THE SCRANTOX TRIBUNE SATURDAY MOKNEaV ' DECEMBER 26, 1896.
9
VAST UNDEVELOPED
FIELDS OF COAL
West Virtlala Will Soon Lead All la
Coal Production.
IT NOW LEADS IN OIL AND TIMBER
Enormous Tract of Coal Territory
That Have Never Been Touched by
the ftiner'a PickOver 10,000,.
OOO Acre of Virgia rorctA
ricnltaral Capabilities Commea.
rate With It Other Natural
WealthA Wide F:ld lor the Safe
vestment or Capitul aad the Es
lablisament of Industrial Interest.
From the Pittsburg News.
Wot Virginia la the coming state of
the union In the production of coal und
coke, particularly In the former. The
adoption of by-product coke ovens as
the methods of that process of coke
manufacture become more practical,
may operate UKuinst vest Virginia
succeeding western Pennsylvania as
the center of output for the spongy
fuel, but undoubtedly the Mountain
State leads all others in its bituminous
coal and cannel coal resources, renn
ylvanla, of course, is head and shoul
ders above all now, chiotly on account
of the enormous production of anthra
cite, the seams of which have been
mined for years and are rapidly being
exhausted. The coal lnustry of West
. Virginia Is In its infancy. The possi
bilities of production are almost incon
ceivable. Governor W. A. MacCorkle, of West
Virginia, who last night addressed the
Pittsburg chamber of commerce. Is the
standard bearer of his commonwealth's
. great industrial advantages. No oth
er man is better posted on Its natural
wealth and marvelous increase which
It has made of late years in the mining
of coal, manufacture of coke, produc
tion of oil and the development of tim
ber lands. With 17.0U0 square miles of
coal unsurpassed In quality, and easy
to mine, 16.000,000 acres of virgin for
ests, a vast oil territory and agricultur
al capabilities commensurate with the
others, It Is a hard matter to predict
the state's future. From to ISM
the coal production of West Virginia
advanced from MiiO.OOO tons to 10.H00,
000, and at the rate of Increase, during
the past three years it will more than
have doubled the latter figure before
the present century Is rounded out. Ac
tive as development has been it must
double and quadruple In tne near fu
ture, as there is a wide field for the
safe Investment of capital, for the
building of railroads, the opening of
coal mines, the establishment of wood
Working enterprises and many other
Industrial interests.
Governor MacCorkle figures that
West Virginia has R.1U0 more square
miles of coal area than Kngiand, 8,000
square miles more than Pennsylvania,
and 7,000 square miles more than Ohio.
In the last three or four years about
twenty-five counties in the state have
been producing over 15 per cent, of
the coal mined in the United Stutes.
The state has fifty-four counties. All
but three of them are underlaid with
workable coal, yet there are vast ter-
' rltories among the twenty-nine coun
ties undeveloped tilled with the finest
fuel known to commerce absolutely en
shrouded in their solitude. There are
whole districts, not Inaccessible, either
unoccupied except by the cabin of the
lonely settler or the camp of the hun
ter. TUB COAL. SEAMS.
The coal districts and seams of West
Virginia are as varied as the state's
resources. Houth of Kanawha and Fay
ette coutles and the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad Is the famous Flat Top
field, with an area of 4,4.!5 square miles.
Over 4,000,000 tons of coal were shipped
from the mines in this region last year.
Wyoming, ltalelgh. Mercer, McDowell,
Koone, Lincoln and Wayne counties
compose the Flat Top district, yet all
the coal output credited to it last year,
except possibly 100,000 tons, came from
Mercer and McDowell counties. Wyo
ming county, 660 miles In area, has the
rare combination of the Flat Top coal
veins on one side and the Kanawhu
coal veins on the other. This and ex
tensive beds of cannel coal have never
been pierced by the mlner'B pick. Ev
er acre of the 675 square miles In Logan
county Is primed with stratas of the
few Klver coal. There the speculator
or the prospective operator can choose
between soft coal, steam coal, splint
coal, gas coal, cannel coal and cooking
coal. Hoone county is the seat
more varied and better coals as a whole
than any other county in the state. It
and Lincoln county contain the largest
Single area of cannel coal in the world.
One of the strange characteristics of
this section of West Virginia is the
great number of valuable veins that
lie above the New Klver bed, all thick
enough to be mined. In some localities.
however, the surface Is not sufficient
to the successful mining of all the
seams.
