Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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" . 1-00 _ jA t^nare consists of 10 lines Brevier or ?a? inch of Advertising space. Administrator's Notices.$5 00 Helices of Dismissal of Guardians, Ad ministrator?, Executors, he.$0 00 Contract Advertisements inserted upon the aaest literal terms. *i'd " v: j ??to:? MARRIAGE and FUNERAL NOTICES. ? et exceeding one Square, inserted without ?harre T ?di ?:o:? iflr Terms Cash in dranre. ~?a 'inn_~-?-??rr-?.-?r?--.-:-_I Browning & Browning, atn ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ?1EANQEHUK? C . II., So. ( it. Malcolm I. Baowxiso. ?*?#?? if*. B. IJUTT" AUGUSTUS B. KNOWLTON f^roraaeriy ot the Now York Bar.) ? ? ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, onAXGfciixiic?, a. c. ._.._,f ^ . '? TRIAL JUSTHJR, -"^wWifowrtr^t. - V^tV ,iif FelljTlljtJ ALL VU8IN*$* ENjfRv>STED V-itl he ?roWwYiy sad earvfully attended to. iy ^1? T. BERWICK LEG ARE, ^ ^!'(w3tfK??ON DENTIST, ;, jmgf?%ukt*1 lJrtlthiiore College rerf J aieriw eeJ^^M.Su|,Ke ^ ftFFICI MARKET-ST. OVER STORE OF J. A.-.U A MILTON, l?lTALLlC CASES. .ft*>d THK UNDERSIGN KM HAS ON HAND ??11 of the vi rions Sjscs of lliesbove Cuses. {whisk ean be furnishe<i ininiedistelv 011 ap plication. Also manufactures WOOD COFFINS as f teeeaL and at the shortest notice. 'Apply to H. RltiGS, ?ta? A?8av Carriage Manufacturer. ltEEDElt A DAVIS, COTTON FACTORS General Commission Merchants, aeolv ? Li j Atfyer'* h'/utrf, CHARLESTON, S. C. Oisill Rbeoir. KiMManMAN Davis ?et .16 Cm *, F. Baooia. R. R. HODOIl IT. C. Htnutsa. WASHINGTON HOUSE **** "? ? BY ;Mrs. M. W. Stratton, coaxaa T ?ttKUVAlS k ASSEMBLY STREETS COLUMBIA, S. C. ftvwf^W1^0-1.^ "'Mnville and (Charleston jlVfVkoadj) and the Business portion of 1 be** ,1^6 (City. fUlc of Transient $oard?Two Dollars per Day. ?guJar Boarders received ajt Peaaonablo H lie to Late. .--ml ufi 8he wstrbes at the porch. The sun is nearly down ; What keeps ber truant lord ? He shMiTd be back from town. One iliori. sw.cet year ago tt I i Jit He never made lier wait,? As much too early then. As now he ia too late 1 Had Heaven bestowed on me That little lady there, Whom love bus made so ned, And sadness made so fnir,? Her liana, her cbeek, bor mouth Should not kisses wait : Were that sw<ct iirmlul mino, I never could be lute! THE MIDNIGHT PKKIL; ?U BAY ED BY A HIANTOM. The night of the 17th of October? ?bull I ever forget its pitchy darkness, the roar of the autumnal wind through the forest, aud the incessant diwu pour of rain 7 'This comes of short cut," i muttered petulantly to myself, as I plodded along, keeping close to the trunks of tho trees avoid the deep ravine fhrough which 1 could hear the roar of a turbulent stream forty or fifty feet ludow. , My blo<>d run cold as I 'bought of tho possible conse quences of a misstep or move in tho wrong direction. Why had I not been contented to keep iu the right road i Hold on ! Was that a light, or arc my tycs playing inC false 7 1 Btopped, holding on to [the low resinous bought! of a hemlock that grew on the edge of the bank ; for it actually m ciued as it the wind would seize me I odiiy and hurl me down the pr cipitous nascent. It was a light?-thank Providenco?it was a light, and no ignus fnluiu to lure ii.e iQ Iu destruction aud death. ?Halloo c-o !' My voice rabg through tho Woods like , clarion. I pjunged Onward through tang'edi~viT?es, dense "briers anuVrocUy bunks, until gradually neariug, I o mid 1 ( reeivc a fguio wrapped in an oil-sloth cui e, or cb-ak ; cum ing a lantern. A - the dim light fell upon hie face I aim >>i recoiled. Would not solitude in the woods be preferable to the companion ship id iho?withered, wrinkled old m.u 7 ' Hut it was too late to recede now. ?Wlwii's wanting,' he snarled forth, with a peculiur motion of the lips th.it seemed to leave his yellow teeth all bare 'I am lost in the wonds; can you Afreet me to K--station V 'Yes ; R- statiou i* twelve wiles (rooi here.' 'Twelve tnil-s ^t ia_ I Moed aghast. '('an you tell me of any shelter I could obtain for the night ?' ?No.' 'Where are you going V 'To Diew's, dowu here by the maple swamp.' 'Ia it a^tavern V ?No.' 