Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^' '"*0%*' - T*** -^'i'^v^ *f6"^AV 1 . ? J&M Ej^V'ffi^ldhi that face, by^ the lh^tfyoir^buld ^ ije^^h^eartuHale of alfer d*v*rty, and #^e There wad fumger in the ,, l ot tire hollow eye**and 1Wl| Brtu^/furebaad, wifcre the han{ faijitd to conceal the deli* tj10 , I wrought there. v jr ifore, Horace Flint wood ol)jc Kant home in a country lacturtctts, and his aged * B bfc fortune lu the great ^ i jp?; where wo find him thrfl ^ filthii ^nminnn^dmenl nf mir nlAmr BMrvf V*v? VMI J * A to1 ?/j-i; The old {iflmcstend, the blessed old place eyv,, fhildhood had been passed, was ? .i^TOwigitged, and it was to obtain money to ??? E-, &'' .-sftva the houic of his parents from stranger *tco| r. ftjjnds, that young b'liuiwood had bid faro- ters well to those he loved and joined the | great stream of westerm emigration. His Hn^| jP ?that of a bricklayer?at lirst pro- ^uil * * cured him ready money in flattering quan- maa / 'tifciop; butas the people were unsatisfied j)ri(. with fettling so far east as C , the pj^ mechanic soon found himself de- thu iPliSd of employment. her, /He would have followed the current on eXp, * even ,to the shores of the Pacific, but an thftt - , attack of fever brought hiin to his bed, co(T and he at length arose to find himself de* j prived of every dollar which he could ^no once call his own. On the very verge of be \ starvation, he thought of begging his way ,ner hack to his parents, but his pride revolted. jn(]< They wero poor, and looking to him for imo the restoration of their dissipated fortune! *? hould they seo him come hack to them ^rc penniless and starving? No, not even if an(j he died in that great city alone, and for the h0 want of bread! Ho could not go back to yOU sthein only to increase their cares, and be ?? but an additional burden upon their scan- j(l,t means. u Horace JFlintwood was thinking of all w]tl -"this, while silting there by the waning fire ? that chill November night, and us he thought, despair crept into his heart. Out f!u.( upon the mufiled air boomed shrill and you clear the bell of a neighboring tower pealing eleven. As the last echoing ceased, e(j | there came a short quick rap at Horace's oou door. He answered the summons, and a wjt| figure, closely wrapped in a black cloak, j - strode into the room, and without a word mv sardowu oil the chair which llornco h.nl I i vacated. m}r "A wild evening, friend," Horace re- he j .marked, to break the awkward silence. wht "Very. Are you engaged this even- giir ingl" The stranger's tones were quick an(^ B .?na imperative. ej , "Engaged!" Horace started at tho ques- as i tion, "certainly not at this time of night." bra "Are you in want of money?" The un- g known bent a glance of piercing inquiry wll| k upon Horace, from a pair of block, flush- pro h - J eyes, set far back under cliff-like mo n uruwh fms "Sir, 1 ani not accustomed to answer UpC - 'questions concerning my private affairs." ano Horace drew himself up proudly, and wo< something like a frown passed over his pale met r, brow. hinr "I require a job of work done?done by *j rv a good faithful hand?a discreet workman, ingfl I mean, and such is your reputation among bin * those who best know you." ,in(| Horace bowed. lon "it is a small job, but I wish it finished enj, to-night?to-night!" repeating the words ^ds r with startling emphasis," and you must but -do it!" wh< . MWell, sir, work would be very accep- cd, s table to me?1 need the money bad enough wr htot midnight, is rather u singular time to g call upon the services of a bricklayer." out "Granted?but I ask it, nevertheless? ccn -and still further, you must be blindfolded, *] and conveyed to the place whero you are Qf < to labor in a close carriage, and return to dill f your lodgings in the same way. More- rus over, you must swear never to reveal a 0f 1 ingle thing which may occur to you this \ I night, to any living creature!" |ar, t The unknown had risen to his feet, and gja stood silently and haughtily awaiting Ilor- ,nij ace's reply. tell The young bricklayer seemed much not [ struck by the mysterious proposition of gi)e k his strange visitor. \ ( "Gquld I but know that thero was no- wit | thing criminal, nothing ?" her L-* "ft is enough that you have nothing to Go* ^ do hut follow my directions. All will be [ well with you, and the pay shall be yours tior In advance, if you require it." He flung car, down a purse, well filled with gold, upon the r' A the table. Horace's eyes glisteued, but he tool was silent. fiflc . ;: "There are one hundred dollars?they the are yours if you consent." WOi b "One hundred dollars! impossible! I c,,u I Mnflrtf Mk?nnt i? 1? In"!*. 111-- - * VW.KIVK ..VVV|-' ? ?v v iwno III III II I J l\ t* n pllll bribe for committing some liorrid crime? |v [ wm?