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udora, and that? lu hot countries, more spaoe ?
is required for passougora than in temperate
eluu?tes, and having godo oarofully into tho
dimensions and oap mi ty of tito rolling stook,
0 and'tho nature of tho traillo, I hove como to
; ?tho conclusion- that thc 2 feet 8 inch gauge is
j tho most advisable for India, and will fully
1 meet all requirements. From my experience
in. working tho 1 foot Iii inch gauge, I do
j duce ?ho following, to show tho sufficiency of
' tl. 2 feet ? inoh gaugo :
"1st. That the cost in first construction, in
earthworks, bridges, tuunols, &o., depends ou
thc gaugo.
"2d. That tho oost of maintenanoo of roil
ing stook will bo low, consequent upon tho
email weight on caoh wheel.
"3d. That a speed of 40 miles per hour
can be run with easo and safety."
Mr. Spooner then goo? ou to demonstrate
tho stability and capacity of tho rolling stook
--whore wo will not follow him. His opin
ion is pf special value, as tho study of this
subject has boon his peculiar occupation du
ring eight years ; and, as his experience hus
boen more full than that of any other person,
00 is bin knowledge of the matter more pro-I
found.
lu Juno, 1800, tho British Government
appointed a commission of engineers and rail
way exports to confider what gauge should bo
adopted for tho Indus Valley and other projec
ted railways, in India. After more than a
>^>*.yearof patient investigation, the majority,
three members, have presented a report,
fiona wl?ioh Mr. Fowlor, tho fourth mem
ber, dissented. I quoto from tho ma
? |orUy report t
' "Tho gaugo should not only be narrow, but
the narrowest which will combino oonvoni
f nco of transport, for various kinds of goods
?nd passengers, with reasonable speed, and
with economy and safety in working.
*lThe threo feet six inch gauge seems to havo
been adopted in Norway as being coouoiu
ical, without involving any material reduction
tu carrying power below that of tho English
.narrow gaugo, (4 ft. 8$)
" It is manifest that Hoes on this gauge,
(8 ft. 6 inches,) aro worked with as much
convenienoo to the traffic ns on any broader
.ango j * * * * * that a speed of 30
miles un hour may bc attained on them with
complote steadiness, both of engines and ve
hicles. There can, therefore, bo no doubt,"
thoy go on to say, "that a thoroughly satisfao
tory railway may bo constructed ou a gauge
of thrco foot six inches in tho minimum
gauge which will answer tho purpose of roads
of moderate business, or whether sumo gauge
intermediate between those of the Festiniog
and thc Norwegian Railways will not suffice."
Their conclusion is, after a careful considera
tion of tho wholo subject, "that, for such
Toads, tho gaugo need not exceed two feet uinc
inches; having satisfied themselves that en
gines of sufficient power may bo put upon this
gauge to draw, ata sufficient speed, thc larg
est traffic which such lines aro likely to carry ;
and that vehicles may bo used on this gauge
which will afford complete accommodation for
?lt olnsses of passengers ard goods tvaffio."
Tho views of the dissentier member of tl o
committee aro not supported by tho weight
of opinion in Europe. Tho above abstract of
the report of tho ludia Railway Commission
has been quoted from tho report of Mr. Park
er, tho. Chairman of the Committee of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives, to
whom vwas referred tho subject of narrow
The following extracts from tho report
make sufficiently olear tho opinion of this
Committee, at tho bend of which stands ono j
of thc most distinguished of American eugi
neera :
"This improvement really introduces a
new powor into tho railway organism, and
permits it to go wboro it has never been able
. to jgO> before, and to distributo its benefits in
districts which have hitherto been absolutely
inaccessible. It permits tho usc of ourves en
tirely impracticable for roads of common
gaugo, * * * and it considerably in
creases thc grade maximum ns well. In fol
lowing tho devious courso of a river valley,
with the narrow gaugo, it would bo almost al
ways possiblo to adopt planes neatly parallel
to tho stream, and to go around rc entrant
projections which would have to be out
through, al whatever cost, if tho common
gauge wore used. Where a difficult country
is to bo traversed, and where rapid d"Seeut
and rooky projections aro the rule, as they
almost always uro in the hill country uf Mas
saohusotts, whero railroads aro especially
needed now, it tuny be affirmed, in thc light
of our kuowledge and experience, that branch
railways, with tho narrow gaugo, muy bo
Wilt ?nd equipped for ono third of what
they would cost with thc common gauge, and
in tho level districts for about ono half. * *
"Most of our roads of small trafilo difficult
operation transport moro than twice us much
dead or nonpaying weight as would bo ro
3uired under tho regime of tho narrow gauge
* * * There is nearly an equal differ
eueo in tho effect of woar and tear with the
two gauges ; the wheel percussion di tiering
in a geomelrio ratio. * * * The cost of
hauling goods over a narrow gauge road may
be safely reckon at less than ono half tho oost
of hauling tho same goods over a 'road' of
common gaugo." Refferring to tho difiloulty
attending tho break of gaugo and thc tran
shipment of goods, Mr. Parker says: "It is
important, and never to bo underrated. Con
eidered in its worst aspect, it is plain that tho
limit of thc difficulty is in the transfer of
goods nt the meeting points of thc different
gauges, chango of oars by passengers being
of common occurrence at all junctions. * * *
Tho loB.s of time involved in the transhipment
is not very consid?renlo. The oust of unload
Iftg and reloading goods may averago ten
cents per ton, * * * but tho usago is to
divide expense? of this sort over tho wholo
distance hu ul od'. Tho difficulty thus exhibit
ed appear? not formidable in a comparison J
with tho benefits to bo derived frota the in
troduction of the narrow gauge.
