The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-01-05

NNt<So Va 1SNt'N|l>t3 IioICu 1OE llS GU
rious basaltic columns aud cathe-
dral-liko cavcrns, but now dcsolato
and barren-ho pictured as it once
existed, the scat Of learning and
pioty, and the point whence Chris
tianity is said TO have spread over
tho whole Of Great Britain. Ho
visited the mcmentocs Of it's past
glory, its ruined monastorics,
crosses, and the tombs Of saints
and ancient kings, and spoke with
intellectual reverence, Of the plea
sure it afforded him to stand be-
side tho graves Of Duncan and
Macbeth.
MIR DAVIS FUTURE.
understood it to be Mr.. Davis
intention in duo time to givo to
tho world his version of tho polit-
ical affairs in which he 50 pro.
mlncntly figured. lie will employ
u phonographic amanucnsis to
facilitate his labors, and as he has
already accumulated a goodly
store Of materials, it's publication
may not be long delayed. Mr..
Davis is blamed for many things
respecting which it will be inter
csting TO bear him in his own de-
fence. know he is consnrcd by
many in tho South for tho pro
longation of tho war. I have
again and again heard it said by
Sontherncrs that after tho battlo
Of Gettysburg, General Lee urged
measures Of compromise to the
end Of obtaining peace, which Mr..
Davis persistently opposed. The
family Of Mr.. Davis is still in Eng
land. OF his own future he did
not speak positively His friends
believe that tho United States
will be his future home, aud that
he will not return to Europe, save
to bring home Mrs Davis and his
children.
A LONDON FOG. "A Yankee in
London thus describes ono Of the
togs in that city I'll once heard
an American, who bad just re-
turned from trnus-A ,lanlic trip,
say that il was worth while TO
ss'tkc ocean, just to hear the
skylark's malin song. However
thst may bc, 1 am quite sure Of
one thing: that If il ia worth
while 10 make an ocean voyage to
see something that cannot be seen
nt home, the sight Of such Lon
don fog as cnveloped this city last
Wednesday morning must have
satisfied any reasonable country
man of mine that his voyage to
England was not wholly unprofi.a
bic, AS Paddy would say .i;t wns
the truth ofa fog 81 great was
IT'S density, thnt .carly all traffic
nao 10 10 Suspended for several
nouts' :.orchcs wero obliged to bc
ca::ied through the strcetsat noon
'.ay, tho gas-lights wcrc Of little
moro avail than if they had been
so many glow.worms, great delays
occurred on all tho metropolitan
railways, some serious accidents
occurred, and signal guns were
fired at intervals. On the follow
ing morning tho fog was again SO
dense that tho steamboat traffic
on tho Thames was entirely eus-
pended. 1t was, literally, such an
observation Of tho light Of day
that il might DO felt. L am only
sorry that can't send you u slice
OF it, as a specimen Of one Of the
sights Of London in November"
NOVEL EXAMPLE or HERo1sM.
1t is reported that at the time
Of tho collision on Thursday, Of
tho ferry boat Manhassot and the
ting Phmnix, the steam wreckine
boat TruNton, Captain Il. 4 Scott,
happened to bo passing quito near
the sccno Of tho accident. Cap
tain Scott not bong ablo to get
tho Truxton alongside Of tho ferry
boat, sprang into Il small boat,
and made his way through the
cabin windows OF the Manhassct,
arriving in the engine room Just
as the bow Of tho tug was being
cxtricated from tho ferry boat. As
tho bow was withdrawn tho water
at once began to flow in tho npcr-
turo with great torco and in few
minutes, had not Captain Scott,
who is q very largo man, weigh.
ing about $50 pounds, placed Ills
BODY IN tho hole mado by tho tug,
and, calling for blankets and CLOTH.
ing, succeeded in keeping ont tho
rush sufficiently until tho boat
was got into tho slip and after
wards plankcd up tho broak so
that tho pumps OF tho forry boat
kopt her comparatively FREQ until
sho was placed on tho dry dock
foot Of Pike Street, whore sho
now is. This is tho first record
Of leak Of this sizo boing stop
pea by mans body ut tho risk
Of his own life, Possibly several
hundred lives woro savctl bv tho