The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-11-14
and the Inscriptions, "Corstitucs, Mag
istras, per Hibus, Deul: XVI"

and the inscriptions, "Corstitucs, Mag,
istras, per Hibus, Deul: XVI"
0 POWER OF LovE.-The sentiment
ofloye is too frequently made light of;
that which has been the central fire Of
many revolutions is mockingly referred
to as ifit were a subject for trifiing. -
But love in woman has true mean
ing. Love in man is an cnncbline
passion; it is as dew upon the flowers,
as purple drawn upon the sky, as the
quiet streamlet in the valley, as an or
chard resplcndent with early blossoms:
it is morning prayer; it is an evening
hymn; it is child asleep dreaming Of
heaven. Itmay be as a dcluge that
spreads around viewless waste, with.
out a dove, olive branch, or rainbow: it
may be as afruitful field withcrd with q
poisoned wind; it may be as a delecta
bic mountain thrown asunder by the in
ward fire; it may be as the home sick
ness of the cxile;it may be despair; it
may be insanity, that sings low and
melancholy airs; itmay be insanity that
laughs aloud and then expires. Love
While its object loves in purity, makes
poet Of him with whom it dwclls-the
ploughboy in the feld-the sailor in
the shrouds has his dreams and glorics
he has in his own way the most passion,
ate imagination-it kindlcs up the dor
mant facultics-it rouses fancy in the
stupid-it looses the tongue of the
stammcrer-it lends the most illiterate
speech and eloquence-represses scnsu-,
ality, and tamcs even the savage; it
gives JOY and fear and happiness; itren-
dcrs even the mean heroic, md fills
them self-rcspect. Out of visions of
youth may have come the flames that
have illumined the path OF greatness.
The captain in his floating castle, The
general in his tended field, the magis.
trate in his duties, may each, if he will
look back and find in love the impulse
that led him on to power Girlc's
Lectures on Don Quizote.
CHINESE BURIAL PLAcE.-No peo.
pie possess SO much vcncration for the
memory of their fathers as the Chinese:
and the worship of their tombs IS by far
the most solemn and apparently sincere
ceremonial in the shape of religious
worship they exhibit. In order to per-
form its rites, men (women take no
partin it) who emigrate to distant lands
often return. at much expense and
trouble, to the place Of their birth; and
their fond clinging to the memory of
the dead more than love for its insti-
tutions-is said to be the strong bond
that binds the Chinese to thoir country.
But they have no consecratcd place of
intcrment, and if they have any rite
analogous to episcopal conservation, it
must be SO simple ard easily executed
as to have effect anywhere. At any
rate, they have no accumulation Of
graves in particular enclosed spots; they
do not set apart few acres for that
purpose, and surround them with walls,
separating the silent tenants from the
living world, and forming q great prison
house for the dead. On the othcrhand.
every one chooses the spot he likes best
for the final rcsting-plecc of those he
best loved. The country residents bu-
ry their dcad on their own land, very
often close to thcic own dwellings. The
tombs arc often of porphyry, finished
with somo minute chisollings, and some
times in tolerable monumental taste;
placed on rocky eminences, often in
particularly picturesque situations, IN
der the shadow ofcedars and expresses.
Nnsic bg TelegrapA.-We had the
pleasure this evening of listening to the
transmission Of music by telegraph,
over the wires from Boston to New
York. We happened to be in the
office, Nos, Hanover street, in this
city, when there was pause in bust
ness operations. NTr. W. Porter, a
Young but skiliul operator IN the Bos-
ton office, asked Us what tune we would
have? We replied ''Yankcc Doodle"
and to surprise, he Immediately com
Piled with our request. The instru-
mcnt commenced drumming tho notes
OF the tune as perfectly and as distinc-
tly as q skilfu. drummer could have
made them at the head Of regiment.
and many will be assouishad 70 hear that
:" Yankee Doodle" can travel by light.