The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-08-06
50 PER ABaUIr
No.
A Drove of Irish Bulls,

The following picce of "com positiob.a -
says tho Philadelphia Sunday Irdasey;pf
may DO "backed" against ANYTHING ever
produced. 1t was written half century
ago by Sir Boyle Roche, member of the
Irish Parliament "The Troubled sTimes
OF Ninety Eight" when s handful Of meu
from the county Of Wexford struck torros
INTO the hearts Of many gallant sons Of
Mars, as well as the worthy writor himself.
The letter was addressed 10 a friend in Lon.
don, and it ia old enough to be new to nine
out OF ten Of our readers: s
MY Dear Sir: Having now littIe peace
and quietness, | sit down and Inform YOU
OF the dreadful hustle and confusion We are
all in from tliese blood thirsty rebois, moss
OF whom are, thank God, killed aud dis
persed. Wo arc ina pretty mess; can got
nothing TO eat, nor any wine to drink. ex,
ccpt ~hiskey; and whcn wo sit down 10
dinner we are obliged to keep both hands
armed. While writo this hold sword
IN each hand, and n pistol in the other.
concluded from the beginning that this
would be tho end OF it, and [ SEQ was
right; for it is not half over yet. At pres,
ent, there are such goings on that everything
is at sland.sti. should have answered.
your letter fortnight ago, but / did not
receive 1t until this morning. Indeed,
scarce mail arrives without being robbed.
NO longer ago than yesterday the coach
with the maiIlfrom Dublin was robbed near
this town. The bags had been judiciously
lett behind, for fear Of accident, and by
good luck there was nobody in il but two
outside Passengers, who had nothing fov
The thieves TO take. Last Thursday, notice
was given that gang Of rebelR was ad,
vancing here under tho French standard.
but they had no colos, nor any drums
except bagpipea.
Immediately every man in tho place. iu.
ciudlng men, women and children, ran QUA
to meet them. We soon found orr forco
much too little; wo were too near to think
OF retreating. Death was in every face, but
to 1t VIC went, aud began to be all alive
again. Fortunately tho rebels had no cuns
except pistols and pixies, and az we had
plenty OF muske.s and ammunition, we pui
them all to the sword. Not soul Of them
escaped, except some that were drowned In
adjacent bogs; and in very short time
nothing was heard but silence. The upi,
forms were all Of different colors, but most.
ly green. Aftor the action, we went to
rummage sort Of camp which they had
left behind them. All wo found was Z few
pixies without heads, a parcel of empty bot,
ties OF water, aud bundle Of French COM
missions filed with Irish namos, Trocpa
arc now stationed all round the country.
which exactly squares with my ideas.
have only timo to add that am Il s.sss
haste
L. S.-lf you do not receive this, Of
course it must have been miscarricd, there.
foro ! beg you will write and let me
know"
ApvERTsrso.-The ST. Louis Republican,
IN concluding congratulatory notice of its
prosperity and success, says Of advertising:
The truth is, advertising has become q
great feature in the business Of the countrc.
No merchant can better understand this
than those who engage in it most extern
sivoly. The prominent advertisements Of
our fancy goods dealers, and Of our whole
sale merchants, spread all over these pages,
best attest the estimation in which thoy
hold it. If thoy can in this way secure q
reading by tens OF thousands Of porsons
every day, this is just what they want. II
they can by so easy a process and SO cheap
a cost attract hundreds Of buyers to their
counters every day, what matters il to thom
that they pay few dollars for doing il.
But the merchants are not t.c only persona
benefited by advortjsing. Every one who
has anything toybuy or sel--every ono who
wants anything or has lost any nything-eve.
~ ono engaged in any business whatevc,
now resorts TO the newspapers to COM
municate with tho pablic. As = matter Of
course, every man iu search of pariicu-
lar object or thing, looks TO tho advertising
columns of newspaper to .fud il; and Il
there be any one so stupid rs not to read
those columns, he will never keep IN with
liza ne'ghbors or the progress of tho ago"
1t IL told of General Zachary Tay.or tha,
when Major Bliss brought him Santa Annals
despatch, proposing that the American ar
my should surrender without further cere
mony, the general, who at that moment
%-' busy writing q private letter on his
cam. chest, replied, without so much "A
looking crf cn Lis work, +Toll him to ro
to -! naming Sss'nee seldom inention.
ed except by bard sweareiT S.ii.:t clesgymeu.
but" demonstrated tho gallant major.
that docs not strike me as appropriate
language to use IN n case OF tllia sort--it's
formal, Official despatch, and requires, I
suppose, written answer" "I'eil MIN TO
80 to -" reiterated the general, eahnIy
put 1t IN proper diplomatic phrase and
all that sort of thing, according to your own
iaste-but Hat is my answer"
----esss -
TRIMMING GRAPE vISEs--For mauy
years we have raised grapes by the bushel
from single vine, and our trimming is
done in tho following manner: The first
week in July we commence and cut back
TO tho second leaf or bud of the present sea-
sous growth. lIayo sharp knifo and
trim n norton ey.rv dav IN ittfa NJ n t;,o. y