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VOL. Vi.1 WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAt MORNING, JANLA RY 18, 1871. [
inevitable. The night was the seve
est of this winter, the spray fromh t
streams falling in hail upon the ha
dressed inmates of the hotel, ab th
stood watching the means of egrf
a frorn the buildlog, to ned5 if the ne;
that rushed out was a b-other, siatt
btisband, wife, ion or daughter, or
:give a word of encouragement to sot
+ one poised between two horrible fort
bf death, and powerless, exodpt to c
out above the din below,
"sAV ME I I AM b1URNiNO P
io This boart-renderiig appeal rat
out from more than fifty windows, at
rang out only once. It is not know
f positively that there were more tht
r five actual victimus of the flames, bi
the universal fear is. that this do,
not approximate the numnber. Or
short btour a nd the fire fiend had dot
its worst. Its progress had been sta:
ad, but two-thirds of the block fron
tng Main street, and running bac
ocarly the same distance, was a fier
charnel lake, still smoking and seeth
iug, but conquered.
Whenl
TIIE FIRE FIRST nROKE OUT.
And the cry rang through the hous
repeated frot mouth to mouth wit
frantic and despairing energy, yot
S.orrespondsnt, whoie room was in ti
left wing of the building, inl tt
hird story, wiske up, and, after ge
'in" on soule clothes, rushed into ti
C,,
I Ing pa~tage, ndws Ollud whhtl ritnTki
A terrible scen met the eve throug
3 the sntolky atmosphere. The forti
lif half dressed males and femah
could be scen rushiug, they knew li(
whither, and shrieking with desipail
Prucceding further to the hetal of
.taircaso all egreos wis bloeked u
with an lndiserifminute mnass of lit
Ir.,ge and people trying to escap<
Rushini tbeh to the right witig ot th
building atio- her staircase was reach
,d which brougihdt one to ihe soeon
floor, :and here the long corri-Jors bt
served ts flues to conduct the fliun
throngh the building. Coutinuin
on; the ground floor is reached at las1
and then the duld, icy air strikes tL
face.
A IITEnUs SCENIC.
Here 1 saw the wife of Captain Me
Phail in her bare feet, with a blankt
wrapped around her, while her bui
band, half-dressed, carried their it
fant child, wvhbse piteous cries 6oul
be hertd above the din of falling tit
bers and crishing fdoors. But Mei
r *,as
AN ACT OF CHIVALRY,
R worthy of mention. A young ma
- named Towers sprang forward, pulle
off his shoes atid gave them to tt
lady, and divesting himself of I
3 overcoat, wrapped the child in it, an
cartied it a distanoce of sevortkl squrire
to tffe hdif df a friend of McPhiail'
Again thore was another cry,
"A MAN AT A FIFTH STORY WINDOW.
t I looked up, and there was C. 1
Sbhaffter, the State Supe-intendent 4
Vttblie Print.ing, 6linging to Ji si
I df a fifth stoty nindow. Is i fe<
reached the upper row of glass in tb
fourth story window, and kicks or
the panes. He places his feet on tl
sash; mooved'his hands cauitiously to th
Ca" of the window and Che dp een
to the sill of that window. In th
iray thdgatlant Schyaftet Saruse fret
tryow ato'r' anridi th6 plaudits
caiedod by whom ho was seized ar
aridout of danger whien ho reaihe
the grdund.
AMIONG THlE VIOTIMis
is Mrs. Keraly, the housokeeperi
a tba hotel. In vain was ithe tttrged b
(. tha'd proprietor, Mr Luck to esoapt
Sbut she wanted her trunk. This al
Sgot, but then she wanted. to sai
something else, and at last all tI
a'fondske of escape itor6 out oft, as
i eihe was swallowed up by the devou
r ing elemuent.
SWALLtOW ED A MIou'ii ORGOA N.-.
.ljttle son of 8. 0. Konidrupt, i
. Datish :(onsul, firesiding with h
tfatber, onQapitol Hill, in W ashtingto
hia mn'et .rith an unfortunate accindei
which will prove a field of study -f<
the uniedical worl. It appears tha
on Friday last iso olderly brothe
*Vbo had b'oon playing -with a con
I rl'on ~imth organlabout two fnesi
leggth, (brew it up'on theiftoot, *hic
behing wfbidaoosuiof- the chi'ldila
Lidjisedp i6 cppsand by some meas,
lbegyne. lodged ,.ia , his, throat. A
4tq'twe ~o made to extrieate it, bi
Shad4 tlh.e eet of forcing it dowtr- h
SIthroat atnd causin'g,.him to. swallot
tlh& intdbronient. T6 hedM~rV of t1
fron~bgapoistf;of, the farenmts, ti
IhngS pull do'os riot seem to iftoonmmot
hig (in"~1 the. lekst~ .r Wra'ingfc
as d at9 ely.tIerronit ddor of tl
ow York Tribunb tufeeo had toI
~cIout~ fqrt sose pudos. 8'o 1N
Gr' Qee.f Wro~te. a 'iede of paper, 'e
treph ol~,n8prticejatredtt su so
Img oldb.!aletges abgopted. T
a mi stiediM46e, #roe 'W 'track*r
phbia ge.