-" vv hi "Hush! my friend, 1 know your circum- Was ' stances, and your services to-night will jf ? k. fully compensate me for the trifling sum. / Do you consent?" its[ Horace threw on his well-worn overcoat, mM1 I and taking with him some small iinplc- shoi moots of his trade, he followed the un- con! Hk known to the waiting carriage. Once Cov Hb within the vehicle, a handkerchief Was tian bound tightly over his eyes, and the night hs f fl f blindness settled over every object. bet n and on rolled the nhseton over 1 v nton's Bridge, and past the oanal toll- into V ovoi the brick puvementa, out upon gen H the plank road, until nt last tho wheels re- the W 'lived upon the hard gravel of a turnpike. )etti ^ By-atul-by, the way became rough and cret T stony, and Horace knew that they had left as 1 the city and its environs far behind thein. tie ] Ndt a word had been exchanged bvtween drai ' th. young mechanic and the unknown; and ance HI ih" man who held the reins and guided the ciph ti. rscs w as silent as the grave. the length the carriage stopped, and turn ^HL iuriei was assisted to alight. Ho was J| in fueled up s grassy path, and into somo ligh - I I t - .1 itori *h a LHiuaing? nc Knew it oy uieoon- thro thw d air and heavy clang of doors behind j him With tho unknown holding (Hat to oeed his arm, ho MCendod two flights of stairs ih?< passed through several mouldy, tho then down a flight of steps, gun) long empty corridor; and then, ting attending four winding stair- clos< unhewn The jyr , strongl^^^ufod by bolt-i jrtpderous bars as tter twain pM tt^lltho entrance, mtd the door oto ho unknown paused, and drew off Igge from Horace's eyes. #fA i hey stood in a long, low apartment, of which were o f blaok Molt, and ted roof of dingy gray stone, lite i t which the unknown carried in 1 only servod to maks more .hide dismal gloom of the place, i the centre of the room there was ?ng box, of unpolished oak, screi ithcr by heavy iron s^esiwa, Stitd jral appearance not unlike a ooi thrill of superstitious horror pas nigh Horace s frame; he started; b w paces, still regarding with disten i the object before him. s Well?" he spoke, inquiringly, l'hat box," returned the unkno itains a treasure, of what form it n not to you; suffice it that 1 wisl ed here?he pointed to a rooees \i le of the wall?and then you art d across the aperture a solid litis tonry?solid, mind you! two tien k, hreastwise, and a ooat of sir ter over the whole! You will find materials necessary to your w< 5; nnd at procisely four o'clock I a ret you to have the job complete. IJ , hour you will be alone?then 1 ie for you." lorace drew back. "I cannot, unle w the contents of that casket, ft 1 :hat 1 am oinnloyed?made the; ins it of some dreadful villainy?* hid sed, I cannot go to work in this b ertainty." jj Choose between it and death!" ci >ugh the clenehed teeth of the unkac drawing a rovolvor from his br< held it in frightful proximity to ng man's fort-head. Your decision!" His voice was 1 awfully clear and distinot. I consent!" Horace spoke the w< fiout a shadow of quivering. Enough! and now I leave you toy If your work is done to my * ion, an additional hundred shall rev i or the walls of the cellar, and I sful sounding he was enabled to d< outer wall! Ho brought some ol Is to the side of the masonry, an ten minutes he had tnade an aper size of a man's body through the b k. Fresh air from heaven's o rts fanned his brow, and the h? nge of rushing water conhl be dist heard. Evidently tbo building ch he had been so ?trar.gely convi i situated in the vicinity of some ri lot upon its very banks. L wild romantic plan?possible f very impossibility?swept through id. Why not remove the body to res of the river, and from whenot Id, he felt eonvinoed, subsequently er and take it away, to at least Ul buriall lie oould brick up the ret lis employer required, and who w< he wiser] 'his olon rinftrt r>rkrirt?.ii-?-..l ? VMWV VVHVV.I1 VU| * <?-? V(?l i effect, without hesitation. Hy t labor ho soon enlarged the cavit wall sufficiently for his purpose, iiig himself carefull y out he rceonr 1 the premises. The night was b Crebue, and bo could ascertain but beyond tiie fact that he stood in a <i in which surrounded the mansion, mt from this drain was steep and tous, but Horace felt within him power to do great things, and he icd at oneo t.? the cellar, Replacing the cover upon the box, tly fastening the screws, he spr mgh the aperture and drew it a With the greatest difficulty ho led In raising the heavy, oaken bo surface of the ground, for the side drain wero wet and slippery. ' i of water oould bo very plainly uished at but a little distance off, 9 upon the mansion, evidently betw and the river, rose a black copfe# ft T 'mm ror tho fright 1 have given you!" ited nn iron lamp which hung susp from the roof of tho cellor, and wi rteous "good night," tho unkn lidrcw, bolting the door behind hin loraco was loft alone in tho silent sterious chamber. I strange awe i ole over hicn, iglcd with the overmastering curio felt to examine the sealed box. C it would, he determined to ha< npso of "the treasure" concealed tl Horace Klintwood, when once ret upon anything, however perilous, m movable as tho eternal ltock of ltar. Securing the great door upon the in: h a couple of rusty bars which bably been unused from time Irr rial, he drew from his pocket a tn.is ill chisel and applied it to tho sci m the box. They yielded, one i ther, and in a short space of time F >d drew off the open oover. A t t his eyes which well-nigh paral; i. lie body of a girl, youngs and surf ly fiir, robed in white linen, lay be ?! There was death upon her b I eternal slumber upon he; lips, g chesnut hair swept bright and % ng down her wax-work neck, and i over her full, half-closed eyes, seei drooping before the fixed gaze of > bent over her. Entranced, entaj fascinated, Horace guzed upon P~- 1 ipecch, motion, every thing seemed | from him?all his (acuities were trated into one sense?that of se< [he sti iking of a distant clock the I one aroused him to a sense of his on. Ills thoughts oatne hack, hud through his brain with tho rap: ightning. iVall up this beautiful creature in a amid the dampness and everlas om? Who knew what fearful s< jht be buried with herl Who e the story of her death? What m those lips?unsealed from their nee?