The Carolina Spartan, 1856-08-28

. , . - * o ? "*h these i door?in on br to accomplish this tliff >xpor ; eult feat, rIio w;?s just in the act of givin going that peculiar swing to the left which th main. disproportion of the dress of the present da ollars w ith our domestic economy readers access: >erity ry. w hen, to the utter dismay and constei genre nation of the whole assembly, the litll flour, count was missed, aim the duche?9 reutait Ice up fed struggling with some unseen obstacl build which prevented her advaucing. The ogi infuse crinoline had swallowed up the knight eve tuples ' more effectually than in the fairy days > t the ' old, for no traco of his former existence w men \ visible. Tlie company following in paii be it I wa-i stopped as a matter of couise?thos ers of who bad gone on before had already react s, nor ed their seat* at the table, and turned i stten- wonder to behold the strange scene whic roper was enacting at the door, where the tal with majestic, and unusually dignified Ducbe; ship- do P. was capering and caracoling with labor scared and terrified countenance, and th uune- 'est of the c.unpany pressing forward to l>? t sta b?ld what was the matter. The confusio utten and dismay were at their height when th !, too, little man crept out on his hands and kite* >re to from beneath the mountain of crinoline an lhi of tlounces in which he had been envelope* all flushed alul discomfited, hut little dispo ed to smile, although the tittering of tli lhose con,jiany 80ou broke into a hearty laugl neoU w|len the Empress, unable to restrain h< lulent nijrth, gave the sigtial of a genuine ou ur burst of nreiriment, which enliveucd th n,o''1 whole repast, and rendered it one of tli wm? gayest which had taker, place since the d< ovels; |Kirture of the Emperor. Of course, th ic'.sm adventure hns given rise to epigrams an T, ? quolibets without end, and the p?ror Iiltl logo- coUnt has become better know n within tli "ear last week in the annals of the court than b ier ot the three years' good and honest scrvic '> 11,0 which he hns passed at the Tuilciies. Th ll duchess, meanwhile, lowers nioro inajesl ' cUw cully than over over her fellows; the inc " rh nt hns not a whit diminished the insi ruler, |t.,lC0 ,,f |)er crinoline, which, growing u?oi prodigious every day, completely extir J,lre> gui>hes nil the ridicule which the a Ivet c' tare of the little Count do M. would olhei *y 1)0 wise have heaped upon her.?Paris Co, Iffh I 1 < .1 - r

Putting up Flour for Market. The following hints on the proper | ration of flour for market are worth j attention of manufacturers ami fai | Wo copy from the South Carolina Ag lurist; Flour, though not so important, is i tholes* worthy of some care ami atte The barrels should hare ten hoop-, a all other particulars conform to the inspection now in force in this Slate, for exportation should never ho s< market in sacks. The reasons for th so obvious, that they do not require lion. No fancy brands, such as sup and extra fllie, should he indulged i the miller, hut he should simply plai the barrels the name of his mill, w private brand such as A, It or C, to < nate its particular quality, to enable h invoice it to his factor, so as to recogn by him. Our wheat growers do not how much they lose, and how great I commerce of the Slate suffers, from i glorice in properly pr? paring flour for kot. Recently two Spanish vessels to Charleston to load with flour, an though there was an abundance i market, they could not procure five dred barrels in a fit condition for ox| tion. Flour in sack*. and ill oondit barrels, was selling for $5 50 to $5 7 barrel, and ?7 was freely offered by ships for cargoes in fit condition for c tation. They weighed anchor, and \ to Baltimore, took a full cargo for } So, the loss of over five thousand <1 was entailed on the commercial pro-] of Charleston, simply from the negli; of thoso who furnish her market with These are small details, hut thov ma] the vitality of trade; and if we wish to up prosperous shipping marts, and i active vigor in the producers of our si for exportation, we must not neglec requirements . f trade. We have not tioned rice and sea island cotton, for said, to the great credit of the produc these articles, that upon no other crop in any part of the world, is so much i tiou paid, as is bestowed upon their p preparation for market. The avidity which these products are taken by our pers, shows that careful attention and will always be more satisfactorily ren rated; and when the producers of shot pie cotton and flour bestow the same i tion on these products, they will find that proper preparation will enure m< their interest even than the pr<>ducti' enormous crops badly handled." Fighting and Provocation.?' men who Hud the milk and water elei of their tempers thrown into such vi commotion by theMBrooks and Sutnui tair" and its various consequences, i find a profitable moral in the folio scene from one of Scott's historical n

