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His rijrl»Af enforce, his wrongs redres*—”
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DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, MORALITY, GENERAL INETLLIGENCE AND INDUSTRIAL IMPROVEMENTS.
VOLUME 2.
DARLINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1869.
NO. 8.
BT BEVERLY.
Several yenrs have passed since our young
lawyer’s debut at the Virginia bar. He is
not ao young, either, in years or honor as
than. While leaf after leaf has budded and
opened out beautifully upon the laurel fast
gathering into a fall and glorious wreath
about his hyperion brow, the tongue of slan
der has uot been idle. As usual, she has
chiseu a shining mark for her venomed shafts.
Tbe soul of the man was too truly great to be
touched by such petty wretches as the com
mon slanderer, au.l he brushed off their at
tacks as easily aut 1 indifferently as he would
hove done a tn usque to from his face.
While the god* have been propitious to
his professional career, the boy, Cupid? has
baen playing roguish tricks with his heart.
(W hero’s blood (for a hero he was in life's
battle,) does not flow tamely under the heat
ed arrow the little god has fastened in his
heart; but courses rapidly through his reins
ami leaps wildly to his heart, filling his be-
iag with a delicious ecstsey new to his expe
rience, and wondrously in unison with his
nature. Yet there was one thing dearer to
his heart than woman’s lore, i. e. honor.
His ideas of this were nicely and delicately
defined, and chivalrously defended.
While he dashes along the high road, urg
ing his noble charger to keep gallant time to
the impetuous blood in his veins and | you uge that letter,
aew glad life in his heart, we w.ii Uratoas I pleage rcturn it ^ ^ .
old Virginia home, set far back of an exten
sive lawn of great oaks and various forests
trees, many of which had withstood the
storms of centuries, being fully grown, sturdy
iug from her eyes, rushed into the parlor,
where she found her lover sitting, clinehing
the open letter with a ridged grasp, a fine
scorn curling his proud mouth, his great eyes
flashing forth a threatening fire, while his
chest rose and fell heavily.
‘Oh ! I have made a great mistake. I
never meant for you to see that letter. I
thought I had destroyed it, and that it was
my sister’s letter that I gave you.’ The
frown deepened ou his brow, and the brown
eyes darkened until they were black with
displeasure—yet mingled with the frown
was a great sadness.
‘Then it is to chance, and not to my affi
anced wife that 1 am indebted for guarding
my honor.’
‘I certainly never should have revealed to
you anything so vile as a slandering anony
mous letter; regarding it, as I do, wholly
unworthy the notice of a gentleman.’
‘1 beg leave to be judge of that myself. I
have long waited to see if these slanders
would not assume a form that I could notice
Now I shall require this man to prove them
or answer to me .for this letter.’
‘Surely, you will not notice an annony-
mons letter?’
‘Yea. This man is of the same profession
as myself, and aosiety admits him to the
Mine social status. So, the baser the act,
the more necessary to punish him for it.’
Long Mary reasoned and persuaded, but
to no avail; at length she fixed her eyes j
full upon the face of her lover
iMrtsonic.
Antiquity nf
ftpeenlntlvc
MMry,
Free-
The following letter, under the above
heading, appears in the Loudon Frtrmaum,
of last October, and addressed to it* editor.
There is much truth iu it:
‘•Dear Sir rind Brother :—Your corres-
sondent, D. Stoles, at page 161, is mistaken.
VTe do not all admit that Freemasonry is of
Jewish origin; for operative Masonry was
in existence before Abraham was born,
whereas tpecufativc Freemasonry was not in
existence until last century; and I defy all
your numerous readers, jointly or severally
to prove otherwise. Again, the Jews were
not a nation of builders, whereas, the Fgyp-
tions—who were old as a nation before the
Jews were heard of—were. Further, Leo
does not “express a wish to observe Free
masonry to the tradition of the second Tem
ple," nor the first either; nor to any other
Temple. King Solomon, of the first Tem
ple, and Exra, Zerubabel and Nehemiah, of
of tbe second, and abont as much to do with
speculative Freemasonry as Julius Cassar
had to do with the tragedy of “Julius Caesar"
as written by Shakespeare. Let honor be
given to whom it is due, and as England is
the Mother of Speculative Freemasonry, the
deserves to be honored ae such. It was in
England, about A. D. 1717, that Speculative
So
you
will
'This letter is necessary to the vindication
of my honor ; T shall, therefore, relieve yon
of all responsibility iu the mattea by retain
ing it without permission.’
trees when the wild woods of Virginia were i n-u i i .
