Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?j i ? , _ I _ tie Canraster pbfler. 'f^2 PER ANNUM Turn lo (Uv U^Jiiiiis SlicoU ^irviy, T"V[ A \TrvI? Uw * uil I ^'1 gti;; w|?l s||c xvouderx of uucli puiMing day- JL1\ ?\lJ V A IN A 1 /umilg nail 4vulitiiul iUruispnjirc?Drualril ia t|j* jlrto, I marts, jCitrruturr, tinirntimt, 3grirnlturr, Snlrriml Siiijirauruitnts, /urrigti aul Dmurstic jUtins, naiJ tjjc jftlnrkrts. VOLUME V J. LANCASTER, C. IL SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 19,1857 N 11M \i E R 97 fflrrtrh ftorij. I Kruut the South Carolinian. ( -THE BROTHERS! !i I u IIY J. WiritliHol CUN" KKVIN. | . ? O j It ww in the year eighteen hundred li uici fifty four, Unit a heterogeneous party t of na were seated before the tiro place in ' K the bar-room of a nowlv erected hotel in S in Francisco. Tito night wag col l mi l s Jiizzly, and those who were assembled d there, seemed rather disposed to remain i and enjoy a comfortable fire, than to ven- j s ture out into the Rt reels, ill lightial as li lliey were, am) covered with adhesive ' mud. i I 1 had landed only a few hours before I. from the '(ioldeii (Jute,'and everything o mound had for ine the charm of novelty, I I was the only passenger who had put up ; r in llaupUnan's Motel, and in looking ' ii Around, I found not a single lace that 1 had seen before. <1 The group around me wag such as one '? J could expect to encounter no where else ' h but in that wonderful city, where the n Sacra ami fames had gathered together 1 t reliriMtMllt lliv.*? from nr....' ?!...? .... 1 lion. M tmtimn has more worshippers t than Jehovah, ill I'.rado more pilgrims a liiiin Mecca. Housed ini'i-r the same J a root witii myself, w as a Dnuihoii prince, v Italian beggars, Hungarian refuse*, A as a liinn and Swedish miners, oh'ique eyes | am! loi,<piueued subjects of the Celestial j1 Mm pi to, and citizens IV am every state of i Christendom. Hut tlie greater portion t were my own countrymen, who had been lined thither by the thirst f"r gold. As i for in) self, I wi.t confess, thai having just h received my diploma at a medical colh g<\ !< I was onlv desirous of entering upon in\ a profession, ami discharging my duties to fi society, wiili an inditi'elenco as l?> its pro- r s lits, w hi h many would have deemed eg- t legions folly. 1 v To myself ail around me scorned >e:Z'-J o with a strange uioiioinani i, and to think, i u mihI talk, and dieaiii of nothing but lit*.- j 1 itt**rii?jf dust. 1 h.ol never helot o ^***? > v v many monomania* together. There n were but two of the group who did not l infected l?y the ; but they, , i < >0, had tlit tr iiioiiotiiaiiia. Oi.o w at a < o't'i11aii hot auk?, who sat ujiart hiraii^iiio v the specimens which ho ha l gathered in I a rccoo! exploration. and the* other was a ' Vernionter, ail of whoso family, lnit a ii daughter, had pen-lied a few months pie ll 9 \ ioiis'v, bv u steamboat explosion on the <1 Norili iiv/r. I have met but few men of ? as affectionate a ?lispo-it ion, and as strut g t in hit att i diluents as lie scorned to bo.-? 1 Alter I he loss of liis family, hi? chief do ; she sceir.eJ to be, to njoin an only biodi r * er m the land ot gold, w holil lie bad not i seen for a seore of ycais. 1 soon nscer- l tained ilmt he, like m\?elf. was a s'.rati i r in Shu Francisco, and that the discu??.onr of the gold acckeis fed as idly upon ? hit ear at upon my owi\ lie mt apart v from the noisy group, ami try attention "J was attracted to trim hy hi* <juict and te ' " siivtsl demeanor, and the inquiring and ' j wakeful, ??r?as olhcis might have ? <w thought?furtive glances, which lie cast around from face to face. Hi* fare was \ *1 Covered hv a thick, course heard, slightly | ^ sprinkled with grey, and from his appear ' ft nee, I judged hill) to bo somewhat le-s s than fifty jears ol rge. (?lad to find * ?une one whoso thoffghts were not entirely absorbed in dreams of gold, I leaned ' my chin against the w all hy his side, and > entered into conversation with him. v ? ID W m "Iir ??l HIV IUI J IU?? III VII *>1111 whom ! liioe met. in whom ago has not ? * dulled i?r destroyed tlie affection of child- ! ?J hood. 11. had an only brother, some j I ten years his junior, who had wandered away from his mountain home in his eigh > teenlh \ ear, Ironi whom lie had not di- i tectly heard until within the Inst few a months. To meet this brother once more, v to renew with him the affectionate inter- I t * course of childhood, ant] to spend the t evening of life near bv bis side, bad be- ; j come with him a passion as strong as the " thirst for ({old in those who were around 1 us. i ventured to hint to iiim?in *> did icate manner of course?the possibility of ? ? finding a brother's feedings s'rangelv !? 