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T* ^ T . < t \ <9 PP|> A NXTfTAf Turn lo tli<> I* i*<*vi*t?its IceniiiSK SIhtIh Mirvvy, I XT A T\\r a 1 Cili i\ JfN i>U.H 11,^ xvith il.v \\ oiiciei-M of 4-a?J. pavdn-j day. 1 jN Al)\ ANCK 31 /oilg nn^i ^aliiirnl i-'nuapaprc-?Jlruairii !j ijjp 3lr;ii, ^tirnris, ?ilrrnturr, ^Duration, 3grirjlturr, 3a!rrunl Aiityriitirinriite, /nrrign nati rauiraiic JOrms, nttil ii)p Binrkrts. VOLUME VI. LANCASTER. 0. II.. SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCT. 2\. 1857 NUMBER 36. Itlcrt '\\m\u\. Hoop3. Politely dedicated la the hards <>f Cm lion. Ye*. I?u?>p, liurruli! ye noble lords, We'll join you in the shout. And tru><l tii.it ere the echo dies, You'll learn what you're about. Vi\o la h ?oj?h ! ), let it rinjr, On hill top and in a vale, For who would spread their ylory far? Those skeletons of w hale. O! blame us not bieause we wear The tiling that y??u detest ; For, remember, 'tin a way we have To wear what we l!ko beat. And if you I'liiiiol bear to see Our liounees have llu-ir way, J111( turn your uiodeHt bend aside, Ami look another way. What it it inn fop-ion mode? You're not b<-hiud us far : You show it in your abort-toed boots, And all the clothes \ou wear. And we have aa luinli right to lloojvs Ax any of t ou tueti To eurl your pet goatees? A la Napulienu. ?: I i - i - ? - it- 111.iii if u I'iriiH, iii'.ll won II ptill, \\ ho caat (uur eics askant. \\ lien tfiihiny will* to take them < fl, Siie sharply ?iiyi, 'I shan't.!' Go, allil ill penitence nlid tears, low down liosf 11 fat Is of thini', Ami mourn that nil i our wiis cm't hide 'Neath w oman's c'liiiolitif ! 'Vc ?iiiijli; lords ! '/lis distance lends Enchui tnifiit to tin' Ami we won|<i kiTji ion ail ill Iny, To prove the an>illtrue. To w*e It ive l?oinil too oft, alai! l>es|.ite your lordly pride, Tin us ih ninny u snaky tonjoie behind 'i'lio grass that grows OUtaiJe, Ami is totheseore.it bugaboos. Tin* hi .re that you sli.ui dread Yin, An i .im lomler . on shall preach Yin do\\ n. The wi !or we w |! s. r.- liYiu. It lint won't ilo, lin n hearken this, Willi ihtutiees l.ir uiituiiul, W e wi'l start you all to Jordan, .\<M iiioiio^nl ze the worhl. |\ t Oiiir.E.i. fdrrtrti jHonj. A Terrible Niglit. li \ Jove! I Kelt, rain lat'iriy <! ?)? ? , 'S>? .tin I. I> ! any oti>) rver mi *)i a cnuh'Siii'leil ftiro.il, (Jharlo. I' ' 'I am in>t alone weak, I'll lju:ij?rv.-O.i, ( r a ?leak nf inooK.', wi.lt a holile <(" oi l re<l wine, in ii ?!. .>n Charley, I-ew;tre. Take cure h i? y*<u conjure uj? Mitch visions in your mind. 1 am uhotdv nearly starving, and if y<m increase m\ appetite mu.li more, it will i Irti l with me, it' I don't dint* off* yon. You are jotinj, and IK-rilut s:s\ c you are lender ' Hearted, she ineatit. Well, m? 1 tun, tf loving I'lTili t he a:ty pr?>uf ot it. I? > you know, lin k, I li.uc of'cli n<>ltdei I that you, who love your sifter so i..ta?i. i.* ately, were not je.tlons of her n't ioltin.nl lo II.e.' *fso 1 was, toy dear fellow, at Plot, fmi 'Otlsly j -a'ous. lillt th?n I reflectej that lleili.n innst one day or tlit; other, tunr rv, and I must h ose my sister, so 1 thought it teller that she should marry my old college chum, and early friend, Charley I--.- 1 -w/wv-o iiimii ?ny oilir ei*e. Su \ oil see there wm h little aelllshuca* in u?y calculation*, Charley.* 'I tick, we were friend* at Acliool, and friend* i?l college, and I thought at both tho?e place*, that nothing could khorten the link lliat bound lis together, luit I was iiiiataken. Since my l<>ve Sir, and engagement l<> voiir winter I feel a* if yon were fifty time* the fiieud that you were before. I>ok, ?e three will never part.