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>- > --V -I - /- - V v >-'JZ , n--1nriTinim-nBTnmiii^irrmi-- -""^""^^M|i^lHIHIIi||||||||IWMI IIMIHWIIIHIII)ti'WIIIM111HIIIllllIIIlll? ?IHIIfWHir ~ " ' < .' * ' L fa ' ' ' J - ' s fV VOL. 2. " ABBEVILLE, & G, TUESDAY, JULY- 20, 1880. ' NO. '16 "A Little Paris." (Correspondence of The Sunday NVws.) Leii'sic, June 19.?"Leipsic is a little Paris," says (ioethe in his tragedy o "Faust," and ever since the good Leipsigers have accepted the saying as truth as well as poetry. There is something ludicrous in the comparison, and it is doubtful whether Goethe uttered the sentiment seriously, for Leipsic has only 17 fuui ' aiuuim J 1 I IllIUUllUlllS, 18 NinUll in compass for that population and has too much of quaintncss and eccentricity to form more than a caricature of the brilliant French capital ; and yet when one walks through the restless crowds on its streets, or mixes with the gay streams of life that stir in theatres, concert halls and endless places of public entertainment, it is easy to think , there is a certain resemblance, and that to Goothe, coming a young student from his home in the country, it seemed a i Paris in tit reality. There is, probably, no city in Germany where is more of public life a heartier good-will in the pursuit of pleasure, or a more loyal devotion to science and literature than in these crooked streets of Leipsic. Its 1 handsome new State Theatre has one of the best stages in Germany for German opera and high tragedy. Us university is one of the two largest, numbers more than 3,000 students and has, particularly in tKn wofinno V* n aII r..? I ? C II %iir< vuiivuo Uiikliv^liua %J I Wilt; Ol | ihe most celebrated faculties in Ger- j many. ItsUewamlHiiuse is the most j beautiful music hall I have ever seen, | and the weekly concerts, that take place i during the winter are renowned nil over i Furope and the boast of every Leipsic j citizen. Within a few hours' ride of * Berlin and Dresden, it has r.Jther the cosinopolitau greatness of the one nor the absorbing art interest of the other ; j but there it something unique in its freedom, its gaiety, and ita very quaintness j that make it dear to the heart of the liorman studen t. Every student swears by it, and it is with a deafening sinceri ty I of sings the patriotic student song: 4'Mein Leipzg isteinklein Paris, inein Leipzsg lob ich mir.'* The city lias much of historical in'\ terest. Its existence under its present name dates back to the tenth eontury. ana nearly a nundrcd years before Columbus discovered our new bind in the West, Leipsic was already growing under the influence of two great elements that have worked in ils prosper- ' ity?the institution of its peculiar half- ' yearly fairs, or markets, and the found- 1 ingofits university. There is yet to I be traced, in the public promenade that 1 runs around the "Old Stadt," the site ' of its ancient city walls and fortifica- 1 tion. The ditches arefilled in now and ' planted wilh handsome trees and ?hrub- : bery, the walls were pulled down dur- 1 ing the wars of the Middle Ages, and 1 the soft notos of the nightingale may be ' . heard now, instead of the watchman's ( cry. Although the good burghors of 1 Leipsic have always cultivated the arts 1 of peace, rather than of war, they have ' net unfrequently been called upon to ; empty their well-tilled pockets to 1 satisfy the ambition or avarice of others y and their city has twice been chosen as A the meeting-place of con tending armies. 1 On one side is the battlefield where ' G istavus Adolphus. of Sweden, defeat- ' ted Gen. Tilly in the thirty years war ( and on the east crn outskirts is the field ^ which Napoleon selected to meet the 1 allied forces in 18L3, and from which he 1 commenced his disatrous retreat, which ' terminated in the Treaty of Paris, and {l his banishment to tho island of Elba. ? The "smoothing hand of time*' has 1 covered over most of tjie rough traces ' APk.at1,. V...? .. . ? ?