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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1873-12-04
THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON

THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON
Our pretty hanging baskets with their
suspension wires completely draped in deli
cate climbing ivies and standing moses, with
their masses Of beautiful trailing plants, their
dropping grasses, vines, mimosas, musk
scented and covered with brilliant golden
flowers, though liliputian in size, are literally
hanging gardens. But, even should they
be made a million of times larger, their plan
is so utterly different that they could never
suggest the faintest notions Of the hanging
gardens of Babylon, about the very name OF
which there is a ring Of poetic grandeur ana
a flavor of Oriental msgnifcence. They
were literally paradise or pleasure gardens
Xenophon mentions those of Belesls' 70,
vernon of Syria; and such as ne beheid
them apparently, we find them described 6y
Chardin and other modern travellers. The
hanging gardens of Babylon were simply a
very = costly variety of the paradise, such
as only priincely wealth could afford.
Their origin is attributed to samiramis py
some; others say that they were invented py
King of Syria to charm the melancholy
of one of his wives, of Persian origin, VINO
sighed to behold again the verdant mountains
of her native land. Strabo and Dlodorus
Siculus have written about these famous
hanging gardens, doubtless because OF the
huge branching palms and other trees over
hanging the balustrade on the summit OF the
HIGH walls that enclosed the paradise. inese
walls we are about one hundred and thirty
Yards long on each of the four sides, twenty
two feet thick, and fifty cubis high, or over
nipety.one feet, according to the Hebrew
onb;t bv the Roman or the English cubit,
little less. - -, -,
roco above terrace the number of twenty, tho
ton one resting on the outer walls ana even
with the balustrade The terraces were
unbeld by immensely strong galleries, whose
cc;l;nos were fortified ofhewn stones slxteer
feet long and four wide. Resting on these
stones was layer of reeds, mixed with
treat quantity of asphalt, and on this was
double floor of fre-dricd bricks laid in mor'
tar finally. q floor of lead plates to prevent
apy moisture from penetrating the founda
t;ons Of the terraces, the soil of which restet
directly on the leaden floor and was
sufficient depth to hold and nourlsh tree
fifty feet high, and thousands of rare Piant
culled from all parts of the known world.
All these were kept in perennially Hour
ishing condition, we are Informed, by wate
raised from the Euphratss through the al
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1873-12-04

