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The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-02

A laughable story of some carrier nj.
geons is told in an Antwerp newspaper.
Inc editor of the celebrated journal pub
lshed in that city sent reporter to Brus-
sells for the Kings speech, and with him a
couple of carrier pigeons TO take back the
document. At Brussels he gave the pigeons
IN charge to waiter, aud called for
breakfast He was kept waiting for some
time, but a very delicious fricassee atoned
for tho delay. After breakfast he paid his
bill, and called for his carrie: pigeons. "Pi-
geons!' exclaimed the waiter, "why you've
eaten them
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-02

SoDKIETY OF TIE GREggs-Tha food OF
IN English laborcr would be enough in
Greece for family of six persons. The
rich are well satisfied with a dish Of vegot
abIes for their meal; the poor with hand.
iul OF olives or piece of salt fish The
entire population cats meat at Easter for
the whole year. do not believe a Greek
ever died of indigestion. Drunkenness. so
common in cold countries, Is n rare vice
with the Greeks; they are great drinkers,
but water drinkers. They would have
scrupIes about passing by fountain with.
out drinking at it; but ii they entor a tav.
ern 1t is to chatter. The coffee houses at
Athens are full of people, and at all hours;
but the customers do not take strong Ii.
quors; they ask for n cup Of coffee at peu.
ny; glass Of water, light Tor their ciga.
reItes, newspaper, and n game Of domi
noes; they then have enough to keep them.
selves occupied for the day. In two years
have not met with man dead drunk in
the streets, and believe it would be easy
to count all the drunkards in the kingdom.
1t may be said that the Greek people have
no inclination for any kind of exceSses, and
that they take all their pleasures with equal
sobrietv.
This sobriety naturally explains the fact
that insanity is raro in Greece Madness
also is a malady exceedingly rare in tho
kingdom. a hospital for the blind has
just been constructed in Athens; it will
never be necessary 10 build one for mad.
men.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-02
90 PER AHNUM
NO. 80.
A Bit Of Romance.

The Mobile correspondent the Charies-
ton Courier gives the following as Of recent
occurrence in that city:
We had quite bit Of romance Some fsw
days since. A young and handscme Eng
lishman, a book keeper in one of our lar
gest wholesale furniture stores, became des.
perately enamorcd with q bright eyed
beauty Of Havana, sho had Jus; is;shsd
her education at our convent. She was
waiting, with her ma, for the next trip Of
the Quaker City, to 90 home. They met,
and alas, loved. The ma suspected moth
ing for some time; ai last she began 10
think something was going on, and she
thought best NOT to allow her daughter to
see him any more. She did 30, and all
went on well until one day, what should
the thick-headed servant girl do but hand
her letter, through mistake. This of
course opened her eyes, and the ccnse-
quence was Miss next morning .woke in
Tie convent.
Our young lover was takon aback, and
what To do WAS the question. He concIa-
ded TO get public sympathy, and to obtain
this, he busted himself in reporting that
the fair damsel was imprisoned in room
or cell, and not only the broad Geld and
green trees, but even the light Of heaven,
was shut from her, and bread and water
was all the Injuries she had. Madame
Rumor says that few gentlemen went out
to see her. They found her not in the cell,
but sporting gayiy among the gi,ls who
had been her companions for eight years.
As soon as he heard that sone one had
gone out, he spread the report that he was
at the head Of it, and that number Of
know-nothings was ready to start a. any
moment and pull the convent down. This
coming to the ears Of our Mayor OF Mayors,
caused the arrest Of our friend, and next
morning he was requested to give bonds
Tor his good behavior. Thus the matter
still stands, and his expectations for $780,.
600, think, arc slim.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-02

ENoLssH NEGRoPiuLIsM DEcLrEING-T Liv-
erpoo Post states that the prior publication, in Lon
don, of Mrs. Stoves new ant-slavery novel, has
not n9l realized The success anticipated. After praising
Uncle Toms Cabin" as the best thing of the k;nJ
ever written, and speaking coldy of her book on
her previous tour in Europe, the Post says:
II turns out that we are weary OF Mrs. Stoves
as Mrs. Stowe, and that the nigger is not Just at
present up" in the market Her new accounts of
slave life in the STAGES has fallen dead on the mar
kot 10 the dlsmay Of the publishers who specula;ed
in popularity that was fictitious, an does NOT en-
dure The test. We a'e in good humor with J ona-
.Dah how' and are not prepared TO applaud the lii.
ersry art which makes money by setting n great
confederation ny the ears on topic dependent on
events, aud not on logic, for It's political tFeai
ment. :" '
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-02

