The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, August 05, 1869, Image 2
THR JOIJIiiVAL. I:
Camden, August 5,1800 (
REMOVAL OF TI1E POST OFFICE. \
We mentioned in our lust issue that j
the Post Office was about to be removed ,
from its preseut location, to llutledgc j
^street, next door to Gen. Kershaw's i
Law Office. ,
> We do not see that there is any rea- j
son for this change. The Office ought 1
. to be situated in a place most accessible <
$ - . ? 4 ^ 1 * #
* ; "and convenient to all citizens. The t
main street is certainly the be. t street t
^ and its present position the most convenient
for that purpose. Persons not
acquainted with the town, will frequently
be at a loss to find the place to which
it is to be removed, and our own busi- 1
ness men be compelled to go out their \
way, to a aide street tor their man mac*
ter. By this contemplated removal,
one of the old landmarks of our town
will also be swept away". In view of
all these objections, we enter our protest
against this change.
LITERARY.
The lion. W. Z. Leitner's address
to the DeKalb Literary Society on
Monday evening last, did equal credit
tc his head and heart. A labored criticism
would bo out of place, as being
unnecessary to those who were present,
and an injustice to the Judge's fine effort.
1 lie first demonstrated the prcj
senoe of "action" as a principle throughout
the realm of Nature. Then ad*
duced the human mind as an example
qf the sublime height to which this
principle might be carried when joined
with fitness or adaptability. He pointed
uS to the blight star of Hope, as not
yet hurled or hid by the dark clouds
which environ our political horizon be- 'J
??M.APOrt/l frv north flin min/1 t
cause luuugn pu?vu w &?>? , >uv
would ariso like a Phoenix from its
ashes, and again prevail from its innate
power of action. He demonstrated the
necessity of work, work which is remunerative,
to bring back the prosperity
of our Southern land. For this purpose,
he advocated that each .should take the
Bible as his gQide, making it a lamp to
his path, and the standard of all his; actions.
The whole address was replete with
. ^ ..lofty similes, fine ideas and grand apostrophes.
FREAK OF LIGHTNING.
On Wednesday of last week, during
the , prevalence of a thunder storm, n
noble oak in Mrs. M. B. Villepigue'k
yard was struck by lightniug, and completely,
shattered: . A stump ten fee:
iin height is all that remains of a largo
iiree fifty or sixty feet high. Fragments
were thrown to a distance of many
.yards, some of them of great weigh!.?
We presume that the fluid must have j
descended in the form of a ball, to
jause such utter destruction.
jBACHANALIAN. - I
About two weeks since, some of the w
, votaries of the merry god visited our u
1 town with tho seeming purpose of ex- P
ercising their powers of voice, which j
they succeeded in forcibly impressing t
upon tho tympana of our citizens. But a
one of them was so overcome by I113 F
feats that be felt unable to stand on bis ^
.n*? i r - ? . . . s
feet and acknowledgeing his defeat, al- e
though very loth so to do, applied to t
the Town Marshall for lodgings, which 1
that official very generously affordeJ
" i i ?j _ 1 i_ i
ium in tne "caiaDOose, a piace set apart
for the reception of obstreperous indi- c
viduals with imaginations so vivid as to t
lead them to believe that they are priv- o
ileged to use tlie public streets of the *
town, as a theatre for their performances.
t
Last week, though, Watcrco Town- t
ship gave us a similar evidence of its c
oongeniality, in the person of one, who '
from his actions, intended to join the '
first circus and menagerio that came (
along, as the "wild man of Wateree." !
