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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-24
YLATIMER q CLEARY,
- Auctioneers and Real Estate Brokers,
81 athWtst corner Of Pennsyiyana syenne and Eiev-

corner
enth street, Star Once Building.
By virtue Of . deed OF trust, dated on the zist
day Of March, A. d. 1871, and duly recorded In
L II, 10; f1lio Il &C., q the and records foi
patty secured thereby. We viii SELL 80 public auc-
9TH day OF April, A. b. iNL At O'Clock, D. M, The
ing in the city ofWsshins ton, D. G., and Known
on the ground plat or plan Of said city part Of
square south OF square numbered four hundred and
sixty-three, and contained within the following
the southwest corner OF said square, and running
thence north twenty feet three and half inches;
thence east thfrty-three feet SIX snd halfinches
thence north eleven inches: thence east fortysix
the line OF street south. eighty feet one
inch from the northwest corner OF said square:
thence east seventeen feet inches; thence south
westwardly to point on the line OF Virginia ave
ginning, and thence with said avenue to the place
q beginning. together with all the improvement
Terms OF sale: One fourth in cash, OF which $40
made IN equal iustzllments, with interest at tho
rate OF eight per cent. per annum, In six, twelve
and eighteen months from the day OF sale and Sc
cured BY deed q trust upon the premises sold.
after SALE Otherwise the trustees reserve the right
TO resell the properly, after one weeks public no
tice at the risk and cost OF the frst purchaser All
conveyancing e purchasers cost.
WM- A. FENWICK,
ap2-F.M,W&ds Auctioneers.
ETHE ABOVE SALE IS POSTPONED UN.
TIL MONDAY. April q, 1874. at S O'Clock p. m,
same place. BY order Of the Trustees;
-. a. ca LATIMER q CLEARY,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-24
DYE. m. wARNER,

IL Real Estate Broker and Auctioneer,
Federal Buildings, corner Seventh and Il sts.N.W.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE PROPERTY
ON NORTH STREET, BETWEEN SECOSD
AND THIRD STREETS EAST, AT PUBLIC
by virtue Of deed OF trust to Us, dated February
Il. fQi, and duly recorded In Liber No. Ia, folio
So ct seq. one Of the land records for Washington
county, District of Columbia and at the request Of
the party secured thereby, we will SELL in front OF
the premises, at pubic auction, on MONDAY,
April q 1874. at o'clock D. M, all that certain
piece or parcel Of ground lying and being situate
and distinguished upon tine ground plat or plan
thu reof as lot numbered eight r. In square num-
bered seven hundred and Afty-one 76i,) containing
8, 100 square feet.
months, With interest At ten per cent; per annum
from day OF stle. and securCd by deed OF trust ON
the properly sold. A derost or 500 when property
Il sold. All conyeysncing at cost OF purchaser. II
the terms OF sale are not complied with In seven
days the truste s reserve the right 70 resell the
property at the risk and cost or defaulting pur-
thaser. after at least five days Advertisement IN
some one or more newspapers pabiished IN WASH
AAe'0' CHARLES c. BURR, lr-..,o..
CHAS. A. ZIMMERMAN, AtuSsees+
ap-15w FS&ds ]. T. GOODWILL, salesman.
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orrrcr A. @. s. ronr reor.. MD.

OFFICE A. O. s., FohT FooTE, Nd,
Seated proposals. in duplicate, viii be received at
this Office until II m, MAY 1, 1874, for furnishing
ment, U. s. A, at this station, during the fiscal
year commencing July !, 1874. Also, separate pro-
the same period.
ments, &C. can be obtained by application TO
T. T THOREBURGH,
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nR. RORERns0H,

