Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-12-15

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+ UeGr Jotual0t One 0f inc casualties Of
our .'In Transit, life threw us into the vii
laee Of Denneu5Yille, 5. G., vIiclI is Tie
! county site Of Marlboro county. Did YOU
ever notice how the late calpet-bag, negro
mongrel, scstl.twas CosYention Of South
! Carolina i'll its endeayol 10 erase all former
ideas from the minds ot tie people and
| Wean them from al old Institutions, had
| mixed things up il the nomenclature Of the
! civil divisions OF the State For Instance
/ here is Marlborough District, probably
/ named after the great ID uke inf0nnertimcs,
aud 50 you viii tIud it al over the State.
! Webster defines the term thorough" as fol-
! lows "OIigilaily, a fortified city or town.
tSc.n The word burg he says, is ..the
same word as borough The word .'coun-
/ try meant ''OrgiI ally, al caillUm ; tie
! district or territory oI a Count or Earl"
/ Looking at these definitions and others
which might be quoted how does ii sound
/ to say ''Willians5uV county," Spartan
! burg county, ''Dalliu9ton GoWn) county,"
,'GeOTgetOlrR county," Isn't it q little Gu
none OF the Connecticut calpet-bag@crs
/ should have thought to see what definition
! Webster gave Of the term borough " us
/ used in that State. SAYS lie, . Borough in
! Connecticut this word Borough is used for
Il town OF part Of town Incorporated with
certain privileges &c C,sed ior a part Of IA
! town is il well, suppose We were to write
out the definition Of Williamsburg county,
it would read as follows: Williams (tIle
.I ( al # 1t
town Incorporated with certain privileges
the district or territory Of a Count or
Earl II former times il WIS Williams
burg s-iIej. meaning he district ofcOju-
try ,.1 round Williamsburg, or the see
ton Of country having its Judicial centre at
NillianbuIg. Ih- Whole thing looks aWl-
ward. and shows evidence of the haste used
10 do away all old terms and lIsagcs.
We said we were IL Marlboro, before we
were Ieiintotl Ittl- Jj-re,s.ou. Now Mari
borO is small village. having therein
court house, Il all and the residences Of
perhaps tl4irir Enlili-- together with eleven
store, two iIlI establishments, tWO tay-
crIfs Il GIist mill 1ut ';yf n StalIr b,ir rUOst
~ a.oy .ior There are several very nice
churches Jud n!IcA more tilau several ylry
nice people We passed over one iuslitu-
ton pJnpQscly in order 10 come back to the
heading of our letter gracefully and that
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Fronting Iit. public plaza about 50
wards north OF H. if you knock at the left
hand door OF long low building. yOu VIII
have il opened bV a pleasant looking Young
man. SIX feet high in his boots who
will weigh probably one hundred
and tllilty-soyeu pounds. he VIII give YOU
a smile from a smooth check and brilliant
black eye and With "a bow THAT win cause
his long black Whisilela 10 TEND on his
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struck with his Juvenile upHet. lct and i'll
oiIiia. ..wl4rl viii Ire editor H. in 3' Il
am III. Smith. the o.l.tor; can / serve yUu
in slly Way? ? Set down here is Il chair -.
We found ourselves ctts10nsed in the warm
corner in q large &in chair. with a pile of
pine kIot5 oil tIsc Ire and u lu- Of -sUnnV
BAGS under or feet. and after feeling the
warm blood again circulating through cur
] veins after our walk il the STOW we turn
cd to take a survey of the sauctIm and
editor The most pleasing thing we saw
(exccpt the cditoI) Was about tIucc-fourths
Of cord OF iiLhtWoa1 knots il the corner
Of the room. We mention This fist, bIcujlS..
it seemed to be exactly die right thing. iii
lhp RIGHT place al !fl.. If-If time. HAD we
not w;dci h.,it a l4il4 III SNOW. ice and
sluoh, with icaky boots 10 set there? Had
We not been tempted 10 t,lTu back tD Il house
where we knew there was Il similar pile :?
Here was the realization Of car iot. ot COM
fort III such Arctic weather. We Rubbed
our hands and gave aa inward chuyilIc of
great delight. he other contents OF th"
room sank into complete in.j-ui1icance be
1ofe tiiis' iaHSJo Pi'ch l'I1 q hl'ol7 mere
was 1'iG i'I3c Pt'' ~ ~ 'ii5 iolI@I' WIN IT'S
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