The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, October 16, 1856, Image 1
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Capt. R. Q Akobwon, Cedar Fnlla. Greenville.
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Iflrrtfit ^optrij.
JLicco jse Jqb.
by rev. john 1'ierpoxt.
"For so much gold we license thee,"
I So aay our laws "a draught to sell
Thai blinds the strong, enslaves the free.
And opens wide the gales of hell;
For public good requires that 60ine,
Since many die, should live by Hum.
Ye civil fathers! while the foes
Of this destroyer seize their swords,
And heaven's own hail is in the blows
They'io dealing, will ye cut the cords
That round the falling fiend theydmw, j
And o'er him hold your.shield of Law ?
;; And
will ye give to man a bill
divorcing him from heaven's high sway.;
And while God says, "thou shall not kill," '
Say ye, "For gold ye may. yc may ?" ,
Compare the body with the soul!
Compare the bullet with the bowl!
In which it fell the fiercer blast
g Of the destroying angel's breath ?
Which hinds its victim the more fast
Which kills him with the deadlier
Will yc the felon fox restmin, [death I j
And yet take off the tiger's chain t
Tho living to the rotten dead,
The (iod'Contendiug Tuscan tied ;
Till* by the way, or on the bed,
The poor corpse earlier droop'd and
died;
Lashed hand to haud, and face to face,
In fatal and in leathe embrace. t
Less cutting, think yo, is tho thong.
That to a breathing corpse for life,
Lmhe*, in torture, loathed and long.
The drunkard's child, tho drunkard'3!
wife ?
To clasp that clay, to breathe that brenth.
And no escape t O that is Death !
Are ye not father* ! When your sons
Look to you for their daily bread.
Dare ya? in mockery, load with stones,
The table that for them ye spread ?
* Or can ye hope your son* will live,
If f<kS as ?i rASftiUit <r! t'ii 2
tl IVI n unii i? OVI JM III o I
wmmaaamm-.- a 1
jntlisreHtwtiros IRftiMug.
~?aiTme^iroVi(/':4"1
Ir ther. aver was s period in wlticli cliris-:
lino meu were bound to wo?k Finely and
earnestly, it i* the present. Unbelief i?
working through the cement of the Gospel
system in the aatno way that the subtle sea
w&slias itself into the crevices even of the '
breakwater which was erected to withstand
its billows. Practical religion?religion
thai converts the heart cannot have too undirfed
support, and the religious press has
no energies to which this field may not just- !
\T*J claim. 1'hd literature of the day is
to be dOeely feennned and sifted, and the
mulufor;u jinpiU?eo of.this most active ago,
to bo drawn, if possible, into the support of'
Lathndinariauistn v^hicli would beJieve
without a creed, and Liberalism which
would worship without u church, have each J
fo bo kept at bay in their efforts?never so
artful as new?t > rMulvA our slAndnrd* fulo I
rtere temuorarv convenience. The pheno j
men* which w'the uqfojling of the great
panorama of dine aro now being gradually,
diecloeed to lite apeclntor? phenomena
wliielt ao wonderfully coroborato the written j
wottl?-j|re to bo viudiyatpd and explained
aa one tty'-OO* thev <iwt to prove dint the
Oo4 of tUo universe ia the God of the liible. It
JetywaU, Mcmed evermore! 1 The Ciiri?UNH I
verknwo haa then ? great taik to perform, j
I o t g i b c C21| i c HI (5.
Many a true heait, that would Ijnve come
buck like u dove to ibo ajk, al'uv its first
traiM-gressiun, has been fiighiefed beyond
recall by the angry hn,k and menace?tire
taunt, the savage chanty of an unforgiving
spirit.'
Thcae are stiong words, jurd many n render
may think they do not touch him or her,
as ?no has ever cried in refusing to forgive
a penitent sinner. Perhaps not; and then
again, perhaps you
Are you a parent I Your child has brokan
your commandment, incurred your displeasure,
and has been living forkouio hour*
under your frown. IIhvc you hailed the
first signs of sorrow, encouraged him to
como back and confess* his fault, while vour
f..!l l.S- 1?? .1 *?
V.? ??><> 1111 iitai. UM Ills lilltil, IIIUSU MlglH
witnesses of your giief and willingness lo
forgive ? Or have you kept his rising sobs
of contrition, that he might bo altogether
broken down, bcfuie lie comes a penitent at
your feet ?