This person first gavo an exhibition of J
L* uwcular powers, by beating upon (
his chest, as the Gorilla is said to do {
-l"" T\r/"iftnpinrr n friint r.-xjnm. I
WUCU UU^lJ, f/.vuuv/.WQ - .
blance to the sound of a muffled bass 1
drum. Then, also free of charge, an '
exhibition of his powers of imitation (a (
faculty celebrated in monkeys and child- j
ren, especially colored) of a bull, ram :
j>ant, for he threw up dirt aDd brick- 2
bats, and valiantly declared his resolu- '
tion to whip his way through a cloud of
invisible enemies. But just at this ,
period of the show, the town marshal <
carao up to the exhibitor for the pur- <
pose, wc presume, of demanding the j
Town tax on public exhibitions, which ]
being refused, put him to tho necessity ,
of offering him accommodations in the ^ i
HimMmimt am i- *nr>- n
same spacious hotel above referred to
Fo this, however, the exhibitor demurred,
and tho marshal] was on tlie point
)f pressing his offer, when lie leaped
iuto his wagon which was near by ind
3rove rapidly off. l>ut the smouldering
fires of his wrath burst into flame,
! ><? Vinil #rr\nA nnA hundred Yards.
'** "v v,,v J "' /
lud standing up lie gave out in language
more forcible thau elegant, that lie was
animus, up it usque jmrufux, and wrapping
himself in his respectability, lie
)adc farewell to the grasping town of
UamdeD, which could not allow his.high
lioral exhibition to proceed, without
,he payment of its paltry tax ! !
FOR TI7E JOURNAL.
" QuLsqnc Succ Fori una. FaLer.
The speech of Judge Leitner, deivered
on Monday evening last, before
die DeKalb Literary Society, was liscned
to with marked attention and
elicited much applause. The principle
md power of action pervading all aninate
nature and so beautifully brought
rnt and portrayed in his oration, it was
leasing to sec, was, notwithstanding
he storms and accidents of battle, not
ost to him in person and that he was
tble to stand throughout the delivery of
lis address. The grand old theuic of
abor received new charm and illustraion
at his hands, and was invoked with
uch beauties of sentiment, earnestness
if purpose and devotion to truth, as to
eave no doubt in the minds of his aulicnce,
where he stands in the great field
if action. The DeKalb's feel that they
ire doing a good work in their public
intcrtainmcuts.
Manufacturers at tite South.?
?eopIc everywhere are beginning to
ipeu their eyes to the marvellous ad vanages
which this Southern land of ours
losscsses as a manufacturing region.?
The contrast between the doleful talk of
he New England mill owners and the
ihcerful reports from the cotton factoies
of South Carolina, Ccorgia and
ither Southern States, is too marked to
ong escape tho keen sighted capitalists
if theNorth. A Massachusetts uiiinufacurer
has recently declared that it cost
ixlcen cents to manufacture fabrics
vhich would not bring in market more
ban fifteen cents per yard. Whether
his be true or Dot. certain It is that either
>ccausc of real loss, or in order to selure
a high protective tariff on foreign
joods, the whole Yankee manufactu' "log
ntcresl is just now making particularly
vry faces. Formerly, as is well known,
he profits of cotton manufacture were
rery groat, and it may now bo that iho
jomplaint is owing to rather reduction of
hese largejdividends tbaD to the alleged
otal deprivation of profits. In any event
mwever, it is gratifying to know that
he depression, real or affected, which
ire vails iu New England, is not felt in
nv degree by our own mills, and that
ven recently established cotton facloios
in the cotton producing region arc
taying quarterly dividends of five per 1
eut. upon initial experiments. New
Cngland manufacturers must look in it 1
r their occuprtion will soon be gone.? i
Micy must choose between contenting
homselves with smaller profits trans- 1
erring their mills Southward, or surnogthcir
capital intoothcr avenues. lua j
ew years the people of the entire South
rill bo supplied with cotton fabrics
aanufactured where the cotton is grown, i
lossibly Southern mills may find a larcc '
larket also in the North for their goods, i
n tbo faco of the united opposition of ]
he groat West, aud of a South steadily
nd surely increasing in wealth and i
iowerL the '-industrial kings" Down
iast cauiiot hope much longer to bol- |
ter up by special legislation, at the
xpcnso of consumers, the consumers,
he pleasant monopoly which has so
ong kept them sleek and fat.
Charleston Ncics.
