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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-21
SOMEBODY BLUNDERED |!
CRUSHING DEFEAT OF THE TROOPS
By THE MODOO INDIANS.

Preparing for Act1on-The Want OF Co.
operation-Fighting an Unseen Foe
Gallant Behavior OF the Troops
They Fall Back and Await Reinforce
ments-Forty Soldiers Killed and
Wounded, and No savages Slain.
BAN FRANCISCO, January 20.
A dispatch from Yreka to-day states that g
message had just arrived at that place from
the headquarters of General Wheaton, com.
mandlng the troops In action against the Mo-
doc Indians.
A severe battle was fought last Friday BY
the troops under the command of General
Wheaton, consisting of two hundred and fifty
regulars, two companies OF Oregon volunteers,
and twenty-five rIfemen of California. under
the command of Capt. Falrchlld, making alto
pether about four hundred men. The battle
took place near the eastern shore OF Tnle
Lake. Capt. Bernard, on Thursday, went
around the north end of the lake to the east
side, and to the east of Capt. jacks position.
He was to sdvance against Captain Jack
from the east, and Gen. Wheaton from
the southwest. Tue forces on the latter
to be under cover of the fire OF the
howitzers. On Thursday night such dense
fog enveloped the country that they could not
see forty yards. The two forces were about
twelve miles apart; though, to communicate
with each other, It was necessary to GO much
greater distance. On Friday morning Captain
Bernard opened battle against Captain JACK,
who had about two hundred warriors con-
cealed among the rocks along line OF two
miles In length. General Wheaton heard the
firing, and had no alternative but to move to
the aid of Captain Bernard without the fire OF
the howltzers.
The troops fought an unseen foe from eight
o'clock in the morning. to dark, under ter
rife fire, during which scarcely one Indian
was seen. The loss 10 the troops was forty
killed and wounded. The loss of the Modocs
Is unknown. The troops were finally obliged
to retreat 10 their camps. Bernard's forces
bore the brunt OF the battle, and suffered ter
rlbly. All The cavalry fought on foot. Among
the killed are Frank Trmble and g. B. Brown,
of Oregon. g. W. Roberts, was mortally
wounded. Captain PER-, OF the regulars, Ia se.
rously and Lieutenant Kyle slightly wounded.
The movement ls called reconnaissance In
force of Captain Jacks position. The leaders
say they think about one thousand men will
be required to dIsodge him from the lava
beds. The troops for the present will only
try to prevent the Modocs from ralding on
the settlements, and will walt for reinforce
mepts.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-21

far been subscribed towards the building Of
the jewish Synagogue In Wilmington.
1t Ia feared that the recent heavy rains
may cause another freshet In the Cape Fear
Rlver.
The Raleigh News says that along tie
people are making general exodus.
Ex-Governor Vance will lecture at an
early day before the Wilmington Library As.
Bociatiop.
William Jackson, colored man, was ar
rested In Wilmington, on the 10Th instant,
charged with robbing the United States mail.
The friends of temperance. of Charlotte,
c., gave an oyster supper last week, aud
got along remarkably we'll with nothing
stronger than coffee.
AT meeting of the Building Association
OF Wilmington, held On the 18th instant. thir-
teen shares of stock were redeemed at $l52 so
per share.
The Wilmington Star continues to handle
the Wilmington, Augusta and Columbia Rail-
road without gloves, In relation to the delay ID
transportation OF freight.
"A boat containing .one white man and
three colored men capsized near the dock at
Wilmington, on the 10Th, and one of the col
ored men was drowned.
Rev. Thomas Ward White, of South Caro-
lima, preached at the First Presbyterian
Church in Wilmington on Sunday evening
last.
"A Wilmington burglar, fearing return of
the cold spell, broke into MIR. Louis Williams
residence, flight or two ago, and helped him
self to number of blankets and quilts.
"A public meeting will be held In Whining
ton to-day, at which General Stuart will ex-
plain the objects, Intentions and resources OF
the proposed Norfolk, Wilmington and
Charleston Railroad.
An attempt at suicide was made In VIII
miDgton on the 18th Inst. by Mrs. Skipper,
who took q quantity of landanum, but a
stomach pump was applied in time to save
her.
"A disastrous fire occurred in Wilmington
on Thursday morning. at the foot OF Castle
street, IN which $1,000 worth of naval stores
were burned, the wharf damaged, and build
ings destroyed worth about $500. The fire s
supposed to have been the work OF an In
oendiary.
Florida.
Cotton thieves still infest Jefferson and
Gadsden Counties.
The Suwanee County people have caught
the Texas emigration fever.
Wood hauers OF Pensacola break the
fourth commandment once per week.
Many of the farmers of Alachua County
will plant more cane this year than formerly.
The ReGempllonist Fathers contemplate
holding mission ln Jacksonville at an early
day. Father Gross, q distinguished Catholic
orator, Ia expected to be present.
The extension of the Jacksonville. Pensa-
cola and Mobile Railroad, west OF the Quincy
Depot TO Chattahoochee. was sold on Monday,
7th instant, by the sheriff of Gadsden County,
for the sum OF $4,000.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-21
THE CANALS AND TIE COTTON Tx.