In the Kanawha district a great de
posit of coal In the Two-mile valley and
extensive beds of cannels and splints
on Coal river are either still In the
hands of the original owners or else
being held by speculators. The Kelly
creek and Klk river valley coals are
unknown to the market. Koane, Jack
on, Clay, Webster and Broxton coun
ties also come within the Elk river
region, and though capable of great
output are barren of production. The
vast productive ability of the state
Will be appreciated when It Is under
stood that the great ouput, making
West Virginia the third largest pro
ducer of coal in the union, has been ac
compllshed with the rich valleys of the
Elk, 170 miles In length, the Uouley, 115
miles In length, and the Coal, 100 miles
In length. Three hundred miles along
the Gouley and Little Kanawha com
bined, comprising 5,710 square miles.
has not been penetrated by pick or
shovel. No railroad reach Grant. Gil
mer and Calhoun counties, all of which
possess splendid coals. Gllmore coun
ty has almost a continuous vein of the
Upper Pittsburg seam, throughout
which develops almost ten feet of clear
coal.
APALACHIAN 8TSEM.
Though the Appalachian coal system
is strongly developed In Pennsylvania
west of the Allegheny mountains it is
said to have greater expanse in West
Virginia, yet mining operations are
limited to four districts, the Flat Top,
New River, Central West Virginia and
Upper Monongahela.
Governor MacCorkle believes that the
older Iron producing states are about
out of ores. Pennsylvania and Ohio
are practically the only states that
have their own coal and no ore ot any
consequence. The governor s predic
tion Is that In twenty years the Vir
ginias, Kentucky, Alabama and Ten
nessee will be the cheapest iron pro
ducting sections In the country. He
speculates largely on the adaptability
of the West Virginia ores to cheap
mining and the proximity of fuel.
If there Is one thing West Virginia
can boast of It is her timber. It stands
alone both In quality and abundance.
There are sixteen varieties of oak, 900
square miles of sprite, 1,500,000,000 feet
of the finest poplar In the world, enor
mous forests of cherry, white pine,
hard and soft maple, black walnut,
rum, red beach, yellow birch, chestnut,
( el low pine, ash, hickory, hemlock and
jrty species of the Bmaller woods,
lomparatlvely unbroken.
West Virginia Is also a phenomenon
In another line. It possesses the larg
' 1st producing oil field In the United
states, and perhaps In the world. Ex-
rrt judges say the oil territory ex
nds clear through the state from the
orth to the south. The production
hat year was nearly 15,000,000 barrels.
Investments in oil aggregate nearly
10,000.000.
West Virginia has within her bor
ders magnificent beds of Are clays,
ochre and fine building stone. There
retrains no doubt of her taking a fore
most place of great commercial power
among the states of the United States.
R. 8. Coll.
STORIES OF A GREAT EDITOR.
Vlsscher, lu the Times-Herald.
A great many people unwittingly con
fuse George 1). Prentice of the Louisville
Journal with Sargeairt S. Prentiss, of Mis
sissippi. Hoth were natives of New Kng
iand, and In many points of character they
resemebled each other, though they dif
fered as widely as the poles In others.
Prentice went to Kentucky to write a
biography of Henry Clay when that won
derful man was about to become a can
didate for president. Prentiss went to
.Mississippi when that state was In its
xery youth. Hoth were little more than
boys then. One became a great Journal
ist, the other a great orator. The "Life
of Henry Clay" was written at Lexing
ton. Ky.. ami at Olympian Springs, a rural
resort in the mountains of eastern Ken
tucky, then owned by Clay. The work was
done in such an Incredibly short space of
time and so perfectly that Prentice at once
became a Hon, ami the whlgs "put up" for
him the Ixiuisville Journal.' At that time
Shadrach I'enn was the editor of the Ad
vertiser, the Democratic organ In l.oiil:t
vllle. and Penn's friends predicted that
he would make short work of the Yankee
bov. Hut he didn't. Prentice made short
work of him. At tne start PreiKii an
nounced that he had quills or all slzs
In his quiver, from the humming bird's
wing to the eagle's, and persons could
choose which he should use on them. Penn
chose the eaick' and Prentice gave it to
him. For a time such a polemic war was
wuged between those giants that people
stood almost aghust, but after about nine
years Penn throw down his weapon and
quit. He went to 8t. l-oult. shortly after,
ward and died. I'pon Penn's departure
from Louisville Prentice wrote an article
so magnanimous and beautiful concern
ing Ills ancient enemy that' Its kind has
never been exrvllud, exivpt when he
wrote ol Penn's death.
