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. \_l _j !? .- ,-11- * 111 aioagg VOL 3. GREENVILLE, S C.: THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, 1856. NO. 28. Ctrtrrpriat, A REFLEX OP POPULAR EVENT8 IP. ipsaoa, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. rrKKtmcfli* 91 50, payable la advance ; $2 if delayed. CLUB3 of FIVK and upward* 91, the money n erery instance t? accompany the order. AD V ElvnSKHEIfTB inserted conspicuously at the rates of 75 cents per square of IS lines, and 15 cents for each subsequent Insertion. Contracts Cor yearly advertising made reasonable. n AOKNTS. K. W. Cans, N". W. cor. of Walnut and Third-st, Philadelphia, is our authorized Agent w ur W?jJm Jp Columbia. S. C. Pin** Stradiky, Esq., Flat Rock, N. C. A. SL Pbokx, Fairview P. O., Greenville Diet. VTiluax C. Baujct, Pleasant Grove, Greenville. Cast. R. Q. Awdkrson, Cedar Fails, Greenville. |*artrq. a "I ' ? i il>6* Suggested (by visiting the Rose Hill Cemetery at Macon, Go.,)te Mrs. D. M. Lawtow, Principal of the Charleston Female High School. Thk Oriental CypreSs here Doth rear its graceful head, Where all is sad, and calm and fair, Oh 1 stranger lightly tread. For many loved and eatly lost, Here lie beneath this sod, ( Their lives were chilTd by death's cold frost And they now rest with God. IIow lovely is their silent home Near dell and murmuring stream, I No thought of earth should with us come While now of death we dream. s \ h Oh here 'tis sadly sweet to roam, At day's departing hour, Aiul think of that bright upper home .(Mn iiAiur 1/ivAr. " o?v<tua Now ses the beauteous evening shades Kjfll slowly all around, While gently through the verdant glades, la heard the soft low sound. | Ocniulgee, of thy rippling wave, As thou dost flow along, Near rock and hill and new made grave, To ocean ever on. 80 with lite tide of human life, Which bears tis swiftly on; We too, must leave these scenes of strife^ And lie beneath the stooe. When then shoald mortal care or pain Or fortune** darkening frown, Make os forget that heavenly plain Where we may wear a crown. A crown of everlasting peace, Bought by our Savior's blood, Away, alluring earth; oh cease To draw us from our God. And thou oh Father throned on high, la mercy deign to bless Us feeble worms, who to thee cry; Clothe us in righteousness. And tnay we wear a robe Of spotless white, at thy right hand In thino own blest abode Where, ever chant the cberub band. Ibt C a ft) el 1 be fteeOle's St. Matthew, %'xx. 24.?St. Mark, x. 25.? 8L luka, xviii. 25. "It ia easier for a camel to go through the eye of v needle, than for a rich man to enter into tbo kingdom ofheavI can scarcely remember the time in my early youth, when this text did not excite my cariosity no J wonder. In the days of the 1 ' Evangelist, as well as our own, needles were r of various sites. There are the large needles, such as St. Paul used in making tents, and each else, ae we know, are now employed ia making the broad sails of some great admiral. There are the finest poiuts of steel, used in ancient and modern times, in the ^. most delioate kinds of needle work, fit to deck the person of a Queen at her ozonation. The camel is a beast of burden, much psed in Eastern countries. It is about the I site of the largest o%, with one or two hunch ps on its back, with Jong neck and legs, and with feet adapted to the hot and candy deaest. Sudb ic tha g?na*?i understanding of the Ufo ipore preuilnept Un?s of the pasisago of Ul? Wrjt, gow node? consider. t - , Some have supposed that a slightly varied reading in the original word, which is VWhrf* aflghi \>f nfioptad,'Vf ' .r V [ which, the phrase would U made to mean, a "cable," such m is used in anchoring ships in the1 roadstead. Then the text would read, "it is easier for a cable to go through the eye of a needle," Ac. But the former is probably the most correct reading, for the whole figure teems to hare been a maxim, quite prevalent in the East. Among the Habalonians, in whoee country elephants were not uncommon, the phrase was, "an elephant passing through a needle's eye."? But the elephant waa a stranger in Judea, while the camel was well known; and therefore the latter was used by the Jews, instead of the former, to give force to the maxim.? Obviously the object of this form of speech was to express a thing absolutely impossible. But 1 have met with another explanation .1 ?a ?? ? - til iuw unking ugure, wiiicd io say ttie least, adds to its beauty and force. All tbe important cities of the East, in ancient times, were surrounded by high and massive walls; and so they nre, as the modern traveller informs us, at the present day. At certain points these wall* weie perforated by large passage-ways, for the exit and entrance of the inhabitants. These passage-ways, in times of peace, were open by day, but at night they were closed by tnaasive gates, capable of resistiug any common assault.? Now, by tbe side of these large entrances, were very much smaller ones, used by foot passengers, and