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WAR Observation-Disclosures believes in
the continuation of peace, Bismafk does not:
Neither, as we have SEEM; does Count
-Andrassy. It is impossible to say against.
E66a all this apparatus of powder land steel
,is- directed; but plausible excuses FOR aecuat-
hight are never wanting, NJ. Theirs openly
Boasts that he possesses an incompatible
ARMY and few will doubt that tho only s'ohe
object which NJ. Thiers puts before his own
adyspcemeptc and, the .maiptcnanep, of Ihisg
III EbbRffi Il authority is the glory Of French arms
and the redemption ofFrench milstargprss.
tige. In that policy of fstudious preparation
ihea hasi .nSaiy rivals but no Opponents:
Religious enthusiasts are tomrnohly supposed,
to postpone considerations Of country to
those of sect; but the Lourdes pilgrims are
psEFidttS befofo 1aH things =: sua ia the
paraphernalia with which they. honor ,the
Virgin precedence is given to the .draped
baalers Of Alsacci and fLotraineS a%N'
= Their cry is, "Our Lady of Revenge"
and the mild Madonna is to be their patron
saint against the Prussians, They are Legiti-
mists, and let them only. persuade their
countrymen that other by praysfs or arms
they best can reverse the'verdiet of Sedan
and republics, conservative or otherwise,
would.AS b@Ne thga fksTehf Before the
wind Unfortunately for them, it is not NJ.
Digrs, alonawfo aomplstss xiA 6eir aery
fervor. NJ. Gambetta was once for war
outrance and is still for revenge oatrance.
THeEe u So6& esther 6f Europe wkiA is not
armed ITO thetesthl ! Only the otherday We
were told thsteyen SsIvia could put 800 900
bMas sntSthe $eid!9 Spafn'is oatf II tAe = rdn,
ming onlysbeesuse Spauisrds are busy fight
EisgaSpaaiards land Cubans.' The Italians
are going to fortify Monte Mario. What
nsttS ,YEsttsssho Isaa Aaps thcmS Pope
and Prussian are at daggers drawn, and the
|ssme ,pigsiimage for the glorifcation Of
tho ono and the determination of the other.
.2S1TTQ GINJG.l lLonaon Standard.
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hand or foot, and any attempt to turn my
head brought shock. To tell what l suffer.
ed is impossible, and had given up 2all
thoughts of life but soon I began TO re,
cover and now, 10 o'clock A. NJ, ann able
to write you this, in order that you may
warn, persons using this medicine to beWare
of overaoses or setrlipgs. ,a'.@.'~ ~ yHs
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-11-07

, ASAD> STORY There comes from Ph'la-
dolphin sad story about a lame girl, who
for fourteen years, had never left the third
story back room in which she lived. Not
long ago she was carried to Fairmount Park,
on the occasion Of one the excursions OF the
school children. Her delight at sight OF
the fresh radiant nature around her was al
most painful to those who witnessed it. She
Law down on the grass, and touching 1t
lovingly asked what it was, and pnt similar
questions with rcfercacc to the trees and
birds. All day long she lay in the the warm
sunshine gazing ut the blue sky and at the
beautiful river flowing past the Park At
intervals she was observed to weep softly,
from the very excess Of the newborn Joy
within her.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-11-07
HORRIBLE SCENE.
} jyi!yFfFrom the Titusville. Evening Press1

jyEy From the Ittusfhfe1 cfSnin6 'pS1!
s,sj7r r.i.-l'~ THE MUss - :" ~
, was originated by the efforts Of the prooPrie.
