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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-09-27
The Last Encalnpment.
Editor Colalnabiu Rcgister:

Editor Columbia Register:
Under the above caption I read n
communication in the Ninety- Sic
Guardian, giving an account of an
encampmentin in April, 1866.
l do not know what Confederate
troops wero last in camp; but L do
know that Hagood's brigade was in
camp eight miles from Monroe,
n. c., on Saturday night, the 9th of
May, 1865, under military discipline,
tonts pitched, wagon train parked,
guards posted, &C.; and that
Walters battery Of Washington
Artillery were encamped near by. I
say know, for 81 WAS THERE"
A STRANGE ExpLos1oN.-Thoro was
q curious explosion in tho First
Presbyterian church at Plattsburg,
Now York, tho windows being
blown out, tho furnaces shattered,
and tho ceiling ruined. Those who
entered tho main audience-room
found it filed with gas, the carpets
and cushions blazing, several of the
memorial windows ruined, three
small arched windows over the
organ completely shattered, and the
heavy outside front door blown out
into the street. Tho statement of
Sexton Prindle is that he spont q
portion of tho day in tho main room,
sprinkling bonzino upon the cusha
ions and carpets, according to
directions given to him, to kill the
moths with which tho carpets md
upholstery wore infested. Ho
thinks that about two~thirds of q
barrel of benzine WAS used in this
manner. After finishing his work
up stairs he went down into the
lecture room, and made his prepara-
tions to start o fire in tho furnace,
in the southwest corner. He cut
kindlings and ignitod q match,
when a shock came which threw him
fifteen feet, and rendered him in
sensible.
Rev. DIR. James A. Duncan, q dis
tinguished divine of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, and Presi-
dent of Randolph Macon College,
died at Ashland, near Richmond,
Va, on Monday. He was a brother Of
Major d. r. Duncan, president of
the Spartanburg and Ashoyille
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-09-27
GROCERY DEPARTMENT

Justified up with frc. Ii Groceries, Con-
dictionaries and everything usually found
n first class house of tho kind,
A lot of Furniture, Laths, Shingles, &c.
Lumber low for Cash.
j. 0. BOAG.
You can find all you want by calling
on
april II u. O. Boa&,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-08

Tly AN AMERICAN LADY WITH A CHILD4 YEARS
Doid a position working housekeepcr for u widowe
with children aged couple: city country Call OF
or address T.. NJ. 81 King 1t.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-08

DY A LADY OF EXPERIENCE-A POSITION Al
Dhosekeepcr in hotel or widowers family city or coun
Try: references Address, for one week, b. ). r.. era
Uptown Office.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-11-15
AnsIpeident Of Their Honeymoon.

An amusing incident occurred on
board the Golden State about a week
ago on its way to Albany, when slight
fire caused considerable CONSERVATION
among the passengers. The story is a
very good ore, and we give it publicity,
as it demonstrates the true nature of
many individuals who, claiming to be
men, disprove their right to the title at
critical moments by losing their wits
and forgetting all else save their own
personal safety. It seems that there
was newly married couple on board
of the steamer, who, by public exhibit
ton of their fondness and affection for
each other, even before the boat left the
misunderstanding, gave every body in
their vicinity to understand that they
had just launched in the matrimonial
bark and were seeking together tho
pleasant haven of connubial bliss. They
both gloried in the fact. Soon after the
accident occurred the lovers disappear
ed from. the deck. In the cabin where
the lady passengers had been sent for
1.-THE purpose of fastening life-preservers
about their bodies, the couple
who had but few minutes
before attracted so much attention
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-11-15
were discovered. The bridegroom had

were discovered. The bridegroom had
secured life-saving apparatus and
strapped it about his own shoulders,
and his wife was clinging to him in the
agony of despair. ''Don't desert me
now, Charlie, the first day we are mar
ried,n she piteously exclaimed; "let
me go with you'll. Did Charles gal
lantly remain by the side of his affec-
tionate spouse and face the supposed
danger like a man? Oh, no, not he!
With eyes protruding from their sockets
in extreme fright, and with a face which
could not have portrayed greater fear
had its possessor been condemned to be
burned at the stake, Charles stepped,
or rather wrested himself, away from
the confding embrace of his bride, and
leaving her to her fate rushed on deck
and betook himself to a canal-boat
which had drawn alongside of the
steamer. Several gentlemen, observing
the heroic action of the bridegroom,
volunteered to pilot the deserted lady to
her lord and liege. This was done, and
as no affecting signs of recognition were
noticed between the couple, it is believed
the wife had her faith in the noble quail
ties of her husband somewhat shaken
by the occurrence.-Iroy Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-11-15
The Reason Why She Didn't Become a
Baptist.

