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? ? . TT'NT*f7jy c sonru CAROLINA, JUNE 15, 1877. NUMBER 23
A VIVID SOXHB IN FLOBIDA.
The Feast of the Sharks and the Gulls? The
Battle of the Sharks and the Alligators?
The Water Reddened with their Blood.
mA correspondent of the New York Sun
gives tho following graphic description of
soeacs witnessed on a barren and uearly inaccessible
point on the coast of Florida :?
If you will look at tho map of Florida, away
down tho eastern coast of the fingor-like
peninsula, you may see a spot marked "Jupiter,"
or "Jupiter Inlet." Somo maps
make it "Juniper." This is wrong. Its
namesake was old Jupiter, the slave of an
army officer, who was stationed at thiapeiMt.
during the first Seminole war. 11
between latitude tweuty-six and twentyseven
dftirree*- Alt.Tinnerh nnl? 19ft miloo
? o ec- J
north of Key West, it bulges to tho east
nearly a degree of longitude beyond Cape
Canaveral. It is probably the most inncoessible
and barren nook on the whole Flori
dian coast, and can be reached only in light
draught boats, sailing tho whole length of
the Indian river. Sharp ooral reefs fringe
its shore, and higfi hillocks of white sand,
sprinkled with thick blumps of scrub and
oactus, rear their heads above tbo inlet.?
'The lively saud orab catcbes fireflies oWfif; t
beaoh, and huge turtle* deposit their^fBl }
in the sand. Tliis' attracts sooreybf '"Pea.A
W from the swamps and hamnaolk!b '
the Everglades ; for to they tjie UltU* and its
eggs are a toothsome delicacy. Spottedtiger
cats play among the sand hills by moonlight,
and the fierce puma prowls along >he.( shore
in quest of king crabs or more substantial
diet. Tho largostjpuma ever seen in the
State was shot in this region by the keeper
of the lighthouse. It was as formidable
as a rovil Hontrftl linor mo?nr?J '
J ? O? "Sv,1
thirteen feet from snout to tip.
The shallow salt water swarms with fish.
Schools of mullet and pompino flash in the
sunlight, and cavallo, bonafish, bluefish, red
bass, drum, snappers and groupers are hero
in myriads. Jcwfish have been caught
weighing over 500 pounds. Sawfish, the
"""""TjK flfyilfliiB uilmlm, munHttemgh
narrow channels, and ravenous sharks from
twelve to twenty feet in length keep a rigid
blookade outside. As the tide rires they
come within the inlet in search of prey.?
The bass and other fish that have boeu feeding
npon the mullet, become in turn the
victims of the 6hark. The smaller fish dart
to and fro, making tho water boil in their
efforts to escape. Millions ore slowly but
surely drivt>n into a small bay by tho sharks,
who whip the waves into foam in their hungry
fury. Penned at last, the doomed fish
leap in the air with terror, and shoals of them
? mt _ l i 1 ? ...ak
run asnore. ine snartii ouargs mm u nuu<
Their jaws soap like pistol shots, and mutilated
fish are scattered over the water.?
Sohools of porpoises join in the slaughter,
and ?.hovua^L
from the like a subhrtffl
rine battery, aud steals a bounteous meal.
Nor is an alligator the only free feeder.
The airjs^Ued with ?l^ Uganda _o?JUag feathered
terns and gulls. "Full well do they understand
the situation. Tho rush of their
wings is like a breeze in a forest of pihtf*
and their screams are deafening. By
toons they dash into the agitated wa^^ttod
.soar off above the roaring surf each with a
fish in its bill. The very air sparklos with
jfish, far the gulls toss'their victims up until
they catch thorn by the head. Then they
are easily bolted. High above the terns
float flocBTOf "grajr pelioans, larger than
geese, andfcVaWaHET ffifllM a*judge*. The
wind whisthis boueath their great wings, bnt
they make no audible expression of satisfuc^
tion. Dropping into the waves with a groat
H splash, after a few lubberly maneuvers they
fill their nonohes. and sail away as though
" f W ' w ?
