The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, November 25, 1868, Image 2
p >
to b#i nmM Mi kl|M MyinflpA? ?w
of tho Crinm Wir. It li rtned that in December,
1W, including the cepitel of the
terminable annuities iu which about 2 per
cent, of It was funded, bet not including a
Coating debt of about ?26,000,600, It war
$307,081,783, or $3,020,791,489; and the annual
charge for interest was ?28,060,693, or
?130,271,042. But in December, 1888, the
debt had been reduced to ?803,80$,900, or
$3,908,878,782, and the charge for intereat for
the following year vu but ?28,081,778, or
$128, 767,441. Theee flguree, however, 44 in
added, do not chew the neit fajrerabU aspect
of the cite for If the Coating debt at the ee4
of tbe Crimean war be included, the total In
debtedneaa of Great Britain but been roducod
AS4,491,3IS in tho eleven year* ending March.
SI, 1808, or mt the rate of $8,168,798, or $1S ,
327,864, per annum, a rato wbioh, compounding
the internet, weald liquidate the whole in
much leai than a century.
England alone, of all the European nationa,
ia paying off what ehe owee slowly, though
moat ol them roiorted to the expedient of a
national debt long before ahe adopted it, {1998.)
It la noted by an English historian that at
every stage in the growth of that dobt, the
nation haa set np the same cry of anguirh and
deapair, and wiae men aaaertcd that bankruptcy
and ruin were at band. The dabt began with
a million pounds, but by the time of the peace
of Utrecht it had risen to Btty millions, which,
it was declared by some of the ablea4 men in
Great Britain, would permanently cripple the
country. Tb? war of ?he Austrian succession
brought the debt to eighty millions, which'
under William Pitt's administration, roae to a
hundred and . forty millions. At this point'
even such a profound political economist as
David ITume declared that national ruin had
been reached, and that It would have been
better to have hoen conquered by Austria or
Prussia than to be snddled with the interest of
ucb a debt. Adam Smith, though not going
so far, asid that the limit bad been reached
and that a small increase might be tbtal.
The minister at the bead ol tho Government
was convinced that the nation would sink un.
dor the loud unless tho American colon a<
wcro made to bear a portion of that burden^
and it was the attempt to make them do this
which led to the war of tbo Amorican revolution,
which added another hundred million t?
the national debt. Tbo succeeding wars,
which rose from the Fronch revolution, rai?cd
the debt to-eight hundred millions. It is rot
wonderful that a despairing cry arose from the
nntion, and yet, it is now asserted that the
English of this generttion find it as easy to
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millions as their ancestors did hundred
year* ago the interest of the debt of eighty
millions, which followed the war of the Austrial)
succession. The element whioh the despondent
and despairing always lost sight of
jn their calculations was the obvious fact that
the country was all the tijue increasing in the
development of its resources and industry, ?o
that England, after the railway tystem wee
started, actually expended in a few yenrs more
on these Improvements than the wholo amount
of her national debt at the end of the American
war. Her wealth is now believed to bo
nearly ten times ns great as it was fifty yesrs
ago, and her system of collecting the revenues
has been much improved. Her taxea ere
levied on n few objects, mostly luxuries, nnd
tbe annual charge of ber debt now igsaid to
be lees than it was during tbe Crimean war.
Ths debt of France is only two-ibirds as
lairge as that of Great Britain, and she contains
mora land by seventy per cent., and
piom people by twenty five per cent. Tbe
share ef the jdebt which foils lo each of tbe
people ia $09 ; the share of the Brltiflt debt lo
each subject, $123. Vat there is anxiety felt
in France U>T tbh sefety of tbe funds, while
there is none in England, tho reason being
that France has, for many years, increased her
her debt more rapidly than her w<sllb, ber
resources not boing es fully developed, and her
wealth in pomjnerce, manufactures, agriculture,
4.0., bearing no comparison with that of Great
Rrtiftin. mhilat her revenue iprrirt is lrfl* ncr
feet. It is said that the empire has had a deficit
to meet in soma way almost ercry year of
its life, and that the increase for tho last year?
a year of peace, was somewhat larger than tho
gverage. The shndow of war is alwnys crcr
the French borison, whilst the thoughts of
England are known to be turned topeare.
Our own national debt is shout $3,500,000,000
; but enormous as this spin is, there need
be no apprehension of our ability to bear the
burthen for the time, and discharge the whulo
obligation ultimately, if by a proper administration,
within the legitimate orbit of the
General Government, that economy is insured
which so well becomes a republican pcoplo.
Though the debt is more than that of France,
it ia not lurger in proportion to our resources,
and, with the re-instatement of that confidence
between different sections which is essential to
the restoration of our formir business prosperity,
accompanied by ^cessation of those
heavy military and other expenditures which
are based on the assumption that the war haa
not eomo to an end, wo shall he goon able to
peduce tho debt, without testing too severely
the capacity and temper of the peoplo. If
monarchies choose to consider national debts
blessings, let them do so. A sensible Republic
will not desire so expensive sn indulgence any
longer than necessity may require.
[Haiti more Sun.
Tub ISxglish Parmamest.?The slntuto
Ir\t of England provides that a parliament
shall not continue moro than seven years.
