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the colony of bi ' JOK and white peo
ple at Remington. , *
Now that the recent decision of
Judge.Hugos, of Virginia, in regard
to. Urn ponstitutionality of the inarri
^ .nge of a colored , man to a white wo
man in that State, is attracting so
' much attention, a short account of a
rcgjoti up here in those Middle
States, and in this Democratic New
Jersey, and In one of its strongest
Democratic counties, where the two
.-colors ' many and intermingle, maj
not be uninteresting. There lies bc
twccn the Counties of Mercer and
Huntenton a long range of hills, ex
tending from near Lambcrtsville in
one direction down into the cdgo of
Somerset County in the other. There'
is. a. dispute as to the spelling of its
name,' -S?mo'Call it tlio Somcr'lahd
Mountaio, beoause a man by the
" ii^mb 6T Spnier was tho first settler.
Others call It the Sourland Mountain,
from the peculiar quality of the soil.
The former seems the more authentic.
It is .inhabited, at cither, b}' a num
ber of honest, frugal, industrious
farmers.
Tho central region is composed of
dense wood? and thick underbrush,
and contains a small, settlement,
whose inhabitants, from the comming
ling of the white and black blood,
may be properly .styled - a mongrel
class of people. Just when this un
natural method of life began is hard
to ascertain, but the facts seem to in
dicate that a number of years back
many Of the colored women ftom the
mountains went over to Princeton to
take in washing and to act "as ser
vants in various parts of the town.
There the promiscuous association
seems to have commenced, and as
from time- to time those womeu re
turned to the centre of tho Somer
land a population of intermingled
color eprojig up* As the years went
by, nnd'tlife children'became the men
? and woman of the next generation,
;?Oi??r.ni?nied into, tho white race,
Were instances, ami iL is said a few
yefc.rcmajh,i.^bero a. colored boy
w?uTdibo employed by a \vhite farm
er4- living itf the",Vicinity, ami .when
he'attained manhood ?vould marry
iatohis einplover'a J^y? P,e*0,id
as tUey were of ot^cational and re
ligious privileges their life soon be
came,* iviW;;r<4iess *)UC- 'Wi
counts ''ofTl^crimes perpetrated by
\ these 'moi>itameor8 would OH several
column*. ?s thcy already occupy
manv P&ges -?f tbe court records
ucr. Murders were' not infrequent,
p.d mauy of tho assassins and insti
gators have never been discovered.
- !jt was only last December that the
Times-gave daily reports of the trial
of Benjamin Peterson for the murder
of Peter Nixson on this very moun
tain. ?Whatever these people may
have lacked of books and civilization,
they had plenty of liquor, aud this
was the oause of a number of their il
legal acts. Scattered all oycr this
portion of the mountain, from the
little groggery near 'YVerlsville, on
this side, to Aiiht"Polly Snooks', on
the Princeton side, were erected
small dens were liquor was sold.
The people bad'a custom of organiz
ing what they styled "pic-nics," but
which'were in reality -.nothing, less
than a species of horrible orgies. At
these, times the most lawless and im-,
moral deeds Were ^o'n'e, so that soon
the. whole adjacent county became
afraid of the residents of that dis
? Adorgc' portion- of Ibis Chbioiighly
bad life is now done away with. Tho
mountain has been made more and
more acccssiblo of late years, and as
the people of the woods have met
and traded outside, thcy. have ac
quired several of the phases of civi
lized exisienco. Some of. the changes
for tho better arc due to the earnest
cljprls'Of several promineni. men, re*
gardlcs^j'pf sect, who obtained sub
scriptions and-en'iploy cd an alile and
encrgej/ia man to act as a missionary
among 'these people. A chapel was
built, and. this man is now teaching
them .antV< ?preaching- to ? 'ilfcnVM THeT
Methodists at Rock ,Mill also, for a
number or".years, have carried on ac
tivo work in the same direction.