IL No. Fe Tenth street northwest, near Penn
sylvania avenue ONCE for the special treatment Of
all diseases Of the URINARY ORGANS. From
long experience in both hospital and private pr.e-
uee, Will guarantee permanent and radical cure
Representatives. or seminal weakness, lnvolun tary
seminal losses, impotency, mental and physical In
elects st5letures and All diseases q the skin. such
Pimples on the face and body; consumption, cpl
lepsy, and Ats induced By selflndulgence or sexual
eItravagnnce. Diseases recently contracted cured
in three e ave days syphilltc poison in all its
stages ersdicated from the system without the use
and q South Eutaw street, Baltimore, Nd, has
consented after many solicitations from his WASH
iuRton patrons, TO open permanent ONCE In that
cifI. where he MAJ be conslte4 every Wednesday
and Saturday In each week, from 70 p. m.
day from .. m. TO p. IN. tan29-tf
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DY Is. j. SWEET,
d Peal Esfafe Agent aud Auctioneor,
5ll Seventh street opp. Uni.cd States Posi- Once.
TRUSTEES, SALE OF TWO NEAT Two-sToRY
FRAME DWELLINGS WITH BACH BuIlO-
INGS ON THE EAST SIDE OF VERMONT AV.
ENUE, BETMEES AND 7 SIS, NORTH

lNGS ON THE EAST SlDE OE NEhMON1 AN.
ENUE, BETWEES AND T sTs., NORTH
By virtue OF two deeds Of trust both dated Feb. &
A. ID. fN3 duly recorltd In Libcf No. III folio II
Ct scu, and fote 6 ct sea-. one OF the laud records
for the county OF Wghington, District Of CSlIm-
oy. wewill sell, public auction. in ront OF the
premises, on WEDNESDAY, April Is 1871, at
o. clock p. m, all those pieces or parcels OF ground
situate IN the city OF Warrington. ID. O., known
seventeen (i7l In Walter u. Pumphrey's recorded
subdivision OF square Numbered three hundred and
thirtyfour (sf each lot fronting fourteen Cd feet
two ~ inches on Vermont avenue, and running
BY two-story frame dwelling with one-story back
Teims: socp, with 10 per cent interest from Au-
gust ~ isA to day OF sale aud xpt OF sae In
months. for which The notes OF the purchaser or
PURCHASES. bearing interest from day Of sale and
secured by deed OF trust tine property sold. viii
be taken: 600 on each house Will be required rs q
deposit at time OF sale. All eonyeysbcing at pnr.
chaser i cost. II terms OF sale are complied
with IN seven days The trustees the Tisht
resell the properly at the risk and cost OF the de-
faultlnR purchaser parcseeIs ant hve lsys' adj
vcrtiseincnt In some more twspa pIis pub
lished In washington s,ty p;
GEORGE W. srIckNEi,
mar2s-s, Tu, Th&ds
-ETaE ABOVE SALE . PosTpokED Ux:
phl DSSkksPsIR bbPas wkNkk n hol aad
GEORGE W. sTIckSkY. 5ii1'''s''
ETHEABoyE SALES POSTPONED UNTIL
BRAfNARD II. WARNER, r,n.,.e,.
apz3-d&ds K. J. SWEET. Auct.
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PROVISIONS.

CENTRE MARKET STALLS.
~ Nos.
SIS, 6s9. $50.
JOHN u. KELLEY,
Butcher and deaer in choice meats Invites the at
tention Of the public to his choice stock Of meats,
consisting OF Beef, Lamb, Mutton and Veal. He
offers nothing but the best in his line, and guaran-
tees satisfaction. Marketing delivered 70 an paris
Of the city free Of charge. mhB-u
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AIRHARHTIOAL
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Containing Cards Of FIrSt-CInss Esfab-
Ifshments I'm All branches OF Busi-
ness I'm the District.

3~EvEKfBODY SHOULD C0nS SfSa
S THIS DIRECTORY BEFORE MAhhSyy y
PURCHkSES. OR TRANSACTiNGGp ~ ~
KIND OF BUSINESS In THE DAeA
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-24
RY q. II. RYAN q co..,
II Real Estate Brokers and Auctloneers,
No. 623 Seventh street northwest
TRUSTEES, SALE OF A Two-AND-A-HALI
STORY BRICK pWELLIN9, No. 4i3 SIXTH