by those who bad occasion to go forth, or entor the city by night.? They were called the "needle's eye." Lord Nugent, an English traveller of modern times, when at Ilcbroc, was directed to go out by "the needle's eye," that is, by the small tidegate of the city. The camel can go through the needle's eye, hut with difficulty, and hardly with a full load ; nor without stooping. I think tbi$ expresses the just idea of the' passage, "It is easier for a camel to go thro' tbe needle's eye than for a rich man to enter the gate of heaven." It is not impossible for a rich man to enter heaven, for we may believe there are mauy already in the paradise of God, who consecrated their wealth to the service of their Redeemer,and trusted in him always for salvation. Ilut just as the camel must be relieved of part of his load, before be can i asa through the IIaV ?1 -- .1? - incuro o nu mo ncu man must divest himself of large portions of his wealth, in the walks of benevolence^ in order to enter I the gates of g'-ory. Our Savior seems to have reference to the same idea when he ! saya, "Straight is tA* OaU.n And as the i eaiuol was compelled to stoop in order to I enter the low and narrow gate of the ciiy, ao must the rich man learn humility, if he would "see tho Lord," ''in the fullness of joy.? Christian Witness. ifoto dJOolbe$ cqjole cq(>1UIre 31) iId if o Ir363. Wherever several of the large wolves associate together for mischief, there is always a numerous train of smaller ones to follow in the rear, and act as auxiliaries in tho work of destruction. Two large wolves ! are sufficient to destroy the most powerful horse, and seldom more than two ever begin tho assault, although there may be a score in the gang. It is no less curious than amusing to witness this ingenious mode of attack. If there is no snow, or but little on the ground, two wolves approach in the m/wt nlaufill Aa.Aiu.Ui. ? ? ? ? a - - 1 jrawjiui aliu UIICOBIII^ UJAIIIICr j l^lUg, rolling and frisking about, until the too credulous and unsuspecting victim is completely put off his guard by curiosity and familiarity. During this time, the gang, squatting on their hind quarters, look on at a distance. After some time spent in this way, the two. assailants separate, when one approaches the horse's head, the other his tail, with a shyness and cunning peculiar to them selves. At this stage of the attack, their frolicsome approaches become very interesting?it is in right good earnest; the former is a mere decoy, the latter is the real assailant^and keeping his eyes steadily fixed on the hamstrings or flanks of the horse. The critical moment is then watched, and the attack is simultaneous ; both wolves spring at their victim at the same instant?one to th<> \ throat, the other to the flank?and, if successful, which they generally are, the hind one never lets go his hold till the horse is oowpletely disabled. Instead of springing forward or kicking to disengage himself, the horse turns round and round without attempting a defence. The wolf beforo then springs behind to assist the other. The smews are out, and in half the rime I have Uen describing it, the horse is on his side: his struggles are fruitteaa?the viotory ia won, At this signal the lookers-on close in at % gallop ; but the smatl-Try of follower! hpep at a respectful distance, until their superiors are gorged, end then they take their thri! hnmoleeted. ? ? Sassiow Pavkr.?Dr, W, R, Oibhes will furnish the Carolinian daily, containing full reports of the ects apd doings of the Legists ture, for $), The same matter, including an interesting original story, will appear in the Colombia fianner," a large weekly paper? price, t'2 a year. Address li. W. Qibb^, Columbia, 8, C, * GnugbJ in n iMp. It was lately stated in a French period! cal, that a atrange event occurred not long ince in the village of Charapignollos. One of the inabitants had dug a pit for the purpose of catching a wolf; and after covering it, put on the top, to attract the animal, a living goose. Another inhabitant of the village saw, from a distance, the goose, fluttering and struggling to get loose. The obscurity (it being twilight) not permitting him to distinguish the trap, he approached and fell to the bottom of the pit. The fnt was eirrht or ten feet deeD. and thw aidos wore perpendicular. Great was the astonishment of the man, and greater vet was his embarrassment, at finding himself in that position ; and it was not until after having for some time called in vain for help, that he resolved to wait patiently for daylight, and meanwhile mako himself as comfortable as possible. But hardly had he taken this resolution, when he felt a heavy weight fall on his shoulders. This was a wolf, which attracted by the bait, had also been caught by the trap. You can easily imagine the fright of the unfortunate man. Indeed, the terror of the four-legged animal was not less; for it retreated at once, and laid itself down in one corner and did not move during the night. At length day broke, and to the