Well Said.?The Augusta Clironi7c
and Sentinel Bpeaks thus: "Since
he reconstruction of South Carolina
md the establishment of negro govcrnnent,
the white people of Edgefield
Dounty, though all of them ardent Democrats,
and, as such, bitterly opposed
.0 the possession of the State being
.urncd over to a race of ignorant negroes
and a few infamous carpet-baggars
ind scalawags, have been among the
most law-abiding citizens of the State,
reough nearly all of the younger men
)f the County were in the Confederate
irmy?where many of their number
ivere slain?and were not disposed to
ook very kindly upon the new order of
hings, yet, restrained by the example
in/1 cns?1i mnn na Rnnlvim
jlary, and Butler who were their Gcuuals
during tlic war, they have carefuly
refrained from doing anything which
would give to their enemies a pretest
:o oppress them. "But it appears that
their good conduct has been of no avail
ind that the miserable tyrant, Scott,
ind his underlings have have determin2d
to drive them to desperation."
Chief Justice Chase.?Whatever
may be said of the political eccentricities
of Chie*' Justcce Chase, all men must
2onccdc that lie is a uiau of admirable
lignity, and that he knows how to assert
himself with a most becoming and
magisterial grace. The truth of this
was superbly exeniplilicd,a few days ago,
when in full robes of office in the Su- 1
A
preinc Court. It appears tliut AttorneyGeneral
Hoar lias recently presumed so
far as to treat the Judges uf',tb& Court
with courtness and disrespect. In the
progress of a speech by him, the venerable
Justice Nelson inquired: "What is
the page of authority you arc quoting,
iMr. Attorney-General ?" To which the
man whom ex General Grant gave a
Cabinet place in exchange for a library,
replied : '01 ay it please the court, I
decline to be interrupted in my nrgu
ment." Whereupon the Chief Justice,
assuming upon .his younger shoulders
the affront directed at his associate, and
incidentally reflecting upon the whole
bench, brought the Massachusetts attorney
to his knees at onco by saying :
"31 r. Attoruoy General, you will cease
in your argument for the present.?
This court, as you will learn wheo you
have become used to its .amenities, reserves
the right to question at any time
any of the counsellors on any point whatever.
Your rejoinder to the question of
my associate is inadmissible; and when
you have apologized to the court for language
which we must say was never
heard here before, you may proceed, but
not until that is done." Whereupon the
legal bully collapsed and meekly begged
pardon, which it pleased the codftto allow.
ercnelneiujeu Gone to Atlanta.
?We have been informeiTthat on Mondav
nieht Eichelbcrgcr, the scalawag
coroiic and commandant of the negro
militia of Edgefield County S. C., left on
tho Georgia Railroad for Atlanta.?
Kichclbcrger was in this city for several
days, but no one was able to ascertain
the object of his visit. It is now said
that he has gone to Atlanta for the purpose
of having an interview with Bullock
and getting the latter to adopt measures
to restrain the Augusta Ku Klux from
attacking the negro militia which are
to be stationed in Hamburg. Two Federal
soldiers are reported to bavo been
the incendiary's escort to the capital.
August a Chronicle and Scnlintl.
ORDr.NAT/ON AND CONSECRATION.?
At Winntboro', S. C., on Saturday last,
the venerable Bishop Davis, assisted by
the Reverend Clergy, Messrs. DuBose,
1. w?it,,,
l'li;\_fUIIUUgIl, t > UIM.IJ V/ l>vm ??v
Pastor of St. John's Church, Winnsboro',
the Rev. R Withers Metnmingcr,
ordained to tho order of Deacon,
Mr. Albert P. StRart, tho well known
editor of the Charleston Mercury. The
sermon was preached by the Rev. C.
Brace Walker, and was a model of sincerity
and simplicity, the text being
the familiar one, "Necessity is laid upon
mc to preach the Gospel."
Tho Rev. 11. Withers Memminger
then presented tho candidate to the
Bishop, and the preliminary questions
being answered, tho candidate knelt,
and tho whole congregation joined in
the litany, led by the Rev. Win. P.
DuBose.