TRUsTEES, SALE OF A Two-AND-A-HALF
STREET SOUTHWEST, At AUCTION.
BY virtue Of q deed OF trust dated March 20. a.
1o one Of the land records for Washington county,
In the District Of Columbia, and at lhe request oil
the party secured thereby, we will sell at public
auction, In front Of the premises, on MONDAY,
April Ia at O'Clock, p. the following
trtct of Columbia, TO wit: Lot numbered fifteen.
uA) In TODD 3 Gunneli's subdivision Of square
gethcr with tho improvements, consisting OF two
story brick dwelling, with slate roof and
Terms: Two THOUSAND dollars, and interest At ten
per cent. from March %, 1874 to day OF sale, and
expenses OF sale IN cash. balance At SIX and twelve
months for which the notes Of the purchaser, bear
ing interest from the date of sale, aud secured
deed Of trust On the property, will be taken. de-
post OF 800 will be required at time OF sale. All
conveyancing at expense Of purchased. Terms 70
be complied with In seven days, The property win
be resold at the risk and cost OF the deaultng pur
-.
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PROVED PROPERTY ON THE SOUTHEAST
CORNER OF AND CANAL SOUTH
WEST. AND ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER
OF 6KrA1nHp FIRST STREETS SOUTHWEST AT
By virtue Of. a deed OF trnst TO Daniel L. Eaton
one OF the land records for Washington county, In
the District OF Columbia and at the request OF the
party secured thereby Il As the surviving trustee,
Will sell In front OF the premises, on FRIDAY,
April IL. 1874 az 4:s0o'clock D. m, the following
ton, d. c., 70 wit: Lot numbered SIX. in square
numbered 1--WE hundred and ninety nine (59eO also,
part of square numbered 1--WE hundred and ninety
three, (s oeglnnlugfo for the same at the northeast
corner Of said square and running thence west
half (I7l feet, thence east ono hundred Coo fee:,
thence north one hundred and seventeen and one
half QI75S) feet to the place OF beginning.
Terms: $50 in cash and the balance at twelve and
twenty-fou months for which the notes OF the pur
per annum from the day OF sale, and secured BY .
deed Of trust on the property sold. will be taken
deposit OF 500 viii be required at the time OF sale
All conVeyancink at expense OF purchaser, IL
terms OF sale are not complied with In seyeudays
aer sale the trustee the right to resell the
chaser amer 1--WE days advertisement 10 or
more newspapers published In Washingtonsi city. ID.
c. GEORGE w. STlCkNEY.
ap9ThSTu&ds Surviving trustee.
RITE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED on
1874, same hour AID place. .,,o
ap1s-sTuTh&ds Ut. GOODWILL, Salesman.
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sS-rHE ABOVE SALE Is PosTPoNED UNTIL
SATURDAY, April 3, 1874, same hour aud plAce.
G sk66HsHE w Il sTi MksEYYh' Trustees,
apz3-d&ds e. j. SWEET, Auct.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-24
GEoRGE ". sTiCKNEY. Trustees.

4STHE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED UN-
TIL WEDNESDAY. April p 1874. same hour aud
place. BRAINARD IL. WARNER, TRUSTEES.
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g gE4ISARp 4 II PE MhENER, Trussees.
mh2s-W,F,M&ds r. H. RYAN & Co.. Aucts,
ss-rHE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED ON
account of the sickness OF one of the trustees until
MONDAY. April n 1874. same hour and place.
BRAINARD II. WARMER, lTrrsto..
CHARLES e. PRENTISS,
ap14-ru, tn, S&ds R.H.RYAN CO., Aucts.
hETHE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED ON
account of the continue illness Of one Of the Trus
tees until FRIDAY, April u, is74, same hour and
BRAINARD II. WARNER, lr...
CHARLES 8. PRENTISS, trustees.
ap21-Tu, Th&ds 4. Fl. RYAN g CO., Aucts.
pYB. HI. WARMER,
ID Real Estate Broker and Auctioneer
Federal buildings, cor. Seventh aud 4 SIS. n. W.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-05-07
STATE OF WISCONSIN -
I0wh CotniN-Ci..ult CENEI