4 changed, by n lapse of twenty year*, and t a long residence in a land where avsrire |. seemed to swallow up all other feelings, c M v ronmaniiin amiliul uml kIi../.L In, v ?/, 1 ? head incredulously. I J I fear you h?.Te never Wen Mewed with a brother,' replied lie, 'or you would I know thai there it one aflfvetiou which never grown old. In fact, it is one that t strengthens with our yenrs, ar.d becomes ; I' the more endearing as we gain a bitter experience of the utter nelt1?liiu-w and * heart lessnesa of mankind. I have trav | elled thousand* of tniles \o lind the luxu* I' "t rv of heating a brother's voice, and I h promise myself that our meeting to tnor- v m row will repay me a thousand fold for the i fatigues and privations of my journey, '< and the pain it cost nte to tear myself g J away from the home of my childhood.? c Hut f see,' continued he, pulling out his J watch, 'it is nine o'clock and 1 must re- ? tire?I wish you a good-night.' t A* my companion withdrew, I could c Oct avoid contrasting him, in my own mind, with others around mo, in whom n the greed of gold had swaltoweJ up all fi other thoughts and aspirations, anJ the " OI4 MW, I hut 'All m nut ({Old (lint gilt- p \ tor*,' ?M opparmoat in inr mitt J. h 'Another robbery at the Globe Jlotel !' cried e new coiiur, entering and Inking p hi* aland before ttie blazing tire, with the & air of a man 'born to the manner.'? , V 1 'Aadj Tillou't room was entered to day, it ml robbed of ten thousand dollars in ;olJ dual. It's a sad loss to Andy, for : u's as poor as a church mouse, und lr?s mother and two sisters to support.? iive tne u licit whiskey punch, waiter.? say, landlord ! I'm oil for San Jose by I aylight, and 1 have live thousand do!- | trs iu gold dust and you uiusl take care f it for me until I return, I don't want o meet with poor Andy's luck.' 'Hitter gel some broker to keep it in J lis vault for VOII. Mr. llarrrrov.. * rntittn.l ... e? ' 7 l'"v" l lie landlord, 4th? lock of my safe is bro ;??i? and i? undergoing rcpaiis.' 'Blood and tli under! couldn't you find r?mo safe place for it, lor a couple of! lays !' earnestly demanded Hargrove. I cannot, sir, without sending it to ' oine broker or banker,' replied "mine lost.' llarperscoldt. 4Well, is old J-anny bere ? Asked j [iU'grove ot the book-keeper, who was iusy behind his desk, lie can take care . f it for me.' 'lie left for the mines this morning,sir,' ( turned tho book keeper, without rais tig his eyes fiom the ledger. 4 Well, landlord, I'll sleep with it uti ..r I I . I II -- ivi ii?> iivu-ii" ui(;iii, ruiuriivu 11 :irgrc#vi?f I iitd if I can Jo no better, I'll get you to ; lave it deposited in some smfo place for no lo motiow. I'll lewveby the morning j io?t. ' ?uoJ night to you all.' Thus saying, Hargrove, who was a! aii powerful man, with a huh! brow, ami i inuai kahlv open ami frank counton 1 neo, look a candle from the bar, and t histliug as ho went, strode from the i par tin out. 1 could hear his cheerful and ileasant voice ahovo stairs, in tones of ' >v and surprise, as he seemed to encoun ' i-r, unexpectedly, some old aopiaiuan co. There was a momentary silence in the ; ooin, after the exodus ol Hargrove, soon, lowever broken l>y the minors, who were ' i?ud in their expressions ??f indignation ml the iiietlie.eiicv ol the pol ce. and the leoueiioy ami facility with which robbe .1 -I I - ...... . I 'v' i II?3 Illllivnv I was expressed at llic manner in ' iliicli justice was administered by courts f law, to which notoriously guilty crimi* i a Is weie dragged in vain, lint one seniiiioiit was expressed l>y the inineis j J iltirli was, that nothing Imt the prompt .dinin stratum of justice at thy liantU of ii" populace, couid diminish or rente ly ] lie k\ jI. _ | 'Tl.eiy is oue other way, gentlemen, by t liicli losses so frequently occurring might o avoided,' inter|>oscd llappcrscoldi.? | Voti miners are the must thoughtless and tnpmdent of all men. \ ?u all heaid i tow public! v Hargrove spoke about gold lust with him tonight. If a man ad ' rtises the hiding place of his money oil can't be surprised that thieves will >e on the alert to find it.' You don't say yon have thieves ami < 'hln-r < iii your house, I hope?' ?-ke I a nil.er, ii>ii?|r from It's seat, and taking up lis leather portmanteau. 'If you do, it's 10 place for me, I assure vou.' 1 he speaker was a small, thin, sinewy , nan, with a lolig scar on his left cheek j ?hi. h ex'ended to the corner of his mouth jiving liiin a most siuist rous expression >f countenance, lie was an ill favored nan, and Il.ippeiscol.lt regarded hiin tor 1 i moment in silence, before lie replied : i 'I cinuot an- vver for any traveller, air, j vim choose to make my house his stop ling phu-e 1 can only recommend can ion ami prudence fo all, who with large tiiiis about thiin are stopping among !i anger*. I tciired to niv room, leaving tlie mot ey gimp in the l?ar room discussing tlie nerin of' Judge Lynch, in comparison villi tlie legal administration of justiee. 