* 'So lie married the king * daughter, and tliey ail lived together an hippy a* the day* are long* tdnmlnd I tick, with a laugh, quoting from nunery t ile*. The foregoing i? a ?liee out of the converMtion with which l)ick Linton and tnyaell endeavored to leguile the wav, aa iv? Iruinnart ? ? ? f -1 " ? Mm; ?! me i<>resH ot Northern New York. Dick wu nil artint, Mini 1 was a sportsman, no when, one tine autumn day he announced his intern lion of going i?t*> 'he woods for a week to study Nature, it seemed to me an excellent opportunity for me to exercise my legs Mini lit) trigger finger Ml the 8 line time. Da k had some k?? k wood* fuend who lived in a log hut oil lite shore* of fCckford lake, ami there we determined to take tip our quarter*. Dick, who said he knew the forest thoroughly, was to la; the guide; and ae, according, ailli our guns on our shoulders, si tried on foot from pool's, a tavern known to tourists, and lilUAtod oo the bouoUariea of l+mi ' * * - <4* m> I . *> ? * t ?i -' %4 , / V **4 Warren counties. It was h desperate walk ; but i<s sta'ted by davlneik, hihI bad ureal faith in our pedestrian qualities, we expected to reach the nearest ?>t the bcklurd lakes bv iiioht-fall.? lire forest, llnoii^h which we traveled . c .1 - 1 - - ' <m nit; tieusesl lleser: j >U< 'It. llverhead tbranches <>f spruce ami pint* shut out lliutlnv, while beneath <inr feet lay a frightful soil, composed |>iincipallv of jigged shingle, cunning! v concealed hv an almost impenetrable bu-h. As the lav wore on, otir hopes of reaching the dcstina ion grew fainter ami fainter, ami I could utmost fa lie v, from t !i anxious glances that Ihck cast around him, that, in spite ol his boasted kiiowlcmo* ol the Woods, i e had 1 o.si his wav. ll was !ii> way. It was not, however, until night actually, fell, and that, we wcio hoto sim^ing from hunger and exhaustion, that I could get him to aeknowb'dje it. 'We're in a nice pickle, Master l"?k,' si.d I, lather cros-I\, for an ein|?t\ sloui* ;i? 11 tltu'S inUi !i t?? it man's ii 11r i! iiin'.iMlii v. C't.iift.iui.l \our assurance ilmt !<m you to sot up as a l;*?;< 1 Of ail II,oil |>;i li'i'ls iili- tin* III*ist inn'-fiU'd.' ! '(Jouu*, CliaiVt,' iiu^tt iti il I k, omul Iitiin<>i11>, 'there's no "isij in urowluii; so 1 uil'iy. Von'!! I'liuo ;1h> la-ars an.! the panthers on ns if yo i ?lo. \Ye iiium in ?k? tin* hl'M of a |,;til jolt, liliil sleep Ol a I lee.' ' | 'It's easy tn tMik. inv f?oot| f'-l otv. I'm Hot a |litiit|ai>, ami thai'l know how to loti?l mi a l..nij?!i.' j '\\ oil, y.u'll have to learn, then, for if , \i?u .i!ft p i.n the mt.ti:. I, ilin fiiU'tOOs are , Iff. to t no Init Inj will '.he ttn'ves , HI J ill ti at Jolll toes l't-f If t|;?\i'olit.' 'I'lli 11 ;iio. .1 if I'.i r|.. o;ilift !' s ti l I tiofjit'r.tif v. 'I'm i to walk a.I ii 114S I tinl 1'ii .!i mi hefott- 1 . t.e tltovii.' 'Coinc, t'liiiu1, t. l.itiifj, .lot.'t la* a f !.' 'i WHS- a fool olliy \\ 1.1'tt 1 I't.ll-flltfil to J } lot \..ii its-uiim tlie r-.!'- of ojiaie.' \\ fll, Cliai!<-\, if v" 11 are ile'cniiiiii.1 to ) (Jn on, If'. .1 lie mi, \\ 1 il 00 lo^fllitr,? ' After all. n't only .a". 1 venture.' 'I s iv, IiIon't j u ft* a i'^lit }' i Hv J'lii', ?o there it-! tj"ii.f. Toil >ff 1'r o itlfine intervene between us ntnl ' wolves am) liunot r. Tlni must lie miiii" fiiiatlt r's In.'.' I in- I14I1I to which I 11 ml so -nil'!, n \ oal'otl I >., k't itt( iitit<ii v? as vt-rj f nut ninl MS'llii'il to if a'l' ui a iiti'.f ? ' ' ' thinn-h the dark branches <>t j tin* hemlock :tit'I spruce and weak .is tliu h??ht was, I Itaiii-d i\ as a ui.it 11.> i w ithniil a compass Irnls the Mar l>v which * ii? siitcts We instantly set out in the d.lection ol the hcacott. In a in niient it si cii.I'd as it al. lati_'nc had van.shed, an ! v*?> u a ked as it' onr in i>c!cs \\ e re as tens.' as iron, and our joints oily, as a piston I ?hnfi. We soon a.rived at wli it ill th<? dn-k sOcincd lo he a ideiruio about tin* a< ics, hat it may have hewn larger, for the tall foiost ri-im? tip a round it must have 1 !t> appiruiit m^c, "ivin^ il lli? appear i of a HMi ir.! pit r.i li. r tliaii u fni lit. Towards oiiu corner of the clearing we (l,ni't'iii(.'i| tilo iliokv outlioe <>f a log hut, through whose single end window a faint lii;ht was s>tr?*j?nmi^ ? With a sigh of relief via hastened t<> the door and ki>0? kcl. It w;is opened immediately,and a in.hi appeared oil llie lines i In Id. W u explained our condition, and were instantly invited to walk in and make ourselves at home. All our host miiid h*> could offer lis wero some Indian i coin cake*, and a slice of dried deer's J tie-h, to all which we were heartily welcome. These viands in our starving condition were luxuries to ?g, and we literally reveled m anticipation of a full meal. 