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THE ORANQEBCTRGr NEWS . VBU8HED 'at~()R 1NG E bU RG, s. C. Every Saturday Horning. ?nil t* pt?r?TfV"l?J "BAH. If. UALL & CO. lWBLlSttERS AND PROPRIETORS. ? ?:o:? TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Ort? Copy for one year. $2.00 ?? "?? Six Months. 1.00 Any ono sending TEN DOLLARS, for a Clnb of Now Subscriber*, will receive nn EXTRA COPY for ONE YEAR, free of charge. Any one sending FIVE DOLLARS, for a Clifb of 'New Subscribers, will receive an EXTRA COPY for SIX MONTHS, free of Charge. ?:o: RATES OF ADVERTISING. 1 Square FlMt/Insertion. $l.f>0 ?? ?? 2d " . 1.00 A Square, .consists of 10 lines Brevier or ene inoh of Advertising space. Administrator'? Notices, ......$? 00 Helices of Dismissal of Guardians, Ad ministrators, Executors, &c.$n 00 Contract A ivcrtisoments inserted upon the most liberal terms. ??:o:? MARRIAGE and FUNERAL NOTICES, set exceeding ono Square, inserted without ehargc. ?:o:? ner Terms Cash in Advance. -T?a P. M. 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Rriggmsun A i Co. and McNnmnra \ Jones, with a complete ' Stock of LEATHER. ^<'.. and Iunt he has sufficient Workmcu to fill all Orden rrtrvst* eil to him. Tbenk.ing the Public for past patronage, respectfully solicit.-* *n ctmtiuuauce of the juuuo. - 1 RRH* CASJI. ^Tcb 5 ocl 20 t f IS. S. TO RNHAM, cttsor ? R. II". Rurnfiam, 421 Ring St.; Sign Red Mortar, just below Calhoun St., Charleston, S. C, UEAI.KK IN Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Alcohol, Pure Wines and Liquors for Medicinal Pur poses, Perfumery, Soaps, brushes, Fancy und Toilet Articles, oct2 .ly WM. C. BEE & CO., I'tH'tors and CO M MISSION MERCHANTS, 22 ADGER'H WHARF, C II A 11 L ES TON, S. C. Wm. C. Rer. Tur.nnoRK D. Jbrvkt. LIBERAL ADVANCP8 made upon Con signments to the above House, for tho Char leston, New York and Liverpool Markets. Apply to JAMES BROWNE, aept 4?tf At D. Louis' Store. W H I T E?S MARBLE WORMS, 117 Meeting-Street. Charleston, So. Ca. "ON U MEN TS, HEAD STONES, MAR bio und Stone Tile, Blue Flagging and Hrown Stone Work, of every description. SCOTCH GRANITE MONUMENTS, Iron KuilinxN. V. R. WHITE. R. O. WHITS. may 1 c 12m EDWARD FERRY, 155 MEETING STREET, Opposite < lim it ston Hotel, CHARLES TON, S. S. DEALER IN SCHOOL, LAW and MEDI oa) Books. CAW BLANKS, &C, BLANK ROOKS of nil Styles on hand and tnado to order. STATIONERY of all kinds. PRINTING of every description executed with promptness and at reasonable rates. PRINTING PAPERS and Wade . Co.'s Hook and Job PRINTING INK. bet 2 fim 1J. TE>. T?ALE, Manufacturer of Door*, Sash Blinds, Charleston, S. C, HAVING THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE F \< TORY in the South ern States, and keeping always on hand a large and most complete stock of DOORS, sashes. BLINDS, Sash Doors, Store Doors. Shutters, Mouldings, .vc .^c, I am enabled to ncll low and at manufacturers' prices. N. B.?Sirje? attention pn?t' to shipping In good onier. july 24 npl 24 ;y (PUULISUEU BY k i:y r kst. ] THE GOLD-BUG. i i BY "EDGAR A. POE. \L We crossed tho creek nt the head of the island by means of a skiff, and as cending the hugh grounds on the shore of the mainland, proceeded in a north westerly direction, through a tiact of country excessively wild and desolate, where no traec ol n human footsteps was to be seen. Lcgrnnd led the way with decision ; pausing only for an iiiHtant, hero and there, to consult,what appeared to be certain landmarks of his own con trivance upon a former occasion. In this man tier wc journoyed for about two hours, and the sun was just setting when we entered a region infinitely more dreary than any yet seen. It was a species of table land, near the summit of an almost inaccessible hill, densely wood ed from base to pinnacle, and inter spersed with huge crags that appeared to be loosely upon the soil, and in many cases were prevented from precipitating themselves into the valleys below, merely by the support of the trees against which they