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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-03-29
LOCAL..
We learn that the telegraph line will be
completed TO this point next Monday night.

We learn that the telegraph line Will De
completed to this point next Monday night.
PERsoSAL.-Our pleasant and genial con-
frere of the Andersen ln.el!igcncer, Capt.
James 4. Hoyt, stepped into our sauctnm
few mornings since, and we were right glad
to see him looking so cheerful and hearty.
Capt Huyt was on his >cmi>unnual trip to
the parental roof at goud Old Laurens.
There are so many Johns in this region
that It is necessary 70 Keep account Of them.
| The newly married John, and the incorriSi-
| just now, however. but the newly arrived
john viii. all tho latest fashions and wrinkles,
is the rage at present. Ladies look IN at Die: =
SIS Barre & Sons.
! ST. LrEE's CnvEcH We have been In.
formed that Rev. Mr.. Niles lias changed the
scrvic from the first ard ;ti:! to the sec.
! ond ana fourth S.bbut:s Of the ,Dou;h. This
will give Et<trr services at ST. Luics. We
further learn that Mr Miles will soon be
ord.incd to the priesthood. This Church
will ot be opened next Sunday.
| CLEAR THE GANGwAI AND LOOK TO YOUR
| TEAMS Runaway horses with drHy at
tacllcd, colided with driyerless carriage
and horses Monday last, on Min Street.
Not much damage WAS sustained. A little
child in the carriage was rescued fiom alarm
and possible injury hy the presence Of mind
Of a cOlored man. Our town is growing, aud
our narrow streets have many vehicles in
them during business hours, aud carts, drays
and carriages should not be left alone. We
don't excuse the horses for running away,
their driver ought to teach them better mar
ners, or rather never leave them, bat the
horses are duly credited with trying to OBJ
serve the right Of way. Let Us all take heed
! and observe the way and clear the gangway.
"To ALL CONTEMPLATING MARRIAGE.
10 all contrm1 1laiing this entertaining hn'
"jubrous" business We would point out the
advertisement of Mr.. I. W Clrwile. in
another column. He wishes TO sell his House
and Lot. II is the very place TO: young
couple cosy and neat. And will answer
every purpose until the said young couple
shall have multiulieh their image three or
four fold. In fac desirable residence for
any small family.
The above, minus the initials, reads as
though it was gotten up in our town. But 1t
is from the Edgefcd Advertiser, and such
pleasant coincidence, withal-our MIR. J. e.
having his house up for sale-that We ex-
tract it hoping that some one Of our younE
men may see the propric;v Of the Advert
ser's suggestions.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1871-09-14

understand that it is not charity, but a lit
tie gift of friendship.
So Mr. Day walked away with the dress,
but lost his road strangely, and only found
it again again after he had visited Harris
shoe store, Mrs. Wilder's Milliner's shop,
and Holmes shawl room. !.
But who were invited to Althea Days
birthday party? Not by any means julia
Lacy, the King girls, Tommy Strang, and
the rest, but Peter Henry, who had limb
amputated year before, after the falling OF
that piece of timber at Widow Lakes barn
raising; Mark Livcrmore, who sawed wood
faithfully from morning till night to give
his old grandmother an easy life and plenty
to cat Sallie Lorey, who was such dwarf
you could have stood her under your arms
any one Of you over twelve years old; and
Jane Rice, who was SO hunch-backed, you
would want to shut your eyes if she came in
your way; then, of course, Willie Mills and
Josey.
Prof. Zimmerman, who resided next door
and played the piano, and flute, and key
bugle, and violin-and for aught L know,
the cornet, harp and psaltery-came in and
made every wall of the house reyerberate
with his melodies. Miss Morton, who just
dropped in to see how Allie was, threw of
her bonnet and made herself charming, tell
ing all manner of fairy stories, and singing
songs that made the children laugh and cry
all at once.
The dinner? All, yes! I had nearly for
gotten that. 1t was such feast as Josey,
Willie, Jane, Sallie, Mark and Peter had
never had before. The chicken pie was
certainly as big as the little dwarf that was
served up at the King Of England's nner,
in fact, it could almost have held Sallie Lo:
rey herself; and the puddings, raspberries,
sugar cakes, ice cream, and Charlotte Russo
were all as delicious as mortal hands could
make them.
Strange! Before night every one of tho
twelve whom Allie had thought Of inviting
came in to inquire about her broken arm
and once in they staid, and staying, were as
merry and kind and altogether friendly to
the wood-awyer; he'hunch-backed orphan,
tho drunkard's children, the dwarf, as they
among themselves.
Il shall have party myself" said Ellen
Horton, "as soon as Allies arm is well, and
every one here must come"
aWhen thou makest feast call the poor,
the MANNED; the lame and the blind"
Home and Health.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1871-09-14

