The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-12-12

tne contrast OF judgment, since lt antlc- |
ipates reflection. 1t has often been
acknowledged that precipitation Of
thought, as we'll as Of speech: entails
very fatal consequences; and that the
man who, through life, can wisely steer
clear of this double inconvenience, de.
serves the aprel'ation of happy. lie
thinks, and thinks again, before he lets
his tongue minglc in the flow of conver-
sation, and consults his inmost self ere
he ventures to decide. He has also
learned by experience, that Nature has
its mask, Science its obscurities, the
World its articles, and Merit its cne-
mics; and, he consequently never deter
mines, without having first deeply
searched into the matter. lie lifts the
veil that unfolds each object, and DIS
covers that it would be madness to
judge too harshly and at first sight.
What would the result be, if we
trusted to our eyes only? Why, the
sun would be pronounced to turn
around the earth, instead Of the latter
enc,rcEng the orb of day.
The prcjudiccs of a single mind can
easily be destroycd; but when they
have been reduced into regular systems,
and found their way into social circles
formed to accrcdit them, there is no
remedy.
CONSOLATION FOR GENIUS. Let no
man, who is in anything above his fcl-
lows, claim, as of right, to be valued or
understood: the vulgar great are COM
pretended or adorcd, because they are
in reality in the same moral plane with
those who admire; but he who deserves
the higher reverence, must himself con-
vert the worshipper.-The pure and
lofty ite; the generous and tender use
of the rare creative faculty; the brave
endurance Of neglect and ridiculc; the
Strange and cruel end of SO much gcni-
Gus ana 50 much viytuc-thcso are TIE
lessons by which &c sympathics ofman-
kind must be interested, and tho.t lacul.
ties educated, UP to the love Of such a
character and the comprehension of such
an intelligence. Still the lovers and
scholars will be few: still the rewards of
fame will be scanty and ill-protioned:
no accumulation of knowledge or series
of experiences can teach the meaning
of genius to those who look f:r it in
additions and results, any moro than
the numbers studied round a planet 8
: orbit could approach nearer infinity
than a single unit. The world of
; thought must remain apart from the
world of action, for, if they once coin
cidcd, the problem Of Life would be
solved, and the hope, which We call
heaven, would be realized OH carth.--
And therefore men
I" Are Graded into poetry hy wrong:
They learn in suffering what they teach il,
song
CHINESE METHOD OF COLoRISG
UAIR.--M. Stanislaus Julien, the
learned oricntaIist, has communicated
to the French Institute the Chinese
method Of coloring hair. 1t is said that
'.the Chinese have succeeded in reaching
and transforming, By 1fssaaasse of mcdi.
cine and peculiar dict, the LIQUID
which colors tho bilious system, and
giving to white or red hair black tint,
winch maintains itself during the con
tinued growth. The coloring is pro
duccd by means of certain substances
mixed with the food and drink. These
substances are not hurtful to the body,
having for basis and clements ferruyi.
ous principles which are recommended
by physicians, and always successfully
employed. M. Dcbay, who has writ
ten treatise on this subject and pre-.
pared formula Of the means to be en-
ploycd, says:
1t is astonishing that the physiolo-
gists who have experimental and sue
cccdcd in colorins the bones Of living
animals, red, by making them cat and
digest maddcr, have not thought of
seeking in the same way to color red
and white hair black The hair and
the beard belong to vegetable life, and
are disposed to the same phenomena.
In fact, after sufficient quantity of
lcrruginous salts has been introduced
into the body, the circulation takes them
up; the blood loaded with these substan-
ces deposltes them i'll the follicles of the
hair, which in turn, pours them into
the oil, saturated with iron, becomes
black, and the whole hair with it.
NJ. lmbcr at present bishop in Chi
ma, offers, according to the testimony
Of the Abba Voisin, one ofthe directors
Of foreign missions, living proof of this
iTer0al colorins of The hair and beard.
1t is by this method that the CHI 'ncsc,
correcting tho vagarics of nature, have
been able to claim the title from the
highest antiquity Of the blach.haiyed