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MISSISSIPPI RIVER RACE.

MEMrI11s. Tonn., Oct. 30.-Ihero iH consider
able exctolnant iii river ciro!es here over tho
raco botweon tho rival packets Phil Allen and
Illinois. In tho raco from ltolona yesterday, In
Z miles above Holoua, thus capturning tlo
hnr1,H
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oiYonae. Hn Wan hoforo tho Court this morning.
but tho oaso ia put over to await tho arrival off
frionds from lspon who arc expected to Intoreut
themselves In hla behalf uts oaao exo,toa much
other mattors, but nooms to be hoiplosn!y biblio-
mnnfAcnt = .7''
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ADJUSTMENTS,
DEXTER PARK,
FALL MEETING
$3,050 in Premiums.
Nov. s, 8, and 7, 1874.

First Duy-ThursdaJ, Nov. i.
No. l-rMso 800. For horsos that boat $3.50
toHrst Si1s 10 seo1nd RfG0 70 third $7s 10 fourth
to first, $35 to second, $a5 to third S1s to fourth.
Second Dny-Fri.lny, Nov. 9.
No. 3-Fur:o $t0. Tsee for all raaess; 500 to first
$ln9 10 soenud. So to third 80 to fourth.
No topurso 1900. Far hoses that ns.sr beat
Tlirt1 D..y-SnturAny, Nov. T.
Mo 6ornrss 81 poo For horses that noyer beat 92a
$3.50 to first, $2 to sccnnd $3.50 to third $!C0 fourt
No. s-rnEso 5000. For horses thai bsnt
to rat @16 to second, &4a to third, &Q to fourth.
CONDITIONS.
All tho ahn.r prcmusns fur trult!ng {exccpt No. 81
and to ha mile Inhts best In s. fn harness. and Will bc
conducted uudcs tho rules and regulations of e National
Trnting Association nranee u per cent, wlich must
accompany csch nomination. Five 10 ontcr 4nd four
starti entries 70 ooso On Monday o1enn3, Noy q 1t
p M ~ g Donroofnst Chicago, wllore all outrtes
GEO. q. NAN2UR. Proprtotor.
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Ponr HunoN, nllch. Oct. 30.-DowH-Props Cuba,
Monann, Potomac.
Ur-props sanilac Barron and conaort schrs At
Watcr. Mary Eau, II. 3, Lockc, Light Guard. Mary E
Pcrew, A. L. Bcaton, hIocking-D1rd.
W1Nn-9outlHcat fresh.
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Wcro In moderate don1and ut 4tka5o for wheat, the
outside by ateatn, to Buffalo, and &c for wheat tc
Home, Twilight and Reindeer, wheat at Be-. TO Bur-
falo-DarGcs Jones and Judd, wheat at 4Hc, or corr
at 4c {shippers optlonl schr Ii. J. Wilcox wheat al
4Hc: prop Whyory, part cargo wheat at 10. Total,
capacity-whcat, l50,00o BIT,
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Specta. Ditpafch 10 Tho Chfeago Tribune.
Dn1D6EronT, ILL.,. Oct. AL p. m.-AnnIyED-1n-
dustry, Norris GOO bn unss rhtnnx, Lockpprt. 900
bu oats; cayuga, Lockport, 1900 bu corn, 3o00 bu
oats.
ClEAnEp-prop Mohawk Belle, Peoria, 77,oA It
lumber J. Menarl. PeorIa 50 ~ lumber Gen. Rose-
Grams, Morr1s II ,a2 It lumber, 81 750 sh!ngles II $50
lath. =
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YOUTHFUL DESPERADQES.
A Bloody Afray Near Bridge
port. !.
Ono Officer Dangerously Wounded
and Another Crippled.
Origin Of the Fight.


