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'panthers but lions tit mm -path of the
reformers of the old worTtt^And, we should
' fee! that our lot is a blessed one, placed as we
U? in a land where oityrint has over ruled,
end scarce a tingle species of ferocious or
poisonous animals is found.
A VISIT TO AN BOrTOit.
I once paid a visit to an Editor. His!
office was just 6 feet by, and having two
chairs, besides a table and bookshelves, it
'was very properly looked upon as the
-moat capacious and best furnished editorial
den in'the city. My friend was sit"ting,
scissors in hand, at the table, looking
over a mass of newspapers which had
been brought by the morning's mail. He
rosb to receive me, overturning, as he did
co. a bottle of ink upon a quarto dictionary
both of which had been left for his inspection
and approval. The unoccupied
chair was cleared of the books, newspapers
and manuscripts which encumbered
it, and I was courteously invited to seat
myself, and find what amusement 1 could
? during the five minutes that my friend
would be occupied in running through the
papers. I took from the shelves a hook
which I remember to have seen very much
praised in the paper of the preceding day,
and was somewhat surprised to find the
leaves uncut, and thai from all appearances
I was the first who had opened it since it
came from the binders. I stated the fact
to my friend, as soon as he was at leisure.
'Certainly,' he answered, they never
cut the leaves of the books they send us.'
' But you must, before you can read
them, I should imagine/
4 Before I read them, but I have not read
that nor would I for ten times the price of
it, I assure you.'
4 How then could you criticise it?
4 As you sec; upon my word I never
saw beyond the title page/
4 And yet in your yesterday's paper you
give something like an analysis of the
ivork and strongly recommended it. Have
you no rule of criticism beyond your own
caprice ?
* Rule of Criticism ? oh?ah ! ves ; not
exactly, my friend of the has a rule.
He always praises nine new works and
blows up the tenth/
Further conversation was interrupted
by the entrance of Mr. Spec, senior partner
of the house of Spec, Gull &, Co.
' Good morning, Mr. Spec,' said the
editor rising, 1 take a seat sir.'
41 thank you, I cannot stay. I merely
called in to direct your attention to a work,
the Boggy swamp and Muddy ftivcr rail
road. The subscription lv>oks were opened
a week since, and the stock has not
been quite taken up ; that is, the number
of shares is three thousand, of which four
hundred and thirty-one have been subscribed.
A word from you would be of
immense advantage to us.'
The editor drew towards him a sheet of
paper and wrote?
4\Vc would particularly direct the attention
of all who are looking out for a
profitable investment of capital to the railroad
intended to connect Boggy Swamp
with the waters of Muddy River. This
work has been commenced under 'he most
favorable auspices. It passes over Sandy
PI ains, and other fertile sections of coun- I
try, and little doubt can be entertained
that it will yield a great profit to the
Stockholder*. VVe understand that a lew
shores in the stock of this great national
work remain unlaken and may he subscribed
for at the connting-hou?e of Messrs
Spec, Gull Co.* A/C. to the end of the
sheet.
4 Will this suit you sir?
4 Exactly,* said Mr. Spec, opening his
pocket book, 41 we cannot of course think
of occupying your columns for nothing,
please accept this for your trouble?good
morning, sir *
4 Perhaps,* continued Mr. Spec, turning
round while his hand was on the door, 4ii
would be as well to say in your next pnner.
that several hundred sliar? s had been
I *
takvn the Jay previous, .mil that ail who
wish to subscribe must call railv.*
4 William,* said the editor, opening a
door that communicated with ihc printing
office, 1 what is the leading article for tomoTinv's
paper?'
* The article that you si nt in yesterday,
on the independence of the press."
4 Well, you must have that for to-rrorrow,
and put in its stead this article on
the Muddy River and Boggy IS*amp Kail
Road.'
4The Independence of the Press is in
type, sir, and this article on the tail road ;
is too long.' (
4 Can't help it, William, the rail road'
must go in : you can leave out the Terrible
Steamboat Accident, or the interesting1
case of distress.'
The door opened, and a tall gentleman,
with a broathcloth cloak and green spectacles,
entered.
44 Ah ! I was just about sending for you,*
1-1 ___! ? I ' ?
saiu me editor, mere is a luier arriv. 1
from Europe ; here are the papers ; i have
saved two-thirds of a column for you,
and wish ?o have a letter by eight o'clock.