tor of the show to train hippopotamus to
run around the ring and jump, through
Jboopia6d banners taherGthe manner oftrain-
ed ponies. the "boss" hoping, if successful,
toauaks alluixlsesnblatmantsNake back
seat For several days this training had been
-, going ON whenever the7 exhibition stopped
louglenough in. one place TO afford q few
leisure hours, butt ITO tho occasion referred
to, the hippopotanlas had only been allowed
: to perform in private, with his limbs piniion-
ed by log chains, 'aGd large force Of en-
ployees on hand with red-hot pitch-f1lks
nick axes. crow-bars and bricks. to subdue
1.hin. and keep Him within: bounds should
any symptoms ofa rebellious spirit be mani
tested. Everything was lovely, however;
the HBehemoth struck his gait admirably and
/; with -such seeming good, nature that his own
ers determined to unshackle him fora, short
time and make him jump through paper PAL
looms. The assistants stationed themselves rs
around the ring, a mammoth balloon was
placed in position .iand at tho word ago the
sHackles we're unlocsed, and sure enough he
9 sdidteo.2 Allowing his Under lip TO drop
T doWnlike that Of . steam Canal dredge when
1T expectorates a monthfal Of mld, the hip
. popotamus gave ., snort taat seSeroeraIea
!! through. the tent, like thunder, and then
plunged forward through the balloon, wreck
IA Ing itrfh q very hahdsohe maqner, put pn'
fortunately killing sthe two men who held l., 1t
and ~ = ,i7iIl-~ IN
9, g. .,iupssrTIHG !TH LroN's GAGE, snt
10 which contained fear lions of usual fierce
ness. The moment the 'o9efrdthed lions
. CAGE caught tie eye Of the 'hippopetamus
=. he bounded at it, and Bit out a monthfpl of
wood work and iron bars; leaving an sper-
p. sprei throughrwhich. the lions escaped, and
At once began to add their; rosrs to The tu-
'emuit that faged on al sides The big eles
phsnt, Horace Greeley" who. had baen
quietly looking on all this tims,, instead Of
,Eeebing q Scheek ON hishtrunk,I began to
wave it in the air, and, after moments
sitrumpeting, broke hie fastenings, and, pick
ing up the Cardiff Giant, which lay upon
the ground near by, threw this unfortunate
rsbeines clear across the tent, killing another
man in it's passage and knocking in;the end
Of the cage that Contained .,'.'''''
"a A:wiIDf fRHfNobERes,
who at once came out, and running his horn
into the ground gave the now afrighted'
Ioshd~msh some specimens Of pioughing that
. we're never, equalled by human: or, steam
u power. The four lions now began to- lash
g, ,,their tails in fury and walk in circles around
: the centerpole, up which seventeen Of the
,sssfowanasn ascended the moment che EhipPopotas
mus first believed otE The latter a9'nal WIS
in The meantime diyerang himself by set-to
with q aooouple,of grizzly bears thatohs had
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A SENSIBLE SECOND THoUGHT.-The
Countess Dash whose death had been re-
Gently announced, had "been through good
DEAL" and at times found herself in very
sorry circumstances On one occasion the
gathering clouds seemed SO gloomy and the
friends SO few that the poor lady heart com.
pletely failed her, and she determined to
put an end to a career 50 repletc with mis-
fortune Having heard that persons throw
| ing themselves off a bridge were liable to
be picked up again if an expert swimmer
happens to be at hand, and having no desire
to be fshed up, she resolved to go down to
the very brink of the Seine, at point where
the river deepened gradually, and there
drown herself comfortably, unmolested by
any benevolent attentions. Accordingly one
dark night She started with this deplorablt
intent. Sh. reached the water. 1t looked
dark and icy, and sho shuddered; but tuck
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7, last DAYS OLA NoTED RsE-There
is scarce child or grown up person who
ever goes to the circus7 but remembers with
pleasure the. performances of Dan ,Rices
famous trick horse Excelsior. For the last
years, on each recurrence of the
season, he has been one Of the arenie at
fractions of;shst famous show, and whenever
he appeared III the ring it was to receive the
.plaadits Of the thousands who were gather
ed around it: Tboagh totally blind, he ex-
'hibited an Intelligence that was almost hu:
man, and in the tableau pieces and posturing,
,whichfwas the greater part of his "blsi'
ness,H' he was pronounced by all to be the
handsomest horse they ever saw d. 49,:
Dan Rice, came to this, city last week and
pitched his tents on Union Grounds. Ex-
celsior; of course, came with him, and, as
usual, was the admiration, of every one who
went to the show. The old horse, hoWeyer,
did not seem in his usual spirits, He seemed
too sick to. take his part, andthough at times
he would fire up and 60 through a part
handsomely, sudden tremor would come
over him, and he would sink. down exhaus-
ted. The ,checry voice of. his old master
failed to- meet with the quick response asf OF
old, and the kind hearted Snowman found
that his pet had become , deaf as well as
blind, and that Excelsior's course was ABOUT
run. ,.n., ot,,. . %, ,r,.' s-pds .'dut OFT
Fa' Fi' On, Saturday night the Jold horse was
brought into the ring for. the. last time, He
went fthrongha psttiofhls Performance, but
before yitAwas half OVERHEAD to- be led.out
( trembling and scarcely able to walk. ,mr
Rice then in little speech, which was ful
of1pathos, told the audience that Excelsior
Ewho had travelled, with him for the past
/ eighteen years, andrwho was almost aichilo
to him, could not live much longer. He had
been his constant companion, and had help
ed to make most of The money he had had
during that time. He loved him not SO
much for thisas for the almost human traits
and intelligence that he possessed, and nov
that he was about to die, he felt pang ii
his heart as if he was indeed human. The
old horse. he, said, would be taken to. Mr.