rcilincd. Deep ravines, in various directions, gave nn ?ir of still sterner solemnity to tho scene. The natural platform to which wo had clambered was thickly overgrown with brambles, through which wc soon dis covered that it would have been impossible to force our way but for the scythe; and Jupiter, by direc ion of his master, pro ceeded to clear for us a path to the foot uf an enormously ttill tulip tree, which stood, with some eight or ten oaks, upon the level, and far surpassed them all, and all other trees which I had then over seen, in the beauty of its foilugo and Turin, in the wide spread of its branches, and in the general majesty of its appear ance. When we reached this tree, he grand turned to .1 upiter, and asked him if he thought he could climb it. Tin? old man seeded,a little staggered by (Vie question, ami for some moments made? no reply. At length he approached the huge trunk, walked slowly around it, and examined it with minute attention. When he hail completed his scrutiny, he merely said, "Yes, inaasa, Jup climb any tree he ebber see in he life." "Theu up with you as soon as possible, fur it will si on be too dark to sue what we arc about." "How fur mus go up, tnassa ?" in quired .J upiter. "Get up the main trunk first, and then 1 will tell you which way to go? and here??top! take this beetle with you !" "Do bug. Massa Will!?de goolc bug!" cried the negro, drawing back in dis may?"what for must tote de bug way up de tree ??d?ti if I do!" "If you tire afraid, .Jup, a great big negro '.ike you, to take hold of a harm less little dead beetle, why you can carry it up by this strin?:?but, if you do not take it tin with you in some way 1 shall be under the necessity of breaking your head with this shovel." "What de matter now, massa ?" said Jup, evidently shamed into compliance ; "always want for to ruiso fuss wid old nigger. Was only f'unnin any how. JA leered de bug ! what I kcer for de bug?" here he took cautiously hold of the extreme end of the string, and, maintaining the insect as far from Iiis person as circumstances would permit. prepared to ascend the five. i In youth, tho tulip tree, or TJrio len dron Tulipiferum, the most magnificent of American foresters, has a trunk pecu liarly smooth, and often rises to a great height will >ut lateral branches; but, in its riper age, the bark becomes gnarled and uneven, while many short limbs make their appearance on tho stem. Thus the difficulty of ascension, in tho present ease, lay more in semblance than in reality. Embracing the huge cylin der, us closely as possible, with his arms and knees, seizing with his handsome projections, nnd resting his naked toes upon others, Jupiter, after one or two narrow csoapes from falling, at length wriggled 1111118011" into the first great fork and seemed to consider the winde busi ness as virtually aeci mplished The risk of the achievement was. in fact, now over, although the climber was some sixty or seventy feet from tho ground. "Which way III US go now, Massa Will?;; he asked. "Keep up, the largest branch?the one ou this side," said Logrttud. Tho negro obeyed Iura promptly, and "appa rently, with but little trouble; ascending higher and higher, until no glimpse of his figure could be obtained through the dense foilage whieh enveloped it. Pre sently his voice was heard in a sort of halloo. "Itow much fudder is got for goT* "How high up arc you ?" asked lie grand. "Kbber so fur,'* replied the negro; "can sec de sky fru de Vop ob de tree." "Never mind the hVi, but attend to what I Bay. Look don> tho tru:ik and count the limbs below Toil on this side. How mnny limbs have you passed?" Uuc, two, tree, four, ?be?I done pass fibe big limb, massa port* dis side." "Then go one limb b/ghcr " In a few minutes the voice was heard again, announcing thnt^the seventh limb was attained. "Now, Jup," cried &&gr:tud, evidently much excited, "I vtnt'you to work your way out upon that Iimr*as far its you can. If you sec anythiig^strangc, let me know." Ily this time what. lUtle