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for beneath stretched long lines OF
something only indistinctly eeen, and
which, between the gusts of flames
and smoke, could he recognized as
the heads, arms and bodies If human
beings, all huddledHwithin the limits
of their former compartments, AM
just as they were caught by the fiery
sorocco. Not one in twenty had
time to move a yard before they
were met by flames and suffocated
where they cbanced to be- In fronl
of the locked gate large number OF
poor wretches were caught and i'm
prisoned by the flames. Their wad-
ded or skin garments caught. fire and
could neither be taken off nor extin-
guisEed- scores of poor women were
reduced to condition too horrible
to be Observation-Disclosures roasted
on one side, and utterly helpless to
escape.
The greater part of those who were
burned must have persisted instantly.
Within five minutes of the time the
fire broke ont it is probable that
those who failed to escape were suf-
focated in the flames. Long after
every sQpap of mat aud wood had
been consumed the bodies of the vic.
TINS continued to burn and shoulder.
The corpses were most of them reu
duced literally to cinders, utterly be.
yond recognition. Many of the sur-
vivors on the day of the fire, and the
three following days, while the bodies
were being taken out, wandering
about, ulering the most piteous la
mentations, striving to discover their
children; husbands came to institute
a hopeless quest for their wives
Nothing was LETT upon the ground but
horribly mutilated corpses, fragmente
of half burned clothes and broken
pottery. 1t is definitely ascertain &c
that the number who persisted il
somewhat more than 400.
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a Precious Document.

Major Julius Mills has handed us
the following letter, says the Chester
Reporter, which he picked up from
lot of rubbish left among the effects
Of the Treasurer's office, as transmit.
ted to him. 1t is a lit and striking
commentary on the times in which
it was written-fhe days of robber
rule in South Carolina. Just think
of i'll The private Secretary of the
Governor of the State writes from
the office of the Attorney General
proposing to an officer charged with
high and important trust, viz: The
collection and disbursement of tax es,
to join him in wholesale thieving-
stealing moneys belonging, in most
instances to helpless orphan children.
1t is needless for US to say that 'Dear
Ben" is none other than that consul
mate scamp B. G. Yocum, Chamber
laln's Treasurer of Chester county,
who is now, we know not where; but
he can never receive his desserts
until he wears the striped garb and
cropped hair of some Slate peniteu-
liary, with Noah and Chamberlain
to bunk with him. The following is
the letter:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL,
Columbia, S. c., Feb. 5, 1875.
Private.
Dear Ben: I have an idea that on
reconstruction in this Safe, guard
ians, trustees and others came into
court to settle their accounts, and
paid in the assets thereof in Confed-
crate money, bills Of the Bank of the
State and other trash, or what was
at that time considered so. If there
were any bills of the Bank OF the
State paid in, whether war issue or
not, they should or ought to be there,
and it "e can get possession of them
by hook or crock, We can make some
money. Look this matter up, and
advise me at once, ,as l can make a.
sale Of the same. Your friend.
lOVer.] II NOAH.
If there are any, as suggested OH
other side, Confederate money can
be substituted th herefor, and nothing
ever be known of it, or even if no
substitution is made. In this regard.
it. would be well to get the Clerk of
the Court to join with ue.
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Is There no Remedy?

