The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-05-15
NO. IL.

met glared over the battlefield Of Lewe..
where 5000 Englishmen lay slaughtered.
But year subsequent to this battle, and a
d'rect consequence Of il, real Parliament
was held IN England, consisting Of knights
from each county and bwgessss from the
cities and towns.
! ihe comet appeared again in 1855. ,ni
tradition reports that it was regarded iy
Charies V. as warning TO abdicate and
retire TO the convent OF st. y.st, There
had been changes enough since its last an.
pearance to admonish Kings Of the marcI.
OF human affairs. Another hemisnbeva
had been disclosed, and this epoch was
marked by the unfolding of the West. a.
that OF 1864 had been by the opening
up OF the East Explorers of the earth
were IN 1856 seeking for Prester John
at the very ends Of il; and the commercial
community Was asking questions about
Tar Cattay, in spirit not very unlike that
OF the present day. England lad become
Protestant, and was daily becoming more
so, and the low countries were entering on
their struggle for religious liberty. Philip
The Second had just become King, and tho
strife with the Ottoman Power in the Medi-
lerranean was beginning. Edmund Spen.
ser was three years old when the comet last
visited us; and since that visit we have had
Shakespeare and wide world Of literature
laid open. There have been an almost i'm.
measurable enlargement Of the bounds of
science and secure establishment of politi-
cal Liberties. But the inventory Of what haa
been gained during the last three centuries
would be almos. endless. Probably the
greatest event, and that which is TO have
the muSt important effect upon the future
history of the world. is the change that has
taken place in the Western hemispLere--
the progress, the power, and the promise of
the great Western Republic, the first Re.
pu6fic (propcrly so-called) which the an
mails OF history show on their pages. Then
there is the change in the condition Of the
british northern possessions. in the West
India Islands, in Mexico, in Central and in
South America, all bearing more or less the
imprint of physical progress and prosperity.
We might add the settlement of Australia
sia, and the wonderful development Of what
has been called the .ffth quarter Of the
globe, and 60 on to enumerate; but the emu
meration would be almost interminable.
Tie return Of this comet was fixed for Is4s,
but it did not answer the call. The events
OF that epoch were even moro eccentric than
the track OF the wandering star" The
new calculation Of the sarons do not, how
ever, admit Of much doubt as to the present
nearness Of its visit. The Daily News ask,
And how will it be when this same
comet returns after an interval Of perhaps
three centuries more! Events which appear
very great at this moment will have given
place TO much greater before that day. In
Paris people think to-day tha. the comet
will mark the birth-year Of the Imperial
Prince, the Enydnt de France, as he is to
be called. In Russia people viii re-
gard the comet as denouncing the war oy
promising peace, according to their mood
or the instructions Of their priests. In
Turkey it will be the Prophets sign of dis
pleasure or satisfaction ct the surrender or
the renovation of his Empire"
We dare not attempt 10 foretell what
nothing but the eye Of a prophet can fore
see, the future Of Rome.