Disturbance in cuesteiwf.r.n
District.?Tho Cheraw Dcmocmi, of
tho 30th tilt., publi><hcs the following
account of a serious disturbance that occurred
recently at Mount Croghan, in
that District:
Wo regret lo have to report a serious
difficulty in our District at the recent
township elcciion, but aro <*ad to learn
that our people were not responsible for
it. Several statements have reached us,
but the following is the best authenticated
and seems most reasonable.
During the progress of the elect 'on,
\ negro walked tip to Arch'd Nicholson
with demonstrations of fight, and told
him he was going to whip him. Nicholson
immediately went for his rifle, whete
lie had deposited it, but it bad been removed.
lie then advanced with his
knife on the negro, who ran and was
pursued. At last the negro turned with
a rail in his hand, and the fight began.
While struggling with each another negro
came up and struck Nicholson on
the back of the head with a gun, which
put an end to that affair. John
Nicholson, the brother of Archibald,
had fullowed on to prevent the fight if
possible, and made every effort to do so.
He was struck in the forehead with a
rock, from some quarter not known, and
while binding up his wound Archibald
was there looking on. The young men
at the polls become exasperated at the
conduct of these negroes, and drove
them away ,but>did not interfere with
those who took no part in the fracas.? |
Archibald Nicholson, on bis way home,
complained of bis hurt, which was not
regarded as serious, and after he reached
home died from its effects.
Application was made to a magistrate
for a warrant to arrest the negro who
had killed Nicholson, but lie refused
it. On what ground ho knows best, and ,
will probably be required to inform the
Solicitor.
New 0 keen rack Dollars.?The
Treasury Department, it is stated, will
soon issue new United States notes of
'1"> .lnnnm!nn?inn np nno find IWll (lol
larss, tbe plates for which are now being
engraved. Tbc new one dollar notes
will have a vignette of Washington and
a representation of tbe discovery of
America by Columbus on the face, instead
of vignette of Chief Justice Chase i
as ou those now in use. Tbc new two <
dollar notes will have a vignette of Jefferson
and a view of the capitol, instead
of a vignette of Franklin, on tho present i
ones. The plates for these notes have
already been engraved at the Treasury I
Department. The designs for the new !
lives, tens, twenties and other denomi- 1
nations have not yet been determined j
Upon. j
F i KST A N NI; A I; FA I It 0 F T UK
STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY".
The following circular explains the
reasons why the Executive Committee
of the State Agricultural and Mechanical
Society arc compelled to call upon
the people of the State for the means
of making the Grst annual fair "in all
respects creditable and useful."
To the statcmcht made by the committee
we can add but little. The pro1
posed fair will undoubtedly bcucOt the
agricultural and mechanical interests upon
which the cities of the Slate arc
largely depcudent, and with which they
are intimately connected. We are confident
that in the country districts all that
is needful will not be backward in proving
the zeal of her citizens in forwarding
the good work of encouraging the South
Carolina planter and farmer, and the
South Carolina mechanic.
The circular is as follows :
Columbians C , July 14, 1869.
Sir?The Executive Committee of
the South Carolina Agricultural and
Mechanical Sccicfy, having mado the
arrangements for the annual fair, to be
held in Columbia on the second Wednesday
in November next, now appeal
to their follow citizens to make the
movement a success.
The development of the material interests
of the State is conceded to be a
matter of importance. It concerns the
dignity as well as the general welfare of
the people whom we represent, that all
their resources should be fully evoked.
We have brokci fortunes to retrieve,
ruined industries to revive and a just
iufluence to regain. To accomplish this
end tho necessity is upon us to move
out upon the industrial arena aud secure
the reward of energy, skill and activity.
^
Asa means to this end citizens of the
State representing that portion of its
capital and intelligence devoted to industrial
pursuits, feeling that these interests
are inadequately represented in
the present Slate Government, (hence
the greater necessity to co-operate among
themselves.) have formed an
Agricultural and Mechanical Society,
and established annual fairs. Its Executive
Committee carrying out the
order of tho Society have arranged a
premium list and provided for the annual
fair.
But one thing remains to be done.