'I I... I.... .. i.. i i ' . ....v ikiu ? uiiii or iinn ku unueie- , iiiotiimncy entered wan ot ilie ino?l poverty mitckcii order, li conaiated of but one rn.im witli it ttnle brick lire place al one end. 801110 deer t>kina and old blanket* Blret. lied out by the way of a bed at the other extremity of the apartment, and 1 lie only *eat visible were two aeclion* of a larye pine trunk that atood clotc to the tire place. There wan no veati^e of a table, and the real of the furniture wan embodied 111 a Ioiijj Teniieaseu title that liun^ clone to the roti^h wall. It the hut was retnaikable, it* proprietor was still more so. lie whs, I think the most villainous looking man I ever beheld. About six feet two inches in height, propoiioiuitely broad across the shoulders, ai.d with h hand htrgo enough to pick up h fitly six pound shot, hu ed to be it eombiiiNtion of oxtraordinnrv strength Mini agility. His head whs narrow, hiiiI oblong in shape. 11 is straight Indian like hair fell smoothly over hi* low forehead as if it had lantn plastered with soap. And his black, bead like eyes were set obhooeiy, and. slanted downward toward his nose, giving him a mingled expr0H4H>0 of fnrotiity aud ouauiug. As i ' i . - * ^.V. * > a ' . ? ? * 4 WHiMifil |i:> t?*:?i tires allenliiel? , in w huh 1 tlnaiolit 1 cmiM trace almost every li.nl |i. 1 ci?ii!e-hei| I ? \j? *i ieiiecl a ceil?hi fciMin^ nj' n|>|>re!ionsiim ami (iistriiM linn I cmil-iii't sli ike I'll. W hill- lie h'iii jj- ttia;4 lis t'.e promised fond, \vi. uii-ii li\ liim to iliaw liini tii it i<atvcr< itiou. !! seemed very laci imi and le.-eitid, lie sail] las iv? <I entile \ alone, and liaii cleared tlie >in?l lie oceii|> ed Willi Ins uw it liitinls. lie Mini liis name was .1 . ! ; lait wnen wo I ini?.*<! lli.'il Ins intist liave soinu oilier name, lie |i?eieinle.| not to ln-ar lis, llioti^li I miw Ids l-rows kail, aial liis sina I Mack i \ es ll i -11 :?11 r?? \-. M* siisjueioas < ! litis man were luitla-r titxiiNL'tl l>v o'om-i vino a pair i>I sio.i > l\111^ in a corner <>S the Itut. i ;i< -e shoes u< ic .>1 leas I three s'/.es siiitil ler lit.in lliose lii.il our ^iaaiiiio Iii'iit wore in*! iti lie had litstiuclly replte-i tit l lio iivi'il ?*i>iii?*i*% nl>iiii>, ll tlnKi' sillies iv< in ii ?t I.i?, ii!in?o wcp' tliey J '1 lie more I ivll eieiI on litis ' iri iiiHs'. uuv, tli" more uti'aas\ I fell, ilei iuy "|i|'i"elieu*ioiis wem still further :il'oiise<l, w ! i n Joel, as lie' cil!t<l Ii iiii-elf, lik belli our fowling pi fees, ami in oiiU r lo have litem o it <t lite \\av. .is t,e sani,initio litem ?>ii crooks fl-illl lie.' wall al a height lliat neillier link inn 1 coiiM itaelt w 11 It oil t lino on a >t -ol. 1 -in leil inwardly. however, as < tell tin' 111< '111 l.itrit 1 if hiv revolver' 111.it W t a ! o in ; |i a ||i |o\\ I>f 111' li.n k, II \ Its a .1 I.. It. atel : IJ' I l _ I?t t > 11 iv - if. it' 11>:^ !? in-.v !;ii ? any l?a I i|fs 411s, ?i:? liM'ii1 tilt; rutccii- I I.a thinks us, thu more iiti'niMou* 11> wi ! ho, i nia-li* no c'l'ui '< i? !-*2!i onr <;ii >. I >iel; :i!?ti l,n?l I rulolv.f, ail'l Was nh<> I:f 11 ISO 111"!) who I km w won".I u-o it well when tin; lull" i-:t:i? M . S'l .ji'i-iuli uf IUV lio-t r???V.V lit lllst ' t*> Mli'h I j I . !l, t h.ll 1 lis*'..'I lll'lli- I t<> Collitittiiiicalo t litu n to I'.ilc Notli 1.4 vvouM ho < ?s;? r tli ill lor tins \ i . 1 11 1 1* ha t ! 11 1 - for I coin iine I In* It n| I ii.tii II in hint ? nothing wotii-l he casiot than, w .tit 11.i* uii! < : an hi i ..n.|i ii ??, to cat our thiii.it* or ?hoot in wh -wo ivriiHn'i'r|i, aii ! so yol niir otiti?, w:i!o!i**?, an I ? h ill t i-r itii.ia-v nil m 1 id]. Who, in tho?o iotii'iv wooils, v.nii <i i.i* ir 1 hi* -hoi *r he 11 oiii" i-ri*-s loi h'*ij> ? \\ 1. it in.-a r\ ot tin? J.itv, hutt'i'Vi'f .i!i up, won ! point ml ur grave*. in ili'?ir wild \\ nods, in Imiio llns 1111.11.1 ? r lioino lo l!i so v lio oiiiiiMUfl it ! I. it'*.it ai lii-i ; tiien m xv -< i.i n-. * tin! yrudiiaih !> < inn* H'ni.vi r! to iuv h j> i>to!:on**.oiiS. Wo Imr r11 Ji\ nore-'d lli.it vvliiie ou<* lli?* 111 r s'l; Mild II atoll, III! 1 So take it ill lll'Iii!iroii_;li lIn* iii^iil. .! ? ! tin I sun I'dcmd to n-> liison'icli >! d<*?*t iid li *> Mm k--t ; In*, liiui-Nclf ? iid l:n i'??i!