1t is very easy to say, now that the
affair is over, that Miss Wilson ought to
have left her cork leg at home. In that
case, however, she would have been
compelled either to limp to the water on
crutches, or to be carried thither by
self-sacrificing deacons. Moreover her
appearance in public without her Gus
tomary leg would have excited great
deal of remark, which would not only
have shocked her sensitive feelings but
would have detracted from the solem-
nifty of the scene. When, in addition to.
these facts, we remember that she was
woman residing in country town, to
which champagne baskets rarely pene-
trated, and was hence presumably igno-
rant of the scientific fact that cork is
light and buoyant, her neglect to re-
move her cork-leg prior to the baptism,
seems entirely excusable. So long as
the water was only two feet
deep. Miss Wilson, who weigh
ed fully 200 pounds, managed to
wade toward the minister, but so soon
as the latter took her hand and led her
into deeper water the cork leg asserted
its buoyancy, and Miss Wilson was sud-
denly reversed The minister, with
much difficulty, placed her on her feet
again, and rather surlily requesting her
not to do that again, began to make a
brief and formal address Before he had
spoken ten words, Miss Wilson with a
wild shrek fell backward, and her cork
leg shot swiftly upon the surface. Per-
haps this is the point where a veil should
be dropped. 70 finish the narrative in
as few words as possible, it may be said,
that after half dozen futile efforts, the
attempt to baptize Miss Wilson was
abandoned. With all his skill and
strength the minister could not counter
act the effect of the cork leg, and could
not keep the convert right side up long
enough to baptize her. She bore it with
patience until the minister called for a
sixty-four pound weight, with view to
ballasting her, when she Indignantly
scrambled ashore, fastened home, and
subsequently joined the Presbyterians.
-NeW York Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-11-15
The Turkish Pasha.

The title of Pasha, which is merely
personal one, denoting the official aris-
tocracy, civil and military, of the Otto
man Empire, is derived from two Per-
sian words, signifying g the foot of the
King" In former times, when the
chief territorial divisions were called
Saujaks, ruled over by Beys, the larger
SauJaks, or two or more smaller ones,
were put under a Pasha, and called
Pashaliks. The military Governors of
provinces, who were only subordinate
to the Great Vizier, were STYLED Beyler-
beys, or Bey of Beys. European Turkey
was divided into two Beylerbeyliks-
Roumelia and Bosnia The latter in
cluded Servia, Croatia, and the Herze-
govina. Constantinople and Wallachia
and Moldavia were not included in any
OF these Jurisdictions. The Archipelago
was under the Captain Pasha. The
Pasha of Rutaya was called the Beyler-
hey OF Anatolia, and in that capacity
commanded all the Asia Minor troops
IN war. The Diarbekir Pasha was
also Beylerbey. The Pashas con-.
sisted of three classes, and were
distinguished by the number of
horse-tails borne before them as stand
ards-a custom brought from Tartary,
which is said to have originated with
some chief who, having lost his STAN
dard, cut off his horses tail and dis
PLAYED it as a substitute. The Govern
ors of the large districts were VHiers,
by virtue of Office Their insignia were
the alem, a broad standard, the pole of
which was surmounted by a crescent;
the-tabl, or military music, consisting of
nine drums, nine flies, seven trumpets
and four cymbals; the tugh, of three
horsetails, artificially plated; one san
jak, or green standard, similar to that
of the Prophet, and two large ensigns
called bairak. Other Pashas had but
two tails with the other insignia. A Bey
had only one, together with one stan
dard. The Sultan's standard counts
seven horse-tails, and the famous Ali
Pasha of Janina arrogated to himself no
less than Is. At the present day all
this is much modified. The civil Pasha
or Governor of district is called a
Vail, and his Government Vilayet.
The grades among military Pashas are
Mushir, Marshal; Ferk, Lieutenant
General; Liya, Major General. Field
officers are called Beys.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-11-15
The Bloody Record Of BlosaI