The man took the papers and withdrew.
That,' said the editor, ' is my resident
correspondent in Europe, lie writes me
a letter from England or the Continent
every time thai a packet arrives. The}
are very much admired, I assure you.
The next visiter was a servant, who
brought a note from Captain Tompkins,
editor of the Democratic Republican Intelligencer,
threatening unless the abusive
paragraph in yesterday's paper was instantly
recanted, to resort to legal redress.
Thereupon my friend wrote as
follows.
I *Wp regret extremely that our ^xcellent
friend and cotcmporary of the Democratic
Republican Intelligencer should
have taken offence in yesterday's paper,
in which we called the Intelligencer 44 a
polluted vehicle of slander," and its editor
44 a liar and a scoundrel." Our friend
mu-.t he aware that in the glow of composition,
a word will occasionally escape
which had better not have been written.
We beg to assure our worthy colemporary
that we continue to hold him in the
highest esteem, and have the greatest rpspect
for the valuable paper over which
he presides. Nevertheless, we must be
allowed to say, that we think our friend
is unnecessarily sensitive upon the subject.*
* Here, William, put this in the place of
44 Falsehood and Caluinuy of the Intelligencer
Exposed," said my friend handing
the paragraph to the compositor.
The next applicant for the editorial
ear, was a dapper little fellow, who kept
a store for the sale of patent medicines.
4 Good morning, sir,' he said?4 I have
sent in an advertisement for your paper,
sir, fur a new medicine, just invented, sir,
wonderful discovery, sir. A small paragraph
amongst the editorial matter would
help amazingly, sir?just a few lines,
sir.'
* You are aware that \vc are paid for
such notices.'*
' Certainly, sir?whatever you please
sir.'
* Very well?what is the name of your
medicine ?
' The Celebrated Animal and Vegetable
and Mineral Royal Anti-mercurial Balsamic
Itch Ointment. Here is a box of it,
sir. Just give us few lines, sir. If you
would say that you had tried it yourself,
sir, and found it very beneficial, sir, it
would
What more he would have said, I know
not, for the last was quite too much for'
my friend, the editor ? who, catching tip
the box, threw it full into the open mouth
of the astonished vender of patent medicines.
lie made his retreat, with all pos- i
sible speed, and I followed his example,
wonderfully edified with the exhibition I
had just witnessed of the independence?
of the press. j
THE POLE CAT, OR SHF.l.L DANCE.
When I was in New Orleans, la-t May,
I met with Captain Fulton and some other
friends attached to the 2d Regiment
United State* Dragoons, who were temporarily
stationed at the barracks, u lew
miles below the cilv. near the battle ground.
The detachment of d.ngoon-i lia'i in chnrire
a number of Creek and Seminole pr?Sonera,
or emigrants (as Mr. Cass would li -vp
it) on iheii way to the vast wilderness,
frontier ol Texas and the United States, j
With a number of frien s froin Virginia,
I was invi.ed to the quarters of the dra-?
go< us on a delightful evening, to admire |
the excellent barracks, the lovely scenery i
of the It.wrr AUs-issippi, to hear the :nn-l
sic of a first rate baud, see the evolutions j
of the dragoons on foot, .and stare at the
warriors, squaws and children of our red
brethren, who were be in if transplanted
from their native hunting g-minds to tin
w? St.
"Wheti wo had partaken of the civilities
of our military fiionds, talked of "old
Virginia," io-p. c.ed the troops, hca'd
?=ome fine airs executed in iir-t rate s yle,
and smoked our scgars, it was announced
that the Indians were making preparations
to conum tice one of their dances; about
9 ??Yloek at night we were Conducted thro"
nws of sentinels to an open lield, in the
rrflrol the barracks, wlu re, uudot a str-aig
guard, and within a plank enclosure of
six or e glu feet heignt, the emigrants were
bivouacked. T icnioci'. had risen and added
her pale lustre to ihe glare of a nomi
ber of fires, around which the Indian children
we.e guild nling, and the older 8i)<>
heating 01 boding their lioniony. The old
.1 en and young women, ar- a\ ing in their
he-t ott re, were assembling around a lar_;c
and hiigln lire, near lite centr e of the
encampment. A bench was pl.iced neat
tins lire, cm which two of the o'dest and
most venerable men took their seats, one ol
them ' old'ng in his hand a -mall drum or
tambourine, 01 en at one end. I he aged
musicians gave the .-ignal I r the dance, one
bv : i gmg a piece 01 mtis c that -onmled
-ometh iig like one ol Webber's waltzes,
the other be,?ti g the time on ins drum.