-reveal of foul crime and villa !Jould he bury her up from sigh for h that dreadful mystery hanging nr< ? Would he do the deed? Nc d helping him, never! minediately he set about an exnu nearly ?l?r a brief period remained for a MvfcmpM tite of his task, and ucvor ?lld mortal man l U? bor with goaiwr .oewduljytW^ Ho hkv Woa. Flint wood- . iU theWf Sf eightac ctti minutes, the torn wall was mended in a skHfiil m muimer^tha t it wouldhhave d?dj^ Bq. the apSrturi was closed/^V&fy remaL tsel) ed. Uta44 another thickness .of brick,-an at* ovnfcaU the thick coat of plaster, as tl ded unknown had indicated. Fliutwood wt just putting the finishingtouch to the pla to ring,'when the great door (which hehu previously qiifastened)'swungslowly ope n*t* and his mysterious employer entered tl ti tt room; I an A sardonic smile gleamed from h j to black, fiery eyes, for no other feature < i of his face was visible, i of '-So you are punctual to the time, rr ong friend.* He approached sod laid his har ! a'l upon Flintwooa a shoulder, "Well, I a irk, mire punctuality. And new, as we ai hall about to go forth from hence, I requ* ntil you to swear eternal silence on the even will of this night?silence as uubrokcu as darkness of the tomb!" as 1 The wild eyes flushed saVagely doe nay into Horace's lace, and though his vol tru- did not tremble, his cheek bcoamc pal ised, as he said, lind "1 swear." "Enough! A man like you will kw itne an oath. Your work it done well." two, "I am happy to have pleased you. ^t, was thoughtful for you to select such the plaoe for your gold?the most uunnii burglar would havo never guessed it." low, You will lose uothiug by your cxcec ing cleverness," be said, as he was fixii ards the bandage over Horace's eyes, "here, n friend, is a little present for you," and our- placed a parcel in the mechanic's hand, atis- The same road was driven over, t rard **me unearthly silence preserved in t He phaeton, and near day-break Horace w end. left blind-folded at the door of his lrxJ th a ings.r Ho tore olF the haudkerchief ai own looked wildly around him, but he saw on great crazy houses and smoky mauufuct and r'o?. The carriage and its mysterious < cupants had vanished, and He bethought himself of the pareol gi >sUy en him by the unknown, and breaking ome open, he found simply a hundred doll ro & note enveloped in brown paper. Ier0t Early in the morning, subsequent to L tol v- events ehronicled above, a beat, coutainii was two persons, might havo been seen pt (jj. oeeding at good speed up the Des P? river. Arrived within half a mile of Woe lide, stoch the way lay through or bet we had high banks, which wore covered with into- thick growth of scrubby mapjo-s and tit ion's gled witch-hazel. From the ovv?h ingii vw, bough of a low tree a white handkerch tfter fluttered in the wind, and the signal A lint- not long escape the anxious eye of t light taller of tho two boatmen, yzed " 'T*8 the very place! 1 know itl" no < claimed, triumphantly, jftjjs. In a few moments the boat was rostii ifbre 'a tt little oove directly beneath the sign row, Flintwood, for the reader has probab Her rccognisod our old friend, sprang upon t 'list- shore, followed closely by his coiupanit ' the ttnt* "Iter a brief search, the box eontaini m(H] the mysterious corpse was .plswjed in t him hunt, the handkerchief was removed fn >tur- ' he tree bough, and the light cr 'ft shot tllc like an nrrow down the stream. They drow up th? boat, after a good t\ jjono hours' sail, at an obscure wharf in the 1 con. tie village of X , and a carriage, whi >ing. was evidently waiting their arrival, to hour 'hem and their freight to a lurge old hou con. situated a little out of the village. Flintwood had the box conveyed to dity HPPer chamber of this building, and wh left alone with it, he unscrewed the oov t cel. and looked upon the face sleeping witli tin" shadow. As he gazed, he saw tli ;eret 'here, was a wurm perspiration upon t ould forehead of the seeming corpse, and light 'hige of lifo-like redness on the slight cold parted lips! jny? Tho young man sprang from the rooi ever and in fifteen minutes he returned aoco >und P"nied hy a physician. The man of seiom ,veri idler a brief examination of the body, i ported "temporary suspension of auirr lina- l'on' influenced by aoino drug while ?y a bodily prostration." Furthcrinoi ?tect 'he physician asserted that the body w ' that of Gertrude Winchester, the belle a d J,, hoiresa, whose disappearance had cans turo a t>roa' sensation of grief and wonder rick- 'ho fashionable cireles of 0 , soi Uter v,u v v HI'/IIUM JMUViUU^; y^vy Dr.'Well man suggested the most rijj jnct secresy concerning the mysterious disec into ery ?f the body, and in the meantime, t jyed ort*-'d himself to the utmost to restore t iver, lady to life and consciousness, liis ellbi were successful, and by sundown of tli rom Gertrude was able to converse. ! i his s0l>n ns deemed practicable by the inci i the ?il attendant, the story of her abductii ; he from the dismal vault of the old count dia* home was told to her, and at her ruqui iri3. Flintwood wis called in, and she ga ;e9S| succinctly the following account: juld "Fifteen months ago, my father, Nortt Winchester, died, and 1 by his will as w? ried :lH by right, was made sole heir to 1 dili- great property. 