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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-09-29

A "HEADLEss HoRsEMAN''-How HE RODE
AT WoERTH.-At the battle of Woerth it is
said that at the third charge of the curassiers
ahorse was to be seen going at full speed with
headless rider. The mutilated corpse was
that of NJ de la Futzun de Lacarre, colonel of
the Third regiment of French cuirassiers who
had been decapitated by g cannon ball. Most
people on reading this would declare that it
was a mere sensation paragraph, totally devoid
Of truth. Such an occurrence, however, would
not by any means seem to be an impossibility.
Not long ago we directed our readers atten-
ton to an interesting article published by Dr.
Brinton, surgeon to the Philadelphia Hospital,
on the instantaneous rigidity which forms the oc-
casional accompaniment of sudden and violent
death, such as results from wounds of the head
or heart. The startling phenomenon some
times seen on the battlefield, of the retention
in death of the last attitude in life, has not es-
capped the observation of military surgeons, al
though the facts connected Herewith have not
been studied with the attention that they de-
serve. Those who are familiar with the de-
scriptions that were given of the Crmcan bat
tle-felds, particularly that of Inkcrman, will
remember that the various attitudes and the
expression of the features of the dead were
dwelt upon. The report of NJ. Chenu contains
short account, chiefly based upon the COM
munications Of NJ. Armand and Perier Of the
attitudes of the dead in battle during the Cri-
mean and Italian campaigns. At Magenta a
Hungarian hussar, killed at the same time as
his horse, remained almost in saddle, resting
on his right side, the point of his sabre carried
forward, as at the charge This rigidity gene
rally follows sudden and violent deaths, but
not invariably. DIR. Brinton, among his cases..
gives one of a very striking kind. He says
that man wounded in the left breast at Bel
mont, Missouri, found stray mule, which he
succeeded in mounting. While in the act of
riding the animal he died; but his corpse re-
tanned the upright mounted position, and on
its becoming necessary to appropriate the mule
to the use of living wounded soldier the body
was found to be so firmly and rigidly set as to
demand certain amount OF positive force to
free the mule from the clasp of the legs Dr.
Rrinton isledito conclude, from his own. obser-
vations and those of others, that this battle
field rigidity is developed at the moment of
death, and that the cadaveric attitudes are
those of the last moment and act Of life.-LOn-
don Lancet.
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Stone Mountain.

Js located in DeKalb county, seventeen miles
east of Atlanta, Georgia. 1t is one of the
greatest natural curiosities in the world, being
solid solitary mass of gray granite, rising to
an altitude of more than one thousand feet
above the surrounding plain. tits about seven
miles in circumference, and viewed from any
point presents most singular and peculiar ap-
pearance. The finest view, however, is from
the north side, where the walls are perpendicu-
lar. The scenery is sublimely grand. The tall
trees at the base have the appearance of garden
shrubbery, while the bold walls of the rock ap-
pear to stand forth as an evidence of natures
majesty and mans insigniicance. Viewed from
the northeast, the immense walls of the rock,
which have been washed smooth by the rains
that have coursed down them for ages, look like
waves of the ocean, whilst afar to the south
imagination can trace the course OF streams
and rivers. The entire surface presents the aap-
pearance of an immense pyramid, the walls be-
inc uniformly smooth, with the exception of
certain patches supplied with soil and vegeta-
| ton.
Scattered about at various points you find
boulders, entirely detached, but resting on the
sides of the mountain. Some of these would
weigh from fifty to one thousand tons, and are
so evenly balanced that the power of few men
could hurl them from the summit to the base OF
| the mountain.
Near the summit are the remains of on an
cient fort built by the Indians. 1t formerly ex-
tended around the entire summit and defended
every point, the only entrance being through a
natural passage under large rock, where only
one could enter at time. The whole length
of this fortifcation was about one mile. Itwas
about six feet high and constructed of granite.
On the north side, at point where the walls
are perpendicular, is singular cave, which,
though an object of great interest, has only
been entered twice. The only practicable way
of entering it is to swing down four hundred
and fifty feet, the cave being situated nearly
half way from base to summit. 1t is circular
hole, formed with as much accuracy as though
it had been cut out by the chisel of an expert
enced workman. 1t penetrates distance of
few feet, when it becomes too small for person
to advance farther. Beyond that point it wi
dens out and shows every evidence of being the
opening of great cave. 1t is known as Eagles
Nest, having long been the abode to q nest O
these birds. The only living thing found by
the last explorer was frog, which did not give
any information, concerning its residence
Within short distance of Stone Mountain
is a fine mineral spring, which, together witt
other natural inducements and splendid hote
accommodations, render it a fayorite summe
resort-1he Period.