1 had been so worn out by my long m?! weary vovs ge, (hat 1 wan noon in a leep slumber, and did not aw ake until a nte hour on (he following morning. 1 had just risen from breakfast and was landing at the desk of the book keeper, ri the I ar room, lighting a cigar, propar l"rv lo taking a stroll through the city, then my heavily hearJed companion of ho night In fore, tlie same w ho had come o seek out his brother in California, nis.sed through the room with a brisk t?*p, hearing a weighty leather porlmauour under his nrm. What man is 'hat ?' asked ITanpereoldl ui Itia book keeper, eyeing (lie trnnger suspiciously as he passed hrough. 'I don't know,' replied tho book keeper aroltsdy. 'lie's an overland passenger, vho put up hero with his daughter late enterday.' 4What narao did he register ?' asked Iappcrscodt. '.Simeon Carlton, I believe. ^ ca, sir, hat's the name,'said the book keeper, as ie opened die register. 'Follow him instantly, then, Mr. Wells,' | aid Ins employer. 'Jle is carrying off a 1 orlmantonu, with tho initials, J. K. II., 1 tainted on the end. I'm afraid- he as committed a mistake?or something - ... ^ rone; 'It may bo Hargrove'*,' answered Wells. \t nil erents, I will know it, for liar- i rove's portmanteau hail the straps pier- , ed will* undressed fawn skin.' 'Follow him quickly, if j*ou please, sir,' I aid lIap|H>rscoliit, 'ami insist on hit reurning, unless he can give a clear acount of himself.' Carlton?if such was the individual's iame?hud halted on the side walk, in ! ron't of the hotel, seemingly making on>e inquiries of a stranger, who was ointing out to him various localities.? , Vom the window, which opened on the troet, I could observe everything that tisedi 'Is that your portmanteau, sir )' asked Veils, approaching Carlton, just as the Irangcr with whom he had been ctmvcr sing walked away.' No, it belongs to an old acquaintance, who has left it in my earc, to be deposi- ' led iu some place of safety until he icturns. Hut may 1 ask,' continued Carl- I ton, reddening somewhat, 'what interest I or concern is it to yourself I* 'You are a stranger here, sir, and we cannot let Mr. Hargrove's property leave the hotel without satisfying ourselves it is , Cf.riied away by his order. You will oblige me by slipping into the bar-room ? 01.' continued Wells, observing that Carl- 1 ton hesitated?'wo must call in nn of ; tiefcr.' 1 he pallor ami excitement of Carlton improve J me painfully. His florid cheek became deadly pale, and his heavily bear ded lips quivered so, lh.it lie could scarcely articulate. 1 coulJ discover that ho i wa?, at least, as much alarmed as niorli- , lied and indignant. Slowly and hesitatingly ho turned, accompanied by the ; book-keeper, entered the l ar room, an I gulping down a glass of water, sank into { a chair. The landlord was a kind hearted man I loath to wound the feelings ol the stran- j ger, yet evidently doubling the fact of bis honestly obtained possession of the j portmanteau, in which the gold dust of j Hargrove was kept. Carlton's story j was a simple and unvarnished statement ? but he was a stranger and it needed j continuation. lie stated that when he wan about to : retire to bed, Hargrove obtained aduiis | sion to bis room to relight his caudle, : which had be?-u accidetilly extinguished, I and that lie at once recognized him as an oi<l acquaintance ami fellow townsman, i who had emigrated to California about j three ) ? im before ; and that Hargrove! imparted to him Ins intention of leaving I tor San Jose by the daylight boat, ami requested him to take charge of the treasuie contained in the portmanteau, and deposit it lor security in the vaults of some banker, where it might remain until his return. According to his statement ! Hargrove brought .the portmanteau into his room, and after a few minutes conversation, bade him good-night and retired to sleep. 'Did Hargrove leave by the boat ibis mutning, Well's f asked Huppcrscoldl, j turning to his book keener. "I did nut see him pass out sir,' replied Wall's 'and i am sure he did not l>i>akfasti with llie other passengers who were tonviii<r. Sinco 1 think of it, I am sure he could not have gone, for here is his ! trunk, which he would not have tailed to i call for.' 'Where can lie to then I' asked Hap- 1 pcrscoldt. 'Metier send to his room sir,' answered j Weils, 'for lie lias not passed out at all | to day, so far as 1 am aware.' 