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THE JOURNAL^
CAMDBK ATRIL 6, 18jIJ~
Shall We Pay The Taxes f !>
In our last issue, we placetflteiorc
our readers, sinie considerations in regard
to the onerous taxes sought to be
tUWflla ntftOg .corrupt
and extravagant fdministration. ' *
Wl^ropdso now to tVfrther discuss
the same absorbing topio. Their o"bjcct
fs first, to conceal a fraud, and second
to confiscate"our property. \Vc will'first
suppose tiiut we ictfl pay these four
oiillioos dollars of-taxes. What is the
1 consequence ? In order to pay them
'we will bo. obliged to uiake enoitnous
^?ICtdfice3Npf our property, and in niary
- i t ft _-.i .... .i:.
joatanefsjwe wm DO 10U WtlllOQC I lie |
u?eao3 of gaining a livelihood. But
-whdre'weare'u# poor, who will be the
' purchaser, or who will bo alio to loan
money upon any security which wcoro
able to offer ? In default of being able
4o taiae the money by these means, to
what can we lesort ? "Wo see noway
out vof . the difficulty. Our property
will be sold for taxes and in most in
stances bought in by the State. Out of
the property so sold and bought 'the
8tato will derive no revenue, and hence
itie wheels of the Government will be
blocked.) . t . - Suppose
on the other hand, that we
refuse to pay the taxes: The result
lirill be that the Government will endeavor
to enforce collection, .and our
property will be sold and as before, the
State witt become the purchaser of so
much hon^productive capital.J|?econdly;
the State will doubtless endeavor to
dispose, of this property by sale, either
to wr own people or strangers.
Bat oar own people nqi being able
J>ay fheir taxes, will surely be equally
unable to purchase, nod hence,
strangers will be the purchasers. Id
'the meantime, bow will the Goveruwent
be carried on ? A great portion
ofits revenue failing, and the people
being wnable>.as we have demonstrated,
to payniHtfe than one third of the taxes
thai arc wowbeing- a?K!ssed; we cannot
see how the wheels of the Government
will continue to revolve. They must
ceabe.
iXHUrCnW^II uyilliwi v* vtMHiy vv^v.u.
webe or? .'loiffect, we think that our
. people should absofately refuse to submit
any longer to be swindled by a
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worthless set of thieving officials.
t If we .are to be turned out of dgors,
and made to faoe starvation, then we
I C$&&fvd'it lb. be our religious duty to
Resist such motions, peaceably if possibleJ
orcityy ifsin no other manner. I
Wo invite attention to the resold
tioOar adopted by the Board of Trade
aed Chamber of Commerce, of C'lmr*
f1: lesion,
and in accordance therewith
propose that we have a County meeting
in the Court House on tho third
Monday of this, month, to elect two
delegates to the proposce Convention
to jncet in Colombia on the second
Tuesday in May.
' The time is short, tho crisis is upon
ds, "We all* feel the necessity of prompt
action, and wo therefore urge it upon
the poople tp atjeud upon the meeting.
Let us have a largo and influential representation
of the tax payers of Kcr
sliaw.. . , .
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A17 Act to Extend tho Limits of the
Town of Camden.
Sbchon I. JSe it enacted by the Sen3
*T DAK?/u<Antufirnc nnw
ate ana uouay ui ucpiu?UWf.^ MV?
ntet aodsitting in general Assembly,
and by authority of tho same, That the
limits of tho town of Camden be, and
are hereby extended as follows, to wit:
The Wostcru boundary shall commence
at the point at whielr Wylie-strect intersects
with Pine-Tree Creek, and
shall extend Northward along the lines
of said Wylie-stroet, .three*fourths of a
mile beyond the present , terminus of
th# said street, and from this point the
or thorn boundary shall extend in an
Kesicrn direction, until it intersects
Iioree branch, and thence by course of
Hid stream, to tho point where it
Coptic* into J?ittkt Pine Tree Creek,
and by the course of said creek in a
Southern direction, to the confluence of
said creek in Pine Tree Creek, and
fhetrceby the course -of the last named
creek CO tho point where Wylic-street
now intersects the said creek.
