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BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY. AUGUST 6, 1869. VOLUME XVII?NO. 15.
The Dying Mother.
BT ALICE CART.
We'were weeping round her pillow,
F<>r we knew ilmt she must die;
It wui night within our buson?
It was (light upon the sky..
IThere were seven of u? children,
I (he oldest <u^of all;
fio I tried to whisper comfort,
Hut the hlibdiug teats would full.
On my knees my little brother
T 1 I !. w..L: I.. 1 .
Hit) UUIJIIIg UUIW UliU W vpt f
wluil my aibtcr'a long black trusses
O'er niy Leaving boaora swept.
The shadow of ail awful fear
Came o'er me as I trod.
To lay (be burden of our g iff
ground the throne of God.
" Oh 1 be kind to on* another,"
Was the niotfcurV pleading prayer,
Aa her band l*y like a anow-Ouka
Ou ihe bub)'a g#l?U hair.
Then glory bcund her foieheal
I^ike the ({lory of a crown,
And in the silent ara of death
The star of life weut down.
Her latest brenth was borne awny
Upon tl.at loving prayer,
And the bund grew heavier, paler,
On the buby'a golden hair.
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Appearances Against Him.
A Now England merchant, doing a
lapgc business, requiring several clerks,
& short time since missed several articles
of value from his store. lie determined
to watch the habits of these
young msn to discover, if possible,
which one, if cithei-'of them, was un
trustworthy. There was one of them
who appeared particularly active and
faithful; was the first tocomcand the
last to leave at night; his dress waf
inferior to that of the other clerks :
and he was evidently not particularly
popular among them. The nicrchanl
learned that this young man remained
l'or an hour or more after ..the others
left, with the door of the store locked
Thi? circumstance awakened his sus
picions, and he arranged a plan to con
ccal himself in tbe store, so that h(
might discover what occurred when
the clerk supposed himself to bo unobserved.
Having sent tho ^-ounj
man upon an errand just before the
}>our of closing, he entered his plact
of concealment. The door wai
locked an usual at tho proper time
The clerk at once began to sweep aiu
put me csiaonanment in orucr
"While waiting for tho dust to settle
he was scon to go behind the counter
and taking .something from under it
place it iu the breast of his coat. Th<
merchant was now all ftlivo to die
<jover what had been taken and wha
was to bo done with it. The younj
man went to the window and sat ii
eilenee a few moments, apparently
4 oxamining the packago which he lia<
taken from his breast. Themercban
was not left long in doubt, Jiis clerl
fiPQO fell upon his kneed j he saw tha
it was tho Bible be bad been reading
And nnw hn nfiftroH nlntnl u ciinr?l?? nm
touching prayer, for himself, hi
mother and sister, his employer, am
particularly for a brother plerU, whc
he feared, was yielding to temptation
After ho had finished dusting he lei
the store, unconscious of having ha
A human eye upon him,
Tt in PIUV tn hnlicca tlint <Kn mar
chant was deeply affected by what h
had seen and heard. This clerk'
salary was increased several hundrei
dollars a year, and bo was given th
position made vacant by the djueliarg
of another whoso criminal acts ha
been discovered.?Agriculturist,
i^i>
In Richmond is a negro who, eighi
L!- i? J
bun ngu, uuugut 1110 il'ocuuin I
his maatcr, and, working hard, earl
and late, Boon was able to buy his wit<
He bas beon prospering since, and b
now owfas the finest livery stable an
}iaclc Btand in tbe State, and is said t
J>e wortb |50,OUQ. JJis old mastci
y?hen Lee evacuated Richmond, i
' April, 1865, was worth bftlf a WilhQ
dollars, Thousands ppon thousand
were destroyed by fire; money wci
?bis wdy and thai, and not long afU
YlA itA?M A aI* ' D1 nt? MA An /I k?tAY#A?k i
uv vnuio i/uva iu ^iiuuliiuau uri/i^cu i
spirit; 'rained jrj proportv, and tire
- of his trooblcsoTflo jjis Q{d ?hi\
Pound.toqU hifn t^ bis l)oase,gftve hi|
J-he best medical Bjfjjl thftt pi one
pould Jbiay qnd tPre
ently tfte old' man ned, peacefully An
m ? -rr> Jwrc'-fl'.?V- 'i J*>
|)^PP}}y; fits funeral was a large an
toxjHSi^fp $!?, $*# ?a8-lbdtt& to
lot iql the pe#*etery pftjd by-bfe ol
place*,* bo.-,#Jbo .pw4 Ifor the ibneri
, outlayt{ j Qzwr blflV *** rftiwjdia ban
pome monument, paid far; *$tji #
Mgro't money,' $p
deoea&il ilave owner liv,es j|n ^ hpui
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Something Unusual in Virginia?A
Mormon Train en route for Utah.