"So well satisfied is your Committee of tho
value of this improvement iii railroad soienoo,
that;they fool obliged to goa step further with
their report than merely to presout tho facts
dpon which their conviotion rests. They
fool. it. their duty to propose, oven at tho ex
pense of a partial deviation from legislative
usage, enactment* even if of only a provision
ul character, which shall he sufficient, to ena
bio communities to avail themselves of thc
improvement during tho prcsont yoar."
Major Adolskold, Stato Engineer, of Swo
deo, cloie? a recent report as follows :
<llt* every caso where tho narrow gauge
roads bavo been built they havo realized eve
ry expectation, and I deem it ? waste of. oapi
to build broader gauae?, when- ft narrower
?nd oheaper will moot nil requirements For
a* thinly settled country a? this, wherq tlio
aVailablo capital.?ill barely meet tho wants
''pf the rnpitV ?0Mtt/5frinl and agricultural de
vol?>piiiotit8d, au where ohoapuoss ot trails
port ition in ot' so grout importance, the nar
row gauge reids muy, in many localities, bo
well aduptcd, if not positively necessary, a?
they eau bo easily built, und ut such- cost
that, with but a amuli traffic, they aro able,
not only to oover tho cost of operating them,
but pay u good interest on tho capital in
vested."
Words of weighty significance, which sound
as if they had buen writtcu fur us, so appli- j
cable uro they to tho circumstances uuJ uceds
of thia community.
Captain Tyler, tho Government Inspector
of Railways iu Grout Britain, who.se attain
ments und largo experience givo a peculiar
vuluo to bis opinion, says : ..Whatever tho
exact guuge, whethor 2 feet 6 inches or 3
feet, or any other dimension whieh might be
considered most suitable for lines of minimum
traine, there can bo no question that a system
of branch linos, costing two thirds us much
as tho brunches now ordinarily constructed,
?nd worked and maintained tit three fourths
of tho expense of those bruuehes, would bo
of decided benefit to Great Britain and Ire
land. aud would bo most valuable in India
and in tho Colonies ; in fact, wherever there
are people to travel, produce to bo transpor
ted, or resouroes to bo developed, whou it
would not bo oommoroially profitable to inour
tho expense, in tho first instunco, of a first
class railway. * * * * There scorns no
rouson why districts, which could not support
a railway of I foot t) .} iuoli gauge, should bo
altogether deprived of tho advantages of raj?
way coir tuUnioation. Tho question of gauge
is, in ono scuso, a question of spoed. Speak
ing roughly, on a railway of two feet gauge,
with two foot driving wheels, traveling might
bo made as safe ut twenty milos per hour, as
on tho Groat Western, with its 7 feet gauge
and 7 feet of driving wheels, at seventy miles
per hour. I have traveled on parts of this
little linc (tho Festinlog.) at tho rate of thirty
miles per hour, with every feeling of safety
'.Thc adoption of tho locomotive power up
on the Festiniog Railway is very important,
and hts evidently been a very successful ex
periment. The cheapness with which such
a lino con bc constructed, ibo quantity of
work that can be economically performed
upon it, and the safety with which thc trains
run over it, reuder it an example which will
undoubtedly bo followed, sooner or later, in
this country, in India, and the colonies, where
it is desirable to form cheap lines for small
truffle, or us a commencement in developing
the resources of a new country."
To this record of opinions of those in every
way qualified, by professional training and
oxperietioo, to judge tho merits of this ques
tion, I might odd many and a daily increasing
list of names, but I have already exceeded
tho limits which [ bad proposed, and geno
far enough, I behove, to put you in pusses
sion of sufficient material upon whh'h to b ise
a sound judgement. I close, therefore, with
thc saying of Mr. Robert Fairlie: "that"it
ought to be engraved on the mind of every
onginccr that every inch added to tho width
of a gauge, beyond what is absolutely neues
sary for the traffic, adds to the cost of con
struction, increases the proportion of dead
weight, increases the cost of working, and. in
consequence, increases the tariffs to thc pun
lie, and, by so much, reduces the useful effect
of the railway."
Respectfully submitted. ~\ ~m
JAMES pj^OW,
pMefTBajhMrT '
Columbia, S. C., July 24, 1871.
