The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, March 10, 1858, Image 2
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The Burning of the Pacific Hotel.
The fo-lowmg details of the fearful calamity
at St. Louis, Mo., will l>e read
with interest :
Tho origin of the disastrous ronrtarrro
- ~ 'b' *"
tion is Ht present not known with certain
Iy. Ino prevailing impression is llint
the flames first hrok? toil in ihe rear of
the drug store of I turnout C. Jones, one
door front the corner of Seventh street,
t>ni how Iihs not yet l?een explained.?
Toe clerk, who luu] only hecn three days
in llie establishment, and who slept in
the buck port, states that when i e was
awakened by- the^glare of the light the
whole of the western portion of the tun Id I
iug whs iii fi tines. '1*11is whs front half
?n hour to llnee quarters before the steam
engines arrived. I here whs half a bariel
of turpentine, a barrel of oil, and soine
other combustibles in that part of the
lore where, report savs, the lire origi
Dated.
From the host information that we can
gather, there were about one hundred
personssleeuit)"/ in the hotel tit I
( ^ .. .... ?? V l IIV? t Mlic |
of the occurrence. h appears that linen'ire
building whs enveloped in the ra
ging element before scarcely n?v of the
lodgers were awakened to full sense ol
their (lunger. And when 'lie inmates
were finally aroused it was only to find
all opportunities of egresi closed to ihem
for the staircases in f xnit and behind were
a!readly gone, or so nearly so that an
attempt to escape by these means would
be only rushing into the arms of inevjla
ble death.
The scene that ensued baffles any effort
at description. The rushing of men wo
men ami children to and fro to avoid I lie
blistering heat, and to search lor ways to
reach tin* streets?the shrieks of the ter
ror stricken and the groausoV those bound
to tlieir rooms by walls of scorching file 1
? the shonfsot those who had been called
iu me spot iioiii the surrounding neigbor |
hood?tlie clambering over swaying ami |
reeling joist?the tailing floors, with tlieir |
loads ol heavy furniture ami their dear
burden of bun.an lues? ah this a d more
that was inieiiseiy terrible and fearful,
it is not given to our j>on to adequately
describe.
Tne stairs gone, the roof and lloor inch
by inch giving way, am] the lurid flames
filaioting up momentarily thickei Mid j
hotter, many sought to escape the mi !
pending hazard of being burned to death
through the scarcely less dangerous pros '
peels of jumping to the ground Iron I 1
their windows. Of those who endeavor ! 1
ed 10 save their lives in this w?e >*? ?'
six hI the Sisters' Hospital. Mr. 11. Hub
bard, who arrived at St. Lotiis Iroiu Bos '
toil about 8 weeks since, was occupying, '
with bis lady, a room on the ili.nl lloor.? '
Mr*. 11. was first aroused and awaken :
ed In r husband. Hardly had lie come to M
be conscious of the cause of the surround
ihg contusion before he saw his wife leap
headlong out of the window on J'oi.tr
street. Seeing no other visible means ol '
Having liiiiHuif ho followed her, and both
fell, not far epart.on the pavement. Mrs. j .
Uolihard hail one of her legs fractured in ] J
two places, ami had tho knee cap of the '
other dislocated. Besides this, her low | '
erjaw was broken in two places. It is ^ *
not expeeted sb? will survive. [She has '
s nce die1'.] Mr. Hubbard had the ankle
j nut of Ids leg displaced, and received a
severe contusion oil the fnndo.ud II
lioi thought to be in a dangerous Condilion.
i
Miss. II. 1111 ii tor endeavored to leave ; .
t!ie building, after being badly burnt, by
j?1111p111?r |u?m the second stoiv. In the L
fait one of her legs was broken, and her |
beao severely cut. She was placed i.i a (
ftirnilure car, to be taken to the Sister's <
Hospital, but before Arriving there she was |
a corpse.
James F. Geary, local reporter of the ,
Leader, of tins city, in aWempungto escape ,
with Ins wife and child, fell to the cellar.? I
Besides receiving some bad bums on tlie
tape, head and legs, bv some means his
right foot was cut lv? the hone from aliout
the middle to the heel.(Since dead.)
Kharpe, night clerk at the hotel, was aw
fully burned in tlie face, head and extreini- j
lies. 11 is hair is all singed off, and Ins
face blackened and blistered. Iiisexpec |
ted thai be will recover, trough consider- I
ably disfigured
4Kiitin Hayes lias a broken thigh, flnd '
is-very inttcli injured on the head. One j
_r .
>ii iiis eves lire burnt and swolen exceed '
ingly, and Ii? is otherwise luiit. Winn '
saw liim lie was in nincli pain and 1
laboring under concussion <>f the brain.? I
He was una bio to answer questions As '
far as we can ascertain from various sour- j
ccs, be i? a stranger in tbe city, from'
(Wisconsin. T Loire is little or no lo>pe of
liis leeoverv,
Tbree men were seen to jump from tbe
second story of tbe back part of tbe bull
ding at tbe same tithe. Two Q|" litem got
off without much injury. Theotber was
taken On a plank to a fruit store on sixib
street, below Poplar, wbere be died at
about 8 o'clock. Tbe latter wo under
stand to be T. llarl Strong, lawyer of
\ tliis city.
At K ng's Hotel we found tbe family I
of Dr. White, wliose escape was indeed I
miraculous. Dr. While himself leaped >
tbioiigb the window of Ins room, and I
jumped to tbe ground, whence eucourag- ?
t ing bis wife, three cittblren ami nurse, ?
they, too, followed bis exa nple, be bieak- ,?
jpg tbeir fall, ami nij readied terra fjriua 4
in safely, having only tlie record of danger
perceptible in a few skin deep wounds.
