Des Arc citizen., 1859-06-29

interested in it's volume. How often does
 memory, either in moments of joy or sor-
 row recall vivldiyio us days that have l long gone hy. There is noobliyion.o the pnstsas. iong as reason holds. her scefser
 over over our brain. This being the case, oh! | how necessary t is that we should do as
 we would bedone by; lead a4propes iif'sin
 every respect, sorthatwhensshe seretirolion
 of ,he.pasi shall come upon us, t will be
 a source of pleasure, and not of pain,
 ON oULTIvATINGa A TASTE FOR
 g USEFUL READING.sEf m I e All apersons--es specially the syoung-- should .cul,ivnle "a taste for useful reading I There is no way we can spend our leisure
 hours more profiiably than reading some
 book of useful iniortnauon. We can'read
 history aud folio VI mankind sfroun thecreai l ton of tue world down 10 ihs Wesenttlnae We can. there learn how empires arose, and how they felt; we can there learn, l too. of the mighty conquercrs who have filled the world with the fanie4 sot lheir ! names of all A Alexandsr wbc after haang
 conquered all the world. wept, because s
 lhere we're no more worlds lor hiin to con- on, 1 qner; who at last became so vain as to itiiag ne himself agod, and uhder'th tillu'
 sion attempted to drlnk more wine stllan
 other any sulan, and thus pul an end o.h's lIe--of a Julius Cesar, who, ,,at,er haylng put u crown on his own head, was asmurdef.
 sd bythose he had lavished the'ntost 'Iavors
 upon 4lsof Napoleon Bonaparte, who. des-
 cended from obscure pmentage, aud amln-
 habilalA of a stlall island ln the Msdi'sF'
 ranean sea, by the effects ot hlsAuwn genus placed hnnseIf upon the tlirone4 ol France; and alter having Conquered nea4lyfail Europe, andaacquired ahe lame ofbeing tue greatest Genefal ofdLts, or auy, other age, tretled oulhis life. 2 guards ed exile, on still and lonely sland, Still perlsllig the pages or history, what
 a pleasure dorslt afford 'els to luin iiofn the records of tliose inen4-wilo, aiiliough great yet hadan unllmIted ampllons and
 whose greatness arose mol lrom the good they had done thers fellow.inrn --io reac
 of Such man as George Washington;
 who having delivered tis country from the tyranny that England sought lo Iupose 3 upon H,a,hen returned to The ilsagv ul shades of domesuc life --yes, Wash. lngton, of whom the historian mas wrrlttcn
 !" First in war, first in peact, and first in
 the hearts of hls couulrytnen." But history
 is not aIli:zlHere afelhe biography and wrl- \ Hngs of great and good men---ineu Wilo, by
 the torce of lhelr moral energy oi cAalac-
 ter aud ufgen. appeals tolhe nobiesl lrel- IInps of1 men, contributed to raise tie l principles of lilanxand to anlgner standard,
 and to make then every way more WIT
 luous. a4sa
 I Laying aside works of such character,
 we can with the poet, roam over tire ver- I dant fitIdssoli fancy, and drink ln the ioi-
 test conceptions oI tho humailmnld.s We
 can, with the. subllMe poetry oi Mlltoa slu I our hand, soar away back 10 the creation \ oi the world, and walk with Adam and 4 Eve, m ileir lnfiocelce, through the bliss < itil Garden 0f Paradise, and hold taliifllai
 intercourse with lhel angels Of heaven1
 Iak.ng upthe SAvrillngslo loi Shakespeare sAys I can there find human nature delinealed
 in all its varied forms; for he toucllee
 every cord hl the human heart, and un-
 masked life, from lie gllded palace to the
 mud hut. v hss kNlz aesg sesss
 But the advantage arising from cuti-
 yallng taste for useful reading, stops no
 at being source of pleasure and inform I ation; for it is a preservation from iht hated vice Of envy, and the tale of sian
 der, which many are guilty of Some per
 sons are very fond, indeed. oi talking ant
 such persons are also toud of being II company. Now, it Is often the case tha
 such persons do not read, and are not fur nished with materials for interesting anc : instructive conversation. The natural con sequence IS, that the foolish story and tal' of slander make up the topics of their con
 versation Thus a whole neighborhood often disturbed and hatred IS created ii , lihe bosoms of those who were once goo' ,. friends. aa SsA siM
 Young as I am. l have seen such ihing II Happen; and it convincls me that all per :. sons would be more happy, especialll | those who are fond of talking and bpitis : in company, were theyao spend more Q 5 their time in useful readngna @ W a INDOORS IN oOUTH OAhOLiNA "A - kt tist ! not be generally known that some of lh' : best fii,nllesin Soulhs sCarolina are Moor 5 by descent. The blood of the Airlcal 2 soon washes out, but that of lhe lnd'al
 and Moor, after ten generations, show ! itself almost as strongly as ever. m e crisp, curling black hair. dark, sad eyes 2 loug silken iasiess aud .swasthy complex 't ion, come. up, generation aiier generation :, Many Of our old Hugusnot families, dow. n 10 the present day, slow strong traces ( d their Moorist descent
 d When the Moors were driven out C
 Spain, upon the conquest of Granada I thousands of them took refuge in the soul s of France. carrying with them the arts ( cuitivating the vine and of growing silI | Remembering their bitter persecu'ions T Spain, they never could become Catholics : though forced by their Posaiiouiio renounc y Mohammedauism and become Chrlstlan $ They eventually be anne Pro,eslants, an II when the revocation of the " E'lict l. Nantes" took place. withdrawing toIera