On "Wednesday morning Inst tlio
city of Norfolk, Virginia, was visited
by a* number of country-appearing
people, who loitered ubout the upper
I portion of tlio citv as if they had i
nothing to do, and whose actions excited
a great deal of curiosity among
the citizens generally. The centre of
attraction to these new-comers from
tho rural districts acemed to bo the
wharf of tho New York Steamship
Company, where tho Lsaac Bell lay,
taking in a cargo for New York.
The status and destination of these
people is thus stated by tho Norfolk
Virginian :
Upon inquiring at tho wharf, wo
were referred to two persons, who appeared
to bo tho business men of tho
company, and who informed us that
they were Elders Ilownrd Iv. Corey
?...i it r ,.i. ,.c ti.?
aim ax. ?r Afvj ic, ui kiiu v/uuiuu Ui LilU |
Latter Day Saints, and whoso residence
were respectively in Provo and
Ogden cities, Utah Territory. They
informed us that they had been
preaching in the counties of Stokes
and Surry, North Carolina, and
Smythc, Virginia, and thin company
of emigrants was partially the result
of their labors. The company consisted
of about one hundred and
thirty men, women and children, fully
one-half of whom wero females. The
people seemed to be deeply imbued
4vith the peculiar doctrine of the Beet,
, and to have full faith in their leaders,
the eldex-s abovo mentioned. They
have sold otf their property, when,
ever practicable, and will make a
[ fresh start in the land of promise.
, Some of them, we arc told, being una,
ble to dispose of their lands, left them
rather than be left behind. The men
I seem to be entirely of the industrial
classes, stout, sunburned fanners, and
[ would be an invaluable acquisition in
j any community. The women, with
one or two exceptions, see;n to be entirely
destitute of personal charms,
and if the universal report of Mor,
monclom be true, they will, in many
k instance*, bo destined to become hewers
of wood and drawors of water ibr
r xuovo favored ones. . ,
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0 Convents.?Thactcray expresses
. his feelings and thoughts respecting
1 an Irish convent in Cork, as follows:
. In the grille is a little wicket and a
, lodge before it. It is to this wicket
, that women aro brought to kneel;
,, and a bishop is in a chapel 011 the
e other 6ide, and takes their hands in
k his, and receives their vows, 1 had
t- never seen the like before, and felt a
I sort of shudder in looking at tho plaoe,.
a There rest the girl's knees as she
y offers herself up and forswears tho
J pacred affections which God gaVo her;
t there she kneels and denies forever
i the beautiful duties of her heing?no
t tender maternal j'-earnings?no gentle
attachments are to be had for her or
i from her?there she kneels and coras
mits suicide upon her heart. O honli
ost Martin Luther! thank God, you
>, came to pull that infernal, wicked, uni.
natural altar down^-thut cursed pat
ganism 1 I came out of the place
d quite sick; and looking before me,
there, thank God! was tho blue spire
' of tho Monlistown church, soaring up
o into tho free sky?a river in front
s rolling away to tho sea?liberty, sun4
shine, all sorts of gladness and motion
o pound about, and I couldn't but thank
e heaven for it, and the* Being whose
J servioo is {Veodom, and who gave ub
affeotions that we may use them?not
smother and kill them; and a noble
world to live in, that we may admire
it and Him who made it?not shrink
>f from it, as tliongb we dared not live
y there, but must turn our backs upon
5* it and its bountiful Provider. I de0
clare, I think, for my part, that we
d have as much right to permit sutteco
ism in India, as to allow women in the
r, XJnited Kingdom to take these wicked
n vows, or Catholic bishops to receive
R them, i.