A Big Tale
Thc following has unido its appearance in
tho papers. It is news lo us-too new, in
fact, to be true, we think :
"A lively Saratoga correspondent gives,
under tho hoad of a ''Bravo Man," thc fol
lowing account of Senator Robinson, of South
Carolina : Tho only prominent .senatorial rosi
dont of Congress hull is Senator Robim. m.
of South Carolina. Senator Osborn, of Flor
ida, and Senator Anthony, of Rhode Island,
are hero transiently. Senator Robinson was
a class-mute of Barnwell Rhett, of South
Carolina. Thc latter plunged headlong into
tho rebellion, while thc former sternly main
t '-ried bis position as a Union man during
th " tiru war. When S.iuth Carolina pro
posed secession, Senator Robinson opposed bur
action ; and when the deed was done ho sold
his negroes, declaring that slavery would sure
ly die with disunion, taking for his security
not Confederate money, but first mortgages
on South Carolina real estate Tho result
proved his wonderful business foresight, for
the Senator is now a millionaire, while Rhett
is a broken down man. During tho hottest
secession times, Senator Robinson made a
Union speech in Columbia, and so exaspera
ted thc oucmics of his country that he was
personally assaulted by John A. Meyers, who
left tho blade of a broken poignard sticking
in thc Senator's side. Tho cool tuan, though
wounded, drew his revolver an! shot his as
sailant His personal bravery won for him
the admiration of his State ; und. aft't th
war, though an old slavo owner, he was elec
ted by the negro State Senate to thc position
of United States Senator, and w s ro eleoted
again, a short timo since, for tho six years'
term. Ono of his own ex-slaves, now n State
Senator, voted for him. Tho Senator is JO
companied hero by his gifted wife, tlio d lugh
tor of John Caldwell, ono of the great railroad
men of thc South.
RKACHINO OUT-That giant corporation,
tho Pennsylvania Central Railroad, contin?es
to extend its aims to tho Southern Pacific,
and seems to be pursuing its favorite occupa
timi of capturing and devouring tho smalloi
companies which Imppen to bo in its way -
Tho Columbia Phoenix, of yesterday, says :
'.Ititi currently rumored th;>t tho Pennsylvu
nia (lentral Railroad io making extensive pur
o ases of stook in tho Charlotte, Columbia
und Augusta Ruilrcad, and in u short time,
it ?S intimated, will have a eon trolling inter
est "
The same reports havo beon oirouhitod
in this city, and it ie believed that tho Penn
Hvlvania Central his purchased a grout dca1
of the stook hero in Augusta during the past
few woo Its. One report states that the Cen
tr il has managed to secure bon; and else
whero 8;000 ?hares of the stook.'-'-- Chronicle
and Sentinel.
LORENZO DOW'S GnA VE-My wanderings
led me ono day to an old grass grown bury
ing ground, just;beyond tho boundary lino of
Washington oity near ?ts North West; corner ;
and here I found the grave of ono whoso
sayings used to be household words among
these of like faith with himself, but of whose
burial plano noa ron "any mali knnweth unto
this d?iy"~r?tho gr?ivo of Lorenzo Dow. Hore,
in tins rafi rod, neglected apon, that stormy,
unquiet Spirit found its wat.--Letter in Minn
Ye rh Tribun*
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WALHALLA, S. C.:
Friday Morning, August 25, is li.
HST II. It. GASTON, Esq., offers for solo
his vul nuble tra ot of lund. Soc advertisement.
Much sickness is reported in Char
leston. "Broken bone" fever prevails mostly.,
Yellow fover is also reported io tko city.
S&" Tho Fairfield /Jerald says '-Kings
ure ot, a disoonnt " Wo wish WC Could SO*
' as much for thc dooli ines of *i.o Ooniinun<trv
?r?i?. Eight Ku-Klux from Spurtunburg-m
seven whites and one black-were before tho,
United States Court, at Greenville, on tho
18th instant, for trial. Tbc result has not
reached us.
ttW Friend BtEMANN, of tho Walhalla
Hotel, has introduced into his establishment
tho Southern gas generator. The light iii
fine, and tho cost less than any other-day
light ouly excepted !
8f*fc_ Uev. G. \V BOOOS, an aged Presby
terian minister - formerly a missionary to
Hindoos ta o-died on the 1-lth instant, at tho
residence of his brother, in Picken*-ol
which county thc deceased was a oat /e.
B&~ The wind and rain storm, which
struck Charleston on Friday and Saturday
last, did great damage to Jacksonville, Fla.,
Savannah, and the ooast crops, extending to
Wilmington, N C. In Savannah, tho loss
lo property alone was several hundred thous.
. ni dollars.
Rain.
