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VOLUME III.
OXFOIID, N. C., WEDXESDxVY, FEBRULUIY 7, 1877.
NUMBEK 6.
t'Ei.iin'S'y.
Wlicn yon meet witli one pursuing,
Ways tlic lost have oiiteretl in,
W'orking out liis own undoing
AV'ith his recklessness and sin •,
Think, if placed in his condition,
Would a kind word he in vain,
Or a hiok of cold suspicion
Win thee back to truth again.
When you meet with one suspected
OP some secret deed of sliame.
And for this by all rejected,
As a thing of evil fame ;
Guard thy every look aud action,
Speak Tio word of heartless blauiCj
For the .slanderer’s vile detraction
Yet may soil thy goodly name.
There dhe spots that hear no flowers,
Not because the soil is bad ;
lint the summer’s genial sliDWTrs
Never made their bosom glad.
Better have an act that’s kindly,
Treated sometimes with disdain,
Thau by judging others blindly,
Boom the iiinocciit to ])ain.
A UL-OWAT MOIEALS.
We liave made no reference to
tlie late duel, because, up to this
time, we hoped that the law
would take such steps as would
makeituiuieoessaiyfor us to do so.
Public brawls and seculai- scandal
are not in the domain of religious
literature, aiid it was with no
weak faith that we anticipated
that the fierce light which beats
upon the throne, would make tiiis
glaring outrage of law more
•startling, and that justice would
be swift to vindicate itself iij)on
its lofty dfcfaiuer. dV the shame
t)f our rulers and the intense
.mortification of ever)' law-abiding
iiiaii, as little action lias been
tjiken as if there were no laws to
revorenoo and no society to pro
tect. We belieVe it tlie special
dutr of the religious jiress to enter
a strong protest against the more
than iijiatliy of the authorities in
the jtainful Bennett—May aifair.
Their connivance with the duel,
and their want of action siibso-
juent to it, has exercised an in
fluence upon the young men of
this country that will only show
itself wlien broken.lieartod moth
ers will sob over dead sons, who
will fall in the encounters wliich
this one will encourage. The
Bleeping law has awakened the
code of honor, and the crack of
the pistol will celebrate its slum
ber. The code ot honor ! Hori'i-
ble misnomer, aud sad fact that a
conservator of the peace, a great
newspaper whoso special sphere
is to protect society from the
lawless, should so eagerly open
the gates that let loose a flood of
disturbance, aud no voice lifted
up to warn it, no hand stretched
forth to stay. If the duel between
James Gordon Bennett and Fred-
ei'ick May had been between two
unknown hot-headed young men,
we would not have dignified it
with our consideration. ddiis
prominenf case though, is like
the approach of a plague—a moral
plague, and we sound the alarm
and call upon all religions teach
ers and other readers to take up
the cry that many may not fall
from its baleful breath.
It has taken years to so hedge
about with statute the duelist that
he might be pievented from
practising his folly. The tvoi'k
of years is now impaired if not
broken down.
After Mr. Bennett had been
assaulted, it was noised abi'oad
before nightfall that a duel was
being arranged between him and
his assailant. The arrest of both
parties and tlieii' being put under
bonds to keep the peace would
have been an easy' matter. Xo
oftbrt was made during the days
that elapsed to itrovent the fight.
To say that tlie law could not
have secured, tried, and punished
these gentlemen, would bo to
assert that tlie public are credu
lous fools, and the police dumb,
blind and cripples.
The curtain has fallen upon
tills melodrama so far as the
world at large is concerned. It
is for the Church now to battle
with its effects. The actors have
fled, hut the audience vet remains.
All that can be done now must
bo through moral influence.
Therefore, let us from the jiulpit
aud in the family circle use every
exertion to counteract the evil.
—Clmn-h Union.
Apart from the inscriptions
found on Egyptian monuments,
our only source of information
concerning the history' of tlie
country is a certain numher of
dilapidated fragments of a list of
Pliaraolus which Manctlio, a priest
of Ileliopolis under Ptolemy
Piiiladclphiis (304 b c.), had
placed at tlie head of a chronicle
he had written, and which is now
lost, except a few passages quoted
by Josephus, Julius Afrioanus,
and Georgius Syiicellus. A Cop
tic scholar, M. Eugene lievillout,
has just made an important dis
covery at the Paris Xatioiuil
Library, and which promises to
lead to others. We should pre
mise that there are three sorts of
Egyptian writing: the hieroglyphic,
wliicli is popularly spoken of;
the hieratic, which was used for
literary compositions ; and lastly
a latei one, the demotic, which
dates from the twenty-fifth dy'-
nastv, and was used in the ordi
nary transactions of life. Two
years ago the National Library
purchased a dernotio jiapy'rus.
