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The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-23

The New YoRK DKMocRAoY.--In reply to the
report that there was to be coalition between the
Buchanan and Fillmore men in New York, the
Albany Argus holds the following language:
"The Democratic party enters into no coalitions.
1t will not in this campac II dshonor its past history
by departing from its time-honored adherence to
principle. 1t has creed Of its own, well defined
and clearly understood, for which it does battle and
it never abandons it for the sake of n temporary
advantage 1t acts not merely for to-day, but also
for the future The leading features oi the distnc-
tive Know n othng creed are clearly inconsistent
with the principles of the Democratic PARTY, al
utterly exclude the latter from initiating the exam
pie of the Republicans and fraternizing with the
former. The Democratic party will stand on its
own platform, and meet either victory or defeat
hshting under IT'S own distinctive flag. Principle
and policy alike forbid any other course"
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Far-Famed Fairy Tale of FenelIa.

A famous fish-factor found himself father
OF hive fine flirting females Flor.
ence, Fernando, Francesca, and Fenella.
The first four were fiat featured. III favored.
forbidding faced, freckled fiumps, fre,fal.
hippani, foolish and Haunting. Feuella
was fine featured, fresh, fleet footed fairy,
frank, free. full of fun. The fisher failed.
and was forced by tickle fortune to forego
his footman, forfeit his forefather's fine
helds, find forlorn farmhouse in q forsa.
keen Forest. The four fretfu females. fond
OF figuring nj feasts in feathers and fashiopa
BILE fhery, fumed at their fugitive father.
forsaken by fulsome fattering fortune.
hunters, who followed them when fsh
fourished, Fenella fondled her father. fin
vored their food forgot her hattering fol.
lowers, and froicked in frieze without
hounces. The father finding himselff forced
to forage in foreign parts for fortune.
found he could afford fairing to his Eve
foundllngs. The first four were fain TO fos
ter their frivolity with fine frills and fans.
ut to finish their fathers finances: Fenella.
fearful Of flooring him, formed fancy for
full fresh flower Fate favored the Ash.
factor for few days. when he fell in with
fog, his faithful F,licy's foo,s,ep. f,ltereJ
and food failed. He found himselfip front
OF "A fortified fortress. Finding i; forsaken.
and feeling himself feeble and forlorn with
fasting, he fed on fish, flesh and fowl he
found irlcasseel and fried, and, when full.
fell fiat on the floor.
Fresh in the forenoon, he forthwith flew
to the fruitful fields, and not forgetting
feneila. he fiIched n fair flower: when a
foul, frlghtfu, fiendish figure flashed forth.
"felonlous foolish fellow. lingering my flow.
er, I'll finish you. Go, sav farewell 10
your fine iectous family, and face me in p
fortnight The faint hearted fisher fumed
and taItered, and fast WAS far in his fight.
lils line daughters flew to fall mt his feet
and ferventIy felicitate him. Franticallv
and ilncntly he unfolled his fate. Fenella.
forthwith fortified bv fiiaI fondness, follow.
ed her fathers footsteps, and flung her
iautIe's form at the foo, of the frightful
hgure, who forgave the father, and fell fla,
on his face, for he had fervenily fallen in ,
fiery ht Of love for the fair Fenella. He
ieasIed and fostered her till, fascinated
by his taithiuIness, she forgot The ferocty
OF his face, form and feature, and frankly
and fondly fixed Friday, fifth of February,
for the affair TO come off There were
present at the wedding, Fanny, Florence
Fernando, francesca, and the fshe-. There
was tesiivty. fragrance, fnery. fireworks
incas'eed frogs, frtters, fish, flesh. fowl and
iurmenty, irontigniac, flip, and fare fit for
the iaStidiouS; fruit, fuss, fambcaux. four
tat fddIers and fiters, and the frightfu form
OF the fortunate and frumpish fiend fell
rom him, and he fell at Fenella's feet a
f~ir-favored, fine, frank freeman of the for
est Behold the fruits Of iiiaI affection.
Comic Times.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-23

