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VOLUME XV. GREENVILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA. MARCH 31. IP69. A K0..4S.
G . F. TOWN E fcJ.
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?* Tim* it Falsing.
Time le rushing in hit chariot;
Rapidly his wheels go round ;
Though they cast no dust behind them,
Though they have no rumbling sound,
Silently they bear us onward;
Boon our Journey will be o'er?
Boon the (fiends with whom we mingle
We yhall nee and hear no more;
6 on onr feet shall press the meadows
Of I )i? Vnfit nfnrrnl nlmrn
Flying months and years r? mind ua
Of the world wa'rs parting !o s
r?t at leave good deeds h*hb?d ua.
In the world we're parting through,
"Which aha 11 he the aeede of klndo?ea
Watered by oeleettal dew,
And ahall bear good fruit for otheta?
Fruita of jey, end pteee end love?
Yeara long, after we are tinging
In the immortal land above.
Men are bom and men are dying;
Thousands come, not one oan etey;
Time isewift, hie wheels are (lying,
Never ceasing, night or day.
For the langhter nor the cr}tng
Of the atricken or the gey ;
Gutbing down, the Go<> defying-?
They who laugh et Drat It's delay?
And from sorrow, tin and tighing,
Bearing geotle tools away. .
Plana and schemes of men and nations,
Hearts and homes and hnmaalead free.
Granite walla and Art's creations,
All the eye delights to see.
All the ear delight-rfci hearing,
Crumble, tnnibls, fall and feds.
Oh 1 we need a world more cheering.
Free from graves and cypress rliade;
Thanks to God 1 that world We're ntaring.
In eternal appliirta laid.
Why I Want Boys to Learn Farm*
ingBV
HORACE GREELEY.
I live when I can in the country.
though most of my sleeping
and nearly all of my waking
hours are given to work which
calls mc to the city. My neighbors
are mainly farmers, generally
in fair circumstances, whose
children are fairly educated,, or
may be if they will. I regret to
say that a majority of tliein prefer
not to follow their father's vocation,
but want to live by trade, by
office, or something else than farming.
And the reason, to my
mind, is clear: their education
and their whole intellectual culture
lead away from, the farm.?
Their school-books contain nothing
calculated to make them love
agriculture, or qualify them to excel
in it; their fireside reading is
not of chemistry, geology, and the
related sciences, but of knights
and fairies, troubadours and
tournamcnts?in short, all things
calculated to make them detest
farming as -a coarse, plodding,
hum-drum pursuit, lit only for inveterate
dunces sad illiterate
lioors. I protest against this as
false, misleading, pernicious, and
demand an education and a literature
which shall win onr farmers'
sons to prize and honor the call
ing of tneir fathers.
A political economist has obpcrvoa
that labor, unless used at
the moment of production, is lost
forever. |n most vocations, it is
jinpossible to prodnce beyond the'
day's needs. The doctor can only
purp diseases as they manifest
themselves \ the best lawyer cannot
anticipate next year's legal
business; the carpenter and ma
pon cannot build bouses except as
they are wanted. The farmer, on
the contrary, may grow com or
cattle, flax, wool, or cotton .'Jn exceaa
of the current demandt bnd
store it against the time of need.
llettAr still. Ita mnv SmIw ??I
?? JJII 1 V jpiu
inbeoll, and fertiliacf may plant
trees, and graft, and prnne, so as
to double uia nrodnct in the future
by indicions expenditure of'
effort In the present. If a hundred
thousand additional lawyers
and doctors were let loose upon
the community, 1 do not feel sure
that the set result won Id be more
justice or less disease and death,
while I am quite sure that the na
tional wealth would not be increased
thereby : but a hundred n<
thousand enlightened, efficient tl
farmers added to those we already a
have could hardly fail to add one w
hundred millions per nhuum to n
the property which shall he the tl
heritage of our children. *
My dountrymen I let us each do ^
his best to increase the proportioo ?