Notwithstanding the committee of
the Grand Jury of Pickens County
appointed to look after and bring to
justice revenue officials who abuse
their privileges, outrages by brutes
in human form, who armed with q
little brief authority take delight in
making their power oppressive, cons
time of frequent occurrence. Scarce
ly mail comes from the mountain
ous section of this State that does not
bring some complaint of the insolence
and tyranny of United States deputy
marshals. To-day. we publish from
the Greenville News All account of a
gh~handed ontIage committed By
one of these fellows and bis compan-
ions upon a respectable citizen and
his family. Surely there ought to be
soHe way of putting stop to this
persecution Of the people. These
undere'ra. .'pere, when they are ar
rested and prosecuted for their mis-
deeds, at once have their cases trans
ferred 10 the United States Courts, on
The plea that the offence with which
they are charged has been commit
ted in the discharge of their duty
No matter how absurd such a plea
may be, the State Courts are not al
lowed t" judge If its relevancy, but
the United States Court claims iuris
diction, and once there the offender
is almost sure to escape, tor two rea~
sons-he has the sympathy and sup
port OF Ills superiors, and it costs too
much for the poor people who have
been injured to prosecute their case.
On the other hand, if the people
undertake to defend themsel yes, and
punish the ruffians who assault them,
they are arrested for resistance to the
United States officers, and carried
before the United States C)urts, and
tor the came reasons that q revenue
official escapes when be is prosecuted,
the man whom he has injured goes,
for a shorter or longer period, to Al
bany penitentiary.
This is a crying shame, and one
that will exist as long as the people
in the mountains are left to their own
feeble efforts to remedy it. There is
no hope of redress from the United
States officials; they are ali Republi-
cans, and as such banded against the
rest of the community. Hampton
possibly, but not probably, might
have influence enough at Washington
to compel the United States Marshal
to remove Objectionable deputies, il
good cause were shown, but even the
removal Of these officers would be
very inadequate satisfaction for such
outrages as that narrated by the
Greenville News. They ought to be
punished, and punished severely
The Attorney-General should be au~
thorized, at the expense, of the State,
to prosecute all offenders under color
OF tile United State authority against
the rights and liberties OF the people,
to the full extent of the law. II the
same splendid talens and weight OF
legal lore that were brought to he
defence # the Ellenton prisoners
we're used in the prosecutions OF
these revenue ruffians, they would
not much longer 60 unwhipped of
justice.-Charleston News and Cou-
rier,
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The Disaster in the English ChanneI

The sinking of the iron-clad Gros-
ser Kurfurst, (Grand Eleetor, y flag
ship of the German squadron of evo-
luton, by collision with the iron clad
KaiNer Wilhelm, in the English
Channel, adds another to the list of
great disasters for which the British
waters have been famous. In this
unfortunate instance the collision
took place in broad daylight, in q
calm sea, and the necessary Inference
is that it was the result Of blunder-
ing scamanship. Tue statement of
an eye witness is to the effect that
the Kurfurst ported her helm TO clear
passing bark, and tho Wilhelm
pulling too euddenly apart struck
the Kurfurst forward of her mizzen-
mast. The loss OF lives by this ca
tastrophe is estimated at 300 or more.
and it naturally recalls many great
events ot the kind, late and remote.
among which may be enumerated
the following: ......
By the sinking of the British frig-
ate Royal George, off Spithead, in
1882, Admiral Kempenfeldt and 600
men were drowned. The British
frigate St. George and Defense were
wrecked off the coast of Jutland, in
1871, involving together a loss Of
1900 lives. The British troopship
Birkenhead struck upon a pointed
pinnacle rock off Simon's bay, near
Cape Town, Africa, on February 26,
1852, and 454 of the crew and sol~
dicrs perished. The British troop.
ship Lady Nugent foundered in a
hurricane, in May, 1854, and 400
lives were lost. The boiler of the
Austrian man~of-war Radetzky ex--
pIoded Oh February 20, 1869, in the
Adriatic Sea, and 342 lives were
lost. The United States steamer
Oneida was run down by the British
steamer Bombay, in the Japan Sea,
in January, 1870, and 115 officers
and men were lost. The British
turret~ship Captain foundered near
Cape Finistere, France, on Septem-
Der z, 1870, 500 lives were lost, in
cIoding Captain Cowles, the designer
OF the vessel. On November "a,
1877, the United States steamer
Huron was wrecked on the coast of
North Carolina and 1O4 lives were
lost, and on theS same coast a little
atef the steamer Metropolis foun.
dered, and over 100 lives lost. The
last disaster of the kind was the
laundering of the British troop ship
Eurydice, off the Isle of Wight, on
March "a of this year, with the loss
of over 300 lives.
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Six vessels, in all, will be occurred
before the Russian agents leave this
country. -...4 5
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Sore, Rheumatism, NEURALGIA, Pain in
the Bones, Side and Head, Female
Weakness Sterility, Leucorrhna, arising
from internal liberation, and Uterine
disese, Syphilitic and Mercurial dis
Genral Debility, and for Purifying the
Blod.
Tis Sarsaparillais combination of
vegfable alternatives - Stillingia, Man
draH Yellow Dock with the Iodides
OF Dtasslum and Iron, and is the most
etficcious medicine yet known for
the iseases it is intended to cure.
Its ingredients are so skilfully COM
bind, that the full Alternative effect of
eacl Is assured, and while it is so mild
as tfbe harmless even to children, it is
stlllIo etfectual as TO purge out from the
systh those impurities and corruptions
who develop into loathsome disease.
=. Te reputation it enjoys is derived
fron,its cures, and the confidence which
prominent physicians all over the coun-
try rPose in it, prove their experience
of it usefulness.
Cetiicates attesting its virtues have
accuiulated' and are constantly being
feceibd, and as many of these cases are
publily known, they furnish convincing
evidece Of the superiority of this Sar-
saparla over every other Alternative
medipe. So generally is its superb
ority } any other medicine known, that
we ned do no more than to assure the
publicthat the best qualities it has ever
possessd are strictly maintained.
PREPARED BY
Dr.. J.c. AVER & CO., Lowell, Mass,
PT1}fcut and analytical Chemists.
SOLD X ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE.
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FOR 1878 !.

