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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-03-22
The Death Of Reverdy Johnson.

MIR. Johnson went to Annapolis to
argue q case in the court Of appeals.
BY invitation of Gov. Carroll he became
his guest at the executive mansion. At
dinner Mr.. Johnson appeared in excel
lent spirit and his usual health, and en-
tertained the company by his converse
tion aud relating anecdotes. At dinner
he took one glass of Madeira and re-
fused to take any more. After dinner
he suddenly asked tho governor to take
him into the parlor. He took the gov
ernor's arm, and walking in there, sat
down on q sofa. The governor proposed
to have coffee brought. Mr.. Johnson
replied: "No, if you want to smoke,
rejoin your guests and smoke" The
governor answered: every well, 1
will join you in few minutes. and re-
turned to the table but feeling uneasy
at lea wing Mr.. johnson alone. proposed
to tie company to 60 into the parlor
end join. him. Mr.. Charles Il. Kerr,
iLr. Johnson's son-in-law. who had come
into the dining-room after Mr.. John
son had left the table, said: "No, he
always takes O nap after dinner, and 1
suppose he has gone to sleep" The
company then went on smoking and
talking, and while so doing a servant of
the governor appeared at the door, and
beckoning him out told him Mr.. John
son was lying in the yard on the stones.
Gov. Carroll went Immediately to the
place and found Mr.. johnson lying on
the cobblestone carriageway that passed
under the porch of the mansion, close
up to the wall, and hear door leading
into the basement. He had evidently
gone down the front steps and ground
to the side of the house, and had fallen
where he was found. This was about
eight P. NJ, and the impression is that
he had been there at least half all hour.
lie was then dead, and was bleeding
profusely from wound on the rightside
Of his head and face. His body was at
once removed into basement room and
physicians summoned. Mr.. Johnson
was dead. There are large wounds on
the right side of the forehead, two frac-
lures of the skull from the upper portion
Of the forehead to the eyebrow, dislyca-
tion of finger Of left hand, aud cuts on
hands and legs and bruises.
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Sll;n RnildinT.

" : q
MI. Kelley Q!ep. OF Pa. in speech
on the Tariff bill said that, as 70 shlg
building being a lost art in the Onleea
States, no industry here has grown 70
we'll within the last few years as snip
building, and iron ships are now oemg
built, not only for American merchants,
but olso for foreign merchants. AS q
proof of the growth OF this business, ne
said that the iron shipping owned in the
United States amounted in 1868 to only
1902 tons; in 1872 to 2,66e tons, ana
that it had gone on in an increasing
ratio every year, The city OF Phllaael.
phia had recently obliterated several OF
it's streets to make way for an iron snip
yard, which would begin work with an
order for hundred foreign going craft
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-03-22
Perils Of the Sea,

AS showing the perils the pilot en-
counters in long ocean voyages, espe.
cially in the winter, the following extract
from the Abram Leggett, pilot boat No:
4, describing the experiences OF her last
trip is pertinent Left Monday, Jan.
"a, and sailed directly east 275 miles.
On Wednesday, Feb. 2 were between
the Georgia and Nantucket shoals, and
a heavy gale was blowing from the
southwest. It rained fercely and the
storm steadily increased. At six o'clock
the gale was at its height; the sea was
lifted up by mountain waves that swept
clean over the deck. The boat was
thrown upon her side. and everything
was thrown hither and thither through
the cabin. It was impossible to stay be-
low on account of the terrible rolling.
The stove was upturned and kettle OF
boiling water was borne clear across the
cabin. Once the bedclothes Of one OF
the hunks were thrown across the cabin
and landed in the opposite bunk with
out touching the floor. The foresail was
blown into strings, and the forestorm
trysail was carried away, and water
poured down tho hatchways. At one
time, while three sailors were working in
the bow, tremendous storm caught the
boat and threw her on her beam ends.
She was almost entirely under, and her
masts whipped the water. She lay still
for nearly five minutes, and none OF the
sailors expected that she would ever
come up. Her buoyancy and ataunch-
ress alone saved her, and she came
slowly out of the bilows and righted.
The sailors who were in the bow as she
went over hung to the ropes; they stood
upright in the water on the masts, which
lay fiat upon the sea. The storm con-
tinued until midnight, and the barometer
was lower than was ever noticed before
in the experience of the boat. No one
could sleep until the tempest ahated.
On next day it was dead calm.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-03-22
Masked Robbers at Work.

