Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^ I i itj0 ii i ?^?^*?*r*^B^w^~* | 1 ''" * 1,1 *" ?*j**^?i?*>B<??jk^-O-^***<W>????? i*i A. BEPLEX OF POPULAR EVENTa ^^?^^^^a^^aiMmmmmmmtmwtm^mn i^MMMananmm mmmemmmtmiMmm^mMM MaHMHaMBgHHB_^ VOLUME XV. ?*> >??ti?s | *"^#* >?>i? i|ii>) v? GREENVILLE. iSOUTH CAROLINA. MARCH 24. 1869. NO. 44. < . "* ^ac, ' " ' - * '; - - .-' - ; ' '- ..... . ... . ., 5 CK IT. TOWS EB."^ '? < EDITOR. J. 0. BAILXT, flt'r.m AnmUU Editor. iraacatmos Two Dollara pot annum. At>r<*Tt*auBJ?Te inserted at the rat** of on* dollar per (^Mn of twelra Minion linea fthla glaed typo) or Iom for the drat inaertiun, ' - * IRi cent* each for tha aecond and third ineer<. - m'. tion?, and twenty-Sea eonta for Nbwqntnt In sort I on a. Toariy aMtnati will da wilt. All adeertUamenle aaoat ban the number f iaaartlona marked on them, or thay will he Inaerted Uliordered oof, and ehargod for. * ? ' Unleaa ordered otherwtae, AdrertlaemanU Wffl invariably ha - dlapieyad." Obituary nattoaa, and all,matter* inuring to to the benefit of any one, are regarded aa *AdrertUemenU. " ' ' * ORlGiyAL POETRY. . - too too Boomeka ENTicraiaa My Lot*. ' WT T.AVKA OWTW. t < With bloah of maiden coyneaa meek, With emtio ao rare and glanea ao rwaet, My lore?my gent!* dark-eyed lore, " tJ.J l? mv ..rnMl 9mm Ana li?r sweet cheek and fair whita brow Bore my first kiee of lore! - ' And oft %t walked at eventide > . * Thro* the coo! green wood, aide by side? The blrde eaag love to timing flow ere, Ah, then we talked our lore dream o'?r? When erer In the world before, Waa lore eo eweet at ourel We taw the limpid rlrer mo With laughter eweet. through ahade and eon, ." And eo our happy llrce ahall glide." . I Mid, and I thy lure will bold, lfy pearl of price?my gold of gold. While life ahall laet, aweet bride I W? aaw the hanghty motintalnt rite, la grahdeur to the o'er-arohlng tkiee? X whieperod then a wilder dream, * I teld her buw my eooi would climb. By eonff to helgbto of famo sublime, ' And bathe la' flory'n beam I <Bh# softly tmiled?my dark eyed maid. Then Mt beneath a.cheat nut chads, chestnut rich in learee and cenet, That drooped about her head?aloft She tut bee eyee eo dark and aoft, Then aang la ailrery tones: * Far up Ike mountaln'e rugged steep, v- I know the omoreld moeaoa ereep, . And trembling, fiairy globe-flower* grow] But lu the rale, the primroee fair, Tha riolet and the eglainre, Aad lilies whita as toow. m " Bet others climb the mountain aide, To walk with fame and liva with pride, Tha inwly nllvy sheds Irr ma; ( will alt down amid my flower*. And wlla away my happy hours, (a aaaaatar company. "1 know ice-crown cold and whita Beets on tha mountain'# aparkling height? Cold glory bathos each purple slope, * Bit In the happier eala below, Angela will dwall with me, I knowSweet angels, Love and Hope." From tha JUligious Herald. Journal of Travels in Virginia Fbr> ty-Five Yean Ago?Visit to Mr. \ Jefferson. Sept. 20, 1823. I rode tip with Mr. Hatch, the Episcopal minister, who is Mr. Jefferson's pastor, and the teacher of his grandchildren, to see * the aage of Monticello." His seal overlooks Charlottesville, hot at the road ia obliged to wind around the hills to make the asce< t easy it requires a ride of four miles tc reach the summit. MonUcdlo ii named after a place in Italy, anc is an Italian diminutive, meaning J the little mountain. It is pronounced Montichdlo, giving the < the Italian sound Qf ch soft. Th< hill 1a covered with wood, excep the top. Aa we approached th< .'house, we rode,along a fence which war the only one of the kirn 1 ever saw. Instead of being up right, it lay upon the gronn< across a ditch. The bank of tb< ditch raised the rails a foot or tw< abort the ground on each side o the ditch, so that no kind of grs cing animals could easily cross il because their fleet would slip be tween the rails Xt had jnst th appearance ef a common puot-anc rail-fence blown down across .'v ditch. !7ZL"> X did not take much notice c the external appearance of th