doubt I might have entertained of my poor friend's in sanity, was put finally at rest. I had no alternative but to conpudc him strb '.en with lunacy, and I bounuic seriously anx ious about getting him homo. Whiij I was pondering upon what was best to be done, Jupiter's voico was again beard. "Mos fecrd for to vontur pon dis limb berry far?tis dead limb putty much all do way." ?V "Did you say it vrai n <lcatl limb, Ju piter ?" cried Lcgrand iu a quavering voice. "Yes, mussa, him d*wid as do dcor-iiuil ?done up for ?urtaifo*-donc departed dis here lifo." "What in the natde ol" heaven shall I do?" asked Lcgrau\\tPeemagly iu the greatest distress. fc? * "Do '." said I, glT jt of ttu opportunity to interpose it wor< ^ nwhy come home. aud go to heij^ .^ai.e nrne '?that's a fine fellow. It's getUfl-j late, and, besides, you remember your promise." ??Jupiter," criod he, without heeding lllC in the least, "do you hear me?" "Yes. mussa Will, hear you ebber so plain." "Try the wood well, then, with your knife, and see if you think it very rotten.'' "Him rotten, massa, sure miff," replied the nec.ro in a few moments, "but not so berry rotten as mought be. Mought ventur out lectio way pon de limb by myself, dat's true." "By yourself!?what do you mean ?" "Why 1 mean debug. Tis brrrjj hebb) bug. Sposo 1 drop him down fuss, and den de limb won't break wid just de weight f^f otic ni?_:u<f " "You internal scoundrel !" cried Lcgrand, apparently much relieved, "what do you mean by telling me such nonsense as that ? As sure as ynu drop that beetle I'll break your neck. Look here .1 upiter, do yon hear me ?" 'Yes. massa, needn't hollo at poor nigger da i style "Well! now listen!?il you will ven tur,- out on the limb as far us you think safe, and not let go the beetle. I'll make you a present of a silver dollar as soon as you get down. "I'm guine, Massa Will?deed I is," replied the negro very promptly?" mos out to do coud now." ?? Ou> t-i the nut!" here fairbj screamed Lcgrand, "do you cay you are out ?o tho end ol that limb?" "Soon be to de eeud. uiassa.?O-O-O-O-O oh ! Lor-gnl-a-muray ! what w dis here pon de tree ?" '?Well!" cried Logrand, highly de lighted, "what is it .'" "Why taint noifin but a skull?some body been lef him head up do tree, and d<- crows done gobblo cbery bit ob do meat off." "A skull, you say !?very well !?how it is fastened to the limb !?what holds it on '!" "Sure null", massa; inns look. Why dis berry enrolls saroumstancc, pon my word?dare's a great big nail in de skull, what fastens oh it on to de tree." "Well now. Jupiter, do exactly ?8 I tell you?do you hear ?" "Yes. massa." "Pay attention then !?lind tho left eye of the skull." "Hum! hoo ! dat's good! why dare aint no eye lof nt nil." "Curse your Btupidity ! do you know your right hand from your left ? "Yes, I nose dat ? nose all bout dat? tis my ltd hand what 1 chops de wood wid." "To be sure ! you are loft handed ; ami your left eye ia on the same side as your loft' hand. Now, I suppose, you can find the left eye of the skull, or the place wncro the left cyo has been. Have you found it ?" Here was a long pause. At length the negro asked, "Is de lef eye of de skull pon de same side as de lef hand of de skull, too ?->? cause do skull aint got not a bit ob n hand at nil?nebber mind ! I got dc lof eye now?here dc lef eyol what must do wid it?" "Let the beetle drop though it, as far as the Ptring will reach?but bo careful nnd not let go your hold of the string." "All dat dono, Masaa Will; mighty easy ting for to put do bug fru do hole ?look out for him dare below 1" During tit's colloquy no portiou of Jupiter's person could bo seen; but the beetle, which he had suffered to descend, was now visible at the end of the striug, and glistened, like n glo! e of burnished gold, in the last rays of tho petting suu, somo of which still faintly illumined the eminence upon which we stood. The tcaralnc bung quite clear of any branches, and, if allowed to fall, would have fallen at our feet. Legrand im mediately took the