Sec. 2. That the iDtendant and
Wardens of the town Camden are hereby"
required to proceed immediately
upon the passage of this Act, to deeig
nate bj proper marks and monuments,
the boundaries hereinbefore authorized.
Sec. 3.' That all Acts or parts 6f
Acta inconsistent with the provisions of
this Act be and the same are hereby
repealed.'.
Approved the 9th day of March, A.
D., 1871.'
SHALL WE PAY HOKE TAXES?
Strong Resolutions of the Chamber
of Commerce and the Board
of Trade of Charleston.
We present to our readers the resolutions
adopted by the above uauied
influential bodies.
1. Resolution of tho Chamber of
Commeroe:
Whejeas, Under the operation of the
present State Government, the majority
of the property-holders and taxpayers
of the State, from whom the public
revenue is mainly derived, are excludedjxom
any power in the legislation
r:..v _
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of the State, and from any practical
iuflucpco in the imposition ot taxes;
Arid wfercgx, TheJttonoyS raised by;*
taxation ttb ijWprovicfeptly'Juid eorrapt-"
Jy used and j&xpcnded by persons $?Ko
hold offiee^under the 0t nlegover omen t,
and the ?um8'app>dj>riatcd f? alleged^
public uses arc excessive 'and extravagant;
Awl whereas, Thecreditof the State
Jia* been pledged .illegally,- and it in.
now proposed to pledge the credit of
the State for further loans,* by >a new
issuo of bonds, which may beiiCgotiat?djn,tbii
jnasket .do person's ..who may
take them, in ignorance of the circumstances
under which they are issued.?
Therefore,
1. Resoled, That.we, the propertyholders
and taxpayers of the State, residing
in the City of Charles ton, do
hereby deem it our duty to declare that
the bonds heretofore issued without
legal sanction, and the so-called sterling
loan,'. or any other bonds or obligations
hereafter issued purporting to be uodcr
and by virtue of, the authority of this,
Slate, will not be held binding on us,
and that we shall, in every manner and
at all times, resist the payment thereof,
or the enforcement of any tax to pay
tho same, by all legitimate means within
our power.
2. Resolved, That wc deem it our
duty to warn all persons not to receive,
by way of purchase, loan or otherwise,
any bond or obligation'hereafter issued,
purporting to blind tho property or
pledge the credit of the'Statc; and that
all such bonds or obligaties will be
held by us to be null ana void, as having
been issued corruptly, improvideutly,
and for fraudulent purposes, and in
derogation of th<yriglita of that portion
of this State upon whom the public
btfrdens are made to rest.
3. Resolved, Tbat the taxpayers of
the State are hereby requested to meet
in their respective counties for the
consideration of this subject, and tho
enormous taxes levied of the current
year, and for the appointmont of two
delegates to represent each county in a
State Convention, to bo held in Columbia
on the second Tuesday in May
next, for the sauio purpose.
4. Resolved, That this State Convention
of Taxpayers be requested to
confer wiih his Excellency, the Goj
veruor, on the dangerous fiscal condition
of the State and request his official
aid and co operation in the investigation
of the accounts of the Comptroller
and Stato Agent in New York, so that
the amount and character of the bonddebt
and all other liabilities of the
State can be clearly stated, with i
view to sach farther action as may be'
necessary for tbe protection -of the public
creditors and of the taxpayers of the
Commonwealth, '-i - ? ,
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HESOLUTIONS OF THE BOAUD OFTR ABB*
LWhereas, under tho operation of the
present Stato Government, the wnjqrity
-of. the property holders juidliux'pnjejj
of tho Stato, from whoot- tljD public
revenue is mainly derived,, are cxslu?
j * ...j. i..,:
uea iruui any punur tn i<?v iv^'oiutiuu
of the State, and from any practical
infiuen<$ in.tbc jmpo^lion^of tuxes*
And, wherea^ the itfeneys raisca-by
taxation are iinprovidently and "corruptly
used and expended by- porsons who
hold office under .the State Govern*
moot, aud tho sums appropriated for
allegod public uses are excessive and
extravagant;
And, whereas, the credit of tho State
has been plcdgcdf illegally, and it is
now .proposed to pledge the credit of
tbo State for further loans, by a now
issne of bonds, which may be -negotiated
in* tho market to persons who may
take thetn,?iu ignoranco of the circumstances
under which they are issued.
