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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-05-30

V-oU ARE POLITELY INVITED TO CALL
Il and examine tho following
400 pairs Mens Shoes at 81 %, ecery
par, 'rarrGntsG
400 pairs Mems IVo,s .SAsss;
400 pairs Nens Mp Shoes
300 pairs Nens CaLf Shoes
800 pairs Mems Colf Boots
500 poirs Mems Gaiters;
500 pairs Ladics Cutters at 81 90:
500 pairs La,iies Slippers at so, 75c
and 81 90;
500 pairs Infants Slippers at 25c, oil
colors
e0Os4atrs Ladies Me~)oort Ties
500 Pairs Ladies Ccoquet Slippers;
zoo Pdirs Kisses Croqnet Slippers;
900 Patrs ChMfs Shoes, oil colors !;
button. Adee, heels and sci:hom heels;
40 dozen Mes fine Panamo. Hats, at
81 W - -
40 dozen Mems fne Canton ,Stra~ Hats
at 81 O0e;
100 do=en Mems 4MIloga Summer Hats,
at 25c
so dozen Boys pressed IStru~ Hnts at
AZ Immense Sock of CA:hlren's .Strop
Hats, yefy cheap.
Il erTy iarye dad elegant assortment If
La'|ics AMI genteme"s TRUNKS ana
TRAVELLING BAGS sos- Remen,Jer,
EDWARDS Is he onlu man ~ Western
Warykttt0 srAo Aceps tie ccic6rofca PAL
ACE TRUNK wiM combination h.h;
no hcl. required.
hats and CAPS Of ne rery latest
stYlessrccffecd dady from he Lest houses IN
Ncc lark city The most duraJh and
LeawJGtEuiHg BOOTS Il SHOES mate
10 order promptly RPoiring done neat.
" P"d "'rogs rendy at the time promised.
Don't /1rget tie place, at
EDWARDS GREAT STORE,
No. 81 Bait. ST.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-05-30

@A New York papers says tha. ex-
Senator Pomery, of Kansas, has been Of
Tered lucrative position 10 that city. Old
Subsidy was nothing but a lucrative i'm
position while he vas in Congress. - Coz
rier-JouraoI. -
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-05-30

Seekers for new homes are pouring into South.
west Missouri, attracted by the cheap Lands of
the 4h'1nfic f Pacific RdH Roai Company.
This Company offers ], 200. 900 Acres of the
finest lands in the world, al from 50 to Sl2 per
acre, on seven years time, and with free trans
portatiOn TO all narchasars 3 4 y -
This Road, ferer Mockdded Iy Saor, is des-
tined to become the national highway between
Nr'c lOTE and SIN Frdncisco and to the indus
trious farmers of older States we earnestly re-
commend this land of cheap homes, sure that
nowhere can the poor man find a more grateful
climate, n better soil, or greater productiveness
For full information, with Maps ami Pamph-
lets address AMOS TUCK, Land Commission.
err p South Fourth, ST. Louis.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-05-30
NJ 1ARIsIED.

At the residence of the brides parents in
Fairmont, Marion County, this State, on Mon
day morning last. by. the Rey. Thomas Steele
Capt. G. S.~WBrE, Clerk Of the County Court
of Hampshire County, to Miss KArE \ daugh
ter of Thomas G., Steele, Esq
AT the Christian church, near Rock Enon
SPRINGS May Goth, 1873, by Rev Webster. Eich
elberg er, Mr.. WnLrAmE HAaLoE5to Miss SARAH
NlRGiNA kELsoE, eldest daughter of Joseph g.
kelsoe, both of this county. assoc .r
At the Lutheran Parsonage In Woodstock on
the 18th Inst by Rev. p. Miller, Mr. JAMES
McQuiLLEN, Of Hardy county TO Miss viRelNiA E.
HArsEsrtrcK, of Shenandoah county
On the 29th instant, Atoms Hotel, Peters.
burg, Grant county, by Rev John johnson, Mr..
JAcon PLEcKEn to Miss MATTE SmrLK, both OF
Augusta county, Va.
In Piedmont, on The Pend instant, at the NJ.
Church, South, by the Rev. j. Laudstrect
Mr.. JonS 7. MooRE, or that place, to Miss MARY
Z. lhGGiNs, Of Frostbnre, Nd
On the Rock, in the Vicinity of New Geek
c IL, on the 22nd instant, by Rev H. HoF-
man, Mr.. J. h. SrIcklEY to Miss MAllssA B.
MILLS, all Of this county
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-05-30
Baltimore Cattle Market.
THURSDAY. Nav % 1s