The dead bodies recovered, as yet, from
the ruins,so charred, blackened and burnt
that their nearest relatives could not idem
tify them by the ordinary means, number
six, which have been taken charge ot Lv
the coroner. AH of these, or nearly all, J
hail their clothes on. Five ol them were
found on a piece ol door in the second
story next the fiotrt the hotel. They
appeared to have been all sleeping ill tbe
same room, and were literally roasted in
their beds.
The only means of indenlif)cution of
the>?e bodies will be bv papers and other
article' found upon tliein. On one there
was a letter addressed to Ephriam Doatie
at Chieaoo: also n i.uiuni i - >
! Kphriatu Donne uhd William S. Fanner.
I Helow the shift bosom of a second was
written the name of K- M. firi'pg, On
a I It>in 1 was a lot of letters addressed to
Kvai> J WatkitiH, one which contained
an Odd Fellows' traveling pass.
The wife and child of Joseph Jones, of
Uirch's Minstrels are among ihe wounded.
They were let down out ot a window of
the, third storv l>) Mr Join s, who enveloped
them in ashee', having first thrown
a matrass to the balcony to break their
fall. '-The sheet slipped, and mother and
child, the latter only eight or nine months
old, striking the edge of the mat ra-?s, dropped
to the pavement and were dangerous
ly injured.
1 Meeting in favor of the Policy of the
Administration.
The people, we aie pleased to observe,
are moving in all quarters to sustain
| through popular demonstrations the policy
of the Admini-lrut on in leferenee to
ihe immediate admission ot Kansas as a
Siaie. The people are awake to this suh
j'-ii, '.lie* are lieailUV IIIVU Ot tills eU'1'llal
Kansas brawl, ;%11>I 11n?y desire to sec her
inaugurated as a Sia e that she may
manage Iter own affairs in Iter own wav.
1 wo or three meetings are on the tnjii.s
in this citv, none of which will interfere
with tlm other, ami we should like to see
every Democrat among us attend them
all. *
We have felt the necessity of am! urged
an earlv movement in reference to
these demonstrations, and we are gratified
to learn that the preliminary movements
are now in such asiate of forward
(less that we may look during the coining '
week lor a L'teali-r display of popular en '
ihusiastn for an important measure than *
was ever before witnessed in our city.?
The Tsuimnnv Hall Democratic General i
Committee, through their Commi lee ot i
Arrangements, are now making rapid (
|iriijjrcss, Htnl will hold their meeting ;?t
an early day next week. The rail is
dirtied hv a large number of our lir.it and
niusl niOitiinef.l citizens, hiu! we expect '
to see an assemblage within the o'il Hall
i<> unprecedented!)* Irnvr a< to entirely
do away with any doubts which 'may ex '
in in reference to the popularity of the '
measure. i
A call for another meeting of the I)em <
ocraey will bo found in our columns, to he j
iield at MoZ >rl Hall, on I nc^dav, the 2d" ,
March, of which William Coulter, Ekj ,
is Chairman of the Committee of Ar
ranoemeiiU It is called to indorse the
Iv divas policy of the Administration, a ml
all movements having this object in view, I *
we most heartily commend. This is in '
the hand of ahle and active Democrats, :l
and hid. fair to be an nverwheming tie- i
nonstration of populat" feelin<y. I
Another inovement is in progress for t
die evening of the 41li of Match bv the tl
Jentral Democratic Club f..r a grand ban- 1 ,|
pii't, and to indor-e and approve of the I .1
i'al vear's action of the Administration, I
mil i mperially <>l ii> K. msas policy K A. I *
K"Zl>i v, Ivij , is i he Chairman of ilie Coin !1
nitlee of Arrangement*, ami a more ef J 1
l.-ienl ami active Democrat we have not J'
rtnong us, ami we mav reasonably expert '
brilliant ami enthusiastic audience to
it present on tliin occasion f
Keep the bad rolling. Let tis have no <,
ealousies, heart burnings or suspicious of 1 j.
?ach other, but let us all rally as one man |t
o tbe support of the administration of |
lames Buchanan. On that point t? e j
National Democracy have but one voice
?New York X< wn,
^ *
cllarlks Lamm's War.mso.?Charles |
Lrtmb tells his sad experience as a warn- 1
ng to young men, in the following Ian- 1
juage :
"The waters have gone over rne. But
mt of tbe black depths, could I bo heard 1
[ Wf\ul?l pri* mil Di ull lliousa w ! '? *
[nit set a fool in the perilous tlood.?
Could the youth to whom the flavor ot
liia first wine is delicious ns the opening 5
uenesof life, or tlie entering upon some I
newly discovered paradise, look into my \
desolation and he made to understand ,
what a dreary t|tii.g it i? when h Uihh ,
hall feci hitfiself going down a precipice .
with open tves and a passive will ? to see
his destruction and have no power loslop
it, and yet feel it all the way emanating (
from himself; to see al! godliness emptied '
out of him, anJ yet noy able to forget a '
time when it w as otherwise; to bear about '
the p teous ?peptacle o' his own ruin; couhl I
he see my fevered eye, feverish with the (
last night's drinking, and feverishly look
ing for to night's repetition of the folly;
could 'lie hut feel the body of the death |
out of which I cry, hourly, with feebler
outcry, to be ielivered?it were enough to ,
in ike hiin da>li the sparkling beverage
to the earth in all the pride of its mailtlling
temptation." j
If you have a young friend who ma) '(
be ill danger of acquiring an appetite for ) |
strong drink, invito Ins attention to Chan. !j
Lamb's dreadful experience. ! 1
C A PT. J. K. li(^VU, Of K AN3AU?A.I
friend I it a liirnished us wjiii ;t ?ery 'nter j '
eating letter jt:M received IV??UI ihi?) onng '
gentleman, ilia only emigrant now in ( |
Kansas froin tins iJistrict. VVe regret i ,
iIinI w# have not lima to make extracts | ,
from it litis week. (Japt. Uuyd'? many |
Iriend* and admirers will L>? pained to r
learn lliat a ah rt lima since lie wm at
tacked I?y a party of Abolitionist*, ill I4*
ifflce, a I >0111 one o'clock at night, hi* life
liien'ened, and his office set on tire and '
mtirely consumed, with all hie hooks, '
dothmg and nearly everything he jam '
leaned. We w|l give the particulate to <
Hir ayit issue- ? A'mjtLre* Star. J
l)e jfttapt.
lawuasterville, s c.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH in, |8.%8.