of useful workers to pestilent IT
idlers in the community. Nay, e
more; lot us try to increase tho "
proportion of producers to cx "
changers or distributors of wealth. r
Fences, and padlocks, and police- ?
men, and rovenue officers may be h
necessities of our present condi- 0
tioil?I presume tLem to be so;
but we might have our country so "
well fencea, and padlocked and p? liced
that we should all starve to ^
death. There is no shadow of 11
danger that too few will seek to 9
live by law, physic, trade, etc., 0
etc., wliile there is great danger
that trade and the professions will *
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uu uvtsi'Ciuwuuu, to me neglect "
and detriment erf productive in
dustrv. Let us tfao^ the foe that 1
incnacesour position, and defeat c
him if wc can.
[Hearth & Home.
The Will and the Health.
If the truth could be known, it
would be found that, perhaps, in
eight cases of sickncee out of ten,
the disorder is brought on by the
morbid and excited imagination'of
the victim. Intense fear of dis
case is sufficient to produce it, and
in the sickly seasona of the year,
we cnnn<>t too powerfully exert
our will to banish jjppreltcnsiori
and keep our minds perfectly
easy. The learned Feuchleeben
says: The principal cause of an
habitual unhealthy state is an exaggerated
attention to everything
that concerns tho body. It is pitiful
to sec narrow minds occupied
by an incessant and minute care
for their physical existence, and
wearing themselves away by hab
itual anxiety. The physician,
whom they are never weury of
i4? a / s . -
consuming, oniy ieeis contempt Tor j
them. These people die 01 tlie i
desire to live! The effect pro- c
duced oi\ most people of weak t
mind?, bv reading medical works i
in which different maladies are i
described, is well known. It often i
happens in studying diseases of t
the eye that, the fear of amaurosis t
striking the imagination, the sight i
finally becomes affected by that t
fear alone. An English servant, i
after reading an account of a i
frightful de th caused by the bite .
of a mod dog, was seized with i
symptoms of hydrophobia, and i
only owed bis. life to the most ]
careful treatment. Goethe says: J
" During an epidemic fever which I
raged around me, I was exposed t
to Inevitable contagion, and felt ]
the first attacks, hpt succeeded in 1
saving myself (I am convinced of 1
it) solely by the exercise of a I
strong will. The power of the i
will at such moments is almost in- i
credible; it expands, so to speak,
throughout the whole body, which i
it places in a condition of activity I
to repel injurious influence. Fear
is a condition ot indolent weaktlPfifl
tl'9n/?K fidri'ftirrloi'O its rlnfftvtArt
..-www <> iiAvi? out i viauvio no
less to the victorious attacks of the
enemy." These are tacts worth
remembering and acting on, and 1
they are seasonable hints.
now to It a irk Plums.?The
Rural World says: There is a se- 1
cret about plnm raising. We '!
hnve discovered it fn traveling
qyer the country. We never visited
a largo plum orchard in our
life that we aid not And -plenty of
the trnit. Now these facte set us
to thinking, and the result of our 1
ihongiit is this ; That it ig very 1
easy to have all the plums yon i
want to eat and eell. The secret i
connected with the plum raising ,
is to nlnnt ntfmtv of lr<uu bo u
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give fruit to tbe ourculio and to
yourself also. If you will plant
fifty or a hundred trees, you will
have fruit enough tor everybody. <
tlvery such orchard that we ever
visited had plenty of rtpe fruit; ;
some efen complained. that tbe j
enrenlio did not thin out the fruit ,
enotigli, that the trees were overloaded.
