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VOLUME ! ~ CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAR^INA^TUNEIJ85~l~ NUMBER 44.
THE CAMDEN JOURNAL.
I'UKLISIIUD RV
THOMAS. J. lYARREN.
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Wm. C. Caston, General Agent.
Cou T. W. Hurt, Jacksonliam. Lancaster Bist.
S. H. Rouskr, Esq., Lancastrrvtlle, 8.C.
O. C. McCrum.mkn, Cartlinge, N. C.
' W. C. Moor it. Esq., Camden, S. C.
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~VVILLIAM C mooke,
BANK AGENT,
And Beceivlng and Forwarding Merchant
CA MDE N, S. C.
D ?? , vv V. R?n. Mai. J. M
DeSaussure, T. J. Warren, Esq.
t. HATHESON,
BANK AGE.N T.
Ax IIIS ox.n STAND OI*l*r,SI'rK Davis's IIoTFL
B. W. < HAM I3EKS,
Receiving and Forwarding Merchant,
AMI
Bayer of Cotton and other Country Produce,
CAMDEN, S. C.
5* P. SOOT,
OAMOSN, S. C.
PAUL T. VILLEPIGUE,
FACTOR,
And General Commission Merchant,
ACCO.MMODATION WHARF,
CHARLESTON, 8. Cliberal
advances made on consignments nl Produce,
and prompt attention given to tlie forward*
xng of Goods, at the lowest rates
'Anjr.2n. r,s
W. II. It V."0RK!\IA
- T.am an/1 ftnlleltnr in EflnitV.
CAMDEN, S. C.
{Office immediately in rear iff I he Court House.)
Wll.l. ATTK.N'O THE COtTRTS OR
Darlington nud Sumter Districts.
Business entrusted tohimwih meet with prompt
and careful attention. July
~~J Ts. li. keTiS~HA w,
Attorney at Law and Solicitor in Equity,
CAMDEN, S. C.
Will attend the ourte of Kershaw, Sumter,
ftrirfielct, Darlington *"H Lancaster Districts.
CHARLES A. PRICE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
r- * imr<v tc r>
Will Practice in Kershaw and the adjoining
Districts.
Frb. 4
C, A, PRICE,
OFFICE AT THE COURT-PUSK, CABDEN, S, C.
COURTENAY & WIENGES,
BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS
AND DEALERS IN
CHEAP PUBLICATIONS.
ORABLKSTON, 8. C.
Opprtite the I'ost Office.
Agents for the best Green and Black Teas, and
Patent Medicines.
t. G. COURTENAY. _ W. WIENGES.
To Kent.
rIAT brick dwelling and 6torc, next to the
"Mansion House," now occupied by T. BonueJi.
A poly to J. B. KERSHAW, Ex'or.
Dec 24 101 tf
ROBERT LATTA.
LATE THE FIRM OF DICKSON Sl L/tTTA.
WOULD respectfully inform his friends and the
public generally, th*t lie is now receiving a
rariely of Heavy and Fancy Groceries, which he
will sell low for cash?Two doors above Ihe
Planters' Hotel, and immediitely opposite James
Dunlap's, Ksq.
Camden, S. C. March 18th. 1851. 22 If
Notice.?
ALL persons having any claims against thd
Estate of the late Mrs. Martha E. Wilson
deceased, will present them properly attested, ane
those indebted will make immediate payment to
to Mr. John Rosser, who is authorized to act as
agent in my absence.
PAUL T. V1LLEPIGUE, Admr.
Nov. 12,1850. 80 wtf.
WHISKEY, nvyi AND BRANDY
Rectified Whiskey,
f)U 50 bbla. New England Rum
ft casks Domestic Brandy
40 doz. Old A/adeira Wine
00 doz Porter and Ale, in quarts and pints
Received and for sale by
Jan JOHN W. BRADLEY.
QA BOXES J. E. Cheese, small size, received
?\J and for sale, by SHAW & AUSTIN.
Feb. 18 14 tf
1 ;*^A bcrt Hewilock Leather.
Xf)iy Just received and for sale at 17 cts per
lb. by JOHN W. BUM)LEY.
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THE SOUTHERN STOBE.