'AIte
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TheOreitat Fire! h1 ilichmond.
We copy the following gra p
'discription of the late terrible con
tgation in Richmond from the Ne
ork terald.' The writer was one c
thost who b"rel "e4caped with thei
lives:
:Not a year has pas.sed since
swiftly, siddenly and without a shad
ow of premonition- this city wa
plunged int6 a depth of gloom almo,
Without. a parallel in the annals o
any city on this continent, by tOfe fall
ing in of the dtoor of the Court of Ap
peals ill the Capitol building. Siic
then ?b od littd spreatd desolatioi
thoroughotut the state to'' add to ti
list of horrorS that have marked th
last de-aade in ths beautiful land
and now I have to dhrotiold a cilami
tv, which comi'g at the timo it does
inakes as feel that it is written by th
fatbs, "City of the Seven Hills, thol
irt do6meid.''
TIlE EMON 01 FIRE.
has again ravished it and added t
the destruction of property and los
of life. lIcaolutido, destf uot ioi
death, come hand in haud with the to
King. Last night-Christinas Ev<
'which never, even in the dark days 0
our civil strife, was aught. but. a titi
of narryvmaking and tojoici n
thrighout the Old D,1m inlioll-fiuln
'nearly every house in the city th
sen61 fc.,tivity. ChriMtdlas mnor1.
ing 'mil the eypress ivhire tIle holl
had been, the intht before. At hal
past two U'clook A. M, a eaopy u
tire hung over the whole city. It
bue short huur, certaitily, fiv-e if no
hiore !'d6s were, not. bitiled, bu
dragged slowly into eternity, ttiroug
the most horrible death gates knowl
to humanitv. Only Iante, in hi
wilde.st flights of poetic iniaginiation
could havki depicted on-half the hor
i'ors of
THE BURNING OF THE SIPOTWOO
HOTEL..
Niot ititb the barhtiig of the ol
Teatt'm hdtichttiond wiinessed sub
It ideite.
liuilt Avithbit driy rick partition
6bove thd first floor, thd flames hav
tug oided gotten a hcadeay, any lt
tempt to 6hebik thedfi *oi idise tht
Muiti6. In a few mitini s after th
fire was discovered by the watchman
who halipened to pass the pitdltr
irb a stove had bdert negligentl,
allowed to butn, and Whicb, becomin
rod hot, communicated to the floor, i
had rushed with lightning speed froc
Uellar to garret. and by the tid16 th
fire department had bedame thotougli
ly organised for work, tho' holo in
terior of thd immense stru'cturo wa
one sheetof living flame-mad, wil
lisning flute-In iRs resistless, do
solating dweep, hitirlitig &tiwoatt thi
frosty Rif ni i&Aes of burning tfimber
li'ke sdme volcanid demof laboiig !
disgorge itscilf-now sil'ent; adt f t
gather new strength ;no'w toarinig
oraciking, thiridering, as if striving t
di'own ~
Til SIIREES OF ITS vICTIbMs,
the hoarse, confused cries of the, flr<
inien, the shrill whi:,tles of the engine
rt'nd the agonising huni of th6 Swtyin
orowd 6f oitis-entsbfelow, r'eddy to .d
and die in thei oduso -of hd'manity
but yio~erlees..
Hero a brother looking> frantical
for a aister, or a wife pleading 1o
sonto tidiuiga of her husband, w
whep list te'en wats braving fire s~n
smoke to save soifle telation ; there
man sto'piffod by hori'or and) fdat; b<
side bin# anotho'r, Whose gallant spiri
knows nt the mean in'y ,f f~Mo- )atte
word, and who, havipg~ saved on
firiew'l, is preparinM40oah.agdai.4nt
the jaws of death to resd'ue anothol
ieore is yorung.
