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.iV.. SANNER GAN & FRANCIS. W"WL&ARS in advance,wvo Dollars teA teexpiration of sit months, i lst the end of tho year. pA' ' i'cortinued .until all arrearages .r , Cp at the option of the Proprietor. lAdvttisemente inserted at SEVENTY. ~ Cents per square, (12 lines or less) for hefit and half that sun for each subsequent f The number of insertions to he marked n Advertisements or they will be published Oniered-to be discontinued, an charged S .DOLLA R per square for a single en.. Quarterly and Monthly Advertise *rIIewIll be charged the same as a singfe in and,serni-monthly the same as new onse errible Catastrophe 1 Wreig'and Burning of the Stcamer Ifndepen'dene- Great Destruction of Ltfe-One Hundred and Twenty Lives Lost!/ The editors of the San Francisco Daily Whig give the following partic. lars as related to them by Dr. Corbett, surgeon of the ill fated steamer: "When the steamer was beached with her bows on, and before the flames had broken out, a rush was made for the nLws, but the sea, though smooth offthe shore, ran in heavy surf on the beach, and there was a distance of some three hundred yards between the ves sel and the land. Capt. Samson now gave the order to lower away a boat, nd the chief mate, with one other, undertook, to carry a line to the shore; the progress of the boat was watched Swith eagbr eyes by the assembled mnul. titude on, board the ship; but as some of the sailors on board had predicted, she was swamped by the surf, the line was lost, and the venturers, with their boat, were thrown upon the beach, the two men barely escaping with their lives. A s6cond boat was now lowered And manned by volunteers from among the firemen, who we do not hesitate to Say have shown thamselves the most noble hearted and heroic men by their fortitude and courage thmugh the ter rible scenes which followed. These brave fellows reached the * shore and succeeded in making a small thred inch hauling-line fast to a project ing rook, which was at once hauld taught by those on board. The precise object of this line we do not perceive, as it seems that immediate use was not made of it, and a third boat was lowered by order of the Captain; this boat was put in charge of Capt. Steel, an experienced shipmaster, who was a passenger on board. During this time the ship remained immoveable, the surf striking her in the stern, and, per. haps, tending to set her firmer into the sand. . The third boat having been lowered, -it was found that she was half full of water and of no service. un less bailed out, and Dr. Corbett sprang into'her for that purpose; this effected, six ladies were passed down into the boat, among whom were Miss Conway, Mrs. Haley, Mrs. Seymour, and Mrs. * Coots; there were two other ladies whose names we have not learned; tly boat rode the first breaker, but wa filled and swamped by the second, and * those already on shore rtushed into the rescue of the ladies and dragged them -on to the beach. Doctor Corbett was in this boat, and gaining the shore1 turned towards the ship at theccries~ of terror proceeding from her, and beheld tue quarter deck enveloped in flames. And now ensued one of the most harrowing scencs ever recorded in the history of shipwreck; the flames leaped rapidly across the after part of the ship, driving the masses before it, and dozens sprang into the water, and were seen struggling in the sturf. All the boats were now gone, and it was un. possible to regain the ship frm the shre, or to render any succor whatev er; dreadful cries and screanms proceed. ed from the ship, which, mingled with th'e roaring of the sea, the crackling of the flames and shouting of those on shore, who could only gaze helplessly *. on the sight, must have been an era of terror in the Jives of those who beheld it from thme beach. As the flames ad. vanced, the nnhappy victims were forced into the sea, atnd every surfecamw *freighted with corpses, or exhausted, half-drowned men, women and chil diren. Such a scene has never before been witnessed on the Pacific coast. To add to the excitement, the flames had now commnunicated to the powder magazine, which exploded, tear intg the run and stern to pieces, aind splinutering all that portion of the ship; thme two guns, surroutnded by the flamnes, also sent their solemn booming over the scene. * Those who were fortunate enough toget -within reach of their friends on shore, wvere dragged half dead out of the reach of the