No. 215, that baffled the efforts of
all Egyptologists. It has five
columns on the first page, and
several more on the back, by
another hand. It is mutilated,
for all along tlie edges there are
traces of other columns. It be
gins with the sixth ciiapter of a
chronicle of the same nature as
those which Maiietiio must have
used, and goes down to the
thirteenth. It treats of the period
ly'iiig between the y'ears 410 and
345 li. c., and comprising three
dynasties and about ten princes.
Tlie Greeks were the allies of the
Egy'ptians against the I’ersians,
who, after a series of bloody
conflicts, were at first repelled.
but ultimately became the con
querors. The papyi'Lis casts some
light on the part played by' Egy'pt
in this contest, those of the Greeks
and Persians being ivell know'll.
The author of tliis fragment was
evidently a priest, as may be
gathered from the solemnity of
his style and his religious enthu
siasm. Whenever Egypt is strick
en dow'n it is ow'ing to her impie
ty ; whenever victory crowns her
efforts, it is for the triumph of
law and riglit. The papyrus
rectifies many an obscure point
of liistory. We must content
ourselves with mentioning the
case of Neetaiieb L, sjii of Auiyr-
t;ous, erroneoLish' placed at the
head of tlio Mendesian dynasty,
whereas lie only' occupies the
seventh place in the same.—
Galiyuani.
T5SB BliS.iK'S.’ «r CHISA.
About 450 miles up thj river
Yaiig-tsi, near the mouth of which
is Sliaug-liai, we reaoii Ilan-kow,
the very heart and center of
China, now one of the free ports
by treaty, aud a place ofasmucli
commeroial iuportaneo lo the
Chinese themselves as to us.
Han-kow', as know'n to Europe-
aiid, consists of three large towns,
which are only prevented bv the
Yang-tsiand its tributary the Han,
from being one. Those three
towns are Wocliang, Hanyang,
and Ilan-kow. Han-kow occupies
one of the angles formed by the
Han and Yang-tsi rivers, w'hich
here meet at right angles. On
the opposite or right hank of the
Han is a precipitous range of hills,
crowned witli the fortified walls
of the aristocratic Han-vang, a
place which has suffered most
severely from rebel occupation ;
and on the opposite or right side
of the Yang-tsi is the important
provincial city' of Wo-chang, its
hills terraced with houses and
crowned with pagodas. Han-kow'
is in shape an acute-angled
triangle, the base of wliich, a mile
long, rests on the Yang-tsi; and
it extends about tw'o aud a lialf
miles along the banks of the Han.
It is a purely' commercial citv,
and has no w'all of defence
.surrounding it. Ear superior,
both in construction i nd as to tlie
amount of its trade to most of the
Chinese, cities, it is in fact a sort
of central market, w'liere tlie
natives of t’:o northern' and
tliesoutl’.ernprovinco.sintercliaiige
tlie necessai'ies of life. The
[lopulation is ever fluctuating. Al
certain seasons of the year traders
from Hi, Kobdo, and other iiarts
of Tliibet, visit Han-kow. Their
strongly marked Tartar features
and turbaned heads, conspicuous
amongst the motly' crowd that
thronges tlie busy streets, lined
with shops and wareliouses, where
European goods find a ready sale,
add variety and ))icturesquenessto
the groups, and proclaim Han-kow'
to be what it is—one of the
greatest marts of China. Hither
then, as to a focus, let us hope to
see the benign influences of
Chi'istianity' brought to bear w'ith
all tlieir force, that the wandering
merchant may carry back with
him to his remote home, not
merely the good things of this
w’orld, but the far better tidings
which is in oui- power to afford
him—the golden glories of the
gospel.—Sunday at Home.
The London Times contains
some interesting accounts of Dr.
Schlieman’s discoveries. The
treasures are sent to Athens w’here
they are to permanently remain.
Speaking of remains among the
tombs, the Doctor says ;
“All three were of gigantic
proportions, and appeared to have
been squeezed with force into the
small space of only six feet, w'hicb
was left tor them between the
aforesaid walls ; the bones of tlie
legs which were nearly uninjured,
are really of enormous size.
Although the head of tlie first
was covered with a massive gol
den mask, his skull crumbled
away on being exposed to the
air, and but a few bones could
be saved beside those of the legs.
The same was the case w'ith the
second body’, which had been
ijliindered in antiipiity'. But the
third bod}’, which lay at the noi th
end of the tomb, the round face
witli all its flesh had been won
derfully preserved under its pon
derous gu-lden mask ; there was
no vestige of hair, but both eyes
wore perfectly' visible, also the
mouth, which, by the enormous
weight that liad been pressing
upon it, was wide open aud
showed thirty’-two beautiful teetli.