- * vi umiuc, uut i% liftu11uuiciil hiakts cue 1 spot where from a slight elevation f Napoleon directed the mnvpjnonts of a the French army, and whore worn out ' at length with three days of sleepless- 1 ness, he slumbered on his camp-stood c amid the noise and tumult of the ' battle. Besides the "Napoleon-stein. r the positions of the various troops are ? indicated by stone landmarks, as is alxo ' I the mound from which the allied j * sovereigns the retreating columns of the j * French army. On the western side of j , the city runs the Erlter, the little river j1 ? iL.l ?1- -1 * - - 1 mat [iiuyuu sucn a iragic part in tho 1 disasters of the day. Amonumcnt shows J the place where the illtimed explosion * ? ' of tho bridge took place, and near by ( another is inscribed to the gallant * Poniatowski. who perished in his at- * tempt to swim across the swollen cur- ( rent. The little river is safely caged i v ' , *; v . ?'./V*. }'' ?' . K J... f- " >: ' ! t' .Ji?i 'fay t ' " \v' 1 now between rock walls and iron railings. and seems scarely capable of the violent rage it showed that day. In the old quarters of Leipsic, one 'is constantly brought face to face with antiquity. Its tall, tile-roofed houses with ' carved stone seats let into the masonry on either side of the threshold, its steep- ' roofed, uncomfortable looking churches ' that seemed cramped for want of space to stretch themselves out to their proper 1 length, and the queer old passages and 1 archways that honeycomb apparently ' solid blocks of stone houses?these are ' some of the things that one stops to look 1 at, and that make a walk through Leipsic 1 ! curious and interesting. Should the ' j walk make one thirsty, there are nuiner- ' i ous cool beer-locals, where a neat-look- ^ j ing madchen w.ill serve you to a glass of ( I \ 1 - ? * - * * * ? ' ' ' 1 i uuvi, uiiu ii uuie nrataoic uerman banter: | ' | or, if not so far a convert to German tas- j * tes, one is sure to find near at hand one of ( those curious underground wine cellars, I for which Leipsic is famous. Foremost e among these is the celebrated "Anor- 0 bach's Keller," made memorable by the !' visit of Fttusf. and Jf ephistopheleft in 1 Goethe's tragedy. Here the student a Goethe used to sit with his beer or his v bottle of wine, and here no doubt the 0 ideas were lirst suggested to him which 1 led to the conception of his greatest s work. The old paintings, before which I * he used to sit, are still to be seen on the i v walls, illustrating scenes from the Faust j r Saga. The place has been somewhat J ? renovated of late years, but still has I much the same appearance that it had j 1 had for centuries before this new cole-151 britv was added to it. The vaulted < " i stone ceiling is now frescoed with varios . v scenes from the play, and a bust of the ! ^ poet, with writings and drawing from ' his own hand, are among the objects of j interest to visitors, in the lower keller j c a huge cask is shown, on which ol<l l)r. J " FuvsL is aaid to have made the indenti-1 eal ride which has rendered his nam famous. A few squares from Auerhach's 11 Keller, on one of the oldest streets in ^ the city, is the house in whith Richard Wagner was burn, and on tho outskirts !,r in one of tho shady villages that from i the suburbs of of Loipsir, is another ul modest looking huuse, with a table boar- s' ing *lie inseription : Here Schilier lived ^ and wrote his "Lied an die Fr*. ude." c' I C? Hut not less in the present, than in its j memories of the past, is Leipsic interest- J . inir to the stran?er. In the more fre- ! " I (j | quentcd parts of tho town, paitieularly ! on Sundays and holidays, the scene is j ^ r>ne of great life and variet. Here a j croupci of peasant woman may he seen j m in their bright colored costumes?hcie j ?* i vv nlMcer passes, in his helmet and uniform | i>r a squad of soldiers march by to their j rjuarters in the IMeissenburg?here a * jjroupe of students saunter along, dis- ^ Linguishen by the round caps, in all the colors of the rainbow, which they wear is members of the different Vereins or W diibs. Besides being a literary and h , , . . so nusical centre, Leipsu: is a great comnercial and mannfacturing town, and a aus}* traffic goes on in its streets, Huge ^ iwkward looking vehicles pass, drawn >y shaggy Percheron horses, forming a C^. itrange contrast to the little fruit r>r vegetable handcarts that mix in among hem, pulled by largo dogs, and guided . ly old peasant women. One of the 10 iveliest scene to be witnessed in Loip- "S^ ic is in the courtyard of the Uuiversity. vhen the hours are struck, and the stulents change their lecture-rooms. They ^ :otne pouring down from the different po acuities, from throe seporate buMdings, tndgather togethe in little knots, distinruished by the color of their caps, busily * Ytl liscussing the last "Kneiper," or perlaps the next passage of arms between ^ heir reppective fighting corps. Not a ew may be seen hurriedly disposing of *>0 m impromptu breakfast, which may be n lad in the courtyard, :w:d which thej' lave missed in their rooms in hurrying SO >ff to be in time for the first lecture. It ' , ch s a novel sensation, sitting down to hear l. lecture at am hour when most of our ?a jood citizens in Charleston have not yet ;at down to their breakfast, but prompt- , I'a y at a quarter past 7, which is under.A 1 ? - aticm 10 no inoant, in student circles. j .vhon 7 is spoken of. the old professor! ,1 in< akes hjs place on the stand, and if any j ^ oiterer comes in after that hour he greeted with an indignant shuffling of i he feet and hissing, which has the effect ' tin >f making it of rare occurrence. The ^ itudents are ostentatiously polit in their ^ nteroourse with ea?h other, doffing their taps with elaborate hows where we j. would e xchange a nod or a shake of th? he ???mwgMBgiiiHima?1?win courteous to strangers. One is struck han<1, and are invariably affable and by the nuirtber of eye glasses one sees in the crowd, by the long hnir the}' wear, and by the number of cuts they carry on their faces, the result of their curious custom of duelling. I once counted twentv-two gashes on the face of one young hero. Not the least interesting among the many cuviositics of Germany are the queer ideas one meets with in reference to our country and our eountrymen. To j the Germans the "practical American" j s a far off, ill-defined conception, who s known chiefly by his works in makng practical inventions, by a sort of Ki/.j connection wttn unnstopher Co- ' umbus and George Washington, and t?3r ' :ertain personal peculiarities tliej' attri- 1 jute to liiin. which are more or less ' lattering in their nature. First, he is a J ircaturc of fabulous wealth, whose ' Ktckets are tilled with silver dollars, i xcept one little corner, in which he < :arriers a pocket pistol. He cares for t bsolutely nothing but the business of I i tioney-making?if he has a degree, or a title, he has probably purchased it t rith inoiiej'?he is seldom at home. < specially of nights, and when he is 1 here ho lives "under the slipper." 1 j < peak with becoming reserve, knowing | 1 hat "he jests at scars, that never felt a c round," but it seems to be utterly lndic- s ous, the strong-handed part they think c ur women plav in the management of!*" he household. The husband, they v liink, is a universal drudge, who bears t 11 the burdens of the paitnership, F jil.< his life away to satisfy all sorts of c isionary cxtrivagances to his wife, and t ares not raise a noise on his own c earth stone. She is looked upon as a ( elicate stror g-minded, useless creature, v uiiMiKiuu wiin a loudness tor dress and t ncrv, spending lior time in meeting of '1 . male societies, and neglecting her ( liildren at home, and only rising to her h ue greatness when her unfortunate ? etter half appears upon the scene. Thi| tl lir American is thought, too, to Vie an S iveterate sinoker of cigarettes. I have G eon several times very much amused n L incidents that have occurred to me, ^ lowing how little the people generally w now of where and what we am on the d .her side of the Atlantic. 0:i one oc- ti ision I went into a llc.ver shop in h remen on 1113' way to Leipsic, and see- n ig there an unhappy looking specimen T an azalea, I said to the good frau tl ho was putting up a little nosegay for t? e. that there were hundreds of those in y home, and that they grow in the G >en air. She asked me where that h as and I told her uin South Carolina." si lie good soul gave mo a puzzled glance, ti id finally said : 4* 15ut the gentleman c( is )'ot a white color f" I explained tl at "we had been long on the sea. and g< had rained much/' an explanation pi iih which she answered with a satisfied pi o I" apparently much relieved at this ir lution of the mystery. Another time o< y landlady told me that 1 had been at e: st regarded with some disfavor by c( r patriotic young Germans who had tl nnected South Carolina with the Car- di ine Islands, and the national difficul- ri ?s which occurred there shortly here. And once 1 found that a very c< telligent student, with whom I was T caking, was laboring ' under the im- w ession that Grunt and Lee had taken a rns about in commanding the Amerin armies. However these things