The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-11-01

over by the lake and the great Lincoln
Par K. seemed to Offer safety. So a great
rush was made f"r tho park, and tho
refugees made themselves com(ortubl. in
tho delusion Of security. Aner r.vaginy
to the limits Of tho city, With tho wind
dead against it, the lire caught tho Il, iud
grasses ran along the fences, and in a
moment covered in n burning glory tho
Catholic Cemetery and The grassy
stretches OF the great park. The mar.
hlcs over tho graves cracked and bnkc.i.
and fell in glowing cmbcrs on the hot
turf. Flames shot up from lhs resting.
places Of the dena, aid the living fuyi.
tivcs, screaming with horror, made for a
moment the ehastlicss spcct,clo ,ha, ever
fell upon living eyes. The receiving
vault, solidly built, and shroulxd in 10.
hinge, fell under the terrific flame, and
the dead hurst lrom their cofIins Az the
tire tore through the walls Of the fright.
tul chnrncl house. In tho broad light of
to.dny the place is the most ghaStly |
ever saw, not even Cold liarbor exceed.
ing It in awful snggcslivcncss. Above
tho graves charrcd stones stand grim
ScntinclS Of tho dead, no more memorials
m anything bnt DISASTER Every inSc,i,,.
h"n has disappeared, and even the dead
Hrc robbed hy the flames.
Another correspondent states
The most ri,ishc sights wcro the
sick children. half dead, lging crnuchrd
On the sidewalks, in many cnsrs with
barely any covering on them. In Clark
street one instance occurred where twn
H'tlr .gIIlS were lyirS terrorist krn
check by .i"wl will, their dead sister,
whose remains presented n narrowing
Spcctahl'. She hnl been tnn late tn r>.
capc from under II tnliinS building, nn.l
had Just been rXlrira!rd aud laid by tho
littlc lncrralrd r,rmS OF her almost dead
sisters.
The whole Of the population appeared
I" have been suffering from sore eyes.
the dust, hot binding dust, having rcn.
hcrrd many temporarily blind Mvn,
women, mud children were to 10 seen
running about for any ganzc.like na,e.
rial that would act MS n protection 10
their eyes. Little children wcrc CRYING
pitconSly. rubbing their eyes. which
were swelling under tie Scorching intin
rncc OF the flying sparks anl cindots
Mrn were seen carrying their families
out OF what they considered danger, n,d
drpoSitimg their loads by Tho waysi.lr.
\ hurry md rush would succeed, and
when tho diScnnsolrte parents would re.
turn for their offspring, having boon
burnt out of their hnrSc aud home, they
were nowhere To he seen. Instances such
aS these were tu be- met ith at every cor.
| nor Of the street women running y wiltly
about Sllricking out the nnmrs Of Il cir
Last ol, -,
crushed under some falling bnilding. or
been destroyed in the scething tire.
When that r"rt II the city occupied by
the hrmi monde was destroyed, thu poor
wrctch"s were to TO seen mingling Vi y
the crowd. Persons " ere not too attlu.
gent m drawing distinctions nt such a
time, but hrilrd together. rich aud poor,
high and low, the Scorrhing fire making
no distinction to persons, but treating
them all alike, the same nS il did Mt Sod
ON and G"morrah. Tho police cndeav-
orcd to maintain order. but by SUNDAY
afternoon their cilorts Mcro almost fu-
lie.
y CARPET BAuuER's OPINION OF
\ CuLonEn MAN.-That n substnn-
,ial and decided reorganization OF
tho Rcpubllcan party is needed in
he several States Of the South is
questionable. Between fraud and
imbecility, or rather by both, tho
management ia ruinous.
In South Carolina, such man
as ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ransier
is totally unfit to be chairman OF
II Ward committee, much less ot
the State committee" He ia weak ,
vacilInting, ignorant, c"nccit'd d
anI obstinate. llu is ON both sid, y
Of every question. lIo is iorev, y
assuring everybody that lie exact
" agrees with them, aud explain
ing to everybody how It was that
within Il very short time Ia" had
said, in public speech, what seems
to each, To be in direct and irro-
concilnblc hostility. llc is a per.
! pclnul apology.
And SD Of dozens Of others, hav-
! ing littlo brains, no education, and
loss than no rhnrnctrr. These mon
must bo 0ustcd and bottor men bo
put in thoir places. iIct the rcor-
ganizntion go on = Washington
Chronicle.
RISnor llowE THE New inrk Tri
hun", in noticing the cnnsccrntl"n ot tho
Re-. Wm. Bell White Howe sSsisIa.,
| Bishop OF Sputh Carollnn, says: "Many
v"nrs ago, when he was Junior at she
University II Vermont, burlcs9nc r'"
gramme o( the junior exhibition VA, cir.
culntrd, in which the classic nomenctA'
tuie Of tho uicnninl catalogues WAS
adhered to in way tint ret tho town III
roar. In that programme the future
bishop appeared MS Guli"lmus Tintinna.
hu'us Candidus Quomodo."
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The whole machirory Of ao"ial
intercourse is very dclcatc and in
tricato, and it il our business TO
keep all places Of possible tricti'"
wcII supplied with tho oil of p'-
litcncss.
Mako pcoplo think that YOU
| consi'icr them clever and ngrcra-
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