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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-06-21
TAXES.

u IA ESs
NOTICE is hereby given to parties owning real es-
~ state on which the taxes for the year 1872 re
main unpaid that the time required by the statute
previous to the advertisement for sale having ex-
pired such estates will be advertised for SALE If such
taxes are not paid previous to June 21st
III. w. HERSEf,
Treasurer and Collector.
,June L 1879 ju9eOdt21
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-01-09

SENSIBLE LADIEs,-The lady members of
the First Baptist Church, in Nashville, have
agreed that they will dispense with all fnery
on Sunday-wearing no jewels but consistency,
and hereafter appear at church in plain calico
dresses. This is certainly very sensible move,
and the ladies of the first Baptist Church are
entitled to great credit for being the first to lead
off in this much needed reform. This is mat
ter which has attracted considerable attention
of late, and in many cities prominent ladies are
taking the same sensible view of the question
of dress as that held by the Nashville ladies
referred to, who, in carrying into effect this
good resolution, will receiv" the hearty support
and endorsement of all whose good opinion is
worth anything.
With reference to similar resolution on the
part of the young ladies of certain school, the
New York Tribune says:
"Honor to the young ladies of the Portland
(Me.) High School The first class girls first
class in every sense) have resolved to dress
plainly and to dispense with dress parade on
exam ination day. If they indulge in jewelry
il will be to very limited extent. Lace they
have entirely abandoned. But we have some
thing to tell of them even better than this
They have solemnly determined to refrain, upon
all occasions and under the severest tempta-
tions, from the use of slang phrases and ex-
prcssions. We shouldn't wonder if the mar
riageable youth of the United States kept a
special eye on that remarkable school,"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-01-09

RAILROAD CAsuALr1Es.-In consequence of
the severe weather of the past two weeks, a large
number of railroad accidents have occurred,
involving much loss of life and property. On
the Goth ultimo, a passenger train leaving
CORY, Ohio, broke through trestle work near
Pleasant Station and was plunged down the
bank. The cars caught fire while falling, and
two we're completely destroyed. No water
could be procured, and but little effective as
sistance could be rendered to the passengers,
of whom twenty one were killed and twenty
five Others injured. On the previous day a
passenger. train containing fifty persons, was
wrecked near Prospect, Pennsylvania. All the
passengers crowded into one car, which caught
on on fire, and twenty-five of the number were
killed and sixteen injured. Many other rail-
road accidents and casualties are reported from
other sections, indicating that disasters of this
Kind have been moro frequent, and attended
with more fatal results than during any pre-
vious winter.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-01-09

CoTToN MANuFAcTURE.-At meeting OF
the stockholders Of the Graniteyille Mills, Is
C.) in the spring of 1872, the President pro-
posed to double the capacity OF the mills IN
three years, and yet pay dividend of ten per
cent per annum. ...-
Can any Northern factory make better ex-
hibit? The cotton mills of Augusta and Co.
lunbus, Ga, are doing proportionately well.
The Augusta mills, with q capital stock OF
100000, had in 1870, 100000 as surplus
fund and commercial capital after paying quar-
terly. dividends of per cent. or 20 per cent per
annum.
It has been practically demonstrated that
cotton can be spun into yarns at the South Tor
S cents per pound cheaper than it can be spun
in Old or New England consequently, prop
erly conducted mill could make five cents on
each pound of yarn more than the Northern
factories, which have been enriching their
stockholders, and peopling with teeming thou
sands the rocky hills of the East
Could the entire crop of cotton be converted
into warns at the South, and shipped abroad in
that form, it would add $3.50, 900 annually
to the wealth of this portion Of the United
States. Foreign mills would adapt their ma
chinery to working up the yarns instead of the
raw cotton. If but one quarter of the crop
could be thus converted it would be a great
blessing to this country, and enable numbers OF
women and children, who are now dependent
on Others to support themselves.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-01-09

