The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-10-30

r operative system as applied to working
people has been Il triumphant Success
{ Lon'on Letter
The Destruction Of Lisbon.
y writer in lippincott's gives the fl, / .
lowing description Of the destruction or
Lisbon: The morning of November
dawncd serene, but the heavens we're
hazy; since midnight the thcrnomctcrhad
risen one degree, Rc:,unor> As it was
the feast of ''all saints" the churches
were throngcd from an early hour, and
all their affairs brilliantly illuminated
! with thousands of tarcrs, and decorated
with gnrlands of various tinted muslins
and thin silks. AT Il quarter Of ten
O'Clock the first shock was felt. 1t was
passage Of heavy wagons in the street,
and even to mere fancy. Three minutes
afterward Il second shock occurred. so
violent that it seemed rs if the heavens
and earth were passing away. This agi
! tation lasted fully ten minutes, and ere
| it diminished the greater portion al the
city w;ls in ruins. The dust raiSfd OBJ
scurcd the sun; an Egyptian darkness
prevailed, and to. add to the univcr
horror the fearful screams of the livi
and the groans Of tic DIVING rose thr-
the ar. II twenty minan an w
fsti a,ti irrttiis9 Tn .n.aITtlt c,5intala
Of escape. Some were
| hills, but were soon discOh.
doing by the rumors that those VINO nad
already gone thithcr were suftociting
from the effects Of tie dense foe of dust
whch still rose from the falling buildings.
Then they rushed towards the quavs
which line Il part of the Tagus, hnt only
TO learn the horrible news chat thtSc had
sunk into the earth with all the people
and cdiiiccs upon them. Those who
thought TO put out 10 sea were told to
look ut the river, and 10! in its centre
they bchcld Il whirlpool which was suck
ing i'll all the vessels and boats in its Vi
clnity, and not a fragment of them ever
being seen again The royal palace hal
been entirely swallowed up, and over the
site is now the vast square Of the paco,
or Black Horse, one of the largest public
the holy ghost was in flames, and its
priceless Moorish and Hebrew manu-
scripts fast becoming ashes The opera
house had fallen in, the inqui;ition was
10 more. and the great church of San
Domingo was bu: !; heap of stones, be-
meath hich lay crushed to atoms the
entire congregation. The Irish church
of St. Paul was the dcath-p place of one
thousand persons, and the palace of Benz
posta where Catharinc Of Braganza,
widow of Charles H., lived and died,
had fallen over from the heights on
(which it was built, and utterly DESTROYED
the poor but popuous part Of the town
which lay beneath it. I'm Il word, where
but an hour since WAS Lisbon was now
nothing butdcsolation. Astothc people,
who can describe their condition? Al,
least 10000 persons had pcriShed, and
the majority of the survivors were cru
ely wounded and in agony of mind and
body, Some went mad with fright, some
, lost forever the power of speech: sinners
went about conicSsinS their secret crimes.
, and fanatics, believing the last day had
, come. cried out to the horror-strickcn
f multitude to ''rcpent for that Christ was
{ coming to judge thcquick and the dead. ;
: Po!itencss in Great Men.
Politcncss is always the mark of good
breeding, and some Of the greatest men
have been noted for their courtesy. Many
of they have owed the popularity that
was recognition Of the greatness, in no
, small measure to their consideration Of
others. The following is related Of the
i late Edward Everett Many years ago,
|, the GRAND boy employed by publish
+ ing house in Il great City was sent to
9 procure from Edward Everett t!i,,- proof
| sheets Of book which he i:an been
. examining. The boy entered ihc vast
!, library, lined from floor TO c2iling with
!. books, in fear and trembling he stood
in awe Of the famous man, and dreaded
| to meet him. But Mr., Everett, turning
s from the desk where he was writing,
II received the boy with rc.;y.uIiug coiir-
+ tesy, babe him ST. down, chal,cd kindly
!, as he looked for thc 10 ~ sheets, and
y asked: Shall put II pns cr round them
0 for you?" rs politely as if his visitor
+ were The president The boy dcp:, ed
n in very comfortable frame of mind.
y He had been raised in his own esteem by
s Mr.. Evcrctt's kindness, and has never
< forgotten the lesson it taught him.
# IT is said that fully three million cubic
If yards of icvccs will be needed for the Mis-.
J. sissippi river alone, the coming season, 10
:, .,ay nothing of Red river, ihc Ontcl,ita
Il and tho 4 AtchafulaVs