Provisions Of the New Bill TO Refund
Reported on February 13-Uncon-
ditional Repeal OF tho Bankrupt
Law.
WARRINGTON, January 20.
The bill for the refunding OF the cotton TAX,
as agreed upon by tn members OF the House
from the cotton-growlng States, IN their meet
Ing on Saturday last, answers the bill now
pending before the committee on ways and
means by declaring, in the first section, that
restitution OF the tax shall be made 10 the
party who actually paid the tax, whether pald
by himself or agent, attorney or factor, and
adding to the fourth section proviso that all
entries, receipts or other efficient testimony
shall be solely to the benefit OF The producer;
unless 1t shall afirmatively appear that some
other party paid said tax and has not been re-
paid the same. The bill, ss above amended,
was introduced this morning by Mr.. Pierce. Of
Mississippi, and referred to the committee on
ways and means.
In the House, q large number Of bills we're
introduced, Including another to organize the
Indian Territory OF Oklahama; also that no
person shall be promoted In the army VINO ID
addicted to the Incorporate use OF liquor or
drugs. On motion ofNsgev. Of Pennsylvania,
the committee on commerce shall be author
lied 10 report bill or bills relating TO lines OF
Internal water communication. Young, Of
Georgia, introduced, and the House passed,
under suspension Of the rules, 9, bill to pay
what is due to the census-takers Of the census
OF 1860, residing In the Southern states, whose
payment was withheld on account OF the war,
or on account OF their disloys!ty.
Bingham, of Ohio, from the judiciary com.
mittes, reported q bill defnlng the true intens
and meaning of the act OF the sth OF june.
1872, amending the bankrupt act 10 the same
a. are allowed In the various States.
Hazelion, OF Wisconsin. moved as suosti.
tute Tor the bill, one repeating the bankrupt
law entirely, which was carried. Yeas l29;
nsys 60; 80, under suspension Of the rules,
the bill repeating the bankruptcy act was
passed. Adjourned. -,.
The documents regarding the Louisiana AZ
fairs TO accompany the Presidents message,
have been printed. The judiciary committee
take hold OF the matter Immediately.
A bill was introduced for the remova! OF
Colonel Tnomos Hardeman's political disaoill-
Ties
In the Senate the petition Of Wendell Phil
lips and others for q prohibitory liqnor law
was presented The judiciary committee re.
ported adversely upon the bill for the renei
OF the Boston sufferers.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-21
fFRoM QUE OWN CORRESPONDENT

