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SHE COULDN'T Do IT.-A lady el

SHE COULDN'T Do IT.-A lady en-
tered into an agreement with her hus-
band to hold her tongue ten minutes in
each quarter hour for one thousand one
hundred and thirteen consecutive quarter
hours, and failed in her task. At 8
o'clock of the seventh day, as she was
completing her nine hundred and sew
enthteenth quarter hour, and her hackers
were feeling sure that she would win, a
neighbor lady passed along the street in
front of the window, wearing her new
purchase, beautiful shawl. Now, the
lady who was holding her tongue should
have tightened her grip at this supreme
moment, and concentrated her thoughts
on something else than this new article
of dress belonging to her neighbor; but
it is said that the ruling passion is strong
even in death, and that ingrained habit
is unconquerable, and these axioms were
proven in this instance, for the tongue.
holder, unfortunately for herself, leaned
over and whispered in the ear Of a lady
bystander: "What horrid shawlp She
Immediately saw her mistake, but it was
too late. The judges Immediately decided
in favor of the husband, the crowd filed
slowly out of the building, and the first
match on record of tongue-holding against
time was over. One lady at least in that
town will attend church this summer in
last years bonnet. The husband is in.
vesting the ten dollars he saved in strong
plug tobacco. He says he never before
enjoyed such peace and quietude as dur
ing the past nine days. And now the
other married men there are hoping thai
the tongue-holding fever may become ar
epidemic and strike the country with
emphasis.
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NICOTINE PoIsoNING.-A rather un-
usual case of nicotine poisoning occurred
lately in Partisan suburb. The victim.
man in the prime of life, had been
cleaning his pipe with a clasp knife.
With this he accidently cut one of his
fingers subsequently, but as the wound
was of trivial nature he paid no heed
to it. Five or six hours later, however,
the cut finger grew painful and became
much swollen. The inflammation rapidly
spread to the arm and shoulder, the pa
lient suffering such intense pain that be
was obliged 10 betake himself to his bed
Medical assistance was called in and or
dinary remedies applied Intellectually
The sick man, questioned as to the man.
ner in which he had cut himself, ex.
planned the use to which the pocket knife
had been applied, adding that he had
omitted to wipe it after cleaning his pipe
The apparent mystery which surrounded
the case was thus cleared up, and as the
patients state had become alarming he
was carried to the hospital. Upon his
admission, the doctors attached to the
institution declared that in the i'm
mediate amputation of the arm lay the
only hope ofsaving the patient'slife. The
poisoned member was therefore amputa
ted but in spite of the promptitude witt
which the operation was performed, tht
man lies in so precarious condition tina
the chances of his recovery are said to b
slight.-ET0m the Partisan.
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4 FEARFUL CRIME.
A Young Lady Brutaly Outraged and Muir
derod In Spartanburg County.
On Thursday, June 5th, q nice looki

On Thursday, June 5th, nice looking
young woman passed through Vernons-
Vile making inquiries for Mr.. Wood
ward, stating that her name was Wood
ward, that she had two sisters living with
Benjamin Morgan near the Trap in Pick
ems County; that she was looking for Mr..
Woodward, an uncle, or Pascol O'Shields,
and that she had walked from Pickens.
She was dressed in a neat black dress
with brown straw hat, and striped shawl
on her arm.
She was directed to Jefferson O'Shields,
at Reidville. From the stores she passed
on about half mile further, asking for
Woodward. Finally, abandoning all
hope of finding the person sought, she
turned towards Reidville, asking direc-
tions. She arrived at Moore's house just
as they were sitting down to dinner.
She accepted an invitation to eat, and
departed. Mr.. Moore accompanied her
a short distance to the main road, when
she took her final leave, nothing more
being heard of her.
On Sunday, Sth instant, two men pass
ing the road noticed an unusual number
of buzzards Just off from it. On stoop-
ing and looking that way they saw some
thing unusual, and then first recognized
the smell of carrion. They went towards
it and discovered the body of the woman.
The buzzards had picked out her eyes,
the body was much swollen and discol-
ored, the clothes were thrown up about
her waist, her throat was cut from ear to
ear and into the backbone, bullet hole
was in her right breast, worms crawling
in countless multitudes in every cavity
the hair was kept in motion by them.
