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VOL. XXXII. CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER S, 1873. ISO. 1
Transient Advertisements must De paia
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THE row-WOW IN COLUMBIA.
* Regular.**'" Convention.
The Radical Convention met last Wednesday
week, ami after some filibustering, the
following Permanent Officers were elected:
[We extract from the Charleston Courier: ]
At five o'clock the Convention ro-asscmhli'd,
and the Committee on Permanent Organization
submitted the following report:
For President?11. B. Elliott.
For Vice Presidents?B. F. Whittemore,
Robert Smalls, T. J. Maukey, and F. L. Cardoza
Secretaries?T. J. 3Iinton and C. Smith.
Scrgeant-at-Arms?J. E. Green and C.
P. Lowndes.
When this report was read, it was found
" xl" ' n.Afi.Unti P.inlnT.t Miifi.
three oi mc ? ivu j iwiulih", ........ ...
key and Smalls wore members of the Committee
on Organization. An attempt was made
to strike out their names, but this was gagged
down, and the report of the Committee
adopted.
Klliott having been conducted to the
chair, made a speech and announced the
Convention ready ior business.
* The silence was broken by Smalls, of Beaufort.
who nominated as candidate lor Governor
Judge S. W. Melton. The nomination
was received with a very fair share of applause,
at the conclusion of which, Jamison,
of Orangeburg, the noisy member, arose and
nominated M. II. Delany.
If. J. Maxwell, of Marlboro', next arose,
and in a brief speech nominated F. J. Mores.
jr.
This nomination was received with deafening
cheors, and from that moment the
light was entirely one-sided. Jones; of
Georgetown, seconded the nomination in a
speech in which lie said that the only charge
that had been brought against Moses was
that lie had issued a large amount of pay
oerlilieafcs. <;If/' said Jonos, "he did,
*' : - - 1 *1. ,? ?.,lM
I IK'l'tJ J3 U1IU t ii i iiVj ?i; i.nun, i ii.ii. mvjr iiv.iv
given (o tlic poor people who wore run out
of ihoir homes by the ivu-Klus." [Cheers.]
.Jamison couldn't .see what more the white
people could want than Moses. In him they
gave the white people a native Southern
white man for Governor. They had asked
other white men before, hut even Governor
Orr had not been willing to come to the parly
until lately.
DADDY CAIN.
The Reverend 11. 11. Cain next put in his
oar. The Reverend Lieutenant-Governor
that hopes to be, delivered a telling sermon,
and the burden of his song was, of course,
Moses, lie said that MoscS had been a true
and tried friend of Republicanism, and had ;
always borne his share of the odium attached
to that name. lie didn't care quo ceut
about the threatened bolt, of which he had
heard. If it had come to this lie was ready
to meet the issue. [Cheers.] This was a
light of the rich man against the poor man;
the bondholders and speculators against the
laboring man. [Cheers.] It had been said
that Moses was a spendthrift. Well, if he
did spend money, the poor man got it.?
[Cheers.] Suppose that Moses did issue pay
certificates, did the members ever get any
pay? [Cries of no; no.] Then, said the parson,
there have been mysterious llittings
across the room. Mr. Spinner has been circulating
around here. He was proud to say,
however, that Moses had not spent one dollar
for the nomination. lie (the parson) despised
in his heart, the man who would attempt
to bribe another. [Here Ilonest John
u..i. A
i aiiL'isuii aim jliuiuiuj jiuijuj, muu wuu
sitting opposite each other, looked at each
othef in an instant, and winked and smiled
knowingly, as, who should say, we know that
well!] This, however, did not come to the
notice of Daddy Cain, and he continued his
sermon. F. J. Moses, said lie, had less to
do with the peculations of bonds and stocks
than any member of the State Government;
and another reason why he supported him
was, lie had never addressed love-loiters to the
Democratic party, lie finally wound by
swearing that he would go for Moses morning.
noon and night, against all the bolters
and Democrats in the world combined.
.MR. SM AILS,
of Williaaisburg wanted to propose the name
of a pure man who had just come to this
State in the interest of education. A man
who, when corruption enveloped the officers
of the State, was the only man to whom
ihey could not point their fiugcrs. He nominated
Ilcuben Tomlinson, and he would ask
the colored people to pause and consider the
condition of the State before* they took action.
Such action as they trtighfc take would
result in the downfall of the Republican
party in the State, and it was the colored
people who would be held responsible for
this.