Somo very curious sights greet one
in a tour among these people. Here,
back front the road several hundred
feet, enveloped in n complete mass of
trees: will bo One of theso huts: a
man, black as the blackest, will greet
you at the door,- while bis wird, prob
ably^IHtrf,%ilPf8tiriAl'ae Iiis' elbdw.1
AboutUjedopr and in tho cleared
palch in front of the hon.se, are a
group of phjldreflj shading from the
very black to tl|p white. All sqem
happy and contented. Generally
they, are talkative ; will toll of their
rough life and of tho crimes commit
ted, or purported to have been, com
mitted, iu the noigborhood. The in
ter-marriages among many of theb
seem the only reprehensible feature.
They are mostly honest. While in
year? gone by the farmers, below
missed chickens and" fruit, and some
times horses, nowadays few such de
predations uro heard of. Now and
then a barn is burned, and the au
thors of the mischief are' traced to
the center of the mountains, but the
fastening in jail seems to cure the
malady.
Two things still continue, the in
termarrying and the rnm huts. A
few of these latter nuisances have
been closed, but a largo proportion
still remain. Tho marrying acorns
to continue until a new sentiment
springs up among the population, or
tho law Bteps in. There is no stat
ute in lins Statu against such a union
as there is in Virginia. So many arc
bound by filial ties to the old ways,
and arc- so perfectly contented as
they are, that tub innovation would
be uncomfortable if not distressing.
A large portion.of; the. -voters among
this people have not very largely
availed themselves of the opportunity.
An attempt wus made some time
back by airing of politicians to con
trol the vote. The effort was par
tially successful, and might have as
sumed more gigantic proportions had
not the softening and elevating inllu
ences now at work preventing this.
In time, undoubtedly, they will ex
ercise their right of suffrage with
discretion, and bo less subject to
bribery.?Ncio York Times..
The Fatal Glass.
Mr. Chica, of Lensburg, Le Sueur
count}*, Minn., got on a sprco last
gvedi_atMjonXgpme?yt Bn^a(Jhredr4?J
wager that he could swallow the glass
contained iu a whiskey flask. The
wager was taken up by one of the
party present, and whereupon the
drunken man proceeded to swal
low the pulverized glass, and also a
tallow candle. Strange to relate,
that night he felt no lit effects caused
by the rash deed, but next day the
glass began to cut and grind his bow
els, compelling the man to* writhe and
scream in agony. This continued
two or thee days, when the poor
wretch v/as, brought to New Prague
in the delusive hope that a physician
could sa.ve him inevitable and fast ap
proaching death. Of course no phisi
cian's skill could now save or even
prolong the life which, imd been so
deliberately though unknowingly
taken. It was pitiful and heartrend
ing to hear tho poor mortal moan and
scream in agony as tho death dealing
glass slowly but constantly cut its
way into the vitals. This could not
long continue, however, and death
kindly, relieved the suffering man
Thursday afternoon. A post mortem
examination, was held and the man's
stpmach and intestines were found to
bo )iterallyground to .pieces, r-, ? ?
Allfo; and nine!, euildrien Ajk. .loft
dependent by the foolishness of a
man crazed by drink. This may
provo a timely warning to those ad
dicted to the excessive use of a sub
stance as deadly in effects as that
swallowed by the man who camp to
so. untimely an end.
Tiie Philadelphia Bulletin says the
Southern negroes produced 8285,
298 930 of cotton, sugar, molasses,
rico and tobacco last year. Poor
fellows, remarks the Louisville Con
ner-Journal, how did they manage
to do it under a constant fire from
the shot-gun of the terrible Southern
planter; the bloody jaws of the
blood-hound and the burning of their j
homes. Is it possible that they pro
duced all this stuff in the wet South
ern swamas, whi'her they were driv
en by the planters ?