poor companion of the wolf, it seemed time for it to break; for the night had appeared to him terribly long. The owner of the trap came early to see what he had caught, and found his neighbor in the pit. He drew out the unfortunate man more dead than alive ; but he was less generous towards the wolf, which ho killed, notwithstanding his exemplary conduct through the night. Y qifh's y e?)f uke. A few years since we witnessed a balloon ascension. All things were ready, but the sky was overcast with clouds, and all trembled for the safety of the leronaut, and he trembled himself as ha looked out from his liUle car upon the clouds, hesitating whether to cut the cord that bound him to the earth. But when summoning all his resolution, he several the cord and was borne up through the daik vail, the scene as ho afterwards described it, was changed indeed.? Those clouds whose darkness had made him tremble when seen from below?now gazed upon him from the sunlit, heavenward side lay outstretched before bim like a sea of glory, while everywhere above?emblem of God-?was the clear, broad and deep immensity of space. So with the first consecrating act of a sinner's faith?it may have clouds and doubts and fears as it cuts itself away from all the dependencies of earth, and trusts alone in Bim whose home is beyond the sky ; but still, reader, let the cord be severed, let the consecrated vow go up freighted with all your interests for time and eternity, and you shall soon find yourself above the murky clouds?you shall dwell forever in the serene light of heaven. Whatever your doubts; whatever your fears ; whatever your sins, cast yourself as you are on the promised mercy of Jesus Christ. If it seems a venture/then make a venture. "If I perish, I perish." Rowland IIill's manner, and the power of bis voice, were almost overwhelming.? Once, at Wotton, hd was completely carried away by his feelings; and raising himself to his full stature, be exclaimed "Because I am in earueat men call me an enthusiast; but I am not; mine are words of truth and sooor> ness. When I first came into this part of the couutry, I was walking on yonder hill; I saw a gravel pit fall in and bury three human beings alive. I lifted up-my voice for ' help so loud that I was heard in the town below, at the distance of a mile ; help came ' and rescued two of the sufferers. No one called me an enthusiast then ; and when I * see eternal destruction ready to fall upon poor sinners and entomb them irrecoverably in eternal woe, and call aloud on them to ' escape, shall I be called an enthusiast ? No, i sinner, I am not an enthusiast in so doing; I call on thee aloud to fly for refuge to the I hope set before the? hi the ffoenel. * * Sltitbby Fellows.?The Frcmoni ters aro all slippery fellows, as the sentence following abundantly proves :? The Fremont papers are getting out of 1 pal Ion oe with tljo New York Herald. 1 They say It takes half a dozen now to watoh the Herald after it goes to pross, lest is sholnd change its politics,, from the force of habit, before the edition sees daylight, A Frenchman in Canada thus advertises his better-half, who had left his bed and board:?Nate*?My wife that's Oatrine-nrsho lefmy hous?shunt ax mo-?any man truss him on my naino that* loss for you. Tr Is said that powder on a lady's face has tho same effect as in the pan of a musket?assists hor to go off, j [From the New Orlennn Delta.] ?xeh)piioi) of fteglroes firohr> Sal t. Tiik South has been so much occupied with the extraneous agitation of slavery, that her statesmen have almost entirely neglected those measures which were calculated to fortify, extend and perpetuate it as one of her vital institutions. Too much has been doge in Uongress, and too little in the State Legislatures, with reference to slavery. It is time now that Southern legislators should give wise consideration to 6tabilitating r.n institution which is indispensable both to her so cial and political existence?in which either she must live or have no life. ( Tho exemption of negroes from sale I for debt under execution, with certain qualifications and conditions, is a poli-1 I ey as wise in every point ot viow as it i | iB humane and consistent with the natural relation of master and servant.? This measure, which proposes to create a species of homestead in 6lavc property, has been before suggc ted, from time to time, in various States, but in no instance Las there been any specific legislation upon it. "We learn, however, that the proposition will be introduced at the next session of the Mississippi Legislature, and will be ably supported. This exemption of negroes from sale for debt would give a security and permanency to slave property, which would make it the most desirable of all others as a family estate. If adopted throughout tho South, it would withdraw from tho banking basis of the North nearly fifteen hundred millions of dollars, keep the interest on that amount at homo, anil counteract, to that extcut, the concentration of capital at New York and