Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, June 18, 1859, Image 2
KB0WEE C-OUKIER.
ROBT. A. THOMPSON, Editor.
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p.iyment lie <l?*1itycil until . ?fterthoex|>irntionof
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advance.
Advertisements inserted at the usual ri?c?
ni/if/uvo n it o t-\
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Saturday Morning, Juno 18,1859.
Advertisements.
Numerous new advertisements appear in j
our columns this week. The reader is respectfully
referred to tliein.
The Court of Equity,
For I'ickcns district, will commoneo nt this !
place on the lirst Monday (saleday) in July. 1
There is a larger amount of business accum- j
?l._ i r?
iimn unuai iui 11* union.
The Court sits at Anderson the week before,
commencing on Tuesday, as wo learn
from the Gazette.
Religious LTc,eting.
A communion meeting of several days duration
closed at this place on Sabbath lnst>
.Much interest was folt, if the. presence of large
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????vuviiu v;^uu?H3 WUHIU IUil?l US IU
such a conclusion, llev'ds Kennedy, Gaii.j.ard,
McGii.vuay, M'jWiiorter and llouus
assisted in tlio services.
On Sabbath morning, Mr." Gaii.i.ard delivered
an r.ppropriatc Juddress before tlie
members of the Sabbath school and others.?
The importance of those schools should be
constantly kept in view, ami the youth of the
country early taught to attend upon and
learn from their teachings and benign inllucnco.
Death of Chancellor Dargan.
'I'lift i\.IiUPIIi .???i. I
Chancellor (J. W. Daroan has readied us.?
lie breathed hit. last in Columbia on the 13th
instant, from the effcots of a severe attack of
paralysis last full, lie was elected to the
high offico, which ho honored to his death in
1847! At that time, ho was the State '<viat
jr from Darlington, and had previously held
the office of Commissioner in Equity for that
district. In tho discharge of his official duties
he was prompt ami always just, and many
of his decisions are marked with elegance
and ability. In private life, he wa# distill
j^uimigu ior ins social qualities ami kindness
of heart. Truly may it bo said, tliot lus
death is a public loss.
Tho Democratic Party.
The result of the recent election in Virginia
has been the subject of frequent comment
by the newspaper press of the country. The
election of Mr. Letcher, the democratic candidate,
by a reduced majority, is looked upon
by some as indicative of the dissolution of
tho party at no distant day. No substantial
reason has been given for this opinion, nor |
do we believe that any exists. "NYe are not j
wedded to any party, merely because it is a
party. Correct principles, with men of honesty
ami capability, have ever "received our'
support, and should h&VV thg otippoH of CVft- ;
ry patriot. The principles of the democratic
Jparty are too well understood to require explanation
or elucidation. Under party uses
they may have been abused, but arc not the
less entitled to support on that account. The
Mri^th is, it is the only constitutional party of
Hhe country. Southerners can act with no
other party. It is true, tho South should not
be blindly tied on to any party, hut wo cortuinlv
nnn aft'nr<l to travel a?ii.oa1..ao
It is useless and worse thou folly to decry
the principles of the democratic party unless
the South is ready to set up for herself.?
There is uo immediate probability of this.?
Then wo are uot listening to the wisdom of
friends when they assail our principles. The
assaults of enemies, emanating either from
know nothings or black republicans, should
be alike unheeded. If tho South is in danger,
and we believe sho is, let her prepare to
defend herself?not by abusing and deriding
the principles that must govern her if hide*
pendent, but by strengthening herself by union
at home and devotion to correct principles.
Exchanges.
Farmer and Pi.axter.?The Juno uumber
has been received. It is ft .superior publication
of tlio kind, (agricultural) and we commend
it to the patronage of the public. Address,
II, M. Stokes, Columbia, b. 0. $1 a j'ear.
Godkv's Lady'# Hook.?The number for
April is on our tabic, fillod with engravings
and entertaining roading matter. To the
Ladios, the Hook is invaluable, and we commend
tho work to them. f<. A. Cioosv, Philadelphia,
Pa. $3. Six copies, $0.
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llIKl>liUE lUDOKl.N WIl.I.IAMsnUlUi.