Who has just brought two fi'ent
frorti the feitlth ntiry out and riusbe
Back for a thied who .is seen .at -ib
,findoV of his roomn froii' the4 str'e
below (but1 no w the stairway is in &h
damnes. Only cue chance remains z'
ih to jun~p. Hie prepares for the feai
ful le'ap. D3rage bearte will cate
liimn,if he crushes t'oem. Tecm late
the fire fiend hag elaimed' h
Voluige of black, stI~ifin'g etnoke ehtte
6 s him ; angry, forked flames -lea
like serpenitb tongties fri wi'thoi
fhe mass, and his galla'uf, 4oub1 is'I
dterfnity.
O'reoping, writhing, bissing, duil
the hhluri of the witer'sr blast-wi"4gl
ing ai il springs fresh frote its. -iip
the diemon finally ,aeidis ftiyo- 44
large buldings 'adjoiphtatbotie
Then' the soebe, If possible; be om4
shoro fea'rfnl f.han before, niilingu
it.does the falling of wall. a~nd t
6rashint of the floor. with the o1
er
nnndIAna OF Tirl acUIK.
lndigftlition Meeting In Apartangbitrg.
The spartan burg Reptublican, in its
last 1Isne, says
Quite a large number of citizens
were in town oa sale-day. We were
glad to hear aui almost univsa~l eA.
pidesih ft Ainoerti condemnattont df
the muhn recent outruges that Lhive
occutred in our County. After the
usual sales by the sheriff were com.
plated, a pablib moe1ing Was held ih
the.Cotit-t House, which, was addit'i
ed Ly Cul. Evins, P. W.-DunCan ahd
the hon. It. A. Smith.- -A commit
tee, appointed td -repare resolutions,
expressive of th e en.je of 'the tieeting,
reported ihe following-, which was
unanimoudly adopted -
ftrsoted, That i-e, as ia* satiding
bitiz-ns of Spartanburg County, do
look with dphorrence and condemn m
tion u dn the ricbnt outrages sgaiutt
law and order perpetrated in ourt
Oounty and we do feel it to be the
,luty of every citiien to use all efforts
lingly or unitedly, in their power to t
Mtst tih perpetratrq, and put ai 1
!ld to suoh a spirit of disregard of I
law and life.
AN rn-POrTANi'CfANG. E-The Lon.
ion correspondent of the ev Yorit
World telegraphs that tb Duke of
Jalbridge is about to be sdoecoded as
Dunmmander-ii-Chief of the lritish
Army by Lord Napier, of Alagdala.
[f this tintnunneinot proves true
:Says the Eveniing Mmmi,) it will be a
7ery dcci ive indication that the
itauich little sea-girt kingdom is
tbout to put herself in readine-s fur
ny possible contingercv at.d to us
ume a position in reference to Conti
iental questions more deoided than -
he has heretofore taken. The Duke 3
a
'f mb.rid g6 is the representative of
ndte, of od fashioned notions of
rny mnapagenm nt and of do-notbing
>oficy. Iotid 1 apier, on the other -
iand, is a eoldier who is Up to the
.iin~s in ill resipects,.ond who is the
pot distinguishod General of the
r
3ritish army. His accessior t6 the
ieadm.hip of the army woul ahol an the
lojtun of mnre onergetio .prepara
to1 for wdr and the overbmuling of
he whola systmWw of ititltary titanage
nent.
That this is very strongly demanded
a shown by the recent expressions of
he Enoglish papers and by the re
wiikeniti of Intordst in thb militia
tnd in militafy iatteis generally.
hbuld the German-French war be
)rolonged into next Spring, England t
nay yet play an important part in the
treat struggle # not, perhaps, hj di
'est pai'ticipaion but by her moral
nflunnie, bdioed by adequate thilitary
Lnd na(val prep'rations.
a
A DMocnrATI hNi4Uai-LaE'r:wt
?RoM CIARIL.Es FrAiiNoI DAds.-The
innual Banquet 'f the Yogng Mens'
Tackson Asofatfon of Petersbdrg, l
ield on the th indt.i wad a brilliant ,
ifair. Among the lettiri read was 8
>ne from Charles Franois Adams, in r
in which, after regretting his absePee;
10 sas: Ic aiYA ot mdoh in the way s,
if exf'ressi6g dentiments on the pres n
3nt political topics. 'lhe country has 8
passed thro'tgh a viol6nt coevulsidn, e
__d is n w - lowly bt stAd ily recov
aring Itself. The takin object should ,
be the return of hlmrorYf in a spirit, of 1
mutual conidoce among the jarring.
members; Our Govrnmelit drawsi
life (ronm the ready consent of th6
idoverned. When the distinguishod
boe, whose name yotir assodation i
bears, uttered these mnemnorable words,
Tbe Union~ must and shall be preserv- f
Id,' ho uindoubtedly rested his faithv
In the speaanoous co-operat ion
If the great masses of the nation re.*
iponding to hiis 6chil In tihe regular atnd a,
legr~imato ehannel -frosbrlbed by the i
arganle law. He never contemplated
bhe use of batyonets in controlling the
Forms of colleoting the general suf- I
'sge; O(ttr safety as a nat'ion lies in' t
going back to firtt #rinniples, for- '
otting that force has over been resort-.