Eberhard Bellman, an eccentric old
German, lived alone in Giles Hollow,
near Roseville, Pa, for several years,
and as he had received money from Ger
many at stated periods and neither spent
it all nor invested it in any way, the in.
ference was that he secreted it. Bell
man goes to bed at $50 o'clock in the
evening, not only locking his doors, but
barricading the front door with heavy
bar, and the back door with a heavy
chest. At about six clock in the morn
ing he was called from his bed by some
one Who said he was freezing. Bellman
raised one corner Of his window curtain
and looked out. He saw too large men
masked and armed with clubs. Bellman
instantly decided to escape by the back
way, and, hastily putting on his panta-
looms, he pushed his chest away from
the back door, drew the bolts and sprang
out. He was seized and before he could
utter cry large hand was clapped over
his mouth. His captor whistled, and
the two men ran to him from in front of
the house. He was taken back into the
house and gagged and bound.
The robbers then tackled bed quilt
to each window, and then struck q light.
They tied Bellman in chair, and then
began to rahsack the house. They
emptied his chest and scattered its con-
tents on the floor, finding about 5000 in
gold. They ripped open straw tick
and found 5000 in greenbacks. Con-
tinuing their search, and finding nomore
money, they threatened Bellman's life
if he did not tell them where the rest Of
his money was; but he would not.
Then they sprinkleG him with kerosene
oil, and piled straw and paper under his
chair, and set fire to it, threatening to
burn him to death, and he yielded. He
told them where 81, 900 was hidden, and
after he had sworn on Bible that that
was his oil, they took it and went away,
leaving him bound in his chair.
Bellman invariably visited the village
every morning, and as he did not appear
one morning suspicion was aroused, and
then a few villagers went to his place in
the afternoon, and found him as he had
been loft by the masked robbers. The
room was in confusion, and the floor be-
meath his chair was burned nearly
through. The legs and bottom Of the
chair were also burned. Bellman says
that he has $4,000 left, and that with
that he will go back to Germany.
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Borrowing Money.

Being now in favor with Great
Britain, the khedive of Egypt has been
enabled to borrow $4,000, ,0O0-S70,-
900, 900 being for the state, and $40, ,O00,-
900 for the khedive's own account as q
great landowner. This increases the
Egyptian debt to about S7O0, 900, ,00G, all
of which has been contracted since Is
mail came to the throne. It is fortunate
for Egypt thata large share Of the money
has been devoted to works of public
utility, which must increase the wealth
of the people.
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Speaking in her Comm.

Mrs. Harriet Westervelt, Of Bloom
ingdale, N. Y, died and her body was
placed in coffin by the undertaken for
burial. Before the burial arrangements
were completed he said to the woman's
daughter : care you really sure that
she is dead3" as she looked so lifelike.
He lad hardly spoken before the sup.
posed corpse sat up and frightened all
present by saying, in loud voice: {" My
Godl what are you doing with me7"
Then she fell back and became uncon.
scious. Mrs. Westervelt was removed
from tho coffin to o bed, and o physician
was summoned, but by the time he ar,
rived the woman had expired.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-03-22

APPROACHING NUPTALs.-Under the
head OF fashionable intelligence, a
Western paper says: The approaching
Auptials are announced of the lovely and
accomplished Miss Blanche Rye and
Herbert Crokid, the only son OF one Of
our most indicted citizens. The bride
that is to be is as wealthy asshe is beau
tiful, her fathers bail bond amounting
to $4,000. This pproaching matrimo-
nial event has caused much excitement
in fashionable rings.
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WATER WEEDs.-A gentleman had a
pond from which he took water for
household use. But weeds grew rankly
in it,and destroyed its beauty. He was
advised to procure pair of SWANS and
they would clear the weeds away. He
did so, and sure enough they rooted out
the weeds; but then the water grew
stagnant and became impure and unfit
for use. J he sent the swans away, and
as the weeds grew and thrived the water
became pure and usable.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-03-22
Deity In Forty.Eigh Languages.