(Hj?' .Sickness h is prevented the editor
irum attending Jo his duties f'??r the past
week, and hetict: 11?*. luck of editorial in this
issue.
Minority Report.
We are indebted to Hot;. S. A. Douglas,
fur a copy of the minority report from the
Committee on Territories upon lite mailer
of the admission of Kansas
Smrtll Pox in Charlotte.
We have just learned, from a source ?n*
titled to credit, that the Small Pox is in
Charlotte. The liud, only, has been furnished
ns this day (Tuesday) from our own
office, aeeompanitd with no particulars.
More Sno?r.
Again on Monday evening last, we hurl
a vcf v pretty fall of anow, covering the
groond to the depth of one or two inches.
The weather throughout the past week lots
been remarkably cold and unseasonable?at
lea?t so we have been informed,f'?i personally,
our observations, during that period
have been confined to the limits of ou?
chamber.
South Carolinian.
Dr. It \V. (libbes, of the Carolinian, an- !
nuances bis withdrawn' from the editorial i
charge of that paper, and that lie will he '
succeeded by franklin (Jni.lnrd, U?q . late |
>1 the Winnsboro Register. Under Ur.
iihbes' charge the Carolinian hns deservedly j
naked among the first papers in the connry
and, evidently. it is one among the few
ihat is making money. Mr. (Jailbird is an
iccomplishcd w riter, well posted in politics
iml equal in every respect to the extended ]
icld <1 labor in o which he in about to
liter.
Col. Orr Declines Re election.?We
iav'e seen (s:i\h ilie Spartanburg Kxpre**.)
i private letter from lion Jim L Orr, in
>\ liicli be * : "I have ^dres-ed a form:.I !
lominiinication to a committee (it Anderson. I
a which I have positively di lioud a re oloc j
ion to Congress." All those, therefore, j
vlio intend to offer for the honoiable mul ,
espon-iible position now occupied by Col.
)rr. as Representative from this Cotigres.
ional District, may enter upon the unuvoaa
n good earnest, with no fears of having
my opposition from him.
We understand, from private sources,
luit it it likely that tl.ere will not be more
han three canhlate* ; Col. 'J'. <> I*. Vernon '
if this district, (ad. J. D Asliinorc of An. j
lerson, and Col. K. I'. Jones of Greenville. j
I'licsc gentlemen have e\pressed their jjju-n j
ion to be candidates it Col. Orr should ?! - i
lino n re-uleuiioii. We suppose therefore |
lay will now declare themselves uncoudiiupally.
Thk Slave Tkadi?The telegraph in j
iirinn us (says the Carolinian.) that a cargo !
if negro* lias been landed and sold in l.ou [
iiann. Wo regret to liaar that, w bile there
xists a law of the Confederacy against it.
t should be connived at (if it bo lite fact)
n the South. The South lias ever been n
nvv-abidii g people, arid we are puinud to
ee. in the face of law, any violation of our
propriety. We Mill defend lo the IiimI the
xUting rights of the South and her present |
Inims, but we believe the renewal of the
ilave trade injurious to her best interes t,
ind likely to cause seriou? division in her
iow numerous ranks We trust there Is
lOine mistake in the telegraph report.
The Carolinian regrets to learrj that, on
Saturday hist, an in cident occurred on the
Union and Spartanburg Railroad, from a ,
pheel running off from one of the box j
iars. The passenger ci?r was thrown off.
md several gentlemen injured. Among
liiem, ihe |lun. Judge O'Neal received ? severe
cut upon bis head, and was otherwise
njured. Me was orried to Union, and on
Monday attempted to hold court, but was
.hliged to adjourn It. 'J'he la est advices
lYum him are that he wm improving, and
10 serious apprchonsiun w as had of his
:ase.
A Half. Old Vltbiias.?Grant Thorium
is a sensible old man. On the 18th
ult.he wrote aa follows from New Haven,
I'onnecticul:
'1 have lived another venr in thin f.iNely
'( railed miserable world. I verily believe
t in the beat world, terreMirinl that ever
liod Almighty made. I have never felt
head, In art nor loot haphe daring the year
|u?t nnnu by ; und thin day I enter upon my
riplity-til'lti yewf. 1 wain without a <?t..fT.
ind eat my food without brandy or bitter*.
I never win drunk in nty lite, and never
Und a rheuiliNtic pain I voted three yearn
iVliea VVaaliinpton was 1'n-sideht I lived
wenty-two yea re under Qeurpe III ; saw
he whole reipn of Cieor.e IV, \\ illiiun
b'I, and Vieloru thus tar. I wae intimate
villi Hamilton, Jay,, Morns, old Governor
JJinlon and other prominent aclore in the
evolution."
The Winnaboro Krpiater states that the
mm id' huodrvd dollar* lute Itpen repelv d
toward* the erection of the IJuijapn
iionnuiciil. TbOne deatmti* of Sending in [
ontribulioDM may direct flitm to Ju?. II.']
lu?0, at Wiouaboro.