boose. Jlhera is nothing strikin ? in it. In front, the bill m all oper without any enclosure. V* > . tared*the portico by a narrow flight of wefcden sb apr of s'fsr ?gsntle ascent. This wea ver/ un worthy of the eleganoe of the ir tartar. -Upon entering the fin room, I observed die ffoor oovere l> with a glossy oil cloth, and too m? l?t11 ibouldWaymy h?,h tper, and conducted into the draw teg room. The floor of that Arc * s. caught my attention. It was of polished mahogany, or some snch wood, and eut into.diamonds, with oblong pieces dovetailed between them. It had the appearance of a tessellated pavement. Presently, the young lady disappeared, and Mr. Jenereoo omos in. Jue has qnite an aged look, being about 80 years ot age. liis figure is tall, and has the shrunk, shrivelled appearance of advanced age. life dress was very plain, and rather shabby?his coat arid pantaloon* ot blue, withj?it eld buff waistcoat? tWt collar of bis shirt ragged, and slippers on his feet.? 11 is countenance IS very homely, aud, I thought, carried, at times, the expression of cunning. He received us very graciont 11 is manners were so easy and fa miliar, that I was emits at my ease in a moment. We conversed a * . it i. 7.1 r Room me university ^uien iasi hastening to oompletioq.), He said ho ?u receiving letters from persons in ail quarters, inquiring wtren tl^e < University would be ready for the reception of their sons; one from 8onth Carolina, the writer of which stated that he considered their College as only preparatory. He spoke of Colonel Bassett, a member of the Legislature, as one of their greatest enemies. I asked, 44 Why f 44 Because,w said ho. u he Is a visitor of William and Mary." j "But," continued he, " it is a very nnneces sary jealousy ; for we shall not stand in the way of any of the secondary institu ions. We shall not teach the rudiments of the languages. We shall have pro lessors to give lectures on these brandies, and to perfect the youth in the learned tongues." I asked whether they would get professors from Europe! lie 'said, 44 Yea."? 44 W hat salaries will yon be able to offer them !*' 441 cannot aay yet." * * Of, the subject of discipline^ be said, " We shall avoid the evil of too much govern inent. For instance, we shall not insist on wearing a gown, or anything of that sort." "Will you have any means to confine the students trom rambling where they please, and oblige them to attend on the professors?" "Jtfo: only note their absence from recitation, and a^nd the record to their pa rents. I want the professors to have nothing to do with the governing or punishing of Uie students. AH these sources of irritation most be avoided. I wished the Legislature to allow sf*spec al police tor the University, bnt they thought the people would never , bear the idea of gentlemen's Sons being ruled by different laws from the rest of the community. , There is s plan adopted on the continent , of Europe, and that, too, with perfect success, which is to constitute I a court, consisting of the more dis. erect students, who take cognl zaoce of offences and pass sentence i { on offenders, such as wearing a I fools cap, <fcc. These things may be tried, but I don't know how J they will succeed in this country." j Observing the eugraved copy of I the Declaration of Independence . hanging opposite me, I said, u I ? have {he honor to have an ances 3 tor among those names. Were 8 yon acquainted with him, sir I 44 Very well. He was a man of 3 considerable abilities. He and Henry came together.* I would i have been glad to ask him some ? particulars of my grandfather, but j was afraid of the appearance oi Q family vanity, and the subject wai 0 .soon changed. We then talked 1 of the pictures and busts which L. bung and stood about the room.? . He spoke of Stewart as the great J est portrait painter in the world e "lie not only gives the features |. but the ex predion, the mind, be a yond all others. But bis charge* are high, 1 gave bim $100 Tbi - thai picture of mine, and the mou * tor tnat bead on paper ovor tb< e mantel-piece." 