Tho sovereign, however, is nt liberty to dis
solve the parliament and order Ibo election of
a new one whenever be thinks it expedient to
do so, so that the parliament do not average
more thnn half tbeir legal term. The parliament
in existence at the commencement of
to.* century was dissolved Juno 29, IS62.?
From a list before ue, we find that since then
there have been eighteen parliaments, the first
assembling November 15, 1802, ami the last
has finished its work. This, inoludipg lb*
interval* between the dissolution of oue parliament
ami the assembling of the noxt, iciv?* an
average of three years and eight months; hut
excluding those intervals, the average is Less
(hau thrco years said a half. The longest
parliaments of Lbis century were the sixth, )
which continued from April 21, 1820, to Jans
2, 182b, six years one month and twelve days,
a id the seventeenth, which continued frouj
May 31, 1859, to July 8, rS85, six yescx oa*
month and six days. The shortest wers tbo i
second, from December 15, 1808, tn Aprlt 2b,
1807, four month* and fourteen days; the
eighth, from October 20, 1830, to April 23,
I' 31. fivo months and twenty-eight days ; and
tbs r i th, from June 14, 1881, to January ?,
pM, ?.x B?ou:h? and twenty days. I
*\
" WEDNESDAY, N0VE1|'BER 24 1868.
L . Death
of Otfi. Waddj Thompson.
l?e <!*<* ?WlfK?Ith.jrfaiU
rasa tool! plnavTin TbUowMsa, ISorlda, 01
Monday, 23d I nit. Hi* friends had hear<
! ..f NTs ntrte^Uht
improvement a few days ago. Ha had.yif
itsd Talleliarsa to git his coniniirifoh a
r ons of the Solicitors of ths Stale"WFTdWW
j*s% r? aid red the afiptotoMnMiV H<
i had bfrnmi a eitUan of that State, hs?
?nc removed from hf? old homo ia ?h?l
villa ia tha aarly papt of ISdT. ** *)r
Oen. Tito "ii about Tf yioh aid
he was tba eldest son of- istdgh- Wxwv
Tnowrsojr, who was a VlVgiolan' by Wrth
and who moVdd to Hits S?aba at out itn
eloia of tha last eintury, and V>?eam< dli
Itoguiabed x * lawyer eod at a Chancellor
The Oenoral waa horn at Piek-navifle, ti
old Pendleton District, but during I?1
childhood the family aetlled in t^reenvith
Diatrlct and baa been identified withitevei
ainee. He wae a graduate of the Souil
Carolina College, and a etudent there a
the name time with Willum C. Pbmtos
J edge Kablk, and other m?n whe be earn
afterward*. like hiniaelC dieiinguiahed f?
their abilities. There wee a devoted anc
lifelong friendship formed between him an<
Mr. PaarroK. After leaving College. In
went to Edg* field and read law in the of
fice of Utoroa VcDtirriK, wn? admitted U
the Bar about 18*2?. He aoon after mar
ried Mire Emala Putlsb, only daughter o
General Bitlbb, Uia fither of Dr. Williai
L5utlb?, Judge Bltlsk and Governor Pikbci
M. BuTi.Ka. G<*ii. Thompson praelined lav
in Edgefield wilt* ?tnent tuoeeee, a-d ae
<!?<;< ed a high reputation for talent* aa i
lawyer. He waa peculiarly fitted to exe?
in the profrrelon, and io that would havi
had no auprrior in the State, perhapa,
he had devoted hlmaelf to the law. II
left Edgrfield in 189A, and aetlled in Green
vllle, and remained a citixen of thia Diatrie
tilt hi* late removal to Florida. lie repre
tented Greenville in tho Legialalure ii
1828-29. lie entered actively into poli
lioa in 183n, auppniting with all the xe?l o
bia nature the State righta doctrine of Mr
CalucUX Me waa fleeted a Solicitor ti
uicceed Bayli* J. E*rlk, when the lattei
waa promoted to the Bench. II" fi led tlx
office with great ability.' He waa electc
to Congreaa aa the successor of Warkix U
Da via in 1828. and continued in that no?i
- y . - T- " " ? I
flon till ifler the Presidential election o
IJaurivon and Ttlk'. When .'oh* ,|TT|.t
became Pieaidant, on the dra'h ot Uju
IIahbi*on, Ke g?*? llie a;p?inVn^:i o
Minister to Mexico to Geo Th l?
hut 'flice- which w?? dt-iiig the I'r^ >
di ncy of Santa Ansa, in Mexico? he dit
playd superior d>| loiuntia telco's^
ffmul lo h we gained no little ladumci
villi Santa Anna; and wee instrumental h
rescuing from '.lie horror# ol Mexican im
priror.menl, and (>erh#[ a fr< m ex cuth'n, i
number ot gentlemen who had Le>n cap
| Mired by the M?vieana during lh? Texa
revolution* Upon the ehalht. of Mr Pen
? President, Gen. 1 n? trii II rr?it>ned hi
nr.i.?si<n in Mexico ard rctuin*<l home ?
Siren that time he ha# hrcn en^ag"l, u.or
er I ere. in the practieo ot the lae,-, ocraeiefi
ally receiving large fere in impntUnl caret
tie would not contine himself to lite drudj
try ot vffice work, llo lad, in the mean
lime, a Urge planting interest ;n T "rids ?