While Prentice was working on his life
of Clay at Olympian Hprlngs one day at a
favorite spot In the forest, near a great
chalybeate spring, he was resting under
a huge chestnut tree that Is standing to
this day. and Is called "Prentice's chest
nut." with manuscript and pencil in hand,
leaning against the tree back of him was
a double-barreled gnu, that he kept wl'h
him lr these Jaunts for a cham-e shot nt
some object of game. There came along a
native, one of the Jackson Democrat of
those times, who. If alive, which Is Im
probable, Is still voting for Jackson. He
wore a coonskln cup, hunting shirt and
other things, among them a rifle of the
long, old-fashioneil Kentucky variety.
Speaking to Prentice he said:
"You're writin" clay's life, ain't ye?"
"Yes." replied Prentice.
"Well, I want you to write my life, and
do It monst'ous quick, too," he said, with
a menacing glance at his lengthy weapon.
Suddenly Prentice snatchcsl from behind
the tree his shotgun, and leveling It, full
cocked, In the luce of the intruder, he
said:
"1 won't write your life, but I'll take It If
you don't leave here."
The fellow protested thnt he was Just
Joking, fell Into a gooil-nutured compli
ment upon Prentice's good looks, '"lowed"
he was "game," and the two parted on
quite friendly terms.
"Hut I was not kume," Mr. Prentice
said to the writer, after telling the fore
going story. "1 always knew that if I
wanted to stay In Kentucky In my busi
ness 1 must show light, and though I am
mi mi ally timid I did show fight, and that
show has saved me from many a diffi
culty," Prentice Is often siioken of as a duelist,
but 1 don't think he ever fought a duel,
though he was frequently challenged. He
went to Arkansas once to fight a a duel,
but the affair was adjusted In a satisfac
tory way before the principle met on the
Held. Generally he got out of duels with
a Joke. On one occasion he said In re
sponse to an Invitation to thus make a
target of himself: "It takes only one fool
to send a challenge, but It takes two to
tight, ami I beg to be omitted from the
category." Frequently, however, he was
suddenly brought Into personal encounters
from which he always emerged with full
credit and often honor to himself. Once,
for Instance, a Frankfort editor fired nt
him with a pistol on a Louisville street.
Prentice closed with tho man and had him
down with a knife brandished uliove him.
Some bystanders shouted: "Kill the
scoundrel!" "Cut his head off!" and the
like, but Prentice put away his knife, re
marking as he did so: "I can't kill an
unarmed man," and allowing his foe to
nrlse, the two afterward became close
friends. In such matters Prentice of
Louisville, was unlike Prentiss, of Vlcks
burg, for the latter was nearly always
"spoiling for a light," and would shoot
"at the drop of a hat." It Is said of him,
and with good authority, I believe, that
Prentiss would leave a hand at a game
of poker to go out and exchanged shots
with persons who liked that sort of diver
sion, and would then come back and take
up his curds to see If he could "open a
jack-pot whutever that 1.
Prentice hnd two sons, his only children,
named Courtlaml and Clarence respective
ly as to age. Courtlund Inherited to a
great degree the talents of his gifted fa
ther, and gave much promise of becoming
a man of fame In letters, but he went into
the Confederate army early in the war
as an officer and was killed In a skirmish
at Augusta, Ky., about two months after
ward. .Mr. Prentliv Idolized Courtlaml
and deeply mourned him so long as the
father lived. Clarence, later on, jveut Into
the Confederate iriny also an I became a
colonel. He was mvolvd .n the Killing of
a hotel proprietor nt Abingdon Va., "and
his father was forctd to go to Mlchmoml
having obtained passage through the
lines, to exert his inll.i-nce with the hiati
-'.'onfeder.it. r.uth Him to save hli .u:i
from con llgn r un'shment. Hemming
from the war Clarence was admitted to the
bar in Louisville, but changed h's mind
and studied mol! h-o, in which profes.
slcn he graduated but n.'Vr practiced.