?A iimbs meeting of the citizens af Williamsburg
hn8 boon callcd at the Court
House in Kingstree, for tho I3th ilistant,
for t!i? purpose of giving the candidates
for the Legislature an opportunity of discussing
public affairs. The JMue Uidge
question is prominent. The Kingstree
Star speaking of it, says :
" Tliis question, probably, is one of as
linicli lnnr/mtmln nannu flint. Ima l.?
rrw ~ ' p> ? j nun U^UII W
fbro the poople in a loop; while. The more
we fchmk and read nhout it, the more wo
are convrncctl that the State nhould carry
the work through. We are satisfied that
a majority of the peopfefn this district are
opposed to tho mcaxuro; btrt wo believe
all that.j? nocojwary to oonvirtee them of
tficirciroiv i?thno, reflection- nn4hif?niia-'
t'(?n.'r
Fast Tpi?.?In a thrco mile race at Lexington,
Ky., on Saturday, the 28th nit., the
second and last lieut waft won by lied Oak,
a TcnnoMCO horse, in the extraordinary time
of 5.32}, which is sai l to he 31 soconds the
fastest time ever made on a Kentucky course.
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Qeueral Iutelligcnoe.
Ocn. Boxuam addressed his constituents
at Laurens on lust Saloday. Politics wns
It is theme, and right boldly did ho deliver
himself After commenting on the actiugs
and doings of the lust Cortgrcss, ho passed to
the future, lie denounced Douulasand his
squatter sovereignty principles, lie had no
hope in the next Presidential election, and j
was more tliun usually desponding whilst j
uuviimiig on }uiiiiiu minus.
At tho tiino of the "cold simp" here about
the .r?th, there was frost in Oreeuville aid
York districts, as we learn from our exchan- I
go a. In Ohio and Indiana tho crops were J
materially injured. Tho frost was general
throughout the Northern and Western states.
Tho negro woman, who administered the
poison to Mr. Stewart's fninily, in Newberry,
has been tried and sentenced to be hung.
Tim '.r ti.? - --- !--? - ? '
...v vi uiu juuu^ iiiuii, luminously
connected with tljis affair, has sickened and I
died of griof, it is said, on account of the connection
of his son with the ease.
The Mormons arc causing inoro trouble in
Utah. (?ov. Cuuinm: has issued his proclamation
ordering the di.-persal of Mormons as- ;
sembled in a military capacity. Treason is |
rife in that territory, but what is to bo done |
with the offenders? Can or ought they to be |
crushcd out ?
The Chess excitement liac not yet abated.
A few gentlemen of Charleston and Augusto
have been playing a game by telegraph.?
Augusta was the winner.
Tlic failure of thy great cotton house of
Jons Fkaser & Co., of Charleston, is announced
with regret by the pnj>ors. Altho'
the house has suspended, assets sufficient rcmain
to satisfy its creditors.
Hon. R. Barnuki.i, IIiiktt consents to
" speak on the state of our public all'nirs," at
Orahaniville, on the 4th of July next.
Arrivals from Europe continue. 15y the
steamer Quebec we learn that ^tton had advanced
l-8d in Liverpool. A detailed state- j
mcnt ot the battle fought at Montobollo will
be found on our first pngo. The fighting is
still continued on a small scale.
The Sardinians forced the passage of tho
Sosia in tho face of tho Austrians fortified at
Pulastro, and, after a sovero conflict-, carried
tho oity and took many prisoner?. Tho Sardinians
were under the immediate command
of Victor Kmanucl.
I (Jen. Garibaldi was still creating a sensation
in the Xoirth, but it was rumored that he
had met with a defeat with a superior force,
an<l was retreating into Tessin in Ku'Sivn*.
land. Tlio rumor, however, lacks confirmation,
as Turin despatches say he was making
further progress.
The Emperor Napoleon was about removing
his headquarters to Casalc.
A terrific storm of thunder, lightning, and |
rain burst upon Aden on the lied sea on the I
night of the 150th April. It lasted *111 its full J
strength for three hours, and did great dam- I
ago. Uetwcon 20 and 30 persons were drown- !
od iu places where it was thought the waters '
could never reach. One hundred and ei^li- !
ty-soven stone houses were laid iu ruins, nearlv
all tliQ citizens destroyed, and groat por- !
tions of the roads were swept into the valleys. ,
June WeatherAVe
have delightful Juno weather, with j
its charming concomitants. Hut listen to '
IIoWITT on the subject. lie says :
" It is the very carnival of Nature, and i
?he is prodigal of her luxuries. It i.s a j
liivnrv wnllr nl\rnnr1 1
J
hcmsc with sweetness, loveliness and harmony.