FRENoNr's ELecrIoN.-We cordially shake
hands wlth our coicmpoTary OF the Iaieligeneer on
tue following article. Let our Southern papers.
one aud all, promptly take this position.-,Peiers.
burg Democrat
"hRtaoNTs ELECTION AND THE Dissolution OF
THE UNIoS ONE AND THE SAME TmINo.-He who
doubts that the election OF John c. Fremont to The
Presidency would bring about an immediate disso-
luton of the Union would deny ihe existence of
the sun IN heaven, or anything else equally palpa
bic to the senses Fremont could not for the ,oanf
81 agents carry on the internal administration of
the country. No man ia the South can take a com
mission from him, and no man sent from the North
TO The South FOR the purpose o! filling any Office un
der his administration, will be allowed to stay here
lie will be notified to leave and hc dlsregnrds
tho notice, he will be rode of on a rail and his Office
be shut up. Take own town as an example.
w lIl any citizen OF II accept a commission Of post
ma ter from Fremont
IF one so base could be found, he would not be
allowed to remain in his Office day or hour but
would be. driven from our midst with the unani.
nous execrations oi the community upon his inla-
nous head. Here thea would be n stoppace OF the
mails, aud what will follow2 Should the President
attempt by any armed force TO open and keep open
the Post Office, that force will be resisted by force.
and thus we should have revolution or disruption of
The Government, or in other words dissolution OF
the U Mon. OF the Office OF Collector of the Cus.
toms, Marshal of the District aud in fact of every
other federal Office i'll Virginia and the whole South.
the same thing may be suid; and then where we
should like 10 know, would be the administration OF
the Federal Government With the mails stepnei
the collection OF the revenue stopped and the pro-
cess ofthe Federal Courts struck dead by the want
oi an officer to execute them, we repeat what
would become OF the federal Administrations And
yet this state Of affairs will surely ensue as Ere
mont is elected.i
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-02

QUEny-ln case the Presidential election goes
TO the House, and the delegation from any particu
Tar State is equally divided, what course viii be
pursued in voing2
: Ansioer The vote Of that State would count
one against choice, but none for any candidate Il
was so with tho vote of two States-Vcrmon, and
Maryland, we believe-in the struggle between
Jefferson and Burr in 1904. But for this Jeff;,r
son wonld have been chosen at once.-Nafional
Intelhgsneer.
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THE CAROLINA SPARTAN.
BY CAvIS & TRIMMER.
TOP. VERNON, Associate Editor.

Price Two DoLLARs per annnm in advance, or
e9.50 at the end Of the year. IL not paid antil
after the year expires $500.
Payment win be considered in advance il made
within three months.
No snbscription taken for less than six mouths
Money ni5y be remitted through postmastcrs at
our risk.sS
Advertisements Inserted at the usual rates, and
contracts made on reasonable terms.
The Spartan crcuates largely this and
adjoining districts, aud offers admirable medium
tv our friends to reach customers.
job work OF oil kinds promptly executed.
Blanks, Law and Equity, continually on hand
or printed to order.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-02
Rochester Democrat.

PROTECTION FROM LIGHTNING.-The
New York Journal Of Commerce contains
II communication from Mr. John +. Collins
upon the subject of casualties by lightning
arguing 10 show that barns III or near
which manure heaps or newly gathered
crops are fermenting are much more fire.
quently struck by lightning than are all
other buildings put together. As protec
ton TO houses, it has been recommended
that they be ventilated before and closed
during the tempest, that lightning nigh,
not be attracted by the ascending vapor
That vapor ascending by day and not by
night rendered buildings safer during a
tempest by night than by day. The wri-
ter says that of eight or ten casualties by
lightning, in New York and the adjoining
towns, all have occurred in the day time,
and all, with one exception, have been
barns with manure heaps fermenting near
them, and in which several horses have
been killed, standing of course near these
manure heaps. The excepted bnilding was
saw-milI, beside which lay fermen,pg
saw-dust aud chip dung of years accumu.
lation, aud some of recent origin, and upon
which rubbish was piled to near half the
height Of the building. The lightning
struck opposite the rubbish, and large
portion passed out near it.
The attention of farmers and others
should be directed TO this sui 80 in or.
der that the fanls ma lie eelected upon
which safe conclusion may be founded.
The suggestion Of the correspondents ofse.
rIous Importance, involving, as it does, the
safety OF large amount of propeity.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-02