(ha whole affair had been arranged for their
own exclusive benefit.., party of italwart
herons pace the etr%u4 in (heir Austrian
nniforuoi, and" pick up (be tiny silver fish
slopping ashore daring -the general commotion.
And last and least, onr little Northern
kingfisher, olad in a sky blue suit,
springs hlaJjttle rattle, and hangs on th?
outskirts-jBRPhsme, picking up.the fhoi
oast tidbits. Such is anjpery day scene a I
Ju pltcr during the s^jnme'r iand falf. \
A lighthouse is the only sign of oivilira
tion at Jupitor. It towora 1G0 foot from :
sand hill on the main land, and is a plait
brick shaft crowned with a revolving light
Heavy eastern gales combined with tho nc
tion of the gulf stream, sometimes shut th
inl"t. About fifteen years rigo n storm closei
^ tho gap. pillions of salt w^tcr 2ah wor
dauimod in. Then a long raiuy season followed.
The Jupiter, North, Allokchatchic
and Lake Worth rivers, which euipty iuto '
the Indian rivor within a uiilc of tho inlet f
poured out volumes of fresh water, but tho 1
ocean had done its work well, aud tho dam 1
remained intact. The fresh wator passed '
through Hopo sound and forced its way to
tho sea through ludiau river iulet, fifty miles '
north of Jupiter. '
The salt water at Jupiter became fresh. '
All tho oysters died. Trillions of fiddlers (
aud hermit crabs gavo up tho ghost. The '
mangrove trees turned a sickly yellow, and 1
the thousands of linsccts that draw their 1
nourishment from saliuo disappeared.? '
Schools of black bass left the fresh streams, 1
and appeared at Jupiter. Solid acres of }
fresh water fishes piled themselves into tho
bight of the inlet, aud fourth t fnr tho coo 1
water that oozed through the sand at high *
tide. The alligators of the Everglades got 1
wind of what was going on. They came 1
down the Allokchatchic and Lake Worth (
creek in scores, and attacked tho fish dam- 1
med in the bight. Tho slaughter was aston- 1
ishing. s
Th^fjater turned to-blood, and was car- *
pettierWtUi$o?thfl?b. The alligators wero ?
reinforced until their nnmbor was otsirna- c
fefcqffio hundmLThey gorged themselves
with nsn^HR^Srflfay their days 1
on the hot saiyl beneath the scorching rays 1
of the sun. The beaoh jras black with their '
mailed bodies. At night their muttered
Ihtfuder fairly shook the foundations of the 1
lighthouse. *
Ono day a north wind aroso. It gathered c
in strength day by day until its fury was 1
that of a gale. It begau to back up the (
waters in tho inlet. Kniu fell, and the '
waters increased in depth. Tho wiud shif- 1
tod to tho northwest. A high uoap tide 0
followed. As it bogau to fall, a thread of 1
fresh water found its way over the sandy s
barrier. Within twenty minutes tho dam 0
was burst, and tWpent up waters were roaring
itud rushing iuto tho sea. The army *
nino'W in ilmlWl
ried outside. A terrific fighTOfSaed. ?
ucap tide had brought hundreds of euor- t
uious sharks to the coast. They scented the 1
fresh water and mudc for the iulct. Frau- t
tic after their enforced fasting during the 1
storm, they attacked the alligators. The >
noise of the combat was heard above the 1
rear of the ocean.- A son of Judge Paine, 1
of Fort Caprou, who was an eye witness of
the sccnek tells mo that ho saw sharks and 1
alligators rise on the crest of the waves and >
fight like dogs. 3
Many of the killod floated belly upward, <
and were afterward rooked ashore by tho i
waves. For days their bodies drifted to tho
beach. The dead alligators had lost their
legs and tails. Tho sharks in some cases
nearly bfttcd-fcto two pieces. Tho
enrronrof the gulf stream strowed the shoro
as far north as Cape Malabar with their caronsses.
