The Greenville enterprise. (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, June 15, 1870, Image 1
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JOHN C. k EDWARD Bi
G. F. TOWNES, EDITOR*
J. C. BAILEY, ASSOCIATE
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Obituary notleee, aad all matter. tearing to
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' In Xemorian.
Oona (o the qnlct lead I to tranqoll bower*.
Where bloom thoee unfediog mystical flow*
er*.
The liliea pora, whose fragrance, like a
p?y?r.
With tender aweetneia 111)* the twillgh1
lit;
Where a m? of u a glaa?.
To the* picture* all ttrtftk aetata aa they
para
Y at ita fleeting griefs, and the tear* (hat
are shed.
Stir not the repoa* of th* holy dead ;
For they in thidr deep mysterious re it
Sliare to God's knowledge, and *o are bleed.
Year* pane to the* aa "a watch In th*
ui*ht ;
lleycnd shadows and darkness tboa ecaat
the light. ' (
And koowiag th* end. eanat aeranely await
Till wa tow pas* th* staf-hegemmed gate.
And thonft groat na then with Ilia angel
alia
Which ahone oVr the dark boar of parting
ere while;
For the radiant calm In thy dying eye*
Waa the light from tho dawn of Par idi-o.
itanj far tire Intots.
Tue Judgets Daughter.
So tad is my story, and so true,
that it sccins branded into my |
memory m letters ot tire. It is no
story conjured up by the imagination,
nor yet one that needs any
glossing over by a fertile pen.?
All its incidents are real?none
exaggerated. Not many years ago
a haughty old man, a jndgo of in
corruptable morals, died, leaving
behind him two children. After
his death, it was found that ho hail
not been so wealthy us manv had
imagined, yet rich cuongti to leave
to each daughter a moderate competence.
To the eldest sister descended
lite homestead and a sufficient
income to kbep up their
former style; to the younger $20,000,
invested in an old $nd trusty
bank. From infancy, Estelle, the
elde-t, had been acquainted with a
poor, .but proud spirited boy. She
bad watched his ineffectual struggles
for au education such as he
desired, admiring his unconquerable
ambition, and as be ueared
manhood, be became her most ardent
lover. But the old judge
demurred. No daughter of his
should encourage the attentions of
a penniless youth?their intimacy
- must cease. Obedient as a child,
she listened to her father's commands,
and obeyed them implicity.
He surrounded her witfi gay company
; he did everything that
wealth or tnato eon!/*
win her mind away from her boy
lover. But though she uttered no
complaints, he knew that she did
not forget At last ho diod. He
did not bind her with any promises.
Perhaps in death his eyes
discovered that it needs more than
tuere wealth to bring happiness.?
Alter her bereavement, Rupert
Kiugsl&nd came to her again.
44 Estelle, uty love,*' he said passionately,
" I could not keep away
from yon longer. It may seem
wrong to yon for me to c >me to
yon, now that be is gone, when I
know how. much opposed he was
to me; but, darling, yon are in
trouble, and I mutt comfort you."
She did not chide him. 6ho bo
lieved her father most have relented,
or else he would have
apoken and forbidden ber to receive
him after death. She wept
and sobbed on bia boforn like a
child.
14Rupert," the returned, "if
you haa forsaken mo now,l should
indeed be desolate."
44 And to leave you ever, will
kill mel" be ejaculated, iinpetu
ouely. 44 Carte iny fortune, that I
mutt be forever debarred from
youlw
She aterted.
44 Don't apeak to fiercely, RupertT
the (deeded. 44 No one
atanda between ut now.**
44 Yet, poverty ttandt between
ot, ft it ever did," be replied.?
44 Jfever will 1 take advantage of
At* decease to ttep unworthily
where he forbade me. If i ootid
ever obtain my with of beeoroing
a preat and fomoua phytician, EeteTle,
then would I be prood to
oomo to yon *
44 Where would yon ge to be*
cojpe a doctor f* the queried.
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MtBY, PBCIta
I "I would study in England,
Franca and Germany," was bis
eager response. "To be a 00*1
mon placo physician would not satiety
me. X must be the equal of
the most eminent."
For a moment she was silent.
" Bnpert," she observed presently,
"the way is open for you at
last. My money is left untouched.
In no wav wonld its nee give tne
so mncb Joy as to know it was siding
you to obtain your life's desire.