By these all the physicians who
came to see the body were led
to 'believe tluit the man must liave
died at the early age of thirty-
five.
The massive golden mask,
wliich covered the head of this
body, and which I mentioned in
my' last letter, is 12§ inclies long
and 12J inches broad. It is so
thick that the enormous weight
which for ages has been pressing
upon it has made no inpression
on it. It shows a round face,
with large ey'es and a large mouth,
much resembling the features of
the body when first uncovered,
and I feel now more convinced
than ever that all tbegolden masks
faithfully' ropi'esent tlie features
which they cover. In fact, a sin
gle glance on these splendidly-
made masks must convince every
one that they are real portraits
and not ideal types. Tlie golden
breast-cover of this body, which
I likewise mention in my last
letter, is 14 2-5 inches long and
8 4 5 inches broad. At a distance
of liardlv more tluin one foot to
the right of the body I found
eleven bronze swords, of wliicli
nine had more or less suffered
from moisture, but the other two
were well preserved.”
THE GREAT SiXOW STORMS.
The present winter promises t.o
be as remarkable for its severity’
and for the heavy' fall of snow
over a large part of the contiy, as
the last summer was for its ex
treme and protracted heat. Tlio
Rochester Express of the 16th ult.
say’s: “The present winter, thus
far, has had no parallel in the
history of railroad ti-avel in this
country'. Tlie people in city and
country' have known nothing to
compare with it for half a oentuiy.
It is safe to say' that during tlie
passage from llochester to Buffalo
there is not a solitary' house .along
the line of the Central road that
is not nearly' half concealed amid
the surrounding snow. The high
ways look as if no travelers had
passed over them for forty-eight
hours, while most of them do not
look as if any' vehicle, man, or
beast, had traversed them in a
week. Not a living person, ex
cept the railroad workmen with
their shovels, is to be seen except
at extremely rare intervals. No
person who has not actually
passed over the ground can have
an adequate conception of the
ayipearaiice of utter desolation
which the country presents be
tween liouhester and Buffalo.”
EAltE IIV EJTTEE TIillVGS.
The world was surprised to
learn tliat Lord Macauley labored
wit!) great dilligcuce to perfect
the style of liis history, rewriting
almost every sentence, and re
casting whole cliapters to make a
.“•light improvement. His expe
rience repeated the lesson of all
ages,—that success is won only
by’ incessant toil and jiains-tak-
ing.
A similar lesson is taught by
the manuscripts of Liebiiitiz,
which are preserved in Hanover.
He ivas the most learn mun of
his age, and his studies covered
almost the entire range of human
know'ledge. But one who has
examined the manuscripts says of
liim :
‘No man ever wrote with more
care, no man ever blotted and
altered and copied more than
Leibuitz. There are instances in
this collection in w’liicii he liad
written the same letter three times
over, and finally amended it so
as to be obliged to give it to his
secretary’ to make the last co])\';
and all this, too, on an occasion
of little importance.’
One who is not willing to pay
the price of success in hard and
patient toil must not bo suprised
at failure.—Youth's Companion.
The latest literary' novelty' is
the announcement of a new w'ork
by the Laureate. The dramatic
form of composition has always
possessed a fascination for poets,
certainly not dejrendent on suc
cess in the attempt,—for, though
Woodsw'orth, Coleridge, Byron,
Southey', Shelly, Browning, Leigh
Hunt, and many' others, liavo
w'l'itten pieces more or less pro
fessedly adapted for tlie stage,
tliey W'ould none of them liave
lived to prosterity' on the credit
of them alone. Nor, in fact, rvas
“ Queen Mary'” received by the
public with any particular w'armth,
though it may possibly' prove tlie
first of a series, as the new drama
“ Harold” is announced as “ uni
form in size ” with it, and to ap
pear immediately’. Anything from
Tenny'son’s pen commands a large
and certain sale, as may' be infer
red from the publishers’ notice
that “ orders should be given at
once, ns copies w'ill be supplie 1
only in the order of their receipt.’)
■—^Tlie power of the imagina
tion is exhibited in the case of a
patient w’lio recently' died in a
hospital in Virginia. About twen-
ty-tw’o years ago he received a
bullet in his left lung, w'liich he
supposed had been lodged there
ever since. He said that it ivas
in the iieighboi'liood of the lieart,
and tlie complaint of w'hich lie
died was supposed to have result
ed from the bullet working itself
to that organ. An examination
was made, but no ball found.
A^et during the twenty'-two years
the patient was fully persuaded
that he felt the bullet in his lungs.
His imagination doubtless caused
his deatli.
The faculty of Harvard College
have finally decided to reoeiv'o
applications from women for
admission to the full privileges of
the universit'v.
Better be iq’iriglit with poverty
than uiipriucipled W’ith plenty.