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Maaaawaanaaaaaswaamaaaaai
A THRILLIKO_HARRATIVE.
In the fall of 135G, I was traveling
eastward iu a stngo coach
from Pittsburg over tho mountains.
My fellow-travelers were two gentlemen
and a lady. Tho oldest
gentleman's appearance interested
me exceedingly. In years he seemed
about fifty, in air and manner,
lie was calm, dignified and polish"
cd, and the contour of his features
was singularly intellectual. lie
conversed freely on different topics,
until the road became more
abrupt and precipitous; but oil
my directing his attention to tlie
great altitude of a precipice, on
the verge of which onr eoach
wheels wero leisurely rolling, thoro
came a marked change on his
countenance, liiscycs, lately filled
with tbo light of intelligence,
became wild, restless an 1 anxious
?the month twitched spasmodically,
and tbo forehead was beaded
with a cold perspiration. With
a sharp, convulsive shudder, he
turned his gaze from the giddy
Height, and clutching my arm
tightly with both hands, lie clung
to rue like a drowning man.
u Use this cologne, ' 6aid the la-,
dy, with the instinctive goodness
of her 6ex.
J oprinklcd a little on his face,
and he bccoin. mum oniuoscd*
but it was not until wo had entirely
traversed the mountain, and descended
into the country beyond,
that his line features relaxed from
their perturbed look, and assumed
the placid, quiet dignity that I had
at lirst noticed.
4' I owe an Apology to that lady,"
said he, with a blund smile and a
gentle inclination of the bead to
our fair companion, " and some
explanation, and to 1113' fellowtraveler
also ; and pet-baps I can
nut ueivcr acquit iny6eir OI llio
double debt than by recounting
tl?a cause ot my recent agitation."
"It may pain yoitr feelings,"
delicately urged the lady.
" On tho contrary, it will re
lievc them," was the respectful rcv]y'
. ' ' .
Having signified our several do
aires to hear more, the traveler
thus proceeded :
" At the age of 18, I was light
of foot, and I fear (he smiled) light
of head.
A fine property on the banks of
the Ohio acknowledged tne sole
owner. I was hastening homo to
viij'V 111 uuugweu 10 gei ircc
from collego life. The mouth was
October, the air bracing, and the
inodo of conveyance, a stage hke
this, only more cuuibcrous. Tho
other passengers were lew?only
three it* nil, one old gray*headed
planter of Louisiana, his daughter,
a bewitching creature, about sev~
entcen, and his son about ten years
of age.
They wero just returning from
France, of which country tho
young lady discoursed in terms 60
ilofpient ns to absorb my entire
a'tent ion. *
The tuther was taciturn, but the
daughter was vivacious by nature,
and we soon became so mutually
pleased with oach other that it wus
not until a sudden Hush of lightning
and a heavy dash of rain
against tho windows excited an ex*
clumation from my companion,
that I know how the night passed.
Presently there came a low mmbling
sound, and thou several tremendous
penis of thunder, accompanied
by successive flashes ot
lightning. Tho rain descended in
torrents and an anorrv u-inrl l>o?nn
, ? ?r, j
to bowl and moan through the Forest
trees.
I looked from the window of onr
vehicle. The night was dark as
ebony, but the lightning showed
the danger of our rond. We were
on the edge of a frightful i?recipice.
1 could soe at intervals huge,
jutting rocks far awny down its
side, and the sight made mo solicitous
for tny fair companion' 1
thought of tho mere hair bredths
that were between us and eterni
ty ; a single little rock in tho track
of onr coach wheels, a tiny billet
of wood, a stray root of a tern nest
torn tree, restive horses or a careless
driver, any ot these might
hurl ns from our sublunary existence
with the Speed of thought.
4*Tis a perfect tempest,' observed
the lady as I withdrew iny
head from the window. u How I
lovo a sudden storm 1 There is
something grand about the winds
when fairly loose among the lulls.
1 never encotintorod a night like
this, but Byron's magnificent do
script ion of a thunder storm in
J nr?, recurs to my salad.- Hut
are we on the monntuin yet f*
Yes, we have begun the ascent."
" Is it not eaid to bo dangetousf'
u By no means, I replied, in as
easy a toiio as I conld assumo.