You shall go to England, France
and Germany. Only return to me
as pure as you leave me,"
For a time he opposed 6uch a
suggestion. He could not accept
her tnonev. But In proportion to
liis unwillingness to receive, became
her eagerness to bestow. At
lost, ho consented. lie would only
consider it a loanjloTJe* repaid
at some future -day. He would
send to her, as to a banker, for
what he required, and remain
away some fonr or five years.?
Her sister was very mucli opposed
to it, when infonned of what Estelle
proposed to do.
u You are exceedingly unwise,
Kutpllfl-" film Rnilt ftnwril r " (n
draw from our capital to give to
liira. I doubt In* goodness?I
dfcub* his ever returning."
Es telle wa3 wounded, but not
discouraged. She mmlo him a
present of a very handsome gold
watch and, chain, and money
enough to defray all expenses
incidental to his jotirnoy and first
admittance to a medical school.?
Then he was to write to her, and
she would send him more. His
first two years were passed in
Englaud, and he received money
from her every quarter; He lived
in style, even luxury, surrounded
himself with everthing he could
wish for; and though sometimes
she thought ho must be very ex:
travagant in hia habits, she made
no inquiries, no comments. Her
sister married and went to California,
and Eetelle was left alone to
watch and wait the still remaining
three years of his absence. He
weut to Gcrraanr. lie remained
there two years longer. The bat
year ot his proposed absence, lie
wrote to Kstelle thus:
M My love, I do not hnow bow
to say what I wish. My five years
have nearly expired. I have tried
to improve them?1 conscientiously
believe 1 have. I am nearing tbe
goal, which, save for the goodness
of your true end noble lioart, I
never coula have hoped to attain,
but yet 1 am not satisfied. 1 wish
to see you so much, mv poor, love
birdling, that betitnes I am ready
to drop everything, give up every
future h??ne for this world or tbe
next, to flv to yon. But I restrain
myself. I wish to be entirely
worthy of you. and all you have
done for ine% when I do return Oh
it I could only remain liere two
yeara longer?two years, an eternity
of time to he separatod from
you, and yet how much I might
accomplish therein.
She perused and re perused that
part of his letter. Two years
more 1 Two years of long waiting
?seven years of weary watching 1
She let not even a sigh escape from
her lips. Her trust in him was
implicit. There is a passage in
holy writ which says, 44 There is
no fear in lore, but perfect love
casteth out fear; because fear hath
torment. He that teareth is not
made perfect in love." She was
made perfect in earthly love?she
know fear. Il would he hard
for him to bo away two years
longer, but if As desired it, the
would not complain. She did not
think how her youth was leaving
her?she did not care. The only
3uest ion was hovo could 6he obtain
le money. She had already lent
him, so great had been his extravagance,
every penny of her principal.
She took op her pen, and
thus wrote:
u Rupert, God alone knows how
much i long tor you; bat if it is
your wish to remain away two
years more, do not let that deter
you. Yoa know my father did
not leave roe oa well provided for
as was anticipated, and now all is
gone bet the homestead. If yon
think the two years necessary, I
will mortirfiorft it."
He did think two more yearn
requisite, bat be wrote so touchingly
about her taerifioe, that it
seeuted Almost aa if he vu conferring
a fav r on her by taking it,
than her on him by giving. It
was mortgaged. Every dollar she
realized was sent to him. Her
one servant?alio liad dispensed
with them one by one?was discharged.
Then she stood alone!
What was she to dot She oonld
not appeal to ber sister; she remembered
the tauuts that sister
itad extended to her. 8lie went
oat and procured a situation as
governess in a wealthy fcmily?
oee of ber old friends. Pnblio
indignation became intense. Jodfee
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Atherton's daughter a governess !
People blamed her for her folly,
bat alio smiled serenely. Her re-1
ward was yet to ootne, she be- j
lieved. Rupert's return and Rtir*u
liune woaid QOropeasat? her
All t Ihe two years passed
away, and even afce could not deny
to herself that she bad failed greatly
during that time. Then a letter
came to l>er} it said :
M My patientdove,I am coming
at last. Be ready for me in May.
if rite me one more letter.**
AAAAtnnattWinrs 5# MMWA
mvwui^IH^ I? pupCIO
containing notion of him and his
groat medical skill. American papers
congratulated themselves up
ou fining to have such a rare ac
qmsition to tlte medical fraternity.
Sho read and wept tears of joy.?