Therefore,
1. KcsolocH, Thrft we, property-holders
and taxpayers of tho State, residing
in the City of Charleston, do hereby
deem it our duty to declare that the
bonds heretofore issued without legal
sanction, and the so-called sterling loan,
or ony other bonds or obligations hereafter
issued, purporting to be under,
and by virtue of tbc authority of the
present State Government, will not be
held binding on us, and that we shall,
in every manner and at all times, resist
the payment thereof, or. the cnforcemenrof
any tar. to pay the same, by all
legitimate tncans within our power.
2. Rc-ohed, That we deem it opr
duty to warn all persons not to receive
by way of purchase, loan or otherwise,
any bond or obligation hereafter issued,
purporting to hind tho property or
pledge the credit of the State; and that
all such, bonds or .obligations will be
beld by us to be null and void, as
having been issued in derogation of
the rights of that portion of the pooplo
of this State upon whom the public
burdens are made to rest.
3. Resolved, That the taxpayers of
the State are hereby requested to meet
in their respective counties for the
consideration of this subject, and the
enormous tax levies of the current
year, and for the appointmont of two
delegates to represent caoh county in a
State Convention, to be held in Columbia
on the second Tuesday in May
noxt, for the same purpose.
4. Resolved, That this State Convention
of Taxpayers bo requested to
confer with his Excellency, the Governor,
on tho dangerous fiscal condition
of the State and request his official aid
and co-oporation in the investigation of
the accounts ef the Comptroller and
the State Agent in New York, so that
il. /. n rt /I a f f V? r\ Vi a n /I n /I
MIC UliiUUUli uuu iiiaiuiitci \jg II1U uuuucu
debt and all other liabilities of tho
State can be clearly stated; with a view
to such further action as inay be necessary
/or the protection of the public
creditors and of the taxpayers of tho
Commonwealth.
Ben. Butler is not willing to trust the
regular army to put down the Ku-Klux
at the South, because, he says, it is
composed largely of men who were Confederate
soldiers in the war. The New
York Tribune says he will move to
amend Shellabarger's Bill so as to autbourize
the President to call for vols
unteers to do his dirty work.
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L>rf6?rpmwtenctf of the Jcyityinl l
^rne riovno tryp. i
The starting ont-Sif|M a?i?l j
fifeciiQS? C'harlcMton?THTbea* i
ire-Thc Money Marfi^lf-\ffhe 2
Chamber of* Commerce?%Ue (
Uoaril olTjcadc Ac., Ap?: J\r- > ,j
Camden-,'"ft. C. April 4^187^. |
DEAR^ouunaH. V
On Wednesday morning of fast week,
your currtspotident together with scyeral
fellow townsmen, sot out for the
I > v l f " , C i ' ! ]
commercial metropolis bf'njw: Slate:? '
The .weather .was .anything but jplcasaut,
although on board .the train wfl
managed to shut out the unpleasantness
and surround ourselves with an
agreeable atmosphere of fun, jokes and
other concomitants of good fellowship.
After a deal of anortjng:aud blowing
on the part of the engine, we were off,
and proceeding on our journey, the monotony
of which was somewhat relieved
by the various jottings, beatings, bangiugs
(?) and crasluogs of the car.?
Arrived at Kingsvilie, yonr correal
pondent wa3 met by a Mend who introduced
him to the engineer if the down
train, Tiiom^s Tuuse, familiarly called
"old Tom Purse," who kindly invited
him to a scat on his muffiiire, which
invitation was eagerly accepted, and
complied with. For forty miles or
more, entcrtaiocdby pleasant and genial
."old Tom," your correspondent enjoyed
"riding on a raiF Upon the engine,
where qbe has the best ogyortduity fur
seeing that.tho train affords, and also
can find a cheap cure for .dyspepsia,
since a pacing horse wiU~oot rack 006
more than on engine will gallop.