~ iowa county circuit court.
hares sherman. Plaintiff, against George J Cold
thorp, Anton hron, John Topp, John NonGori,
Defendants.
70 George J. Goldthorp, Anton Kroll, J5ha
Fropp and Sohn Noui rf, Defendants above named
You are hereby summoned and required to snswer
the complaint Of Charles sherman, az the county o;
Iowa, State Of Wisconsin, OF which copy is here.
with served upon YOU, and To serve copy Of your
answer to TIE complaint on the Subscribers. at their
Office, n the city st Mineral Point. within twenty
i vs. after the Service hereof exclusive Of the day
Of ,uCh service and f 'ou Fui to answer said cuna
plaint, As hereby required, the Plaintiff viii take
Judgment against Won for three hun red aud twenty
FIVE dollars with inlern.t thereon AZ the Pate Of ten
PEE cent per auuam from the 2jd day Of August, 1875
besides costs Of this action.
The complaint IN Ills action filed In the office
Of the Clerk Of the Circuit Court of Iowa County.
Wisconsin, At the village Of Dodgevle, in said
county, on the IN day OF March, 1874
Dated NJ Mineral Point, Ns., February 9th lS.4.
WILSON & JONES,
I3w7 Plaintiff : Attorneys.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-05-07

States and Territories. An as
sumption which needs no argument.
A. Liberal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-05-07
THE PEOCLAMATION.

| Justly made upon the proclamation
which the Governor has issued with
respect to the refusal OF the raul
roads to obey the law enacted by
the last Legislature IS that 1T was
unnecessary. There are a mum GER
Of means which the law provides to
enforce obedience to the act,-civil
suits by parties aggrieved, proceed
ing to recover a fine for every VIC
lation, proceeding to recover the
forfeiture Of the franchises, a Grim
inal information against She officers
OF, the roads for conspiracy,-but a
proclamation by the Governor is not
among the number. Why 1T should
have been resorted to is not at all
clear, for it has no efficacy whatever
except as stump speech with the
seal Of the State attached.
The penalties enumerated above,
except, perhaps the first, are III the
hands Of the Governor to intiict
He is the chief magistrate of the
State, the head of the entire eXecu-
tive machinerN The Attorney
General is his subordinate. He can
order any district attorney in the
State to bring suits against the rail-
reads in his county for misdemenor,
as provided in the act, and II he
does not obee', can remove him and
appoint an officer who will. The
Introductory overture to the action
of the Governor against the rail
roads should have been Il warrant,
and not u proclamation
Look at the analogies of the case.
Suppose a band OF burglars should
commence operations i'll this city.
/ Would it occur to Gov. Taylor as
he proper thing under the circum-
stances to go for them with six
whereas and u now-therefore, recit-
ing the law against burglary, re-
minding the BURGLARS of the pa
tienco OF the people, admitting that
/ the law against burglary may be
defective in some OF its details, but
enioiuing them to submit to it OF
course Mr.. Mitchell, Mr.. Merrill
and Mr.. Keep are not vulgar thieves,
/ but they are law-brealers quite the
same, and the consequences Oh 'heF
I law-breakiug should be visited upon
/ them with more courteous preludes
than are according 10 amy o'nel
] ] .yF 80 4
class OF oiiehdef7' m
But II we coheooe 10 gov ~ 'oi
tha' corporate "ionS-Oocls 'io "
oe ueat." win greater con7loer"Iio'
than prlFa1e "rotS-"'er'' - lIoo
Iama'loh s.rM oi'7'7 occasion iol
criticism, lhgft "4S NJ IGs'9o e 40. ~
the PfoddSa! @N' ne mas ili'o' VI W. yI,e
resources "i ''e 'il'loi'ol :. " ,, iI,''
nc Nml'eU ~ S"l was 9'4' I''S nU '; ,
Ihot 'ne H." mus I, oe o"'i e. ,i l'' =,
ne 'Uu'', ~. ''''''' no - 49, ~
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space 81 ''s' ''''gN A,i''''',' y, ''''
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All TINS ~3'P.ll~Are l. p't' ''Ie'' " ,. '''
" SI'e'I y '...s' ''l''o ., ,'l a., I,,,.
loiit' "|..''-L'~ '' - - H.
we may IIl -"Lit' mis- ny '''S
II ~. ,, ,l nj TO-, All ,;.i,+
Mitchell "ud AirH7A II /, IN i'7'L'
a. het"e'" >o" ''" me- '"'t 'i''',t
me HoNerh2.. an, on course / V''l
Toe ungrat'IuA bal tilen 'ie leo''e
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-05-07
STATE OF WISCONSIN