Aro you a friend ? And when one whotn
you have loved and trusted has giieved and
wounded yon, do you surround yourself with
a coat of mail, and even harden your heart
against liim, lest you should discover to him
the weakness of being anxious to forgive
and forget. Oh, il is liko mhn lo sin, 'to
forgive is divine.'
ltend that sloiy of tlio prodigal son ; that
wondrous epitome of the gospel ; that inspired
drama fu which the sinner and the
Saviour are seen, and all the ways of mercy
towards the cuing and tho lost are painted
a3 on a tan vats to the life. While he was a
great way oil', the father saw him, and had
compassion, and ran and fell on his neck
and k's:c 1 him. 'lire father did not wait till
his son was at his feet, in tho dust, before
hiru. Hut while he was yet in the far dis
tance, he saw him. So <iod the Saviour taw
the returning sinner; the first emotion of
struggling sorrow, he not only Saw, T>ut he
planted there! And with what joy lie
hastes to welcome prodigal sinners; not the
righteous, but sinners he can call and save.
Let its be in haste to forgive. Along the
path even of our enemy, k-t the sweet wa
tea of our kindness flow ; he will stoop to
dunk, and it will do bin; good as a medi
cine. It God like io overcome evil with
good; to j/?ulicr forgiveness before there are
signs of u-pentunce, that Lhe cllei may stii
the st.Mil of the eriing, and show him that
the way of return is open, and the joy of
uninterrupted love.
Such a spirit would shod a halm ot; tiit
household where discoid often re'gus. 1'arcuts
and sisters, neighbors, friend.*, C'liristians,
(lie whole family of man, would he
happier and better for remembering like the
Saviour than he who never gives up.
IV* ? i U U ? 4 tt p 6 lr.
Tiierk aro tears in her eyes, and her
breast heaves to and fro with suppressed emotio";
she is only a pauper ; pas* her enrolessly
by, nud reserve your sweet sympathy
for *01110 favored child of fortune. Cold
lock* an.; heartless reproofs are good cnougli
for her, for what right lias she to intrude
her sorrows upon youi notice. Ti is
enough that she be allowed to live at all,
degraded and sunken as she has buoQino.?
Tench her early, aye, even in infancy, that
tender and rclined emotions are not for such
as her. Do all this, and you will succeed
even beyond your expectations in blunting
the holiest feelings of her nature ; but the
end is not yet. With tenfold vengeance
will society be repaid in after venra for this
infringement of the rights of childhood.
Sec that abandoned, degraded woman,
whose delight und ambition consists in
dragging others, yen, Iter own children,
down to her own level.' She was once a
tender, confiding child, a child at' loveliness;
and her evening prayer was lisped at her
mother's knee, with all the sweet' devotion
of a ptvo heart. Hut misfortune deprived
her of home and fi iends; and henceforth nil j
these gushing rills of affection and sympathy
must be congealed within her bosom,
which should be as a sealed book before the
budding affections of childhood. Contrajt
with those who met with bitter reproof any
attempt of hers to nwakeii sympathy and
love, has at lust aont back to thoir biding
place every pure feelin<r, and enclosed in a
covering of fee, from wlitr.M there is no escape,
the brighter genu of her character.?
The healthy moral nature of a child can only
bo developed in an atmosphere of love
mud kindliest* ami woe be to him vrbo, withdrawing
these, causes tho means of these
made in God's image to moo pleasure in forbidden
objects, those which corrupt and
curse our fair heritage. Withhold these
precious jewels from earth's unfortunate
ones, do nothing to cultivate tho heart's purest
troasuies, and instead of a garden of
doners, will spring up rank and noxious
weeds of malige and distrust, which will effect
all with whom they coino in contact.
11b who labors with the mind governs
others; he who labors with the body iAgoverned
by others.
? -
(Jive iiiHtruc'.ion to u wise man, and he
will be yet wiser ; teach a just man, and he
wfit increase In learning.
! i)c Ci)tfnfybie $o(f.
Tukhe wm a widoW of straightened circumstance*
ill A village of New jci>?<\ V* Wo
J wna loft with two little boys and n gill, de,prudenton
horiior support. She Ink), one
winter, just provided the elder with A new
pair of shoes, by w hich lie had been much
gratified: wlien,one cold morning, a very
poor little boy came in to ask for charity*
Ho was cold and shivering, and his naked
feet appealed to the sympathy of little Daniel.
His mother went out of the room to
get some of her little store of provisions for
the needy otic, and having given it to hiin,
he with many thanks left the house. When
she came back to the fire, she observed
Daniel silling in an nv.kard position, with
hi* feel lucked under him on a chair.
