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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-05-15

AN ANCIENT NATION.-At the de-
parture of the children Of Israel from
Egypt, China was seven hundred years
old and when Isaiah prophesied of her
she had existed fifteen centuries. She
has seen the rise and decline of all the
great. nations Of antiquity. Assyria,
Babylon, Persia, Greece and Rome have
long since followed each other to the
dust; but China still remains, a solitary
and wonderful monument Of patriarchal
times. Then look at the population of
hundred milionsgsteS tmes itiea the ponIa Ss lGar
ton of the United States, more than thir-
teen times the population of Great Brit
tain and Ireland. Every third person
that lives and breathes upon this earth
and beneath these heavens is @ Chinese ;
every third grave that is dug is for a
Chinese.-Rey. Syivester Whiehcad.
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DESTRUCTIVE DYNAMITE.
A Canada City Shaken rs " by nm Earth.
quake.
SrRArFoRp. ONrApIo. Nav &

STRATFoRD, ONTARIO, May S.
This morning the whole town was sha-
ken as if by tho shock of al earthquake.
Windows were blown in, and even the
sidewalk upon which people were walk.
ing was shaken so as to cause pedes.
trians to fall. The cause was soon made
apparent. A car laden with dynamite
had exploded at the Grand Trunk freight
yard. Tho wreck make by the explosions
beggars description. Underneath the
dynamite car q hole several feet deep
had been scooped out. The end of the
brick freight shed and portion of its roof
were blown down. Several frame build.
ings were levelled to the ground, aud
long lines of freight cars lying in the
yard were utterly wrecked. The bust
ness part of tho town wns nearly q mile
from the scene of the explosion, but ii
shared in the disaster. Valuable plate
glass windows were blown in, frames
and all The damage done to property
Is valued Mt many thousand dollars.
Two railway employees were walking in
the yard-Frank Lemaine, of Montreal,
and Thos. Dolan. of Stratford-who
were blown into fragments, the foot of
one of them being found 200 yards of.
Others were injured, but the whole ex-
tent OF the disaster cannot be known for
some time yet.
LATER.-Tho damage done by the ex.
plosion is much greater than was expec.
ted. The houses around the freight shed
were nearly all wooden buildings, and
several were blown into minute frng-
ments. Some fifty cars were blown up
into splnters and as many more were
damaged. Mr.. Flynn, the checker, is
among the badly injured A fragment
of iron weighing over pound was driy-
en- through the windows of the Crown
Hotel, half n mile distant. The shock
was felt in all the neighboring towns and
it was supposed to be an earthquake.
The cnr upon whi:h the explosion oc-
Cured was freightel Mt Montreal for
Amhcrstburg, and contained thirty
packages, which were entered as blast
ing powder. They were on account of
Vanderbilt, to be used in blasting at the
Detroit tunnel. When the explosion
occurred the cara were being shunted in
the yard. The damage will exceed
$4,000. George Hawkins, a car dealer,
had both his eyes put out by splinters
and is not expected to live. James
Humphreys is badly cut about the head
and face, but may recover. Alfred
Lamb was badly injured.
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A RECITATION IN HIsToRY.-It was
our pleasure some time ago to hear n
class recite on n plan quite new to US.
1t was class in history. The lesson was
read in nm ordinary reading class, the
reader standing, When tie one reading
made mistake, the one next below, on
correcting it, took his place. Tho read
ing finished, the hardest words were
given to the class to be spelled, and all
misspelling noticed and corrected by q
pupil gave him the next higher place.
The teacher did not notice any mistakes,
but left them all to be corrected by the
pupils. The questions were asked by the
pupils, beginning at the foot of the class.
II :hc pupil questioned could not answer
his place was taken by the questioner, on
giving correct answer. The pupils did
all the work except giving out words to
be spelled. 1t was well and quickly
done. What class would like to try it?
IL.
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SUNLESS LoNDoN.-The records of
registered sunshine ut the Royal OBJ
servatory, Greenwich, only extend as far
back as February, 1877. 1t will not be
without interest to note few facts from
the records of sunshine since that date.