Ho was coming at last 1
u You mnst not be surprised,"
she wrote in her responsive epistle,
uto find me much changed. I
think my health has failed during
the past two years quito rapidly."
A hi to how many hearts such
an announcement would have carried
terror 1 She knew the name
of the ship in which ho was to
sail, and watched the slow, scctn
ingly endless days gp> by. She
was full of poacfnl joy; he was
j coming?she was content. Those
| that knew her said her face wore
| me expression ot an angel. lie
J that as it might?her heart wore
the hit} piness of one I She heard
wlien the steamship arrived. They
only lived twenty iniles distant?
6urely ho would come the next
day. Dot the next day came, and
the next, and next, and lio came
not. She saw his name among the
list of arrivals; was ho sick??
She was tempted to go down and
see, when a gentleman called upon
her.
"I have seen your friend, Dr.
Kingsland, in the ciiy," he said.?
14 lie told me to inform you that
he had been detained, but would
soon be up." :
The a: noqncemcnt t?x>lc ono
1 pang from Imr heart only to add I
another. He was w ell?she thank-1
ed God for that; but could she]
have been within twenty miles of;
him for a weok witlwut sending j
litm fl itaoboOnro ? ti.?? ....... ?ii .1.;. i
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reproach she allowed her gentle
heart to make, while 6he formed
a thousand excuses for his cruel
neglect. Two ? more weeks
went past, and they numbered
three. Then a note came, which
commenced as follows:
"Iff dear friend, I feel as if I j
can say to yon. through a note,
that which I wish to. sAy, bettor
than face to face. Estelle, you
have been my best friend, my good
Samaritan, and I am euro yon will
rejoice at my happiness. I was
married last night to Miss Mary
Morse. Yon remember her? A
young lady of wealth, beauty, and
a good position in society." *
She road no more. Some one
in the adjoining room heard a
heavy fall, and rushed in. They
found her on the floor, apparently
dead. They picked her up and
sent for a physician.
" A scveio shock," was his conclusion.
"Sho is dying of the
heart disease."
She became sensible again, but
her heart was utterly broken.?
Seven years of wuiting, and then
the false-hearted lover had left
1 her?left her, alter squandering
her property, to die in poverty ??
Even then ahe uttered no com{>1
Hints. She bad all his letters,
ittlo keepsakes, and every trifle
pertaining to hint brought to her.
[She bonnu thorn up and addressed
| them to hitn.
"After I am gone send them to
him," she said.
A week latter they laid her away,
and fulfilled her last request. He
i began to practice early, and bis
success was wonderful, despite the
notoriety which his falsenoss had
brought upon him. On the first
night after he returned from EuVf......
u -
ivjto, jnm jr murge gnve a pany.
She made her brother promise to
watch Dr. Kingsland, and bring
him up with him.
"See if I do not win hiin from
that faded Eatelle Atherton !" she
exclaimed, before he met her.
And fihe did so. Ilia fickle
heart easily proved recreant to
every vow of love, every tie of
honor. Two years after, she was
about to go down a flight of stairs,
| when suddenly she uttered a loud
shriek and tell foward to the bot
torn. When she became conscious
she said, " Estelle At her ton stood
at the foot of tho stairs !*
Whether it was merely a delusion
of liar guilty conscience or
not, we can never know. Anyway,
the fall fractured her spine, and,
until this day, she is a miserable,
repining, cross, faded invalid,
frightened to be loll alone for a
moment. And he is a prematurely
old, eonaoieooo stricken wretch,
enduring all the pangs of earthly
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DENY1LLE. SOUTH CAROL1N,
pnrgatory. Verily my friend is i
being avenged 1 It is God's just *
retribution. 1
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A Bad Story.
Ontside of Fayette connty, where j
tlie prophet was held in high, but ,
not in blameless repute, being "in
his own country," the name of g
CIrv has evor hmn a sacra*] on a
i in Kentucky, and to naino him, j
has been to quote lovingly.? .
w Whererer freedom found a vota- r
ry, that rotary met in him n sham- t
When Greece, the classic
and of Greece, the fountain of rc- .
fjhiemcut?the birth place oi eloquence
and liberty and poetry;
when Greece awoke from the long r
slumber of agc9 and bent back the i
faded crescent to its native East; t
when Meccdon recalled to mind j
the feats of her conquering boj*. i
and the Spartan struck in fur the c
land that bred him. then tho voice 3
ot Clay rolled over the watcrsol the c
bluo Atlantic as a greeting from c
the New World to the Old. But 3
"hrtshed is that voice whose every <;
tone was music," and so on till the c
declaimer wearied. Such being <
the esteem in which tho Sage ot .