be, . e Germans are a friendly, courteous oplc, and it is pleasent to come among em as a stranger. In their homes ey are hospitable, cheerful and culti- ^ ted, and whether as a curiosity or a ?, /ilized being an American is sure to ac pleasantly received by them. Kscially can this be said of Leipsigers, 0f d one who has shared their hospitali, attended their concerts in the >wand H ft use, strolled on their handnie promenade under the shade of the ostnut trees, and heard the nightinle sing in their beautiful Rosenthal, ? ly see many a great town that will as ease him less than Goethe's "Little ris." w. h. p. J* __ G The Abbeville Farmers' Convention Y( jt just before the countv Democratic ^h invention, and recommended eight of kt o twelve delegates to the State l)emoctic Convention. Their recommenda- *"? in was promptly endorsed by the in smocratic Convention, and each one St ;ctcd. That County does not intond Pr have any domestic row over the ari rmers, and they are carrying a level W1 ad in this natter. di The Governor's Farewell. The News ani> Cokuieu Huheai:. ) 105 Main Street, Coi.umhia, July 10.^ At noon to-day Governor Thompson relinquished to his constitutional successor, Lieutenant Governor Sheppard. the high office which for nearly four years he has held with honor to himself and the State. The ceremony wa?s very brief and simple, but it was as imuosing as i( it had been interwoven with pomp and display. All the doors and windows of the room were onon nml * -c ? .. 11^11 v UICV/<C flickered through it, modeiateing the heat. There were assembled informally to witness the ceremony, Col. Coward Superiniendant of Education, Railroad Commissioner Bonhain, Attorney General Miles. Comptroller General Ston??y, Mayor Rhett, Col. Lipscomb, Superintendent of the Penitentiary, State Treasurer Richardson, State Chemist Cha/.al, 'Jo I. Iintler, Commissioner of Agricul:ure, Secretary of Stale Lipscomb, I'resdent Mcllrydo of the South Carolina College, Co!. A. C. Haskell, Gen. Rulolph Sicgling, Assistant Attorney General Hachman, Col. R. 1>. Goodwyn, Col. ?. \V. McMaster and other friends of iovernor Thompson and his suocessor. iy request of the Covernor the clerks ?f the State departments had also asicinbled to see him out of office. Govrnor Thompson, Lieutenant Governor Jhepparu and Chief Justice Simpson vere in the room before the assembling he party. Messrs. Thompson and Shep>anl chatted with their frienis until the w.. i...11 i - ... .l> uvii shuck twelve. At this signal he}' walked to tho north owl of the hamber and took positions l>y the iovernor's desk, facing tho spectators irho were ranged around the room, 'hief Justice Simpson, stood near them, 'urning to Mr. Sheppard, the retiring iovernor said : "Governor Sheppard : I ave the honor to hand you this comlunication, informing you that I have iiis day tiled with the Secretary of the cite my resignation of the office of Iovernor of South Carolina." Goveror Sheppard received the letter, which as enclosed in an official envelope, and ithout reading it, bowed to his preecessor. Then turning to Chief J usee Simpson, who stood a' his left side | o said : k*lf your Honor please I am ow ready to take the oath of office." '?w. ....... ?-j w..v.. nuo uuuMiiiMiurea uccoruing to io usual form, the affirmation being iken 011 a small Bible. As soon as this had been done Kxrovevnor Thompson warmly shook the and of his successor and wished him a accessful administration. Chief Jusce Simpson was the next to offer his angratulations, and in a few moments le Governor was receiving the hearty [>od wishes of the officers and friends resent. As Ex-Governor Thompson roposes to leave to-morrow for Washigton many of those present took the jcasion of bidding him good-bye and repressing their best wishes for his sue jss in Washington. After half an hour uis informally spent, the spectators spersed and Ex-Governor Thompson (turned to his residence. I The following are the official papers I mneeted with the transfer of the office, he resignation of Governor Thompson < as filed with the Secretary of State at quarter to 12 o'clock to-day : the resignation. 1 State ok South Carolina, 1 ' Executive Chamber. > Columbia. S. C., July 10, 1886.