NoRrnERS ADvIcE.-The following communi-
cation from Northern man appeared in a late
Charleston Courier. The advice is good; though
we fear il comes too late:
TO TIE PEOPLE THE sLAvEHoLDINo STATES
GENTLEMEN: In case Fremont is elected. we
tho pro-siavery men Of the North would recon-.
mend that not one pound Of cotton rice or tobacco
Dc sent to the Northern States Let it be consnm.
ed, or perish on the ground where it was produce d
rather than let pound Of it come North We
have here hundreds Of factories aud over one hun.
dred thousand people depending on your cotton,
many OF them are Fremont men. aud who get their
bread by slave labor, and yet they net against the
interests OF the slave States Let all Southern pro.
duce be kept away from the North, and in less than
twelve months there will be such reaction in the
North rs to make the most nti-savery State we
have here Pro-slavery State. Touch Northern
mans pocket and you touch his most tender part.
A PRO-SLAVERY MAN.
BosroS, MASSACHUSETTS.
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GRAND PARADE OF rHE BUronERs IN Pn1.A.
pELrHIA.-Thcre was novel aud quite an impo.
stag procession in Philadelphia on the 9th instant.
Mt the National Agricultural Fair. From an ac.
count oft in the Bulletin We take the following:
The marshals aud aids wore white frocks. bue
sastes trimmed with gold lace. and their rank and
station We're denoted by gilt leitered black badges
winch they wore upon their hats. The rank and
he were all clad alike in the professional frock-
which. got up snowy white for the OCCASION con.
fiT'sted finely with the black hats and blnck pants
oi the wearers. Eich man wore a blue sash
trimmed with silver lace, and secured upon the
right shoulder and left hip h rosetis o(red white
and blue. The eifec, of this uniform was exceed
lngy lne, the wearers OF it beng in pla,oons Of
four, and mounted upon spirited horses. IL would
DC dIlhcut TO lind IN any profession better looking
set oi men than appeared in the ranks, and would
ne c'i more difficult to fad ;s shiiG, rides There
were over five hundred men ana boys m the line
ana WIN their neat uniform lrocks, heir sash, 6
ana The wreaths and b"quets with which their lady
trends supplied them literally along the route. the
display WAS handsome and Imposing,u
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-23

WHAT NExT1-Nol long since, in Shelby. Or
leans Co. N,w York, hr fremouicrs raised a pole
1870 feet high, which on the following Sunday WA,
found to have cross on ii, put there by some ro.
gu'sh boy during the night. \ largo crowd Of
preachers, dencons aud elders, says the Rochester
Union, gathered around the pole ON The Sabbath
day morning, and advised III, immediate shooting
away ol the cross. The advice was followed. and
these christian preachers these p.ous Bcechcrites.
these godly SOul.saving Fremont rascals, aided
and sbetied this noisy rabble, who disturbed the
Town With their guns during the hour for divine
service On Monday an arrest took place OF the
sS'n,ps' and among those fined Tor dcsecrn,ion OF
une n"y d"y was preacher Of the gospel, who fig
ured most conspicuously Mt the nt,nck upon The
cross.--Ne,c York Day Book
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-23

Inc lact We are about 10 relate has tho
very rare merit OF truth combined with ths
pleasant excitement of the wonderful.
Some time ago friend Of ours purchas,
ed a number of picture frames, ts.tesullv
made Of acorns and handsomely stained
and vanished, which he placed in his libra.
~ a, MS country house. The ensuing sea-
son he and his family departed on a rather
distant Tour, and for some months the
country house remained closed and unteu.
an'ed. The season was an unusually damn
one during their absence, and upon ,hei.
return 1t was deemed advisable TO have
the'r rural homestead well aired and dried
10y constant fires in all the rooms before in
habit'ng 1t again. O.ders to this effect
were therefore despatched, and the opening
began under the direction OF the old house.
keeper. Window and door were flung
VIDE open one after another, letting in the
sunshine 10 mildewed walls and hangings.
until the household corps" arrived at the
library, when, as the first pair of shutters
swung back, The breeze futtered in and
played on the walls with a sound as Of
rns'I'ng foliage, causing universal and "a.
'her startled movement Of eyes in the di.
rection OF the mysterious sound That the
aSton'shment OF the gazers was BIZ no
means ,lessened when they beheld the cause
OF the rustiIng our readers will easily credit.
when we inform them that several acorns
on each picture frame had sprou,ed, and q
grove of miniature oaks were gently waving
their tiny bonghs and luuering their dark
green leaflets around the majestic brows of
Washington, and Franklin, and Adams,
and half dozen other OF our venerable IN.
thers OF the Republic. Nature herself had
broken through her accustomed laws to
crown these patriot heroes with her own
wreaths of honor, and offer, even in her
dying struggles, this beautiful tribute 10
their memory.
Now, is not this fact worth all the fables
OF Scherzerrade or Swift hundred times
over!-PhR Eoening Journal
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-23