* , H' ?'
Washington Iteau,
We arc Indebted to our exchanges for
the following itof WnsMugton new* : I
Feb. '.27.? Horace Greely was examined j
thin morning before the Tariff Investigating .
Coiniiiittee. All the members were pres- [
ent. The exnminaHon was concluded with- 1
in forty minutes, when Mr. Greely was inI
formed that the committee would not rej
quire his further attendance. Ile expressed i
his high appreciation of the candor and j
I1 courtesy of the coinioittco, and thanked j
them for calling him before them. He says
that they a?kcd tiini no question which ho I
iiil not deem pertinent, and which lie was '
not very glad of an opporiunity to answer j
| The purport of his teslimonv is uie'erstond ,
to be, that no man ever proposed to put i
| any money into his hands to influence in i
| any way the action of Congress on the '
I tariff or any otln-r question, and no one ;
| suggested anything of the sort with his
| consent or knowledge, lie never knew i
until t| hite fjfiosc in Uoston, tier ever
heard or hel'eVed .hat inpnev was paid o?
| pr< mined by Messrs. Lawrence, Stone it
I CoM or l>y Mity oiic else, whether to memI
ber? or other*, to iiiflociico lire action of
i the last Congress on the tariff.
The Union nl thin morning. in replying
I to what it calm the "temperate pro'vet" of
I the Riehmomi Koqirrer,against making the
1 admission of Kansas a party i #tic. say* :?
"it is no part of nor purpose. to discuss
| the propriety or impropriety of holding
j those 1 > it! le.at* who opjoi-e admission to
I account ami to enforce against them edicts
of ckcoijHuuiiti niion. We hold tin dictatorial
oflleeol the kioii. We are intrusted
with lot such power.
"We claim simply to weigh all the facts
| of the case, in d lo state the conclusions ol
, a lair, candid judgment upon them. The
| position of the President and the strong
array of Democratic Senators and inciii|
hers of Congress on the side ot the admission.
are facts which go out to the po?
j pie for precisely what they ari worln. Tney ;
| arc nut conclusive ; 'hey do n<>t hind the j
p n tv, though ?v inHsl tli.it tiify arc villi*
| tied In ureal weight with ewrv Democrat
wli'i in called upon to t">*rm a judgment upon
the question of v\ Itether tl?? admi-siuii ,
ol Kansas is or is '<ot a party measure." |
The Union ttieti argile* upon reeo'd and j
I lie merits of the vane. It finds ample testimony
by which to claim party allegiance
to the measure for a division.
The Union savs that the Kxeeutivc lias i
done its dot tind tin* responsibility rests ,
with the Senate lor refusing troops to de- '
tend the frontiers against lioides ot savage*,
who are known to bt< under Mormon |
influence; and ol jeop irduhig the vaiu- |
paign against the Mormons.
Henry A. Washington, late Professor of I
History in William and Man College. Vir ,
giniti, was tie rid. ntl\ killed by an air gun '
thin nflrrnonnttl his residence in tins eitv. !
March t.?In the Senate, to day, the '
Kansas Hill wss taken up, and Mr. (irui -n, 1
of Missouri, gave uotiee ot a bill lor the j
admission of Kansas and .M unesola tngelh- ;
t*r. Il) ).-? spnfcll Upon tllC s|l Itjt L'l h?* sla* j
t-d llmt Whitfield -lt d others li .(I lu'i-n dri- !
veri from lh? Territory by threats of as '
aasinalion. Mr. ('olluuter, (Itlack Repub*
liean.) of Vermont, defended the Ktuigru
tion Aid S< air ties.
The proceedings of the House were unimportant.
March y.? In the Semite, to dav. the
Sound ])ties Kill was passed. Mr Doug* I
I.is tailed up Ids Kansas iufoiinatii.il reso- \
I lit ion. The Katisait State lull Was discuss- I
ed.
In the House, the bill for the restoration |
of the several Ollicers ufTectud l?y the lie- I
tiring Hoard, was discussed till the adjourn*
inent took place.
March 11?The War Department has
later ndvices from Col. Johnston, of the
artnv in Utah. He uig.-s the earlv nrtival ;
of the store trains with a H'rong esenr' ? '
Gen Sent I lias Ordered 200 X.-igiitis, 1600
mules, and seven companies of cnvulrv to
start from Fort Iwavenworth on the 10th
inst, and has also sent.in the greatest haste I
to the ( oniinamler in New Mexico to furnish
a strong escort to Cnpt. Marcy, mi his
return with the mulct* for I'id. Johnston, as
the Mormons intend to intercept him and
rob him of his mules.
.Match 4 ?Tne House Kan*"* Commit- '
tee met yesterday. Gen. Calhoun's statement
in regard to Kansas aflni'* was refused >
to be received. A resolution, calling lor
tlie census i.lid documentary e- idenccs, was
adopted. Mr. Stephen* presented to the j
Committee a report tu be submitted to the
House ns the views of the majority, which I
was adopt* d by the Committee by a t?de
of eigh' to seven. It is supposed that there I
will be two minority report*. The reports '
w ill he shortly presented to the House.? '
Tho Committee adjourned, to day, tin* itif.
In the Senate, K.m-as iillaii* were di*- (
cursed. The resolution to inquire into the
.. .... - . *.
miegeu iniHicme oi me f,xecuu\e upon
the votvh of (lieu.bom wait l?tid <>n tl.o laLie.
The volunteer bill w*e nlSodiecuaaed.