Mr.. Richard Bowling, ono q "
est citizens of St. Louis, recena'
before the His orical Society " Y
teresting "reminiscences Of cary y; y
that city, in which the follows
pears: :,
Bloody Island, which i ~.
with the main shore of Illinois, W
the recognized dueling gr0uaa's
many .dnels have been foggm V.
Among the early ones may % ~
ed the following: = p.,.o,
In. 1917 Col. Thomas Y sa !.
Charles Lucas fought, the has'
killed. o.,
In 1918 Capts. Martin and ~, 81,
officers stationed at beilelOa.'
fought. Ramsey was
shortly afterwards died. 80
Capt. Geo. H. Kennerly y n
S. Geyer fought at date nO sa II
membered. Kennerly was ~0s''
the leg .arss
In 1928 Thomas Rector D'
killed Joshua Barton. 1
In 1924 Henry Waddell lou n
Mitchell. The former was Hoa'
died next day. -. IA
About 1880 Spencer Petted p'ss
Thomas Biddle fought. ,,'sd
wounded and died Of their WIN Il
Judge James B. BoWiln g !. q
Chase, brother Of Salmon q, !.
fought. and neither was n's'
not known. i, IA
In 1910 Col. A. B. Chsn a,s
Capt. Thomas b. Hudson -
neither was injured.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-11-15
Nassau Darkies Diving Tor Psu

There is a nice little public i
which lies on the ! waterBide II
Street and fronts the, public build
where are the Courthouse, has1
assembly, bank, and other Il
places OF resort. Whenever we u
go-on a pleasant morning, afsrl
or evening-to sit by the stone |
stairs, or to stand on the seaexaA
view the lovely water with its cAsl|
hues of green, its yachts, its shiHl
all its busy smaller crafts, and
with delight the cool salt breeze
blows SO gayly over the narrow N
Hog Island, there would certainly
running to us two, three, or d.
tie black boys with the EMU
" Please, boss, give us . small 4
If 1 happened to have any chang4l
wished to see some funny wofi
water, l put my hana)
my pocket, and instantly evey]
black boy jerked off bis shirt, II
trouble for the negro children tsu1
in Nassau. The very little ones
only a small shirt and q straw
Sometimes there is not much mu1
this shirt, but they are always p
lar to have it come down low ena1
cover the breast-bone. Ill lind
ny, l toss it into the water, and y
ly every darky boy, clad in nothI1
his scanty trowsers, plunges 10 4
Sometimes a spry little fellow \
the coin before it reaches the 81
and it isnever long before some
comes up with the money in BY 4
Sometimes when a coin e nos
found, it is curious to look down u
the clear water and see the young
Gals moving their legs and arns
down at the bottom like o l0t o
nous brown frogs.-F. 4. StOdn
Scribner's for November.
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: Please Charge MA,

These three words an Il ;,,,
portance to every head Of : 4l sa.ss
any one whose duty il i. : y laall D
ways and means for food. elas y p'
other expenses incident t. s .,.:a Il
These three words are Ii liz sal tss.l !
in a chain which We forge s.s for ' oss'l
and every time they are ere, rens sars'
cham n; becomes stronger an g1a v
till its burden can not lons anu s
These three words add 6ftr = q Y
to the cost Of any article "a pe'
for the seller wants, And $ puNJ
needs, cash, and as he e.a Wy
money over several times bei F su I
li!quldate his claim he charges 's !, y
ton to the cash price, a pr ess' y y
time ne might have used his M =,
we paid cash on the spot. A'ae
These three words, easily a.
antly spoken. and as PLEASANT ].
ed to- make man the abieei n, NJ
the creditor. HE tolls from ~ !
morn till dewy eve,n but a. s u
lating interest so hampers Il. ~ -
and depletes his earnings that NJ "
becomes a boon greatly to IL 4, Il.
but scarcely expected. From n n
to December he, labors, break;ass' |.
OF the servile chain occasionally u
frequently adding two, and i 4 5a's
can be made to meet when the a.
are balanced, the fact IS made :. -
sion for rejoicing. y
These three words should il 1
from every farmers vocabularv !
can not afford, OF all men. 1
enormous interests, nor no can IL
debts to accumulate when ystm,
uncertain gains can only be relied
This reliance too often proves 4 \
reed, and. sooners OF. later hin,
initiation and bankruptcy.
These three words need M,
spoken if a thorough self-denial h
ticed for a year or two Pay ~,
involves no accumulating burden
lightens instead the daily routins
Dor, Tt issw0nderfnl tAs1SfA Aor
Il family can dispense with. L !
system of economy prevails, and
termination to live within iii !,
exists.
These three words may Be useI
temporary means Of bridging !
place, but their use is always, exit exit
hazardous, and should never b
when g Pay as you go''or !" Cash
spot" can by any means besubsl
Son Of the SoH. =
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-11-15