Thc storm which struck thc coast on thc
10th, reached us on Tuesday, the 22d The
wind was high and thc dust disagreeiblu --
Wednesday morning rain commenced to full,
promising a good season-the like of which
we. have not had for many weeks
A Law Suit in Prospect
A meeting of the citizens of Anderson was
held in the Court house on Friday night last,
tor tho purpose ?jf n?uAiduni?/ fu.in.ro u.eii*??v
li? Vegi?rtT? ) tlio Air''L\ no Tl oirbadV ""?i*esnr?>
tiena were adopted to thc eftoct that thc at
torneys heretofore employed he instructed to
proceed at once against thc corporation known
as the "Atlanta und Richmond Air Linc
Railway Company," for violation of the char
ten-d righto of the people of Anderson in relu
sing io construct the road by this place. The
Anderson Intel/'?genetr expects that proceed
inga will be instituted without delay .nd that
a legal decision of this vexed (postum will bu
made ut thc earliest possible moment.
N-wb-ny Cid lege
Tho exercises of this institution, loo ?ted in
t'l's place, will bo rost? lied the fiiwl Diursdi)
(fth) ot September, 1871 We ask mr pit
?P-> ?S and the citizens of Walli ill t to consol- r
th' advantages this school affords Mot only
is tho College a benefit to the pl iee pecunia
r iy, but we cm give our sousa collegiate ed
il 'aiton without the expense of hoarding them
fro n home. Lt oort ii ely ncc nuns ovary uno
to sustain this sch lol, located in our midst,
both by his me ins and patron ige.
Wo arc informed that tho number of stu
lents will be greatly increased the coining
.sssion. This we may expect, and those who
oan board tho Student-?, should m ike. arrange
m - its to do so. N ? other institution it the
S tilth offers such in luce neufs as dewberry
C diego-a corps of competent. Professors, n
ootirse. of instruction equal to a nv college, a
ch nate noted for the hoiltll of its inhabitants,
a parental care exercised over tho student
distant from home, boird to he hid for 812
per month, fivo years' tuition for 8100.
With those advantages, wu conti lent ly ex
poet a large increase every year,
Any information cm be obtained by ad
drossln?: the President, Rev* J. P. S.MRi?rzttii,
who will gladly auswar any inquiry. Wo
hope tho h ills of Newberry College will soon
bo crowded with the youth of our l ind, sock
ing that knowledge which will make them
useful i rt their day.
? ? ....
- John Hopkins, ti Maryland Qii iker.be
fVtti life in Baltimore as a s nail grocer, and,
hy industry, has brought himself to be the
richest mun south of M ison Si Dixon's line.
Ile is now tho largest stockholder in the Bal
timoro and Ohio Railroad, worth 88.000.000,
uueli nf which ho has given to endow tho
John Hopkins University, on the outskirts
of Hil ti moro City. Mr. Hopkins ie a plain,
aged gentleman, still diligent and daily in
business, und was one of the projectors and
. .miowera of tho lino of iron steamships bo?
tweon Baltimore and Bremen.
- A London Times police report, in men
tioning the arrest of throe young women who
'vero intoxicated and bud atteint t d to com.
mit suicido by throwing themselves ov.r Lott,
don Dook, adds that a police constable bas
been for some time past stationed on the
bridge, day and night, and also ou tho old
Gravel lano bridge over ?he same dook, to
provont women ia ? state of intoxication com
mitting trt??idV
Moro -Mention
Thc first drovo of cuttle of tho season pass
ed through town last week.-Constantino
plc has u strct railway.-Small pox has ap
peared in Harrisburg, Ta.-Thc cotton
. worm is said to have appeared in Louisiana.
-*-Nino brothers named Moore compose a
Connecticut base ball club.-A Wisconsin
cherry tree is in blossom for the second time
this year-There have boon 103 deaths
thu? far from tine Westfield boiler explosion.
-New York women are accused of stunk
inp; cigarettes-Connecticut will soon I ni vc
a kid glove nvanufaotorvi-Chatt'iimogn,
Tennessee, is tn h ive a $225 OOO opera hourn*.
-Tho M i lier i tes have set September 3d
for their newest departure.-More Urn;
lishmon than Irishmen came to the United
States in 1870.-A sign in New York au
U0UUCC8-"Violin taught in l'higlish and
German."-A Boston lot. recently sold for
81.120 nor square foot, enough to cover it
with gold.-Mexican newspapers are dis
oussing the annexation of Mexico to thc Uni
ted States.-Amber to the value of S500,
000 is said to tie yearly gathorod on the Prus
sian coast of tho Baltic Sea.-Taglbmi
the once famous danseuse, died at her villa.
on Lake Como, recently ; aged 100.
There are 118 Free Mason Lodges in this
State, with a membership of 14 O' 0-A
new census shows Chicago to hold 33 1,270
beings.-A colored Tennessee couple amaze
tim State with an Albino, child.-Jersey
county. Illinois, expects to harvest a million
hushelsof wheat-The telegraph linn is
now complete from Columbia to Creen ville.