THURSDAY, May %, 1873.
BEEr CATTLE.-ThernarlSet has been very dull
this week the unfavorable character uf the wea :
ther having had depressing effect ihronghout.
40 there has been no activity iatanv time IN its
progress. The siuggisbuess OF PROCEEDINGS has
been attended with a decline of t(dalc Der 10
the mos, marked dfsrenee being ia the tons
those of medium and more inferior ouaii,,
especially the latter being soniew ba, scstee and
in hair demand. while fhose OF abe low eat order
were mos, conspicuous by sheir absence SO
Prices to-day for Beef Cattle ranged IA fol.
Iowa. best Beeves al et25haySfg0Os-that CEN.
orally rated first qualify 5 50(ayS6 25-meSi
Urn or good fair quality 00G1S5 5p--ordinnry
thin Steers, Oxen ard Cows acesSOsOo-- in.
ferior and lowest grades of Cattle OOCGOO OBJ
general average OF the market to-day Sc Ob--
extre'ne range of prices Oe9sI 90, Most of
the safes were from so TO Sc 30 q 100 fbs.
or the receipts 3s7 head came rom Ohio 80
from Nd $50 from Illinois, and 3i,S from Penn
syi yanta-total receipts FOR the week 1918 head
against laS3 last week, and llsz head same
tune last year or the offerings 1856 bead were
taken 10y baltimore batchers, & 2ss head sold 10
Washington city and Annapolis dealers-total
sales for the week io64 bead against 1245 last
week, and 97S head same time. last year..
SnEEP AND LANRs,-The receipts OF Sheen
as compared with last week prices have in con-
sequence given way Caa &c per h. the greater de-
cline being on the common grades The quality
of the receipts Was somewhat better than In st
Wtth, anu Wullc tue hpS rHoW no CuArgC IN
figures, the lower grades exhibit decline of &C.
At the ieoliue the nlasket has been fairly acti*e
We quote common 10 extra Sheep at 4GD6I
cts per 10 gross. Lap'bs at 2, 5OCaS5 90 per
head, with a supply fully up 10 The demand
Receipts this week 3S - head, against 25is last
week, and A567 head same tine last year
lloGs--Tbere bias beer n eompar aiively light
run of Hogs this week, but owing TO the rather
heavy receipts of last week, which the butcher
! provdentially absorbed, leaving the market AT
ihs1 close rather bare of etock, the supply has n
bout kept pace with the demand, and prices
have been fairly maintained, and though there
has been considerable irmuess in view of the
present light supply, there has been no,ad vance
In prices somew hat fuller receipts were anti.
| ciphted the last Of this week We quote at I
! 5OGySS per 100 lbs net Receipts luis week
; 295 head, against To- "a !, last week, and 8. 762
head same time last Year.
BALrIMoRr, Tuesday, NV o., 1873.
-FLocR-fIoward street super ; 90 CasG 90
WHRAT, market firm aud receipts light. Sales OF
red at 100000 cis--choice white ~ 205C90oc
per busheI Corn, % 600 bushels received To
/ day. White sold ~ 708T2 cts yellow nj Gao
90 cenis per bushei Ryr-satrs. ut 80 cents
per Aashel. OaIs-s,les at 5f61j3 cents
! NEW ORR, May y - Geld closed at ll7I
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-05-30

DEAUTlFpE Sugars. att varieties, and The
ID choicest CoGees Teas for sal al
kUYKESDALL q SHELIZ's.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-05-30
DIED,

In philadelphia, on the 10Th instant, Mr..
NIcnAFt ARNoLp son Of The late Rev. Daniel
Arnold Of this county, in about the 18Th year
Of his age.
In Grant county, on the 4th instant, at The
residence Of Abraham Willis, Esq, Of brain fc-
Ver' GEo 5. VESSEL, son Of DR.. Weazel, OF
Hardy county, aged . years, , months and TWEEN
y-three days Ills last words were, "Mothcr,
am going home"
On the 18th instant, joSAs Back, Of dropsy,
aged 30 years, months anI d days
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-05-30

The locust bloom this year is very heavy,
which il said TO he an unfailing sign Of good
corn crop.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-05-30
Penn'a. Railroad Extension.
No. /.