ADoG SroRY.-It is related of Sir Edwin
Lapdsser that when once visiting Scotland
he stopped at little village which was
supplied with dogs; Landseer,
as was his custom, amused himself by making
rapid sketches Of such as pleased his fancy.
The next day, as he resumed his journey, he
was distressed to see dogs suspended in all
directions from the trees, or drowning In
the rivers with stones round their necks.
He stopped weeping urchin who was hur-
rying off with pet pupin his arms, and learn
cd. to his dismay, that he was supposed to be
an excise officer who was taking notes of all
the dogs he saw in order to prosecute the
owners for unpaid taxes, so the people had
hastsnsd to dispose Of their pets 10 escape
taxation.
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MONKEY sAaAo1rY.-It was wild aud
dreary part Of the country, in the plains Of
India, whilo journeying, that one day .
friend and myself sat down under the shade
Of an outrageous banyan tree, and We were
enjoying meal of various sdibles, to be
washed down by glass Of Bass best, when
We were disturbed by the arrival and the
noise of troop of large black-faced mon
keys the branches overhead literally swarm
ed with them. They looked on US a. inter-
lopers, no doubt. and for some time their
gestures appeared so menacing that we were
apprehensive they would dispute the ground
with U.S. But after time things seemed to
settle down, and We went on with our repast
in peace. We had just risen from our meal,
and were strolling forth from under the shade,
when to our surprise, one Of the monkeys
a young one-fell down from high branch
at our feet. 1t was quite dead. The clam
or that arose above us on the occurrence was
deafening. The whole assembly of monkeys
clustered together for confab. Long and
loud were the gatherings and various the
grimaces of the tribe, each individual vieing
with the other in the loudness of his tongue.
Their looks and gestures made it apparent
that they suspected us as being the cause Of
the death of their juvenile comrade; and
had we had guns in our hands, or any other
murderous weapons, We should no doubt
have been set upon aud maltreated. But we
we're unarmed, and the good sense Of the
monkeys seemed to:tell then: that there must
be some other culprit Having come to
this conclusion, one monkey, apparently the
senior and leader of the whole tribe, separat-
ed himself from the rest, ran to the spot on
the branch whence the young monkey had
fallen, examined it carefully, smelt the
branch and then glided nimbly down one Of
the pillars or pendant roots, and came to the
corpse of the monkey, took it up, examined
it minutely, particularly the shoulder, where
there was q small wound. Instinct immedi-
ately turned sus picion into certainty. He
placed tho corpse on the ground again and
turning his gaze in every direction, endeav-
ored to pierce the foliage in his search for
the murderer After little while some,
instant he had mounted the tree, sprung to
the spot, and with one clutch had seized a
long whip snake, with which he fastened
to the ground. Now occurred most curious
scene. The whole monkey rabble, following
their leader, were on ths ground almost
as soon as he; then as many as could, ranged
themselves on each side ofthe snake. Each
monkey put his hand onthe reptile clutching
hold Of the skin of the back tightly. At
given signal, the s1ecutioners dragged the
writhing snake backward and. forward on
the ground, till nothing was left Of the mur'
derer but the back bone. The mode Of exc.
cution was efectual, and in the way it was
carried out, showed the clear understanding
which the monkey language conveys-
Travels in India.
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A few weeks ago baby was taken into a
church to be baptized, and his little brother
was present during that rite On the 1ol- M
lowing Sunday, when the baby was under
going his ablutiohs and dressing, the little
brother asked mamma if she intended to %
ca,rv Willie to be christened. "Why, no,
replied his mother; "don't you know, my
SON, that people are not baptized twice r
What p returned the young reasoner WIN
the utmost astouishmsnt, mot it 1t don
TAKE The Arst time y
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of machinery concealed from view in certain
rooms made in the galleries. The galleries
also contained many royal apartments,
variously decorated and furnished. Decent.
ly lighted they could not have been but one
can easily imagine that walk around tho
upper terraces on fine moonlight night, the
senses charmed by soft music and by waves
of perfume rising from the wilderness Of how-
srs and shrubs below, must have been en-.
chanting.-Marie Howland.
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head when all his Turkish rhubard-men were
afraid Of the Caliph's vengeance if they
should hurt him. Mott took it from his head
as if the Caliph was turnip, and great was
the wonder of the faithful. For this the
doctor was rewarded, but he despised the
decorations which were rendered him. His
son Thaddeus, however, availed himself OF
the old surgeons fame when he went over to
Turkey in Andrew Johnson's time, to inves-
tigate the completely of our minister, Jay
Morris, in the Cretan revolt. Thaddeus
Morris married Greek woman, who furnish
ed the harem with haberdashery, and got ad-
mittance to the Sultan's bowers, which is in
the East, influence. Blacqus Bey, a convert to
the faith, and afterwards Minister Of the. Uni
ted States, married Gen. Mett's sister. The
Khedive Of Egypt, who is always seeking to
get influence with the sublime porte, his
sovereign, offered Gen. Mott staff position
in his army, expecting to be step nearer
the ear and the mouth of the Sultan. He
also got the idea that he would have num-
Der of American officers brought out to
Egypt for these would be detached from
European diplomacy. and would not not so
much excite the Sultan's jealousy. Mott
came to New York, and there he saw great
crowd of dis charged rebels drinking around
the hotels, poor, ruined, and borrowing. His
warm heart took pity on them, and he would
say to this one and that one: "Well, I'll
give you position" He was obliged to
discharge the bills Of some Of those, and 9th
ers had not even the money to rideiu car.
riage to the steamship.
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THE CURSE OF DRINK.-The appetite in
man for strong drink has spoiled the lives Of
more women-ruined more hopes for them,
scattered more fortunes for them, brought to
them more sorrow, shame and hardship
than any other evil there is. The country
numbers tens-nay, hundreds of thousands
who are widows to-day because their hus-
bands have been slain by strong drink.
There are hundreds of thousands of homes
scattered over the land in which women live
lives of torture, going through all the
changes of suffering that lie between the ex-
tremes of fear and despair, because those
whom they love love, wine better than they do
the women they lave sworn to love.
There are women by thousands who dread
to hear at the door the step that once filed
them with pleasure, because that step has
learned to reel under the influence of the Sc
ductive poison. There are women groaning
with pain, while we'write these words, from
bruises and brutalities inflicted by husbands
made mad by drink. There can be no ex-
-aggeration in any statement in regard to this
matter, because no human ImagInutluu vuu
create anything worse than the real picture
of the truth in all its terrible colorings.
The sorrows and horror of q wife with a
drunken husband are as near the realization
of hell as can be reached, in this world, at
least. The shame, the indignation, the sor,
row and the sense of disgrace for herself and
her children, the poverty, and not un-
frequently the beggary, the fear and the fact
of violence, the lingering lifelong struggle
and despair of countless women with drunken
husbands, are enough to make all women
curse wine, and engage unitedly to oppose
it everywhere as the worse enemy OF their
sex.-Dr. Holland.
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DR. MORT AND THE SULTAN--A A number
of Confederate officers says Washington let,
ter, got employment in Egypt at from you
to $500, per month, in the following curious
way. Gen Mott, their ranking officer, was
the son of Valentine Mott, the great Amsri-
osu SURGEON, Who cut the wsrt cf thU Sultans
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ROME ia, NOV. 9th, 1913.
Some time since alluded through your
columns to new book by Major Chas. H.
Smith, then in press, entitled "Peace Papers,
by Bill Arp" The work has since been
issued, and I take the liberty ofssnding you
a few excerpts beginning with the
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PHOTOGRAPHS.