Cuba.?A Washington correspondent of j
the Journal of (Jt/rtimercr my* : "We have '
liciird much utid very vaguely, of the pur- |
po-e ot our adiniiiiel'utinii in regard to Cuba.
].? it not improbable lliut aoine ingot,
alion, looking to the puachaae of Cube may J
be commenced, upon the occurrence of a
fuvorable opportunity. If the object be j
tavored by the go*eminent* of France and
Circat Britain, it ia nut iuipo?aii?le that it
will k?e nceoinpliahed wi>hin Air. Uuchanun'a
linif."
Inof.niou*.? l>r Ihivid Hu e, of la-verelt,
MaanuchuartU, has removed a triangular
piece of chicken bone from the throat of a
woman, by a very ingenious though aimple
operation. The bone had lodged edgewise
in the gullet, and no hold could by got by
the ordinary jt}*lrumeiita; the doctor there*
fore foret-d a amall piece of dry sponge
flown the throat, saturated it with wa.er,
ami when it hud filled the whole canity below
he gradually dr?w it out, bringing the
offending buuv wi b It.
>... J V" "
I)r Use, of Hamilton, C. W., the celebrated
Aretic traveller, a few days since,
accomplished the distance between llainillon
and Turoato, more tlmn forty miles, in
snow shoes, in about teo hours.
The last Weekly statement of the N.
York citv banks shows an increase in the
specie line of 8> 1.190.000 upon the previous
week The. aggregate amount on Saturday
footed up ?31,'411.070, being a higher
figure than wne ever known before. The
accumulation since the suspension hue been
over S-J2.0oa.a00.
The Catholie IVmale Academy, sHunted
about twelve mile* fioin Lebanon. K v , was
burned on the 2?)th lilt., together with the
('ho rebuild its contents, including one of
the most valuable libraries in the SlnW.?
Tl.o loss was about $3D,UOO, nod there wua
iiu insurance.
Firk.?The Winnsbnto lirginer thus
notice* the l ite 'iisustruu* Ins* of Dr. Gee
Trezevant ;
"FtRK.?The lions* of Dr. Geo. S Treze\.int,
on Jackson's (' eli. ?in commuted
b? liie ?>M Sunday night. The fire it i>
thought v\ m lit at communicated to the red
from a spark. K\cry thing wtm consumed ;
sueh rapid progress had the devouring
, tl iium ni ide, that w hen discovered. the doctor
h id h.irelv time to rescue his family.?
: Nothing nt all miusaved. We deeply mmpnthi-e
with them. They had hut recently
settled oil Jackson's ('reck. alld were p'casI
ed with the kind and hospitable manner in
whieh tliev had heeti treated?had just begun
to feel themselves at home, when this
tire swept everything front them."
Hail I{uai> .Accioknt?On Wednesday
night a collision occurred, between two
freight Ir:iiti *??ihunt three miles from It ranch.
\ill**, on the truck toward* this city. Sev.
mil shattered earn, in ciinnci|iicni'P, were
It'll n the track, itml una signal n lire was
kindled, 11 ii?1 u laborer, Daniel DotT. n
Scotchman, Was appointed in keep up the
signal, lie Uliloitillilltely fell asleep, and
was run over by llie night cxpiciw train
from Columbia, which broke one leg and
arm.
He was living at our latest accounts,
which have been procured w ith dillicully
and after icpealcd enquiries ?Chatlefton
Courier.
l>i<nn?iNu Ca*e or IIydhophoma.?
Mis* M.ihala Witman. all unliable iiinnn
ladv. Daughter <>f Mr. IVter Witman, who
ri hidi'H in < 'hf-t. r county 1 *. , died I rout
ilu* elfet li ii|' tlu* distrcasi'ijj malady. hydro,
phobia, i<n VV eilnesday morning l.mt. Tur
Kc.-idino (jazcttc h.ivh :
"About uiuo week* n;'n Mi-s Wit man
\vai? bitivii bv a ib'X lhdoii|{iiig In her latlii-r.
It wan not kujij ? si, at the tiini* that
the d,><j was m.i?l ; but the family, bciiii?
ji|i|>r?'lioiiNivf tliit Mich iniohl be tin* eii*e,
tied him t in in the alible. whero during
tin- ni^ht. In* strangled bitiiu'lf with the
r ipe by w tiicli Kb wan aocurad. Ton |?ltv- L
oiflaiif of tl-v neighborhood ? * tminud the J
d ?j? and pronounced him not mad. N-t- J
m ithatandin^ t>>i? positive opinion, liowev.
er, on Monday, the 141It in*t. the youny
lady uiw luken ill, and uftcriv aids wni iwited
wiih violent convulnion*, having all the
n\ mpiouiH ot hydrophobia, nnd on Wed !.
if l. L J' = -
mr >n>' o.eu, ill (lit- greatest ]
agony Mi^.n Witinnnli d been living with
M iMargaret Borcker ?<t a maiitiia maker
until within the Inat eight or ten inmilha.
it tie! w.ii well known and highly esteemed
in *lii-i t il) "
Sivkiso uk Watkii ruoM S.v*n. ?livingdone.
tins A rit-iin trsveller drU'rilwi
un ingenious method by which thu African*
t hi am Water in ihe desert :
"The women t?c n bunch of graa* to one
ei.d of a reed about two led long, and in- .
xerI it in a hole dug an deep a a (he urin |
will reach,then rani dawn the wet aand lirin-j
Iv a round it. Applying the mouth to the
free end of ihe reed, tlicy form a vacuum
in the grans bt-nealh, in which the water
collect*, ami in a abort tunc rite* lo ihe '
mouth.* It will be perceived tftk.it this aim*
pie, liul truly philosophical and etVecluat
method, n ight have been applied in many |
caaca, in different countfiea, where water;
wim jirmillt needed, to the anting of life.?
