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1 b. M > VOLUME XX. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 3,1859. NUMBER Is. * _ _ ;ii ... -- - .- -.' A Jfew Revolationa.*/ Story* ONE-EYED SAUL; ob the Tory League of Seven. A TALE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 1BY DR. J. H. ROBINSON, Author of "Nick Whiffles," uJ>uck JJison," **Half-Witted Nat," "Marion's Brigadf.," "The Pioneers of Kentucky," etc. CHAPTER II. fire and sword. The four defenders of Laurelwood rau from point to point to meet and repel the invaders, who endeavored to force an entrance thiwngh the windows and doors simultaneously* The oice of Tom Hutter swelled Voudly above the ?? l. l . [4in oi comici. xnc struggle was sept up wuu determined spirit by the besieged. While ,'CJeh was engaged with an enemy, Jessie Burnside' cried out tliat a party of them had beaten d&wn one of the doors and were pressing into the ball** Podijah and Haaelhnrst sprang to meet them. Per a time the result was doubtful, but victory finally turned in favor of the defenders, whose pewerfW blows and hearty eouroge they could not withstand. Those who were not repulsed vifcrc left upon the floor with broken heads.? The door was replaced and everything mova I tie piled against it. The Tories ignominious!)* withdrew to the abater of tiie surrounding trees and shrubbery, nut! Ilutter hoped that the attack would not again be renewed. The girls, daring the scene, behaved nohlv. Overcoming the natural timidity of their sex, they made themselves useful to their brave friends in various ways. Paul Ilazclburst fought like a lion. If he entertained tears, they were not for himself, but for Jessie Burnside and her potnpauious. When he paused from the conflict, panting and thirsty, she brought him water; ber little baud presented the cooling draught to his lips. lie would gladly k#ve imprisoned that ministering member in his own nnd pressed grateful kisses upou it, had propriety sanctioned the act. "Are you wounded P 6he asked hurried raj UI do not know,*' 3ic replied. "I have rot; llioaght of myself; I have thought only of you g|9 ancTyoui friends, I fever have time to think Be of myself when you ^re near; I should despise myself if I did." 9S "Yon are too brave, too generous?" answer cd Jessie, with emotion. "You ui;>?6e your95 self needlessly ;'you have too much contempt t:o MTCIT WtmJ -TW~<ihK.jjcr ?ucn V to Battle for the safety and honor of Jessie SEw "Too chivalrous! too-chivalrous!" exclaimed H Jessie. iji "I can't quite understand this silence," said En Hutter, approaching Hteell mrst. Bj "Wax my flat; if I don't believe the critters SKa has got enough on't P said Podijah. "You sec BJjl they canVstaif near so much hamincrm' as 583 folks can as arc fight iii' for liberty. A few ra right smart knocks takes the starch right out of 'em.*' . ?0 "They're cowards if they don't try it again,"' fid returned J fatten "There's a dozen of 'ein, at 0H least, and they ought to be a match, in the course of iiatm* for four ; bnt we've got someB thing within us that they haven't?love of B friends home, country and jotficc, See what B work they've made of your house, Miss Jessie : B the wftiders are riddled, the doors broke, the furnitary rtjined, and everything at sixens and I sevens."' 8 "We love Laurclwood," replied Jessie, "but ? we love the cause of freedom better. The dcI struction of property will grieve M but little, if 9 valuable lives are spared and the Tory miscreI ants punished." | "Punished ??be assured that they will!" oxI claimed Paul Ifazelhurst. "Heaven is just!? E Some of them are even now reaping the reward " ? t _ _ i_ or tncir vuiainy. ijook aimose expiring wrc^ues who fell near the door. Listen to their moans bf anguish ! What thought have they to comfort them and soften their pains of dissolution ? They die?a honor to themselves and every justice-loving mind. What a re! rneinbrance the Tories ef South Carolina will leave to posterity !" "The word Tory will be the synonym of infamy," said Judith. The night had set in quite dark, and objects could bo scon at a short distance only. The trees looked dim and misty in the nocturnal gloom. Tom flutter and his comrades strained their eyes in every direction in search of their foes but without discovering them. The surrounding scenery wax as quiet as if it had never been disturbed bv the sound of human conflict ; nothing brolce the quietude save the groaiisofthe wounded in the