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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-08-31
Story of Welsh Colony in Patagonia.

The colony of Chupat, on the west
coast of Patagonia, was formed by par
ty of Welsh people, Under the superin-
tendence of Mr. Jones, an Independent
Minister of Bala, in North Wales, in the
year 1865. Since its establishment the
colonists have been more or less depend
ent on the Argentine Government for
their subsistence, and news has been oc-
casionally heard of them at Buenos
Ayres,to which place they made periodi-
cal trips in schooner. This vessel was,
however, wrecked in 1868, and another
small schooner, which they purchased
with the assistance Of the Argentine
Government, also coming to trouble,
their means of communication with the
outer world were cut off. In the month
of March last, no news having been
heard of the colonists since the month of
May in the previous year, considerable
anxiety was felt on their account, and
the British gunboat " Cracker" was des-
patched to ascertain what had become
of them. That vessel accordingly ar
rived in Engano Bay on the 4th of April
last, and Commander Dennistoun pro-
ceeded by boat up the river about six
miles to the village of Chupat, and had
the satisfaction Of finding the colonists
in excellent health and spirits, although
they had been thrown on their own re-
sources for so long period. Their graft
tude for the anxiety displayed on their
behalf is described as most touching.
The colony had suffered for two years
from drought, and the whole wheat crop
of last year, estimated at 165 tons, was
just about sufficient to support the pre-
sent population, ESTIMATED as equal to
110 adults) at the rate of eight pounds
a week each until next harvest, suppos-
ing none were kept for seed. Two fami-
lies were found utterly destitute of grain,
while ten others had certainly not
enough left to last more than two months
or so; and as Mr.. Lewis Jones, to whom
Commander Dennistoun granted pas
sage to Montevideo, could not return to
the colony with supplies for four months,
Commander Dennistoun took upon him
self the responsibility of leaving what
provisions could be spared to assist the
poorest families. He also left them two
hundred pounds of soap. an article they
had been destitute of four months.
The whole colony had been without
any description of groceries for over ten
months, living chiefly on bread, butter,
and milk, and what guanaco and ostrich
meat they could obtain by hunting. At
present there are only seven sheep in
the colony, and the only means of COM
munication that exists with Buenos
Ayres is by land 0ia Patagones; but to
reach it an unknown tract of country of
some two hundred miles has to be ira
versed, with little or no water to be
found. Yet, in spite of these little draw
backs to comfort, not one individual ex-
pressed wish to leave the colony.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-08-31
An Old-FashiOned New England " Rails
ing,''

Some one who cherishes love for old
customs, writes from rural retreat in
New England to the Liberal Christian !:
1t was peculiar pleasure, up here in
the country, where we write, to hear of
a real old-fashioned raising last week.
True, it was tobacco barn And the
suddenness and rapidity with which
that peculiar Southern staple has shot
up into Importance in the Connecticut
Valley may account for the renewal of
the old custom. The crop is SO valuable
that the housing of it for single season
is @ matter of first-rate importance. And
people in this far North have discovered
the favorableness of theland and climate
to tobacco so recently that more barns
are wanted than there are hands to put
them promptly up. And so the old con-
ditions come back, and people go to
raising little as they used to. On this
occasion, sixty men from six miles round
assisted, and raised two good-sized barns
In the course of the long summer day.
The old abundant provision-less the
rum and whiskey-were made, but the
old Jollity was not so apparent. There
is no longer the same sense of equality,
the same sense of mutual dependence,
the same necessity of making the most
OF every opportunity of merry-making
the same freedom of speech and action /
There We're ladies there looking on, and
the proprietor was not at work himself,
and the whole thing was not quite gem
uine. Yet it was very pleasant to see
even little of the old village friendship
left; little of the old sweet and whole
some local acknowledgment of mutual
dependence.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-08-31
Torn to Pieces by Dogs,