NO. i.
Ma HAnrEn;-The presentation Of this I'm.
Portant subject to your Intelligent readers with
n view to its somewhat particular and csrefut
examination, in series of brief papers. suggests
a preliminary explanation. The South Branch
Hallway, tnow begun, was not originally de-
signed As a mere branch Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad and the policy Of its con struction
by that powerful corp0satiss is maintaiuable
solely on the ground that the desire 70. q rail-
way in TIL, valley exceeded all other ana more
remote considerations To spe,k Of TIE Bait
Il Ohio Railroad Comp any's policy Of iiscrimi
naton-of its spirit Of monopoly, in, the largest
sense IS the mere assertion of a primordiaitruth
IN Political Economy Taaths lclotrdiss Viihout
competitor, "a he Disposal Of has ,cIre,, SELF ,ciM
least sacantage 10 his buyers. Has not Hampshire
County proof patent of this in wh,, regards the
action OF the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad With
the Sonth Branch Railway as q branch, il mol,
sey, luxurious to the people but eminently pro-
h'abfe TO the corporation,) likely TO he changed
r There is cure inR the evil, not partial but e.
iective, not by ohstrncting the progress OF the
Baltimore Ohio Railroad, It's branches or trib-
u'aiies indeed, bat by putting into direct comDe-
Tito. With u another corporation. which in the
largeness Of its capital, the energy and genius
OF its management, in every necessary resource
Of money. wisdom and visor, can match and
over match, can rench and over reach the Bal,i-
more and Ohio Railroad Company. i Let US have
Jus Road to any extent on please, but put alon g
side the Pennsylvania Road, nd each will one
rate "a check upon the dangerous tendencies
TO injustice, discrimination aud monopoly in the
other, tina, either alone would probably exhibit
a. W. X
Ink WATERS CONCERTO PAnLoa oman We
are glad to chronicle any new thing or any i'm.
provement upon an old enc, that tends 10 popu-
larize music by rendering its study either easier
or more attractive. Lately our attention has
been called 10 new patented stop added to the
Waters reed organ, called the 'cencerto stop. -
II is so voiced as to have tone like full rich
alto voice ii is especially ''humsh" in its tone
IL rs powerful rs well rs sweet aud whca we
heard we were in doubt whether We liked il
best in solo or with fun organ We regard this
AS a valuable addition to the reed organ, and
advise those intending TO purchase such an in
strunent to examine the Concerto" Ware
rooms, 4sl Broadway -RmH .N.r Yorker.
s~- Since til opening Of The Meir>po'-
i'an Brat CT Of the Baltimore aud Oh O
r'ilroad, the ro from this point /, Wash.
ington city has bren reduced from sc 80
to 81 80 -C"n'beriund AHcyaaian.
ET Admiral CIR en-, u. s. n, repcr S
the insurgents in Cuba better than ever
supported with srmr. &c, and daily be-
o ming more formidable.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-05-30

The Chillicoibe, Ohio, GoIrfte says y. Il.
IlARNEss has young sorrel mare That viii make
her mark on tie turf one or these days She is
called Mollie Foster, and is both a goer and
slayer.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-05-30

As usual The highest market price paid in
work FOR Wool at the Norih River Toolen Fac
tory, by Ncssrs. G.. W 4 r. A. BowNAE
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-05-30

1t is said that Col Fred Holiday gave the
ladies Of Cbrists church, Winchester, carpet
costing $500.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-05-30

IMPORTANT RAILRoAD.-Tbe Valley
OF Vire.u Railroad has been let to con.
tractors between S,aunton and Salem, thus
forming complete line of Rad between
Harper's Ferry aud Virginia aud Tonnes.
see Il ,ilroad. 49, s
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-02
Desirable City Lois.
BYJACOR LEVIN.