Liverpool, which has been based so largely upon the security afforded by Southern slaves without compensation in return. It would also make the ownorship of a few slaves moro desirable than at present, and thus check the tendency to the accumulation of a very large number of slaves in the hands of a very small number of slave-owners, the effect of which is to weaken the institution of slavery by reducing the number and political influence of those who are directly interested in it as proprietors. It would mako it to every man's advantage to own a slavo, and strengthen actually and politically the institution, as every owner would vote, and, if necessary, fight for his property. Not only would such a measure dif fuse and thus strengthen slavery numerically, but would powerfully conduce to its territorial diffusion and cxtentiou. The emigrating class is not the wealthy. The rich and well-to-do seldom emigrate, to new countries at least. Therefore, the more slavery is diffused amongst men of comparatively small caoital, who can afford to own but a few slaves, tho greater will be the number of slaveholding emigrants into new territory. With flif tfvnmntmn uloo nnnn 1 V,.,V,V. X.VWtW us an inseparable part of tho institution of negro servitude, no fanatical madness or Congressional usurpation could endanger the existence of the South or prevent her from growth nud appropriating her lawful inheritance on earth. In nearly every household negro servitude would become a permanent fixturo, an essential idea of continuing with it in all its changes, following it in all its wanderings, and planted and cherished wherovor it made its homo as an indispcnsiblo institution, to bo defended by tho pater familia* with his life it'necessary, and bequeathed as a perpetuity to his children. The strongest and wisest policy on the part of the South is that which enlarges and diffuses the Interest of the whites in negro slavery, and at the same timo conduces to increase and preserve tho affection of the negro for nis master. Tho mutual bond of interest and ftfFcCtfOn, of protection and dependence, is truly one of perduable toughness. This relation, wisely cherislred, is better than ''compromises," "finalities," and that endless list of expedients which have so long been administered to the South by political practitioners of that class, who think "spermacetti an excellent thing for an inward brniee." Given the general establishnaont of negro exemption, with such modifications as might be deemed just and I wholgsotnCj and the Southern States, by the diffused unity of interest (if we use the expression) thus secured, would present an unbroken front to every assault, inside or outside of legislation, that might be made upon their rights or domestic tranquility and security. "YVe fear there is no such unity ol interest at present, and though the South may bravely face her foes, we doubt that she can do so with a serried front. ?qsf Suffers. Extract from a letter writter by a lady residing near Last Island, Lousiana. "Peonle nro ropovpriiirr in n measure from the effects of the storm. There never was seen in the world a more awful calamity. You would hardly credit what I could tell you concerning it. One of the rescued dined with us the other day?a Mr. It., who [ had been given up as lotf, irrecoveraI bly. A reward was offered for his j body, and friends mourning for him, when by tho strangest chance he was discovered. He had floated upon a billiard table and landed upon the marshes, which, on this coast, are as uninhabitablo as the sea itself. There for ten days he subsisted on snails and one dead rat, which came swimming along too. There, in the blazing AnO 1 gust sun?not a troo for miles and miles, not a shrub?nothing hut tho impassable and impenetrable cane brake, he survived ctery horror, and lived on lico. In tho providence of his unsoarcha hie Maker, ho was sought out by one solitary fishing boat and rescued by its humane master, who doubtless, from the generosity within him, had been cruising about in the hopo of doing some chance g ?od. The scene which occurred upon his unexpected arrival home, was truly affecting. The news reached home a few moments before his own landing, when" every negro I rncl i oil Ce/nv* i\ln??f ot !/%*? *-? 1 | a unntM iakj 111 uiu ^muuutvi1) pwiiir.juniji* cd into tlio bayou and swam to meet the boat. They shouted, nay, laughed, danced, and seized their master by the feet, legs, arms, and hands, kissed him wherever they could touch him, he kissing them in return. At last the overjoyed creatures, elevating him upou their shoulders, carried him off in triumph to the honso. I thought to myself, could Henry Ward Beecher, his sister and all his relatives, do more? [Journal of Commerce. ? <* o 1- H i e h a lr 0' 8 W q x i ft) s. These maxims by Dr. Franklin, though often printed, lose nothing of their value by repetition. 1. Plough deep, while the sluggards s'eep, and you shall have grain to sell and to keep. 2. Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy. 8. Silks, satins, scarlets, velvets, put out the kitchen firo. 4. Diligeuce is the mother of good Luck. 5. Pride breakfasted with plenty, j dined with poverty, and supped with j Inlamv. 6. Extravagance and Lnprovidence end at the prison doors. 7. It is easier to build two chimneys than keep one in fuel. 8. It you would know the value of money go and try to burrow some. 9. The eve of the master, will do more work than both bis hands. 10. What maintains one vice would bring up two children. 11. lie that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing. 12. Rather go to bed suppcrlessthan rise in debt. 13. Bioth, like rust, consumes faster than lalx>r wears. 14. A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two different things, 15. Three removes are as bad as a fire. ^ n i(i i i .. ji>. v;reciiw>r8 nave netrcr memories than debtors. 17. Tho rolling stone gathers no moss. 18. If yon would havo your business I done; go if not send. 19. It is foolish to lay out money in the purchase of ronontance. 2U. Buy what thou ncodest not and thou shalt sell all thy necessaries, A men officer of revenue one day asked a wit what kind of a tiling opulence was. "It's a thing," replied the philosopher, "whioh can give a rascal the advantage over an honest man." . 1 - L M\R8nAL Kky's Dkatii Scknh.?'The vetigence of tlio all.oil powers conmnd* ed souio victim^, and tlio intrepid ISey ' who had well nigh |>iit the crown a*' gain on Loimparfa head at Waterloo, . was to he one of thein. Condwiuired'? to be shot, ho was led to the garden of Luxemburg oil the morning of the 7tli of December, and placed in front ot a tile ot soldiers drawn up to kill him.? One of the officers stepped up to handago his eyes, but he repulsed him saying: "Arc you ignorant Hint for twenty': fivo years I have been accustomed to face both ball and bullet?" . He then lifted his hat above his head, and wiili the samo < am voice 1 that had steadied his columns so frequently in the loar and tumult of bat-d tie, 6aid: h oJt[ "I dcclaro before God and mhuihat I never betrayed my country.* May my death render her happy. Vive la Franee 1" He then turned to the solders, and. . striking his hand on his, heart, gave the order, "Soldiers, fire!" !> A simultaneous discharge followed, and the "bravest ol' the brave" suuk ^ to rise no more. "lie who had fought live hundredbattles for France, not one against her, was shot as a traitory!" Donns makks a "Pint."?Dobbs walked into a Dry Goodory, on Court ' street, and began to look around. A double jinttd clerk immediately appeared to Dohhs. "What can 1 do for you, sir?" says he. "A g'Xnl v\eal," says DuLlis, "but I bet you wou\." "i ii 001 i win," says the knight of tho yaril-stick,'' it I can:* "What'll yon l>ct of that ?" says tho impcrturhahie Dobl>s. "I'll hot n foiirponco I" says the dork with a cute nod. "I'll go it," says Dubbs. "Now, trust mo for ucoujric vf <L4tr?v??' wuth ol* yur stuffs!" "ZosZ by Xcd !" says the yard-stick, i "Well, there's the fourpcnce." "Thank you ; call again when I want to trade.'" says Dnbbs. "Do, if you please; wouldn't like to loso your custom," says the clerk, 110 bow." Polite yonng man that?ns soon as bis chin vegetates, provided his dickey don't cut his throat, he'll be arter tho gals, Dohbs thinks! Jfumorit of I'alcornbridge. A Printer in a Scuapk.-?The St. Louis litjyablican tells a story of a printer, well know to the craft, who was recently found "locked up" in tho apartments of a lady, at one of the hotels in tjiat city. Tho lady had a husband, who suspecting the devil" was "subbing" at his "case," broke in to the room, where lie was furnished with a "nroof" of their guilt. The printer, bowcrvor, had a "shooting stick," one barrel of which he discharged at the enraged husband and then lied. The "leaded matter," fortunately, did no injury to the "form" of the husband, who alter giving "chase" for a short distance, returne I to his room, satisfied that his domestic happiness was knocked into "pi." The cratV gen* I erallv consider it "matter" that cannot i be "justified," and that tbe guilty fellow ought to "distribute" himself as wide as possible. Dnj you ever have your house t >p?v turvv and cleaning or repairing going on, without being flooded with vie.? tors' Did yon ever start off in great haste i to reach a place in a given time, but what you had to go back for something yon forgot, or met somebody to detain you i Did you e ver feel oxtromely anxious to see a certain number of a newspaper or periodical, or book, without some one carrying it t Y before yon did so ? Did you ever, in (net, go through a whole day without finding; things play* ing thus at crop8 purpose ? SjttinoIIim Rioiit.*?"I stand/ paid a Wester stump orator, "on fho broad platform of tho principle? of 'PS, and palsiod he mine arm if I desort'nm 1" "You stand on nothing of tho hind!'' interuptcd u litilo shoemaker in ?ho crowd; "you stand in my hoots, that you never paid me tor, audi want thtj ;?ouey. *:*' 541 a ' vv ** '' * 4 09*