Connelly's stable on Baymiller street, where
every thing that was possible would be done
to make him comfortable, and when he dice
he would have an honorable interment.-
| The father of this horse. "Old Excelsior,
when he died at Baltimore many years ago
was buried with! great pomp, and he (Mr
Rice) would look to his friend Griswold, thu
Fat Contributor, to sec that Excelsiors re
mains received similar attention. At tn
conclusion of his speech, the showmans eye
filled with tears, and not few of his audi
tors Joined with him Cincinnati ENQUIRER
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Josh Billings SAYS "Whenever I find a
real handsome woman engaged in wimmin's
rights Dizziness, then l aul going to take my
hat under my arm and jino the procession
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-11-07

Twenty acres Of hens and the necessary
Quota of eminent roostcrs, are employed in
EGG manufacturing at Wyandotter, Kansas.
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the arms of bear, who hugged him fondly
and carried him off under the seats to eat at
leisure. The elephant now reached out his
shSR the Isentfes Poiesas a boy
shakes an apple tree for fruit, and this
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aHorace GsehE ssaAa to grow more
,;insariatsd at this junoture, and aftsrlkiiling
-,sa couples of camels turned his attention to
the other cages, and with one sweepio of his
tfudk' demolished each, the rhiuoceros fol-
loving behind and completing the work 9,
" ssssSsFg sssJs T4s Isf sasss,a ss%
o. animals wsretro roaming about the: enflospre.
.sGHyenas sneaked 1around under the seats,
s&ibeass growlea from the upper benches; mon
s'stsys shrieked and chattered from the ropes
and supports, the air was filed with flying
saasgsa gs sssAss ss ssshss & IN fif bses. sses'
and heard above oil this uproar were the
1aissT E6lT tbs HSspSsn men who
hung for dear life to the centre pole, which
yRsEnsw. md slippery md 66ailEt I'd cling to.
The only animal that retrajned its presence
offgiiassA bilg Ei1A9TH
SBLARNEYUM's GORILLA. 8
sFss,ssh sh9 scagY singYp.s aHahe
a. tlHS 4 nf bx barElnd IaB 6ashe d
Sthst Ds Chaillu describes az "curdling the
sserFshsiu0E yddruhsad 2hsh hsarli il 4 an
African forest" By this time, however,
AvoiSes, wefeh heard outside, Che entire neigh
borhood having become aroused by the pan
dsm6ninm Sand thetnbuientthe gorilla heard
these Voices he changed his tactics and
'3shrieked :aFor the love Of. the holy Saint
,.Paterick help me out, Of this bloody scrape,
and I1l:never hire out for a,gorilla again, as
long rs live" We will leave this unhappy
animal tohiS Eats, andssstafnt t9the
AWFUL SCENES GOING ON
around us, and among the other Wild beasts
WHO had now made their way to that portion
= of the tent used by the, ,proprietors as a amu-
senm. Excited by rage and hunger Ben
gal tiger was the FIRST to attack the contents
aiof the museum and, commenced by killing
the Temperate Man and His Family" after
which he sprang upon the Sleeping Beauty"
and began to devour her. The hyenas, who
are not so particular in regard to their diet
sprang upopthas tDrunkatd and his Wife .
andHefe soon feastipg on them. Theriions
reyelled in blood in the cage containing the
"Bell Ringers, ,"while the elephant amused
himself By knocking the stuf6ng out of the
.uEpyptian Muminies," and also Destroying
several generals Of the war. But while these
horrible scenesi we're being enacted here
others still more alarming were going on IL
Dthe main portion Of the tent; where nearl.
every animal who had not succeeded In get
" ting taste Of the wax fggers
tsgoe4wFH pasrENpEDsJAWs
around the centre pole awaiting the, mopen
when the hold of some of the unfortunate
above should become loosed and the victim
come tumbliag down. The first man to, dro
was the ringmaster. who was the lowest o.
the pole AHe struck squarely in the ope
jaws of, an alligator that, swallowed hin
whole, and without choking This sights
frightened = 'scanvass'a man that he too fel
but too quickly, and the victim bounde
from the tip of the crocodile's mouth iut
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aHorace GRshy yssaAd to grow more
,;inflriatsd at this junoture, and aftsr'kiiling
sd couple. of camels turned his attention TO
the other cages, and with one sweeptof his
tfudk' demolished each, the rhinoceros fol,
loving behind and combating the work {
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-04-19
The Hermit of Petrma.