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ViYe La Woman!

We published telegram few days since in
which it was stated, referring to the election in
Wyoming Territory, that "Mrs Howe, wife of
the United States Marshal, was the first lady
who ever voted for Delegate to Congress. La
dies voted generally throughout the Territory.
They cast III votes at Cheyenne precinct"
Now, here is something practicable and tan
gible. While Elizabeth Cady Stanton is dou-
ble-shotting her guns and blazing away, through
her paper, at the horrible men in the East i;
while charming Anna Dickinson stands, IN
pair of No. slippers, and belches forth her
arguments of thunder from the rostrums OF
Massachusetts, we find the dear girls away OH
yonder in Wyoming Territory marching up to
the ballot-box in one solid invoice OF callco ana
depositing their ballots with as much noncha-
lance as if they had been wearing pantaloons
long before they immi igrated to that land OF
milk. crinoline, woman's rights and honey.
Is it possible that the success of the female
Wyomingos in asserting and maintaining their
rights is attributable to the fact that there are
no Cady Stantons and no Anna Dickinsons in
that favored land? If So We advise the suffer
ing female women" of New England to place
their noisy leaders and orators in confinement;
discontinue the mutterings of the Revotution,
and let their rights come dry So" as seems to
have been the case in Wyoming Territory.
Glorious country, that Wyoming Mrs.
Howe, wife of the United States Marshal, sings
snatch of "Rock-a-bye baby on the tree-top''
to the ''heir apparent" buckles on her FIVE
shooter, rolls up her pants, lights her cigar,
cautions Mr. Howe "not to let that child fall
out of the CRADLE" and marches off to the polls
to add her influence and power to the cause Of
woman's freedom and woman's rights
But Howe about Howe? Does he vote at all
or does he stay at home and mind the baby
while his innocent wife fixes up things at the
polls? Possibly Mrs. Howe says to Mr.. Howe
stBe good boy, now, Johnnie. I shall &c
right to the polls, deposit my ballot and work
for the cause until nearly sundown then / will
return and let you go and vote. 1 will allow
you fifteen minutes to get to the polls-ample
time-only two miles distant" Of course
Howe didn't say word-not in Wyoming
and then comes the "tug of war;"
We feel sure it would be absolutely safe tc
bet ten to one that Howe's baby was teething
and that it was subject to frequent attacks o.
the collie; that during the absence of his spouse
it became necessary to use nine bottles OF sooth
ing syrup, four bottles of paragoric, and one
the old lady's slippers.
Suppose, too, the battles around the poll
waxed warm and it became important for care
sposa to strike few "hefty" blows "from th'
shoulder" in order to maintain the dignity o
the SEX And suppose all this occupied he
time until the close of the polls. Then wha
becomes of Howe and his vote? That's what
agitating the country from centre to circumfer
ence, and what's stopped the Prussian ad
vance, Wilmington Star.
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RICH JEws.-Our rich Jews of New York
have much inherited wealth, and as they al
most invariably live within their incomes, a
Jewish family is certain to get rich. This
murdered Nathan has been making money
steadily ever since he was a youth, and only
death put a stop to his affluence. To his name
may be added that of the Harts, the Noes, the
Simpsons (famed as pawnbrokers,) the Bern
heimers, the Levys, the Moses, the Emanuels,
the Isaacs, the Solomons, the Davids, and 9TH
er scriptural names, as noted for wealth. The
rich Jews do not dash in the fast way for which
''Young America" is noted. The only sporting
man of high rank that | know among them is
August Belmont. He lives in grand style in
Fifth Avenue, aud keeps a fine stud of finely
bred horses He has been for thirty years the
head of banking house which bears the name
of Rothschild, and is the American agency of
the great European capitalists. Belmont is
too fashionable to bend himself to the letter of
Hebrew ordinances and customs. He is not
one of the stricter sort, and wandered so far
| into the Gentle world as to marry the daugh-
ter of an American Commodore. The affair
made great excitement at the time, and the
fashionable world was quite indignant that the
niece of "Perry on the Lakes" should marry
Belmont. The bride, however, had decd Of
Fifth avenue mansion to start with, and if
the course of domestic life has not subsequent
! ly run smooth, the world has not discovered it.
The Jews are masters of the gold market, as
any one may know who enters that noisy room
where this commodity is daily sold as an arti-
Gle of merchandise.
In addition to these Hebrew magnates Of the
gold room, there are few heavy mercantile
houses, the chief of which is Hendricks Bros.
These men have dealt in metals, which, if not
gold, brought golden profits. They are among
the chief holders of copper, tin, &c.. and have
for years invested their profits in real estate up
town, which has become immensely valuable.