The following List, comprising the
name Of God in forty-eight languages,
was compiled by the well-known French
philologist, Louis Burger, in the follow
ing manner: One day, as he was walking
along the streets of Paris, he heard O
voice beseeching him to buy some nuts.
Upon looking back he discovered that it
was the voice of bis old barber, who was
gaining a scanty living by selling nuts
on the street. To aid him, he hastily
made out and gave to the barber the
following list:
Hebrew-Elohium, Eloah.
Chaldaic-Eilah.
Assyrian-Eleah.
Syrac and Turkish-Alah.
Malay-Alla.
Arabio-allah.
Language Of the Magi-Orsi.
Old Egyptisn-Tuet.
Armofian-Teuti.
Modern Egyptian-Teun.
Greek-Theos.
Eolian and Dorio-Ilos.
Latin-Deus.
Low Latin-Diex.
Celtic and Gallic-Diu.
Frenoh-Dieu.
Spanish-Dios.
Portuguese-Deos.
Old German-Diet.
Provencal-Diou.
Low Breton-Doue.
Italian-Dio.
Irish-Dia.
Olalu Tong1e-Deu.
German and SWISS Gott.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-03-22

"Jeanette, your conduct was per-
fectly proper in kissing the young man
when he SO requested, in order to assist
him in discovering whether it would
make the gas flicker or not Slight
deviations from strict department may
always be made while investigating
scientific operations.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-03-22

The men and women dress so much
alike in Cochin, China, that it is dan
gerous to slap man on the shoulder
and remark: "Come, old fellow, let's
drop in here and indulge in smile"
1t may be the old fellows wife, you
know.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-03-22

By the sale of these lists the barber
was enabled to make as good living, if
not better, than NJ. Burger himself.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-03-22
Baby's Skies,

Would you know the baby's skies9
Baby's skies are mamma's eyes.
Mammals eyes and smiles together
Make the baby's pleasant weather.
Mamma, keep your eyes from tearo,
Keep your heart from foolish fears,
Keep your lips from dull complaining,
Lest the baby think 'tis raining.
, 1876-08-11

in every sense Of the woDl. What. think
you. would friend IayAuAn say were You
Ia pass hiS shop AMI >eUl.uP Sound Tor
your haef-tcak. when EoV could g.t IL
just aS good and cheap and F;E>HEE from
him: think he would say You wanted
sinking meat, This i hut a parallel
case with our papers. We pass the Office
Of our home medium and send away for
news which, though it does not smell, Is
very stale for all that.
The farmers are having a busy time
rushing in the hay. Some grain has been
cut. a species of potato worm is teasting
on the potato crop in places, they even go
into the shed and eat the potatoes where
they are laid away.
, 1876-08-11
LATEST N E w S

Gold in New York, Ill rs.

NOlu III NeW OIh3 III 90
Legal tenders in Portland-buy
ing S94, selling 904.
Granville o. Haller was appointed
on the 9th inst. postmaster at Coup
vile, w. 7.
The details of the Turkish atroci-
ties show that 60 villages have been
burned and 1900 persons killed.
Gen. Terry has fallen back so miles
from his camp on Big Horn, and is
now near the mouth of Roseburg.
The Government proposes to cut
off the Indian supplies and thus make
the warriors surrender.
Small pox abating slightly in San
Francisco.
Gov. Cheney has asked the New
Hampshire delegation in Congress
for Legislation Furnishing willful and
malicious interference with ocean
cables. This action is owing to the
numerous breaks in the direct cable.
1t is stated that the hostile Sioux
are daily being reinforced from the
North and British America.
The notorious Rain-in-the-F Face,
accompanied by 230 lodges, it is re-
ported has arrived at Standing Rock
agency since the rumored change of
management to the military. Rain
in-the Face is the same who killed
Custer and had a war dance over
Tom Clusters heart. He murdered
the trader Of Stanley's expedition in
1873 and afterwards exhibited the
scalp at the agency. He is now in
With hundreds of others and no
doubt will insist upon his disposi-
ton to be a good Indian. Early last
week the determination of the gov
ernment in relation to the Sioux
agency was known, and the agent at
Standing Rock said to the chiefs:
You have always said your young
men were on this reservation. Now
l want to see them on Saturday, and
l want them to stay here hereafter.
So runners we're dispatched in every
direction, and the result was that
more Indians we're found at the
agency next day than at any time for
months.
The New York Tribune says an
unfounded statement is going abroad
that some Republican Congressman
are proposing a pension of $4,000
yearly to Grant, to make up his losses
on bad speculations. Despite con-
trary statements, the President is
we'll off and needs no benefactions.
Senator Robertson, from South
Carolina, received the following dis
patch from Columbia on the 4th inst:
A coroner's inquest held over the
victims at Hamburg has brought its
labors to a close. 1t charges Gen
Butler, Col. Butler, DIR. Butler, Rev.
E. Meeling and SO other citizens Of
Aiken, Edge6eld county, and 30
Georgians with murder. The in
quest has been searching and ex-
hausting. Warrants of arrests Of
ali persons charged with the crime
are now in the hands Of the sheriff.
South Carolinians intend not to
surrender.
The Senate has passed a joint res
olution allowing the Pacific Mail
Steamship Co. to carry the U. S.
Mails between San Francisco and
China in iron steamships, instead Of
the wooden side-wheel steamers now
, 1876-08-11