house, and, at long intervals, the cry of a wolf in the tangled hedges of Laurel Swamp.. Tl?e fears of the young ladies began to subside ; an assurance?faint and trembling, at first?that those lawless men had retired and would not return to renew the conflet, took possession of their minds. A glow of hope returned to their pale checks. As their own danger grew less imminent, in their estimation, feelings of compassion for the wounded Tories visited their hearts. They wonld have produced lights to examine their condition, and make wvmpdifll .indications. had they not been cau .v.... rr t ' # * tioned bj their more experienced defenders. Half an hour elapsed. The silence continued unbroken. Tom flutter was not at case, but walked about nervously, casting prying glances from one window, then from another. He was suspicions and unsatisfied. He knew that they had snffered loss, but not enongh to prevent brave rr.cn, or persons of even ordinary hardihood, from making further attempt*. Paul Hazelburet at first shared Ilutter's inquietude, but finally joined the ladies confident that there was uo immediate danger to apprehend. "I can't comprehend it !" mnttered flutter, in a perplexed manner. "There's allers mischief gom' on when folks are still," "Tint's about my own way o' thinkin'," re marked Fodijah, who.heard Tom's remarks.? "The most mischief is done with the least noise, 'cordiu' to my experience fust and last, here and therc\ l>y and huge, as the world goes.? Did you ever go a couiW, Mister ?M "1 never did," said Tom. "Well, that's abeout the stillest work yon can find, I reckon, though sometimes there's a heap o' business done." 4Hark!" said Tom. "I don't hear nothin' but Paul and the gals. Paul's ruther sweet on one of 'em, I should say though 'twould be hard to choose atween 'em. Wax my flax, if it wouldn't!" "It strikes me," said Tom, "that the air is growing hot and oppressive. Listen! be quiet there, Paul and the gals." Each of the parties became attentive. A hissing, roaring sound was heard overj head. i "The house is 011 fire!" criedIlutter. "Some i of the bloodthirsty villains have effected an cn- j j trance through the roof." I The scout rushed up stairs and threw open | a door. A dcr.se volume of smoke, mingled with flaine, met him and drove him back.? Beds, garments, everything combustible had been piled in a heap and tired. The straw, the feathers, the linen, were like tilider > it needed but a spark to kindle the mad blaz?.\ and that had. been applied some minntes before by a cunning and malicious hand. Scorched by the furi<yis element, and half suffocated, flutter mounted the stairs again, in hopes to combat the destructive power by scattering the material which fed it, but it was too late, l'odijah Makepeace ran after him and diagged him back, half choked by the penc: trating, hot and smoke-loaded air. | Paul Hazelhurst, in defiance ofthebhnk, asphyxiating vapors, rushed to the chamber I to close the do?>r that liad been left op- j en, but sank blinded and overpowered upon the tiin-shbld. It was with difficulty that' ho couid reliiice hissteps. lie was gasping for : breath like a drowning man when lie rejoined the anxious group below. ''That door must be shet," said Podijah "or | we shall be smoked to death, like rats in a hole ! j "I'll sliet it, or sufteetttc try in'. Wax my flax, ! if I don't 1" The tall form of I'odij.ili disappeared in the i mass of siuoke thai rolled from above hke j thunderclouds. There was a moment of intense anxiety, then the door was heard to close. Almost simultaneously; Podijah, tumbled ?:ov. ;i thestaiis, covered with ci infers; his face and ' hands blistered, and some locks 1 ? lliici VU CW "* ".Bravely done !" ciied Law not saved us, you liave at itfitjst; ipjBHp a aidu'u i>Uu- i "ttts?sraphp^^h^^ff^r^trr.ijkernx t< ra"r cs'j me. I ne9j|Hni git awav from this place j alive if tficff^m thing dcsjKrrate I can do." I "J>esperar<r? nil is desperate said Huttcr.? | "We might cut our v.ay through ajMHfei' our-! selves, pet haps if there was nothit^^Hfeuiin- j inc nattir to look niter.; hut thcswIHi can't stan' musket balls, nor they can't sfSHTfirc." "Heavens!" exclaimed Paul. "What shall i we do?"