I A handsome young man in Rome
was surprised in'tho street by receiv
ing a sound box on bis cur from a
pretty young woman w^hom ho had
never seen before. Presently she
found that she was boxing tho wrong
man's cars. She blushed and apolo
gized, so successfully that the young
man was interested, and resolved to
see her again. Ho came, he saw;
she was a shop girl, he lovedf and of
fered totntow in his hand with his
heart?and she didn't havo hiui.
He Hm4 Too Much.
Some two miles up the river from
St. Johnsbury, Vt., is ' a primitive
sort of* a little village called *lThe
j Centre" Here, not long since, the
rustic youth of tho vicinity congre
gated for a dance, "and dance they
did," said our informant, ''with an
unction unknown to your city bells
and' beaux."' One: interesting man,
having inbjhed VftO freely, became
fatigued in tJio course qf t|?e oveniug,
and wisely concluded to retire for a
short rest.
A door njar near thp dancing hall
revealed invitingly a glimpse of a
comfortable bed, of which he took
possession with the prospect of an
undisturbed ^snoo-je."
It happened, howbeit, that this
was tho "ladies* withdrawing room,"
and no sooner had he oloscd his eyes
than a pair of blooming damsels
came in and began adjusting their
disordered ringlets, the dim light of
the old tallow candle not disclos
ing tho tenant of the bed. The girls
had tongues (like the rest of their
sex,) winch ran in this wise :
"What a nice dance we're are hav
ing ! Have you heard anybody sny
anything about me, Jane?"
"Law, yes, Sally. Jim, Drown says
he never saw you look so handsome
as you do to-night. Have you heard
anybody say anything about me?"
"About you 1 Why, yes. I heard
Joe Flint tell Sam Jones that you
was tho prettiest dressed girl in the
room."
Whereupon the dear things chuck
led, and "fixed up" a little more, and
made off toward the hall-rooin. They
had hardly reached the door when
our hall conscious friend raised him
self on his elbow, and quite intelli
gibly, though slowly, inquired :
"Have you heard aryborry say
any thin' 'bout roe gals?"
Gen. Grant at Billiards.
John Russell Young in it's'Indian
letters to th&1"i"ew York Herald pays
r?H??f?-^ a
billiardist. He says : "The Mahara
jah, as I have said, plays billiards
I when he is not at prayers. He was
anxious to have a game with the gen
eral. I am not enough of a billiard
player to do justice to this game. I
can never remember whether the red
ball counts or not when you pocket,
it. The general pL.ycd in an iudis
crimate, promiscuous manner, and
made some wonderful shots in the
way of missiug balls he intended to
strike, Mr. Rorie, whose interest in
the general's fortune extends to bil
liards began to deplore those eccen
tric experiments, when the general
said he had not played billiards for
thirty years. The Maharajah tried
to lose the game, and said to one of
his attendants that he was anxious
to show the general that delicate
mark of hospitality. But I cannot
imagine a more difllcuit task than for
one in full practice at billiards to
lose a game to Gen. Grant. The
game ended. His Iligness winning
by more points than 1 am willing to
print lpi; thp. gratification of the
General's enemies.
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A Nineteenth Centu/x-ftl&aole.
Petersburg, Va., May 80,'?-Opo of
the strangest and moot remarkablo
cures that the people of Petersburg
has ever witnessed was that which
took place at a colored baptizing in
Uns city on Sunday afternoon. Dur
ing the evening fifty-four candidates
were immersed, one of whom was a
deaf and dump mute named Barnwell
Lancaster, about 21 years of ago,
who is quite highly educated, having
received his schooling at tho college
for thp deaf and dump in Providence,
R. I. After( being baptized by tho
officiating minister, Rev. Henry Wil
liams, pastor of the Gillie hi Baptist
Church in this city, the muto return
ed from Urn water cured of his infirm
ities and gave vent to his feelings by
a lusty shout of "Thank God," when
he was again taken deaf and dumb.