11 aecltiM wonderful ll>,t It ,.l...?i-l i '
_ ...... ...... i? nn"UMi iunr iioril J
now fits! made Known to the world, nnd i
Ilia' it Mlioold h.-ive Iwn habitually prr.ctU*'
ed in A fries, probably lor centuro* It '
hc. iil wmrthy c,t being particularly noticed,
tli.tt it tiniv no longer lm neglected from
ignorance It may In- highlv important to
traveller* on our Wentcru drwrli nnd prairie.,
in Aoijio p>.rt. oT w l.icli water in know n
to exi?t be|ow (he nurfucv.
Tits llt/u CnOp ?We pfe.enl to day
h complete niMtemeut of the packing t*
round til* K?iu. front which It Will humeri
that the iiK-ren?e in iitnnhur t* little under
8000 head, while the ilicrnue ill tlie ??'
giegale weight in .tpwaid* of four million
pound*, and in barrel fork 19.3UU bar
rels. The return* from distant point*
come in very nlowlj, nnd at man) uf
the packing i* not yet cloned, Hint may
no', be earlier lli>.n tbe l.t of Maroh.-"?
We think, however, that tbe final footing
will above en aggregate of 2 . lbO.OUQ or
2,200,U00 against l.tjlrt.OOQ last
year, exclusive of (be increase weight,
l,i.i 1 "
- > <11 mum i"ci 11nilr or tj'iilt! 111 e per ''elll.
Adm im-rense ii|miii die preceedinVT
\e?r is <pnle Inr^e, dm toinl shows h
deticietu-v, computed with the sen-on of
1854 -'65. of no ne 50 000 to 800,000
lin^s, >*in| it|>?in dii< comparison n specuIhiIoii
iii dm product 1m* been originnied
miiiI the result in seen ill n very Inrjfe Mil*
vHiieeinent in the pn*t two weeks ?
Whether dim hiIvmiicv will ln? iiiniiitniiied,
carried vet furl tier, or whether price* will
rectde, is h <ptn?lmii which cause* titucli
discussion in the tr*<le, mr,| w|ih|i wpctttf
m>t undertake (u decide, The facts we
tfive?the proper conclusion tu I* drawn
from these fact* we !e?ye to our renders.
? LauitrilU fteriru)
A Rami Chaliikoi.? A lady skater
on Jamaica 1'ond, near Ronton, recently
ottered n kiss to any one who wouhl l*at
her in n men. A young dark?y was the
winner, nud received bis reward.
?
Santas
Tlie Legislature of Texas, last Wednesday,
adopted tl?e following joint resolutions.
The vote In the 8en?te whs twenty
two to fivo. The resolutions were reported
hy ? joint committee, of which
Wigfiill whs clmirmftn on the part of the
Senate, mid Col. Bee on the part of the
House. The action in a ri^hl one, but it
requires to be tftkeu i
Whereas there exists, and has existed,
o uiitlii.il <liiturtitiliiitii.il nil I Itii tin ft nf u
portion of the inhabitants of the Territory
of Kansas io exclude, b\ force, the citizens
of Hie slave holding Slates Iron) ejus:,
equal Hini |**accful participation in the
Use ami enjoyment of tlie Cnmi|)u? prop
ertyand territory of the members vl the
Confederacy. An?J, whereas, this deter
niiiiHtiun, owing to the state of politicHl
feeling in the Northern States of the Con
feilerncy, operating upon Federal Coveritinent,
may hero me effectual ami the ex
elusion perpetual ; tliere'ore.
Be it resolved by the Legislature of
the State of Texan, Thai the Coventor
ot the Slate is hereby authorized to or
iler an e eclion for seven Delegates to meet
Delegates appointed hy the oilier Soullieri.
S.ates in Conveiilioii, v*heuever the Ex
ecu lives of a majoritv ol the slavehuloiug
States shall express ihe opinion tlmt such
Convention is necessary to preserve the
equal rights of such State* in the Union
anil advise the Coventor of the Slate that
measures have heen taken for the a|'|iouit
nietil ol lvlegHtes to meet those of Texas;
and litHt llie sum *?f leu thousand dollar*
or so inticli thereof as is necessary, be and
ilio same m hereby appropriated to pay
ilie mileage hihI per divm of such Delegate*,
?Inch shall lie paid at the rule*
paid the members uf the United Slates
Congress, hi'corJing to the law hi fotce in
the \ear 1864.
2 TIihI should an exigency arise, in the
o|iinion <>f (lie Governor, in which il is
necessary for llie State of Texas to a? I
alone, or liy a Convention leprefceuung
'.lie sovereignly of llie Slate, lie is liereUv
requested to call a special session of (lie
la-gidature lo provide for such Slate Convert
ion.
3. Hint tlie (Governor is requested to
transmit copies of these resolul:niis lo the
Kxeculive of eitcli of tlie slaveholdinn |
St nil's, and to our ineinbera of Congress
? Xoulh Carolinian.
The Citadel Academy.
Wfc find in the Charleston Mtrcury, a
long communication fioin h committee ot
lilt* < Ihss recently suspended at tin* Militn
iy Academy ol the State. Mr \\ lute of
iliis Disltict is oil l lie com milt ee of tl? ree
w ho*e n sines are affixed lo I lie coinniuni*
cation. It is proper that the public slioulil
know tins facts. If the st ileiilents of lite
'indents arts correct?ami we have no
tjouhl that they think '.hem so?the afi'air
iiHiulh in tins position: l'rof. Stevens,
who, it ajqiears, is decidedly tiii|Hipular 1
with the Cadets, attempted to introduce t
siniid innnViitihite ir* tlm .? -
quelle while leaving the recitation ro<?in.