. After nlany attempts to interest ourselves
in conversation, books and the
. . . *
natural boautics of the route, which, by
the way, are very rare, if indeed there
arc any at atl, our'party found tlicnfselves
at Brauchville, where a very
good meal can be procured, whereof we
all partook, cxceptono, wlio'ss ho was on
the way to a wedding dinner, concluded
to save himself for that occasion, and
not exhaust his energies on 'fsmall fry,"
This duuleraUtm being supplied, we
a'aiu resigned ourselves anew, to a;
I - .
Bystem of anti-dyspeptic treatment,',
which coutropfid "until we reached Charleston,
at 7.50.1^ M., pretty well tired
out, and anxious to feci -adme good,
solid iriram^fu mam ogain.^ Ilcro the
party dissolved, oach Wcndfrg'liY way
lo hi.s d " stiiialloy, with wishes for.
a pleasant.visits and a safe return. >
Of cdurso/lhe first tliing.for n count
Irytiffcn io do when in "ttuwo," is to
make a bold j^*s to iW^Ehcatrc,
or A&idcmypf AJiwic, which your eoS
responduntsuc* ecdcd in doioatt Thursday
night. hxitlA.
were holding forth,' nnd judging from
the audience on that night,^must have
had a successful engagement. Here wp
laughed until the exertion was positively
paioful. Your Ctirrcspopdent next
betook himself to )Jroad Street, the
paradise of bankers and brokers, where
wo found that tjitll times./brined the
basis and tho head and front of their
songs* the money; market .being tight,
no business doing aiid ah unprofitable
traffic in reading papers and sucking
rulers being carried un. East Bay and the
wharves presented ft somewhat livelier
appearance, and the incessant, rattling
of the drays over the pared greets, re
minded one of a vast pounding mill in
full blast. We paid our respects to the
JVcics and Cuttri<&f where we found
our brethren oftho press quill driving
at u furious rate, or rocking their brains
for some -spicy morsel for the public
palate.
From theso haunts of b'nrinoss, we
retired to the quiet of the Battery,
where any amount of fresh atr $an be
bad for tho inhalafion of it, and a.considerable
quantity of dry goods spoiled
by thoJ dashing-spray.
Oa Saturday morning,."bright and
early we took coach for the Depot, arriving
just in time to stop the conductor
from calling out "til aboard," by
informing him that ice were not safely
packed away, thereby preventing hitn
front treading on the toes of truth unwittingly.
Ia there any necessity for us
to dwell upon the oft repeated stofy of
sleepy men and women, crying ohlf
dren, or to relate the number of times
we read the papers advertisements and
all, or the perilous escapes which we
did not have, or any cf tAe misal incidents
of railway travelling, or how a
lady from New " Yorick" endeavored to,
make us believe we were not rocon*.
structed and secession crime, and
SilERMAN a saint V We will not harrow
up your soul by recounting these
escapes, but only assure you that we
rolied into Camden or vicinity on
schedule tiiuo, and very glad to have
survived and again own ourselves yonr
Subscriber.
From the New York World.
General Grant's South Caroline.
Proclamation.
The President's - proclamation,
published yesterday, is a foil acknowledgment
of the inadequacy of
the reconstructed negro government of
South Carolina to protect life and pro*
perty and maintain order in that .State.
It thus fails to fulfil the uiost important
of all the functions for which govern,
meats are organized. The paxamouq
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K
iced of sf?ry civil society is peace aof^
juict fc^thin the bosom of the society
itsojf. /Under wt <}6njfdex^fcli<feul
rjstem defence against fiffcigj'aggresiion
^dajwvijgfjBprtRfojfefFed erg)
zoTirniiienti": and" fHcf pifcserotioa of
^altn^bU&y f B.'comn)iUflaJ re^the t
govern nieuta o&:ab separate Swfos."