Both in 1877 and 1873 June was the sun
niest month, the number of hours of re-
corded sunshine being respectively 267.l
and 1884. After Juno the monthly
amount of sunshine declined steadily in
each year to 27.0 and 1863 hours respec-
lively, in December, 1877 and 1878. In
January, 1878, the hours of registered
sunshine were $50 and in February 80. 8 ;
whereas in January of this year only 14.8
iiours of sunshine were measured, the
smallest monthly amount on record.
During January last only eight of the
thirty:one days was any sunshine re-
corded; indeed during the fourteen days
ending 9th February no sunshine was
registered.-LOmdon Lancet,
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WHO ARE GENTRY ?-The other
evening at little dinner party up town,
one of the guests, the younger brother Of
an English nobleman, expressed with
commendable freedom his opinion of
America ana its people. II DO not alto
gether like the country" said tho young
gentleman, "for one reason-because you
have no gentry here" "What do you
mean by gentry?" asked another of the
company. "Well. you know" replied
the Englishman, "Well-oh, gentry are
those who never do any work Themselves
and whose father before them never did
any," "Ahw exclaimed his interlocu-
tor, "then We have plenty of gentry in
America, but we don't call them gentry !;
We call them tramps." A laugh went
round the table, and tha Young English
man turned his conversation into another
channel Graphic.
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col. ALSTON'S MURDERER FOUND
GUILTY.
Cox Found Guilty of Murder and the
Death Penalty Abated to Life Imprison-
nent.
ATLANTA, May Z. 1879.

ATLANTA, May 7, 1879.
The jury in the Cox case were out all
night and came in at noon to-day TO be
recharged in full. At a quarter to 4 p.
III. they came in and announced that
they had agreed upon a verdict. 1t was
detained to correct an infurmality and
vas then read rs follows: 1--WE, the jury.
find the prisoner guilty, and recommend
that he be punished by imprisonment for
life" Cox received the verdict with
calmness and stoicism, having evidently
nerved himself for the worst. His wife,
on hearing the words so fatal TO her
hopes. sat for moment trembling and
then rushed for the open window near by
for the purpose of throwing herself to the
ground below. She was wild with grief.
AS she reached the window she was
caught by Cox who held her fast. She
threw her arms around his neck and
chung to him, wildly exclaiming, ooh |!
my God oh my poor darling" Her
shrieks were heart-rending and the occu.
pants Of the crowded room could not re-
strain their tears of pity. Cox used all
his power to calm her, and finally soothed
her grief until only her deep means
broke upon the solemn stiffness.
Judge Hillyer sentenced Cox to "be
confined in the penitentiary. or such
other place as the Governor may direct,
at hard labor, for and during his natural
life" General Gartrell gave notice that
the defense would make motion for Il
new trial, and praying writ of super
scdeas. The execution of sentence was
thereupon stayed twenty days. This
penalty is virtually the extreme of the
law in this State, as law passed with
Alston's aid, Mt the last session of the
Legislature, giving juries the right to
recommend the life Imprisonment in all
cases of murder, as they see fit, in effect
abolshes the death penalty. Cox is the
first man convicted of murder who re-
ceives the benefit of that law. The vcr-
dict is received with general approval.
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AN ENGINEERS NEED OF NERVE
Unquestionably the bravest men in
America are those who can stand upon
the foot-boards of the locomotives which
draw the fast express trains. But few
persons are aware of it, but on the lead
ing railways, where connections must be
made if possible, only engineers known
to be brave and daring are given engines
or express trains. and as soon as an en-
gineer shows the least timidity about
running fast he is taken from his engine
and given one on freight train to run.