JUDGE ORIt
arose to second the nomination of Mr. Toiuliiisun,
who was the pioneer of education in
the Slate. He was also their first Auditor,
and had arranged the whole system of taxation
lor them. J lis-integrity was beyond
reproach, and the tongue of calumny never
wagged against his reputation. It is very
important at this tin e that a man like Toiulinsun
should occupy the Gubernatorial chair.
The condition of affairs in the State rendered
it indispensably necessary to elect for
< J over nor some man who possesses the confidence
of the people, and the capacity to relieve
the State of its embarrassments. The
party bad become a by-word and reproach
outside the State, and the party itself was
responsible for tins, una stiouia correct it
inside of the part y, of course. They hud no
right to consult their personal feelings, but
to select the best man.
lie understood by the ruling of the Chair
that he would not be allowed to criticise the
character of the other candidates, and lie
would therefore have nothing further to say.
CONGRESSMAN E. B. ELLIOTT,
-the chief engineer of the Moses party, who
had taken the floor, having vacated the
Chair, proposed to shew some of the means
hat had been used tq defeat Moses, lie
*
believed "that the Democratic party in (he (
State, had a regard for honesty and purity i
and virtue, and proposed to shew them the J
character of the new reformers, as they styl- <
cd themselves. Failing in all others, these s
reformers had resorted to all sordid influcn- i
enecs, and had tried by the use of money to i
defeat Moses. -lie went on specifically to i
state that Ellison, a member from Abbeville,
and Simpkins, a member from Edgefield, :
had each been approached by the Chamber- I
lain party, and offered $500 a piece for I
their votes. He also, said, that the Cham- <
berlain party wanted to put N. Or. Parker I
back in the Treasurer's otliee, and that lie, I
Parker, had through his servant, Eichclber- i
ger, the County Treasurer of Edgefield, of- 1
i'cred Simpkins $500 for his vote. The <
supporters of Moses, said he, repudiate such :
a man as Parker." I
Af tliio iiinnfiirA Mr Nm??1<? wanted to !
" J ? know
if Mr. Owens a delegate from York <
county had not been offered 81,000 if he i
would vote for Moses. !
Elliott said that this was false as hell, and 1
then turned his attention to the new con- s
verts to the party for whom he went on general
principles. He made a very effective >
speech, and if there was ever any doubt as <
to the result of the first ballot, there could J
be none after the Chairman of the Conven- <
tion had finished. i
[After more speaking, the report con- 1
tin ucs :1 1
J, (
At this junoturo, Judge Orr. ,
PROPOUNDED A QUESTION. ]
He desired to know if Judge Mackey, (
knew anything about the offering of $2,000 j
for the vote of Julius Meyer, a delegate from ,
Barnwell ? (
This was n bombshell, and it was cxplod- .
at a most critical time. Mackey denied it :
in general terms. Elliott called for Mayer,
and that individual having been brought in. (
made his statement confirming what Orr had ,
said. This produced a confusion which ]
bordered very closely on I'andemopium. (
There were sundry attempts to draw pistols. (
and the president, as he rapped his.gevel on (
the desk, looked very much as if he would ;
like to have rapped it on the heads of some ,
of the delegates. i
Judge Mackey violently asserted that this ;
? ' . i ... . c _.i^
was t uc uncoiTouonueu suucuiuui, iu a.Mnjiu;
witness, and that tlic proofs were not forthcoming.
Johnson, of Sumter, said that lie hud just 1
heard that Mayer had been paid $300 for '<
making that statomcnt. j
Elliott, the President, staled that ho had (
been informed that Orr was soon goir.g out
with Mayers just previous to his (Mayers')
statement. ?"[Yells from the Moscsities.]
, Orr declared that the statement of the
delegate was ijilsc. ' [Cheers from the Tom- ,
linson-Chumbcrlain syndicate] *
Elliott, the Chairman, stated that he had
the authority of General Moses to deny the '
report. That he (Moses) had heard it intimated
that the Barnwell delegation was for
sale, and had asked Mayers if $2,000 would j
buy it. t e (Elliott) knew personally that ]
Mayers was for sale. <
Mayers said that General Moses had sent ]
for him, and in the interview last night had <
asked him if he had made up his mind to ]
go for anybody. Fc replied no. Moses <
then asked him if he could control the ]
Barnwell delegation,-and told him that if he j
would he would give him $3,000. lie then
left, promising to return. ?