The warmest kind of hat-one
that's got stove in.
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I'M ~ 1Aat'1is e'ho JoS 1ioiiS bulouSu
life without any one to bother with or
any one to bother ye, do YEP"
i "rhat's just what want. - q.
"Wall, yen find it sum'a hard at fust..
lrampin' is a perfessun, an of course
we've got to begin way down. Now, how
did ye jump that train that they put We
ohm 4 I3kgssEsg gEsf.s.s ~. aeAG
81 jest got on at Reno, and when the
conductor woke me up-I pretended to
be asleep, ye know-I asked him to take
me along, told him was poor, an all
that sort of thing, We know. "sssi
"All bosh! Do ye think the slaves of
that ere m'nop ~ would give We ride9
not much. Ye must beat 'em-that's all
ye can do--beat 'em." @
ssBnt I don't know how to beat 'em.
They're too many for me.''
"Wall, yell find it hard at fust, but
with a nod OF Aencouragement) veil
learn it. Ne see a'tsintse easy now as
it used to be. Theirs too many on us.
The boys is beginning to see what iol-
~ life we lead, and the perfessun is git
tin crowded. Now,I have been from
Omaha to Frisco an back three times,
an rid most of the way free. But in
them days ye. could get onto the plat
form, atween the baggage car an ex-
press car, and go right along nice like.
But they dropped to that, and now the
Icussed cops watch ye an theirs no
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-04-12
A Rare Surgical Operation Success.
fully Performed.

1t is seldom that n surgeon, though he
make the treatment of ulCerOus cancers
n speciality, is called on to remove one OF
so unusual Il character as that taken by
DR.. G, Terry, of this city, from the
mouth and face Of Mrs. Russell, of
Florida, on Sabbath morning last. The
ulcer had grown to the size of mans
fist, in the patients mouth, causing the
disease and decay of portion OF the
bones of the head, giving constant pain,
and threatening at any moment to cause
death. In hopes of finding relief by sub
hitting to Il surgical operation, she came
to Columbus, and put herself under the
treatment of DIR. Terry, who, ms stated
above, cut it away, in the presence of
several medical gentlemen and n few
non-profcssionals, in a manner 80 skillfuI
as to elicit their admiration, and % in
spirc the suffering lady with new hopes
OF n prolonged life.
After administering chlOroiorm the
surgeon cut the cheek, from the corner
of the lip around up to the eye, exposing
the left half of the upper jaw up to the
eye anu DuSc VI llS OTDlJ. ~ pTOluSe
hcmorrhage ensucd upon the removal of
the tumor and bone, but il was promptly
checked. After removing all the dis
cased parts the wound was sewcd up
with silver wire, and properly secured
by strips Of adhesive plaster, and band
ages.
The herosm displayed by Mrs. Rus,
sel was wonderful; for though under
the influence Of chloroforn, she was fully
conscious of what was being done, and
occasionally spoke of the extreme pain
she suffered while under the knife. The
whole operation only occupied twenty
Mrs. Russell is now doing we'll. She
says she has slept better, and suffered less
pain, since the operation was completed,
than she had done before in years. We
congratulate her on her relief from such
A terrible affection, and wish her
speedy and thorough cure.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-04-12
THE, SUN
Campaign Against National Fraud