44 VV hose boats an ? those t" said pointing to twt which stood o'ti each side ot tin ?J~ door. uTwo of tlie great as scoundrels that ever existed--Bo ' naparte and Alexander/' (of Rue J~ sia.) 1 laughed and said, 441 an glad to hear yon speak So of Bo ^ naparte, Mr. Jefter&ou. For it be r become fashionable now to admin * and applaud him. 1 have hearc ' eosnr young men vindicate hi u character. Bat it is certainly in r. consistent in any Amerioan to 4< >t ao.n 44 Those book* of O'Metfi and I** Cftsas," (two recent publications Containing anecdotes of Napoleon,) said he, "have done more for liiq> tlinri all bis victories. Bet, for a man like Bonaparte, after slaughtering millions of the human race, to sit down and deliberately thank God that he had never committed ft crime! shows that the man bad no kind of moral principle or feeling. That man, sir, thought of nobody in the world .buthimself." -> fie conducted na into another apartmen', and showed as some mors paintings and busts. Several of them were Scripture subjects, Bitch as the- sacrificing of Jepthah's daughter,-Peter weeping at the crowing of the oock, dec. He told ns of it Dnteh piece, representing tfife Sacrifice of Isaac.? u He, the painter, has placed a aun in Abrarob hand: he is taking aim at his sou, ana an angel overhead is # # * # poorir.g wa,ter in the pan of toe fire-lock. T i ~ 5T! i ?*. u:? M lAJ iui#iv at ftito nui iu jr. He said U was not worth seeing, bat lad as into it. It did not appear large. As I told him I understood he had some rare editions of the classics, he showed me tliem. I saw there all the great authors f antiquity. He has had many of them bound up with translations. What he seemed to think one * of tbe greatest curiosities among tl.em was an edition of Plutarch, with annotations in modern Greek. 44 The character," said ho, 44 Is the same with the ancient Greek.** He opened it and read some-of the notes. He seemed to read Greek with facility.? "Have you read many of these ancients I** I inquired. 44 Yes, most of them." Ho pronounced the Greek dipt hong ot?, oo. He spoke in the highest terms of the merits of a Universal History, on one of the shelves. It was the Aucient Universal History, compiled by a company of gentlemen in England, ill a dozen or tuore octavos. 44 It is," said lie, 44 90 impartial, and gives you original authorities for- everything?is so well rnrnished with maj* and every kind ofliclp." lie boa Hey ne'e Homer's Virgil. We then bid him good morning. He asked us to stay to dinner, and told n>6 it I staved any time in the neighborhood, lie would be happy to see mc. As we passed nut, we remarked IUU UUol> VI f UHU1IO "II UIIC BIUU VI the door. He looks like a seorner. The face is very expressive. It has a kind of smile -on it and an inqnisitive, satirical expression.? On the other side of the door is a bnst of Volney, and near at hand one of Mr. Jefferson himself. Was it accident or design that placed him in such company ? # * * * Mr. Hatch remarked, as we were looking at Voltaire, that some one had said, the reason of Voltaire bore about the same resemblance to sound reason as the figure of a monkey did to that oi a man, for when you looked on the monkey, . you kuew that his head was full ol mischief and his heart incapable 1 ot one good thing. Mr. J. laugh ed. He told os of the manner in which Houdon, the famous sculp ' tor, took Oen. Washington's statin " and his own bnst. h We sent hinr J down to Monnt Ve now?he made the General lie fiat on bis back 1 and then sme red the moist olas 1 ter of Paris over his face, lion don was very unwilling to tak< ' Washington ju?