Clouds of buzzards, and even the
Bahama vultures were drawn to the beach
by the offal. Mr. Paino fancies that tho
bharks were too active forthe alligators, but
Mkars say that the poreeutage of bodies ou
t$e veaoh indicated that the weight of motal
was io favor of the iron-clad reptiles.
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A Guiltless Man Condemned.?In
the year 1869 five men entered the residence
of a clergyman named Schrocder at VYallvillig,
in the Duchy of Luxemburg, murdered
the servant, and left tho clergyman himself
for dead. Hie latter, however, recovered,
and declared that anion'' the number
of his assailants he recognized a young man
named Gillen Five men, including Gillcn,
wore put on trial, and all denied the crime.
Gillen. even succeeded in proving that at
nine P. M., shortly before the commission of
the orime, he was in his bed. However,
notwigstaadtarf. this and the efforts of a
vor^ dfctlnflKed counsel, the case went so
strongW aijilHfefcrhim that he was condemned
to death, and even his father admitted thafc
the evidtffcoe proved hiib^gtiilty. The sentence
passion the five convicts was subsequently
Commuted to peual servitude for
life, and irom the time he entered prison
, Qilion refused all consolation, and, it was
, noted, novel spoke to any ot his fellow prisoners.
Whenever an opportunity offered he
vigorously asserted his innocence. And at
^ length, a day arrived when this was to bo acknowledged.
A few-weeks ago one of the
. other four avowed on his deathbed the guilt
x of bimsolf and three of those condemned.?
"As to Gilleu," he said, "he had nothing to
1 do with it; wo knew nothing whatever of
' him, before or after." The government has
i- ordered Gillen to bo discharged, lie refuses
e a pnrdou, and insists on his sontcncc being
j rcvetRod.
e The r.'.in. have not been gcncl^t.
FILIBUSTERING IN THE SENATE. |
Columbia, S. C., June 6.?The Senate
chamber to-day was the scene of a rather
itormy nud turbulent, not to say riotous, demonstration.
At the opening of the session
natters progressed suioothy enough for
lbout fifteen minutes.
The hill to amend tho code of procedure,
,he bill to dispenso with tho recording of
icrtain deeds, the joint resolution to appoint
i commission to investigate tho State's iulobtcdness,
the bill relative to Trial Justi;es
in Abbeville, and the bill to provide for
,hc custody of the official bouds of county
ifficcrs received their final readiugs, the lat-^
,er with an amendment requiring all couiT...
..cr. i -
uuic?ra l,J glVO UlMlUS IU tllO COUOtlCS ill
vhich they reside.
Tho Scuuto thcu took up tho resolution
.0 go into an election for Judge of the Fifth
circuit. This is the same resolution which
passed the House on Monday night, and
here was a well orgauized plan on the part
)f the Radicals, under tho leadership of Tatlr
o defeat it The only way they could hope
o do it was bv filibustering, and for ucarly
lix hours the fifteen Democrats who constiutcd
tho majority iu the Senate were bad;erod
and browbeaten by the Radical minirity.
Taft began his tactics by moving to amend
he resolution so as to hold the election on
Vlonday next, before which time the Legisature
will have adjourned. This was lost.
Ho then resorted to all manner of dilatory
notions, calling the ajes aud nays, motions
? adjourn, and appeals from the decisions
tf tho chair, each motion being iu turn voted
lown. This performance was varied ociasioually
by long-wiuded speeches from the
eading lights of "do party." Old Nash deivcrcd
an hour's sermon on the Russiau war,
ind would probably have been shooting off"
lis dusky mouth until now, but that his
eruion, on a point of order, was ruled out
is impcrtincut, superfluous, and tedious.