OBSERVATIONS on THE MooX-Sciepce
has been enabled to find on; much concern.
ing lunar mountains. The elevation o,
upwards Of thousand have been accurate.
Iy measured, on the scientific principle ,ba,
the length of the shadow indicate, The
heIght OF the body behind which It is cast.
provided The Inclination by which the lirht
IaiIS is known. Whenever light falls on 3
perpendicular body with an inclination OF
hall a right angle, (forty five degrees,) the
shadow formed beyond Is exactly as long
as the body is high When the sun shines
10y this inclination upon the lunar moun.
tainS, the shadows are consequently as
long as the mountains are tall. When the
iIghI falls with greater inclination the shad.
ow Is heightened in ratio known to the
mathematician Thirty nine Of the lunar
mountains are found by estimates taken in
TINS way to be higher than Mont Blanc;
SIX are about giteen thousand feet. IN
Illustration Of the deicacy wilh which in
ves'lSauons relating to the height of lunar
mountains have been carried on, the Ger.
man astronomer Moedler has distinctly
seen q shadow in tie moon not larger than
three seconds Of angular measurement. and
which was cast by a body not exceeding
twenty eight feet in height.
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American Ana.

Judge Edanus Burke had come to Anne.
ma, from Ireland, at the commencement of
tne revolution, as an advocate of liberty.
de was elected one Of the circuit Judges in
South Carolina in I77s, and served as
such until the State was oyerrun bv the
British. The duties of his Office being ans.
pended, he took commission in the arm,
and when the courts wero re ree.,abl;sbed 10
laid aside the military for the civil Office
On the adoption Of the Constitution of the
ohited States, he was elected to the first
Congress: While attending that body, he
became the second OF Aaron Burr in a due,
with Mr.. Church. OF course Burke had to
load the pistols, and vas instructed e
grease the patch. When the parties were
ready and at their stations Burr looked
round for Judge Burke, and saw him with
stone IN one hand and pistol in the
| other, trying 10 drive down the ramrod
with the ball to the charge Of powder.
Shortly afterwards. he presented the pistol
to Burr, saying. II forgot to grease tho
leather, but don't keep him waiting; Jus,
take a crack as it is, and I'll grease the
next" Burr bowed and took his pistol.
although he knew its situation; and at the
word fire" discharged it Intellectually, as
the ball dropped midway between him and
his opponent
lie frequently committed national mis-.
takes--bulis On one occasion, having TO
pass sentence of death on man who had
been legally convicted, lie concluded as
usual with the words, shat you 6e hanged
by the neck until you are dead" to this he
Unfortunately added 81 am sorry for il. my
L - hat III
and the soiemnity Of the scene was inter.
rap,ed by burst Of laughter, at which the
Judge was tho ouly one surprised. On
another occasion he charged the jury to
acqult prisoner of the charge Of horse
stealing, because it appeared from the tcs.
t'mony that he was intoxicated with corn
whiskey when he stole the horse. IL
know" said he, "that this vile stuff YOU
call corn whiskey gives man propensity
to state. once got drunk myself on corn
whiskey, and came very near taking, with.
out fave, fine horse"
Judge Burke was very liberal, enlight.
ened and humane man; delightful com
panlon, full OF humor and original wit.
blended with much good sense; but from
needless or hasty mode Of expressing him.
SELL he was often the subject Of merriment
among his friends. Among the mistakes
made by him from absence of mind, one
occurred in the presence Of the whole bar.
The Judges, when presiding in the Charles
ton district, were in the habit of leaving
'he'r robes OF office at the neighboring
store OF Mrs. Van Rhyn. Judge Burke
went MS usual to prepare for the opening of
tie court, and took what he thought was
his own robe, but it probably was from a
clothes PIN adjoining to that on which his
was suspended. He went with it under
his arm up to his bench, and found some
dlhcuIty in adjusting his supposed robe Of
Office Taking second look, he exclaim.
ed "beiore God have got into Miss Van
hhyns pettcoat," and exhibited his arms
extended through the two pocket holes
Mobile Tribune
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BosroS, MASSACHUSETTS

letter writer says: Extraordinary activity pre-
walls at preser, in the royal foundcry Of Munich.
NO fewer than seven colossal castings in bronze are
N progress Amongst them is nm equestrian statue
OF washington, destined to form the entire OF an
immense monument to be erected in tho State Of
Vrg'nia, and which Is TO be surrounded by 20
colossal statues Of men who distinguished them
selves in the war Of independence.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-23
THE CAROLINA SPARTAN,
BY CAVIS & TRIMMER,
TOP. VERNON, Associate EDITOR,