ALL who wish Bargains, are invited to call al
K. S. MOFFAT'S new Southern Store,
?hir/t house ?bnve the rank of Camden, where
they will find a complete assortment of
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES AND HARDWARE,
consisting in part, as follows:
Fancy and mourning Prints
7-8 and 4-4 brown Shirtings
Blue Denims and Marlborough Stripes
Sattinetts and Kentucky Jeans
Cloths and fancy Cassimercs
Negro Kerseys; Bed and Negro Blankets
Mous. De'aines, Ginghams, <f-c.
Groceries.
Brown, Loaf, crashed and clarified Sugar
Rio and Java Coffees
New Orleans and West India Molasses
Mackarel, Nos. 2 and 3 in barrels
Cheertc, Rice, Flour, Bacon and Salt
Rairfns, Pepper, Spice
TdSacco, Segars. &.c. Sic.
Hardware.
Pocket Knives and Forks
Britannia and Iron Spoons
Trace and Halter Chains
Axes, Hammers and Hatchets
.Spades, Shov>lsand Hoes
Hand, mill and crosscut srvvs
Vices, anvils and blacksmith's bellows
Nails, brads, tacks and sp igs
Knob, pad closet and stock locks
Iron squares, compasses and plane irons
DTIIBIICiS UiaCKIIIgi CUIIUU ana n wi mum
Broadnxcs and steelyards; pots and akillets
Broad and narrow Iron Sic..
Ready Made Clothing
of every description.
Saddles, Bridles and Martingales
Crockery and Glassware
Gunny and Dundee Bagging
Kentucky Rope and Twine
Together wiiJi every other article usually loun ?
ina well selected slock of Dry Goods, Groceries
and Hardware. All of which will be sold exceedingly
low for cash.
fetri 'he highest market prices paid for cotton
and other country produce.
Dec 21, K. S, .VOFFAT.
NEW STORE.
THE subscriber is now opening a large assort
inent of Groceries and Maple Goods,
in the Store lately occupied by William J. Gerald
(south of the Bank of Camden,) which he will
dispose of at Charleston prices for cash.
Those wishing to purchase would de well to
call and examine the stock, consisting in part, ol
the following, viz:
Loaf,Crushed, Ground and Granulated Sugar*
S Croix, i'orln Kirn, and New Orleans do
Sw Orleans, Muscovado and Culm Molasses
Java, Laguimand K?*v Coflec
Gunpowder, Young Hyson and Black Teas
Spertn, Adamantine anil" Tallow Candles
.No- 2 and 3 Mackarel, in Barrels, Half and Quarter*
Wine, !?<>da and Butter Biscuits and Cneese
Soap am! Starch, assorted
Pepper, Spice, Ginger, Nutmegs, Mace and Close*
Ho viler, Shot and Lend
Hani ware. Cutlery, Nails and Casting*
I'aints, Linseed Oil, Sperm. Oil and W i? h G|?,
ALSO
Bleached and nnhleached Shirting* and Sheeting*
Blankets, Bed Ticks, Apron Checks and Oznaburg*
Together with a large assortment of
BitL'itiiiKi Rope and Twine.
J. W. BRADLEY.
Cnm.lcn.S. C. Sept. 23.
B3r-( :a*h paid for Cotton and other Prodnce.
fljsw sruitii;.
THE subscriber would inform his friends and
ilie public generally, that be ban opened an
extensive slock of GROCERIES, at the stand
formerly occupien by Joseph W. Doby, one door
south of Campbell's liakerv, and opposite 11. Levy
&. Son, where may be found all articles usually
kept in the Grocery line, consisting in part
of the following:
Fulton Market Beef
No. 1 and 2 Mackarel in kitts, for family use;
Rio and Java Coffees; crushed and brown Sugars;
New Orleans Molasses, (new crop) butter,fwine
and soda crackers; cheese, buckwheat, raisins,
currants, almonds, English mustard, filberts, pecan
nuts, assorted pickles and preserves.
ai.SO
A few doz. old Port Wine, lletdsick best Champagne,
London Porter and Scotch Ale in pints, together
a large siock of Bagging, Rope and Twine,
ail of which he offers low for cash.
Jan 1. S. E. CAPERS.