The undersigned having return
ed and opened a gallery will be
pleased to see his friends.
With more experience and M
PROVED APPARATUS he feels
more capable than ever before Of
pleasing the people.
Come and have your pictures
made before grim winter with his
frost and SHOWS pounces upon us.
Gallery in Workman House.
A. B. LEE.
Camden, s. c., Sept. II, 1873.
, 1873-01-09

We SHALL MEET AGAIN.-The follow
ing is said to be one of the most bril-
liant articles ever written by the lament
ed Geo. D. Prentice:
The fiat Of nature is inexorable. There
is no appeal for relief from the great
law which dooms us to dust. We
flourish and fade as the leaves of the
forest, and the flowers that bloom and
wither in day have no Trailer hope up
on life than the m;ghtiest monarch that
ever shook the earth with his footsteps
on the shore. Men seldom think of the
great event of death until the shadows
falls across their own pathway, hiding
from their eyes the faces of loved ones,
whose living smile was the sunlight of
their existence. Death is the antagonist
of life, and the cold thought of the tomb
is the skeleton of feasts. We do not
want to go through the dark valley, al
though its dark passage may lead to
Paradise; We do not want to lie down in
damp grave, even with princes as bed
fellows. In the beautiful drama of
'.Ione," the hope of Immortality utter
ed by the death devoted Greek, finds
deep response in every thoughtful soul.
When about to yield his existence as a
sacrifice to fate his Clamantha asked if
they should meet again, to which he re-
piled: 81 have asked that dreadful
question of the bills that look eternal
of the clear streams that flow forever
of the stars among whose fields of azure
my raised spirit has walked in glory.
All are dumb; but as I gaze upon thy
living face, l feel that there is some
thing that mantles through its beauty
that cannot wholly perish. We shall
meet again, Clamantha.
, 1873-01-09

From Washington dispatch of the
21st ult. it appears that the President is
in earnest about the suppression of pol
ygamy in Utah. The dispatch says:
At Washington it is thought the rolyg-
amy problem will soon be settled by the
administration. The delegations in the
interest of Brigham Young in that city,
who recently came from Utah, are work
ing with less hope to avert the coming
storm. President Grant has recently
expressed determination to put an end
to Mormon institutions. After the ho,-
idays the necessary laws will be presen-
ted in Congress. Rumors OF impending
changes among the high officials in Utat
are current.
, 1873-01-09
Chinese Proverbs.