Shortly before the vhUr Pren : death
Clarence was throw it from a buggv dii a
road, near his home, west f Louisville,
and was killed. He IcTt a son, George D
Prentice. Jr., who at My latest informa
tion was in law pract'oo at San I'luncmco
I am of the opinion thee this young ir. in
Is dead also, but if he is jivinj- he l tlif
enly representiit've ally of 'icorge 7i.
Prentice's Immcliate family.
Prentice was r. .ema.-kably cnn.lij man,
illustration of which Is given In the anec
dotes which shall follow, but these are
only a few of the hundreds to be tol l:
Once when coming out of a public build
Ing In Louisville he was about to pass
through a double door which opened both
ways. Like the sensible man he was he
started to 'puh at the door half on Ills
right. A young man coming from the op
jioslte direction was pushing nt the same
door, being his own left. Prentice lost
patience, and throwing himself with nil
his might against the door it flew open
and the young man went sprawling on
the mosaic floor. Assisting the youth to
arise. Prentice remarked: "Take my ad
vice, my son, keep to the right In your
way through life, and you'll never run
against any body but a blamed fool, and
you needn't apologize to him."
Will 8. Hays, the famous Kentucky
song writer, was In the latter days of the
old Journal river reporter for the Demo
crat. Huys was a very sudden voung
man, good-hearted. Jolly, witty, but lack
ing somewhat In reverence, and he had a
habit of calling persons, even old enough
to be his grandfather, by their given
names. Visiting Prentice one day as a
fellow poet, after some desultory talk
Hay said:
"I suppose, George, you have seen my
last song."
PreMlce looked up at Havs, who was
seated cross-legged on Prentice's table,
and with a twinkle in his expressive eyes
quietly replied:
"I hope so, Bill."
"Hill" loked around for a second or two
as if something had tapped him. and theii
slid down the baluster-rail to the front
door.
THE SENATORIAL OUTLOOK.
Harrlsburg Letter, Pittsburg Dispatch.
The whole number of members of the
house and senate Is 154. The total Re
publican vote Is 215. Therefore the num
ber of vote required to elect on Joint
ballot will be 128 votes, and to nominate
In the caucus 108 votes. Penrose' friends
figure that Wanamaker will not have
more than sixty vote as a maximum,
making due allowance for doubtful mem
bers who may go to him. This would
give Penrose 155 vote to elect him en
Joint ballot. It I quite probable that a
few vote will scatter to other person In
the caucus, of member who prefer not
to take part In the contest between the
recognised candidate, but they are far
more likely to be subtracted from the
Wanamaker than from the Penrose column.
MINE FLOODED
AT ABERNANT
A Terrible Inrush ot Water ia One ol
tbe Larf est Coalpits la Wales.
PERILOUS POSITION OP 129 MEN
Shortly After Four O'clock of the 10th
lastaat New Wa Received of mm
Inrush of Water at aa Aberdare
Colliery ia 8outa Wale.
This I the latest possible news re
ceived from the Klver Level Pit. Aber
dare, where 120 men were entombed and
all liable to iose their lives In what sel
dom happens nowadays in the mine of
Wules or any other country. Air. Rich
ard Howells, manager of tbe company,
happened to be on top of the pit at
the lime, and at once descended. Imme
diately afterward sending men through
the return airway to warn the men to
work their way outward. This proved
to be very effacious. and resulted In
nearly 120 workers being promptly re
leased from the mines. The manager
and some helpers then proceeded In the
direction from which the water emanat
ed, and found It rushing from old work
ings that hud not been used since 1S72.
the source being the old workings of
Yscubor Wen colliery, which were dis
continued about a year ago, the Inlet
being at the boundary line. Here they
found a man named Thomas Thomas,
who had gut behind an airway door,
which he was unable to open owing to
the pressure of water, and him they
brought out. A number of men were
working nt the bottom of the drift In
Gellldcg, a mile or more from where
the water came pouring In, and It is
believed that six of them at least have
met with their death. Their names are:
Thomas Jones, Moss-row, Alternant,
married: George Kvnns, llobertstown,
14 years of age; John Phillips, Tal-yr-Waln,
married: John Williams. Little
row, 13 years of nee; John Jenkins,
Mnrgaret street, Trecynon, married;
Thomas Jenkins, his son. about 14 year
of age. Mr. T. O. Adams, her Majesty's
Inspector, and Mr. Richard BedlinRton.
the consulting engineer, together with
Mr. Edward Morgan, the resident man
ager of the company, arrived on the
scene of the accident and rendered ev
ery service In their power. Some faint
hopes are entertained that the men may
have got on to the rise In the return
way, through which a number of their
comrade escaped, but it Is feared that,
as they have not yet been reached, the
whole of the six persons named are
drowned.