They now own houses, block after block, and
from humble beginnings have acquired a posi-
ton among. the chief landlords of this city.
These men make little noise in the world. In
deed, the Jews as class do not seek notoriety.
They have fame of their own, that is among
their own nation. Every family in the Fifth
avenue synagogue is duly canvassed, and their
rank is silently taken according to the land,
bullion or jewels they are supposed to possess.
Wealth holds a sway of vast influence here for
no class acknowledges its power more than the
Jews-Troy, ~ y, Tines.
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Loss OF MIND IN OLD AGE-Fatuity from
old age cannot be cured, but it may be preven-
ted by employing the mind constantly in read
ing and conversation in the evening of life.
DR.. johnson ascribes the faulty of Dean Swift
to two causes first, to a resolution he made in
his youth that he would never wear spectacles,
from the want of which he was unable to read
in the decline of life and, secondly, to his ava
rice which led him to abscond from visitors, or
deny himself to company, by which means he
deprived himself of the only two methods by
which new ideas are acquired or old ones reno
waited. His mind, from these causes, languished
for the want of exercise, and gradually colaps-
ed into idiotism, in which state he spent the
close of his life in a hospital founded by him.
self for persons afflicted with the same disorder
of which he finally died.
Country people, when they have no relish for
books, when they lose their ability to work OF
to 90 abroad from age or weakness, are very
apt to become fatuitous, especially as they are
too often deserted in their old ageby the younger
which their minds become torpid from the want
of society and conversation. Faulty is more
rare in cities than in country places, only be-
cause society and conversation can be had in
them upon more easy terms and it is less COM
mon among women than men, only because
they seldom survive their ability to work, and
because their employments are of such a nature
as to admit of them being carried on by theil
firesides, and in sedentary posture.
The illustrious DR.. Franklin exhibited 6
striking instance of the influence of reading
writing and conversation, in prolonging SOUND
and active state of all the faculties of his mind
In his eighty fourth year he discovered no one
mark in any of them of the weakness of decay
usually observed in the minds of persons al
that advanced period of life.
I cannot dismiss this ubject without remark
ing that the moral faculties, when properly
regulated and directed, never partake of the
decay of the intellectual faculties in old age
even in persons of uncultivated minds. II
would seem as if they were thus placed beyond
the influence, not only of time, but often Of
diseases and accidents, from their exercise being
so indispensably necessary to our happiness
more especially in the evening of life.
The Rev. DR.. Magaw, it is we'll known, had
lost with his memory for events, his conscious.
ness of place and time, by paralytic disease
and yet in this situation he retained for several
years so high a sense of religious obligation
that he performed his devotions morning and
evening, and at his meals, with as much regu.
larity and correctness as ever he did, even in
the most vigorous state of his mind.
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The HISTORY OF IRoN.--The history OF
Iron is the history of civilization. The rough,
shapeless ore that lies hidden in the earth folds
in its unlovely bosom such fate and fortune as
the laughter sheen of silver, CLEAN of gold,
and sparkle of diamonds may illustrate, but
are wholly impotent to create. Rising from
his undisturbed repose of ages, the giant un-
weildy, swart and huge Of limb, bends slowly
his brawny neck to the yoke of man, and at
his bidding, becomes a nimble servitor to do
his will. Subtle as thought, rejoicing in pow
er, no touch is too delicate for his perception,
no service too mighty for his strength Tales
of faerie, feats of magic, pale before the simple
story of his everyday labor, or find in his deeds
And waiting upon his transformation, tribe
becomes nation, race Of savages rises up
philosophers, artists and gentlemen. Com
merce, science and warfare have their progress
and their vicissitudes but underneath them
ALL unnotcd it may be, or treated to a superb
cial and perhaps supercilious glance, yet main
spring and regulator of all, runs an iron thread,
true thread Of fate, coiling around the limbs of
man. and impeding all progress, till he shall
have untwisted the Gordian knot but bidding
him forward from strength to strength, with
each successive release. No romance of court
or camp surpasses the romance of the forge.
A blacksmith at his anvil seems to us respec-
table, but not an eminently heroic person yet,
walking backward along the past by the light
which he strikes from the glowing metal be-
meath his hand, we shall fancy ourselves to be
walking in the true heroic age. Kings and
warriors have brandished their swords right
royalty, and such splendor has flashed from
Excaibur and Morglay, that our dazzled ewes
have scarcely discerned the brawny smith who
stood in the twilight Of the bach ground and
fashioned with skillful hand the blade which
radiates such light, but passed through all the
land, changing huts into houses, houses into
homes, and transforming into a garden by his
skill the wilderness which had been secured
by the sword.