~ Iowa County-Circuit Court
John II Vivian, Plaintiff against JGraes Collins AM
Cathariue Collins defendants.
by virtue Of judgment order Of foreclosure ren.
dered In the above cHtit,cd acton the 4th day
April, 4. D. 1913, shat on the sth day OF June, 4
II 1874, at O'Clock IN the afternoon, at the frurg
door ofthe Court House ih The village of bod sevill-
In sid county Of Iowa offer for sale and sell the
highest bidder the following described mortgaged
premises situate. living, and being IN the county ~
Iowa and state Of Wisconsin, to wit: The north half
of the north quarter 81 section number thirty.
six (A%' ~ ."wnlip number five 15l north Of range
number four ~. easl of the f,trrh principal mrrid
ian containing eighty acrcs, more or less much
thereof as will sa isfy the sum OF six hundred AMI
ninety-tvr dollars, with interest and costs.
Dated ShsriG's Office this , lit day Of April, 4. D.
1914. WILLIAM SANDS
Sheriff Iowa Co.. Wis
Strong Weber, Pl1intiT's Attys. 11-6w.
Richland beacon., 1874-04-11
The Leyee Question i'm Congress

WASHINGTON, April l.-Gov. Heb
ert and Prof. Forshey We're, by invi-
taiion, before the House Select Com
mittee on Levecs.
Gov. Hebert, after abiding TO the
origin of levees in Louisiana under
Spanish dominion, and tracing their
history down to the present time
made an elaborate and exhaustive ar
gnment upon the absolute necessity Of
the General Government assuming
the control and expense ofall improve
menls upon the Mississippi River, of
which be considered leveSs the most
important. He referred to his reports
of 1876 and lS47, in which he oppos
ed cut-otls, and advocated combna-
ton of levees and outlets for the per-
manent protection and reclamation of
the iluvial lands of the Mississippi
Valley.
Gov. tIebert concluded by suggest
ing the appointment of a mixed con-
mltiee of civil and army engineers to.
report upon a fixed and permanent
plan at the next session of this Con
grcsS,
Richland beacon., 1874-04-11
Red River Raft.

1t will require $40, 900, per anum to
keep Red River clear of the great raft
recently removed above Shreveport.
it formerly extended 35 miles above
Shreveport. Its removal exhausted
an appropriation, made by Congress,
ofS250, 900, but a good channel was
opened all through, and boats have
recently passed up and down without
trouble. The work of removal occu-
pied alb jut two years. At first, gun
powder dynamite and other explosives
were triekEiSh poor results, finally,
nitro-glyaauilyt was used and the
work procecdeo ssily enough. Two
steamers and five sa~ boats, the latter
with steam saws, were also used, one
o. the boats. Aid. formerly a soare-
boat $4,000. An electric battery
was used with the nitro, and no acct.
dent ever happened, as all the hands
keep clear whenever there was an ex-
plosion in fact, no one cared to fool
with it. Once, two pound can of
the stuff was put under big log. and
as o man on the other end was about
to jump into skift, it went off, send
ing log and man ia the air. The man
fell into tbirty-five feet of water, touch
ing the bottom, and came to the sur.
face unhurt. About 1000 pounds of
nitro was used in the raft, at a cost of
50 per pound
Richland beacon., 1874-04-11
More About the Little liatchet.

The last George Washington story
is almost as well known as the origi-
nal. 1t tells about the President
coming out into his grounds one fine
simmer day, and there finding two
Christian gentlemen, Hon. Simon
Cameron and Benjamin F. Butler.
Simon had been soaring a nice little.
tree, and when the President saw
what had been done be said "Simon.
who cut that tree ?" To this Simon
replied with that strict regard for
truth which has always characterized
him: Il can't tell a lie. Mr.. Presi-
dent Ben Butler did it." Here . for.
tunately the er0ry stops, and we are
not told what reward the lively
youth received. The annexed is
rather new version o. the same sto-
ry;
"A good little boy out West under
took to come the George Washington
on his mother in this way: He cut
of the cats head with the tradtnnal
Ratchet. and then hid the defunct fell
inc in the meal barrel. When the old
lady went for meal to make hoe cake
for the frugal morning repast, she dis
covered that cat and interviewed her
little son. He said, Il did it mother
with my little Ratchet but I'll he
swizzled if i can tell the whole tru,b
about this little AFFAIR." Now most
mothers would have kissed that
brave truthful lad on his noble brow
and kept right on using the meal out
of that barrel just The same, but this
one didn't. She said, Come across
my lap, my son; come across nv
lap" He came but for while there
rose cloud of dust from the seat of
his trousers that effectualy hid the
son from view, and the old woman
now sports goggles and is lavish in
the use of Pettit's eye salve, That
good little boy had peppered the ,cat
of his pants"
Richland beacon., 1874-04-11
Condition OF the LeyeeS Through
ont the State.