Then followed an hour more of guerrilla
vnrfaro uudcr tho direction of Taft. Tho
the clerk dSSetr
he roll the Radicals would haul out their
ittlo bits of pcucils and keep tallcy, to sco if
hey could not count out a Democratic vote,
it was a failure. The Democrats had t'To
brt, aud even the witching hour of 3 o'clock*
vith its savory reminders of dinner, failed
,o break their rauks.
Theu Sammy Greeu, the rising younjj
alack statesman from Congo, entertained the
Senate with an hour's dissertation on thp
newspaper reporters. Green attempted to
eclipso Mr. Hemphill on his salary grrb
speech in the House, but made a miserabo
failure.
Then Maxwell, the puffy Senator frosi
Marlboro', worked himself up into a passiot >
and sworo that "he would'nt vote for no
mcasuro if de Dimocrats adopted this resolution.
Seeiug the success that had been attained
by his chums, Taft uext undertook to blow
his little pcuuy trumpet agaiust tirno, but at
this point the Democrats, who had submitted
patiently and in good humor to bo bullied
and badgered,, began to sour on it, and
Taft was suddenly brought up standing.
It was now half post 3 o'clock. The reporters
retired to dinner, and the war in the
Senate still waxed warm. At half past 4
when I returned, the enemy were just on
their last legs. The Senate had decided tc
come to a vote. Swails mado an attempt t(
prolong the fight, but he was sitting micom
fortably near to Gary, who began to boil
over with wrath and to insinuate in the mill
and persuasive manner which i^ general!;
attributed to Edgefield straigktout Demo
crats, that he had enough pf this, and tha
the Democratic majority had some rights a
well as the Radicals. This seemed to have
soothing influence. Tho guerrillas subs;
ded, and Tail with a last spraddle, calle
for the yeas and nays, and threw up th
sponge.
.? j
The seven wonders of the wobld.The
seven wonders of the ancient worl
were?(1) tho Pyramids of Efeypt; (2) tl
Walls of Babylon ; (3) tho Ranging Ga
doWH ef Babylon; (4) the Tcnfple of Dial
at Ephef.ua ; (5) tho Statue Ze6s i
' Olympia; (6) tho Mausoleum at llalikn
nassus; (7) the Colossus at Rhodes: J
monuments of art of extraoidinary beau
1 and atupcndons proportions.
Corn ^ *
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LAWS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE AT ITS
EXTRA SESSION OF 1877.
An Act to provido for the filling of vacancies
in county offices and to rcgulnto the
holding of elections therefor.
Be it enacted by the Scunio and House of
Representatives of the State of South Caroliua,
now met and sitting iu General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same :
Section 1. That all vacaucios. whether
from death, resignation, disqualification or
any other cause, which now exist or shall
| hereafter occur in any of the elective offices
[ in any county of tho State, shall be filled iu
< the manner prescribed iu this act.
SkH. 2- I f tlin nnovniro/l 1-,-A
? - ? - ???V ?UVA|/I1 VU VV1 HI VJ 1 l/llU lUdb
incumbent of the office for which the vacancy
exists does not exceed one year the Governor
shall appoint some suitable person to
the office, who, upou, duly qualifying according
to law, shall bo entitled to enter upon
aud hold the office to which has been appointed
for such unexpired term, aud shall
be subject to the duties and liabilities incident
to the said office duriag his term of
service therein.
Sec. 3. If the unexpired term of the
last incumbent of the office for which the
vacancy exists exceeds one year, the Governor
shall, by proclamation, order an election
iu the couutry to fill the vacancy ; such
election to be conducted in the sauio manner
as general elections in this State are
now conducted, except as hereinafter provi|
dcd.
Sec. 4. The Commissioners of Election
appointed for the purpose of thj previous
general election shall act at the election provided
for in this net, uuless previously removed
by the Governor; and in ease of the
removal of any such commissioner the Governor
shall appoint a commissioner to act
iu his place.