Price Two DoLLARs per annum in advance. or
$3.50 at the end Of the year. Ii not paid until
after the year expires $500.
Payment will be considered in advance if made
within three months.
No subscription taken for less than six months
Money may be remitted through postmas,ers at
our risk.
Advertisements inserted nt the usual rates, and
contracts made reasonable terms.
The SPARTAN circulates largely over this and
adjoining districts, and offers an admirable medium
to our friends 10 reach customers.
job work Of all kinds promptly executed.
Blanks, Law and Equity, continually OH hand
or printed to order
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4 IoUNG LADY DRAvS ~

loUNG LADY Drawn IN LorrEny
Nearly year ago young lady in
France, named Sophia Van Derr, conceived
the singular idea of disposing of herself in
marriage by means of a lottery She was
thirty years old, tired of life of ceibacy.
and IN despair mt not finding husband
with cnonsl means a: III, command - sUi,
her views, she announced, therefore. that
her handsome but rather m ,ture person
should be disposed of on the following
terms: She created n lottery with five hun.
dred shares OF thousand francs each.
Subscribers were 10 present themselves in
person, IN order that she might decide on
their acceptabli,y as husbands. The sub
scnbe's OF course were 10 be single men.
The subscriptions were placed in .he hands
oi notary rs fast rs rIade, and the draw.
ing was not TO take place till NIL the shares
were taken-that Is, when the sum Of half
a million of francs WAS complete.
Not quite year elapsed before the shares
were AL taken. The drawing recently took
place IN the Office Of the notary, who held
the subscriptions and the money. in pres
ence of two magistrates. \ thousand mum
oer' were placed in an urn, the subscriber,
being numbered IN order rs their names
were inscribed. The urn was thoroughly
shaken uP, blind hand was thrust in. and
No. 400 WAS a Tunisan General. who had
already occupied the public attention by
hIs oriental caprices. But the lady was nei.
ther frightened at the turban, nor the beard,
nor The religion, nor the harem of the han.
Py barbarian, who hnstened to marry her,
and to pocket his five hundred thousand
francs The happy couple have lca for
lHniS, whe they will reside Paris cor
reSp9ndent Nel0 York ZImes
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tArHER PREDicTioN-T weather ~ ice are
~, '",VnS ,ilS HnII autumn and an open winter, and
way They say that when the SAN nossa6 ,h ,1,,i
nGx on the 2Oth Of September. the wind SET The
who'e d"y rom the southeast. giving us n warm
storm, and that during several days the wind s,ood
IN The same quarter. This pro,nosii,n,es = con.
unn'hce oi The same character OF weather during
the next six months. ' '"e'
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ENERGY.-"The longer live" says n
great writer, the more certain | am
that the great difference between men. the
great and The insignificant, is energy-in.
uncIhIe doicrmina,ion-an honest purpose
once fixed, and then death or victory. That
quality will do anything that can he done
IN the world; AMI no talent, no crcum.
stances, no opportunity, will make two
legged creature man without it,"
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-23

n marriage took place at the hotel of,ho Amer.
can minister in Paris Of q few weeks ago Tho
parties were Mr.. Joseph NJ. Hayward, Of ofCharlcs-
Ion, .. g, and Mss Henrietta Magrnder, dauph.
Icr o' Capt. q. a. Magruder Of tie United States
Navy. American marriages in Paris are becoming
OF frequent occurrence The Rev. DIR. Hall
ehapmln OF the British Embassy, was the ofiiciat.
lng Clergyman in this instance.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-23

young lady returning late from a con.
cert, as It was raining, ordered the coach
man to drive close to the sidewalk, but was
suIlunabe to stop across the guiier. 4 Icaa
llit you over It said coacby. on, 10. am
TOO heavy, said size. Lord, marin, ! am
used ,olifting barrels Of sugar, replied John.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-23