1 had neither brothc y in nor sisters, and my mother being deceasi and some four years, I had no nearer relate ioit- than a maternal cousin, who is known look *-?> Winn*?Kietiard Ulincs. of Woik] lit. stock Downs. This man's envy was c loop cited, it appears, towards mo, and thou; Tho be. was careful to avoid arousing 1113' si, pPf1. piciona, I soon came to know that ho dim 3Clf cd against mo tho bittorest rancor. I'r re- bably this was, in sumo measure, inner cd by my refusal to form a matrirnoni and a'bauco with his son?a dissolute yom ,_n man?whom I could regard with no otb1 sentiment than tho most sincere pity, mio- "I have over been foud of e?|ucstrii x to "ports, and was in tho habit of riding 01 s of every pleasant morning, on a borso whi< Hio my poor father imported for r ,y sneci <lis- uso. Oil the last of August, as I wi nnd taking my accustomed ride?as it happu con cd entirely unattended?in passing throng ood a for Oct near 'V ? Moor, I was soU* 11 ^ - - BflPV * V ^V. ? J v; ? ^ r * V. 5n ? SSSd&^fT X"f^^wiS3? iSlui OJ" ><lt><ooffi?d in the ootmt.nadeO^f Ofa1 o6oa trf 1 **%? U niguirios as to what hie Jie#rn (, ?. ^ it sha&^fits dreadful roorps. Words can- ? JJ"* w not >A|i to fou the agoiijr I sufcred far . ^ ?WM!^,?t? &* ti oo^Mnftnod prisoner in the dwelling of kj/ 1 *i?$''\?Ta>7-, *^feof lh? M** id w<*HRItwyond those high, UtockoBdosure*, f t|fis roeehfcd me; nnd I gavo myself up Tor lost* tiM sr IndttH^l Httte cam! how sjjbn death came [^. ( ,h and^adUusod mo from this horrible, J?on- ?] r n- dafW** Every day I was bfeset with aJgu- j,ontfo? id mqotdv eotreaties,threats and imprecations, wj y m all tending toward gaining my consent HEaned is a marriage with Harwell* lines, ^remain- mucj, , s- ed firm to the last, and Rcoi veduit return -|ye id far -*ny temerity an apartment under ~ Qt n, ground, and securely barred and bolted. :umDe<i io Thfi rigorous, unusual confinement brought on4 a 'ingerhig fever, and I co-Old plainly wjJen \ is see that my persecutors intended it should Hnj j.n dI* terminate in my death. I had taken no DIl_ ff, medieino throughout my illness, and there- . 0 .1 l ? I .to exaii iy fare you may well believe 1 was surpris- nognajt id prised, when Gol. Glines brought me, oa f d-^ one morning, a dark liquid mixture, which r?r As said would make me well. 1 drank jn ljJre more from thirst tlian from the wish of rets viving to my dread life again, and iinme- ^ck ? aa diateiv a slumberous sensation benumbed : *- . . i curioait .. every fitculty. I heard voices in ?tinversa- J|uj ru tion?those of Col. Giines and liis son?I ^ co heard them arrange tha disposition of my #oon j cr body when the sleeping potion should have . i taken ellect, and with scarcely a thrill, I * learned that 1 was to bo placed in the oel- a Bp lar, and enclosed within a solid pile of ma- SWJ(J jt sonry, while yet alive! 1 remember no HOa orv It more. It ia all a blank and void till now." P ft. (lArtril/^K VV in/?hn?i?or 11 # ?-?/*- L.? ^ * _ ??.U'OltUIICT a|J Cf#) ig health beneath the hospitable-roof of the ' , nio kind boatman, and in due time appeared j#f d- again to her astonished household who had orfuj|ig mourned her dead. thing < ly Col. Glines had applied for legal posses- ^ |U*U lie sion of her property, but owing to some R..j j( delay in the city courts he had not been , he able to assume formal oocuofitoy. j. he Immediately on Gertrudjs re-appoar- . rr , as ance, he lied Irom " Woodstock's Terror" ly- with his son, and no subsequent tidings of ' (id them ever reached C . "Woodstock's ly Terror" soon became a ruin, ami one night uu o- it was reduced to ashes during a violent nxe ftn )C- thunder storni. Whether it was fired by ^luw u a bolt from Heaven, or ly the hand ot t ^ v- man, was never known. rt(J(j #n it Gertrude Winchester naturally felt very ar grateful to Horace for rescuing her from a j dread fate, and she displayed her gratitude lo ^Qll ho in a somewhat singular manner. clo?t t tig It was quite a romance, the newspapers ,uajy t o- of the day said, arid iiuw it had ail ended ? in tkat common-place alCtir?a wedding-? jtfua id- with eight bridesmaids, aril a correspond- (Jiusis. en ing nuinl>er of groom>inea. bracelt! a With the fail approbation of his bride, jOU kn m. Horace l'iiotwood w^jit >j(?rthj and return- Soil's ng o?i oecompanicd by hit* Vortny parents, cious li icf who henosforth through their lives tbnnd tootaiei lid a pleasant homo in the luturious residence knows he of their son and his afllcti