'llave llio kindness to go to his room at once, Mr. Wells,' returned ilapper- i scoldt, 'and if he is in, this affair can cause no further trouble to any one.? ! Hargrove is a clever fellow, and happen what may, we have the fruits of his hard toil secure, and he will tiud it safe when < he returns.' 'He certainly will I' gasped Carlton, J all unnerved by llio circumstances in i | w Inch be stood. | 'My the way sir,'said llappersca'dt, 'it j ! strikes me wo may easily manage ibis ' I troublesome and doubtful affair. My , only object is to sccuie the property of my boarder, without running llio risk of annoying ur injuring one ho?in ay be able to put bis conduct in the fairest light, i Suppose you .go with me to some reapon1 siblo banking house, and deposit Hargrove's property, to bo dolivcreJ only to I Himself or Ins order.' 'Certainly, sir, with ail iny heart,'cried ! Carlton eagerly, as lie lose froin bis seat. ( I 'Let us do so without delay, for 1 am | anxious to seek out .a brother whom 1 I have not st-en for twenty years. Let us go. j "it's all right, perhat*,' muttered II ?p perscohll to htuiseif, as he took up Ins bat. 'If the money is secure, it will uut matter so much if a thief escapes. Why ! what's the matter, Well's cried he aloud, as the hook keeper re-entered the room. I 'Why are von so pale and ghastly, man!' 'lie is murdered in his bed sir I' replied Wei!*, almost speechless w?tli horror. We four weiu iilouo in the room, and tlio tableaux which was presented 1 can never forget. The book-keeper w?i just 1 within the door, and near tlie centre of ! the room stood IJapjierscoldt, scowling upon Carlton, who seemed read)' to sink to the floor in hie terror. 'I did not do it ! Merciful Heavens ! I an: innocent of this!' ejaculated Carlton, trembling like an aspen, and almost choking with atlright. 'Lleaf me, sir, hear me ' Liar, thief, and murderer !' shouted Happeracoldt, with a threatening ges tore, 'you liars butchered him for his 1 gold, and you shall be made a terrible example. You deserve to hang, ami you ' shall hang this very hour 1 Strike the bell, Wells, and let it ring till the alarm summons a crowd together. U is useless to appeal to quibbling lawyers and packed juries, for justice on auch criminals hh tiK is. Strike the bell I Sound the elarm 1 He shall have prompt justice !' 'For heaven's sake, sir,' cried I, ap- j preaching the excited llapperscoldt, who was foaming with indignation, 'have n ' care what you do t It is easy to set mischief afoot, but it is impossible to curb or restrain it You may live to repent the rash stop bitterly. 1 know nothing of this inan, hut I ain morally convinced of his innocence. Catry him quietly to prison, and let justice be done according j to law.' 'We hare had enough of ceremonies, farces,' returned Uapjairscoldt, with bitterness. *1 ho country lias grown sick of > tlieui. 'I'lle peoplo must luku the law in- , to thJr own liaoUs.' It was now too Into to expostulate, f>>r tlio bell in the cupola of tlie hotel was 1 swaying to and fro, with its iron tongue sounding an alarm, which arrested the passers by and caused wonder and astonishment in every part of the ev'itable an I populous cttr. Men might be " t: lnirry- i ing from behind their counters and to the ! doors of their ollioes and shops, anxiously questioning the passers by as to the cau-^e of so unusual an alarm. Curious and ! troubled fares were seen in the streets, of met: gazing towards the quarter of the city where tho alarm was heard, and e\- f peoiing to see clouds of ret iring smoke i heralding the beginning of some mighty conflagration. Shouts were heard in the j distance, and the tramping of excited men hurrying along to tho common centre where the alarm heil kept up its terrible | clang. The fact of a man found murder- I . . * i od in his bed, and of the arreel of his a>- ' sassin while hurrying uwuy with his booty was whispered in the streets, and flew on the wings of the \viiid,to the remotest and most retired parts of the city. From eor- : nor 10 cornel it went, liko the lighting tip j of successive beacons over a low tract of count i y. "A man murdered in his bod 1" That i terrible sentence?so startling?so sugges- i live of midnight darkness and crime?of j unguarded repose and hearties* treachery | stealing through the gloom to consuinatc its fiendish design?ticw from street, and awoke the compassion, the indignation and the vengeance of an outraged peo j pie. "What's the matter here !" cried :in cxcited individual, rushing into the barroom foremost among the crowd ths alarm had calh-d together. 