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' A- KEFLEX OB" POPULAR EVENTS. I " T M ; * fj * 1ft. 4 # ,, ' *4f <? *, ' .: ^ v \ /' ** * * ? '. * ^ -??^p^?i ill 'I. 1 I" 11 " i ' ' if ' I i i > HiL ...i. I i n n.lUm ? 1 n ? JOHN C. BAILEY, I'RO'R. GREENVILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA. JULY 7. 1869. VOL. XVL?NO. 7. ? - II II II I I II II ill II Ill I HI li I I I II II f C*. F. TO WN EDITOR. I**?"" **?? SvHOBimw Two Dollars per anonw. a>t*mui?um loasrtsd at tbo n|n of ob* dollar pw ?qa?r* of twoiro Mintta Mao* (thii sited typo) or Um for the ?rsi insertion, fifty oonU oaoh for the oeeond end third lasortion*, end twonty-ivo oeeU for nWeqwat Insertion*. Yearly contract* will be mads. All adrsrtlssmonta wait here the aaabrr of igiertions marked on them, or they ?U1 he inserted till ordered eat, and charged for. Unke* ordered otherwise, Advertisements will invariably he " displayed." Obitaary notices, and all matters laariag to to' the bene At or any one, are regarded as Advertisements, " " - ' " " 1 " ro* tbi 90VT8KU iinwim, "'The Learei of the Laurel*, put under the Pillow, was said to prodace true Dreams." by Lavas evil. Bees use my soul was with falsa dream* abeads. That turned swsoisleep to lortnrs nod wild dreed, ?'?- . I i e i.u ?? u?j tjpvu m iwni imi A IBIU ihj i*wau? For I whilom had heard old dronmcrt say That whoeo sleeps eo laurel leaf or vpny. Shall haw# true d re Mia from oat 8leepV palace fray. When slumber touched mine eyee, her ?H, war car Plan bad driven beyond (he almost star. That gerna Oriou'a shining belt afar. And thus I dream: Within a laurel grove. With fruitful rioee and rosea interwove. Three walked together?Yoalb, aad Hope, and Love. Love sighed aad snog with a moat wiaeoote as ton, Hope reached sod plucked the laurels freak and green. While Youth wore rooaa walking lithe be tweaa. Hope bore a cheerful spirit, bright aad . strong. Youth listened evermore to Love's sweet iong, And thus they journeyed cheerily along. But, are they thro' the grave did hallway fare, They met tall Fame, who. In his bead did ern States.' Such a change in our policy and practice cannot be wrought in a day. Thia la no reaeon why an effort ahonld not be made to introduce a change. Aa a in e an a to thia en I, we anagest, that parents should etody ?Iteely the characters of their sous, and direct them ta thoee pursuits, for which they eeem to hare greateat aptitude, liaeetna to hare been taken for granted, heretofore, that all mechanical talent and inrentiva Knina had been monopolized by e Yankees. The hiatory of the leta war pnt an and to thia (hllacy; A raat amount of mechanical tab bnr A trumpet, that with loud and joyous blare. Shook all the dewy grove, and brightly hone On hie proud breast, a alar whoae beauty Una Rivaled eweet Beeper on his anre throne. ? Pane drew me with that star upon hie breast? Hit glittering arms, and hie lordly crest, To gaze on him?forgetful of the rest. That star, with marvelous end dialling sheen, Illumined all the greve of lanrele green, Blinding mine eyee: so, whea I turned aga n To look upon that trio bright and fair : Lot all was sbanged and ruined?I saw thera Only sad Love with cypress on his hair I Fsbjs had given Under Youth a heart oI stone. And Hope, with all her laurel leaves waa gone, Leaving wan Love to alng his songs alone 1 Mechanics Heeded in the ILeeon.r ?,- o.-ti. UltVMVU Ui UIO OVUMI* From a well considered article in the last Abbeville Banner, we make the following extracts. Tlie writer shows the folljr and stupidity of the policy heretofore pursued in depending upon the North for superior mechanical labor, and proceeds to urge Southern parents to develop? mechanical genins whenever found in their sons. He then administers a just rebuke to the false pride and narrow prejudice against mechanics always existing to a greater or lesa extent in Soutborn society, and npon this point we desire to hare our readers benefitted by his illustrations and sonnd reflections: Experience teaches that we should foster the mechanical arts, at least, to the extent of supplying our own wants, and csase to be so entirely dependant npon the North nt bat been buried at the South. Our present necessitous condition demands that all such talents should be developed and applied for the benefit of society. A very strong and a very gen oral prejudice iiee in the way. Employment in the workshop has been regarded in tbia State, especially, as degrading. In our early years, nothing was more shocking to the tnembers of the old families of the State, than the idea of one them learning a trade. It was too decidedly plebeian. It might be known that titty were gamblers, , intemperate and l ccntioos ; bnt, they did not lose caste. To handle the trowel or the iack Diane, how ever, was death to character. An