The retulie of llie war drrtroyed hie far
tour, and left hint bankrupt at the cluaa o
his life, after having alwaja enjoyed ai
abjindapt means of living. Gen. T. era
twice rr.ariied. bora# "rrrr n?edeatl
I <>f hit first wife he matri'd Mire J-xta, e
North Carolina, a lady of fine educatioi
and good family, who nntivfi him. 11
leaves a eon by each marriage, the
er now at school in Greenville.
The character of Gen. THr*rin?t, as a ma
of remarkable talciitr, as an orator and a put
lie spirited citiicn, and nrdent friend, ati
obliging gentleman, as an enthusiast, in whol
ever paeuliar views be entertained, is we
known to nearly every reader of Ibis papa
and need not be dwelt upon. Most men <
mature nge at the commencement of hi* polil
til course in ibis state, bare passed awaj
There were among them very many devote
friends nr <1 admirers- His social qualitu
land eollcquial powers, wit and humor, gar
him great power o! entertaining oil who cam
n contact with him. There are etili man
{eft outsido Lie own family, not only in Greet
'viile but in other eoctions of the eeuotry, wh
will be deeply saddmsd at the news of th
death of Gcd. Wappt Tnowrsoa.
Charleston Mercury DiscontinuedThe
i/o eary, has bean n paper of graa
power and iufluence in this Stale, in fact i
tho South. It has bad the most able men ei
its editors, and many of the editorials of th
paper havo keen master-pieecs of composition
enforcing the political principles of which
was the champion with unequalled ability
There principles were such as are now orei
thrown l>y " the will of the nation." Stal
riohl. tlrinl ,nr>lnul'l.a ?S . I. - -
m vi ?uo vuuaiuutiu
and economy fn the adiatr iteration of lb
Government.
It ii to be hoped that tba rtiwa i? not ditfat
when tho J/errwry, will again mono f uMiri
tlnfl, tut wo ore not to formed ao to tbli piiai
The Charleitoe Courier payo a liberal tribal
to the Jfo-ncy, wbirb we copy.
Since writing the above We Inrt fn the Chai
lceton paper* the following card, by which
apponra tbo .Vocury wtll ioob riae again:
A Cano.?Circometancea beyond my aontn
bare caoaed the eutpcntion of the Cberle?t<
Jftrcury. Bnt the publie ab' ald not ha led I
the coDcluiion that tho paper tewttiaoU Meai
tyref are afoot for iutrtag it aiffcta oiiii!
s.>ntial laila. And it la exported to pnt
forth in a rtylo that will aatUfy every repair
' mcnt of a firet clou Southern nawapapor,
R. B. KUETT, Jn.,
) Proprietor of the .1frrtury.
old laws of S?utU Carolina war* as stringent
. ee any need far an Ibis aa* |?at|i?d^halasBOnr
(traction simplified and wall sallied by Judkia'
r decisions. fThe mw law gr'tetallw MsaMsd
lor, isf l^m^M ?>r ?e d?n^ppwlr^
l' proceedings against tbe debtor olass, and-hold*
elass, and of olbar inducements that Ibaunprio(
ciplfcl partlia aday take edVent,pe #T. 10 the
... ruin of the Vaslnsss of do'-tori, and greatly to
tbe damage of the eonsoieptions class of oredl'
tars wise, wa are glad to believe, cousUtute tVa
grand majority of credits** In this data Tbe
'' author of tbla bill sorely realitea wry Jktfe
feeling of ay as pa lb y for lbs distressed cor
ditlaa af the people ft tbto Stale Why should
'' be lake this Ssa wbe* rails/, is ae aaueb Beaded
to sbarpptt the legal Instrumenta of torbalW
? ?n4 oppression upon tho unfortunate poopte
. of this 8Ut*. We had tho pro mi so of Uri U>,
ameliorate their condition j hut, in stand of thai*
i som# ntt jo beta of th4 Legislature provide, la
; the most Stinted wsr Isws to carry oat the
j most I m port on t relief clause of the Coos tilelion,
end Seem disposed to ineresse the rigid.
nt.se of tfce tews in every particular, not pro*
' blbitod by tbet instrument. We beliefs the
majority of both branches of the Legislature
1 are kindly end liberally, dlspoeed towards the
f, people of the Stele end will not eedlessly opr
press. There le ne party Ineolred in aueb
1 lews, end if there le any perty at all It le only
1 the party of the people generally which is
opposed to them.
We traot that this attachment law will be
t repealed during -{he regular session, en I the
earlier tha better for the people end for tbe
f represent* tirea wbo suffered it to peas. In
, the bnrry of an extra session it has usually
K been the case that some improper measures
r pass the Legislature wbieh subsequent inquiry
proTCS to be wrong.
s
I Hon. L P- Head.
f This gentleman has been elected to Congress
f by a rory large majority. Mr. Rxxn possesses
^ superior abilities for malting a practical and
influential representative. We have no doubt
that his success in obtaining his seat, will be
for the bencGt of all his constituents, of all
psrttes and classes.
' Mr. Reap, in ado a long speech, lately at
Aodersun, in response to the compliment of a
' serenade by his friends, which has been puh.
lished in tho Anderson tntrHig?tit*r. which
> eery ably discusses puldto affair*. Wo hare
r laid aside the paper, in hope# of being able to
b make room for it, in our columns at an early
I day.