*l >!o [> <j?i?tas well I'll tin* ll???? . near i if* till*. A- I >i> k and I wore ?t-i \ *iii*<l. w w< v.* iiii\ imi? t<> <*?*t ?> !r r -5 ;>s ?' ii :i*? t ***!i do. Soaker a lieaiiv 111**ii 1 *d ?!?***r * r;i!i mid loaifli cakes, w ..-lied do-Ml !>\ n _*ood dl.night iVoin mil* I 'in ii d v }1 v*!x% I l?.*:ng tiio voiiii* on! ;'..i (ii-i i..Mil's sleep, lllld tll|llg iii\>eir i ii tin* I'oinli i.| Myitis. Ai iuv ?*\os orid.nily closed, 1 saw ir dim pic* tint* of I?.ok seated stfiiily watching 1>V ilit* tir<*, an I liio long siinj?i* nS ll.M li.ilt leu* i str> ti lling utit like a l.ngo shadow upon lln floor. Aia-r ivlinl 1 could 1. i'.o swoni to In* on'v ? ?1?iminutes 1 >i<-k w<>k<) me 'ml iufi>r11!? ?I mo t!i;it hiv 11?>11 r on) ; ?n I turiiin^ uto out of niv ?i*rin in-t. l.n <1 ian uitliout corentony, ami in h fcvv >.?( <.ii Is was luravily snoring. L nil>!>e<l ii.y ?*v* ?, f? !t for my revolver, aii<! seatim* niy>*If on oiioof tlio jiino f>ttimios, ColllllM'llffii iii V Wa10 It. Tlio li ?!f breed j >?I>1 >.*; r?-?! to ii Imim'.I in a profound slumber, ami in I In* Ii til weird li^liC oast bv the wood embers, ins enormous figure seemed almost L'i^ant'c in its proportions. I corifohS 1 fe!t tli it. in a struo<?Ie for life. In* wm inoru i Ii h ii a match for I > i < -4c ami mv?cIf. Tlicii I looked at tin* fire, ami ! In g in a favorite amusement of mine? shaping hums in lln? embers. AH sorts of figures defined themselves before mo. Unities, tempests at sen, familiar fares, hihI above all, shone, cv(>? returning, tlies dear f?.;M'ur< ? of Lf. rtl.a Linton, my aliinnced bride. She seemed to me lo smile at ma through h (turning haze,and 1 could fancy I heard li?;r say, 'While yon ?ro watching in ilia lonely forest, I miu thinking o! you, and prating for your safety.' A alight movement on the part of tha slumbering half l>iee<J here reealleil nie from iIhmo sweet dreams, lie turned on hii sido lifted liiiincK slowly on hia eh Imw, and gaged attentively at mo. I did ; not stir. Sull retaining my stooping attitude, I half closed my lyes, and remained motionless. Doubtless lie thought I was asleep, for in a moment or two he rose noiselessly, and creeping w ith a stealthy step across the ?.*n>r passed out of the hut, I listened?o i, how eagerly! It etamied to tuu liiat, through the impors s. ? ? ' - '? ' | feci IV joincil ere* ices of U'?- lnp :?!! *. I conli) [i;;iiii!v liear voices *v I.Uju.m '.ijjj. I won .| liivo pi*ell worlds t?? have crml liear hi listen, but I was fvnifui ??f disturb* inp the fancied security of our I1..-1, who I now fell vuilaiii ii.nl sinister ii. ? .-lis up. ??i'. vi<. Si I leiiiaiiieil peifeellv slid.? The ** hispOl inp suili It'll I v t'i'iiM- i tin- half bleed re eiilercvl llio 11111 in tin- ?umo st< althy ?nv in **liicii lie 11.*ul quitted it, mnl after pivinjf a scrutinizing p! 111 at ni", "lire in->r s:rctelieil liiui>c t uim.ii tlm fl<n>r ale! alli'cteil to sleep. In a few moments i preten'le.l to nwnke?yawned, I nkeil at mv wateli, an I limlinp that niv Inillr 11:1.1 iiinr.. lii in hyi. i.-.l . I I "I I t> Willi.'l>ick. As I tui 11 u*I lii'ii out of lio.l, i w lii-poro.l in his oar. 'l>on'ltak? voiir eves off that follow, I >i. k. LI Ims accomplices out-id.* ; l?c careful l>ik ;i luonuint; plnuco, r:ii',!',--'\ touchOil his revolver, as nuioli astosav, .vonolliintC to iiilorloio witli li s 1 i11 -?rrHiim'iiiont".,' ami to<>k his scat on t!;o jiino stump, in sucli a position as to command a vi.-w of tlio sleeping half breed and t!>< doorway at tlio same lime1 Itis time, though horrihlv tir???I, I onld not *1 opp. A horrible load seemed pressing or. my chest, and evciv live minutes I would Ma:t v.p to sc.- if 1 tick w is io-opino I.is watcli faithfully. Mv nerves was strung to a fii_?!itful pilch <>!' lei.sltx, n.\ li-ot I.cat at eveiy sonn l. aid mv iI '<1 .si'cl!H"i t'> llll'oli, Until 1 tilling1 I IUV 11 ! 111 > I *' s XVnll l() lull s|. Tin* ItiOItt I IUll'-rti'd on t!n> conduct ot tins half I?r?-i??I, tin* tnoti' ;?s-'iroi 1 1 was that !; inti'tuliil inurili r. hull of this idea, 1 took mv i. vlvi'i fioin its slinjj, and In Id it in tn\ hand, 11* 111 v to shoot him down a' tin' lir.