Bo we say to our readers, 1
it you plant plums at all, plant 1
fifty or one hundred trees?then '
you will be sure to have all the 1
fruit yon vr^nt. I
A
To Toting Men. JS
It Is easier to be a good bnslcte
man than a poof one. Half
ie energy displaced in keening j,
liead that is required to cntcn up (l
lien behind win save credit, givo
tore time to business, and add to a
10 profit and reputation of yonr ii
\>ru. Honor your engagements. f,
F you promise to meet a man, or t
o a certain thing at a certain (
loineot, be leady at the appoint- n
rl time. It yon have work to do, 8
o it at once, cheerfully, and p
iierofore more speedily and cor v
ectly. If you go out on business, c
ttend promptly to the matter on }
and, and then as promptly go 'f
bont yonr own business. Do not f
top to toll stories in business >
ours. i
If yon lmve a place of business, l
o tound there wnen wanted. No 1
nftn can get rich by sitting ronnd t
tores nndsaloons; Never 4t tool " i
n business matters. If you Imv? |
o labor for a living, remember <
hat one hour in the morning is i
letter than two at night. If you i
imploy others, he ou hand to see j
hat they attend to their duties, t
tnd to direct with regularity, ]
>rotnptnesn and liberality. Do
tot meddle with anv business you i
tnow nothing of. KeVer buy any (
irticlo simply because the lua i i
hat sells it will take it ou*. in j
rade. Trade is mopey. Time is j
noncy. A good business habit ]
ind reputation is always inouey. <
dake 3*our place of business <
ileasant and attractive ; then stay <
here to wait on customers. <
Never use quick words, or al- i
ow yourself to make hasty or tin- ]
gentlemanly remarks, to those in <
rour employ ; for to do so lessens j
heir respect for you and your in- <
loenbe over thein. Help your- (
lelt, and others will help you.? 1
Lie faithful over the interests con- ided
t<? your keeping, and all, in |
food time, your responsibilities' (
vill be increased. Do not be in <
oo great baste to get rich. Do t
lot build uutil 3011 have arranged <
ind laid a good foundation. Do
lot?as 3*ou liojie to work for success?spend
time in idleness. It ,
four time is 3*our own, business ,
rill suffer if you do. If it is giv- j
m to another for ^ay, it belongs
o nun, ana yon i avo no more (
iglit to steal that than to stc^ j
nouey. Be obliging. Strive to
ivoid harsh words and personali- (
ies. Do not kick every stone in (
he path ; more miles can be made (
n a day by going steadily on (
ban by stopping to kick. Pay as
pou go. A man of honor respects
lis word as he does his bond.?
\sk, but never beg. Ilelp others ,
ffheu you can, but never give
irlien you can not afford to, simi>lv
tiecause it is fashionable. Learn
to say no. No necessity of
mapping it out dog-fashion, but i
my it firmly and respectfully.?
Have but tew confidants, and the
:ewer the better. Use your own
drains rather than those of others.
Learn to think and act for vourlelf
Be vigilant. . Keep ahead, !
rather than behind the time.
Young men. cut this out: and
if there is fully iu the argument,
let us know.
Berk T*acon.?It ie surpri?ing that
our people will uol provide this luxury,
when it can be eo easily done. Ju?t
take the fleeby parte of the hind quarter,
cut out in large piece* the sire of
a ham, and treat it with sugar or syrup,
tall and saltpetre, and when ready
hang it up and smoke a* bacon, and
rou will have an article for youc table
which an epicure would relish.
We have tried thia in person, and
had it forcibly brongbt to our mind by
a present of a piece of the beef bacon
from the packer? of Dr. Perl, near thia
citv, and after giving it a palatable
let*, we do not wonder tbat it commands
auch price*, and ie in such
great demand in tbe Northern market.
[Houtton (Texas) Telegraph.
Amoko the fj perot it ion* of the Senesa
Indiana it one of singular beauty.?
When a maiden die* they imprison a
foung bird until it first begins to trv
its power of song, and then loading it
With eereasee, they loose it over her
grave, ie the belief .that it will rot
fold ite winga nor dose its eyes notil it
ha* flown to the Spirit Land, and de
livered ite precioua burdeu of affection
lo (ke loved end los(.