This brought on another very extensive ,
edition of pandemonium, and a thousand
and one motions were bawled out from a (
thousand and one stentorian lung*. The up- j
shot of the whole matter was, that a motion 1
was made and carried, to close debate and
take a ballot, which being done, the result
was announced. t
THE AXNOUCEMENT. ]
The Band played, hats were thrown in the 1
air, and for three or four minutes nothing f
but shouts could be heard. ?
I
TIIE HOLT.
Wlyjn pnrtail quiet had been restored, t
Judge Orr arose and siad :
Mr. President: Iu view of General Closes' j
record 1 cannot, as a conscientious man, sup- ]
port hitu, and, therefore, ask leave to with- 1
draw from thia Convention? ' j
Saying which, the enraged Judge, followed (
by several delegations, retired l'rotii tho ?
Hall. 1
But lie did not get off as easily as that, for {
as he was about leaving, his colleague, J udge ,
Mackoy, fired this parting shot. j
I hope, said ho, in his blandest tones, that ]
the gentlemen will he permitted to leave, as
he has been engaged all his life in juuipiug
from side to side. * (
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. <
Mr. Cleaves from Beaufort was nominated 1
for Lieutenant Governor, without much oppo- j
sition, and the next in order the nomination
fur Attorney Genera] was, without difficulty
or much filibustering, given to Judge S. W ;
Melton. The nominations fur the ofiico of 1
Stale Treasurer being in order.
itainey nominated F. L. Cardozo for the j
position. The nomination was endorsed by
Moses, Elliott and T. J. Mac key. Yocum, (
of Chester, Humiliated If. Noah, private .
Secretary to Governor Scott, for the position.
In seconding the nomination K. II. Frost, of
Williamsburg, was ruled out of order by tho
Chiar in attacking Cardozo. June Moblcy !
moved that Frost be allowed to proceed in
any remarks lie chose to make. The motion i
being carried Elliott vacated the Chair, and <
Frost proceeded. lie declared that C'ardo- i
zo had violated his personal pledges to him, ]
and also violated his pledge to the County
Convention which elected him. He, therefore.
thought, Cardozo was not to he trusted i
in office. Swailfl nominated John Alexander,
Mayor of Colvmbia, for the position.
Columbia, rf. C. August 23?P. M.
Swails made a long speech, attacking C'nrdozo's
careernsa State officer, and condcmninsr
him for withholding from tho public, for
two ycare, what ho had published in his let- i
ter concerning the thieving and plundering i
)f the Scott King. Cardozo replied, pitchng
considerable mud around, and at this
stage of the proceedings, about four o'clock,
jommcnced a scene of disgraceful confusion
and noise that has seldom been equaled.
Moblcy made the air ring with his howls,
ind for over three hours the shouting and
polling continued unabated.
The opposition to Cardozo, led by Frost.
Avails, Moblcy, Jamison and others, seemed
:o gain ground, and in the face of the arbi:rary
rulings ol Elliott, a vote was staved
jff, until about 8 o'clock. At this time Elliott
instructed the Clerk to call the roll for
:hc ballot, but Mobley said he would b'c d?d
If n vnte should be taken until he had had
liis say. The Chairman began to rap him
low 11 with his gavel, when Mobloy, seizing
i large cut glass inkstand on the reporter's
[.able, began to hammer with it. The crowd
gathered around, pistols were drawn, and the
Convention broke up in a general row. It
juccts again to-morrow at 10 o'clock, A. M.,
md it is tnought that Cardozo will ultimately
be nominated Treasurer, although there is
strong opposition to him.
After the boisterous breaking up of the
State House Convention on Friday night,
mused by J . Mobley's exploits with the ink
jtand, a row was naturally looked for on Saturlay
morning, and just previous to the assembling
of the Convention, there seemed
l.o be some probabilities for jt. The delegates
soon gathered together in little groups,
jaucussing the situation, and the hero of the
previous night's pcrformoncc, June Mobley,
looked revolvers and ku klux from his eagle
aye. The reportorial corps, to whom the
inkstand demonstration was mast dangerous,
accordingly prepared for fight, but tho God
of Pcaco appeared on the sceno, and oil was
poured upon the waters. Mr. Cardozo,
whose attack upon Mobly in his speech on
Friday, was the spark that lighted the fire
of that ccntlemau's wrath rose to explain,
and in ianguago " chilklikc and bland,"
made the necessary apologies. This momentous
matter having been settled, the patriots
once more set themselves to the considora
if the business before them, viz: the washing
of dirty linen generally, and the discusdon
of the virtues and short comings of Mr.
fardozo, the candidate for State Treasurer,
in particular.
