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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-08-12
A citizen of Philadelphia who use,

"A citizen of Philadelphia who used
a weak solution of carbolic acid as wash
to neutralize the offensive odor arising
from cancer, discovered that the latter
was entirely removed by the application.
Tho solution consisted of one.fourth of
on ounce of acid diluted in quart Of
water.
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A SERIOUS MISTAKE ABOUT THE TAXES.
-We have seen it stated in the editorials
of the Charleston Ne,cs, and in communi-
cations to the country press throughout
the State, that high legal authority holds
the opinion, that the present unequal tax
cannot be collected legally hhasr the law;
until the first Of hext March: Morcovei;
q large meeting of citizens in Sumter, &c:
ting under legal advice, have fssolvsd not
to pay their taxes but to let the Question
90 to the Courts, confident, that; what
ever be tho decision, no penalty can
attach for failure to pay within the timo
prescribed by the State Auditor Candor;
therefore, compcls us to say That all this
is a mistake. The closing sections Of the
assessment act clearly gives the fightt9
change the time to the State Auditor, and
however great may be the blunders of the
government, the prima facie presumption
clearly is, that it could not have in:
tended to leave such a question open:
Those who intend to pay their tax, there:
fore, without going to law, had Gettef do
so at once, and escape tho twenty 1--WE por
cent. penalty that will accrue, If they fail
to DO so. rh;
Further reflection on the stibject has
also convinced us; that though Practically
the law is adminiStersd uneQualty, yet Il
theory it is quite taif enough, and it will
be very difficult, therefore, to make a good
legdl case of it, and without very strong
legal case we ought to know how Judges
will decide Our remedy, then, is to have
tho law made more explicit hereafter,
while paying this tax in the expectation
that it will be done, if not by the present
Legislature, by the next one, which is to
turn them out of Office. Meanwhile, those
individuals who are fagrantly taxed un-
equally, had better submit their case to
tho County Auditor, and send it with his
to the State Auditor, who, in all
such cases hitherto submitted, as in the
case Of Judge Glover, of Orangcburg, has
abated the tax.
The truth is, this is but a picayune
remedy. Tho real remedy for this and
other evils, is to change the Legislature
at the next election; which can be done.
Herald
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A STORY FROM "NED BRACE IA friend,
says the Columbus Sun, sends us the fol-
lowing story from "Ncd Brace" the famous
humorist Of Georgia Scenes" We do
not remember to have heard it before, and
do not think it has ever been in print:
MIR. Bacon, of Edgcfeld, South Carroll
ma, the hero of the Georgia scenes, under
the name of Ned Brace, was onco court
ing lady either in Georgia OF Carolina:
She had refused him frequently, and he rs
otter removed his suit. At one interview
she became exceedingly annoyed at his
importantly and told him she could not
marry him, that their tastes, opinions;
likes and dislikcs were totally different
Sin fact" shid she; "Mr. Bacon, 1 don't
think there is one subject on earth upon
which we agree"
II assure you, Madam, that you are
Mistaken" said Mr.. Bacon, "and / can
provo it"
eff you will mention one thing about
which We agree" said she, 81 will marry
you"
"Well," said Mr.. Bacon, "I will do it.
Suppose, now, You and | were travelling
together, we arrive at night at n hotel,
and there are only two beds vacant, in
one there is tnan and in the other a
woman, which bed would you select to
sleep in?"
She arose Indignantly and replied,
"With the woman, of course, sir.''
$50 would l." earnestly replied Mr..
Bacon.
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PoL1rENEss.-The bgst rule is to be po
lite to every one, and unless rudeness
amounts to positive and intentional in
suit. to take no heed of it: 1t is tho only
way to be happy in world where every
second man is too obtuse, and every third
one too il.tempered to be pleasantly and
frankly courteous.
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= Men may loiter, but time flies on the
wings of the wind, and all the great in
terssts of life are speeding on with the
sure and silent tread of destiny.
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General Grant.