A
'JMJ.1. J_L
l Legend of Massachusetts Superstition.
In the history pf Gloucester,
ust written by Mr. Babson, he
ells a legend of Beg .Wesson, a
opiitcd wilch. in tbe year 1745
. company of soldiers were dieted
u Gloucester, as a part of tl*e
orco destined to operate against
he French fortress of Louiebnrg,
Jape Bronton. Some of these
nen, before their departure, by
orne means, so provoked old Peggy's
wrath, that she threatened
ot geanco upon thorn. While in
nmp there a crow was observed
lovering overhead in rather a stnmlar
manner. Several 6hots were
ired at the bird without effect,
vhen one of the men thought it
night be Peggy, and if an, he
cnew that common lead would
iave ho effect upon her: So he
oolc a pair ot silver sleeve buttons
rntn Ins wrist- drminmi tlipm into
lis gun, anrl lot her have it. The
diarmcd missile went direct to the
nark, without regard to correctness
of aim or distance, lhis bird
Pell, wounded in the leg, and wa9
?oon dispatched. They afterward
learned that at the exact moment
when the old crow fell, old Peg
fell in or near her hoflse on Back
street, with a broken leg. And
more wonderfnl still, on an examination
of the fractured limb, the
identical sleeve buttons that wore
tired at the crow under the walls
.>f Louisburg were 'found imbedJed
in the flesh. Another version
>f this 6tory was to the effect that
t siege train of heavy artillery
was placed iu position and iu
readiness to open lire, when the
crow was observed flying back
aid forth, passing over one gnn
mid then another, and not a gun
could be " ^ot off." The match
was extinguished, or the powder
would flash in the pan, until the
bird was brought down. Straugo
is it may seeiu, this weird tale
was very generally received as
truth, and it was befioved by urany
down to a much later date.
Ciiivksb Industry.?A writer
shows how it la that the vast popillation
of Chiua is enabled to live
ind thrive ;
"From ptttient and untiring inJnstry,
it seems tojine the Chinese
liavo no equals. Anything which
needs great labor and but little
skill, they can do better than all
the world beside. If it be the
digging'of innumerable miles of
canals, or the buildiug of great
walls that stretcb half way across
a continent, they can do it. There
are no inore careful, thrifty, economical
tillers ol the soil than
they; even the steepest hillsides
are redeemed from waste hy narrow
terraces, and their broador
fields are kept as tidily as gardens.
They spar.e 110 labor nor economy
in tbe enriching of the soil, au <
work hour after hour to irrigate
it, carrying the water often for
considerable distances in buckets
twnfig across their shoulders.?
Tliev use verv little agricultural
J ? c
machinery, and all their implement*
are of the rudest sort.?
What they depend on is thecease<
less drudgery of patient manual
labor; and by this alone the agrcultural
miracle which makes all
China one great garden has been
wrought."
Chkwisto Tobago ?.?Mr. David
Macrae, a Scotchman, and recently
a traveler in the United States,
says: "Tho amount of chewing
and spitting all over America, but
especially in the South and West,
is incredible. You find spittoons
in shops, in parlors, in cars, in
houses of assembly, in Congress,
and even.in churches; and where
thero are no spittoons it makes no
difference. Yon will see a man in
a court of justice lift the Bible to
take the oath, give a side squirt of
tobacco juice, kiss the Bible, hand
it hack, aiid give another sqnirt.?
At Kaleigh, N. C., 1 saw Litch
tord, the tailor, whose apprentice
Preeidont Johnson once was.?
Litchford is now Marshal of the
Snpreme Court, and goes through
the toriu every morning of opening
iha Court. When tho Chief
Justice says, 4 Marshal, open the
Court I' Litehford gives a squirt
of tobacco, cries,"4 O yez! O yez !
this Supreme Court is now open
ed t God bless the State aud this
honorable Court!' and gives another
squirt. That is tho entire
ceremony."