Two such cases have occurred recently
on indianapolis ronds. Railroad officers
state that the first sign that an engineer
is becoming timid is that he will be five
for some days or nights in succession.
lie IS then called to an account, and un-
less his reasons are convincing another
engineer is given his engine to run for a
few times, and should he bring the train
in promptly on time, the first-named en-
gineer gets freight train engine to run
until he braces up. 1t is stated, how
ever, that after an engineer allows his
timidity to get fair hold he seldom so
far overcomes it rs to have the bravery
to step on TO an express train engine and
run it Mt the speed necessary to make the
time. Quite recently an engineer of one
of the roads running west from here got
an impression that some accident was to
happen to him, and one night, when run
ming fast express, he constantly lost
time. At the first station where the train
stopped the conductor berated him for
running so slow. The engineer actually
shed tears, and owned that fears had
overcome him, and that he dare not run
fast, and at his own request an engineer
of a freight train which stood at this
meeting point was given the train to run
through that night, the conductor tele.
graphing the train-mastcr. asking that
the request be granted. The timid en-
gineer has since run freight on the
road. d.-IndidnaDoEs Journal.
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plucky deliverers. The men were then
sent to their homes. During Saturday
and Sunday they could hear the rescuing
party firing blasts, and when the blast
ing ceased they believed the work had
been stopped and they were abandoned
to their fate. They say they could have
subsisted at least two weeks longer, had
it been necessary, upon their supply of
mule meat.
DIGGING TWELVE HUNDRED FEET.
Too much praise cannot be awarded to
the brave men who accomplished the
great work of driving and timberiug a
passage way Of 200 feet through rock
and slate and coal in the space of four
days and nights, to the bosses directing
work and to the engineering skill dis
played in locating and directing the open
ings. The men stood the long imprison.
ment very well. The boy upon reach.
ing the surface leaped over the enclosure
at the mouth of the opening and ran rap
idly honeward.
A BENEFIT ENTERTAINMENT.
A concert for the benefit of the men
will be given at Music Hall tomorrow
Charles Hawkins, one of their number,
will relate the story of their captivity
The total receipts will be given to them,
as all expenses have been paid.
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= Extract from Gen. Lees memorial
day speech in Atlanta: Once more the
scene is changed, and this time the tramp
of phantom cavalry is heard. So solid.
30 stiff, so spectral, as in column of fours'
foot to foot, with cold hands claspine
rigid sabres, they ride noiselessly. At
their head proudly steps the splendid
black horse OF their leader, with arched
neck and proud bearing, for he carries
on his back the prince of cavaliers-the
boldest and the bravest Of all the brave
troopers. Notice the heavy Mexican
spurs that jingle upon the long riding
boots, the French sabre swinging SO
quietly by his side, the "6ghting-iacket"
buttoned back, the dropping hat and
black feather, the strong figure and big,
brown beard, the piercing, laughing,
blue eye--for before you rides dashing
J. E. B. Stuart, the commander of the
Confederate cavalry of the army of
Northern Virginia. The soldier who
rode round McClellan's army on the
Richmond lines to blaze the way for
Jackson. The man who went behind
Pope at Catletts and who rode from
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, to Lees
burg, Virginia, distance OF ninety miles
in thirty-six hours. Can | tell you of
his behavior on the night at Frederick
burg. or at Chancellorsvlle, whore an
eye witness asserts he could not get rid
of the idea that "Harry of Navarro"
las present, except that Stuart's
plume was black, for everywhere, like
Navarro, he was in front and the men
followed "the feather" and when riding
at the head of and in command of jack
sons veterans his ringing voice could be
heard high, high above the thunder
of artillery and the ceaseleas roar OF
musketry, singing "Old Joe Hooker must
come out of the wilderness"
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Judge Houk, who is the only Repub-
lican member of Congress from Tennes-
see, says that n..,ety per cent. of the col
ored voters in nis district vote the Radi-
cal ticket, and asks why should 1t not be
so in the adjacent State of Georgia? We
can tell the honorable gentleman. It is
because ninety per cent. of the few black
voters in the mountainous district of the
Judge are either in the employ of Radi-
calls or surrounded by Radical influences.
The facts are the other. way in Georgia.
Let the negro alone and he is almost Ger
tain to vote with the man who feeds him.
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"A TES OF SUBSCRIPTI0N-oxE DOLLAR
a. Fifty CENTS per annum In advance. TWO
for six months.
Subscriptions are not taken for I less period
than six months.