Yesterday at noon, Willie Biersch died
at his grandfather's house, near Camp
Washington. He was lad years old,
and the son of Ernst Biersch, a tanner
at the above place. At noon ON Tues
day he was sent by his mother to the
tannery to carry a message to his father
about still younger brother who was
sick. At the tannery he found his father
had gone away to neighbor's, and that
most of the workmen had left, and those
who had not were leaving to go to their
dinner. Learning from some of the lat
ter where his father had gone, he start
ed to find him. On his way Willie
climbed fence. When he crossed this
he was confronted by fierce hybrid
slut, half-bull and alf-Newfoundland
with her five half-grownpups The cruel
brutes seized him, threw him to the
ground, dragged him some distance, and
were stepping their savage jaws in his
blood, while some neighbors, drawn by
his cries, saw the bloody spectacle, but
feared to interfere. A man at last got a
pistol and shot the grown dog, whereup-
on the others fled, but were afterwards
shot. Willie was carried horribly man
gled to his grandfather's house, and DR..
Richardson dressed his wounds. All
night he suffered and grew worse, until
death came at noon yesterday and re-
leased him. The savage beasts tore the
entire scalp from his head, barring it al
most to the skull. In his right arm,
near the shoulder, their fierce fangs left
a terrible cash, large enough to bury
mans two fists in. On his left side they
barred his ribs, and tore them asunde. SO
as to expose the lungs. The relentless
brutes left not feature of his face un-
torn by their rapacious teeth. Other
wounds there were on that little body
which alone would have been looked
upon as fearful, but which, in compari-
son with those described, were nothing.
Cincinnati Gazette, Auq. 10.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-08-31
How Crude Rubber is Collected.

Greytown, Nicaragua, is the principal
port for the export of India rubber on
the coast. 1t is collected by parties of
Indians, Caribs, or half cast Creoles,
seldom by Europeans, to whom the deal
ers, who are also storekeepers, advance
the necessary outfit of food, clothing,
and apparatus for collecting rubber, on
condition of receiving the whole of the
rubber collected at certain rate. The
rubber hunters are termed UleroS (UIe
being the Creole term for rubber.) A
party of Uleros, after final debauch at
Greytown, having expended all their re-
naming cash, generally make a start in
canoe for one of the rivers or streams
which abound on the coast, and having
fixed on convenient spot for camp,
commence operations. The experienced
rubber hunter marks out all the trees in
the neighborhood. The rubber tree is
the Castitloa elasticd, which grows to
great size, being on an average about
four feet in diameter, and from twenty
to thirty feet to the first spring of the
branches. From all the trees in the al
most impenetrable jungle hang numer-
GUS trailing parasites, lianes, etc.; from
these, and especially the tough vines,
are made rude ladders, which are
suspended close to the trunks of the trees
selected, which are now slashed by
machetes in diagonal cuts from right to
left, go as to meet in the middle and
central channels, which lead into iron
cutters driven in below and these again
into the wooden pals. The pals are
soon full of the white milk, and are
emptied into larger tin pans. The milk
is next pressed through sieve, and sub
sequently coagulated by judicious ap-
plication of the juice Of a Bejuca IAN
Apocyna !? vine. The coagulated mass
is then pressed by hand, and finally
rolled out on a board with wooden
roller. The rubber has now assumed
the form of large pancake, nearly two
feet in diameter and about quarter of
an inch thick, ON account of which they
are termed t0rtiLlas by the Uleros; these
cakes are hung over the side poles and
framework which supports the rancho,
which is erected in the woods, and al
lowed to dry for about fortnight,
when they are ready to pack for delivery
to the dealer.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-08-31
Why Circles Please the Eye.

Professor Muller, in course of lee
lures in Berlin, offered a simple and
mechanical explanation of the universal
admiration bestowed on these curves.
The eye is moved in its socket by six
muscles, of which four are respectively
employed to raise, depress, turn to the
right, and to the left. The other two
have an action contrary to one another.
and roll the eye ON its axes, or from the
outside downward, and inside upward.
When an object is presented for inspec-
tion, the first act is that of circumcision,
or going round the boundary lines, SO as
to bring consecuitively every individual
portion of the circumference on the most
delicate and sensitive portion of the
retina. Now, if figures bounded by
straight lines be presented for inspection,
it is obvious that but two or three mus
cles can be called into action; and it is
equally evident that in curves of a cir
Gle or ellipse all must alternately be
brought into action. The effect then is.
that if two only be employed, as in
rectilinear figures, those two have an
undue share of labor; and by repeating
the experiment frequently, as we do in
childhood, the notion of tedium is in
stilled, and we form gradually distaste
for straight lines, and are led to prefer
those curves which supply more gem
eral and equable share of work.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-08-31
A GREyPORT LEGEND. u7ssJ

They ran through the streets of the seaport
town,
they lay
Inc cold sea-fog that came whitening down
Was never as cold or white as they.
mHo, Starbuck and Pincllney and Tenterden
Run for your shalleps, gather your men,
Scatter your boats on the lower bay"
Good cause for fear in the thick midday
ruled with the children in happy play,
Parted Its moorings and drifted clear
Driited clear beyond reach or call
Ihirteen children there were In all
All adrift in the lower bay!
Said a hard-faced skipper, God help us all f!
, Sne WI l,n nos nons NJ .il, .1e .urmg eaue
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-08-31