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it
sr notmuo Leavks Us as it Found
n Us.?If a sheet of a paper on which
J _ 1 l ? t # ? *
iu u nay lifts oeon Jam do exposed lor
'e some minutes to the sunshine, and
pr> then instantaneously viewed in ?he
y darki the key being removed, a fading
Bv speotep of t^e key ivjll be ^isfble
d Let this paper bo put aside for months,
d where nothing can disturb it, and then
3 |n darkness be laid on a plate of hot
Id metal, the epecter of the. key ..will
eiI again appear. . This is equally true oi
i-j Qux3 minds, ^Jyery maa; we meot,
pve^y book wo r^d, $v$ry, picture or
ta Unduftna wa ?.>a avaiv wnrH nr tnns
Tr 7-T? ? =rr 4^^
jo w* ^ear, ; Q.n<tthic
P- j&m twceft i^fei^ inq^e*
?? ord'Of"T'^a?P*^nW? ^4n?iBU^
Jighffll
te^prowt
b' j??.Ml><&?> ?**Awc%.?i
it ctertedf into eight pin^h?
A Memorable Sunday?The Last Day
of the Confederacy?Soenes in RichI
mond?The Flight of President Davis
, ?Evacuation of the Capital?The
Conflagration.
From Pollard's Lifo of Jefferson
Davis, just published, wo copy the
following spirited picture of the scene
which preceded tho final evacuation
of the Confederate capital:
Ko (sound of tho battle?not an
echo, not a breath had yet reached the
doomed city. It was a lovely Sabbath
day, and Richmond basked in
its beauty and enjoyed more than
usual remission from the cares of the
week. There were no sounds of tho
vexed thoroughfare ; the long streets
laid open, not a vehicle upon them ;
the murmur of tho river gave tones
only to sootho tho ear, and the Bilent
pulses of the sunthino beat slowly in
the misty warm air that laid on tho
landscape. It was a day of careless
thoughts. Tho usual Sunday crowd
lounged near tho post officc, exchanging
rumors of the war, or tho latest
depraved gossip of Richmond society.
Hundreds wended their way to the
churches, while not a few of their
"country's hope" trod the paths
beaten as sheep-walks to tho back entrances
of the whiskey shops on Main
street, and sought consolation in the
shades of "tho Chiekahominy," "tho
.Rebel"and "the Wilderness." Ladies
dressed in <Jll finery, in which tho
fashions of many years were mingled,
were satisfied to make a display at St.
Pauls about equal to the holiday
wardrobes in better da3'S of the
J negroes at the African Church. At
I the former church worshipped Mr.
Davis, lie now eat stilf and alone in
"the President's pew"?where no ono
outside his family had ever dared to
intrude since Mrs. Davis had ordered
the sexton to remove two ladies who
had ventured there, and who on turning
their faces to tho admonition to
leave, delivered before the whole congregation,
had proved, to the dismay
and well deserved mortification of the
President's wife, to Le the daughters
of General Lee. Mr. Davis was an
earnest worshipper. But a Sunrluy
beforo this memorable one, he,General
Leo and Secretary Trenholm bad
gone together to the communion table,
and many eyes in the congi'egation
bad been moistened to sec these three
men, on whom depended bo many of
human hopes, keeling side by side, .to
partake of the most precious and comforting
sacrament of the church.
Now a very dilTercnt scene was to be
witnessed.
In the midst of tho services, a man
walked noisily into the church, and
handed tho Presidont a slip of paper.
Mr. Davis read tho paper, rose, and
walked out of tho church without
agitation, but his faco and manner
evidently constrained ; an uneasy
whisper ran through tbo crowd ot
worshippers, and many hastened into
tho 6treot. Tho congregation was
soon dismissed. The rumor had already
gained the street that Richmond
was to bo evacuated ; it was confirmed
to a fbw who penetrated tho closed
doors of the War Department, or
made persistent inquiries at tho tele,
graph office; but. although the Gov.
eminent bud no motive now to sappress
the sad truth, but, on the con.
trary, was in duty bound to inform the
people and prepare them for the exigency,
it is remarkable that there was
no authentic announcement of the in.
tended evacuation, no published order
on the subject; no official notification
of any sort; and that news in which
every man's household was involved,
| was left to wander all day as a vaguo
I riimni" in n?>l?
T ?? ??|W uviwvbOi Ull ij W yu WII'
firmed by the actual visible fact of the
authorities leaving tbo city,
A little past noon some regiments
of Longbtree^a command; on the
north of James River, wero seer
marching through the city, on tbeii
way to reinforce General Lee in th<
battle ho was thon supposed to be
making to save or recover his lines
before Petersburg. The soldiers
moved with a slouching step; auc
once on their disordered inarch, it it
said groans wor? culled for Jcffersoi
Davis. Formerly when Confederal
soldiers had passed through Richmond
there had .been' music, cheers, crowds
of shouting spectators, throngs o!