?not for ourselves, but for these poor girls." . "Escape as you can through the darkness ; and as lor us girls, we will trust to the mercy of the enemy, and yield ourselves prisoners," answered Jessie, eagerly. "Yes. we will trust ourselves to the lnimani tv of the Tories," said Judith and ltutli, hurried 1 y. "Vou will find it ft poor trust," returned Ilutter, looking compassionately at the three girls. "It'll l?c miserable mercy you'll git from them. No, no! we can't think of that." "Bless you, Tom Huttcr, no ! We can't, indeed, think of that. We will die, if it be Heaven's will, for these dear and helpless ones; but forsake them, never!" A loud shout arose from without. The Tories w ere exulting in their success. "What most be done ?" asked l'nul, in an agony of anxiety. "We can do two things," replied Huttcr.? "Beinain here and be burnt, or rush out and be shot." "We'll neither be burnt nor shot!" retorted Podijah stoutly. "I'm bound to live as long as uppers and unders 'II hold together. I ain't goin' to knock under in themornin' o' my days, by gum ! 1 know that all flesh is grass, but I don't want my grass cut while it's so greer.? I'll bold on to existence to the last gasp, I swow! Tom Huttcr, I'm goin' to cut jest about my bigness and the bigness ot one o' these gals ; through the 'tarnal Tories, a lectio quickcr'n you can loa 1 a load o' hay when there's a thunder-shower colTiin' up like a race horse!" Laurelwood iiousu shook with the violence of the devouring flaiue, which had eaten thro' j the roof and now enveloped tile and rafter.? ; While the group looked up in alarm, a red ' sword of fire was thrust down through the i ceiling. i "It is the flaming sword ! it waves us from . our Paradise!" cried Jessie. "Nay," said Paul, impressively, "some of us j I may be going to an eternal Paradise." j The fire above growled angrily in answer, ! ' 1 .i.- i. I;I,? i arm U1C OJilt tw miium- j;i;iiuu iihu tnv; luuiu imu i the rank and destructive breath of a demon. j "Let each man see that tiis weapon is loaded. Take care, gals ! Stand back as far as you can from the tiaine and smoke. There's a burniri' cinder on your dress, Miss Kuth?it blazes!" "It is out," said 1'odijah, composedly, smothering the incipient glow with his great hand. j "We must rush out two abreast," said lint ter. "Podijah and I will go first. Ilazelhurst,! you and Blinko keep near the ladies. PJinKo, ' be brave, and use those large arms of yours to some purpose, (live 'cm the contents of the blunderbuss in the face and eyes, then club it and break their heads." i "Yes, mars'r Tom. This chile know what I he 'bout, Habbent fo'git dat hangin', yit,? Though I's done for dat time Oh, didn't, it hurt when dey run me up tode limb ! 'Pear-1 ed to stop my breff like. You stood by me, j mars'r lom, and Pll stand by you; won't , I make dis ole blunderbuss spuke to 'em, de minute I hab a chance to obsquintify 'cro$s de sights r The parties were now driven to the remotest corner of the room by their new nnd irrcNsti-' ble enemy, which was gathering strength and fierceness with frightful rapidity. Iluttcr un-; fastened the door, and the fresh access of the J air gave additional fervor to the conflagration. He stood a moment alone in the outpouring smoke, but not a shot was fired from the concealed and watching foe." "There is no help for it," added Tom. "We must try it now or hover,, l\nlijah !w "At your side!" responded tne Yankee, who exposed himself to danger as if he had been accustomed to it. from childhood. The walls shock with the vehemence of the fire, and there was a warning creak and groan among the crumbling joists and trembling rafters. "The roof will fall in a moment T cried Hazclhurst. "Wc are rcadv. Quick, Huttcr.? Quick r a,,, c. The heart of Tom Ilutter swelled with courr/wrtliiti/vn liis form dilntr?d ! his mils e&s quivered for the contest. MTo the right, friends?to the right! Keep under the smoke as much us you can and stoop as you go." They glided unmolested to the end of the dwelling. "Now for the shrubbery in the direction of Laurel Swamp!" whispered IIutter. "A crisis approaches. Dear young ladies, le brave !" admonished l'aul, whoso steady bearing and flashing eyes told that lie was ready to do battle for the fair beings under hi* protection. "Now lor a dash?fast, faster?stoop?give as small a mark to the enemy as possible!" When two or three rods from the burning building, the flames shot up with increased brilliancy, throwing a strong glare upon the fugitives. A dozen men sprang from the grasi and foliage to dispute their progress, Stop!" shouted a voice that was startingly familiar to Jessie Uurnside. "Down!" thundered Ilutter, springing toward him with a fierce bound, and