The White House is in topsy-tufVy
condition just now, and the servants In
imitation of their master and mistress,
are taking little recreation. When the
President arrived this morning his recep-
tion was rather cool and disheartening at.
ter the lionizing at Long Branch. About
eight o'clock he sailed forth, like an or
binary government clerk, in search Of his
breakfast. He was resolved to patronize
one of the fashionable Establishments,
probably with view to getting break
fast that would remind him in some de-
greo of Long Branch. He hauled up at
Welker's, which is short distance from
the White House. The President was on
foot and was dressed as usual in black
slab-tailed frock coat and tall, black
stovepipe hat. Going up the steps he
looked in at the diningroom, where gen.
tleman was sitting at breakfast. Grant
had u bewiIdered air about him, as if he
had got into the wrong shop.
"Good morning, General" said the gen.
tleman at breakfast, recognizing him.
Grant nodded mechanically and NUT
tered something that sounded like "Good
morning." all the time keeping his eyes
at work as if looking for place to sit
down. Finally he went up to the desk
of the restaurant and accostcd the genius
who "takes your money"
Grant-"I want private room, and
breakfast as soon as possible"
= Peter (eycing the General narrowly. as,
if TO measure the length of his purse =
.sYou can't have private room here, Sir.
There's the dining ROOM" pointing to the
room where the gentleman already men
toned was quietly enjoying his bccfsteak
and coffee.
The President looked confused and as
tonishcd at the idea Of his not being con-
sidered good for his breakfast like any
other man. He at once turned a"d beat
q rapid retreat out of the house, evident
ly dissustcd with his reception. When
he had gone, the gentleman in the dining
room called Peter, and inquired if he
knew who that person was.
Pctcr-"No, sir"
Gentleman-"Peter, that is President
Grant"
Peter-'Thc devil yoa, say"
Gcntleman-"Yes, indeed"
Peter -"Why don't he como like gen.
tlenan, in a carriage, and'not like an old
shoemaker with his Sunday clothes on
How did I know he had money enough
to pay for private room and his break
fast?'
The gentleman who seems to have
scared Grant out of the dining room, and,
per consequence out Of his breakfast, is
well known Radical politician and author,
who was the intimate friend of Presidents
Pierce and Buchanan, and who has dined
and breakfasted with some of the great
men in his day A wag who was at hand
suggested that hereafter when the Presi-
dent is lying around loose in search OF his
breakfast ho should have label to his
coat with the inscription 81 am Grant,
President of the United States. ."-Herdld.
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VOLUME 5.---N0. Z.
Fourteen Years Asleep.

Miss Susan Caroline Godsey, the sleep
ing wonder, died at her mothers home,
some eight miles from Hickman, Kentuc-
ky, on the 14th instant.
The history of Miss Godsey is we'll
known to the public, statement of her
wonderful condition having been publish.
Cd extensively by the press Of The United
States. At the title 5f her death; Miss.
Godsey was about twehty.six yeats Of
age, and had been asleep, as described;
about fourteen years. The e&istenee Of
this wonderful case of coma; or prefer;
natural disposition to sleep, bas been
doubted by many; but the fact Is indispu-
table. Indeed, s5rhe t#elvs tionths ago,
Miss GodseS was taken to Nashville and
Other places For exhibition, bit #o under,
stand many even OF the physicians OF
Nashville looked upon the case with sus:
picion The history of the case is briefly:
When about twelve years of age she was
taken with q severe chill, and treated ac:
eordlngly by her physician. AS the fever
which followed hsf chill subsided,, she
tell in deep sleep, in which condition
she has remained ever since, except at id:
tervals. 1t was her custom at first to
awake regularly twice in every twenty
four hours, and singularly, within a few
minutes Of the same hours each days;
but of later teais she awoke oftener; 50
much SO that tttahy considered 1t an ihal.
cation of hor final recovery. She would
remain awake FIVE, ten, or perhaps, fifteen
minutes, and gradually drop off to sleep
again when asleep it was utterly i'm
possible to arouse her. She never COM
pliihed of any bodily pain, though when
asleep she was very nervous at; tttlies,
and appeared TO. suffer cUfisiderably by
the violent twitching and jerking of her
muscles and limbs, and her hands clench-
ed tightly as if enduring severe pain, but
when awake she did not appear to suffer
except from drowsy, gaping inclination,
and persistent effort to cleanse her throat
of phlegm. She generally passed into
sleep through violent paroxysm, wh!sli
would last perhaps FIVE minutes, and sho
would then sleep awhile as Calmly and
quietly as an infant. Miss Godsey was
Of medium size, and her limbs and mus.
cles were we'll proportioned and devel-
oped, and grew considerably after het
afAction. @:.
Miss Godscy, on the day she died, lii:
duged in little prophesying, which ES
give as related for what it is worth: SHs
said "the sun would be total Eclipse 5t
the 7th of August" this IS Remarkable,
because parties assert that She could have
no knowledge that this WIS according to
calculation,) "and that tile sun would
never shine as bright after that day.
That this would indicaty the end Of tie
world, which was speedily approaching.S
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- Leisure is sweet to those who have
earned it, but burdensome to those who
get it for nothing.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-05-29
How Pull. KEARNEY DIED. - The Newar