How delicious, too, are the evenings
become ! The frosty and dumps of
Spring are past; the earth iff dry ; the
night air is balmy and refreshing; the
fragrant breath of tlowers steals into our
houses; the rose, with its blooms of delicate
tint and odor, from the deepest red to
the purest pearl; the wreathed and luscious
honeysuckle embellish the wayside,
and make bravo the garden." To all this
our Southern clinic adds the exquisite perfume
of the orango blossom, the intoxicating
incense of the magnolia grnndifloria, !
and the voluptuous breath of the Cape Jea- j
samine, and a thousand other scents and :
sights the Gloria of England, under whose J
inspirations llowitt wrote, does not fur- >
nish.
?
Savannah, June 10.?Last night,
about. S o'clock, the steamer John (1. 1 jawton
exploded her boilers about twenty miles
above tlie city, on the Savannah River.?
('apt. Keebler, John S. Montinollin, of j
this city, a man by the name ot' (loty, of j
Barnwell, South Carolina, the pilot and as
sistant engineer were killed.
Tliero aro eight killed and missing. A i
number of others were scalded and otherwise
injured, and some of them fatally.
The steamer Kxeel was in sight at the
time of the accident, and promptly rendered
assistance. She took off the killed
and wounded and brought them to this city.
The boat is a total loss, and was sinking
when the Excu) left.
Dbath hy Lightning.?The frequent
occurrence of persons being killed by standing
under trees during a thunder shower,
should impress the danger of so doing upon
all. Tho following sad account is but
one of the thousand which occur every
year: [' We learn," says tho Carolinian,
" that a moat melancholy death from light
mng occurred near Limestone Spring* on
Friday Kveuing last. A party of boys
were collected under n tree during a thunderstorm1,
when it was struck by a bolt
which killed instantly William Nott, a son
of Dr. Wm. H Nott, of Limestone. lie
wa? a promising youth about soventcen
years of age. Other* of tho party were
stivnncd, but' none seriously affected."
Wc understand that on the name day,
early in the morning, three mules belonging
to Dr. T. 11. Gary, near KinanlV fur
nout, were struok and instantly killed n?
they were standing in the stable.
[Luurcn$voiU( fteruld.- |
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Pennings and Clippings.
The Market.?Cotton is quoted In Charleston
at from 8 3-4 to 11 1-2 cent# per lb.?
market firm.
It.\pii) Increase.?'Tho population of tho
United Stales iucrcuscs nearly a million a
year, or two thousand every day.
Dangerously Ii.i..?Reports from San Antonio,
Texas, stato that Gen. Twiggs is dangerously
ill, and little hopes aro entertained
r.e i>:
ui aiio ivwvorv,
Fike.?A destructive fire occurred at Columbus,
(<?a\.) on the 8th inst. Tho principal
property destroyed was the Alabama and
Fontaine cotton warehouses, containing
8,000 bales of cotton and a large quantity of
goods in store. Tho loss is estimated at fully
half a million of dollars.
Ki.ectHic Gun.?An English inventor
claims to liavo urodlli'ml n ir-m ?lij..!...v<riiifr
sixty shots per minute, with precision, with
but little report, and without smoke, by oleetrie
decomposition find water.
Batti.k oi' Musouovk's Mm.LS.?tllc people
of Spartanburg arc making grand preparations
for celebrating, on the 18th of August,
the Battle of Musgrovo's Mills. A Committee
consisting of one from cach l$oat Compa
ny in the district lifts boon appointed to eolloot
ftiul rccoivc subscription!*.
0 AT II KHI NO IN TIIE DlMK*. UcV. Iloiiry
Wtiril Bceolicr bus purchased a country so.?t
at l'ookskill, X. Y., for 13,000. The incoino
ot tins "poor fisherman" is now$13,000 per
milium.
Sinuci.au Phenomenon.?On tlio 11 tli of
April " a shower of black snow fell to the
depth of sin inch, upon the' summit of I'irettM
Mountain." near n mining camp, called Heaven's,
in Sierra county, Cul.
Receipts at tiie Tkka?i;rv.?The receipts
at the Treasury, during the last week wore
over $2,000|000; drafts amounting to above
?Ji,000,000 were paid, leaving ouly ?4,000,000
subject to draft.
Degrees Conferred.?The College of Chap
cl Ilill, X. C?oti Thursday last conferred the
degree of Doctor of Laws on lion. James Buohuuun,
President of the United States, Hon.
Mitchell King, Charleston, South Carolina,
and the lit. Rev. Bishop Otcy, of Xeuiics<??(}.