1
* Cheating a Loyer.
Greene is one of the bannei*
counties in Georgia for sobriety,
and intelligence, for fine looking 11
men and pretty girls?the latter, n
by the way, are not to be caught I
every time, nor is it their fault, as c
the sad experience of A young man ^
will testily. It sceuis that he
courted a young lady, and obtained
her consent to become his lawful
and wedded wife, but on. application
to her parouts she was refused
him, which of course was a
suiirce of great disappointment
and trouble to him. A few days
atter this mortifying reltmal, be received
a very polite note purporting
to huve come from the object
of his dearest love, etuting.that
she was willing to be his now, and
t'orevor, and to meet her on a certain
night, at a certain place, and
they would be joined in holy wed- 1
lock. lie was perfectly thrilled J
wun ioy hi mis intelligence, pro- '
cured liia license and the services '
of the Magistrate, and was prompt- 1
ly at the olace at tlio time ap- 1
pointed. {Several young men ap- 1
pearcd with, apparently, a lady
dressed in bridal apparel, with a
veil over her face, and the solemn
ceremony was duly performed.?
The bride aud bridegroom got in
the buggy and loft for his- home. 1
On tlio way lie was full of loving- '
and subduing expressions, such as
darling, sugar, honev, etc., offer- '
ing to kiss her, hut with conscious '
timidity was slightly repulsed, but 1
he did not mind that, lie was the '
victor of an inestimable gain, and '
his joy was lull. But lo 1 when 1
he arrived home, and the light 1
shined forth upon leatures ainL,1
form, ho saw that lie bad marriea 1
n young man instead of a lady.? 1
What a terrible fhittcration and 1
tumbling of joys and hopes! 1
lie returned bis license to the 1
Ordinary, and asked him to take
them and give him b.s money
back, which, I believe, was done.
tVhethcr ho will ever succeed in <
| getting the one he thought he had,
or not, I cannot tell.
[Cor. Chronicle cfc Scn incl.
Tub New York lleraid aaya Par*on
Brown low pietenla the meat extraorI
rlinftrv m^turA of aU-.#
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w? ever before witnessed in any legit
, lative assembly. Thad. Stevens might
have been considered, when brought
| into the Senate Chr.mber on mens'
-boulders to take hit plaee among the
managers in the memorable days o^
the impeachment trial, the beat illua
tmtion up to that lime presented of the
triumph of intellectual will over a shattered
and prostrate bodily organism ?
but Drownlow's appearance shows even
greater indications of physical wreck
and ruin, and yet the latter lacks nothing
of the same unconquerable mental
fire and energy that marked to his latest
moments the character of the Oreat
Commoner. When taking the oath*
Hrownlow lay hack in his chair, his
head bent down, his face abrivelledghastly
and of unearthly hue, his
hands clasped in bony, vice like grasp
snd his whole appearance indicative of
great physical depression*. As Mr. Colfas
lead the oath the poor old Person
raised his feeble arm, which shook with
r**~V M,V|'|rvu IUI/IUCUI iW "is
id*. Assistant Sergeant*at Arm* Bu ett
went over mud sustained hia arm
through the remainder of the ceremo
ny, though the old man made one or
two deaperate efforts by himself to aua<
tain the right arm by proping it with
his lafi band. After be bad taken the
oath, the Parson stretched forth hia
band for a glass of water, which shook
wildly before it reached his lips. The
ordeal, alight m it aeema, had completely
exhausted him.
*? *
A smivo wagon haa been invented
by a gentleman in Mayalik, which be
proposes to run without any kind of
unimal nr ctoom >vawa. II.-. -1
*? ? VI BIVNIH J/V T?yi I iiO UA9 AI
ready perfected ft small model which
run* up or down hill very rapidly.?
The power ie received from nn immenee
coiled eteel spring, which will run for
hiilf an hour without being wound op.