North Carolina has just cause to be
proud Of the position her children are tax
ing in the world of letters. a brighter or
more brilliant array Of literary talent can
no where be shown than in our own State.
In pointing out to us the Angel. IN THE
CLOUD young FULLER has shown lis that
poetic fire is not yet extinct. In VALIRIE
AYLMER, MORTON House and MABEL
LEE Miss FISHER has renewed our youth
in the emotions and feelings she has called
into play, and Miss CAMERON, in her touch
ing story Of SALTED WITH FIRE, has we'll
maintained the illusion.
In matter Of scientific speculation and
eruditiOn HAYWOOD GUION has taught us
many things not hitherto Greampt of in
our philosophy. Indeed, in whatever di-
TcctiOn we turn, we find North Carolin-
ians occupying the ground with credit to
themselves and to their State. And still
they come. We have now to welcome
another aspirant for literary honors, and
one, if our judgment be not sadly at fault,
wen worthy.
1
ten by Mrs. JAMES p. IRWIN, of Charlotte,
\. c., as she says "with the hope ofthrow-
ing a charm around the Out-of-dOOr life
so necessary to invalids.'' With tins OBJ
ject in view the plot and incidents Of the
story arc all, Of course, out-of-doOr life;
and yet, in spite Of this, the author has
interviewer Herewith SO much theoretical
speculation, sustained by such logical de-
duction, such and so many good authori-
ties, that we are surprised, not only at the
ingenuity of the author, but at the extent
Of her reading and information.
The pretensions of the writer are not
based upon the merits Of her book simply
as a work Of fiction. There IS nothing
thrilling in it, and yet it is very interesting
and very instructive. The impression
made upon us in its perusal is that the
story is used simply as vehicle for bring
ing before the world the rich fruit Of
years devoted to thought and study, and
to show how the life Of an invalid, even,
may be made happy to ones self and useful
to others.
Cultivation, purity and refinement are
apparent i'll every page.
We commend the book most heartily to
our readers.
1t is published by Nessrs. Hill. y IR-
WIN, Of Charlotte, and we suppose will be
for sale at our bookstores.
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AN ACTuR-s DISCONTINUE.
David Gnrricss nud 1r.c sEa~tsn.


One very sultry evening in the do@-hIys
GalTIck performed the piIt Of Lear" IN
the first four acts he received the acci's-
toned tribute of applause ut the conrlE
Sion Of the fifth, when hr Wcpt over Tie
body of COrdclia, every eye caught the soft
infection. 1t this interesting moment, 10
the astoniShueut Of all present, bis face as
Sumcd a new character, and his whole
frame appeared a2tatrd by new passion.
1t was not tragic, il was evidently an cu-
deavOr TO suppress a laugh. In Il few
seconds the old attendant mobiles appeared
to be affected in the same manner, and the
beautiful Cor,Ieia, who was lying extended
on q crimson couch, opening her eyes to
see what OCCasi0ncd the interruption,
leaned from her sofa, aud with the
majesty Of England, the gallant Albany,
and tough old Kent, ian laughing
off the stage. The audience could not
account for this strange termination Of a
tragedy in any Other Way than by sup
posing that the dramali5 persona were
seized with 4 sudden frenzy; but their
risiDility had different source. A tat
Whitechapel butcher, seated in the ccntlc
Of the front bench Of the pit, was accom-
panied by his mastill, who, being accus-
toned to sit on the same seat with his
master at home, naturally supposed thai
he might here enjoy the same privilege
The butcher sat very far back; ; and the
dog, finding a fair opening, got on the seat,
and fixing his forc-paws on the rail of thc
orchestra, pcerod at the performers with IS
upright a head and as grave an air as the
most sagacious critic of the day. Our
corpulent Straightforward was made Of melt
ing stuff, and not being accustomed To the
heat Of 4 playhouse, found himself op-
pressed by a large and Well-powdercd
Sunday pcriwig, which, for the qualification
Of cooling and wiping his head, he pulled
off and placed on the head Of the mastin.
The dog, in SO conspicuous a situation,
caught the eye Of Mr.. GaTick and the
other performers. A mastilf in a church.
warden's wig was too much it would have
provoked laughter in Lear himself, at the
moment Of his deepest distress. No Won
der, then, that it had such effect Oh his
! representative.
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nifty, amid the congratulations of his

nifty, amid the congratulations of his
friends.
1t would be impossible to follow up the
muddle; suffice it, in short, that the Lii
lington delegates were rejected-not OBJ
.jected-as Bill Moore insisted on having it.