A number of young women and giris, I
(about lilt) or sixty} immediately sprang
Irom their seats on the grouiio and forming
a circle commenced darn ing, or rati.er
stamping (like a corps o! militia marking
time,) and moved with a very slow pace
J -_1 - * - - 1
mil vt-ry sukmiiii coniue-inuces, in singte
file, a;omul the tire and musicians. The
eyes of the darn ers were scarcely ever misled
from th- around as they followed each
other aruuid and around the fire. Some
j of the females, who appeared to be ladies
of quality, were orna . cnted l>\ gaudy trinkets,
and what they seemed to prize h glier
as marks of distinction?a number of large
sea shells, filled witii pebbles and smaller
I shells, fastened together and bound about
I the leg*, as hi<h as the knee. When they
I move in the. d mce (or promenade) th se
sh- lls made a great n >i-e. chi ning wito
.singular, aid m.t very harnionioii* effect/
with the voice of the s. ger and the heat
of the drum. During this lime, the young
warriors, and such others of the tribe as
were attracted by curiosity, were lying at
full lengih on the grits-, near the circle of
dancers, wrapped hi their blankets, and in
j profound attention to the scene that wus
going on before tliem. 'I lie men were
only spectators, taking no part whatever in
the dance.
1 was informed (bat this was called by
the Indians the Polo Cat Dance, though
our friends were disposed to distinguish it
by the more agreeable, and not less appropriate
name, of the Shell Dance. Ai
| regular periods this dance is countinued
i lor three or four nights successively by
the women; when, the women giving way,
the warriors enter the ring. They do not
restrict themselves to ihe staid and demure
gait of ihe women, but leap very
high, distorting their countenances and
displaying all the agility of which they
are masters, and doubtless more grace
in the eyes of the tribe, than pigeon wings
or balances of our lirst rate fops. One
would suppose that this tlance was a religious
ceremony, so grave and solemn are
all its accomplishments, though it is said
to be a mere pastime or amusement. Ti e
celebrated corn dance of the Seminoles is
*aiJ to be connected with their religion;
it takes place regularly on the gathering
of the first new corn, and is designed as ?
mark of gratitude to the Great Spirit.?
The war dance is quite another thing, but
Has ocen so often described, Hint ii is familiar
to the readers of the Messenger.
If the readers of the Messenger would
not deem it a trespass on the netnral ground
of literature, I would add, that it is impossible
to contemplate the immediate and remote
effects of our national policy in removing
the Indians to the western frontier, without
being convinced that it will be necessary to
i strengthen the arm of our delence very
considerably in thai quarter. This conviction
does not imply, by any mean6, a censure
of the policy which has been adopted
(and which has been almost completed)
with regard to one of the m- st embarrassing
moral and political dilemmas to which any
goverment was ever exposed The danger
to be apprehended from the immense hordes
of savages that are gathering like an ominious
cloud on the frontier of the United
Stales and Texas, is common to these countries,
and adds another strong link to the
chain of dcs.iny which already binds them
together.?Southern Litt. Messenger.
miscellaneous*
John's latist.?The English papers
are in the habit of quoting from the journals
of this country, the toughest stories
that appear therein, and administering
them to the craving appetites of their
readers or marvels, under the peculiar
and specific title of 44 Joimlhans"?the
said 44 Jonothans" being put forth as synonymous
with '* big lies." Thus the
most extravagant of the several snake stories?
? till* lit i\T iho nnli-ifiofl nioti
oli) Joicc lie 111?and sundry other remarkable?
have been duly served out to the
Londoners as " Jouothansand they
would f?in have us believe, that English
ingenuity cannot compete with that of our
country, in the fabrication of these wonderful
wonders. They do themselves and
their country wicked injustice. The journalists
of the fast anchored isle have an
uncommon felicity in this line; and we
'are ready to maintain at the point of the
sword or pen; provided the former he ofj
lath, and the latter of any thing but inetal |
| ?that for getting up round unvarnished
lies, they have no competitors worthy ol
the name.
