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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-11-30

ayers American Almanac. for 'hc new
year. hns arrived for delivery grlri' by
kctchin, McMastcr 4 Bricc. TO all who call
for IT,. This little annual has the largest
circulation of any book in the world, made
by tho fact that 1t furnishes the hest mcdi-
c"l advice which is available tothe people.
--pnnbcs them 10 determine what their
complaints arc AMI how 10 cure them. 1t
contains the startling announcement OF the
confla2rntion Of q world. or the combustion
Of one 0fthc STAR in the trmamcni with all
its attendcnt planets. nov E-ln,o
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-11-30

Gr Everything nice in the way of
Candles at "A. p. MILLER'S.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-11-30
NOTICE.

NOTfCE Is hvreby given shat Appiicatiob
" will be made At the ne&t Session Of lht
Legislatufe, for .hn, ,Aot Incorporating Lob
anon lh Preabytorian Church, Fairfield 'CoUn
II. A. HERKQN, F'lV
A, J. HAMrLTJN, W"
u yr,5 ,,tAMt:s TURNER, SRI,
~ ~ TM. NJ. MAHTIN,
ooto-stisH5mse- Deasohs, 8
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THE SINGER

~ w ING MACHINE
NJ; lr; SINGER ;, \. MANUFACTURING cos NEW
! chm - - iACtii NE'-No other family Sewing Ma.
"Iue mas so rapidly won favor IN The LouseboId r.
VS.y large sales eft that popular machine a. no en- ~
i'lai returns Tar exceed hose of auv ON, cn,nra
n.,' " id'I or result has been owing To It's real
'"e'I's-hehce It's great and growing nonuio,,, +,
nP'e III construction, easily uuder,lood e,s,Iv
oPeta'ed-ali IT'S paris glide smooth and noIseIss.iy
''oug nor liable 10 get out of order has coao, I
sl1d' 'dhge thd variety of work. sewing ali k,nds
"' clC'h ana with all klndS of thread o,J ,,,n ,t
numerous attachments lOr hemmro ,,r,t,,, ,,,,t..
quIi'Ihs' trimming, binding. braidIng dc md e,n.
"'toiutIng OF many ingenious. tasteful and d,iicmI,
uFSIghs' Is me most perfect OF all family sav,,,g 49,,
chimes ANY one whJ VIII TAX. ,bo ,r,!;t, ing ''d'
me me merits Of The different machines cIo,rn'n
,n,,ot ,''"' '"' S''oh discover whether We claim TOO
,h, 'r "u'S' II would avail us nothing 10 make
'ie "poFe assertions Il were moi reody IN n,,,,o
'"e'h' ana all We ask Irlal for ubserva,,,,, oi
t "a" justly convey a clear impression of tho rn.r,
capable 'N~'"f MACHINE Is
THE FOLDING CASES.
Which open with spacious tables 10 sns,o,r ,ho -
H"' "hlrh inld INTO hOXeS 10 prJe,I ina ,,o.t,,,s
~ 'e" I"' III Use from dust and meC,!lpsnrn fpoer.
.c aue rom chOIce waOds, bellIshcJ nv nIeas,ng
ueSIshs mus making our new family MAJ h,,,s nae
only an ornamental piece of Cnrn,Inr, h', -, ,c 't
real art ''S' "otA Oi
THE ATTACHMENTS
W our new family machine referred TO are no, milo
~ 49, - : ' "isu'y uSelul Tor The Turpnse for " hI, h
their great value ny '''"' =" S"o"
MANCFACrURING MACHINES No ,,orL,
ism a"ehti"n to our ne " Button hole Machine vh,Ch
: ,ne only PF0cttGL Bullion hole Machine cla,m,ft
,h '".' h a.'pi''"h Our Manufacturing tthines for
''"eI purposes are too Veil known 10 need cupmer,
Nv 81, "iNt' I'M. IWiSF-We have recently enlarged
ui % SUN miIIsln Newark. N. j.. and fnrni,beu Iham
'un Ihe latest aud most approved machinery. wh,cb
: ueins s operated by highly skilled labor We have
M . H' NeeP lh St"cS, al our Central Office and
alouS agencies Twist Of all sizes aud ni lhe vor,
uS coor' and shades of color IN use aud y,bIr vii
e sold al New York prices VIII
HE SINGER MANUFACTURING Co.
Ma 5SI BROADWAY. Ny.
'llMINGToN OFFICE. 6i3 MARKET ST.,
MYRNA OFFICE, COMMERCE ST.
>. w. Demmcy, Agent.
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PLANTATION BITTERS,
s. T.-l860-X.