Sec. 5. Wheu, upou an election held
under the provisions of this act, the Board
of County Canvassers shall have mado a
statement of the result of the election in
mauner as provided by law in tho ease of
general elections, the said board shall, witliiu
three days thereafter, publish the result
of said election, and shall, withiu the same
time, file in the office of the Clerk of the
| Court of Common Pleas of the countv whom
the clectiou is held, their said statement of
the result of tho election, and deposit with
the said clerk the ballot boxes containing
The ballots, the returns, poll lists, and all papers
pertaining to the election.
* ? The said Board of Couutv Canstatement
of the results of said election, by
messenger, to the Secretary of State, whose
duty it shall bo, upon the receipt of 6a id
statement, to record the same in bis office,
and to issue to the person who, according to
said statement, shall have received the highest
number of votes, a certificate declaring
him to have been elected to the office for
which tho election was held: Provided,
That if within seven days after the time fixed
by law for tho transmission of said statement
to the Secretary of State, the same
shall uot have been received, it shall be the
duty of the Secretary of State to obtaiu forthwith
from the Clerk of the Court in tho
county where tho election was held a certified
copy of the statement in his office, nud
upou the receipt of such copy to proceed in
like manner as if the original statement had
been received by him.
Sec. 7. That all acts ami parts or ncis
in conflict with this act bo aud the same arc
hereby repealed.
Approved, May 31, 1877.
He Never Loved Another.?"Did ]
over love any other girl ?" lepeatcd a pros
pectivo bridegroom, in answer to the tearfu
inquiry of his intended. "Why, darling, o
course not; how could you ask such a que*
tion ? You aro my first, my only love.?
This heart knew no wakening until the sun
shine of your love streamed in aud woko i
' to ccstacy." And thon he kissed her ten
i derly and went home and said to himself, "
i must hurry them things out of the waj
, right off, or there'll be a row," and ho col
) lcctcd together a great pile of letters, writtc
in all kinds of feminine hands, with lots c
faded flowers, and photographs, and locks c
I hair, and bits of faded ribbon, and othc
1 things, and when the wholo eollection ha
? been crammed into the kitchen grate, h
drew a deep sigh and said to himself, "Thei
goes all that's left of fourteen undying love;
4 let 'em flicker."
? Mr. E. V. Smalley,*of the Now York Tr
bune, was recently in Florida, and interview
l* ed Govornor Drew of that State, who
d represented as saying: "Florida is gottie
e on very well under the new order of thing
Close economy is being introduced in i
branches of the government. We shall sa
_ this year $30,000 in our court expeos<
,. $25,000 in the cost of running the penite
tiary, and a vory large gross sum in o
> county expenses. All classes aro satisfi
r- that tho change of administration has bo
la productivo of good." The Governor add
that tho people woro convinced that the <
ucation of the blacks is essential to the w
lT" ,faro of the State, and declared that tho fur
>11 for education will be applied with cnt
ty impartiality for tho benefit of the two
ces.
The dry weather hss drawn up the T.i.v
considerably.
THE HOUSEKEEPER.
Cuow-Cliow.?Chop together, very finely,
a head of cabbage, six grccu pepper?,
six green tomatoes; add two tablespoonfuls
of mustard, 0110 tablcspoonful of salt, a little
cloves aud allspice, and viucgar to wet
it.. It will keep a long time.
To Prepare an Ego for an Invalid.
?Beat an egg until very light, add seasoning
to the taste, then steam uulil thoroughly
warmed, but not powdered. This will
take about two miuutes. An egg prepared
in this way will not distress even very sensitive
stomachs.
Meat Balls.?Chop very fiue cold meat
?r...... t:?i ? ?
I uuj Mini, ;uiu-8oat the sumo quantity of
bread crumbs ; mix them together with nu
onion chopped very Guc, if the flavor of
onion is liked; season with salt and pepper, a
little nutmeg aud allspico ; mold together
with ouc egg; form into balls and fry in
boiling fat.