giiming a blow at l.is head with his rifle. Vantassle staggered and fell upon one knee. The tall Yankee pressed to the side of Ilutter and the Tory fell crushed at imject. "Have at yo^ryou 'tarnal critters ! Podijak .Makepeace dkft come out here for nothin'.? i ? .. I MM l_ - . L ome on?a frozen or ye at once : mures a score of airtj^fikcs shut up in my bonesP " Sin^Ktho rebel* -shoot 'cin down!" cried Vajj^^^wvei v. hose prostrate form four stent teno^mb contending. Hlinko diwrinvgrd his blunderbuss, and the s-atteri':? storm of buckshot wounded severC , .Zsi tlie gals! seize the"gals!" shouted O O i. vjf'ord. "i'iu with you I'* exclaimed Nat Herrick. and. ; o;h Approached the terror-stricken girl*J,/-?v ?*> Lrrfinvwr^c ns 1 iiosc ?retchtrfte1 shrieked Judith. "liere's for you. ifister!" said Ilerrick, levcling a pistol at Paul. A bullet whistTod close to the young inrpi's face, who, putting himself between the young ladies and the villains, held them at hay. His person was the tnrjet for a dozen furious Mows, which, with; urprisihg adroitness, lie turnfldasidc and baffled. . The foiityHlr were now engaged in ari unuPj^By "Fly to the swamp, girls, while we keep the miscreants in check!" admonished Iiazulhnrst. The maidens rati like frightened deer, but ' ' -1 - 1? .. J ! ? ..lAMi'iIiAMilAtt 4 A OAA UlCir UeiCUUCP* nail UIC lUUUIUUIUUU lu .-n;t two Tories in pursuit of them without being able to go to their assistance. Overpowered by numbers, they gave ground, but inch by inch They were bruised and bleeding ; they begs.li to despair. "Take 'cm ali\e, boys ; take 'em alive, that we may have the pleasure of hangin' 'cm!"? shouted Yantassle. A single rifle shot rang sharp and deadly through the air. A Tory, who was pressing hard upon Hutter, threw up his arms and fell dead at the feet of his comrades. "Hounds 1" cried a thundrous voice. "You love blood, and slaughter and carnage ; yon shall have it 1" An athletic man, with a black patch over his left eye, a rifle slung at his back, a pistol in each hand, and a large sabre swinging at his side, appeared in the midst of the Tories as j if he had suddenly fallen from the clouds, lie j fired his pistols and unsheathe! his sabre. "Tremble, miscreants, for One-eyed Saul id among you!" The sabre flashed like lightning around the stranger's head. The tones of his voice, the fierceness of his countenance, and the fatality of his arm, struck terror and consternation to the hearts of the Tory renegades. The survivors turned and fled for life. "Cowards! wrctshes! come back, and I will meet you single-handed!" One-eyed Saul looked wildly around and laughed mockingly,then turning to Iluttcr and his panting and bleeding companions, and pointing in the direction the girls had fled, exclaimed : "Why do you stand here 1 After them?after them, for they need your help. There are shrieks yonder ; away?away ! It is Saul, of Laurel Swamp, that commands yon. I have work to do, work to do, must go this way and that wnv. and there is no rest for mv head this night." With these words, rapidly and vehemently uttered, One-eyed Saul Etrode away, and in,nil instant was lost to view. CHAPTER IV. IN T II K S W A M V . Casting anxious looks behind tlicin, the fair fugitives-aw the names of their hunting heme and groups of men struggling in the light of the re?i glare. It. was a mournful, thrilling spectacle, and they hurried ou to escape it.? Jupc, who had proved courageous and active, encouraged thein bv precept and example.? Ruth Haviland, heing a little behind her companions, heard the footsteps of the pursuers and admonished her tnendsnfthc fact, who needed no now stimulus to excite them to the greatest effort of which they were capable.? They reached the Swamp and took shelter in it like frightened birds. The laurel was well nigh impenetrable; innumerable vegetable arms wcfre stretched out to oppose them, a network ofti We* and branches disputed their passage. Their hands were lacerated by contact with coiitiwtally projecting points, and shreds of their tjannents were left upon brake and briar. ' Urging their way along in the darkness and terrible intricacy, they soon and unwillingly became separated, while their attempts tc tiud eachother involved them in new labyrinths, Torn; bleeding, fainting with fear and exhaustion, Jesne linruside sank upon the earth. For a time her physical and mental faculties were in soch a whirl of a tempest, that the consciousness of everything