The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-16

m9ny q person III Georgia asked mo
Why we did not go into South Caro-
lima; and when I answered that we
! were en- route for thatState, the inya-
rlable reply was, tWell, If you will
make those people feel the utmost
seventies OF war, we will pardon YOU
ior your desolation of Georxfa.'
LOOK upon Columbia as quite as bad as
I charleston, and doubt if we shall
spare the public buildings there as we
did ct Mi|ledgeville."
what manner Of Georgians gloated
over the promised desolation Of South
.Naroiiha we can only conjecture; bat
mere IS no need of conjecture ut all as
10 iial'GcK,s infamous hint and Skcr-
mans deliberate purpose.
1t is not only about Columbia that
General Sherman exhibits n lnn.e ot'
memory, but on other subjects. Now :.
he says, ut an army reunion, that he
approved of Graut's strategy in tho
! Wilderness campaign. At tho time.
nc dlstrnstcd it and said so. The Gc,,-
eral may have had additional light and
wisely changed his judgment-al-
/ though other men have not-but the
tenaclty with which he sticks to tho
1alsehoods he disscminates relative to
me burning of Columbia would seem
TO imply that he clings to his version
/ with the pcrtinacity exhibited by n
frcnchlnan who, having said horse
was sixteen hands high, adhered to If.
although he had illumination on the
subject.
EDUcAr1NG OYsrERs.-A Although it
mas been doubted that an oyster had
necn so far subjngatcd as to "follow
lis master up and down stairs" con-
summation which might be accepted
as positive progressive steps i'm the
rise toward ultimate civilization. ot
lcast according TO "Lewcs, Seaside
Studies" oysters arc susceptible nj
being educated to a small extent. In
the great establishments on the const I
OF Calvados the merchants teach oys-
tcrs to keep their shells closed when
out OF the water, by which means the |
nquor retained keeps their gills moist, |
and they arrive lively in fur distant !
laris. The process may be worthy Of !
extensive publicity; it is this: No
sooner is an oyster taken from the sea
than it closes its shell, and opens them
after certain timc-trom fatigue, it
Is said, but more probably because the
shock it received by removal into the
or causing its muscles to contract has
passed away. The Calvados men take
advantage OF this to exercise the
oysters, and make them accustomed to
be out of tho wafer by leaving. them
daily In the atmosphere for longer c..s',
longer periods. This has tho Icious,
effect; the wcll-cducat~' dos;'.o1 t,
Its door closed ..-d rzd moilusE keeps
BAKKD UsN. Ill lrast for many con-
eroulvc hours. and so long rs tho
shell is closed its gilIs are kept moist.
-AN tie Year Round.
A PAGEANT IN SIAM.-Thc rice crop
this year is a bountiful one, and the
people are rejoicing over it. The Sec
ond king came in from the country OH
Sunday morning. He had been out
on his fields thrcshing his rice. Re-
turning. he arranged for the yearly
procession that is made ut the close Of
the harvest. The first gong had rung
for our religious service just as the
procession reached the lower COM
pound. The noise Of bells on the clc-
phants. and the chanting of the riders,
together with the music made by the
kings band, made it necessary for us
to delay the ringing OF the second
gong until after the procession had
passed. 1 had not supposed it was to
be SO great an atlhir. a largo number
ofclephants had passed before L began
to count, but counted 10 rs they
passed along one by one. | was told |
there was l70 in all in the procession.
One of the largest wore trappings of
the brightest silver. The howdas con-
tanned rice. All these were decorated
with green branches. The procession
was in honor Of the guardian spirits
that preside over the rice crop. Those
that could see the procession in its
whole length considered it the most |
imposing one that had passed for
years.-Rer. u. Wilson, Of Si"an.
PnrEsrEn Acou1rrEp.-Thc Barn
we'll correspondent of the Ne'rS 0nd |
Couricr writing June 10, says: The
court opened this morning at 10 |
o'clock. The argument in the Plicstcr
case was opened by Solicitor CAN'T in !
a strong and torciblc speech. He was
followed by the Hon. Robert Allrich
for the defence in an able and eloquent
argument of nearly fyur hours dura-
ton. Hon. ID. S. Henderson closed
tho argument for the State in Il clear
and torcible speech. The judge, after
careful chrrge, gave the case to the
jury at hult-past six O'Clock p. IN.
After an absence Of nearly four hours
they rendered a verdict f"not guilty,
on the ground of insanity" At the
announcement of the verdict, the wife
of the prisoner, who had maintained
stoical composure during the pro-
grcss Of the trial, broke down and
wcpt bitterly. The prisoner himself
exhibited the utmost indifference
throughout. lie appeared drowsy
and morosc, or rather i'm q comatose
state. lie did not realize, apparently,
his situation during the trial or at the
announcement of the verdict. The
judge instructed the solicitor to pre-
pare an order committing the prisoner
to the lunatic asylum. Pricstcr, it
will be remembered, killed his father
in Barnwcll some time ago.
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