> Having been appointed by the Presijnt of the United States an assistant 1 cretary of the Treasury, and having icepted said office, 1 do hereby resign j e office of "the Govornor of the State ^ ' South Carolina." IIuqh S. Thompson. j the karfwell letter. j Columbia, S. C., July 10, 1880.?My t ear Sir : It becomes my duty to in- ] rm yon that I have this day resigned t Governor of South Carolina i Pormit mo to express the hope that t >ur administration of the office of j overnor, which thus devolves upon 1 >u, will meet fully your desires and | e expectations of the people of the e Ate. . a In severing the official relations which p r nearly four years have brought me d to constant intercourse with the other q ate officers. I desire to express my ap- t eciation of their uniform courtesy to me id of the zeal, intelligence and fidelity r ilh which they have discharged their i ities. To them is largely duo what- r V . ' ' ! V.V4.. .. ' giMiwi?Bm?a???BUMIII urivr-iOTWi over measure of success has been attain ed in the eit'ort to secure a wise, just and efficient administration of the State Government. With profound gratitude to the people of couth Carolina fort ho confidence they have reposed in me, and for the honors they have conferred upon me ; with the earnest hope that harmony may prevail in all the councils of the State and that pcace, prosperity and happiness may 1 i - unuunu mroughout this Uonmionwo.il til. i I have the honor the honor bo. very ! respectfully your obedient servant, i Hugh S. Thompson. i Tho his excellency, John (J. Sheppard i Governor of South Carolina. i Governor Sheppard upon assuming ' ollice, issued th 2 following 1 PROCLAMATION. Statk ok South Oauoi.ina, ) Kxkcutivk Dkpautmknt.) ( Whereas, the Honorable Hugh S. j Thompson has vacated and resigned the . office of "the Governor of the State | of South Carolina,"' as appears by his I resignation now on file in the ollice of , . ( j the Secretary ot State. Now, therefore, I, John C. Sheppard, ^ do proclaim, that by viture of the pro- , visions of Article 111, Section 5), of the I Constitution of the State, I have this r day taken the oath of ollice as 4*the ^ Governor of the State of South Caro- . iina," and have entered upon the discharge of the duties thereof. e In testimony whereof, i have s hereunto set m}' hand and caused . the great seal of the State to t be affixed. at Columbia, this tenth day of July, A. 1). 188G, and in the one . hundred and eleventh year of the Inde* 0 pondence of the United Suites of Amer- g ica. J. C. Siieppard. . By the Governor : ] J as. N. Lipscomb, ' a Secretary of State. In addition to taking the oath -ver- c bally, Governor Shcppard subscribed to v it in a printed form, and it was attested c by the Chief Justice. Governor Thompson's last official act j, was to sign the commission of Mr. L. D. C; Childs, of Columbia, as captain of the j( Richland Volunteer Rifle Company. gj Governor Sheppard's first official act was n to sign the commission of E. J. Lewith, of (Charleston County, as a notary pub- f lie. lie remained in his office during! the usual office hours. Solicitor Bon- ^ ham paid him the first official visit of his administration. Mr. Ilenrv T. Thompson, a son of the retiring Governor, and for many month's ' his private secretary, will bo retained by Governor Sheppard in the position ^ he has filled so admirably. ,j, Governor Sheppard will not bring his family to Columbia for the present hut will stay at the Grand Central Ho- , tel. ? Kx-Goveruor Thompson expects to leave fur Washington to-morrow at 1.32 . f( p. m., if the condition of a sick child \v will warrant his doing so. His family ^ will remain in the Executive Mansion for the present, and will probably not follow him to Washington until Oc- ^ll lober. m Shortly after Governor Sheppard's ac- 01 session to oiKce the Columbia Flying ^ Artillery took a gun into tho State w House grounds and complimented the new Chief Magistrate with a series ol ,s booming congratulations. N. o. o. ;i ?4 Itulics in our Euglish Bibles. ol p< The King James Bibles italicise all the fe words supplied in translating, even the a jronominal subject which is implied in tli .lie verb by its inflection, or the copula- th ,-erb implied by the juxtaposition of vv vords. The revisers in their prefaec 01 ay down a rule which is, for instance, te hat they will italcizc only the words th hat are supplied for making good sense English, and not those which are prop- b< srly implied in the phraseology of the lebrew. But in their uso of this rule b( hey seem to count all the ordinary con- m ectures by