[After speeches by Frost and Swails, replied
toby Cardozo, the latter was duly elected.
The other offices were filled without
my more drawing of pistols, battering of
inhstund.s, or oilier outrageous performances.
We gave ticket in full last week.]
TIic Iioltcrs? Convention.
Headed by Judge Orr, the Bolters met in
the Court Ilouse in Columbia, and after
dee ting Judge Orr their Chairman, proccelcd
to business.
.? GOVEBxNOIt.
In the evening, the Convention proceeded
to the selection of State officers. The Hon.
D. T. Corbin was nominated for Govcrnjr,
but declined. The Hon. .Reuben Tomlinson
was then nominated, and this was seconded
by General W. J. Whippcr and W.
LI. Jcrvcy. The Hon. C. C. Bowcn was alIn
nAminnliAM !\Tl* T^AWAn roflimAtl
5U pui/ 111 UV/UllUtVl'llSlIt A*A?. J/V1IVII tvvuiuvw
iiis thanks, and siatcd that he asked nothing
for himself. His only desire was to present
i ticket which would command the greatest
strength, and therefore would decline in furor
of Mr. Tonilinson.
Mr. Tomlinson was then by a vote of the
Convention, nominated by acclamation, as
die candidate for Governor of South Caroiua.
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Mr. C. C. Bowen then proposed the Hon.
John T. Green, of Sumter, as the proper
person for Attorney. Gcueral, and as one
vhoso honesty and character could not be
juestioned, and who would bring great
strength to the movement. This was sup:cd
by Mr. Samuel J. Lee, (colored,)
vho said Judge Green was and is a native of
he State and a graduate of the South Caro
ina College. Before the late war he was a
Representative in the State Legislature.?<During
the war, notwithstanding he was
eeognized as a Union man, the confidence
n his integrity was such that lie was retained
in the Legislature by the popular vote of
-lie people. Sinco the close of hostilities he
lad advocated the lleconstruction Acts, and
his had been confirmed by the unanimous
r*oto of the Republican party, speaking
hrough their representatives. His whole
* -?~ 2? flm tnnv<?MU?nf.
iUiiri' Wilft III S}'lilj'ULIljr V| 1LU i.iiu U4V?V...W??.
\warc of the corruption which had existed
'or years, he was determined to put down
;hc corrupt Tting and all concerned, so as to
>btain a vital peace and redemption. This
noveinont must succeed. There should be
i long pull and a strong pull to eject the inruders
and the spoliators of the Ilcpubiican
party.
A colored delegate from York, then arose,
ind nominated Judge JMelton, as one against
ivhom no hngcr had ever been raised, and
ivho had heen an ornament to the bench,
ind had discharged his duties fairly and
fearlessly,
General Whlpper expressed the hope that
.lie Convention would unanimously endorse
he nomination of John T. Green. Mr. G.
tvas then nominatod by acclamation.
The following gives the journal of the subsequent
proceedings:
The first busiooss in order was the nomination
oi' a candidate for Lieutenant-Governor.
Mr. W. It. Jcrvcy, of Charleston,
nominated James N. Ilayne, )colorcd,) of
Barnwell, who was elected by acclamation.
On motion of A. C. Richmond, Macon 13.
Allen, (colored,) of Charleston, was nominated
as a candidate for Secretary of State.
H. E. Ilayne, of Marion, was also nominated.
C. C. Bowen opposed] the latter nomination
in a spirited manner," upon the ground
that H. E. Ilayne was the nominee of the
Moses faction, with which this Convention
should and would have no connection whatever.
A division was called for, and the vote
stood : Alleu 29; Hayne 5. So Macon IL
Allen was dcclaredtthc nominee of the honest
Republicans for the office of Secretary of
State.
For Comptroller General, General W. J.
Whipper nominated Mr. J. Scott Murray,
of ^ndersoo, H1- a 7eTy Mattering speech.?
Mr. Murray was olccted by acclamation.