Ashland was held in the hearts of1
his countr\men. the tiermle of his ! 1
Commonwealth have been slow to j i
speak to strangers of the skeleton I
in his household, though in the i
homes of the State the sad story <
has been a household word. i
Yesterday morning our special '
telegrams announced the end of a 1
wcury lite, in stating that Theodore, 1
eldest son of Henry Cla}', had 1
died in the Lexington Lunatic A ay- 1
lam, after a lon^j confinement.? 1
The record of lua blasted life is J
briefly thus:
At the age of thirty years, Thco J
dure Clay was a promising lawyer.
ne was uie imago ana nope oi the
statesman, w hose tamo was on ev- (
cry tOncub. It is trite that there '
wore whispers of wild living, and 1
of indifferent morals; that eomo 1
tiling tinged the lair repute and 1
even darkened the future prospects x
of this scion of a ?u>blc house.? 11
Still it was hoped that these were 1
hut the result of youth, and would 1
be cast nsido when circumstances (
called upon the matured man to \
assort himself and make his till -
cut felt in tlio community. (
It w as nt this turning point in j
liia life, that Theodore Clay began
to pursue, with an unwearied per- r
severance that caused his friends v
great uneasiness, a young lady of !
I Lexington, whom lie had long
loved hopelessly. The object of 8
his attachment, who is at the pres- -(,
cut moment one of the brightest
I ornaments of Kentucky society,
repulsed firmly, but kindly, evoyy *'
attention offered by tlio infatuated *
| young man, after his meaning had 1
I become manifest. It was of no c
use, he would not be refused, and 8
followed his fair fate in the streets I
by day and wandered in tbc neigh- .
borhood of her homo by night, in
an annoying manner, until at last 1
it became evident that he * was
not all there," to use thosuft phrase 1
j by which a kindly peasantry cxfiresaes
insanity. Subsequent vio
ent demonstrations tendo ? to confirm
the impression, it being even i
related that he went to tho house \
f Mr. and demanded his )
daughter at the pistol's point, un- i
til at last the wretched truth could 1 t
no longer be ignored, and confine j i
tncnt in tho Asvluni becamo a <
torn necessity. This was accord- '
ingfy* done, (in 1889, we beliovc,)
his father providing for his support
at that time, and leaving $10 ,
000 in his will, the income trorn
wljicb was secured to Theodore for
life. That life, after thirty-eight
years of imprisonment in what in
the earlier days of his confinement
ho was want to call u a good boarding
house, but having some of the
biggist fools he ever saw as board
era," has just closed. For nearly
thirty years ho was one of the
most noted of the inmates, not on
ly his proud descent, bnthis graceful
manners and flow of conversation
rendering hiin an object of
interest to all visitors. lie labored
under the hallucination that ho was
George Washington, and was fond
of assuming the traditional attitudes
ot tho Fathor of his conntry.
At tho occasional bulls given to
the inmates, (averaging some five
hundred in number,) bo was ah
uflVR ftxniiittitf-lv flrm/xl in (l.o I
stylo of Ins d;iy, and was the beau e
par excellence. During all these 1
long years, despite his general
gentleness and cheerfulness of
manner, he was restless and discontented,
and required close .
watching, it never, in fact, having 1
beeu considered prudent to allow 1
Sim to go out into the grounds I
without attendants. About the
year lf<60, his condition began to
grow worse, and he soon after bo- 1
camo demented, continuing in c
hopeless idiocy until a few days c
since, when Death, greater healer %
than Time, placed htm again upon 1
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otttmrnt of JSlo
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mmmmmrnmm i n ill
in equality with the peers of his
jarly manhood, who had gone bebre
him to the God that created g
lim and did with him according s
o his inscrutable will. And e? h
mds as sad a story as the truth of tl
listory ever commanded to be Ii
vritten. . J,
'I wr? cino ,->( IT....... rt-- _?:il ?