Id fto as a pa-infut necessity to preserve I
'e~mm: \?hat wais n' b'tter~ pedicine a
should be fuifuod into daffly food.
T6'itms' A nfttF. - There i t
momethink extrettioly disagreeable Ine
th'e stom'y that during the late experi-.
miente carried on with torpedoes In the
Elbe some of these unpleasant Dma
shines broke loose and flosted away
Into tbo oean, The possibility- of a
yacht, std'amos, o'r pead:-ful tradingi
Sip co'ibg I~ contaoct with one of
S'msavryune-stfortable idea,1
as we tear they woui'& not re-speet
etitral bottoms. It i's 6sanestly to
b4 hoped that filany of theab t6rfel i
d'ods haie wafidealed titom therr properj
f'at'hs, thef will .siolg by -th'oir owe I
weight ,without lost of time, or be
tome thie pirygof.se6ie iet monster,
wmho will be not a little surprised -a
the of'eoL produqed by sunkha 'pofet'
Do t be trou l)d yi
t#1i hae?n t ihesd
*ommona ieliti , suid .yr*et~asesot
*0ur heas wsae ht.se
More Arms for France.
The Freuch steame-r Lafayette a
ad yesterday, for Havre, with the i
lowing war materi1l.
carea bras, '
10 barrels flour,
5 C-i6. arms,
C71 caue c.ararides,
250 cases harness,
25 cases ueat,
1.850 cas i muskete, 433.(
088 t s ifleei 164 4
#0cases p Aiafo', 10',
. 4o Oases gunip, 20,
7U o..ses bayonets, 1.L
Tot n $734,
total shij'u'eni since the
.Var, $ 11,3o1,331.0
Theo stegmer 0-Cdeordia ele.tred y
orday for PAlduth Ruigbnd, wit;
the will uwait orders for proceeding
France. She tahes its a c.argo for t
!'rench l1.upublic 4 42.4 eases ammnu
ion, 1,70. ea C Ia tridges, 250 ca
nu.skets, i,000 e.SC4 rIe s, 15 ea:
>atteries nd IA ened pickaxes. T
otal value of ht h ero of arms
834 200.-A z, Yok World.
If! the eable nwi a few day aj
here was a brief se'ntenee alnnounci
hat, Mr. John B. Wulter, son of t
Irincibal ownbr of the London Tim'
as drowned while skattit: It is b
few weeks "iiee young i... Valt
as in this country, having just co
luded his second vi,it to the Unit
tates. Mr. John Walter ( le fathe
et great store by this sun, wilo if
ad lived would have been the four
f his name, by direct descent, in tl
wnersibp and control of that, rocnown
)Lurnal, the London Tiwes. Tl
enior of the hse, having be0Con
.vare during his own visit, to tLi
ountry, inl 1866, of the great adva
Ige it is to the influential Engli,
)urnalist to have knowledge tru
ersonal ooserybti ) t the tn iti
tate sreens to have thoigtt it. der
able tflat his eldest mio and probabl
uccessor should have ia second opjl
Unity for making hi .well acquaint<
-ith Autorican alairs. T Vis isit,
4 haevo mentimirred. i'nmi lae it, tl
ill of ihis year as tie e tielusiun of
)ur all round the wortd, iaid voye
Valter could have been at hoiie b,
few days when the sorrowful cute
rophe occurred. For Mr. Walter ti
ither tfie elinity.b's ttiore than
rivate grief, for. with an expandii
Bnse of the high responsibilities
lie great orgati of 10ng i t infirn
ion and 4ngilish opinion, founded I
is fadnily, a'rd oier which it seemi
estined to presc4e ontrul, Ito h
arefully trained hidi adois, by ove
dvantage of eduEation, at hoine,
allege and travel,so to fulfil tlh
jiision t hat he world at large shoul
e the gaitner by him and their laboi
Loo -to -rnF Wivi.n jWIRAT
t is rare to find a field of wiint
,bedt on which there are not lo
pots &h(re the water lies .n the su
too. Mich might kive been done
refeiilt thfi by "furrowing ont,"
)on as the grain was sowii. Now
iust be done with the hoe and Vl
pade. Some wheat may be destro
d b# thooperation, but not one-ten
f what will be ''wmieei-killed" if' tl
rater is allowed to reinain ontl
and.