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Ay yer's
SarSaparilla

For Scrofula, and all
scrofulous diseases, Erysi-
pelas, Rose, or St. Antho-
ny's Fire, Eruptions and
Eruptive diseases Of the
skin, Ulcerations of the
Liver, Stomach, Kidneys,
Lungs, Pimples, Pustules,
Boils, Blotches, Tumors,
letter, Salt Rheum, Scald
The Morning herald., 1878-05-27

AS result he has d seo7tTed that dis
eases originate IL germs or IN pain wore 8,
parasites Now ifany persons are disposed
to he sceptical en tais point they eau soon
be convinced by 1e use OF a powerfui
microscope. that this Is an absolute fact,
and not mere 0ssar;i,n Tuis being So
what could be more natural than the Doc
tors theory, viz: "Iu cure the disease
you must destroy the par sites causing ito"
DR.. Paine, after years OF study. has been
able to take ZoL e. the great health-givipz
element of the air, and reduce Il to s.
liquid form. Il is an ahsJiute cure for
Lltarrh, be destroying the germs caus ns
il. The Same in regard tt that feartu
scourge, D.ph hsTia. ard b disesse is SO
deadly, simply hec2nse the parasite
causing il a e allowed, from the want uf
proper treatment, u remain in the men,
brane, when il they were destroy, d. nature
would in all cases do the rest. their de-
struction or re Will p positively accomplish.
1t produces better results IL cCpsum ton
than any other kaown remedy, anI if
used before The total I. IS action oi he
lungs will produce a cure, The sam o.
Cancer and other dtsea' es. Ozone a. dis.
infeetsnt has no equal for the bCdy or SEX
room.
The Morning herald., 1878-05-27