Married. 1
I ' W# hare the plc-snreol rep'-rlinjr to the
" ; rasdere of the SiiulM'r* A'u/reprise that
JvttK C Paiitr. Proprietor and A#*ocieir
K litoe o' this journal w-n? tna> rled. on the
'1 I9ih instant, to M ss Manors I. I{*saia?tr.
youngest daught er of lit* lute John M. 11 as
1 Ml? TKn rosaeeto... ?' ? ? -
r- ? "? p*r
formed hy ih<- K#v K T. Hn*?. !?. I>? ??
thA rmN^nr* of the mother, In thi*
Cmlnty. A large" awrrmhty of welding
graced thf <w>ra><mi an 1 *1' ftijui rd
highly the elegant festivities . f the . v ill' t?
The wedded pair loft OreenvilW on Men
d*T. on n %l?t? to Ch*rlf?!?n. ar>l are rx
*
pc'etci! to return party r.rxt we?k.
f
The New Law of Bail.
p A new ami c><tnplicat< ,; |?* )? regard to
Had ?? pa?red at the 'ato region, mostly
t uncalled f r, and only confusing *. tUe<!
principle*. All that war needed a a* a law
. defining simply tli? character of rui<* in
_ which hail is allow ahlr by tho Cona'ituk
lion. We hope the law will lo modified,
f and eat down n? tlii* simple standard Bo
, jond this the act i- diffuse and complicated,.
t and totally unnecessary ??r opinion,
which we helices U the opinion of every
,f one at all familiar with legal practice in
? thia State.
Proportion of White and Black Scholars
* in Wilmington.
Wore negro children are going to echool,
n In proportion to their numbers, than of the
^ white, in the third and fourth wmdaof the
( rily of Wilmlngnn, North Carolina. The
II Afur?ir>ff Star eaya that tha total numl>er ol
while ch'ldren in th??ae warde ia 674, of
fp
whom 278 attend aehoel. The whole r.um
|. '>cr of regio children ia 6^5, of wh><m 840
r, are at aeliool, Thia feat Itl?y pne?ildy he
d explained on the g-ouud thai a larger proia
|>oi lion of t lie n- gr? aliild ran arc of a taboo
a going ag? than there ia of the white; and
'a tliia ia | rnhal-lj tha c?a? in every town ?l7
moat, in th* S?tnh. The fart ia, that there
'* has been a r mull number of bit tha of ne0
gro infanta nine# the eloae of tha war. aa
* compared with tha * previ..?# cn<Iilioe."-w
riia general observation aaema to eetakUah
the truth wf thie aleteneewi. whiah eUo o?r
raapooda with all the phlleaephlcal ape en la1
11or.a an the i?VJaei ml the negro |ep?b.
D lion under different condition#. ?
? ! 'a ?" "I - i i?. -1 !? <
Tha ImiMl we how, >? .<
' Tba Land We Lave far Paaamhae ia ap to
'l ita uaaal high atnadard. - ? ?.' "
' Conlamt*.'?Tba leading article hj Dr. Dab'*
aay, Tha Dmj of tha Bour, ia a manly p rale
. _ . . - - -
Mt againft aaarrOetng principle to expediency
B Tk? DtftiK* of Bm4 Butler I* M?il and
' MtMiitBiBf, The Latt?ra from Jdewei Vernon,
?Ui be rend *Ut in#*reet by all, ?b?
>t rcrere the name ef Washingta*. rw Ualbd
>- j it a ?ptcy burUrqae of would he poet# and
author*, fib Loaie, Mieeonri, ia a raluahl*
article full of important ?lati?tie?. Tha fiction
poetry, and humor ia tbi* nuaVr cooiparo
r, ferorably with the preceding numhrr*.
Bev 8. 8 GaiMJard.
?j We are rcquejleJ to a?ata fur the thfer
,D motion of tha friende and a-tj'uliitene** of
to Mr. 0 akimbo, that latt*ra t> him ehoulal
r now be directed to Griffin, Ocot g?*.
ll The "Legislature met y retard ay In Colninbla
a- We bare reoeirad a? yet, no aooount from tb'
body. Tbe eeaeien if ill ba an important one
Wo expect to keep our rradcra atlvUcd of tbi
morl important proceeding*.
&rom tub eomeaw ?;aniiv (
KfttflWrTMffiyWM by Gen W K. '
Entley to " the Knights."' nt t:>? 1
Kdfcent Touri^?entf%&ree??Utt. "
QcntULn,?Tboagl tbeeifll * Ut^CWl h!
the world with noli'* horwmtnphip" baa '
iwrwirtngiiBiBwi *
ftgus ;
the mere display of aeeompHehmenu.
Th-ee Hett, <MMm t?e**eg towd*. ?
iheae nodding ptewtre, i!in? l*?Mwut 1
damee, tliO* gey add gallant Knight*, M>
peat U faint hat hot an empty idio af a '
dutarit age, inllm-.'lng to tm. we hope and 1
helfera, that though In the progr&e ?f #?al* *
o'y the institution of chivalry haa pawed j1
away, what wa? wlae and wo'thy of It* '
spirit at ill eucvivea, Admiring the' prrntd <
bearing of ?-<eh Knight in the Nile to-day, '
we Cral. tltaV it U not the mere .quretria'n 1
vltA llintiUvfl ltlir\s#lf He* litre* tin I .lit routli
elevated gltll by the eourag* and magna*
nimity, foii?f|um| by the arior aud devotion
?f Dm ?KM palladin. Io the prograue
of emdely human institutions often
become laopetklivter wholly perish, but .
vbMtvtr ia noble in the human eool aurvleee
tW ?r*ek of institutions, nod prevalla
over (he mntAtlooenf tram
There ere three powerful epirite wlileh
have " moved over 'the feen of the waters,*'
and given, from time to time, a predominant
impnlse tu the moral eentimenle and
energise of mankind. Th<ee are the epiiite
of liberty, of religion and of honor. It wae
(he principal businaes of chivalry to ani
male and cherish the taet of theea three;
and whatever high, magnanimous energy
the love of liiienjr, or rrligtnua xval hae
ever imparted, hae been t quailed by (he
exquisite aenee of honor which thin Inttitu
tion created and preeerved.
