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iREENvLLE CAROLINA THURSDAY MORNINGS MAY o. 1857

of these Institutions deserve the thank offer
ing Of every educated mate in the land for
treating the mute teachers as men. May
lie who saith, "The aboror Is worthy of
his hire" bless them. ... ..f 10 yNsf
Who can doubt that, with a married
mute, whose occupation compels him to live
in great city, 500 year barely covers
the expenses Of living BE it known that
he has wife to support besides the enor-
mons expenses for tho neocssaries of life,
which, truth to say, eat up 500. A hou.
so'd dollars per annnm will pay, technically
speaking. Outside of the walls Of the In.
stitution, no disparity in pay is allowed to
mute mechanics but once within the pale
of the Institution, the unfortunate mute is
obliged to submit to less measure Of JUS
tice than is meted out to others Of the sam.
'lk. Mr.. NEwsAM, of Philadelphia, who
has stood for manv years al the summit OF
hts profession, which is that Of lthographic
engraving, receives a liberal salary-one
which enables him to lay 5y something for
sick day. 1t is also the means of intro.
ducing him into good society. There are
many excellent pictures of the late Bishop
White cxtsnt, which were executed by his
skilIfu pencil. Mr.. NEwsAM Is a mute, and
yet he receives equal pay with other artists
Mr.. NECK, tho deaf poet mentioned in DIR.
Griswo'ds Poets Of America" has sala.
ry of one thousand dollars a year. He has
family. lie is employed in the City Hall
at New York, as copying clerk In the
name of common sense, why are the mute
teachers denied an equality Of compensation
with their hearing colleagues pause for
a reply.
Philadelphia, Pa.
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Coleridge on PRAYER

some OF our modern rationalists ridcu,e
prayer, II Is cowaldice. 1t is superstition.
1t IS folly to think of moving God. Against
these lInplouS revilers we may quote the
sentiment Of n true philosopher "On NV
first Introduction to Coleridge," saws a wri
ter who has collected memorials of tba,
great man, he reverted with strong com.
FUNCTION to sentiment which he had ex
pressed IN earlier days upon prayer. In
one OF his youthful poems, speaking cfGod,
he said
"Of whose all seeing eve,
Aught to demand were impotence Of mind /"
This sentiment he now so utterly condemn.
ed, that, on the contrary, he told me as his
own peculiar opinion, that ,he act of pray
ing was the very highest energy of which
The human heart was capable pra, ing.
that Is, with the whole concentration of the
faculties and the great mass of worldly
men, and Of learned men, he pronounced
absolutely incapable of PRAYER
Mr.. CoIeridge, within two years of his
death, very solemny declared to me his COP.
>ic,ion upon the same subject. l was sit
:ing by his side one afternoon, and he fell
into long account Of many passages of his
past life lamenting some things. condemn.
ing others, DC. "Neither do reckon" said
he. the most solemn place in God as a real
Object, so be the most arduous act of the
reason and will; 0, no, my dear, sir, it is to
pray, to pray as God would have US; this
Is what ut times makes me turn cold TO nv
soul. Believe me, to pray with all your
heart and strength-with the reason and
the will, to believe wildly that God will
listen to your voice through Christ, and
verify do the thing he pleaseth thereupon,
tins is the last, the greatest achievement of
the Christians warfare on earth. Teach us
to pray, o Lord And then he burst into
flood of tears, and begged me to pray for
hinD
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Tbs Play Actors Excuse,

One evening when Pizarro was announc.
ed as the play, there was considerable delay
III commencing, i'll consequence Of one of the
performers being absent the audience be-
came impatient, when John kemble (RoIla)
came forward and delivered himself to this
effect: Ladies and gentlemen, at the re.
quest of the principal performers in the play
of this evening, am to inform YOU that the
absent person is Mr., Emcry" The house
received this explanation without anv disap-
probation or otherwise. emery, at this
period, although very pathetic acto", had
not arrived at the summit of excellence, and
on this evening the part Of the sentinel vas
given to him.) Scarcely had Mr.. Kemblc
Quilted the state, when. dressed in great
coat, dirty boots, face red with haste, and
wet with pe.spiration-on rushed the cu.
prit. Emery stayed some moments before
the AUDIENCE, apparently agitated and at
length delivered himself to this effect:
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the first
time have ever had 10 appear before YOU
rs an apologist. AS have been the sole
cause Of the delay in your entertainment.
allow me shortly 10 offer my excuse, when,
| am sure ! shall obtain an acquiltaI, espe.