How Pull. KEARNEY DIED. - The Newark
Courier says:
We are informed by prominent lawyer that
while sojourning in Amboy recently he passed a
pleasant hour in company with former rebel
officer who was attached to Stonewall Jackson s
division of the rebel army during the war, and
who related an interesting reminiscence of the
death of General Kearney, of which sad event
he was an eye witness. ' The gallant Kear-
ney,'' he said, "receired his death wound from
a private under my command, and when he tell
from his horse l FASTENED, with many others, to
the point where he lay, not supposing that his
wound was a mortal one. Just as we reached
his body, however, his limbs gave a convulsive
quiver and then all was over. Seeing that be
was Major-General, word was sent to head
quarters to that effect and General Jackson
coming to the spot Immediately, gave one glance
at the dead officers features, and exclaimed
| My God, boys, do you know who you have
killed? You have shot the most gallant officer
in the United States army. This is Phil. Kear.
ney, who lost his arm in the Mexican war. He
then involuntarily lifted his hat, every officer in
the group following his example, and for a mo-
ment a reverential silence was observed BY all
Subsequently the body of the dead soldier was
placed upon two boards, and when being re.
moved to headquarters was followed by General
Jackson, General Ewell and other officers, while
regimental band preceded it playing dead
march"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-05-29

IDLE DAUGHrERs.-It is a most painful speeta-
Gle in families where the mother is the drudge,
to see the daughters elegantly dressed. reclining
at their ease, with their drawing. their music,
their fancy work, and their reading-beguiling
themselves of the lapse of hours, days, and
weeks, and never dreaming Of their responsibili-
ties; but, as a necessary consequence of neglect
of duty, growing weary of their useless lives,
lay hold Of every newly-invented stimulant TO
rouse their dropping energies, and blaming tnelr
fate, when they dare not blame their Zoo, ;of
having placed them where they are. Iness ~.
dividuals will often tell you, with an AR Q. %
fected compassion, (for who can oeue's s...siT ~
that poor dear mamma is worklus .hat tbev
death yet no sooner do you propu's shs 10 ou;te
in her eIement-in short that she would never oe
happy if she had only half so much to do'
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-05-29

SCENE AT FRENCH WEDDIyG.-On a late Sum-
day, in one of the most fashionable chapels of
Paris, very painful scene occurred. A we'd
ding party drove up, the bride and bridegroom
stepped out and marched up the nave, followed
by relatives and friends. A young woman, very
respectfully dressed, came out from the crowd,
and holding baby in her arms addressed the
bridegroom, " This is your child you are un-
worthy to rear it; shall do SO but these"
drawing two photographs from her bosom
s'are souvenirs of traitor-take them," and
she dashed them at his feet. French ladies gen.
orally are not squeamish about the Don Juan
peccadiloes of their future lords, the bride in
question did the suitable thing-almost tainted.
She revived in the sacristy, when reminded tha.
the greatest men had their moments of weakness
- that the wsest men the world e'er saw,
dearly loved theslasses, O." Finally, vowing
she would ne'er consent t,-consented, and all
went merry as a marriage bell.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-05-29

DOMESTIC HAPPINESS great end of pru-
dence is to give cheerfulness to those hours
which splendor cannot gild, and acclamaton
cannot exhilirate. Those soft intervals of un-
bended amusements, in which man shrinks to
his natural dimensions, and throws aside or1a-
ments and disguiseS which he feels in privacy
to be useless encumbrances and to lose all effect
when they become familiar. To be happy at
home, is the ultimate result of all ambition, the
end of which every enterprise and labor tends,
and of which desire prompts the execution. 1t
is, indeed, at home that every man must be
known by those who have just estimate of
his virtue or felicity for smiles and embroidery
are alike occasional, and the mind is often
dressed in painted honor and fictitious benevo-
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-05-29
NUMBER 81.
Quiet Women