Lemon Cream I'ie.?One quart of milk,
three cupfuls sugar, yolks of lour eggs, one
cupful flour; mix the flour with some of the
milk, then boil the rest and mix this with
it; flavor with grated rind of a leuiou; bake;
make a frosting of the whites beaten to a
l'roth with a cup of sugar and juice of the
lemon ; brown in a hot oveu. This makes
two pies.
Corn Bread.?Take one pint of sifted
corn meal and stir into it one tcaspoouful
dry saleratus and half tcaspoouful salt, then
add two well-beaten eggs, one pint sour milk,
and three tablespoonfuls sour cream, beat
about five minutes, and put about half an
inch deep in the pan to bake; If you have
no ercatn uso about a tablespoonful butter
or lard ; bake thirty-five minutes.
Boston Baked Beans.?Soak a quart
of beans over night, boil thcui till quite
tender, theu put them in an earthen pot,
cover with water, put in the top of the pot
half a pound of fat salt pork, the rind
scored iu dice shapes, add salt if the moat
lias no lean on it, cover tightly, and bako
r n_
iuui ur uvc uours, or over uight iu a brick
oven. Beef suet or butter may be used by
those who do not cat pork.
To Make Scuai? Book Paste.?Take
a tnblcspoonful of good wheat flour and
mix well in half a pint of water; boil to
the consistency of starch for laundry use;
while it is boiling, drop in a piece of alum
the size of a chestnut. Or, take half an
4^.zw&msmtk aadju? .
let it fmiuier ?utu tlie guui begins to uis- ?solve;
then add water to obtain the required
consistency. The flour paste isbc6t.
Vegetable Soup.?Purchaso a small
piece of shin, with some meat upon it; put #
into the vessel that you make the soup in
four quarts of water, with salt, boil three or
four hours, then add a tcacupful of rico, one
carrot grated, one turnip cut in pieces, one
leek, cut up a stalk of celery, little pepper ;
just beforo serving for the table, take out
the shin, removing the meat, which you cut
in small pieces, put the meat iutothc tureen
1 .1
uuu pour mc soup ever it; send to table to
be eaten with catsup or spiced sauces.
Toe Last 1Ioi;rs op The Session.?
Never in the whole course of the two years'
experience we have had as a reporter in the
, South Carolina Legislature and in Oio ??
, rious political conventions which have asscmbled
in Columbia, have we witnessed
such amusing scenes as we were treated to
j. for the few hours previous to the adjournment
last night. The old Roman from Abl
bcville, (Mr. 13radly,) who is regarded by
1 the whole llouso as one ot the landmarks
of the olden time, but who has the misfortune
to be a little deaf, was called to the
t chair. This gentleman, who is filled with
- quaint humor, filled the position well; no
I man in the body could have filled it better
|? or to the greater satisfaction of the members.
Tic assumed command of the navel amidst
II
,f the rouv of laughter and applause of the
>f whole lfouso, and kept them iu that condi,r
tion until he abandoned the chair, for a pe^
riod of more than an hour and a half.
1C
,0 All sorts of bills were introduced?one
to give him a thousand dollars, one to compel
tho Senator from Edgefield to marry,
. one to buy tho Rrgister reporter a wig?
soventy-five cents being appropriated by tho
r* unanimous vote of the House for that pur18
pose. Unfortunately, however, and to the
'8 everlasting disgrace of the present General
Assembly, it was referred to tho Committeo
1 on Contingent Expenses.
ve Judge Mackey, General Gary and Mr.
?8' Myers were called upon to deliver addresses
n* to tho House, and did so in their peculiar
and particularly separate and widely diffore
ing styles. Finally the lady visitors left
thelialland Major Bradley left the chair, eal,
ling fir. Simpson to fill his pbco whiloho'.ul'.
journed to his Hotel, moid the applause of
ft. tho whole House, for the purpose of pack.
ing his valise preparatory to sailing for
,rc Abbeville County, which ho ?o tvorthily rc
present?.
The fun being over the Chair ei!!.:;! the
IE3 House to order rncl ordered the rol! to be
c..dcu.