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>53?. I -'ire j b Graham feb l 87 < THE BY FORD & McCRACKEN. AIKEN RECORDER. AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1SS9. PRICE $1.50 A YEAR. Hotels and Boarding Houses. I Professional Advertisements. BUSCH HOUSE! AIKEN, S. C. HENRY BUSCH, Proprietor. JtA TES $2.00 PER DA Y. Special Rates bj/ the Week. Bauch House Transfer ries Passengers for Ilusch House FREE. ‘Orders for Passengers and Bag- left at the Busch House or at H. iseh & Co.'s Store, will receive xnpt attontion. Opposite tin Fassemer Statioo. A. M. TAFT, Proprietor. WEST VIEW. Near Hh;heam> Park Hotel. (YKHM Corner York Street and Colleton Avenue. Comfortable and well furnished Booms and table supplied with the best. Terms reasonable. Mrs. N. K. SENN. PRIVATE BOARD. Boarders will be most comfortably accommodated at Mrs. Percivai.’s, Y r ork Street; «>r the house will be let for the season, thoroughly furnished. THE AI)«TA HOTEL! Augusta, - - Georgia. BEST $(2.00 HOTSi: IX THE SOUTH. Headquarters for Commercial Men. Centrally located nearR. If. Crossing. L. E. DOOLITTLE, Proprietor, Formerly of Tontine Hotel, New , f[avry CoTtn. Ateo. W«*t PjA . Hoirl, llomj Rranc/i ,J. N. PAVILION HOTEL. Clmrleston. S. C PASSENGER ELEVATOR AND ELECTRIC BELLS. House fresh and clean throughout. Table best in the South. Pavilion Transfer Coaches and Wagons at all trains and Boats. Rates reduced. Beware of giving your Cheek to any one on Train. Bates *2 00 (® $2 50. Wright s Hotel! S.L. WRIGHT & SON, Prop’rs., COLUMBIA, - - S. C. T ABLE supplied with the BEST. Booms large and well furnished. One of the most com fori side hotels in ti*r ^ mth. R.L. COURTNEY DEALER IN BEEF, mm, FORK AND SAUSAGES, The Best Western Beef kept con stantly on hand. LAURENS STREET, Next door to KLATTE’S BUTCHERIftIG. FREH MEATS CONSTANTLY ON HAND. D. 8. Hendeksox. E. P. Hexdebsox. Henderson Brothers, Attorneys at Law, Aiken, S. C. Will practice in the State and United States Courts for South Caro lina. Prompt attention given to col lections. Bv WASHINGTON IRVING. The next” night, then, Dolph repeated James Ali.bicii (Vai.tkr Ashley. Aldrich & Ashley, Attorneys at Law, Aiken, S. C. Practice in the State and United States Courts for Soutii Carolina. the house He was partic- fastenlngs of all ; them well He s chamber, and it; then, having he threw himself John Gary Evans, Attorney-at-Law. Will practice in the Counties Aiken, Edgefield and Barnwell. of Haviland Stevenson, Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C. Special attention given to Collec tion. 0. C. JORDAN, ATT< >R N E Y-AT-J.A W. AIKEN, S. C. Dr. Z. A. Smith 1 PRACTICING PH YSICIAN, VAUCLUSE, (r^"OfHce near Depot. - - - S. C. REGISTRATION NOTICE. J WILL be at 1113' oflice tbe First Monday in every month for the purpose of registering those citizens who have come of age since tlie last election, and to attend lo other ofli cial business. WALTER ASHLEY, Supervisor of Registration for Aiken County. Catitai, raid in, - - Jfb’KLOOO 1 Aiken County Loan and Savings Does a General Banking and Collec tion Business. Savings Department. Interest Allowed on Deposits on Most Liberal Terms. W. W. Wooi.seY, I W. M. Hutson, President. | Vice-President. J. W. Asuhurst, Cashier. DIRECTORS. W. W. Woolsey, H. H. Hall. H. F. Warneke, H. B. Biirckhalter, JV.-M. HtilsoaV'—ik. W? A*drktit\si, > C. H. Phiuizy, G. W. Williams, jr. his vigil. He now with some trepidation, ular in examining the the doors, and securing locked the door of h placed a chair against dispatched his supper, on nia mattress and endeavored to sleep. It was all in vain—a thousand crowding fancies kept him waking. The time slowly dragged on, as if minutes were spinning out themselves Into hours. As the night advanced he grew more and more nervous; and he almost started from his couch when he heard the mys terious footstep again on the staircase. Up it came, as before, solemnly and slowly, tramp—tramp—tramp! It ap proached along the passage; the door again swung open, as if there had been neither lock nor impediment, and a strange looking figure stalked into the room. It was an elderly man, large and T f '/■r. the Toriiaio, Cyclone and Windstorm POLICIES! ISSUED BY HUTSON & CO., Agents, IN PHCENIX INS. CO. of Brooklyn. ASSETS, - - - $.>.000,000. On Frame Buildings: 1 year, oO Cents on $100 00; 3 years, OOCentson $100.00; five years, JX) Cents on $100.00. Brick Buildings: 1 year 20 Cents on $)«>!•,(!•*; :: 40Ceni« on stoO.OO; Ijv.* v'ear-s OO .mi ’SMio.ts# A strange looking figure stalked into room. robust, clothed in the old Flemish fashion. He had on a kind of short cloak, with a garment under it, belted round the waist; trunk hose, with great hunches or bows nt the knees; and a pair of russet boots, very' largo at top, and standing widely from his legs. His hat was broad and slouched, with a feather trailing over one side. His iron gray hair burg in thick masses on his necli, and he had a short grizzled beard. He walked slowly round the room as if ex amining that all was safe, then, hanging his hat on a peg beside the door, he sat down in the elbow chair, and, leaning his elbow on the table, he fixed his eyes on Dolph with an unmoving and deaden ing stare. Dolph was not naturally a coward; I ft he had been brought * up in an im- pli. it belief in ghosts and goblins. A thousand stories came swarming to his mind, that he had heard about tills building; and, as he looked at this strange personage, with his uncouth garb, his pale visage, his grizzly beard, and his fixed, staring, fish like eye, his teeth began to chatter, his hair to rise on his head and a cold sweat to break out all over his body. How long he re mained in this situation he could not tell, for he was like on<j fascinated. He 'COfildTTot take his gaze off from the spec ter; but lav staring at }iim with his >\ hole intellect absorbed in the contem- K ’ation. The