THE ROTATION OF THE EARTH.-M. Bou
tigny has givon an interesting explanation
ofhis experiments on the rotation Of q BODY
in aspberoidal state. BY means OF few
drops OF ether, he attaches small cone of
gum guaacun to a highly heated silver
capsule. As soon rs the cone reddens
on the summit, one or two granmes
OF water are dropped into the capsule, and
remarkable effect takes place. The water
becomes agitated from right to left, left 10
right, backward and forward, indeed in
every direction; but presently, as it assumes
the spheroidal shape, it sets itself spontane-
ously in motion around the cone from left to
right, or from east to west. The motion, at
first slow, goes on increasing, until is RAP
idity is such rs scarcely to be followed by
the eyes. Ii the spheroid be stopped by
placing small glass rod 10 itssay, il paus.
es for a while, but only TO resume its for
mer movement NJ. Boutgny considers
this phenomenon TO be well worthy the in.
vestigation OF geometers, and strikingly
analogous TO the rotation of the earth.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-02

MorRsKa-"Wha: shall do, Casolinei
I'm worried almost 10 death. l shan't be
able to go into colors this season, for doctor
says husband can't possibly live long,
Caroline, a maiden Of uncertain age)--
Just like those men; there's no depending
on them
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-02

--&sesS-
Capt, Damn, OF Bark Dragon, on the passage
from the Fejee Islands to Shapghae, Sept 10,
1855, discovered q new island in lat S 30, long.
l67. DC K. II is six miles in circumference and in
habi,ed.
Since the publication Of the law /. Turkey,
LOG Christian churches have been repaired or cen
structed. The Sultan alone contributed SIS 900 TO
one building in the Island Of CANDIDA
The English papers announce the death of Rear
Admiral Sir John Ross, the celebrated Arctic novi
gator He was in his S0tb year.
KiED WISHES SOMETHING Nsw.-The Co.
iumbia Carolinian publishes the following:
Married at Saluda Town, on the llth instant,
by Mr. kelsler, Noah Kelly, esq, to Miss Mary
Cheney.
May happiness and posterity attend them.
The veteran Lieut.. Cen. Winfield Scott. in the
uniform Of his new grade, was present a, review
OF the West Point Cadets on the 10Th nstan,--the
anniversary of the Battle Of Chapultepec
Wealthy gentlemen Of Virginia, mortified that
the grave OF James Madison should remain neglect
cd, have an appropriate monument in course of
erection 10 mark the spot
John G. Snider. Carroll CO., Missouri, advertises
for information OF Mrs. Jane Swany, who lived in
1888 Ii miles north of Torkviiie, S. C.. near
Crowder's Greek. Property is in his hands for
her or her heirs
Rev. Dudley TJng, pastor of the Church Of the
Epiphany, Philadelphia, has been requested to re-
sign his rectorship. lie declined
Or. Basil L. Gdcrsleeve formerly of this State.
has been elected to the chair OF Greek literature in
the University Of Virginia.
John Kulinski, OF Charleston, S. c., has secured
q patent right for an Improvement in collision
apparatus for railroad cars. We thought coils
ions were frequent enough railroads without
the Invention Of patent lactjesl
1t is not true that Linn Boyd shot Blakely, a
Fremont elecior Of Ky. lie has not seen the latter
for year.
Public petitions are circulating in Massachusetts,
for the Governor to convene the Legislature. TO
devise means for the protection of the Kansas sons
and daughters Of that State. Let her keen them AZ
homo then.
John LPscombe, Of Edgc6cld, died in that viii
lage on the 23d. He was an old and respected
citizen, and had amsssed large fortune.
-Nsas -
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-02

Mr.. Charles Rowcran, late British Consul at
Cincinnati, dismissed by Secretary Marcy, died on
the voyage home TO England.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-02
sPARTANBURG, s. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2 1856

E -.SSSa@. StsicsiriLs OF an. SoUTH--It /.
very surprising, says late writer that two OF the
greatest natural curosities in the world are i'm the
Ohited States, and scarcely known to the best in
formed OF our geographers and naturaliss: the one
Is beautiful fall in Franklin, Habersham county.
Seorgia; the other, stupendous precipice in PEN
dieton district, South Carolina. They are both
iaintly mentioned in the late edition of NIooro,s Co
ography, but not as they merit. Tuccoa Fall 4.
much higher than the Niagara. The column Of
water is propelled beautifully over perpendicular
rock, and when the stream il full. il pas.e, down
without being broken. All the prismatic efI.c,
seen at Niagara falls short Of the spray of Tucco,
The Table Mountain in Pendleton distr ct is an aw
iai pree'pce Of nine hundred fect.a Many persons
reside wilhin hve seven, or tenmilcs Of this grand
spectacle, who never had the curiosity TO visit IT, Ii
10 now visited by curious Travellers and sometimes
by men OF science.
On the Catawba IN Botetourt county. Virginia.
there Is said 10 be spring tba, Gibbs and flows with
the tides OF the ocean. Ii is situated at the head of
ravine, which is fiankcd by two parallel ridges
terminating in mountain OF considerable elcya
ton. a hunter Of the neighborhood has The honor
OF its discovery. lie had killed deer ON the spot,
and was proceeding TO skin it, when the sprnr.
which till this moment ha1 been invisible, came
pouring forth torrent ut his very feet Not
knowing what should next take place. he left his
game and fled with all speed to the nearest settler
In the course OF few hours, or perhaps day .
they yenturcd back, found the spring dry, but, be-
lore their departure, saw il again flow and ebb un.
I'll It was no longer seen. Since that time its reg
ular ebbs and flows have been witnessed by hun
dreds-LeDisburg Chronicle.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-02