Siohy ho'p tbO 'o' t''t VI WIS oIIiiiaHt dU-
dience. Ladies (for you must particularly
address) my wife and I--(thunders
of applause Interrupted the apology } and
ran for the doctor" "You've said enough"
exclaimed thousand tongues. II could
not leave her, ladies, until ! knew that she
was SAFE" Bravo, Emery, you've said
enough !" was re echoed from all parts of
the house. Emery was completely over
powered. and, after making another ineffec
;ual attemp. to proceed, reljred-ha.ing first
placed his hand on his heart and bowed
gracefully to all parts Of the house. The
play proceeded without interruption hut il
appeared Emery had forgotten his obliga
tion to Kemble, for that scene before the
prison, in which Rolla tries to corrupt the
sentinel by money, the following strange in.
terruplion occurred in the dialogue:
Roila.-Eave yoa wife
Senfinel--l haxo.
Roiia.-Children
.Sentinel.-I had two this morning-have
got three no,o.
Loud applause followed this retaliation,
and il continued so long that the entire ef
feet of this scene was lost, and Mr.. Kemble,
after walking some time iD awkward confn.
sion, terminated 1t by abruptly rushing into
the prison.
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Mr.. Coughs Apsstrophe to Water,

At the close Of one of the lectures Of J ohm
j. Cough, in Galena. he took n glass of wa
:er, anil holding it aloft before the audience.
he apos,rophi@ed in the following eloquent
manner:
Look ai that, We thirsty ones Of earth {!
Behold it. See It's purity! How it Gilt.
tiers, as if n mass of liquid gems! 1t is n
beverage that was hrcu"d by the hand of
tho Almighty himself! Not in the sim.
mering still or smoking fires, choked with
poisonous gases, and surrounded by the
s,cnch Of sickcning doors and rank corrup
iions, doth our Father in Heaven prepare
the precious essence of life, the pure cold
water; but in the green brake and grassy
dell, where the red deer wanders and the
child loves to play 4; there God brews it :;
and down. down in the deepest valleys,
where the fountains murmur and the ills
sing; and high upon the tall mountain tops,
where the naked granite glitters like gold
in the sun, where the storm clouds brood
and The thunder storms crash: and awav
far out on the wide sen. where the burri
canes howl music and the big waves roar
the chorus, sweeping the march of God
there lie brews it, that beverage of life
health giving water! And everywhere it
is thing of beauty; cleaning in tue dew
drop, singing in the summer rain, shining
IN the ice geln-till the trees all seem turn
ed into living jewels-spreading COLDER,
veil over the setting sun or white pauze
around the midnight moon, sporting in the
cataract, sleeping in the glaciers, dancing in
the hail shower-foIdiRg its bright curtain
softly about The windy world and weaving
the many,colorcd iris-tliat seraph's zone
Of the sky, whose warp is the raindrop cf
Garth whose wool is the sunbeam of heav
en-, all checkered over with the celestial
flowers 10y the mystic hand of rcfraction-
still always it is beautiful, the blessed life
water No poison bubbles on the brink
ITS foam brings no sadness or murder; no
blood stains no limpid glass, broken. hearted
wives, pale widows and starving orphans
shed no tears in its depths no dlunkard's
'hrieking ghost, from the grave, curses it in
words of eternal despair; beautiful, pure
blessed and glorious; give me forever the
sparkling, pure cold water !"
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5rlrrtrh 4Aurtry.
I Owe No Man a Dollar.
by cnas. 7. sHIRAs.

Oh, do not envy. my own dear wife,
The wealth Of our next door neighbor,
But bid me still 10 be stout Of heart,
And checrfully follow my labor.
You must know, the last of those little debts,
Thatshave been our lingering sorrow,
Is paid this night So well both 90 forth
With happier hearts to morrow.
Oh, the debtor is but shame faced dog.
With the creditors name on his collar.
While am n king, and you Are queen,
For we owe no man n dollar!
Our neighbor you saw in his coach to. .dav.
With his wife and his Haunting daughter,
While we sat down to our covericss board.
10 a crust AID cup of water;
] saw ,hat the tear-drop stood in your eve,
Though sou tried vour best to conceal it
j knew that the contrast reached your heart,
And YOU could not help but feel it; --.