old man remained seated >hind the table without stirring or turning an eye, always keeping a dead, steady glare upon Dolph. At length the household cock from a ncighlioring farm clapped his wings, and gave a loud cheerful crow that rung over the fields. At the sound the old man slowly rose and took down his hat from the l>cg; the door opened and closed after him; he was heard to go slowly down the stair case — tramp — tramo — tramp! — and when he had got to the bottom, all was again silent. Dolph lay and listened earnestly; counted every footfall; lis tened and listened if the stops should re turn—until, exhausted by watching and agitation, he fell into a troubled sleep. Daylight again brought fresh courage and assurance. He would fain have considered all that had passed as a mere dream; yet there skxid the chair in which the unknown had seated himself; there was the table on which he bad leaned; there was the peg on which he hail hum' Ids hat, and there was the door, loelo'd r>r'>c ;j **ly ps >.<> biuweif had lock'd 1 v I i. nc ein.il fl. eed agsiust i-’ot UmIi< v. 1 I SON w «'< > For Snlo in Aumista, Ga. •i\. HOUSE with 0 Booms, desira ble locality on Green Street, a few doors above corner cf Campbell and Green, No. !>13, nearly opposite new public building. Refer to Mus. S. A. LAMAR, Beech island, S. C. Feb. 12-7t A Farm for $500. \ SMALL FARM FOB SALK! A V Situated 1 mile from Aiken, on the Edgefield Bond. A small House and Barn thereon. For particulars address, B. o. BOX Aiken, S. C. Clyde's New Yori and Florida Western meat for tbe Winterseason a specialty. Sausages will also be kept on bund. Shop adjoining Warneke's. ! \V. IV Clyde A 1 PEA MS H I!' LINES. Gen. Agents, F. E. SOMMER. LAU KENS ST.. \iken. C. Broadway, New York, 12 South 1 Wharves. biladelphia. In the Lying-In Koont. BETHLEHEM OAT FOOD Is recommended l»y all physicians as the most di gestible as \\ ell as nutri tious diet for the invalid. T WM. EG EH, Traffic Manager, So Broadway, New York. A COUHTKNAY, Charleston S. C. Sup’t., 8OI.P T.Y AI.I. AND <;B»i < KltS. 1 ItAXt IS.IoBPA N ><\V> Manufacturers. 20!) N. Til MM) STUKKT. DHlADIM.THI FOR SALE RY COUBTNKY vk CO.. Aiken, S. C. A HYCEIN! A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY ! Tobacco an Aid to Health. A New Tobacco, manufactured by Thos. C. Williams & Co , Bich- mond, Virginia, under a formula pre pared by Prof. J. W. Mallet, of ihe University of Virginia, anti-malarial, •nti-dyspeptic, a good nervine and an excellent chew. Tr_v it. No humbug. For sale by all dealers. Call for pamphlet. The New and First-Class Steamships CHKHOKFK. 2.000 tons (new) CAPT. DOANK. SEMINOLE, 2.i>Nt tons, new) CAPT. KENBLE. DELKWAHK, LoOO tons, CAPT. TBIBOU. YEMASSEE, 1,500 tons. CAPT. PLATT. it: t)’.'-' v0« «J B-JII* r* II u ‘.eo s sud wiedows: at! iy hi the Mune sictt iii ' hti-h be h^d left them, and there was no apparent way by which any being could have en tered and left the house without leaving some trace behind. “Pooh!” said Dolph to himself, “it was all a dream;”—but it would not do: the more he endeavored to shake the scene off from his mind, the more it haunted him. Though he persisted in u strict silence as to all that no had seen or heard, vet his looks betrayed the uncomfortable night he had passed. It was evident that there was something wonderful hid den under this mysterious reserve. The doctor took liim into his study, locked the door and sought to have a'full and confidential communication; but he could get nothing out. of him. Frau Ilsy took him aside into the pantry, but to as little purpose, and Peter de (iroodt held him hy T the button for a full hour in tbe churchyard, the very place to get at the bottom of a ghost story, but came off not a whit wiser than the rest. It is al ways the case, however, that one truth concealed makes a dozen current lies. It is like a guinea locked up in a hank, that lias a dozen pajier representatives. Before the dav was over, the neighlior- hood was full of reports. Some said that Dolph Heyliger watched in the haunted house with pistols loaded with silver bulletothers that he had a long talk with the specter without a head; others, that Dr. Knipperhausen and the sexton had been hunted down the Bow ery lane and quite into town by a legion of ghosts of their customers. Some shook their heads, and thought it a shame that the doctor should put Dolph to pass the night alone in that dismal house, where he might be spirited away, no one knew whither; while others observed, with a shrug, that if the devil did carry off the youngster, it would l>e but taking his own. These rumors at length reached the cars of the good Dame Heyliger, and, as may be supposed, threw her into a terri- blo'alarm. For her son to have opposed himself to danger from living foes would have been nothing so dreadful in her eyes as to dare alone the terrors of the haunted house. She hastened to the doc tor's, and passed a great part of the day in attempting to dhsuade Dolph from re peating his vigil; she told him a score of tales, which her gossiping friends had i ust related to her, of persons who had ecu carried off when watciiing alone in ! old ruinous houses. It was all to no same thing was repeated. Towards mid night, when everything was still, tbe same sound echoed through the empty halls—trump—tramp—tramp! The stairs were again ascended; the door again swung ojien; the old man entered, wi round the room, hung up his hat seated himself by the table. The same fear and trembling came over poor Dolph, though not in so violent a degree. He lay in the same way, motionless and fascinated, staring at the figure, which regarded him as before, with a dead, fixed, chilling gaze. In this way they remained for a long time, till, by de grees, Dolph's courage began gradually to revive. Whether alive or dead this being had certainly some object in his visitation; and he recollected to have