lhls wonderful vegetable restorative is
''e Sheet-anchor of the feeble and dehiita-
''o' AS tonic and cordial for the aged
and languid, it has no equal among stom-
a'hIcS' As a remedy for the nervous weak
ness to which women are especially subject
II Is Supercedlng every other stimulant In
all climates, tropical, temperate or frigid. il
acts as a specific in every species Of disorder
which undermines the bodily strength and
breaks down the animal spirits. For sale
by all druggists. mcb9-Gm
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wa aue ~. VI rOoR kU u, WiiiSKEh PROOF SPIRITS
anu NEt USE LIQUORS, doclored sn,ceJ ma
"ee'then 10 please the IasIe cHiied 'Ton,cs =, -
hesI"rerS, &c that lead The IInnIer IN
~ ""Ae"hess ahd rum, but are a true medicine
"'"ut l1n The naive Roofs and Iiarhs ~ f,nt,I,o'
fhEt FROM ALL ALCOHOLiC STGAIfi AZ a &TS ti,a
tuTF are ihe 6KE AZ BLOOD PURIFIER and IIEE
"lFIN" PRINCIPLE perfect Rrnnva,ar ana H. =
''goTa'nr OF the SysIem carving oH .II ,,,,s 80,
."'''e', dhu restoring the blood to he.ltbv cnn,
'O"' NO person can tak9 these BuIprs ncrnr,Iinr =,
u'sEs.LiDls' q aIId remain long unweIl
TAVO VII ne gwen for an Incnrable cese nrovi
'e o"ies are mol destroyed by mineral pnsons ar
point Of repair Oe l'"u '"e
For ihiiimmaiory and Chronic Rheumotism o,,d
I ,pysieIsla; or Indigestion Bilious RemtIIeut
ana Intermittent Fevers Disease, o Tho pI, @ ,..'
NI"ney s. ana Bladder, these BlFTERS have heen
MOST successful such Diseases are cnu,od M, "
IH'eu n'o'u which lsgeneraliy produced bv dersnea
ment OI the digestive Organs
|Iealse me VItIaIed BaOd whC never von find -.
Impurities ours ing through The skin in PImnres
- y, oores cleanse II when Won find n oh
SUI lCteu anu singgsh III the VEINS; cleanse n whom
!, ~ ~ oul' ahd your feelings will tell Won whe, K.en
follow. VI '"e system Will
pIN' TAPE, and other WORMS, linking in the
ed and removed u"''y "esHOy-
, In Bilious. Remttent and Intermi,,e,, Fovo,.
IheSe B'ers have no equal For full d,recr,ons rea
a'eiu'y Ihe circular around earh bottle nrinIad IN
4 a'gI'ages-EnglIsh, German, French and S,o,;sh
. Lhth Proprietor, 80 Commerce NJ n v |
, II MCDONALD a. CO.
ss's" anu GENERAL Agents, San FraDCisco end
Sa"a CaI'' and 80 " 81 Commerce ST.
"o'u Oy all Druggists and Dealers mbe g.,
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THE lEH ARTICLE OF TOOD,

For twenty-five cents you can buy OF
your Druggist OR Grocer package of Sea
4IoSS faIlna' manufactured from pure Irish
MOSS or Oarrageen, which will make sixteen
quarts of Blame Mango, and a like quantity
ol Ia F"ddlngs, Custards, Creams, Charlotte
i'"sse' &C. &c. 1t is by far the cheapest.
healthlest, and most delicious food in the
world.
RAND SEA MOSS FARINA CO..
SO Park Place, N. Y.
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FIRST MORTGAGE BOMBS
OF THE
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAFT
ROAD COMPANY.