I heae iunnvatioiH were repugnant to tlie
Ml*pcn-le<l Cailela Oil HCVeral Hd'OIIIlt*
Kir*t, they were new?aoineth'ng Hitlerent
Ironi what tliey were accualottteil to.
S 't'ontllv, tliev were iniro<tiice<) hv h l'ro
fesMor, nihI not hy the Superintentlaiii,
who el >ne hatl the riyht to change the
Hiaciplrue. Tliiwlly, there waa an unpol
ilie thnlinctioti ina-ieiii llir Hum ? tlietiiM '
* la-** heing exempted?which distinction,
vliile it w ?k perhapH the nnmt offensive
f.-Hinre iii the iniiovMlioti, wm in direct
vlolHtion of en <j.Mahli?hcd rule?that nil
Cadeln nhoulrl he treated alike; hihI fourth
Iv, the new regulation* were introduced
in an arbitrary manner, hv an arbitrary
] V'l.-M?or. * h?? l?v a little ?yn viler in mixio I
might easily li ?v? it UA|(iiriitpil his i tit - j
provoinents. This we think is h liue '
*1 element of what gave offence to the 1
Cadets, as j*lt*iue<j from their own state
meets.
li.-harred from the right ? ( petitioning,
as h class, hy the Superintendent, they
Miitiiorized their S<piHti Marcher tr ?d 1
dress l'ruf. Stevens uii tl?e nil jeci and reipiesl
him 'o restore the old method nf
retiring Irmn tlie recitation r.-.m Ti.~.?
? I
req-ie>l #i? not regarded, and tliev proceeded
in (IcKiiDCd of command*, ''Ki*e,'' j
' Left Face" Ac., to march oat from the
auguat presence of the man *Vkill?-?l to
rule,' according to theo'd approved ineth
o<|. For tin# they were ?u?pended. Thrt 1
immediately petitioned the Hoard of Vis
itor*. asking to lie restored to their former J
poeiliofi which wax refused, #o lliev were
forced to acknowledge themselves in the
wrong?which they disdained to df.?or
consider themawlvue virtually expeMcd,
which latter alternative they adopted.?
,Atiout twenty four Cadets were bunpeildad.
1
We ex pre## no opinion a# to who w as
in error. We are, and have ever l-een,
an advocate of Atrict di#ciphne in literary
a# well a# in military iiialilutiuiiA, and in
the latter it i# an imlixpcnsahle requisite
?the tine qua non of their existence.?
If ill w Inle i liia irt true, there i* a right and
a wrong w ty to do everything. There
wa# no necessity for Prof. Stevens to lake
the ino#l offensive method of introducing ]
what, in itftelf, could not have hecii very |
dmta#teful. Prudence would have *ug
geated #oine regard, not to the tight*, toil
to the feeling* of the Cadet*, The inter
nu of the institution required the exer i
ci?e of *onta tttttf" f?>e cjTit?.at iaw*t,
soma attention to the u?ual method of
proceetluig. This might have pievented
a disruption onpleaaant to all parties.?
Yorkvtlle Enquirer.
Uihtpektino Ocovkkknc* ?VYe ore
pHllivl IO N||(|UUIU'? 1% ?*d HIllJ <1 mtfHMlitiy
occurrence wliicb Ux>k |>i?r? near C'.iiniefi
on ih?i J"'nday afternoon. Tbmriaa J.
Wither*, Jr., eldeat eon of tbe Judg",
wbilal riding up tbe Kirk wood road, b*?
bone being mi fu?l apeed, vu thrown
NgMintt i\ tree on tbe aide of tbe roaU and
dreadfully injured, tioib leg? broken al*OV?
llie kn.ee mid bit b?>d) mtverely brutaed.
His condition in very critical.
Tine dietreaeing occurrence baa n<*ca
nioiied greet eynpnhy in our community
for the unfortunate aufferet ki- well m f>>r
b'a Mhifinnlied Utility Mild bieude.? Cura4**
Ju*T>ud,
The Sieve Trade?Who Carries it on'Hie
New York I/eralJ, in hii article
in reference to the recent announcement I
of the New Oi leans Prlla that the slave I
track' has in tact heen re opened, and that i
Blavoe lias l>e?U lauded at l'earl liiwr,
saya: '
"The announcement of thia fact may \ '
strike lho.?c alio are not conversant with
the subject ms something new ; and a ill,
no doubt, create considerable ahum
Hilton^ those who are opposed to the revival
of the slave trade. Wheher there
is or is not star truth in statement ol the
Delia, it will furnish a text for muotiieiahle
articles from the Abolition press, and
for feroc'ouK diatril>es Irotii the Abolition
and lllack Republican Oiators and
preachers ot all denominations. In view
of the statement, and of what may be
('AlUVifti t() ftillllM' (ti till it-i ?
?I - - - I I
18 as well to look Nl tint lacts in tlie case. J
In the first place, then, it is notorious 8
to all who are >?t all ihfcrmed upon the
subject ilia'. * lie slave tiade lias existed in j
tins country for years past ; thai it was 1
and is carried on cliieHy bv Nortlierit ^
citizen* of the United States; the Nor
iliein capitalists have invested more ex- '
tcnsively in it titan the citizens of any
other portion of the Union, and consequently
src more deeply interested in its
maintenance and success. The vessels
which Save been employed in tha trans- 1
port at ion of si tvcs have been lilted out |
matt ly in New York, Hurtou, i'oiilaud I
and tfriMol, hut of these New Yolk is fl
the favorite point for the operations ol the
dealcis. Within tlie l.ist twenty tears
over Hfty slavers wcte capttueil and
brought into this por?, nearly all of which
wcie ?quipped and fitted out with Northern
capital. The numla-r of vessels
captured and condemned, however, hears
hoi a veiv small tuoiioi lion in t num.