mate young wife. at,j Jo x-1 A Litilk Faulk ko? J,irri.t: Minus.? f, Tiiere is a long, <IuII, haul soaaon ahead, ; iltf a'?'l ovcry dollar lit Hi llio poor now pos*es* will bo worth two by-atid{Uj, if they should j j jf |v keep it so long. E voir thing that you lo l,u do uot absolutely nood iu these times is sejvc4 , dear at any price, and touching this wo ' . ?g hare a fablo to relate: ?ood tl |lu Ouco upon a time, a yoitig fotnale squirrel li ,m went to housekeeping in a hole in the crotch ' uft* of tho big elm tree wljich fends off from jl(W)n j our dwelling tho assaults of the sun during | lers (>f vo tho summer solstice. It mm late in the fail 1 1 our cri it. of tho year, and winter as close at hand, | t.j, and a hard and long winter the older and \ uk tnoro ex|>erienced squirrels know it was go- "^nj ^ iSO ing to ho. They rake 1 aud scraped to trotier, getlior all the nuts ll? y could get, and J4r<| no| al, stowed them away in their respective teno- I <jrHUl en ineiit* for future use; and still they thought i j wrjle y>r thoy had not enough, for they foresaw short lin coinings in the spring. Some of (lie more ,]own tat ) crafty, who had a sletk of haaienuU (ea- j jujj j( hw teemed a delicacy by the squirrel race) aud j ovet,(8 a a few kernels of corn which they hail im- | ; ly | poneu rroin our harn, without paying for | wt"rj~ " it, offered tnem for sale'to thoir less con- |j jj siderate brethren in excfmnge tor butternuts, j IIH ,nor ni. walnuts and acorns; but as inure corn could ^e| ^ bo obtained only at (be expense of being j ..(jm ? rc. j shot by tbe farmer's nr, who was fond of itt. 1 squirrel too (squirrel-5fnv?) and the hazle ^ j ( in bushes were baio, these luxuries ought to ' * re? command, they said, high prices. Howe*- j ( at} er, as the times were hwd, "they would he tf1(>ro j nj : sold at u sacrifice," say Olio beaulilul haxle- j , a',, ed nut for a doxeu common acorns, two charm- j * otl|(|| in '"g kernels of corn for four ordinary wal- i rose | ne nuts, and othor tilings at the same low tjjQ n J I rales. The young feijnjrrel, who had just ur)on fid g??o to housekeeping^* lb a tolerably good 'j80 c ,v. supply of the common necessaries of life, j-j| ^ x-| thought she had never hoard of "bargains" diem! he so tempting before, end, notwithstanding j j(, ' -ta i ihal her aged mother besought her to t j|e trjll iat i '?*? li?r provisions i>r future need, she luj,|0 So I exchanged half of her winter's supply for ' li- a handful of tho superfluities. Sim had i() ^ " en enough, she thought, of everything now, ' j1<|V0 tj ry and prided heixelf vastly upon her smart j0|1(1 j 9t trailing! Long bot'oro spring, however, all I ^ ( ve her provisions were ,gone, and when the <^r Wii* gr-JUll agSIU ?IIO was lliallKIUI lO own jii nibblo it to save herself from starvation. H0)j S[J( *11 ' Britain lis DBtTtrunoN itr Nkw Yokk.?Thoee biella#. rs who <1<> not yisil our police stations at and hr cd night, know but If'tio of l!i*? vast amount (ougiio vc ; of suffering now |?xi?liu_f in the city. At excuses Jis every one of (ho twenty two police station* t(, nail Is- may ho found nightly from twenty to torly empire x- wretches, who are profoundly thankful for j mean, fh tho privilege of boing allowed to sleep on a | tilled v is- bench or on tho lt<>no do )r of tho lodgers' times s "s* cells. Tliuy are frcijnently crowded so sumo r? '?> much that there is not room for lho:n to ( mastoo w- lie down at fuM length; and, when tho 4bout l al places are thus tilled to their utmost capuol* arc as i ig ty, the homeless creatures may bo seen on |{?t (]? cr any night ctying when refusal shelter, ami withsta *h us forced to sl?ep In iho opou air. Many j 0f St. \ in of them would siHrro but for tho loaves j lint ut given nightly at nearly evoiy italiou Louse we've d ;U t?> those in extreme r eed. The persons i k,)? Rnd a! thus suffering aro not usually drunken wo nius is vagabonds, but aro, ii Itundrods of cases, a. mechanics who would work at any kind of lho< [h labor for a mor^iubsi-.' < c. I*1"" hi >d Ana York Sun. his pap ^ i I Jt . \ \ ? .? ' . *? i.ti. TTi iifiili fTii'r^f <^trii : <U Spring, IWI ? gt<n? *.?* V I * . oae of tb? beet ooob dog?la nil lili. >"tJc t , -nivM.P I [ ujr you never beam toll o* lbs like . ?>*.)" INI io M.jo, U/o?i,.n oi l ' : i'? know enoything ?bou( 'em! If . >u coal Jul go iwu Tor 'em. We j over (liough l of peatobi* ' *? much, r skins weren't wo?th a dera with 1 a ie, we couldn't gatemrtfhfcr'eai ' for the ski onto'. oollecl one day I went out e bee W?b erieiTd lumbered about a rhile, 1 got kinder tired, and so 1 up agin abig tree to rest. I hadn't nore'n leaned up afore sotneihin' a one of the alltirdest nip* about the my britches 1 ever got In my life. I [ about a rod, and lit a ruonin', and i a runnin' for over a hundred yards; Link, sea I, iu do use a running', a snake bit, but a runnin* won't do ood. So I jest stops, and proceeded line (he wound. I soon seed it was ;e bite, for (bar's a blood blister pinchne about sis inches long, nk, sex I, tbat retber gits in el What very deuce could it a biul After * about it a while, I concluded to go nil look for the critter, jest for the y o* the thing. I went to the tree bed the weeds and