DESTRUCTIVE FIREs.-The close of the year
is marked by disaster both on sea and land, not
the least element of destrution being the flames.
On the 22nd ultimo not less than eight destruc-
tive fires occurred in different cities, involving
loss Of near one million dollars. These losses
are confined to Boston, Cincinnati, Chicago,
New York, Philadelphia, Portland, Oregon,
and Helena, Ark. On the 24th a second hpe hre
occurred in Philadelphia, destroying $50, 900
worth of property, and on the same day Bar
NUNS Museum in New York was entirely de-
stroyed, the camel and elephant being the only
animals saved. The loss by this fire is various
estimated at from Sl5O,O0O to 81 ,OOO,OOO sew
eral adjoining buildings being also injured. A
block on Centre street was also burned on the
evening of the same day. Six lives were lost
and $50O,OOO worth of property destroyed.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-01-09

be treated with insult and contumely. inis 10
yvas not in accordance with their notions OF
hospitality and fair play. 1t is not strange,
then. that the tropical blood in their veins
should bubble over with JOY. at his -deliverance;
The stories, too, of his wonderful bravery and
nro,vess in the war for their emancipation, had
q strong effect on their simple and credulous
minds He was one of their champions who,
ont of regard for them, and in order to defend
their interests, had honestly purchased Is seat
in the Senate of the United States. Ihey
could see nothing culpable or corrupt in this
from their moral stand point, and their applause
at the acuuittal of Patterson is :. credltaole 10
their feelings of gratitude. The crime OF
bribery has not yet been introduced INTO tnelr
moral or political code. en..
: On a former occasion the vindication OF Fat
terson on charge of bribery was not over
whelming and conclusive. That was IN Penn
sylvania in 1863 The witness, member OF
the Legislature, swore positively ana clrcum-
stantially. to the time, the place, the amount 70
be paid, aud all the circumstances connecteo
with John J. Patterson's attempt to brlbe him
to vote for Simon Cameron for United States
Senator. Patterson, when brought before q
Committee of the Legislature, positively denied
the statement of the witness. But the com,
m;ttee and the house not merely distinguished
ter Paterson 0 by by their emphatic disbelief of his
story, but instructed the Attorney General OF
the State to bring acriminal prosecution against
him for bribery. Patterson has since admitted
that the statement made by him before the
committee was not true. 1t is not a libel IN
Pennsylvania to charge that he is thoroughly
and irredeemably corrupt, and that he is ready
at any moment to give or take bribe to ac-
complish his purpose, although it may. not be
bribery to purchase from the negro Legislature
of South Carolina seat in the Senate OF the
United States. Had the simple minded negro
rabble comprehended the nature OF the CRIME
with which he was charged, they would not
have been deceived by. the testimony OF tine the
perjured witnesses, but their shouts OF exuita-
tioni would have been changed into execra-
tions
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-01-09

HOP AT A LUNATIC AsYLUM.-We lind the
following paragraph in an exchange, descrip-
tive of a recent hop at the South Carolina Luz
natic Asylum:
Thursday night the first of the hops for the
season, yearly inaugurated by DR.. j. F. Enser,
Superintendent of the State Lunatic Asylum,
was given. The inclemency of the weather.
kept away many invited guests, yet there were
enough present to make an agreeable party.
The endowment of the occasion was uninterrup-
ted. The music was furnished by the institution.
Seventy-fve of the patients we're present. and
entered into the festivities with much zest; nos
a word or action by them was out of place, and
the accuracy Of their movements, in going
through the various figures of the dance, sur.
prised all. Many of them waltzed we'll, and
they all appeared to view the occasion with
great relief and satisfaction. The promptness
and delicacy which characterized their selec-
ton of partners, and the politeness of them to-
wards each other, as we'll as towards those with
whom they came in contact, might be envied
by circles claiming more reason, and was an
endorsement of the patient care and hard toll
of the officers in charge of the asylum, under
every difficulty, for the benefit of their suffering
fellow beings. The dancing was kept up to
reasonable hour, the guests joining freely in the
same, contributing much towards breaking the
monotony of the lives of the patients. Other
similar occasions are to follow at convenient
and stated times, when cards of invitation
which the experience of past seasons has sug-
gested to be for the best-will be issued. Those
people who may receive them should not fail
to add their presence, for the good of the pa
tients and the pleasure of themselves.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-01-09
THE ROMANCE OF DEArH.-A Frenchman