Schoebei1 ! named he EubaiaHc ce which he
dlscoVe' I'll tZDue. iTHm me Grces wn. d
'OZeln, >igni!yiBg 10 emeit He Suppose3
tnat i Tss> UNy gen in al sc,ive a..i. lIAi.,y
e. ctrH.2cgailTc stale. My Nr>-TVat.uns DO
not warrant iut Sc conclusions as sub
stances (suCl IS l'siOra,. @, p lass. e;c
that VI. ID "a ErQUaaliiiss II o.. gen give
Out lille zone, wu.!g others Producing
prH1ucl little "g Il" 'SXge:. N.e 1 iarg-
quantities q; OL"-e. .Et moi high cA.iiI-
!Zei TssEic H-Gles ale ,la.- " . d, Pi.e-
l-av Blood. Ctc. etc f the A:iur:u.
S'!Is. Aum, Suri hUr, lsurld- OF .o,!a.
e.I'' mag D ."T9it"-,si a -e9tS "ic airg
tzJLe IL .r','i aG.e. L ! uls. tt n.k4
CtaciuTed ttrH d.: u ~ todias hy
che lnict.! ali! ~, ne, a. L Iun q. utsr1..v
matter #..I lis '"w.d ~ -g-5t.,l L Vi all
oLonla1! substances ,.t.,. ., n"4n~ OF
Leat, serltic.iE ..r ut. (. .,.Iius lui. e.
" he Is The Gn!is"pc pr!ari.,!s II e, vi,
substance T. s>;sst : l.:e i'rwer to preserve
animal hi - tab" STRUCTURES rom &C.
gay. The rfe>@IN''lEe "nu pull.y n. q&a..
tile; Of .aI. Calu..ilt Aci ni.:.dr CT
Lame. n.c,h O.. due IA lie p.cstQ, e
of u .Dy.
The Morning herald., 1878-05-27
THE HERALD
mo aorniaS aera,a

NorfCE TO SUBscRIsKIss. Those of our
subscribers who are indebted 10 the Morn
ISa HERALD, will oblige BY an early re-
mittance.
The Morning herald., 1878-05-27

1t was first discovered by Schoenbeln in
SIN Ill quantities OF it from Oxygen, by
means Of pressure. 1t is asserted By Lew
and Odling that Ozone contaius three
atoms ofOxygep while he latte has two
atoms, aud that by comp. ezsing it to one
third of its volume OZoue is formed.
eZone has also been produced by passing
series OF eleciric SPARES through Oxy gen
Gas; by applying Perm ganate Of Potas-
sa II su phuric Acid; by burning Phos-
phorus in Ether; or By orcily sir Though
a solution Of Blood. Ether. Psrmangant
Of Potassa and phosphorus.
The Morning herald., 1878-05-27

ssIt seems as If / should cough my he q
on" is sometimes the I'm mpalleut Nclama
ton of suffarer from severe ough
OuelI the paroxysms with Ha e'S Honey
HOrenound end fa-.8 TIE relief is Imm
diate amt the cure eertciG. &old by =!
Druggists. &
= Pixies Tccshache Drops ru in one
minute.
Cronktl. a. !. a..' clntined to the from
pnpds A. .>uL al!sost everybody is
harse. t. U.s,.,irg of distressed lungs mr.
,.yarywhere. Way is this, when Hale
Honey of HoTuhound and Tar will GUS
any cough Geld or hosrsaneSN in ~ hours
said NY ali Druggists,
l1ke's TocthachR Drop v~'s In on
minute.
The Morning herald., 1878-05-27
MEDICAL.
OZONE
It's Powers

The world moves. so does science. We
have long been accustomed to read that
the want of ozone in the atmosphere was
the cause of the plas uc. of cholera, small
pox, diPtheria, spotted fever, indeed all
these diseases which have their origin
from a vitiated condition OF the air we
breathe. How to equalize the disturbed
condition of the air we breathe 10 q health y
tone, or supply its health giviGg functions,
problem which occupied the best minds
OF tine medical profession in Paris. Vienna,
Berlin, Dublin and Edinburg, as well as
eur own schools for a generation or more.
Professor VIM. A. Paine. A. NJ, n. D., a
highly educated and cultivated Physician,
has iabored assidiously ior thirty six Years
TO this cause of disease and its rem,dy.
The Morning herald., 1878-05-27