Anothnr occnrronco took place yosterday aftor-
man whtot showa how uttorly tho thlovos and
t1oancrnaona diarorard md place at dot1nnco tho
of1cnra of tho law. Shooting and stsbblnR
nffrnya nro fenrfu1ly frequent, and tho opinion Ia
ronoro, that Chicago will be tho aceno Of much
h,oody work and crjmo tho coming winter. This
l.toat af1nir hns resulted in thu dangerous
'a1oos AA". t n.tso1,o,, .nJ ~ ori,,.,tn,r
"oanding OF ono pa'Fonn'n anu Enc Gripping
OF another.
TIE CIRCUMSTANCES or THE CASE
ara as fcllowe,
" vs..1,s. w ,.ou,r 1,o,,xo,, H.. ,,arr, -. 10
anu O'CLOCK, Two yolnR tuinahs Hoo"a as All
ohaol Fitzgerald and Jarnos Johnaon, ontoredt tho
saloon of Matthew Myers, No. AT Archer ave-
mn. noar ualstcd stroot. md, after drinking
pfoss5 'fools, poenn ~ noatasa 3e'ols"
orB, anu noastou Ihat thoy Were
abln to solemn out" anybody who atteinpt-
ed to Interfere with them. 1Vhilo thus ongerod
eioo1 Tcsa. n entt}e hrnkor. enmn in and atnod
esa, ..uo', s'..' uoAoi s"n' ~ anu e1ooa
poo"o Wv st'Fo ~ "*s'n ','u'7el' "no 'n'ou ~,
glass OF Door, Fitzgerald observed Linn anu
eaid "What aro sou looking at me- for7" Hess
replied TINT ho was not looking Mt him. Fitz-
so."u s't'u o"1 oa .,o,s ~ so0 H. t.. H. H.
s'epplus I" n'u n't"eA Au :" s"o
lace. Hess diu not reaehs tho bio", bat
asked tho rufIlau why he aasailod him.
Fitzgerald abused him In filthy language,
o,3 to,a hin, Ia ~, o,t nm Tin u,dewo1r nna In
..t. ~ t.r"n,1 - 1u..-..,1 -.
"o'4a HA niA4' .'uueon @no ta'Iso'".u saon
vent out on tho walk, anu ueHs wont TO the door
and aaw Officer MoInernoy coming down tho
avenue, Ho called on tho latter to arrest Fitz-
aarola o,1 NJ t,o t.v, r1,t,,noa ,.,noa ntvav M.
fnnr.n, T III thnn ~ sta,, noth ~ HEM 1;n1isd
a,t roso,so.s a.,d ,,rasar.nr tha nj the a11icrr
T;,,rnro1a asei.in,aas II Vn,,e trv n A..
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There is widespread impression
that the recent reported earthquake in
Westcheeter County, N. Y, was no.
thing but the reverberations Of certain
blasting operations that were in pro-
gress between 10 and II o'clock on
Thursday night. on ono of the high
ways, and at the new tunnel on the
other side Of the Hudson. There is a
great deal of testimony in support Of
this view of the case of very con-
vincing character.
The New York Sun says: "There
have been several newspapers in this
country bearing the name of the Re-
public, but it is curious fact that no
one of them has ever succeeded in liv-
ing over two years" 1t is because of
their bad political principles. They
will kill any paper.
In the Commune of Givors, depart
ment of the Rhone. France, there arc
2,714 voters, and Mt q recent election
there was only one vote cast. Indif-
Ierencs to the nominal right OF self
government cnn no further 60.
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SOMEWHAT REMARKABLE SUICIDE
The euioide.of Deacon n. P. Seldom,
of Hartford, who was found dead,
hanging in barn, the other night. is
u somewhat remarkable one. He had
steady employment at Colts armory,
and his income was about $4,000
year, but he was constantly tormented
by fear of coming to want, and had
not been quite sane for months. A
short time before his death he went
with his vito to the cemetery, and,
marking q spot for his grave, he gave
O man SIS to take care Of it. His
troubles were somewhat aggravated by
patent medicines that he had taken
pretty freely.
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COLUMBIA. MUSIC sTeRN.
LyDranI & Son