*t as he was. 1 H< | wanted to make the statne oolos 1 sal, and pnt it in Roman costume 1 But I was determined that h< should take him just as he was,? I was determined we should have * at least, one exact image of tin * man, as be stood before us in daili life. This is the statue whicl 3 stands in the capitol at Richmouc r (and a copy of which, in bronze 3 has been placed in tbe Capito 3 Square at Kaleigh.) When I wen 3 to him to have-my bust taken, h< * stripped me bare down to th< 3 shoulders; then bis wife, a beau 1 tiful little woman, took oil of al " raonds and anointed my face an< neck, while Hondon stood read; 1 witb his plaster, and immediatel] put it on my face and neck." . liemarks.?Being once in Bal I timore in company with an* artis % of reputation, 1 narrated to bin ^ the preovdin? account reoe>ve< " from llr,* Jefferson. He remark ? ed that there oould not have beei s a more unfavorable position thai Ibe one Washington was placed in to allow of a fair and faithful representation of hie image; for that the features would necessarily become flattened and flaccid, and present a tame and inferior expression. Whether it it at, 1 know not, but it is certain that the pictures of Washington we see through the country ere far inferior in spirit and intellectual expression to one of his earlier likenesses, given in Irring's life of hhn. W.TL Wilson, N. C. Cars for the FilssMr. N. Pruden, of Jersey, Licking county, in this 8tate, sends us the following recipe for the cure of the .Piles, which he desires us to publish for the beneflt of the afflicted: Take halt a pound of new-made butter, free from salt, one pint of juice of the poke root, (which some call gargeO and one common table-spoon-full ptf gimpow der; put them together end simmer the compound over a elow fire until the wjater is all out.? Then, as it is cooling, stir it a little at intervals, to keep the powder from sinking. Anoint the parts aflected twice a day, for a few days. Thts has cored" ninetynine out of a bundrod of all kinds of Piloa. If the disease is not at the surface, a swab must be made to reach it, if possible. Tbis is often necessary with bleeding Piles. The month of May ia the best time to mate the salve as the root is then the most jnicy, and ean be easily grated and strained. But if made in the winter the root can be boiled, and nse the tea according to the strength. Mr. rruden adds: This has been a cure in New Jersey tor more than fifty years, and never known to fail of a cure but twice. It has never been patented, nor peddled until within a few years. 1 gave a recipe to a man who has since been netting rich by it. My ancestors always gave it away to the afflicted when called for and never intended any one should speculate on it. I have long intended to publish it, hut could never think of it when I was at a printing-office. I now send it to you, with the hope you will give it to the public tor the benefit of whom it may concern. [Ohio Paper. ? ' Items n* Fbuit Culture.?Late hummer pruning of ths grape vine arrests the ripening of ihe fruit and the maturing of the wood. Over-bearing of fruit always hurt! the constitution of the tree. Thinning | out favors it, and improves the froi?. Dosing the soil with manure is bad for fruit trees in general. A wet soil rots the roots of trees and hurts them otherwise. Screening trees, in blossoming time from the severe winds end wet, favo/i their bearing. It is of great impor tence. Prune grape vines ear!y in the year : say alter they are out of blossom. Bui cut no large branches then; this sbouh be done in the fall. Douglas Jcrrold oh Wa*.?Wha a floe looking thing is war! Yei dress it as we may, dram and featbe it, daub it with gold, hazsa it, aud ainj swaggering song* shout It, what ia it oioe lines .out of ten, but murdar ii uniform?Cain taking the sergaant' shilling f But, man of wsr, you ar at length shrinking, withering, like ai agad giant. You ara not now the fea tbered iking yoa were; the Angers c Opinion have been baey at yon plumes ; and that little tube, the goo?? .quill, bee sent its silent shots into you huge anatomy, and tha corroding in) even Whilst yon look at your swon t tod think it ihinM so brightly, is sal 0 ing into it with a tooth of rust, A yeky curious railroad arc - dent happened recently neaj Mil J sapore, India. A large elephant 7, seeing the red light and the