"Why do you sit so, luv child J" sho inquired
with surprise.
The child blushed, hut diJ not place his
feet in iheir natural position, until lie llndj
received a second command. The secret
was now explained ! His feel were hare?
ho hud, given his new shoes to the little
hare-fooled hoy. tor a moment the good
woman felt half angry, and said somewhat
quickly, "Why did you do so, Daniel, I
cannot afford to buy you new shoes 1"
"1 know it, mother," he answered, "but
I can wear tny old ones for a while longer,
even if they have holes."
Touched by the disinterested feelings of
her beloved boy, she could only kiss him,
and fold him to her heart in u fond embrace
!
Jo be I to nij 3 if o p p jj.
A perron* who had struggled through
many difficulties without repining, and been
much opposed without ever manifesting impatience,
being asked by a friend to cmninu
nicate the secret of his being always so hap,
py, replied, "It eor-ists in a single thing.
and that i s making a right use of my eyes."
i 11 is friend, in Surprise, begged him to ox
plain his meaning. "Must willingly," was
li e answer. ' I* wh a'soever state I am, I
I first of nil look up to heaven, mid remember
i that my great business on earth is to god
there. I then look down upon the earth,
| and call to my mind how small a space 1
I shall soon fill in it. I then look uL:oud oti
' the world, ami see what multitudes are, in
I all respects, b-ss happy than myself. And
i thus 1 learn where true happiness is placed,
I where ail my cure* must end, and how lit !
lie reason 1 ever have t<i miii-min* ?'> i.?
I ~ %< ' % <
(otherwise than thankful. And lo live In
| this spi.it is to be always happy."
S4usqtl?3 Bgoii).
Apropos of sausage meat I lately hoard a
i matter-'.f fact, elderly gentleman hning
j down the law on an important point con
; nectccl therewith, dicing intimately ac
qututlted,' -aiii Mr. I'<>gy. "with an cininent
MiUeagc-inakei in the city of. Churches, 1
; once took occasion to ask him if there was
i any foundation to the popular belief that
i 'old dog Tray ever faithful,'sometime* found
a premature grave in tip# commodities of in]
(trior dealers. He uiicily denied the pos;
sibility of such a tiling, and proved it to tne
j at iciiglh. 'In the fii*t place, he said, 'tl.c
price of'dogs is greatly increased l?y Uio
new regulations ; secondly, the d< g is a troublesome
aud tedious animal to (kin ; thirdly,
the meal is while, and easily detected ;
fourthly,!' At this stage of the demonstration
two or thice of the company simultaneously
expressed their conviction that the
eminent rausage-t coder's intimate knowlI
edge of the subject w.-vs eomcwhat siispi
, cious, and that we might without uneharitableness
snnoose that be liiiiiu-lf . Im.l
i i tth,vu
] the expoiimeut at any r^itu.
[Knicktrboclnr.
Tin: Smakehr?Thkiu Ncmiibr Origin
and Doctiiinks.-?1The number of Shaker
Societies in this country is eighteen, located
in seven different Stole*. There are none
in any foreign country. The denomination
j was founded through the instrumentality of
<t female, Ann Lee, who was horn in iTttfl.
She was introduced, as she I relieved, into the
spirit world, and received communications
from Christ and Moses, frosn whom she r<ccived
imt'wetion in regard to the prim-f1
pies of tlie dispensations which they ushered
in. The Shakers hold that there have keen
four dispensation* of Cod to man?the first
beginning with Adam, and extending to Ahi
ah am ; the second extending from Abraham
to Jesus; the third from Jesus to Ann
J.cu ; and the fourth from Ann l>ee onward.
Tl... a ci - ??-1 i: -??> i- " "
JIIC Mini ouneiJ r>us i-simi>iisiieu in iiV'S,
near Albany.
Kisses.?The editress of tho Ladies, he
pository. h paper published in Michigan,
says ; 'Kisses, liko faces of philosophers, vary.
Some are hot n? a coal of the. Some
as sweet -ns honey ; sonic tasteless as long
drawu soda. Stolen kisses aro said to have j
more uutiueg and cream than any other sort. j
As to proposed kisses, they are not liked at :
i*ll. A stolen kii? is tho -most agreeable.? f
We have been kissed a few tipies, ayid As j
wt are pot very old, we hope to receive,
Bjinv more.
jj.p r tilt a Ob coin ire et
31 i c u t '. Sloe u ft b.