Confucius said: To dwell with a good
man is like entering house wherein
are the fragrant elan" flowers; after
while you may not seem to smell the
fragrance, because you yourself have
changed (your whole person has be-
come impregnated with the fragrance.)
To dwell with bad man IS like en-
tering market Of abalones Ia large shell
fish !; after while You do not notice
the stencil, because you yourself have
changed-(your garments are saturated
with IT'D
The vessel in which cinnabar is stor-
ed will have the carnation color; the
vessel which contains black varnish will
become black.
Therefore. all ye gentlemen, take
great care with whom ye associate.
Association with good men is like the
fragrance. of the lan-wai flower. Let
one man ultiyate it, and all people will
enjoy its fragrance.
Association with bad men is like car
rying child to the top of wall; Il the
man misses his step, both will meet
with disaster.
In the family sayings of Confucius it
is said: To dwell with good man is
like walking in gentle mist; although
your garments do not become suddenly
wet, yet they are all the time imbiblng
the moisture.
Among mankind we use riches to try
friendship-(real friendship is tested by
wealth and poverty.) Fire is used for
trying gold. With water We take stick
to sound it as to deepness or shallow
ness.-Orerland Monthly tor january.
, 1873-01-09
A SCENE IN THE HOUSE. There was a

A SCENE IN THE HOUSE. There was a
genuine sensation in the House on We'd
nesday, the 11th ult. It only lasted a
few minutes, but it brought all the
members to their feet and sent them
trooping down the aisles toward the
space in front of the Speakers desk
An alteration between two Pennsylva-
MIA members was the cause. Mr.. Town
send had protest read against the bill.
signed by Gen. Hartranft and others on
behalf of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie. and which was prepared some time
during the last session. and declared
that for saying on the stump that Hart
ranft had signed such a paper he had IA
times been called liar by Republi-
can paper iu his district. Mr.. Speer,
Democrat, said that the signers were po-
litical soldiers, and that the Grand Army
Of the Republic was political organi-
zation. Mr.. Townsend replied that this
was because the soldiers were Republi-
cans while the Democrats were rebels.
This produced au instantaneous COM
motion ON the Democratic side of the
House. Mr.. Monson of Indiana, who
was brigadier-general in the war. rush
ed towards Townsend, brandishing his
fist and shouting "That is lie." A
number of other Democrats who We're
officers of volunteers sprang up and
made similar exclamations. Mr.. Speer
said, That statement is false in fact
and unworthy of my colleague
at is worthy of him yor mean." ex-
claimed Mr.. Morgan. &c Worthy of
him." echoed score of voices.
The phalanx of the Democracy began
to flock to the front and rally around
Speer and Monson, and on the other
side the Republicans were nearly all
on their feet pressing forward down the
aisles. Mr. Randall made his way thro'
the press of Democrats and vociferated
at Townsend:
"Where were you during the war I? b"
81 was at home." replied Townsend.
eyes, you were at home making mo-
ney out of the soldiers" said Randall.
"Where were you ?" retorted Town
send.
"I was a private" Randall replied.
&c In the Home Guards. suggested some
one on the Republican side. The prin-
cipal disputants. Townsend and Speer.
preserved their temper in the midst of
this turmoil and little vigorous rap
ping of the Speakers mallet calined the
excitement and restored order.
The bill which caused all this ado
had already been so severely handled by
Gen. Hawley of Connecticut that very
title life was left in it. 1t was Hawley's
maiden speech as member. and he at
once took favorable rank as o debater,
speaking with strong, clear voice, ,rath-
er to rapidly and nervously, but max
ing sound, effective points. He showed
that the bill was practically fraud up
on the soldiers, because the land certi-
fcates it proposed to give them could
not be sold for enough to pay the claim
agents fees and the cost of locating
them. He doubted if they would sell
for $5 apiece.
, 1873-01-09


A law has just gone ih.o effect in Illi-
nois which authorizes the appointment
of guardians for habitual drunkards. A
jury decides me question of unfitness
of the drInkard to administer his affairs,
notice being served on the party to
tie effect that an application has been
made to the court, after the serving of
which he is debarred from transferring
his property or making valid contracts.
The heirs of an Illinoisian, who fatal
ly fractured his skull by falling out of
his wagon while intoxicated, have recov-
cred $1,000 damages from the bar-keep-
er wLo sold him the liquor.
, 1873-01-09