'Come,and you shall see for yourselves,' replied llapperscohlt, addressing himself to the sneaker, and lu those who t'ol. him 'bill bring on lhal man,' continued lie , pointing to Carlton, who was fearfully I pale and silent. Forcing tho unhappy man along, the dense and curious tlirong followed Hup- j perscholdl and their spokesman, as thev , led tiio way up stairs to the chamber, where the body of the murdered man lay. The door of the sleeping chamber was thrown open, aiul ibefewr wh- fw!d press near enough, beheld a ghastly and horri ! blc sight. The throat of the unhappy man 1 had bren cut from ear to ear, and bis i body lay drenched in its gore. The no- j bit: air of confiding Irankness and simplic ity.that had charmed me so much on the J previour night, when 1 met him tor the ! tirst time was still stamped on his pule j features, and an agreeable and manly ! smile still rested <>n his lips as though his wound li ul awakened hint from sooth- j ing and halcyon dreams. As yet, the collected multitude were I quiet and orderly, but their pale Hiid ex- ! cited faces told that it was only the still- j neaa that precedes Hie storm. ICxolamations of pity for jhe dead, and of indignation against his murderer, ?ero indeed J heard on every side ; but, as yet, theie | were no manifestations of violence and misrule. 'A foul and da?tardly murder!' ox- ' claimed the spokesman of the crowd, as j ? after an examination of the body ? lie j again arranged the covering,'so as to con- ; ceal the gore in which ti e body lay. 'A j terrible butchery, indeed, of a noble and i confiding man. whom 1 loved ever as iiiv j own brother! And is tins his murderer?' asked he, appealing to llapperscoldt and pointing toward Carlton. 'I will relate all I know of it,1 answered 1 llapperseohlt; and, turning to the crowd, j lie impartially recounted the facts already in |toKsession of our readers. "Hang him?hang him! Cut his throat! Serve him as he served liar- j grove! Hum the villain alive!' Such and similar cries for vengeance luirsl from * llio wildly excited inoh, when Mapperscoldt ended his narrative of the facts.? , Knives were opened, pistols were drawn, clnl*s brandished ; w hile a few of the more ! violent, armed with such weapons as chance furnished, made a rush to inHict ; instant and bumniaty vengeance on the , prisoner. Wo were now standing in the narrow , gallery, separating the rooms on the tip- j per floor, and I threw myself between the mob and their prisoner, and endeavorecT to expostulate with them. I might as well have striven with the wild waves of i the Atlantic when they are lashed into i fury by the storm. I ha I nearly fallen a . victim to nil) 111 n!l?mnlinn ?<-. ? ? ----?1-""? ~ , arrest And s.em the fierce violence of a ro- ! leulloss and infuriated mob, when a cir- J cumalauce for a moment diverted their wrath, tr.d gave mo a hope that they might yet be induced to aurrender their prisoner to the lawfully constituted author itiee, by whom ho would he tried under circumstances, inoro favorable to juslice. While I stood confronting the moh, and shielding with my own body the un- ; fortunate man for whose blood they were I thirsting, a wild and piercing scream onus- 1 ed me suddenly to look around. Stand- 1 ing in the doorway of a chamber, that opened upon the gallery where we stood, whs a beautiful young girl?a mere child she was, of not mora than twelve or thirteen summers?whom the noisA and uproar had affrighted, and caused to look forth from her apartment. At a glance, the quick instincts of her young heart ' seemed to teach her the whole terrible truth, and springing forward nhe threw her arms around his neck, crying aloud ' so wikily and despairingly, My father Oh! ruy father 1* The unfortunate man was deeply mor ed. Ho folded lior in his strong Hrujs, and his silent tears fell fast and free. . It was a spectacle that appealed to every heart melted into tenderness and pity, The greater part of the moh,indeed shrank Lack, abashed and moved, the eyes of some were eveu filled with tears; yet there were still a few?and they were the faces of men hardened in crime, and seared with guilt?who clamored aloud for his immediate execution. When men leave the landmarks of law and order, it is the most brutish that leads the forefront of the column. P\ !.* ' o?:.i 1 ? ii ^ vi 111? j ^?IU *-/?l I IVVIU) vtpjJUilling to the spokesman of tho mob, 'claim some privileges ; much more may the innocent claim the right of speaking to his laughter in private before he is dragged to prison. 