The New Orleans Picavunc, of the
ith inst. SAYS: Gen. jeff Thuun-
son, State Engineer, arrived in tie
city last Saturday from an extended
tour up the river and an inspection Of
all the levccs in the State ImmcIi-
atcly after - arrival lie was called
upon by Il "icayunc reporter and
questioned g. 20 The state OF the lev
ccs. and whai LANCER wa, apprcL. H.
ed from an o.. low below Red Ii cr,
as well a. of ID" condition Of tie
break at Bass and Hard Times. In
reply IN, Gca,ra! stated:
The levcc ut Bass, in Carroll parish,
just below Lake Providence, is swept
completely away, being over half q
rile in width, and with little or no
hope of a chccl, until the river falls,
the current having full sweep, the
lcvce ncw and very crumbling, and
the whole country under water. This
break Is very bad one, indeed and
viii cause immense los, a. the section
If country overlooked is very large
and rich, the Planters being totally
unpicparcd, in flooding their lands 50
suddenly a, to, in some Instances,
barely give them time to save their
stock
The second great break is at the
well known lcv,c at Hard Times,
near 81. Joseph, in Tcn,a, parish, the
land in the immediate section is very
soft and wet, and the damage will al
80 be considerable. The break was
not very large when | came down,
but owing To The nature of IT,, soil out
of which TIE lcyee is made, j. c.Im-
bling rapidly aud growing widcr cv-
cry minute. These are ~. above Red
River, there being no break yet this
side, though there are two places i'm
med;ateiy above, one at Back Ridge,
in the lower end of Tcnsas parish,
and the otter at GaSscock's, in Con
cordia, which are very bad, and
which, if they do break. may food the
the country As far down a. the mouth
81 that river In Poinle Coupee and
along there are at least five hundred
places where break NAV, however,
occur at any time, owing to the care
lessness of the planters. who have all,
more or less, left roadwavs over their
leyees where they hauled sugar and
cotton. In some of these places the
water is almost running over now
and if it rises any further, will surely
result in flood such as occurred at
Bonnet Care. The State and com
pauy are. however, doing everything
possible, and it is hoped that in a
weeks time, if nothing occurs, all will
be we'll"
From this statement, with those
othet >, 1t can be seen that the planters
in the lower eections of our State
need not, with care on their part. be in
immediate apprehension, the danger
being one of only short duration. and
if tided over for time, be escaped al
together.
Richland beacon., 1874-04-11
The Origin OF Camp Meetings.

A correspondent writes Tha modern
mrriir ( originated IN Kentucky abnu, eight
years a-o. Ther" was ~ that region Two
brothers name Mex cc one = presbyterian and
the other Methodist. both mrtliud.- both
ministers of the G"-T-i, ~ churchr- r" few
thtsr Zra!oI> ministers agreed together To- hoii
meetings IN the woods. the open AR. an{
i"u"d great and unexpected success Pr"pi"
came many miles to attend them, and murh
religious interested was awakened. The
camp meeting agreed 81 well with the spirit
and ways of the Methodist that they ADOPTED
1 a Il regular part of their plans
sixty years ago the Pra me was general
Tn every circuit carp-mcriirg in the summer
was considered Indispensable by DEGREES =
regular plan ofprrParirg the grounds grew up
and became universal. The great natural
requisites were shades. water. ROOMS tent,
and Accessibility from all directions The site
being selected, the undcrgrow tn and lower
branC her of the trees were cat away. and the
masses of the brush tiu~ Obtained Were. used
To build a circular barricade with single en-
tcrance. Ithin the circle the tents wcr,
pitched and the services held.
Within the past ten years the c9mp-meeting
Splrt has assumed a new phase. Ia various
parts of the country. grounds have been pur-
chased f'r pernaneit occupancy and consii-
able ano rnt> of mon"y expended n clearing
and grading the surface and erecting the nee.
e>,ary buildings.