? i i ...? .......
Iter tilled out from the porta we have
iiHitie'!. The sieve fleet which leaves i
New \ ork, Boston huiI oilier sen pons in
the course of a single year consists of
about forty vctsels ol vaiiou* siaes, tanging
from otie hundred to live liunilreil
tons, iind capable ol carrying limn lour
li'ii- I?e?I to six liunilreil slaves each.
Every slaver is manned by crews of
'loai til tee it to tweiitv five men, including
li e captain and olliceia, inakm^ a total
l?>r the whole fleet ol about a thousand W
' lien. I its whole of the capital invested
does not probably exceed four millions of
! dollars, upon which a pi..|it of something
I ! ncirii millions is rcHlUi'i|.
II- re, tlii'll, Ul litis MMI of furls Wit
li.?vu mIiudiImiiI proot that the nt ivn tmd? 1
It?*- eXI-ted, doe* at | rescltl cXi.-l, allil is ^
in ? inH in-.I chiefly I>\ Northern men and
Noilli?*rn cmjiiimI. Tim reports of the
m'vcl Ooiniin-Moti hi 11 iaiih present
-till further evidence on th s I r*??.I ; hut
there is no want of proof wliiit* the r<cords
of tl (i United S itt(,!'i|ir|< in
this **ity chii In* presented. There * mi*
other fact which may ho Hh e<i in 'Ids
connection. I lie landiiitr of slaves nlocjr
our Boutlieln.roHst can t<o elferieu wit
little or no dtti.uliy, and without tlau
i?er of detect on, us there i* im Mixed
Commission, fke that of C'oha, in tho
Sou'h, and no one Miflleientlv in eresied
in the Hilt fer 10 fnrid-dl the infoiui \
rioli to the ptoper authorities.
Auout Nk^si-AfKiis. ? It is due to our
friend-, the I' *!masters, to state thai tho
I'lmtmas'cr (reiisrtl lias recent Iv decided
that il I'littini s'ers do not j{:?e publishers
of net??p*peia notice that their papeis remain
in the po-tolHce without hemy t.lo u
mil hv the s.ihscrihcrs, wit Inn five week*,
tlrev aie liahle lor ptv.
Speaking of newspapers, we olwerve
.1.1. - -
>ihi vmicn tj'twaer, ?>t ili>- 1'iulate I'unit,
>f \\ uiilftor, \*l., Im* decided tlinl h ijood
Iniiiitv new-paper is oiie of il.e ntH'fctxiy
article* f.<r 11 .Mippori a I m 11 i I \, iliiiim;
t lie M'ltloMielll of ill) estnte, Hliii, Ml" ll, ll.O
mlniiiiiMrslnr, in ?i?m<e*?tate>. jiiMiflable
in patin^ fir one?lliu widow t<?
in tike 11 r own M'let'tinii of what j ?>* j h r
olie ?ill It ive.
\\ ? , tin.renter, iilmrriH that a iihk Ihw
on lli*> |-reft* ha* come into force in I Ion
mark, j'T" lnl> lino ne?\Mntiiei? toon co| vin^
t tie article* of other j >tirnn'? without,
| credit. All ilie?e deei*ioin? will meet tlio
J unqualified approbation of the |ir??l,-r|
(*tIK-Iiml Tunes.
Receipt*
I J I) Johnson .May lit '68
Oiarleatnn Hotel May 18 '68
\V F Kiitledg* July II '68
Jo* ?*11rke Autf 3 '68
J C S4tiv.ll, Kaq April II '68
Jo* A < 'ufiniiiolmin Julv 31 'A?
,} 0 PtfTrY July 7th *69
John McCorklo Feb |jf '59
K II Crockett JM0 ia *59
It llMiniuond Auj1 11 ;aa
Jainea Fuoderburk Jun tith '69
i J110 A (luiiibi* Feb 12 '69
j I. A U'litaoa Jnn I mi '68
. RY HTwittjr Feb2-t'59
(apt N Yanbuitiinifhnn Ma'ch {i| '58
(i M Cuakajr th.i 81I1 '68
.? N Dun I up jrtn lit '59
B II Masse y Fi-b 19 '69
I W 11 unt?*r Jun 16 '68
J T K Bvlk March 18 '69
T E Mc.Myjoo Kept lu '68
A J Sisal lira March 26 '68
Jarral lljll March I-t 68
l)r T N Weddington Feb 12 '68
J K Hunter * 12 *69
Prof C P I'olhara March 16 '68
II R llood PVh 19 '69
Andrew Mill* sin Jan 5th '69
E 1) Crockett Feb 12 '69
VV 8 tl.irp?r. Jan i t I '5tf
M I' Cm* ford Jan 12 'ifl
Hymeneal.
MaMKUD, oil llie rTrllllig of ihf JUi mat ,
bj ln?s K? v. A. J. ( MUiiit-n. Si*. Ltdfcitc
A. Vutsut, of K?n?li?w m il Mim Jut Si,
McDuw, of tfiU Duiricl.
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrn
Obituary.
Ui(D,in Iai.?ii4rr Uimmi 01.
day ^4th oil , MahV LMMAI Hki.k via* I
wrl of f i'iu?a Al. lioU. K-?| . in 62?d J
) ?/*( l??l ugli. ||?*r di**.** Wan ^
inonia alid it. m rk wait n<-?*ompli.h?d III i
f?w <U|?. bh? ealioi^eied Ha/ 4jmo1?Uu4,^^H
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