'Not to prison,' replied the loader of tho mob, shaking his head sternly, hut speaking in tones so low as to escape the ears of Carlton's daughter, ''not to prison; hut to death! You can retire into this room, and in five minutes by the watch you will be ready. You understand ine ?" Carlton bowed his head resignedly,and lifting his daughter in bis arms, bore her into the chamber, followed by the angry murnieisof the sanguinary mob. 1 i>iiui!iiv( ,1 11... r.umtla ull/nvn.l \ii111 in seeking, by argument And entreaty to move the leader of the mob from bis terrible purpose; but though calm and quiet he was tirni and inexorable, lli1 kindly warned me to desist, as I might involve myself in extreme danger, without in any manner benefiting the object of my compassion. I felt the force of his suggestion, and, with aching heart, concluded to hold my peace, and to make no further attempt to prevent a terrible tragedy, which could only be adverted by tho strong hand of brute power. The five minutes allotted to Carlton rolled rapidly away, and the mob impatient to begin the bloody tragedy?clamored aloud for their victim. l'alu and sorrowful,Carlton appeared at the chamber door, but his daughter, with the strong instincts of filial affection, clung to him and would not be separated, until a coutde of wretches in human form ti.r^ her away and placing her,in an insensible condition, in the arms of a female atten.. dant, whom with sympathy had attracttd to ilie tpmliuiileO tWelr victim down the staircase and into the street. Willi motives far different from the promptings of curiosit y, I kept my place near his side, watching for some favorable turn in the tide?some change, in thesav* age impulse of the hour?which might enable ino to make, with a hope of sue. cess one more appeal in his behalf. In my inmost soul, 1 believed him innocent of the crimes laid to bis charge. A thief and murderer never marched to meet his doom with the firm step and the sorrow I'ul hut serenec air with which lie trod along the crowded thoroughfares, followed by the jeers and tierce cries of the thousands, with scarce a heart to pity or comniiserate his fate. As far down the stoet as my eye could reach, it was tilled with an exeiteu crowd whose murmuring* fell upon the ear like the roaring of an augry sea dashing among breakers. What a teriible mon?ter is an infuriai?.i i - - f ? - 1 iiiw, III viiv iiwui ui ii?? iiiuunrs* HllU power, when it chafes ami roars through tho Rtreets of a great city, ungoverned and ungovernable, listening to no voice but that of vengeance, blinded by passion and prejudice, and bereft of those generous impulses w hich plead ever with the brute for the helpless and submissive. It is the most appalling of all spectacles to one who is biruself free from the vortex of madness and passion ou which it is borne. It is like a huge rock on a mountain brow, which the arm of a child or a breath ot air may set in motion, but which no power can ariest in its 'arrowy tlighl" as it rushes down with accelerated spend, crushing all obstacles that lie in its path. How captious and fickle, too, is the Lemper of a mob. But w hether it shouts aloud with noisy laughter, or groans forth bitter ami angry curses, its impulses are still brutish and bloody. It may sport, but its playfulness is ouly that of the tiger trilling with the agony of its victim. lhat terrible rush of thousands through inu cin-fis, Dearing a poor creature to tlio gallows, as impotent on the dashing tide as a leaf before the atorm?that dreadful march of death?has haunted me with a demon like distinctness, from which I can* not escape. The sullen murmur# of '.no angrv and excited populace, whose viler passions revealed themselves in ribald oaths and frantic gesticulations, in savage shouts of exultation, and eyes gleaming with ti.e intoxicating madness of the hour, rings in my ear still, with a weird-like power that cannot l>e broken. As the mob went heaving and swaying along tho streets of thecity, its courre whs obstructed by a number of heavily laden waggons that blocked up the way. The impatience caused by the delay was extreme, and, in the present temper, of the mob, might have vented itself upon the unlucky teamsters; when a circum stance occurred which diverted the Attention of the crowd And exhibited the mob under a new and more repulsive expect. The loader of the mob and their prisoner, together with those who immediately guarded him, had halted on the side walk, at the door of a barber's shop, to permit the waggons to move out of the way. A course and brutal wretch took advantage of tho pause to mount a box and propose to the mob, in terms calcu'ated to excite their laughter, that the pris. oner should be shaved, and allowed to make his toilet, as be wm so soon to oc3 cup)* au elevated position among hiscoun- ! Hymen. A wild shout of approval, nnd an ex- > plosion of laughter greeted the proposal. | I looked to see how this atrocious mocke- ! I ry of an unfortunate being would be ro- ! ! ceived by the leader, w ho seemed to me ! I to be a stern and