surf, while others * were swept around the stern of the steamer, or out to sea, there being a strong current making seaward from heship. A t one moment, not less than thirty corpses aid bodies of the dying were in the edge~ of ae surf. some o them divested of clothinmg. Out of * a party of eighteen Jews who were on -board, sixteen perished from the weight of coin, it wvas stupposed, which they *- ttempted to bring with them through the waves. The outward current above mentioned, carried off nurnubers of' per. sons who were good swimmers, or fkited, who would otherwise ha ve been saved; seve-al women thus lloat ong were swept away-, the baggage, such as woculd floatt, alro went out '-ith the ebh; none of it was saved by drifting to the shore. We have spoken above of the man ly conduct of the r;'ilors, firemen, and -coal-passers. Some of these noble followa, dikroparding their OWnI danger, Selvs. Welave no space orheart t slifert the numerus affectirig iistance of 'courage and self-sacriice of "whic we have received accounts. Amon them most conspicuous is that of M Taterof Sacremento, who lost his 11 in attempting to save a son1 of' M Watson-thy came ashore together both drowned. One of the fireme whose narne we did not learn, brougi C-n shore two children whose pareid were both drowned. Anotherfireme brought a beautiful bov ashore to h1 mother who had just been washedt the beach; her husband and two chi dren were drowned, and she suppose this child had shared the same fate. The meeting may be imagined. The Purser of the ship, Mr. Jan Freeborn, remained upon the deck ut tit driven off by the fire, when spring ing overboard, he clung to a floatin spar and was washed ashore insens ble; but barely escaped with his lire bi ing attacked with a violent fever. Thei is one fireman, known as Tom Say yer, a wild, reckless scamp, but whom faults, be they what they may, shoul henceforth be forgotten. This brave fe low, entirely stripped, went to an from the wreck four times. le is oi ly nineteen years of age. After ti third time, and when nearly exhauste with his exertions. he learned tht the Chief Engineer, Mr. Collins, wf unable to swini and likely to drown. 1 immediately staited off again throug the surf with his life preserver, faste ed it around the helplese man, and a companied him to the beach; he wv also instrumental in preserving th lives of several others. Most c those ashore were too exhausted t render assistanee to-those beating abot in the sari. People ran about th beach perfectly frantic; one party a1 tempted to lainch a boat to reach th steamer,but it was overwhelmed b the surf and this accident intimidate otLe',. so that it was impossible t muster the requisite force to launch second. Meantime the ship had b( come a living mass of fire; the heat wa intense even on the shore, and ev< ry moment the beach received new a< cessions to the list of the dead an dying. The scene was truly harrov ing, and when at last the steamer wn a charred and smoking hulk, he stern lifted, and she swung heavil round, and went broadside on the beact Sonme few provisions were saved fror the wreek, such as salt beef, ptwk, m( lasses, vinegar, a few tin cans of pri served meats and some cheese, bti no water nor was there adrop t water on the island, which we have b< fore observed was utterly barren an< uninhabited. The usual amount c sufTering, particularly among the w( men and children, was experieneec During the first day, attempts wer made by the survivors, after bur3 ing the dead, to procure water by cor densing steam, but the experiment fai ed. There were now some two hu dred and seventy souls congregated o the beach, and they all went witl out tasting water for fifty-six hours; th salt provisions only aggravating thei sufferings. Shortly after the scene w have described above, a party starte for tihe neighboring mountains, and reaching their summit they were uem bled to desery Magdalena Bay on, th mainland oppointe,'romi which the L land of Margarita is removed some fi teen umiles; bore they ohserved fou ships at anchor; they proved to b w halors, busily engaged in trying ou oil, while beyond in the vast pant rama they discovered several sma: boats in fell chaste after a vwhale, fc Magdelena Bay is resorted *to b whales in the winter season. 