To say that the spectators were con
siderably amazed would, hpt feebly
express it, and no little consterna
tion was occasioned among the large
crowd at the miraculous euro which
was to lust but a few minutes.
A colored buby fell from an attic
window thp other day, and the moth
er tells the story thus : "Dero dnj
child was coming down feet fust eve
ry chance of being killed, when do
Lawd, ho turned him over, do chile
struck on his head, and dero wasn't
so much as a button flew off.
TUB SITUATION.
OUK CONGRESSMEN ON THE APPUOP1UA
TION Bltt.
"The Democrats in Congress arc re;
luctant to accept the fact that while
thcy constitute less than two-thirds
of both houses there is no constitu
tional way of overriding t|ip objec
tions of the Executive to any propos
ed legislation. They tried coercion
and have failed. TJu?y are now hesi
taticg:between a frank ueceptnnpe of
the situation and ingenious dodges
for coaipclling the President to sign
bills that he does not like. The wiser
leaders, especially those from the
South, advise the manlier course.
Both of the South Carolina Senators
occupy this honorable position. Some
of the Representatives from that
State are equally sensible.
*'Mr. Kvins has for some time been
quite pronounced in advising that the
appropriation bills be passed without
any qualifications or limitations. Mr.
Richardson has said to the Washing
ton correspondent of , tho Herald:
4 We have doue all thai the constitu
tion and laws of tho United States
invest us with power to do. To do
moro, or attempt to do more, would
lay tho party open to the charge of
being willing to injure or destroy one
of the brunches of the government
to effect in an h regular way that
which the constitution seems to rco
ognize as the right of tho people, and
only of the people, to do. I am, there
fore, for leaviug it to tho people to
say whether they will now enable the
Democratic party to effect the aboli
tion of the use of troops and United
States marshals at elections. It is
clearly now their time to act. We
havu exhausted our clearly defined
constitutional remedies, and to do
more is to invade the province of tho
people themselves. 1- think, there
fore, we Bbould not leave hero with
out passing the appropriation bills
pure and simple.' Mr; Tilman favors
iho same policy. So that three, at
-leas?t-of tho Repieaeni&Uives of EVotrHr
Carolina in the House condemn the
policy of the Democratic caucus.
With such a defection the extremists
can hardly hope to accomplish, by
insisting on further eHurts to over
come the President's objections, what
has not been attained while tho party
in Congress was united."?Neiu York
Mail.
In commenting on the above, tho
Columbia Register says : "How far
this masculine stalwart reports the
facts of the case, and properly slates
the positions of our representatives,
we are not prepared to say. These
views are those expressed before the
report of the advisory committees of
the two Houses were made ; and we
take it there is not that 'break in the
line' after all which so much delec
tates the stalwart backers of Hayes
and his bayonet policy. Our leprc
sentativeB, as wc apprehend it, simp
ly refuse to go to the extreme of with
holding supplies in the event of Mr.
Hayes refusing to icacli an accommo
dation with tho majority of the two
Houses. The recognize the fact
that President Hayes pledges himself
in his message not to use the troops
at the polls, ar.d, further, that tho
immediate exigency is not such as to
demand the extraordinary exercise of
a power which appertains to Congress
in granting appropriations ; and, still
further, that if President Hayes
chooses to persist'in the exercise of
his veto on the lino of his parly poli
cy, however grossly he abuses his
trust, there is no competent way to
reach him but by an nppcal to the
people, and this our representatives
aro ready at onco to make, after
reaching tho veto on .all tho contem
plated measures for tho repeal of ob
obnoxious laws. They would , then
advocate tho necessary appropriation
in such a shape as to meet the execu
tive approval, in order Ihnt the army
and departments of tho civil govern
ment of the country should not be
left without tho necessary appropria
tions, beoauso the two parties of the
country could not reach an agree
ment between themselves in the pre
mises, and tho Federal Executive
chose to occupy a strictly partisan
stand-point ami refused to accommo
date himself to tho situation, pur
repioscntaUvcs may think a hearty ac
ceptance of the situation, as it arises
under the constitutional adjustment
of tho powers of the governmental
departments which aro uncontrolla
ble by Congress, would givo tho
Domocraoy a better send, oil' than to
light nil around Robin Hood's barn
to come back to the samo point in the
situation in the end.
