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The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-30

Many ladies have two faces, one to sieep
in, and the other to show in company. The
first is generally reserved for cold mutton
and husband, and the other for company
and balls. Did wives take half the trouble
TO please !ho.r husbands that they do stran-
gers, the demand for divorces would 'expe.
rience change"
The most treacherons glass in nature Is
q "glass OF brandy"-it reflects back death
instead ofyour image.
A WIFE's BnLs.-Vol. 9Th of Cusbino,.
Reports contains an opinion on case where
mesmeric physician sued husband for
service rendered the wife in his absence, #
ia to the effect that "ihe law does not recop.
Mise the dreams, visions, or revelations Of a
won an in the mesmeric Sleep as necessa.
ries for wife, for which the huzband, with
out his consent, can be made to pay. These
are fancy articles, which those who have
money Of their own to dispose Of may pur-
chase if they think proper; but they are not
necessaries, known to the law, for which
the wife can pledge the credit Of her hus.
band"
ARTIFICIAL IcE.-An ice machine has
just been completed at the Cuyahoga iron
works, Cleveland, Ohio, which is capable
OF producing one ton Of solid crystal ice In
twenty hours. A trial has recently been
made with the above result while the mer-
curry stood at 80 degrees in the apartment.
The estimated expense Of manufacturing ;ce
by such machine is S. per ton, or one
fourth Of cent per pound.
This ANIMAL" said an i,inerant show.
man, "is the royal African hyena, measuring
fourteen feet from the tip Of his nose to the
end OF his tail, and the same length back
again, making in all twenty eight feet. He
cries IN the woods in the night season like
human being in distress, and then de-
YOURS all that come TO -his asss.anc,-n
sad ins,afce Of the depravity of human na.
ture."
The ORIGIN OF FAsHIoS.-Therc is a
smile going round Europe, (says the Daily
News,) at the simplicity of the ladies Of
England, France, and America, in their
worship Of Parish fashions. Because a
beautiful young Empress found it conve.
nient to revive the fashion Of full petticoats,
what must old dowagers and young mai.
dens do but copy the dress without the
excuse!
A contemporary tells a good joke about
n verdant limb of the law, who resided no.
on Nanticoke Creek, an ind the absence Of
the pastor acted as clerk. He had a
strange way Of manufacturing words when
at loss for the right one. Well, upon a
certain occasion, when he deemed his ser.
vices IN request, he undertook TO give out a
hymn, in which the word 'doxology' occur.
red; as he could not get hold Of the word,
he requested the congregation to sing -four
verses and sockdologer.'
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-30

An ENGLIsH MIsER.-Daniei Dancer,
when he had $4,000 a-year, used TO beg q
pinch of snuff from all his friends. and,
when his box was full, battered its contents
for talIow candle. But his parsimonous
ingenuity appears contemplate in com.
parison with that Of the Russian miser. who
learned to bark that he might avoid the ex.
pense Of keeping dog
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-30
TIE CAROLINA SPARTAN.
BY CAVIS & TRIMMER.
20. 2, VERNON, Associate Editor.

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No subscription taken for less than six months
Money may be RENTED through postmasters at
our risk.
Advertisements inserted at the usual rates. and
Contracts made OH reasonable terms.
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adjoining districts. and offers an admirable medium
u our friends to reach Customers
job work OF all kinds promptly executed.
Blanks. Law and Equity, continually on hand
or printed to order.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-30

lHE CENTRAL SUN.-All scientific men
have maintained that there must be a cen.
tral point, If not a centra, sun, around
winch the whole universe revoves. Maed
Ier, who is unques,ionably one of the great
est astronomers ever known, has given this
subject his special attention: and he has
come 10 the conclusion that. Aloyane, the
principal star in the group known rs the
PIeIades, now occupies the centre of gravi-
ty, and is at present the grand central
sun around which the whole starry uni.
verse revolves This is one of the most in.
teresting and important astronomical an.
nouncements ever made, though ii is very
likely that but for the eminent scientific
position Of the author, it would he treated
rs visionary. Another interesting state
mont in this connexiun is made by Mr..
Thompson, one Of the physicists who, with
Carnot, Soule. Never. and others, has large.
ly contributed toward establishing the rela.
tions between heat and mechanical force.
and who has extended his researches To the
heat emitted by the sun; which heat, he
observes, corresponds 10 development oi
mechanical force, which, in the space OF
about one hundred years, is equivalent to
the whole active force required TO produce
the movement of all tho planets
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-30