Nothing like the institution of ohlvairy
Wae known to the polite nation* of antiquity.
Lie rsaltation and adoration of woman,
ita purr, proud, and magnaiiitnoua
character, its mercy, ite eonrteey, ita exqub
eita aenee of honor could not have bern
found In the cultivated eoei< lies of Greece
nod Home. Kindled in the harem* of the
oft and Imaginative Kant, nurtured in the
hat)* of the Aihahibra, and fanoed by the
brerxes of Zarah, in the age of Gharle
magna, it auddvnly shown out over Europe ,
iit-_ ... -i_^.-:.. n..i. it.. ?i.i ..t
..? J?
dm knee*, i'lumiuating all thing* by the (
brightni-** of it* flamo it* ruriilial character
i?, deration to woman and to honor ,
Go.J bar ?i cuntltu'cd att<1 eii-lowrd ol>r (
nature*, that devotion to woman and love ,
of honor are in??-parab!* entiiricilt* in th?
eoul of man. And ;ltc purity and delicacy f
of uur hio? of honor n.aj oft?n l.e deterit.ii-e
I hy the refinement of our concep
lion* of th? female worth, and the purity
and depth of our devotion to thi* f?ir divinpy.
it wa* chivalry that fi'at dl*cov?red
the true nature of woman'* |?owrr; that
drat placed her in her natural *ph?re, fir?t (
natel hor upon her native throne and did ,
homage to her aa ilia Q ie*n. not on y (
Love and Jieauty, hut al-o of Honor. To j
ehiva'ry we owe t'lilfiic appreciation o( (
her being, wliicli charculei U-* the ?.-nti
inout* of modern society, The?eu* loved ,
llippolyte, rericlt* adm red A?pa?ia, An (
thony kiaaod and *ighed and roared around
Cleopatra with the shifting and turbulent ,
paaeione nl oW Rome ; bat neither Ta ??? ?, |
nor Perielr*. nor Authonv could kiaa hi*
* I
lady'* hand with the pure and tiue adoration
of chivalry. *ur wave with the pride o' f
a true and loyal knight the Mtwi of ti-r (
rn*y chain ; and chivalry ex?rle<l a* pre (
dominant an intluenee upon the mind ami (
character of the lady a* it did upon the ,
mind and character of her knight. It wa* |
eliivalry "which developed that lender- (
trusting, shrinking, graceful being ; too
gentle to offend, and yet too proud and |
pure 10 n? rud-Jjr approached; loo delicate |
to eticoutilcr rare ; too precmaa for the
rude touch of the aun and wind*, w* * ill ,
worship and adore?a bright, luring, bleared
bring, h'orrriog about ua in bllaaful n.ini*trati<>n,
like the dream of a gift from the
pod*. In all the romance* of lit* middle
agca in the aor.ga of Tronhadoura, and in
nil true poetrj ainee their time the ehival
rie Idea) of woman la the one prnMuted aa
moat charming and dirine. Befora chiralry,
?he waa atronger, rud?r, eonraer, m<>ie
independent, leaa attiaetira and Itta infln
ential. Chivalry developed the lady?that
ideal of aoft feminine graeek which haa ao
fitted the imagination of genine, and ao faa*
efnated the minda of men. Prom [ted by
the apirit and aentlment of chivalry, the
rude baron began to cultivate eourteay to
i i At Mmeclf for eompaoionahip with bir
Then he waa brav-, and preud, and adren
ttirmia,'bweanae, leaning upon hit aim and
abiding in the aliadow of -hie atracgib, ah*
amilrd upon knightly dead*; than ha waa
ambition*, and a<>ughl renown, that he
might Lrit.g h{a laura'a Mad lay them at
tier feet. And whan in a thwuaand feudal
ball* tha fair handa af beautaona dame*
buckled upon th?ir ehoaen knlg >ta the
glittering ateel, Knrupe rang with the dead,
t of Iter barneaeej rhivalry, and then tlia
high bred ralor of ih* c?>nitly knight* m|
daeroed the dark baibaritlea of feud?l
i tint*#, ind marie brilliant and beautiful
with glory (lie rt*Vn visage of war. And
> ill along through the ag#a finte Charle
meg tie. thr brava. the Inte. the magwaei.
mou*. glowing with the inspire Hon# el hire
and of honor, In the anurt, In the eounril,
on the battlefield, in eletory and defeat.
I.ave illustrated whatever te greed and ad'
mlrabfe In man.