heard it said, that spirits have no power to speak until they are spoken to. Sum moning up resolution, therefore, and making two or three attempts before he could get his parched tongue in motion, ho addressed the unknown in the most solemn form of adjuration that he could recollect, and demanded to know what was the motive of his visit. No sooner had he fiuiahad than the old man rose, took down his hat, the door opened and he went oat, looking back upon Dolph just as be crossed the three- hold, as if expecting him to follow. The youngster did not hesitate an instant. He took the candle in his hand and the Bible under his arm and obeyed the tacit invitation. The candle emitted a feeble, uncertain ray; but still he could see the figure before him, slowly descend the stairs. He followed, trembling. "When it had reached the l>ottom of the stairs it turned through the hall toward the hack door of the mansion. Dolph held the light over the balustrades, hut in his eagerness to catch a sight of the un known he flared his feeble taper so sud denly that it went out. Still there was sufficient light from the pale moon beams that fell through a narrow win dow to give him an indistinct view of the figure near the door. He followed, therefore, down stairs and turned tow ards the place, but when ho got there the un known had disappeared. The door re mained fast barred and l>olted; there was no other mode of exit; yet the being, whatever ho might l»e, was gone. Ho unfastened the door and looked out into the fields. It was a hazy, moonlight night, so that the eye could distinguish objects at some distance. He thought he saw' the unknown in a footpath that led from the door. He was not mistaken; but how liad he got out of the house? He did not pause to think, but followed on. The old man proceeded at a measured pace, without looking about him, his footsteps sounding on the hard ground. He passed through the orcliard of apple trees that stood near the house, always keeping the footpath. It led to a well, situated in a little hollow, which had supplied the farm with water. Just at this w'ell Dolph lost sight of him. He rubbed his eyes and looked again; but nothing was to be seen of the unknown. Ho reached the well, but nobody was there. All the surrounding ground was open and clear; there was no bush nor hiding place. He looked dowm the well and saw, at a great depth, the reflection of the sky in the still water. After re maining here for some time, without see ing or hearing anything more of his mysterious conductor, ho returned to the house full of awe and w'onder. He bolted the door, groped Ins way back to bed, and it was long before ne could edmpose himself to sleep. His dreams ngc-andirou Ho thoughtKe was following the old man along the side of a great river, until they came to a vessel that was on the point of sailing; and that his conductor led him on board and vanished. He remembered the commander of the vessel, a short, swarthv man, with crisped black hair, blind of one eye and lame of one leg; but the rest of his dream was very confused. Sometimes he was sailing; sometimes on shore; now amidst storms and tempests, and now wandering quietly in unknown streets. The figure of the old man was strangely mingled up with the incidents of the dream, and the whole distinctly wound up by his finding himself on board of the vessel again, returning home with a great bag of money! When he woke the gray, cool light of dawn was streaking the horizon, and the cocks passing tho reveil from farm to farm throughout the country. He rose more harassed and perplexed than ever. He was singularlv confounded bv all that lie had seen and dreamt, andlbcgan to doubt whether his mind was not affected and whether all that was passing in his thoughts might not he mere feverish fan tasy. In his present state of mind he did not f-’H di-posed to return imm?di- at-lv ,0 fbo dot to;> anti uodt-rgo the eio>^ qi .aiming of i-be household. Me made a scaniv therefore, on unce ennonooa. While he was lost in this whirl of thought the sails strained to the nee cmidhood. ugu breeze; the snores seemed to hurry behind him, and before he per- [y recovered his self possession the was plowing her way past Spiking and Yonkers, and the tallest chim- and-f neyof the Manhattoes had faded from his sight. I have said that a voyage up the Hud- 809 An those days was an undertaking of some moment; indeed, it was as much thought of as a voyage to Europe is at present. The sloops were often many days on the way, the cautious navigators taking in sail when it blew fresh, and comr. r to anchor at night, and stopping to fliad the boat ashore for milk for tea, without which it was impossible for the subsist, rils _ In Short, a'prudent Dutch burger would talk of such a voyage for months, and even years, beforehand; and never un dertook it without putting his affairs in oilier, making his will, and having pray ers said for him in the Low Dutch churches. In the course of such a voyage, there- Dolph waa satisfied he would have enough to reflect, and to make up mind as to what he should do when ha arrived at Albany Us blind true, bring and perplex him sadly for a few mo ments; out, of late. His life had been made up so much of dreams and realities, his nights and days had been so jumbled together, that lie seemed to be moving continually in a delusion. There is al ways, however, a kind of vagal >ond con- solation in a man’s luiving nothing in this wgrld to lose; with this Dolph comforted his heprt. and determined to make the most of the present enjoyment. In the second day of the voyage they came to the highlands. It was the latter S rt of a calm, sultry day, that they >ated gently with the tide between these stem m< xmtains. There was that perfect quiet which prevails over nature in the laitt'unr of summer heat; the turning of a jAank or the accidental falling of an oar'on deck, was echoed