Taxes.
[FRoM QUE OWN CORRESPONDENT
GRgENvnLE, January is.
Property here is changing hands much
faster than usual, and Is rising In value. A
Canadian settlement is soon to be made. The
land is already purchased, and portion OF
the colony have come; they are Catholics, and
we expect many to follow In their wake. Il
is but the beginning OF large immigration.
1t is now settled that the workshops of the
Air Line Railroad will be located here. They
are looking out for location, at this time,
and proposing to purchase. This will bring q
population of from five hundred 70 one thous-
and persons; and this, with the many settlers
from the adjoining counties, will soon make
us In fact, what We are now only In name,
city. With 8 direct line Of railroad to New
York on the east, to New Orleans on the west,
and Charleston on the south, and an expected
one 10 Ashevile, n. c., on the north, what
more could we wish as to transportation facil-
tiles ? And then the climate, the water power,
the superior educational advantages, the COL
leges and universities, and the new TACT, but
most important 10 us that, with commercial
fertilizers, we can plant aud raise cotton, ad-
vantageously, twenty miles above this, ct the
very base Of the Blue Ridge, what is to pre-.
vent us becoming the Atlanta Of the up-coun-
try of South Carolina!
AT the base OF Table Rock two OF our farm
ers, with commercial fertilizers, raised cotton
to great advantageous three bags and the
other four. All operations In the farming
community have now ceased, and 1t will be
difficult TO supply the demand this spring.
Old worn out lands are, with The fertilizers,
considered equal In value to bottom lands.
great revolution has thus taken place In tho
agricultural prospects OF the State, and none
need move out Of this State to nnd the best
bottom lands.
The new Republican paper, to be published
here, will be out In week or TWO. 1t Will be
highly conservative-Republic and not BAD
Zealand gentleman who has been Invited to
edit 1t, and has 1t under consideration, 10
man of perfectly Southern sentiments and 10
the manor born.
The popular feeling here is for the abolition
of party lines. The most sensible men think
tha: the Democratic organization Is like hoops
that bind up barrel, which would iRll TO
pieces If let alone; thai outward pressure ts
The source OF its conservation, and that II the
Democrats would not oppose them they would
divide into many boiling parties and lose
their power.
The weather here Is like spring, and the
business OF The place is like Christmas times
there is such crowd OF wagons coming ana
going. There Ia also much money IN Inc
country, and the bank here is getting many
deposits. Taxes are paid cheertully. Our
tax In this county is fifteen mills for legtsla-
live or Slate assessment, three mills for AIR
Line Rail Road bonds, making eighteen mills,
aud then the city tax, say seven mills, WILL
make twenty-five mila; 80 you see taxes are
like rivers, always getting larger. sohnRs.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-21
SPaRKs FROM THE WIRES.

The senatorial deadlock In Montgomery
continues.
The United States senats s,,I mas 9 not acted
upon the resignation OF Juose Busteed, OF
Alabama.
T. Dallas, aud great granddaughter of
BENJAMIN Franklin, died yesterday.
The st. Louis merchants have formed an
association known as the "St. Louis 1nterna
tionai Industrial Exposition with a view o
bringing forward the merits OF that City at the
coming exposition. Their capital stock Ii
81. .Q0O 900.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-21
Gnneral q oLllEs.

n.posy~nied' January 10, 1873, JOHN Ed.
vInn DIpRAY, aged So years, months and 10
days.
rs HIS FRIENDS AND THOSE OF
h,o family are invited to attend his Funeral ssr-
vices, at St. Mary's Church, This AFTERNOON, at
O'Clock. jau]A
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-21
GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM.
The cooiie Business In Cuba.

NEW YORK, January 20.
A drama entitled 1.-The Jesults IN America"
announced for last evening az tne SladC inca
ire was Withdrawn at the request Of the Re-
demptorist Fathers.
The hnlk roes 10 his wife and three daughters.
Eight liquor dealers have been arrested In
Brooklyn.
coolies have arrived there, worth six hundred
dollars per head. It s reported In Havana
that a large expedition, composed OF the
friends of the Cuban reVolullonlsts, WIN arms
aud ammunition, have arrived safely near
Geo. Francis Train having refused to give
ball remains in the Tombs.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-21
TIE BIRTHDAY OF LEE.

SAVANNAH, January 20.
General Lees birthday was celebrated with
great eclat. The first parade OF the military
since the war took place. The First Georgia
Volunteers, battalion of the Chatham Artil-
lery, and the Georgia Hnssars paraded In uni
form. General Wade Hampton delivered an
address The day was generally observed as
a holiday. and resembled the 4lh OF July be-
fore the war
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-21
STRIDES OF THE SMALL POI.
Three Thousand Cases i'm Boston.

Three Thousand Casos In lb0st0n.
BOSTON, January 20.
The small pox is prevalent here and In the
Vicinity TO an alarming extent. Tnree tnons,
and cases are reported. The victims are buried
at night.
The board of health urges the necessity Of
vaccinations, and requests prompt Information
Of Eew cases, and the cooperation OF the cltl'
zens generally 10 carrying out the proper sal.
itary measures for the extinction OF the smau
pOX.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-21

~ THE FRIENDS AND ACQUAINT-
ANCES OF Mr.. and Mrs. r. T. Thompson. also of
Mr.. J. d. and 8. Thompson, are respectfully In
vled to attend the Funeral Services OF Mrs. r. 7.
THOMPSON, at the Cathedral Chapel, Queen
street. THIS AFTERNOON, at o'clock. jan2l
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-21

THE RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND
Acqualntances OF Mrs. Thirza MAVEN 49, eIa n..s..,
lily are respectfully invited to sttena sne sunsr~
services Of her grandson, sTEfHEs hA4wELL,
from her residence, No. a norrts Etrest, TILL
AFTERNOON at hslf.pest M 'snA
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-21

@- THE RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND
Acqusintsnces of Mr.. and Mrs. Owen Morgan,
and Of MI. F. ]. Oaragher. are respectfully inVl''
ed to attend the Funeral OF Mrs. M0RG AN, nom
her residence, South street, at O'CLOCK r. ~
THIS DAY. 'o
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-21
NO QUORUM.