The Chesapeake and Ohio RaiIrosd connoo,,u. =,
. Auahte coast and the magnliceD, harho,. & -
i chesapeake Bay with the OHIO Rive,
\ reIlahIe navigation, aud thus with tbo anti; d >,
; 'oau system aud water transporralIor nj ,bo =
"eS' anu southwest, forms the a93j,;o,y L.
"tf Ir""k Line. 50 Imperatlveiv demaud.d r.. :,
accommodation Of the immense and ra,idr, -.
transportation between the Atlantic seaho.I
europe on the one hand aud the great nrod,,.,..
s''S oI me ONO aud MIssssipp! Valleys nm bo,'L.
Tie Importance of tbs Road ne =, mon. .,,.,,.,
| - "e sea magnihcs 1t Ino one OF natronaI co,,so
quence, and insures to il an exieps,,.o e'"oe
"'" tue uay OF Its completion; while in tho ,o,,oI
mcni OF the extensive ap,ic,,,,,,I - ''' e'el"p-
SUITES OI virginia and West Virginia # ,,,..os..
along It's own lIne the elements oC
able local busiEess 1"u Pr' h''
'7 great interests, both general and oco,
N''l"u 'he completion Of the CUEsApE.vp
"'D 0hio RAILROAD 10 the Ohio River sH,,t ~
'"'eS' guarantee OF It's success and vaIue and Du.
- me MOST IMPORTANT RAILROAD ENrERpp,sr Won,
IN PROGRESS IN THIS COUNTRY.
=" S"PetlofIty as an East and West ron,o on, -.
p'o"'se OF an Immense and profitable t.ado
So. "aEe uraWn to II the attention and o.,
0ps'u''oh VI prominent Capitalists and 9a,r,ood 49,.
VI 'h'SNIy OF sound judgment snd kno,, ,n,s, '"
""ose connection with IT, together v,,h ey
neh' cl''zens and business men of Virginia and W.
'"s'"a' NSUREs AN ENERGETIC. uoNoV.n,.
SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT AND
iue r'au is completed and in operation from, D.,
mo"u 10 the celebrated White Snl,br, g.
"eS Virginia 227 miles and there rs,oo, y,
"''eS NOW partially cOhstrucIedl TO he co,n,,Io1.
carry II 10 the proposed terminus on m. o.
a'' u near the mouth Of the Big Sandy ,,vo, ,sn
ni'e' above Cincinnati and $50 mile. hoI,,. o. .'O
burg 'e' oelo" PIilS-
H'nes are now proJeo tied or in progress tb,,L o.:
nu Aeh'ucky to this point which win connao,
0"ENAPEAKE AND ONO WITH THE ENr,Dv r..
'SrEMS OF THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST .xr ,.,"',
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD 'D WIN
/, U@o'e fahchIsesand superior ad vantaoas ,,,I,
'u'0 '''e CHEsAPEAKE AND ONO RAILRoAn C,o,,..,,,
,s '''e "cnes' and most powerful aud ,rus,wo.,,,.
'''Po'a''ons oi the country AND THERE rx,.na
RESENT VALUE IN COMPLETED ROAD .N,,u,,,n,...
'"A ~ THE ENTIRE AMOUNT OF THE MORTGAGE
nc ue'alIs OF the Loan have been ar,oDood ,..;,.
P'''a' reference 10 the wants of all cas.a. -, ,,.
90 ""o '"ihs'he the various features Of corvo,,o
'' d"u protection against loss or frasd.
Ihe Bonds are IN denominations of
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Office OF FISK & HATCH
BANKERS AND DEALERS IN GOV.
ERNMENT SECURITIES
No. 5 NASSAU STREET. New yo.x
February 18th, 1870

February 18th, 1870.
'AaOte success which attended our neso.
''a"On OF the Loans of the CENTRAL pAc,r,c R.y
HoAO COMPANY and the WESTERN PAc,rrc R.roo.n
I""rANY' and the popularity and credit which ,h..o
N'a"S nave maintained in the markets. both in This
O""'ry ana Europe, have shown that the Firs, Mo,,
EaEe Dohus OF wisely located and honorable monoood
auS are promptly recognized and readily taken
"o'' S"''aDIe' safe and advantageous form Of
investment yielding more liberal income Than o.,,
hereafter De derived from Governmon, D. ''',
available to take their place. ''' una
.nnor.p. 'nu'' IN The selection and negotiation Of
superior Railroad Loans, we are meetino a,oo, ~
'@ want and rendering valuable service--ho,h -
tue "oIuerS OF Capital and to those great Ns,,oraI
WORKS OF internal improvement whose iDtrn.;c ma,
ana substantial character enrnle them to the n.o Of
~aPa' ana The confidence OF lnveslors-we po,v ott,
Win special confidence and satisfaction lbe
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$1,000. $500. and sIOO