Whatever bo tho positions or views
of our representatives, they may rest
assured they have tho most complete
confidence of their constituents. We
know Ujey are honest men, and will
act unselfishly and squarely through
out this political tussle, and if they
err at all, we kn&w it will be on the
lino of fearlessly standing.by, what
they esteem, the requirements of the
constitution at any cost."
The Wickedest Book Agent.
A clever fellow, an export in the
calling, rang the door bell, and soon
the lady of tho house was before him.
Said# he, "Will you be kind enough
to take this book and give itrr-?" "J
guess not to-day, siiy' said she, dos
ing the door. "But, madam, you
don't understand. I only want you
to give it?I" "I cannot possibly,
to-day, sir ; I am very busy." '.'Why,
my dear madam, the folks in the
next house arc away; won't you
pleaso hand it them when they re
turn? It's a valuable work, and you
will save mo many steps and also
oblige the lady very much." "Oh!
certainly sir; excuse?I thought?
you seo wo have so many?" "I
sec, madam ; don't fret yourself, but
can I further trouble you tor a pencil
to write tho address on tho book?"
"Mo?t certainly, sir," she said,
throwing the door open, "walk in.
I hope, sir, you will excuse my mis
take." "I will, but I can't help feel
ing hurt," said he, huskily ; "but the
lady is anxious to got it, and no won
der ; just see the ongravings?only
S7. Shall I not add your name to
the list?" She was powerless; he
got ii.?'Boston Journal.
(VIen Wanted.
The great want of tins ago is men.
Men who arc not for sale. Men who
are honest, sound from centre to cir^
cumference, truo to the heart's core.
Mctf who wilfr conttemn wrotig' in
friend or foe, in themselves as well
as others. Men whose consciences
are as steady as tho needlo to the
pole. Men who will stand for tho
right if the heavens totter and the
earth reels. Men who can tell the
truth, and look the world and the
devil right in the eye. Men that
neither brag nor run. Men that
neither flag nor flinch. Men who
can have courage without shouting to
it. Men in whom the courage of
everlasting life runs still, deep and
strong. Men who do not cry nor
cause their voico3 to be heard on the
streets; but who will not fail nor
be discouraged till judgment be set
on the earth. Men who know their
message and tell it. Men who know
their places and fill them. Men who
know their own business. Men who
will not iie. Men who arc not too
luzy to work nor too proud to be
poor. Men who arc willing to eat
what they have earned and wear
what they have paid for.
A Dastardly Lover.
Young ladies who think proper to
correspond with rejected lovers would
perhaps do well to take a hint from
tho following curious case, which is,
however, authentic. Mille. Felicie
Maxy, who lives on the farm of Pen
tocote, on the Belgian frontier of
France, was on tho point of being
married, when she received a letter
from an old suitor asking her to re
consider the matter, and send him an
immediate reply. A postage stamp
was gallantly inclosed to defray the
cost of transmission. The answer
duly written. Mille. Maxy applied
the stamp to her fair lips ; but hardly
had she done so when she felt a
sharp Dajn. in her tongue, and in less
than no time that1 interesting mem
ber became horribly elongated and
inflamed and covered with noisome
sores. Tho disconsolate one, Alfred
Camin by name, a farmer at Pichon,
in the Nord, has been arrested, but,
he declares that he used no noxious
drugs, but simply moistened acorner
of the stamp with his own lips?a
dclicnto way of stealing a kiss. Such
is the state of the case as it stands at
present, but the tale carries its own
moral.