intimate friend ofonr boyhood, belonging to an old family, whose estates had dwindled away, not wil ling to lire poor, in order to fea6t pride, determined on becoming a brickmason, having noticed the great sncceea oi the father ot one ot onr classmates, who belonged to this class of citizens. His eldest brothor remonstrated vehemently against this determination, and said to him : u Do yon suppose that if I meet yon in King Street, (the fashionable promenade) with a trowel in your hand and mortar on your shoes, I shall speak to you I" He replied calmly, but firmly: 44 I he day will come, when yon will be glad to have a room in my fino h ick house." This as we happened to know, was literally fulfilled. TliiB incident nerves to illustrate the feeling that has prevailed in this State with re gara to boys learning a trade. We confess, that to ns, it has always seemed very Billy. We have known a man to affect superiority over the mechanic, who built his nice mills, though his own father laid tlie foundation of his vast fortune in selling half pints. Mixed liquors was decidedly more aristocratic than mixing mortar. Different eves certainly reanire dif I rerent ' glasses. Parents should teach their children that " Honor and fan* from no condition riao " Even in this State nntnerons cases could be adduced to show th t mechanics share a pretty fair chance for wealth and position. Let a few suffice. Jonathan Ln ens, who amassed a fortune and was made a Baronet by George IIL for im vicing r'ce mills into England, was a millwright. His next neighbor, Thomas Bennett who became very wealthy and was made Gotemor of the State, was also a millwright. Old Mr. Schnierle was a carpenter, and acquired riches by his indnstry ; but this did not prevent his son, the General, from filling the Mayoralty of Charleston for years. Many inore sueh cases we could cite, but it is unnecessary. These s rve to show that despite the strong prejudice against mechanics, many imvc ribtjn superior iu 11, biiu imve com Del led the redact of those who, in early life, may have rofarded them with disdain. We ave suffered in this State on account of tliis prejudice. Oor pres ent condition demands that common sense should govern. Our youth should be taught that there is dignity in labor; and they shonla be encouraged to lay hold of the trowel, the plane, the sledge, the loom, or any instrument ot art employing the wants of society. They should be encouraged to regard manual labor, as not adverse to the acquisition of tame, as well aa riches. Sir Christopher Wren was an architect. Stephenson was a machinist. Franklin was a printer. Hngh Miller was a stone mason. Elihu Burrit was a blacksmith. What man is there in South Carolina who, however befuddled with notoina of oaste, Anl/l n/J W. ?k!l...t.J -? !. nvwm ??v* w vauiiiiiaicm ? ? >? prospect of his ton securing a reputation similar to that of these me chanicsf And to what does this thing of casts amonnl t We know a rery aristocratic family i? whieii is ooinmingled the blood of a tailor, a tallow chandler, and a dealer in paltry. But they are none tin worse for their hnmble beginnings In the reconstruct ion of tbingi , among as, mechanics are very much needed. We most hare ail '< sorts* f shops, and all sorts of work 1 men. Let the boys among tie thai hare an aptiiade for mechanics, hi ; encouraged to I corn some trade Let proper attention be showed t< 1 them. Let thorn not he excluded from society, becanse they bundle tools. Let reading rooms and libraries and evening schools be es? tablished, so that. Tike Miller and Bnrrit and Franklin, they may improve their minds, and he fitted to occupy hitrh positions a boms, as abroad. We hope yet to see the day when South Carolina shall not be dependent on Yankeeuotn for axe helves and broom handle*. One of Society's fiiMsa. The Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial writes: A beautiful woman is A beautiful memory. Let her burr ner elf in a nunnery, and we will ?os sip about her etill she is dead, it we can only catch a glimpse of her cap and veil through the grating. Sitting the other uight in the theatre, there was pointed out to me for the first time the once famous and fashionable Adele Douglas, the woman about whose beauties and graces the young ladies of every city in the country beard and talked; around whom, ten years ago, polite society here cir cled like an eddy. As I looked toward the seAt indicated br a friend, I saw a woman dreaded in plain black, with a Roman matron cast of face and head, still fine and graceful-looking, with the full ten years npon her celebrated bcaufy, and suggesting, it only as a faded ribbon calls up a forgotten roi mance or a by-gone fashion. Not observed more than the ordinary, she sat there quietly, looking not beyond the face of her husband