- -" vt uuih ji vinjf null ?
uirvive him, T. II, Clay, ex-Minis- ti
er to Honduras, now resides on a
lis place, " Mansfield," near Lex- il
ngton, and John M. Clay, the p
aisor of "Kentucky," and one ot a
ho greatest turfmen living. v
Death of Mr. Robert Braekenridge. I
It is our duty this morning to ?
mnounce the death of the oddest J
nalc inhabitant of Anderson Colin- *
3'. Mr. "Robert Braekenridge de- ^
>arted this life at his residence, j
?ine miles southeast of this place,
>n Friday night last, in tho 01st ^
rear of his age. Ho was a native t
>f County Antrim, Ireland, and
same to tins country when qiiito a
oath. Mr. Braekenridge was en
raged in school teaching the great- J,
;r portion of his long life, having ^
jntcred upon that avocation in :
AI.KowiTI.. 1 QAA 1'
>AUMV? HIV MV/VSMW 11113 ^ fill X OV/V. |
Llo taught consecutively from that j
time until within the past low
months, hut for a number ol years
ho followed the occupation only
nominally. IIo was universally {
. steemed for his sterling worth (
md integrity, and numbered
unong Ins friends, patrons and g
nipils nearly every prominent cit- c
zen of Andereon for the past half
:ontury. Ilu was a member of
ho Musouic fraternity, and prob (j
ibly the oldest Mason in this sec- j
ion of the btnte. H? likewise be ]
onged to the Presbyterian detiotn-1 ^
nation, and waft a consistent mem-1
nor of that church. e
lie possessed the genuine humor t
>f ids native country,and we have i
icard several ii.cidents in his Jite j
rorth relating. It is said that, on I
i certain occasion, Mr. Bracken c
idgc visited this place when Cotirt I.
vas In 6 ops ton, and looking around a
it the officers of the Court and v
netnbers of the bar, remarked to t
i friend that he had whipped ov- t
iry otic ot thetn, including Judge t
hiar'.o who was presiding,and (ten. c
Whitner then Solicitor of this cir- c
jnir, as well us t e Clerk. Slierilf, <;
tnd all the lawyers. Of course, a
he remark was repeated until it v
cached the ears ot the Judge, a
vho shor ly ordered an adjourn- a
nent of the Con-1, and every one a
icgan to gather around the old (.
gentleman, t'-r he had then reach- f:
d an advanced period in his life, ti
The see e which followed can het- it
or ho imagined than described, n
md it was one ut>on which this I s
cnerahlo citizen loved to dwell I
iver afterwards. Ilesnrvivcd the t
listingufslicd Judge tunny years, C
md hud lived to see ntauy ut those v
)resent go down to the grave.? ji
\nd now, at the close of a very
on useful and honorable career
>n earth, lie has been gathered to gj
lis fathers, and we trust that lie c
epos -s iu eternal ponce. d
[Anderson Intelligencer, 9tk. 0
Mining Unphu tiik Ska.?There c
s a vast copper mine iu England,
vliero shafts extend many hundred 11
ai ds under the sea. The moan- 'l
ng of the waves as they dash c
iguiuftt the rocks is forever sounding
in those gloomy aisles. When
the.storms come, the sound of the c
waters becomes so terrific that '
jven the boldest miners cannot c
ifay below, hut leave thuir work ?
md cotne out npon the earth.? 11
Overhead are masses of biiorht c
? ? - -f,..:oppcr
streaming through the 11
jtillery in all directions, traersed
by a network of thin red f<
reins of iron, and over all the salt ()
vater drips down from tiny crev- "
ces in the rock. Immense wealth c
>f metal is contained in these roofs, 11
rut no miner daro give it another e
itroko with the ptckaxo. Already c
hero has been one day's work too
nuch upon it, as a huge wedge of
vood driven into the rock bears n
estimony. The wedge is ail that tl
ceeps back the sea from bursting
n upon theru. Yet there are c
liroe tiers of galleries where men ?
vork day by (lay, not knowing but ti
it soitio fatal hour tlie flood may ti
>o npon them, rendering all escape it
is hopeless as it was in the days of t<
\roah. Tho awe stricken visitor p
lurries away from the scene with s<
i heart appalled in view of the h
lourly dangers. o
In South Carolina there aro five ^
laily newspapers, four tri weekly ^
lewspapcrs, one send-weekly newstaper,
forty-two weekly uewspa)ers,
two monthlies, one quarterly. ^
Lavatkk says: u lie who sedn* si
ously attends, pointedly, asks, u
talmly speaks, coolly answers, and ' s<
(eases when he has no more to {J
ay, is in possession of some ot the b
>est requisites of man."