" I only wish it was daylight so
that wo might enjoy the mountain
: scenery. But what's that ?" and
she covered her eyes from a sheet
of lightning that illustrated the
fugged mountain with brilliant intensitv.
Peal after peal of thunder instantly
euccoeded} there was a
heavy voiumeof rain coining doxvn
at each thunder burst, and with
the deeper agony, breaking upon
our ears,^ I found that the coach
had come to a dead hault.
Louise, my beautiful fellow traveller
became pale as ashes. She
fixed her eyes on mine wilii a look
of anxious dread, and turning to
her father', she hurriedly remarked
:
41 NVe are on the Inountains."
141 reckon we arc," was the uuconcerncd
reply.
With instiuciivc activity, I put
my head through the window and
culled to the driver, but the only
answer was the moaning of an animal.
borne past mo bv the swift
winds of the tempest. 1 seized the
handle of the door and strained in
vain?it would not yield. At thai
instant I felt a cold hand in mine,
and heard Louise faintly articulate
in my ear the following appalling
words :
"Tho coach is moving backwar
Js."
Ncvor shall I forget the fierce
agony with which I tugged at
tho coach door, and called on the
a-;,-or in tor.ee that rivaled the
fierce blast of me lompuci nt.iu
tho conviction was bringing in my
brain that tho coach was being
slowly moved backward 1
What followed was of each swift
occurrence, that it eoeme to mo
like a frightful dream.
I rushed against tho door with
all my force, but it w ithstood iny
utmost efforts. One side of our
vehiclo was 6cnsib)y going down,
down, down. The moaning of the
ngonized animal became deeper,
and I know from his desperate
plunges that it was ono of our
horses. Crasli upon crash of thunder
rolled over the mountain, and
vivid flashes of lightning played
over our heads. By its light 1
could see for a moment tho old
planter standing erect, with hands
on his son and daughter, hia eyes
ruised to heaven and his lips moving
ns in prayer. I could see
Louise and her ashy cheek toward
me ns if imploring assistance ; and
I could see the bold glance of the
boy Hashing indignant defiance at
the war of elements and the awful
danger that awaited him. There
was a roll, a desperate plunge, a
harsh, grating jar, a sharp pierc'
ing scream ot mortal terror, and 1
had but time to clasp Louise firm
lv with one hand around her waist,
and seized the fastenings attached
to the coach roof with the other,
when we were precipitating over
the precipice.
I can distinctly recollect 'preserving
conscipnconcsA for a few
seconds ot time, how rapidly my
breath was being exhausted but ot
that tremendous descent I soon lost
nil tnrther knowledge by a concussion
so violent that I was instantly
deprived of sense and motion.The
traveller paused, ilis features
worked for a moment or two
as thev did when we were on the
mountain ; no passe a Ins hands
across his forolioad in it' in pain,
and then resumed his thrilling narrative.
On a low couch in an humble
room of a .small country hou c, 1
next opened my eyes in this world
of light and shade, my joy and
sorrow, mirth nnd madness. Gentle
hands soothed my pillow, gentic
feet glidod across my chamber,
and a gentle voieo for a time hushed
all my 'questionings. I was
kindly tended by a fair young girl
of about sixteen, who refused for a
while to hold any discourso with
ine. At length, one morning,
finding myself snfticienriy recovered
to sit np, I insisted on knowii g
the result of the accidont.
44 Yon were discovered," said
she,44 sitting on a ledge of rocks
amidst the branches of a shattered
tree, clinging to the roof ot your
broken coacli with one hand, and
the insensible lorut of a lady with
the other."
* An4 the ladp* P I gaoped, scan,
ning the girl's tace with an earn*
estnees that made her draw back
and blush.
"Sko was saved, sir, by the
aI a J - l?r 11_
means iu?i ??vuu you?? irienuiy
tree."
44 And Lor father and brother P*
I impatiently demanded,
i "We found both crushed to
death at the bottom of the precipice,
and we buried them in ono
grave by the clover path down in 1
our meadow."
* Poor Louise t poor orphan I?
God pity youtw I mattered \u
broken tones, utterly unconscious
that I had a listener.
M God pity her indeed, sir said
she, with gush oi heart felt sympathy.
" Would you like to see
her P she added.
I found her bathoJ in tears for
her kindred, and she reoeived me
with sorrowful sweetness of manner.