JadjeS'standing on the balconiosof th<
principal hotels on Main street,.tc
waive their adiet&, percti6fac6 to
. ter flowers on them,1 at least to feestou
upon therm.rwect and inspiring ?Ouri
' tetmioceB. Now, as1 they ^astfei
i! through the thorongbfare, only ?fe*
Tj l! ' * ill ji Jf' ' / ,
, ipectfttor* looked on saaly py cynical
?' ly; no'note of pi usio . chopped the mil
' ien procession of ipfcn marching pQdlj
^4 Tf<W\\y Uf death i a few blan*
[ ^ haj^pny. 4TOerfoa*,J&>t*
P*\t Mlwiiatood,./ ,1 I*
( ;? *V ifoa* yean JEUehjMtyd luulilV*
ki thftuasy rtdtof ******
pnniu-strickcn ci'y broke up as if
riven by lightning, into black, torn
crowds of maddened men, conscience*
stricken fugitives, sobered revelers,
blanched women and children, fleeing
wildly through the streets, over the
bridges of tho river, through every
avenue of escapo from the terrible day
of judgment?tho chainots of firj aud
wrath that vcro next day to enter
tho doomed city. It was a bccho
never to bo forgotten in the memories
of Richmond. Tho night was
hoarse with the roar of the great
tight.
Tho reporter of tho associated press,
who was aware that eight o'clock had
beon designated by General Lee as
tho hour of evacuation, unless mcan<
time ho succeeded in re-establishing
his lines, in which event he would
telegraph again, attended the room
of General Breckinridge at that hour
and was admitted. Ho came out with
a blank face. Thcro is no hope,"
said General Breckinridgo, and ho
walked quietly from tho room and
from the building to the house where
the President was then concealed,
making private preparations for his
flight. There was no last council or
conference. All that thcro wasof dc
I liborativc assembly?all that remained
of t ho onco proud and loquacious
Government of Jefferson Davis?was
to appoint the rendezvous and time
for flight, the Cabinet members being
instructed to meet the President at
the Danville depot a little before midnight.'
The eapitol appeared deserted ; but
as night fell it was noticed that the
main doorway was ajar. Jlid away
in an obscure room in the third story,
the City Council was anxiously debating
what ceremonies were necessary
for the surrender of the city,
wince the President was supposed to
have already fled or to be concealed
for the present in Manchester,and the
dut}* of surrendering the capital was
thus devolved upon the municipal authorities.
It was a cowardly debate
removed fro n the obBcrvntion-of the
citizens. One of the councilinen was
ostentatiously dressed in a Confederate
uniform. So extreme was the concern
for the safety of tbc city, and such
the anxiety for its readiest humiliation,
that it was arranged that a notification
of surrender should bo given
before the next day broke, and throe
hours past midnight the Mayor, despita
his eighty years of age was
started in a dilapidated vehicle 0:1 the
! mission of surrendering Richmond beI
w
fore the enemy could get iu sight
of it,
Beforo the Mayor could mount on
his mission to the enemy, a new and
surpassing terror fell upon the city.
It had been fired in various quarters,
and thero were already gleams of
conflagration on the dark horizon.
winiG mo ueaving and tumultuous
' city was even at this hour of the
night filled with pillagers and marauders?convicts
from the penitentiary,
who had escaped, their guards having
fled, and lawless soldiers who were no
longer under an}' control, the main
command of .General Ewell having
already tramped across the bridges
over the river?the wakeful and anxious
eyes of. thousands of terrified
citizens looking from their windows
beheld this new apparition of horrcr
ri^inir frnm Ihn l?lnr-lr -irimtno r\f !>?
^ ~ o "a v?tw v *MV*b II H^vvg V* mv
night. Word came that the Shockhce
i warehouse was flred; then again, that
. three other largo warehouses, contain
ing tobacco had been givon to tho
i flames. It was too late; the hand of
i tho Government was recognized in it.
\
A French journal reports the dis(
covery of a book of theological discussions,
written by. some of tho early
I monks, upon such questions aB these :
' " What was the shape of tho wings ol
( tbo Archangel Gabriel?" "Did
. Pilato uso soap when ho washed, his
i hands?" "How much wine did they
j drink at tho marriago in Cana?"