for the looks and smiles that in the old time made her eyes the centre of every assembly. The contrast of the picture with the one in memory rccallei her romance?ns real and vivid a one as the best out of George Sand. Your ladv readers of twenty-five remember the nnme of her family well enough. It was that of Cuts, an old Southern "took here, that by the rule and grace of chivalry was accounted good, though none of its members ever grew to much wealth or urwminon'-e, and Allele's father held for his life time notli ing more than a respectable position in a govern11 ent department here. Her mother's family was |MK?r, and ran back for a getierati >n or two in the district. So the daughter's fortune, as the S|>anish say, was ihc dower of beauty, and not much besides. But this she improved with grace and manners anu a tolerable education at the Catholic Seminary in Georgetown, and came out upon society here a commanding courtly aired, conquering belle?the rarest thing ever happens to girls born in Wash ington. She starred a year or two as she was. Theft, when hearts enough had melted, and knees had gone down like stubble before her stateliness, the elegant and powerful Douglas bent too, ar.dske lif ed him up with her hand. The ''Little (jiiant " was the pet and the lion o! the Senate, a prince in wealth and Kwer, and she was of blood royal the gift ot beauty. It was a coalition that Washington " High Lite " could not resist; so Adele Cutts became the elegant Mrs. Douglas, the Douglas, the queen tvananie of society, the glass of fashion into which the polite world locked for ita manners. Douglae and Breckinridge, who (gnarrelled during their last days in the Senate, were Damon and Pythias then, and built side by side tor their residences the splendid row of build ! ings in tbis city, since more fsmona for the residence ot Grant, and now of Sherman. Mrs. Donglat gave her receptions there. To b< admitted to them was to be in com | nany ; to be secluded was not tc be known. waive of her dain tv fan in thna* riava miMit Iiavj condemned yon from tlie ton m effectually M the patrician. Ro man ladies turned the gladiator tc death by their thumbs* The queer of u Douglas Row " made no pre lentiooe to wisdom or brilliancy but senators and fhreign minister) hare scarcely found since in th< gay capital a reception room ? I graceful and attractive as beri She received everybody there, aix I never a breath of eearfdal blaw ov er her (air reputation. She wa . enviable. When the lay eick ii > bar luxnrions borne, the town wa In commotion at over stricken empress, and Franklin How, the capital and hotels, vied with etch other in wending condolences and kind inquiries for her health. She was not less the eentre oi society in her Western home. Every bod j gave her receptions when e came to Chicago. Don* Iks* bride. Some one has dvecrib od her to me standing, one of the first nights, among the ladies of the dressing rootn, a head taller t*taa any other, nonchalantly drawing on her bids, preparatory to the parlors, her magmficenee admired ny all. Her fine taste - modulated everything. From a poor girl aha went into enjmment of the rich senator's wealth step bv step? nothing sudden or oicarre. All this was a romantic episode of five years. Then she became the wi?iow of Douglas. in proper mourning, with tne episode behind her. But widowhood, De La Rame tells us, is the best cosmetic, and she emerged, two or three years later from her weeds, upon the arm ol her second choice of husband, a quiet, soldierly gentleman, from a quiet department bureau here in Washington, and stole off with him and her htart?they say?into a quiet, beautiful home, and wc catch glimpses of her now a days faintly and rarely. Her home is an elegant ono, petite and cosy, a gift of Douglas to her mother, and not far away from the palatial one she enters so often, long years ago, with her more lordly, but, perhaps, not more loved companion, rassing it sometimes in the evening, you catch the glimmer of soft lamps tliivinnli oIasoIv ilffltrn nnrlniiig ""H" V,WV We "vcill not tear tliem aside though they say that behind them are beautiful children playing and more happiness than ever the stately, courted Mrs. Douglas knew. ? Cuba and the Fxllibnitera. From a letter to the New York World, dated at Havana, on the 19th of June, we learn that the Grapeshot expedition of Hllibustcrt has come to grief. Of the 100 and more fillihusfers landed upon the const ??f the District of Baracoa the 8nntiago papers announce thai most of them have cither beer killed or captured in the monn tarns of Las Cachillas ; that the captured, some twenty five in num l>er, are on their way to Santiago and that preparations were being made in that city for their cxecu tion. Governor Latorac having resolved to have them all jshoi witliin