Some unknown philosopher ob
serves : "A little girl who can put on
a squaro patch may not be so accom
plished as one who can work a green
worsted dog, on a yoliow ground, but
she is of iai mote value, in the com
munity."
Stick to the Farm.
In the long lists of business houses
and lots advertised for sale for taxes,
which we find among our exchanges,
none of them are owned by farmers.
Very recently while some men have
made money speculating in cotton, a
large number have lost it in the same
way. If true to himself and his farm
the owner of that farm in tho long
run is about as happy, lives as com
fortably and has about as little to
annoy and try him as a man can have
at any other business. The success
ful merchant of Atlanta brings skill,
forethought, energy, economy and
judgment to his business. Now,
farmer, you do the same, There is
no royal road to learning; there are
no crowns without thorns?in fact
thero are various old sayings and
adages that may ho applied to farm
ing. Bo true to your farm, give it
your time and atteutiou. Get you
some agricultural books and papers
a.ud read ibetn, and if you find in
them new ideas and now methods
which seen; reasonable, try them.
Plant cotton not only to make all you
can at as little expense as possible,
but so cultivate and bundle it as to
put a desirable article in market.
As of cotton so let it bo of corn,
wheat, oats, in fact of all you grow
or raise. You. cannot make u fortune
on a farm in one or two seasons, but
persistent labor, on that farm will
bring a sure reward. Tho foundation
of our national wealth and strength
is ngriculture, and it will liberally
support that man who will engage in
it properly.?Atlanta Constitution.
How to Get Along,
Don't ?stop to tell stories iu, busi
ness hours.
If you have a place of business, be
found thero wheu you arc wanted.
No man can get rich by sitting
around doots or saloons..
Never "fool" in business hours.
Havo order, System, regularity and
f-proinphicas. -
Do not meddle with business of
which your know .nothing.
Do not kick every oue in your path.
More miles can be made in one day
by going steadily than by stopping.
Pay as you go.
A man of honor respects his word
as he does bis bond.
Help others when you can, but
never give what you can not nfford
to, simply because it is fashionable.
Learn to say no. No necessity of
snapping it out dog fashion, but say
it firmly and respectfully.
Learn to think and act for yourself.
Keep ahead, rather tbau behind,
the times.
Young men, cut this out, and if
their is any folly in the argument
let us know.
Thb Female Heart.
The female heart may be compar
ed to a garden which, when cultivat
ed, presents a snccossion of fruits
and flowers to reyalo the soul and
delight the eye; but when neglected,
producing a crop of, the most noxious
weeds, largo and flourishing,, be
cause their growth is in proportion
to the warmth and richness of the
soil from which they sprung. Tdien
let this ground be faithfully cultivat
ed ; let the mind of the young and
lovely female be stored wij.h. useful
knowledge, and tho influence of wo
men, though undiminished in power,
will be like the diamond of the de
sert, sparkling and pure, whether
surrounded by the sands of desola
tion, forgotten and unknown, or
pouring its refreshing stream through
every nveuuc of the social ana moral
fabric.
A lady riding in a car on the New
York Central Railroad was disturbed
in her reading by tho conversation of
two gentlomcn occupying the scat
just before her. One of them seemed
to be u student of some college on his
way homo for u vacation. Ho used
much profaue language, greatly to
the annoyance of the lady. She
thought sho would rebuke him, and,
on begging pardon for interrupting
them, asked tho young student if he
had studied the languages. "Yes,
madam, I havo mastered the lan
guages qnito well." "Do you road
and speak Hebrew?" "Quite fluent
ly." "Will you be so kind ns to do
mo a small favor?" "With great
pleasure. I am at your service."
"Will you bo so kind as do your
swearing in Hebrew?" We may well
supposo that the lady was not annoy
ed any more by the ungentlemanly
language of this would-be-gcntlcmun.
HONEST LABOR.
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NECESSITY OF TEACHING THE YOUNG TO
LOOK UPON L4BOB. AB WOETHY THEI?
