The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-02
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they will be at loss to comprehend the n'odus
operdndi in use in the below named lnsatuuon,
which we find advertised IS follows In the Saturday
Reuse,o: oMr. HAUsMAN Of Gettngin University,
beps to acquaint the Nobility and Gentry that ne
has re-opened at Brunswick, his establishment for
the education of young gentlemen, and that he
can receive few pupils for next term. French
taught by nstive masters, and German and French
spoken alternately" This alternate establishment
is arstocratic in its pretensions, and throws it's
baits for rich civic gudgeons. more pretentous
institution, though in different style, is the fol-
lowing s'The Verulam Tutorial Institute, estab-
lishsd to prepare candidates for the Indian and
Home Civil Service. staff Of sixteen tutors,
graduates in honors Of Oxford and Cambridge,
(Wrangler, Seventh Classic, First Class in Law,
&c.) graduate Professors Of Foreign Languages
! and Indian Gentlemen. Arrangement for resident
students" Is graduate" in tho last sentence
sgraduate Professors)" to be considered verb or
an adjective or quasi particpal adjective. Have
| these Professors and Indian Gentlemen been
already graduated, and are now doing ornamental
duty at the verulam? Or does it mean that the
| yerulam graduates Professors Of Foreign Lam
euages and Indian Gontlemenp We pause for o
Il
reply.
IT Is FROM TRoYEs, at the price OF five francs
the hundred that the apple or vine snail is sent
to Paris boiled in their shells, and seasoned with
fresh butter mixed with parsley. When you wish
to partake of them, you place them before the fire
till the butter melts, and then they are fit to eat.
T purchased some, and succeeded in eating two,
but with difficulty, as the way they were dressed
did not disguise the slimy, soapy taste, and the
want Of salt, pepper, etc., made them most un-
| palatable. felt that I could sympathize with
DIR. BLACK and DR.. HArroN, who also endeavored
| to eat dish Of stewed snails but after vainly
! attempting to swallow in very small quantities the
| mess which each internally loathed, Dr. BLACK at
length showed the white feather, but in very
delicate manner, as If to sound the opinion Of his
| messmate. ssDoctor," he said, in his precise and
quiet manner, doctor, do you Tot think that they
taste ittle-a very ittle-green2" ?" "Greaa
green, indeedl Take them away'I take chem
! away'l" vooferated DR.. HArToN, starting nom
the table, and giving full vent to his feenngs OF
sbhorrence. In Paris snails are not considered In
season till the first frost, about the end OF oceooer
or beginning Of November, when they are clothed
with their white epipbrsgm. The Parisians eat
about fifteen or twenty for breakfast and they arc
also said to give better flavor to wine.
vpu n.Ys SINCE NATHAN SALISBURY, ESQ,
living in East Scott, Courtland county, found q
very peculiar axe. The circumstances are as fol-
lows: sat an early day, when MIR. SALISBURY, In
company with others, was chopping and clearing
the forest OF his newly-acquired farm, they came
upon @ very large hemlock standing near the
stream. After cutting the tree down Mr.. SAILS
BURY discovered that what appeared to be the
heart OF tho tree was really separate tree from
the one Just. fallen. On examination, the tree was
found to have been girdled at some previous time,
leaving small portion uncut, so that the sap had
continued to traverse the trunk until its growth
had completely overgrown the girdlng, and
another tree formed, growing to emo rmous dimen-
sions. A few days since, near the trunk OF that
tree, about twelve inches below the su nace, was
found this peculiar axe. It is about ten inches IN
length by three and one fourth inches on the cut
or edge. 1t is made Of iron. Now, what is re-
markable about this axe and tree is this-that the
girdhng or packing Of the inner tree corresponds
precisely with the axe found, and counting the
concentric rings of the growth OF the outer tree,
is found the remarkable fact that the inner tree
was girdled about one hundred years before the
landing Of the Pilgrims. Who was in that locality
using an axe three hundred and ffty-seyen years
sgo2"
The late rainB appear to have done considerable
damage all through the 90 untry. The Whining
t*-- l1a,anal compla ins that the damages done by
| the recent flood are almost unprecedented in the
history Of agricultural dis.rs; aile. This was the
case, SAYS this authority, through the State IN.
| C.} In Hyde, Edgecombe and Brunswick counties,
the damage is pronounced fearful. Much Of the
crops is entirely washed away. The water mills
Iroug hout that section have been subjected to
serious injury, the greater part Of the dams hav.
ing been washed away, and, IN some Instances,
wholly destroyed. It concludes thus: 'The cot
ton crop is almost entirely annihilated fertilizers
and manures having been completely washed out,
while the corn crop has sustained very serious in
jury. The consequences Of this fearful blow
TO the agricultural inte rest will be most ter
rbie, every energy Of our farmers having been di-
rected to bring about an abundant yield this year.
The only course left to pursue is to push ahead
and plow up the remnants Of the damaged crops,
and endeavor to replant as far as possible with
corn. At best, 1t is very great risk, and the
yield will depend entirely on the propitiousness Of
the seasons.
THE BERMUDA GAZETTE, Of the 11th inst, con-
tains the following interesting news from the West
Indies: ga large meeting OF prominent merchants
and others took place at Commercial Hal, Bridge
town, Barbados, ON the Esd ult, to consider the
proposal made by New York company, through
their travelling agent, a Mr.. DELMAR, to establish
semi-monthly line OF steamers between New
York and the West Indies, yiz: The route To be
from New York to st. John, Porto Rico; thence to
st. Thomas, st. Kits and Antigua; here to coal
and tranefer the mails, passengers, &C., to inter-
colonial boats. which would touch at Gaudaloupe,
Martinique, Barbados and Demarara. They were
to leave New York on the 1st and 18th Of each
month. The company has q capital Of 81, ,0O0, 900,
but had only issued 81, 500 COX, ,ran of which had
been taken up in the States; but it was proposed
to issue small additional number in the islands,
more to show their cooperation in the line than
because 1t was necessary to seek for more capital
to work it. The rates to be charged for passen-
gers SO per day. They had q promise from their
government Of $3.50 900 per annum. MIR. DEIMAR
said that Turks Island offered f15OO and Bermuda
f3OOO."
BOOKS, N PROPERLY used, are chiefly valuable in
supplying to those who read them new experiences
and new points Of view. II mot so used they mere
ly turn the students into sort Of walking ency-
clopedia. And the fault Of the book-worm is, that
the more no banishes himself from the world tho
more he has q tendency to become mere collector.
He has at his fingers ends all the curiosities Of
literature. But the energy and sympathy with
his age, which alono can convert the curiosties
| Of tho past into steam power for the present and
the future, has died out Of him. In order to make
his mark upon the world he ought to be full OF
ideas, and he is only full Of facts. He finds him
self in his old age beaten, as tar as influence and
power are concerned by those who have learnt less,
but made more active use of the little they have
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