M'h, it I* Irtte, may be wwrhby, aed wiae
end powerful, with little of the grace# of
chl*alry. Rude courage, strong ielell'ct,
5 grrat ainhiton and indomitable will, (h#*e
sturdy power* of the mind have sometime*
overcome the diaedvaatagrs of birth and ot
mnnavre, and have raisrd a boor or a rob*
I nrrd not BdmonUh yo?; to t
lultlvata ibrao ?lrinw at?4 graeaa; nay f?lr 1
ouolryman arc potrnlala for nrh intplra ?
ion. TKty htri, ?>r th*y will fill yon with j
IlifHrtiVHNHo |llt# nftlt^ lykt H?m 4
?M[ MET ^n^lihygy<?y>?autify t
ilrtua with j?rid?; Uiat da rot tun fro? i
WUh pHaga tha.au4*tfe? *>f ''ftflfhfr J
y char?ct?r, th? truth, tha eouragrand tha 1
l?orimj; that fiqvidlt a?nt? o' honor
ohioh 4?>a 4?ti> laaa than aUaaaa,. and , J
>a?ka dial inotion only la tha glory of }iigh <
>nd nuMninhitti aelion
This cloud of fr?e? and beauty whieb J
hofin before jou is beaming ?ilk glances
ind smiles u dellefoas and bewitoliing a*
i??r dlmpJeJ lb* bright face of fair laJy. i
w gladdeuad th? haart of gentle knight.? ,
How happy and proud y?u ara to Jbe tka
champion* of au?h pat a and beautiful be- -1
log*I May your wooing l>* at protperoua
ta your knighthood it worthy.
For Dm Southern Xatarprlaa. ,
New Picks**, S. C , Wot. 14th, 18SF.
Aftwri Editor*?T have not ?*eo lha
Xntrrpriie tinea I hare been at thiApUee;
would Va g'ad to tea tha Greenville ptpare
circulate in ibia eeetlon. 1 hear that tome
rnt?rprls'ng gentleman front Anderson will 1
toor establish * weakly paper at thia plaoo I
Already the town of Anderaon h*? furnish d
two* good jtilrrehanta for our new ?Hlege?-Mraara
IfeFatl and Thornley.?
Many of tha " Bnlltr Guards" rtwawbw <
Mil Thornley aa a trna eoMUr and a gen i
lieman. Tha *y??nng Oilreaths, ^TiltWian
and Frank, here a a to re here and ara drlr
mg a good burlnert. Thry are polite and
kttend rliealy l? ttnalneaa Molrt Oriffin*
iud Mainn ara doing business ia tha dry
goods and gr?eory tine. The alder Origin,
who donated a larg- part of the land upon
which tha tillage la altuated, ia widaly
cnowa fur lila liberality and ho-pltallty ?
IV? hop# toon 4o hare a good aehooi in op>
(ration Yesterday Judge Orr opened
Jourt here for the purpose of making the
teearaary order# under tha ant of tha Legalalura
for tha transfor of papers to Oconee
and New Fiekena. t prcdiet for hi*
Honor a brilliant and aatiafaetory aarear
in the liriuh. He ia a great farorila with
;he peop'e of Pickens. ll?n. J. P. Reed, of
Anderson, C?l. Noiton and Ma], Whllner,
>f Walhalla. and W. J. Qanlt, E-q., eif bid
PUkene, wera present at tha Court. IV D.
3-?>dleit 1* the only resideat lawyer here.
I am pleas- d nlththi* plaee. The oil I:en*
are kind and hoepitable. andthaeoun
ry is bountifully supplied with all the subiitiliih
of life.
I will write yon nest of tho location,
cnieiy, I) strict officers, Ae,
Yanra trn^r.
s. r>. a.
-4
Death of a Eothschild.
Btrnn Jmif? lU'lwchiM, the ynn|??l
kii-l only auivivor of Mayer Antrim Botha
[lrl-1, the f Hinder of lh? " houifd'ed on
iun l?v l?H, in Paris, II* wae the head of
In Krrnnh branch nf thi# great Europ-an
iwiinc hoiiar o' thi* family, and with him
h* eve-Hid generation haa peered a way.
Tiir hiaiwry of the Rothrr.hild family it
ar from unintereiting. It'# great head
aaa Mayer Antrim, wha liea-l at Frankfortm-llie-Main.
There wrra five 1'iui. who
rrra takes lain it* *" of RuUiMikilJ '
>y lh? founder aa faal aa they beaam* of
ige. Thrae w? re Amt'm, 8?lonion, Nathan
flayer, Chail-a and Jain'* Anae'm wa#
nit father's partner and auccr*a?r at Frankfort
j ilia record son. at first traveling part
iter, and waa eventually eatabllahed at Yi
tuna. Nathau Mayer settled in London in
I <V8, and beeame the moat prominent, aa
h? waa gvnaiaMy deemed the ahleet, finan
eier ol the family; Chat lea aelllcd at Naples
In 1881; and Jams*, after being
kwbiU with bin brother in Vienna, eeiab
lirhad h>m*<lf in Paris. Tliu\ when the
Father, M?yer Antelm, die J. hi* too* had
iuorenred the influence of the lioute, end
Hood at the head of Ave imineoee eatabiiah
merit*. united tn a enpartiier*hip the moot
wealthy and ext'D*irc the world bad evrr
Melt,
Jama* waa bun In Frankfort on tlia ftt h
of May, 1793. and look tip In* letidence in
Pari*, in 1811 A few year* later be waa
appointed Gooeol Oenetel for Anrtria. in
France Timing the early year* of hia Ufa
in the French empire he waa interested in
railioed affabaloa greet extent, at.d wee
noted lor the holdnre* of hi* 'peculation*.