THE ROMANCE OF DEArH.-A Frenchman,
RECENTLY. who saw the corpse of young and
beautiful girl in the Paris Morgue, conceived. a
violent attachment for it. IS it was impossi-
BILE that the late departed could return his pas
sion, and as he deemed il the height of absurd
ity that he should be alive when such beau,
tiful creature was dead, ne went off and drowned
himself, and soon had the satisfaction OF lying
on the slab next her, and of being much
worse looking object than she. The preposst,er-
GUS fool attained his desire, and gratitied his
posthumous vanity. Ordinary people, however
would prefer the homeliest woman imaginable,
provided she were alive, to the most beautiful
of drowned Ophelias, especially, if to obtain
the tn latter, it were necessary to drown them
selves also. Except for the cure of rheumatism
and getting rid of tax-collectors, we fail to see
any special advantage in the underground con-
ditOn.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-01-09

-FOUR MEN TO BE HANGED ON CIRCUM-
srANTIAL EvIDENCE.-Four men, all of them
whites, are now lying in the county jail OF Bur,
net county, Texas, under sentence of death, all
to be executed at the same place on Janua-
nv Is. Their names are Benjamin Shelby,
Arthur Shelby, Ball Woods and William
Smith. They were all sentenced for the muir
der of BENJAMIN McKeever. Their case, taken
in all its details, is one of the most interesting
in the annals OF criminal trials. The evidence
against them, though conclusive, was entirely
circumstantial. McKeever was shot from his
horse at night near the residence of the Shell.
by's, his throat then cut, and his body carried
on horseback three miles and thrown into
cave. A large rock was placed on the bloody
spot where his throat was cut, but this precau-
ton, instead of concealing the crime, led to the
arrest of the criminals. The keen eyes OF
frontiersman saw the rock had been recently
placed there; so it was removed and indlca-
in the further finding of paper wadding that
had been fired from a shotgun. On examin-
ing gun of Benjamin Shelby paper-wadding
was likewise found in it, and yet another wad-
ding that had been evidently fired from shot
gun like the first, was found under Shelby's
doorstep In his house was found copy of
the Chimney Corner, and by comparisons 1t was
ascertained that the three pieces of gun-wad
ding had been obtained from that paper
There were several other circumstances point
ing strongly to the accused men as the murder
ers therefore the jury that tried them did not
hesitate to find them guilty of murder in the
first degree The verdict is generally approved
by the citizens of Burnet county, and the latest
advices from there indicate that there will
probably be no interferences by Superior Courts
or the Governor to prevent the decreed quad
ruple execution.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-01-09
Brideeport tells curious story of an III

- Bridgeport tells curious story of an un-
claimed trunk Fourteen years ago, regular
" checked trunk arrived by one of the trains,
and, no one calling for it, it was placed in the
barrare-room. At the expiration of that time,
a gentleman appeared with the duplicate check,
and arranged TO pay 50 for storage, promising
to call for his trunk the following day. Three
years have since passed, but the trunk still
awaits his return.
= The wind was so strong in Iowa that it
lately blew mans eye out. The optic was a
glass one.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-01-09
A LITTLE COMPOSITION ON THE WHEEL

a LITTLE COMPOSlIlON ON luE w nEE.h'
BARRow-The Danbury Neacsman says:
If you have occasion to use a wheelbsrrow
leave it, when you are through with it, in front
of the house with the handles toward the door.
A wheelbarroN is the most complicated thing
to fall over on the face of the earth. A man
would fall over one when he would never think
of falling over anything else; He never knows
when he has got through falling it, either;
for it will tangle his legs and his arms, turn
over with him and rear up in front of him, and
just as he pauses in his profanity to congratulate
himself, it takes new turn and scoops more
skin off of him, and he commences to evolute
anew and bump himself in fresh places. A
man never ceases to fall over wheelbarrow
until it turns completely on its back, or brings
up against something it cannot upset 1t is the !s
most noffcnsive looking object there is, but it
is more dangerous than a locomotive, and no
man is secure with one unless he has tight
hold of its handles and is sitting down on some
thing. A wheelbarrow has its uses, without
doubt but in its leisure moments it is the
greatest blighting curse on true dignity.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-01-09