mistaken man; but far I superior in his views and feelings to the I rabble that followed at his heels. I exI peeled to sco loathing and abhorrence I written upon his face, but, bo, too, had I j caught the spirit of the mcb, and was j | drunken with excitement. "liring hiin in !" shouted he with n j ] iaugh, as he entered the shop, "his head I | is our property now, and we must have j it cared for at our expense." In another minute the unfortunate j man had been thrust into an arm-chair, j and the barber, with trembling hands? j ) for he well knew how trivial a circum- ; stance might call down the wrath of the j moh upou himself?was removing the j I 'onff growth of beard from the face of i their victim. ' bidding him be expeditious, the leader ] [ of the mob returned to tho door, and ; j stood calmly conversing with those around | | liiiu. I ''lie is shaved, sir," said the barber, in ' I trembling accents, after the lapse of but j i little more than a couple of minutes. I ''Let's see if you have improved hvin, j Francois," answered the leader of the rab- I I ble, walking up, and gazing into the face | I of the prisoner, who had just risen from | his seat. 1 did not iiavo time to heed the many i I unfeeling gibes uttered by those of tlw ' I mob, who gathered arotmd the man so | I strangely metamorphosed under the j ; hands of the baiter, for my whole atten- ' j lion was given to their leader, who plan- | j led himself in front of Carlton, and stood j gazing upon him tixedly and with surj prise. llis contemptuous scow was | j changed into a bewildered and terrified ! 1 stare. The color lied from his cheeks, ! j and his face became fearfully pale. With sudden movement he laid his trembling I hands upon the shoulders of Carlton, and i j almost choking with emotion, exclaimed, | 1 in tones of intense agonv : 1 ,.t:: * I onucuu, iiij urouier, is u indeed ! you 1M Starting at this unexpected address,CarlIon raised his head, and their eyes met. With u glance ut recognition, he sprang j ! forward, and the broth era so long ocprtrn | j ted were sobbing in each other's arms. It was a painful and harrowing spec- J I tacle, such as might have moved the most i I obstinate to relent, whose humanity was I j not altogether forgotten. 1 >ut the die ! j was cast?lite tiger thirst for blood was 1 ! excited, and vengeance had been awaken ( I ed to slumber no more, till it had satiated i its fury. It was too painful to witness ! ; tbe separation of the brothers, who had ' I met after so long an absence, under eir| cuinstauces so peculiarly calculated to ! sadden the last moments nf ilionnn on.l I ..... ....? i to embitter the existence of the oilier with ( | remorse that should mver slumber again, I nor cease from its bloody feast upon a living heart. It was too painful to witness the terrible and agonizing struggles ! i of a fellow being to ward off from a brothI O # | j er destruction which his own hands had j I rendered inevitable, lie had cast him { I upon the bosom of Niagara and guarded j hitn from struggling to the shore ; it was J . too late to save him when he met the I place of a brother's recognition, as he ! was sweeping on to the verge of the cataract. There was now no longer any motive i to detain a mere spectator, hut the gratij lieation of a morbid curiosity, which J I confess I did not feel, and 1 turned my | hack upon the crowd uud hastened away, desirous of escaping from a sight of the j I impending catastrophe. When 1 had i passed by many squares, the hooping of ( me crown cau?eu me to look buck ; ami I 1 I paw a dark object dangling Irom a ! ! beam that projected above a window. It needed not tbe confirmation whicli 1 | ! received from tlic mouth of a spectator; j ; an, hour later, to satisfy me that the el! der Carlton had perished at the hands of j ! the mob. ****** Six months later I was sent for late at , night to pay a professional visit to a mi- 1 J ner who had boon stabbed in an affray, i A glance satisfied me that he could not j live an hour, and I saw no reason to con ' ccal the fact from him. He received the j announcement suiieniy and without fcxhih > iting any emotion, lie pulled a ring from his finger and banded it to mo with* ! out a word. | " What do you wish roe to do with i ibis f asked I, regarding tho ring atten- i tively on which was cut tho initials, J. It. II. "Did I not meet von at llapper- ! scoldt's on tho night of Hargrove's niur- j 1 der ?" asked I, as my eyes fell on a deep scar on his face, which I remembered to have noticed. "Aye! and would to God you had never seen me there," replied he. "That , ring is Hargrove's, do with it what you | will. If he lias a mother send it to her. ! I need not hide tho fact now ; it was I ! that murdered him, and that hauble was i nil I gained by ii; for his gold whs safe iu the care of his friend, who whs hung 1 for the murder that I done. Ask me no more questions?I would sleep now." The assassin turned his head to the wall i and slept?his last sleep! j Mint jujeps are said to Itave been in* j ' vented by a Virginia editor, who, having kissed a pretty girl after she had eaten some mint, was so intoxicated with pleasure that he devoted several months in attempting to produce an article which ' would recall the original as vividly as pos* i I title. 