For a period of more than eighty
years thia partition of Tanctions government
having pwved entirely compe?
tent ttr^pantslT en me,"repVeSs (ITsdrdor,
wul-aduiipisjprjuatice within their own
limits."., ThofSCvras anotncwhai falnobs
rebellion in Rhode. Island (a State not
niucTftar^eFlhan a;g5b$3tf2Sd^pontyj'
in 18I2", but it wae^n't dowtr without
any intervention of Federal force. We
have had,'at sundry tribes, extensive
anti-rent disturbances ip the.State of
New York.;, .hat - the State authorities
never felt thq need- of any outsider
assistance in dispersing the riotersVhjl
bringing the ringleaders to to justice.
Law and order were at one tiiue subverted
in California*; bat the San
Francisffd figirnnce committee applied
an effectual remedy. The State
governments of the South, even during
our late civil war, had difficulty in up'lloldih^.
domestic order, although they
hid a jlargo. population of slaves and
most of tliu white- citizens were absent
from their homes in the military' servlco'of
the Cuiifeiieracy.
It is ,nn instructive and most im*
pressive illustration df the value of the
reconstructed .State government which
wero forced upon the South at the
point" of the bayonet, 'th^t their vCry
authors proclaim them worthless for
fu I tilling tlio chief function for Which
goverrim'ents are instituted. In the
1 most dHficnft period in the history of
those' States, namely, the first 'two
ycjws a/ter the elbsobf tliowar, when
tho disbanded Southern armies bad
just been turned loose "upon au impotf-'
tfrished community, without employment
"of uiuch possibility of finding
any, in that trying period1 tire Southern
*Shite gotrornmetits, which had been
Established by tho authority 'of the
people, easily 'maintained order, insomuch
that it was a - theme of wonder
and 'congratulation that one of the
greatest'Ware in history tad closed without
'biingmg^ aft?# - it a train of disturbance*
General Grant'' hiibsaif
wCnt South in the winter of*1866 oh
a touroP observation, visiting s South
Carolina nrodng other States, rind made
a report'" in whioh he testified to the
good "Order and'the obedience to law
Irfiich prevailed in the South. And
trtwy after all flic Tccon.-t ruction and
t&Verirrg t>f these intervening 3ears,
tire Sam? General" Grant pats tho new
State ^OTernrheUta to open sh trae by
proclaiming that fhqr are ino'ompctcot
to discharge the o&ioary-dmiwr'ef
such gdVernrobots' in our political System..
'
\fy,fyul.8<} fpjilt with the issuance of
aucll a proclamation. Under Urn eircuinal^Dc^,
jt yisy no, doubt tho Ptesi*
dent's Jtuty..,]fi it- ' It in- no rospcct
transcends the anthotity conferred
.upooybvn .by. thcConsiiiuUop
and .by laws, of lung standing. If
tr^cnTr&r^^cac^^ifetirutihoJottcD
reconstructed government of South
Carolina is. too fccbfc and imbecile to
I preserve order, ^applies .to, ^ie
Federal government t to support its
to tcring authority,Jfcib'o Frcsiilont;is not
! at liberty to question his rcprcscpta1
tiops. They are intrinsically probable.
Hqw can. a^goveromcut tli*t,ia,loathed
and despised by ail men of character
and intelligence maintain order?
The reconstructed government "of
South Caroliua reeks with the fouW
corruption, as even the Tribune has
again and again published and declared.
The notorious \Vhitteinorc, who was
expelled frpru Congress in, disgrace
and immediately elected to the State
Senate, is ji sample of the kind ofjncn
vrjio administer the reconstructed
; government, in that State. Tlie r&kless
ejttravacaoce and ban faced robbery
I which run riot in the South Carolina
Legislature, oppressive taxes it has
[ imposed, the enormous .State debt it
has piled up, its disorderly proceedings,
ignorant debates, and bad laws, have
excited tbo coot jengf, dismast and hatred
of tlL reasonable men. . It. is not
surprising jtW a government .whioh
offends the moral sense of; th6 whole
community, and is uVorlydestitute of
Any Inoral authority," proves incapable
of. discharging the ordinary duties of
civil rulers., The people of the other
States, besides- supporting their own
governments, must be taxed heavily
for maintaining, troops to prop up the
irickoty reconstruction affair iu South
Carolina, which is fulling into ruins,
not by the dilapidation of age, but in
all the newness of recent completion,
because it was planned by bad architects
and built on 'a rotten foundation.