From Mrs. Ellott\> "Woirtcn of the
1 Revolution*' wo draw the following Intcrwting
sketch: Whpn Lord C'oniI
wall is set out from Wilmington, will?
jtlie avowed purpose ol'c.ohquotfiftg Virginia,
he encamped, on I lie march -from
Halifax, on the Nouse, in what hs now
Wayne County, North Carolina. His
head quarto's were at. Sprirtgbahlt,
while Colonel Tarleton, with ins re-!
nowned legion, encamped oft the plantation
of Lieutenant Sloetitnb. The
owner of this line estate held a subaltern's
commission in the State line utijder
Colonel Washington, and was in
I AAmtvio?i/1 1 vf* at f ii/tAtx /.f 1* .-1 ? 1'. I
V w 11 I I I C? 1 I ' 1 l'l ft liwilj.l Wi II^iK JIv/JOV.* '
raised in his own neighborhood, whose
, ? i
duty it was to act us rangers, scouring1
the country for many miles around, i
watching the movements of the enemy,
and punishing the loyalists when de
Jtccted in their vocation of pillage and j
j murder. These excursions had been
j frequent for two or three years, and
j wore often of several days duration.
! At the present time, Slocnmb had returned
to t!m vicinity, and had been
| sent with twelve or fifteen recruits to I
I act as scouts in the neighbourhood of
'the British General, The _morning of
j the day on which Tarleton took possession
of his plantation, he was near
jSpriugbank, and leconnoitered the en
i eainjuuent ol Corn wall is, w liich lie sup|
posed to beliis whole iorce. lie then,
i with his party, pursued his way slowly
i back in the direction of his own house,
ilitrle dreaming that his beautiful and
peaceful home, where, sometime be!
fore, he had left his wife and child,
was then in pulsion of the terrible
i 'l'artleton.
During these frequent excursions of
the rangers, and the i'.eCessary
' I absence ot her husband, the superin.
tendence of the plantation had a!i
ways devolved upon Mrs. Slocuiub.
|Sl?e depended for protection upon iiei
j slaves, whose fidelity she had proved,
land upon her own fearloss and intrepid
'spirit. The scene of the occupation of
j her house, and Turk-ton's residence
with her, are drawn from her own re'
latum.
! It was ahopt "10 o'clock, on a beautii
fid (Spring morning, that a splendidly
dressed officer, accompanied by two
jaids, and tollowcd at a short distance
I by u guard of some twenty troopers,,
dashed up to the piazza in front ol the
jancient looking mansion. Mrs. biojcnmlj
was sitting there, with her child
and a near relative young lady, who
afterward became the wife of Major
Williams. A few house servants were
also or. the piazza.
The officer rai.-ed his can, and how!
mg to liis horse's neck, addressed the
lady with the questions:
uIIav?I the pleasure of seeing the
mistress of this house ami plantation J"
"it belongs to my husband."
'*Is he tit horne t"
; "lie is not."
Ulu ItO <1 I*ik1 Otl ^
jl& in; <i iri'r.j. . i
"No, sir. He is in the army of his
jcountry, fighting against, our invaders;!
; I herefrom not a rebel."
It is not a little singular that, nl:
though the people ot that period gloried i
in their rebellion, thev always took of
fence at being called rebels,
j "I fear, Madam," said the officer, '
i "that we differ in opinion. A friend
| to his country will he a friend to the ;
king, our master."
f "Slaves only acknowledge a master '
in this country," replied the ladv.
A deep flush crossed the florid
| cheeks Of Tarleton, for he was the,
I speaker ; and turning to one ot his aids, j
; lie ordered him to pitch the touts, and 1
! fvui the encampment in the orchard
i and field on tiler right. To the other!
aid his orders were to detach a qnar-'
tor guard, a fid station piquets on each 1
road. Then, bowing very low, he add-1
ed : "Madam, the services of his Ma-1
jesty requires the temporary occnpa- '
j tion of your property; and if it will'
not he too great art Inconvenience, 1 '
will take "hp my quarters in your
house."
The tone admitted no controversy.
Mrs. SToctinth answered : My family
consists of only myself, my sister and
child, and a few negroes. We are your
prisoners.'