Let not a moment 1)0 lost in atteni
gto this nmatter. It is by rio inea
esubstit'ute for, tinderdraining, b
I. is far better thtan nothing. If tl
and is low commcnee to dig whoe
here is an outlet, and make wait
allow you upj ?nto tlie land. Vi
,ill Ve oitonished to find how mit
all there is, event on land that is a
afently on a dead levol. Try
ndyo ' will siie vihoat enough
'uf idfrat'-ollsa agrid'ulttiral librar
To Tna NonT:' 1ozs.-Oapta in
l'. H-all, to whom has been ontrusti
he Governmdnt mqpprpriation for
~oyage to the North Polo, is now I
ing out a vessel, aad intends to sa
ext May. Ile prop'oses to sail
steam brig, properly thted ai
trengthened for a voyage among tI
oo. Hie means to truin hisa crew
ive upon the edutstry -that is to srn
o eat riaw 5teal and walrus inoat al
Ib nk train oil. Thus only, ho thin
an men endure the rigors of f,
uticolimote. He appears to
anigulne of reaching the p'ole.
Thdsmess Pridarcms.-Our W:
erni oxchanges gheirallg a~peak
tade as uvatsdal~y stagnant,jtu.t toc
>)ut ar6 hopdful of b~riager, tiid
oo t domue; At Of'eIrimfg, 0
EdLoiileand othern stres
> e' lO~ , mioney ra deerd'oe d do
IWd amItted, frover,' t I'at If
od'y i nakinmg money btkh few
6a~og iV 8pecu~Thidh ventdlVes
a dhIajvor, and the'di1d ni'o tt.6 W'h1
hutb surp " is comil to.1.4 ,bot
.p fsterto Portug
r e
tha6 WAs bitten by W@D8olie
", ir, it was ui~y youngest.
ilnsb eahWthaMsawoseo
r- Wital tiey saf In il. $. C. Legislattre
ne Th Hoie met at 't P. M,, in
Committee of the whole, to take into
oonsideration the stote of the country.
Mr. Ieidersoni, of Nuwberrf, said
tie would not, lay ouy ebarge at the
r, door of the Executive. If he be dekll
* gou of his high duties, und be inclined
to det-part from the path of true Repti!.
I lieannim, let. him alone, and he will
Y come back to us as many others have
ddne. He thought the 'colored people
of his County amnpiy able to protect
g themselv es, if only, as "Grabaldy"
d says, the requisite arms be furnish
Sed thim. They were 1,200 in the
u m ajority, and if this nuubot- couldn't
sustain themselves, there wats fio need
of extraneous aid. Better to hate a
e general war, and have ten colored
e men killed to one white man, than
that the present stute of affairs
should continue.
k Question by Smart-Would the
y speaker please request that the front
beats be vacated, and invite mourners
to the altar ?
Mr Dannelly, of Orangeburg, s-tid
he had heard nothing but blustering
and talk of murders and riots, &k.,
h and had seen no measures t:.ken, as
he desired, to promote ieaee and
harmony beteent all chaises and
e r.ices, :a ,l that would redound to the
e int.res's of the whole! pe-o.ple.
Mr. Allon of Ilorry, (Demecrat,)
0 was next cieiod upon. He said froi
the rejiirti Wnd evileceo oi all 'lea
b given, it unmast be admilit~d that the re
4 are serious list urbances in the r In
'9 try ; but the idea that all the disturb
It an1C.9 Were CPol'tted to the ip-ctuntry
or all tho Wttrages pefpAtii:Cd en
a tirely by I)emocrats, was false ; that
P he waS prepared to second .any meas
tire L>oking tit the preserv ition of the
p peace ansi entoreement of Ohe law by
eall h-ga mieans, but woild strentu.
ouly ofp(o1s3 any interpisition of t he
niIlrary arum of the Gv'rumient,
t which he fC1t confldent, could but fe
e suit in a Worse and mIore hauetiable
g complication of matters. These dis
.9 turbances hate a cau.,o, and if that
C cau~e be 'removed, their cure wduld
follow. Let the Legislature cease tb
do evil, and good would necessarily
- follow. He oliposed the indecent
t and uinjustilled attacks made upon the
i- overnor within the last few day.v
Gov. Scott was not the man of his
d choice, but he was lirepared to recog
Aire and respect him asthe Chief Ex
e 6cutfve of the Stat6 ; dhfd that so far
at least during thb prifsent adninis.