around her seemed slipping ftway from her. There remained with her onfa* heavy realization of something fearful aud Rocking. At length the chilliness of the groped and the night-air cooled her fevered system and restored her coherency of thought She raised herself and supported her head upon her hantk Her disheveled tresses, her disordered garments, and her lacerated person reminded her of dfc ordeal through which she had passed, There v$is a. lattice-work of vines around and above her. She thought of the sudden change of her qrenmstaneps. When the sun went down last, she had a comfortable and beloved home ; now she had none, but was a lmnted, persecuted fugitive, cowering in a darksome swamp, the resort of wild beasts and lawless men. She could not be so selfish as not to tlnnk of hci companions. Where were they ? She shuddered at the possibility of what might have be* fallen them. A painful recollection in regard to her brave defenders added unspeakably to the distraction of her mind. Par off in the depths of the Swamp she heard the shriek of the panther, the howl ofthc wolf, and the dismal notes of the owL Frightful contrast to the pence and security *of Lnnrelwood 1 Looking upward through the tenacious foliage into the dim skv, she beheld a black clortd of smoke?all that remained of her father's mansion, save a few charred and smouldering brands that still sent up a mournful incense from the family hearthstone., She wept, sorrowed, prayed?rfor it is upon God, at last, that the tossed, stricken,-and disappointed mind turns. The instincts and ex perience of tlie whole human race prove beyond the shadow of question, that He alone can confer blessing arid consolation upon the bereaved, afflicted, and world-crushed .soul. Prayer to Him made her calmer. A strange, balmy influence, unexpected and sweet, stole into her being. She would not, she did not quite despair. There was a sonnd in.the laurel hedges. She listened with every sense awake. Persons were working their way through the tangled masses in the direction of her covert. Their progress was slow and difficult She beard itinttered curses ..afld imprecations. Her fears were iinineasurabljr increased, for the voice/^. Martin SO odious, and m I r'ij^nv ill i up<m Mi inmitify, that sbe comIu not but recognize its slightest tones. She shrankVid crouched to mother earth for protection, .is the startled partridge hides itself beneath a bough or in the friendly brake, to escape the hurtling shot of the hunter. Discovery appeared inevitable, for the crackling of the limbs and the struggling and the low-breathed curses came nearer and nearer. "brambles?'' exclaimed Vautassle. "One can neither stand up nor lav down, "0 forrard nor go back Jessie heard the speaker east himself recklessly upon the ground a few yards from her. The laurel bent and complained beueath his weight, communicating a wave of motion to the vines around her.. A volley of oaths followed the remark. "You're in bad temper, Cap'n," said another, who proved to be Simon Arrowstnith. "Who wouldn't be in bad temper to be baffled in this wav?" prowled Vantassle. "Twice the J o gal seemed to be in my power to-night, and twice have I been defeated by that unknown One-eyed Saul of the Swamp." 'It's the gal?there's where the shoe pinches. The loss of the silver plate is what troubles inc. 'Twns a fool's trick to set the house afire and burn it up, nrtor all. There was enough on us to take Laurelwood by storm, and wo ought to done it. I'd been coptcnt with the booty, and them thatprcfcre^JPmight had the beauty, and welcome. WouiM*rc well enough to do the cookin' nnd house'irork, but as for havin' one on 'em again her will, I can't see no sense in it, though them may have different views that please. Whoever gets a chance to look among the ashes youder first, 'II git richly paid for their trouble." "A greater treasure than all the plate of Burn *" * I* 1.1 I -.1 side House nas suppou uirougn my lingers mis night. Simon Arrowsmith, who in the fiend's name, is this One-eyed Saul, who issich a terror to our fellers all along the Santec, especially in the neighborhood of this cussed swamp?" "It's more'n I can tell, Cap'n; but 1 know that lie fights like a hurricane, and is never still. First you hear of him at one place, then at another a long way off. He goes from p'int to p'int like a racehorse, and allers leaves hismark on the kinmcn. lie has a burnin' hatred for Tones, and woe to them that he puts