01 serving this, the party descendedt the wreck, anid the chief mate, the er gmneers, and a few others, slung one< the cannons of' the Independenec dragged and lugged it with grem toil to the top of the hill, and wit what little powder they had, fire twice to attract the attention of th whalers; the boats, in their pursuit< the whale, had insensibly neared th~ Eastern shore of' the island, and wer at once attracted by the dischlarge an the smoke aguinist a clear sky. TI sound was also heard by those o hoard thle ships, and signals were ol served to go up to each masthead r< calling the boats. 'While this system of telegraphin wvas going on between the shipwrecke and the whaling fleet., another p~art hlad takan! an iron boat belongingt the steamer and carried it bodil necross to the lee side of' the island, an there launched it, to pull for the flee ona their way they f'ell in with tile r< turning whaling boats, who we, obeyving the signal to' return. Th news itf the wreck of the steamer anm the dreadful suflerings of tihe passer gers aroused all the nlatural instinet of sailor hospitality in thme crew~s of thm ships. Every boat was at once calle into requisition,-they were loade down withl provisions and dispatche to the scene of the wreck; the aissi: tance did not arrive a moment toj soon ; the women aind children wer comrpletely exhausted by abstincnc< and their sufferinugs by the deprivi tion of water were mnost'acute. Pu ser Freeborn went on hoard the shi Ommega, Capt. Fish~er, where ever attention was shown him and his conm panie'.a. Capt. Fisher also sent dire< tions ::t tile suferers shoul cros over to the lee side of'.he island wher boats would be in readiness to conlve them on boar'd the ships: Among tI. ineidlents of the day aI ter tihe wvrcek, a child was horn on th beach, ar~d is nmow healthy and thrih ing; the mother was cariried across thl munlta,:as in a hammock, and eve wvalked pirt of the way to thme boats zany tr the mwassengers, especiall o Th -un rk to h perished a is one hundred arid forty, And as the 1 graves iiuiber 'Ajtj, there were, of g course, eighty who were drowned or r. burned and whose bodies were not re. e covered. r. We have not yet completed our - list of those who were buried on the It island, but notice among the names it those of Mrs. Mary Ann Carnes, of * England- Otis hle, of Massachusetts; * Rufus Mosior, of Newport, N.- Y.; is Mr. Chansey, San Jose, Michigan; * John Baum, Newark, N. J.; Mrs. I- Howland and three children, of Mich d gan,(Mrs. 11. was on her way to join - her husband); Mr. Lehinsn, of Missoui ri; Morris Kemp, Maria Wilson, stew. s ardess ; Mr. Carrington and wife(two i- children, both savec); Asa Kittredge, %- Wakegan, Illinois; Williin Abram. g Cornwall, England; a lame man, name i- unknown, had a wife and child near Elizabeth, IllinoFs; Robert Taylor, e Boston; C. A. Ward, No. 365 Broome r- -street, New-York. All of the above e had money on their persons, which is d in the keeping ofMr. Birigham, at the I- office of the Vanderbilt Line The bod d ies of Mr. Tarr, of Sacramento; Mr. i- Knox, of R. I., and of Senor Larco, of .e Valparaiso, were not recovered. The d last named was a Chilean gentleman it of wealth and standing in Valparaiso; * finding himself driven into the waves e by the faianes, he turned to a few who h were about him and offered $50, 1- 000 to any person who would as sist him to save his life, but in such s a moment none could think of the of e fer; seeing that his end was near, Sen f or Larco sa'd "Farewell! It is only o once!" aud plunged into the water; he it was quickly drowned. e The body of Martin O'Mera, an - Irishman, was also lost; he had many e friends in New-Orleans. Dr. Shaw, y who was among the passengers, d went back to Mexico, by the way of o La Paz and Mazatlan; he was car a ried out by the under.tow of the surf be yond the steamer, but eventually s reached the shore by incredible ex ertions. When he had landed he threw himself upnn the beach and d wept like a child. After the Indepen -- dence swung round broadside to the ,s beach, her coal took fire, and the r sight will long be remembered b y those who saw it. The mass of coal be. i. came thoroughly ignited, and seen n through the blackened ribs of the ship, it gave her the appearance of a gigantic grate of coal fire. Living Be tir Means. For the. sake of appearance, to keep up a display and make a figure in the world, multitudes adopt the vicious habit of spending more than they earn. Pride and fashion exercise a merciless despotism over their purs e es. The rich in their abundance do ' not feel the burden, but when the some thing is attempted by those