GENTS FURNISHING 20. DS.
The Morning herald., 1878-05-27

Dr. Payn2 II he Consulted daily at his
Offices IL the Heahoiy Hottl h!u;h stree
betws en- Walnut and spruce streets Pulta-
del. hia
The Morning herald., 1878-05-27

Oxygen represents 18th of the atmos-
phere; ozone, lQp Ii part. one thousaud
qaurts, or Is cubic feet OF sir are consumed
by person every twenty four hours.
The Morning herald., 1878-05-27
PEABODY HOTEL

The iarse and elegant DcIc. has teer re-
Gently Eued ia lEe most exquisite style by
the the celebrated lr1.e>>or taine The
Professor exercises a ersonal sUpervis o.
over evsIy ;r.ic,e 0f food VA cu GENES
into the SteTart'S 4 pN;IGtN! tt,ore IL is
liVen out TO the cu-sss. Ml.h and other ar
ticies oi dia. Src regular yilsIc" eG Il, uc-
Notwithstanding 6 the large ulIttr OF guest.
not single Sc OF dis. aSe has oCcuTrei
and the Invalid rrcJYegS with TeG.arka ole
facility. Tho Profess } has thus C5Lvv;ted
"a rr.t.c3asS Hole; into S&rC.u.ry cl
h-a'tA iuSts al .! q 2, hnu~- g: disease
as is frequently the cas- with Hotels. He
has the luo,t experience. N&,u-r1k. a..
tFntive Walters and zee ri!iig ,.uk< who
cater 10 the comfort, h>a ~ ard happiness
Of the guests, instead T lhc YaSs!ol-s ana
uorbi4 Rpret!'es ho charges ItEy IL ke T.
Ing with I e Time, trln[ - rcr day jur
room and three meas J.06HS lEitGop.
b n Il. rom 0 cents II s.. Weekly heard
from s. TO 81, Board wl.aGut rCouS, SS.a
per Week. seven M a! tui,,S or i2.
oreu day and nisht-the cars rurnin-
ra>l I ( coor ca0ve, EsseuEerS in or frau.
any ot III" depHtS. or my pa.l Uf The ely
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Richland beacon., 1878-10-12
mymiie,:neai.

Married at the residence Of the brides
father, on Thursday evening, October 10Th,
1878. by Rev. d. A. Campbell, Mn. WIZ. L.
JONES and Miss LuvILLA OLIVER; all of
Richland parish, La.
We had the pleasure Of Witnessing the
ceremony and pariaking Of the Inequalities
of Major Oliver and his lady; and we could
bu, think ,haai, Mr. Jones Jones had drawn valuable
prize from the wheel of the matrimonial
lottery, as we looked upon the gentle, lovely
and cl,nging bride. and that he was conscious
Of the fact and fully appreciated his good for
tune in securing such a companion. May
conjngal bliss be ever theirs.
The wedding supper was feas, of good
things-a proiusion Of choice viands-whicl
we were surprised to see, even at Major
divers in these times of quarantine blockade
and from what we could learn next morning
We think all the guests did full justice to the
repast. Well, we'll, gentleman, if after feed,
ing 90 long on corn breed aud beef, you made
yourselves little sick eating the Majors good
things, you were excusable.
Richland beacon., 1878-10-12
The Democracy.

Has not the intelligent citiZen asked him
self the question to @liat party are we of
Louisiana indebted for the defeat OF Radical.
ism and the preservation OF our lioiines and
liberty!
Undoubtedly il has been asked, and the
answer, which cannot be disputed or gain
sayed, IS, that to the Democratic party do we
owe all that we are and have!
Is il not singular then, that we should find
at this ,nonen, lot of political philosophers
clamorons with remedies for evils, more im~
ayinary than real, aud demanding trial Of
their panaceasa
Wliete were these people when the full
force of all The causes, which brought about
the disaster and ttiin now paIpable, were at
ffil pIayf They were not heard OF. They
tad tiotlfing to offer or Suggest. Bnt now
that the Democracy have swept from pow er
the tiondering horde OF Radicals, these "Iater
day saai6fs appear, as we before mentioned,
ready 10 reform ID the State. For ourselves
we see no virtue ia that class of m-n. When
all Is easy sailing and the patient out of dam
ger these quacks are ready with all manner
Of nostrums, but when we were sick unto
death no one ever heard of them
The great mass of oGr people will under
stand this, and those who did nothing when
we required heIp-nay whrn We demanded
it, will not be trusted.
II the Democracy was good, virtuous and
powerful enough 70 bring us forth from Rad
icaI bonaiage. It is Certainly worthy Of our CON
fidence in peace. and we propose TO sustain il
-Nafckifoches Tndieafof.
Richland beacon., 1878-10-12