I Take iheir accounts of battles, for instance,
by sea or land?or, lor a single
example, the capture of our frigate Pre-I
Wn? tlifrn ouor t*nl nit Ciitrlidil
history of that affair, in volume or newspaper.
in which the 44 Yankee seventyfour"
was not lucnirinently whipped and
taken by a single English thirty-two gun
ship, without the least aid or encouragement
from either of the other vessels com
posing the squadron ? Or the cute of the 1
Essex?was not that gallant little frigate <
taken solely by the Cherub sloop of war,
while tl?p Phehe frigate lay cjutclly at her
anchors, some four or five miles distant,
wituout firing a gun? If such was not
the fact, the English chronicles are not to
blame, for so they represent it.
Hut we are wandering fr m the immediate |
nialtei in hand, wlm-h was th?* newspaper
Jonathans. We have turned out some pret- 1
ly hard siories, it E true, hu, none of them
a tnatch lor the following, winch we ropy
Iroui ?he Liverpool C' rooie'e of Mtiy 27th.
It is perfect in all its parts, and may he taken
I as a lair set off, for all the snake stories we
, have bestowed upon our English editorial
jcoul er<-s, for the last ten yea s. The Chronicle
very properly introduces it as "Extraordinary
if True"?[V Y. Com.
A lady who was horn in Gloucestershire,
deaf and dumb, spoke three sentences one
! day last week, as follows: "This will be a
year of famine, the next a yeai of plenty,
' and the next a year of blood." After uttering
the last sentence, she fell from her chuir,
a lifeless corpse !!!
Ninf. of Diamonds the Curse of
Scotland.?In playing cards, the niuo of
diamonds is commonly nick-named " the
Curse of Scotland," and several reasons
have been assigned for this stiaiige d-.norni
nation. When the Duke of York, who was
shortly after James I/., took up his residence
at Edinburgh, and clarged the palace of
flolyro d, he and his court introduced a
new i! a me there called Comet, in which the
nine of diamonds was lite most intpo lam
card. The Scots who Imd to learn ihe
game, lost trntiirridoils su.ns at it, and from
I hat circumstance liie nine of diamonds was
tailed the Curse of Scotland. Another
derivation is. that the nine of diamonds bore
some resemhlam e to the ar ns of the Dairy
tuple*. and that Lord Stair, a member of
that family, was the real Curse of Scotland.
Hut a third derivation is more modern, and
much more striking, though we cannot take
upon ourselves to decide that it is most correct
or the right one. It is said that the
night before the fatal battle of Culloden.the
Duke of Cumberland sent orders to General
Campbell t<> give no quarter to the soldiers
of I lie Pretender, that ibis order being despatched
in great haste, happened to be wi
ten on a card, und that card the nine o
diamonds; from which time and circumstance
it has gone by the appdation of the
Curse ol Scotland. * (
Prsadful Tornado.?Sooth Hanover,
Indiana, in ItuiNs.? We have been
permitted to make the following extract, from
a letter received yesterday from James S.
Kemper to his fat her P. H. Kemper, of
Cottage Farm, dated
South Hanover, JulyG, 1837. j
'I sit down in haste to give you some account
of a scene the most terrific and appalling
I have ever witnessed! Our village
that y esteiday was peaceful and cheerful,
is now in ruins. Yesterday evening, about
6 o'clock, the heavens wore the appearance
of a coining storm, and indue hour a most
fearful tornado burst upon us, swe< ping over
our village in devastation, (though praised
be a merciful God, not in death.) The
scene was terrific beyond my power of description.
The hoarding house here has
the whole of one gable end torn out.
Mr. Young's store, a substaniial brick
minding, is a heap of rums? Dr. Matthew's
house is taken off at the eves ?the house in
which Mr. Bishop lived on the hill, is torn
to fragments?one end of Col. Morrbw's
house is torn to the ground?Mr. Chever's
house is torn to pieces?the college and roof
is riddled, and the wing level almost with
the ground and about one fourth of the
eastern wall of the main building lying scattered
over the earth?Professor Miles' house
is torn up from its very foundation, the
floors and sills are carried away?all the furniture
and the Professor's lihrarj are totally
lost. Mr. Butler occupied the house, fortunately
there weie none of them at home ?