-t inovi-iin-nt thai apju-ati i at a ! d hi i?itous. A haw pw4#iik' 1 n ?w to j ass act ma iii v mo, Fatigued with htio watciti-if and exciti'ini'iit, 1 |'iss?- 1 into that .-ctlli i > nsi i ois slain in * hich | m oiii d ni'llei't'v annio of f?i i\ tliit:^ that nissi'd, a though id jfCls wciu dim at. I dull in otithio', and did not upturn r s,? sharidv ?! thu'd as i?i on**'* \v,ak.no monn tit*. 1 was at'ti iroiV.l\*"h>ttstil from this statu !.; a plight n icklitio sound.? I -tat led an 1 rai?i"I in vsidf on m v uihnw. Mv licatt almost, c 'a>?il to hoat ,.t what I saw. 1 nc halt t r 'i'il It id hi s ?ttii' sin? cics o( di .< 1 Imrh, w !, !? son! otit a summ ai'oin itic odor a> it hntiifd. riiis In ih hi* \x is hold nr.; ilinscliv ti.nlur 1' ' k 's uos ,..i. i ' - i ii<>? in'ivi'.i' i, jo i?i\ i.orrnr, was \vr:*| J? I in :i |ir>f.iuitl shunter.? "I'll? smoke of litis mvsVrl >ns heib no itcnre<l t ?l?*|?riwo him o( .11 mss, for Ik* rolle.1 t>?.:!y olV of ;l <: pine log, an.I lay stretehe l :i; ei tin '1 tor. 'I'lte it tlf liter.I now s;.,!,- to t|l(? tl.tor, :itt?l opened it gent v. 11.ere three >:iti> ler heads peered 111 out ot tlie gloom.? I saw the long barrels f i ties, at>.| the huge hrawnv It -111*! -s that < ;:?-1'. <! I li fin. I lie h.tlf breed |>. ..I s:^ii.li tn:!y to whore I lay, with his long, bony linger ; then, drawing a huge, thirsty? looking knife ft> in Lis breus:, >v..| I . \.iul me. I lie lime w as come. Mv l.ioo.l slopped ? my heart eease<l t > Lent. I he half hreeil was wilhill a loot i l litV* he I the knife was r.ii-e.l ; atti.titer instant, ami it woilhl have been l-urI ill my heart, wal I. .. i . . : ' 1 .!-< Ill', I I1IUMI iiiv revolver, lo<-T; deadly aim, aii.l lired ! A ?'iinoiii^ repotl, a doll {jroan. a inijtj cloud mi' sntok'cm iih ^ mound in-, ami I found myself Mainline upright, with a dark limns ivino at my feet. M ?re?t God ! w li ?t have \ mi done, sir /' ?-rit* I tho half I?? ?*<I, rnsiiiiijf toward me. Vou have killed liim ! lie wns just about to wakft vim.' ! stammered no linst tbe wall. Mv senses, until then immersed ill sleep, suddenly recovered their activity. Tho frightful truth hurst upon in- in a Hash. 1 had shot I >!ck Linton while ui.der the influence of nightmare ! Then. everything teemed to fade away, and I rcini'in bored no more, Tliers w:u a In i! I 1 . ?! ??? I'> . I..... ycrs wi-ro learned, and proved l?y phvsi. Clan*, tlliit i was a case ft wliat1* called Somnolentia, i?r sleep drunkenness ; but of the procoo<lilies 1 louk n> heed. One form haunted mo, l\ing black am] heavy on the l>at floor ; mi l one [?ale face was ever preasent?a laoe I saw once after ll.e terrililo catastrophe, ami never saw again?-the wild, despairing free of Uortha L'dton, my promised I.ride ! Tiib Sakkst I'i.acb rv a Railroad Cak?In travehing in a railroad car, which is the safest scat in the train ? ? Many an anxious mother has pondered the point. The American engineers, aa the result of scientific calculations ami pro traded experience,say the safest seat is in llltl Ilftltlal 1*^ <?f iKtt luaf fur lull r.im 1'!. ? ... ...? u?io, i ni:rf ?ro ?ome ch incen of danger which are the Mme every wl.er* in lit* train, t>ul oilierx nro ui tho nbvve named j?!aoe. ' * * . A From lli"> Charleston St.md.ml, 11 in-t. Financial Crisis. Tl.c tinaiHMiil i-ii-U, mIiicIi lor some time IiilS ln-.'Tl inilM Inliii" iivor \\ as cillMlinilialed lesler.lav bv the faiii;r?? ot tlu: ii ink <>t 111u Stale to continue specie jia\ incut. The day helhre it was understood lliiil the Mills of tins 15 ink !m1 i it l>< i'ii iitki'ii nil deposit ill the 15 ink ot S.iutli Carolina ; .Hi'I .soon a'ter the doors were opened ;i v, an untiMinlly Inr^c number uf hill holders and depositor;. o.niie ujioi. tin' 15.ink I*?r :ui l balances. Tin? specie and biiU < !' other banks were all drawn out as the duv advanced, and ahotit 1J o'clock, a notice was oiven h\ the direction th'l iio f if.her specie tiiviiicii's could he inndr. ." iiui' little lee.iiij; was occasioned, hut there was no excitement. It was known that the assets ot the tcr k are ahtin ! ml 1\ Milllcii'iit ! ir its liabilities, i Idle it w as also klei\l|l til l' ill the event ot' tillV ti.'S. s'l delic eiicv.the State is h ihie to make ii e.,i.d ; and besides the inconvenience oc is otie l to .lejiositors and h li holders l.e tl.wir iio.l.illle I.. .1.