-An Atlanta man is the patient father of
only fifty six children.-Chai lesion is said
tobe the healthiest city on the Atlantic
coast-A doctor's motto is supposed to 1 e
"patients and long suff- iing "-An i nell
of rain falling upon an uer.! of land. Weighs
about one hundred tons-Kine wheat bread,
salt moat, grease, cheese and pastry arc dele
terious articles of food-Detectives Bay
(hero are 810,000.000 of counterfeit tint ional
bink notes in circulation -Thc S?ll Lak
ers built a fence across a street to keep thc
small pox out-Gen. Bea u rogo rd is at
the White Sulphur Springs-When is a
lawyer strong! st? When he is feeblest
-Lake Superior has a silver mini' s dd to
be tis rich as any in Mexico -Ktcruily is
just nt h md-(hun is selling tn Char
lotte for SI.00 per bushel from tho cart
-Th e burglars are at their wo rk
iu Charleston-W G Tren hol ni ?of Char
lestotl. died no tho 17th instant-Cotton
picking h is odmuii'iieed in earnest in Darling
ton county-Tonsborg, a Norwegian city
celebrated ifs oil ! th ms mdt h Miniver ary on
thc 22d of Juno.
Bailer Explodions
There scorns to hu au epjdcudo of bi/'!ei
uvk ihty- "'V AUum.t d ?ii^^ijJ?Ja^jipj? bi UJL?
l?l'j Wows of ono of tin sc <!*?*.islets, aucimiuti
ll led with all the ht aitr?-oMingdctail.s concern
Mig tho dead and wounded. Among those
meutionod since the Staten Island ferry bur
mr. none are. more heart rending than tin
details of the explosion of tito Chautauqua ai
Maysvilic, on Lake. Chautauqua, on thc lld
instant Pleasure seekers and lp arly allot
hoard wno without a inomciii'. wai'uii g
ushered ii.IO eternity. There woe a le?
Wonderful OHMpfM No c use h s Ix en iii-,
covered whh'h allaeloS my bl-mc lo M Y . l?<
bul it rn tb id si-?i.s lo l>e i ne ol (hose uinic
eoiiutablo ooonroucos thai somet? ?o-s hupp :
M-ny persons Wert-blown into tit wah r. am
some were blown "orly oct into lin air h
lustr itive of ....mic of ibo scenes i hal oe. urn o
wc quote the following fioin mi aeeuuhl . t Mo
disaster,appearing ill lliejaili? StOWIi ./ in -ill .
"Thc most terrible, event Cot?) cctid w tl
thc explosion was in thc case, ol thc party un
der th? guardianship of Mr. kiells. For Mum
tune past his lamil)' have lifcn slopping wit!
Mrs. Hopkins, of West Held, a relative nf lib
wife. On Saturday he came from Cleveland
to spetid the Sabbath with his family intend
itig to return on Monday. Being earnesth
entreated by his friend and daughters, and
his family, to remain over one day longnr anil
visit Jamestown, he filially consented, fakitlli
passage on the Chautauqua Monday morning
01 tha? (. arty of seven pleasure seekers, win
visited our town yesterday mum. full ot lil*
ami hopo, only three imw romain, and two . I
those are in a critical condition.
Thc ou; f Mr and Mts Cochrane.of Hui"
lalo, is p haps the s .dib st of all Both
young people, in thu full enjoy meut of Hiv,
they h-ft their hume Monday morning for u
trip over our delightful lake. As tim boat
landed ut tho dook the husband sat near th?
cabin reading a book, and his wife stepp il
up to iiiui and playfully snatched the book
from his hand, saying, 'If you won't ?joto thc
how of the boat with me, you can't read,' ard
turning on her heel walked to lim railing.
and leaning over watched thc process of load
ing. While- thus situated the crash cmne
and one was taken and the other loft-she
no ono knows where, and he pacing the boat
and wharf almost frantic with grief. Al
night long this poor heart broken man wai
searching the wreck and sui f oundings, aux
iously looking for his lost wile"
St. LOVIH, Atimist 17 -Senator Mortui
addressed an itu menso audience here IF?
thought) GeimraJ Gr mt's chances n little ?lu
host at thc present. He opposed Strt'O HOV
ensign ty ns tann lit tty Democrats, and say:
there wn? no safety tor th? peoplo withnu
centralization Tho gre ?test idea of the Ito
publican party was national unity If wi
abandon that; wo aro not a natron, but simpb
?n aggregation of independent States, whicl
nt some time or other will go to pieces.
SAN FRANCISCO Auguxt l7.-TboTaxpay
cm' Convention nominated a full munioipa
ticker, headed by Wm Alvor-1 for mayor
The Democrats already have ?i field ticket
and nomo dissatisfied Republicans propuso ti
nominate a full ticket.
Twenty car loads ?if fresh Japanese ten
were shipped Kastward to-?lay.
Tho weather w unusually warm. Tin
Thermometer was 112 degrees at thin Ber
nardino.
There was a heavy showor nt San rHogo
yesterday. The thing is unprecedented.