A GRIM JoKE.-A couple of medical stu
dents disinterred a subject on cold winters
night, and having dressed it, placed it sitting
uprig ght on the seat of a covered wagon and
started home. Coming 10 tavern and seeing
the bar-room lighted up, they left the wagon
and went in for drink. The ostler observing
a man sitting in the wagon, attempted some IN
conversation, but receiving no answer, ne DIS
covered how the affair stood, and instantly re-
solved to have little fun OF M: own on toh1n tIls
occasion So, taking the corpse INTO to the staDle,
soon returned, and took their seats by the side
of the supposed dead man, when one of them
remarked tremulously to his companion: "He
is warm, by Heaven p' $50 would you be
warm" replied the corpse, eff you had b been en-
where 1 have been as long as have" Both
students bolted, and never returned to inquire
for the horse and wagon.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-01-09

= Endeavor to do your work quietly. Anx-
iety and over action are always the cause of
illness and restlessness. We must use our
Judgment to control our excitement, or our
bodily strength will break down. We must
remember that our own battle is to be won by
n strength not our own. 1t is q battle that
does not depend upon the swift nor upon the
strong
= The dearest object to man should be his
wife, but it is not unfrequently her clothes.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-01-09
A man. while drunk, put up at a hotel

A man, while drunk, put up at hotel in
Hamilton, Canada. The next morning he sta
ted that he missed his gold chronometer, which
he insisted he placed under his pillow in the
bed but nothing could be found there but
cigar stump Subsequently the remains of the
watch were found in the CRATE, much injured
by fire. The oblivious gentleman had evident
ly put his cigar under the pillow and thrown
his watch into the fire.
A faithful brother in one of our churches
prayed Sunday for the absent members who
were prostratcd on beds of sickness and chairs
of wellness.'
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-01-09
Cotton Manufacture in the South.

A correspondent writes to the New York
Journal of Commerce some highly interesting
facts relative to cotton manufacturing in the
South. Referring to the Langley Mills, near
Aiken, S. c., the writer says:
A manufacturer of cotton yarns from Man.
chester, England, after looking at our books,
told me that we manufacture cheaper than they
did by about the difference in value of our cur
rency and gold-that is to say, A cents per
pound. Among the advantages enjoyed by the
South over the North in manufacturing cotton
may be enumerated by the following.
l. Here the raw material Is produced, and oy
working it here various expenses incidental to
its transportation could be saved-such as profits
made by those who invest capital, time and Ia
Dor in moving it from place to place; insurance
during transportation loss by sampllngs ana
stealages from the bales.
g. Experts claim that in our warm Southern
cline cotton works to better advantage, some
estimating this advantage as high as ten per
cent.
8. Reclamation on false-packed and damaged
cotton is direct and easy.
4. Freights on manufactured goods are less
in proportion than on bulky and hazardous
bales of cotton. Yarns can be delivered in
New York from this vicinity for sixty to eighty
cents per cwt
5. Abundant supply of operative labor at low
rates and consequent exemption from strikes.
Northern superintendents of Southern mills ad-
NIT the superiority of our factory hands (whites)
and the ease with which they are controlled.
The average wages paid at the Saluda mills Is
$142.S2 per annum.
6. The mildness of the climate enables the
operatives to enjoy larger proportion OF com;
forts on q given amount of wages. In cold
climates larger quantity of carbonaceous food
is requisite, which costs more than tarlnaceous
food, nor do the houses for operatives require to
be so expensive as in colder regions. Lumber
dollars per M. The short winters require less
fuel. Land is cheap, and each household can
have its garden, COW and pigs.
7. There is home demand for the goods
the larger country stores keep supplies of yarn
for sale as regularly as they do sheetings.
8. By purchasing seed cotton from the plan
tiers and ginning it at the mill the cotton is in
better condition for working than after 1t has
been compressed into bales, and the expense OF
packing the cotton, bagging, ties and handling
would Be saved, as we'll as the expense OF run
ming it through the picker. The wastage cot
ton undergees in different ways has been estl-
mated from one-tenth to one-eighth OF the
bales.
Could the entire crop of cotton be converted
into yarns at the South and shipped abroad ! IN
that form it would add S15O,OOO,OOO annually
to the wealth of this portion of the United
States. Foreign mills would adapt the ma
chinery to working up the yarns instead of the
raw cotton. IF but one-quarter of the crop
could be thus converted it would be a great
blessing to this country, and enable numbers of
women and children who are now dependent
on others to support themselves.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-01-09