i"ey VIII be issued as CouDon Ron5s ..,..,,-
bearer and may be held in lbal ,or,, F'S10'' %
D'iiu NAV be registered in the name NJ tho
WI" tue coupons remaining PAYABLE 10 beo,o,
'a1"eu' the principal being then Transferable onI.
bearer; or 'ghed to
me coupons may be detached and csncoiIod -
Oo"u made permanent Registered Bona ,,ono,o,oh,s
O"'y On 'he hooks of The Company, ard The in,o,o.,
'nuue payable only 10 the registered owne, a, -.
attorney. o""ef or his
Inc three classes will be known resnec,ivoIno
Bearer" P"S"Oie 10
<d' g Registered Bonds with Cou
POnS attached"
~eglstered Bonds with COunonx
IL and should be 50 designated nv o.,
'P'"ue"'s III specifying the class Of Bonds desi,od
>, imey nave thirty yearsto iu n from Jonn...
49, loIO' with interest at six per rent no, a..1
"O" november /. 1869 PRINCIPAL Ann ,urrass..
liable IN GOLD IN THE CITY OF NEW yong
Inc interest is payable in May and No,,.,,. =,
1t may take the place of that Of Tho ''''t
FIVe'Twehlies, and suit the conven,onoo II -
VINO already hold Central and Western Pacific o,.t
WIN interest payable in January and JnIv ond ,,'1
""F peSfe IN making additional IN veslm.n,s IN hvo
'neir interest receivable at different seasons oC
year. VI tue
Inc Loan IS secured by mortgage upon the en,i,s
Line OF Road ilOm Richmond to The Oa,o Rive, ,,,,L
ne equipment and all other properly and snn,,,o
lances cOnhected herewith
SINKING FUND OF 100000 PER ANNun 10 p.ov,
'ED FOR THE REDEMPTION OF rME BoNDs tn r.vr
Effect ONE YEAR AFTER THE coMPLErIon mr. r,. :
tOAD. " '"A
Inc mortgage is for 100000 of which s2 Ooo b
w VIII be reserved and held in trust for be rede
on VI outstanding bonds Of the Virginia C,ntroI ,
'"'road Company, now merged in the CHEsAPrAxs Il
ND ONO. nm II
VI the remaining S3 OO0, 900, a sufficient amorD, !"
III ne sold to complete the road TO The Oho r.. Il
ERECT and Improve the portion now in opera,,oD ond
oroughly equip the whole for large and oc,i.o ~
affc. ~ "O''e ~ ~
the present price is 80 and accrued interos, W
loan so amply secured so careCuIIv ona,dod os
I'd 40 certain hereafter TO command .,eo.-.
ace among the avorite securities in The ma,to,. r.
in OF this Country and Europe. will be nj onco NJ
'preciated and quickly absorbed. to
Very respectfully, kn
FISK & HATCH. oe o.,
BANKERS.
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New Advertisements.

was cured of Deafness aud Cararrh bv simple
renedy and will send the receIn, ,ree ''D'P
'""'4w Mrs NJ G., IEGCE ~ uoboton NJ 7
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f.S-We have issued pamphlets containing rul,
particulars. statistical Details maps, eic which viii
be furnished upon application.
p We buy and sell Government Bonds. and 70.
oeise Inc aeconn'' Of Banks Bankers Corporations.
anu diners subject to check at sight, and allow inter
est on daily balances. ca,o. ,'sl. 81
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FOR SALE.
FOR SALE,
R e MI oVAT.

"a me undersigned hereby give no,,ca Tho,
%'hey have removed their business to Gt'e' the 'Ha'
Old staad Of TAILOR G BRO
~herc they wIll continue The WheeIwr,ob,;na o0A
oIacksn'h'ng business IN all their various branches
All work promptly and cheapy done by skIlCnI 800
men. W Horses shod for 81 25 and a reducI,on ~,
prices on all kinds Of work '''o' III
Ihelr faculties are greater than ever befo,. IN,
oAec"'i"g all orders with PrOmptness and despatch
SCOUT L. MANNERING
(TaylOr' s old stand1
Fab 7,b 1910 oo 20 MAN Street, Smyrna, Del.
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DISSOLUTION.

Ihe c0.partnerthip heretofore exis,;nr L..
george " CummIns, Jr and Erastus F Rssn Tetween %
me name OF Cummlns RasIn Is this dou J..o,r uioer
sre All to %o se
business vii hs .a', 70 come forward and settle The
GEORGE W. CUMMINs. ],
smyrna. March l, JS7O.-3t
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HlsE1KEEIsEEYYE HlsE NJ I[EHENssMAcH@!Es

''l, rUn AMILf uSE-sinple, Cheap reI,abLe KN1rs
NVERHThING AGENTS WANTED. CIrcuIsT nn%
New York '' VI 40 hr'adway.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-06