WUiLiAAWPORT, PENN , August 21.-Th
Waverly House and thirty building? havi
boon burned. Lgos olgbfc million?.
Storm iii Charleston- 1
The storm of thirty-six hours, that hus re
cently visited Charleston, is suid by tho pa- |
pers of that eily, to bc tho heaviest of any
for seveuteen years, tho waters being driven
over the buttery wall, East Hay submerged, j
and the many of the smaller islands obliteru
tod for the time ticing. In some of the streets
of the city, the rain mid mud were almost
knee, deep, nod it is said over eight inches of .
j rain fell; the highest veloeitv ni thc wind
hoing toity miles per hour. Ti allie in some
j of the streets was suspended, and the ship
ping wrns much inconvenienced. The regu
lar steamers of tho New York line were retar
ded, and one, tho Soulh Carolina, COU) mu i d d
; by Captain Beckett, was Unable to make a
port. One man was drowned at one of tho
wharves, and tho ferry boats were unable to
make their usual trips.
The ox press train on the Northeastern
Railroad was thrown from tho track Saturday
morning, near the avenue to Magnolia, by tl.?
washing of u small drain or culvert by the
heavy rain.- Union.
'lue portions of tho city below the usual
level expi rienocd the lull off. els ? f t 0 heavy
j fall of water, and the streets nod mts near
Rutledge street, trou? Broad to Beaut* du.
presented quito a diluvian appearance. The
high tide of V. .urd iv morning brought thc
WattM" ?nt?) thc pond to u level with thc cm
baiikinetit, and in tho streets leading to it
tho water was from two to three feet dcep.
Iit TrUmbo's court the inhabitants were forced
to take to spring wagons to get to the high
ground, and small boats Wl'iO at II premium
In Queen und Beaufninstre\ ts,sl ppory bridges
firmed of single plinks, afforded preoari
ous outlets from steps to the vehicles, and in
Tra pt na un street several dusky families ho
gut moving nut towards the mou tl tai ns, be
I i * - v i 11 ?g that tho sins of Democratic victory
were to be punished in II similar way as tims*
which prevailed in father. Noah's day mot
generation. . Please timi " said ntl ? ld col
ored patriarch, "dis is jist what l tink would
Illili cum when doole man ( Pillsbury) lost de
election, am) de uglier party ?onie in." As
th?- day advanced, however, the Wat- IS h. gan
tn sui side ami by degiees confidence Wis re
Stored as thc .sidewalks boon nie tis'hlc Th?'
lower hus were, In-w. v. r. still Glied with wa
ter. and if Dr Debby's penalty <?l 81 00') fr
euch cellar filled with wut?ir he collected. Iber?1
will be no need f>r any ti?X"S this season. By
the way. while the cit v alltluiritics arepl'bmp'
enough about remindi i'u thc citizens of the
I iw in this respect, would ti not lie well f r
thom to remember that tiley, too, have a very
plain ?Itity to perform in the pumping oui of the
1 wi i g lots and the open foin.dations in
many purls of the city which uro now almost
filled with water? In many places, ns for
instance nt thc corm-r of Broad and Own if r
Streets, these accidental poids arc in the
mi isl of eh.Sidy built and thickly populated
.lis'riets. md if allowed t?> stage li' under t be
\uijusl sue. the titost disagreeable results ure
.duinst sure In follow. The lire engines ire
admirably adapted for pumping ont, these
sunken lots, and might lie very usefully em
ployed in this direction. As it is, number?
nf lots are still nothing bu? ponds and a fine
nmrt of f'-'iyp, npni bp r'dpm .ni. The meian
cindy song of I lies?! erna ors is audibTe" i'f.'v,
in every part nf the. city, particularly the va
cant. Lits in the burnt ?listriet, and they an
the only inhabitants of tho eily whose voice
is still for rain - AV ?rs.
- Some alarm is bi vi tining lo be felt ii
Western Europe and thc seaports of thc Hui
t d Si tex ut the th rea Kill eil approach of the
c oh-ra lt, has boen prevailing for some
ti ?'? i-i Central Russia, -uni has. we tire
fri ed, c .rried off ru arly half the p -pul iti li
of Min e villa-;r.s. More recently it lins spread
iver Diethuanin. and thornie .extorrded its riv
ages through other provinces of Hus- ian Po
l unl. and ha- broken out in Posen ami Ki\>t
Pius-da. lt h s been prevailing illso, iii the
I) au ullin ii Principalities, in Transylvania
?lid 0alicia. and some C ines have been rc
norted iii Marseilles. The New Vbrk pape s
ire taking thc alarm, and, apropos of the
subject, we find a paragraph in the 8">i,
stating that the "pestilence fly'' h is made, its
appearance in tint city. Iiis desc?lelas
'"i little longer than the com mon house ll-,
.sith very transparent wings of a slightly
purple hue The. lionel is perfectly round, if
a dark brown color, with a jrhit? mnrk on tl c
fiOft. Thc body is divided like the wasp's.