his eye on for vengeance, for they don't live longarter. Jim Pollard has got somethin' to do, I reckon. I'm glad it wasn't me that drew his name from the iiat on the night we crossed our sabres over the red blaze, and swore?we seven?to stand by each other to the last, in all cases and under all circumstances." "Poor luck we've had," sneered Martin, "though wo had the advantage in p'int of num bcrs. There's feven on uh matched agin seven ; we'll see how it'll end." "A dozen of us seem to he no match for four, to-night," returned Arrowsiuith, morosely. "1 wonder it* any our seven got their quietus? Satan, takes care of his own, they say." "We'll know, to-night, when we meet at the cypress tree. 1 got a broken skull, and noticed that two or three others had some ugly marks; but it's my opinion that the seven will all turn up at the proper time. Some of our friends went under; the bodies of a few were burnt in the house, 1 s'pose, but it's the fate of war, and can't be helped. It's Jessie Burnside that worries me tin1 m >st!" Imagine the feelings of the voimg girl! Picture to yourself her trepidation, her trembling herror, at t)he proximity of villains, whose religion was 1 assion and Plunder, and whose depraved instiuctshurricd them to the commission of enormities too shocking for the mind to dwell upon. Rlie was like the dove hiding from the ; hawk?the hare shrinking from tilt* teeth oftlio i liound. I! "All lope of the gal isn't lost yet'' said Arrowsi with, hopefully. "ttcrrick and Latigford fettered | 'eiu% you know ?" i "How fnr c&A<l they falter 'em through these ,; infernal meshes of wood ?*' "As fur as the frightened little bodies eonld | go. How do yon think they eowkt tight their , j way tlirongh sucltdiflikilities as these I Why, ; they'd leave some of their clothes at ever}' step, i ' and wouldn't have a rag left on 'em by the time they'd gone a dozen rods. Think how ihc pret( ty dears must have torn ther soft flesh !*' a 1-1 I 1 1 . ft* J.. M - i Arrowsmun lauguea, as u me iuea was a vert ! plcnsaiit one. ' ?.. , j "They couldn't go a great ways, that's ceri tain," replied Martin, refleenvely. ' "They may he 'thin ten yards of us!" asserted 1,1 Arrow-smith, with confidence. .. I Tlic effect of this remark was anything but I agreeable to Jessie, for the distance Was mtich i! less than the fuffiaui had named. II "Wc might look about some," added Arrow; . smith. "Tliey'd be apt to snuggle into the fust hidin' place they coirie to; thars the way of the i' critters. When they're frightened, they put : j their silly heads under the fnst bush they find." "Yon "forget that Tom Hatter, Paul Hazcl. buret, the tall Yankee, and the nigger, started after'cm the minute we took toour heels. They've found 'em, I'll warrant, and that arch rebel, i Ilazclhurst, is whisperiu' tine things in Jessie's ; care by this time. The days'II be long and the nights restless till I've .covered.him with the muzzle of iny"rifle*. Little shall I sleep till he const:* to stan' atween mo and Jessie Burnside." r "It isn't best to let out any secrets Crtp'n, for we don't know what cars may hear us." A twig broke beneath the slight weight of , Jessie's person. The circumstances added Hfesh terror to her situation, i ''What was that?" whispered Arrowsmitli. "It was a noise!" safd Vantassle, suddenly, whose bad temper made him reckless. "I know it was a noise, but it allow takes somethiu' to make a noise. What die} I tell you? Your beauty may be concealed hereabout; push ahead and see." Jessie heard Vantassle parting the laurels and pressing slowly toward her. Ilcr heart beat violently ; she believed if he paused he could hear it. The crisis of her fate, it seemed to her had arrived. Should she spring up and attempt to fly, or remain silent a moment longer? She chose .the .latter. # Vantage was within three yards of her. [To be continued in tho- ForL- WttUy of April 80tlvand for wile by overy News A gent turougnout tne unitec otatest r *? i JbQ NGzZm&JbskU: sold W-JUM \vriiian)son, iSo. 22, and by all respectable News Agents in the UnT ted States, The price is Four Cents, but in some cases, where Agents have to pay extra freight or postage, a higher price is necessarily charged. When there is a News Agent in the town, we desire our friends to got the Weekly through hiui. We do not "wish to mail the paper except to places wlicre there is no other means of getting it. When sent by mail, the price will invariably be ?2 a year, in