twenty-four hours after ar rival. One half are raid to be Cn bans and the other half Americans Germans, Dominicans and Mexi cans A private letter from ar English resident of Santiago give somewhat different particulars o this fillibusteriiig expedition froor thoso of the Spanish papers. Ac cording to it the vessel that land !. ed the men waa the schoouei Graoeshot, from Puerto Plato, or the worth coast of Santo Dotnin go. The number of persons land ed was 120, composed mostly o young Cubans. Giiadanavaya, thi place of debarkation, was a mos unsuitable one, being some twentj 1 five tniies from an insurgent camp 1 in a p-Ttion of tbe District of Bai ' acoa, jroorlpr supplied with wate 1 aud provisions, and with but fe> ' horses and carts near at hand, s necessary for carrying the arm ' and ammunition brought, to th ' interior of tbe island. On the Ski ' a few hours after landing, forty ma ' were sent off to establish communi | cation with the insurgents, whil ' the remaining eighty tarried nea 1 Guadanavaj a, as guards over th 1 war material of the expeditioi ' The first lot, according to he lei * ter, had never been attacked b, ' the Spaniards, but the second \vs i torcea by * superior nnrubor t 1 soldiers to abandon Gnadanavav on the 5th, and take refuge in tb > Cachillas Mountains, where the 1 were followed, and nearly all ki * led or captured, losing all the w? * material they had with them, coi 1 sitting of four mountain howitmn ? 800 Remington rifles, and 60,00 > cartridges. The Spaniards did ik L annihilate the eighty fllllbnstei a without eoneiderable reeistano losing from forty to fifty men i killed and woonded in the sereri * enooontere bad with them. i In New York, a few days sine * ibe authorities, learning that large expedition wa* about to sail i for Cut>a, arretted its commander. Colonel W. 0. 0. Uyati, and several of bit subordinates . On Wednesday night, wbeii an United ' States Marshal named Dnwley was taking Col, Ryan to jail tn a car, riage, the prisoner indooed his captor to go with him in aaareU of a umui to go on the bail bond of the former Not finding the man at the , bote), Ryan said he must be just around at the Oaalnoj corner of . Houston and Mott streets, where iKs r.nKsn > MAsnlts Kovo mann >t?v w will vv> w?? v uiaviv their headquarters of fate. The carriage was driven round, and, on reaching the door, Ryan sprang out and rnsbed up stairs, closely followed bv officer Dowiey. As soon as Colonel R? an entered the room in the Casino, the men cheer ed him. Seeing Dowiey, they seised a blanket, which they threw orer his head, when Rvan, aided by the men, proceeded to tie his arms behind Mm, gait him and tie his feet together They then took him np stairs to the third story, and left Mm in a small room. After tliis had been accomplished, Ryan, under cover of the darkness, succeeded in getting his men , together, and cm harked, with a , large force, for Cuba. Let's Have a Drink* An Absurd Custom?Drinking i Between Drinks?Ask y<mr Jbri> nd?How the Germans and BYenoh Do Jt?M Bob, let's go in and have some Boots." The redieulons, absurd Ameri. can custom of "asking," is respon aible for seven-eights?mind, we say seven-eights, and mean it too? of all the liquor consumed in this i country. Abolish that custom to i da}*, and where there are eight I barrels of liquor drank now, there , would be but one. Wo believe i this, and beliove it can't be gainsaid. Wo appeal to any number oi ormKers lor their opinion of the matter. To this custom wo owe , one 4i di inking between drinks,*' j whicb some wag, with more truth 5 than poetry in his sou), said was the only tiling that hart, or words I to that effect. What a ridicnlons piece of folly it is to go in such a place, if in a | mood for liquor, ana to n6k five or 6ix acquaintances up to drink with yon ; yet it is done all the [ time, and by parties who perhaps, t wont the money for stockings. But not to do it when your ac* quaintances are about, is to be 1 looked npon as 44small potatoes" , and a few in the hill. [ Take the following as an illustration of a delightful "fix," liable to . arise from this absnrd custom : , You feel in a mood for a glass. - Yon go for it. M et a friena just i as you arc abont to go in a gin ? mill, and yon 44 ask bim." Enter f and he comes npon a group of four i or five of bis friends who have just entered and are conversing for a moment. Yon are introduced all round by your friend. Where are yon now, with a dollar in your pocket and five or six follows on your hands, only one of whom yon t ever saw before, and morally b bound bv custom, and impelled by t false pride, to ask them to join yon iu a social glass ? 