II ounces Is the limit OF weight Tor
letters. r-
In this country, our rate for letter
postage continues to be cents for each
half ounce, or six cents an ounce, which
is just three times higher than the new
English rate for an ounce, and nine
times more than the English rate for
twelve ounces.
We think our government might take
lesson from England in the matter of
cheap letter postage. But for parcels of
certain kinds, our rates are less than the
British charges.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-08-31

Vegetable leather is now extensively
manufactured, the principal materials
being caoutchouc and naptha. The
product is only one-third as costly as
ordinary leather, which it resembles so
closely that they can be distinguished
only by close inspection; and the vege-
table leather has the additional advan-
tage Of being made in entire pieces of
fifty yards in length if desired, one and
half yards wide, of any thickness de-
manded. of uniform quality, and ample
strength.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-08-31
Cheap Postage In England.

New and still cheaper rates of postage
went into operation in England August
lst. Letters and parcels of all sorts,
closed or open, without any distinc-
tions, are charged as follows:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-12-07
On the Lakes! Onthe Gulf On the
Atlantic Coast! On the Pacific Coast!

Along the Alleghanies! And through
ont the length and breadth of the aissis-
sippi valleyi Over all North Am erica;
in fact, has the greatpioneertLife Insu-
rance Company of the South-THE PIED
MONT &; ARL1NGToN-spread its sway
Before another yearitlnay almost besaid
of the Piedmont q Arlington Company
as of the British Empire-that the sun
never sets on its dominions!
The rise and progress of this Company
have indeed been remarkable in.the an
nails of Life Insurance. And its present
magnificent status should be source Of
great pride and satisfaction to its Presi-
dent, w. c. Darlington, Esq, of Virginia,
to whose Judgment, exertions, and adj
ministrative capacity, it owesmuch of its
great success. ;
The Piedmont G Arlington has been
conducted with the most thorough sys-
tenn ever since its organization, and the
results: are eincalculable profits and an
immSnse available fund of assets. It's
obligations have ever been met prompt
ly, literally, and ina spirit of elevated
justice and humanity. And every care
has been al,Oays taken to protect the ia,-
terests of those aOhose sole reliance .fo1
satstenance, and support rests in the proper
management Of ats affairs.
In Edgeield District and throughout
tho State of South Carolina, the Piedmont
Il Arlington has the very widest and
best earned reputation for soundness,
ability, and humane thoughtfulness; and
its Agencies, extending into every region
and every locality, foot up an almost
endless number of business connections
in the shape of Life Policies issued and
in force. 2 tts3 u. :" .-iir
In this issue of the A Adueasiseris New
Advertisement from the Piedmont GAR
lington-such an Advertisements as BELTS
the power, wealth and influence of the
great Company. - -!
Of NIessrs Leaphart and Ransom, Cen
eral Agents and Managers for the State
of South Carolina, it is unnecessary to
add that they are gentlemen. Of the high
est tone, and most undisputed business
capacity.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-12-07
Lost or tMislaid.

THREE NOTES given by L. B. Gull
it lebeau, made. payable to the Subscri-
ber,-one for $500, payable 10th Dec. 1859,
one for 5000, payable 10th Nov. 1870,
and one for 500, due the 10th Nov. 1871,
all dated 10Th Nov. 1869. d. II.
Also, one Note on NJ. N. Cartledge, in
my favor, for S25, with an order to F..
Martin endorsed thereon, to pay the same
for consideration-Eote ote dated in fall OF
1865. III 'f h12 40 "a
Also, an accepted order by J. T. Gar
nett on J. F. Talbert for $42, and dated in
fall of 1870. s 3t.a
Also, other Notes and Accounts notnow
remembered. 9Ai
The public are cautioned against ira
ding for either of the above papers, or
for any Note made payable to me.
Any information concerning the above
Notes thankfully received
T. T.. JEN NNING3.
Dec. 5 .. st so
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-12-07
LANDS FOR RENT.

