The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-07-05

| """No oi'e occHrreu- IN ioWer Hanover
county on Saturday last t6ar infor.
mant states that as Mr.. jeremiah LOGAN
was passing Through his field he sudden.
ly trod on a copPerhesd snake, one of
most 'enonious species of reptiles found
IN the state and in an instant it's fanos
were embedded in his right leg, causing
at at tie time only a slight tingling pain.
The snake then glided out of sight while
Mr.. Logan after brief search, proceed.
ed about his outdoor labors. Nothing
serious was apprehended in consequence
'ot the bite till the lapse of half an hour
or threeqnarters when the pain becom.
ing annoying, he deemed it bes, TO 20 to
his residence and apply some remedy
External and Internal use Of whisky ana
iaudanum was resorted to, bnt instead of
receiving relief the wound began rapidly
to swell and spread till the family became
alarmed and dispatched n servant f,r
a physician. Before however the ser
vices Of any could be obtained, Mr. Lo.
gan's condition continued to get worse
TIL the close of tile day. (about six hours
alter he was bitten, )wheu he bycame
wild and delirons and spasn after spasu
ensued lasting till la;e inthe night. wien
Ee died in the most aeonizinc manner.
Ills leg and almos. his whole per.
son, we are informed, were. vely much
swollen when he died, and light pur
pIlsh green color. thus showing that III,
poison had disseminated itself through
the whole system. tu. n, 3
One of these deadlv serpents was
killed on the farm Of Mr.. Slaughter, in
Chesterfield, a few, weeks since, .by a
negro employed there. 1. was in the
act OF srringing, when killed. q /"
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IiiH LEGISLATURE AND THE CoNsTI.
TuTIoNvL AMENDMENT.-lt Is stated
that'Govrrpor Swami will not call an
extra session Of the Maryland Leeislai
tnre, Ito ratity the constitutional amend.
ment, "A dispatch from Washington
says, also, that it is rumored in that
city that the Governors Of at least two
or three Western States will not con.
Vene their State Legislatures for the
purpose ratifying tile constitutional or
reconstruction amendments. The friends
OF the Administration are fully satisfied
that it viii not be acted upon by the
necessary number of States twenty
three) before the fall elections. IL is
also considered very doubtful whether a
quorum of the Tennessee q Legislature
can be got together this summer.
Baltimore Snn, 2Gh uh.
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Professor Agassiz has got as far as
Rio J"neiro on his way home, and in.
teuds halt ofsome weeks in the Braz
llian capital. BY, way Of relaxation he
has prepared series Of lectures, id tie,
French language, describing the p,o
gress and results of his labor on the
Amazon. The frs, of course was read
at the Imperial College on the sth of
May. He said that the prevalent opin
ions OF the sterility and ihsalabrity Of
the Valley ofthe Amazon were un J
founded, and he looked forward to see
it the home of tw wenty millions of civil
zed people lie spoke well Of the En-
peror, who was there to hear him, and
left everybody who conld unaersta,td
Vie lecIVre, nIShiy nlGaSed with ~ alh@N
Gustave Dore, the wonderful alustra.
tor CT classics, is, still frequent sub;eecs
OF conversation, in Paris. He was born
in Strasburg 10 1882, and so may be
regarded as half German in his origin.
He commenced his marvellous ,iabors
when only l6, on the, Journal pour Rre
wherein his car;catures gained him the
first beginnings Of fame, This branch
OF arts seems 10 bs hisfot.e. His works
are already more Numerous than any
halfdoasm Of the oldest artists in the
whole courses 9f their lives, a,af, 1,a
NJ. Dronyn dc I'tIuys has been decor.
rated by tile King Of Denmark with the
Order: Of tbs Elephant, 'whichrl,as been
conferred upon onlyttwo, Frcnahmen out.
side Of the 1nperiaf family, r,9 ...r, /
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