NKw DUNGExEss, July q. 1876
EDITOR ARGUS: In one Of your late
issues was an article headed ITO whom il
may concern, - which Think viii fit all Of
us here as well as your tOwnsfoIks. It
seems to be = kind Of fdistemPer that II we
want q newspaper we must send 70 New
York, Boston. or some other place in
preference to taking home paper not
but that IL Is all right to get Eastern pa
pers. but We ought TO subscribe for the 10
cal one first; and we, the people Of tie
lower Sound ought certainly give big
support to the organ through which we
heuOme known to the outside world, and
should he as careful OF its interests as Of
any other part Of the machinery on which
our existence depends. We do not fully
realize the importance Of having the ex-
oellent features OF Onr several districts
kept before the eye Of the emigTanf: as
more than one settler las had the pleasure
Of getting a neighbOr and an emigrant =
home through the medium OF the local
paper, yet some viii sniG AZ Il and send
10 New ! Ork TO hear the news. Now.
while we would not underValue the efforts
made in our bellalf by the papers Of the
upper Sound, yet the residents Of the low
er Sound must say. that without the ABGUs
they would be lOst-fOr il Is q NEWS paper
, 1876-08-11
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Town Ordinance No. 8.

SECTION 2.--The owners or agents Of any
team. either horses Or oxen, kept lor the pur-
u-r-se ~ drawing within the town Of fPorf Town
End. ellaIl nay a license TO sid town In the
sum of Eve dollars for each span Of two horseA.
and two dollars and 6fty cents for each team
sFr- AL persons violating any ofthe pro-
vfsions Of Sections and Of this ordinance
shaiI. upOn conviction thereof. be fined In any
sum not exceeding tso.oe- -.
B. Z. CRAIG, Cerk-
, 1876-08-11
Nicaraguan Shin Sarah.

NTETHER TIRE MASTER, OWNERS,
IN nor the undersigned Agents will be re
SflOnsfble for any debts contracted by the
Ofieers or crew Of said vessel during her stay
on Puget sound
z s FOWLER 4 Co, Agents.
COSTA SABINA. Master.
Port Townsend, May ~, ls76.
, 1876-08-11
Portuguese Ship Teresina Perreira.

NTETTHER THE MASTER, OWNERS,
IN nor the undersigned Agents will be
responsible for any debts contracted by the
OnSoers or crew Of said vessel during her stay
On Puget sound
JOSE MARIA SOCSA, Master.
Port Townsend, May %, ls76. Is
, 1876-08-11
Nicaraguan Ship Anita.

NEITHER THE MASTER, OWNERS, NOR
IN the undersigned Agents Of the above
named ship will be responsible for any debts
oOntracted by the officers or crew, during her
stay on Puget Sound
=. s FOWLER a CO., Agents.
W. Z COLDREY, Master.
Port Townsend, June 20, 1916 Is
, 1876-08-11
Costa RIcan Ship Hern an.

NEITHER THE MASTER, OWNERS. NOR
IN the undersigned Agents OF the ship Her
man viii be responsible for debts contracted
by the ofiicers or crew, dnring her stay on
Puget Sound 4. s FOWLER 4 CO, Agents
EbWARD PERKS, Master.
Port Townsend. June 36. 1876. l9-4w
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-29
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ESCAPE OF THE FENIANS.