The Present Queen oe Greece.?The 0> queen is a woman of thirty lire, who wll j not grow old for a long time; her embonpoint will preset ve her. She is of a powerfj ful and vigorous constitution, backed by an t iron health. H,-r beauty, famous fifteen years ago, may still be perceived, although delicacy litis given way to strength, Her face is full and smiling, but somewhat stiff and prim; her look is gracious, but not affaj ble; it would seem as though she smiled (j provisionally, and that anger was not far ' off. Her complexion is slightly heightened ' in color, with a few imperceptible red liucs which will never grow pale. Nature has provided her with a remarkable appetite, ~ and she takes four meals every day, not to sp^ak of sundry intermediate collations. One part of the day is devoted to gaining fj strength, and the other to expending it. Io the morning the queen goes out iulo bftf ^ garden, either on foot or in a little carriage, ^ which she drives herself. She talks to her gardeners, she has trees cut down, blanches ^ pruned, earth levelled; site takes almost as much pleasure in making others more its in moving herself, and aiie never has so good | an appetite as when the gardeners are bun?7* After the mid day repast and the fob n lowing siesta, the queen goes out riding, and ge.ts over a few leagues at a gallop to J take the air. In the summer she gets up I at three in the morning to go and balltc iti i the sea at Phaleruin; she swims, without getting tired, for an hour together. In the ~ evening she walks, afqar supper, in her gar1 den. In the ball season she never misses - a waltz or a ijuadrille, nnd she never seems r tired or satisfied. j" Cnicfy?TANTlAL evidence not always le Ueliaule.?A man at Hague, becoming tired of his wife, attempted to poisoo her iu _ the following manner: n 9 j They sat down to dinner, and while she 1S had left the room or her back was turned, s he put the ftoison into her soup. Not daring * 0 to liust himselt into her presence he feigned . o me excuse and left the room. By a wonn derful Providence, when she came to the I, table, a spider had dropped from the ceil1 iug of the room iulo the soup plate. She ' was especially afraid of spiders, and her busi i r i - " ~

dor. I confess that I am not scUiciently P'< ilightem.d to see what gain will he to the tbt juth in the election of Mr. Uuchannn to ''y le Presidency more ihnn thai of any other tin the contending parties. They aro all wi! orthern men, with their Frectoil senti- So lents or proclivities. Ono thing I feel ire of, and that is, that Mr. Buchanan tio mnot he elected unless his party agrees to it ? irrender Kansas to the Freesoil interest, tin hen what avails to us, even if Mr. Huchan sp< i is sound upon the great Southern ques- Th on? We get the Piesidelit, and the Noith fa* sts the Territory. It is a shameful sacri an of both principle and interest, for the Ui ike merely of being permitted to stay in ti\ te Union. d<"I would lake this occasion to say that I So n not actuated by the least unkind per >nal teeling>. Fours, respectfully, **' We tlifier with our late sulrsctiber in he g partisan, acting with a party from a irtial motive In tiie great contest he- ?f recti the North and South, there are hut ,ei iro parti??the t*ue sectional. marsh tile I 11 the North against fcouiLern rights under **x< ie Coiistituiioti, and openly advocMiing a" -union because of slavery in the cotifed Dc acy* tike other a gieat national party, in lt" uding lho wIm?I? So* lb and pail of the pH, orth and Northwest, united fur a vigorous an i'ort l<? upitold the Constitution and the glits ol tlieSoil'li iti tlie Union. The for- bel s:r embrace* all the elements of fanaticism. id abolitionism, and frcesoHisin, runt all "K eolher villainous istn- in the coiintiy open ol united f*?r disorganizing the government . destroying the Constitution. Tire latter ?> nbraces patriotic, conservative men in the th? e? States, w ho are true to the constiunion Ie* principles and the spirit of '70. uuiteo in s>ii ie noble ?tlori to uphold the fabric ol the tin 8*1 government the worhl lias ever seen, tin t>-piui our difference#. and perpetuate the l" icied bond ol union w hich the thirteen or C? ;inal sovereign and ind pendent States es tin ihlished on the basis of tryu Democratic s"i epuhlic:ui principles. mt 1 he former has onetilv avowed ? of