in mnoder. ate and humble circumstances, then "comes the tug of war." In order to ap- the attitudes of wealth, they ex haust all their resources, and ev. en strain their credit till it is perfec rtythreadbare. e'There is much in the habits and customs of society fuirnishing a strong temptation to this course; yet it is a serious evil. It is not right as he. tween man and man; it is an extrava ganc that carries in its train a pecu niary injustice. He who lives beyond rhis mneanis must supply the deficiency from the pockets of his neighbors, very often upon the strength of a deceptive 'credit. is very display gives him an appearance of affluence that mis rguides the judgment of others. He > knowingly passes himself ofT tGr more than he is worth, and what is this but 0a species of fraud? There is of course an end to this 'habit, somew~here, the commrercial rep 'utation of the iwi"vidual must fimally t be swamped by the numuber of' his Iunpaid indebtedness; yet the wvhole process is one of dishonesty, even be "fore this catastrophe reveals it. No Christian ought to be guit v of it. He e not only disgraces himself thereby, but Salso jeopards the reputation of religion among men. e it is moreover a very uncomforta n ble habit, He who lives above his means, generally owes more than lhe can pay; and the farther he goes, the worse he makes his condition, lie g becomes a stereotyped borrowver; pays di one debt by contracting another, has Y a great many debts to pay-little, pet tv, annoying bills scattered in all di Y rections, which he does not know how di to incet. They are constantly haunt. 4; ing him with the unpleasant clamors; they sacrifice his reputation, and give e the community the just impression that e he is a poor pay-moaster. All this d must he a source of great inconveni. -ence and perplexity, far too great 5 to find an adequate compensation in a e little imeaningless parade. It would d be far wiser, involve much less fric ri tion of the nerves, to shine less and ern d joy more The temptations of the habit are o both numerous anid dangerous. It C tempts a man to sacrifice his sense of 3, honor, to I ince a light estimate upon L- his word, to be easy in promising, and -very slow .in fulfilling. His moral P principles become loosie, and pass into Y the state of decay. His wants bribe him; and he is likely, under the plea of necessity, to do what under other cir s cumstancns lie would not think of do 0 ing. So metimes he is led to con Y tract debts, and theni miove away, leav ing them uirsettl ! v.d unpaid. P~er .haps he runs hi~s. .in one place till e he runs it out; anid then doesC the same -t'.mng in another, till lie finally a runs himself out. ni H~e is tempted to acts of me'envess, .rn~ to say dishonesty such a d 'ging hi. cr 'ors, anid malkflng r-omise: 4.4 ta the path' .4n and simple hon es is made -ety difficult. Sins sel do go al ,oneone form of wrong gen. er y leads to another; and hence he whe proudshears requires what his laidonselanee permits, is on the hi&way of te tation.. What he-may be d to do in certain erises made by his \lly, he vainot tell. Ile my be so serely chaIkd and pinched, as ov en tobe guilty of the crime of mar der. Aid then again, he who con. sunlte al l4nd more than all, for the pmzporeefdisplay, of course has not a pnn fr the offices, of charity; he can give nothing to aid the poor, to pranote the publie good, or dissemin. ate the knowledge of the gospel, ie is 4lways himself too poor for this vork, and quite likely soothes hir con-vienice and corrupts his heart with the plea of his own poverty. Ile would be glad to do .omethizng, ut. he can not--he is so poor. Very true; but let W-m inquire .into the reason of his poverty. Ile lives too fast; he spends fto much on himself and fami ly; le keeps up more parade than he can support, and this is the chief rea son why he is unable to contribute to the interests of charity and benevo lence. Boiw much more commendable in the sight of earlh and Heaven is that man vho is economical and frugal that he may be libc al; who restrains his own fessions,,from excessive indul gence, that he may devote at least a portion of his substance to the cause of God and thoe interests of philan thropy. His a rare and valuable vir tue, and when jt'shall be more com mon in the ( h rch of Christ. it will be less difficult to find the means fbr sustaining and enlarging all her in stitutions of love.