EXPLORING THE MINE.
The cxnlorlng party, comprising
Messrs. Adams (Inspector of mines),
Gregory, W. Howells Phillips and S. A.
Williams, had difficult work In getting
nt the source of the Influx. They were
continually in a rushing stream, and
hnd to pass over barriers of coal, etc.
No. G Level off-drift was submerged at
about eighty or ninety yards from the
place where the imprisoned men Were
working, other exploring parties re
port that the great rush Is now over,
and only the ordinary stream will
shortly have to be contended with. Mr.
Lewis and Mr. Ad'ims, mine Inspectors,
Intend to proceed through Ysgubor Wen
colliery nnd follow the stream to the
River Level colliery, which has been
explored. Hundreds of spectators are
attracted to the pit's mouth, despite
the rainy weather, and It is satisfactory
to lenrn that no disorders were crea
ted. Mr. Ed. Morgan descended at 12.30
and has not yet re-ascended.
SIX HORSES AND A DONKEY
HKOLGH UP ALIVE.
The Press association Aberdare corre
spondent telegraphs: Some hope is still
entertained that the six poor fellows
who ure entombed In Alternant mine,
which was Hooded on Wednesday even
ing, may be rescued, and this hope Is
strengthened by the fact that six horses
nnd a donkey have been brought to
bank alive, und extra pumping engines
are being put down to cope with It. It
Is stated that a rush of water had been
noticed in the collieries for some time,
and a man who had been employed In
the old workings say that for days past
he and others were compelled, In conse
quence of this, to b?ave the mine at
midday.
STILL HOPES OP RESCUE.
Kdwnrd Morgan, general manager of
the colliery, still hopes that some If
not all the men in the pit may yet be
in a place of snfety. Tjie- divers must
pass through 200 yards of water In the
sump at the main heading before there
can be any possibllty of rescue. The
pumps are gaining on the water.
PARALLEL TO THE TYNEWYD
CASE.
Twenty years ago, at Tynewydd
nine men were rescued from the Hood
ed pit after being below for nine days,
and It Is regarded as possible that in
this Instance some of the poor fellows
may have sufficient knowledge of the
old workings to make for a place of
safety. The Inrush of water Into the
pit is on the Increase.
' CARDIFF DIVERS ENGAGED.
Arrangements have been made,
through Sir. Evan Owen, secretary of
the Miners' Provident Fund, to obtain
the services of two expert divers from
Cardiff who are expected to arrive on
the scene at an early day.
HISTORY OF THE COLLIERY.
The River Level Pit, where the dis
aster occurred. Is the oldest In the
Aberdare Valley, having been opened
in the twenties. Close by stand the re
mains of the once nourishing Abernant
ironworks, and the coal raised from
this colliery was principally used for
the numerous forges there. The pit
was sunk to the lower measures in 1866,
and. In addition to the Gellideg Seam,
which has been flooded, work Is being
carried on in the mine foot and what
Is known as the No. 2 Seam. The num
ber of men employed is about 200. about
120 of whom are working in the Gelli
deg Seam.
CAMBRIC NOTES.
Heb ledu dim. mae'r blod'yn yn marw,
Mae hiraeth yn canlyn;
O'r golwg mae'r gelyn
Yn dwyn gwedd y blod'yn gwyn.
Ar el ruddlau mae'r arwyddlon amlwg
Yn ymlid el dlyslon;
Ni wellr mwy ddlm olion .
Swyn na lllw y rhosyn lion.
Yn mbob man anlan sy'n huno, urdda
Pob garddwr sy'n gwywo;
Hynod wyn mae bryn a bro
Alewn dresses yn ymdrwslo.
Er gwaeledd yr argoellon, hedd gwanwyn
Ddaw a gwenau ffrwythlon;
Daw a llu a flodau Hon, adar cu
Pydd yn canu hafaldd acenlon.
O farw daw adferlad I anlan
Fu'n huno dan gauad;
Ger ein bron daw mellllon mad
1 gelslo ymddangoslad.
The Welsh Unitarians have Just pub.