God grant 1 may never again see such q
sightl
T. P. CASTOR summoned q jury, but
night set in before much could be done,
and the inquest adjourned until sunrise
this morning. To the credit of the jury,
be it said, nearly ever one stayed to help
watch the corpse, which could not be
moved. This morning they finished,
with verdict-"Death by gunshot and
incision in throat, by person unknown"
There is not the slightest clue yet, but
every effort is being made. The ear
rings from her ears and her slip of cloth
ing were carried off. After the devil had
accomplished his hellish deed, he carried
the slip about fifty yards deeper into the
woods, and, opening it, destroyed tim
type of deceased and the wrappings on
it, leaving enough of it to be readily
identified by several who had conversed
with her on Thursday. The hat, shawl
and pieces of likeness are with Trial JUS
tice CASTOR. The slip had been made
way with. A keen scrutiny led us to
think it had been carried to the river,
which was thoroughly searched to-day
Cor. GreenuiNe Enterprise and Mountain
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FARM MAps.-The Charleston Ncws
thinks that on the large farms in the
South work would so on more systemati-
cally if maps were made of the whole prop
erty: "Every farmer should have a
complete map of his farm, with each
field, pasture and wood lot, together with
allithe fences, roads and bitches, plainly
drawn and numbered or named, so they
can be readily designated. Few farmers
can appreciate the real value of one until
they have tried the experiment; for, with
map of the farm before you, you can
direct your workmen to any part of it
without the possibility of their making
mistake. You can plan your improve
ments and estimate their cost at your
leisure, instead of spending half day
of valuable time surveying the land itself.
1t should be about twelve feet square, or
or larger if desired, and drawn on thick
card board, to prevent its being torn or
defaced. Let our farmers try the expo
riment; they will soon learn its value.
All necessary surveys may be made when
other farm work is not pressing, and the
map may be drawn and the lots number
ed in the winter evenings"
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The Torch as a Political Weapon.

A recent number of the Charlotte
Observer has the following:
A letter has recently been received by
negro man at Matthews Station, in this
county, which has created ripple of ex-
citement in the community. The negro,
it seems, applied to young man in the
neighborhood to read letter to him,
being unable to read himself, and in this
way the facts in the case became public.
The letter was dated at Hampton, S. c.,
and was signed by a name to which was
attached the word Secretary" The
letter informed the negro man that it was
now time to begin to burn houses and
railroad bridges in the country, and went
on to say that the colored men must re-
sort to this, as they were not treated as
they should be, and that their Northern
friends would furnish the money. 1t in
formed the party addressed that the
president" had 5000 for him for his
service in the cause, and would come up
on the train. He was, however, to spare
Monroe and Charlotte. Some reference
having been made to former letter, the
negro was questioned as to this and ex-
hibited another signed by another name,
to which was attached the word "Presi-
dent" This was dated at Russell, S. c.,
and was to the same purport as that re-
ferred to. One or other of the letters
informed the negro man to whom they
were addressed that he should send his
answer to Liberty, S. @. The negro pre-
tends to know nothing about the whole
matter, except what he has heard from
the letters. He has been about Mat
thews' station for several weeks, and was
formerly employed on the Carolina Cen
tral Railroad as one of the hands who
were working with the steam shovel. 1t
was soon after he was discharged from
the road that he came to Matthews. He
has been employed by several farmers in
the neighborhood, and none have noticed
anything suspicious about his conduct.
The matter is undergoing investigation
at the hands of several we'll known citi-
zens in and around Matthews. Letters
have been written to the points in South
Carolina indicated in the letters received
by the negro, but as yet nothing has been
heard from these places. The more con-
servative element in the community is
disposed to look upon the matter with no
feeling of alarm, but at the same time
considers that it is one which must be
investigated.
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From London SOcictY.