For Stato Treasurer, Samuel Lee. of Sumter,
suggested the name of Edwin F. Gary,
the present State Auditor, dwelling in terms
of the highest encomiums upon his honesty
and integrity.
Judge Orr added to the remarks of Lee,
by stating that to Edwin F. Gary was mainly
due the disruption of the revenue bond
scrip swindle; to stop his legal proceedings
against which, Mr. Gary had been approached
with a bribe of 850,000, which ho indignantly
refused.
For Superintendent of Education, J. M.
Sullivan, of Greenville, nominated L. Roberts,
of Greenville, colored.
Mr. Whitteuiorc nominated J. K. Jillson,
and followed his nomination 'in a lengthy
and vchoment speech, setting forth the
claims Mr. Jillson, but more especially attacking
that banc of Whittemore's life, Tom
Mackcy.
Mr. Roberts was nominated by a vote of
53 to 2.
Mr. Philip Ezekiel, (colored.) of Beaufort,
was oleotei. by acclamation as a candidate
for Adjutant and Inspector General.
For Congress at Large, Geo. W. Clarke,
(Collector of Customs at Charleston,) L. Cass
Carpenter, Jiouis E. Johnson, (late United
States Marshal,) and Joseph Quash, (colored,)
of Aiken county, wero nominated.
In his speech in support of Louis E. Johnson,
Mr. I'oinier stated that lie came from
the Ku Klux region, where the 'Ecpublicans
had been whipped and killed, that the
cause of the Ku Klux was the horrid corruption
of the* State Government, and lie
could not go back and tell his outraged constituency
that lie had votqd for such a man
as F. J. Moses, jr.
Mr. Northrop, of Charleston,'in advocating
the claims of Mr. Clark, sta'fed that lie
was the representative, par excellence, of
Cen. Grant, upon whose countcnauep and
known favor the success of the movement
would grcally depend.
C. C. Boweiv withdrew the name 6f Lonis
E. Johnson. ,s-,
Iieniamin Evas, of Omrm-choro' c<?rrtnrlA<l
v?. _ O .-.7 ~?
the nomination of L. C. Carpenter upon the
ground of his general fitness for the position;
and further, being tho proprietor of the only
daily Republican journal of the State, his
support to the;wnsfiiijf Itlw wuifcli atftenst
ten good stump speakers. . Said Mr. Byns,
L. 0. Carpenter is in sympathy with this
movemont, and that he (Bvas,) had conversed
with Mr. Carpenter not twenty minutes
beforo, and felt authorized to say that L. C.
Carpenter and his powerful paper?tho Linion?were
with the honest Republicans iu
this effort for reform.
Mr. Whittomorc withdrew the name of
George W. Clark.
Mr. Johnson, of Anderson, withdrew the
uamo of L. C. Carpenter.
Mr. S. Lee, of Sumter, was nominated by
a colored delegate from Charleston, the nomination
being seconded by a very commendatory
speech from Mr. Bowen.
Mr. Lee begged leave to decline the nomination,
for the reason that he was one of the
pioneers of the reform movement?not one
of whom had yet sought or received a nomination.
That he wished to aroid the charge
of being a sore-head, or of being actuated by
any selfish motives in his public conduct,
and therefore preferred for this campaign,
at any rate, to accept no posttion.
Mr. Joseph Quash was unanimously nominated.
The toiler's Platform,
Resolved, 1. That we declare our cordial
acceptance ofthc platform of the Philadelphia
Convention, and piedge ourselves to the earnest
support of its standard-bearers, General
Grant and Hon. Henry Wilson.
2. That inasmuch as the notoriously corrupt
and imbecile character of the present Stato
administration has brought disgrace upon
Republicanism everywhere, and is now a
heavy burden upon the national party, impeding,
if not endangering, its success,
therefore, tho Republicans of South Carolina
owe it to themselves to elect such officers as
will insure an honest administration of government,
and thus assure their brethren all
over the land that the disgrace which attaches
to tho party in this State shall bo removed.
i). That wo pledge the honor of tho State
t. ~t' n ...i.:, i. t i
vu mu yajunjui/ ui an iis uuut wiucu uiis uiruii
legally and honestly contracted; but that we
will not hesitate to repudiate that portion of
it which is illegal, and therefore null and
roid.
. 1 That we pledge ourselves to inaugurate
and carry out an honest administration of the
affairs of the State, and to resist the payment
of all fraudulent pay certificates and warrants
upon the Treasury.