Hon. Daniki. S. Dickinson,?The Albany
Slumhtrd, n Hard organ, sayb that Daniel S.
Dickinsoi. is the only Democrat, " who can
sccure the requisite number of doctoral voles
to be clcctcd President in 1800. U affirms
h._l i ? ~
.iiai iiuvim uarry .\c\v xorK over SOwaril, ami
is the only man who can do this."
Large Ixckrask.?The net increase of the
Methodist Church South the past year was
41,1)98, making the total membership of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South 000,170.
Douor.AS.?The Democratic Stamlar^, Concord,
New Hampshire, a lending administration-print,
says three-fourths of the democracy
North, arc for Stephen A. Douglas, for
President.
Siiaki.vc; IIanus.?Smith OUricn, the Irishman,
says this is a great country for slinking
hands. lie has been nearly shaken to
death.
]vKTi?RN>:n to Si.aveuv.?At the recent
term of the District Court of Wharton conn"
ty, Texas, a negro woman named Caroline,
\ ho had hoc", emancipated hy her former
owner, Alex. Moore, and sent to Now York,
provided with ample means of support, presented
her petition, praying to bo allowed to |
return again into slavery. After the customary
examination, the petition was granted, j
Tho Columbia Democrat says she appeared
to be a very intelligent woman, and fully
aware of the result of this step.
Whkiie the EniTor.s can itk Found.?Tho
following is from the AVilliamston (X. C.)
Mercury: " Persons wishing to sec the editors,
will generally find them at the printing
oflice. In their absence, however, invitations
iu uhio, mm cmuicnges to light, should be
left either with tho publisher, or in our table ;
drawer."
Frauui'lknt Packinu.?The Memphis Jjtpeat
says: M. W. Want opened a halo of
hay at his feed store, that had boon weighed
by the inspector. Its weight was 385 lbs.?
Within was found a log of wood that weigh- ,
c.l (17 pounds, and a quantity of limestone, I
weighing 168 pounds. Two hundred and
fiftyfivo pounds of tho whole was wood and
stone! Tho bale was from Amsterdam, In- .
diana. i
IIaii. Ho.io Si'msckii'tion*.?Tlio city of
Nashville decided on Saturday hy a voto of ;
tlio citizens?12^0 against 750?in favor of I
a subscription of $100,000 to tho Nashville
and Northwestern Kail I load.
Liukuai.itv.?It lias already been stated,
that McCormick, the inventor of the reaping !
machine, has presented $100,000 for the en- I
dowment of four professorships in a Theological
Seminary at (,'lticago, Illinois.
Mei.anciioi.v Death.?A young girl, nged
1:1 vnn?u woo .a.,a>.iI? I..t- !
jv.uo, n??o ivuvimj UUJIIVU IV lIUiVKI III
Snnwaogunk, N. .J. Slio was hangingclothog
noar the lire to dry, and her dross was caught
by the flamca. Her minio was Agnes Walker.
J)f..?th nv Eating Friction Matches.?
The Rev. J. W. F'uott states that Klla, (laugh j
ter of Mr. Allen Ross, died in Stanly coun- I
ty, N. C., on Friday, May Gth, 1850, aged "> j
years. Iter death was caused hy eatingfric- |
tion matches, and her littlo hrothors, .John
and William, one threo and the: other one I
yoar old, are dangerously ill from the <^uno i
cause.
JjX-I kemdext I'ikkce.?a prn'n^p letter
from Hon. J. Glancj Jones, our MiriinU'r to
^utotria, says that or-Presidcnt Picrco, who
1ms bc<5n' sojourning in Vionnfl,.lcft thora tho i
i-2th of Mo/.
Fatal Accident.?Fivo Germans vonturod
out on a pom' at Dayton, Ohio, lust week,
in n rickety old boat, ftiul when about 00
yards from shoro, tho bottom gaVo out, niul
they wcro all drowned in eight of tlioir wives
nnd sifters.
lossks by fi r,k.?Tho property destroyed
by firo during the month of May, in the U.
' States. mriou tiled in tho nirf/re^ate. to over
I . .
, one million six hundred thousand dollars.
! Returned.?Tho Prosident readied Was-hington
on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock.
' ilo appeared to he well and hearty. There
; was no public demonstration on his return.