& '1 hen 1 have nothing further to add, cx-
j ccpt that if you send a challenge, I will not
I marry you.’
I have nothing further to say, except that
rescued from the hunting grounds of the red
men to become bread, spreading fields of cul
tivated grain. The home of Judge Winters
stood beck of the lawn, embowered in creep
ing vines and luxurient shrubs, and the air
that wafted through its great old halls was
redolent with the perfume of flowers.
The lowing of the kino in the distance,
the tinkling of the sheep bell, the crowing
of the eocks in the barn yard, the capering
ofthe young colts and the vaulting and charg-
ing of the grown animals through the lawn
created the picture of free, wild life, teem
ing with the gladness of very existence itself.
As Mr young friend dashed through the
h»* rows of spiral poplars that lined along
ou either side of tbe lane leaving through
the centre of the lawn down to the house, he
east every from oonfliot of lifo TO
the winds, and breathing in fall aspirations
of tbe fresh breexe which had sprung up
with tbe approach of twilight, drewofhishat
and tossing back his dark brown locks from
his dear brow, spoke aloud his thoughts.
‘Oh, life is glorious. The very combat to
conquer its difficulties but serves to make a
ssau of one, and fits him to rule as subordi
nate only to (lod.’ The thought raised his
fiae form erect, and with his brow slightly
borae backward to the breeze, he looked the
very embodiment of power; a power born to
rule bis kind, nay, to conquer destiny itself,
if we may be allowed the expression. As
he rode rapidly up to the bouse a maiden,
full meted to be his mate, leaned far out
from an upper window, eagerly catching
every outline of his noble figure and every
movement of his fine bearing If Mary Win
ters ever doubted of the entireness of her
\ Freemasonry with its doctrines and princi-
‘If you are determined to act thus, I will 1 P>es, rituals, and ceremonies, sprang up ; or
have no part in it; not even so much as to | t® it in other words; Speculative Ma
sonry was then manufactured by Desnngu-
lers, Anderson, Payne, Ac. It has, however,
been elaborated or touched up sinoc then ;
their production was eoneocked out of the
Bible aud other books, Ac., and then they
grafted it on to the old operative Masons’
Lodges, which knew nothing about it before.
Consequently, Speculative Freemasonry is
only about 152 years old. Let those of your
readers who have hitherto imagined other
wise, examine into the matter, us I have
done, and they will find that I am pretty
near the mark.
1 am yours fraternally,
Leo.
since Miss Winters presumes to threaten, I
will bid her good evening.
He bowed ridgedly, left the house, moun
ted his horse,'and rode away leisurely enough
until! beyond Miss Winter’s view; then giv
ing free rein to his steed, he urged him on
in full accord with the fire in his veins aud
upon his brain. As the gate closed after
him, Mary sprang to the window, but pride
and womanly modesty hushed the shriek up,
on her parted lips, and she stood gazing upon
his retreating form, with hand upon her
heart, her lips compressed, her fees white
as marble, aud extremities almost as cold
and lifeless. A* th* nn»1i—•- -v £(**•*»
passed from her sight, Mary groaned, stag
gered toward the door, gathered up all her
remaining strength, and drugged herself up
stairs, entered her room, turned the key in
the lock, and ere she could reach hor couch,
fell upon the floor in a long deathlike swoon.
After a few preliminaries, the challenge
was sent, and the following answer :
‘Sir—You have not yet proved that I
wrote the offensive letter ; but had you sure
ly you would not expect me to fight one of
whom I believe the centents of that letter,
which certainly would be tbe ease had I
written it.
.Some hours after the reception of this our
friend stood before the writer with two of
the first class lawyers at the bar as witnesses.