But knowing now that our scunty fare
Has freed my neck from the collar.
You'll join in my laugh, and hclpme shou!,
That we owe no man u dollar
This neighbor whose show has dazzltI YOU,
In fact is,a wretclicd debtor, Ieves
pity Him oft from my very heart,
And wish that bis lot were better.
~ nv, we lIitn lS the NciieSt slave awe,
For his dsibisg wife apd daughter
Will live in style, uaaae2, ruiz si.ssiiA come
So he goes like lamb 10 the slaughter
But he feels it the tighter every day,
That terrible debtors collar!
Oh, what would he give, could hesn with us
That lie owed no man dollar ..s.
You seem amazed, but I'll tell YOU more
Within two hours | met him
iSneaaing away with u frightened air,
II Asif n fend had l.set him; y @ E.s..
Yet be led from very worthy man,
Whom I met with the greatest pleasure
Whom / called by name and forced to stop
Though he said he was not at leisure
lie held my last note so | held him fast,
Till he freed my neck from the collar;
Then shook his hand as proudly said
"Now, owe no man dollar !"
An. SOW you smile, for you feel the force
Of the truth have been repeating;
knew that downright honest heart
In that gentle breast was beating!
Tomorrow I'll rise with giants strength,
TO follow my daily labor;
Bui e'er we sleep. let us humbly pray
Fer our wretched next door neighbor;
And wen pray for the lime when al! shall be
F free .......
From the weight of the debtors collar
When the poorest shall lift up his voice and
cry,
"Now, / owe no man dollar :"
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A FELLOW who is considered rather.
" soft, speaking the other day of the many
inventions which have been made hy the
present generation, exultantly wound up
with" For my part believe every gene
ration grows wiser and wiser for there's my
father, he know'd more'n my grandfather;
and believe | know little more'n my
father did" "My dear, sir" remarked a
bystander, "what an old fool your great
grand d-father must have BEEN"
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Two CoMErs.-Besdes D'Amest's comet.
now visible through the telescope, second
comet, visible through the same instrument,
has been seen by Mr.. Bruhn, of Berlin. 1t
is situated in the western sky, and is nearly
bright as D&rrest's. If ihese comets are
be!ligerently inclined, we would suggest the
propriety Of their hitting each other. instead
of striking this mundane sphere. A pitched:
battle on such celestial field, and between
such fiery combatants would be something,
novel and exiting.
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NUMBER 3.

TRUTH on -Tombstones
10 not always lie. as some people suppose.
iete Is an epitaph, which. We will venture
to say, approaches the truth as nearly as
disinterested observation can do II is Ia.
Ken from tombstone in HorsIeydow
churchya'd, Cumberlandi
" Here lies the body Of Thomas Bond. and
Mary his wife. She was template. chastc.
and charitable, but she was as proud. neev.
ish, and passionate. She was an affection
ate wife anc . tender mother, but her hus-
land and child, whom she Ioyed. seldom
saw her face without frown, while she re.
ce'vCd visitors whom she despised with an
endearing smile. Her behavior was discreet
towards strangers, but imprudent toward
her own family. Abroad her conduct was
governed by good breeding, but at home by
i'll temper. She was perfect enemy tc
hattery, and was never known to praise or
commend hut talents in WHICH she ptiaci-
pa!ly excelled were difference ef opinion and
in discerning flaws and i,nperfections. She
sometimes made her husband happy With
her good qualities, but more generally mis-:
eraRle with her many failings, insomuch
that in thirty years. cohabitation, he asten
lamented that, of all her virtues, he had not
enjoyed two years Of matrimonial comfari-
At length, finding that she had lost The af-
fections of her husband, as well AZ the re,
gard of neighbois-family disputes having
been divulged by servants-she died of veS
alton, July 20, l7Gs, aged 46 years. Her
worn out husband survived her four monIkng
and two days. and departed this life 2sth
November, l76S, in the 45th year of his
age. Ills brother, William Bond, erected
this stone as weekly monitaF 10 the sur
v'v'ng wives of this parish, thst they may
avoid the iniamy of having their memories
handed down TO posterily with patch
work character"
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SPEAKING of the effect Of intermarriace
among blood relations, the Fredericksburg
News says:
- in this county, in which we were rails.