ATTENTION.
A contemporary .referring to the
''good old times,' says it was then
tbe first care of parents to have their
sons instructed in something useful,
and which could be turned to profit in
case of necessity?and it would have
been '-veil for mankind had the same
care been observed to the present
time?it would have given more real
independence, less hazardous specu
lation and fewer failures than under
the present system?to say nothing
of tbe increased vice and immorality
introduced by idleness and pride.
We may reform our constitution and
change our laws, but it will all be to
no good purpose, until society shall,'
be so constituted that honest labor
shall not be deemed a reproach. Bui
this can never occur until those who
arc taught mechanical branches af
business shall leurn to place a proper
estimate upon education and be re
solved to take their proper places in
society. There are few mechanics
who cannot obtain education by in
dustry and application. The deter
mination is all that is wanted. .Until
thcy lake the steps necessary to placo
themselves upon an intellectual equal
ity with others, they must expect to
be regarded and treated as inferior in
station, and ineligible to serve in the
various offices which they assist to
confer upon others. We can? see no
reason why a eapenter or bricklayer.,
or other mechanic, .should not become
a congressional representative as. weU,
OS l-Uo-professional man if he- be aa
well qualified. And why should he not
be thus qualified? Will lie admit
that there exists a natural incapaei
ty on Iiis part to acquire information,
or that, lio is physically inferior.?
These Would be false and degrading
admissions. Will be, thon,jnlead the
want qf tiuio in extenuation of -hi a
ignorance? This would be an e?V
neons plea;: for* generally speaking,
more time is. wantonly idled away
than would' suffice to acquire a liberal
education. It is not then, tho want
of time, but tho want of? disposition,
lie dislikes tho labor which will be
required to become educated, aud
sits down self-satisfied in ignorance,
rather than use the necessary exer
tion to cultivate his mind. In this
country poverty and humble birth
are no obstacles in the way of worth
and talents. As in Rome, Cincinna
ti! .s was called frcui his plow to iho.
supreme power, so in America the
humblest citizen may be elevated to
the highest station. And nowhero
do we meet with examples moro nu
merous and more brilliant, of men
who have risen above poverty aud
obscurity to usefulness and an honor
able name. Our whole vast conti
nent was added to the geography of
the world by the persevering efforts
of an humble mariner?-tho great Co
lumbus, the sun of a Genoese pilot,
who at ono time of bis melancholy
career was reduced if) beg his bread"
at the doors of the convents in Spain.
Tho story of the poor boy Franklin,
cannot be too often repeated. Gen.
Greene left his blacksmith furnace to.
command an army in the Revolution.,
Ho was the chosen friend of Wash-,
ingtoiii&nd next to him, perhaps, tho
military leader who stood highest iu
the confidence of his country. West,
the famous painter, was too poor atL
the beginning of his career to pur*
chase canvas and colors; and ho rose
eventually tobe president, of the Uoy?
al Academy of London. Secretary
Knox, the friend aud companion of
Washington, was u book binder.
Roger Sherman, one of tho soundest
statesmen and most eloquent orators,
and one of the most ?distinguished,
live to whom was intrusted the high
honor of preparing the Declaration of.
Independence, was a shoemaker, andi
President Johnson, n tailor ; Gcsner^
tho Swiss, wus a poet, a painter and
engraver, and a bookseller. Rich
ardson wus u printer, and wroto
Pamela, which gave him fame, after
be was fifty years of age. George
Lillo was a jewsler, in London. Do
Foe was alternately a horse factor
and maker of bricks. Robert Burns
was a farm, laborer. Ben Johnson
was a bricklayer.
Wo regret to learn thut tho Rev.
Mr. Moss, of this county, is suffering
from the effects of a dog-bite and iu
not expected to live. It is supposed
that ho was bitten some weeks ago by
a mad-dog.?Slulby, N. 0. Aurora..