After the great famine of 1847 ba was
oil* rgnd with having oauaed much of the
'uffering of that time hy hie traneaatione,
and heeam* Very unpopular with tba pro
pla, ao that ia 1848. when the revolution
broke out, a portion of hie property, tbc
Caetle of Bureemre, waa aaehad hy the pop
uleee fie waa married, late ia life, to hie
niece, the daughter o< hi* brother 8oU>mou.
lie founded *?ver*l Jewiah ehariuhla indilution*
during hi* life, and gar# large
umi of money at veiloo* time* to other
lib* in?titutioe*. In Parte ba waa known/
on account ot hi* fieq eut dealing* with
crowned head*, ne "Xe prtttur det rota.'
" 'Die King#' loonry f
Hi* title of Baron waa received from
Aue'ri*. The Au?trian Emperor conferred
on eaeli of the brother# a patent of nobility,
w tli the title of Heron of the Empire, on
aoeouul of the promptnrea and eourteav
with wlihli they raeponded to Mvttrrnieh**
application for a-loan in tilt.
Cor n K. honrr rttmtd, oa tkinday.
f*-oin tiia N (irvln-rti trip. ii? vt|fUH??(ol
?a raietng fund* n*o^?a;irjr lor the pi want
w?nU of lli? Stale. 11* will dotillleee re?
eorutnend In hi* me?s*ge. (and (ha Legtal*.
lure, |l ia preawmatl, will rar<~j il out,) to
liind tho Interact on U?di due up to Julj
I eel. Il la undeiamod that North Caroline,
Georgia and T*nn#?eee have n.ad* eimjlar
arranaemrnu. The In roming t.xaa HI.
he thlnfce, b- eoAahant to weal lb* inlareel
accruing. The Govarnor tiaU-e thai (ha
nciumrnt c?reeque?l tipop Ilia el#?1t<.n
having eobeided. there appear# to be a par
fact flood lido of good feeling and iutai aat
wauHvat'd 'Qwor.ta |h? Sooth?(ha vary
I.aat proof of Wliloh la the e?a# with whi. h
ha obtain* I tm-nejr f'-r H a State, Q?t*ilbHanding
vhe tiuaueie) panle ? f'kttnir.
i
?
and, a# an ablt adfMMt ad Ik* MOM mt '
onatiluoonat right In all of 1m ptinei>laa
It waa kirlM and aineer*. AliHaagk
iiffnrlog alik it, at time# daring lta kaf
Mr?tr, yat ?? aannot but f?*l tkat it *m
im tkbaltd by bnt on* eonatation, and
JliL Jtfrl* U flnnlj baliaaad M
l>? truth and juittica. tfU.r lta
Inrahip of Co>o*l*R. a^kgtt^v^d
Brother, it* editorial* have been abl* and
*omprrh*n*Ua. It )tmm ha*a e?a JTttv ,
household iliatftatlAo^ if otrr oiiy and Mm,
2 "?[ "I't * "SwAfflir#*
Sreeida and boat*.
Th* relations b?tw**a oar Into rntfii*
r?rjr au?l aitmlraa, vara of tka anaot kindly, ?
nharaatar. 'Not only th. eon?u.ity l?
which it wtM pablMied, bnt tba wkola
South, will mgard ?ltk andaeaa, tba diaap-*
ptiriRt* of oor wt?mp#r?ry (Wh tba jaw
naliem of lha l?i<i
No at?tp?|?*r in the S-mh mm l?ce en
mbeerlptiona. They bat W.Jp ?w pay the
rxpeaaee. It if th* advertising patronage
that gives mmw or failura to a daily Jeer- ?,
nab And 0 aaflMcnay of Ikta, ~WWM*v *
blending tha Mercury's largo ItobeertptU*. '
li/t*, it did not receive. Haaaa it* aaoj a*
ion.?CAarUdon ConrUr. v
. . Il.L -4 . - 4
4W
WiiRnrcm Qoaa.r.? Tbo.Wanhingtia bt?
lar in tba Baltimore Ommtttt ee/S Hat a fay art
is in circulation there that Bessie received
only ti,000.000 of tba aypnfrbM
for tba purchase of Alaaka. Tba rdat waa paid
i?r journalists, eongraaaattrt, aad labbyaaon.
Back of tba Now York pa para reoelved $10,0#*..
On. M. C. gat ASM,000. Tkeaa?e oaaroapa?
dent .ay. that Iba plateraf the oust tfcoaseaddollar
bond* w.ra aant to Philadelphia lag
year, where they remained twelve day., aad
ia tbat lima thara were, jt lta supposed, spurlou.
bond, to tha ikotit of
truck off.