ThkE pleasure IL calling theat;ont:on
4 oi the public to an examination of
their SIOCk TT NCSlCAL MEHCHAN
Disc, consisting oI Planes, Church and
parior Organs. af"lodcone, yiolins, Gui-
tars, Hsnjos, Flutes, Acco-1eone, Brass
and silrer Eand Instruments o. ali kinda.
Also, Sheet Music aua destruction Books
for every class II Iusica Instrumerta on
hand ataii times. vi arc Sole Agents for
the state OF south Ca-c,iAa cf Esttyh h Co.'s
COTTAGE ORGANS. Sheet Music acnt b.
mail. l'nst paid. or rncc!Jtof price: and Al.
::inds XII. Of Musica: Goods aent by Exprcse,
marked {. .. n. Good Secondhand pi,
Mnos and Organs Tor -aie cheap for cash.
Pianos, Organs AL Nclodecns Ture;: and
Repaired in satisfactory manner: and
will give nsre:ia attention tc Pa ckiue. Re-
moving and Shipping Planes 10. othripar-
uea 70 a.- co;nt 6ns;rti. e! moderate
prices.
Al:rr,'ers :, o.nn,l, attended, to soaaat-
isfactici guaranteed t. those :avcrins ne
with their Patronage. %acd for our cata-
lot:uc ~ Shce tAusicsca Nuaics. Merchan-
disc. RiHl l,atGr N street! {. icwduor.e3oyc
PIIasNIX oiicc. C,lumEis s. C. Eev1
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Holiday Goods.

T DESIRE to ca! public attention to m y
4 stock Of HOLIDAY GOODS, consisting
" California Pears, Canton Ginger. Pre-,
selves and Jellics Of all kinds; Walnute,
Pecans, Brazil Nuts, Filbtrts Almonds:
Lemons, Oranges, Apples, Cranberries and
Dried Figs, Pleasant Valley Grapes. ,in
boxes Pruues, Citron, Currants, Malaga
and London Layer and Sccdle-s Rais,nr,
Dee lmO John Z. GYLES Agent
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MAIL ExTs.--Northcrr
nlailopens $50 A. NJ, 3 P. NJ. closes
IL a. NJ L. NJ. Charleston opens s
\. NJ, $50 Z. III. cloBesS a. NJ, G T.
NJ. Western opens 6 4. A., l L.
NJ. closes 6. 1.3O 2. IL. Greenvile
opens 6. Is p. NJ. closes a. NJ. Will
mington opens 4 P. IL. closes 1896
\. NJ. On Sunday open from $50 to
$50 p. NJ.
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!:,ure Kerosene Oil.

nEn Nrroncnc Delivery W"g" com.
~ mcncc- the mu.ni:.g. - deliver l'CI:i
HtTE KEROSENE OIL. arnrr;,.;,d
thh-d STATES SiVn'i0rd in, !t'>;. ii ~ c.,.i.
p.r gallon, or > cert. Irr l:ari. Those l..
wan; VIII W..it for our w.; ;'r snl purrhas -
:he.: supplies. JOHN E.I',i.H \ son.
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y. GOVERNOR MOSES

In oh1ngine the eommizslsnor. dt El6c-
tion, deserves tho united thankn OF every
lover ,Oi peace. THE PROPRIETOR OF
THE INDIAN QUEEN SEGkR STORE, In
introducing tho FIVE CENT MANILA,
deserves the commcndation OF overy lover
OF the weed, as ''n
ON THE
Day Of elaciion, the people n,ck to the
polls, eac! 20 deposit their ballot for their
tayorite candidate, 30 do the many consul
ID ners flock 10 this popular resort to obtain
this FhFOEl1E SEGAR. Let 1t bo Under
stood thai VIC arc not on tho
WAR PATH
Against other dealers, We merely claim
that the scsar otfore! by others IL far IN
FERIOn to that sold by tho
INDIAN QUEEN CIGAR STORE,
GoT 1864 Assembly Street.
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Ruckwheat Flour
NEW ORLEANS SYRUP!