The people of Trenton, New Jersey,
are beginning to be excited over the dis
covery of gold by workmen digging for
the foundations of new bridge over the
canal On Tuesday afternoon large
quantity of the buried treasure vas pns
earthed. A few coins were discovered
last week, and since that time crowds of
idlers have watched the process of the
digging. While they were gazing at the
workmen on Tuesday, one Of the latter
threw up eighteen pieces of gold, worth
about 500. The man left work imme-
diately and went away 10 sell his treas
ure. An examination of the coins prov
ed beyond doubt that they were Span.
ism, One Of ,heH bears she date Of 1882.
One Of the pieces IS pure metal and
worth more in intrinsic value than ordi-
nary modern coin. On one side are two
castles and tive lions; on the reverse are
the letters $. B. v and P.V. A. Under
thsso letter. sFe ske figures 7, 4, |, and
over the letter Y is the figure {. High
prices are paid tor the coins BY persons
who desire 10 keep them as curiosities,
and the wOrkmen are making a good
speculation, Il has been generally be
iieved that the gold was haried hY the
Hessians dlrinE the Revolutionary War
but the fact that the coins are spanish
seems 70 Put this theory IN doubt
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-06

and is satisfied with what rights she al
ready has The strong-minded girl
Miss Logan's favorite) was the subject
of quite eulogy, and whom she made
out to be nothing but healthy, jolly,
sensible, practical young woman, who
could make her own way in the world,
had no nerves to be shocked by practic
ing any of the professions or doing any
thing man could do-one whose
strength, moral and physical, had been
cultivated up to the point of doing as
she pleased, provided she did right. In
her remarks on ballet girls" she con-
tended that they were not necessarily i'm
neral, and that many of them were ex-
emplaly women, and then gave the au-
dience piece of her mind about the
burlesque blondes T" and the " leg
drama in general, and showed how the
women engaged in it were disgracing
themselves and the stage by their want
of decency. Miss Logan very dexter
ously wove into her lecture as she pro-
gressed arguments in favor of woman's
suffrage, the opinions of Mill, Beecher,
Whittier, Emerson and others; anecdotes
of Mrs, Stanton, and stories applicable
and illustrative of the opposition it was
meeting with; and incidents exhibiting
what she would call the injustice of de-
priving women of the right to vote.
Taken as a whole, the lecture was a
clever jumble of her opinions of various
kinds of girls, woman rights, the bur
lesque blondes, with here and there
racy bon mot, followed by bit of senti-
ment or pathos. Miss Logans yolubility
seemed as inexhaustible as it was anus
ing and fluent. She talks with remark
able glibness and smooothness, never
hesitating for word and always very
happy in her mimicry and descriptions
of character. AT times she was redund-
ant and rambling, but never dull or un-
interesting. The. woman's rights ele-
ment, which she perhaps regards as the
solid meat Of her discourse, would
hardly have been palatable without the
accompanying strawberries and cream,
in the form of girls, which was served
with it. The large and fashionable au-
dience present signi6ed their apprecia-
ton by frequent applause. The novelty
of seeing a woman lecturing for the first
time seemed to strike some of the au-
dience dumb with astonishment at the
spectacle, one old gentleman actually
rubbing his eyes to see ifhe could believe
his senses. a.lr3. s.t a..sa "a
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-06
Method.sm Among the Heathens.

The Methodist of last week publishes
an abstract of the fifty-frst annual re-
port of the Missionary Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, which is
exceedingly interesting. It,apperrs that
from the year of the organization of the
society in 1919, when the contributions
amounted to 1923 81, down to last year,
when the collections were S629S63 20,
the annual gatherings have increased
from an average of three-tenths of a
cent. per member in 1919 to ffty-six
cents and fve-tenths in 1869 The high
est average per member that the contri-
buttons have reached was, in 1865, sew
enty-eight cents and one-tenth. In the
following year, 1866, the largest contri-
buttons ever received by the society were
made, viz: $67l 900 66-about $4l, ,227
more than last years collections. The
total amount of the receipts for the fifty
years the society has heen in existence
is s., 565, ,46G 81. The general average
per year has been $l7l 300 40, and the
general average per member eighteen
cents and nine-tenths.
The appropriations for 1870 are as fol-
lows; Foreign missions, s222,O27 SO;
domestic missions and miscellaneous ex-
penses, $44, ,490; to pay outstanding
drafts not yet matured, Sl39,4S2 OF;
total appropriations, $s0O,0O0. In our
foreign missions we have 259 missiona-
ries, American and native, 1882 mem
bers, and 2,9ls probationers. In our
domestic missions, the Welsh, German,
Scandinavian Chinese, and Indian we
have 1872 missionaries, 2s,Il4 members,
and 1895 probationers-making total,
in foreign and domestic missions, of 59l
39,Os6 members, and 1914
probasioners.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-06
TWO Robinson GrasQes,