Darlington Hotel,
DARLINGTON COURT-HOUSE.
THE above House having been purchased and
fitted up anew by John Doten, is again opened
for the accommodation of the Public. Strict
attention to the wants and comforts of guests
will be given, and no effort, calculated to merit
the Datronafre of all who rnav favor the establish
I o v
irent with a visit, shall be spared.
All that the market and surrounding country
afford will be found upon the table.
Comfortable rooms, for families or individuals,
are prepared.
The Stables will be attended by careful and
attentive hostlers.
Drovers can be well accommodated, as any
number of horses and mules can be l- ept in the
stables and lots expressly prepared for them.
JVov. 1, 1850. 86 tf
MANSION HOUSE.
CAMDEX, S. C.
THE undersigned Iwgs leave to return hi* grateful
thanks to his friends, and the travelling Public, for
the liberal support which he ha* reeeived since he ha* been
opened, (fonr months) ami has entered upon hi* duties for
1K51, with renewed energy to endeavor to please ^11 that
may call upon him, both rich ami poor. His House will
he found one of the most desirable, situated, and best furnished
Hotels in Camden. Hi* servant* also will he
found respectful and attentive, and the table will be supplied
with tit* liest the market nflbrd*.
Ilia Kinl.u* u.i.t i -urriiKTA llniiK. are roomv ami always
fully supplied with Provender, and an experienced Hostler.
An Omnibus calls at the House every morning for passengers
for the Railroad. (Jive ine a call and test my motto.
As you find me,
So recommend me.
E. G. ROBINSON.
Proprietor.
Camden, February 7th, 1851. 11 tf
ALL persons are forewarned against trading
for a Note of Hand, given by tne to Mr.
Thomas Baskin, for the amount of Three hundred
and iiliy dollars (#350.) dated 12th March, as I do
not intend paying it. W. R. YOUNG,
yi.'arch 21, 23 tf
HOW WASHINGTON WAS MADE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
Every post brought me letters from my friends
Dr. Winthrop, Dr. Cooper, Gen. James Warren,
and sometimes from Gen. Ward and his
aids, and Gen. Heath and many others, urging,
in pathetic terms, the impossibility of keeping
theirmen together without the assistance of Congress.
I was daily urging all these things, but
we were embarrassed with more than one difficulty,
not only with the parly iu favor of the
petition to the King, and the party which was a
Southern party, who were jealous of independence,
but a third party against a Northern, and
a jealousy against a New England army under
the command of a New England General.?
Whether this jealousy was sincere, or whether
it was mere pride and a haughty ambition of
furnishing a Southern General to command the
Northern army, I cannot say; hut the ;ntention
was very visible to me that Colonel Washington
was their object, and so many of our
staunchest men were in the plan, that we could
carry nothing without conceding to it Another
embarrassment, which was never publicly
known, and which was carefully concealed
by those who knew it, the Massachusetts and
other New England delegates were divided.?
Mr. Hancock and Mr. Cashing hung back, MrPaine
did not come forward, and even Mr.
Samuel Adams was irresolute. Mr. Hancock
himself had an ambition to be appointed Commander-in-Chief.
Whether he thought an
election a compliment due to him, and intended
to have the houor of declining it. or whether he
would havo accepted it, I know not. To the
compliment he had some pretensions; for, at
that time, his exertions, sacrifices, and general
merits in the cause of his country had been incomparably
greater than those of Colonel
Washington. But the delicacy of his health,
and his entire want of experience in actual ser
vice, tnoiign an excellent muma omcer, were
decisive objections to him in my mind. In
canvassing this subject, out of doors, i found
too that even among the delegates of Virginia
there were difficulties. The apostolic reasonings
among themselves which should be greatest
were not less energetic among the saints of
die Ancient Dominion than they were among
us of New England. In several conversations
1 found more than one very cool about the appointment
of Washington, and particularly Mr.
Pendleton was very clear and full against it.