{ " Are there any angels wi?h baritone
} voices ?'r " Could Christ have changed
I himself into a devil, or into a pump
, kin?" "If a priest should be inter.
t .rupted during the baptism, at a mo<
j ment when about to pronounce the
I name'of the child, and Bhould pro
, nounce 'ASapriati," should the Child
p bear through lifft .ihA namn r\F
V ? O- r ???"
3 prist!, and is the baptism valid ?' Ii
> is said lliat the discuesidn of those
, different question fills' throe volumes
T of five .hundred pages each. .. :]
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1 Massachusetts is in the agony o
f execution of the new prohibitory law
* and its inhabitants indent foatjyitt
genious podges tq.get possession of tt?<
r ardent," Tbds, Tannton, raan th<
j (pthor d?y procured a prescription flrou
1 -words, " qdo bottlapf:porter," Tb<
1 tow chlrogr*phy; ami'i^uqtcd tiu
? qjMrttzw* *.
a Stonewall Ja?Wonlk4i j^kt Jh?
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The "Coming Man."
The Memphis Avalanche says :
It can no longer bo said that Chinese
immigration is a dream or a thing on
paper. The "ball" is fairly started,
and at least ono thousand Chinamen,
with their rat-traps and pig-tails, will
be nt work in the cotton fields of this
Bcction before the eloso of the coming
picking season. They will bo of tho
best and most reliable laboring class,
and will add greatly to tho development
of our resources and tho restoration
of our lands, which, sinco tho
war, have been relapsing into their
original wild state. Mr. ,
Gift will leave hore on Thursday of
this woek in tho intorcst of tho Arkansas
River Immigration Company,
and is authorized to contract for and
lying back 1,000 Chinamen, to be delivered
to Thos. II. Allen, agent of
tho company in this city. IIo goes
via tho Union Pacific Railroad to San
Francisco and thcncc by steamer to
Hong Kong, which routo will occupy
between forty and fifty days. Tho
lumrii irip win prouauiy uo ail tlie
wuy by water to New Orleans. In
the event that tho necessary number
and right material can be obtained in
California, Mr. Gift will return at once
with them from that place, deferring
his trip to China to some future time,
or until the experiment of Chinese
labor in the cotton fields of the South
is fairly made, lie is provided with
the means necessary for expenses, and
has also letters of credit for $50,000.
Hero is the first practical step in an
enterprise that will no doubt result in
great good. Mr. Gift is the man to
carry out the business successfully,
and his return will bo looked forward
to with great interest and anxiety.
I The examples set by the company he
! represents is ono that should bo followed
throughout the South, and wo
trust the company organized in Memphis
during the past week, which is
to operate on a larger scale, will make
as quick time in getting under full
headway, that tho practical results
may be experienced belbro tho closo
of this cotton season.
rrrtt" A vpt yiaat ? a
In regard to the law of Congress
prohibiting tho coolio trado, about
which so much Las beon said, the
Washington (jorrcspondent of tho1
Baltimore Gazette remarks:
The "act" about which so much fus9
is all at onco made, is necessarily
wholly inoperative here, because there
is notiiing whatever lor it to operate
upon in this country, and never was.
It distinctly relates to a species of
slaves known as "coolies," and .tolerated
only in cortain "foreign" countries,
and never in this sinco tho revo'
lution, as is plainly recognized in the
law itsolf. ilerr Koopinanschaap is
simply to contract for laborers in
China to emigrate to America at so
much a head?the expense to be deducted
from their wages when employed.
Every one professing to en
lighten the public mitid should know
that at least since the adoption of the
Constitution in 1787, tho specific performance
of such a "contract" caunot
bo enforced by tho courts. The risk
must be run by tho employor, and, for
the cdificution of the tergiversating
Radical organs, here and elsewhore, I
have it in my power to say that it will
' not be endured. In this respect the
question is no new one, as tho early
career of the Baltimoro and Ohio
* Railroad will show. They dealt, how'
ever, with quito another sort of "coo?
lies" than tho Chinese.
A VOJOK FOB REPEAL.
The New York Timet is in favor of
repealing or modifying tho act of Con*
irrelS nrnliililtinor t.|i? r-nnlin t.rnHa an
us to ojfor no impediment to the importation
of Chinese lub?r ?.
