The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-11-19
For the Carolina Spartan"
VILLAGE LIFE.

Village lifel How many pleasing ideas
does the term call in the frrvid imagination
peace, purity, cheerfulness, simplicity
Kindness, rural scenes, aud rustic sports.
Inc words have magic power. The chord
OF feeling Is touched, and sweciy will it vi
brate beneath The hand of the magician
fancy. Hallowed by the muse of Cold
smith and Of Crabbe, village life is decked
with images the most delightful 1t rises
up before us ever as they have painted it:
the ho!est, dearest feelings live in their pa
ges-ihc religious. the domestic. tho neigh.
boriy virtues shine brightest there.
The village church-lhe village school
the village green! Sweet thoughts of gen.
tleness and love, are ye dream, Do ye
only exist IN the pure mind which have
so sweety shadowed We fortll ALI! how
often has the inhabtant Of the busy CITY
worn with cares of the world, loneed for
your sweet joys, dear village lfel How of
ten has the member Of refined society, sa
liated with gayety, longed for a retreat,
which he thinks can only be found amopo
your dear shades! Yea! the mourner of
departed joys-,he man or woman who has
seen The ieeIing wealth Of this world de
ierrei, seeks for obscurity and happiness in
village lie. LULl STARLIGHT.
SOUTHERN CRoCKERY.-The discovery of
"Cdoftn, the fine clay Of which China and
granite ware is made, ia South Carolina
and Georgia, has introduced amoprs, rs
another branch of industry, likely TO prove
oil great commercial value TO Us. As crocie.
~ Is an article of almost universal con
sumption, VIC may expect il TO become an
article OF extensive expectation.
he Southern Porcelain Manufacturing
Company" have capital Of 90 900 dollars,
aud own bed of 20 acres Of the clay.
which Is pronounced TO be equal to the for
e'gn. Their works are about six miles be
low Augusta and one and halfm from
Bath near the South Carolina RuilrooI
Ihcy have dug downwards some "a feet
without reaching its bottom, and regard
The supply as ample for years TO como. The
Company gives employment to some 40
persons, aud now turn oT some 400 dollars
worth OF ware perweek, whici. will be in.
creased to 500 dollars per week as soon as
another kiln is prepared.
At present their operations are confined
10 tho Manufacture OF pitchers, mugs and
spItloons, but they will make table ware
in short time. Their manufactures will
be sold rs low rs the same at the North. so
that the expense of freight will be saved to
the consumer
Labor in combination with capital is
mus transforming mass of worthless earth
into beautiful and useful household article
dIversliyng our employments, adding to our
importance aud wealth as a State. and rem.
derng us independent of the world for ano.
ther OF the everyday necessities of life. We
wish this company and all others Iaborinr
IN the Same direction entire success. and
hope they and the public will be proiited
by their enterprise. Our people should
ieel pride in sustaining all such efforts
where the article is equal in quality and
the price the same.
The Memphis Eagle says that the friend,
OF Gen. VIM. L. Haskell. who was recently
sent to the Lexington (Kentucky) Insane
Asylum, have been informed by the author
'tIes OF that institution that strong homes
are entertained of his speedy restoration to
sanity.
Philosophers say that shutting tho eyes
makes The hearing more acute. A wag
suggested that this accounts for SO manv