The new steam saw mill is destroyed. These
are but some of the principal losses: some
ten or fiften other buildings, dwellings, out
houses, shops, &c. arc destroyed. Trees
of all sizes and kinds are torn up and dashed
to atoms,?There arc but few buildings in
the place especially in the northern and central
parts of it, where all the most important
buldmgs are, that are not racked and seriously
injured. The streets are covered
with fragments, This was the work of cer
tainly less than five minutes?yet wonderful
as it appaars, amidst the crash of falling
buildings, the lury of the bursting tempest,
the peals of thunder and the lived glare of
lightning, not a soul in Hanover or its vicinity
was either killed or seriously injured.?
Cincinnati Oaz.
Ladif.s' Celebration of the Fourth.?
The Ladies of Bane, a flourishing town
in M assnchusetts, spent a pirtof the 4th of
July in a national tea-drinking. 4< The
ladies of the town," says the Barre Gazette,
I.** I -.4' ft A II
itf i:n- llillllinT Ul V ,U" 0|(| .111(1 \Oling,
married and singl . without distinction of
party,"' celebrated Independence on Tuesday
afternoon iast, under a bower upon tlie
common. An appropriate eulevlaiunm nt
was provided b)' Mr. heeh-ck, suited to
the I list id I Us tastes of il?e 'f-m i enures '?
and we are right glid ?o learn that they
ninducted nidi great propriety, and bad a
very social, happy time; notwithstanding,
not t he smallest part of their jollity resulted
front the sell-satisfac.lion <>f having sarcastically
toasted the Old Bachelors, without
fear, favor or friendship, until those of them
present had become fairly brown." We
subjoin a few of the sentiments given on
the joyous occasion:
Old Bachelors ? May ihey lie alone on a
b? d of nettles, sit alone on a wooden stool,
eat alone on a wooden trencher, and be their
awn kitchen maids.
Industry of iho Young Ladies of Barro?
always want to be engaged.
Matrimony ? The truth and essence of
life ; love at home, unity abroad, and consistency
at all times and in all conditions.
The Old Bachelor like the Thorn Hedge?
neither bloss 'ins nor fruit r??i?tl**r it u-elul
or ornamental, but it is a scourge to all
creatures.
A True Story.?The following story of
'Love and Prudence,' first appeared in th?
New York (Pa.) Recorder, a d the fact
which it records, occurred in a neighboring
county, beyond the Susquehanna. The
way this beautiful and sprightly heiress
trea'ed her fortune homing I \er, shonld be
a 'caution' to the whole order;?
IjOvc and Prudence.?A young gentleman
who was desirous of entering the holy
state of matrimony, and had turned his attention
to the gilded beauties of the day ?
selected at length, for particular address, a
young laday who was reported rich, as well
in the matter of 'lucre* as in mental and
personal accomplishments. lie felt the
charm of h.s lair one stealing over his
senses a 'witching speli' upon his (amities
But he wanted to make assurance doubly
sure, and to leave no 'loop whereon to hang
a doubt,* touching the worldly possession*
of bis beloved. Fame, it is true, ha- spoken
her wealthy?but Fame has a cruel fashi" of
exaggeration in tl ese matters In a word,
il the truth u !> old, our lover was not
so madly in Ion*, but be was able to preserve
some 'method* in it. Ami before the glori
?u - passion bad reached its c?isis, he had
the singular prudence to examine records ?
Mid io obtain an exact knowledge of the
wealth oi bis charmer ! How hnppv was lie
id find that her estate was clear; and lor
once even more valuable (ban rumor had
proclaimed it.
Flying then on the wings of love, to the
dwelling of I.is fair one in good set phrase
he declared his affection for her?made a
tender of bis heart and hand?and besought|i
her to smile upon bis passion, agti make bin) <
happy. But the "flattering tale" of hope
was not to be realized. The star of our
lover's happy fortune, had, alas! not yet cast
its silver above the horizon! By some
means, it hap|>eiied the young lady had been
apprised of toe extent of her lover's curiosity?and
in the midst of his descant upon
flames, a.nl darts, and Cupid?she very
composedly drew from her reticule a small
piece of money, and approaching him, made
this reply.?"Although! may profit by your
very favorable sentiments towards me, stUl
I cannot think of your being a loser on my
account. As yi<u h.ve been at the expense
of a Seari h* 1 thus insist on being allowed
to replace the amount so expended." So
saying, she put an eight penny piece in her
lover's hand, und he?went his way.