ed, for twenty generations back certain fam
lilies of wealth and respec,abi!ity have inter.
married until there cannot be found in three
or four of them q sound man or woman
One has sore eyes, another scrofula, third
is an idiot, fourth blind, fifth bandy.leg
ged, sixth with head about the size of a
turnip, with not one out Of the number ex-
empt from physical defects Of some kind or
other"
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FAMINE ~ THE LAND OF PLENTY.-The
tact that people are perishpg in Michigan
and other divisions Of the " est from want
of food, while it is our boast tliaf railroads
so mtersect the land that the superflux Of
one section is sure to relieve deficiency in
any other. forms curious part of our eco
nomlcal history. Grain is held at the CHIEF
ports of expor,ation at speculative prices, and
The warehouse es are ready to answer the for
egn drmand THO moment that change i'm
the weather Gu the other side of the Allan.
TIC gives the least assurance of deficiency.
That any portion Of our people should be
actually starving while we are ready 70 feed
European communities, who are only in
prospective want Of the necessaries of life
shows something disjoined in the frame
work Of our social and industrial economy.
Either the communication between the more
fertile and less fertile districts is more irai~
perfect than is supposed, or the large dealers
are enabled to monopolize and hold for a.
rising market large quantities of grain. by.
credit facilities, which, without such monopo,
y, would better equalize consumption and
supply beteewn the destitute and the super,
abundant sections.- EveRing NcVs..
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3}liarrllamuu5 1srnoiua.
A Woman's Belief in "Woman's Rights ;
Philadelphia, Pa.

The following condensed opinion Of" wo.
mans rights" will remain true ard i'm full
force long after the feminine misanthropi>ts
OF the day shall have been forgotten
believe in woman as an equal of man
IN that she equally with him was created in
the image of our Creator. And | believe
that the dignity and worth ofhuman nature
consist in this likeness Of God, so essentially
and only, that after this all other distinc.
tons fade and are LOST.
] believe that woman is inferior in poSi.
ton to man, in that she was created after
him, for him, and dependent upon him.
believe that man possesses strength
and comprehensivcneSs of intellect, which
enables him to grasp vast and complicat
ed suhjoot, and reveal its intricate relations,
which woman can only comprehend after
| they arc once unravclled.
believe that woman possesses n delicacv
and acutenes' Of perception, which enables
her to feel her way directly TO many impor.
tant and practical truths which nan reaches
by longer and more laborious process.
believe many women surpass many men
i'll intellect.
believe that many men surpass many
women in feeling.
| believe that neither the vigor Of mans
intellect, nor the accuracy Of woman's tact,
can avail TO preserve them from error If the
will be not bowed before the DEGREES of God.
believe in woman's right to careful de-
velopement and cultivation Of all her natu.
raj powers and capabilities, so as to render
her in the highest degree intelligent, and
happy In the sphere which God has assign
ed to her.
believe in woman's right to keep silence
in public assemblies, and to leave the task
| of public instruction to those better fitted
by nature and circumstances to fulfil tha,
important duty. ... ..
believe that most women, if they listen
reverently to the voice Of God and nature in
their own souls, will find themselves drawn
rather to acts OF love and mercy in private
and domestic lie, than to grand public
schemes for ameliora,ing the condition Of
the race. . .. .... ..
believe That wo.aaa's natural end appyo-
pirate position is that Of companion and rs,
sistant to man.
| believe in womans right to submit un-
reservedly TO her husband in everything,
save in matters Of conscience between God
and her own soul. r. ...
believe in mans right to love his wife
even as himself, to regard her interest and
welfare before his own, 10 cherish and pro.
tect her as the apple Of his eye.
believe in the right Of each to labor, to
suffer--if need be, TO shed their hearts blood
for the other.
believe that the beauty and Joy Of life
is love, and that woman can love and does
loyo ss deeply and deyotedly as man.
COMET SrBUcK.---A lady in Owen coun.
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AND J.-There are no two letters in tie,
manuscript alphabet Of the English Ian.
guage which causes so much msconstruc-
tion rs | and J, as most people write them
exactly alike. The rule fof writing them
properly, and wl.ial deserves 10 be aaiyer-
sally adopted, is t0 run the J below the Ine,
and the even with tie line.