I need not detain you by describing
the efforts I made to
soothe her grief, bat briefly ac- '
quaint you that at last I succeed ?
ed, nnd twelve months after the I
dreadful occurrence which I have
related, we stood at the altar man <
and wife. She still Uvea to bleat i
me with her tmilea, but on the an- i
niversary of that terrible night ahe i
secludes herself in her room, and 1
devotes the hours ot darkneaa to <
solitary prayer. t
- a.8 ior mo," added the traveller,
while a faint blush tinged his ;
noble brow, ' as for me, that acci- 1
dent has reduced me to the condi- i
tion of a physical coward at the I
sight of a mountain precipice."
" But the driver," asked the lady
pas6oger wi.q had listened with
much attention, u what became of t
the driver, and did you ever learn
the reason of''his deserting his
post ?"
" II is body was fuond on' the j
road, within a few steps of the
place where the conch went over. *
lie had been struck dead by the 1
same liasli of lightning that blinded
the restive horses."
And thus ended this thrilling '
and remarkable story of life.
[From tha Savannah Neva, July 26.J 1
Sickening and Heart rending Beene. <
most awful and appalling <
tragedy that has stirred tue ue*i >
of any community in thisVection
for many a year, it ever before, ,
occurred in Effingham connty,
about two miles above Station 1
No. 8?, on the Central Railroad
about 3 o'clock yesterday morn- I
ins.
^Irs. Ash, the wife of John II.
Ash, formerly of this city, kdled
Iter three little children and after- i
wards cnininittMl anioido hu od.
ministering a sufficient quantity of i
strychnine to produce almost instantaneous
death.
It appears from what we could
learn from a g ntleman who was
an eye witnpss to the horrifying
scene, that Mrs. Ash, formerly i
Miss Laura Dasher, of Effingham
county, has for a short time past
been slightly deranged, at least she
was susuected of being in this con- <
dition from certain singular ap~ i
penrances and conduct noticeable i
to those nearest her and in most
commons association with her.?
However, nothing serions was apprehended,
except that her husband
felt a little anxious abont her,
and communicated with her brothers
on the subject. This was all.
No more serious apprehension
was felt, although her husband
continued to keep a strict watch
over hor conduct. A short time
previous he had purchased a small
buttle of strychnine for the pnrpose
of destroying tho rate and
doge that were rapidly killing off
thoir poultry. Tins he secreted in
the night time, taking the precaution
to lock it up in an old bnrean
drawer, hiding tho key in a place
leant likely to be discovered by
his wife, no other person in the
house knowing of the hiding place.
Sunday night all went to bed as
usual, though before retiring Airs.
Ash sat down and wrote a long
letter, to whom we could not ascertain,
her hnsbaud read the letter
but did not suspect anything,
although it contained an account
of her feelings towards certain
members of her family, with whom
there was some unpleasantness.?
Mr. Ash took all three of the children
in bed with himself and his
wife. Mr. George Patterson, a
friend and relative of Mrs. Ash's,
occupied an adjoining room.
About three o'clock, yesterday
morning, he and Mr. Ash was
aroueea by the cries of two of the
children, and entering the room0
found Mr*. A?h in the act of taking
a spoon from the month of the
oldost child, a little girl, who bad
'struggled and nsiated until her
cries woke her father and his
friend, both of whom feeling alarinod,
asked her what she was doinw.
She replied, " only giving the children
a little powder, and I am afraid
I hare not given them enough."?
They begged and entreated her to
toll thoin what she had given
them?Mr. Ash tasting the powdor
whieh be discovered en the
mouth of one of .the children, discovered
that it was quite bitter.?
She finally took him to the bureau
drawer and showed bim the bottle
of strychnine from which she had
dosed herself firet and then each
one of her three little ones. It
1 was bat a short time after this be
Fore the mothor, a yon rig woman
nbout twenty Ave years old, and
her three interesting little children,
two girls and one boy, were lying
stiff and cold in the arms of death.
Dying in rapid succession, one a'*
ter the other, the mother, although
the first to take the poison, lived
to see her childreu all dio and then
followed thtm herself. It is said
the struggles of the poor little creatures
were awful, the oldest falling
backwards was drawn together in
mch a manner that her head and
Feet nearly touched each other.?