= Anger your friend, and you will be sur
prsed to find what villain you are, even IN
his estimation
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-08-25

PRIVILEGE OF SUFFERING.-Ah il we
could only feel what favor God bestows upon
us by employing us to add something to his
glory, we should occupy ourselves with this
alone. We should find in 1t the sweetest and
deepest consolation that we can enjoy for ii is
not pardoned sinners alone who are thus alled
upon to gorify God, after having been saved
by him, but also wretched, suffering sinners,
dragging out their lives miserably in affections
of soul and body. 1t would seem that such as
these would be excluded from the privilege of
gloryfng God, absorbed as they are by the
pains and sorrows Of life. All! not at all. These
are they who are most of all called upon to glo-
riiy him, and they find in their suffering, as
they found in their sins forgiven, new cause and
motive for giving glory to Him who has taught
us to say, When am weak, then am strong
What consolation for those who suffer u be
able to say, "By my suiltrings, borne patiently
and peacefully (if | am not able to bear them
joyously, and glory in them),l can render glory
to God as could not in any other manner ~
What infinite sweetness do sufferers find in this
reflection. Thus it is that affection becomes
privilege; for 10 suffer is privilege 10 the Chris
iian, and to suffer much an especial privilege.
AdViphe Molod.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-08-25
MON DAY MORNING, AUGUST 25. 1873
THE MOURNING WIDOW,

ny JOHN O. RAKE.
saw her last night at party,
(The elegant party at Mead's,)
And looking remarkable hearty
For widow who was in her weeds
Yet know she was suffering sorrow
Too deep for tongue to express,
Or why SHE had chosen to borrow
So mucn from the language of dress.
Her shawl was as sable as night,
And her gloves were as her shawl,
And her jewels that flashed in the light
Were as black as funeral pail.
Her robe had the hue of the rest,
(How nicely it fitted her shape)
Aud the grief that was heaving her breast,
Boiled over in pillows Of Grape.
What tears of vicarious woe,
That else might have sulied her face,
Were kindly permitted to flow
In ribbons Of ebony lace.
While even her fan in its play
Had quite lugubrous scope,
And seemed to be waving away
The ghost Of the Angel of Hope!
Yet as rich as the robe of queen,
Was the sombre apparel she wore,
Pm certain never had seen
= Such sumptous sorrow before;
And | couldn't help thinking the beauty,
In mourning the loved and the last
Was doing her conjugal duty
Although regardless OF cost
One surely should say such devotion
Performed at so vast an expense,
Betrayed ali excess of emotion
n That really was something immense;
And yet as viewed at my leisure,
Those tokens Of tender regard,
thought, 1t was scarce without measure:
The sorrow that goes by the yaid.
All, grief is a curious passion;
And yolws,-l ami sorely afraid,
The very next phase Of the fashion,
Will find it begin TO fade;
Though dark are the shadows of grief
The morning will follow the night,
Half tints will betoken relief,
Till joy shall be symbolad In white.
All well!-it was idle 10 quarrel
With fashion or aught il may do;
And so Ic0nclude with moral
And a metaphor--warranted new;
When measles come handsomely out,
The patient is safest they say,
And the sorrow is mildest, no doubt,
That works in similar way.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-08-25

An anecdote is told of Finney, the revvalisi {;
He was holding forth in Rochester, and in wal
king along the canal one day came across
boatman who was swearing furiously. Going
up lie confronted him, and abruptly asked,
"Sir, Ito you know where you are going?"
The unsuspecting boatman innocently replied
that he was going up the canal on the boat
'Johnny Sands"
''No sir, you are not" continued Finney,
'you are going TO hell faster than canal b AT
can convey you."
The boAtinan looked Il: him in astonislIm lnt
for a minute, and then returned the q,iesi,n:
"S:r, do you know where you are going
"l expect to co to heaven
NO sir, you are going in the CANALS \ud
suiting the action to the word, he took Fl ney
in his arms and tossed him in tile murky waters
where he would have browne d had he n,l re-
leAted and fisled him out.