Under the present regime, tho Society
expects no aid from theStato Treasury;
hence the necessity devolves upon the
committee to call upon the friends and
members of the Socieiy to make the required
contributions of money, and the
committee feel satisfied that the plan
proposed for raising tho necessary funds
will meet the approval of thoso con
ccrncd in this important movement.
The committee will spare no efforts
to mate the first annual fair of the Society
in all respects useful and creditable.
They have invited a distinguished
speaker (o deliver an address; they have
arranged to have suitable buildings and
grounds prepared and it will remain
for the contributors to complete the
work thus auspiciously begun.
To provide the necessary funds,
the following scheme has been adopted
and is commended to your favo'able
consideration. It is earnestly hoped
that you may be disposed to co-operate
with us in this matter. Appended
hereto is a note, payable 1st October
next, for 820 which you arc requested
to sign and forward to Col. J). Wyatt
Aiken, at Cokesbury, S. C. You arc
authorized by a resolution of the committee
to redeem this note at or before
its maturity, by procuring ten annual
members ut S2 or two life members at
S10 each. In this event you are expected
to collect tho money from the
members you procure and to hand their
names to th2 Secretary, when your note
is paid.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient Servants,
Johnson IIaoood,
W. M. Lawton,
J. P. Thomas,
W. Wallace,
J). Wvatt Aiken,
J. I>. Palmer,
Of the Executive Committee.
S20 00. 1800.
On or before the first day of October
next, I promise to pay to D. Wyatt
Aiken, Secretary of tho South Carolina
Agricultural and Mechanical Society,
twenty dollars, for value received.
Total Ecltpsk of tiib Sun.?The
coming tatal eclipse of the sun, which
will occur on the 7th of August next,
is the only one since 1884 which could
bo observed in any considerable portion
of this country, and no other total eclipsc
will be visible in America during
the present century. As a partial c
clipse it will be visible all over the
Northern parts of this continent, while
the path of the umbra in which the
eclipse will be total is about one hundred
and forty three miles in breadth,
entering the United States near the
origin of Milk lliver, longitude thirty
degrees West, thence through the South
West corner of Minnesota, and diagonally
through Iowa, crossing the Mississippi
lliver near Eurlington, Iowa;
thence through Illinois, just North of
Springfield", and crossing the Ohio
River near Louisville, Kentucky; thence
through the .Southwest corner of West
Virginia, and through North Carolina,
Iust South of Raleigh, and thence to
tv 1."VI .v3r-rrBr^ocfATU.WJ *,n.?u?
Newborn, North Carolina, and endings
at suusct in (lie ocean, in latitude thirty
onedegrees, fifteen miuutcs; two seconds
North, and longitude nine degrees,
thirty-five minutes, six seconds East.?
AloDg the line above described, the
eclipse will be total, and at all other
places in the United States, the eclipse
ends at about suuset.
In Charleston the venerabb Miller
tells us, that it will be visible as a partial
but nearly total eclipse, and will begin
at fii'ty-ninc minutes past four, and
end at fifty-two minutes past six o'clock
P. 31. Id portions of the counties of
3Iarion, 3Iurlboro' and Chesterfield,
Dear North Carolina, it will be total for
a few moments.
Counterfeit Ten-Dollar Notes.
The new counterfeit ten dollar bills
which have created so great an excitement
among the bankers and United
States treasurers, it is said, are the finest
executed counterfeits ever thrown upon
a community. A description of the
counterfeit from Washington says:
"At first glance they seem to be a
perfect imitation of the ten dollar greenback,
and the printing seems to have
been done from the original plate, but
there arc points of difference which are
thus noted : In the original the shading
around the ten in medallion appears
like a fine network, and runs close up
to the figures. In the counterfeit note
this shading is 'picked up,' aud becomes
coarse as it reaches the figures, forming
alight streak of circular haze similiar
to that about the moon before rain.?