A prcsdcnt who was not elected by the p0oplo hay'
ing been inanguarod nt Naahlngt0A through, ~.
ceuscs OF fraud, We cay upon nOmeni rp pr,cysis"t
effort for tho correction N this great wrong nnd tn
punishment of tho guilty to beeniorccd 'hto"Rh '"O
For this outrage upon the right Of sclfgoycrnmont
the Republican party and lls chosen Managers hIu
primarily Responsible but le men wno ny" cx
orcisin the power Of Government upon such author,
ny scarcely less guilty than they VINO cohoeN'u
and executed this unparalleled political swindir,
Tho Fraudulent President aud hiaadyirofH hhNing
undertaken 10 iOrsake the ancient ways Oi lhe ho,
publican 9na GSTn opn 9SI Gc most "si1
offices In the Cabinet, propose t0debnnoh lho huheS'
public sentiment the South by the bcstowhl oi o.
fees by an enormous system OF government rlp,
sides Tor afOadHnnd canals, hoping thnhtO Comploto
In corruption the work begun IN irhnd, .NllncrW'
tmr with hypocrlicn pTctenses OF Ie,9Ilng ih ,.
rstg 10 the end that the great crime ~ WhCh AZ
nnietration h founded may DO overlooked ana con-
doned, $40 i
Against this complex scheme, ns agnst the consrlI.
ntOrswith whom II orgDaed, we call unoD the people
tocommence Immediately campaign Nllkr m"to,'rn a
and pertinaCIOus We promise them that from the he.
ginning to The end THE SUN shalt never DO found
nggard or m0rous In this holy crusade, ana we r.
vito new recruits from every quarter To ION III tho
our old friends and readers, q body Of about mil
lion readers-thc same number ~ ths mnl9tliS ~, oI
white citizens who, In November last voted Tor
Samuel j. Tlden for PrcSidenl-we need ony say
that we shall continue hereafter, as In the IoSt, !"
tuntPHl lOI non'ht, I'NI I'IOIHl ''"nVlHl, I'n
tiCc In public affairs, and that We shall ~ en-
drnyor to supply all who may consult our columns
with careful. complete and Trustworthy accounts 81
current events aud nows from every part OF the w0rl
white from Washington especially, our reports " u
continue 10 be- tul accurate and arlcH,
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The Sunday edition. eight pages, alone, Ia $40
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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-04-12
A Letter Forty Years In Transmission.

An application was recently received
at the dcad-lctter Office in Washington
from Palmer Gardner, Of Burlington,
Rancinc county, Wis, for letter mailed
tohim in 1888. Thisletter contained GER
tifcate of deposit for three hundred and
sixty dollars, issuedby the Onondago bank
of Syracuse, n. Y, and was sent from
there in October of the year mentioned,
by William n. Gardner to his brother,
Palmer Gardner, at Detroit, Michigan
territory" Not being claimed at De.
troit, it was sent to the dead.letter office,
and thence back to the postmaster at
Syracuse, who, being unable to find the
sender, returned it to the dead-letter
office again, where it lay undisturbcd in
the dusty files until the centennial ex-
hibition. 1t was then conveyed, with
other curiosities of the dcad-letter office,
to Philadelphia, and there CHANGED to be
seen by an acquaintance of Mr.. Gardner,
who informed him of his discovery, and
thus, after lapse of more than forty
years, the letter reached its destination.
The postage on the letter, when it was
first mailed from Syracuse, was twenty.
five cents
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-04-12
Turkish RuiIianism In Bulgaria.

The Iondon Times correspondent at
Constantinople forwarded recently n
story illustrating the present admins.
tration ut Bulgaria. On Christmas day,
a Turkish gcndaImc, cnraged with the
Christian mayor of the village of Drank
ortsi, after severe beating, saddlcd and
bridled him, and compelled the poor
wretch to carry him up and down the
street, finally driving him to the village
inn, where he threw the reins to the
hostler, ordering him to walk his horse
up and down. The landlord remon.
strated, whereupon the ruin Knocked
him down and ordered his victim to be
fed with hay, which was actually done,
the mayor pretending to swallow it, and
being finally tethered up outside the
door He was at lat released, on the
interference OF an Albanian, but there is
no redress, all Turks considering the
outrage an excellent joke. That is the
kind of treatment which goes on in many
villages. yet the ministry question the
CHRISTIANS tight of in.urrection.