‘Mr. Phillips, your hand writing is recog
nized by all. Now, I demand you to give
your author.’
The wretch became so white that he looked
Impolicy of Cheapening Masonry,
Thu following is au extract from the ad
dress of M. W. Elisha S. Fitch, G. M. of
Kentucky, delivered in G. I<oJge, October
18th 1869, which address was specially for
warded us.—Freematon.
“It is a lamentable fact that a too rapid
rm
love for the young lawyer, that ride through , ,
, , , . .! but the ghost or a man, and stammered out
tbe lawn dispelled the doubt and completed i , .
• • , . ■ . . . i somethin
his conquest ; and, as sh^ turned quickly
from the wiudow to meet him ou the thres-. ,, . .
w.is au old gossipptng woman
bold, her heart said the world contained not
a nobler spccimeu of manhood. As she
placed her hand full iu his, her face flushed,
and her eyes sparkling with the glad light
of her soul, was it to be wondered at if our
young friend leaned eagerly forward until
his lips almost touched the glowing cheek,
as he whispered, in tones that thrilled
through her heart, Mary my darling.’
No, no, some may aiuile upon a similar by
gone-time ; some may sigh, but none will
wonder. God have mercy upon him who
acoffs at such a memory. Better, aye, a
a thousand times better to have loved truly
even though uuwisely, than never to have
loved at all. Better, aye, thousaud times
{letter the heart bleeding, but enohled by a
pure and generous love, than cold, hard, sel
fish, and doubting the nobility of human na
ture to realize the grand passion.
Mary led her lover into the parlor, and af
ter a tew pleasant words, pointed to a letter
laying on the table.
‘There is a letter I wish you to read. I
will return by the time you liuvo finished it.'
With a bright smile she left the parlor
and hastened to hor room to givo a few fin-
; about a former house-keeper whom
he had discharged from his service. This
who took great
| offence at being dismissed. ‘So, sir, it is
i from such a source as this that you dare to
write this vile letter to a lady*!’ The cow
hide was raised high, and came down some
fifty times with full force upon tho cowering
wretch. Then casting it aside, he command
ed him to write aud sign a libel. Early
morning saw Phillips ou his way to the far
W est.
Weeks passed by and .judge Winters called
a request, that he would visit his daugh
ter. He wrote ou the blank side of a visit
ing card : ‘The woman who is incapable of
; appreciating my honor is uusuited tu become
j my wife.’
| Thus closed an engagement than which
j nevet was there one more truly of the heart,
j Mary Winters, though sought by the first
j in the laud, never married ; and eight years
| after, when the young lawyer acknowledged
j that he had never since loved, he said that
, it was not the woman he grieved for so long
! but the beautiful dream of his heart so sud-
j denly destroyed. This was but a cheat of
I iiis pride ; n dream would not have been so
1 long grieved for.
ishing touches to her attire which her toilet
had lacked when the sound of an approach- j
ing horseman drew her to her window.
These arrangements completed, she turned !
to descend tho stairs when a scrap of paper |
ou the floor attracted her attention. Stoop
ing to pick it up and cast it out of the wiu
dow she recognized the band writing, and in
an instant was as white as death. Ejacula
ting ‘My God ! what have I done ?’ she
flew down stairs uud with a wild fear start-
“What's that?” said a teacher, pointing
to the letter X. to a little ragged urchin.
“Daddy’s nuine."
‘ No, no, my boy,"
“Yes. it is. I’ve semi him write it a good
many times.”
The son of a Western clergyman excused
himseil' for a pack of cards which fell from
his po- ket during his valedictory by saying
he had on his father’s coat.
multiplication of Lodges has tended OBlj 'y&i"
ami this cheapening poll- ”
cy, tends to lesson its dignity, to de
preciate its comparative value and importance
in the estimation ofthe world, and to tender
the privileges of the fraternity a matter of
too easy obtainment, and therefore, instead
of the door of our myitic temple being close
ly tylcd, to all save the worthy and well
qualified, it is virtually thrown wide open,
and thus invites an indiscrimanate rush from
the inquisitive populace without. This is
indeed a sad aud most deplorable perversion
of the original design of the institution, and
one which, as a Grand Lodge, we should
not for a moment tolerate, mneh less iu any
way sustain our sanctiou. In view of tbe
unprecedented popularity of tbe fraternity,
it behooves us to be more vigilant and
guarded than ever before.