5. That we pledge ourselves, far as in our
power lies, to an immediate reduction of the
enormous taxes under which the people are
groaning, and that we believe that this can
be most speedily accomplished by introducing
honesty and economy into tho managetnrrnf
f\ r fi 111 VUtMAne /lnnnff monfa a (' f 1\ a I
uivuv v* V 4 w I ui ?u U>J UWj/tti Vlllblll'P VI tnv
Stale Government.
G. That the pledges made by the Convention
nominating Franklin J. Moses. Jr.,
must be judged of in the light of his record,
and of those who sustain him, and that when
thus viewed, the people of the State will not
hesitate to say that pledges from such a
source have no value, but arc simply intended
to blind the eyes of the people to the true
purpose of those men, which purpose must
be in the futuro, as in the past, the accomplishment
of purely selfish ends, regardless of
the welfare of the State.
7. That in our judgment, the best safeguard
to the public treasury is the election
of houest and faithful officers to the various
departments of Government; and that the
history of the present administration shows
that 110 statutory safeguard will protect the
treasury with Franklin J. Moses, Jr., at the
head of tho Government, and his willing
tools in the offices.
8. That under our constitution we believe
any other than an ad valorem system of taxation
to be null and void, and hence that tho
general license law, passed at the last session
of the General Assembly, was in violation or
the constitution, and of the rights of the
people, and could only have originated in
a desire to extort from tho people of the
State still larger sums of money, to ho corruptly
used by men who controlled the Government.
9. That wo blush for our party when we
remember that, under tins Administration,
the education of the pcoplo has been so
shamefully neglected, in consequence of the
failure of tire Ooverment to pay promptly
and faithfully the appropriations made by
the Legislature; and that w<y pledge our-?
selves to apply a remedy for this crcnvning
disgrace in tlia future.
> . .L .
A Fatal Lake.?A correspondent-' of
the San Francisco Bulletin writes:
Some twelve or fourteen persons have been
drowned in this lake within the past ten
years; none of tbo bodies haver ever been recovered.
Superstition, ever ready to weave
a sensation from nature's laws, asserted that
there was a doubtful mystery in the non-recovery
of the drowned ; that, in fact, a monster
had its abode in this frcf>h water soa,
and that the bodies all passed into his capacious.
maw.? The true explanation of tho
mystery never has been given. Tho nonappearance
of tho bodies is due to three
causes: The first is the great purity of.the
water and its consequent lack of buoyancy.
Drowning is very easy in it, for tins reason,
though I have not while swimming in. it,
fouud any more than ordinary difficulty iu
sustaining myself. The second and great
cause ift dueto the coldness of the. water.?
Even atjlbis, the warmest season, the^urfucc
water is as cold as the drinker desires it to
'be, but is warm there, compared with its
temperature at one hundred to two hundred
feet. It is as cold there as tho arctic heat
of an iccbcrtr. When a body sinks into the
lake to the depth required, it is: frozen stiff.
The process, of course, preserves it, so that
the gas which originates in the body from
decay in other water is prevented, and distension
is checked. The body is thusj kept
in a state of greater specific gravitation than
the water in which it is suspended, and thereby
prevented from rising, to the surface.?
Tho third cause lies in the great pressure of
the pure water on anything that Js sunk, to a
great depth in it. Corks1 placod on deep
sea nets arc pressed dowu .in'-a week-to half
their size, and one of the oldest residents of
the lake expresses the belief tly& by the
time a man's body lias been suspended for
a week at the depth of 200 feet (it is not
likely that it ever reaches the cavernous and .