From frho piazza, where ho seated ,
himself, Tarlcton, oomuisuided a view |
of the ground on which his troojw were j
arranging tlicir camp. The mansion i
fronted the east, and an avenue one j
hundred and fifty feel wide, and about i
hull a mile in lengtrifBTFetclieU to the|i
eastern sielo of the plantation, where! >
was a highway, with open grounds lie ' <
yond it, partly <lrv meadow* and part- '
iy sand barren, This nvetriie was lined {
on the south side lr*n high fence and I
a thic k hedge i"0\v of foil'st4trees. <hi:.
the north side extended the common railj i
lence, 80 vt n or eight feet high, such as; i
is usual y seen on plantations in the! J
low country. The cucnmpnicnt of lho i 1
Dritish troops being on that part of the j t
plantation fioutu oi tlie avenue, it was] i
completely screened by the fences and ' 1
hedge row from the view of any one It
approaching lrcm down the country. !<
While the men were busied, different I (
oliicers came tip at intervals, making 1
llteir reports and receiving orders-1'
Among otiiers, a Tory Captain, whom j 1
Mrs. Mocnnib immediately recognised ' i
?for. before joining the ltoyal Army,'t
he had lived fifteen or twenty 'miles be-!
low, receiving orders in her hearing to j (
take his troops and scour the comitrT j t
for two or three miles around. I <
In an hour everything was quiet, and I <
the plantation presented the romantic j1
| spectacle of a regular encampment of <
Isoine ten or eleven hundred of ther
choicest cavalry ofthc ]>ritish monarch.! t
The oilicers were partiikingof a dinner |'
I in the uiun&ioii, prepared for them by j<
, Mrs. blocomb; tliey were interrupted.!
i however, by rapid volley of firearms.!
I appearing to proceed lVotu the wood.:
ja short distance to I lie eastward. One'
lot the aids .pronounced il some strag-j
igling scout running from the picket,
Iguard, but the experience of Cc?l?_>nol! <
! iai Ictou could not be easily deceived, tl
' There are rilles and muskets ," said ,
I he, l'as well as pistyjo, and too many i
j to pass unnoticed. Order boots and J
saddles, and you, captain, take your ;
I troops in tlie dirccth n of the firing."
j Tlie olliecis rushed out to execute!
)h!s orders, while thccolonel walked in*!
jt<> the piazza, whiiber lie was nnncdi-j
itUt-lv followed by the anxious ladies.;
j Airs. SlocumlTs agitation and alarm J
i may he imagined; lor she guessed :
j but too well the cause of the intern.})-1
! tion. On tho iirsf arrival of the officers,!
'she h&d been importuned, even with!
harsh threats?not, however, by Tarle-'
j ton?to tell where her husband, when '
| absent on duty, wife likely to be found ;
I bnl, after her repeated and peremptory \
J refusals, had escaped further molesta ;
i tion on the subject. She feared now
i that lie had returned unexpectedly,
iainl might fall into the enemy's hands
before lie was aware of iheir presence.1
| llor sole hope was in a precaution !1
I she bad adopted soon Utter the coming |
of her unwelcome guc.-ts. Having
; heard Tarlutoi: give the order of the j
Tory captain, as before mentioned, to
patrol tlie country, she iininydiulely
sent for an old negro, and gave him
directions to take a bag of corn to the
I mill, about lour inilos distant, on the I
; road she. knew her husband must trav-:
el if ho returned that day. "WigI
George" was instructed to warn his!
k i-P. " -i ' . . i
I mnsrei' or rue danger or approaching
'his Inline. With tJic indolence and
curiosity natural to his race, however. J
the old fellow remained loitering a- I
Iv.uit the premises, nnd was at this <
time lurking under the hedge row, ad- t
miring the red coats, dashing plumes!
and shining helmets ol' the lhitisli 1
troops. j'
Tli(j colonel and the ladie'scontinued 1 <
on the lookout from the piazza. "May j <.
I he allowed. Madam," at length said ! <
TarJeton, ''without offence, to inquire I
if any part of Washington's army is in;
the neighborhood 1" i j
"I presume it is known to you," said
Mrs. Slocninb, "that the Marquis and
Greeno are in this State. And you I
would not, ol course," she added, alter'
a slight pause, "be surprised at a call
from I,re, or your old friend Colonel
Washington, who, although a perfect,
gentleman, it is said, shook your hand
(pointed to the scar left by Washington's
sabre) very rudely when you last
met."