from the moun tain side and reverberated along the sliAres; and if by chance the captain gave a fhout of command, there were airy to'igues tliat mocked it from every cliff. Bolph gazed about him in mute delight if wonder at these scenes of nature's ificence. To the left the Dunder- _ reared its woody precipices, height over height, forest over forest, away into the deep summer sky. To the right strut ted forth the bold promontory of An thony’s Nose, with a solitary eagle wheel- ing[about it; while beyond, mountain succeeded to mountain, until they seemed to lock their arms together, and confine this mighty river in their embraces. There was a feeling of quiet luxury in gaxin" at the broad, green bosoms here and there (scooped out among the preci- or at woodlands high in air, nod- an< the ic-m&iasof the la A nights provisions, and then wandered out into the fields to meditate on all that had befalled him. Lost in thought, he rambled about, grad ually approaclung the town, until the momin'' was far advanced, when ho was roused oy a burry and bustle around him. He found himself near the water’s edge in a throng of people, hurrying to a pier, where there was a vessel ready to make sail. He was unconsciously car ried along by the impulse of the crowd, and found that it was a sloop, on the point of sailing up tho Hudson to Al bany. There was much leave taking and kissing of old women and children, and great activity in carrying on board bas kets of bread and cakes and provisions of all kinds, notwithstanding tho mighty joints of meat that d. ngled over the stern, for a voyage to Albany was an ex pedition of great moment in those days. The commander of the sloop was hurry ing about and giving a world of orders, which were not very strictly attended to, one man being busy in lighting his pipe and another in sharpening Ids snicker snee. The appearance of the commander sud denly caught Dolph’s attention. He was short and swarthy, with crisped black hair; blind of one eye and lame of one leg—the very commander that he had seen in his dream! Surprised and aroused, he considered the scene more attentively and recalled still further traces of his dream; the appearance of tho vessel, of tho river, and of a variety of other ob jects accorded with the imperfect images vaguely rising to recollection. As he stood musing on these circum stances the captain suddenly called out to him in Dutcn, “Step on board, young man, or you’ll be left behind!” He was vo startled by the summons; he saw that the sloop was cast loose and was actually moving from the pier; it seemed as if he was actuated by some irresistible im pulse; he sprang upon the deck, and the next moment the sloop^vas hurried off by the wind and tide. Dolph's thoughts and feelings were all in tumult and con fusion. Ho had been strongly worked upon by the events that had recently be fallen bun. and could not but think that there was some connection between his S resent situation and his last night's ream. He felt as if he was under su pernatural influence, and he tried to as sure himself with an old and favorite maxim of his, that “One way or other, all would turn out for the best.” For a moment the indignation of the doctor at Ids departure without leave passed a'ross his mind, but that was matter of moment. Then he thought of the dis tress of his mother at his strange disap pearance, and tbe idea gave him a sud den pang; he would have entreated to be put on shore, but he knew with such wind and tide the entreaty would have been in vain. Then the inspiring love of novel! v and adventure came rushing in full tide through his bosom; he felt him self launched strangelv and suddenly on the world, and under full way to explore the regions of wonder that* lay up this mighty river, and beyond those blue mountains that had bounded his horizon BU, , „ . ding over the edge of some beetling bluff, and their foliage all transparent in the yellow sunshine. jin the midst of Ids admiration Dolph re^iarked a pile of bright, snowy clouds peering above the western heights. It wis succeeded by another, and another, en seemingly pushing onwards its pre decessor, and towering, with dazzling brilliancy, in the deep Dluo atmosphere; and now muttering peals of thunder were family heard rolling behind the moun- iftiiB. The river, hitherto still and glassy, ^ rej!ecting pictures of the sky and land, h>^--A,Tip n dark rijipM nF gktjbptkpca,. as the breeze came creeping up it. Tho fish hawks wheeled and screamed, and sought their nests on the high dry trees; the crows flew clamorously to the crev ices of the rocks, and all nature seemed conscious of the approaclung thunder gust. The clouds now rolled in volumes over the mountain tops; their summits still bright and snowy, but the lower parts of an inkv blackness. The rain began to patter down in broad and scattered drops; the wind freshened and curled up tlie waves; nt length it seemed as if the bel lying clouds were tom open by the moun tain tops, and complete torrents of rain came rattling down. The lightning leaped from cloud to cloud, and streamed quivering against the rocks, splitting and rending tho stoutest forest trees. Tlie thunder burst in tremendous explosions; tho peals were echoed from mountain to mountain; they crashed upon Dunder- Iterg, and rolled up the long defile of the highlands, each headland making a new echo, until old Bull hill seemed to bellow back tlie storm. For a time the scudding rack and mist, and the sheeted rain, almost hid the landpoane from the sight. There w«« « fe^ru'l gloom, illuminc'l still more fullv b. >ti' > streams of lightoirgw bie.li jAiri'Mv.v .