On MONDAY, February 8, At 10 O'Clock. l will
soil, before the Cour. House, tho following
property:
LOT l, situated on corner Of Henderson
ana Klco streets; measuring 81 feet front on
henderson, and running back 208.
measuring SO feet on Henderson street, .un.
ming back 208.
;. Lot 8. adjoiung No.2. being of tho same
Dimensions.
Lot l, on Rice street, So feet from. and r.n
ming South ON Henders on 20S feet.
lot = adJIiainS tho above, on the East,
ooInG o. csfront on Hice, running South 20s.
Lot l, corner Wheat and Pickens, b2 feet
front East on rckcns. iunning West 2O8.
LOT :, adjoining the above, on tho South,
81 % leat front on Pickens, and running West
Lot 3. adjoining he abovo, on tho Sonth 50
feoi !r"Et, running back 2uS
Terms Of sale, which Will be easy, made
known i! time OF sale.
Inrcha s:is to pay for nj. necessary paptrs
Jan 2G
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tsheaFs.Bale.
The State OF South Carolina, Union-In Com

The State OF South Oarolina, Union-In Com
mon Pleas.
spessi hhssies and n.,1i' ThSn.s B. 5etsr Is
y: Worthington and the spartanburg and
Union h.iiroad Company, defendants.-
rSNGnap.as"t 14Taa. a5 Jor Eorectosars and Rei6:
Il the Hon. n. Noses, Judge of said Orcuit.
I will offer for sale, on the first MONDAY in
fe9rnsry next, before the Court House door
o. TnionTi,ie, PEI ween the hours OF II O'Clock
a. NJ: and O'Clock P. H., to the highest bid
Ger, the whole OF the Spartanburg and Union
hailroad Company's Railroad, known as the
Spartanb9rg and Union Railroad, including
mesonry ae ee right o. way grading, bridgss,
ate In the Counties Of Fairfield, Union and
Sparsanburg, al the stock subscribed for in
sae neny sptahsssnbburg ths and Union Railroad Com-
thereof, the iron nails, spikes, chairs and
equipments, and all the property owned by
$50 So company. hs incident to- or necessary for
,sS i, DqFsi,neSs; F;, upon the following terms, to
CASH, ana the balance in three equal semi
annual instsliments. with interest on the
sh..p sh,a balance "a from the day OF sAle the pur
the property sold, and to pay for ali necessary
papers.
Inc purchaser at said sale has ieavo, il he
sSoso oS 90 minded, minded, In lieu Of the cash payment
dollars in cash and thirty Thousand dollars
In coupons Oi the fret morsEsSo STATE ruar.
AMY bonds OF tho 6partanburg and Union
Aaliroad Company, or in lieu Of such con-
pons, sixty Thousand dollars in said bonds Of
ga said company, the said coupons or bonds to
m 1e finally credited Tor the amount to whfoh
they shall bo entitled as dividend out OF the
proceeds OF the road and the sale thereof.
Tho said sheriff will execute for the pur-
ohaser at said sale deed OF the premiaes
sola; the said decd, however, to be delivered
90 the pieintiffs as referees as aforesaid. TO Do
neld oy them as an escrow, and not to be de-
lYored to the purchaser until .he f..t n.sall-
ment be paid, but the purchaser viii be let
INTO INTO possession OF the premises and property
When the first installment upon the bond
80 10 be taken by the sheriff shall become
que, the purchaser has leave, If he be 40
minded. in lieu OF tho same, to pay to the
piaintihs "a referees rs aforesaid two hun
oreu thousand dollars in the aforesaid frst
mortgage State guaranteed bonds of the
opaftan6urg and Union Railroad Company.
OF Inc Waole or any part OF tho said frst in
staument IN coupons Of the said bonds at the
"a rate OF ono dollar in coupons for two dollars
IN bonds; such bonds or coupons. however. to
70 finally credited for the amount to which
they shall be entitled az dividend ont Of the
proceeds of the road aud the sale thereof. .
saEnIEF's OFFICE. UsIoNyuLx, 8. O.. jam
Iry z. 1873. Ian ~
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-02