advance. ; Subscriptions taken for three months. Two I copies will be sent for a year for$3 ; four copies | for $6; eight copies for $12. Postmasters and j others who get up clubs often, and send us $15 at one time, will be entitled to an extra copy for their trouble. The bills of all solvent banks taken at par for subscriptions. Canada subscribers must send twenty-six cents extra with every subscription, to prepay the American postage. ' Fire and Loss of Lifk.?Saturday morning last an alarm of fire was sounded, which was nrrflRinned hv tin? hurninrr of a house owned bv Mr. Ilarley, and situated' in,the suburbs of the city, near the bridge over the Charlotte Hailroad. The clothing of a servant girl caught on fire, and, in endeavoring to extinguish it, she ran under a bed, which likewise caught, thus setting the dwelling on fire. The house was completely consumed, Mrs. Harley's hands, we learn, were severely burnt, and the negro girl, the property of M. It aw Is, so badly injured as to die from the effects of it in the evening. Later in the afternoon another alarm was given, which was caused by the burning of a stable and an adjoining building, located in the rear of the City Hotel. The wind was very high, and it was with great difficulty and labor that the flames were arrested from further extension. The entire fire department was out in full force, and worked with great efficiency and success. This latter fire is supposed to be the work of an incendiary. Since writing the above we arc informed of an attempt last evening to fire the stable of Dr. Reynolds, about 8 1-2 o'clock, which must have been successful but for the prompt action of Mr. Sanders and Mr. Hamilton, who seeing the light, and knowing the premises to be unoccupied, hastened to the spot in timo to prevent damage, and but a moment too late to secure the incendiary. Where is all this to end i Southern Guardian. 2ol/i nil. We have seen a letter from Rev. A. M. Shipp, Professor of History in the University of i oi'tli uarouna, 10 a incna m huh uisirici, m j which he states that having been tendered the Presidency of Wofford College, lie has sent in j his resignation as Professor in the first-named I institution, with the view of accepting the lat1 tcr position. The election will take placer in , July, and lie will enter upon his duties as President in October following. Professor Shipp is j a graduate of the North Carolina University, i has occupied his present position for about ten years with signal ability and to the satisfaction | of all, and the friends of Wofford College* may ; well feel assured that in securing his services as President, they have taken a step that will go t far towards building np the future success and usefulness of the institution.?Morion Slor. s prksnvtf.rian Aksemuly.?The general assembly of the New School Presbyterian Church . in the United States of America, will meet in Wilmington Delaware, on Thursdnv, 10th of I Mav. i ' I new* irein rn wiw. '| We copy ircin tlit- l.kkei.s (S. C.) (Xuihy, 1ln' '* *?>;. j.i .pih - ,i ii r? I Ixy.ir.iT. ? AM lb-bins, as'toroner, held mii inquest over tne ?le?3 Tiotiv of Mrs. Klizalatlh Smith, on lkf S>|l? infant/ "She 1 was found dead iu her bed. The vcrdirt of the i jury wr.s, that the deceased came to Iter dcatjr ' 1 l?v means, to tlieui unknown. 1'atai. aeeidkkf.'?Wc hrive boon informed, at rather a late day.of a fatal-accident at Tun, nel liill. Oh the tMtlc nlf_ two men; Johfl j-.Hiighes, n eitizen of the district, and lfr.gh ' lvnney, an irishman, were instantly killed.- it J appears that portions of the fixture ami earth nt the top of ,Shalt No. 3, pave way. hilling otl these persons, with the above unfortunate result. , I Anothkb Fiue.?AYe regret to learn that ! another.large plank kiln* belonging to the Six | Mile Company, was burned at the Mills on : Wednesday morning last. The lumber was t i * t * x mi . .?!? T vaiuca at aooiu *.?ou. me cause oj inc.arc is unknown. i- .? *T ? ? : 1 Tin;-Revival in Charleston.?The religious services which have been in progress in the : Methodist Churches, of this city for some weeks j past, are still continued with interest. The : meeting was conducted at Spring street, for I tliree weeks, ami resulted in a large number of . j conversions, and between 35 and 40 accessions to the Cfinfch. At Triiwh- rttc,tnccting has continued for two weeks with profit?and then .. all the Churches united in a nice ting at Jlethel, ^ : w hich hasl?cen