Otherwise, brethren, the pure nnd beauti
ful stream of Mssouic phylanthropy, which
for ages past has guided on in quiet mage sty
within its own appropriate channel, bearing
on its besom tbe richest argosies of “good
news and true," to gladden and bless the
wasted and destitute portions of our moral
domain, may become even in its fancied flood-
tide of prosperity a wild and unmanageable
torrent of popular passion and prejudice;
overflowing its ancieut embankments, only
to gather up in its destructive course the
driftwood of our common humanity, and
float upon its turbid waters the worthless
wrecks of a former glory ami splendor. Such
a catastrophe is not more revolting than the
danger is impending, and it becomes all our
Lodges, throughout tho land, both grand and
subordinate, to attend well to this vociferous
alarm at the outer door; to do all in their
power to stay and direct the heady current
of popular impulse, which has already set in
and threatens to bear us away from our au-
ciant moorings, and set us adrift without
compass or plumcf, upon the shoreless sea
of expediency. It is the manifest tendency
ofthe times to popularize overytliing both in
Church aud Stato, and the same dangerous
leaven is at work in our Masonic Lodges,
lienee it is that we find such importunate
aud persistent appeals for new Lodges, ne t
only incur cities and large towns, but also in
every village aud hamlet, aud at almost eve
ry cross-roads and waggon track in the State.
These Lodges, if established, must secure
a membership, and to accomplish this the
proselyting missionaries would seem to be
almost ready to “go into tbe highways *n d
hedges and compel them to come in.’’ 8o
true is this, indeed—to our shame be it said
—that already in some portions of oar juris
diction there is scarcely any man in tbe
community who may not with perfect im
punity petition to a Masonic Lodge for ad
mission. Our high standard of qualifleation
is pract’eally lowered, not only by receiving
into the Lodge those who are not worthy,
but also, and perhaps more frequently, by
retaining in our fellowship those who have
become unworthy, who habitually and for
years set in defiance the preceptive teachings
of the institution, and have become offensive
to the moral sense of the general community
in which they live.'
We may rest assured that such demorali
zation of our Lodges will do infinitely more
to prejudice and degrade the institution, in
the estimation of all thinking aud sensible
people, than all the fanatical conventions of
political clergymen which have met or may
ever assemble for the purpose of Masonic
misrepresentation and abuse. This demor
alization is indeed only the froitftil cause
add accaaiou of such conventions, and with
out it they would have no stock iu trade."
The Working Mm.ii.
He is the m blest man of whom our land can
boast; whether in the workshop or at the
plough, you find the same nolle hearsed free
and independent being. And if there is a
man iu society upon whom we can look with
admiration and esteem, it is the independent
sober working man. We care not whether
he be a farmer, mechanic or common laborer
—whether his tools are imployd in the work
shop, the field or the coal mine— whether
his house is in the backwoods or tbe neat
cottage—our admiration is tbe same. W r hat
a happy picture he presents—what a reward
for his labor, who, by his own unaided exer
tions establishes for himself position iu soci
ety ; who commencing in poverty, by his
skill and assiduity surmounts every obstacle,
overcomes every prejudice, nnd finally form
ing a character whose value is enhanced by
those who come after him. Such a man we
prise as the noblest work of human nature is
capable—the highest production of which
she can boast. And let it be borne in miud
by the young workingman just enteriugupon
the active stage of human life—let it ever
lay at the foundation and be the moving
spring of his efforts—that this situation he
must strain every ne v;e to attaiu. It can
attained by alt. Untiring industrv and
virtuous ambition never fail to find their re
ward. They never yet were exerted in vain
and never will while honesty and justice find
a home in the human breast. It was re
marked by an eloquent writer, that the
working man who had no inheritance but
virtue, is the sole king among men, and the
only man among kings.
T« tae Clergy niiti JLttily «r the
Jjiufetet of Forth (arolina, South C'nro-
hna, Alabama, AHuiut/q/i, LoirUiutia,
Texas, Teueteee, aud Arkansas.