TnE WoRK OF oNE DAY.-Thc Boston Travc'-
Ter says that the Associated Press OF the United
States are maki,g x the most extensive and thor
ough preparations t. collect from all parts OF the
Union THIS side of the Rocky Mountains the result
oi the Presidential election the fourth day of next
mouth. la the State of Pennsylvania for instance,
there is very large extent Of territory with in
many places, bad roads. In this State alone seve.
raj thousand dollars viii be expended and If there
IS no failure of agents, a decisive indication of
the result there will, Mt early hour the next
morning, be obtained. The same may be said of
'he great State OF New York. As soon therefore
'S 'he polls close on the fourth day oi November
next IN aI! parts Of the Union the work will begin
iiorses, locomotives aud electric telegraph will col
Iect and carry to common centre the returns Of
the various States, where they will be put into shape
9nu "gnln transmitted to every State and city OF the
Oh'oh traVersed by the telegraphic wire
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-30

IHE TOMB OF PIzARno.-In the crypt
under the high altar are deposited the re-
mains of The celebrated Pizarro. who was
assa>slnated in the Palace hard by. A
small piece Of silver, which dropped into
the hand of the attending sacris,an. procur.
ed me admission into the crypt. Descend.
ing few steps, entered small place
some twenty feet long, quite light and
whl;ewa-hed, and which smelt and looked
so much like comfortable wine cellar. that
| caught myself more than once looking
round for the bins and bottles. The first
object | saw was large square tomb, sur
mounted 10y the erect figure of an abbott,
and close by. in narrow opening in the
wall, noticed what appeared 10 me to be
collection of dusty rags, but closer in.
specion proved that this was all that re
manned Of the renowned conqneror of Peru.
lie has still on him the clothes and shoes
which he wore AT the time oi his assassina.
ton. OF course his body is nothing bu, a
skeleton covered with dried flesh and SKIN.
so that no features are di,cernible. The
body is covered with the remains of what
was white linen, swathed round him. but
the dust OF centuries has collected on il, aud
turned IT TO light brown color, and it al.
most pulvcrizes when touched. The BODY
is placed on narrow piece of plank. in
sI"png position, and has been placed in
Tins hole merely to put it ont of tire way.
The folks in Lima do not think anything
oi the remains OF poor Pizarro, and dare
say that little money, judiciously invest.
ed, would procure for any curiosity hunter
the whole of his remains.-A RamJle from
Sidney 10 Southampton
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-30

AN ELEGANT CUIsINE.-The annexed
account of splendid kitchen we obtain
from the Paris correspondent Of one Of the
Eastern papers. The French lady mus, be
some such character us Theresa in the Will
helm Meister of Goethe, who therein poet.
ises housewifery at most extravagant rate:
There resides in the Rue de Ia Chaussee
d'Antin, in Paris, a worthy lady who makes
a single apartment in her house more ele-
giant than all the rest combined. This
grand apartment is-the kitchen. When.
ever this lady receives company, all sorts Of
ingenious plans are formed and every de.
scripiion of little articles employed to in.
duce their guests, without ac: ually asking
them, TO have peep at this den, generally
kept as much as possible in the back ground
for obvious reasons. (Nothing is so dis
gustng to true epicure as the smell of
cookery.) In most houses, therefore, the
kitchen is as Ear distant from .he drawing.
rooHi rs possible.
In this instance, on the contrary. the To-
cal topography is SO arranged, that many
persons wishing to 60 out mistake the
door. and just as they are about hastily
backing out, are accosied by the most daz.
zllng of cooks, who cries, with a smiling
air, Its the kitchen, Monsieur, Tor Mad
an.e,) there's no harm! Walk in. if YOU
please ~ BY this time the glance of the
visitor has taken in all sorts of unexpected
things hung around the room. and he is in
duced to enter this curious boudoir kitchen.
The walls and the floor are composed Of
mosaic bricks of numerous colors, the pre-
vaiiing being blue and white Gas burn
eTs issue from rare and beautiful china
sauce's, or burn through the artificial wicks
of antique lamps.
The dressers and closets are covered with
FURNISHED copper, and contain the thousand
and one utensils of the cuisine, all shining
with dazzling polish; TIE kitchen girl being
u Highland lass, who spares neither brick
dust nor muscle IN keeping up the proud
reputation for cleanliness of her country.
What is most surprising IN this model
Kitchen is TO see the sauce pans and grid
irons, bright as so many new matches
hung up with rose colored ribbons. Evi
IDENTITY these utensils consume more ribbon
than even Madame's bonnet.
a short time ago the friends Of the pro
puetrcss Of this simple establishment beg.
ged her 10 give breakfast in this elegant
Kitchen. She consented on one condition:
The guests should, themselves, cook the
breakfast they were 10 eat, and afterwards
they were to wash the dishes and put every
thing back in the same order in which they
found 1T. The stipulation was stoically nc.
cepted. Two ladies who have four to five
hundred thousand francs wear 10 spend
the lady of m admiral, duchess, and the
wives OF two foreign ministers, were presen,
on the occasion and took part in the novel
proceedings The dshwashing of these
fashionable butterflies mus! have been anus
ny.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-30