Thc mund portion noxt tho bea?! lo which
the wiiii-s are nttached, is of an invisible
green. The remainder of the body from il e
w list to the tail presents alternate rings of
jet black and a pale yellow. It has six leos
which arc lunger than tho common fly's.'
The insect is said to be a precursor of oho]
??ra "or other dire pestilence."
PAKTS, August 18-La Patrie ??ya Rus.
sia is oinking treat military preparations -
Prussia, also, is filling up ber eat/res. perfect
ing arrangements and collecting enormous
of stores, La Pairie believes tho prepara
lions pf tin latter power arc aimed at Russia
LONDON, August ID -The Persian famine
is more terrible than has been reported 27.
OOO persons died in Ispahan Tho condition
of thc province of Mag inderan is still worse
Tho rico H a completo fuiluro. Tho cattle
plague, small pox, typhus lover anti oholcru
prevail"
VIRGINIA CITY, August 21.-Fifty build
ings havn been, horned, involving a loss of
?150.000, caused by incendiarism.
ST. LOUIS, August 21 -Colorid Downing
han been elected Chief uf thc Cherokee Na
tion by 200 juniority.
WAUHAW, INO, August 21.-Thirteen
buildings, including til? Baptist Church,
Invo been burned, caused by spontaneous
combustion. Loss $50,000.
- Tho Charleston Daily AVws of tho 21st
inst , says there uro 818,000 now duo tho
principals mid touchers of tho public schools
in tho city lor their cervices during thc past
six mouths. Fer ?9.OOO of this they have an
order on thc County Commissioners, to bo
paid out of the appropriation of $100.000.
made by thc Legislature lust year. Tho rc?
.limning $0,000 will, bo brought to the notico
of tho Legislature at ito nest session, io bo
sotfld upon hy rh*rn, '
J
aagagBsttsgggagBM gegBgjgsegg ?B?B esa1 a
A Tci rifle Boar Fight-A Man Tova to
Pieces.
W. N. Byor8,of tho Dunover News, gives tho
unmixed account of a hour fight that recently
occurred ?VUI' Hot Springo, Middle Pulk, iu
tho Hooky Mountains:
"Hooky Mountain Jim," un old inounUiu
cur, who hus huco au adventurous wanderer
uinotig tho niountains sinoo lt?li, living a?
thu a?vages do, upon what ho cuuld find
muong tho boasts ot tho li cl 1 und the birds of
tho mr, having strange Coeouc'crs now und
tlion with bolh, escaping pei ils by ll,.od und
lire, the cluws ol bears mitt the teetli of bye
UuS, Ul Vt, in the j eur 1 b71 mote than his mutch
in ms adventurous Quid, and fell a lacerated
Victim lodore ns terrible unger. U bile on
un excursion ii few dayssiucc to Uland Lake,
nt thu mouth of ibo south folk of Gr-uid riv
er, bc spied sumo deer.
Having no in nis save ono navy revolver, ho
endeavored to slcaphily step lo - et uoar
enough to kill one. Meanwhile his fuithtul
dog went skirmishing among the underbrush
uer ut hand, and soon cunio uut with u yelp,
iu low. d b) un i Ul'nc USC cinnamon betti', in a
towering iago nt having ihc ubodc of ber
voung and thriving cubs thus rudely iuvud
?il Al ak ing for J tm willi dashing ey'osj ex
tended uiins all i gnashing teeta, dun turned
fruin his pursuit of thc deer to his irate ono
my, and bred tour sh? ts into her. On si o
came, clout and tell!tile, minding bullets n?>
mole Him if lucy wel'O pebbles thrown Oy
gentle hand.-, ou ami un, unlit i scape wus i in
possible Seizi'iig Jim by his lett min, alto
ci Untied it utu blow. Another ll sh tiom'the
pistol, ami another h di went into In r pro li
i i ni- b dy Then came the linal sti uggle
lit uin s mixt blow fell upon hi.-lu nd, tearing
n at the sc dp clcall fl om tile Skull, ami cut
ting a ?ca lui gish under tho eur. One. oyo
wis lum completely from its socket und <Je
si io) ed ; bis breast Was crushed tu, lingers
of loth hands chawed aft', feet frightfully
I cerated by thc close contest with loot timed
wno resistless claws.
At Inst the poor old mountaineer yielded
the victory Weeding from every pore,
nerveless and insensible, he sunk io tho
ground in u poul ot bl.1, tho bear filling
h nvil) lipon him. How long he lay there
ne km w nm, but on recovering his souses,
f nud ii rai n gone and himself a mutilated
W'?ek. Crawling slowly to his horse, which
ii ippil) wus nour hy,bu mounted, rode awhile,
aol fell to thc ground unconscious. Awak
ing Hom liiis aller sonic hours,lie again uiouii
t d, and after a long und painful ride, lie
reached the sprint's, w here he was tuKUU in
a>,d CHM! for. Dr. Pollock, of Georgetown,
li ppeued tu be (Iter?, dressed his wounds, und
While the chmicts are against him, his iron
c institution iiiiy bri nu him out. .lim says
hellas had manya lijjht with "burs." blaekr
du minion and grizzly, but this is tho first that
ever got thu best ut him. -
- That "babe in tho house," which wa*
'.awol spring of plc,HU'O," is dcil. Tho
son nf Marlin Farquhar Tupper wis lately
killed, nour (Jape Colony, cn mute to the diu
m md hells, where he hoped to m ike a for
aine He was only twenty-four, and is ref.
resented aa a very promising young man.