Both Houses OF tho Legislature Adjourn
To-Day.
[sPgo1AL TELEGRAM TO THE NYwa1
CoLUH3A, Monday, January 20.
When the Legislature reassembled at one
o'clock to-day there was no quorum, and both
houses therefore adjourned over to tosmor-
row. PICKET.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-21

the dlspleasure of the First Napoleon, and his
child legitimate. On the death Of his father,
brought suit In France to obtain his share of
his fathers estate. and TO be declared his euc-
cessor, in place of the issue by the Prince of
Wurtemburg. Without declaring his right
clearly, the court decided the marriage with
Miss Patterson legal, aud the Issue thereof en-
titled to bear the name OF Bonaparte. This
decision was rendered during the reign of
Napoleon ILL.,
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-21
GROWING GREENTILLE.

A Canadian Catholic settlement-A
Railroad Centre-Cotton in the Noun
tain Region-Politics, Weather ana
Taxes.
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The next day he left Florence, and she never
saw him again. Soon after this she returned
10 America and began the education of Je.
rome Napoleon Bonaparte. who was the only
Issue OF her unhappy marriage. He grad
uated at Harvard with distinction, in 1926,
and for time he studied law. At an early
age he abandoned it and married Miss Susan
Williams of Massachusetts, who was q lady
of great wealth, which, together with his own
resources, made him one of the richest men
In the country. His mother was much die.
pleased al his marriage, as she lad set her
heart on his getting princess: He frequent
ly visited Europe, and was on intimate terms
with
HIS FATHER, THE RULER OF wURTEMByRG,
aud received from him handsome allowance.
In personal appearance he was said to be al
most an exact counterpart of the First Napo-
leon. He died in the summer of 1870, in Bal
tlmore, leaving two children, the present Col
onel Jerome Napoleon BOnaparte, who is prob.
ably destined to figure coon 10 the political
fortunes of France, and Charles Joseph Bona.
parte, at present law student at Harvard.
Madame Bonaparte had early determined 10
| uphold the Claim to her issue to all emolu.
ments which would naturally accrue to him as
THE LEGAL soN OF JEROME,
brother OF Napoleon I, and to refuse any over.
| lures which the Emperor might be disposed
to make short of complete recognition of
her claims. The Emperor, therefore, refused
to have anything more to do with her, and
declared her son illegitimate. Madame Reca-
| mier told Madame Bonaparte that the Empe-
ror had said that 'he was afraid 10 meet her
| face to iace because of her great personal
| beauty. He Was afraid he might relent.'
Madame Bonaparte tells this story herself with
Infinite zest and all we print in regard to her
| is from her lips. The Pope being applied IL
to confirm the divorce, pronounced the first
marriage of Jerome Bonaparte legal, much to
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-06-28
Captain Jacks Genealogy.
The Son of an o.d Kentucky rihbus.er.
tFrom tn. rraaAtrt CKy) Yo.mau.l

tFrom the Frankfost (Ky) Yoeman
 It is at this time currently reported in tbis community, and by many believed, that Cap tain Jack, the celebrated Modoc chief, is the son of Captain Jack Chambers, a native and formerly well known citizen of the western part of this county. In support of this be- lief the following facts are given: About the year lS45 G, party of emigrants, made up of citizens of Franklin county and other parts of Kentucky, went to California on a fortune seeking expedition. With this party went Captain Jack Chambers, a bold, daring man, who, though full bluOded white man, possessed many of the characteristics, physi- cal as well as mental and moral, of tue In- dian brave. On reaching California the party gradually broke up and scattered, but 1t Is well known, and so reported by those wEO subsequently, returned to Kentucky, that Captain Jack Chambers fell in with the Mo doc Indians, married the daughter of their head chief. at whose death he Captain Chsmbers) succeeded to tue cbiettaiushlp by | election, and SO continued to tue day Ut hts death, only a few years ago. It is also said | that, after living with the Modocs some years, he became so much like the rest of the war riors of that tribe, both in speech snd gen eral physique, that the closest observer never suspected that he was other than iull- OoOded Indian. Besides, the captain hitn- self favored the delusion, and hence it is that we see it stated in all the sketches of Cap tain Jack, the present Modoc chief, that b, Is the son of full ll-booded chief of the tribe
 At the time of his joining the Modocs, Cap tain Jack Chambers was between thirty iiv, and forty years of age. Previous to his emi
 grafton to California, however, he had volun teered in the war for the independence o
 Texas, where he distinguished himself as { brave soldier and capital officer. It is an in
 teresting and remarkable fact in his personal history that he was of s family of twenty
 four children twenty -one sons and three daughtefs-sll of xhon grew to maturity
 most of whom are still living, and nearly al
 of whom were remarkable for physical quail
 ties closely resembling those of the higher types of tue American Indians.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-06-28