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itc fmtr Country.
A Coriou Invention.
Dr. Milio, the celebrated sureon
ofKieff, has fecentlj been at
t. Petersburg explaining a means
e has invented of illnminAtincr
be body by means of the electric
ight to such an extent that tbe
nmau machine may be observed,
lmoet as if skin and flesh were
ransparent. The Moscow Gazette
sserts that to demoetiato the teasbilty
of his process, Dr. Milio
laced a bullet inside his mouth,
nd then lighted up his face, upon
vliicli the bullet became distinctly
isible though his cheek. Dr.
flilio does not propose to lay bare
dl tho secrets of tue, flesh, to ex lore
the recedes of the heart, or to
erforin any miracles physical or
uetaphysical. But he claims to
lave-discovered a new and effectvo
method of dealing with gunhot
wounds; first, by means of
lectric illumination he discovers
he precise situation of the bullet;
icxt, by menus of magnetism, he
reposes to extract the bullet?
rovided al\Vavs that tho bullet
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Vjiiiiiiu t fUlllO IHJI'UWIl UI BlUBI.
Against leaden outlets Ibis system
s powerless, and tic therefore inends
to represent to the Internaional
Committee, which lately
net at Geneva, the desirability of
ccommeriTling an admixture of
itecl in the manufacture of all fuuro
bullets. Dr. Alilio's expcriuents
with bullets containing only
. slight admixture of steel are
aid to have been thoroughly suecssful.
, u SoiiFi iMB.''?The following is
uic of Air. Prentice's waits, so
nuny of which appeared in the
^ouisville Journal in its palmiest
lays;
" Sometime?it is a sweet, sweet
,ong, warbled to and tVo among
he topmost bomrha of thn lir?mo
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uid filling the whole air with such
oy and gladness as the songs of
lirds when the summer morning
omes out of darkness, and day is
torn on the mountains. We have
.11 our possession in the luturo,
vhich wo call 'sometime.' Beauiful
flowers and singing birds are
here, only our nands seldom grasp
he one, or our ears hear the othsr.
But oh, reader, be of good
sheer, tor all the good there is a
golden 'sometime;' w. en the hills
md valleys ot time arc all passed ;
then the wear and fever, the disappointment
and the sorrow of life
mi nVnt* thnn t i/? *! ? .. 1 ? ?
v yi VI | IIIV.II I1IV.IU 19 U1U l>lltuu
nd the rest appointed of God.?
)h, homestead, over whose root
till no shadows, or over whose
hreshold the voice of sorrow is
ever heard; built upon the etcral
hills, and standing with thy
pires and pinnacles of celestial
lenv.ty among the palm frees of
he city on high, those who love
iod shall rest under thy shadows,
I'hcrc there is no more sorrow nor
>ain, nor the sound of weeping."
The Akt if Financiering.? A
ingnlar financial transaction ocurred
in one of the dock offices a
ay or two since. ]>y some means
r other it happened that the office
oy owed one of the clerks three I
ents, the clerk owed the cashier
ivo cents, and the cashier owed
lie office boy two cents. One day
ist week the office boy having a
ent in his pocket concluded to
imlnish his debt, and thcreforo
innded the nicklo over to the
i'crk, who, in turn, paid half of
lis debt by giving the coin to the
;ashier. The latter handed the
ent back to the office bo>*, remarkng,
" now I only owe you one
ent." The office hoy again passed
lio cent tr> tlm plprlr wIiaiio.oimI {?
3 the cashier, who passed it hack
3 the oftico boy, and the latter inividual
squared all accounts, payjg
it to tho clerk, thereby disharging
his entiro debt. Thus it
lay be seen how great is the bentit
to bo derivca from a single
ent if only expended judiciously.
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Sklpom do wo meet with a truth
lore beautifully expressed than
lis from the New Yoik Nation:
Refined homes are the end of
ivilization. All tho work of the
orld?tho railroading, naviga*
ng, digging, delving, manutac^
ning, inventing, teaching, fcritig,
lighting, are done, first of all,
> secure each family in tho quiet
ossessiou of its own hearth ; and,
jcondly, to surround as many
earths as possible with grace and
nltnre ana beauty. The work of
II races tor 5,000 years is reprcMited
in the difference between a
igwain and a lady's parlor. It
as no better result to snow."
