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The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-01-15
THE CAROLINA SPARTAN.
BY CAVIS & TRIMMER.
TOP, VERNON, Associate Editor,

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The Newly Invented War Engine,

\ correspondent Of the New York Jour
nal OF Commerce, aIIuding 10 the "lnicrnal
Machine" which Gencra. Walker friend,
have recently purchased for his army in Nj.
caragua, thus explains its efficiency and
deadly instrumeutaiity
In form it resembles small grinistone.
turned hy crank, and will discharge 800
one ounce balls every minute, attended by
only two men. Every machine is calcula-
ted TO destroy three regiments Of soldiers in
the same space of lime. 1t can be directed
with the same ease rs common rifle is
handled
The inventor, Yankee, is now in Eng
land experimenting before the Admiralty,
and great many old generals OF all coun-
tries, who cvincc much interest, and have
written him letters expressive of their won.
der and astonishment. One distinguished
Polish general expresses himself to the in
ventor, "that as soon as this deadly wcap.
on becomes IN use, wars and rumors of
wars must cease The gun, or machine,
discharges without report, and sends the
ball three times the distance of the ordina-
ry rifle or cannon, rs the case may be. he
British governmen, has offered the invent
or 100000 sterling il he can enlarge his
machine to discharge G4 pound shot,
This he is now doing, and inforu his agcn,
here he shall accomplish it, The Russian
Minister at London is anxious for the pat
ent, and has offered HIM his price; but he
says to his friends, 81 mean no other ma
sion shall have it but England and my own
country"
Previous TO his going to Europe he Of
fcred the right to the American Govern.
ment at Washington. Experiments were
made with one ounce and seven pound car.
ronades, before our naval and other officers
10y order Of the Secretary OF State, which
proves all have related above, and to the
entire satisfaction Of those present. One OF
these 'infernal machines" placed upon the
deck Of vessel, one Of the commoLores
remarked, would sink frigate in three
minutes" Such constant discharge o
balls, just as fast as they can be handle,
and rolled in, with the accuracy they car
be directed must inevitably destroy all be
fore IT, besides the great distance and on
OF danger OF the cuemy's guns
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CONVERSIONS TO PRorE5rANrIsM.-- \
London paper Of November 27 says:
The movement towards Professionalism
in Bohemia, Moraya and Austrian Silesia,
Is becoming daily more immense and over
whelming; whole families, in all their
branches, simultaneously embracing the
Lutheran creed, and leading others in the
same route, to tho CONSERVATION Of the Ro-
man Catholic clergy, who are striving by
every possible means to stoPthe current. 1t
appears that the recent concordat with the
Pope, which di~gusts the more intelligent
inhabitants Of these countries, is the domi-
nant cause of this movement"
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Facts for Consideration.

In 1883, prior to the Revolution, St. Do
mingo exported 76,s45,2l0 lbs. of coffee,
and l40,o00,o00 lbs. of sugar; in 1918 the
export of coffee had fallen to 26,oOo.oO
the export of sugar had ceased entirely, and
sugar is now imported into the island.
In 1884, the year of the emancipation Of
the slaves, Jamaica exported to England
lS,2Gs,ss3 lbs. of coffee, and 5,625. 800
lbs. of sugar; in 1889, five years after, those
exports had decreased to 0,423,l97 lbs. of
coffee, and 70,5O7,SOO lbs OF sugar.
The whole number of slaves imported in
TO the English West Indies was 100000;
in 1884 only 100000 remained to be
emancpated, being 100000 less than the
number imported or decrease of over three.
tiiths.
The whole number Of slaves imported
into the United States prior to the prohib.
tion of the slave trade, in 1908, was 375,.
600. BY the census of 1850 the slaves in
the United States amounted 10 8,20i, i,3l3;
add TO this the free blacks, 434,495, the total
of the negro race was 3,63s,Sos, having in
creased 3,2G3, 3,s0s, or nearly nine for every
one imported.
The free black population in the New
England States, in 1910, WAS l9,470. In
1850, period of forty years, it had in
creased to 23,o2l, or eighteen per cent.