- 1' - if iuinuxlialeiy in m tlleincnts xxiih other hanks, ill i who no si?r:11111; or painful . ciroumstancfS Hlifiuliu^ thn mriiireuco. It is nut known, nor is it I?? 'i-*\1 that unv special cattsc lias ocxtiisinticil this tesuit. )>\ reference to tin? monthly hank statoiiixMits. f r 11; ia-t |e?v vents, it will appear that th? eircni ition, il>-ji<>sits, ami iia'ulni?s nf litis l-ank aic n!> ?;i the same tlu'v Ii ivo liciMi ; iis specie.exchange, lor iri ami iloliiost ie, ami oilier Cash assets, ha-1' luil 1 (-'ii i!i:ii:ii>he I ami the c lainiiy, tl.iMffoio, is otto to which ;.H hanks in Cuai icsIou, an<l paii-iilai I x tho li.tiikol ho Stale, in'1st lie a! wax s 'iahle alnler the present sys11 in of exchanges, l'ii is s\ stein, i six i in- le.fl i lit, is an lllitoi tliuate o||e. I ir craps, xxiu-ll si oil i ? u..i: kv.lv>, \ c Uo cl'Citl iii*rvj%tviv l? il \u* iiJiVo im J?*i\iii?*nt>, r??n? j?:ii V. ?\>l\, ?? iitt*.kv* al.ioini. mi.! imivi stiii oav ? r?-?11 ?, lifj cfof.-,- \\||f|f llicl l? |V H lllllk'-l toi Iliivis ? t.!y ia Nov Yo.k.ano our l>;.nkv, ili-rrl..it-, to >11 i. in }>tir<-!ia?<; cotton, must lake ilic'r 1' IN "i. I', Uoj.is or N\ov N ik. i' . 11.t!ii; tin n II! ? oil luilonu aVa. lali'i! tlif\ 111101 sci! :Iii-iii ia Nv?v V 1 i<, aid uiol'-r oi lurirv : 1 11 i'.o1 ain-. v tiui >?>teiu i> not |>ro<!in: llVi'ol IMlli.ll I asSIIII'llt. 1 .If 1 > itlfcs, to r.i ii. tiicir olii - ot ;:,0|-.1.0 ,|,f v ..,: of |oa 141 uv'ti at ilic S mill, itiuvt in cv 1 a con - a ! r.ti .If [.onion ot ilio.r capiiii to that ol i-i-t, l.nt 1 If v i-afi filing tlio >]>oci?j 01. 10111 Nov Noil; ton ci.o, ami l 1 v tlm vaili-.; ill 4-ll'fi-t if though till' v|>?oas ?fif at s. tit I. .lit', tins 0 aiion-rcia. -Wcai < t N.-w York Ion '..fcoim- mm 111 1 1 . ? ... > .. * ? .?i? i?'?i i ? U" U'Mhi U> ill.tilt ii|inii tlicm li.r nur m ?u. \ iiurn t*? > ir i iL-ilil? i.?i-v iii** i* t iil-iij to |* i**? Mm- t'Ncliiint;1! o*i Kiin*p*?f :?i?*l tl.o l>.i;*k> it the iSoiiili, lliuroli'ii', 11?*>n11 in ill** strong*pi n>ili!u condition, are !:. tt I * 1.-rii.-l? I l*\ the convii.timis of aimtlii-i I'llllll.vr I:?I II \\ !*;< !; t !.-v Ii av ? h;i|.j.i :i'-*l to liecitue iii j?*inli'itl. I he ov i W-i.i'ij i*f tins i iv-t ?\i:l iippe.ir lYnni h ei'iiij -?ri-i>:i ln*li\i-eii tin* l*.ink >1 iteiiiviit. *t (in* llnilit'i, ;*li.l tho - i.iio llluiili* 111 ln50. Kiuin this ii will he seen tli tL ilu' eircall ?t:nii of <il I lit4 l> inks in August, 1.*> T? w is $7,025,877 ; net |>rotim on linml 91,779,1 13; tlop'>siis $0.U.79 .270, nmkiiilT ;iii Ho^ivjjnte of iiuineil.ate liabilities 912.461,200. l'i 1 8?>0, tin' rireninl ion was $7,9 1 1,793 n -l profits $ I ,C07,0o0 ; deposit* 9-1,2oil,84 1 ; making mi aggroo-ite of immeciinln linhi iltes in 1850 $ 12,205.64 2, showing an iru re ?se of ualiiiitn-s in the extent of on!v nlio.it $200.. 000. At the smne time tliu assets were as follow* in I43."!? : specie. $1,252,058 : (loiiU'slie ex. li.uioe, $10,5515.122 ; foicign exchange, $290,771 ; making an aggrogato of cash assets, $12 081,151 ; ami in 1850, specie, $1,389,208 J iluiiieslc e\ohange, 97,880 222 ; loieign exchange, $27.*i. 17(1 in iLinir >.ii , _ _ .... iui 111<11 year of *H,M7,C08 ; making an increase in cash assets lur 18j7, of $2,540,0'0; and its w ! were abundantly ea>v in 1850, it caiiiint have h ij pencil tlial (lie present embarrassments have occurred fioin any immediate error in our banking system, but frviin causes which are outside of it, and which are liable at any time to occur so Ion j an the system shall continue. \\ e have little question but that the Hank of the state could have avoided the necessity of suspending specie payment, if it had been lliouglil proper to incur the sacrifices necessary to that object. It bad, it is Hue, it* will appear front the lx*t hank stx'emonl put?li-he<!, a circulation Amounting to $1,103,517, hut ill in consisting to a considerable extent of small lull*, w*s not likely to come in rapidly.? There w t* also a feeling of coulhleuce ir. the stability of thi* institution whir-It would bavo kept tbo bills ia cxtouaive eir eolation ; but it 11:i< 1 besides otto Initio.oil j and twenty five thousand four hundred 1 and forty-nine 'loll ir? in specie, *524/ 22 in domestic exchnnj?