<:/,oua ihe riin diops. Never had Dolpl> L^-held such an absolute war ring of the elements; it seemed as if the storm was tearing and rending its way through this mountain defile, and had brought all the artillery of heaven into action. Tho vessel was hurried on by tho in creasing wind, until she came to where tho river makes a sudden bend, the only one in tho whole course of its majestic career. Just as they turned the point, a violent flaw of wind came sweeping down a mountain gully, bending the forest be fore it, and, in a moment, lashing up the river into white froth and foam. The captain saw the danger and cried out to lower the sail. Before the order could bo obeyed, tho flaw struck tho sloop, and threw her on her beam ends. Everything was now fright and confusion; the flai>- ping of the sails, the whistling and rush ing of the wind, the bawling of the cap tain and crew, the shrieking of tho pas sengers. all mingled with tlie rolling and bellowing of tho thunder. In tho midst of the uproar, the sloop righted; at the same time the main sail shifted, tlie boom came sweeping the quarter dock, and Dolph. who was gazing unguardedly at the clouds, found himself, in a mo ment, floundering in the river. F>r once in his life, one of his idle ac complishments was of u«e to him. 'ino many truant hours which he had de voted to [sporting in the Hudson, had made him an expert swimmer; yet,with all his strength a. id drill, he found great difficulty in reaching tho shore. His disappearance from the deck had not been noticed by the crew, who were all occupied by their own danger. The sloop was driven along with inconceiva- T hesf ships weekly line to New York and the Florida ports, with state-rooms all on deck, thoroughly ventilated and sep arated from the dining saloon. There is no pleasanter traveling on the Atlantic Coast, and tlie trip to Florida consumes only twelve to fifteen hours. For passage engage ments address, J. E. EDGEBTON, effect. Dolph’s pride, as well as curiosity, E Splendid Pa^semrer Steam- : waa piqued. He endeavored to calm tlie ; form an mealed £m!-! hi. mother, aod to sure her that there was no truth in all the rumors she had heard; she looked at him dubiously and shook her head, but finding his determination was not to be shaken, el 10 brought him a little thick Dutch Bible, with brass clasps, to take with him, as a sword wherewith to fight tho powers of darkness; and,, lest that might not be sufficient, the housekeeper gave him the Heidelberg catechism by way of a dagger. The next night, therefore, Dolph took his quarters for the third time in the mansion. V.' bother dream or not tbd Gen. Passenger & Freight Ag’t, Charleston. S. C. up 1 old : Found himself floundering in the river. ble rapidity. She had hard work to weather a long promontory on the east ern shore, round which the river turned, and which completely shut her from Dolph's view. It was on a point of the western shore that he landed, and, scrambling up the rocks, he threw himself, faint and ex hausted, at the foot of a tree. By de grees the thunder gust passed over." The clouds rolled away to the east, where they lay piled in feathery masses, tinted with the last rosy ravs of the sun. The distant play of the lightning might be seen about the dark bases, and now and their might be heard the faint muttering of the thunder. Dolph rose, and sought about to see If any path Ted from Tlie shore; but all was savage and trackless. The rocks were piled upon each other; great trunks of trees lay shattered about, as they had been blown down by the strong*winds which draw through these mountains, or ns l fallen through age. The rocks, too, were overhung with wild vines and briers, which completely matted themselves together, and opjxised a barrier to all ingress: every movement that he made shook down a shower from the dripping foliage. He attempted to scale one of these almost perpendicular heights; but, though strong and agile, he found it an Herculean undertaking. Often he was supported merely by crumbling projections of the rock, and sometimes be clung to roots and branches of trees, and hung almost suspended in the air. The wood pigeon came cleav ing his whistling flight by him, and the eagle screamed from the brow of the im pending cliff. As he was thus clamber ing, he was on the point of seizing hold of a shrub to aid his ascent, when some thing rustled among the leaves, and he saw a snake quivering along like light ning, almost from under his hand. It coiled itself up immediately, in an atti tude of defiajice, with flattened head, distended jaws, and quickly vibrating tongue, that played like a little flame about its mouth. Dolph’s heart turned faint within him, and he had well nigh let go his hold, and tumbled down the precipice. The serpent stood on the de fensive but for an instant; it was an in stinctive movement of defense; and find ing there was no attack, it glided away into a cleft of the rock. Dolph's eye fol lowed with fearful intensity; and he saw at a glance that ho was iii tlie vicinity' of a nest of adders, that lay knotted, and writldng, and hissing in the chasm. He hastened with all sjH'ed to escape from so frightful a neighliorhood. His imag ination was full of this new horror; he saw an adder in every curling vine, and heard the tail of a rattlesnake in every dry leaf that rustled. At length he succeeded in scrambling to the summit of a precipice; but it was covered by a dense forest. Wherever he could gain a lookout between the trees, he saw that tho coast rose in heights and cliffs, one rising beyond an other, until huge mountains overtopped the whole. There were no signs ot cul tivation, nor any smoke curling amongst tiie trees, to indicate a human residence. Everything was wild and solitary. As he was standing on the edge of a pi-oci- pice that overlooked a deep ravine fringed with trees, his feet detached a great fragment of rock; it fell, crashing its way through the tree tops, down into tho cliasmi. A loud whoop, or rather yell, issued from the bottom of the glen; the moment after, there was the report of a gun; and a ball came whistling over his head, cutting tlie twigs and leaves, and