the United Safes" That these constitution
al "priyilegcs and immunities" includes
suffrage was decided in the Circuit Court OF
the District of Columbia many years ago,
and, remaining unquestioned to this day, is
to be regarded US decided principle OF the
court. Whatever fallacies may exist in this
argument it is in substance the one which
will be relied upon in the coming argument.
There will, however, be technical diff
Guilty in procuring decision Of any appellate
tribunal upon these cases as they now stand
AS neither the Judges nor commissioners OF
election entered an appearance in the suit,
Judgment by default has been taken against
them, and the ordinary method of proceed
ing would be too numerous for a jury to
assess the damages which the ladies had
tHaffered in the denial of suffrage alleged in
their declaration. The case having been
certified to the general term under these
circumstances, it is difficult to see how that
court can make any decision at all in the
case, and with out decision Of the district
general term it will be impossible to carry
the ease to the Supreme Court the United
States. Legal acumen may, however dis
cover an unbeaten path for this purpose.
While the question is before the Executive,
Congress, or the Supreme Court, grand
demonstration will be made by Woman's
Rights Convention, which will meet on the
10th of January at the Young Mems
Christian Association building. Mrs. Vic
toria Woodruff will keep open house during
the whole winter, and thus make social
yand political centre, from whence will radlate
the ideas that vivify tho movement, and where
will be arranged the demonstrations that will,
the sanguine among its friends believe,
eventuate in its success. 80
1t is expected that Miss Anthony, Mrs.
Beecher Hooker, Mrs. Pauline Wright,
Ernestine L. bose, Mary Seslin Gage, Miss
Cozzens, and others will be here during no
inconsiderable portion of the time, while
the active support of Senator Carpenter,
General Butler, George W. Julian, and
others is relied upon to support the move
ment. ... n.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1871-09-14
The Arab Sword Trick.

To my astonishment, the next who issued
forth as performer was my Zouave acqualn-
tanee who far eclipsed all the others. He
had taken off his fez, and his long sweeping
hair was hanging wildly about him. He ad.
yanced to q brazier of burning charcoal placed
on the ground, into which incense was
thrown, and swung his head and arms about
over the rising vupor with intense violence
for several minutes, when he removed his
embroidered jacket and then his shirt; so
that the upper part of his body was nude,
his head rocking and his hair swayng in the
wind all the time. On singal from him,
a Marabout presented him with naked
scimitar, whereupon he kissed the feet ofthe
Marabout, and ran the sword across his own
tongue. Two men now came forward and
held the scimitar between them, when ne
flung himself himself upon it on his bare
stomach, and in this way he was carried
three times round the yard amid rapturous
lou lous from above, When he ceased, the
scimitar had sunk deeply into the flesh of
his stomach, which had folded over it 80 that
il REQUIRED an effort to extract the weapon
A deep rcd welt remained but no blood
flowed. lie next stood with his bare feet on
the edge of the blade, and was borne round
in like manner, standing on the weapon.
After this he lay on the ground on his back,
and the scimitar was held over his stomach
by two men, while third stood upon the
blade. This appeared to inAict dreadful
,or,,,ro on tbc victim but gave intense
Qualification to the the female spectators in
the upper gallery, who became louder than
ever in their vociferaLions. These feats
must have caused him much suffering, for at
the conclusion he was in profilsc pcrspra-
ton, and was laid on the ground and covered
over for some time, after which he was sup
ported into the house ina state of apparent
exhaustion.-Lieuies'ant-C Colonel {. $. Ter
ker, NJ 4.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1871-09-14
The Burning Of Point-A-Pitre.