The RICHMOND DUEL.-Mr. b. Il Botis. son of
John Miner Bots. and Roger Pryor Esa.. who
went I" Washington ,o fight duel about a card
Which the former published about the latter in re-
alIation Tor structures upon the political course Of
hs noble lnthcr, were arrested "on the gr,unisi
near MIR. Bars residence, and compelled To return
To Richmond. Mr.. T u. Chcscman the second Of
Mr.. Pryor, publishes the correspondence with a
card, showing that Mr.. Bolts po, tponcd The time
later Than was necessary, and that the place Of
meeting was known to many people not connected
with the affair, before it was made known To himself
lie SAYS: Being satisfied from these facts and
others that any attempt to secure hostile meeting
MIR. Is. B. Bolts and Mr.. Pryor will be thwaried
by persons not connected with the matter. bu,
friendly To the Hon. j. NJ. Bots rs also satisfied
from The physical condition of Mr. B u Bolts
as erhibiteG on The 6eid, that Mr Pryor oughf
not 10 shoot az him, can have nothing more To- do
with the matter, aud giving the correspondence.
aud thcse facts 10 the public. close my connection
with It" This is rather ludcrous ending Of The
ALTAR for the son Of the Vrginan nbotionsi.
Charleston Standard
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Some body, describing the absurd appear
ance OF man dancing the polka, says "he
looks rs though he had hole in his pock,
ct, and was trying TO shake shilling down
the leg OF his trowsers'
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What is tho matter with you, Jackin
why, there's new girl come out, with
twenty thousand year, and went yester-
day and engaged myself to Fanny, who
has only fifteen thousand"
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-23

recent Dublin newspaper contains the
following curious advertisement:
Il hereby warn all persons from trusting
my wife, Ellen Flannigan, on my account,
rs am not, married to her"
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-23

a visitor was contemplating Niagars
Falls the other day, whom a verdan looking
individual came up aud asked I'm il he
woud please to tell him The same Of tka.
--.=se
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CAROLINA SPARTAN.
Written for the Carolina Spartan.
CHILDHOOD'S HOURS.
BY Misses.


In chdhood'e bright and sunny hours,
We loll in pleasures sweetest bowers,
And pluck tho flowers which round us grow,
Nor fear the wintry winds which blow.
And when to joyous youth we've sped,
To seek new pleasures we are lead;
Each thorn Of life is swcc,ly hid,
Beneath a lovely folding lid.
For innocence. and truth, and love,
Simplicity and grace above;
Deceptive smiles Of wicked men,
Crown all our Joys and pleasures then.
Now, tits atheme OF sweetest thought,
To live again, mid pleasures wrought
BY toll and svrrow-lfcs rough hand
Which is the lot Of all our kind.
Over those scenes, which chldhood's hours
Hath gilded DER with roseatc bowers
Cloudless Of trouble or OF fear,
Pain or passion, grief or care.
We looked from that sweet halcyon day,
On jewels sparkling in our way,
Which on approach dissolved ike snow
Before mn April suns bright GLOW,
Aud LEFT us in the miry clay,
or mnnhood's dark and dismal day.
q, that were bu, young again.
The man OF troubles doth rxcl;im;
I'D grasp the moments rs they fy,
Nor let one unimproved p ,ss by.
Each hour in usefulness I'd spenl,
Not letting sixty minutes end,
Without thought, or word, or deed,
Which might not prove like the good seed,
Implanted in the goodly ground,
That would with luseiou, huits abound.
E'ch day and week, and month and year.
would employ 'gainst future care;
That when my earthly course I'd run,
isarth's b'i,lcs fought, and VI, tories wJn,
A rich reward Of happiness
Fn more tls'~ language can express
Should crown my lie, and light my way,
AS fast hasten to decay.
Such vain regrets are mans and mine
Such, my young friend, will yet be thine,
II, like precarious, thoughlcss youtls.
You don't believe and use those truths.
Those ileeting moment Is swiftly fy,
Il" claim their place with those gone by;
Our sands of life are wearing on,
Equally swift, and surely borne
Upon the wings Of tir,lcss Time,
Who visits every land and CLINE.
The infant at It's mothers breast,
Though with mothers love carest,
VIII soon forsake the dandling knee,
And as tine child approach, lfe's sea:
And soon the child will be the boy
The youth, the man the man alloy:
Then will remembrance ope her glass,
And all life's scenes through which we pass,
Appear in memory's list enrolled
And then we'll cry--were growing o'd,
o transient, happy, chidhoods hours.
We think Of them through Joys and tears.
And hug them fundy mid the gloom,
Through which we pass unto the tomb
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-23

y student in want of money sold his
books and wrote home. Father, rejoice; for
pow derive my supper, from literature"
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To make a girl love you, coax her to
lose somebody else. II thore be anything
that woulsn rslisbes, 1t is to 10 contrary.
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P'o" deeP while the suggards sleep aud yor
wIll have grain 10 sell and 10 keep.