But this was not effected until the after
noon session, the Convention having ad-
journed for dinner when the confusion ;had
reached its climax. In the midst Of the
difficulty, however, it was worthy of note,
that John Bell, of the country, quietly pro-
posed to settle the whole affair, if the Con-
vention would but permit him. The Con-
vention, with one consent, refused to be
settled, and went on with its muddle
The point being disposed of, the fun
subsidized, and delegates were elected with
out the expenditure Of anything but an
extravagant waste of time. They are as
follows:
State COntentiOn.-H. E. Scott, Owen
Burney, Geo. L. MADISON.
Congressional District Conre7tion-W.
P. Canaday, John II, Whitman, VIM. II.
Moore, Alfred Howe, Jas. Lowery, W. II.
Gcrken.
After the accomplishment of this feat,
the pow-wow subsidized, and the City Court
room was left to resume its atmosphere of
quiet, but the E'scent of the roses hangs
round it still"
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TRIAL OF CALVIN OXENDINE
AT SNIITHVILLE.
MURDER of SHERIFF KING.

FOR THE

In accordance with an order granted by
Judge Russell, at last term of Superior
Court of Columbus county, the trial of
Calvin OXendine, charged with completely
in the murder of ex-Sheriff King, of Robe
son county, having been removed to Bruins
wick Superior Court, came on for trial at
Smithvile upon Wednesday last.
The witnesses and lawyers came down
from Lumberton on Monday, and pro-
ceeded to Smithville on Tuesday upon the
steamer Wdccdndtr.
1t will be remembered by our readers
that Sheriff King was attacked and MUIR
dered in his house near LumbertOn, on the
23d of January, 1869, and that John Dial,
being subsequently arrested, turned States
evidence and implicated five others besides
himself in the commission Of the murder.
Henderson and Calvin OXendine, George
AppleWhite and Stephen LoWrey were az
rested shortly after, and placed in the Jail
of this county for safe keeping, from which,
however, shey escaped, with the exception
Of Calvin Oxeudine, who remained be-
hind.
Subsequently, Mr.. Davis, a young citi-
zen Of Robeson, was killed by the outlaws,
i'll ambush, for completely in which crime,
Henderson Oxendine was tried, convicted
and executed, protesting to the last, how
ever, bis innocence in regard to the King
murder. But to
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judge MOORE, having exchanged cir
cults with Judge WATTS, is now holding
the Spring Term of the Superior Court for
Wake county. In his charge to the Grand
jury His Honor, at considerable length,
called especial attention to the alleged i'll
treatment of the prisoners confined i'll the
Penitentiary, and told the jury that if their
whole time was given solely to the investi-
cation of that matter alone, it would be
we'll spent.
Our Raleigh contemporaries, the Sentinel
and Nc;yS, are condemning in strong terms
the course pursued by Judge MOORE as
highly unbecoming a Judge, i'll that he 50
far forgot the dignity and impartiality be-
longing to his high Judicial position as to
/ attempt to subserve mere partisan pur
pose while on the bench. The complaint
| against Judge MOORE is, in specific terms,
! that he has taken report Of testimony
elected by q committee Of the Legislature,
( appointed to investigate the management
! Of the Penitentiary, and used such portions
theleof as reflected upon the Board of
Directors, without making any reference to
the rebutting testimony. We shall regret
Verv much to be forced to believe that
Judge MOORE would so far defle the
judicial ermine as to seek, under its cover,
imsidiOusly to promote mere partisan ends.
If it be true that he has done this thing, it
will prove the truth Of the rule to which
We had hoped o,Ir old cOllege-mate had
proved an exception, to wit: that no
S0uthern-born man can turn Radical and
remain honest.
In reference to the management OF the
Penitentiary we take this occasion to say a
single word.
Ifthere has been inhuman treatment OF
prisoners let the parties responsible there
for be promptly and severely punished
That there has been improper treatment
we Go not believe. The report Of the com
+ mittce, referred to above, completely eX
} h0noratcd the Directors from any criml
, nal conduct. If any further evidence wa'
| needed it was found in the character O
, the gentlemen comprising the Directory
, Mcssrs. BIEDsoE, BoYLAN, COFFIELI
and THOMPSON are too well known a!
gentlemen of high character and humane
feelings to be affected by any charges
> gotten up for political effect during tho
n coming campaign.
4 The Directors announce themselves q
+ ready and anxious for the most searching
- investigation into their conduct, and w
:, have SO great confidence in the result Q
f such an investigation that, as a party ant
= sincerely trust it may be had Withou
DELAY.