Die afflicted father held his little
>nes and his wife in hi9 arms till
it,A.
.u?i viwiiucu utvir mat.
The time was too short from the
discovery of the deed to procure
uiy aid, although a physician was
iminedia'ely sent for. Ilo arrived
in time to save the father, who, in
iris efforts to discover what the
irng was, had swullowed enough
to render his condition daugorous.
Mr. Patterson enmo to this city
yesterday nlternoon to procure cof ,
ins to bury the dead, and as soon
is he returns an in^ncst will be
lield previous to the interment.
[From lh? N*w York Tribune ]
Caught by the Flamesi
iiuntku's stout?tiic oonflaouation
ik tflk MOUNTAINS.
Qreat fir#9 have been raging
lately in the forests in Sullivan,
Ulster, Delaware counties in this
State. The woodlands in th? m
mote sections of tlio Shandaken
Mountains wero descovcrod in
flames on May 18tli. The underbrush,
dry as tinder, was liko a
train of gunpbwder, and the
flames spread with extraordinary
rapiditv. The following homespun
description is from tho lips
ot an eye witness :
? Vrt? we wero | xintin' for
b ars which you know ~ir
just such places whar there aint
nobody nor nntlin' to be a both or'n
on'em. When found a track, and
were a follerin on*t up Jitn says
to me, Bob, somethings a burning 1
We haa'nt tiamped much further,
before the smoke came pretty
thick, in puffs, like. There wasn't
a brcth of air.
All at once there came cloud of
Bmoke, like a blanket. It came
right down and made the woods
almost as dark as sunset, although
it was only about two o'clock?
Then came a shower of cinders.
We got choked and blin ed.?
Some of the cinders camo on our
neck like so many needles stickin*
into us. We were niglt to the
top of the hills, and in a minute
or so tho smoke and cinders
Bhiftcd another way, so we could
Bee a bit. There never was such
a sight ( All about us. cxccnt one
little streak along the eastward
was in a blaze. We wore both as
black as Congro niggers. It wan
like the Atlantic Ocean chock
full of kerosene and pinewood, all
a Arc at once. Well, on top of
this mountain, a bit off below us,
was a hollow, with steep rocks all
around It. There was a spring
and a brook there, and green grass.
In that hollow, say about ten rods
long and five wide, there were
inoro than a Million of snakes?
adders, moccasins, racers and
and block snakes?a n d wood
chucks, squirrels, foxes and one
b'ar.
They hod all como there to got
to the water away from the tire,
but now the water was nearly all
all dried up, the ground baked,
and the rocks around as hot as an
AVAIl. Tliov U'liro ull ipuIU/I " r*?
?- ?.- ? ..wJ " V? V mu nnnvu III \J\
the fire There was no got tin'out.
The Var laid down on hi* back
and growled. Hi* hair vCas most
burnt off aud hie kido was scorched.
The foxes were burnt as bad
and looked Awfnl curious with
their tails ronttcd. The most
amnsing thing of all was the
snakes. Some of them were dead
in heaps, all twistod np and burst
open; others were burnt crisp;
and the rest squirming and wriggled
like a heap of tangled ropes.
All this happened in less than
halt an hour. Wltilo wo stood j
awaking at the sight, a gust of i
wind and hot cinders came on ns.
We chocked and tnrned and turn- I
ed around to get out. Ttioro was
no time to lose. Only a narrow,
dry raven was unburnt.?Down
that we went, abont two yards at
each straddle, until we got to the
bottom. We'll never forget that,
stranger; and if hsll is any hotter'n
that we'll jine the uicetin'
next Sunday, snre 1"
ft.m. u,.i~ tu. 01 j-i
jliia nuuiu vi mo onniiuiiKCll
Mountains scorned lo bo on fire
!ast Saturday night. In the vicinity
of MeutlocTlo and Liberty
village, the fires extended tor
miles in several directions. Tons
of thousands of acres of exoellent
woodland have boon burned over,
and tlie-sands of cords of wood
and bark bare lioen destroyed.?