The First Tkmi*er.\nce Sociktv.?The
Xowarlt Ail vert iter snys the first Temperance
Society in this country was established
i ill 1808, at AMentown, X. J. It was callo.it
i the " Sober Society," and was composed o(
58 members.
xot Sl'olt.kd IIY IjtONIX.IN'lJ. About tllC
only person wo ever heard of that wasn't
I spoiled by being lionized, was a Jew named
; Daniel.
Cheat Living.?The Hov. Mr. Wood, now
in China, writes to the Xew Hampshire I'd
triol that a laboring man in the interior of
| China Clin lire comfortably on food costing
' one cent j>cr day.
Tasks.?The whole amount of tax?State
and District?collected in Abbeville, is $'2.'!p!
71 1.10.
Pk \i>.?Nancy Jackson, -the only slave in
I tho Statu of New Jersey, died recently at an
I advanced age.
Maimnk Losses koh Mav.?The niAnthly
' statement of the Now York (Junriw ami KuI
i ? 1
ui iii.ii in<j Miiuvs an aggregaie 1
J of forty-ono vessels, of which eight wcro ships !
| seven were harks, nine wore schooners, ami ^
two wcro steamboats. The total value of I
I property lost was one million two hundred i
] and sixteen thohsaml seven hundred dollars. '
This is the value of the property totally loat,
exclusive of damage to vessels not amounting
to a total loss.
Nortiieiin " IIki.t."?From a residence in
New York, Fifth Avenue, sonic maid servants I
went oil' because they were not permitted to
j have tea parties twice a week !
Fast.-?Armios travel vapidly nowa-days.
in nvo wry.; U'OlUjhc time ?cut hex |
ultimatum to tho Sardinian government ii<?ar
ly 100,000 Fronch soldiers wore thrown into
Italy, at a distance of 000 miles from Paris.
A Fai.sk Witness.?The host definition we
ever hoard of "hearing false witness against j
your neighbor," was given by a little girl in j
school. She said it was when nulwdy did
nothing, and somebody went and told of it.
J)eatii ok Distinguished .Men.?Hnmholt
was the last of a constellation of great men
who wore born hi 1700. Tho list includes
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iiuiiiua vi vuuvi, liiu iidicil IiaiUnillSI, OH'
Thomas Lawrence, the gifted painter, Chateaubriand.
the celebrated writer, De.witt
Clinton, Cnstlereagh, Tallien, the Duke of
Wellington, and four of Napolean'a General's,
viz: Joubert, Soult, I.ar.nes and Ney.
A Noten Ciiar.u ;tkk.?John Smith is forever
causing a peek of trouble somewhere.?
At our last accounts ho was in Savannah,
and had detained twelve gentlemen for twice
as many hours, in a close room, where they j
had been placed for the purpose of deciding I
whether he, the said John, had committed |
larceny.
Tile $100,000 Huk.m h.?A Miss Carstang
sued a Mr. Henry Shaw for hrcnoli of promise
of ?narriag3, and the jury found her a
verdict of $100,000! This was in tlie city
of St. Louis?in the great West! There is
no sort of douhtas to the truth of tlie statement
hero made, unreasonable as it is.
A Snl'u 1*ii.e.?The amount required to |
pay off the sailors ami murines employed in j
the Paraguay fleet, will be about $32*2,tKK).
IJui.Y Customer.?A man in Philadelphia, j
the other morning, found a lively little eel in
his milk pitcher. The milkman hadn't strain
ed his water.
M.vkkyiku a Str.vnukk.?A young Tennessee
girl recently married a stranger, alleging
that she would have plenty of time to become
llftflllflMltrtll U'Wlt l\lm
...J.. M??m n >?i V4Q?
Singular WiU,.?A gentleman who died
rcccntly bequeathed to his wife a handsome
sum, providing in his will that in ease she
again married it should l?o doubled!
Nkari.y PaidFor.?Oftho$200,000agreed
to bo paid Mr. Washington by tho ladies of!
the Mt. Vernon Association, for tho tomb of
George Washington, only about $30,000 now I
remain unpaid. It is said that $20,000 will |
be required to restore the grounds and make
the repairs necessary to arrest tho rapid decay
now going on.
Coot,.?Mr. Hill, who mysteriously disap- I
pearcd from Bridgeport, Conn., a few weeks !
since, 1ms written to his wife who had offer- .
ed $100 for his recovery, that she had hotter I
keep her rnonoy, as she may want it.
Youthrui, Ofkknokb.?A hoy something |
less than four years old, has boon arrested in j
Galena, 111,, on a grave charge of assault and battery.