The slave population in the United States
in 1910 was l,l9l,3GS. In 1850 it had
increased to 3,2o4,3l3, or 2.64 per cent;
nearly fifteen times The ratio OF the increase OF
the free black population.
From the above facts the following con.
cluSions may be drawn:
lst. That in consequence Of the rerolu-
ton IN ST. Domingo, and the emancipation
OF the slaves in Jamaica, those islands are
fast relapsing into deserts.
2d. That slavery in the United States is
very different institution from what sla.
very was in the English West Indies: tina,
in the United States, owing to their kind
treatment the slaves had increased nine
fold while; on the contrary, in the English
West Indies they had decreased three ffths.
Sd. That the negro race increases nearly
fifteen times as fast in their state of slavery
in the Southern States, under the care OF
their masters as in their state of freedom in
New England, when dependent ON their
own resources and the charity of the white
| Tacc.-N y Dan BOOE
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EXCELLENT FRUT CAKE.-One cup of
butter, one of brown sugar, one of molas-
ses, one of sweet milk, three Of flour, and
four eggs. One and half teaspoonfulls Of
cream Of tartar, and one Of soda. Two
pounds Of raisins, chopped fine, one nut
meg, and a little brandy ifyou choose. This
will make two good sized loaves; which will
keep moist without liquid from four to six
weeks, when it is properly covered.
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III NbLA- W lllE w ANbEklNG JEW
The legend of a Jew ever wandering and
never dying, even from the crucifixion of
Jesus 10 this day, has spread over many
European countries. The accounts, how
ever, as in all fables do not agree One
version is this: When Jesus was led to
death, oppressed by the weight Of the cross.
he wished to rest himself little uea. the
gate before the house OF shoemaker nam.
ed Aha,heraS. This man, however. sprang
forth and thrust him away. Jesus turned
towards him saying, i shall rest, but thou
shalt move on until return And from
that time he has no rest, and is obliged in
cessanty to wander about" Another yer
sion is that given bv Matthias Parisiensis. a
monk of the thirteenth century: "When
Jesus WAS led from the tribunal of Pilatus
to death, the door keeper, named Cartafi-
US pushed him from behind with his feet,
saying, Walk on, Jesus. quickly, why dost
thou tarryP Jesus looked AT him gravcly
and said, i walk on, but thou shalt tarry
ill come And this man, still alive,
wanders from place TO place in constant
dread from the wrath TO come. A third
legend adds that this wandering Jew falls
sick every hundred years. but RECEIVERS and
renews L;s STRENGTH. benca !, ! tbn, eyen
after so many centuries he does not look
much older than septuaoepari,n. Tins
for the legends. Not one of the ancient
authors make even mention of such AN ac
count. The fist who reports some such
thing is a monk of the thirteenth century
when, as Is known, the world was filled to
disgust with pious fictons.
However. tue story has spread G,r so that
il has become a proverb, He runs like a
wandering jew" There are no, WANTING
persons Who assert to have even seen the
wanderer. But when their evidence is ex-
amined by the test of historical creJuIitv il
is found that some impos,or had made use
Of this fable to impose upon simple minded
people for some purpose of his own. How
ever, the legend is not altooetber un,rue.
there is wandering Jew who roves about
. Europe, throughout every country. Thi,
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PRoDUCr OF Az AcRE.-A correspon
dent Of the New England Farmer, writing
from PIaufield, Mass, SAYS that he has
raised on his farm forty bushels Of good
sound corn, one hundred and fifty bushels
Of potatoes, seven large cart loads Of pump.
kins, fifteen bushels OF carrots, twenty bush
els Of lurnips, three bushels Of onions, forty
cabbage heads, one bu,hol OF beans, after
using all he needed for his family; lot Of
peas, and fifteen bushels Of sugar beots.
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a slRANoE TRANslTIoN.-Th Quitman
(Miss) Advertiser says that Mr.. Greene c.