This Question OF Gen. Kings place of res.
idence was sprung before lie was nominated,
and con,radic,ed by us, and. as we thought iu-
y proven but his opponent, John +. Lude.
ling, we learn, is still busiIy engaged in circu-
laing Tie story that hc i; not citizen of the
Stats. Gen. King authorizes us to jus, simply
say it is false. He is an honorable and truth.
fu man, and his simple contradiction ought,
TO be Sufficient evidence that i, is false. As to
his paving no taxes in the State tudeling
Knows, or ought to know at least, that it TOO is
false. He pays very large tax in this State
Richland beacon., 1878-10-12
TELEGRApHfC NEWS.
[SPeeials to the Richland Beacon ]
Political Matters.

ST. JOSEPH, La. Oct 4; via Rodney, Miss,
Oc, 5th.-John I. Labelling has gone 10
Ouachira to try and divide the white vote and
to advocate the negro preacher Fairfax ;
Clam to congress, in opposition TO Col. J. 5.
Young (white) Negro Fairfax organizes the
negro phalanx ayains, Gen. King and Col
Young.
Gen. King will see that everything goes
right here. He is indefa,p able in his work
for Col. Young, himself and the State ticket
He will win a large majority. He is coura-
g-ous and glorious leader. ...
Lockout for enemy in the Hill pari.hes. II
possible, Gen. King will return TO the bills
before the election; but the work, is on the
River. The general speaks at Waterproof
,o.night, Kinks Ferry to>morrow and Sicily
Island tomorrow night.
Judge Hough withdIaws and denounces
Ludeling. LudeIing made bitter speecb in
negro Fairfax church, at Waterproof, in this
parish Negro leaders here have drawn the
color line. I. { SAcHsE,
Member Congressional Com.
Richland beacon., 1878-10-12
A Startling Rumor, Ii Credible.

ST. Paul, Sept. l2.-The following
Special from Bismarck is just received
by the Pionesr Press A terrible story
not credited here. though the sender
is a leading citizen of Bismarck and
generally trustworthy. says the broth
er Of Senator Dorsey returned from
Ceogh by the Custer trail to-day and
reports that he reached Keogh about
the 5.b that Gen. Miles and .ap eX-
cursion party were surrounded by
Bannocks in the Yellowstone park and
q of the escort had been killed. A
lot Of Cheyenne Indians and two com.
panies Of mounted Infantry had been
sent to his relief
Mrs. Miles and a daughter of the
generals son. born at ST. Paul, aud
other ladies are in Miles's party.
:, Go2EMAN. MONTANA. Sept. 10, via
Helena. Montana. Sept, l2.-An extra
courier from Capt. Brewing, says
that Sunday last Gen. Miles had a
battle with the Bnnpocks on Soda
Bottle creek. near Clark's forks. Thir;
teen indians were Killed and rest OF
the party, 81 in AL. were. captured.
Miles's loss was Capt. A. S. Bennett
killed aud one soldier mortally
wounded.
CHICAGO, Sept. l2-Thcre is moth
ing known respecting the alleged
massacre of Gen. Miles's excursion
party. The story is. discredited at
Gen. Sheridan's beadquarters.-Gd1-
rcston Nsiscs.