pcythc, and cleared with it a circular space, three or four yards in diameter, just beneath tho in sect, nnd, having! accomplished this, ordered Jupiter to let go the string :.nd eotnc down from the tree. Driving u peg, with great niecty, into the ground, at the precise spot where the beetle fell, my friend now produced from his pocket n 'ape measure. Fastening one end of this at that point of the trunk or' the tree which was nearest the peg, he unrolled it till it readied the peg, and thence farther unroled it, in the direc tion already established by the two points of the tree and the peg. for the distance id' fifty feet?Jupiter clearing away tho brambles with the scythe. At the spot thus attained a second peg was driven, and about this. ns*a centre, a rude circle, about four feet in diameter, doscribod. 1 nwlit; now a spade, himself, and giving one to Jupiter and one to inc. Leg rand hogged us lb set about ditrging as quickly as possible. ']'?> .-peak tho truth, I had no especial relish lor such amusement at any time, and, at that particular moment, would most willingly have declined it; lor the night was coming on, und I felt much fatigued with the exercise already taken; but I saw no mode of escape, and was fearful of disturbing my poor friend's cquaniuity by u refusal. Could I luve depended, indeed, upon Jupiter's aid I would have had no hesitation in attemp ting to get the lunatic home by force; but 1 was too well assured of the old ne gro's, disposition, to hope that be would assist mo, under any circumstances, in a personal contest with his master. I made no doubt that the latter had been in? lected with some of the innumerable Southern superstitions about money bur ied, und that his phantasy had received confirmation by the finding of the nc.ura Ihih, or, perhaps, by .Jupiter's obstinacy in maintaitig it to be "a bug of real gold." A mind disposed to lunacy would readily be led away by such suggestions? especially if chiming iu with favorite preconceived ideas?and then 1 called to mind the pour fellow's speech about the beetle's being "the index of Ins fortune." Upon the whole, I was sadly vexed and puzzled, but, at length, 1 concluded to make a virtue of necessity?to dig with a good will, and-thus the sanier to cou* vinee the visionary, by ocular demon stration, of the fallacy of the opinions he entertained. Tho lant< i ns having been lit, we nil fell to work with a zeal worthy a more rational cause; and. as the glare fell upon .>ur persons and implements, 1 could not help thinking bow picturesque a groupe we composed, and how strange and suspicious our labors must have ap peared to any interloper who, by clo'tico inighl have stumbled upon our where abouts We dug very steadily for two hours. Little was said ; and our chief embarrass ment laying the yolpingaof the dog, who took exceeding interest iu our proceed ings lie, at length, became so obstre perous that we grew fearful of his giv ing the alarm to some stragglers in the vicinity ;?or rather, this was tho appre hension of Lcgrstid ; for myself, I should have rejoiced at any interruption which might have enabled me to get the wan derer home. Tho noise was, at length, very effectually silenced by Jupiter, who, getting out of tho bole with a dogged I air of deliberation, tied the brute's mouth up with one of his suspcudors. and then ruturued, with a grave chuckle, I to his task. When the time mentioned- had ex* pi red, wc had reached a depth of jive feet; und yet no signs'of any treasure became manifest.. A general pause en sued, and I began to hope that tho farce was at nu end. LegTand, although evi dently much disconcerted, wiped his brow thoughtfully and recommenced. Wc had excavated tho entire circle of four feet diumctcr, aud now wc slightly enlarged the limit, and went.to the farth er depth of two fect. Still nothing ap peared. The gold-scckcr, whom I sin cerely pitied' at length clampered from the pit, with the bitterest disappoint* meut imprinted npon every feature, and proceeded, slowly