zaNHE. RoSELANDS. PLANTATION
Ill whereon Mrs. MaryP Brooks, dec d.
latelyresided, containing Two h1'us-
and "A cres, more or less, adjoining lands
of a.: P. King, j. H. Minis, Thos. Payne
and others.
Also Six Hundred. Acres adjoining
the same, belonging to the Estate OF
Whitfield Brooks, decd.
Also, the JORDAN and KEMP
TRACTS, lof the Real Estate of Mrs.
Mary P. Brooks, dec'd.,) adjoining the
Roseland Tract. The Jordan Tract con-
tanning Three Hundred and Twenty five
Acres, more or less, and the Kemp Tract,
One Hundred and Fifty-eight Acres,
more or less. ~
Will be RENTED for the ensuing year,
on the 9th Of December, inst, at tpublic
outcry, at iRoselands. ~ .lI o.,, .i,ee..l
The Rent to be paid in money on the
1st day Of January, 1873, and to be Sc
cured by the Bond Of the lessee, with
good and sufficient sureties thereto.
-!':'- '!Iifs-fJ J.H. BROOKS, Ex'or.
Dec 3t i,t so
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-12-07
& From W ashington.
Both Houses of Congress assembled

d..
Both Houses of Congress assembled
on Monday last.
resident Grants message was read.
he defends the policy pursued in refer
ence to the stoppage of Ku-Klux out
RACES, and expresses the belief that out
of the very numerous arrests made no
innocent person is now in custody.
He.suggests the removal of ali politi-
cal disabilitiessunler the fourteenth con-
stitutional amendment, and says that it
will be happy time. for the Southern
States when their old citizens shall again
take aninterest inrpublicaffairs.. Z,
WE hope to.make liberal extracts from
this message in our next issue.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-12-07
Notice to Tax Payers.

TIME Books will be open for the Col
Il lection of Taxes for the year 1871 on
the Goth day of November, 1871, and will
remain open until the 18th day Of Janua
~ 1872, after which time the penalty OF
20 per cent will be added.
State Tax, seven Mills;-Ccunty, three
Mills, on all taxable property.
will be at Granitcrille from the goth
of November until the lst of December,
after that time at Edgetield c. IL.
will be ut
Meeting stree, on thcsth and 9Th Dec.
Edgetield G.. H., Oh the llth, 18th, 18th.
Wards Station, OH tho l4th.
Moses Holson, Jr., on the 18th.
Emanuc! Whittle's, on the 18th.
Edgclicid e. IT,, on the 18th.
Atkinson's Store, on the 4th and 5th
January.
Hamburg, on the 9Th January.
Granitcville, Sth, 9th and 10th.
Edgeiield G. II llth to 18th January,
after which time my Books will close.
JOHN WOOLLI, CT L. G.
Oct 25 l2t II
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-12-07
The Anti.Grant Independent Presi-
49,, Dental Ticket.

There is strong party in the North
and in the West twho-Republicans though
they be-see that Grant and the spoils-
men under him must be got rid of, or
the country will be clean ruined. This
party in the. West is led by Carl Schurz,
Gratz Brown, and Senator Trumbull. In
the North it is led by Horace Greely,
Thurlow Weed, Ben. Butler, G. A. Dana,
and others. Appointment and powerful
Democrat said TO be in strict accord with
these leaders, is Montgomery Blair.
IL IS SAID rnat these politicians, and
many Others of equal note, are to meet
soon in secret council in Philadelphia,
Baltimore .:or Harrisburg. And that
Senators Sumner and Wilson of Massa-
chusetts will also each have q finger in
the pie, but will not be present on the
momentous occasion. The object of this
extraordinary assemblage is to arrange a
programme for this Congress to head off
Gen. Grant and unite the Republicans
opposed to his nomination upon some
general plan of operations. And the
most probable plan is supposed to- be
this. These anti-Grant Republicans are
to come forward with an independent
Presidential ticket, nominating some
able moderate Republican whom the
ncinccracy might b. Induced to take up,
aud then bring up TO its support the
whole. strength Of the latter party, with
all the loose materials of the country,
and sweep the field in 1872.
But will the Democratic party take
hold of this matter. The result of this
years State elections including New
York, the Democratic citadel and base OF
operations, shows that the Democratic
party, as national organization, is to-
day i'll q decided minority. In such a
case, if these anti-Grant Republicans,
with their just and moderate candidate
could make us see the thing, why not let
us-at least open parley with them?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-12-07
COMMERCIAL,
AUGUSTA, Decemb