Dear Brethren :
At the annual meeting of the Trustees the
University ofthe South in August last, the
undersigned were appointed a Committee to
address you ou the subject of the Offering
on the 3d Suuday iu Advent, and to urge its
collection in every Parish and Congregation
in the South.
You may remember 1 that tbe plan of an
annual offering was adopted by the Trustees
at the meeting of last year, aud soon after
commended to you by the ten Bishops, (who
are ex-office Trustees), in a Pastoral Letter.
For various reasons but few Pariahes re
sponded, and very little was given. The
hope is earnestly cherished, that this may
not be the case again-
A brief statement of the condition, wants
ands claims of the “University” mast suffice
for our present purpose. The Junior De
partment was opened in September, 1868.
The close of the first year round the number
of students, (nearly one hundred), too large
for the accommodations provided, In view of
this state of things, a measure of success
almost unexampled in any aiuular undertak
ing—the Board, at its late meeting, appointed
a special agent, the Rev. O. P. Thackara of
Florida, to raise, by personal effort in oar
Parishes, at least twenty-five thousand dol
lars, for the erection of additional boarding
houses, and a building for the grammer
School, to be ready, if possible, by the open
ing of the Lent Term in February next. Mr.
Thaekara has consented, though at much
sacrifice, to undertake the work. He is emi
nently flttcn for it, and earnestly commended
to you in its prosecution. The object of his
mission, however, is entirely distinct from
the “auniiai Univei-sity Offering," which is
to cotinue from year, to year, to assist in the
gradual development of this central educa
tional School of the church in our midst.
Through this, the channel of our parochial
offerings in every place, it is ’esigued to
give all our people an-opportunity for system
atic contribution to an object which ought
to be dear to their hearts; and in this w
ns well as by information thus annually
thcra-the wuw-iii ii
gr< ‘
Department, aa it is built up in the future,
will be found one of the moat important aids
to tbe growth of the Church in our wildly ex
tended field. But we can not dwell on these
points at further length. The cause of the
“University” is the cause of all the Dioceses
interested in the work. Of its importance
to the Church and the riling generation, too
much can not be laid. Catholic in spirit,
eomprehensive in scope, and elevated iu its
aims, it is worthy of the Church, designed to
meet the highest educational wants of our
people, and is one of the first necessities of
the times. It has survived a state of things
which not only suspended all effort, but
seemed for a time to threaten its extinction.
And now if our people, who are or ought to
be most deeply interested in it, have faith in
themselves, in those to whom the work is
more immediately committed, and iu the
blessing of God upon our efforts, final success,
such as was at first anticipated by the Fathers
who led the way, but are fallen asleep—Polk,
and Elliott, and Otcy’ and Cobbs, and Rut
ledge—final success, such as they anticipated,
will be placed beyond all peradventnre. It'
may not be seen to the full, and will not in
our day; but our ehildrea and our children’s
children will gather there in the time to re
joice in the light thereof, and bless the
memories of those who laid its foundations.
The foresight which selected for the “Uni
versity” the beautiful plateau of the Cumber
land range, will be appreciated more and
more as its unsurpassed advantages are de
veloped in the ftiture. Two thousand feet
above the level of tbe sea, gently undulating
with numerous springs of purest water, a
most salubrious climate, a rich forest growth,
inexhaustible quantities of stone, and coal in
abundance—accessible by railroad to all parte
of the co&niry, and yet iu its healthful isola
tion exempt from those temptations to dissi
pation and voice iu the young which else
where so generally abound, there is probably
no locality on the coutinou! better adapted to
the permanent growth and success of such
au Institution.