A coi.oKKD woman in Sard is,
liss., who last week gut up out of
sick bed and would go " to the
how," despite every effort made
> proven! her doing so, became
-> much alarmed at the elephant
aat she fainted away, and actualt
died from the effects of the
right before she could be removed.
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5 4y^?, ljl/t ^ t?^ SU. .y . - fc t?VOLUME
1VH--WO. <
The Air-Line ftailread Lei to Con
tract .
It is with pleasure thai we are
able to annoanoe the fact that Mr.
P. P. Dickinson of Poughkeepsie,
New York, has taken the entire
contract for the construction of the .
Air Line Railroad from this place
to Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Dickinson
has a large experience in this line
of business, and has ample capital
and is responsible. We are glad
that some ono man was found who
had the enterprise, pi nek and capital
to undertake the construction
of the entire road, which we think
will Insure expedition in the
wo# k.
> - ? i k
Mr. Dickinson nroooees to lei
l . i i * a
Buu-coniracis ana naa o pone a aa
office in this city where lie or hi*
agent will receive proposals for
contracts between this place and
Spartanburg. These contracta will
be for any distance that contractors
may desire.
It will be gratifying to onr citizens
to know how auspiciously our
ltuil road affairs are progressing.
Long before the tax payers are
requited to advance one cent of
the tax which tboy voted tipon
themselves, work will be commenced
on the roads and the money
realized froin the sale of onr
bonds will be in circulation among
us. Business and trade of evory
sort will bo enlivened tborebj', and
remunerative employment will be
afforded the laboring man. Then
when we take into consideration
how these roads are going to enhance
the value of our property.
increase our trade and manufactures
and add* to our population,
thcro will certainly be no man in
the county who will regret that
the Railroad subscription were
made by the county.
[Charlotte {N. C) Observer.
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Escape of a Ship's Chew fkom
Savages.?The following is from
the London News of May 18 : The
cryw of the bark Belcarry, which
was driven ashore on the coast jof
Terra del Fucgo on the morning
of tbo 4th of March last, during a
heavy gale, had a very narrow escapo
from falling into the hands of
the Patagonian savages. As soon
as the vessel was observed to bo
ashore by tlio natives, thoy came
down to the beach in large nnm
b<?ra nil nt' ?lm?? J
, W. ??v%u Ml UiCU,
eorno with spears, and other? with
hows and arrows, with the supposed
intention of attacking or capturing
the crew of the ill fated
hark. Seeing the dangcrons position
of himself and crew, Captain
Edgas decided on abandoning tho
vessel, although 6he wa6 perfectly
dry at that time, but embedded
eight feet in sand. The Captain
and his wife and eight men
took to the long boat, and tho
chief officer and four men to tho
pinnace. The latter boat reached
Stanley, Falkland Islands, in lonr
days, but nothing no to late distmtches
had been heard of the
ong boat or the people in her.?
Tl.? ? * -? o? ? i-? - J
a."u .it oiauiey nau sent a
number of schooners to the sceno
of the wreck, in order to 6&ve as
much of the cargo as i>ossible.
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A Kkmakkaulk Incident.?The
Portland Argus gives currency to
a most remarkable incident. It
6ays that a few evenings since, as
a freight train, behind time, was
passing Oak llill Station, in Scarboro,
at a speed of thirty miles an
hour, it struck against a horse attached
to a sled, which was crossing
tho track at the time without a
dil Ivor. The sled, was smashed into
kindling-wood, and it was supposed
that tho horse was instantly
killed, but the train sped on for
sonic distance, when tho engineer,
looking out, saw the horse staring
at him from the cow catcher with
a puzzled l6ok, as much as to say :
u What is all this foes about!"?
The train was promptly stopped,
and it was found that the horse
had been picked up by the cow
catcher and dcsposited on the platform
in front of the engine, where,
too much stunned or frightened to
move, ho laid until lifted off and
was found to be comparatively
uninjured. He was lea back to
his astonished owner, who stood
gazing at tho wreck of his bobsled,
and wondering what had become
of the animal.
A hotel bell boy in Detroit
proves to be a girl. She has
worked on a canal an a driver, on
a steamer as a cook, and in a chair
factory, withont hor sex being discovered.
She wears her hair
14 shingled," can smoke, sometimes
drinks, and sa^s that when she
gets very mad she can swear too.
She is a remarkable specimen of
the wild girl of the West.
Dr. Livuiostonr is once more a
source of anxiety, and' a deputation
is to bo sent from England in
search of him.