A CoLoRED MAN ON THE OHIO TICK
ET.-Among the delegates to. the late
Ohio Democratic Convention was a col
ored man named Andrew Jackson Davi.
son, full blooded black, and man of
fine presence. In seconding the nomi-
nation of Gen. Rice for Lieutenant
Governor, Mr.. Dawson made the follow
ing speech, one of the best talks made
during the meeting:
lfr. President and Gentlemen of this
Conucntion / arise to endorse the nom-
ination of man whom l regard as 3
brave and gallant gentleman-a man who
had the patriotism and the bravery to 60
TO the front to fight the battles of his
country. 1 endorse the nomination oi
General Rice. Nominate him, and the
colored men from Lake Erie to the Ohio
river, across our whole broad State, will
be with the Democracy. General Rice
went out and risked his life and left his
good right leg in battle, while the nomi,
nee of the other party skulkcd in the rear
speculating off his country. The Repub:
licans are fond of reminding the colored
men they are free. Yes, thanks to Gen.
eral Stedman, General Rice, Gen. Ewing
and scores of other brave soldiers, we are
free-free to vote for whom we please
and 1 say to this august assembly that
the colored men prefer to vote for a man
who served his country in the front tt
the man who served lis party in the
rear,
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Two South Carolina Women TO Whom
is Due Everlasting Honor.

The annual meeting of the Board of
Regents of Mount Vernon suggests
brief review of the means by which it
has been made National possession.
The homestead, which, if left to itself as
q private estate, would, in the natural
course of events, have passed into the
hands of strangers and fallen into decay,
is now beautiful estate, an attraction
to visitors, and a credit to the country.
As in all laudable enterprises, the credit
is due, primarily, to the individual energy
of some one person. Miss Pamela Gun
ningham originated and set on foot the
plan by which Mount Vernon was pur-
chased. Nearly sixty-threc years ago
Mrs. Robert Cunningham, of Laurens
county, S. O., during one of her trips
North, spent week at Mount Vernon
with her two children, Ann Pamela and
her son John. Her daughter was then
two years old. Mrs. Cunningham was
the guest ofher friends, Judge and Mrs.
Bushrod Washington. 1t occurred to
Mrs. Cunningham that should the fami-
ly ever consent to part with the estate,
it ought to be bought by the nation.
Doubtless Pamela Cunningham owed the
suggestion of the plan which she after
ward matured to her mother. From the
age of eighteen she was lifelong in
valid; the portrait of her which hangs in
one of the rooms at Mount Vernon shows
a pathetic face, bearing traces of pain.
She was lovely and accomplished wo-
man, with an enthusiastic love for the
South, and devoted the energies of her
life to the Mount Vernon purchase. She
addressed the first appeal to the women o f
the United States, which met so noble a
response. She interested Mr.. Everett,
who, by the delivery of his lecture and
the writing of the Mount Vernon papers,
raised very large proportion of the two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars spent
in the purchase. William L. Yancey and
other prominent men lent their influence
to the cause. By such efforts as these
Mount Vernon has been made the at
tractive and interesting place that it is,
and the management is entitled to credit
for the preservation, restoration of the
objects of historic value.
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turn around some firmly planted object,
we could lower our boat q hundred feet

turn around some firmly planted object
we could lower our boat hundred fee
at g time. In this way, at the end o.
three days, having set adrift many hun
dred ties, we reached the entrance to the
Royal Gorge. Here we discovered thai
an attempt to descend the first waterfall
with two in the boat was certain destruc'
ton, and to return was impossible
Accordingly I determined to lower my
brother down the fall in the boat, dis
tance of two hundred feet, give him the
rope and let him take the chance OF the
canon life seemed more certain in that
direction) while I would risk my physi'
cal ability to climb the canon wal, which
was about two thousand feet high,
About 10 o'clock in the morning !! shook
hands with my brother, lowered him in
the boat safely to the foot of the fall
gave him the rope and saw him no more
Then throwing aside my coat, hat and
boots, and stripping the socks from my
feet, I commenced my climbing way
often reaching the height of one or two
hundred feet, only to be compelled to
return to try some other way. At length
about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, l reach.
ed height upon the smooth canon wall
of-about thousand feet. Here my fur.