The official report of the Court of En-
gineers, held at Nassau to investigate
the loss of the steamship Missouri, has
been received in Washington. It says
that the Missouri went to sea without
the testing of her new boilers and re-
paired machinery, and that the fire orig
mated from the defective felting of the
boiler; also, that the supply of boats
was insufficient, and their adjustment
improper, and that there was total
want of discipline and organization af-
ter the fire broke out. OF SO persons
on board 70 perished.
, 1873-01-09

SUBSIDIZED EDIToRs-The following
remarks of an Enstern journal apply as
well to this locality as any other: "rhere
is hardly ring of thieves in the coun-
try that has not newspaper partner.
Hit public thief and you will hear the
soueal of an editor. The nasty little
county rings throughout this state. and
all the states, have the regular partisan
editors bribed and muzzled. This IS
not always OF often. done IN gross form.
'Peiquisites' are employed--the spoil IS
share the official advertising is.care-
fully bestowed. So the press is. taken
care Of"
, 1873-01-09

The Locks of the Willamette Falls, at
Oregon City, are completed, and were
opened to the passage of boats, with
imposing ceremonies, on the New Years
day. The work, including five locks,
has all been done under the direction of
Isaac w. Smith, Esq, and is highly
commecded by all as most creditable
example of his engineering skill and
untiring energy. Many believed it could
not he accomplished in the manner and
within the time specified by law. Both
conditions have been fully complied
with,
, 1873-01-09
Gardner Kellogg !
vs..
Moses r. Mad6ocks.

IN THE SUPREME COURT.
The case is this:
The plaintiff filed his complaint in
the District Court alleging as his cause
of action:
That in July, 1869, defendant com
menced suit against him in the District
Court of King County. to recover sum
Of money alleged to be due.
That issue was joined, and, the cause
heard, and. that defendant testified in
the case, which testimony was wilfully
false, and was given for the purpose OF
wronging plaintiff herein.
That he was taken by surprise by
reason Of said testimony.
That the District Court rendered judg-
ment against him in said cause; motion
for a new trial was made and overruled;
that in truth, and in fact he owed de-
fendant nothing.
That a bill IN equity was filed by the
defendant to subject separate property of
plaintiffs wife, to payment of said judg-
ment; that by advice of able counsel he
paid the judgment.
That the matter of said alleged per-
jury was laid before the Grand Jury,
Who fully Investigated the charge, and
refused to find bill.
All of these proceedings of the de-
fendant in bis suit in said court, against
plaintiff, were malicious, and for the
sole purpose of annoying and injuring
the plaintiff herein.
The defendant interposed his demuc-
rer in tbs court below for the reason
that the complaint does not state facts
sufficient to cause an action.
The demurrer was sustained and
Judgment rendered for defendant, who
brings his cause to this court for re-
view, alleging the ruling of the District
Court on demurrer rs error.
This is most extraordinary proceed
ing; it IS IN fact an attempt to retry
question of fact tried by the District
Court in another and different case.
The original case of Murddock VS..
Kellogg raised the question as to the in
debetedness of Kellogg to MaddocKs that
issue was tried and decided against the
plaintiff herein. He made his motion
for a new trial on the ground of sur
prise; this motion was denied, but IN
stead of presenting to the appellate
court the question as to the correctness
as to the judgment of the District
Court, he has brought this suit to again
try the same question:
1T would be against public policy,
and convenience; it would be productive
of enuless litigation and it would be
contrary to established precedent to al
low the losing party to try the cause
over again in counter suit, because he
was not prepared to meet his adversary
at the trial of the first suit, and in
Phelps VS.. Stearns, Gray 105, it is
held that there is no precedent for such
action, and that the authorities are nu-
merous, that no such action can be
maintained at common law.
Were the position of counsel for
plaintiff correct, such proceeding as q
motion for new trial would be heard
of no more in our courts. But the same
issues would be from time to time
heard in collateral proceedings. The
courts would be filled with actions and
counter actions. The end of a case
would never be reached.
The judgment of the court below
should be affirmed.
LEWIS, J.
We concur, o. JACOBS, G. j.
r. S. GREENE, j.