NEW SoAP.--A correspondent Of tho Winnsboro
Register furnishes The following recipe. Try it;
six pounds fpat ash beaton up as finely as il
can bo conveniently. A quarter ofa pound OF rosin
beaten up finely. -Four pounds of lard Mix up
IN vessel that will not leak, aud stir it for four or
hve days; then pour on ten twelve gallons Of boil
ing hot wator; stir u or three or four more days.
when Il viii be ready for use
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-02

The editor Of q paper out West, who has
just failed, says it died with all the honors
of war, and retired from the Geld with col
ors hying-the ShOritf's flag futtering from
two windows aud the door.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-02
CAROLINA SPARTAN.
From the Pennsylvania Inquirer.
Thy Lock of Silver Hair.
BY HELEN vi, NORBOU

ny HELEN ". HoRBoURNE.
Thy eye is bright, thy cheek is fair,
Yet meath thy curls of jet,
A little lock OF silver hair
Seems there SO strangely met.
Thy step 10 light, and gay the tone
That doats upon the air;
How found that lock Of g,ey home
With ore 50 young and fairi
With one SO young and bright ms thou,
A child almos, in years;
Yet on thy calm and lovely brow,
That badge Of time appears.
'Twould seem thy heart of Springs sweet prime,
While in its careless flow,
Wa, met by frost Of winter time,
That left fake Of SNOW.
'Twould seen, as though lfc,s early stream,
Rejecting the clear sky,
Was checked as with sudden geam
or sorrow passing by.
And was it then the breath OF care
That LEFT that lock OF hoar,
That mingles with thy sunny h,r
And shades thy temple der.
Oh. il eclips'd by sorrows dart,
Has been thy pleasure bright
Still pure and good /, left thy heart,
Tho cen subdued in light.
And oh! it lei, thy gentle soul,
In tears as c'ea in joy,
Beneath loves soft aud sweet cou,rJ,
Unsullcd with alloy.
il lcft thy spirit free and pure,
In tenderness aud truth,
While all affection's bonds endure
Of thy sweet loving youth.
Then do not gricvc, or in sad dream,
That lock OF white regret
'T,s beautiful ms silver sir,,,n,,
Midst waves of glossy jet.
lspt down .ife's cain and peaceful glade,
May hong years r, away,
E'sr griefs chill hand, or sorrows shade,
Another ock torn gray.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-02

Dos'r Iasr lr.-A Newport (R H. correspcn
dent Of the Baltimore Sun, in chroncling the ;rri-
vslof the U. S, Practice ship Plymouth in the
winters Of Newport, says:
"Thc Plymouth is not the only strange visi.
tor we have had within the last four days; r yes-
tcrday steamer from Providence brought, 10 our
city an organised and armed military company
composed entirely Of negroes. headed by band OF
,chife musicians. This is something new, that an
armed company OF this character has been allowed
in our midst, and the day is rolling around when
We shall have cause To regret it. learn also iha,
this turn out' was to celebrate tie anniversary Of
the nsurrection Of the blacks Of lIayt, when the
whole white population was massacrcd or had to
ty Tor their lives. What are we coming tor Wen
may our Southern brethren be aroused when such
things are sanctioned and encouraged by the aboli-
fion portion OF the Northn
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THE FUTURE.