We can only commend, iu conclusion, to
your fostering sympathize and generous
support, this noble undertaking; for without
these it can not succeed. Tbe Clergy are
earnestly requested teVcud this address in lull
thmAwongregi-tions; and to prove, ou the
, the 3rd Sunday iu Advent,
‘acticable, on some occasion I
.f* % ^lei'snch offerings as their pc-iple I
** . »i ay <3 ii.c'i'v thc'r
this the ictinpft nt'fli Rerttee _ tceljTIa • liberally, according to
expected to go. To provide permanent tho*!* V ^
(Allege buildings, the accessary apparatus in AB A' .ts Wlected should be forwarded
every department of instruction, and the to Dr H. Jf. Ade»8CX, General Treasurer,
Jffb Pepurtmcnt
Tli* shore D*psrtaieBt will be promptly at
tended to, ami all work in this Ha* exscuud
the most satiifactory terms. Wtrwlll furnish at
short notice
LA W BLASWS.
J/.i.YU BILL ft,
POATA&S,
CJMCULAR3,
BU2I.VK3S CARM,
yrX&DIXQ CARDS.
BILL HBAVS,
rAMHULRTS,
t.ABXLS,
AH Job Work '.rill b« Castr on d*li»ory.
Mrs. Parker’s
■ AHKSS Trimming* awl F«n«y
‘’ID now OPOB ami ready (or sale.
"Friai ~ *
Goods or*
‘ opes and ready (or sal*,
ringea, Ulmps, Duttons, aad handsome SHE
Cloak Dm loos. Children’s All-wool Bootah Plaid
Hose, Nubia*. Ladias' and ChUdroas’ wooi*tt
Hood*. Ladies' Woolen FsncMons, very pretty.
Infants’ crochet shoe*, Lin*u Tape trlroroiog.
I.’ash * Frilling, ('ar**Us, &c., also on* piece of
very pretty plaids. Her Millinery stook is com
plete.
MRS. PAKKEfi
MMJ'ILL make np walking tuiti for ladiM and
Vjf cUiltlreii ; slie will receive Pattoms from
the North caoh month during tho
Oet ^7 t 4 if
TIM MONSVILLE
CARRIAGE
ASO
BUGGY MANUFACTORY.
fill HE undersigned respectfully
infnrtns the citizens of Dar-
liugton and adjoining Counties
that he is prepared to put up in the best alyto
and at the ionrest rate*.
Buggies, Carriages, Wagons,
OaAJEVTS, <3eO-
Itepslring done with neatness stiff dispatch.
He rnapcotruMjr solioitt a share of public patron
age. â– . , -
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Two young Parisions, being smitten with
the same young girl, quarrelled, and arrang
ed to fight it out with pistols. On the sig
nal being given both fired, and one was hor
rified at sciog his opponent fall lifeless into
the anus of his servant. At the cry of “save
yourself-—he is dead,” the survivor hurried
into the carriage and left by tha first train
for Brussels. A few weeks later he -eas
thunderstruck at reading the marriage of his
rival with the object of the quarrel, and
then understood the joke that had been
played upon him.
Anna Maria Story, was recently married
to Robert Short. A very pleasant way of
making a story short.
Tom Hood said that he could write as well
as Shakespcro if he had a mind to : but the
fact was he had not got the mind.
It is currently reported and generally be
lieved of the female sox, that they do not
scruple to hook each other’s frocks.
Au Irishman, in recommending a cow, ro-
murked, ‘She will give milk year after year
without having calves. Because she came
of a cow that never had a calf!’
It is suggested that it would bo » good
idea to have eclipses mors frequently—it
causes so many oyo£ to turn heavenward
“Wouldn't yoo cull this the calf ofthe leg?
asked John, pointing to one of his nether
limbs “No,” replied Pm, “I should say it
was the leg of a calf.
Said an ambitious youth ona day to a
young lady, “Don’t you think I’d better dye
my muataehc ?”—-caressing that infant pro
digy. “I think if you lot it ttlouo, it'll dye
itself;” said the lady.
A Chicago paper tells a story of ideation
night, which it thinks shows tho enterprise
of young Chicago. A party of boys were
seen getting together tbe materials for a bon
fire. When they were asked what was the
news, they replied that they had none. “We
don't dabble in politics. We built the tire
we can sell it
purchase of books for the Library, (now num
bering over 4.000 volumes.) funds must be
raised from other sources. Munificent endow
ments and bequests by individuals will doubt
less came in the course of time to the aid of
the “University.” But upon these we can
uot rely to meet the pressing r.oeessitios of its
early growth which have been mentioned.