The Methodist Chapel, the public
school liouso, and other building*
r
have been consumed at Black
Lake. Wild rumors prevailed of
other extensive loses of property, ,
and, perhaps, of human life. The
flames .have enrrounded several
farms and dwellings on the dis
taut mountain terracoe, and fears
are entertained as to safety of the
families'
A Singular Story?A Womon Asserts
that she has been a Captive among
Indians for Forty Years. *
On Friday morning a woman
named Martha Yallery arrived in
Detroit, from tho East, en route to
St. Joseph, Mo., having come hy '
A ^ _ _ /^t I ! * * *
son ironi \jattiomia, ana i>y atrec- I
tion of the Director of tho Poor, j
she was*son^,to tho County House ,
at Wayne, until hor friends can be
comtnutiicnted with. She tells an
extraordinary story, to which tho
Detroit Tribune nil tides ns fol
lows:
She 6tatcs tliat, together with
her father and mother, sho was
captured by a body of Comanche
Indians on tho plains, in June,
1828, and that subsequently her
parents purchased their liberty,
and aro at present residing in St.
Joseph, Mo. Fioin this time up to
Jnno, 1870, sho remained a captive
in the hands of savages, and
was subjected td cxcrucitating tor
tlll'PH nuit irtrl iirii il ino Ifiirm nr.
riving at a mature ago, David
Ward, an Irishman, who was ulso
a captive, married her, first, how- 1
ever, being compelled to " run the '
gauntlet," in order to claim her as '
his wife. Three children were the \
result of this union.
Ward, for goine offence, was
burned at a stake, and afterward
a young Indian " ran the gauntlet"
for . her. and. she was married to
him. He, too, polished 6y the
hands of his fellow-savages, not,
however, until! six children had 1
been born. After his death vari- 1
vrere proposed and
rejected, and her niuo ennuren
were killed in her presence, ami
she was compelled to' eat of their
llosh and dance in their blood.?
Still refusing to accede to the propositions
of her captors, she was
consigned to death, and prepara- j
tions wore made to burn her at a
stake on the 14th of June. 1870.
On the night of the lSih, howover,
she says she effected her cs
cope, and after traveling thirteen
days she found white friends, who
cared for and assisted her in secur
ing her liberty. During lier jour
ney she lived principally upon
herbs, and was compelled to remain
three days in a hollow log to
prevent a ro capture. While oc
cupying this place of safety, her
pursuers held a consultation in the
neighborhood and decided to givo
up the chase. She overheard all
that was said, and at nightfall she
quitted the log and locality and continued
on her journey.
The above is the substance of;
tlio woman's story as told to the
Director of the I'oor. Slio related
most incidents connected with lie1"
captivity, many of which are of a
revolting character. Her appearance
indicates that sl.c has lived
with Indians, and of the truth of
her statements we leave our readera
to judge.
[Prom the Phi'iaritflphhi Press.]
Texas to be Divided intoTiihf.e
States.? At llio fall election in
Texas the people a?e to decide upon
the division of their State into
three. Tho new States are to he
called Eastern Texas, Middle Tex
as, and Western Texas. Tie
n&mcfl are not such as we should
select. Distinct names for tho two
slices, cost and west would 6eem pro
terablo. lint the name is a secondary
affair. Tho present State has
territory enough for three, but
territory is of less account than
population. Tho proposed divisions
are : Eastern Texas, all east
of tho Trinity river, population
something over 310,000; Middle
Texas, all bet ween tho Trinity and
Colorado rivers; and Western
Texas, all west of tho Colorado.?
The population of each of the two
last is over 200,000 ; that of the
; ww ncn dividinn twimr tli't !.inc> 1
The population of tho whole Stuto as
it now stands is a Utile over 800,000
(809,812,) of whom 251,127
are colored, leaving tho white
population 558,715, hut a tiillu
over half a million. The whites
are in larger proportion to the
blacks here, however, than in the
other Gult States, beine over two
to one. Whether the division
will bo voted or not cannot be
predicted. It is said the Ilopnbiicans
are generally in favor of it,
as they would probably gain two
TT..:? i <J..4 u . .i?
uiiuvu uiBiua uuumuin) vtiniu iiiu
Democrats opposo it for the sumo
reason. The division has Ion#
been contemplated ; in fact, provision#
\cero mado for it in tiie
treaty of annoxntion.
mm ?* ?
Wnv is love like a Sco'ch plaid?
Becauso it U all stuff, and often
CI08SCd.