WHIte FlsII, Uou, Eureka GOD, &c.
APPLE BUTTER. Cranberry Sauce,
Mince Meat, CIGARS cnnal il Iua'ity and
as low in price as any in tho city.
We will not shock your nerves witL
ghaetiy or ridiculous advertisements, but
simply say our cx?ene~s are small COM
pared with those OF o,Ler houses. and
amount ofbusinesa done, sni We are satis-
fed with moderate proats
Nov % GOHICE LOWRANCE
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CITY Taxes.

Gity Taxes.
CITY aSSLSSDl'S OFFICE.
C0i.uMr!A, $. c., DtccnLcr lc, ls1i
NOTICE i hereby given tia: IL hn.La
IN arc now open IL, the returns Of the
laX-uaIc:s If al pr"lr,!! taAa!i.c hy III.
Ci,yot Columbia r.: l.7I. lrorcrtv-hold-
cr- aud all n;Ecrr Interested ale :,spcc,-
fuliy requested 10 make their returns
promptly. Elank forn.s can bt had on u:-
p.icat:outo hICtiAED JONES,
Dec II CITY Assessor
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Horac and Muie Shoes.

Horse and Mule Shoes.
7DN KEGS FIRST QUALITY HORSE
1-OSj SLICES, ~ sc per keg.
lOc AtSa first quality MULE SHOES, q:
= per EcE.
just received and tor gale by
Dee II JOHN AGEEW 4 SON
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Mince Pies, Cakes and Patties.
THESE tclicacics cannot be made good
L withou! pnrc Spices and fragrant EN-
tracts. HEINITSH, tho Pharmacist, has
Pure ground PEPPER, Cinnamon, Mace
and Ginger.
Good Nutmcgs, Gloves and Spice, high
havored Vanilla. Lemon and Orange.
Fine Cooking Wine.
;.ummer Ssvory. Sweet Marjorum.
Pressed Sage and Thyme. all for sale at
+. II. HEINlrSu'S Drug Store.
Dec IL
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.JIUSICAL GIFT BOOKS.

-IUSICAL GIFT BOOKS.
4 VERY acceptable and permanently
"a useful present TO musical friend will
~ At all slusic Stores. or will be sent by
ma !. postpaid, for retail price:
:. st Pablished---Plaao at Home.
: large pages, filed with the best
T. =" Luets, t4-hand piocee, J furnishing
az. !n;niing fund of homo ont cr.ainmcnt.
ORGAN AT HOME. For Reed Organs.
-lo very poprlsr cary pieces.
GuuiA o; German :io:j,.-NDcSl. Gcms of
Nac:e,! SprS-F"cal. G-:,, ~ Scottish
."he-s zeal. Gems Of c.rau4s-lnstru-
rH.lita!.
l!.e-o Aooka arc truly casl:ots nf"Gems"
ct ihu Eind indicated. TITO Gem. of
.';"tE-- constitute Ia" u!o-i bIii,iau; music
|er nILl!sllcd i'll occ To.urlu.
Wreath Of Geni.-Tocal. Operaiic
>.;Dwcr OF Frar;s--Yoca. D..,4.
NI.!cS! r,A-nro--Ncci ni.;, Ir4tru-
!r.nt%i pi,nist'r AlhuH Instrumental.
P!anp.;urie NctlA- instrumental.
All thc above ey.c.;.il collections arc
uniform in style and llniinG. have 300 to
~ large pages earh; ira filed with tho
mos; rpruia- lEu.c and cn-t in Boards,
each $3.50. Iii Cio!h, :3.Uu. Full Gilt,
Sl.rU.
Erga;.tly boumi an, mos. interest
h!"H> ar ais" the Lives ~ II .ndcl. Mozart,
''rb,:, !:rctl"ve::. u cn!, ..-u!!a etc.. etc
pr:cr ..um :l.1l 10 $2 On per voiunle.
OLIVER DllsUH & CO., boston.
CHA;. II. DIrSOE 1: co.
Dec II ~w: I'll Broadway. NV FORK
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Medicinal CONNECTIONS.
M ARSHMAI.LOW DROrS, Gum Drops,
4xA Jnjube Drops, Flaxseod Candy, White
0ak Bark, Cocoa Cream, Irish Moss Drops,
Wlld Cherry Drops. Chlorato Potash Drops,
Cocoa Wafers, Chocolate for tho Health,
hound Jnjube. For salo at
Nov "A HEINITsH'S Pharmacy.
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Tax Levy.