Fore, VINO has been remarkably successful
in Brandon as keeper of retail drinking
shop, has been announced as preacher in
the same place in the Methodist Churchl
lie will sill deal out things spiritual there.
fore, but from the pulpit instead Of lhe dram
shop, 4 great country, etc,
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Some wicked man in Kansas has written
the following

EPITAPH FOR GOV. REEDER.
Reader, pause! beneath this stone
Lies a. III. Reeder-hesh aud bone;
Who, when Living, Tor the sake of sell,
Mingled with great rascals like himself.
Indians, rejoice! ior unto you
He'll never more apply the screw:
But think OF him who robbed you here,
When lac at judgment shall appear
Satan will cxclam with glec--
Welcome, Rccdcr Come with me.
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A man came into the printing Office to
beg paper. Because" said he, I'VE like
to read newspapers very much, but our
noighbors are too siingy to take one
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Mr.. Goodrich, in his Recollections, gives
the following anecdote Of political barber
in Washington at the time Madison was
first nominated by the democrats:
"A very keen observer, then and long
afterwards senator Of the United States,
once told me that at this period all the bar
bers of Washington were federalists, and
he imputed it to the fact that the leaders Of
that party in Congress wore powder and
long queues, and, of course, had them
dressed every day by the barber. The
democrats OH the contrary, wore short hair,
or, at least, small queues, tied up careIesly
with 4 riband, and, therefore, gave little en-.
couragemeni to the tousorial art One day,
rs the narrator told me, while he was being
shaved by the leading barber Of the city,
who was, Of course, federalist, the latter
suddenly aud vehemently burst out against
the nomination Of Madison for the presiden-
cy by the democratic party, which bad been
that morning announced.
"'Dear mel said the barber, surely this
country is doomed to disgrace and shame.
What Presidents we might have, sirl Just
look at Daggett, of Connecticut, and Stock
ton, Of New Jersey! What queues they
have got, sir-as big as your wrist, and
powdered every day, sir, like real gentle
men, rs they are. Such men, sir, would
confer dignity upon the chief magistracy;
but this little Jim Madison, with a queue
no bigger than a pipe stem! Sir, it is
enough 10 make man forswear his coun-
tryr"
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The lecture of Professor lie Conte, Mt the
Smithsonian Institution, ca MondS even
ing, on the subject Of the coral animal, and
incidentally included allied science of much
breadth Of scope. The animal world is
composed of four distinct kingdoms, each
completely independent in itself, and never
intruding into the dominions Of another.
These Kingdoms are the vertebrate, the ar
ticulata, the mollusca, and the radata.
Their types Of structure are distinct, and
are represented by The designations accord
ed them. Using msgniiied drawing of
the sea aDemone for illustration, the mode
of life and operation Of the coral animals
were shown, their processes of Digestion de
position of limestone in the walls and par.
tUons Of their bodies, anI means of repro.
duction. Ninety per cent. of the coral ami
NAL Is composed of limestone, but this is so
situated as not to deprive the animal Of its
power to move and act according to its ma.
ture and wants
The popular idea about the industry and
patience of the 'coral insect" Prof lie Con
te showed 10 be f,llacious, the animal being
really the passive recipient of the limestone
which gives it its importance as builder OF
islands and continents. 1t is Of the lowest
order of animated existence, namely, the
radiata, and is to be classed with the star
fishes, the sea.urchins, &c. The small corals
produce the aggregations called coral trees:
these, by filling and closing in the intcrsti.
ces, make coral forests and reefs, of which
some remarkable instances on the coast OF
Florida were cited on account OF their as.
lonlshing levelness. This las, phenomenon
was accounted for by the living of the ami.
mails from the sea-ievel to few inches
depth below, then by difference Of level
of the water itself, whereby the corals were
left above the sea-liue SO long as TO die.
Thus plain Of coral rock as level as the
water was produced. The coral extends
itself at an average of about three inches n
year, and new fields are sown by means ol
eggs, which the coral emits from its mouth.
National Hteiiigcncer.
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NO Al


PREsBYTERIAN GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
There have beer in all sixty.eight Modera-
tors of the General Assembly ofthe Presby-
terian church in the United States. com.
menclDg with the year 1889. Oftbis num-
per only twenty-nine are now living. From
IIS0 TO 1925 only four survive, viz: Rev.