It is rather to a steady stream of contribu
tion from the members aud friends of the
Church throughout our bordsra that we must
look, and on this we hopefully snd Confident
ly rely. To this end the plan of the “Ad
vent Offering” was proposed and adopted.
Whether large or small in any place, it will
nevertheless help to swell the general amount
which is now, and will continue to be, so
much needed. Of the original subscription
of about four hundred thousand dollars, but
little we fear, can now be collected. No
State endowment can come to our aid. Our
brethren in the other portions of the land
have their own Church work to encourage
and support. We must therefore of necessity
rely to a great extent upon our selves. And
as we ought to do this, so we believe with
the rapidly returning prosperity of our people,
their common obligation in this important
behalf will be met iu annually increasing
measure.
The general plan of the University, as
embodied in the Constitution aud Statutes,
was intended to combine the best features of
Learning in the old world which have so long
flourished, as well as of the best in our own
country. And iu its religiousasjiectat least,
as it is developed with time aud ample en
dowments, it will doubtless mark a new era
in the history of American University educa
tion. Though now ia its in&uoy, the Faoul-
ty is believed to be equal to that of any
irstitut o i o. coir.’spondingage and numbers
to be found. The Trustees are determined
Rome Georgia.
Alex. Greco, Bishop of Texas.
J. Fre’m You.no, Bishop of Florida.
M. A. Curtis, Clerical Trustee, N. C.
W. C. Williams, Clerical Trustee, Ga.
J. M. Bannister, Cler’l Trustee, Ala.
T. E. B. Pkgvks, Lay Trustee, Mis.
November 1, 1869.
Home Influences.—Home! it U the
paradise of infancy, the tower of defence to
youth, the retreat for manhood, tbe city
of refuge for old age Recollections, associ
ations cluster around it—O how thickly!
Enjoyments are tested there whose relish
never dies from memory. Affections spring
and grow there, through all the turns aud
overt urea of life, and which last on, stronger
than death. The thought of its early inno
cent has kindled anew the flame of virtue—
almost smothered beneath a heavy mass of
follies aad crimes
The Origin of Celery.—It, is said that
an Italian nobleman, in a paroxism of pas
sion, slew his own brother. The Church con
demned him to pass three years in the mon
astery iu prayer and pcnitcucc, and to cat
grass like Nebuchaduezzcr. for tiis food was
to consist of the weeds which grew in the
cloistered garden. Here he found celery,
blanched in the shady beds, aud it becomes
his favorite food. When the time of his con
fincment had elapsed, he transplanted the
weed to his garden—planted it in trenches
to bleach it crisp aud tender. He stood
high among the nobility of the land, and, at
his entertainments, introduced this new edi
ble. which boouwc very faintionablc, and has
ever since been esteemed a luxury
Come out here aud I'll link the whole of
you,” said an urchin to some sticks of pop-
ARIallVGTON
MTJTTTA.ILi
Life Insurance Company,
INSURE VOIR LIKE!
Insure in Arlington Ccmpany!
M» ni BtvMHMk man
IVT««W. » fr.tewae.^ W mti*x> tmm
ltl. II Is pawljr SMOwn rod n‘
fceae enterprise. '
l-I-JO b*E leave to c»U the etUntion of tic
•JL. 1 * puMie generally to the subject of
LIFE INSURANCE.
It is the sarr«U dutv of every oue to Inutir* hie
Life, eo that hit family may not suffer from pov
erty after his death. Th« uncertainty anp peril
st these lawlcs* times, and tho certainty of death,
admonish all to mak*
Immediate and Dare Provision for
their Loved Ones. *
The saoces* of the A*UNtlTUN tiQMFAMY
is unparalleled.
Let Southern Hen Patronize
SOUTHERN INSTITUTOINS.
Its terms are so liberal, that all may partake
of its benefits.
For further particulars evil on
3. 0. Normonl,
AGENTS.