Ia T. A. - - -.
rrs ~, W 20 uisSu'sea that there prevails gen.
.in, ,..; y, "pp..hension ihat the pending elec-
~ @ ..., -" - ''s ''u"'pho OF he North over
~, ;,,s.,: y. ". 'ssue essentially sectional Wedo
80 a. sls :" s's "PPre"ens'on. Hitoe realized,
~. nos sieau ,ne result. IL IS, however, the
90 .,,a -, se". ~ yVN orwaed 70 sucn conungen-
"a. e' our mousse IN order" IN anticipation
W. ,aL.f;,
,.h;t Lis " ~. e."n'eo that an administration
pa,..,;ss eV',. in'o power on the basis OF Black
and ,l,a, 81 H. would oe purely sectionai-
vote. i, wonis pa T US eA's'enee 70 rree state
- " s ~. " ,tee-sou IN ANU details and per-
sr"o, e.. t;.c Sou'ne,n man. having the least re-
~. n'.ssh could hold office under 1t, and ai
haf ,s 70 c,, rsue'a trust ana emolument would
H. ,,,..,n. ~ ~ eu " ro,'hern men, chosen from
o,,,I 80. SSso" y, '"e on'oh. mus, Boston
LII C.nse.y Cpny Supply hooHc and New Orleans
Wa.,,S "s..N, Ios'n,as'ers, y. b Nlarshals, and
s;,;on. :, ,L. So. uu .oeeuPy AL inc federai Po.
IT, =. - .'e oou,h' Inc treasury, the archives oil
,h - - -, " ' s'S" resMohs, me posto ihce
a. .u r"e navy would nh DC III the hands oil
~ .o' y or'i ana me slave States would have
81, 49, , VI power IN 'he Cohiederacy. Could the
!, ,o~. o-sa ~ eoc" s'a'e o, sassaigef ~
Il .I. ,"ouy" '" make the experiment.
80. o.'n ul's huhiha,on be an end OF the exac-
a.nr.. oip'ess9ns o' iana'ieai Cen,rai Gov
al a.'n a"''e" .! iioroid hatred towards us
eli. -. o., history ana human nature
tn -
,L;,o.. -, - - '"' p'o'"Ne" '''S s'.'c vi
Mu never oe sauatec, except with the
nor ., .,.,,v ~ .,e wy ana v'eu o It's passion
Sor,,sp WY" .'s'' ..e "ni.e race was crushed and
=, c., ~ P"I"s siouo oe converted INTO sites
S.na. S',S oesoia''oh ana Janaica negro bar.
,,,,. 60, e' We W"', 'or '"s 10 nnppehi WIN
,Io s,has ','' % ocoase ,,''psel', 10 disgrace
-. '' oo,9 nun "no tue so lho' mas nur-
;,. s " "''u ~ ''s hear' one lingering 'eei'
;. s, s no',' nls UPS ohe lingering lisp o, Union
81. .... s"ouo fremont DC the fres'dentf Shall
- 80 " "a. "oPc u"' mercy or us may YET thaw
ue eo'o ahd IRON purpose oil bgotry that has
,''', "y s"auow o. turnngf shall we trust the
'o ~ 1ne Jaws o' .ie Vol, and pray God that he
=, l. - ';.., m'n. S". we venture our safety
" e 80 WIN Tue 'pP OF o'ooa upon his tongue!
- :'n o".u 'oo,s a"u towards, 'hen the North
, .' 10 ''e'HY we are uhhtted Tor freedom,
u ~ A"Aee masters "u' oe our rlghteons doom.
- >. "e e no,, wn". sna.' We dof III is our duty to
uu 'i'''e '''s question we owe this
~ ~ oS , ".iu we owe u 10 our countrymen ot
e W zen ne'n before ''e 'ratr'cdal deed is
, u". NJ oa'sv'VSs a"" lor our friends we can
sI' spoH an, We snai, rsgnrd .he election e' Fremont
~ ~ thS S'n'es rs disruption oi
Tue Oh the Onton, TO be followed by immcdi-
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-02

A SEVERE RRnuKE.-Yesterday, on the occa-
sion OF the celebrat n of the surrender Of Mexico.
Gen. Qui'man. OF Mississippi, wished to have an
introduction to the remnant Of the New York Vol
unteers Individually Scrgis. Peel and Farrell de-
ciined On Introduction, on the ground that they did
not wish an acquaintance with any man that pub.
Ecly extolled bully" Brooks for his eopardiy as
sduh on the Hon Charles Sumner
The above is from an Abolition print in New
York. We suppose il will be recolectcd that the
New York Volunteers" skulkcd n, the battle OF
Churubnsco and that the Palmetto Regiment, in
which Col. Brooks commanded a company, had To
take the position vacated by their cowardice Serr,s
Peel and Farrell, therefore, are very appropriate
sympathizers with the cowardly Senator.
BosToN vs.. PRovIDEscE.-Au honest farmer i'm
the south part Of Massachusetts, talking about his
crops, was told that he must trust in Providence.
VI do'no about that,' said he, 81 have been to
Providence, and have been 10 Bosting, and | be-
leve had much rather trust Bosting taking all
things into ACCOUNT