ther progress was arrested by shelving
ledge of rock that jutted out from the
canon side a foot or more. To advance
was without hope; to return, certain
death. Reaching upward and outward
I grasped the rim of the ledge with one
hand and then with the other, my feet
slipped from the smooth side of the
canon and my body hung suspended in
the air, thousand feet above the roaring
waters of the Arkansas. at that mo-
.ment ] looked downward To measure the
distance I would have to fall when the
strength of my arms gave out. a sting
ing sensation crept through my hair as
my eye caught the strong root of a cedar
bush that projected out over the ledge
a little beyond my reach. My grasp
upon the rim of the ledge was fast yield
ing to the weight of my person. Then
I determined to make my best effort to
raise my body and throw it sideways to-
wards the root so as to bring it within
my grasp. At the moment OF commenc-
ing the effort / saw my mothers face as
She leaned out over the ledge, reached
down her hand and caught me by the
hair. Stranger, my mother died while
vet young woman, when l and my
brother were small boys, but l remember
her face. I was successful in making
the side leap of my arms when I drew
myself upon the ledge and rested for a
time. From here upward, my climbing
was laborious, but less dangerous. l
reached the top of the canon just as the
sun was sinking down behind the snowy
range, and hastened to our camp at the
mouth of the canon, where I found my
brother all safe. "Charley," said he,
"have you had your head in Hour
sack ?" 1t was then I discovered that
my hair was as white as you see it now"
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Bolton, Williamson g. Easley Railroad.
Pickcns Sentinel.
OFFICE OF B., w. AND E. R. r., |
EAsLEI, May 80, 1876. !
Major d. T. Bradley:

Major d. f. Bradley:
DEAR SIR-In accordance with your
request I give you short account of
pleasant interview had yesterday, in At
lanta, with Col. G.. J. Foreacre, the Gen
eral Manager of the Atlanta and Char
lotte Air Line Railway. Col. Foreacre
is pleased with the progress made towards
the commencement of work on our Road,
aud advises that we start as soon as prac-
ticable, that being the surest method to
obtain pecuniary assistance in the future.
He thinks that we should work from
Easley towards the west at the start,
claiming that more money could be made
on this division, and giving strong argu-
ments to substantiate his opinion. He
does not doubt in the slightest degree the
feasibility of our passage across the Blue
Ridge under existing circumstances, and
predicts for our route future far more
brilliant than we anticipate when our
Road is completed and satisfactory ar
rangements made with connecting lines
to Cincinnati and Chicago. He expressed
the desire to be present when the Board
of Directors meet in Easley previous to
the time fixed for commencing work.
The opinion of this gentleman, who is
par excellence the ablest railroad manager
in the South, comes with extraordinary
weight, and removes forever in the minds
of fair spoken men the last vestigc of
doubt as to the practicability Of our route
and the chance of its completion in due
time.
The perfect equipment of the Air Line
Railway, the unvarying courtesy and at
tention Of its officials, and the universal
admiration expressed by all who pass
over his Road, the finest highway in the
South, are evidences Of the superior abil
ity of the gentleman who thus endorses
our new enterprise.
Respectfully, WM. J. KIRK,
Sup't and Engineer.
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GOVERNOR COKE AND His Two VIsI-
ToRs.-Governor Coke of Texas tells the
following story about two callers he had
q few days ago: 81 never saw such a
town rs Washington. You can not have
any privacy here. Now, when 1 came
here to attend the special session of the
Senate, l purposely went TO quiet place
on D street, and chose two rooms over q
dry goods store. l gave orders if any
body called to have their cards sent up TO
my room, and further that the outside
door should always be kept closed, which
would compel callers to ring. You see,
by adopting this plan, when cards were
sent to me I would know just who called
and could send word whether I wanted
to see them or not. Well, would you
believe it, few nights ago was sitting
in my room when in rushed two gentle
men unannounced. Said one of them:
Governor Coke, believe. How do you
do, Governor Coke?' Their manner dis
concerted me little, but l answered as
pleasantly as could: Yes, l am Gov
ernor Coke; but how in the world did
you get into my room?' They answered
cheerfully: Oil the lower door was
opened, and we just walked right up l
then told them that it would please me
if they would 60 down stairs, ring the
bell, and send up their respective cards
in the regular way. They both went
down stairs and did as J. told them.