tration he was conscious of no act of
t Gov. Scott that should subject him
d to stich maliguant abuse. H-e
4 hoped that no extrdordinary and has
is ty action would be adopted, but that
d the General Assembly wduld assist
9 the Eiecutive in afi impaftiidl aid
fearless administration of the law,
which in his opinion, was fully ade
quate to answer the necessity of the
occasion.
lMr. Janiison of Orangebu'g, said the
time for r6Asoning and conisideration
was passed-the titie for a6'i6n had
come. Rasoning was the great fault
e of the Republican party, and had
t caused nuth disaster~to it; He favor.
e ed the levy of a tax up6n the ivealthy
0 citizens of the Ji.orderly Counties td
pAa'y for every man, woman and child
IA jlur~ied. Thett you d'ihl race every
nproperty bolder a vigl'lance 6ommits
te, and all outrages dill imedi
stely cease. Iae wated to dive into
d the pockets of the propetty holders;
fot to them and to their money was
due the troubles that exist in thte u'p
>f country,
y 1%lr. Hiurley believed titat the dliif
in; culty was not with the white people,
ea nor wvithl the black people of South
'0 Carolina, but with the Executive,
10 who had failed to execute the laws
d' from incomptten~y and cowardic6 to
r- do htis duty. lie should be forced to
obey the behest of the law ; and if
he would trot, thme General Assembly
!i nityst do ft for l'iim. We mnisft, eNa
e8 Charles R~ead6 ays, put ourselves in
is his place; and sde that the power of
2, - h'law bevindiocated. Sufficient laws
t b'ad bee'n made and ample appropri'a
ur tiend granted to enable the Gotornor
it to dupft'ess every disturbance in the
r Stato af'nee its organisat ion, a~nd if1
the laws had not b'e'en dtfly eifecuted
a of a certainty every dollat' of the
hi money at least, had beed eupeded;
0 Th'e wl olo cause of' il1 (We (f'oubl~i
i~ das the abus., by tho dovernor of
-his appointing power, by placing into
It offiee i'gnorant, cowardly and ineffi.
is clend mnen: [Immen'se app~lause.J
S~o ) Si0oa1 TH o nE
eSTRFAM.-Captai Maury, of the
SPaciflo Mqil Stdam Ship Comjiany'*
esteamer Oceean Q.ueen, repies ha in'g
'et with,a violet show~ s'torm several
dekk~es below the Gulf Stream on hfti
pto passnge from Aspinwall toNw
plies during the past twenty o twet4
r. ty-ftve years, during wteb ~Taftd'af
l ' aury has travelsed the a0.me oue
fjogbsrt, Inud.a ladIje have lots
of fue puting st'aled eomges under
Sbeds, a'nti getting up a soare abddg
d buarglare. -
The following sontonga~of 1 othir4
ly-four letters oontains all the * tters
e jgjthe.lge "Jolg uly '
A Fiery Couch.
1i. Ou Sunday mrnitg a most Pirigular
'oI. and at first t hught incrodible oCCuIr
relice was brouhg lt light at Atlan
A5 tie dock, a Man beib4 discovered
oi aeleep, and still alivo in a "Gery fur.
190 nace." The facts are as followa : Ou
45 Saturday night Captain J. L. Lounus.
00 bery, of the tug J. K. Ouile, returned
7s from removing a ship in the harbor,
t) lay up oV.r Lighit, as is the Cuqtoml of
(; Lugs, at the Atlantie dock. The fires
, were carefully "b.nked," and the
#j firemeU Went shore for a few hours.
1.1 Sun iday mornintg he returned, and
on entering the Luider iuoou to iuspect
1 his firc,, he was surprised atd horri
fld at the ight of a human head
just within the furnace door. lie
33 nat ural ly rupposed life to be extinct
. for when the'fires were banked the
re embers were raked to the bnek of the
to furnaco, and fre., fuel was added.
he The fire was larger than customary
Si. and the heat Wits Intense, but tle dis
es covorer seized the supposed lifeless
form by the head, and the body was
he drawn quickly out. It was ' rid hot"
is and "lit to rous;'' one 1 lhoe Was
was ellarred .ff and the ot her was
burned to a e:isp. The f.vt were
baeid, and the skill, where th- cluth.