RATES OF ABVER TISIN0-on Dollar per
54ua OF one inch Tor the frst insertion and Fifty
Cents per square for 5nbsequent that
thsee .,see months. No advertisements counted less
than square.
liberal contracts W II be made with those wishing
co a1yertge for three, six or twelve months. Adj
verti>ing W contract must he eenfned to the i'm
thug.
,,b tuary Notices exceeding ave lines Tributes
OF Respect, and all personal communications or
matters Of individual interest, Will I've charged for
and deaths and notices OF religious cha racter Are
respectfully solicited. and will be inserted gratis
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A REMARKABLE CoUNTERFEIr.-T
United States Secret Service officials
have come into possession of o most re-
markable counterfeit. 1t is counterfeit
$50 United States lcgal-tender note, and
is calculated to deceive persons accustom-
ed to handling notes ofthat denomination.
What makes it more remarkable Is the
fact that the work on the note was ex-
ecuted with pen and ink. All the
intricate figures and curves, all the
heads, the sea-, the fine engraving work
and even the fiber in tho paper, are al
most perfectly counterfeited by pen and
ink. The signature OF john Allison,
formerly Register of the Treasury, ia
almost exact, while that of John G. New,
formerly Treasurer, is perfect. The
whole bill, back and face, is wonder
ful piece oc pen work. Tho bill was ,i.e;oc-
ted at the sub-Treasury in New Orleans
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A HIGH REPUTATIoN-Fo years the
firm of Steele & Price have deservedly
had high reputation for the excellence
of their DR.. Prices Cream Baking Pow
der and Special Favoring Extracts.
They have now added a line of strictly
Unique Perfumes. rivalling in excel
lence the perfumes of this or any other
country.
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LEGAL LADYRRTZSLHG.--w ara compeIlea a,
require cash payments for adyertieiDk ordered by
and herewith append the rates Tor tho ordifars
notices, which yiil only be inserted when the
Citations, two Insertions, /. y. :. .i.,l
Estate Notices, three insertions, = /. 10,
final settlements, hve insertions so
~ OStlRRESPOfDRNZH-I order 10 receive
ettent1on, communications must be accompanfed
oy the true psIns and address Of She writer RE-
leeted man Icrpts will not be returned uniess .le
thereon. ~ sFAs sA' P'o'hBe
~ We ere not responsible soT .hs views and
opinions OF our correspondents
All communication should he addressed to usa
ltors Intelligencer," and MI checks drafts money
orders, &C., should be made payable 10 the order
OF L. b. MURRAY 4 Co.
4f.. AndeTroD = n
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= Robson, Grants old sea-dog, who
expended several hundred millions of
dollars in dwarfng our navy and Grip
pling its efficiency, has become Radi-
cal lion III the House of Representatives.
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REWARD OF MEBIT.-The u. S. Gov
ernment has given not only to DR.. Prices
Cream Baking Powder. but to his Spec
ial Flavoring Extracts, the preference,
and large quantities are shipped to its
military posts.
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A neighbor informs us that his wife
never knew quiet night until the doc
tor prescribed DIR. Bulls Baby Syrup Cor
her little one.
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- The average price of milch cows in
the United States is $26.4l.
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and how we lived. We had our mule meat
on cooking. We put out our fire, and
brought the pail with the meat in it up
to the opening. / learn that Charley
Parrish wanted to take it home with
him."
a PRESENT TO THE MEN.
Mr.. Parrish presented each one of the
seven rescued men with 500, jokingly re-
marking, "this is for your good sense in
killing the mule"
SLOW AND CAREFUL WORK FOR FEAR
OF GAS EXPLOSION.
Yesterday the rescuing party succeeded
in drilling a hole through to the lower
part of the mine, thus showing that it
was only necessary to drive q few feet
further to effect an opening into the
gangway. The work was then necessari-
ly performed slowly and carefully, AS
there were indications of fire damp,
which necessitated the driving and cut
ting of the coal with the pick alone.