- The three white men ehurg :d with Ku
Khlxing a negro limned George Wright,
near Cart?rsvillo. hist June, have just been
"'ried wt?d conviotW of inuYdoTTfc^JurtiW^fitt
peiior Court. The jury recommended that
j they bc confined for life in tho penitentiary.
- A Puris workman, a few days ago,
une upon n large "treasure trove '' While
0 earing away some building stones in one of
he streets, he fnuid under tx stone $1.0 li),
0)0 -supposed lo li ?VC been stolon fro n tho
ciench treasury by ono nf thc Communists.
- Tho proverbial freaks of lightning aro
ev ii more remarkable in Canada thin in tho
U i'ted States. According to a Quebec
journal, the electric fluid I itrly killed a cat
lying in the lap uf n gi?), without injuring
be girl in the least.
- They arc intending to build horse car
nilroadsat Frankfort on tho-Main, Germany.
M A lt Kl Cl), on the Otb inst., by H-n- Flotcb
.i* Smith. Mr P.V. WALLER t? Misa Luira
S. ConnuA-N-nil ..f Wiilhniln.
00 M M E R OI AL.
NKIV YoiiK, Au gu tit 21.-Cotton stendy nnd
'inn ; sales l.Xliti bales; uplands 18:] Flour
Sinthern n sliade liriner j common tu fair extra
fi.50(ftfl 7f) : good lo choice fl fiO@O,0O. Whis
?MV Ul. Wbeiit activo; winter red wester 0
I. 4'l@l 47. Corn a shade firmer nt ?7(?y?7).
Klee Drill at 8j(3?0$, Pnvk liriner at W-i.'lfVA
MM?, G old i2f?P2J. Alabiitiuw, lO?t 5s,
.',0. Coorgias, H.'i ; 7-, 91. North Carolinas,
l? ; new 2t>. ?South Carolinas, 70 ; new 57$.
( iiAtti.E-ro.v, August 21.-Cotton dull ; mid
dlings 17 : net receip'-. 07 huies ; exporta coast
iv i se 7 ; "ales 5 : sba. 2000,
AVOUHTA. August ?il.-Cotton quid at 16};
iict'recei|its 21).
. Liv KU pom., Augint ?1 -Even'ng.-Cotton
easier; upland* K/i Orlfiun* OJ.
/ AT TUB
ir A h (II A L L A no TE %
For the Week endino August 22ml, 1871 ^
August loth.- It. G. Fleming C. C. & A. I?.
lt. ; C. C. Scruggs, P. N. Piokcns. Capt. J. C.
Wardhiw. 15 lt. It. lt. August 17th - W. M.
Orr, Anderdon S. C. : C. E. Young, 0. C.
Scruggs, ll. lt. lt. lt. I Dr. I. Ilrnuoh, Abbeville,
S. 0. ; .1. 1'. Heed and son, Mrs. E. II. Whifcner,
Miss Wp it nor, U F, Whitnor, Andoivon S. C. ;
lt. A Pringle d.O. ll. Cl misson and wifo. Char
loston $. C. August 18th-lt. J. Dbnalds .n.
Chem*! P. N. Piokcns, S. li 'Prescott, ll. H.
lt. lt. August 19th-Dr. I.. Branch. Abhovillo
S. 0.1 li. li. Lonnir. W. J. Lenoir, Tenn.; C.
H. wn'gfti H. lt H. lt'. ; W. A. Addington,
Frai kliu N. C. ; Gorhnrd Itolcko, wifo, child.
and nurse, Charleston S. C. j T. Jf. Steors, B.
lt! ff, lt. August 21st-D. D. Davis, N. C. ;
II. .0. Mosoly. Pb eon ix 8. C.; August 22r?U
V. I. Tobins wife mid niooe Charleston S. C. ;
F H. Gordon and wife, Chas. Butt and' wife,
Columbia S. C.; I* ll. Clino, Groonvillo S. 0. ;
?. C. Scruggs, Wulhiilla S. C.
<h--jJx.._JILL'JLX-^. 9mm
Iaand for Sale!
fflllE subscriber offers his Plantation fbu>
1 X snlo. seven miles south of Wulhulla, cou-,
'taming :i IU nm OH, w ell improved.
For partioulurs,cull on Co , lt. A. TitOMi'fj
Walhalla., or tho subscriber on the bl*c(C
?. it. ASTON
Aug. 25, 1871 il ' Vif*