From the 100d0n Times. ~
On Easter Monday there was regat-
ta near Freemantle, and the Comptrol-
ler.general and Captain of the Pension.
ers were present. The usual force of
pensioners and police, however. re-
NAMED in Freemantle. While the re.
gatta was proceeding, six or seven Of
the prisoners managed to escape to 4
piggery about a mile from the prison,
where they changed their clothes and
got into conveyances which were
waiting for them. They are believed
to have been assisted by an American,
who has been living in the district for
some time. They drove to Rocking
ham, nineteen miles from Freemantle.
They were received there by man
named Bell, to whom they described
themselves as excursiOnists. He at.
tended to the horses, and accompanied
them to the coast, where 4 boat had
put on shore belonging to the Ameri.
can whaler Catalpa.
The boat was manned by one white
man and five or six men of color. The
prisoners told Bell they were going on
board. They had given him money,
and he asked them what to do with
the horses and traps The reply was,
''Let them go to hell" On looking
into one Of: the conveyances he found
in it three prison felt hats; some pat
ent revolve:s, ammunition, and a ram
rod. He at once suspected. that they
were escaped convicts, and gave the
alarm to the police. The Georgette,
with fourteen pensioners, followed by
the water police boat, put off in pur.
suit. The Ge0rgette steered in the di.
rection of the whaler and overlook her
lying to about twelve miles off tile
land. The mate was in charge, and
said the captain was not on board.
The Georgette had in consequence to
return to Freemantlc. The boat be-.
longing to the whaler had been over.
loaded in consequence of the prisoners
being added to the crew, and was un-
able to stand sea way. She kept
along the land during the day, and was
followed by the police boat many
miles astern. The boat, however,
reached the Catalpa, was picked up by
her, and left with the fugitives.
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-29
THE WASHINGTON. MONUMENT.

The Washington Monument Society
have issued an address, in which they
say: 'The monument to commemo
rate a peoples gratitude to George
Washington has renamed in an unfin.
ished condition for more than twenty
years, under the shadow of the Nation.
al Capitol; it is now 174 feet, and
when completed will be 485 feet high
"a plain and simple obelisk, surround.
ed at the base with stone terrace 25
feet hi gh and 200 feet in diameter
The cost to finish it is estimated at
$500, ,OOO.''
''In the name of gratitude, patriot.
ism, and national pride the Monument
Society renews its earnest appeal for
aid to discharge duty our country
owes to the brightest name in human
history"
"What more fitting time for the
people throughout the length and
breadth of our land to make their
grateful offerings to this noble work,
to show their reverence for the name
OF the "Father of his Country" than
this Centennial jubilee of universal re.
joicing for the possession of our olo-
rious free institutions and amazing
progress in all that makes and consti.
tates an enlightened, powerful, and
great nation2
eve appeal to the ministers of the
Gospel and Superintendent of Sabbath
schools to take up collection on Sun.
day, the second day of July next. or
on any convenient day before or there
after; above all, we appeal to the
sovereign people, the impregnable bul,
wark of: the nations safety, for the
means Of completing the monument. >
:, "We<r ctfully request that all
contributions may be sent direct to J
B. Smith, Treasurer of the Washing
ton National Monument Society, at
Washington, ID. c."
The Worthington advance., 1876-06-29
THE FATE or CHARLEY ROSS.

FfOM the New YORK sun.
A few weeks ago Boston detective
called at the Fifth Avenue Theatre and
explained to Mr.. Stephen Fiske that
he was in confidential communication
with Mrs. Mosher, the widow of the
man who had stolen Charley Ross !;
that she was evidently exercised in
mind in regard to the secret of the
boys fate; that she had heard
OF the stolen child in "Pique,'' and
was anxious to see the play if she
could come to the theatre unobserved
and he believed that, under the in.
t1uence of the play, she might be in
duced to make the confession which
she had hitherto refused.
These facts having been represented
to Mr.. DAILY, he placed his own private
box at the service Of the detective;
and the next evening Mrs. Mosher was
brought quietly to the theatre. She
was plain, elderly woman, neatly at
tired in black, and was accompanied
by a female friend. During the
progress of the play she laughed and
cried with the rest of the audience,
but did not exhibit any special pertur.
baton until the last act. The sorrow
of the heroine miss Fanny Davenport)
then appeared to move her strangely.
When Miss Davenport exclaimed,
''He's dead - Mrs. Mosher rocked her.
self backwards and forwards, and re-
peated 'sHe's dead !! Yes, he's dead!'
The joy in the Renfew family, when
the stolen child was restored, also af.
fected her deeply.
At the close of the performance
Mrs. Mosher and the detective left the
theatre as quietly as they had entered;
the detective whispering to Mr.. Fiske
as they passed, 81 think it has been
success No further revelations were
vouchsafed until Wednesday, when
Mr.. Christian X. Ross, the father of
the abducted boy, visited Superintend-
ent Walling, and held a long confer
ence in reference to some new clews
which have been discovered. It is
believed communications have passed
between Mrs. Mosher and her brother,
Westervelt, now under sentence in
Moyamensing prison, and that the fate
of Charley Ross is shortly to be cleared
up.