r our cause! Aio we to say to Douglas id Cass, and Richardson and Reverdy hnsoii, and Pi Alt and Pearee. and Cboato id Jones, and Stephens and Toombs, wo fuse lo act with you in a great effort to ve the Union And our rights? We think it. We would not be irwependent in such cause. We would take our place in the nks, and do duty with the rnnk and file. ru would not put ourselves forward to net une, but hold ourselves ready to follow ten others in the common eouse are prered to lend. We lose nothing In enrolling with Virnia and Georgia, and Alabama and Missippi?their stake is ours; and when the nek Republican party take possession of 0 government, they will not bo found aiding their necks submissively to the ke which may he contemplated. We are partisan with the other Southern utes in supporting the principles of the ncinuati platform, which, on the great estion, no Southern man can object to. 10 of the leaders of the opposite party has ula-ed that James Buchanan has merged 1 identity in that platform, and that he its embodiment?wo support him as :h, and go for the principles and not the in. We differ with our late subscriber in his ;n that Mr. Buchanan ha* freesoil sentimts. His Oslend letter, and views of the cessiiy of the acquisition of Cuba, are a licient protection to him from such im tution. He has avowed the platform, and s necessity of protecting our Southern in est from foreign governments wo have doubt, if elected, lie will give his inllu ?c to protect it at home. We would, then, a? partisan of the Demo it ic party, support their nominee-tin what believe is the most important issue ever jsented lo the people since the origin of > confederacy. If we fail in securing our hts. the Southern State* can take care of < smselves; and united as they now are, we I! koou iiave a convention to organize a uthern Confederacy. he whole South is uuiteJ in this secnal issue for the sake of the Union, and Joes not become us lo isolate South Caro a from her co States on account of any jcial adherence to a particular policy. 1 c Slate has declared, by a large vote, in or of co operation. We have it now in cfV.tlf ?A ne.iLiin'/. "lie i 1? **

lions from ci neks and fissure* in the ground. The streams of lava on llio slopes are still so slightly cooled that people dare not ven- j lure to any great distance from the shore. i According to the accounts of the natives the top of tiie mountain does not appear to have undergone any noticeable alteration. Oc the other side of Kandhar, on the ex- j treme nortlt point of the inland, the appear unce of the devastation w Inch has been cans ed, is if possible even more frightful than j what lias taken place at Tartuna. For here, where formerly there were to be seen extensivo fields beating ail kinds of crops, and thickly planted, and endless groves of cocoa nuts, wo now Ond nothing but lava stone and ashes. The liquid tire seems at this point to have flowed from the mountain with irresistible force and in prodigious quantity. Not only has this feaiful flood us it were buried the whole district and all that was upon it, but alter having caused tins destruction over an extent of several miles, it was still powerful enough, on ! leaching the shore, to form two long tan j jong, (oapu-) at pUu-es where the depth yf ; water tormeily consisted of uiany fathutns. the tiiglilful picture of destruction, the j horror which was iucresv-cd by the shrieks ofuu-ii and I easts, the wild roaring 1 of the tempest, and the crashing* of thous- i snds of trees torn up and carried uv-av, wn? i followed about an hour later by peals of thunder, w hicli shook the ground and deaf- j L-ned the ear. A black column of st u es and a-hes then | shot up troiii the mountain to an iiuiuense height, and fell, illumined by the glare of the lava, like a shower of tire upon the surrounding country below, producing a dark | ncss that on:y now and then, momentarily broken by the flames of lightning, was so intense that people could not discern oh jects close at hand, and which completed their con fusion and despair. I.urge stones were hurled through the air, crushing whatever thev fell upon. Houses and crops, which hud not been destroyed by fire, sank and disappeared beneath the ashes and stones, and the hill streams, stopped by .1 i : ' ? ill i i . '