In going up hill the spring exhttuHa it elf,
but in going down bill it winds
itself up. The inventor claim* tbftt'he
c*h osrry very heavy loads over any
ordinary road.
Hopes and cares, anxieties and
tsars, divide oar life,
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Once More?Plant CoraIt
is much to be feared that corn
olds but a small place in the
nind of the farmer, and that the
.11 engrossing tbonght is ootton.?
t certainly looks so. On every side
ixteosive preparations are making
or big orops of cotton ; the whole
nind teems to lie occupied with
his one idet^ Immense qnantiies
of guano have been brought
nto this district, with a view to
aisa this crop ; and all the rcadv
noney which eonld bo made avail*
ible, has been converted into cotton
fertilizers, with scarce a
bought for corn. In former
lines, the tnania ran into the acstimulation
ot slave property?
:unun men neia as large a place
n favor as now, but it was plantid
and raised and sold only to be
ion verted into the inevitable nepro;
now the proceeds are put ino
guano. Now cotton is made to
juy guano, and guano is bought
jo make cotton, and if a small
portiou be left, it goes to filling up
the corn crib. We do not advocate
the neglect of cotton by any
means, it would be folly to do so,
but we recommeud and advise the
planting of corn, and all the grain
crops, to a large extent. Let cotton
tako the second place, bread
the first. If the cotton crop fails,
or the price goes down, where
will the money como from to buy
corn f What will follow but insolvency
? We want immigration
too, and what attraction can the
immigrant see in great cotton
fields! he canuot eat tlie fleecy
staple. The prospect is certaiuly
an uninviting one to him, and he
turns away in most instances from
the cotton fields of the South, to
seek a country that gives promise
of something to eat. Plant corn,
farmers, ana plenty of it, and then
cotton to your heart's content.
[Neiolxrry llcrald.
A fellow who has been shared la
China says that the baiber first stropped
the razor on bis leg, and then did
the shaving without any lather. The
customer remonstrated, but was told
that lather was entirely useless, and
had a tendencv to make ilia hair si iff
and tough, and was, therefore, never used
by persona who had any knowledge of
tha face and its appendages. After the
beard had been taken off?and it waa
done in a very abort time?tha barber
took a long, sharp, needle shaped spoon,
aud began to examine his customer's
ears. lie brought up from numoroua
little crevices bits of wax and dirt that
be bad been accumulating since child*
bood. The barber suddenly twisted bia
subject's neck to one side in such a
manner that it cracked as if the vertex
brsc had been dislocated. M Hold on 1'*
shouted the parly, alarmed for the
safety of his neck. "All right," replied
the tonsor, " me no hurt you," and ha
continued to jerk and twist the deck
until it was limber as an old woman's
dish rag. He then fell to beating tha
back, breast, arms, and sides with hie
nsi?. aim pummeiea the muscle* until
Ibey fairly glowed with the-beating
they bad received. lie then dashed ft
bucket of cold water over hi* man,
dried tb* skin with towels, aud declared
that his work was done. Price, two
cent*.
Footstkps or Natur*.?All things
are engaged in writing their own his*
tory. The plant and the pebble go attended
by their own shadows. Thft
rock leave* its scratches on the mountain
side, the river its bed in the soil ;
the animal leaves its bone* in the
stratum, the fern and leaf their modest
epitaph in the coal the falling drop
ro*k*s its sepulchre in the sand or stoue ?
not a footstep in the enow or along
the ground, but prints its character
more or leee lusting, a map of its march ;
every eel of men inscribes its tnemorien
on bis fellows end his own fnce. The
sir is fall of sounds, tbe sky of tokens ?
the ground is ell memoranda signatures,
end every object is covered over
with hints that apeak to tbe intelligent.
Those who are fixing their eyes tip*
werd in mock devotion should rfetnetn ?ber
tbet people do not go to heaven by
lairs.
Heap ideas and house fTiem
well, hut leave the toorde hight
stubble*