'Would they take me for a night ? I could pay them well.' His eyes gloamed j tho yellow stump. stot>d revealed once more. 1 'I guess so ; folks do stop there some times.' 'Is it far from here ?' 'Not very ; about hull a mile.' ?Then let us make haste aud reach it. I am drenched to tho skin.' We plodded on, my companion more thau keeping pace with me. Presently we lelt the edgu of the ravine, entering what seemed like traukless woods, and keeping straight on until lights gleamed fitlully through thj wet foliage. It was a reainous old place, with the windows all drawn to oue hide, as if the foundation had settled, and the pillars of a rude porch nearly rotted away. i A woman uuswered my fellow travel lers knock. My companion whispered a word or two "to her, aud she turned to me with smooth, voluble Words of wcl come. ^ She regretted the poverty of their accommodations; but 1 \.a* welcome to I them, such as thoy were. 'Where is Isaac 7' demanded my guide. 'lie has not come ia yA.' 1 sat down on a wooden bench beside the fire, aud ate a few taouthfuls of bread. * 'I should like to retire as soon as possible/ said I, for my weariness was excessive. 'Certainly/ tbe woman started up with alacrity, 'Whert are you going to p?t him V I asked my guied. 'Up eh-wher.' KV?t him iu Isaac's room.' "?~ *WT fT( *7 -liuJ .'? >v,i| ,.f ??-..? . 'No.' 'It's the most comfortable.' Hut here 7 interrupted the whispered colloquy. 'I aio not particular?I don't cure where you lodge me; only make haste, please.' So I was conducted tip n steep ladder that stood iu a cot tier d'the room, into an apartment ceiled with sloping beams and ventiluted by oue small window, where a cot bedstead, crowded close IJ against the board partition, and a pine table, with two chairs, formed the sole "attempts at furniture. The woman set the light?an oil lamp??'ou the table. 'Anything more I can get you sir 7" said she. 'Nothing, thank you.' 'I hope you'll sleep well, sir. Whoii ?ball I call you ?' 'At four o'clock in the uiomiug if you please 1 mUot walk to it-- station ? iu time for the seven o'clock express.' "I'll be sure to call you, sir.' She withdrew", leaving inc alone in the gloomy little apartment. I sat down and locked around me with uo very agreeable Bcusatious. '1 will ait down and write to Alice,' 1 thought ; 'that will soothe my nerves and quiet int-, pei Imps. 1 desci'tided the ladder. The fire still glowed redly on the stone 'hcui th ; my companion and the woman sat beside it, talking iu a low touo, a thir l parson sat at the table, eating?a short, stout, vil biillOUS looking man,, in a red flannel shirt and very muddy pantaloons; in L HQm fatai sslt-c.4 lili ? i; < ' 1 asked for writing materials, niid re turned to iily room to wi*ito to my* wife. 'My darling Alice.' * ,? I paused, and laid down my pen as I coiicluJud ttje words, half smiling to ,thuik ^what she would fay, could she know of my strange quarters.1 ^N.it- TniT'd TrtrtVr .oif??<4ttV? did I lay aside my pen and prepare for slumber. As I folded my paper, 1 hap pentd to glance toward my couch. Was it the gleam of a human eyo observing me through ilio Inail pni lion, or was it but in'y own fancy ? ! fisie was a crack thero, hut ouly black dark lies? beyond ; yet I could have aworn that souivlhius bad apaikled balefully 1 took out my watch?it was only 1 o'clock. It was scarce y worth while for nie to undress for three hours' sleep; 1 would lie down in my clothes and snatch what slumber I could. So placing my valise close to the head of my be 1. and barricading .the lock less doors with two chairs, 1 extinguished the light aud lay down. At first I was vory wakeful, but "?gradlial'y- a soft drowsiness seemed to steal over me. like u tnibty mantle, Until all of a sudden home startling electric thrill coursed through my veins, and 1 sat up, excited aud trembling. A luminous softness soemod to glow through the room?no light ef the moon or stars was ever so penetrating?and by the little window I saw Alice, my wile, dressed iu floating garments ol white, with her long golden hair knotted back by u blue ribbon Apparently .she was beckoning to me with outstretched hands und eyes full of vs iid,.auxiou.? tender new* I sprung to my feel and rushed to ward her,-but ua 1 reached the wind >w, the fair apparition seemed to vanish iu tj the Stormy darkness, aud I was left alone. In the self same instant the srarp report of a pistol sounde d ?I could si c the jagged stream of lire above the pillow, straight through the very spot where tej seconds since my head had lain. With an instantaneous realization of my danger, 1 swung myself over the edge ol the window, jumped some etglll or ten feet duto tangled bushes below, and, as I crouched there recovering my breath, 1 heard the tramp of foot tops I into my room. 