The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-08-03

vcntional value it may have had, is
more beautiful, pure, and useful than
any other. lnasrluch as we can
turn, gold to more account than
sand, the world is so much the better
of by finding that. mixed with what
was thought to be all sand, there SIS
a large amount of gold. To dcplore
the announcement Of this fact, is
simply to deporc that another gift has
been to us. On the other hand, their
consequences upon the movements of
mankind are more palpably beneficial
than those OF any other physical G.
vent pet recorded. History shows the
constant influences exercised to induce
the race to spread over the earth, so
as to avail themselves of all that it
offers. instead OF yielding to the sell
fish Incidence that confines them to
limited spots, and whether this is
brought aboiit by ali escape from
Egyptian bondage, by barbarian
incursions, by the failure of crops, or
by political prosecutions, the benefi-
Gent end is no less plainly arrived at.
The potato rot and the Continental
anarchy of 1913 have both caused a
distribution Of those who were un-
tcachablc III any different way, and
who would otherwise have gone on
from misery to misery, TO without
making the smallest effort to seek Il
position where, instead OF being
torment, they might be n benefit to
their ieliuw-mcn. The British pco-
pie: although more adventurous, like
wise require stimulants to drive them
forth, but the disturbance necessary in
their casesis happily less severe, and
a gold mania has been sufficient 10
accomplish that for which famine.
war, or tyranny might otherwise have
hccn permitted.
As TO any individual Inconvenience
which the impending disturbance N
the relations of property may cause,
there has never yet been tie smallcs,
progress that has not upset some
quiet arrangements that people had
hoped might be perpetual. Eve
ry breath blows down leaf some
where, but the world is not t., remain
stagnant. When the retur,,-.tss., sac.
Gle pay ments took place inlSl9, tsSssfce
was great disturbance, but it was
nothing more than the tuItilmcnt OF
q direct bargain, and it Was not f,,
those who had taken the chance of
that tultilmcnt to complain. Tho
same doctrine must hold good at
present. Moreover, those who now
apprehend serious consequences to
any particular description Of pro-
perty, can act upon their apprchensions
i: they sec fit, and if they dccine,t ey
must not clamor against results they
have deliberately V chosen to wait for.
Distrusltul o. all enterprise, they can
continue to hold nnnui,ies, while those
who prefer the opposite course may 60
with the stream. and find. i'll promoting
the very movements that are IN
progress, abundant means for new in
vcStment. Ii each holder were to
dispose Of his property from time to
time as he becomes apprelicnsivc
Individual losses would be SO Litliscd
that, in the end, that they would be al
most inapprccablc, while with regard
TO their future transac,ians, pc sons can
mako any bargains they please. 1t is
true that those who depend on property
held in trust, have less choice of ac-
ti"n, but ;!"5e who tied the property up,
without allowing any future exercise nt
discretion, acted upon their own judg-
mcnt, not with any desire to benefit so.
ciciy, but t" secure personal advantages
for their families, and >ncie;: should be
called upon to remedy the mis- chief.
1t is a cheering point Of reflection, how
ever, for these duties should he, hat in
the minority Of instances it vii! be in
their power, instead OF waiting to SIZE
their incomes diminish during life of
unhealthy idlcness, to employ their
faculties soas to wrrst from The new
order of things far more than it cali
take away.-London Times.
HM~ Cure for ii ,drophoEia-d dis.
ca"ered by French lhs sician-M.
Cossar Take two tabIrspooniuls of
cilosiie OF line III powder, and mix
il with half pint Of water, and with
this wash keep the wound constantly
balhci, and frequently renewed -
The chloride gas possesses the power
of deconp"sins the tremendous pois.
on, and renders mild and ha, mlcss
the venom, against whose resistleSs
attack the artillery Of science has
been 50 long directed in vain. II is
necessary to add, that this wash
should be applied as soon as possible
after the inii!ction Of the bite. The
following are the results Of this treat.
ment: from 1910 to 1924, the nun.
Der of persons admitted into Brcslau
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