March 8 22 it
April 7 27 dm
“Mr Brown, why do you wear that bad j 1 ‘ ~ ~ ‘
hat?” “Because, my dear sir, Mrs. Brown SOUtll Carolina Statft AgIT
vows she will not go out ofthe house
me, until 1 got- a new one.’’
with
I more readily, tho foes and duos must he rc-
i duccd to tho luwost possible rates, ami if this
I vending of Masonry, in “cheap cash store” j 80 that whc, ‘ the u< ‘ ws conics
stylo, at “greatly reduced prices, with ft view ! ollt 10 t ^ u bt'ate.
to replenish stock,” does not accomplish the j Col. Elliot iu h is speech at Houston Texas
desired purpose, the next step by the way j last week, said : “My niggers aro worth
of “extraordinary inducement” is to lower ! more to me now than they were during sIrvc-
praetlcally the standard of the qualifications : ry.”
of candidates, until iu some instances these j tor Congrca
gj- They arc qow received at half the usual
rite Colouel is a Democratic candidate [ ntes of tuition, and mu h more will be done
for them hereafter, lit the The
r
“Don’t trouble yourself to stretch your
mouth any wider,” said a dentist to a man
who was extending his jaw frightfully, “as
I intend to sUml outside to drawyjur tooth.”
Mrs. i’artiugtou says she did not marry
her second husband because he was theseixe
of her first husband, and could wear out his
old clothes,
A lady, having discharged hor cook, said.
“Thank Heaven, iheec aro no cooks lathe
other world I” Her little girl said, “Well,
mamma, who cooks wash-day ? for you know
they must have a big wash as their garments
•givul j ;,ro always white.’’
to reach the highest possible standard of P cna * I,t candy in a confectioner's wiudow. tinn.
scholarship in teachers and pupils alike.
Any existing defeats growing out of our
limited means and the rapidity with which
the School has filled up, will be remedied as
speedily as possible. The character of the
board of Trustees, composed as ic is of the
Bishops, and of one Ciergymau and t wo Lay
men, elected tri-cnnlally by the < Jonvcntions
of tho several Dioceses, should inspire coi.fi
deuce, as furnishing every reasonable guaran
ty of efficient oversight, and a spirit of de
votion to tho advancement of the Church in
its integrity aud the best interest* of the
young.
Every facility possible, as our means per
mit,will bo extended tu the sons ofthe Clcr-
dEHEIR-A/W
MARBLE WORKS.
T HE umlersigned iiiforuns his friend* and tint
public generally that he has resumed hi*
Euaine**, »iuoe tbetate fil’d, andkeepe eoui'aat’y
do hand a fine and aeloct .stock of
HVT.A.ZR.ZBILrlE,
Ai» l is prepared to furnish and pul up uli kind*
‘ of work iu hi* line, ti*:
Monuments Tombs, Mantels,
MURAL TABLETS, BAPTISMAL
FONTS,
HEAD STONES,
Of *11 description* lit lli* Lowell poiaibl* r»ir*.
lion Kailiugs furuieiitsl lu older, and genera' 1 ,
siitismction guaranteed.
All order* will receive prompt attention. Ad
vance* wili be required on all work.
Person* wishing anything in mv line .Could
consider the difference of freight between this
poiut and that of Charleston.
J. H. Y1LLENEUVH,
Market-street.
Cher aw S. G.
J. M. WOODWARD, Agent at Darlington, autl
W. A. CARRIOAN, Agent at Socioi; HiU. All
orders through them will receive prompt atten*
Mechanical Magazine.
(Official Organ of the South Carolina Stote
Agrimltut'd and Mirhanicrd Sor itty.)
A T AN K.UU.V DATE, THE SlThSCBIUEItH
Ta. will publish the first number ot a Monthly
MujMzine, devoted to the development of tho ni»-
terUl interests of ibi* Slate, and the whole Soulh:
and will distribute fire thousand copie* Krotui-
tously, so thot every one m.iy eec what It is be
fore subscribing. They Ulead to moke it the
best and handsomest industrial nm(ratine ever
published at the South, and they aak the cordial
oo-operntum tif every good citizen in this enter
prise. which must redound to the public welfare.
Versons wishing copie* of the ftret number,
will please vend their address to
Walker, *v««» A Cojowell,
Ckarletrfea, H. C.
may 12 N *