Full of anxieties concerning these confusions,
and apprehending daily that we should hear
very distressing news from Boston, I walked
with Mr. Samuel Adams in the State House
yard for a little exercise and fresh air before the
hour of Congress, and there represented to him
the various dangers that surrounded us. He
agreed to them all, but said; '"Whti shall wo
do ?" I answered him that he knew that I had
taken great pains to get our colleagues to agree j
upon some plan, that we might be unanimous;
but he knew that the}' would pledge themselves
to nothing; but I was determioed to take a
stop which should compel them and all the otli
er members 01 uougress 10 oecinre inemseives
for or against something. "I am determined
this morning to make a direct motion that Congress
should adopt the army before Boston,
and appoint Colonel Washington commander
of it." Mr. Adams seemed to think very seriously
of it, hut said nothing.
Accordingly, when Congress had assembled,
1 rose in my place, and in a3 short a speech as
the subject would admit, represented the state
of the colonies, the uncertainty in the minds
of the people, their great expectation and anxiety,
the distresses of the army, the danger of
its dissolution, the difficulty of collecting another
; and the probability that the British arniv
would take advantage of ourdelavs. march
w O- - ^ '
out of Boston, and spread desolation as far as
they could go. I concluded with a motion, in
forin, that Congress would adopt the army at
Cambridge, and appoint a General; that though
this was not the proper time to nominate a general,
yet, as 1 had reason to believe this was a
point of the greatest difficulty, 1 had no hesitation
to declare that I had but one gentleman in
my mind for that important command, and that
was a gentleman from Virginia, who was
among us, and very well known to all of us; a
gentleman whoso experience as an officer, whose
independent fortune, great talents, and excellent
universal character would command the
approbation of all America, and unite the cordial
exertions of all the colonies bettor than any
other person in the Union. Mr. Washington,
who sat near the door, as soon as he heard mo
allude to him, from bis usual modesty, darted
iuto the library room. Mr. Hancock, who was
our President, which gave me an opportunity
to observe his countenance while I was speaking
on the state of the colonics, the army at
Cambridge, and the enemy, heard me with visi.
. * J ;t
bio pleasure; but when i came iu uescriuu
Washington for the commander, I never marked
a more sudden and striking change of countenance.
Mortification and resentment wero
expressed as forcibly as his face could exhibit
them. Mr. Samuel Adams seconded the motion,
and that did not soften the President's physiognomy
at all. The subjoct came under debate,
and several gentlemen declared themselves
against the appointment of Mr. Washington,
not on account of any personal objoction
against him, but because the army were all
from New England, had ageneralof their own,
appeared to be satisfied with him, and had
proved themselves able to imprison the British
army in Boston, which was all they expocted
or desired at that time.
Mr. Pendleton, of Virginia, and Mr. Sherman,
of Connecticut, wero very explicit in de_1-_:
tU:? nn;nUn Mr (^IchinDnnd Cairn rift 1
Ciailllg una u|iiuiuu. B -..v. uw.wfM
others more faintly expressed their opposition,
and their fears of discontent in the army and in
New England. Mr. Paine expressed a great
opinion of Gen. Ward and a strong friendship
for him, having been his classmato at college,
or at least his cotemporary; but gave no opinion
on the question. The subject was postponed
to a future day. In the meantime pains
were taken out of doors to obtain a unanimity,
and the voices were generally so clearly in favor
of Washington, that the dissenting members
were rarsuaded to withdraw their opposition,
and Mr. Washington was nominated, I believe
by Mr. Thomas Johnson, of Maryland,
unanimously elected, and the array adopted.?
Works of John Adams.
THE MOTHER'S LAST LESSON.
"Will you please teach me my verse, mamma,
and then kiss me, and bid me good night?"
said little Roger L , as he opened the
door and peeped cautiously into the chamber
of his sick mother. "I am very sleepy, but no
one has heard me say my prayers."
Mrs. L was very ill?indeed, her at
tendunts believed her to be dying. She sat
propped up with her pillows, and struggling for
breath; her lips were white; her eyes were
growing dull and glazed. She was a widow,
and little Roger was her only?her darling
child. Every night he had been in the habit
of coming into her room and sitting in her lap,
or kneeling by her side, whilst she repeated
passages from God's holy word, or related to
him stories of the wise and good men spoken
of in its pages.
"Hush!" said a lady who was watching beside
her couch. "Your dear; mother is too ill
to hear you to-night." As she said this, she
came forward, and laid her hand gently upon
his arm, as if she would lead him from the room.
