The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1869-01-20

euriositys ana took no pafns 70 conceA TINS
fact. What Witnessed and what heard did
not cause me to feel any regrets for having
gone from motives Of curiosity alono. OF |
course / felt little differently from what I
would have done had I gone to circus, for
then would have been provoked and ssham>
cd of myself for patroniEing an Immoral prac-
tice, In this case I felt Mortified at the impo.
.si.ion to which intelligent persons would sub
ject themselves, in tho belief that thus they |
arc to be saved; and, when tho laying on of |
hands was performed and the Bishop declared |
that thus the Holy Ghost was impaired, |
wondered that tho Great God did not at once |
punish such an assumption of power belong |
ing only to himself To say that 1 was dis !
guested would only convey faint idea Of my
feelings. Aud yet this religion is daily gain.
ipg ground--this easy way Of getting to heaven
is very popular. Fity-ono persons OF both
sexes-niddle-aged men, boys, married wo-
mcu and beautiful girls, rich and poor, black
and white, were all together, on this occasion.
The bending Of tho knocs, the Gro ssing, tho
pantomine, tho unintelligib!e muttering, the
brazen candle~sticks and burning candles, the
richly decorated affairs, tho Bishop in his
glittering robes seated in his great chair--all
reminded me of q scene of magic, with the
Bishop as the magician. At the usual hour
for morning service, went through courtesy,
to the Front street Methodist Church, whore L
heard n gospel sermon rom tho words, What
lack 1 YETI" Tho minister, having closed
the Bible, in a very Torciblc manner made
practical application Of tho above question.
As the morality of the young man, was, in his
case, insufficient, so is II now. It suited we'll
retrospective view Of the past year, and ex.
horted to fresh resolves for the now one. lie
spoke plainly Of the perversion Of the Christ
mas bolidays-ho was glad that Christmas,
as perverted, had passed. He rejuiccd that il
brought to remembrance the birth OF Saviour.
In the afternoon attended evening service at
the St James Episcopal, many of whose
members are low church. At night, from
curiosity, went to the ST. Johns Episcopal,
and after listening to what is called by some,
d The Opera Troupe" heard an excellent
discourse from Bishop Atkihson-being the
fret Of q series of discourses on the Incarna-
ton. The music was just such as one would
hear in u second class Opera, and constitutes
the most attractive feature in the attendance
Mt that church. I mentioned TO a friend sit
ting by me, that IL was clever to hear operate
music without paying for it, but was a little
too hasty, as tho plato was soon handed round,
as is the custom here. The singing I have
never heard equallcd by a church choir, and
music is introduced into all the forms-the
creed is partly chanted, as also tho re-
sponscs and the Amens. st. Johns is ex-
tremely high church. This aud the st. James
nrc most beautifully decorated at this season.
have not yet attended the Baptist worship,
As 1 mentioned they are using the City Hall
ut present They have in process of erection,
the largest aud finest edfce in this city-on
the same style Of architecture MS our Episcopa,
church in Greenville. When completed, it
| will be an elegant and commodious house Of
| worship. ...
I went down yesterday to look ut tho
Fibro MIL" many of your readers probably
have never heard of this very novel invention.
/ fortunately had before read partial dcscrip-
tion, aud had determined to see one the very
fret opportunity, and to fully understand its
"modus eperandi." 1 have done so, and am
prepared to give your readers an idea Of whn,
II does, and how a cane-brake is converted
into paper. This and q SIMILAR mill in Brook
lyn are the only two in existence. Cane aud
reeds have have been used for this purpose all
along. but the process by this mill is now
complete. The work Is done altogether by
steam, large quantities of which are used for
softening the cane, and blowing il into n
ibrous condition. There arc Eve guns in this
mill, with their complementary steam chests
or domes, which arc placed Immediately above
tho guns, and from which a ayolumo Of steam
is suddenly lot into the guns. Tho guns are
about twenty-five feet long, (allowing Of two
lengths Of the cane as it grows herc,) and
twelve inches in diameter, which admits quite
a bundle of cane. Into each gen, two bundles
Of cane, about twelve feet long and one foot in
diameter, arc introduced one after the other,
as in a breech loader, and raHmed home, and
the breech closed SO tightly, as TO rcsist the
pressure of twenty tons. Steam is then let
into tho gun, and tho cane Is subjected to a
stsaming process for afteeo minutes, by which
time it is capable of being blown into fbro.
The condensed steam Is thep blown out of the
gun, aud suddenly large volume of steam is
1 let in from tho domo and near the breoet 4,
which drives tho steamed cane out against
a three inch target, and the work is
done. Two bundles Of cano went into the
breech Of tho gun fifteen minutes ago, and
now 1t is being serapcd away iron. the floor OF
the target by machinery, mass Of wet hbre
ready for the packing press. So great is the
vacuum produced at tho muzzle of the gun at
the discharge, that the walls, top, and floor Of
close room would cave in or be torn up,
consequently, all but the aoor Is open lattice
and wire work, which causes q small waste OF
material. All work but cutting and boating
tho cane Ia done by machinery. The fibre Is
drawn away from the target and elevated to
the packing room and packed, all by the same