There is no haze in the genuine note
This is a slight point for detection. A
clearer one is the fact that in the original
notes within the light circle runnining
under the figures 10, there are
three and a third dots on the left of the
figure 1. In the counterfeit bill the onethird
dot is missing. But an infallible
mark of distinction is found under the
left wing of the eagle. In the genuine
noles are fmr distinct rows of feathers
under the wing. In the counterfeits
thero rows of feathers are undefined,
and this seems to be the only weak spot
in the whole engraving."
gen. grant a radial.? ttwiivf/,
July 80.?Among the visitors at
the White House to-day was a gentleman
who, in cori"ersation with the
President, broached on the subject of
politics in Mississippi and the Dent
movement in that State. The President
was reminded of tho conflicting
rcporis in relation to his feelings and
views upon that question, and that it w is
asserted that he had already given his
adhesion to Judge Peut. The President
replied to his official visitor, who
is my informant, Hul?luriliully Ihut the
patronage of the Administration would
not be cast in favor of Judge Dent, as
the party that supported him was inimical
to the Republican party of the country.
lu the course of conversation'the President
took occasion to express regret
that so mooy good Republicans were
found acting with men who he believed
failed to give a genuiue and hearty support
to the Republican party and the
measures of the Administration. He
docs not believe there is any issue in
Mississippi which should cause a division
in the Republican ranks in that
State, and as between the party supporting
Judge Dent and his opponents
lio favors the latter as being the true
reprcsen'a'ivcs of the principles of Lis
administration.
The President also talked very freely
upon Virginia politics. He seems satisfied
with Colonel Walker's election
and has confidence iu his integrity. lie
thinks, also, there is a fair prospect of
the uuion of the Wells and Walker
elements, and has no doubt of the
thorough rcconstiuetion of the State.?
It is inferred from what was said that
the Administration is on the side of
Stokes in Tennessee and Davis in Texas,
ami that when Secretary Jioutwell
wrote the letter to Stokes, which has
been so much commented on, he simply
reflected the views of the Aministralion.?
Wash inj lun tihyram Baltimore
Sun.
Govenor Sharkey, of Mississippi,
says a Washington despatch to the New
York ll'-ralil, arrived hero yesterday.?
Ue is very sanguine of the success of
conservative ticket at the approaching
election in that State. Judo Dent, he
says, will undoubtedly receive the nomination
for Govenor from the conservative
convention, which it is expected
will meet in September. It is thought
the radicals will nominate James L. A1
corn, a native Mississippian, who foruily
represented the State in the United
States Senate. Sharkey, who is regarded
us an extreme man of the State
rights school, says the people of Mississippi
are anxious to get back into
the Union, and although under circumstances
they would not, perhaps,
ake a llepublicau like Judge Dent, yet
they are compelled to choose between a
moderate man like him and the extreme
radicals, and of the two evils they
think will take the least. The Missis'
o ?t ? n
Hippi politicians, Ol wnoin uuvcngr
Sharkey is a type, have concluded that
it is wise policy for them to fo'low the
example of Virginia, and not only get
into the Union, but obtain control of
their own State affairs. The Goveuor
thinks the Mississippi negroes will vote
the conservative ticket in about the
same proportion as they did in Virginia,
lie says they arc gradually dropping
off from the radicals, and with the assurance
that their rights will be protected.
prefer, as a rule, to mo with their
old masters, lie expresses some fearthat
General Ames, who, lie says is a
violent" radical, will use his influence
and power as military commander to delot
the conservatives, unless he i? cautioned
on that point by President
G rant.
Prison Policy.?The number of
commitments to prisons in the city of
New for the year-1808, war 46,476?marly
equal to' the whole population
of Ttiflmirinrl Tliia: lfi * tA#rihlft
story. The New Yoik TriLiinc wants
to know "what shall-we do with'our
criminals This is a question that
perplexes the philanthropists very much.
It is difficult to say where the. policy of
punishment should be relaxed, and how
far that of gentleness, the appealing to
the personal pride of the convict should
be carried, The Tribune wants to
make criminals very comfortable. There ?
is danger in this that rogues and scamps
generally might rather seek a place in
a well kept prisou than work for a livelihood.