Recent private advices from Point.a-Pitre,
the capital of Gaudaloupe, in the French
West Indies, give. some particulars Of the ex-
tent of the confagration already reported by
cable. The city was built on peninsula in
form not unlike the letter q, with the right
arm slightly distorted, The bend of the
letter will fairly represent the quays on the
west, the right arm on the south, and the
left arm on the west. On the southeast and
northeast there are marshes and hillocks,
and between them the Faubourg dAbimes.
These arc separated from the main city by
the Vatable Canal The two main streets
are Rue des Abimcs, which corresponds to
our Broadway, and Rue Grande, which
crosses it at right angles. There arc twenty
one blocks, of which sixteen have been totally
DESTROYED. The quarters known as the
aNew City" in the southeast were saved; it
includes the theatre and the Place de 10
yictoire. It consists of small wooden build
incs. The corresponding quarter in the
northeast, called ola Petite Terre, was a
badiy built section of the city. 1t has been
totally DESTROYED. The hospital, the court
house, and the church were saved. The
bank, treasury, and custom-house were des-
troyed. The disaster would have been COM
plete if the bank had not been able to re-
commence Immediately its operations. The
safe was found uninjured in the cellars.
The inhabitants are of course engaged In
discussing prospect of reconstruction, but it
is fearel the money required will be want
ing. Of course it is suspected that this
calamity is due to incendiarism, but the de-
tails are still wanting. The city was destroy
ed once before in 1843. Point-a-Pitre is
tho capital of the reimbursement Of Grande
Terre on the Little Cul-de-Sac, eighteen
miles northeast of Basse Terre. Its popula-
tin is about $4,000.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1871-09-14
Selected STORY.
ALTHEA'S BIRTHDAY.
BY AMANDA T. JONES.

4Let me see," said Althea Day; "there
are Mary Simpson, and Arthur, her broth
or, Ellen Horton, the three King girls. and
their brothers, Tommie Strang, Julia Lacy,
Maria Hubbard, and Allen Bartoo they
make twelve, and that will be about as ma
ny as can enjoy themselves think. do
not want my birthday party to be mob: . .
"You have forgotten Josephine Mills"
suggested her mother quietly. ...st
=. I have no intention of inviting her. Be-
sides, ! presume she couldn't come, for it is
Saturday, and on that day she keeps up
stairs While ier mother washes out all the
dress she has in the world so she can so to
Sunday-school Nobody makes anything of
Josey, though she's good enough in her
way.n. So Aaie Day put her bonnet over
her brown curls and went to school, think
ing all the way about her party of twelve
and the grand dinner her mother would pre-.
pare. awe will have games, l suppose" ,"
She thought, though think conversation
more dignifsd; and I'll practice all my mu.
sic tonight. Perhaps Marsh King will
bring his clariopet-I'll speak to him about
just then Allie raised her eyes, and saw
Josephine Mills Leading her little deformed
brother toward the school. house.
How. good she ii to him." thought Al.
E lie. sc IF he was my bother I should be 50
mortified They say hs father struck him
in. a drunken ftwith a gieat stick of wood
and nearly broke his back. I'm sure Tn
sorry for him, but he is as fretful as he can
be. All the same, Josey Can take care Of
him by night and by day. Wsat . dull life
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1871-09-14
Poetry.
CASABY ANCHOR.

BY sLowcUs. IL.
The bow stood on the burning deck
There isn't any doubt;
And vet who saw him on the wreck,
Who really heard him shout.
Would he have stood and roasted there
2 With jolly-boats so near,
And Dragged about his fierce despair,
Nor walked of on his ear!
Why not give one good roar Tor oars
Assail his pa for sail
To watt him toward the hshing shores!
Why stay aboard and wall! go
What wonder standing there he seemed
So beautiful and bright; -...,
Who couldn't, while around him beamed
That lovely Titan hsht' a-,.
His pow-wow with his father
Regard as tempting fate;
If he declined to early die, s
Why stay there and dilate!
"Pa, cant you speak little piece?
Just try sneeze or cough.
NV nearest kin, kin You release,
Or are you, father, OH!
-. And while his father slept below
The boy he never stirred;
One OF a trace" who never ''go
Unless they get the ''word.' =
! lie called aloud, s:am allowed :.
Your leave to leave? Your son = ,
Stands fire you know, but don't you crowd
The thing; I'm toasted done.
or course I'd do what you desire,
If you laid on the shelf;
I burn with arlor-but this fire,
You know how it is yourself. -'9''t.'
speak, father, would be released;
" list your loving tones"
lie knew not that his pa, deceased,
Had gone to Davy Jones. -
Upon his brow he felt the heat =.
Yet STOOD serene and calm,
With only now and then bleat,
Like Mary's little lamb. +
The yards and spars did burn and snap 4.
q All in the widest way; -
Not shroud was left the chap,
And he the only stay.
There came bursting burning pcat-
9 Good gracious! Pretty soon,
Doy, ship, and anchor, flag and keel,
a Went up in balloon. ..... L..
And when this sound burst DER the tide,
r The boy! oh, where was he! 70.
Ask Of the winds for none beside
Stayed long enough to see. -.
With mast and helm, and pcnnon fair,
That acted we'll euough, f
, The sickest thing tha, lerished there
.. Was that young sailor muff. -, b.
Now, boys, don't takca cent Of stock.
In Cas-a-bi-an-ea;
Tie spots from such a son they knock,
Our Young America.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1871-09-14
Correspondence of the1Toronto Telegraph
A. Singular Discovery:

- T4". ..7-r 10 /. .
CAYuaA, August 21.-On Wednesday
last, Rev. Nathaniel Wardell, Messrs. Grin
Wardell (of Toronto,) and Daniel Frenden-
burg, were digging on the farm of the latter
gentleman, which is on the banks of the.
Grand River, in the township Of Cayuga.
When they got some five or six feet below
the surface strange sight met them. Piled
in layers, one above the other, some hundred
skeletons of human beings nearly perfect.
around the neck of each one being string
of beads There was also deposited in this
pit q number Of axes and skimmers made Of.
Stone. In the Jaws Of several skeletons
were large stone pipes-one of which Mr.
Grin Wardell etook with him to Toronto
day or two after this Golgotha was unearth-
ed. s.. ..a
These skeletons are those Of men Of gi-
gantic stature, some of them measurinc nine
feet Some of the thigh bones were found
to be at least half a foot longer than those
at present known, and one Of the skulls be-
ing examined completely covered the head
of an ordinary person. These skeletons are
supposed to- belong to those Of a race Of
people anterior to the Indians, Some three
Years aoo the bones Of mastadon were
found embedded in the earth aboussixsmile
from this spot The pit and its ghastly oc-
cupants are: now open to the view Of any who
NAV wish to make visit there.
gss -. LATER.
DuNNy11IE August s22.-There is not
tho sl;gbtest; Doubt that the remains. of a lost
~. ~ g - tI;s fsrm A. yar;;ons times
n n,;;h;n tho ~ nast vears the remains of mud !:
%nn.ss @ w;tb wit their cbimn;es have been fonpd:
III | tbora oro dozens If n;ts If = aimilr lind
- I .hat I ;Sst.nnoortbe "a tbouob much small.
w 'la' :La 9s .Iasa ',h;oE haSa been discover.
y - 20 so uc & f.ct hss not besn made
eu e',hI;a J;, h;,harto ,,pbe rsma;ns Of black.
pun, ~ y. : -, t,,,o tons - aLar
sniIn suup; s ;,,,,,,amants were ,,rnea
coai aau eoa, Smautb ,aou.bs p apa Tbs fsrm wl;ch
" 40" 70 % nDn hrnJssJ .nd 6ftv aeres has
Ionsi'.s s,,J.;..4ed H. oae e. naarlv osntmrv and
uas uvsA covered With = tbicI Growth If nine
90 80 tbat = mnstSbaye been aces 400 since the
remains ~ were denosited there. : The skulls.
If the skeletons are Of an enormous size and
IF ali all manner Of sbapes about half as large
aoain az are now to be- seen. The teeth in
most of them are still in n most ,erfect state
of % nreservat;on though thcv soon fall out
wben exnosed e. the air. H is supposed
that tbere must he large o,,tantities oi cold
W. ~ s;Ivsr, r. be fonnj in the nrem;ses as
u;nor,l NJ rods have inyar;abIy when tested
no;nted to certain snot and a few wards
irom, | whore: the last batcl, Of skeletons were
found directly under the apple tree.
Some large shells, supposed to have been
used for holding water which were also
found in the nit were almost petrifed.-
Tboro 10. M donbt that we,o there n scheme
Of ofeynloration carried on thoroughly the re-
sult would be highly interesting. A good
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1871-09-14

All Transient Advertisements Will be charged
osE DOLLAR per Square for the first and SEVEN
fY-rlvs CENTS per Square for each subsequent
insertion. nil, bo
Advertisements in the Local column Will DC
charged TWENTY CENTS per Line ia
'" ny Transient Advertisements must be paio
for in advance.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1871-09-14
A Phenomenon-Immense Swarm OF
Peculiar Flies.