Nervous, enthusiastic, and talkative women
are the foam and sparkle quiet women, the
wine of life. The senses ache and grow weary
of the perpetual glare and brilliancy of the for
mer, but turn with sense of security and re-
pose to the mild, mellow glow irradatiug tho
sphere of the latter
We associate all ideas of rest with quiet
women. They are soul divinities reverently
guarding their sacred trusts in the court OF
Silence. The quiet woman moves in en- at
mophere OF benignant grace. Appealing, strong,
compelling, her pure life is a petition or
prayer. When she speaks, her words are aptly
chosen and ftly spoken. She is wise and
thoughtful, but loving and meek "still wa
tiers run Deep" but not in the worldly applied
sense; babblng rills do not wear their chan
nels deep, but streams O. calmest flow have hid
den depths undreamed of, unsupported.
The touch of quiet woman's hand is charm
indeed. 1t recalls, by its magic, all the pre-
cious memories of which time has blotted from
lifes calendar of years, and restores the beauti-
full lost vision of childhood, when the rainbow
of mothers smile spanned the rosy horizon,
and the young heart thrilled the music of her
lullaby as she rocked US in dreams upon her
pure bosom.
We con6de in the quiet woman. Truth encir
cles them as with halo, and they give US con-
stancy in return for faith. In sorrow, ad-
versity, illness, the quiet woman is nurse, coun-
selor and friend. She soothes, comforts ca
resses, and is the unfaltering guide of the weak
and unerring instincs. Into her steady and skill :
full hands the physician trusts the spark, well
knowing that the faithful sentinel will not tire
in her watch, nor sleep upon her post She
moves silently and orderly even her light gar
ments falling in soft harmonious flow. She does
not irritate with question, but surprises and
pleases by her unobtrusiyeness, auticipatons.
She rarely speaks, but when she does her tones
are firm, and sweet and low, and linger upon
the sick and drowsy ear like the musical vibra-
tions of murmuring waves. No other step ap-
proaches so breezy and life giving. Such q
glory of repose surrounds her, and her kisses
rarely bestowed-are like benedictions. The
love of quiet women is imperishable. 1t has no
butterfly birth like the creature of fancy, retain
ing it's gorgeous hues only while the skies are
sunny and the flowers blossom, leaving in the
eager grasp, when storm-clouds darken faded,
death moth, with all the brilliant dust brushed
from its broken wings but it is an amaranthine
flower, fadeless and fragrant forever; whose
germ is immortality, whose native soil is Heaven
"a love all sacrifice and devotion.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-05-29

The immortal Goldrick, of the universal Rocky
Mountain Herald, apostrophizes the completion
of the great trans-contnental railway as fol-
lows:
o, now, farewell forever the dusty roads, the
alkali, farewell Farewell the horned bull and
the big trains that made ambition virtue. O.,
farewell Farewell the faithful steer and red
wagons the whoa-haws, the ear-piereing oaths,
the royal swearing, and all quality, pride, pomp,
and circumstance of emigratng. And, 0, you
mortal bull-whips, whose rude cracks the i'm
mortal Joves dread clamors counterfeit, fare
we'll. The teamster's occupation gone
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-05-29
Ripples ON the Tide OF Thought.

To do few things, and do them well, is a
success.
Censure is the tax a man pays to the public
for being eminent.
Everybody is anxious to go to heaven, but no.
body is in hurry about it.
Without frugality none can be rich, and with
it, very few would be poor
Wise sayings often fall to the ground, but q
kind word is never thrown away.
Admit no guest into your soul that the faith
full watchdog in your bosom barks at.
Truth is born with US, and do violence to
our nature when we shake off our veracity.
He who has never forgiven an enemy has never
yet tasted one of the sublime enjoyments of life
Be not all sugar, or the world will swallow
thee up; nor all wormwoOd, or it will split thee
out.
The whole of human virtue may be reduced to
speaking the truth always, and doing good to
others.
The state of life is most happy where super
fuities not required and necessities are not
wanting.
Ingratitude is a crime so shameful that no
man was found who would acknowledge
himself guilty of it.
Where there is love in the heart, there are
ralnDOWS In the eyes, covering every plack
cloud with gorgeous hues.
Truths are first clouds, then rain, then har-
vests and food. The philosophy o. one century
is the common sense of the next.
The path that leads to fortune too often passes
through deies of meanness, which man of an
exalted spirit cannot stoop to .read in.
You may depend upon it that he is a good
man whose intimate friends are all good, and
whose enemies are characters decidedly bad.
Rich relations are generally distant acquaint-
ances; like the great bear in the museum, to be
looked at and admired, but not approached.
The greatest truths are often first discovered
by inferior minds as the infant will find ruby
which the giant strides over without noticing.
1t requires more magnanimity to give up what
is wrong than to maintain what is right for
our pride is wounded by the first and fattered by
the latter.
We are all willing to make allowance for hu-
man nature in the abstract; but how few of us
make allowance for our neighbor's share in that
human nature.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-05-29

