or raiu !"' 0. Pay your minister, bemuse you promised to pay him. Kot to do this Is to forfeit vonr word. It is h debt of honor ns Well as of law. Your pastor lias trusted to your word, thrown himself and his family into your keeping. Will you prove unworthy of his confidence ? 7. Pay your minister, bemuse you are able to pay him. How entail is the pittance which falls to your share! With a little extra labor or nmisual economy, how easily could you pay your pastor promptly 1 Will yon think of these things ? Eolrhiolion of Scto. The air contains at all times more or less moisture, though in a state to rarified as to be imperceptible. To prove this it is only necessary in a summers day to fill a glass with cold water, I H'lian rl ? ,* nI 1..? r? ??? ~ ? - I m uvii) mij ?o i4?v; nitty bwiii, ' its moisture will be condensed, and l made visible, iL the form of small pelJ lucid drops upon the outside of the I glass below that of the surrounding atmosphere. On this principle distilln| tion is conducted ; and in the same manner dew is formed. No sooner 1 does the enn sink toward the horizon , than the blades of grass which clothe i ; the earth's surface give out the heat they have been receiving during the ; day, and consequently they become so much colder than the atmosphere that they condense in the form ot dew part of the ratified moisture immediately surrounding them. Dew, being thus formed, is, ot course, more abundant before and after rains, when tho atmosphere is nioislest. Calm clear nights are essential also fin* the copious deposition of dew ; fur then the glassy blades emit their beat freely, ami it is dispersed through the atmosphere : without any equivalent return. On i the contrary, however, if the night be : cloudy, then heat frdui the atmosphere, : in suiue degree, to keep its teinpcra[ ture on a level with that of the glassy | blades, and thus so nearly equalise the two that but little dew is deposited, i It, in addition to clouds, a high wind is I blowing, no dew will lie formed; for then the temperature of the grass is prevented from sinking by tho agitation of the air continually bringing a warmer current to succeed the colder current bv which it is surrounded or it may be that the night winds, being J generally cool, so rapidly reduce the j air's temperature as to bring it below I that of the grass. i As substances differ in their power I of l??sing their heat, so do they differ ! in their attraction tor dew. On gras'j, , swan's down, find other filamentous j substances, which readily part with ; their heat, dew copiously condenses. Toe mechanical condition of objects | likewise affects the formation of dew, ( as shavings attract it more than wood. Dow is more plentifully deposited on ! meadow grounds than on ploughed 1 lands; and cultivated soils arc rcfresh! ed with abundance of dew, while bar; ren rock and sandy deserts not needt ing, do not receive the genial moisture. ; Indeed, everv ]?lant possesses, accord. ing to its kind, tho power of condensing as mncli dew as is necessary for its peculiar and individual exigencies. Arthur's J Tome Gazette. if o to I o 5 e Useful. By yov,r example.?"Without exhibiting this in the tirst instance, all your other exertions will be utterly useless. Your own example sets a seal to your sincerity, and gives weight to every counsol yon may offer. Yon then be come a living epistle, that may become known and read ot all men : and who does not know that men aro more deeply impressed by living epistles inscribed l?y tlio spirit of God, than by the epistles written only bv pen and ink '{ *y. Conversation.?Pew men were more blessed in the conversation of souls than the celebrated Harlan Page. Yet ho was not a minister, but u man in the common ranks oi life. 2?ow, by what instrumentality did ho accomplish so much good f It was simply by conversing earnestly with all whom ho met on the concerns of the soul. Go, in a spirit, and do like wise, and you shall bo uliko useful. By Correspondence.?There aro few men who do not wiitetosome friends? but how many are there who write 11 J J 1 11 .. .. I!* wit hoi.t au v) iglif or serious aim 1 Tbey never write about the news of ealvation. If yon wish to be useful, make ft a rule never to let even the smallest Bote pass from your bands without Ctmtaiff* ing something savoring of the truth, and leading to Christ. h Jiy Contribution.?It has been well remarked ".Numerous channels are tiow opened uj> in the providence o( God, through width we crtft carry our Christian influence. not onlv over our own land but the most distant and degraded spot on earth. Or>r charities can tako wing and liglit upon everyplace where we think thev are niofit' needed.'* In such channels let your money freely flow, for in no way can you be more eminently useful, il with your money you givo the jwayers of faith. JJy Distribution of Tracts.?It is impossible to tell the amount of good which has been done in this way. The instrumentality may be humble but not less to be valued ; for sinners innnmerable have thereby been led to the saving knowledge of Jesns. Some of the most eminent pastors of the chnrch have l?een converted by tracts. Give them in faith and many are the sheep and lambs who you may be made instrumental in leading to the fold. Jbe iTiOOcr) t| i H q e $. <;Therc"s something good in every heart. Yes, no mutter how vicious or criminal the life?how depraved or base the actions?how foul the stream of impurity tha- flows from the lips? there is yet a secret spring in every breast, tluit like the rock in the wilderj ncss, needs but to be touched by the [ prophet's wand?Love?to gusli forth ; in streams of living purity. Though i coarse and mean the dress of the outer ' mau, there is lino gold beneath, that benevolence and kindness may bring to light. God has placed a star within every breast; clouds and mist may envelope, it, and shroud it now in gloom; but it is still there, bright as ever, j and may yet be brought to view j to shed a halo of beauty around. ! Let it bo by thy work, OChristian and philanthropist, to delovopc the hidden ; virtues of the uonraved beintr. and with words of gentleness and lovo bring the erring spirit home to trutli. ?? ? ; Tin: force of beaut}* is universal and the homage as general, but it is not always that one hears in the streets as pretty a compliment as we did the other day. Walking along one of the 1 streets up town, an ordinary-looking l man arrested the progess of a very j beautiful young matron, with an infant ! in her arms, by the exclamation : "A word with you, uiadam, if you please V' "What do you wish sir ?" "Nothing, madam, only to see if the' 1 bal>c is as beautiful as the juotlitV^ We thought for a moment that she was a little vexed but her countenance softened rnickly, and, smiling,she kiss; ed die infant nestling in her arms, and ' passed on.?JYcw York "What do you think of the defendant, Mr. Thompson ? Do you consider him a good musician "On that point I wish to speak witlf great care. 1 don't wish to insinuate i that Mr. Van Slop i* not a good musician. Not at all All I wish to say i? I this : The day after he commenced ' on the clarionet a saw filer who lived next door, left home, and has never since been hoard of.'' I "That will do. Mr. Thomnson. flail the next witness," SrXGUI.AKITV AX A DV AXTAOK.-~-A woman of < xcoireftt er.se, tfhd somewhat of a satiric turn of mind, was asked by her friends if she really intended to marry iliv , adding that.'Mr. , was a good kind of a man, but ao verv singular. "Well," replied the lady, "so much the bettor ; if iio ? very much unlike other men, he is more l,kely to make a good huabamb" A gentleman, whiskered up to the very eves, was passing along tlie street the other day, when a sailor, ol>serving hint, cried out to a brother tar, "Jack, here's a fellow looks like a rat peeping out of a bunch of oakum." A youngster being chased by a wilt! cow, ran into a thicket, nnd not returning home tiil late, was naked by h a mother where he had boon ? "A cow; hiding, mar' was the precocious rep v i of the little fellow, 4 S ? , I in " lirn^iriftltfn '4