-Evangelist. THE SUMTER BANNER. Bmurterville, So. Ca. I. RICHARDSON LOGAN, EDITOR. TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1853. COTTON MARKET. Charleston, May 2, 1853. The last news from Europe being of rather a favorable character, the sales on- Saturday were active at from 7 1-2 to 10 L I ets. 19V The Blac4 River Watchman, name to us last week, in a new dress -that being the begining of another Volume. We wish our friends many happy returns for the occasion, and a new suit for every one; Decies repetita placebit. The l a rion Star. TuE conldut of this excellent paper has passed Juto the hands or A. Q. MfcDUFFIE Esqr-. WV. MrLR Esq; having retired, To Mr. MILLEa, un dier whose hands the STAR was ever i. welcome visitor, we extend our best wishes for his future prosperity and to Mr. McDU~hFFE a brothers hand of fellowship. Blackwood's Edb6uirg Magaine for A pril has reached us. We have only had time to cut it~s leaves and find the follow~ing c';:aenuts: Temperanice and Teotota Sa'*ties3, John Rintoul; or the fragmenit of the wreek. Part 2., A Modern French Comedy, Lombardy rmd its Irrigation, Lady Lee's widow hood, Part 4., Twenty years in the Philippine Islands, and Hints for Leg. islation. Thte Sousthern Agriculturiste-We have received the April numbier of this welcome monthly. We think few oftour farmers would bie without it, if' thcy woutld only read one copy. The present issue is full of interesting matter and beautifully illustrated. The Pick.-This Comical Illustrated Weekly published by J. A. Scoville, New York, is well worth its price, one dollar a year. and though it comes from the far North, may be trusted. WILIRovON &5 MANCHIESvKa R. R. -\Ve had the gratification of seeing, on Saturday the 16th of April inst., the first cylinder whieb has been sunk in the Great Pee Dee River, b~einig the commnemnent of the work of erecting the iron columns to support the Railroad bridlue. This cylinder w~as sank by attiiospheric pressure and is the fir.st that, has been employed for bridge building, in the United States. Thme resmch, is perfec tly satisfactory to the engineers en gaged, andl to all persons who have witnessed it. T1he roJad is progressing rapidly to completion, and this nmagniificent, and useful work will be finished through the entire line of 158 miiles, from Wil mington to the junction of the Wa terec, near Manichester, during the present, year.-Mrion Star. THE11 EFFECTs oF Ouai RAIL AND PLANK RoAns.-WVe sonme time ago briefly noted some of the efkL'et of our projected Rlail and ank Roads upon the prices of real estate, in their -. icini ty. We are now able to state that -.hc i.nprovement, then noted is not confin ed to a few i '-.ed, c.ases, but that it is general. .A ithin the past week in assessment of' the real estate within the corporaite limits of the townm nas J. isk itten whose success In te cIturif Grape, and nan rare varletIe of flruit, has been so distiigulAhed is now engaged.inthe development of a Flo. rawonder, which has reached Buch an, advanced stage as to ome the r9g satisfactory result. is Is no les in experiment than an attempt to raise the mgnificent Victoria R , (ev gI. na, or ealis) the Queen of the water Lilies, which was discovered 3n. South America in 1837, by Dr. Robert II. Schomburgh, and was only successful. ly flowered in England in 1849, after repeated failures, to introduce it. In this country the plant first, flow ered at Philadelphia, and has been in troduced only into one or two other places. Thanks to the enterprise, en. thusiasm and skill of Mr. Allen, our florists may now hope to behold the wonder in all'its magnificence. Mr. Allen's Grapery is one of the notabirities of our region. It com prises the choicest varieties, and is ca pable of yielding from 6 to 10,000 pounds of grapes per annum, and of producing fruit at .all seasons. For fifty consecutive months ripe clusters have been hanging from the vines in some part of is entensive range, and they may now be seen in all stages, from the incipient blossom to th. ma ture fruit.. Peaches nearly ripe, cher. ries, oranges, lemon. figs, and other rare exotics, in- various periods of ad. vancement, also hang, in tempting luxuriance f*om- wel trained and skil fully tended branehes, enclosed within this 'crystal palae.