Ex-Sf.nators.?Hon. Solon Borland has |
become associated with the Hon. Jorrc Clem*
ens in the editorial management of the Mom- I
phis Kfuptircr. Mr. Borland was at one time .
United States Senator from Arkansas. and i
afterwards miniator toL'ontrni America. Air.
Clemens was ul.so formerly U. S. Senator.
Kp.v West I^ki.ikk.?The sum of $<07 Rubscribed
by tlio citizonS of CMtirlo?ton, and
oollcctod chiefly through the Courier office,
has beon forwarded to tlio sufferers by th?
Htjcont dostructivo fire at iCoy Wcstt llu.
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1 Sixteen White Children Recovered from
the Indiana
The Coniiuissioner of Indian Affairs lws
received tho fallowing interesting letter
! from tho Superintendent of Indiun Affairs
j in Utah :
| SlJ l'K.HlNTENITKNT'S OPFICK, I'TAIL
(iroat Salt Lnko (!ity, May 4, 18f>0.
i Sir: I have just returned from a very
laborious and difficult trip through tho
i Southern portions of this Territory.
1 J have succeeded in recovering sixteen
children, tiudhnvc tlicin now in my poses*
sion. It is said these arc all that remain
of probably otic hundred mid forty men.
, women and children of the Mountain Mcn1
dow massacre in September, in 18f>7.
Jn .December la.st there was a small boy
among the the Navajos, near the Colorado,
! in Mexico Territory, who, it is supposed,
, also belonged to this imigrant. train I
i will allude to this boy in another commit.
, ideation. 1 was positively assured by the
settlers in the neighborhood where I got
! the children that I have all that were
! t t t
| . <1 \ V I. 1 ",n O
i that none of the children have lived among
the 1 ndians nt all.
These children average from about !? to
94 years old, arc intellectual and good
; looking, not one mean looking child among
them.
| I have collected the following praticu!
lars in relation to these children:
1st Calvin, uow seven or eight years
I old; does not remember his name ; says
they (his family) lived at Horse Head,
Johnston County', Arkansas. This boy
had father, mot her and five brothers older
than himself; killed brothers named Henry,
lames, William and Larkin, and four
sisters?Nancy, Mary and Martha, hi*
father Joseph and his mother Matilda.?
2d anil Ikl. Ambrose M. Tntrtrit, now
abont 7 years old, and Win. Tnggit, now
about four-and-a-half years old ; the elder
hoy says they had father, mother and two
elder brothers killed, lie says they lived
in.Johnston county, and when they loft
tin* States, had a grandfather and grandmother
living. 4th. I'rudcnce Angelino,
six years old; and 5th, Annie; had father,
mother mid two brothers, mimed .Trtmes
anil John, till killed. Oth. A girl about
four-and-a-half vears old : aavs her nAiiu>
is Francis llawn or Kern. 7tli. A boy,
now about three years old. 1 have no
account of thus boy. Those with whom
he lived called him William. Sth Kliza
V.r. ""ft. four years old. Oth. SophI
Wttln, or ;u?.j JLiu.i) aL::f sU years old.
10th.- Charles Franclicr, 8e?V'i or
years old; and lltli Annie, about threeand-a
half years old; and sister. 12th.
Betsey, about six years old; and 1-Jtli,
Jane, about four years old ; have no account
nf 1 111. 1 r.,\ 1 l> 1 -- -
\.i uivm., itv.il, iuiii illlM 11UI1, Ill'UI.'lll'll,
lionim mid Hnrali Otliiloj>. In conversation
with these children, I learn that they
resided in the same neighborhood; my impression
is, principally in Johnston county,
Arkansas. I remain, very respectfully,
your obedient servant.
J. I-'ounky,
Superintendent of Indian Affairs.
From (lie Augusta (<ia.) l)i*|intc]i.
Elopement A Runaway "Wife Carries
off *3,000.
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MV mi; II UUIMt 1II1UI Hll Vl ( 11*11 U .MI'S. |
Holroyd, wife of Mr. Win. Holroyd, a
wellkuowu ami worthy engineer oil the
lieorgia llailroad, eloped from Atlanta
last .Monday night, with a Mr. Tomlinson,
a salesman in the dry goodsstovc of Mr. M.
Myers, taking 8:5,000 in cash, being the
earnings of Mr. IIolroyd, saved by years
of industry and economy.