^ The editor assames that "thore is
, no longer any doubt of thegreat value
, and eoonomy of Chinese coolies as
agricultural laborers; they have boen
I tested as common laborers on various
public improvements'in the "West, and
have been found more economical than
others; but they have not proved to
( D0avanuuieu8?Kuieujuoorere. .mere
is no doubt that,, the Pacifio coast
^ needs laborers, and that Asia will
moat probably supply that demand
for many years to come. ' The condlV
tions, in an industrial,!Sense, are;
5 therefore, somewhat changed iroxn
\ what they were jwh^the.lfttr was
passed, and favor ita modification,
The conditions, politically and social 1^",
p are also materf ally altered, and these
. also favor the modification of the law.
. To prohibit the coolie trade, entirety
j is to prohibit the immigration of the
, Chinese. The coolies are too poor to
^ immigrat* vfthonChelp^ their govern*
.IttlM will not; send.; them. amtluiMS
\ those in ne?d of their labor wUl h***
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From tue Associate Ttofonued Pr<>?bjtorion.
Letter from Eon. A, Burt
A fow of tho distinguished gentlomcn
of tho Stato wore invited by tho
Prosident of tho Female College to
attend tho lato Commencement in
Institution; among others, Hon. A.
Burt, of Abbeville. It wa9 a matter
of regret that ho could not bo present.
In answer to tho invitation, tho
following letter was received, which,
on account of its general interest, wo.
Wfl tnl;A i lio lilw*?*f?r
A VJ ,^.^..0.....^,
hoping that llu* writer ill cxcuec us:
Abbeville, July 8, 18G9.
Rev. J. I. Bonner?Dear Sir:' I
thank you sincerely and cordially for
the invitation to attteod the Commencement
of the Due West Female
College on the- 15th of this month,
and docply do I regrot that inexorable
professional duties will require me"
to be elsewhere on that day.
I beg to assure you that I deem
your invitation a high compliracnt,
and \Vcre it practioable, that my presence
should attest my appreciation of
tlio honor to myself, and my senso of
the inestimable importance of institutions
for the education of tho young
women of our country. Amongst the
bright memories of our past, none arc
more grateful to the christian or the
patriot than the virtues and the deeds
of the women of the South. Glorious
as have been the achievemeiUs of
Southern men on the great theatres of
life?in the council chamber, the forum,
and the field?I feel, in the very
truthfulness of my heart, that they
all were parallelled by the refinement,
the gentleness, the dignity and the
heroism of Southern women. My
fondest, best hope for our futuro,
the accomplishment of the great
work of restoration of that of
which w.e have been deprived, aud
the preservation of the little we still
possess, lies in our women. If we can
j but preserve the ancient, the characI
virtues nP Knut1mi?n \vnmr>n
we shall yet rejoice in a free country
and a high civilization; if we fail, I
avert my eyes from our fate in utter
black despair.
Labor, unremitting toil, dull, depressing
but manly and honorable
toil, is the duty and tho destiny of
the present day. But the young women
must bo educated, and they will
refino and educato and elevate the
men. Illiterate and unrefined women
arc rarely, if ever, tho mothers or tho
wives of those who mould the destinies
of a people, or achieve their freedom
from oppression. But I forbear.
With thuso views of our present
and future, I need not asBure you of
tho patriotic pride and joy with which
I contemplate ull ondeavors aud all institutions
in behalf of female education.
Amongst such institutions, I
have rogarded with especial interest
the College over which you preside
with bo much usefulness, and with such
ability ; and gladly would cheer you
uii in ^ uur uuuiu >vui iv wiiii uiy picaence,
with words of commendation,
and with my prayers.
Very truly yours,
AliMISTEAD BUIiT.
TnE Ice Question.?Tho artificial
production of ice has long bcon an experiment
with which every tyro in
science is familiar; but it is only of
Iato that tho process has been so simplified
and utilize^ as to render it,
especially in warm latitudes, an important
and profitable branch of
manufacturing enterprise. A recent
invention by a Jerseyman, which distills
fresh and pure water from the
ocean brine, and then in a few minutos
converts tho distilled water into
nnliil Monica of orvatfl.1 ire. in AtLrnof
9 ?
iug much attention just now through*
out the country. By a modification
of the same plan, fruits, meats and
vegetables can bo preserved in their
purity and freshness for an almost indefinite
poriod.
Artificial ice, manufactured by this
procass, is now sold in large quantities
in New Orleans, and the system is
VUiUlUg JUbVS UOV J UUU iiivi o
particularly lor the preservation of
Texan "beeves and their shipment to
Now Yoi^c and other Northern cities.
