The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-05-11

day and people. Indeed, the fol-
lowing extract will serve to show
that between these people and our
; own there are some strong points
ofrescmblance: . =. -.
The name Of the country was
Doodleland. It was ruled, just
previous to its destruction, by one
Grantpressy, as near as we can
make out the appellation. His
surname was Dcnt, and this ap-
pears to be common to a great
many persons who filled high off.
ccs of state. Whether this was a
title Of honor, somewhat cores
ponding to Esquire in England,
and Etfendi in Turkey, or whether
it was the sign of nobility like the
French de, the German con and
Polish ski; or whether the govern
ment was nepotic in it's construc-
ton, and Dent the surname of the
ruling family, the travellers are not
able to determine. We are inclined
to reject the lastthcory, for though
orc Of these Dents had command
of the Household Brigade in the
service of the reigning prince,
another was apparently foiledi in
his attempt to become governor
zone Of the southern provinces,
by one Olkorn, who is spoken of
as a s'calIywag of the province
shallycog seeming, from it's conti-
nual occurrence attached 10 names
ofpeopie in the southern provinces
to have been a sort Of local nobili-
ty OF low order. These skally-
wags, however, appear to have
been persons Of great influence: as
they, in conjunction with others
known as ,karpt, Jagrs, seemed to
control the affairs Of the CuGees,
who. were the dominant race in the
southern as the Yankeys were in
the northern provinces. Dumkopf
is inclined to think that the karpt-
5agrs wore Yankees, who had gone
to the South to better their for
tunes; but Esel does not agree with
his learned friend, and believes the
karpt-6rags were a sect Of peripate-
tic philosophers, who came from
no one knows where, and wande-
red about cngaged,in worshipping
the deity of their country, who
was called Numberaoun. Dumkopf
demurs, because they are never
said to worship, but merely "to
take care Of Numberwun," from
which he infers it is the namc of
something, or perhaps some class,
particularly under their protection,
or possibly the privileges, or at
least the insignia of their order.
Between two such doctors VIC do
not pretend to decide, and only re-
grct that want of space forbids us
to quote the ingenious reasons
urged by each in support Of bis
position. .-
1t appears that they had quasi
representative institutions-there
bcing q regular parliament, con-
sistirg Of two houses, one of which
purportcd to represent the prov
inccs, and the other the residents of
set portions Of territory. These,
were chosen by privileged bodies
called caucus, but Of the nature of
each cQucu we are not Informed. At
least there is a difference Of opin-
ion on the point. Dumkopf holds
the caucus was a kind of censor
chosen from among the wisest and
best of the population, while Esoi
thinks the caucus is not plural,
but then name of the body, Of
which the members were iudi-
vidually known as lobby. Against
this, however, Dumkopf shows
that the lobby was itself a body,
and there is some reason to think
it was a third house ofparliament,
or had, at least, the initiative in
regard to all laws that were of a
general or private nature.
Chicago Divorces Compre-
hensively Paragraphed.