The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-09-29

and is tho jewelled ohalice.. which con.
tains the draught 80 refreshing to tho
imagination Of tho reader. sao7osHo q
Glove takes up the glnss of time aud turns
1t In his glowing hand, a4Ns lan4.'
Every moment, lightly shaken, runs itselfin
golden sands.
Love took up tho harp Of L,fs aud smoto on
oil tho chords with might, rEg .olts-
smotc the chord of SclT ,that trembling
passed In music out Of sight" !" ,'a -
The Greek tragedians knew tho
power Of death in the drama and the
"To AkAGxAioN" edhoosi :6n inevitable
fato in their songs and ,choruses., AL
artists have used death to exotic che
sublime feelings of. tho heart, and the
novelist weilds it with powerful effect.
"The pain is not in parting" but how
we shall meet again, whether the dear
faces that is disappearing from our
door will return to us again in this
world, or whether we will meet in the
same old way, with hearts unchanged
and tears of love Frightening the eye.
Death, that certain parting unseen
and unexorable, which makes those We
love 30 Car, SO dear, because we feel
that all differences, all mutual love,
all frivolties, all heart burnings, al
loving looks, all twinkling humor, ell
high beating hearts must end in n...,
"The little spriukling Of cold earth that
falls,
Echoed from the ooffins lid." ' .l1haY
LASTLY tho chief end of the novel
seems to us TO DO delight and the
opening of the crystal fountains Of
art to the reading world in cottage or
mansion. 1t softens the hard heart
of man as he travels tho stony path
way, and no turns with pleasure to
gaze on this 'green Of the soul"
after his aching eyes have been das.
zled by tho glare and swild pulsation''
of the harsh world. It exalts taste,
enlarges views and has taught many
who live for "tho gloss Of satin and
simmer of pearl" that there arc
many like the beautiful Bohemian
girl in the opera, who dreamt that
they "dwelt IN marble halls now sunk
in black despair"
1t teaches that thero ia such thing
as misery, that there Is anoh q thing
as charity. It is grand in the Inca.
ments Of tho ideal, peopling the
world with beautiful cresturas Of tho
and the human heart with
ennobling thought. It's influence ie
like that Of all liberal arts. "Adverss
is, per3ugium ac solatiun, prosbent ,dc.
lectant domi, non impeai,snt .foris !; per.
noctant mobisesn,, pereqrtnaHtxr, rusti.
cantur." They afford o pleasing re-
fuge and solaoe from the sterner reali-
ties of life; they delight US at our
firesides, they do not impede US in
our public business, they dwell With
us m our meditationa and dreams Of
Beauty by night they walk with us
ander the MONDAY sun, and they touch
with sublimer grandeur Or sweeter
halo the scenes Of the God of nature.
IA thing Of Soauty is % Joy forever.nt
----'----~s s---
PLueEINo THE SouYH.-WhiIe tho
Northern cities are in high glee over
tho rich and enormous trade whioh
they expcot to be the result Of the
reviving prosperity of the South, tho
officials Of the govern mont
sec, il tho SUCCESS Of our agriculture,
but anoti4ar opportunity for legislative
injustice and oppression. Not con-
tent with the certain prospect that
tho internal revenue from the South.
orn States for the present fiscal year
will be about flfty per cent. gsesses
than that of last yeSr, they are al~
ready Matching so&emes to'sRift the
whole burden of taxation from the,
backs of tho "loyal'' manufacturers.
TO those Of the tsrebepF producers..
Among the notifications Of tho reve->
nue law we are assured will undcubt~.
edly be recommended to the next,
Congress tax Of one cent per poun&
on cotton. This, it is calculated, esh
be made to yield aa annuaI income oG
fifteen millions % dollars-.-0 prize,
the tempting character Of wRioh to-
Yankee congressman may be inferred
from the fact that IL will enable there
to crafty their constituents by an inn
repeal Of those universslIy
anpopular sections Of the rsvenese
~" 1"pOp0 pPOOA1S VUACbs~-"~
Charleston .Nsws. ;srs e4s 4s,,s%i
THE EURorEAN GovsRNptEnr TeIg-
tswEpm SysrEDs. - The European gov.
ornmonts appear to have discovered
the valne % taking ehe telegraph
lines ender sheiv control, and they
have learned also thst the public arc
very extensively the gainsrs bS2S che,
operations. Whilo Hnglana Has Ss~
zen The Initiative Initiative ii a5simiiywISffDK, 5simiiyw tie
to the postal systsps, equal
Fy good results are Observable IN BEL
giesm and In Switzerland, with regaTd
to- money orders. ,1nn5beso
connssies, for instance, ,ss u is pub
ioly stated, the plan usad % simple,
and very much like that which aS Pre-
sent prevails with post money ordefS-
e.,x r.. l. 4.