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RELIGIous EDrrORs.-St. Louis has the
following assortment" " ofreligous editors ::
The editor Of the Leader is Catholic; the
editor of the Democrat jew the editor Of
the Republican an old fogy; the editor of
the Angeigor an InfdGl, apd the editor Of
the News Mohamedan.
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ONE of our exchanges announces that a Mr..
White, living in yepice, Pennsylvania, was
recently murdered in his own bed by some
one who wished to get his money. The ed
itor adds that luckily Mr.. White had de.
posted his money in bank tho day before.
Mr.. White lost nothing but his life!
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Az Alabama editor calls young America
" the unndle bed portion efthe community
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Original Drpartlnrnt.
roR THE SOUTHERN ESrgRPRby.1
The Wrongs of Deaf Mutes.
BY JOE, THE JERSEY MUTE.


mutes are not less deserving of sympathy.
| could, If were SO disposed, point out the
schools for the deaf and dumb in the Unit.
ed States in which deaf teachers are con
demned to slave their lives out for the want
Of a living salary. Their hearing associates
get 81 900 per year--in some cases one
third more than that sur,-while the mutes
get only 500. The latter work hard, bu,
an increase Of salary is not to be hoped for.
They toll for years and years, but their wa.
ges will not be increa.ed. If they could
but speak, an increase fpay would be the
certain result. They cannot speak, and rs
necessary consequence, their wages are
narrowed down 10 point of dependence
which operates 10 prevent them from reioic.
ing in their freedom from narrowing sense
OF their humiliating condition. The wages
OF the deaf teachers as have said, average
800 year-and that In large city, where
the high prices Of provisions induce q cor
responding advance in the wages of work.
For a mute with wife, it is quite an i'm.
possibility 10 live well on seven hundred dol.
lars year; that's certain.
Two mute teachers up North, both mar
ried, drew up petition asking for an in.
crease of salary, and sent It to the Trustees
of the establishment where they were EN-.
ployed. Their petition was laid on the Ia.
ble, so that they 90: kick. Well, that
was no matter. But, still, I oopno, boI,,
,Ln,l;,o :, s,rorro ,Lo, .;,.'.r,.
,' '','' VI o'le's
r'S ~ nave ~ "e''t 'ne welfare OF
Tie deal and dumb, should not have extend.
ed helping hand to the mutcs who, by n
long course of study. had oual;6od ,,cr,.
selves 10 teach their companions in priva-
tion. The petition which the teachers drew
up, was quite gcntce in tone not an angry
word from beginning to end, but, OH the
contrary, common sense view of the mat.
ter was cShiOied throughout. copy il
rerIa'im ct cerJatim as the teachers wrote
il:
"7oMe Directors effhe Dcef~"i D.onJ Institution:
REsPEcrEp GENrLEMEH-Encouraged by
H., Jaof ,,'n', "" '"Ne ~ '"o cause Vi
s ' ~ ""'';" We ces 20 speak 10 yo"
AS we do that Won aro ,;II;ng, 80 l.nn", 49, =
thing that concerns the welfare Of this DOR.
ton of the human family The enormous
cost OF provisions and the consequent in.
Iaa,ho. ' ,ho n,,;I ;"o ""'"".e III '"o price OF
among the empIorees in rc,nt;le bonse:
the frequent difficulty on our parts. with
$500 year, in making both ends meet, all
lnonce ' us TO peg you 10 remember us at this
W. rsmo;n w;,h 70 ~" ,ne',SSe q, S','ry
est esteem. your humble and ohed;ert ser.
wants, --."
Then think Of the peeupiorv ;pdersn-
dence of the mule teachers-now cranned
and narrowed by the selfish policv Of the
Trustees, and this tyranny removed-wba,
a republicanshin they MIGHT ,wov IN tho
monetary realm They wish to earn an
honest livelihood. but what they most desire
is an equality Of wages. The idea of reduc.
ing their wages on the score Of their physical
defect, is the very quintessence Of ofimpudence.
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Do I not Hill my enemies by making
them my friends l--Emperor Sigis,pahd.
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TEMPTATIONS are file which rubs off
much of the rust of seIfconfidence.
fFsne[oD
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The most luischievous liars are those WHO
keep or the verge of truth.
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!. COMET SrBUcK.--A lady in Owen coup.
ty, Iowa, has become derapged from dwell
ing With morbid apprehensions upoa the
predicted collision With the comet,
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FRirSpsnrr requires actions, not words,