The hold of a vessel can be. readily
converted into, a mammoth refrigerator,
so that tons upon tons of perisha?
ble prodnoe can bo safely carried On
idn^ voyages; and the same principle
can be snccessfally , applied . the
smallest refrigerator., and be made
available for the -convenience of, the
modt limited household, Tho Apparai
tas, whiohis exceedingly ftimple, admits
of t ho prod action of any Utriperatttn
desired, even as low as OH?
degnfatxlowrtro: It has been tomd
howaVe*, i that * thirty-five <tegi?ea
1 threq| abofa^he fraattag poiat, mffiom
> -*-<* - -- ? ? * - * m i... -m
yynnww nwi piwjf HI wmii| i WM
fiod that It tfe* UmpmitoXf j*j$J
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Now England ico to tho Southern
Statos should havo bccomo a thiug of
tho past.
. Fourteen Tears Asleep.
Death of the Kemarkable Sleeping
Woman in Kentucky.
Miss Susan Caroline Godsoy, the
sleeping wonder, diod at her mother's
home, some eight miles from Hickman,
Kentucky, on Wednesday, the
14th instant.
Tho history of Miss Godscy is well
known to the public, a statement of
hfiP U'An^ftrPnl
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published extensively by the press of
the United States. At tho time of
her death, Miss Godsey was about
twenty-six years ot age, and had been
asleep, as described, about fourteen
years. The existence of this wondorful
case of coma, or preternatural disposition
to sleep, has been doubted by
many, but tho fact is indisputable.
Indeed, some twelve months ago, Miss
Godscy was taken to Nashvillo" and
other places for exhibition, but we understand
many even of tho physicians
of Nashville looked upon tho case
with suspicion. Tho history of the
case is briefly: "When about twelve
years of a-re sho was taken with a se
! vcre chill, and treated accordingly by
I her physician. As the fever which
followed her chill subsided, she foil in
a deep sleep, in which condition she
has remained ever since, except at intervals.
It was her custom at first to
awake regularly, with a few minutes
of tho same hours each day; but of
later years she awoke oftener, so much
so that many considered it an indication
of her final recovory. She would
remain awake five, ten, or perhaps,
fifteen minutes and gradually drop off
to^ sleep again. W-hen asleep it was
utterly impossible to arouso her. She
never complained of any bodily pain,
though when asleep she was very nervous
at times, and appeared to suffer
considerably by tho violeut twitching
nod jerking of her musclcs and limbs,
and her hands clcnched tightly as ii
onduring severe pain, but when awake
she did not appear to Buffer except
from drowsy, gaping inclination, and
persistent effort to cleanse her throat
of phelgm. She generally passe 1 into
sleep through violent paroxysm, which
would last perhaps five minutes, and
sho would then sleep awhile as calmly
and quietly as ah infant. Miss GodBey
was of medium size, and her limbs
arid muscles were well-proportioned
and developed, and grow considerably
after affliction.
Miss Godsey, on the day she died,
indulged iu a littlo prophesying which
we give as related for what it is
worth. Sho said "the sun would be
a total eclipse on the 7th of August,"
(this is remarkable, becauso parties
assert that she could have had no
|unu?? luut UIIO WHO Ut'UUI'UlIlg IU
calculation,) "and that tho sun would
never shine as bright after that day,
That this would indicate the end oi
tho world, which. was speedily approaching."
1
Manufactures at the South,
People everywhere are beginning to
open their eyes to the marvellous advantages
which this Southern land of
ours possesses as a manufacturing
region. Tho contrast between
' tho doleful talk of the New Engtho
New England mill-owners and the
cheerful reports from tho cotton factories
of Snath Carolina, Georgia and
other S?athern States, is too marked
to long escape the attention of the
keen sighted capitalists of the North.
A Massachusetts mannfaoturer has
recently declared that it cost at least
sixteen cents to manufacture fabrics
which would not bring in market more
than fifteen cents per yard. Whether
this bo true or not, certain it is that
either because of real loss, or in order
tb secure a high protective tariff on
foreign goods, the whole Yankee manufacturing
interest is last now tnak?