A-Moment of Horror.
For twenty-three years, old
Take Willard has cnltivataH ?he
toil of 13al\vin Oonnty, Alabama,
liui flrnwli Jliornft'nm n annnnvt
tor self and wife. He i& childless.
Not long ago, Jako loft tho house
in 6earch of a missing cow. Ilis
route led hiin through an old
ivorn out patch of clay land, of
about six acres in extent, in the
:ontre of which was a well, twen
ty live or thirty feul deep, that at
>om? tiino probably, had furnished
the inmates ot a dilapidated
louse near by with water. In
passing by this spot, an ill wind
lifted Jake's " tilo " from his head,
tnd maliciously wafted it to the
edge of tho we'll, and in it turn
bled.
Now Jake had practiced the
rirtno of economy, and he iinmciiately
6et uhout recovering the
lost hat. Ho ran^to the well, and
[hiding it was dry at the bottom,
ic uncoiled the rope which lie had
brought for the purpose of capturng
tho truant cow, and after several
attempts to catch tho hat
with ft noose, ho concluded 'to |
?nvo time by going down into tho
well himself. To accomplish this,
iio mudo fust one end ot the rope
to ft stump hard by, and was
quickly oil his way down the
well.
It is a fact, of which Jako was
no less oblivions than the reader
hereof, that Ned Wells was in the
dilapidated building aforesaid,
and that an old blind horse with a
bell on his neck, who had been
turned out to die, was lazily grjiz
ing within a short distance ot the
well.
The devil himself or some other
wicked spirit put it in Ned's cranium
to have a little fun ; so he
rpiietly slipped np to the horse,
and unbuckling tho hell strap, approached
with slow measured
u ? t:.^, ') n,? TMh-o of the
well.
"Dang that blind horse!*' said
Jake, '* he's coiuin' this way sure,
and hain't got no moro sense than
to fall in hero. Whoa, Ball !*'
Bat the continued approach of
tho 4> ting ft ling" said just as
plainly as words that Ball "
wouldn't whoa. Besides Jako
was at tho bottom resting, before
trying to " shin " it up the rope !"
--vireai uorusuiem i ' Bum he,
" the old cuss will bo a top of mo
before I can say Jack Itobinson.?
Whoa ! dang yon, whoa 1"
Jnst then Ned drew up to the
odgo of tlie well, and with his foot
kicked a little dirt into it.
" Oh ! lord 1" exclaimed Jake,
falling upon his knees at the bottom.
a I'm gone now, whoa ! ?
wli-oa! Ball! Oh, Lord havo
mercy on me."
Ned could hold in no longer,
and fearful Jake might sutler from
his fright, he revealed himself.
Probably Ned didn't make
tracks with his heels from that
well. Mn\bo Jake wasn't up to
tho top of it in short order ; and
you might think ho didn't try cvory
night for two weeks to got a
snot with his rillo at Ned. Maybe
not. I don't know. But I do
know that if Jake finds out who
sent you this, it will bo the ltlst
squib you'll get.
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Hold Fast Below.
A paftyw^Uishman once upon
a time, contrasted to clear a very
deep Veil. Having none of the
usual conveniences employed for
such purposes, they were at *6ues
to get one of the party on a little
ledge near the bnt|pm to assist in
the proce-s < f gotting out water,
mud, etc. At last Jimmy Bhclan,
a herculean fellow, proposed a
plan which was considered just
the thing.
It was this: Jimmy was to clasp
his big fists around the windlass ;
then another of the party was to
clamber down and bold on by bis
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u-ga, iiiiu hu on iiiuii me uirtt man
bliould be able to leap upon the
i eel go.
lleing slightly corned with liquor,
tho party prepared for the descent,
without stopping to contemplate
the dilliculties involved in the adventure.
With bared breast, and sleeves
tucked up, bin Jimmy seized the
round portion of the windlass di
rectly over the well mid swung
himself over. Another of the
party crept down. Jimmy's bod)1
and grasped Inin by the boots.?
After several inure had followed
suit, and the human chain began
to wlrech tar into the well, Jimmy
became alive to one great dillicub
ty ; the windlass did not afl'urd
him a good hold in the lir.-st place,
and the weight was getting intol
erablo.