in progress during the fast week ' and cfcfcod ou Sunday night. The altar Was j surrounded nightly w ith penitents, who scorned j earnestly engaged, and on every occasion feat he [ to leave it We have not heard definitely the i results of this meeting, in conversions and ac| cessions to the Church: The present week the | services are to be conducted, in Cumberland n | Church, nifu tlie"prospects for a favorable season are encouraging. The revival -has not yet taken that grasp upon the outside .world, which wc desire to witnessj and the Church ought'to be incessant and importunate in its * pleadings with God to extend the gracious, influences which arc now at Work, until tli5 multitudes of our city, who are living in sin, shall*be leached and brought into the told of Christ. L^' its not be weary in well doing, for in ducrwrikm -1.-11 */ _ i* t. i .. a. i J m a we si nit i nwjj it we iniuT run.? .?? cvcatr, zisr. . : > ? - ? ,Tiie Late Coukt Martial.?The many friends of Dr. B. M. Byrne, Surwpn U, S. A., lajtoly before the Court Martial at Moultrie,, WjJD>P , * M I gratified to learn of his acquittal bv^thc Court. . . We are indulged rto-J^raerted* kindness of a ' mutual friend to thcTBTorwy- aucf Dr.-JJyfmj . lot the following telcgwpbie dpppatek, receif#i irowKtbf Judge Adro^te :; ,i. ^ [ the Doctor, aud the department accepts the i judgment. * ? Samuel Jokes. Dr. Byrne, for tin? complete justification of himself, has in press and will soon issue for distribution, a pamphlet .report of the whole evidence, taken down phonographieaHy by a coiu| potent reporter. It will receive very general ! i*r?n#liiwr ? (Ihnrlpsthin Movcuvu. o* J* Ecclesiastical.?The highest ecclesiastical court of nearly nil the branches of the Prfcsbyterinn Church in this country meets in May* \ The General Synod of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, is to meet at Xenia, Ohio, on Wednesday, the 18th May. The Old School General Assembly meets at Indianapolis, on Thursday, tlieTOth of May. The New School Assembly meets at Wilmington, Delaware, on the 10th of May. I The Cumberland Presbyterian General Asj scmbly meets at Evansville, Indiana, on the 19th | of May. j. The United by nod (New School, South) meets i at Lynchburg, Va, on the 19th of May. Tcieseopti ? ! Tiil. Population ok oik Village.?Mr. ; William Robertson, the State Cejisus-taker for j this district, has kindly furnished us with the I number of white population of our village. The whole number within the corporate limits is 278; males, 151; females, 122. This does not include those whose places of business are in town, and whose residences are without. Mr. R. has not yet taken the entire District/ lie has about 600U names, and thinks there are probably two or three thousand yet to enter. If we are not greatly mistaken, the white population of our district, as reported ten years ago, did not reach 0000.?Lmcrsler Lahjcr. Challenge and Lidkl.?We note ns a mat* tcr which may be of some interest, that- at the session of the Court of Common Pleas, daring the present spring term at Newberry, his , i nr H. I,. WmiiIIiivv nivsiilint* S. T. Aornow in ' *" i" f! ( ; dieted in three separate cases for seminar a challenge, was sentenced to pay a tine of fclOo i and to be imprisoned two days in each case. To i the oQuncc of sending a challenge was also adj ded that of libel, for which, it may be, that the ; penalty was chiefly inflicted. Clarendon Jinn Her. Brunswick and Florida Kailuoap.?The i Herald says the Brunswick and Florida Bailroad Company have resolved to eontinue their road beyond ttie junction with the Main Trunk, to Albany, provided a proper spirit ut liberality is oxcreisod by parties residing on the route. | A corps of engineers l?tl Brunswick Tuc Jay, j for the purpose of surveying the line. i Sitcksski l.?The fair held in this viilatrc i last week for the benefit, of the Kpisoopal Church, 1 paid a very handsome remuneration? about .- a hundred dollars, including donation*, having been taken hi, and the expenses not amounting to near half that sum. This, we think, is a di eided success and speaks well torihe getnTiviiy of our citizens.?Loan nsrii/c HauiJ. ~ ~ . - - ? Thack-Lavixg.?We arc happy to in\>no our readers that the wojkot track-laying on the Spartanburg and I'nion Railroad trouithispoinl to Spartanburg was commenced 3 otcrdav, ar-i will probably continue v. ithout interruption until1 the road i- completed in the latter place. I UtOii 7W