Roger began to sob as if his heart would break.
"1 cannot go to bed without saying my prayers?indeed
1 cannot."
The ear of the dying mother caught the
sound. Although she bad been nearly insensible
to everything transpiring around her, the
sob of her darling roused her stupor, and turn
ing to a friend she desired her to bring her little
son and lay him ou her bosom. Her request
was granted, and the child's rosy cheek
and golden nestled beside the pale cold face cf
his dying mother.
"Roger, my son, my darliug child," said the
dying woman, "repeat this verse after me, and
never, never, forget it; "when my father and
mother forsake me, tho Lord will take mo up."
The child repeated it two or three times distinctly,
and 6aid his little prayer. Then he
kissed the cold, almost rigid features before him,
and went quietly to his little couch. The next
morning he sought, as usual, his mother, but he
found her stiff and cold.
This was her Last lesson. He has never forgotten
it?ho prol>ably never will. He has
grown to be a man?a good man, and now
occupies a post of lionor and profit in Massacliusetts.
1 never could look upon him without
thinking about the faith so beautifully exhibited
by his dying mother.
THE RATTLESNAKE.
A letter from a member of the Mexican
Boundary Commission, published in the Providence
Journal, says:
These venemous creatures abound through
the plains of Texas and New Mexico. We
met them continually in our path, and they always
cave us notice of their proximity by
shaking their rattles. Often did I hear this
warning without discovering the enemy; and
on such occasions it is best to get oat of the
way. The rattlesnakes never attack except
when provoked; and they are easily killed. A
blow with a stick will disable them, when they
are easily dispatched. The young meu of the
expedition wore fond of shooting them with
pistoles, bat so much ammunition was wasted
in this sport, if it may be so called, it became
necessary to issue an order forbidding it. We
had some experience of the effect of the bite
of this snake.
\s we were approaching tho Concho river,
one of our horsemen discovered a large rattlesnake
diretly in our trail, lie gave him a shot
from his six shooter, which took offect, nearly
cutting his body in two. He then attempted
to ride over hiin, when the snake raised his
head and struck the horse in the hind leg, about
a foot above tho hoof. Several saw the effort
of the snake, and we stopped to see whether
any injury had been done. We at once discovered
the marks where the fangs ontered,
from which tho blood was oozing. Within
five minutes, tho horse which was a very fiao
one, began to limp. Soon after, his leg began
tr> nwpll *n that he could not walk on it. and it I
was with dificulty that he could be led iuto
camp, so great appeared to bo his agony.
Within half an hour we reached our camp,
and proceeded to alleviato tho sufferings of the
poor animal. A small air pump was applied
lirst, and somo blood drawn from the wound,
poultices were applied, and tho horse was
watched with care during the night, as he lay
at length on the grass. In the morning his entire
leg and thigh were much swollen; nevertheless,
he was led along after the wagons.?
After a few days tho swelling subsided, but ho
showed symptoms of sickness, which increased
so that wo were at last compelled to abandon
him.
Wo saw many other snakes of different
kinds, somo of them the most brilliant colors,
which we safely'put away in alohohol. There
is ono species known as tho "chicken suako,"
which at first gavo us much alarm. This snake
we always found in the tops of trees, moving
with as much rapidity from brance to branch as
a squirrel. For this motion, his form seemed
admirably adapted by its groat length, which
" r% a llmiwrk Ilia kn/lw
was irom nvo 10 eigiu i?i, h.u?6u
was not larger than that of other snakes of half
the length. Tho chicken snake, I afterwards
learned from Texans in the party, is harmless.
These men would catch thorn by their tails and
snainp them like a whip. How they derived
their name, I know not . This roach is certain,
there are no chickens in the region where we
met them. It is possibJe however, that in Unsettled
portions of Texas they may infest the
poultry yards.