1 fciriij. Why is a blush like a little girl ? lie cause it becomes a woman. What is the most popular international brink in time of peace. Kntente Cordial. Why is a pretty girls eyes iike an oat meal cake ? Because they are apt to give the heart-hum. A man travelling in the West one day saw a little girl weeping very bitterly indeed at a cottage door. "What are you crying for?" "Why," said she, "Johnny has got the measles, Sally has got tho whooping co.igh but I?I ain't got r.othin"." An Irishman remarked to his companion, on observing a lady pass : 'Tat, did you ever see so thin a woman as that before ?" "Thin," replied the other, "botherashen, 1 seen a woman as thiu as two of her put together, I have." "LIo laid him down and blept?aud from his side? A woman in her magic beauty rose Dazzled and charmed be called that woman bride, And his first sleep became his last renose." HOOPS. Roll on, ye monstrous whale*bone hoops ?rool on ! Ten thousand squibs are launched at you in vain. Man marks the world iu its resistless course, But cannot touch the hoops; they laugh to scorn, Jokes, punsters, clergymen, the press and all; And when they die?as die they surely must? 'Tw ill be because they have gone their appoiuted rouuds. A Kast l)on.?Henry A. Kwer6 of his tovvD, left on Friday for Astaiau, Wis., where lie has purchased a farm.? lie owned a small dog, which he gave to Henry Briggs before lie left. The dog followed Mr. Ewers to the depot in this town, and upon the cars leaving, followed on after, overtaking them at South Decrfield before they left that station. The distance run by the dog was eight miles, and the linio occupied twenty two minutes, or over twenty miles an hour. Mr. Ewers concluded that such a faithful friend was not to be parted with lightly, and took the dog into the cars with him for Wisconsin.? Greenfield Gazelle. Politeness.?The llev. M. had travelled far to preac h to n congregation at . After the sermon, lie waited very patiently, evidently expecting some of the brethren to invite him to dinner. In this be was disappointed. One after another departed, until the house was almost as empty as the minister's stomach. Summoning resolution, however, ho w alked up to an elderly gentleman and gravely said: . "Will yon go homo with me to dinner to-day, brother ?" "Where do you live?"' "About twenty miles from this, sir." "No," said the man coloring, ''but you must go with me." "Thank you; I will cheerfully." After that time the minister was no more troubled about his dinner. A HUNGRY CARPET BAG. i no liiitiiiio r.x press relates an amusing incident which occured at Erie, a few days since. A gentleman left Cleveland for New York, at an early hour in the morning without his breakfast, and being very hungry, upon the arrival of tho train at Erie, entered the dining-room, and placing his carpet-bag upon a chair, sat down beside jt and commenced a vig. orous attack upon the viands placed before him. By-and-by the proprietor of the establishment came around to collect fares, and tipou reaching our friend, ejaculated : "Dollar, air !'' "Dollar 1" responded the eating man 'a dollar ! thought you only charged fifty cents a meal, for one, eh ?" "That's very true," said Meanness, 'but I count your carpet-bag one, since it oc Cilpies H ?6At." The table was far from Wmg crowded. Our friend expostulated, but the landlord insisted and tbo dollar wan reluctantly brought forth. The landlord passed on. Our friend deliberately rose, and opening his carpet bag, full in its wide mouth, discoursed unto it saying: "Carpet-bag, it seems you're an indt, vidual, a human individual since you? at least I've paid for you, and now you must eat," upon which be seized everything eatable within his reach, nuts, raisins, apples and cakes, and amid tho roars of the bystanders, the delight of bis brother passeugers, and discomfiture of the landlard, phlegmatically went and took his seat in the car*. IIo said he had proviVioiu enough to last hint to New York, after a beautiful supply had been served out in the cars. There was at least, eight dollar* worth in the bag, upon which the landlord reali?e<| nothing in the way of profit.