Naturally, Coleman and Philip thought he had found some curious reptile. Instead, however, of this being the case, Bromley was kneeling over a scrap of newspaper which was impaled on a dead twig under the shelter of a rock where neither the sun nor the rain could reach it. The torn fragment was scarcely larger than the palm of one's hand, and snugly as it was now protected from the weather, it was yellow from former exposure, and the print was much faded, so that parts of it were illegible. It was possible, however, to decipher enough of the small advertisements on the exposed side to show that it was a Charleston paper, and they knew of course that it must have come by the balloon almost a year before. Undoubtedly it had lain for a long time on the plateau above, exposed to the storms, before the wind had tossed it over the cliff and landed it in such a wonderful way on the twig under the cover of the rock. On the reverse side most of the print was fairly legible. The scrap was torn from the top of the paper, and had on it a capital G, which was the only letter left of the name of the paper. The line below read: "September [date of month gone], 18-0." The center column was headed: "FOREIGN WORLD "The Hon. Charles Snowden, M.P., goes down with his yacht--Earthquake in Spain; four distinct shocks felt--No dam----e done--Movement of specie "London, September 4. The steam-yacht of the Honorable Charles Snowden, M.P., which was wrecked yesterday off the old Head of Kinsale on the south coast of Ireland, was this morning looted by thieves. The ri----, plate, carpets, upholstery, and fittings, as well as quantity of storage, sails, and stores, were taken. Lights were seen from the mainland at two o'clock this morning, when a heavy sea was running. "Later. The Hon. Charles Snowden and the first officer of the boat lost their lives by the swamping of the raft on which they had embarked. "Madrid, September 4. Four distinct shocks of an earthquake this morning were felt in the province of Granada, in the south of Spain. Coming as t shocks have, twenty-four hours later than the ances reported on the coast of Italy by y ws, would indicate that the disturbance No damage is reported. In from the vineyards." What remained of the right-hand column bore, to the soldiers, these surprising words, in sentences and parts of sentences: "Local Happenings--Charleston-- R. E. Lee as General--Sherman at the War Office "The controversy just concluded between the Couri Mercury on the strategic merits of the two command developed nothing new. The Sherman cam ending at the city of Atlanta ably discussed and with justice to the dead comma The great March to the Sea, b More brilliant achievement of the war and its in another colum South is satisfie happy endin"