almost fathomless bottom of the great lakcj5)
the compression of the water has reduced its
size to that of a child's. Doubtless tho idea
of uncoffined suspension in such a ''world of
water" is not a pleasant one to contemplate,
but to be pressed intoa solid mass and be
suspended in a liquid coffin of ice temperature,
is quite as pleasant as interment and
mouldering in the ground. .,
A Subterranean Passage.?A singular
discovery has recently been made in
Washington ctfunty, Indiana, being a subterranean
river. Two men employed to dig
a well, began digging, in a place, where, as
tliey thought, it would not be probable to
encounter au obstruction in their search for
water. They had proceeded but a short distance
however, when they encountered a bed
of " niggerhead" rocks, which, upon being
broken open, were found to contain water
and other substances, supposed to be ore of
some kind. When they reached the depth
of sixty feet from tho surface, they came
to a large cave which tlicy followed the distance
of ten or twelve feet, when thcro before
tbeir gaze was a beautiful river of clear
water, which upon examination was found to
contain an innumerable number , of small
white fish. Upon a closer examination it
was fonnd to be sixteen feet wide and five
feet in depth, and as clear and cold as spring
water. As an experiment, a lighted candle
was placed on a small piece of plank and set
afloat. It started olT in the darkness with
the current, nud was soon lost to sight. Many
conjectures have bccu made as to this
great curiosity, but the only reasanablo impression
is that in former days when this
country was inhabited by Indians, the latter
had known of this cave and rivor, and
had concealed their wealth in it and then '
idled the entrance to the cave with loose ;
rocks, and left it to return perhaps, at some
future time to convey it hence.
Fire intiieHear?The OshkoshXorthirc&tcrn
says: "A ludicrous occurrence took
place on the day of the fire, which caused
considerable excitement on Main street just
South of Church street. While every body
was busy putting out the fulliug sparks, suddenly
the scream of a woman was heard
above the surrounding din, and she came
running along the side-walk with her bustle
on fire. It was composed of paper and rags,
and burned rather lively. The woman ran j
and screamed, small boys and dogs got out j
of the way in a hurry, while strong men i
were so overcome by the excitement of the !
occasion, as not to have many wits at their
disposal. At length a man, holder than the
rest, grabbed the woman and beat the buttle
till he put the fire out. Tho fire h..d not
quite reached the flesh, and besides a severe
scare, a burnt dress, and a very tickled crowd
of spectators, the lady came out uninjured.
The "A'/u Califutniau" explains that a
" hoodlum" is a rough who goes uninvited
upon picnic excursions, and insults women
and children, helps himself to free lunches,
acts the rascal generally. The dictionary
makers ought to be told of this.
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Cents f)6t S<jum4> far will subsequent
insertion,
OUR OHEP BASKET, i
I J" 4-i l'Mte rn 5 sod
that many farmers arc picking tucir corn in'
diving bcdbvlJI lUHfttf 10
" Ttltcr?r<t-T-CTi1r'thT0TTg?l--ft' ?^4>i*jW?e
reporter, and came out vu&jthrra leftd^oncils,
a broken comb aud a dead head cucus
* ? i 1 T-Ti'O it ii *- * :
?kk4? ' ? tii .1 b i ??l ?>f(| ;> '! 'rjvU7"?r yd
..ii gft \m?
said the needle to the idle jr>y. ^ ry>ut'rRjt i \
till you are pushed," triuuiphinxfy'Vcfwfl
the idle boy to the needle.
u Why," asts * disconsbtatfe widow, " is
vcuison like my. late and deeply lamented
husband 1* Rtd^SMfPtefWflf, the
widow says: " Deeauso lie is tile dear departed."
: it {a v m 4 i .
A GetJrgia paper advises its subscribers
that "payments can be made in batter, epgi,
com, potatoes, ragged.greenbacks.or -tobacco
stamps?if nicely takeu from th$Jbo$C8^"
Jvir. L. J. Woufcworth of Chicago, iwwt bo , 4
a rather tall man. The Times speaks'pf him
as baring been seen 'striding, telegraph pole
in hand, down Michigan avenue. 4 ' j :i
Don Piatt says, " iheropre lw?sc^&ons m
which our AVrminisfrati'oti Seeks'fdpbscYrbfo
its gigantic labors, one is that whichprccedcs
the holidays,' and the other that "wfth fob
pgr hi ? ?i tl
The Sioux are tery observant-. One-of
Spotted Tail's jfpllowers, who spc^-a. li^jc
English, seeing one of the servant uirl.s of
111 ft hi itel take off Tier chisnon. exclaimed :
'How! WlirtO wbuhin raise hef tfwn ?lca!p!
Indian no good h?re." - Uvea ***.k**
A good' natureditttrcllfcr'felD'aSRftftiPa
train, and wnscarried>n few mile# Wyntfd
hi& destination. P Iretty good'goke, thi^,
isn't it ?" said lie to a fellow passcngcr.^r"\rcs,
but a little too far-fetched," was the
rejoinder. , .