h uhuu uhu uiien laugueu ai tier lor it. So c she carefully took tbe spider out with the spoon, ami finding she could not bring liern self to eat after it, ahe in tbe absence of ber e husband, changed the plates and ate Lis * 8?UPj After a while he came bach and devourj ed what be sup|>oscU to be tbe pure soup. lie was i in nv.-d lately taken with convulsions Q and expired. Before death, be confessed , that be iiad poisoned tbe soup, and that it ;t' mnst have been p'ncod before him uniutentioually by his wife. Now how narrow ie was tbe escape of bis wife, not only from c being poisoned, but from being bung. If e. the mau bad died without a confession, tbe ;9 woman must have been immediately arj rested. Poison would have been found io le i tbe man aud in the soup plate. She gave c . bim tbe soup. Hero would have been cirI cum-tancial evidence strong enough to | hare bung ber, an innocent woman woul^ lC 1 have expired, but for the eoufessien. i I * j ' A Wool Story.?The following excel, lout story is told of Mr. Sbenfe, a grocer in -e Portsinoutb, X. H.: i- "It appears that a man bad purchased a \. quantity of wool from him, which had been r- weighed and paid for, and Mr. S. bad gone r. to the desk to get change for a note. Uappening to turn bis bead while there, be saw in a gl..as that hung so as to reflect tbe o shop, a stout aim reach up and take from >8 the shelf a heavy while oak cheese. Jn? stead of appearing suddenly and rebuking the man for his theft, as another would, |lj r- thereby losing bis custom for ever, the craf 1 ty old gentleman gave the thief his change u as if nothing bad happened, and then, under pretence of lifting the bag to lay it on a horse for bim, took bold of it; on doing y so it appeared heavier than be seemed to r! , exj>ect, upon which ho exclaimed, "AThy h ble->s me, I rou?t have reckoned the weight e wrong." "0, no," said the other, "you may ir be Miie o'that, for I counted them with you.' "Well, well, we won't dispute about the

oj position to the South, while the hitler ; j?|? us declared a national union for the pro- ; ar< cliun of its right- , a sacred adherence 1 li ' the Constitution. ! co1 The lonner hut proclaimed to the South, i hh hits far shall thou go and no farther"? I un Idle the latter in-ists on the equality of sic ie Slates, iu tlie Union and in the Territo- ex es. 'l'lie former is ag.uust its, and the hit tiv r adopts a platform of our principles. Can go e hesitate whi.h party to act with/ Are he e to stand idly I}, while all our sister let lutes of the South are acting together wi.h ; hrt great national parly for our cause?or cei inized upon our principles?figli tipg for j to tr rights! Sliall we be neutral, and refuse I an join the ranks in the great b.itlle of sec- | tin una? No! we are neither followers, nor sin iherents of the Democratic part) ; but wo up e partisan, acting with it in a gieat effort, IK r the Couslitulion and the Union. While tie e belong to the Union, and its Cons'.itu he on is violated, it is our duly to unite in ; at rcry effort for its protection and restota- p<> un?while tho bond lasts, it is a sacred soi ily to tight manfully for itio prii ciples tic ;>on wInch it was founded; and we would pai ? recreant to the spirit of our fathers, if we tic lowed that instrument to fcu destroyed I)t ithout aiding to save it. tin We are partisan, acting with a great na- tio anal party for the general interests of the tin hole confederacy in struggling for the to oiihtitulion and the sectional rights of tho for DUtlr under it. The permanent interests tin this Confederacy depend on the preser- he; ition of Southern interests undor the Con- of itulion. We would insist on our own ah< trerlies as essential to the prosperity of the sir nion, if it is to continue. set Never before lias a strictly sectional is- sid ie been preset) <>d for the votes of the poo- Un e of the North; <ever before has the ques tee jn of the equality of the States with the Go