A FRENCH physician, it is stated, cures cata-
ract without operation. His process is to ap-
ply to the diseased eye phosphuretted coly-
rum, which gradually restores the transparency
of the crystalline lens from the circumference TO
the centre, which is the last TO yield. Thirty
grammes of oil Of sweet almonds and ten cent?
grammes of pbosphorus are dissolved in water
bath of 500 Centigrade-l76o Fahrenheit-in a
full and closed vessel. Four grammes OF tue
solution should be instilled between the eyelids'
three or four times day, for several months, or
until the cure is completed.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-05-29

VIRTUE OF PERsIsTENCE.-Horace Greeley has
an excellent article in late number of Packard 8
Monthly, combating the idea that great achieve
ments are usually accomplished by sort of in-
spiratiou, without labor, and illustrating the
paramount importance of determination and per-
severance. He says:
l know there is small class Of whom the
world saws: "They see the heart of things by
intuition they are poets from impulse only or
ators, statesmen, critics, sages, because Nature
would have it So" l beg leave to doubt that
men of this stamp are a whit more abundant
than white crows. l know there enough
who take pleasure and pride in surprising the
public with prodigies of easy and rapid achieve
ments-who would have US believe that they
have thrown off their epic canto per day, and
can write you their quire of clever epigrams or
sonnets before dinner. Now, do not question
the facility of rapid and brilliant executions, as
the result of past study and requirement in fact
know of such instances; but look at Virgil s
four lines per day-written that day to be read
through alffuture time consider how Demos
themes made himself orator against host of
natural impediments examine facsimile of a
manuscript page of Byron s poems, and mark the
numerous erasures and interineations, arguing
slow composition and puzzling brain, and note
well that a man who writes poem, a sermon,
elaborate review, an oration in a day, has
been many years acquiring that felicity, and you
will agree with me that the vulgar supposition
that some so gifted by nature that they may
achieve distinction without effort, is contra.
dicted by thousands facts where it seems to be
sustained by one. My sometimes friend who
perished miserably with the delrium tremens,
often affected to write without labor; yet hap.
pen to know, from his intimate family connec-
tions, that he repeatedly shat himself up for
months and devoted his whole energies to study
In these periods of hibernation the sparkling eff.
fusons which he seemed to dash off impromtu
after his return to society had essentially their
origin.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-05-29

HENRY WARD BEEcHER says: "College learn
ing is very much like snow, and the more man
has of it the less can the soil produce It's not
till practical life melts it that the ground yields
anything. Men get over it quicker in some
kinds of business than in Others The college
sticks longest on ministers sehool-teachers
next, to lawyers not much to doctors, and
none at all to merchants and gentlemen"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-05-29

TIE excavations of che Emporium Romanum,
in Rome, are constantly bringing to iigh. new new
ee 49,, eoIor are fonnd in this quarry of an
.;ar;t;as =. uy IN immense numbers. Already suf-
sc;an. ouantity are uncovered to adorn city,
- od eo1struct the facades of several hundred
PALACES. The magni6cence Of ancient Rome, as
thus revealed, is becoming more ana more as
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-05-29

ALL FOR KIss.-A cattle-buyer in Jefferson
county, Iowa, kissed the wife Of one of the ma
lives. The indignant husband demanded $40 in
satisfaction The drover handed him $50
note, and the farmer paid $50 in change. The
drover went on his way, and it was weeks be-
fore the farmer found the $50 bill was coun
terfeit
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-05-29

u,-.,. p,cyrs IN ILLrSoIs.-The Legislature
of Illinois has passed a law giving married wo-
=, @ the r;oht to use and possess their own earn
;nca and 70 sue for the same in their own name,
free from the interference OF husband or bis
creditors.