BANK OnaAN1zA11os.-Phe stockho,a.
ers OF the proposed National Bank ut
THIS place assembled yesterday, and pro /.
ceeded to organize. A Board of ten Di.
rectors was elected, consisting of the fol.
lowing gentlemen: W. r. Robertaon
John 3. Palmer, j. Eli Gregg, James r.
Elon. j. B. McOants. j. M. Rutland. r..
Il. Elliott, G. II. MoMaster, Jas. Beaty
and -. II. Flenniken. After the meat.
ing OF stockholders adjourned, tho Di.
rectors met and elected the following
omcers OF the bank: President-W
II. Robertson; e-President-G. H.
Mohlaster; Cashier-S. B. Clownev
Operations will begin as soon as praoti.
cable. The bank will be operated at
present upon 860. 1000, with the privilege
OF extending the capital to $2CO,OOO.
ITinnsboro Neus.
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CoLoRED CHILD. BURAy TO DEATH.-i
child OF Charles Berry, 4 oolored man
living in Charlotte street, was so badly
burned on Thursday evening that it died
in few hours after the accident. It's
clothes ignited at the fireplace, the
flames soon envelopiug its form. and
placing it beyond recovery.
Charleston Courier.
A woman in Troy. N. Y, thirty.six
years old, has just had needle extract
ed from her leg. It became embedded
there when she was only year old, and
was taken ont last week. It was right
iree from rust, and with commendable
economy. on recovering control of it she
threaded it and began to sew with it.
SUDDEN DEATH We regret to learn
that Mr. J. M. Davis died, after a brief
illness. on last Tuesday, at his residence.
abons eight miles from Bennettsyille.
He was taken sick on Monday night
and died next day about IL O'clock.
Marlboro Ne,os.
-Four men have been sentenced within
few days to be hanged for murder. viz.
William Foster, in Now York: John r
Johnson, in New Haven; Charles A.
Russell, in San Francisco: and A. J.
perteot, in Chicago. The galiows ia
looming up.
INoEND1ARIsM.-We learn that the
storehouse and its contents, located at
Mr. blaney Parnell's place. has been de-
stroyed by fire. The stock was owned
by Mr. johnson. and the fire was the
work Of an incendiary.
Darlington Southerner.
We feel sorry for tho poor New York
ers whose butchers fed them recently on
the mutton of 400 diseased sheep. Thev
Will never bo able to hear the old pro-
verb, "We will return to our mutton. s"
without feeling qualmsh at tho stomaoh.
we can' Imagine more sheepish set.
"a fatal accident occurred on Tuesday.
OF Crussel's rock quarry, in Atlanta
which resulted in the blowing I'D of two
men, one of whom 10 not expected TO
i've. They were packing heavy charge
OF powder, when it accidentally blew up.
Jonathan says there is but one guide
hoard in the whole State of Rhode
Island, and that points the wrong way:
and when man nsks the directions fo
any place within the State, they set tho
dogs on him.
There wero eighty.fve deaths in New.
ark, N. j., last week, OF which fifteen
were from smallpox
The proposition to move the capital
from Atlanta to Miledgeville seems to
De gaining in favor throughout Georgia.
A woman's lodge OF Maaons, called
The Eastern Star, has been Instituted in
Jacksonville, Florida. ..
y Vice-President Colfax wants to have
his virtue elnvestigated. ~
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Bsilding Lots,
BY JACOB LEVIN.

TO.MOKR0W, {MONDAY,) at 10 O'Clock, A.
M., will sell. before the Court house.
Ono VACANT LOT, on the corner of LADY
ana Huger streets, measuring SO tfi'ty.two)
and oightl feet deep, more or less
LOT No. 2. adjoining on the South OF No. 1.
measuring Sc iffty.two) feet front. moro or
less, 2Oe (two hundred and eighty feet doep,
moro or lees.
LOT No. g. adjoining on tho South OF No.
2. measuring Sc ttifty-two) feet front, moro or
loss, and 2oS two hundred and eighty feet
deep, more or less.
iEhhs or THE SALE -One-fourth OF the
purchaee money cash, and tho balance in ono.
two and three years. with bond and mort.
gage OF the property, bearingIeight per CEN.
interest. foh I
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-02
By Ga.A MoBiIel lReohter. ..sa,