which the translator into J? inglish supplements the Hebrew is >hraseolo,??y as implied ; it is only in re ixtraordinary instances that thev count at nything as supplied. That their rule gc tropcrly understood, is a correct one, I to lo not dispute ; but I am constrained to [uestion its correctness as interpreted 3 y the us? they make of it. ne. That their usage is that whioh ordilarily obtains in popular translations by nto English from other langurges will eadily be admitted; but the English f0, Bible, though a popular translation, is in some important respects different from most other popular translations. If there was any reason why revisers should spend so much time upon it that reason is found in the fact that the lJible is a religious book?a book which peoplo are expected not merely to read and cast aside, as they do the latest novel or poem, but to study carefully and accurately. It follows that all means not inconsistent with the Mowing character of a popular book should be used to make the translation in accurate reproduction of the origi nal. The r?visers recognize the use of talic type as#a means of this sort. We ire familiar with it. It docs not offend the eye. It does not interfere with contar.uous and fluent reading. It >ught to be retianed, therefore, wherever t actually conduces to the more accurate expression of either the meaning >r the characteristic style of the original. I'robably half or more of omissions of talics in the Revised Version are in notation of this piinciple. Let ine illustrate this by a few instances taken at random from Malachi : (1) "My name shull be great among ho Gentiles" (Mai. i. 11), the Revised Version translates "my name is great," jutting "shall be'* into the margin. The evisers, therefore here recognize the act .hat it is a matter of difference of udgment whether the copula shoul 1 >e supplied in the present or in the uture?that is whether the passage is a tatement of fact or a prediction. The n sertion of the word in ?V iMUUVi VUb lie sense in English not merely tlifc nsertion of the copula vhich is implied n the Hebrew, but is also the insertion f the opinion of the translator that the * tatement is that of a fact and not predicion. I think that this opinion is correct, iut manifestly it is supplied as a matter i critical judgement, and not implied in he Hebrew of the clause. The italiizing o" it would indicate this, and rould thus avoid the stating of the onjectnre as if it were a f.ict. In this istance, the'matter is somewhat less Tiportant, because the marginal note alls attention to the difference of opin)ii as to the tense ; but in hundreds of imilar instances there is no marginal ote. ;'r (2) "Pour you out a blessing, that here ahull not be room enough to reeive it." (Mai. iii. 10j. Here the evised Version omits the italics except 'ith the last three words. The Hebrew i here obscure. Different scholars give everal iliflorent explanations of it. The \ auslators of King .lames take one exlanatinn, but make it evident that the;* btain it by filling up from the Hebrevi lie revisers take the same explanation, nd conceal 'the.fact that it is mostly Kplanation. If one should retranslate 11! Kill"' .I'lm"" ' ? urn imu neorevr e would be very likely to hit upon the s:ict words of the original. If he should Mrans'atc the Revised Version lie ouhl ohtnin u result entirely differint om the original. (3) A very different instance is "a son i> no roth h is father, and a servant his aster" (Mai. i. G;. Here the revision nits the italics. In this case it is true tat the word his is implied, which ' ould ordinarily bo sufficient reason for nvinc* if n~* * '* ' 0 .. ?..u.a..n|juuii(;ii, i>m uere it ? also true that it would be as natural r the Hebrew.to express the pronoun i for the English ; that the ommission it is a mark of peculiar style; that this rculiarity may be transferee! into perctly good English : "A son hortoreth father, and a servant his musterthrt 10 peculiarity is at least indicted in ie eld version by its noting that the " 'v' ord his is supplied ; that it is burled it of sight in the revision, and that the st of retranslation world here vindicate ^ ,vl,l 1 ?j * c uiu unu uunuuinn me new. The instances thus objected to must ; nearly half as numerous as the ver- . . is in the Old Testament. They may ? relatively fewer in the New Test*- V ent. 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