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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.
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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 '
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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.
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. ....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 '
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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. ? ?
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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