I i .. ; -j w> ij*o4 r<
Alexandre Dumas, pcre> was cup day asked
by a friend to contribute ten francs for
the funeral of a bailiff who had died in destitute
cireunistnncoa. "Whati" exduimcd
the great novelist, " ten francs for burying
a bailiff,?" .Ilcru are 100 fraues-rrbary tun
bailiffs. , . ' *
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. Enter young sprig at a florists : How
much for the lilies of the valley?" A
dolIaT and-a-Khl? a sprig!" " Too much."
" Vv Oxl," blaudfy replies the vender of ex.
X* _ H !i" 11' 1 _ <11 1M n .1
OUCS, U yOU-WQUlU 11UVQ uic nues 01 100
valley, you. must pay tl^ vj^ly. o? tljc lilies."
The young man bows<.-nnd takes bis .
leaf. " '
Mr. Walker, (colored.) who was legally
choked to death in Georgiif cfri iaje^S-iln'of
July, cheered lii?rpoor old mothdf, #b<?wa3
standing at the foot of the gallows, fry informing
her that if. she didn't "mend her
ways; she would go to li?1 howling!" This
high-toned Son then signified his willingness
to be an angel, aud was let down through
.the .floor. * <1 -oiUimi'I' i'!'
Here-is the love-'ditty of a Georgian'which
he dropped, and was picked up in the road:
",To Miss Sudy: Ijohold, a granger at tho
dopre of thy heart, he gentely nox.ha^ nox
before, has wated long, is wating still, miss
Sudy you treat no other frend *9 ilk" I luv
you now ancf -will 'forerft*, you may tfhanca
but-1 will neter. fbP even ono^ef-ew ftt
derist won forget me not, Miss Sudy I must
confess that I lav you best of all the girls I
ever new, tlieir Ls no$ one to be Compared
with you."
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Two women lately entered a Pennsylvania
bar-room where their husbdnds we're' enjoying
their necdlc-gun oocktails, and made'-tho
scene enjoyable for a few minutes. They
broke tumblers, up^ct;tables, rammed:their
fists through the bottom of a tin pitcher,
threw a cat into the cider barrel, 'ana put
kerosene in the "whiskey. After which they
took thoir huEbands by the noS? rfndTcfl
them home- Such is to bo the result of the
sixteenth amendment. - ...sf i g*
bpeaking.oi the dances at buratoga, miss
Grupdy says that tbe "Boston" liaa-takoji
tlic place of every thing else aliijc^ and hi
round dances the style of holding (lie Jauy
lias altered slightly, being now about ns Affectionate
ns possiblo. The lady sticks iher
nose in the gcntJcmnu's aleeyo. y/bw it
joins the shoulder, and he rests his cheek on
her fair hair, feeling the pulse of he/right
wrist, while she encircles his ncch frith hct
arm. . . " ' ^
They tell
lucky,
lcr i'ouiUj-gyt. .y^wilniuh^?.i?ua^^'
next uj,or|unr a^clca^ot|iiuiid
about three feet fr3in' him, wfo^wiauevtdently
tfltteTi*thd dran kenr TiiWtffrce si?T(#ril
times timing the night, as shown l>y tlie impression
of the teeth iu the flesh. The bites
did no further injury thau to cause a blight
swelling and inflammation, which soon p.i..-cd
away, but the mean whiskey in the man's
system was too much tor the ?nf!.*e, and he
is supposed tu have died immediately alter
inflicting the wounds.
A country girl near Louisville has learned
how to utilize her father. Wliou ho* .
fellow" rides out to see her, she makes the
" old man" keep the flics off the horse during
the visit.
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\.. J.i (?ei,AWi?? l.* i.:.
4x yiu 4i?,ilUIUiaU llJ V^ilU^Ul; ill 111Q uun\
out on the broad Potomac l>y a furious ?aIo.
He paddled to the shore as hard as be eoula,*
scared to death, puddled and prayed former-cy?prayed
lor mercy and paddled, until bis
canoe struck the befell. Then be turned to
tlic gale, "shook Ms fist and cried : "Blow
and be d-d 1 Who's afraid of you?"" * J
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A Virginia exchange.says, at a concert,
recently, at the conclusion <?!' tlio song,
' There is a good timo Coming," a farmer
gntnpnud ?xclaim'^r ''Mister,yotfCouldn't
lis the date, eould you V J - -gt? '?
People mtpfove when thoyTihrc
they have uo model but themselves to cony
after.? Goldsmiths