Romantic Fscape from Prison.?Yesterday
u Frenchman, co fined in the debtor's
prison, effected his escape, through
the ingenious connivance of his wife and
a? i* 1
M-irr. ft-HMii nve o'clock in the afternoon
they wore admitted to tlic prison, as usual,
ihc sister having a large basket on her
arm, supposed to contain female attire;
Shortly afterwards, the prisoner was supposed
to go up to his room, when the two
others departed. Sometime after their
departure, the keeper, to his astonishment
discovered tlrat the debtor had escaped, by
disguis ng himself in the female attire
brought in the basket, a la Sir Robert
Wilson, at the time of the French revolution.
A reward of one hundred dollars
is offered for his apprehension.?N. Y.
Times.
Fatal Accident.?A youth, named
William Moutmyer, wat instahtly killed yesterday
morning, in .Market-street, near Meeting-street,
in attempting to stop a span of
llorses from running away. We learn that
the lad and an elder brather had been left
ui charge of a Market Wagon and horses,
by the owner, (their Uncle,) when a dog
fight occurred near them, and frightened the
horses, caused them to start. The deceased
raised the reins in order to check their flight;
I il?- -
nnu iu'Hi on lor some moments, until liis
strength became exhausted, ween lie dropped
upon the ground, and the horses and
wagon |?a--ed ..ver his body. On being taken
up, life was extinct, a large wound having
been received on the temple, either from
the kick of the horses, or the wheels of the
wagon
The public authorities, it is hoped, will
take some measures to relieve the community
from the nuisance that has become
a subj'Cl of general complaint, the
number of d->gs thai infest the streets.
At this season of the year, they are not
only a nuisance, hut become dangerous,
on account of their liability to be afflicted
with hydrophobia. In the instance abovo
related, they ivere the primaiy cause of
the l<>ss of life, and although we are not
desirous of giving them a bid name on
this account, it affords an opportunity to
remark thai some means should be taken
to r duce the quantity of these useless
animals?the owners of such as estimate
highly the qualities of their dogs, will of
co rse keep thein out of danger.? [Char.
C.mr
Dead Men's Thoughts.?It is recorded
in the Boston Medical Journal of April,
.nut soinc oi 111e most eminent physiologies
of Germany and France are now
pertinaciously arguing the very curious
question as to whether a man feels after
uis head is otf. In support of this unpleasant
theory many facts arc adduced,
with grave vouchers for their authenticity.
Among others is the most unfortunate Maty,
Qaieen of rfcots, whose lips continued
to move in prayer for at least a quarter of
an hour after the executioner had performed
his duty. VVindt stales that after having
put his mouth to the ear a departed
criminal's head, and calling him by
name, the ryes turned to the side from
whence the voice came; and this is attested
by Fontenelle, Mogoro, Guillitinc,
Nauche, and Aidini. On the word murder
being called in the ear of a criminal
.t~.l C..~ .1--. ir-i i i
< Ainm ii HM inai emtio III V^OOIClllZ, UlC
half closed eyes opened wiih an expressi
n of reproach on those who stocd
around.
Caution in small matters is at all times
commendable, and will naturally lead to
caution in alfairs of greater import. An
exception to this corollary, however, was
recently given by a fellow in England,
who, on the morning of his execution
particularly requested that a clean shirt
n ight he well aired for him, and that he
might be allowed a silk handkerchief to
tic round his head, as he was so liable to
take cold !
A nfw ARRIVAL OF EMIGRANTS. TIlC
ship Edward, lately arrived from Calcutta
and Madras brought sixenormous serpents
of the Anaconda and B >ii Constrictor species,
which are now on exhibition in Philadelphia.
Prince Pierre Bonaparte, son of Lucien ,
1 I. _ i r \t 1/--1 r
ii.la ? 'iiu.II nru irowi new x otk lor ^anada.
11 e is the one who was concerned ih
lie affray with nir Tope's guards near
Koine, which term na.ed in the death of
lie or more, and for which he was banished.
lie will reside with his father
ue.ir London, and may possibly return
and purchase his uncle's place near Borden
town.
Percussion Capi .?We have noticed
several instances of idem by the use
of these cups. The Wellsburg Transcript
relates nnotlier. A young man was drying
a quantity of them that had become
wet; and after sufficient exposure to tho
sun, as he was removing them they exploded,
injuring consideiably his face and
eyes,