Drs. Mott, Neil, Janeway, and McDoSell.
During The whole term Of sixty eight Years
in which the Assembly has convened. lis
sessions have been held fifty two times in
Philadelphia, three in Piusburgh, two in
Carlisle. PENNSYLVANIA, two in Cincinnati,
Ohio, and one in each of the following pla-
ces: Richmond and Winchester, Virginia;
Louisville, Kentucky; Baltimore, Maryland,
ST. Louis, Missouri; Charleston, s. c.; Nash.
vile Tennessee; New York city and Buffa-
10, New York.
RELIGIOUS MATTERS IN SPAIN.--The new
Spanish Ministry, although belonging to
different political parties, is pledged to sat
isiy The Pope and the bishops on all eccIe-
siastcal affairs. The Queen is reported 10
nave said that after having in vain tried 10
re establish absolutism by ministry of SOL
diers and lawyers, she wishes to try ii anew
by n ministry Of bishops. The last concor.
dat is declared to be in full force, the disa.
moriisa'ion law ahrogated, two royal circu-
lars of 1855, suspend;ng the admission Of
novces in all converts CT nuns and the
power Of bishops OF conferring holy orders
are repealed, and the Jesuits reinstated in
their college at Loyola. The Ministers de-
clare, also, their resolution to give to the
execution of Catholic principles all tie
strength and force possible. A certain Pa
dre Same enjoys the unlimited confidence
of the Queen, who consults him before every
council Of ministers over which she presides,
as well as on every other important occa-
sion. He INSISTED on having the sale of
church property stopped, and is thought to
have been a primary cause of the change Of
the ministry.
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ONE OF THE WoNDkRs OF THE World.
There was good deal said about the
Victoria Bridge" at the late Canada cee-
bration, and story is ailoat that her nice
little Majesty will come over the seas to
celebrate It's completion This structure
across the st. Lawrence, short way above
Montreal, the Canada papels tell Us, will
be-one of the greatest wondefs of the world.
1t was commenced in July, 1854 and is
under coD;rac; 10 he coEIpleted in 1890.
The total estimated cost was originally about
S7,000,000 but recently the plans have
been amended so as To reduce u 10 a little
over SG,000,000. The extreme length oi
the bridge, including the abutment at each
side, will he 1000 feet, or rather more than
mile and quarter. There will be 26
piers of solid masonry supporting the iron
superslructure oi tue bridge. The centre
will span $50 feet, and the other spans each
243 feet wide. The height Of the centre ol
the bridge is 60 feet above the water level
/ The weight Of iron in the tubes will be
( 5000 tons, and contents of the masonry
3O,0OO,OOO cubic feet, when tie whole
/ structure is inishe.l. Tue famous Britain.
. MIA Tubular Suspension Bridge, crossin .
! the Menai Straits, and now one Of the Gu.
riosi.ies OF the world, will scarcely be cir
cumstance to it. Including the embank
ments at each side, the total length Of ih,
/ bridge, from river bank to river bank, vii
I be lo,2S4 feet, or very nearly two miles
Nine piers Of the,brdge are now completed
but are, as yet, unconnectel by any road
way. They present plain surface on tn,
two sides aud lower end the sides facing
the current being of wedge shape in orde
to break and turn aside the blocks Of ice
to provide against whose destructive pow
ers has been the great engineering difficult
| " of the enterprise Boston Post.