19 ing peeled oiff, wa r.estid. Notwitt,
be staniding all this, the man wa. most
evidently ulive, and seunding forth a
ut he.ivy drunken bn'ro lie was freed
er suflicieitly from the dirt und iahes to
- be recognized as a "doek wull.oper"
named Johan MoCrath, who lad once
r) been a fit eun, hut who hd '10.4t
ie ete" by his fondnc!e for fire-water.
Itappeired that he had freely im
bibed on Clri[tmas day, and after
d going his bottom copper it a saloot,
o was kindly east out by a geitlemanly
1 proprietor as had'Ing outstayed his
u eluluesm. After coming within an
Ce I of "feeziag poin1t," he eluded the
watchful eye of the watchman, and
I stretched himseif f.>r the obtaining of
.d needed warmth and shelter from winds
i' that, blow and ould that bit in the
le place designed for another surt of
r- fuel as before shown. lie llbos uoti
d ing on the shoes, as they were not
Is his. le expresIed no contrition
for his beastly ifix iktin?, bot
a severely " i m I ( , ..
i' for expelling htim to t i. it ,vii
it while celebrating Chrinfinias. Ca pt.
- [ounsbei ry, in all his long experience
te says he nover before saw or kuew of
I such a ease, nid no one knowing the
t. condition of things at the time would
0 deem it possible for a human being
to live five tmiinuteS, muct1lh less to sleep
1Y there, exeopt to sleep his last sleep,
j but such is the faot, and there's an
other case for science, as si owing what
ry amount of heat the human body can
at stand.
d "LKr U1. 4 D. OUR T1'tI.M:."-We
- took occasion a few days ago to re
.1'ark on the rumor that another "new
or inovenent," was on foot, and to pro.
test againstt tit, premature and un
r- accem.)ary, it I we are glad to observe
that our views on this subject are
s genierally entertain d by tih pre s
O oil this subject. tLe F.adericksburg
IIerald very justly rmnarks :
Wn the period for tile nationl
raccs ii more advanced, aid when
Sdelegates wvill have to be chosen to
rep:eJL'nt Virginia in the Nationi l
Daniocratio and anti-Ra diceal elements
- oif Virgintia in a State Covent ion.
Lot us bide our timo, so that when'
Lut we strike it will lbe with a purlpose,
Sand a bl.ow that will send Radicalism
re rooling to its political grave"
or Our c otemiporary is right. Lot uis
ioour time ; and whent tihe bugle:
Scalls us to "sadldle up~" we will bring
.out "White Sorry,"' and distaneo
Grant o n his black dlraug~ht honho.
to Until thott, htowever, let usj avoid
overtai ning, which has ruined more
thtan one good ho~rse before the raoing
C. day.-.Nofo/k Vh-ginia.
a The Georgetown Timhes says :An
t' inquest was held by Coronet WV. 0.
ii MIunnerlvn, on Firiuday of last wo~k on
ii the body'of Ned (langbelt. at Weo.
id haw plantation, in this district; it
tO appears that on the dlay biefore, the
to dee'ied toik his gun and wentt on to
Y- uice-fleld banks to doot wild dJucks,
ad anid, not returning tiie next mb.ording,
ks search was made for htita, whioh ro
he suIted in finding him lying aoron: theo
be bank, with hi's gun pointing in the
direction of the fold whiere duoka usu
-ally feed. Hie was frozen stiff. Vor
ofdiet in accordatnoe wi'th the facts.
S ays the Reading Times :Lefs tid
es youg men remeuiber that to, be euc
cOsslful there isuiit b6 trtitbiness
upon all points, sobriety at all thnes,
and never flagging industry. Thea:
re witliout th6 o sbfijy' of failure;
efor In' tlhia w I'ely extendpa doutdtry
*1of outs n.6'niaf need be' witliout the
e moans of obtaining wealth,lif that be
his desire ; distinction, 1$' such lbe bis
tbqughts tor, what is far better. thanp
all, a happy home.