A enomenon-ImmenSe swarm or
Peculiar Flies.
A singular phenomenon was witnessed on
Thursday last at tNorristown, by gentleman
who was driving on De Kalb street, near
the Borough line. He noticed strange
appearance in the air, and upon examination
found it was due to an immense flight offies
of some peculiar species which had every ap.
pearance of snow storm, the rapidity Of
movement being about the same as that of
snowfakes in ordinary storms. The height
at which the insects seemed tony varied up
to forty feet, or as far as they could be dis
tintlv distinguished. Ourihf@rmant succeed.
ed in catching few of the flies and found
them to be entirely different from any ordin-
ary fly of this section, the bodies being gmuch
after the pattern of the yellow7jacket, with
a light and long sheeny wing and very small
head. Their color is a dark brown with
light bands. How broad the belt of this
fight extends we are unable to say, but tor
about an hour they continued to fly south
ward with undiminished numbers. In size
they ranged from that of gnat to the larg,
est of common house-Aies. They appeared
to be on some great migrative intent, and the
few that were in the fields appeared to have
halted for rest rather than forage-Phtta-
de7phia Evening Telegraph, 26M.
VALUABLE .CArrLE.-Nlr. Sheldon, of
New York, has refused an offer, from Mr..
King. of Minnesota, of $4,000 for three
ho;fr, IN tho s,,nn luv Mr. Shalion was
offered S63 900 for five cows, the choice Of
his herd. Short horns have neserSbefore
in this country or elsewhere had such prices
act on them. An increased demand FOR this
class of stock, at enhanced prices. is antici-
patcd. ..... .. 49,.
At large gathering Of the Arkansas De-
mocracy at Little Rock, On Thursday, a
resolution was passed accepting the political
situation.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1871-09-14

Alta large gathering Of the Arkansas De-
mocracy at Little Rock, On Thursday, a
resolution was passed accepting the political
situation
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-05-03
State Of Tennessee-Seyier Count,.

I'D CIRCUIT COuRT-MARCH TERM, ISL . i.
WHERE'S. LEWIS WAYLAND, COLLECTOR
w fthe Public Taxes for the county of SEWER far
e years 1868 1869 and 1870 has reported to Court thc
iohoNing tract Of land having been assessed
tnf taxes for the 1865 1863 and 1870 that the a
thereon are due and remain paid and that The own
ei hSre0i has no goods and chattols within his county
on whlch ne can distraln for said taxes to-wit: -
Jancs Armstrong, one tract Of land lying in District
NO.ll, valued AT $40 containing 1000 acres Taxes
l9r is - taxes for 1862 a SO, taxes for 1870 81 So
s 81 d lee ILL., printers fec 81 90, collectors fee
1t was therefore considered by the Court that udr
meh be aud hereby rendered against said tract of
ia IN the name of The State for the sum of seventeen
dollars and tysix cents, being tho amount of taxes
coss ana damages due thereon for the years 1868 1869
and 1870 AID is ordered by the Court that said tract
OF land, or much thereof as shall be ofyalue suf
eent to satisfy the taxes costs and charges be sold as
the law directs. Il
Therefore you, the said Louis wayland Revenue
collector Tor sewer county, hereby comma ned TO
expose to public sale said tract of land, or s. much
thereot as VIII be of value sufficient to satisfy said
taxes costs and charges the law directs and make
return OIL this writ at Circuit Court to be held for the
county OF Sewer at the house in Seyeryille on
the third Monday Of July next
witness ~. W. McCown, Clerk of said Court at Office
IN SsNierrlle, tho third N o IdRy ofMarch ISL
NJ W. MCC0WN. Clerk.
will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash. at
the court house door in Sevierve on the first Nom
DAY OF July next, the foregoing tract Of land or SO
much thereof as Will be of value sufficient to satisfy the
taxes costs and charges thereon
LEWIS wAYLAND,
Apru H. lol-"4t Revenue Collector.