Coon PUN.-Duung the last sessio
of our Legislature there was u bill intro
duced to punish a breach of confidence /
iac'ors. Theredpon, an amendment wa
moved 20 punish breach Of faith 10 plant
ors towards their factors 1t was then suc
gested that the title of the bill should
chnge !. and it should BE called Abll {
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Now AND TuEN.-The following account
OF the execution of a poisoner is from a let
ter IN the birmingham (Eng) Register, da-
ted llverchester, May 8, l765: Yesterday,
Mary Norwood, for poisoning he- husband,
Joseph Norwood, of Uxbridge, in this coun.
ty, (Somersetshre) was burnt here pursu-
ant TO her sentence. She was covered with
a cloth, made like n shift, tarred bonnet
on her head, and her legs, feet, and arms
had also tar on them. The heat of the
weather melting the tar on her bonnet it
ran over her face, so that she made most
shocking appearance. She was put on
hurdle, and drawn on a sledge to the place
Of execution, which was very near the gal.
lows. After spending some time in prayer
and singing hymn, the executioner placed
her on a tar barrel, about three feet 'gh.
a rope, which ran in pulley through the
stake, was fixed about her neck, she herself
placing in properly with her hands. The
rope being drawn extremely tight with the
pulley, the tar barrel was pushed away. and
three irons were fastened round her body
TO confne tito the stake, that it might not
drop when the rope should be burnt. As
soon as this WAS done the fire was kindled,
but in all probability she was quite dead
before the fire reached her, asssthe exc
cutioner pulled the body several times
whilst the irons were being fixed, which
| took about FIVE minutes. There being q
great quantity of tar, and the wood Oh the
pile being quite dry, the fire burnt with
amazing fury; notwithstanding which q
great part Of her could be plainly dscerned
for haIfan-hour. Nothing could be more
affecting than TO behold, after her bowel.
fell out, the fire flaming between her ribs
and issuing out at her mouth, ears, eye
holes, &c. In short, it was so terrible sigh
/ that great numbers turned their backs and
screamed out not being able to look at the
/ horrible sccnen
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SINGULAR pHENoMENoS.--The Irish
journals (says an exchange) give an ac-
count of singular phenomenon in con-
nexion with the extracting of a tooth in
the town of Ballymena. The tooth was
grinder of large size, sppsrersiy sound, and
so firmly seated that it broke in the effort
for Its removal. On examining that por.
ton of the tooth which came off with the
instrument, very extraordinary worm.
shaped living animal was found adhering
to the centre of il. On being carefully re-
moved, without injury, it proved to be five
eighths Of an inch long, lively as an eel,
of a bloodred color and about the thick
ness of woolen thread On viewing it
through microscope Of limited power, it
appeared 10 be ringed or jointed in its for
nation; no legs were visible, and it moved
by erecting lis body, arch like in the CEN
tire, and projecting either end at pleasure
appearing to have head at each extremity.
One of the heads was large, fiat, and brosd
i'll proportion to the creatures size, with
capacious mouth, aud two black eyes, set
very widely apart, and projecting from the
upper part of the head The other head
was smaller, with a heightened snout and
mouth opening from underneath.
-@ses&--
\ CumoUs MAP.-There is in the State
Nb:aty = eas;4as French map, having aa
imprint, of which the following is a transla.
tion:
United States of Am.
with the Islands Royale
New Foundland, ST. John, Acadia, &c.
1885
Paris DelamaIche, Rue du foin
ST. Jacques au college dc Maitre Gervais.
We also translate the following endorse
meni found on this map:
Teu other new States are forming in the
country comprised between the Lake Of the
I Woods, the confluence of the Ohio and the
/ MissiSsippi, named Western Territory.
Names of these ten States which. with
the old, will make twenty four; Silvanis,
/ Mchigania. Chersonesus, Arsenistpis, Me-
tropolamie, Illinois, Saratoga, Washington,
Polypotannia, Pelisypia.
Can anybody tell where the Frenchman
got tie idea, that ten new States were TO be
formed with such eupbonious names out
of the territory which he dCscribesl
AtbGny Argus
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at is reported that many are going away.
| say, gentlemen and ladies, You who wish
to go to California, or to the States, 90 in
welcome | had rather you would 60 than
stay. | wish every one to go who prefers
doing so, and if they will go like gentle.
men, they so with my best feelings; but
if they go like rascals and knaves, they can.
not have them. l have never requested
but two things of those who leave, namely,
to pay their debts and not 20 steal. That
is all have required Of them" Baltimore
Sun.
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a CumoUs MAP.-There is in the State
libsasy eas:oas French map, having "a
imprint, Of which the folIowingis transla.