5 Yon can't get out of it , they '* know you come in for liquor, ana r as vour friend introduced you and didn't invite, why you must uo the ? honors, and you sav yon are glad to see them, (an infernal lie by the 6 way,) and ask them up. It yon U are known at the bar, all right \ 11 n not, tou have to bofrow of yoot l* friend. How's that I Porhapa 0 some of tbe party might ask you r some time, but the chances are, ? they wouldn't know you from a 1 baked apole. A most absurd, I* dead fraud this "asking" in con *' noolln. i:>.n<v. TV. .V t iimiiuu nun i iv^uui . i/u wo Wftj A coax* prevail ou acauaintancee U 'f go in and have necklace*, glove* * or boota with ua f " Come in and * take a bottle of win# with me,' y men will aay, and take yoo bj tb? ' arm and in you go. l)o they evei r eay, i4 Come in and hare a bal t- with me." Are you continually i, urged to oat things t Do they aai ^ yon to take poeket kniree, leac pencils, hair dye, tooth powder * paper collars, or nmbrellaa will them f No, thia u a-king w bnai n neaa hi oonflned to liquor liberality tl or a custom, rather, that extendi itself to no other article, it we ex a, cept oysters and oigsrs, bat ii a these it is limited. n I. . | f Take * j>?rtj of six Germans, who go in for their lager. They, sit down, and eaoii on# or ink# what, lie wants, and pays for what he. drinks. Ha isn't forced apd bantered because he don't take more. The same with English men. French-. men and all other people on the face of the globe, except Americans. Ton know how it would be with six vf the latter, did they go in fix- lager. There w old be thir ty six glares drank, or paid for, if not all drank, because each most ask" the others. Hnmbugt Folly I Imagine a case like this, did the "asking" question extend beyond the confines of liquor. Hie two gentlemen walking np Broadway. One is attracted by a fine display of bottles -no, boots, shoes, etc., in a window. "Bob, let's go in i.... ?1 1- >? ? wm u??o nnio uiNjig. XII II1UV go. "Take hold, Bob." "What's your fancy f" "Thank yon, Tom; but I am not taking boots just now." 14 Oh, get in. Take bold. One pair won't hurt von " No, excuse me, Tom." " Take something, Bob. Take home a pair of boots tor your wife. Don't see me do this thing alone." Bob comes down and takes a pair ot boots. It's no nse. Who cau withstand Tom's appeals. Ciucap Railroad Travklixg.? H- T. Peaks, Esq., the General Superintendent of the Sonth Carolina Railroad, is now issuing "Green Line" certificates which entitle the bearer to travel at half fare, once ?acli week, over the following named railroads: Louisville and Nashville, Memphis and Louisville, Nashville, and Northwestern, Nashville and Chattanooga, Western and Atlantic, Bel ma, Rome and Dalton, Maoon and Western, Atlanta and West Point, Montgomery and West Point, Georgia and South Carolina Railroads. This is done under an agreemont entered into at the "Green Line" Convention, held at Atlanta in March last, and tlm 44 half fare " nriu ilorvo io ovtan^n/^ fn all svAaa/vna ?* iiv^v io wavviiuuu w mi | ovuo traveling 44 for the pnrpoee of soliciting business." The cost of traveling is in this way reduced one half. We are glad to see this new movement, it is an indication that onr railroads are bent on giving all the help thev can to onr people, who nin-t do their part by working actively to extend their trade and make known the business advantages they are prepared to offer.?Charleston News. Uskfcl Hints.?R ch cheese feels Bolt under the pressure of the finger, 'lhat which is very strong is neither good nor healthy. To keep one that is cut, tie in a cloth, and pot it in a cool, dry place. If mould appears on it, wipe it oflf with a dry cloth. Flonr and meal of all kinds, should be kept in a dr^ place. To select nutmegs, pnek them with a pin. If they are good, the oil will instantly spread aronnd the puncture.? Oranges and lemons keep beet -wrftimAri f*lr??A Iti tnfV anH laid in a drawer of linen. Bread and cake* should be kept in a tin box or stone jar Soft soap should be kept in a dry p'ace in the cellar and sbonld not bo used till three months old. Bar soap should be cut in pieces of a convei ient 1 size and laid whero it will become dry. It is well to keep it several weeks before using, as it spends fast when now. s * m Anrtfats. ?- Give all animals plenty of clear eool water. Particularly give horses dr.nk at every stream on tbe road when travelling and after bard driving. Give tbem, as soon as coo), all they will drink. Cool water, not ice water, isjgtx>d for men and beasts. Givo all aplenty of it. A hoo owned by Mr. J. M. McElheny, New Hudson, Alleghany eounty, New York, fed exclusively t apon whey, weighed 687 poanos t dressed. I The flies in Kentucky are dec, troyinp the tobacco crop. In many 1 sections ot the State the crop has been entirely destroyed. __ t ? The President has removed : Frank Blair, Jr., and all the Pai ciflc Railroad Commissioners, excepting General Williams.