<?, * I ty.OOO in Ootids ? the nnM of t l.etn of ilni Stale of South < milm t?SU'JO.C 00 in stock, besideB a cT?f?lit in England, the amount of which is m?i known. These could have hecu s<.!'! at a heavy sacrifice perhaps, but for a -uir doubtless sufficient to meet the exigencies of tin: occasion ; and by sacrificing this property and inexorably enforcing p i_\ ir.cnt in full from the debtors to the b ink, it is scarcely to ha doubted but that tlie bank could have sustained itself. | The cour.-e, however, wou'd have been serious to the interest of the community ' and tbe Stale, and from 'lie lights that file before ns we are inclined to commend the direction f >r the course that they have seen proper to pursue. Correspondence of the Carolina Times. Sit~j usioii?11 iinc ? Shs/h'uxioii?'jmnic ? Xuiltiti'i hut suspension and excite- j )/l< nt ami p tnie ! C'll Attl.Ktil ON, Oct. 10. I This has been a day of immense excitement among all classes of our citizens. A'lout 11 o'clock this morning it was noised abroad that the Bank of the Stale ha I Mi-pot.ded specie payment. This caused a momentary spasmodic move it.cut ain 'iivr the tnonicd rircles and sleek j dihers. \\ irti whs ;it tii>l a vague rn inor mioii iifc.tiiiR a continued tact, an<l tin- muttering thunder* of the disaffected nassea wore breaking i:j> >it tin? ears of i In* Iiionev km!r?, and a decided demon eraiion seemed to lie setting in against the hank* generally. Thepinio spread like wildfire, find a iiiiultaneitiis rash was made P>r Jifoad ?ireet in the vicinity of the suspending I; n;U, an I the emwd tor a while was im neiise. Ihaxnieu, day laborers and in the htuuhh-r walks of iile, pur pa'.ed in the geneial exeitein :lit, and .1,1! i i-mng iti nut K Willi one, Uvo itnl i!ir?jv.* 'lnli.tr l>. Is, :is the ease might i>?\ it1111 w no clamorous t'or their redeuip tion in gold <>r silver. Women, pale with I.- ir nil I excitement, ivcn; seen hastening i" the i?<?:nt of general attraction, whose tvii'i1" sin k of change happened to be in mab 1! ii.k of 11 Slate btlis. 1 in- knowing ones, among whom were he borrowers ain! lenders. an*) ban!* ofti vrs ami big tiruis, an I I lie hard lip gen er iHv, were in->r?? quiet, being alVected witli sotnclhirg like lie* caiin sereliiiv of lesjiair, aiol wciy gathered about in groups at lite corners of the .-tteets ami bout ilie 1 banks an.I broker's olliccs, cor.versing eagerly ami earnestly in underone.*, ami shaking their wise heads in a ui'.M striking an I ominous manner. The more nervous and exeiiubln were liiirrvn.g lo :i . ! |Vo with rapid and uneasv step, w itli hands in iheir pockets up to their bow* ;,s if feeling for redemption gold or silver assets, livery body f. It interested, and the dis'.nleitstid lookers on in Venice were nowhere lo be found. The panic se zed equally upon the high, the low, and the noddle classes, and every oiher man von niet.voti coiihl have sworn fr l is nervous step and agitated man ner, that ho was a lai^e stock holder,and I hat his all, including that of his posteri iv was staked upon the solvency ol the suspended institution. Hv three o'clock, llio crow J lm<l parlialiv dispersed, and the public pulse beat more regularly. Those who fonn< 1 thai they were not quite ruined, consente 1 to go to dinner, and leave matters as tliey stood, in the hands of l'rovidencc and th<! prop, r oHKers. An l at the present hour <>f waiting, (-ix o'clock, p. in.,) everything is quiet, and the banks will ail lie closed uli nine o'clock on Monday morning, and of conr-e them will be no more suspension before that time, A panic of this kind is so uncommon in ibis city that the people do not know bow to take it. If such tilings were of more fieqtieot occurrence, the people would bear them easier and more grafefully. The confidence of tho thinking portion of the community L not shaken in the solvency of the hank, and numbers ,.i.iTi liPi.u (ipcii paaseu at ineir par value this afternoon. It will cause some temporary inconvenience, but it must soon blow o??r, ami all will he right again.? Anil I venture to predict, although 1 am neither a piophel nor a financier, that money will he cheaper by the first of Jannary, than it has been in many yeaia. Ajax. 