'Is be dead 7' tried a voice up the ladder?lite suiooiU, deceitful Voice of the woman. 'Of oourse he is,' grow ed iv dee baek, 'that charge wenhi have killed ten men ? A light there, quick, and ltd! Teui to be ready. A cokl, agonized shudder ran through me. What den of midnight murderers had 1 fallen into 7 And how fearfully ?arrow bad been my eseapc 1 With the speed that only mortu' tor ror and deadly peril eanlgiTo, T rushed through the woods, u6wIflominated by faint glimmer of stattdght. I kuow not what impulse guided kny footsteps? 1 shall never know ho, many times T crossed my own trv(rt or bow close 1 stood to the brink "of rh? deadly ravine, but a merciful Trovidosi? encompassed me with u guiding and Jrotecting care, for when tho uniruinqfc^ftwned, with faint rod bars of orient. "4;ht against the e intern sky, 1 was close 4) the high ro;id, home seven miles from Once at town, I tolflftty story to the police, nnd a detaehnicj? was Bent n ills me to the spot. Alter much search inland, many falnc alarms, w>: tueeet dedilti finding th ruinou.s oid bouse ; b**t "It was empty.* our birds bad (V wn : recover my valise and chain, irl'toh latter I had Ici't under hty pillow. * 'It's Drew's gang' '-tid the leader of the police; 'and thev've troubled us these two JOiirs. I don't think, that they'll come back here Ut present.' Nor did they. But the strangest -^fcrt of my story in to come yet. SomeV.iree weeks subse quently 1 received a letter from my sis ter who was with -^'le in her English ( home?a letter whosotfutelligeucc filled ; me with surprise. 'T o ust t* 11 you Something very si l ange' wrote my sister, 'that happened tif us on the night ottjfchef 17?I of Ucto l er. .\ Ii??<? li.nl nut been well for some lime; in fact she hud( been confined to In r lu d nearly a wrek, and I wassittiu^ heddo her reading. ? late ; the clock bad ju?t struck l?n*c, when all of a sadden she seemed to feint away, grow ing white and t ig'.t, %"J^J?-^corpse. I I hastened to cuj^A ;,t ,0<.C) but^Tif+WiL, ( ei/ijrtfj seemed vain I, rea'tore her to life , or animation I v, J tJffj ahout to ?cid lor the doctor, wh( 1: /^tenses returned as suddenly as they ift uarj M(J ea up in bud, ru^jef^ck. her/hair and loooking wildly uro*?ffrj^;j "Alice '.' I eselui-.l..^ ?how you tcrri " 'Not ili,' she :uisw< red, ;but T feel so strange. Crucic i Lire been with my husband!' All our reasorggp failed to com-incc , her o; the iiupn.?.? bi?ty ol her assertions ."-'he persists to this moment that slio saw you and was with you on the 17th o'< October, Or rather on the morning 01' I the* 18th?whoru' und how ahc cm nut tell?but we think it must have been some dream. She is better now.and 1 wi.-ii you could sec "how fast the is im proving. This ia my plain, unvarnished tale. 1 do not pretend to explain or account 'far its mysteries. 1 limply relate facts. Bot psychologists uuruvcl the lubrinthical skoiu. 1 am not supcrst itious, neither do 1 believe in ghosts, wraith or appari tions; but this thing I do know?that although my wife waa in England, in body on the morning of Ooiobar 18, her spirit sorely stood befero mo iu Now Volk ut the luooumt of t he deadly peril llut Lucuiiccd inc. * It may be (b it to the subtile instinct and strength of a wife'b holy love, all thitigs are possible, but ' Alice surely saved my life. I . SaoaoitJ op titk Blind.?Cases 'like the following almost atako us ex 1 claim, ??What's the Use of eyes ?" The accomplishments of a eighties* man are I thus told, ld-cading, JVnn., owns the person, but leaves it for a Berks county Gorman'pnpor to immortalize