GENERAL ToDTLEBEN's FATHER ~ LAW.
How HE LOVES HIS DAUGHrER.-A let.
ter from Moscow, published in the London
Globe, says: You perhaps know the pre,-
" story about Todteben's wife and father.
in.law. The latter, rich merchant of the
name Of Hanf, did no, much Ike his daugh.
ter's marriage with the yound cadet of en-.
gneers During the siege Of Sebas,opol,
however, thick and fast came the tdings
which blotled out the lieutenant. the cap.
tain, the colonel, and gave Hsnf general
for a son i'll law. Daughter, | love Tod
tleben for your sake" says :he worthy mer-
chant Suddenly Hanf himself was crea-
ted a baron by Nicholas, in consideration
Of the son.in laws services The new noble
forthwith had an inscription attached to
tie front OF his dwelling, from which he re-
moved hIs business, Git had Till then been
carried on lhere;) the Inscription ran thus:
House of the Baron IianE" One day two
officers called nj Todtleben's and asked
WAS Madame ut homer" entering before
the maid servant knew what 10 reply. The
wife happened 10 be coming down stairs at
the moment; The officers bowed low, and
one of them said, Excuse our visit; it is to
beg you to tell your husband that |, the
Grand Duke Constantine, and my brother
here, the Grand Duke Nicholas, could moi
leave the capital without Offering our re.
specis and congratulations to his wife"
They then withdrew. When the father in.
law heard this, said he. "Uaughter, love
you still better for the sake of Todtleben." /"
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-30

WATER PRooF Tissues PAYNE. the cSlebra,ed
French chemist, has given this recipe for render
ing tissues waterproof: Dissolve two hounds and n
half Of alum in four gallons Of water; dissolve. also
IN separate vessel, the same weight Of acetate Of
lead in tho same quantity Of water. When both
are Thoroughly dissolved, mix the solutions togeth.
er, and when the sulphate Of lead resulting from
this mixture has been percpitated the bottom of
the vessel under the form OF powder, pour of the
solution and plunge into il tho tissue TO be render
ed water proof Wash and rub il well during a
Few minutes, and hang it in tho air to dry. Twen.
~ thousand tissues now being prepared in this
mann er for The French army.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-30

SINGULAR WHALE FIouT.-A whale six
tyy-two feet long was picked up at sea about
three weeks ago, and taken ashore at Nyb.
ster, some twelve miles from Wick. Ii
seems that the whale was not drifted dead
from the Greenland Seas, but that he had
fallen In single combat with another mons.
ter OF the seas. The conflict, which took
place about mile and halffrom the shore.
and which was witnessed from the land by
number of fishermen and Others. is de.
scribed as having been protrac,ed and
bloody. The two monsters keit battling
with each other, at times with their heads
and at times with their tails, raising ire
mendous spray for distance of many yards.
After fierce and close encounter they
would each retreat for considerable dis
tance, and after brie: rest would again
meet in collision, approaching each other
with locomotive speed nj the rate of some
twenty or thirty miles an hour. On re.
covering from the stunning effects of such
nm attack they would again resume the
tight, rising up into the water, springing up
from ten 70 twenty feet, aud coming down
on each other with fearful violence Mean
while, the sea for some distance round
about had assumed red color, indicating
that an immense quantity of blood had been
shed. For two hours the battle was pro.
onged; at the close Of which one of the
whales became molionless, and the other
retired from the field Of battle Next
morning the whale referred to Was found
not far from the spot where the engage
ment took place. and from various marks
on his body, including broken jaw bone,
there is no reason TO doub, that he was one
of the two belligerents II the previous af-
ternoon.- Northern (ScotiGnd) Ensign.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-30