and reluctantly, to put on his coat, which he had thrown off at the beginning of Ins labor. In the mean time I made no remark. Jupiter, at a signal from his master, began to gather up his tools. This done, and the dog having boon unmuzzled, wo turned in profound siloocc towardj homo. We had taken, a dozen steps in thiB direction, when, with a loud oath, Le grand strode up to Jupiter, and seized him by the collar. The astonished ne gro opened his eyes and mouth to tbo fullest extent, let fall the spades, aud. fell upon his knees. " You scoundrel," said Lcgrand, hiss ing out the syllables from between his clenched teeth?"you infernal black villian !?spoak, I tell yon !?answer rac this instant, without prevarication !-r?. which?is yonr left eye ?" " Oh, my golly' Massa Will I aint dis bore my lef eye for sartuin ?" roared the terrified Jupiter, placing bis baud upon his right organ of vision, and holding it there with a desperate pertinacity, as if in immediate dread of his master's at tempt at a gouge. "I thought so!?I knew it! hurrah !" vociferated Lcgrand, letting thb negro go, and executing a t-crics of curvets and carueols, much to the astonishment ol bis valet, who. arising from his knees, looked mutely, from his master to myself, aud then from myself to his master. "Come-! we must gohack,msaid tho latter, "the game's not up yet;" and ho again led the way to the tulip-tree. "Jupiter," said he, when wc reached it.-- foot, "come here ! was the skull nailed to the limb with the face outwards, or with the face to the limb?" "Do face was out, massa, so dat de crows could get at de eyes good, widout any trouble." "Well, then, was it this eye or that through which you dropped the beetle?" ?here Legrand touched each of Jupi ter's eyes. ??Twas dis eye, massa?do lef eye?jis as you tell me," and here it was bis right eye that the negro indicated. "That will do--?we must try it again." Here my friend, about whose madrjesa I now saw. or fancied that I saw, certain indications of method, removed the peg which marked the spot where the beetle fell, to a spot about three inches to the westward of its former position. Taking now the tape measure from the nearest point of the trunk, to the peg, as before, ami continuing the extension in a straight line to the distance of fif feet, a spot was indicated, removed, by several yards, from the point at which wc had been digging. Around tho now position a circle, somewhat larger than iu the former ins mice, wus now described, and wc again set to work with the spades. I was dreadfully weary, but, scarcely understanding what V-ad occasioned the change in my thoughts, I felt no longer any great aversion from the labor im posed. 1 bad become most unaccountably interested?nay, even excited. Perhaps there was s urn thing, amid all the ex travagant demeanor of Legrand?some uir of forethought, or of deliberation, which impressed me. I dug eagerly, and now and then caught myself actually looking, with something thut very much resembled cxpectatiou, for tho fancied treasure, tho vision of which hod demented u>y unfortunate companion. At a period when such vagaries of thought most fully possessed mc, and I when we hud been at work perhaps nu hour and a halt, wo were again inter rupted by the violent bowlings of tbo di g. 11 is uneasiness, in the first instance, hud been, evidently, but the result of playfuluoss or caprice, but ho now as sumed >i bitter und serious tone. Upon Jupiter's again attempting to muzzle him, ho made furious resistance, nnd, leaping into the hole, toro np~tho mould frantically with his claws. In a low seconds he had uncovered it *Htss of human bones, forming tWgi i eompklu skeletons, intcrm'ngled with several but tons) of metal, and what appeared to be . the dust of decayed woolen .