At lost human sinew could
stand it no longer, hiuI ,Jimmy
linilcd tlio lower link in tbe chain
witb :
41 lie jnbers, Pal, bold fast below
till I pTiit on mo bands.'1
Suiting tbe notion to the words, lie
released his hold, when, ot course,
the whol%party was precipitated
to the bottom of the well. As
luck would have it, there was
tnoro mud than water where the
Iliberians lit, and they wisely
considered themselves particularly
lortunate in escaping without actual
loss of either life or limb.
. j
Wb regret (says the Spartan) to announce
the death of Colonel Meyer, in
command of United States Cavalry at
this port. Ever since be came into our
midst his health has been such as to
disable him from performing the duties
which devolved upon hiin. Owing to
the same cause the pleasutes of a mutual
acquaintance, which citizm nnd
soldier both desired, were not enjoyed.
The Colonel died of consumption, and
bat a day or two previous to Ills death,
consented, under medical advice^ to 8irr<
rentier his commission and return
homo.
I>ul it was too lute, The insatiate
archer had inaiked him, and on the
beautiful hills on which he encamped,
he gave up llio ghost. The procession
| of his grave, where funeral set vices
were performed l?y the Rev. Mr. Mo
Cull nigh of iho Episcopal Churoh, wn
large, and composed of citizens of all
classes. The. Colonel was greatly esteemed,
his government being stiict
impartial.
washington, julv 22.
'Iho United Slates Arsenal at thd
I Navy Yard is binned. The loss was
estimated at a million dollars. Sopposed
cause, spontaneous combustion.
Il Is now supopsed tbo loss by lite explosion
at llio arsenal to day is not
mete than $200,000. In addition to
artillety and cavalry equipments and
general military stores, the museum is
totally destroyed. This contained many
war iropatus, .nvja. ,r nr
all nations, together with specimens of
uniform*, forming a valuable collection.
During the flry there were many explosions
fiom shell nnil loaded muskets,
but no one was thereby injured.
Tiik Union Times says : We regret
to slate that all prospects for rain iu
this section have blown off, and wo
hear much anxiety expressed for the
corn crop. A few weeks ago this crop
gave promUe of great abundance, but
it is feared the piesent drought has cut
it off very mateiially. The cotton,
vvheie the ground .was deeply ploughed,
looks' well, but iu bhallovv soil it
begins to dioep.
Wu learn that a dhgiaceful fight occured
hist Sunday night at the tipper
negro chureh in this place, in which a
nu.nher of men and boys engaged
and one man was severely beaten.?
ri._ i?i? ' >
tut? itnuers or iue row imtriedlately
abrconded, and have ?'?ot, ns jet, been
ariested, bul every effort is on fool to
bring tlieiE to justice.
[Union Timet.
Tiir Dannxu Cotton Statk.? Acs
cording to llio latest returns of the Agricultural
Bureau, published in the
News on Saturday, South Cftrolina
stands preeminent. Her cotton cm p
it> four per cent, better than it was in
Julj if last yenr, and is put d< nn at
100 per cent., while North Caioliin
the only other State that shows an im*
provement oier last year, is pot di vn
at 00 per cent. The rest exhibit a lalling
(.IT more or less marked. ^
[Charleston J\'ewu
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A company has been formed in
Lauren* to explore the mineral resour.
ces of that county. It is sunooseil tin*
Northern portion of Lauren* abounds
I in g<>l<l M;?y it prove ?? golden liar
vest to the good people of old Lauren*.
[ Union Times.
Tub Orangeburg News sav*: Not
, only from every poition rf onr belovi
od county, but from all rectior.a of the
State, glad tiding* of a bappv reason
and high anticipation of a fruitful harvest,
mako jojful the tongues of the
plow worn husbandmen. We nre glad
, to hear from ever)1 quarter of otircoun,
Iv that thn crops are in a more flourishing
condition than has been the case
for several years. The provision crop
is also niUfh lartrer lti*n nn? rw/\l
? o ?s I
1 dace the war.
Tei.t. mo, angelic host, yo mea
Benders of love, shall 6\vindlc?l
' printers hero below have no rodl'CBS
above i The ftl.ininir
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band replied- 4t To us is know]*
edge given ^ delinquents on I ho
. printor's books can never enter
Heaven."
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