The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-05-01
NOIO.
A Case for General Sympathy.


ward. We copy from the condensed re-
port Of the Washington U,,ion.
Mr. Oliver, Of New York, from the Com.
mi:tee on Invalid Pensions, reported n b;Il
for the relief Of Mary E. Tiliman: which
was read twice. =
Mr.. Brooks, of South Carolina. asked
The sttes;tion Of the House to a few re.
marks which he wished to make in behalf
Of the till The bill was the unanimous
report OF the committee to which was re.
ferred the petition Of Mrs. TilImsn. a wild.
ow lady Of his district. When a reouisi-
ton was made upon South Carolina for
services in the Mexican war. she caye to
her country every member Of her family
capable OF beating arms, her husband and
three sons. ALI went, but not one returned
to dry mothers tears, and gladden. a
mothers heart with the gaIlantry of her
soldier boys. The bones Of one now lie at
SaltIlo, another fell at Jalapa, another lay
buried at the castle walls Of Perote, and the
last found the close Of his earthly career
and the goal Of his ambition at the capital
OF Mexico. BY strange fatality, the only
remaining son, a boy too young to provide
forth support oftlie family in the absence Of
his father and elder brothers, by an acci1eI.
tai fall from bis horse injured his spine, and
was now paralytic for life. This LADY
was thus left in the decline Of her age Will,
helpless child and little daughter, en-
tireiy dependent upon her exertions for
their and her own support, and the bill
proposed to give her pension of ss month.
This was narrative Of her petition, and
on it she based the hope that her country
would remember her sacrifices and reward
her services. BY the laws of society pa
rent was entitled to the services of child
while minor, and they who were the rep
resentatives of the country, and had been
benefited by the services Of the husband
and sons Of this lady, ought not to forget
what was due to her.
Ii was his misfortune 10 be witness of the
facts he had stated. One her sons enlisted
IN tho Alabama regiment, and the remain.
ing sons were mustered into the service Of
the United States in company Under his
own command, and it was but the pure re-
Election Of the friendship which that father
and those boys bore to him that constrain-
ed him TO do for their mother what sbc
would not do for herself She appealed
not to their charity, but to their magma.
nimity; and he appealed to both. He ask.
ed them to put bread in the mouth Of tho
widow and the fatherless. She appeared
before them with the. confidence aud the
dignity of the mother Of this modern Grac.
Chi, and demanded that her name should
be recorded on the statutes of her country;
and he appealed to the generosity and the
noble instincts Of the members to come for
ward ia her aid.
Mr.. Mace, Of Indiana, moved to amend
the bill by striking out Ss and inserting
$50:
Mr.. Giddings, Of Ohio, took occasion to
condemn the Mexican war generally; al.
though his feelings would not allow him
TO oppose the bill.
The question was taken, and The amend.
ment was agreed to.
The bill as amended was the read third
time and passed.
The RESURRECTION FLowER-In its &C.
count Of the recent Spring Exhibition Of
the Brooklyn Horticultural Society, the
New York Tribune says:
I'VE must notice one very remarkable
curiosity known as the resurrection Flower.
This flower, or rather plant, resembles in its
normal state dried poppy head, with the
stem attached. Upon being immersed a
moment or two in glass of water, and set
upright in the neck of small vial. in n
few moments the upper petals began to
burst open gradually, yet visibly to the eve;
they continued to expand until, throwing
themselves back in equidistant order, there
was presented beautifully radia,ed starry
flower, somewhat resembling both the pas.
sion flower and the sun flower, and vet
more splendid than either. The unfolding
still continued until the petals bent bacE.
ward over what might by termed the base
OF the flower, presenting in bold relief
IN Its centre It's rosette Of Che IN st exauis-
lie form and ornamentation, and thus assrr.
ming a new charm, entirely eclipsina what,
a moment before, seemed It's absolute per-
lection. After remaining open an hour or
more, the moisture gradually dissinates it.
self, and the hbres vf tire flower contract as
gradually as they expanded, and it re as.
sun,es its original appearance, ready to be-
unfo'ded again by the same simple process
the number of times seeming - be on!x
limited by the will Of the possessor.
DIR. Deck, who brought this specimen
from Upper Egypt, suggests that the flow.
er is native ofthe Holy Land. and is a.
type or variety OF the long lost Rose of
jericho, called also the Arose Of Sharon,"'
and the Star of Bethlehem" and highly
venerated for its rarity and peculiar proper
ties by the pilgrims and Crusadeng and
eagerly sought after by them as a priceless
emblem OF their zeal and pilgrimage, and
worn on their escutcheohs In a similar
manner as the scollop shell and PALM
branch.
st. Paul was dimutive in stature, and his
body dishgured by some lameness or dis
tortion, which may have provoked the con.
ternptuous expression of bis enemies. His
heard was long aud thin, and his head was
b,tl