stuiT all about; rn the thing could 1 see. l'urly sees the tree has a little split a rutting up it, and so 1 giu to lookin' at L)reckly I see* the split open about inch, and then sbel up agin; then 1 open and shet, and open and shct, en ana sliel, right along an regular *ck a tickin'. Think, sez I, what in stiou can this mean? 1 ktiowM I'd ched in the split, but what in thun* a inakin' it do it? At first I felt scared, and thought it must bo sorneJreadful; and then agiu 1 thought teu't. Next I thought about hauls osts, nnd about a runnin' home and notion' about it; and then I thought lu't he enny o1 'em, for I'd' never ell o' them a pnstorin' a feller right i daylight. At last, the true blood aiiceslers riz up in my veins, and told iid be cowardly to go home, and not t what it was; so 1 lumbered for my d swore I'd tind out all about it, or p. When I got back, I let >nto the 0 blazes, and party soon ileum down lashed all to flinders?and what do link? Why, it was ratutued and d pluru smack lull o' coons, from lop oiii. Yes, sir, they'a rammed in so hat every time they breathed they be split open."?Purler $ Spirit. . F.v*NT Fekn ON THE AUKKICSN ?-Well, I never! No. Snakes ami Is, darned (as stockings are darned. iow) if I ever did. Moses nnd Aaron! us?us, women,, ladies?us, the debute blue eyed tremblers, at whoso tiny una you've been kneeling for nobody how long?it's us who hare been no it, and got you all into debt, and 1 your hank4, and mado your UiiU >r nothing hut to light the beastly you've g??t oh tick?ain't that the Ify Diaua and the mischievous uran Cupid, that's what you've coticlu come lo, is ill And you call your* men! If 1 could blush, IM blush fur ul I calculate it wou dn'l do no inure Iihii emptying my teapot into the ity Niagara. what have we poor timid slaves oing, if it please my lords and mas the creation to certify. Let us hear me*, anyhow. What! Buying too ruWs, and spending loo much in and perfumes, and soap, and gloves, avers, and slippers for our dear little i. Those ai.. the things which you . Ashamed lo throw into our face*, me patience, gracious Jupiter! while such matters down. Why, a right. 1 man, not to say American, would I upon his marrow hones to his wife, urtibly thank her for having, at all got some pleasure out of his money t lasted. And she, if she was a dear, kind, affectionate, sweet, good, dar? tie rib, (as wo all are till you inake o t'other,) would say to him, shakr lovely curls over his face, "Sam," or or "Alcibiadcs," as the case might (orgive you," and I don't know?1 i ? - > ? ? ion i kiiow, DUi i[ no looked very >1 indeed, and whs a handsome feldon't know but tl.o miglu just? it's out, give him :i kiss?hIi, and a no, too?not ono of the touches that >'t make a dowdrop absquatulate from j leaf, but ono as if she meant it. But lion of a husband charging his ruin no of those angels, who, in llio dis f wives, float about your homes, and i air with essence of Paradise?well nurse it's all our doing, too. No lito of extravagance on your side of the Nothing about poker, or any other am *. Nothing about racing, or bets sos to bo sent over to Knglnnd, to n:ir hearts broken by llio cheating of ' bill's jockeys, or to lie poisoned by j itnl marquises, for fear the Stars and ipcs should bnng the OKI Country on i Turf. No oysters and port wine, ;h like, monkeying the aristocrats of | S'o chests of cigars, big as una- j Nogumticklers, and neck-twisters, i andy-smashes, and bull's milk, arid scrapers; nor any other of your nasty for honoring; when you're ashamed out, like free citizens o| the noblest in the world, for what you really No opora-boxes, that ain't always rilli your own wives, but nro somount as presents to somebody else's ? miark us to shawls and trinkets, my t. Oh, no! nothing of all this. Ask hc-so things, and the lords of creation nuto as a dead nigger in a coal-hole. { re's something in all this, girls, not- | tiding, i swear it, by the memory iVashinglon. come, girls, up and be doing! If louo the mischief, (and my lords say therefore, of course, it must bo so,) it repair it. We'll have a gotd time. oditor of a newspaper dowu-east has ed to improve tlio circulation?of or, ,? km* L : - " * 3? U> piecea frwaa w??* fofeeainic. I l now aj^MK, wot? lb? grtgi OblfNM% ] rhc.foUow iiur mmm? ffom tbn vH^ wmk in lk? Piww< <rf y-??i?y -?b dwAw o* \ PiijHWl" to tM? c?p*ek* M ru)m)fMUjdonbl? QoverBmotot, wl.icfc i?tL? ?yp?uf obstruction *ncj eircum- j locutao?, luu lainkk? day, and must -soar 1 ji*? m; l? ?oo|?