The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-07-14

H'om"n's 1Ao"qhhs on I'maD.--A
clever English woman named Mus Eucii
chon, in Il recent ircati-" on "Wom;n and
W ork" III this country, is pointcily s;lrcas-
tic OF the censur;,ble manner in which pa-
! rents educate their daughters for ma,rimo
ny here, instead Of for the great business Of
lite We fancied that We had uttered some
bitter ttutlls on this sui rrt but our ob
scrvations were as tie '.hnnrv "f IIyll;,"
to the p"n:c'l, direct, emphatic truth, she
rnncialcs ~ the result ol personal invcS
legations. She speak, in Til, wise of the
conduct of AN American papa:
"lf he can live in some style, he counts
on his daughters marrying and if he can
not, he prof. ably sends them to som. rcl;.
tive i'll Il city, who receives them iur Il lnn"
visit, i'll the hope Of "grt,in. them oil"
Many thousands "l v"nnC girls com" 10 il,.
cities to stay with brothc,s, unc!cs, or 'riru,s
for this purpose. y worse preparation for
any serious life cannot be coucri, cd. 80
Years oi idi"n,,> are often passed III this
way years spent III n'thin: hu, l,c~siuu.
ani .iis>i Iatin". An,i wha, docs II l,,I ,n .
Marriage, probably hut what sort "f mar
,iacrs can l." formed lv >"un: :.r,>
looking At The world from ..,rrh u i,l,. ,,.
>;irn! With such lr..ini,,. To l,,.. i, is
almost ;nl"~~ihi' the ::'rl can eve, become
Il mobile human lr:u:,.
1his is ra"stt, AMI. y" cannot help ihinl,
in:., remarkably mar the ,,nr|. We :nr
c"up,.!irl t" w;:ur>. :t.,tul illustrations, "i
this taIsn l'ilr every day q! uut l,,.~. \"
wonder >i'n>lr,l"m !, hrr"nin:c n,nr,, AM
moi" rrnu!"Es. '%,,Ssm hood 80 mn
m"r"u>. =, nslhl' ,Hrn ,ilir r"i inl,rv
,hv>, dolls ani in,ili ,n;~. anl the I,rri,n
tat. who do we'd them have no r,suu,,r
! hut Subsequent flight "r IN appeal to jus
, iicr.
Il io not l,m" harl-lor,
II he leads Il single ltr;
Th' way Tia" ::ir'- are now lrouuh; NJ,
II" cant support wii..'
And Il the moral portion ri the cummu-
nifty. instead Of conti,ling itself to the dep
'':r;'i'"n "i $" many sli'sn"ic attempts t"
an"nl a.i legislation ",i th,. subject OF the
marriay" laws, would devote its energies as
;.>>i.u"u,iv t" the duty ii fitting ;lc v"un.,
w"i;,rn "f this .;rn-r1tiun Ia become the
worthy auL honorable mothers of tilo,.
who must be American sovrrcSns in the
mr', tlr. result c"ul.l not but b.. grateful To
themselves and advantageous Ia HUMANITY
y. J.. .S"Md"y 7Tn,s.
E"i'ght,n"i Jv"rnnii*m. The f.,litor
"t the GoSpci E1nhr, a religious paper
published in Mainr, visited the city Of ios.
ton during Anniversary Week, AMI wen. lu
the opera mot a> II minister, but rs IN cli-
tor, and for ,I" express purpose nr s,.: iny
the "lnfatualI"n Of "lmra-yocrs.' II. thus
gives his idea Of the Italian Opera:
The Spectacle that salu,cl the eve he.
for: the ri>in. "f the curtain, was Il marni
iiccnt one. The whole floor wa, OCCUPIED
hy finely dressed ladies' and gentlemen, AS
were the three galleries risin" one above
the other into the lofty dome. wlicl, WAS
brilliantly lighted. And tho music Of the
orchestra, and now and then :, strain Of
the singing were fine, but the performance
u, Il whole, We thought Lorc Whskcr-
ed men aud painted women, trickrI out in
plush ANIL tin,cl, growing and grun,in-
aud slrcking hnI squalling, sometimes in
solo, and then in Duet and anon the
who'd: swarm, Ike 50 many cats, grs,icula
llng ami mcnacmg, ana embracing. and
tr"wning, and going through, with all sorts
at antics, i'll a .ibIcri>l, that nuln,!v can
understand, that is the Italian Opera, us we
hear! and SAW il. Had it not been f;r u
few strains-,f which Casta Diva. us sung
by MaIane I.ahorlr, is never to l,c furno,
Ten, and Carl Formcs' bass sn"ing,-it
wonhl have been Insult rablc. And vet.
When Some performer went tlrpuyl. Will,
his or her throat splitting vocal uv,nnas
ties. 1t WAS curious to See the auiicncc-
such being the Jaxhion just uow-go into
fits Of enthusiasm. To lis and VIC possess
not only to have an ear but two ears for
n''S'o-a quiet seat on Il mo,sy rock, near
some pond full Of frogs, would have been
'inite as cdifying, and nearly as musical.
1t would be interesting to know, whether
i'll the discussion of religious topics, the
elegant critic of the Gospel Bunncr displays
such sparkling qualities as arc shown in the
above dew drop.-Boston Courier.
Mrs. Stoves idea Of Aaron Burr dose mt
strike the e'li,or Of the Taunton Gazette as
particularly happy. We quite agrco with
+ the Dean. Whatever else he might bavc
been, Burr was no mikshop. Ills cloquencc
f; moreover was much too subtle TO bc nut