,. The Peeident in his taissge stat.
od-that the ae4taIsition~ of RSn omia.
go. ould "ay our dent,' and add
hd. othetwlse to the solvenoy and ghtuy'of
1" she natio#. .h egporte aod Istpot
br e of the island in jnet~fan for h a
The Baltic of Amiens-ll-artless CoA.
duct of Rich ClUslzns,
Ami'eun ia ti rici town, has a nd.
m'erouj dwl-to-do Oiaks, and a little
"Upper tou" oircle. It will hardly
be credited that, except placing a few
out-houses without windows, on floor9
wibiout a particle of ttraw, the rich
did nothing for the 12,000 bleeding
brave that Jay for two days on the
6elds whero they fell. Not a haud
boight food, clothing or mediedi
cares, but what the English luterna.
tionu' ciety supplied. It was their
t wo .ors -who, with two brave
Pr surgeons, attended on the
hengis of wounded soldices-all
Fretich, for the GOrwTans had sent ou
their own to Germany, except the bad
case t Not, a citisen thought of men
ving in the agonies of death, oz:
uoist, bare floors, without clothing,
for two or three days ; the wealthy
shut thetnselves up with the most re,
pulsive, shocking inhumanity. I
blush to ndd that not a priest left hig
comfortable cloister to give consola
tion tothe dyius. It was the poet
vallagers who ag.o gavo all they
coubl collect fr211 their shattered
biut,eholdls to their suffering brothers.
Anl the rich profesi to look with awe
upoi t he working classes, yet shirk
the uoblcst 00Onion to gain their
s'yipathies. It is the blaokest page
in ti battle of A miens.
"Man's inlunanity to roan
Makes countless thousands moure"
Tin DIFFERENCF.-A negro
ing complained to Forney's Press
he had been excluded frow a P1
Lielphia theatre, that p. per, wl
would have pronounced twe exclui,
a groat outrage if it had been mx
in a Southern State, console. the 4
key as followa :
"At all events, it is not. a very u
torial isue for our colored frien..
ie had fur better be qualifying him,
self for the use and enjoyment of hil
new franchiso by foiuo other means
than going to theatres. No race or
class ever yet raised itself in uaoh a:
way. If the colored people of Phila.
lelphia were kept out of every circus,
sotneort, ualoon,or theatro in the city
Ahey would probably be all the better
"or it. The white folks who educate
hemselves in plnoes of public amuse.
vent, whether it be the 'froe and ea
ty or the opera, are not the class for
sur new cititons to emulate and copy
after."
We supposo Sambo was satisfied.
An old, experienced nan In door'
gin, once planted a large peach or
chard in the glados or open spaces of
a pine forest-leaving the large
pines as a protection to t-e more
tender peach trees. He was very
succesful in producing healthy, long
lived trees and regular crops of frdit ;
and-he always contended that the
partial shade of the pineA was Mord
favorable to the peach than an o'pen'
and sunny exposuro The pipe, hb
avered, drew nothing from the soil
which the peoh needed ; and h6
often distinctly stated t6 us that he
had grown peach troes of the most
healthy and vigorous character with
in' two or three feet of large and lofty
pines0 trees WVe can not doubt those'
statements of our friend, as wo know
bin to hie a man of the strickest integ.
rity and honor, and as we, ourselves,
rre cognizant of many facts corrobora.
tivoof his practice and theory.
ANo-rHEN IbiloRTANqT IrsUlANuE
CAnarDrcrosn.-An im portant insur.
anee suit, has jest been decide dby a
Michigan court. The case at issue
was that of a man robbed au,d murder.
ed while walking home, lHe helds.
policy in an accident insurance comi.
pauy, andI upon this hi's ad ministra.
tor bued to recover. The ourt, bown
ever, ruledl thant travoling on fogt
cannot be construotod to mwpt the
condition of the policy, which p~ro
moribe rooory only W4hen flyo, geoi.
den't is the result of travelling "bf
private or itibtFo tonveyenoe." Tbg
co'urt thereupon Sustainled -thd -om
panl in itrs rofusali to pa~y its polioj
upon the murderea nWan'a lifs.
.Tlhat, genial writer Ilonjamin P.
.9Gillabor, whoso 'tigs of Mrs.
Partinmgton" wor', so popular a few
years ago' retired on the last day of,
fhe ,)ear from hts editorIal conneotlot
with the periodleals published by
Nssf8s. Tfiem's & Talbot, of B00to02
?ifr. EhIllabor has written moc to
render j.>yous the passlug hour for
Qtbers and oortainly deserved~ to live
happy all the rest of bjs days.
Ordn , flherman and Skodduen woe
only the hands of htaukou. "I have
no fenejal," said the great War See.
rets'ry, "but have wnen, Nnd 'I will
crowd th em in .until this thlng sbafl
be smotheled.' And so be did. The
nitoh to Uiobwonid w* s tade * highb.
Majof~wasand this faeMa Gea i'
al l't It) lifed, woundoif eitd taisping -
otorb 'than Lee had u#der' hlp.-,bo
A e~#~a wp hun
wane shd (ben 1$ 4ole .be dtU$