WONDERS OF NATURE.-It is q wonder ful thing 10 look abroad over the face of nature, and see how every mineral, vegetable and animal production is constituted, SO ss to minister in some way to the wants of man to see the vegeisble world silently engaged in extricating mineral matters from the soil, and storing them up for the use of man, and man, impelled by instinct, selecting these as his own proper food-to behold not only bis food and drink flowing constantly through the ever revolving cycle of three Kingdoms, but even his most valuable ornaments pre- sented through the same natural channel 1 It is more that wonderful, it is sublime, to view atom from atom of the whole creation unccssingly changing place, that man, the ford of creation, may DC abundantly supplied with all his comforts and luxuries; to see the lilies of the field, and the insects of the earth and air, living and dying for man, yield. ing up their lives for mans sustensnce and sdornment. True, ''the lilies of the field wake no thought for the morrow" but the unseen finger that opens their petals to the day points them out as the appropriate food to some of the animals whose life or death ministers to man The blooming cactus not only charms the eye of man, and makes the arid desert blossom as the rose, but it fur Riahga 6a aSd tRes B otAe &fs6' wHif6 the same resplendent dye.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-06-28

NEW APPLICATION oY YSrEAM.--On the llth of January last, Mir. McCarty secured a cav eat for what he calls "McCarty's Patent Smoke Consumer" and yesterday we wit messed its operation in the furnace of the Walker House boilers. IL is extremely sim pie, consisting merely of pipe, which conducts steam from the boiler to the furnace, where it is distributed by two Jets over the fire
 The philosophy of the working is, we believe, that the oxygen and hydrogen gases in the steam ignite on coming in contact with the fire. and the heat evolved Is SO intense tbat the smoke is consumed. That this is true is proved, by the fact that when the steam is on, no smoke is seen issuing from the stack, and the effect can be seen by the guage. It is clained-and from what VIC saw we be. lieve it to be so-that fully 25 per cent. of the fuel is saved by the application of the "smoke consumer" Different parties who have examined it say it can be applied to smelling furnaces with as much advantage as to boilers, and furnace men and those who use steam, should not neglect giving it an in- yestigation as it will undoubtedly be to their advantage. Salt Lake New Endowment.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-06-28

WHAT NEWSPAPERS DO FOR NorHrSc.-An exchange. speaking of newspapers and what IS expected of them, very forcibly remarks that "there is no business in all the wide world so subject to sponging as the art or trade of printing newspaper. Public corpo- rations, societies, and associations in general have peculiar ideas about papers They think they ought to print, puff, and publish all for nothing; that is, "free gratis" In other words, they seem astonished if asked half price only for cards of thanks, tributes of res. pect, personal communications, or anything else that only interest few persons, and not the general reader. They think it costs no money to advertise, puff, etc And thus one and another will sponge. They forget that it takes money to pay competitors, buy ink, type and paper; lastly they forget even Co thank you fur gratuitouSly putting their bus- ness or serving the public"
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-06-28

How TO MAKE FENCE Posrs IMsr FoR- EvER.-A correspondent of the Western Ru- ral says:
 1 discovered many years ago that wood could be made to last longer than iron, in the ground, but thought the process so simple and inexpensive that t was not worth mak- ing any stir about it. would as soon have poplar, bssswood or quaking asp as any other knd of timber for fence posts. I have taken out basswood posts after having been set sev- en years, that were as sound when taken up as when first put in the ground. Time and weather seemed to have no effect upon them. The posts can be prepared for less than two cents apiece. For the benefit of others will give the recipe: Take boiled linseed oil and stir it in pulverized charcoal to the consis. tency of paint. Put coat of this over the timber, and there is no man that will live to see 1t rot.