-salem Register. As this is the season when many of our fellow-citizens are about making a summer tour to Europe, we repub lish the subjoined- offiel. instructions relative to obtaining that necessary companion du voyage, a passport. DZPARTEZ? OP SrA7, WAshiNCITIN April, 1850. Cidisens ofs the United States visiting foreign countries are liable to serious inconvenience, if unprovided with au thentic proof of their national chars. ter. The best security against this is a passport from the Department of State, eertitying the bearer to be a citi. zen of the United States; which pass ports are issued gratis, upon applica. tion supported by proof of citizenship. This proof need be transmitted but once. Oh all mobsequent occasions, a simple reference to it, and to the period when it- was presented, will be sufficient. When the applicant is a native citi. zen of the United Statee, he nust trans mit an affidavit of this fact, stating his age and place of birth, signed by him, and sworn to by himself, and one other citizen of the United States named tnerein, to whom he is per sonally known, and to the best .of whose knowledge and belief nade by him is true. Thia affidavit must be attested 14'iaNothryPublidlunabr~ls signature and seal of o'fie.' W$nc there is no Notary in the place, the affidavit may be made before a Jus tice of the Peace, or other officer autho rised to administIer oaths. If the applicant be a naturaliredelti. zen, his certificate of naturalization must be transmitted for inspection. I will be returned with the passport. The application should be accompa nied with a description of the person, stating the following particulars, viz: Age, years. Stature, feet, inches (English measure.) Forehead, Eyes, .Nose, Mouth, Chin, Hair, Complezion, Face, When the applicant is to be so. comnpanied by his wife, children, or servants, or by females under his pro tection, it will be sufficient toests.te the name and ages of such persons, and theIr relation-hi p to the applicant. Persons who leave the country, ex pecting to obtain passports, whilst abroad, from the Diplomatic or Con. sular agents of the United States, are liable to disappointment; inasmuch as it Is the duty of those agents to ob serve the utmost caution in granting documents In the nature of a certifi. cate ofcitizenship, to those persons on ly who are certainly known to be en titled to them; and it is sometimes difficult, if not impracticable, to pro cure proof of this fact in a foreign coun try. Cetficates of citizenship or pass. ports issuing from the Authorities, or from the Judicial or the Municipal Functionaries of our country, are not recognised by the officers of foreign Governments; at d if the Diplomat ic and Consular ag -nts of the United States are called upon to certify to the authenticity of such document, they cannot do thTh, for want of that official information in regard to those authori ties and functionaries, and to their re spective signatures and seals of of. fioe, which is indispensable necessary in the case of every stuch certiflicata, SINGULAR ComNCIENc.-It is a lit tie singular that of five of the Presi dential candidates-one, Webster, is dead; another, and the successful can didate, lost his little boy, soon af ter his electi-mn, by a most distressing accident, and his own and wife's lives were saved almost miraculously; while the third, fourth, and fifth, viz: 1111 more, Cass and Douglas, have each had to mourn the loss of their wives since the cainvass. Surely death strikes in high places. A VERY DEucATra OMEI.E. Beat six reggs, the yolks and whites separately; melt a bit of' butter in au teacupful of warm milk, to which add gradually a tablespoonful of flour. a ta blespoonful of salt, and a little pepper; then mix the yolk:u of ihn' eggs, rand ,C. 4%.j. find ready purc tgd rics. Out of the corporate limits qf the town, the improvement is not less marked.. Every acre of land In "the neighborhood has been enhanced in value to a greater or less extent, by our Rail and Plank Roads. Nor are the effects of these confined to real estate. Every, other species of prop. erty has - felt the impulse. Now, if such are the effects of these improve. ments, by anticipation, who can pre. dict their results when we reap the full harvest of their fruition. [Cheraw Gautte. COL. T. EDWIN WaRz.