Mr. I lolroyd reached Atlantia on Monday
night ut 12 o'clock, and found that
his wife was missing, lie afterwards learn- :
ed that she left at G o'clock in the evening,
and walked to Kast Point?0 miles?
where she took the ears for Columbus via
(>pclika. Thence she proceeded to Macon,
and left her baggage in charge of an acquaintance,
and proceeded on to Augusta,
where on last Thursday, Tomlinson met
her and they proceeded to Brauchville,
and thence to Kingsville, since which the)
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nin e not uccn ncaru iroin.
Tomlinson is n fine looking middle-aged
man, weighing about two hundred pound*.
.Mrs, llolroyd is a full-faccd and comely
woman, twenty-seven years old. She is
the second wife of Mr. llolroyd, to whom '
lie has been married several yoara, and he
has nevef suspected her fidelity, and they
Iku'C, we learn, lived happily together.
They, as well Mr. Tomlinson, arc j
Knglish people, and the guilty pair will j
probably attempt to return to Kngland.? i
Tin* rill tin* n/ivlu nvii nil Hi.\ I*--"!' 1
out, and it will ho seen that though they
manage adroitly, there is but a slim chaucc
for theni to got oft'. Mr. Ilolroyd has always
confided his earnings V6 his wife, and
the {xu'tidious damo has left him almost
penniless. Her conduct is especially distressing
to the daughters of Mr. II. by a
former wife, who arc just entering upon
womanhood, and arc interesting and reputable
young ladies. Thoy are deserving
especial sympathy, and should not be suffered
to share the reproach attendini? the
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infamous conduct of a misguided stepmoth-!
cr. Wo trust that if TomliuHon is caught, |
Mr. II. will make an example of hiin.? i
Society is too tolerant of the miscreants,
who prey upon its most saored regulations;
and the licentious tendencies of tho times
call for summary vengeance upon the head*
of those who glory in the shame/of seduo- i
tion and adultery.
Tup. TkmptKr.?We rise nt morning,
and the bird sings joyously in tho roof-troo, 1
and tho Howers umilo without stain, all odoT j
rous, in tho garden. beneath our eyes; and ;
tliev beguile i?s to UneoimoiousnenH as wo j
walk forth. Wo forget tlio caprices of'
Fortune; wo think nothing of the Fates ! j
Wo sing, nnd smile, not dreaming what'
tho hour shnll bring forth } espeoirtllj as, !
with too ninny of us, thcro lies u serpent
among our flowers?w'cck, smooth?-who,
even if wo see it, looks rioi so inneh, like
a Kcrpont, but rather liko?a friend !?so .
^Bmilin^/ so svory loving I |
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Awful cffcct of l^htningOn
Friday evening lust,\tft we,on six and
seven o'clock, ot tlio Unfile; Hace Course,
near i<uucKtoue, snortly nll-v ft fuujrlibor:
hood race, some discussion w* going of tlio
preliminaries of another raec, at a future
i day, niid many, were partloipthig in it
! around a true. At this time the sun was
' serenely sitting, and no indication of a
storm. Suddenly a discharge, loud ns :i
cannon's roar, with subsequent sounds like
i tlie falling to picccs of a gun carriage,
were heard. The tree was riven bv the
holt ; and William, a son of Dr. Win. Nott,
; leaning^g.iinst the trunk, was prostrated,
i as was also some six or eight others, while
! some four or five others worn Htnnnoil liv
the electric discharge. Nott lived a few
minutes only; Win. ljon?r, of I'nion, was
' supposed to be dend, but, though frightful;
ly burnt on various portions of It is person,
| and his boots bunded by tlic. subtile fluid,
lie recovered; M. Millwood was also burnt
and scarred ; Thomas (SafTnoy was severely
shocked ; others, to the number of six or
eight, were alt'eeted, but not otherwise injured.
It may not be peculiar to these cises,
but those receiving t,lio charge of electricity,
when consciousness returned,
thought they had been slnit, and looked to
see whence the balls cntuc?no one thinking
of lightning.
We have often heard nf the photographic
power of electricity, but this is the only
I instance in which (lii.s phenomenon has
been certified to us. It was on the poison
of ynun<r Xott. On tlio front surface of
the thifih was indellihly impressed tho peri
feet branch of :i tree, Jcaves Mid nil ; and
this notwithstanding tlie pu t was protected
by his pintaloons and drawers. Tho fijiure
was distinct in all its paits, and of :v
reddish purple hue. Other phenomena
mnj have been present, of which, however.
our llifnrmmit fin invn nn
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as lie w:i.i a recipient of flic discharge.