It fails to answer the chief cDd for
which alPhooest governments are
made; and the Republican party seems
to exult iu the hope that the other
bastard State governments, it has forced
upon the South may prove equally inefficient
and incompetent! The Republican
leader^ are eager to publish
| their own miscarriages and disgrace,
beoaose they are glad of any pretext
for re-establishing military despotism
in the South.
"Wo will have wars,
And I Khali sutler be.'
But the corrupt profits of increased
military expenditures is not tho chief
reason why they glory in their owu
shame, and so exultingly parade evidence
that tho reconstructed governments
on which they have squandered
so much of the pcoplo's money arc incompetent
to maintain order, Their
main purpose is once more to* create a
state of things in tho South favorable to
the success of tho Republican party in
the Presidential election of next year
?a design worthy of Catalino or the
Paris "Reds."
- The Connecticut Elections.?
Twelve towns are uuhoard from, but
counted as last year, they elect Jewell
by eighty votes. Kellogg, present Congressman
from the Second District is
eleoted to Congress by 53 majority.
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The Hari-Kari inJapar,
;<j?L '<*? respondent of. the '.New Yoi4;:
Ettttimj fo/l writes ? vacp^Vtf HB *
act of Htfti-Kari cominjndJR 'ImIJk
Japnneso .noble, nppn^hioiBcltisccwdiM
to'tfcc for.. ." lie:.had been foondafcUir;
of an assault upon Christians^ at Hiogoj
and was compelled to sufRfetJii^OTv
iahincut. The water says :
Taki ascended the low platform with
a slow step and a determined mien ?
Here Te" pr6>trStbd* times
in "succession before, the altar, his
face >etw^tiiDOj-'iOTeHingfffib^raued,
and subsequcu'ly sat down upon, the
;carper^Utr^iff.t^
the altar~and with, his friend^ the Kaishaku,
seated on his right siJo. Ouc
of the three Japanese offidtris now
made his appearance, carrying astflall
tat>ta or dauib wa?te&r^mtfiar ft those
used in the temples d^jfcn tfte occasion'
' of sacrifices^ upon which Iqp, carefully
| wrappod up in paper, a Japanese dug
ger, about nine and a hair inches 10
length; with a point fine h?'a* needle,
and an edge keen as a razor.
Kneeling down before the platform,
he handed the daggertp the condemned,
who reverentially took it, trtlid after;
having lifted it with both haads above)
his head, placed ition the orhftson cetjr t
in' front of him.* Thcri Taki mude
obeisance, and id a voice without a.
treipor, and without "^altcrmg,,-gave
utterance to - tha following words, in;
Japanese : "It was I, and I alone, that
gave the order to firo upon the foreign*
era at Kobe, without having received
from any one .the authority .to. Jq so.
I also fired upon them afterwards, when
the/' tided to escape. " Acknowledge
ing my great sib and misconduct, I
shall bow proceed to cut open, and beg
the gentlemen present to do' me honor;
.to witness the execution of the deed.