This spirited answer inspired Tatle- 1
.. . i o . o ? i
ujii wnii nppreueusiuus Lii.ii ino bKir i
inish in tlm woods wag only a prelude j t
to a conceited attack on his catnp.M
His only reply was a loud order to form j L
tlio troops on the right; and springing
on hie charger, lie dashed down thoi
avontio a tew hundred feet to a breach I
in the hedgerow, leaped the fence, and j
in a moment was at the head of his!c
regiment., which wr?> already in lino. | r
Meanwhile, Lieutenant bloeuinb, d
with John Unwell, a private in his l}
hand, Henry "NViliia us and the borther
of Mi*.ISloevmb, Chas. Hook, n bov j
about tfiirtcw rears Of ??*?, were load v
? V
ng a hot pursuit of tho Tory captain
a ho had been sent to reconnoitor the
jonntrv, ami somo of his routed troop.
these were first discerned in tho open
grounds east and north-oust of the plauation,
elu^ely pursued by a h0<-ly
American mounted militia, while a runting
tight was kept up wilh different
weapons, in which four or live broad +
;words gleamed conspicuous. The foro*
r.oet of tbo pursuing party appeared
oo busy-with tho 'lories to see anyhing
else, and limy entered the aveme
at ttxo same moment with the parv
pursued. AVit 1* wlmt horror and
. onstcrnation did Mrs. Hlocumb re;ogiii/e
lier husband. her brother, and
wo of her neighbors, in chase of tlio
r. ' -
i.,j > v-n'inm niiu iour oi Jiis oaiKl, al oady
luilf way down the avenue, and
inconseious that they were rushing in- .
o the .enemy''b midst.,
About the middle of the avenue one
if the Tories fell, and the course of
lie brave and imprudent vonng officers
was suddenly arrested by "Big
Creorge," who sprang indirectly in
front of their horses, crying: "Hold
>n, Massn! do tlebbil here! Look
von." A glance t?> the left showed
the young men their danger; they
were in pistol shot of a thousand men
drawn up in order of battle. Wheeling
their horses, they discovered a
troop already leaping the fence in their
rear. Quick as thought, they again
whirled their horses, and dashed down
the avenue directly towards the house,
where stood the quarter guard to receive
them. On reaching the garden
fence?n rude struetuio formed of a
kind of lath and cat led a wattled lenco
?tiny 1 aped that and the next, amid
a shower of balls from the guard, cleared
the tremendous leap, and scouring
across the open field to the north-west,
were in the shelter of the woods before
their pursuers could clear the ler.ee of
the inelosure.
A plat toon laid commenced the pursuit.
but the trumpotb sounded a recall
before tho Americans had crossed
the canal. The presence of mind and
lofty language fit the heroic wife had
convinced the British colonel that the
daring men who so fearlessly dashed
into his camp were suimnvtwl lw ..
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formidable force close at hand. Had
the truth been known, the fugitives
pursued, nothing could have prevented
the destruction, not only of the four
who lied, but of the reft of the company
on the east side of the plantation.
* Tarletou had l ode back to the front
of the house, where he remained eagerly
looking after the fugitives till tliey
disappeared in the woods.- lie called
for the Tory captain, who presently
came forward, questioned him about
the American officers, and dismissed
him to have his wounds dressed and
see after his men. The last part of
the order was needless, for nearly one
half of his men had fallen.
The British officers now returned to
their coffee, and closed the day with a
merry night.
Slocmub and his companions passed
rapidly arouud the plantation, and returned
to the ground where the encounter
hai taken place, collecting cn
lie way the stragglers of their troops.
Slocmub raised s\ com pany of two
mndred men, and with them tl o rough j
v harassed tt??? ?->?? -v.i? ??
.-I me jwvai army
:>n its march until it crossed the Konu
>ko. when he hastened to join La Fay'ttc,
at "NVanenton.
Wofvoud College.?"We are very much
denscii to know that Wort'ord College in
\ inning upon the public repaid, and drawng
into it?* classic halls those in pursuit of
,'tat high mental culture which its gifted fa ultv
is so well qua lifted to direct. Some
i*o or six candidates for admission are ft! eady
here, and otheis have signified their
nupote of entering tl>4 ins ftutioD. The
iophctnorc clft'-e, we hear, will probably
unbrace thiitv.
This is doing remarkably wcH for *cf
oung n college, though no better tlinn the
cputati-m of its faculty deserves. The
lealit.v and eligiblo location, the moral and
-
. sui rounding it, and
lie eailiolic and cfiioiont syMom of iiistrneion
pursued, unim in commending Watford
'ollegu to a most patronage.
(Sjxtrtauburg spartan.
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Local politics run high in the westani
country. A candidate forjeonntry *'
lcrk in Texas offered to register ninringea
for nothing. His opponent, un?
istnnyod promised to do tliu sumc,
nd throw in a crndllt?
Flattery is n sort of bad money, to
i llicit ??ur vanity g^es cnrreiiey.