Two tiros were struck at Limestone but
doing no injury.
On tlio xumccveuing, font" men wore pros;
ira ted near .John l>. (iuudelook's, esij.,
rnionhistrivt, but they escaped unlimt.
[Sjifirtu 11.
Remarkable Raoo by Rail.
Stakes $27"),000. From b. 1). Mucker,
superintendent of tlio Cleveland and Tidedo
Roil road, tlio Cleveland Loader obtains
the following particulars of an exciting race
iu which the steeds were iron horses, and
i the stakes greater than have ever been
i known on any truck. Mr. Hacker had tlio
j facts from .John 1>. ('anipho'l, Ksfj., stjpcri
!ilL*rw'cUt the M. S. and X. 1. IJ. H.?
Oiie un\' .' '** wi?v- as the eastward Jjound
express train fMcticu"v>rn 1*""*
sender stepped off while tlie fitlgnu,
ind replenished with wood and water, ana
walked back and forth on the platform, and
continued to walk until the whistle sounded.
The other passenger** got on board
and the tntin passed oft, hut the gentleman
still walked on. A few minutes nftor *? .?
train had g??nc, a station man saw the pedestrian,
and going up to him asked iu a
surprised tone:
u Wlnit. the d?-1 .'ire yon doing here?" r,
The man started, fawned lit* eves, and
looked around bewildered. The fret was
lie had been fatigued ami dropped asleep
while walking. Housing liiniseit, he asked:
" Why ?* \\hero am I i"
" Where are you *' At l>nport??."
' Where's the train I cflino on. ?"
" That left ton miiiutcs ago."
" Ten minutes ago and loft me ! 1 must
go on that train. It is u question of lifo
or denth with inc. Can you get mo to it '!
I rave you got an engine hero'{ Where i.s
the superintendent?"
The section master hml an officer near by
and the two went to find that official and t<?
procure an engine. The traveller sfittcd
the ease?he must go on could not delay?and
offered the otlieor 82f>0 if ho
would put him on board the train. This
strange demand and strange offer caused
baggage master to hasten and do what he
could The fire was not out in the engine
that had taken the train to that point?the
bargain was settled?a draft given on New
York for $2.~>0, and in ten minutes the trav
el lev started, with an engine to overtake the
flying ox]'?e?s. After mailing on for some
thirty or forty miles, some connection gave
way about the engine. Tlie engine was
stopped?the engineer found the difficulty,
anu in n few minutes lnid a wooden pin
whittled out to supidy the deficieney.?
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ii ivii bum (ml i iii'y i1cw. j 111! hm iii nilu ot
course nuiiiy lililcH tin; start of them, and
despite the wooden pin the engineer crowdad
on steam, and tore through the country
at a fearful rate. Thirty miles pf the distance
passed jvns run in 27 minutes, but
tlie engagement was thdt tlioy should overtake
the train, and do it they must, and doit
they did, hut-not until more than one*
hundred milesJiad bccimin, nndjhey wereapproaching
Toledo. Having ni length,.
after much exertion, ovortuken and stopped!!
the train and hurried on board, the traveller
went eagerly to4n?bertliin the sleeping cai>
and took therefrom n enrpet bag containing
827i?,000. l"jpK treasure was safe?none?
had molested it, and dismissing bin faithful
Courier, he wept on hm way nyuicihg at
the success o?Jd? perilous and cawitiug adventure.
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Fact? "Woi^tii Kn6wi.no.?It is mmtted
that a man's finger nails grow., their
complete length in four months nud a half..
A man living seventy years, renews his
nails one hundred ami eighty times.?
Allowiryg each nail an inch long, lie has
(vl*i.wn uAirnn f/?Af ni?/l ?*n?r* SdaIiau v"
oviuai niiu Miuu IIIUIIUO U1
nnil, oi? cneh finger, nnd on fingero nml
thumbs nn nggregnto of nevcnty*scvcn feet
anc1 six inches. This hIiowh that nature
intonded t lint men should ' scratch for a
living."
A It ail k Shot.?On'Mny, Oth ultimo,
Mr. Irwin, United States Army, of Fort
Buchanan, killed two imtolojH'x at n singlo
shut, with a Cult's CnrbtnO, the distance
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nemg over tiireo iiumirctl yurtls. Tlio bull
passed through the lienrt of 0110 oiiiiival
and tho liver of tho oilier. A case of tl)?n
tort is very rare in thuauuaU of aportift^ vf -IM
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