him. He is a German, ninety ye ire ot'aire, keeps a tavern. ( whiclv is known m blind , 11 art man's > is expert in the bundling of I luoucy, and battles all attempts to cheat ! him with spurious currcucy. He walks out alone, can point to any piece of real estate ?n the town, nnd to crown all, 1 incneVclocks and repairs musical instru ment?. I ' Hannah.?An exchange says there I is a station on tho I'lUaburg Eorl Wayne and Chicago raiUoud called Hannah, in honor of a deceased citiZMii ol Fort I Wayua, A train stopped tnare the other day, and the brakeman after tho 1 manner of his elsss; thurat hie head in the door and called oul loudly, ?'Ilaumi" 1 A yowug lady, endowed with the poetic j uppollation of Hannah, supposing he , was addressing her and ahoOKOd at his i familiarity on short acquaintance frown ! cd like a thuudercload, and retorted, I "You shut )odr mouth?" A awful swell?The check after a toptU ache. Pulling a Tooth with a Door-Knob. The rough sort of dentistry described below has occasionally been practiced ss a trick, with moro or less success ; but ws hare rarely heard of a patient's choosing the dour kuob method of bin own accord. A rough, Western farmer came into a doctor's office to have a tooth extracted, but flinched at sight of the "instru ments;" und again and again the doctor, tried in vain to get a gripper into his mouth. - At bust, the Iloosier declared "that 'ere new fangled thing to be no account," and wanted to know if the doctor could tie a string around the tooth j "for," said he, "that's the way I used tu pull 'etn out, au' L guess it's better n all yor ncw-fauglcd fixtures.'' The deutist, to please him, snid he would try, and producing from a drawer a fino strong piece of fish line, after a great deal of trouble, and yells of pain from the Iloosier, it was firmly secured uround the tooth. The iloosier then proposed to fasten the string to the door-knob, which was accordingly done. The backwoodsman then commenced : a series of easy jerks on the line, each cf which was followed by yells of pain. The doctor resumed his seat, and smiled audibly behind his paper, occa sionally glancing toward the door, and then turning quickly again to the paper to hide behind it his merriment. Thus uiatlors sto >d, until at last the tiro burned low, and the dentist arose b> replenish it. At he threw in the wood, and stirrod the red hot coals into a blaze, a btilliant idea scorned to strike him for his face brightened a onderfully. [ Arising from the floor, he left the poker inthd-jjrc? and, seating himself, awaited the change of affairs. The backwoodsman-had relapsed into d spondency, tor a melancholy cxprea-. ! siou had settled on his face. He stcadi Ily gazed downward, as if ho were in deep thought. J . Tho ?bMiti.sk,as.T have said before, ro sumed his seat, but threw aside his paper, r.nd ?at looking intently into the fire, with an expression of merriment placing on his features. 'l l>u-< he sat for some time. At l ist. Unis? lrssly rising I mm his chair, h drew the poker, one end of which was glowing with a red heat, from the fire lie suddenly brandished it in the air, and brought it rapidly towards the H?osicr's no.*<e. Tbc backwoodsman threw himself back with a jerk. The cord did not break nor the door-knob come out ; but the tooth looseaed from its roots, and bounded against the door wiih a click like a bullet. Two Curious Nskulks.?The King ,'of Prussia recently visited a needle : manufactory in his kingdom, in order to ace what machinery, combined with the human hand could produce. He was shown a number of superfine uovdlea, thousauds of which, together, did not weigh half an ouuee, atid marvel -d how such minute objects could be pirrced with an eye. Hut he was to sue in this respect how even something still finer and more perfect could be created. The borer?that is, the workman whose busi ness it is to bore the eyes in these need les?asked for a hair from the monarch's head. It was readily given, and with^a ? mile. Ho placed it at once under the boring machine, turned a hole iu it with the greatest care, furnished it with a thioad and then handed the singular nee He to the astonished^King. '1 he second curious