(lri?f battW ?nt?d to lb? prcs?Tit III?? and to aclunl wants. W? are ^appjUft Mf, tbat. a? ?oon m Parliament < meet? lor Us? deepatoh of g?o?nd business, f lb? U>m ?bo*i?tou of ih? Gompnny's wo? erntoM* will be proposed by MtoUUr*. dia will be brought immediately under the control of the Crow a and Periiflgnenl, with such machinery of administration m shall be thought condqrive to its welfare. The i greatest dependency of the empire will receive the benefit* of direct Parliamentary supervision and direct Ministerial response bilitjr. Under each a system we cannot doubt that the nation which has conquered and reconquered India will toOn urge it onward, with new foree, in the path of itn provement.?Ear opt an Timet. A Prussian journal, of the Lower Rhine, Ulla a very good story of a religious community (hereon, who, appreciating the long and able services of their faithful minister, unanimously resolved, as a slight testimonial of the same, to present him this year of a bountiful vintage each with a bottle of white wine. The minister was, of course, duly sensitive to this delicate tribute of love and affection, as well as pretty proud of it, as an evidence that his ministry had not been altogether in vaiu, and at considerable expense prepared in his cellar a huge oroaineuted cask, at which, on the appointed dav, appeared every member of his flock, and emptied his boltleL But what was the surprise of the minister, as well as of the generous donors, on tasting from the new overflowing cask, to And that it was not wine, but water) A strange thing, certainly, and of which we bate no other explanation than this, that every member of the society was of the sAine idea, thnt one bottle of water would not be noticed in a whole cask of wine. Ways a?i> Mf.aks.?Two Irishmen* who were travelling together, got out of| money, and being in want of a drink ofj \\ V Hovi(U?ri fhs* full win r? WAV* ?? ??! 1 prices Ii.kI fallen about one-third; her share of the' Ion would bo about $7,000,1*00. Thiuk of tl?'.?, I planter*, and then remember limt your rep resell ta- j tive* li.?ve voted to fasten this worthless currency pan you lor a whole year more. J in another port ol bis speech, ho said, a Imp, re ferring to tho suspension act, that permits such vio Ution of a contract, is a low which sets honesty at defiance. Will the people hear it in m nd that a majority of representatives have voted fur such a law, a law to set honesty si di fiance??Cher aw (J?- , xette. t Tho Ontonagan .Yi nrr gives nn account of an immense <a>P|XT nugget discovered in tho Minmso j \ ta mine. Its greatest length is forty-sis feet, with i a mean width of I ','J feet, aod ascragc thickness ol . 3J feet. Cubio contents '2,U0<I feet. Ferity 90 l>er cent. Weight 600 tons. Value $300,000. Tho shock ??f an earthquake was felt in Cfeenbicr county, Virginia, on the night of the I0*h in* stant?in the sumo county, at the sometime, a Urge Intel slide took plane, and the end of n mogul*u gave way, aud was precipitate 1 into a river below. Tho hirnlni) Times estimates that the sum of tho liabilities of the inerouiiiile firms which have failed in London amounts to between thirty end forty millions of pounds sterling. J y ? .v.w "?; Miv* means? Patrick, catching a frog out of a brook, went uhcu<l, and at tho very first tavern ho came to asked tho landlord what sort of a cratur that was? Ho said 'frog,' of coarse. No, air, said Pat, it's a mouse. It's a frog, replied the landlord. It is a mouse, said Pat, and I will leave it to tho first traveller that corncs along tor a pint of whiskey. Agreed, said tho "landlord. Murphy ?o?>n arrived, and to hitn was tho appeal made. After much examination and delibtoration, he declared it to bo a mouse; and the iaudlord, in Mpilo of the 1 evidence of his senses, paid the bet, instead '' of giving both the thrashing thoy so richly deserved. The Plcxdbk ok Delhi.?A privsts letter from Delhi, dated September 27, says: "For a description of the riches of Delhi my pen is inadequate. Cashmere shawl*, inlaid with gold, bodies covered with gold lace, skirts of dresses, watches, bars of gold, beds of &ilk and down, such as no noble mail's house in Ktglaml could produce, you would see the Sikhs carrying out of Delhi f the first day, as if lliev were almost nothing. A shawl which in England would fetch ?'100, thoy wore selling for four rupea, and you may depend oor fellows ware not be- t hind them. * * * It is supposed the Ititles would go to Kngland with upwards of ?* 1000 each, though General Wilson has ? issued an order that the prizes shall be all i put together and divided. Most of our men are worth upwards of 100 rupes." r inacai'nai. or the Governor or Alabama.? , We have rcuvi-J AOfy of the iiiJiigerul addreaa<?l | Gov. Moore, of AlittMiina. lie urgi-* eeHMMny in t the iiiMShgciiient of the stThirs of the Stale, nti.l ( thinks that a surplus ill tlie treasury should be care- r fully guarded against, illustrating lite danger of the ( ?|'|n?vii? UJ UiQ (.IlKTIi'llCL* Ul Ilia IJIMHT.II Government. lie- regard* die sa'ijetit of education in tho public schools *u of die highest importance, | and recommends llic ^jgio University Co the alien- , lion of the Legislature. lie lion nut changed hia firmer opinion that the uo'.cs of ilia Kln'.e limit, [ when returned to the Treasury, should beoauoefh-d. t '1'lic ooniniercml panic h*s served to confirm h ni , in the opinion that the policy of Alabama, in Sepa- , rating htrvclf from all connection with hnolta or t other moneyed institutions, is sound, and should be in unt uned. He thinks that banks, "if neo> saary i lor commerce and for commercial facilities, arc ns cttmry will," snd that "such restrictions and pen- ( aliu-a should Iks incorporated iu tho charters as will, , if iMiusiblc, eflectually protect tho people against Hits , abuse of their powers and privileges." Upon the , subject of federal relations, ho reviews tho movo- | inents of tho liiaek It-publicans, whose manifest ; i purpose is "to exterminate the institution ol slave- ! ; ry." lie ia not without hope that (he Union tn iy I t b.