' lag particularly'wry facet. Formerly,
as is well known, the profits ol
ctotton manufacture were very great;
lim'jrit iuay now be that that the com
. piftint is owing rather to a reduction oi
. Ufge divldehda than tp the 'ali
1*5*d total deprivation of profits. It
i JBy ireutj bowevet, it Isgratifyicg t<
know that tho depression, real of af
. feed, ip *e* ?ng
foad, is not felt in any degree by oui
. Own mills, and that ovett Tocentlv es
. l^blMk?d cotton factories in tbf cot
M&Ok Tk*rm*#mmUtwm
'Hum
Iiboir mill# Soutb
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possibly Southern mills may find r.
largo market in tho North lor their
goods. In tho face of (he united opposition
of tho great "NVest, and cf a
South steadily and surely inerea-iiig
in wealth and power, tho " iudustml
kings" Down East cannot hope much
longer to holster up by special legislation,
at the expense of consumers, tl?o
pleasant monopoly which has so long
kept them sleek and fat.?Lharicaait
Newt.
The Emi>ress Eugenie of German
Descent.?It probably known to a few
rcadors that the Empress Engine 1ms
German blood in her veins. Gustavo
Rasch, a German "tourist traveller,
who generally manages to scrapo up
alltho interesting and piquan^ items
of gossip in his wanderings, has lately
been through Spain. In ono of his
letters to an Austrian paper, ho eu} :
In Malaga, many years ago, thcro
lived a- poor German toy dealer, who
had a very beautiful daughter, to
whom the third son of Count Montijo,
a wealthy Andalusian, began to mako
love. This toy dealer's beautiful
daughter was as sensible as she vwi-j
beautiful, however, and repelled the
advances of the young Count, saying,
" Without marriage, no love." Tho
young count* was, however, really in i
love with tho poor girl, and in spite of
the opposition of his father aud his
whole family, ho married licr. Tho
old count was enraged at this, withdrew
every income from his son, a;r?l
the married life of tho young coupio
was at first very gloom}'. But liio
young countess had fortune; the two
older brothers of her husband died
and the latter became the heir to tho
titlo and possessions of his rich.
aitliap tl?n /lon/fkf ai? ap
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Gorman girl is tho Empress of tho
French, the wife of Louis Isupoloon,
The brick Bix story hotel in Boston,
known us the Pelham House, is to bo
removed, to permit tho widening of
Boylston street. Eighteen traverse 3
have been constructed under tho
, building, each forming a train way.
All are equal to tho best foundation
walls. Each of them ia thu3 built:
A trench is dag from tin foundations
1 wostward, fourteen feet in longih.
' The trench is filled in its wi.olo
* length with immense blocks of gran
1 ite. Onthesoa brick wall is built of
the strongest .cement, two feet wide,
one or two feet high, and fourteen
feet long. Along the top'of this wall
.run several rails an inch or two apart.
These rails urn mnrtn nf flit tliw.lr
iron. From under every one of the
six walls that run from Bcylston
, street to the back of the building
these traversers of stone, brick and
iron go fourteen feet westward in the
direction that the building is to go.
The building will roll on small iron
rollers or round bars over the liat iion
i rails aloDg the traveraera.
Some time ago the Hew York Board
of Health undertook an investigation
of the quality of the kerosene oil sold
in that city for family use. Their
chemist, Professor Chandler, of Columbia
College, tested over one hundred
samples, purchased at different
retail stores in various localities, and
found not one among the whole lot
which camo up to tho standard required
by law. Indeed, onc-eiglith of
1 tho samples were pure benzine, one of
the most dangerous products of tho
distillation of petroleum, disguised
, under the nnmea of "Aurora Oil,"
, " Liquid Safety Gas," and tho like.
Tho Orientals travel with bar gold
coin and coin and jewels to pay their
way in foroign lands, banking being
very little of an Eastern institution;
therefore it is not so vory wonderful,
' if curious, to hear that tho Viceroy of
1 Egypt, to meot his expenditure in
1 England, camo furnished with twelve
boxes of oak, bound with brass, each
' box being eighteen inches long, nino
inches high, and twelve in width, and
containing gold and notes.
^ .
A movement ia doveloninf itself in
* Virginia, having for its.object ft rocon-?
, ciliation between the two . leading
. factions of the Republican party in
P tliat State, many of the Radicals who
. snpported Wells having expressed
i themselves satisfied^ with the senti*
> meats contained in the speeches of
' Governor-elect Walker. "'
'f: to/OJm'.v hrtft .1 'j:? ;i< . i
. ' ;n (iff Tii!:" :< >>,i :w!:??
Jk .company have commenced op*t
" rations .noajf Norfolk, Va., to redaco r
ran* or reed* to fibre, for tbo munu
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