Halted a new tune and hymn book, enti-
Gail Borden I
Eagle Brand
Condensed Milk
I Perfect
I Infant
food
'Infant Health." I a little book of
great value that is sent FREE on appli- 9
cation.
N.Y.CoadenteC.'WiCo.
! Tl BmiMa ItTMt, ItwTsrkf
tied "Perlan Mollant" (The Pearls or
Praise).
The lord chancellor (Lord Halsbury) pre
sided at the annual dinner of the Cymr
dorion society, which wa held last Thun
day evening (Dev. 17) at London.
St. John Llewellyn. Bart., M. P.. ha
accepted the presidency of the next St.
David' Day dinner at the Holborn res
taurant in place of the late Lord Kensing
ton. Mr. Thomas Gee has Just completed the
Index which he ha prepared for the new
edition of the "Gwyddonladur Cymreig.
A list of the principal contributors to the
work 1 Included.
An open scholarship of 80 a year at St.
John's, Oxford, has been won In open com
petition by Mr. Harold Roberts. J. P.,
Canonbury, a well-known member of the
London Welsh community.
Mr. Ernest Rees' anthology of the best
stories In literature i practically ready.
It is entitled. "The Garden of Romance,"
has picture by Mr. Laurence Hounmun
and Messrs. Kegan and Paul are the pub
lishers. Mr. G. Young, cornetlst. from Kettering,
has been selected as bandmaster to the
Ulalna-Lancaster town band. In place of
Mr. Tom Morgan, now of Llanelly, during
whose tenure of ottlce the Hlalna Instru
mentalists won the South Wales and Mon
mouthshire challenge cup.
According to the Swansea Post. In a
portable theater up the Tawe valley the
staple attraction is a soul-stirring drama,
five acts, seven murders, and the rront
entitled "The Slums of Swansea; or,
Through Perils to Honor." There Is a
detective In It who would paralyse the
local force were he only free. There are
seats are 4d.
The current number of Anecdote an
nounces that three of the editor's prises
for the best anagram on the word "anec
dotes'' have been sent to Wales. The suc
cessful competitors were Mrs. H. A. Rich
ards, Woodlands, Neath: Mr. T. Gray, 1H
Wyndham terrace, Newport, and Mrs. E.
Hodges, Commercial street, Cardiff.
Mr. W. Jenkins, of Ynyshlr. secretary
of the library and institute, has recently
received from Mr. Whltllng, of Weston-super-Mure,
a valuable gift toward the
Institute In the form of fifty volumes of
the "Chandos Clusaics." The gift ts in
addition to a sum of flirt, which Mr. Whit
ling previously subscribed to the Insti
tute. There is sense and humor to be found
sometimes in so unexpected a quarter as
an inspector of nuisances report. At the
last meeting of the Aberayron Rural Dis
trict Council (says the Carmarthen Jour
nal), Mr. Griff Evans reported that "at
Myilrollyn he found a pig occupying a
parlor,'' and with the cnllousness or the
Royal Irish Constabularly "he evicted him
there and thi."
Carmarvon, we are assured, mean to
fight hard for the Welsh university of
fices. Provision for the acquisition of a
site for these offices forms one of the
clauses of a bill about to be promoted by
the borough in parliament, and It Is un
derstood that should thin bill pas a pro
posal will be made to spend some thou
sands of pounds to make a portion or the
ancient castle habitable for the purpose
of the university offices. There Is good
reason for believing that the suggest Ion
Willi be favorably entertained by the
Castle authorities.
Recently the goods and chattels of tho
renowned antl-tlther and Welsh patron,
Mr. John Parry, Llamrmon, were sold for
tithe due to the rector of the parish. Mr.
Parry was one of the first to refuse paying
that tithe, and he has probably delivered
more addresses and written morn article
on this question than any living Welsh
man. He knows everything about the
tithe, and at a recent county court he was
more than a match for the rector, and was
able to argue a point with the Judge him
self. The death of the venerable principal of
the Krecon Memorial college, the Rev. Dr.
Morris, which took place on the 6th of this
month, has produced a keen and wide
spread regret In Wales, for, owing to his
retiring disposition, he never occupied
that prominent place in the public life of
Wales which he might otherwise have at
tained, he was Justly regarded as a ,ow
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By the publication of Mr. Charles Ash
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ever since. He now enjoys the titles of
Bey, Lieutenant-Colonel, and C. B.
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