needle is in possession of tjueen Victoria. It was made at the celebrated needle manu factory at Hcdciteh, and represents the column of Trajan in miniature. This well known Kornau column* is adorned with numerous scenes in sculpture, which immortalize Trajan's heroic ac tions iu war. On this diminutive needlo, scenes in the life of Queen Victoria are represented :u relief, but so finely cut and so small, that it requires a magnify ing glasB to see them. The Victoria needle can, moreover, be opened ; it con tains a number of needles of smaller size, which are equally adorned with scenes iu relief - i mu ... i? - Says a Canada ,iapi r, "It would make some of oar fine ladies start i? see Lady Duflerin promenading the streets doing her shopping. She dresses plainly and sensibly, we irs thick soled boots, and does not fear a walk from one end of the city to the other, or to face the muddiest crossing." v * A Girl and a Wild Cat A roinatic incident recently orcured at tho ranch of Leonard Methcn, about five miles above Brown's Wiley, Cali fornia.' Miss Leonora Mcthen, daughter of Mcthen, aged perhaps 10 pears, pos sessed a pet lamb which she very natu ally ndmircd. Ou Thursday evening of last week the lamb was missing. Leonora observed about the yard tracks of an animal, and thought thoy wore that of a California liou. There being no men about the ranch, the girl dispatched her mother to a neighbor for assistanco to hunt the wild animal. Subsequently ^ concluding she would not wait for ro inforcemeuts, Leonora loaded her sir .-}-. loter and a shot gun, and placing her dog Bcxer on the scent und tracks started out alone to capture the beast, if possible. After going some distance an 1 climbing a high hill, an animal, which proved to be the wild cat, was seen in the top of a live oak tree. The ?litl then took aim with her pistol aud fired but missed the animal. A second barrel was discharged when the wild cat tumbled from the tree. A brief fight theu occurred between the dog and the wild eat, ft hen the latter got away and ran down the hill. A pursuit was made by the girl and two dogs?another one having come up in the meantime. The wild cat was overtaken and finally killed by tho dogs aud with rocks thrown by the girl. The victor seized her prize carried it to the house, where, by that [ time tho mother had returned with neigh I los cagar for a i.uu . On examining the bead of the wild cat it was found that the pistol ball entered his right eye and ranging downward passed out at the forcaboulder. The animal weighed thirty pounds and measured three feet and enc inch from tip to tip. The young lady vrry naturally feels proud over her achievmeut. A Wedding und a Murder. Big Creek, ten miles north of Mc?? phis", Teno., was recently the scene oriN the following disgraceful murder. A German named Bachiuan bad married the aistor uf George Cooper a jollifioa linn h -d taken place aud four hour after the wo 'ing, one hill, a former lov tr of Bach tun's bride, and then pretty \ drunk, bega i to discuss the lady'a char acter in a linnner so displeasing to the tipsy bridesgroom'and his brother in law that, with knife and pistol, thoy set upon and murdered him. They then ran away, leaving the newly-made bride alone to m-Mirn, and now, as the Mem phis Appeal says, "the citizens of the neighborhood want to have their fellow arrested and punishod"?which is stat ing the cane not at all too strongly. A Nkw Tkiitk?A California papor discribes the discovery of three villa ges of Juni Indians, supposed to be the survivors of the ancient A/toes. They dwell on the great trail from Mohav, on the Colorado, to Albuquerque, on tho Bio Grand, hihI are about 2 day's jour ney from the diamond field. They num ber about l?,(M)0 and are very different from other tribes, being in luoks, bear ing aud pride of dr*eis, a manifestly supe rior race. The women are coiuely*and modest in dress, their houses ara clean, snd their cooking good, Certain kinds of cloth are made by them These peo ple have fields of com, wheat and vege tables, flocks of sheep and goats, aud they keep all tho domestic animals. They are friendly to the whites, never fight aggressively, but aie stubborn