Having/ 'said this, he stooped; abitf
loosening his clothing 'let it full dowtu
so that iV exposed His body to th'eldin*^
Ho tlook care to tfe the HecveatifhV
tunic'together below and behind the
knees, to prevent Kib falling back wanfr,
as a Japanese notdeman must always
full upon "his faae, " according to the
crc'e'd of tlto nobility. Then taking rip;
the xlagger arid removing the paper,
ooveriog, he glanced for a 'iuomcnt uponthcglittoruig
biadri vrith ad' i6*pj:c^siou
| in his fude as if he wa? for the last time
?? Ii'ip fliAiirtkfn nnri
-I Uli UUIIil UUIICVlHIg mo . uu^ino >u<^
bidding, in bis mind;* all that he loved
' farewell. *Tben"glabcing up ngaiii ??d
looking proudly around ou the ?pccta-,
tors, he firtply grasped the hilt, aticfy
buryinjr'the steel in the pit of bis sto*;
juach towards the.right, making a fear,
fill gash. Jlut, uot content herewith,
he turned - (ho knife; in the Wiundund:
made an incision' apwafd about two
inchesiaJengtL^-. (^ <<---. j sfc.
While this ho'rrQile docd took pUcj
W? : iWfcr-flirwly dot a
sound was hoard, irhikhis- eyes'seemr
?d^-^t}0*^sfrto f^t ih^ Spiling for
a n/omeiit; Bift a nfomcnTolilji, an expfoesbm
of nntrlfcrlfclu ' pain and agony
p^m4 'hirfer5 ?-hfa fnce.^hd^butfiiur 4he
ejref,' he stagger jJ and tumblpdforw'ard.
moTifbn^^lie '.'Kai
seaku," whoJitfSTcenNwtching fbirhis
opportunity, Bp rung to- Lis feet; a
sword {dfitered^U--hi8 hands, a'sharp
ahtting/soui^/cnnrc tftrougK t^o air,
then up ugly dull blow And a bill; apd
the head of'Tuki Zepzs&uro whs severed,
from its urutilatod trunk.
^cep^and ^pwfoniid stftictoof
death cnauod, inter ruptcd'-rpHy by tho
spund of the..-J)luod as it trickled frfctn
the headless body upon the ground be
lqw., Every faoo wm j?le ,-'witli;-ffiar
and horror j it was a moment ijover to
be forgotten, encl wjstb^-l hope 1 n$y
npvcf again have occasion, to" report.
J' Fearful' Scene On wi yph'datre,A
startling and absolutely Ttightfol
accident occurred jesterday afternbOn
a? the matinee at the Opera Hon^fe.
Fortunately the ^ooident wis not ittended
by any very serious result^ bat its
possibilities wasterrible. LaiiHkrand
Millson wore performing together on
the trapeze, suspended high above the
orchestra. They wire performing a
particularly daring feat. Euch~with' an
artn clapped about the other, they ulid
rapidly, heads downward, over the bar,
intending^ catch their fee$ in the
angles formed by the bar and the rop^e,
and 10 bang in midbur.i* V
In jome manner theirileet^ failed ,ta
catch in the angles, and the men, c'asp.
cd in-each;other's arms,-earnercrasliiug
fnl?ntKor Smfnnan) ftnnn thfi
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floor of the orchestra.- A? they- fell
each uttered a great cry. The excitement
in the audience was, of courso,
intense?the ladies screaming and the
men rushing toward the scene of tHc
acpidcnt. One lady went into hysteria.
It' was subsequently ascertained that
sHe was the wife of one of the fallen.
Mr. Laaelle was on his feet almost ins
stoutly, unhurt, bat Millsou lay help*
leas and moaning on the floor. It
8oems that ho had fallen on hijj side,
with bis companion on top of bjita.
The -injured man "was carried by Mr.
Bearaor and Mr, Lazello through the
orchestra door to the stage, and fn a fow
moments the stage manager appeared
and announced to tho audience that
the accident was not serious, Mr. Millsou
only having been stunned.'
The announcement was received with
cheers, and the audience resumed their
seats and the performance wcut on. In
a few moments the acrobats came again
upou the stage and bowed to tbo audience,
after which they withdrew amidst
hearty applause. \\ hen tho performance
was over, Millsou stood at stage
door as the audience withdrew.- He
was looking pale, but was smiling and
speaking to his friends. No boues
were broken, and so fur as known no
internal injuries were rcoeived. It
seems almost miraculous that such an
accident should have results of so little
seriousness.?Pitts. Chronicle, 23ci.
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