Another writer .aye tba wateb-caerd I. to ba
" economy " tbl. winter j tbat Oraot will not
gal bia talary raked, and Mra. Brant will aad
gat a new White Hotiwi tbat a landtag fwdiea|
declare, (what i. indeed tree enough) that tba
Federal CoD.litution, a. thing, now .land, baa
no vitality ia a ainglo article, auction, yawgraph,
or slawao applicable either to tha executive,
legislative, or jadicial departments of
tba Oaverameat, aad probably wilt net for
many year., if ever} tbat a ceavaatioa ought
to be called to framo a new one j that Bawling
ia a etateamaa, aad enjoy, tba canldanee af
General Grant, " ,
It ia reported ia a Washington daepatek
tbat immediately after the reeeipt af Mr
Washburn*'. report of tba act lea af PraaidaM
Lopei and bia follower, toward tba representative.
of tbi. Government and American
Cititen. in Paragaap, nnr new bftaialer, Oei
MrJdabca,.and Admiral Davie, were ia.(mated
to proceed to A.rnnsion and tedrtti tba ;
wrong* .aid to bar* been committed.
What Will Oumii QiiAiir Dof?The
New York Journal a/ Commtreo u^lMMa tl*
conviction that tU Radical pmijr it ai4t
of material to incongruous now thai it will ha __
nest to impossible for It to hold together f?f
another four ysafs. At to tbo President fke?4
the edllur say? I .?
General Grant ie not a-Radical, aad wo
hare the rery highest authority for earing
that it ie hie purpneo lo reparole himself rrvaa
the extremists. and to rally round bioi a strong
body of the better elaee ?f citizens, who shall
draw unto them congenial allies fmm all ausrtore,
and ? ?w-y ??m deservo to he
the party ??f the country, lie it alto cxtremsly
ansieut to verify bis parly watchword, aad
to lead the cnwMry at oaoe to peace and re- ?
Dewed prosperity. This it bit purpose, tmd
no one can deny that it it a noble ambition.
Not Mosself a politician, and with but Utile
esperienee or thill In eirll life, be does not, as
we think, at all oealtoe the dMtenlltaa la Sba
way of taeb caccect at ha oaveta. We do nob
eay thpt ht will fall; fhr ho hat nndoahttd
pluck, and, besides four yeart of patronage at
command, he will alto htm tbo advice aad
practical aid of aetta strong frlsnds who da
act usually intermeddle with pwbllo affairs
' i
Tan xsolist panltamxmvaar klsctioss.?Ths
progress of liberalism, or political'
catholicity, U on thn onward asarab It Eng.
lend, it is one of the ebaroeieristiee of the
? wr. 11? -i
.....?a -m? ... U.? H. IWH p roll BO a MS
litieal u well at physical uphearale. That*
?ra agitating England, Bad tba continent, u
wall ii our owu hemisphere. Tba baaa ef lb*
social pyramid is asscrtioc iu r-leii?o imfr.
taoca Is tba structure of society. Tbb plaiouto
formation Is composed of tba uaderlytng
massca?Cbb people?who sustain tba SflMit
aperstnictiira. Tba* for* tba raal wenlrh af
countries?they are tba bona sad Sinew which
defend it from ulterior aggression. Their
latira imparlaaoa in tba burgeon agon was
ignored. Thuy were bapt from tba light, and
brad in darkness. Books were rare. MpaUl
enlightenment was eoatued to tba few.?
Wealth bad Bat aeenmulated, and knowledge
eoald not be diffused, because of tba general '
poverty. The printing prets, tba newspaper,
the grand conceptions of a Paost, a flatten*
h*rg and a Sehouffer, bad aot gladdened tba
world with Its music and its lutsiligunee; and
tba masses bad lived an la Ignorance of their
rights as men and of their importance to the
nationalities. The liberals at England have
elected 3*6 members to tho Parliament of
Great Britain, gatalag 60 son to. Tba itseer
retiree have aide ted 136, a gala af 14.
Tba city of London sleeted three oat of feat
liberals. ?? ,: > i
ttisAssisii lastAuoa op Pmifiti.
Tier.?A bent alg yean ago, Mr. Amos Broujh
ton died ia Wayne County in this Stele, sad
was buried there. After bis dbatb bis wldem
and tbillns moved to Bwsklrb'a Bgifkga, bi,
lb it county, fhetrn tbdJ *Mt mMf. A law
days ago. the family of tk,S deosaavd respired
to bfipg tba remalaa of the fatber from Wnyn%
county aud barn tbem depoeitod la a sam slaty
near their present reeldenoa. In futlbfraooe
af this purpose tba grata was opened and th?
coffin eiposed but nil ordinary efforts to lift it
from its position proved Ineffectual The eoffin
lid was thoieiflre rumored, when it was fcggd
4kAft tko wee In tka o>il -?
?? ? r",wv* w
petrlfetloq. Il ** MfiiW wt|h dry
mould, which, who* roooalad O Mr.
loeo alono*? u wkiU rod porw m raorbJe. Ik*
body rhowod pot ?h? >??? particle of draft,
JEvery ftoturo and llocaraoat ?u
praoorood, ud ?kM Mood oprigbt U proooolod tho
appoaraaoo of o iooly chlooltd rMtoa.
Who Mr. Droufhton dkd W wolgfcod about
two tauodrod pfadM, whtto *o ww.hu bod
increared ia wrlght \ y potriioMlM to right
i hrjidrod poaod*. Boforo tbo body wo* la,
K*d at Boaklrkr H war MM by tho family
odt rod moo* othoro tbooo. Itltiktwoit
perfect rod woudardrl laafro of prt><*td*tr>
of kiniH ro?aiao that boo ooav com* to oar
kaowUdgo.? JVpy /Vr*.
Jka