The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-05-26

KEArs.-This poet, who died so young,
was writer of the richest promise. Ri
per years and a maturer Judgment would
have effected much with fancy so exhu-
bcrant, and mind so thoroughly filled with
q love of the beautiful. Since the Masque"
of Ben Johnson, and the &C Faithful SLEEPER
dess," of Beaumont and Fletcher, nothing
has appeared equal in wondrous luxuri-
ance" to his Endymion." Here at will
the poet revcls amidst vcrdant lawns, silent
shades, empowering groves, far-stretching
forest and fiowery opes, over which satyrs
and fawns, and troops Of Sylvan deitics, arc
seen tripling, till they disappear among
brown woods, or beyond shadowy noun
tains. His muse seems ovcrladen, or rather
smoothercd under a load of 's rich-coming"
fancies. Rose foliage, musk blooms and
arabcsque drapcry Of overhanging and in
tcrtwining boughs, through which the sun
shine showers its trcmulus drops Of silvcry
light, arc staple Of her song. She feeds on
ambrosia, and qucnchcs her thirst at the
head of old and fabulous wells, which the
nymphs inhabit, and whose cool and trans
parent waters they curl and dimplc with
their silent and gentle breathings. This
wreath OF fancy is poured out in such profil-
sion as to defy arrangement. The senses
of the reader are bcwildcrcd; he strives in
vain to thread his way out of the intcrmina-
bic maze. His efforts arc useless, and in a
kind of hopeless languishmcnt he gives
himself up to the guidance Of the poet, till
being led to
Fountains grotcsque, now trees. bcspangcd caves,
Echoing grottocs, full of tumbling waves,
And moonlight"
he falls asleep, and dreams, till lifc's sorrows
break his sumbers, and call him again to
battle with the worlds cold realities.
British Quarterly Rericac.
misunderstanding to a comm,Inica-
ton to the New York Tribune, consisting
of facts translated from n recent French sci
entic journal, the present generation of
mortals is advancing towards the perfection
of wisdom with a degree of CELEBRITY truly
wonderful to contemplate. The German
professor who claims the invention of gun
cotton, has succeeded in the fabrication of
malleable glass, the material of which is
"pastc paper" rendered perfectly transpa-
rent and water proof by a hidden process
and capable of being used with great ad-
vantage for window panes. bottles. vases,
&c. Another philosopher is constructing
a machine for measuring and weighing the
of the atmosphere, indicating the
course and strength of currents of air, mag
netic variations, &c. A Partisan savan has
managed 10 obtain electric sparks foot
long from newly contrived apparatus, sup
piled with plates Of Bohemian glass,
i'll the manufacture OF which potash is used
instead Of salt soda. A scientific gentle
man OF Brussels has cured numerous smo-
ky ale houses in that city, by placing there
in gass fixture which at once affords
brilliant light and perfect ventilation. But
the greatest wonder of the age, is the dircc-
tor f the school Of Technology at Zurich
professor Dcschwauden. He has made i'm.
nlcnsc discoveries in various branches of
science. But as yet, owing to the illiberal
policy OF European governments in the mat
ter of granting and securing patents, the
world must endure the uneasincss of curl
osity as to the precise nature or merits of
these extraordinary secrets. 1t must con-
tinue to repose with patience upon the as
surances of those culogists of genius SO
immeasurablc, who declare that the profess
sor is "the greatest man in the world -
the representative of Divinity THE creator,
under Cod of all aohich God has created.
sNoT DEAD: bur SLEEPING" "A foreign
journal mentions remarkable case of a fe-
male supposed to be dead, and who came
near being buried alive, but was saved from
premature interment most miraculously.
The girl had sickened and died, las her
friends thought,) she was laid out as usual,
and remained TO all appearance as corps
for three daye, when the time arrived which
was appointed for her burial. When the
undertakers came to screw down the lid
OF the offin, slight perspiration was noli-
ced upon her skin, which being Immediate
ly regarded, an examination was made, life
was soon found to be in the body, and she
was restored to health. The most interest
ing part Of the circumstance is the account
that the girl gave OF her own experience du-
ring her lnaminate state. She said she ap-
reared to dream that ehe ,uas de.d bnt |