% a.ff- AOOOOIA, OCCO1lpOA ~ i
GOLD-Buying at 100 and selling at1ll.
CoTTON-The market to-day has been
firm at174 Though extra styles Of Mid
ding brought an sc more,) with q good
demand, and light offerings. Receipts,
357 bales. Sales, 464 bales. -
= BACON-Stoek large and market un-
changed; G. Sides, OF G. r: Sides, 9;
Shoulders, 81; Hams, 16@1S; Dry
Salt Shoulders, q; Dry Salt G. r. Sides,
81; DIS. Clear Sides, 9Iia-IlE. i.e)dg
C0RN-Prime white is selling ats cts.
by the car load from depot; retail. 81 90.
WHEAT-Wequote choice white, 81 rs;
FLoUR-City Mills, 81 5O@s5O; at re-
tail, 81 q barrel higher. Country, 81 SO
90, according to quality.
CORN MEAL-S95 at wholesale; 81
at retail. 3.fl.
- OATS-55@65.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-12-07
This Man .Kimptnn.


3 "a scummy feHowlseems to be thisEman
Kimpton, about whom so much is said
and sung just now. He is the Financial
Agent of the State, and lives and steals
in New York City. New York is the
scene of his operations, but it is the peo-
pie of South Carolina from whom he
steals. In former and more honest days
we do not remember that there was such
State official as Financial Agent. And
this man Kimpton makes no Report to
the Comptroller-General as he is requir-
ed by law to do. And the Comptroller
General complains of this to the Legisla-
ture And notwithstanding this, the
Governor, in his message, refers the Leg
islature to Kimpton's report for Septem-
Der SOth, 1871 to the Comptroller Gene
raj. OF course he knew. perfectly well
nc such report had been made.
This man Kimptonhas been in Colum-
bia for several days since the meeting of
the Legislature, but departed leaving no
report behind him. Gov Scott, Treas
urer Parker, and General Dennis, who
buys the curtains and carpets for the
State House, make the StateDebt some
times s9.OOO.OOO; sometimes 100000:
sometimes Sl5.OOO.O0O. But what do
all these lies amount to until Kimpton
tells his lie? What says Kimpton? Is
it 8, 1915, 20, or 25, millions,
I. Where did they. get Kimpton? We
should like to know more about him. He
does not seem to be fool. While steal
ing for Scott, according to Scott's instruc-
tions, he seems to be also feathering his
own nest.
Which is the scummier fellow of the
two-Scott or Kimpton?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-12-07
Religious Notice.

The fifth Sabbath Union meeting of the
4th Division, of the Edgefeld Associa-
ton, will meet with the Church at Big
Stevens Creek, ON the fifth Sabbath in
December inst, at 10 o'clocli, A. NJ.
The following Brethren are appointed
to the stated services of the meeting: S.
P. Getzen to preach the Introductory
Sermon; j. P. Mealing alternate. W. B.
Shaw to preach the Charity Sermon; L.
Broaddus, Alternate.
is =. P. A1EALING, MoD'oR.
Dec 6 2t so
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-12-07

g The Newberry Herald of the 29th
ult.. says: "There are several droves Of
fine hogs in town. The market opened
at 6l cents" Send us drove or two
down this way, brother Herald. We are
powerful on srare-ribs, back bones, &c i,
when we have an opportunity, and we
arc longing for In opportunity.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-12-07
We Didn't win.-Did You?

The Derby Aiken Land Lottery came
OFF in Augusta, on the SOth. Below we
append the lucky numbers which drew
the prizes. The number of our ticket
don't correspond with any in the list (;
look though carefully, and if your ticket
will match any of the numbers, so for
Derby forthwith:
1879, 1st prize; 5,2sl, 18th 1873, 10Th /;
II ,4O2, 2Sth 1856, 35th; l1,051, 36th 900,
10th; 1909, 4lst; 6,547, 44th; 5,79G, 45th I;
1926, 5lst; 1910, SD l0,5G9.53d; 5,955,
55th; 16,4l5, 56th; 1856, 57th; 1924,
5Sth 1928, 9th; 1850, 6Sth; 1896,
Goth 6,220, 10th; 14,5O0, list; 5,254, I'D I;
92O, I'D; 10,G7s, 74th; 16,66S, 18th; 6,349,
18th; 1868, 18th; l4,405, 18th; 1G,5lS,
SOth; 6, 743, S1st; 5,587, SD {, ,64s SD !;
l6,33S, S4th 1896, S5th; 11,07S, Seth !;
7,721, s7th; 10,5OS, SSth; 5,997, ODD.
The holder OF ticket 1O,779, which drew
the first prize, is Mr.. Harry Watkins
the well known comedian, who is now
playing an engagement in Augusta.