Mornings since, gentleman residing
no matter whers-bought fine turkey
In the Southern. market, and ordered It
sent TO bis home, mentioning the mum.
Der, as We will say, 46. Now 46 is a few
doors from our friends house, aud is oc-
c9p'ed by q. very pretty and dashipg
WIDOW, OF limited means. A little later
10 the morning, Mrs, - had occasion
70 go TO the. market for some celery,
when the following conia6 ensued: Mar.
kes.mRn: 'How did you like that tur-
keyT Mrs -: 'What turkey3' Mar.
kes-man: Why. the one your husband
bought and sent home to No. 46. wasn't
the number rjght?' Mrs. - smelled
iarge-sized mice, but said: oh, YES,
that is oil right and she left, smiling as
though some one was boring half.inch
augcr hole through the small of her
oack. At dinner her husband said: NV
dear: will you hayo some of the roast
6eei! Mrs. -: No, I'll take turkey. ,
husband: L don'tsee any turkey. Where
is itr Mrs. -. why, it's in No. 46,
!ust where you sent it, and You had bet.
tor go right there now and get your din
nor The bushes of the cuiprit were
eluaen by scene which occurred at this
lanoture. His physician says ho doesn !
thlnk the mark of the plato will remain
permanently over his eye, but all the ef.
iorts OF dermatology will never restore
halr that has been removed by boiling
coffee. Served him right. He should
follow Sans advice, and beware of yid.
ders."
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-02

THE RESULT OF THE ABOLITION OF THE
fRANKINa PRIVILEGE Senate has
demonstrated to-day how men dislike TO
yield power. It has been delightful
thing for a Senator to just write his
name on book or package of seeds or
letter. to insure its free transmission to
any post Office between Alaska and Key
West, or Madawaska and BrownsviIlo
Ladies supplicated for franks, constitu.
cts begged them, and even newspapcr
correspondents we're conciliated by them
But public opinion has made the Sena.
tors relinquish this cherished "priyi.
lege," and great is their wrath. Cresa.
well did the business by asserting that
the abolition would save So, 500, 600. and
now they mean to make him saye
this sum. They have out down his an.
preparations for clerk hire TO-DAY. and
they mean to continue their reforms
even depriving him of his ''riding priyi.
iege, by Which he goes to and from his
home In Maryland free, under the de.
pnrtment dead head clause in the con.
tracts for mail servioe on the railroads
Meanwhile these reforms will benefit tho
pnoiio and warrant u single letter pest.
age rate OF two cents, although the Tur
vey-tops OF tho upper House may b /, do.
privcd OF their cherished privilege.
Cor. Ne,o York Herald
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-02

DEATH OF JAMES 8. SrEw.nr Eco
We are called upon this mornins n
onronioio the death OF this highly re-
SRectea M gentleman, which occurred last
Wednesday evening. Mr.. Stewart was
~ 1he sixty'1ifth year of his ago at the
nme OF MS death, and native of this
county. He had held many Offices of
trust III tho County, and for tho pnst
tour years held with ability the Office of
comfy Auditor. Ho leaves vile, two
ohilofen ana mauy warm friends to
mourn his death. = WinnsboyD NeAcs.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-02
THE New CANAAN1rEs IN Grono7.

1HE NEW CANAANITEs IN GEoRa1A.
About the first of last year, a colony of
religlo-communists, hailing from Mossa.
ohusetts, made settlement on what ia
Snown as the Stearns place, in Columbia
county, Ga, about eleven miles from
Augusta. At first, their ranks were
IL thln. but they gradually received acoes.
slons until the colony at one time en-.
6raced about 100 souls. Their leader
Joseph J.. Curry, assumed over his de-.
iuded followers the most dictatorial An.
shorlty, proolaiming himself the prophet
fahveh, the Great Ruler of the Uni.
verse, and not unfreqnently declaring
himself to be the Saviour of The world
his followers were required to obey him
IN word. thought and deed. His vito
became disgusted and left Curry and his
gapg. Tho leader, who calls himself
"4ahveh,". then took up with o young
woman, whom he called his queen. The
laws OF marriage wero abolished by his
orders, aud males and females occupied
the same apartments. The citizena ~
tne County, becoming disgusted. had
"fahveh" arrested and lodged in iail. on
Q, charge OF adultery and fornication.
upon his arrest, the prisoner arraved
himself in simply white robe. beited
with yellow cord. and placing upon
MS ~ head mitre endorsed "Holiness To
A"hVen.