The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-08-28

PERILoos DESCENT OF iEuoSAurs.-A cores
pondent of. the Boston Post, writing from Bran.
ford. under date Of the llth instant, says:
The quiet Of this retired Watering place
was greatly disturbed this afternoon by tho
cry of n balloon r. On rushing to tile piazza,
we notced That large md beautiful balloon
was III sight, apparently bound for the Long
is.anu House Suddenly, it rapidly descended,
anu 70 our horror the car md its three inmates
WI. WI. t,u"eeu IN tho sen, completely out Of
s'sht, the car which was large wicker bast
Ret, being completely submerged.
I'VE nt once started our fnyorte Yacht tbd
active' Tor the rescue. The little sloop almost.
new Inrough Tile waves, and soon was ,bv the
siue OIL the car, which was being. dragged III R
furious rate tl'rougl,thc water. The nnfortr.
'nspte OF their msl,np, gave the boato hnppv
cheer' ana requested the captain to lay near SO
as TO afford assistance They had thrown ont
their anchor but were drifting before the
whi towards one of the Thimbls Islands. Tho
yacht hastened to the shore, and The nnrtJ
were on hand to seize the car rs it struck tho
rock. 1t required the force of dozen men. To.
keep IL from ascending, it's passengers f,oH dat.
ing ITO to leave the car till the gas escaped. - ..
we found TINT the pronaut, Mr.. King, as.
med me by two passengers, H. G.. F. sTntuc~ and
| M; MT. ~ "A. PInkermnn; who went upon wap8rI
Inc car was well provisioned, but in tho exs
citement of their descent their supplies wero:
thrown WI, overboard. The car, when discovered,
was filled With chaos of barometefs. oyteras
ung glasses, champagne bottles and bpuuueis.
i"e barometer indicated n height of TWO milesl'
SOMETHING 1SretEs4xoZAt the Eavv tje.
ih."Itht' ihn naI' we saw this morning, specimen of
rronI;o or w're rope now being laid for teIe-
E'uP"ie purposes, III all stages of preparation
hrst' The frail copper wire next, that coated
with gutta pcrcha in solution: NEXT thnt ~
gam coated with the twisted iron wire protsa-
t%" n% M oi INC gntta rereha against being crushed
which it will be subjected ut the hottora (,
some pl"ces nc least 1000 pounds TO the SQUARE
inch and still again that with the coating Of
t"r to which it is last subjected.
These specimens arc 80 arranged as TINT tho
observer can at glance comprehend all the
arrangements OF metal and gutta percl,a nee
esshry to the completion of the cable ns il ia
now being laid down. Washington Star.
LoSeEvTr OF TTnrLEs;-A few days agoea
man caught turtle in Sparks mill pond' in
Dumbarton, Whose back was marked ns fol-
lows :-"Natham Gmtcrson," 1882" Tho tnr.
tic was large black one, and moved along
easily with two young men standing on his
back; From lIaywarrs N. II. Gazetteer, IN.
der the head Of Mllehorough Mass. We conv
the following ;-"Shuhal Thompson found n
land turtle marked on the shell II w. f747
thompson marked it and let it 60. EIiinh
clnpp found itin l772; William Shaw found it
IN ld75; Jonathan Soulc found it in 1900. and
Ienas Smith in 1891 Each. marked T. With
his initials. Whether the critter ia deadisor
gone to tho West, we have no account" Essr-
~ H. Tatrioe
) REMARKABLE SuSFsII-This fish, which IL n
native of tropical climates resembles the heal
; oi large fish, with fins or nappcrs Mt the rear
and the specimens which have been caurbt
have rarely exceeded three or four hundred
: pounds in weight. At Hampstead, l.. J., lately
I, | Il
OF those animals. which had been left in a
hollow OF the beach by the rccedin; tide, and
measurement showed that it was 81 feet lon~
by four feet broad. 1t weighed about anfnee
hundred pounds, and is tho largest on record.
SO far know. The suHfish seldom !,
captured go far North, but Goldsmith men =.
t'"ns one weighing five hundred pounds,
which was caught near Plymouth, England.
A traveller in the willis of Nebraska savs:-
I'VE got Oft our horses hitched them 10 a cot
tonwood corn-crb and went in. We asked
! for supper We got some bacon. molasses.
bro'lcd pumkin, and corndodger We ate
heartily; After meal was over, the woman
; just to keep Tint old slut and them fcre p,ips
, from sleeping i'll this ere meal box any logger
: In making this strangers corn bread was al
most Pestercd To death pickin out the small
hairs and dead fle $ that came out of them pes
Ky pups, and If they sleep III it week longer
} it won't be fit for use"
A Cook AND COMFORTABLE EpiroR-A Ee3,ra.-
ka editor. announced his plans for celebrating
the fourth of July: 1--WE shall Iuxurinte over
our dinner until about 4 O'clock when we shall
g"nnl swim for nn hour, "teter" for another
. half an hour, and then pitch cents till dark.
In the evening we shall 80 courtng."
The difference between rising every morning
Mt Six and eight in the course of forty years
: amounts to forty nine thousand hours, or three
years one hundred and twenty -one days and six
} teen yours, which will afford eight hours day,
} for exactly ten years, which is the same as ii
! ten years were added to a mans life.
The first bale of new Cotton was received at
Savannah on Wednesday last. It was from
= the plantation of Mr. Allen Gibson Of Marion
County, Fla. The first bale was received at
Savannah, Inst year, on the first of August
An ex-senator of the Massachusetts Legisla-
ture has been sent to the House of Correction
for drunkenness. In 1852 he was onSssaf the
. warInest of The Main liuuor law,