The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-08-29

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had eersedme 10 1Aint = MY broebsr,k ,kusSIr.,
t'yxf Hunter cwas NOT at play>%thst 60 =
thing serious 1sx tho n1afsers4--fr1 49,
jumped ont Of the sIsish Ard IN sllsf
him. 80 - :. = 3 !. IS q, Z,
Z In . little time I vas safe at Eone. ~
doctor sent for; and my Wound prposrlv
dressed. ] eventually Sssevered. but vas
however q cripple for lie. <sa
FAULT.FiSDfNa.LHenry Ward Beech:
or knows how TO enforce practicai duty IN
a, style which is not soon forgotten. In
recent sermon he hit with Just sevefitv 4
class numerous in every c6mmu1ity;
I" The spirit OF the passage forbfds thas
we should make the failings ofotl,er au,en :
source OF amusement to ourseivas--siid
now am coming to Il. I will admit dc
there il aplayful, good-humorea kina of
tadinage that is harmless The repreheu-
sion or exposition Of mans faults In a.
light, genial spirit il often the best way Of
telling him of them. + do nos, therefore.
say that all innocent raillory and good.na-
tmed apprehension is to be disalloWcd. II
must be genuine, however, producing good, :
and not pain. But he that makes the mis-
takes. the foibles, the faults the miscon.
ceptions of men--the ten thousand intellect
ties of human life--the subject mater Of.
comment, Of jest and social enjoyment, and
personal amusement, is simply abarbarian.
he is nota Christian; he does not belong TO !.
that category. - - - =.
1t is one Of those things that arc mon.
strous in the sight of God. Could you do
1t to your children? A mother may tan.
talize her child; she may frolic with Il; she
may do a thousand things with Il causing
it to hover yibating between q tear and y
smile, sometimes on one side and sometimes
on tie other, just for a.momeut; bnt She !.
instantly presses it to her bosom. land covers
its face with kisses, SO that there are no /,
shades left upon its spirits. And there il
such thing as iunoeent raillery. But to
watch to see what is awkward in others: to : !
search out the indrmities of man; to go out
like street-swceper, or q universal scaycn-
ger, to collect the faults and failines rof
people, to carry these things about as If they
were cherries or flowers; throw them outof J
your bag or pouch, and make them mn
evening repast or a MONDAY meal, or tho
amusement Of p social hour, enlivencd by
unfeehng criticisms, heartles jests, and
cutting sarcasms; to take a man up as you
would chicken, and gnnw his flesh from
his very bones, and then lay him down,
saying, with fendish exultation: 4There
is his skeleton;' this is devilishl You
may call it by as many pretty names as YOU
please, but it is dcvilsh !. and you will do.
nothing worse than this when you 90 to hell,
FOR you may expect to 60 there ifyop have
such disposition, and do not change it.
Talk about cannibalisIn &c Cannibals never
eata man till he is dead. They are nearer
Christ than you are great deal"
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MARRIAGE OF NEAR RELArIyEs.-T Tho
Ohio Legislature has been passing some },
laws on this subject; and If one-half - )
true that has been affirmed in regard to
cousins inter marrying, it would seem as if
1t were the duty Of parents aud guardians
20 interfere, and even of all State Legisla-
lures to do what can be done to preycnt 90 :
injurious custom. 1t is said that in Mas
sachusetts, out of seventeen families fer.s
ed BY the marriage Of cousins, there were
ninety-fye ohildren and in Ohio, in eight
hundred and seventy three such families,
there were three thousand and nine hum
dred. 1t would thus seem that the aver
age number of children is not diminished
by such inter-marriages, the Massachu-
setts statistics giving FIVE and half chill
dren to each such marriage. But out Of
these ninety-6ye children, forty-fourr were
idiots, twelve scrofnious, and only thirty
seven in tolerable health while in Ohio.
two thousand four hundred and ninety, out
of three Thousand nine hundred, we're eth
intellectually or physically defective. In
all families, some Of the children will be
more or less defective and were careful z
records. made, the proportion Of perfectly
healthy children would be found smaller
than most imagine. But forty-fouf idiotss
out of ninety-fve children is proportion.
il true, sufficient to startle eny one, and to
demand some vigorous remedy. The rec
ords aud inquiries ofinsane and idiotic asy.
lums might throw much further light on
.i,is subject. In one case of double cous-
ins, nine children--al there wcra--wero
idiots of the lowest grade Enough, then,
may be demonstrated to make all sensible
cousins abstain from marrying Families.
like the opening leaves of flower, are
formed not to grow together, but apart.
Friends and guardians, aud all who have
the confidence Of the young ministers and
medical attendants, should bear such facts
in mind, aud exert the full measure Of their
Intelligence and influence 70 prevent such
unions.
+ IMPORTATION OF SILKs--Few soaa.
tries surpass the United States in the con,
sumption Of silk eoods. The value of silks
entered for consumption at the custom
house in New York during the last five
weeks, amounted toss, ,l52,S7 DIR. Frank.
lin declared that stsatins aud silks put out
kitchen fires" According to the importa-
tioDs this summer, the Kitchen fires' 'muss
be in bad way Next to silks, > largo
share of the importations of dry goods il