in defence. Their housos ore of stone three stories high and built in terrance form. They worship :he Great Spirit, and believe he dwells in the sun. A Ran-H?T ARMY. ? Figures are inexorable, "aud they sometimes cut fun ny capers. For instance, a letter appears from Secretary Btlknap, asking for a ?peoial appropriation of $100,000 to luruish the army with stoves, $20,000 having been exhausted for that purpose. As tin re are 30,000 men in the army, this would givu each man a four dollar stove, South ns well as North. The curious reader will nsk what every man in the army wants a fo ur dollar stove for. Mrs. Mary C .Han, widow of tho Into register of deeds of Ulaveoworth County, Kan., has been appointed by the Board of County Commissioner* to succeed her late hu->b tnd in that office. A Hard Casein Court. The following amnsin* sceie t* ?aid to hare taken place ic one of tho courts out Went: Judge?Uriog the prisoner before the court. Pete?Horo he is, bound b blaze as the spirita of turpentine said when It was on fire. Judge?We'll take a little fire eut of you. How do you live ? Pete?I ain't particular, as tho oyster paid when they axed him if ho would be fried or roasted. Judge?Wo don't want to hear what the oyBtcr said or the spirits of turpju tine cither. What do you follow T Pete?Not particular, anything that comes iu the way, as the locomotive said when she run over the nigger. Judgo?We don't care anything about the locomotive. What's yomr business? Peto?That's various, as tho cat said when sho stolo the chicken off the tn uaea Judge?That comes near the line now I suppose. Pete?Altogether in my lino, as the rope said when it was chocking the pirate. Judge?If I hear any more such com parisons I shall give you twelve months Pete?I am bone as the beefsteak said to the cook. Judge?Now. sir, your punishment ?hail depend npon the shortness and correctness of yours answers. I rap. pose you lira by going rcssd tho docks, Pete?No, sir, ean't go round 111* I docks without a boat, and I ain't got j ono. Judge?Answer me. How do joU get your bread ? Pete? Sometimes at Small's the baker and sometimes I eat a inter. Judge?No more of that stupid inso lence. How du jou support your self? .Pete?Sometimes cn my legs and . 1 . ?, "~? 'We* ? ? .1 somettmes in my chair. Judge?I order you to answer this question correctly : how do you do f Pete?Pretty well I thank how do you do? Here Pete was allowed to retire with out further interrogatories aa to his oc cupation or mode of living. Doing "a Stroke of BusI!?*887,?? During a theatrical oxeitemeut in Boston, the coachman who drove the prims donna from the steamboat to tho Revere Rons* has ridiculed the insame admiration, which his "fellow citizens" were exhibi ting, Mounting the steps of the hotel he cried, "Here's the hand that once lifted .Jenny Liud out of the coach. Gentleman, you can any'of yea have the privilege of kissing it for five dol larj?Children half price, A New Haven man who went house the other evciiug and found his house locked up after infinite trouble managed to gain entrance through a backwin dow aud then discovered on the parlor table a note fioiu his wife reading : "I have gone out; you will fiud the door key oti ouo side of tho door step A clerical wag who was made th* rceipicut on Christmas morning of an unusual number ot embroidered slippers worked by the fair hands of the young ladies of his congregation, nearly suf ficient to stock a moderate sued shoe store, was beam to wonder if the young ladies had take 1 hiui for centipede. A Kentucky belle, Miss Amelia Pe? gram/widely know for her beauty amia bility uud intelligence aecidenuljpnaud fatally shot herself a few weeks siuee through the heart with a pistol belong* to her brother which had been left by him on a table in her room. A colored woman, aged 107 years, hss just died near Louisville, who, on her death bed, eon teased that she never knew Washington, ner nursed any of the distinguished me* of ancient fiasco. She deserves a statue in black marble.? Boston GM*. "I wish I was in Heaven." said dis coursged Mrs* O Clarence the other morning. "So would I," remarked net brutal husband,"if I hadn,t fries Is there whom I value "