lax Levy.
RICnLAD COUNTY.
OFFICE County TREASURER.
COLUMBIA, S. g., Nov. 16, 1871.
The following taxes have been
levied upon the property oi .l.s
County, viz:
1. For pay Of salaries Exc
cutive and Judicial officers of
the State, the Clerks and
contingent expenses OF the
Executive md Judicial De-
partuents of the Govern
ment. MILLS i:
=. For support and main
tcnance II the penal, cha7i-
table and educational insti-
tutions Of tho State, exclu-
sire Of common schools IL
). For support and main
!enacce Of public schools. :. 2
For payment Of defcien-
cies for school claims and
School Com missioners' sala-
ries, due prior to November
/, 1873. 81
i. For expenses OF the
General Assembly. l
5. For public printing. ;. J..
6. For payment of inter
est upon the public d.ot, (as
adjusted by ACT Of Decem-
Der %. 1879 due and pay
able upon 1st of January
and July. 1875. 2
Z. For deficiencies, or nn-
paid appropriations and
claims Of Central National
Bank, P. F. Frazee and F.
Cardarelli. ................ 14-5
To!a! for State Taxes 10 1890
For current expenses of
Riohland County. MI1Ls3
For New Court House.
For Common Schools. l
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"BusheIs Of Pills,i!n

DuSHelS VI llIS...
II L!NITSU, the great pill man, rolls out
AZ his famous BLOOD PILLS by the
bushel. The demand increases every day.
These pills have the searching properties
or Colonel. without its dangerous c0,se-
Iucnces.. They are useful in all disorders
or the liver. stomach, biiiousnesa and
headaches. For sale at
HEINITSH'S ApothecGry's Uuil.
Dec 10
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SeVenty-hVe Uut Of Every Hundred
DEKSONS arc affected with son. de-
4 ranenmeEt nr disease OF the skin 20
matter villa, t],r nature of IL may 10.
''UElNIISE'S UGEEN'S DELIGHT," tlI,.
great American Blood Purifier. will cure il.
This Is i,,i,n ennt:1i: TO cay. ii you have
an" eiAn C:aease, use Htiniteh's Qnrcns
Delight Dec 10
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Total for County

1Vs"t fUt OUUUtJ
The tax duplicate will be opened in
this Office OF the thirtieth day of this
instant, for the collection of the above
tax levics. aud every day thereafter
(SundAy excepted) until tie 18th dny
of January, 1875. When 20 per cent.
penalty will attach to nj delnq,euts.
j. l.. NEAGLE,
Treasurer Hichland County.
Nov II p,wS
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N o N E z TO LO AN ,
On Marketable Couaterals.