AspinwAll Letter TO the New York Times.l
Bv the arrival of the Ocean Belle,
from San Andres, this evening l am en-
abled 10 send you news of the loss of the
America9 bsrk Kremlin, Of Boston,
Mass. She left this port On the 18th of
March. bound to Cuba. 1 copy the fol
lowing from the Captains letter dated:
"IsLIEp OF ST. ANDRES, !
u. g. c.. March %.
AT ten D. m, on the night OF the I'D,
We were piied up on the Seranna Keys;
bv INV reckoning we were long way to
,6s eastward of il. and felt assured we
were zoina all clear, bntit proved other
wise. SO We Feaained on board until
morning. when the bark hsgal 70 break
nm We then TOOK % the beess epd
landed on the southwest Key TO get
ready1for ourroyage 70 Old froyideuees
hut what was our surprise TO lind on the
Xey tvo regroes and a big dog; they had
heen there oyes year digging guano for
a Philadelphia 6rm. The Tessel which
brought them % the key FaAlstq
return in three months time and
fake the guano, but she has not
bee, there since. According to their
story rhey ie6 Phladelphia, January II,
1859. They have subsis;ef on BIRDS
eggs alone for over three months, faey
lid not know what day or what month Z
was. sss they we've - oemseiaieq ana
weak thew c6uid &C, yak down % the
beach. We took then sioag WITH Us
and landed them at Old Providence
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-06
I I A ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE.
Discovery of the Identity of a For
mer Indian Captive.

From the st. Joseph Herald. April 81
The facts of rather strange discovery
by her friends, of the whereabouts of a
young lady who has lived for many years
in this city and Council Bluffs, unknown,
have recently come to our knowledge;
but special injunction against the use
Of the lady's name, or those of her
friends, was put upon us. Without these,
however, the, facts will not prove unin-
teresting. During the California emf
grafton of 1850, party Of emigrants
were crossing the plains, and out on the
Great American Desert, as the plains
were then called this desert is about
to prove an oasis), they became detached
from their train, were overtaken by. a
marauding band of Indians, and, as the
event proved all were killed but a little
girl, who, but little more than baby,
was carried off a captive by the sayages,
When about three years old she was bar
tered for by a party of trappers and sent
back to Council Bluffs, where she was
adopted by lady and gentleman, with
whom she lived for many years, and who
still claim her as their daughter, and
who love her as if she. We're truly their
own child. Her identity was preserved
by locket and picture of her mother
inside Of which was the name of the
place in Pennsylvania from whence the
family emigrated This, through some
strange freak of fancy, the Indians per-
mitted her to keep. i,,l.eao- ai ..,s,a.8
Some two years ago, the family who
adopted the girl, visited some friends IN
this city, bringing her with them. Here
by her winning disposition, she so en-
deared herself to the friends she was
visiting, they prevailed on her Council
Bluffs guardians to leave her here for a
time. And she has gradually wound
herself about the hearts of her st, Joe
friends till they can not bear the idea of
separating from her. AT present, how
ever, she is on visit to her friends
in Council Bluffs, Since her absence
letter Of inquiry has been received by a
gentleman Of this city, which has salts
fed all who are acquainted with the cir
cumstances, that the young lady in
question is the niece of the gentleman
in Virginia from whom the letter was
received. He writes that he, had heard
of the facts Of this girls history, rec
ognized the name in the locket as that
of his brother who started across the
plains, and was murdered by the Indians
In 1850, and is certain he has found his
niece. He offers her a place and posi-
ton in his own family and being wealthy
and capable of doing a good part by
her. he hopes she will accept a home at
his house. The young lady had notbeenI
advised of he'discovery at the time our
information was received, and 1t was
doubted by our informant whether she
would give up her 81. Joe and Council
Bluffs friends to accept the home Of
fered by her uncle. ao0d@ ofrnr
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where they are improving rapidly. |
firmly believe they would have died in u
fortnight more. Myself, mate and one
man are going home on the schooner
Samuel f. Fabens We shall touch at
Old Providence, where / shall get more
particulars from these poor fellows, and
report the case when get to New York.
The United States Commercial Agent
here will send the remainder of my crew
to the American Consul atAspinwal. Vase