-rOne or two strokes of a spado upturned the '' blade of a large Spanish knife, and, ns we dug farther, three or four loose pteewi* ^ of gold and silror eoih came to light. AtcBight of these the joy of Jupiter could scarcely be restrained, but the countenance of his master wore an nir of extreme disappointment, lie urged us, however, to coutinuo* our exertions, and, the Words were hnrdly uttered when I stumbled and fell forward, having ^ caught the tee of ray boot in a large ring of iron that lay half buried in the loose earth. We now worked iu earnest, and never did I pass ton minutes of more intense excitement. During this interval we had fairly unearthed an oblong chest of wood, which, from its perfect preser vation and wonderful hardness, had plainly b._en subjected to some mineral izing process?perhaps that of the Bi chloride of Mercury. This box was three feet and a half long, three feet broad, aud tyro and n half feet deep. It was firmly secured ? y bands of wrought iron, riveted, and forming a kind of open trellis-work over the whole. On each side of the chest, near the top, were three rings of iron?six in all? by means of which a firm hold could be ob- < tamed by six persons. Our utmost united endeavors served only to disturb the coffer very slightly in its bed. We at once saw the impossibility, of retwov? ing so great a weight. Luckily, tho sole fast<m>ngs of tho lid consisted of two sliding bolts.?These we drew back ?trembling aud panting with anxiety. In an instant, a treasure of incalculable value lay gleaming before us. As tho rays of the lanterns full within the pit, there fiashed upwards n glow and a glare, from a confused heap of gold and jewel-, that absolutely dazzled our eyjea. I shall not protend to describe the feelings with which I gazed. Amaze meut was, of courre. predominant. Lo* grand appeared exhausted with cxei'c ( incut, and spoke very few words. Jupi ter's countcunnce wore, for some min utes, as deadly a pall, r as it is possible, in the nature of things, for any negro's visage to assume. Fie seemed stupified?thun derstricken. Presently he fell upon kit knees iu the pit, and, burying hb naked arms up to the elbows in gold, let then . there remain, as if enjoying the luxury of a bath. At length, with a deep sigh, he exclaimed, as if iu a soliloquy, " And dis all cum ob do goole-bug ! de putty-goola bug ! do poor little goolc bug, what I boosed in dat sabage kind ob style! Aint you shamed ob your self, nigor ??answer me dat 1" It became necessary, at last, that t should arouse both master and Tatet to the expediency of removing the tmaa ft ore. It was growing very late, and it behooved us to make exertion, that We might get everything housed before day light. It was difficult to say what should bo done, and much time was spent in deliberation?so confused were the ideas of all. We finally lightened the box by removing two thirds of its contents, when we were enabled, with some trouble, to raise it from the hole. The articles to ken out were deposited among the bram bles, and the dog left to guard them, with strict orders from Jupiter, neither, upon any pretence, to stir from the spot, nor to open his mouth until our return. Wo theu hurriedly made for home with the chest; reaching the hut in safety, but after excessive toil' at one o'clock in the morning. Worn out ns we were, it was not in human na urn to do more immediately We rested until tw&ajaj had supper, starting for the hills immedi ately afterwards, armed with three stout sacks, which, by good luck, were upon the premises. A little before four we arrived at the pit, divided the remain der of#tho booty, as equally as might bet among us, and, leaving the holes uufill* od, again set out for the hut, at which for the second time, we deposited our goldou burdens, just as the first faint streaks of the dawn gleamed from over the tree-tops in tho Kust. We wcro uow thorougly broken down j but the intense excitement of the time douiod us .repose. After an unquiet slumber of some three or four hour's du ration, we arose, as if by preconcert, to make examination of our treasure. (To be Continuetl.j Alluding to chignons, Mrs. Clever siid: A" girl now seems nil head." ?? Yes. till \ou talk to her," growled Mr. 1 Olcvor.