EXCHANGG un New York, Baltimore,
~ Philadelphia, Bost1n and al prorni-
nrnt cities u thc United States aid Eu-
rope bought and sold.
DEPOSITS received ard interest hcariur
certificates issued.
STOCKS. BONDS GOLD and SILVER
houGh. and sott.
ACCOUNTS; 81; merchants and others
from the city AID .yuatry solicited, and
I.fBEK.At. LI%3S OF NiSCOUNT'S Gre nted
by the CENTRAL NiTiCEAI. nANK.
Corner OF rlGin ai.d Richardson sjrcetp
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New Orleans Mo!asses.
Sft BARRELS choice ncw crop New Or.
ck' lears MOLASSEH, jus, received
dntc' .ffcm Nt'c Orleans, AID tor eaie Mt
Wholesale and retail.
Dee } JOHN AGHEW & son.
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A Kerosene Thar vii. Not Exp.odc

II III 0oN1C I 1H"' WIZ NUt EH -VVV.
/ LA6tiN SEC UHlTi OIL. A. ti,r> :,
"a Will thc rriiidrucc that il vi! Iruv,
itself 'Iua!, ii not superior, 10 any burn
nE ~! that l.as been offered t. tho public.
This on - prnrr white IN color, e l.olur-
ia to Tie liishcrt "Xir:it achieyv,. lii the
manI,aciu7c oi lul ir:: ol-, aud is wal
tan;ch 10 stand = !ir" test Of 80 degrees
Fahrenheit.
II ia perfectly sale TOR use in all Coal Oil
or Kerosene LAMPS and ..r its name indi-
Gates, will give I'll wi.n usc il perfect
''srcnrty" in doing 80.
Aladdin Security Oil will burn longer,
have much less smell. and not crust the
wick, and will bo found to be- We RS eccno omi-
cal. TO say nothing OF tho entire "security"
in it's usc. For sale ut
l.. T. SILL!MAN & CO.'S
Oct III Drug Store.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-01
Incidents of Lyman Beecher.

Dr. Beecher was on board of a European
steamship returning from foreign tour.
A terrible storm arose; the passengers
were in extreme peril. As every one cX-
pected to 60 down. religious services were
held, and it was proposed that a minister
of Trinity Chunch. who was on board.
should administer the sacrament in CTtrc-
mis-. The report came to this country that
among the devout recipients of the COM
munion was DR.. Lyman Beecher. A cler-
gvman who heard the story said he did
not believe it. He knew him too well to
think for a moment that he would counte-
nance such sacramentarian notions, that a
man could pass safely into the eternal
world without any reference to the state of
his heart, provided that he partook Of a
little bread and wine DR.. Beecher. on his
return, gave a very indignant denial to the
rumor. Il was asked, " he said to unite
in the celebration of the Supper in that
hour Of peril | honor the Supper, and
enjoy the season with my church. If
the people on board that vessel believed on
the Lord jesus Christ, they did not need
any sacraments. If they did not, all the
sacraments in the world would not have
saved them.
The doctor was sitting one day in front
of the pulpit in the Old South Daily Pray
er Meeting. A man arose and told a story
about a celebrated minister who went to
church on stormy day. One man only
was present. He debated in his own mind
whether TO preach or not. He concluded
to preach and went through the whole ser
vice-reading, singing, and all. With the
benediction the solitary hearer departed.
That sermon converted the auditor. He
became a theological student, entered the
pulpit, and did valiant service for the Cap
tain of our salvation. Concluding the
narrative. the speaker pointed over toward
Dr. Beecher, and said: Il am happy to
inform you, my dear friends, that the min
lister of God who preached that sermon is
now in this house. | refer to DR.. Lyman
Beecher" The doctor came to his feet
with a bound. In very excited manner
he exclaimed, There is not word OF
truth in what that man has said. | should
not have been such a fool. | have chased
that lie all over the country, but l do not
suppose it will ever stop running" When
the doctor took his seat there was genu-
inc excitement in the meeting. g.-EGamine,
and Chronicle.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-01
Great Britain Two Hundred Thousand
Years Ago.