man praising porter said IL was so ex.
celIent beverage that it always made him
fat, 81 have seen the time" said another.
when II alwaVs made you lean" "Whenf'
asked the eulogist. "Last night against 8
wall"
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-30

y Dutchman whose dictionary definition
OF the word rambler, as near as he could
recolect, was vo9dbond, dining with John,
son, and wishing to show his respect for the
author Of The Rambler drank liis health
in these words-Your health. Mr.. vaga.
bond
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-30

LAFAYETTE his encamp,nent
in the neighborhood of Philadelphia, Wash.
ington was repeatedly at that city, making
himself acquainted with the military capa.
bili,ics OF the place. and its surrounding
country, and directing the construction Of
fortificatons on the river.
IN one these visits he became acquaint.
cd with the young Marquis de Layfael,e,
who had recently arrived from France in
company with a number of F,ench, Ger.
man and Polish officers, among whom was
Baron de Kalb. The Marquis wa, not
quite twenty years Of age--he had already
been married nearly three years to lady
Of rank and fortune. Full of the romance
or liberty, he had torn himself from his
youthful bride, turned his back upon the
gayeties and splendors of a court, and, in
defiance of impediments and difficulties
multiplied in his path, had made his way
to America TO join its hazardous fortunes.
lie sent in his letters Of recommendation
to Mr.. Lowell, chairman Of the committee
OF foreign affairs, and applied the next day
at the door of Congress to know his src.
cess. Mr.. Lowell answered that Congress
was embarrassed by number of foreign
applications. many without merit. Lafay.
ette Immediately sent in The following note:
after my sacrifices, have the right 10 ask
two favors: one is TO serve at my own ex.
pense; The other is 10 commence by serving
as volunteer" This simple appeal had its
effect; it called attention 10 his peculiar
case, and Congress resolved on the 3Ist of
July, that, in consideration of his zeal, his
ilus,rous family and connections, he should
have the rank Of Major General in the ar
my of the United States. 1t was at pub
lie dinner where number Of members of
Congress were present that Lafayette first
saw Washington. He Immediately knew
him, he said. from the officers who sur.
rounded him, by his mmanding air and
person. When the party was breakin up.
Washington took him aside, eompIimented
him in n gracious manner on his dsinter.
ested zeal and the generosity Of his con.
duct, and invited him to make his head.
quarters his home. IL cannot promise YOU
the luxuries of court" said he. .but rs
YOU have become an American soldier, YOU
viii doubtless acco umodate yourself to the
fare Of an American army
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-30

NATIONAL AMERIcANIsa IN PENSsYLvANiA-
The following resolutions passed the Fillmore and
Donelson Executive State Committee October II
by majority Of 90 in the committee, composed Of
%:
Rssolued, That we deem it inexpedient to make
any alteration in the Fillmore aud Donelson electo.
raj ticket in this State and are firmly convinced
that any interference with it would be the means Of
giving the State TO Mr.. Buchanan instead OF defeat.
ing him.
Resolved, That we decline to accept either Of
the propositions OF the North American State Cen.
ra Committee, satisfied that the electoral ticket al
ready IN the field is the only one on which all op
posed 70 MIR. Buchanan can successfully unite, and
pledgng il to the uncompromisinu onoos,on and
defeat under any and all circumstances Of his cleo
ton.
This action renders any further union OF the
Fremont and Fillmore parties in Pennsylvania i'm
possible. The original electoral ticket will be run
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-30

NEBRASKA TERRIroRY.--Governor Izard, Of Ne.
braska, in pursuance Of an net Of the Territorial
Assembly, has issued proclamation Tor an election
TO DO held In the several counties in that Territory
on the first Tuesday in November, for thirteen
members OF the Council, thirty FIVE members Of the
House OF Representatives, and three County Com.
missoners for each county
Tho Mt. Sterling QSy,) whig OF Friday last
says that il had been showing IN ,bpt place iSr two
or three days previous.
Litchfield enquirer., 1856-01-31
He'mbold'S Genuine Preparations. iELMBoLD's HicHLY CONCENTRATED
 C0MPGUyD FiulD EXTRicT RncUU.