burying itself deep in tho bark of a chestnut tree. Dolph did not wait for a second shot, but made a precipitate retreat; fearing every moment to near the enemy in pur suit. He succeeded, however, in return ing unmolested to the shore, and deter mined to penetrate no farther into a country so Wset with savage perils. He sat himself down, dripping, discon solately, on a wet stone. What was to be done? Where was he to shelter him self? The hour of repose was approach ing; tho birds were seeking their nests; tho bat began tq flit about in the twi light, and tlie nighthawk soaring high in heaven, seemed to be calling out the stars. Night gradually closed in and wrapped —«43crr*fai»g ia gloom; and* 1 - though it was tlie latter part of summer, yet the breeze, stealing along tlie river, and among these dripping forests, was chilly and penetrating, especially to a half drowned man. As he sat drooping and despondent in this comfortless condition, he perceived a light gleaming tlirough the tret's near the shore, where the winding of tho river made a deep bay. It cheered him with tho hopes that here might be some human habitation,where lie might get something to appease tho clamorous cravings oT Ids stomach, and, what was equallv neces sary in his shipwrecked condition, a comfortable shelter for tlie night. It was with extreme difficulty that he made his way towards tho light, along ledges of rocks down which ho was in danger of sliding into tho river, and over great trunks of fallen trees, some of which had lieen blown down in the late storm, and lay so thickly together that ho had to struggle through their branches. At length became to the brow of a rock that overhung a small dell, from whence the light proceeded. It was from a lire at the foot of a great tree that stood in the midst of a grarsy interval or plat among tho rock-s. 1 he*fire r-> c t up a red gUre : among gray wag;, ami impending j trees, leaving chr-atas ot cV'Op gloom that ! resembled entrances to cavern*-. A small | brook rippled close by, betrayed by the quivering reflection of the flame. There wore two figures moving about tlie lire and others squatted before it. As they were between him and the light they were in complete shadow; but one of them happening to move round to the opposite side, Dolph was startled at i>cr- ceiving, by tho full glare falling on painted features and glittering on silver ornaments, that he was an Indian. He now looked more narrowly, and saw guns leaning against a tree and a dead body lying on the ground. Dolph began to doubt whether ho was not in a wo-se condition than before; here was tho very foe that had fired at him from the glen. He endeavored to retreat quietly, not caring to intrust himself to these half human livings in so savage and lonely a place. It was too late. The Indian, with that eagle quick ness of eye so remarkable in his race, E erceived something stirring among the ushes on the rock. He seized one of the guns that leaned against the tree: one moment more, and Dolph might have had his passion for adventure cured by a bullet. lie hallooed loudly with tlie In dian salutation of friendship; the whole party sprang upon their feet; the saluta tion was returned, and the straggler was invited to join them at the fire. On approaching he found, to his con solation, that the party was composed of white men as well as Indians. One. who was evidently the principal personage or commander, was seated on the trunk of a tree before the fire. He was a large, stout man, somewhat advanced in life, but hale and hearty. His face was bronzed almost to tfie color of an In dian’s; he had strong but rather jovial features, an aquiline nose and a mouth shaped like a mastiff’s. His face was hair thrown in shade by a broad hat with a buck’s-tail in it. His gray hair hung short in his neck. He wore a hunting frock, with Indian leggings, and moccasins, and a tomahawk in the ! broad wampum belt round his waist. I As Dolph caught a distinct view of his 1 person and features, he was struck with something that reminded him of the old man of the haunted house. The man : before him, however, was different in his dress and age; he was more cheery, too, in his aspect, and it was hard to de fine where the vague resemblance lay— but a resemblance there Dolph felt some degree meeting in tlie wilderness. Tlie com mander of the party poured him out a dram of cheering liquor, which he gave liim with a merry leer, to warm his haart; and ordered one of his followers to fetch some garments from a pinnace, which was moored ia a cove close by, wliile those in which our hero was drip ping might be dried before the lire. Dolph found, as he had susix'cted, that the shot from the glen, which had come so near giving him his quietus when on the precipice, was from tho party before him. He had nearly crushed one of them by tho fragment of rock wluch he had detached; and tlie jovial old hunter, in the broad hat and bucktail, had fired at the place where he saw the bushes move, supposing it to be some wild ani mal. He laughed heartily at the blun der; it be hi" what is considered an ex ceeding good joke among hunters; “ but, faith, my lad,” said he, “if I had but canght a glimpse of you to take sight at, you would have followed the rock. An tony Vander Hevdeu is seldom known to miss his aim.” These last words were at once a clew to Dolph’s curiosity; and a few questions led him completely into the character of the man be fore him, and of his band of woodland rangers. The commander in the broad hat and hunting frock was no lese a per il the Bonage tfian tho tleer Antony Vander Heyden, of Albany, of whom Dolph had many a time heard. He was, in fact, the hero of many a story, being a man of singular humors and whimsical habits, that were matters of wonder to his quiet Dutch ncighlxirs. As he was a man of property, having Itad a father before him, from whom he inherited