smokt y concluded the noisy loconwtiv was an eneiny to be snmtnaril I* demolished. He aceordingl t placed himself on the tracl a and met the strange creature hea 1 on, with trunk and tnsks. Th ; result was a dead elephant an ii eleven cars.capeised. Only on a man waa killed. i 1 The Salt and Lime Mixture.' The mixta re is 111 tide by dined v lag one bushel of salt in tbe least water possible, and then slaking with this throe bushels of liine hot from tbe kiln. This is all tbe sait that can be used by this method to slake the lime. The must valuable lime for agricultural purposes is shell lime, or that made from burning oyster or clam shells.? Another method recommended by 0. W. Johnson is, to mix one busbel of salt with two ot lime, dry, nnder cover, and allow it gradually to decompose and unite tbe chlorine of tbe salt with the lime. It may be turned occasionally for two or three months, by which time it will be well united together. And whatever way is taken to form tbe mixture, it should not be used immediately, bnt should remain incorporated at least 6ix weeks, that the chemical union may be well formed. The chemical changes that take place are the chlorine of the-chloride of lime; the soda of the salt is looet-. ly set free, and probably slowly attracts carbonic acid from the air, ' and forms carbonate' of soda.? . This mixture has a remarkable decomposing power, and if yon mix 1 three or four bushels of it witb a < cord of swamp inuck, or any oth- i er vegetable matter, it will soon oe reduced to a powder. It is most excellent to mix with coarse J manure for the purpose of decomposing it and rendering it fine.? i After the sour muck from wet i places is decomposed by the salt and litne it fs then in ripe condi- 1 tion to be composted with barnyard manure, and compost be- i comes as valuable as the barn- , yard manure alone. Almost every farm has a supply of muck, which might be turned into valuo- ; ble manuio. Hog manure bus been greatly benefitted by mixing with the salt and lime?correcting its rank character and fitting it for garden use; but it is probably i better that the salt and lime should first be composted with muck and then applied to the hog manure. We stated in our first article on manures that salt and lime composted with barn yard manure would preeorve the am- r monia. This has been considered by most who have used it as prac' tically correct, but, theoretically, that small portion of this mixture which becomes carbonate of soda would be supposed to dissipate the amnion s unless the chlorine was sufficient to absorb it all, which is. no donbt, generally the case. This salt and lime mixture alone makes an excellent top-dressing for ? most crops, the rate of twenty l_j.1i. m . \ vj unity uiusneis per acre, jliic character of the lime ib so much I changed by the nnion of tho salt that there it no danger of injury trom an excessive quantity, and where land has been overtimed a top dressing of salt will correct it at once. The decomposing effect 1 of this mixture npon vegetable matter in the soil is very great.? Fifty bufebels applied to a turnip ; field has produced as large a crop \ as twenty loads of the barn yard j manure; which could only be ac counted for on the supposition of its decomposing vegetable matter in the soil, and rendering it fit for 1 j51ant food. It is also very de'? structive of insects, grubs, <fec., in ' the soil Like salt, this mixtnre g has the power of attracting mois-! i ture from air, and has often been n observed to prevent tho effects of g death.?Rural Neva Yorker. if t n o -l.-a I, AO jl AKK AJBT llOMINT.?OOieCl ^ood sound flint-corn, shell it, taking care to pick out the faulty * grains and bits f cob; pour over r it strong ley, sufficient to cover it, 1 set it on the fire and let it scald ir until the busk or bran is loosened ; i* (try it occasionally by pressing it i, between the thumb and finger.)