* preserved, though ho dues not regard it a* the ' f "para 1 onnt political go-id," and thinks that the t South should lay aside all minor <{ursi ons and unite I . in resistance to its Northern assailants. "A-_ at present informed," he declares Ins disapprobation of j the conduct of Gov. Walker in Kansas, and thinks 4 that the convention had exclusive right to determine whether they would or would net submit the Con- . stitulion to tho people, lis does not Join, however, 111 tlio complaint against the Administration for n' t removing Gov. Wjker, "believing that Mr. Kuchanan w.ll ho able to give satisfactory icasoits for the ct urac he has pursued." Too Tnun ro? a June.?In Mr. Memminger's s|M?coh on the ?us|>cn*juu bill, lie made this remark utile, hut true statement: The oottoti crop of Smith Carolina was worth before suspension $*-10,000,COO; Jk^MJ W* JOrn? ' ^4^-^yfl-gj plaint, dy# ^. p*- Hn RANGEMENTS, $iC& HbAB* t M ACHE, SCC. Purchaswa will please be particular to m for Dr. C. McLaneY Celebrated Vermjfuge and T TVtfB T>fT Y e r.?ar>n..?/J -I J??> M. l^tVJ^IUVU MJT sole proprietors. PittSburgh, Pa., and take no other, as there are various ' other preparations now before the public, purporting to be Vermifuge and Liver Pills. All others, in comparison with Dr. McLane's, are worthless. The genuine McLane's Vermifuge and Liver Pills can now be had at | all respectable Drug Stores. FLEMING BRO S, 60 Wood St., Pittsburgh, Pa. Me Proprietor* SCOV11. Si MEAD, New OrUaiw, General Vhtik-Mlc for ibw Southrt. v hi'M nil ?? lore muit be adiltttKtl. SOLD BY KISIIKR A IIEINITSIt. Spartanbnrg.Bo. Cn. DEAN * GOOLHilON, mum A. TOLLESON, M " 44 K. KRUTCH, GreeiieilJe. " K REX AN A NOKRIH, UDionaiHa, * ? .JOHN' II. HENRY, Lnur< itaville, ?' " W. K. PRATT * CO., Newberry, " " I. P HAn\kTT ft* V...L.;tl_ 6 J* J. w. H ARRIS <k CO.7RUthVrWion, ?. c! Al;iy T JJ y Rogers' Liver worth & Tar >K TIIK CoMfLETB CC HE OK COLO lib, COLltd ikpluexza, A st IIM A, UKONCIIITIS, smi ting Or BLOOD, * ALLOTUKK LVKO COM* PLAINT* IJuNOINO TO C ONSt MITION. This preparation is {{siting into use nil our ? ountry. TKr numerous klltn we receive troiw >ur various ngeuis, informing in of curve effected ii thvir immediate neighborhoods, warrant us in ayiug it is one of tlie best, if t.ot the very best, Jotii?h Medicine now before the public. It s/nst antruiUv relieres, and not unfrn/uenUy cures the try worst case*. M lico ull uthcr Usfli pripari* inns have failed,' this hns relieved the pntkut, as truggisis, dealers in Medicines, and Physician*, :sn testily. Ask the Agent in your nearest town, shut bus beeu hut experience ol the vfi'ccls of this nrctnine. Ii ho tms been selling k fur any length ( time he will tell you IT 16 THE BfcST.iMEDlCJNEEYTANT. lteluw we give a fow extract* from letters wo mvs received lately regarding the virtues of thin MOftCMM. Dr. S. 8. Oslin.of Knoxville,G?.,saya: I hare >em using your Liverwort and Tar very eatennvsly on my practice far three years past, and. I is with pleasure I state my belief in it* ovri, uoarrv ovaa all othir aeticlxs hill which J in acquainted, far which it is recommended.* .-vit-swa. ntagcraM & Banners, writing (row bVayneaville, N C. any: " The Liverwort and Tar n becoming daily more popular in Ikie Connry, and wk think iihtlt ?o. AU who hare tried t open* in commendable term* of it, and cap it e very beneficial in alleviating the complaints Jot chick it te recommended." Mcaar*. Fitzgerald A Benners, writing from (Vayneavilte, N. C., ray: The Liverwort c-*d Tor ie becoming daily more popular in thie Conn rf, and wr think jiwtlv wo. All wk? bate ried it epeak in commendable terma oj it, and wiy it ie very beneficial in alleviating the cm* ilninle for which it to recommended." Our Agent in Pickena Dial rid, S. 0., Mr. S. tl. McFajl, iuuurea us "that he usee it with great tenefit in his own family, and recommend* it to his leiglibora." He give* an instnnee of a Negro wort tin, in hw vicinity, aetui hud born flrriHf With I'keuse of the lyings for year*, attended with set rere cough, who was relieved by the Liverwor nid Tur. ^ Such are the good report* we hear o^Tie Midi >ine from all parts of the Sonth. For n report of he surprising cures it h?? performed in the Went rn and Northern and Hastens Slate*, we wootd nvite tin nud.ring patient to read the pamphlet vbich accompnniea each bottle. To all wo aay, < v bare hope, hare hope' TRY THE MEDICINE!! * ? E W A H n K O I If ? E A S N # Beware of Counterfeits and Base vtla ^ - Tho genuine article in signed Andkiw Uwm (Ik engr;m-d wr?|?|RT around each bottl?. Priae $1 per bottle, or nix bottle* for $6. SfM i&fiRa, rh<-l?enle and retail by SCOVIL A MKAD. >nl 11 Charter* St., Int. ContiaadSt. Lwklt.'lk ['A Souk Ant k va roa tub PouTuaa* vliotn ait orders and applications ft* AfWltw -j&g nust be addressed. SOLD ALSO BY %T%H FISIIKR A IIKINITSH, Sparinnbcrf, *?, Ofc'$J? DKAN A OOOrHiKXN, VV II. WATSON, GmraviUe K. krutch, # mmQM KBKKOX A NORRRMTntaavMat ?? ;m S. K. UKXKY. U.bratiav.:in C. L. HARRIS, A CO.?Kw*r*m tan. fc. ? April 24 9 fca Xoto Printing VROMFTLY E*B(XnHD.