For diseases of the Bladder and kidueys. se- cret diseases: Striclures, We4knesse, and all diseases of thc sexual organs whether tn male or female, from whst"vcr cause they may have originated and DO matter of how lon 2 .tandIn c
 lf you have contracted the terrible d,scas se which, "hen once seated in 'he system, III surely go down from one genera ion to another undermining Inc constitution and .appiny ihe very vital fluids oi life, do not trust yourself in the hands 0, qnacks. who start up every day in cry like His aud fill The pa Yers with yiat. ing Ia sehoods, loo well ca'cuia'ed 10 deceive the young. ard those not acquainted with tiicir tr'cks. You cannot be Too corciui m inc selcc'i"n "' a remedy in these cases.
 The Fluid Fxtrac, Buchn has been pronoun. c"d by eminent physicians the greatest remedy ever known It Is a mcdiclnc perfectly pleas. ant in i's taste and very innocent in it's action, and yet so thorough that it anrhilaies every particle oi the rank and poisonous virus of this dreadful disease-and, unlike other remedies, does not dry up rhe disease in inc blood.
 Constitutional Debility, brought on by self abuse, a most terrible disease, which has bror thousands f Inc human race to uniimeIy graves, thus blasting the brilliant hopes of parentr, aad ni'gh'ins in the bud the gioriou. ambition of many noble you'h can be cured hy this infallihle remedy. A nd as medicine ~lnch musi hcncfil everybody, from the simply de'ica'e 10 the confirmed and despairing in valid, no equal is In be fou,.d acting both al cure and preventive.
Litchfield enquirer., 1856-01-31
NEW FALL GOODS 1855 At the Beehive. 1855 5

TUST received splendid stock of staple O and fancy Dry Goods, consisting in patt of Broadcio,hs, Cassimeres, Sc. French Merinos and Coburgs in chnice coiors, French and Am'n plain and fancy Muslin Deiaines. Dehaiges, Ginghams and fancy and mourning Prints, plaid Merinos. gala Plaids and silk gala Plads, black and plaid and striped Dress Silks in rich patterns -Thihe,. Cashmere and wool long and squate Sha wis, wool, Sc; fannels, moreens, diapers hiea ched and unbleached Sheetings and Shirt ings, Ticks, Linens, Sc:
 Ready-made Cio,hing-A large stock of coats, vests, pants, shirts, merino do and drawers, Sc. Hosiery, gloves. etc in great variety. wooden yarn, carpet warp, cold and white cotton batts and wadding. Dress Trimmings-,he latess! stock in the county; Shoes-f.udies'; misses ed child's of all descriptions, patent rubber boots and shoes: Flour, geese feathers, groceries crockery, &c-all ot which have been select cd with prea, care, and will be offered for CASH produce or work at a small advance frotn cost
 Er Shirts given out to be made up in any quan,ity. Also, Insurance agent for severn ! good companies. s. N. BR ONSON. Litch!ielG Sept 25, 1855.
Litchfield enquirer., 1856-01-31
LtichGeid N0s Emporium,

NHE CItILens Of LltchteId County are
 IL invited ,o call on the subsc criher. W ho keenx constantly on hand 0 large assort ment of liars ana CAFs ot every variety and fashion. The subscriber having made compl.te te arranpene n,s with the best and mus, fashionable houses in New York c'ty for supply nf Hats and Cops call wsth articles in his line ,ha, canno, fai to sait. and at prices as cheap as they can be bought in any place in the United States. lie has on hand Silk and Fur Hats, White Beaver summer Hats oi senin $. and Knox's manu!ac. lure; also a large ass'rtmen, of Fancy Hats of evrry descripti,.n. He devotes his whole n,,en, lion to this particular line of busiuess--a1d hereby tenders his public acknow ledgmcnt. to h's patrons iar their generous suppvrt, and hamhiy asks tnr continuance pf the same.- Stare m Wes, Street, . doors wee, nt the Court. Housc. UIpaN lacEs0N
 Luehfeld. April asd, 1855.