In his new book on the glacial period,
Mr.. GeIkee gives gloomy account of the
former condition of things in Northern
Europe. 1t has been thus epitomized by
the Spectator:
IAN intensely severe climate prevailed
in our hemisphere some two hundred thou
sand years ago. North Britain and Scan
dinavia were then united by a vast system
of glaciers, while the ice extended down
to low latitudes in England as well as on
the Continent, through the Intervention of
the various mountain ranges. To this ar
tic period of sterility more genial time
succeeded plants, such as pine trees, grew
in the south of England, and animals, such
as the wOollv rhinoceros and the great
bear, appeared Gradually, however, the
climate grew warmer, the distinction be-
tween summer and winter became less
marked, and in consequence, the northern
mammlia withdrew to more arctic homes
At last kind of perpetual summer reigned
while the fauna of the country were
marked by the introduction of the hippo
potamus, the elephant, the lion, the tiger,
and the hyena
Again a series of changes occur, and
in the reverse order to that Just given,
until an arctic climate has brought all life
to an end. We cannot say how often such
cold and warm periods were repeated, nor
can we be sure in which of such warm
periods the men that fashioned rude imple-
ments of stone first made their appearance.
1t is likely that man arrived here as early
as the mammoth and the rhinOceros, and
his first coming may even have preceded
the glacial epoch itself. But it is certain
that he entered Britain during the last
inter-glacial period, when there were
glaciers in our mountains and arctic mann
MALTA in our valleys. He witnessed the
northward mi grafton of these animals and
the advent of the southern mammalia.
Then came period of submergence, when
the British Islands were well-nigh drowned
in the sea. After that the last cold period
began, and in what remained of England
it is not likely that paleolthic man still
fingered. But the British Islands again
arose from the waves; the treeless land
was soon invaded by the reindeer, the arctic
fox, and the lemming, and then the neoli-
thic man entered upon the scene. So a
vast lapse of time separates the men whose
implements were roughly Clipped from
stone. from those whose implements were
laboriously fashioned and polished. Grad
ually the climate still further improved,
plants became more numerous and luXuri-
ant, the animals of arctic regions were re-
placed by the OK and the sheep, while man
himself slowly progressed, until he discar-
dcd stone for bronze. and Infinitely dis
covered the mode of working iron. Thus
we reach the dawn of that human history,
the records of which are more varied, and
AT the same time more easy to decipher,
than the obscure relics of the non-historic
/ ages
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tu3e could not walk on the land; nor
could their aquatic congeners of cetacean
bulk, the huge sea-reptiles, move in their
briny homes; so with the Ammonites and
the great selachian fishes. But these-the
beauties and the monst, rs-all died. for
there came in new conditions of the land
the sea, and the air.
And with these new conditions came the
Eocene age, or the dawn of the Tertiary
epoch of Earth's lifetime. So decided was
this physical change, that all things were
ready for the reception of Il new race of
living creatures. The very surface was
newly and lavishly garnished like a table
awaiting the expected guests. And the at
mosphere had balmier vigor. Il sort of
climatal ripeness, Ike the aroma Of an au-
tumnal orchard whose fruit has matured.
Now came the true grasses, and grains
and the Rosacee plants with the strawberry,
blackberry, apple, cherry, plum, etc. And
Natures guests arrived. and entered upon
the enjoyment of an unreStrained existence
in her grand domain. And they were vel
come guests; for leading the train came
the Gas yeO noblest of her begettings, be-
ings of true mammalian rank. They We're
of new forms and new appentencies. Some
We're petite in size, and some We're of more
than leyiathan proportions, and many were
bizarre in form; and all were diverse from
everything that had lived before, or that
should ever come after And so each in
its own way, as disposition OF convenience
prompted. enjoyed life. Some preferred
the banks of the great rivers. others the
sides of the densely wooded hills. And the
rodents hid themselves in their burrows
ut the roar of carnivores, while both were
startled by the beastly believing of the
great terrestrial behemoths And these
beings, at least some Of them, have left
their relics in the far West, in places
where, until lately, only the red man had
trod.''