The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-02-04

from his general acquaintance with the lil-
tons of the world and quick insight INTO
character, may he considered IN Intelligent
Judge, givesa dcplorablc account of Chinese
morals. lie thinks they occupy the lowest
point in the scale Of morals:
1t is my deliberate opinion that the Chi
nese are morally the most debascd people
on the f,cc of the earth. Forms of vice
which in other countries are barely named.
are III China SO common, that they excite
no com'ncn. among tine natives. They con
stitutc the surface level and below them there,
are dcrps on !cclss of drprarity, So shocking
and horrible that their character cannot ~,
limited. There are some dark shadows in
human nature which We naturally shr;nl,
from penetrating, an'l made no ATTEMPT TO
collect information of this kind but there
were enough in the things which could
not avoid seeing and hcaring-wlich arc
brought almost daily to the notice Of every
foreign rc>llcnt-to inspire me with Il po;v-
criul aversion TO the Chinese race. their
touch is pollution, and harsh as the opinion
may seem. justice TO our own race demands
that they should not be allowed to settle
on our soil. Scicnce may have lost some
thing, l'"t mankind has gained by the cx-
'cIu>ivc po!icy which has governed Chin,
during the past ccnturics.
D"cio', he has donc ia physician toll,
the foll"win" story-n"t without som, re-.
grct on his part for the advice given: "a
hari,workin" woman had :, drunken hu,-
band, who, when pa,Iy sober, would re,
the blues and cnlcavor to destroy himself
by taking lau'!anum. Twice did the wit.
ascertain that he hail swallowed Tie d,struc-
tive drug, and twice did the doctor rcs,ur.
Linn. L pom the second restoration, the doc
tor addressed him as follows: "You Good
ior'n"tling sc"undrcl, YOU don't want TO
Kill yourself, YOU merely want to annoy
Your wife and me- If YOU want TO kill
yourself. why don't You cut yonr throat and
put IN cnI to the matter ," WE'LL AWAY
went the doctor, and thought no more @!
his patient until, some two weeks after. he
wi;s awakened from Il sound nap lv the
tinI;ln" o: his nj yht bell. H. pm, his hca,!
ont Of the window ait! inquired "Wha,'s
the matt r.: "n"clor he has done it,
was the reply. "Dnnc what Z" "John has
taken Your mlyicc.' "What advice -
"Whv, YOU told him to at his throat, and
he has done it, an, he is uncommon dead
this time Imagine the doctors fcinys.
He has since ceased giving such cuti;nq AL
vice.
Ire process of coating one metal with
another Is OF growing Importance both for
domestic and commrrcirI purposes one
OF lis applications being more important, at
present, than that Of coatny iron with zinc,
called g:lvanizing, though galvani>m has
not the rcmotc>t connection with the thin"
i'll any WAY. The amount Of m;s;lpprchcn-
sion existing abou; galvanism Is rxtr;,orlina
ry. and Yet, rs ordinarily employed, the
practice has nothing Of mystery or difficulty
about it. 1t is simply necessary to render
the article TO be galvanized chemically clean
and to plunge it into a spcltcr bath, when
the natural affinity ofthc spctcr for the iron
renders the ".nly"nizing" the work of IN in.
slant: on bcng taken out, tic article will
be found completely and evenly covered
with zinc. There is no limit to the size or
shape-to the ntricacy of fformation-to the
elaboration Of parts-or, indeed to anything
else i'll the Article to be operated upon, cx-
ccpt that it must be made of iron: and,
wherever any iron article needs preserving
from rust, galvanizug is the best means for
c'fcc.ing the purpose. The coat being in
dcStructiI!e by simple exposure, it does not,
like paint, or any other anti-iodiscr, need
renewal, but will stand as long as the article
itself
An amusing incident recently took place
in one Of our large dry goods stores down
town. a good-looking, honest. faced, coun-
trygIrl came to town with her lover, to do Il
trtle Of shopping. The magnitude of the
store, the piles Oh piles of goods, the daz
zIing array of articles, the rows of busy
clerks, the fitting cash boys, quite over
powered our good friends, who scarcely
knew what to do. Her swain obs,inatcIy
refused to goin, but loitcrcd about the door.
The clerks being all busy just at the mo-
ment, the young lady was obliged to re-
main standing, Il few moments. At length
a dapper fellow, with gold watch and chain
and flourishing musiache, came bowing and
smiling up to the blusl,ing Gus: :omcr, with,
Anybody waiting on you, madam! The
color deepened in her cheeks, as she hesita-