? i Frequent stirring will aid largely in removing the husks. Whori . scalded enough, dip it oot into a tub of olean water, stir it around, r> pour it off and put in tresh, as ^ often as is neoessary to thoroughly cleanse it faun the ley; in the 0 meantime rubbing til rough the ? hands. Let it soak over night, j and boil till tender. d Of all the agonies of life, that e which ia most poignant and bar* d rowing is the conviction that we e have been deceived where we j placed all the trust ot li-u A Political Ptia. The editor of the Western Vin- ' licntor, published at Rutherford, N. O., thus discourses on "The Fourth of March ": A quizzical friend nonptussed na insuspectingly one day fast week, t?y inquiring if we had heard of :he extraordinary order given by Ben Butler to tne late President, just before the latter resigned the robes ot office. We replied that we hadn't beard it, but would like to hear it right off. 44 Well," said he, il it wasn't exactly an order, but he cocked one sve and . whispered, 4 March Fourth !' and Andy marched I" We smiled a sickly smile, and nvited our friend to visit a place irhere kugels have no business; jut it set os to wondering why the 1th of March was selected as the beginning ot each Presidential Arm ?nH fit a olnainv nnn t\t firm greas. The popnlar reason assigned is, because it rarely falls on Sunday. But it seems to hare been rather the result of accident than other* wise. Congress in 1788, after the new Constitution was adopted, appointed the first Wednesday in January, *79, for the election of Electors to choose a President; the first Wednesday in February for them to cast their vote; and the first Wednesday in March lor the inluguration of the new government. 'Ihis day happened to be the 4th of the month; consequently, as the term of administration was limited to fonr years, each succeeding administration has begun on that day. In the better days of the Republic, ere the white plumed Angel of Peace had winged its flight to more congenial climes, we were accustomed to celebrate the inaugural days of our chosen rulers with bonfires, illuminations, niuBic, and good cheer all over the land; but now, like the Florida Rebel, we don't care a continental spiritual condemnation whether they have a camp meeting, hanging, or torchlight procession? we're a spectator. Rest ring the Drowned.?The following directions for restoring those partially drowned should be preserved for ready reference: 1. Lay the drowned man at once fiat on his stomach, with his face to the gronnd?a folded coat or bundle under his chest. ft Ul - I J. il.i. 1 z.. r lace your nanus nac oetwocn bis sboulder blades, and make firm pressure, so as to squeeze she air out of his chest; then turn the body elowjy on to one side and a little beyond. Replace him quickly on his face.? Count fonr, to make tour seconds of time, and then repeat the process, commencing by squeezing the air out of the chest again. 8. Wet clothes should be removed and dry ones substituted, each bystander contributing. The body to be rubbed dry briskly, and the face kept from contact * with the ground by an assistant. 4. Do not sqneezo the air out of the patient's chest if he is breathing, but wait and watch, merely Mia KrvM a* on/1 /il\An/tfin/v tl\A y '"B lUV UVUJ ?UU VUCkllglll^ KUU clothing. A richly-dressed lady stopped ft boy trndging along with a basket, and asked, u My little boy, have you got religion I" " No, ma'm." said tbo innocent, " I've got pota*. toes." A noble egotism is the snblimest of virtues; a false one. the weakest of all vanities and the most flagrant of Crimes. We are always complaining that onr days are "tew, bnt acting -- *1 L ?1 ....... isl nn nm 1 tw UIUUJJU xrw yw v..~ to them, Trust not him who seems mors anxious to give credit than to receive cash. Refrain from bitter words ; there, is only one. letter between them, and swords. Prayer is ever profitable i at night it is our covering; in the morning it is our armor. Ye avaricious, remember that shronds have no pockets. He that ean vendor a reason ia worthy of an answer. Quiet conscience* noyor pr<v duce unquiet couversa ions.