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THE P0LICY-H0LDERs'
LIFE AND TONTINE ASSURANCE COMPANY
OF THE SOUTH,


29 Broad Street, Charleston, S. c.,
VTAvING deposited $4,000 with the Comp
I'll troller General for the protection Of its
policy holders, will issue the usual forms of Life
and Endowment Policies.
Hw the most liberal Company to the Assured in
the World.
The Charter guarantees to the assured the cash
surrender value of his policy after one annual pre-
MUM has been paid, except in case of fraud.
1t is the only purely mutual Company in the
South.
II has no Stockholders. All surplus profits
must be divided among the policy-holders.
tits thoroughly conservative.
It's investments are confined by charter to the
most solid securities, and it is under management Of
men of well established ability and integrity.
Persons desiring any information will please
communicate with any of the officers.
WM McBURNEY, President.
E. P. ALEXANDER, Vice Pres. and Act.
GEO. Z. BOGGS, Sec aud Gen. Agent.
JOHN T. DARBY, NJ. D., Med. Adviser.
JAMES A. HOYT, Local Agent for Anderson
and DR.. THOS. A. EVINS, Medical Examiner.
april 81, 1870 4S
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-"You have lost some of your friends,
see," said traveller to negro whom he had
met on the road, dressed in deep mourning
eyes, massa" "Was it a near or distant rela-
tive?" "Well, purity distant-about twenty
four miles," was the reply
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A young gentleman who has just married
alittle undersized beauty, says she would have
been taller, but she is made of such precious
materials that Nature could not afford it..
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A teacher, catechising his scholars, put
the following question "EVhat was made to
give light to the world" Matches" cried
one of the youngsters, after short pause.
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Notice.
NOTICE.

A PPLICATION will be made at the next ses-
N sion of the General Assembly of this State
for On Act to incorporate the Bethlehem Metho-
dist Church, in the county of Anderson, South
Carolina. DENNIS CHANCELLOR,
Steward.
August g.. 1870 0 am
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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-21

Legislature and subsequently went to
Congress, yet he is now one OF the
heaviest stockholders in the Chatta-
nooga Rolling Mill.
]. J. Williams has resigned the po-
sition of Superintendent of the Ten
nessee and Kentucky Division of the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and goes
as chief engineer of an expedition to
the ,Isthmus Tehauntepec to locate a
railway and ship canal. He is sue
ceeded by NJ. N. Miller, Of Columbus,
kentucky.
The Knoxville Press and Herald
has been shown by S. ID. Mitchell,
Esq, a sample of salt made by the
Hawkins County Mining Company,
at a well they have recently finished
in Poor Valley, nine miles from ROg-
ersville. The salt was very fine,
| equal in fact to the finest table salt,
and was of strong saline taste.
The Huntsville Daily Independent
of Wednesday says: 1.-The ministers
and elders of cOlored Cumberland
Presbyterian Church in North Ala
bama and bordering counties of Ten
nessee, will assemble here on next
Friday, 10th inst, for the purpose of
organizing a Presbytery. Revs. NJ.
| B. Dewitt, C. b. Sanders, and Elder
Sesrcy have been appointed by Ten
nessee Presbytery TO superintend its
formation"
The Trenton Gazette of the 14th
| says: "Dr. VIM. w. Lea arrived in
| this place this morning, and we are
/ pleased to learn that he has been very
successful in obtaining subscriptions
in money and land to the stock of the
/ Tennessee Central Railroad, and eX-
poets in a few days to have a sufficient
amount subscribed to authorize the
organization of the company, when a
board of directors will be elected and
a corps of engineers appointed to
make the survey and location of the
route for the road. DIR. Lea will adj
dress the people of Milan on Saturday
next in behalf the Central Railroad"
The following are the names of the
OhiOans who are now prospecting the
State of Tennessee for locations with
a view to settle amongst US: j. 7.
Martin, wife and son, John Butt,
Thomas Knight, Paul RUBBISH,
Michael Keller, II. Polum, Joseph
Carrick, Jacob Bulliant, John Hill, J.
]. Wagner, A. J. Salins, Peter Adils-
pugn, Frederick Secrist, j. w. Sow
der, Adam Wickut, Peter Bason,
Felin Mcclellan, w. III. Prendle,
David f. Smith, Charles lakewood,
Frank Wood, James StOffer, ]. II.
Benning, d. j. Rummell, o. B. Rum
nell, l.. G. StrattOn, G.. L. StrattOn,
c. Clapp and wife, John Eastwood
from Canada), Malachi Martin, John
Baker and wife.