large tracts of wild land, and whole barrels full of wampum, ho could indulge his humors without control. Instead of staying quietly at home, eating and drinking at regular meal times, amusing himself by smoking his pii>e on the iK'ncii before the door, and then turning into a comfortable bed at night, he de lighted in ail kinds of rough, wild ex- jK'ditions. Ho was never so happy as when on a hunting party in the. wilder ness, sleeping under trees or hark sheds, or cruising down tho river, or **11 some woodland lake, fishing and fowling, and living tho Ixml knows how. Ho was a great friend to Indians, and to an Indian mode of life; which he con sidered true natural liberty and manly enjoyment. When at home ho had al ways several Indian hangers on, who loitered about his house, sleeping like hounds iu the sunshine, or preparing hunting and fishing tackle for some new expedition, or shooting at marks with bows and arrows. Over these vagrant livings Hecr An tony had as jierfqct command as a hunts man over his pack; though they were great nuisances to the regular people of his neighborhood. As ho was a rich man no one ventured to thwart his humors; indeed, he had a hearty, joyous manner about him tliat made him uui- vocsally popular. He would troll a Dutch song, as he tramped along the street; hail every one a mile off; and when lie entered a h< >use ho would slap tlie good man familiarly on the back, shake him by,tho hand till ho roared and kiss his wife and daughters before Iris face—iu short, there was no pride nor ill humor about Heer Antony. Besides his Indian hangers on he had three or four humble friends among the white men, who looked up to him as a patron, and had the run 01 his kitchen, and the favor of bom.<5 taken with him occasionally on hig_expeditions. It was with a meuley of~such retainers that ne was at present on a cruiso along the shores of the Hudson, in a pinnace which ho kept for his own recreation. There were two white men with him, dressed partly in the Indian style, with moccasins and hunting shirts; the rest of his crew consisted of four favorite Indians. They had been prowling about the river, with out any definite object, until they found themselves in the highlands; where they' had passed two or three days, hunting the deer which still lingered among these" m< inntaius. “It is a lucky circumstance, young man,” said Antony Vander Heyden, “that you happened to be knocked over- hoard today, as to-morrow morning we start early on our return homewards, and you might then have looked in vain for a meal among the mountains—but come, lads, stir aliout! stirabout! Let's see what prog we ha vo for supper; tho kettle lias tsiilcd long enough; my stomach cries cuplionrd; and I'll warrant our guest is in no mood to dally with ins trencher.” There was a bustle now in the little encampment. One t*.olc off the kettle, and turned a part of the contents into a huue v oodf!» bowl; auoiher prepared a <!i»; rook So. •• i ible, whik'd third brought various utensils from I hr pinnace, w* ieh w-.-.i moored close bv; sud Heer Antony himself brought a flask or two oi prev ious liquor from his own private locker—know ing his boon companions too well to trust any of them with the key. A rude but hearty’ repast was soon sinead; consisting of venison smok ing from the kettle, with bacon, boiled Indian corn, mightv loaves of good brown hold bread. Never had Dolph a more delicious repast: and when he had washed it down with two or three draughts from the Hecr Antony's flask, and felt the .jolly liquor sending its warmth through ids vein i, and glowing round Ids very heart, he would not have changed Ids situation, no, with the gov ernor of the province. The Heer Antony, too. grew chirping and joyous: told half a dozen fat stories, at which his white followers laughed im- moderaicly. I hough (ir- Indians, as usual, mainlniiicd an invincible gravitv. hounds. The rest of the parly remained chatting before the fire, which the gloom ot the forest and the dampness of the air from the late storm rendered extremely grateful and comforting. The conversa tion gradually moderated from the hilar ity of supper time, and turned upon hunting adventures and exploits and perils in the wilderness, many of which were so strange and improbable that I will not venture to repeat them, lest the veracity of Antony Vander Heyden his comrades should be brought into question. There were many legendary tales told also about the river and the settlements on its borders: in which val uable kind of loro the Heer Antony seemed deeply versed. As the sturdy bush beater sat in the twisted root of a tree that served him for a kind of arm cliair, dealing forth these wild stories, with the fire gleaming on his strongly marked visage, Dolph was again repeat edly perplexed by something tliat re minded liim of the phantom of the haunted house; some vague resemblance tliat could not be fixed u 1x111 any precise feature or lineament, but which pervaded the general air of his countenance and figure. The moon had just raised her diver horns above the round back ot old Baft the gray rooks and forests, and" glittered the ww bosom of the river. The night falling, and the late gloomy to qualify the damp of the night air. They then prepared a bed of branrhea and* drv leaves under a ledge of rocks for Dolph; - wliile Antony Vander Hey den, wrapping himself up in a huge coat made of skins, stretched himself before the fire. It was some time, however, l>efore Dolph could close his eyes. He lay contemplating the strange scene be fore liim: tho wild woods and rocks around—the fire, throwing fitful glotuua on the faces of the sleeping savages— and the Heer Antony, too. who ae singularlv, yet vaguely, reminded him of the nightly visitant to the haunted house. Now and then he heard the cry of some animal from tho forest, or the hooting of the owl, or the notes of the whip-poor-will, which