'II ?ve you a fellow fouling in your bosom for the poor women of Utah !' askeil a speaker of tlio sister of Mr*. I'artineton. Get out, you in?uliing rascal !* said she, 'I'll hare you to know I Jon't allow lei low* to bo loeling in mj bosom. Oh, ' dear l? luirifh}. '1 am glad that this coffee don't owe me any tiling,' said Brown, a boarder at breakfast. 'VVhv?' said Smith. 'Because I dont believe it would ever settle.' II ,\t'i'V M as.?T'<o girls of Northampton have been Rending a bachelor editor a bouipiet of tanr.v and wormwood. The wretched individual says he don't care ; it's sweeter than matrimony, anyhow. A Dutchman thus describes the New Yoikers : 'Fine people,' says lie, Mey go about dor streets all day, seheating each oiler, and dev call dat pusiness.' The I)utcli mans' idea is about correct. A large portion of the swamps of Flor' nla are said to be capable of producing 500 bushels of frogs to the acre, with alligators enough for fencing. What say you to that, friend Eldbii i Why is a printer like a lien ? Because be sets awhile, hatches out newspapers, and then lays his type in tho case. The ! fellow who perpetrated the abore, i6 a bad egg. i 'You call ilia*, good, don't you V said Mr. Fuushaw, offering a note on a 1'rovidencc bank at the bar of one of our hotels. 'O yea,' replied the attendant, 'it's good, undoubtedly, but like Deacon Cranston's piety when be gets swearing , mad, nut immediately available I' An oll> ncr Good One.?A French| man who had deposited a sum of money for safe keeping with a friend, hearing the latter was about to fail, called upon the man and said, '.Sare, I wants my inonio.* 'Certainly, sir,' replied the other, drawing out bis check book, from which he was about to till up a check, when the Frenchman said, 'stop, Hare, you got do uionie.' 'Why, ol course,' said his friend, 'I will give you a check for it immediately.' 'No iu>,' said the Frenchman, 'if you got do monic, I no want hint, but if you no got j him, den I wants Liut.' - ??? lloiiiuiiLK.?1? is estimated that there art* four million of female snuff-takers. in the I oiled Slates, using on an aterage two pounds per annum, or eight inillious ' of pounds, at an expend of two millions of dollars.? Ex. If these f>>ur million female snuff takers should all sneeze at the same time, what an explosion there would ho ! A respccj tnhle hurricane would ho the result.? .V. O. Bulletin And suppose all the unknown millions ' of tobacco ehewers in tho United Slates should happen to exjaietorate, at the same lime, would not a respectable deluge be the result ? ? Charleston Courier. i lvrxo in Hud with tin; IIkad llton. ? hi* often a question among persons wl?o are unacquainted with the anatomy ami physiology of man, whether lying wilh the head exalted, or even with tho hody, was tho most, wholesome. Most persons consulting their own ease on this point, argue in favor of that which they prefer. Now, although many delight iQ holsterng up their heads at night and sleep roundly without injury, yet we de ciare u to t>e a dangerous '?abit. The vessels through which the blood passes from the heart to the head, are always lessened in their cavities when the head is resting in bed higher than the body therefore in all diseases attended with fe* ver, the head should be pretty nearly on a level with the body, and the people ought to accustom themselves thus to sleep to avoid danger. Thick Headed?Veryd A tnau came to the window of tha Post Cilice* tolher day, and says lie to fcmerson, the Clerk : 'Anything for tne !' 'The name ?' 'I say, is iltere anything for me ?' 'Well what's tho name?' continued the ailahle clerk. ! 'Name?' 'Name.* 'Oh, ?h?yee, yee?why, hang it, ia the multiplicity of my afl'aira, if I liavn'i really forgotten tnv own nainel' said the gent, and he moved oo to let others in. Pondering the matter over, tho obllvf' 01 s man passed down the avenue, wlieu he ran afoul of a friend. 'Ah ! good morning, Dr. Potter I' 'Potter 1?that's it, thank you, for I'm hanged if t hadn't forgotten my own name. Potter! by George, that's it." And the oblivious individual left his friend in haste, to see if there was a let* tor ia tho oiiko for? John Potter I