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Dcs'ruclion of the Egyptian Pyramid* and
Temples.?A correspondent of the London
AUienccuni says that the Northern Pyramid of
Dashour is now in progress oi being converted
into a stone-quarry, in order to build some new
palace or villa in the neighborhood: the tomt>??
of Sakkara are used for the same purpose; the
mounds of Abydus are ransacked for building
.materials; the Temple of Ermetit is going for
the same purpose; and two temples have, >
within the last six years, been knocked down, ^
and the materials removed from near Sheikh
Fadi, entirely withoot the knowledge of travel'
lers, to whom indeed, they have remained otter*
iy unknown nntil now that tltey .no longer ex*
ist jj
The Homestead.?The homestead of every
man is a holy thing which ne law or monopoly
should be able to wrest from the family. Give
the father his home, in fact, and secant; and he
has position, station, character, and rights worthy
to defend. He is a permanent inhabitant of the
State, and he is heart and soul devoted to the
interest of the State, for her interests are. bis
interests. But let the wealthy capitalists be
able to monopolize the soil, ana seize, almost at
will, upon the poor man's homestead,.and, we
shall have a moneyed aristocracy to lord it Over
the people as cruelly as ever English aristonmey
made laborers and dependents by the law of
entail. The only ultimate resource me ?w
possess against the euro encroachments of cap- ,
ital apon Tabor is to be found in the exemption
of the homestead, and the guarantee of tb?right
to labor by laws founded on the nstnral right
of man to live. .. . V.^*a*.
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In fob it.?While the immense throng were
waiting the arrival of the May Flower at & foot
of Main-street on Friday afternoon, one man
more ambitions than the rest, determined to Bee
all that coold be observed from the vantage
ground of a slight elevation, so turning a barrel
of lard, which Lay upon the dock, upon the end,
he mounted it and made himself the obsenfoSof
observers. Butpride must have a fail, snd faehad ^
hardly planted himselF npon the head ol the barrel
when it gave way beneath his feet, and let him
up to the third button on. his vest in the soft,
half melted lard. He ex*icated himself with all
expediton possible from h|9-novel and interesting
position, and it is understood he did net mind
about staying to receive the President, bat left
to his regret, and mizzled for home to tab it off ?
when dry.?Buffalo Commercial.
Sao Drex Hont.?Two brothers named
Badger, living in white county, Indiana, rcently
went ont to bunt deer. Seeing some at a
distance they separated, one brother taking one
direction and the other another. When arrived
in the immediate vicinity of where they
saw the game one of the brothers discovered
something crawling in the grass and wiHows,
and, supposing it to be a deer, fired; a swam
followed, he ran to the spot and found his Ifco
ther a corps. The ball bad pierced him through
the heart
Longest Rail Road.?The Erie road is the
longest in tho world -467 miles. That between
Moscow and St Petersburg, in Rasria,
is next in length, being 420 miles. The Rns- t
sion government is about beginning a road for
Warsaw to St Petersburg, a distance of mbre
than 700 miles, of which Major T. 8. $ro?n,
late of the Erie road, will be chiaf engineer!
" ? t ? . . .
OCT The Panama Herald says that about a
hundred miles from this, within the prouuice,
there exists a native child which was bortt With .
two distinct heads. The child is a m tie and
is now about ten years old. It has been seen
by persons residing in this city, and their statement
in relation to the extraordinary malformation,
is authentic. A well known medical gentleman
and physiologist will proceed in the
course of a day or two on a visit to the child
for the purpose of making a scientific examination,
when we shall have the pleasure to publish
his report
The Oswego Journal says from fifteen to
twenty fugitive slaves pass through that city
weekly to Canada. They are often marly
destitute and depend upon tho charity of (he
colored people for food and lodgings.
G?tWk do not know where we have met
the following, but a more beautiful, thrilling
and pathetic piece of poetry we never read.
On a log sat a frog,
Crying for his daughter;
Tears he thed till his eyes were red^
And then jumped into the water? r
And drdwned himself.
Wild Mas op tiir Woods.?A gigantic
man of the woods has been discovered in Green
county, Arkansas, and a party has been organized
to endeavor to catch him. When last
seen ho was persuing a herd of cattle, who
wero flying in a state of great alarm, as if pursued
by a dreaded enemy. On seeing the party
who discovered him he looked at them very
deliberately for a short time, turned and ran
away with great speed, leaping from twelve to
fourteen feet at a time. His toot-print* measured
thirteen inches each. He was of fffer.vs
tio structure, the body being covered witK haiiv
and the head with long locks that fairly- enveli
oped his neck and shoulders.