Their cards were presented to me in the
rou1lor way and then I sent Them word
that wasn't in" To enable the reader
to better appreciate the story it should
be added that the Governor lisps, and he
tells it with good deal better effect for
this reason than it can have in print.
When the Governor reads this he will,
no doubt, be ready to reassert his opin-
ion that there is no such thing as priva-
cy in this town.-Ffom the Washington
Star.
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In bis address on Decoration D.

In his address on Decoration Day
in New York, Gen. Schuyler Hamilton
took the trouble to apologize for speech
which he made last year in which he
encouraged the practice of decorating. the
graves Of the Blue and the Grey alike,
and declared that those words were spoken
"in q fit of sentimental generosity aroused
by Misrepresentation of prominent reb-
els" He urged that no member Of the
Grand Army Post he was addressing
might lay flower on the grave of reb-
el. They were traitors in 1861; they are
traitors now. All winter long they have
been plotting treason in the halls OF
Congress-" Gen. Hamilton's sentiments
are certainly extreme, but it is fair to say
he represents the majority of the Repub-
lican party North.
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GEN. SHIELDS SwoRD.-At the fu-
neral of Gen. James Shields, in Carroll
ton, on Wednesday, the two swords pre-
sented to him by the States of Illinois
and South Carolina were crossed over the
casket containing his body, and with the
floral decorations helped to make up q
rich and pleasing picture. In the pro-
cession they were borne, respectively, by
Col. P. G. Ballingal, of Ottumwa, Iowa,
and Mr.. J. M. Wilcoxson, banker of
Carrollton. The inscriptions on the tes-
timonials are: On the frst-"Presented
by the State of Illinois to Gen. James
Shields for gallant service at Vera Cruz,
Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Cherubusco,
Chapultepec, and the Garretta of Berlin,
City of Mexico" On one side of this
blade is view of the City of Mexico
on the reverse, scenes from the several
battle fields named. The cost was 50,
900.
The other-"From the State of South
Carolina to Gen. Shields, in testimony OF
her admiration of his gallantry in the
Mexican war, and as tribute of graft
tude for his parental attention to the
Palmetto Regiment" The hilt is stud
dcd with diamonds, rubies and emeralds,
and on the scabbard is a palmetto tree,
with dates of the several battles in which
the old hero fought in the Mexican war.
South Carolina invested the handsome
sum Of SC, 900 in this gift.
1t may be stated here that Gen. Shields
breathed his last in hospital attached to
Catholic convent, presided over by o
female relative of his, in the beautiful
little city of Ottumwa, The immediate
cause of his death was the bursting Of
the old wound received by him at the
battle of Cerro Gordo.-S. Louis Globe
Democrat, Juae 6.
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Several journals have noted the fact that
the SON of Abraham Lincoln and the son
of Stephen A. Douglas are now both in
Chicago practicing law, and it has been
suggested that Illinois may at an early
day witness another great struggle in
which the names of Lincoln and Doug
las will be most conspicuous, as was the
case in 1859, and again in 1860. Those
who have predicted such a battle, evil
dently have little knowledge of the two
young men who now represent the two
greatest names known in the contests of
illinois. There will be no political bat
tie between young Lincoln and young
Douglas for several reasons. In the first
place, they are both Republicans, and,
therefore not political antagonists. In
the second place, young Douglas has been
too much Of politician and young Lin
coin too little Of a politician to make it
at all probable that either will approach
the fame of his father as political
leader. Douglas was unfortunate in
getting into politics as q carpet-bagger
in North Carolina; was Speaker of the
House during Holden's disgraceful ad-
ministration, and he has an unwelcome
favor about him for the people of the
West. Lincoln has much of his fathers
ability, without his love for politics, and
he has studiedly RETAINED from all prom
inence in political movements, and de-
clined all profers of political advance
ment. Douglas has his fathers taste for
partisan battles, but lacks both his ag-
gressive ability and his devoted friends.
Lincoln could rally the mass of those
who revere his fathers memory, but he
wisely applies himself to his profession
and rejects all ideas of political distinc-
ton. 1t is quite improbable, therefore,
that the future political disputes Of 1lli-
nois will make the names of Lincoln and
Douglas famous.-Philadelphia Times.