seemed to abound among those solitudes, or the splash of a sturgeon, leaping out of the river, and fulling lack full length on its placid sur face. He contrasted all this with his accustomed nest in the garret room of the doctor's mansion, wlicre tho only sounds he heard at night were the ehuren clock telling the hour, the drowsy tom's cm. of the watchman, drawling out all was well; the deep snoring or tho doctor's clubbed nose from below stairs, or tlie cautious labors of sumo carpenter nit gnawing in the wainscot. His thoughts then wandered to his poor old mother; what w’ould she think of his mysterious disappearance? what anxietv and distress would sho not suffer? Ihis wss ths thought that would continually Intrude itself, to mar his present enjoy mem. It brought witli it a feeling of |ki1ii and compunction, and he fell asleep with ths tears yet standing in hist eyes. [TO BK CONTINUED.! ^ J JEFF WAV 18 ON RACE RIOTS. I He Declares that the Trouble In Mis- Mssippi has been Exaggerated. From the New i ork World. Atlanta, Ga., February 0.—In a ■piTSPmi! TCttgf IdTanc17>mhH7gh7ner' Root, of this city, Mr. Jefferson Da vis writes concerning the race riots in Mississippi: “The tendency to change seems to grow upon the negroes with the in dulgence of their right to leave at will. The accouVits of riots in this State have been greatly ex-aggernted. Though it may' seem singular, it is true that race conflicts generally oc cur where the negroes are few com pared with the whites and the person al associations much closer than 011 the plantations. On our island we have five or six hundred blacks and say ten or a dozen whites. There has never been a disturbance amongst them. We for several years had a ne gro magistrate. He lias now gone away, but before his departure a well behaved, sober young mail defeated tlie negro in the last election contest, which at least shows that the negroes to a large extent are willing to trust a white man.” The Carolina Watermelon Alliance. 1 J crjd and house- made A meeting of the Watermelon alli ance was held in Blackvilie recently. There were represented five thousand acres. It was moved and curried that the planting of this acreage he con tingent upon a reduction of freight. A committee was appointed to confer wiyi the South Carolina railway offi cials and, in the event of their not aceeeding to a reduction in freights, the executive committee was ordered to reduce the acreage to he piaiited ( in melons. After hearing the report *ot the chairman of thq executive com mittee and attending to routine busi ness the meeting adjourned subject, to the call of the executive committee. A gentleman just hack from a trip to Florida says the hotels there are languishing for patronage. Everyone is hopeful, and the absence of tour, ists is accounted for by the open sea son in the North. When lent puts an end to dune in,' in Gotham, the hotels throughout the South will he crowd ed; for here the dancing can he con tinued with impuuity. r Ferna.idina was visited with a good freeze Wednesday night, icicles fully an inch iu length forming in snrueex- po-a d places. Thursday night the weather w as still cold.covering house tops, trees ami ground with a snow- white irost. Vf %.'W¥W v ' ^ \ m v-.s rma ■sim “This is your trtte life, my hoy!" ‘This is your true life, my lx>y,” him; but was assured by the is your true me, my said he, slapping Dolph on the shoulder; “a man is never a man till he can defy wind and weather, range woods and wilds, sleep under a tree, and live on bass I wood leaves!” And then would he sing a stave or two j of a Dutch drinking song, swaying a short squab Dutch bottle in his liand, while \ - his myrmidons would join in chonis, un- certainly was. j til the woods echoed again—as the good of awe in ap- ! old song has it: hearty welcome with which he proaeliing frank, her was received. As he cast his eyes about, too, he was still further encouraged bv 1 perceiving that the dead body, which ! had caused him some alarm, was that of a deer; and his satisfaction was complete cretiom Though he pushed the Lottie m discerning, by the savory steams without reserve to Dolph, vet he alwavs W ^ C ,* lS f^ d 1 fr ° m a h etU ! SU T ?n . de f 1 hy care to help his followers liimself, ! a hooked stick pier the fire, that there knowing the beings he liad to deal with; ; wm a part cooking for the evening a re- ^4 he * as particular in granting but a i T ' a moderate allowance to the Indians. The 1 They all with a shout made the elements ring. So soon as the oflice was o’er; To feasting they went with true merriment, And tippled strong liguor gilloro. In the midst of his jovially, however, Heer Antony did not lose sight of dis- pusltcd past. He now found tliat he had fallen in with a rambling hunting party, such as often took place in those da vs among the settlers along the river. The hunter is always hospitable; and nothing makes men more social and unceremonious than repast being ended, the Indians having drunk their liquor and smoked their pipes, now wrapped themselves in their blankets, stretched themselves on the ground with their feet to the fire, and > foon fell asleep, like so many tired Physicians Confess. All honest concieutious yliysicians who give B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) a trial, frankly admit Us su periority over all other blood medi cines. Dr. W. J. Adair, Rockmart, Ga. f writes: “I regard B. B. B. as one of the best blood medicines.” Dr. A. H. Roscoe, Nashville, Tenn., writes: “All reports of B. B. B. are favorable, and its speedy action is truly’ wonderful.” Dr. J. W. Rhodes, Cra wfordsville, Ga., writes: “I confess B. B. B. la the and best quickest medicine for rheumatism I have ever tried.” Dr. J. S. Farmer, Crawfordsville, Ga., writes: “I cheerfully recom mend B. B. B. as a line tonic altera tive. 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