It has been a well-followed crntoni
amongst abandoned ficampoin seme localities
to "rusticate," as they called it,
during the summer, and contrive to get
into prison during the winter by a larceny
or some punishable offence. The
whippingpost, in-our opinion, was a
good institution. Its abolition ha*
helped amazingly to fill up the jails.?
Many a rogue would work and ledd a
steady life rathcrthan tako a whipping,
while he would commit a.crime to-get
tho good lodgings and fare whiqh tho
philanthropists are daily making better.
Criminals are criminals. The law
should deal geutly with young ones j
but old and hardened sinners are great
deceivers. .
The just ground of frc-atmept lies
bctwten the two extremes?neither foo
severe nor too genne. aoe prisons are
fast becoming delightful places-of Tetreat;
aud no wonder .the number .of
"gentlemen" seeking tbcmrequiresiho
rapid enlargement of the grand edifices
for their accommodation.?Richmond
Difijiatch.
: ' ; I
Fourteen Y earsAplzep.*?Mia? Susan
Caroline Godscy, tbo sleeping .wonder,
died at her mother's homo somo
eight miles from Ilickmanj on Wcdncs- ;
day. the 14th inst.
The hiHtory of Miss Godsey is wfell
known to the p.blic, a statement of her
wonderful condition having been pub-lished
extensively ty the prtssoftho
United States. At the time of her
death Miss Godscy was about 20 yeaYs
of age, end had been asleep, as described
about fourteen years. The existence
of this wonderful case of coma, or preternatural
deposition to sleep, has been _
douLtcd by many, bnt tho fn'etrTB indisputable.
Indeed, HolWJ IWl'lVU fflUllllJS "
ago, Miss Golsey was taken to Nashville
and other places for exhibition, but
wc understand many even ofthephy^i/.i-ina
nf Nashville looked unon the
case with suspicion. [
The history of the case is, briefly [
Wl.cn about twelve ycars*of age she Was I:
taken with a severe chill, and treated $
accordingly by her physician. As I
fever which followed her chill subsided,
she fell in a deep sleep, in which condition
she has remained ever since, except
at intervals. It was her custom
at first to awake regularly every tweoty-four
hours, and singularly, within s
few miDutcs of the same hours each day;
but of latter years she awoke oflcncr, so
much that many considered it an indication
of her ^fianl recovery. She would
remain awake five, ten, or perhaps fif- |
teen minutes, end gradually drop off to. i
sleep again- When asleep it was utter- ;
!y impossible to arouse her. She nevCr
complained of aoy bodily pain, though &
when asleep she was very nervous at
at times, and appeared to suficr considerably
by the violent twitching and
jerking of her muscles and limbs, and
her hands cljnched tightly as if enduring
severe paiD, but when awake she
did not appear to suffer eicept from *
drowsy, gasping inclination, and persistci
t effort to cleanse her throat from
phlegm. She generally passed into
sleep through violent paroxysms, which
would Inst perhaps live minutes, ana >
she would then sleep awhile as calmly
and quietly as an infant. Miss Godsey
was of media m size, and her lirabs and
muscles were well proportioicd and developed,
and grew ccnsiderably after
her affliction. ,
Miss Godsey on the day she died indulged
in a little prophesying, whio i
we give as related for what it is worth.
She said "the sun would be a total v
eclipse on the 7th of August" (this is
remarkable, because parties assert that
she could Lave had no knowledge that
this was according to calculation,) uamf
that the sun would never shine as bright
after that day. That this would be an
indication that the end of the world was
speedily approaching."
Hickman (Ay) Couiicr.
A New Phase of Southekn PoeiTfnc?A
L-ptm :ind clever correspond
cut of New York I\olld, draws the following
picture of a new class of poiticians,
existing in the South which, in
his opinion, is destined to rule the
Southern States. Wo quote:
"These are uios'ly young men and
the events of the day are giving them a
stcru and hard education the country
will yet feci. On the abstract rightfulness
of secession, on the beauty of State
sovereignty and 'what the war was for,'
the young men of the South still listen
with pleasure to the elders. It is only
I when coming to the question. 'What
' is to be done?' that a divergence ap