Mine Superintendent Smith was the first
to enter the gangway. He found a por-
ton Of the men cooking breakfast of
mule steaks. The remainder of the par
ty were engaged in changing the direc-
tion of ah air course. Very little was
said, but the entire party used all posi-
BILE despatch in getting out Of the mine,
reaching the surface shortly after nine
o'clock. The crowd which had assem-
bled was very enthusiastic and repeated
ly cheered the rescued men and their
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PRAYER MEETINGS.
eyes, we had prayer meetings. Some
prayed and some sang hymns. We had
plenty of time to think Of such things.
only slept about three hours, guess, all
the time"
"Did yon see any ratsY"
"Well, I should say SO. They started
cat of the mine when the roof fell, but
many were caught. Then they smelt
our rare steaks and sweet joints of mule
meat, and surrounded us in droves
Why, SOME uf them were as big us dogs,
believe. never saw such big rats in all
my life 1t was quite boarding house.
For feather beds we had the soft side Of
plank. Such meat was never better
relished. We were hungry, you will
hear in mind. Oar ri: cane directly
from the fan, and it was our salvation
How inspiringly we felt when we thought
Of the fortune of good mir. Without it
we could not have stood 1t all. So long as
it lasted we might have hope of holding
out"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-22
STORMY TIMES IN SPAIN.

DISMISSAL OF CAMPos AND HIS GENERALS
MADRID IN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF oP.
POSITION JOURNALS.
(BY CABLE TO THE HERALD
MADRID, Dec. %, 1879.
The Standards despatch from Madrid says
''The polemic tone of the press becomes more
bitter daily and the government continues its
prosecutions against the newspapers. In the
past ten days the government has prosecuted
seventeen journals of every shade Of opposi-
ton. Numerous arrests of noted federals
have been made. Special dispatches from
Madrid state that there has been several riotous
street demonstrations during the past week.
After the funeral Of General Lagunero a riot
occurred between mob and the police in which
shots were fired and seventeen persons arrested.
The Times Madrid despatch says the Official
Gazette announces the dismissal of Generals
Count Valmaseda Director General of Cavalry;
Requelme, Inspector General of Carbineers; Cas-
sola, of the Superior Council of War; and Marti-
nee Campos. General Jovellar, in the Senate to-
to-day, bitterly csnsured the government for this
step, and openly declared that the opposition
of General Campos cannot but be regarded
as a severe blow to the CanOvas del
Castillo Cabinet. The Gazeta Unicersdl, o
Campos organ, is one of the journals against
which proceedings have been taken. Both
houses of the Cortes will be prorogued to the
23d of January.
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WASHINGTON.
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 81. 1879.
THE WASHINGTON PosrMAsTERsHIP-AN AP-
PoINTMENT WHICH CREATES SURPRISE
The announcement of the selection by the Presi-
dent of Lewis Clephane Postmaster of Washington
creates much surprise here in view of his well
known connection with the old District Ring and his
responsibility mepber of the Finance Commit
tee OF the Freedmens Bank for many of the outrage
Gus loans to members of the Washington Ring by
which that bank was ruined. His relations to the
notorious paving contracts given out under the
Board of Public Works were fully ascertained
by the joint committee which Investigated District
affairs and reported to Congress in print. The ex-
animation Of the affairs Of the Freedmen's Bank
showed large loans the Ring upon the noted Seneca
Sandstone stock and kindred securities and these
loans were sanctioned by Mr.. Clephane at time
when it was his special duty. a member of the
Finance Committee. to protect the bank His record
will doubtless be fully examined by Senate COM
mittee before a vote is taken on his confirmation.
NEW YORK STATE poLITIcs-sEcRETABY sHER-
MAN ON A HARMoNIzING MISSION.
Secretary Sherman's ostensble business in New
York is to attend the New England dinner His most
important mission. however. Is to secure harmony
among all the republican leaders in New York State
politics. very full understanding upon this sub
ject has already been reached. partially through cor
respondence. but mainly through personal consul
tations. The differences which have heretofore ex-
listed between the Secretary and the late officers of
the Custom House have been adjusted in the main.
and it is believed by those who informed in
gard to all the steps that have been thus far taken
that complete and satisfactory understanding will
soon be reached. Governor Cornell. 1t is UNDER
stood. will cooperate cordially with the Secretary
upon what he in connection with the leaders in New
York State. may agree to be best for the interests Of
the republican party in tho approac hing campaign.