-We have the pleasure of announcing to the friends of Col. Ware that he re. ceived, last Sunday morning, from his Excellency, Governor Manning, a free and fell pardon, but that he instant ly paid over to the Clerk of the Court the fine of five hundred dot. lars, imposed on him by his Hon or, Judge Withers. His Excellency enclosed, the pardon to Mrs. Ware, and wrote her a very kind letter in reply to the one she wrote him, in fa. vor of her husband. It wiN be re membered that Mrs. Ware was the only child of the deceased Capt. Adam Jones. We have no doubt that the Colonel will, in the beautiful language of his Excellency, repay his affction. ate and devoted wife in love and in. creased kindness for all the affliction and sorrow he may have camsed her by his recent misfortune, which no one can feel so deeply as himself. The coming of a wife, with a pardon in her hand, under the great seal of the State, to release from prison her hus. band, and carry him honme once more to his children and herself, was an interesting spec acle, -and appropriate to woman's mission on earth. 'The short sojourn of Col. Ware in prison (ond week) was made, by the kind attentions and visi'ts of his friends, as pleasant as it well could be.,. It very often happens that a man does not know how much he is cared fur and resected, till misfortune overtakes him and developes the true feeling and heart of his friends.-Southern Patriot. INFORMATION WANTED.-An inae gentleman left Columbia on the 24tb of March with a Horse and Buggy. The buggy has been found near Cam den, and the gentleman seen four or five miles west of Winnsboro, riding the horse (a compact and handsom< blood bay) with a halter-no bridhe or saddle. Any information about the gentle man or horse, directed to the Editor of the Columbia Banner,-in order t< find the former especially-will serv< the cause of humanity and greatly ob lige the friends of the insane man. [Columbia Daily Banner. RATTLIsNARE BITa CUaED.-The Southern Medical Joutnal contains the 'descrilitibi of -a case bf iDT.7 Atchison, in which a girl seventee years of age, bitten on the left instej by a rattlesnake, was cured by be'ni placed in a hot bath, and whiskey an< earbonate of ammoniai administere< to her, until she had taken three p~int; of the former and eighty grains < f thi latter. It was two hours and a half af ter the bite that Dr. A. visited hit patient when lhe funnd her sightless her face swollen, and her mind wan during. The liquor caused no intoxi cationi, and the cure was complete. A Wonderful Character. It is reported that there now lives and old man away down in the swampi of little Pee Dee, who never owne< but one pair of shoes in his life, and he says they were so d-d hot he never wore t hem but once. Hie neve: cultivated the soil, nevertheless he hat accumulated a considerable sulh of mo ney, which he deposits in hollow tree: in the most unfrequented parts of the swamps. He effaicts extreme poverta and when applied to for the loan o money, declares he has none; but if thi security and premium offered please: him, and the borrower promises to re pay in specie, he will appoint a dag when lie will try to get a little, whici he never fails to do. He baa made hi fortune by the sale of fish, the finest o which hie knows exactly where to fisi for, and honey which he raises in larga quantities, having his bees hived in thi swamps for miles round. No music I: so charming to his ears, as the booing of the bull frogs, and the bellowing o the alligators; for these sang his lullab, wheni is his cradle, and have been lhar pingers of his harvest from his boy hood until the prese~nt day. He neve uses any other weapon to kill snake with, than his heel; and there neve was but one known to attempt to bits him, and that one broke off' its teeti without penetrating the skin of thi heel. lie has never taken any Doc tor's stutT, nor let them come nea enmough to feecl his pulse or to look a his tongue; and he is now about seven ty years of age. Strange as it mma seem, that sech a character should fim a mate of similar tastes and fancies. Yet such is the case, only that she is little more like him than he Is lki himself. ,Has any of our cotempora ries as singular a character in thei neighborhood? If so let's hear abou him.- Cheraw Gazette. ALL -rna Beares.-A celebrate< comedian became enraged with a gre eer named Berry, who sent in his ac count long before it was due, and he in his great wrath, called upon tb Secn grocer, and laboring under th impression that his credit was doubted 'I say, here's a pretty mul, Berry iFerry; ind hrd tay you till o2;s 9n4 '4' gt theto w. women and childreold un from all quarters of ahe cit breezy banks of Lakes - and Borgne, brushed suits and prepared to Long before the P~bw quiet streets of the ruralG cie wt rowds of a Rocking to the arena, fight commenced sucha collected as Gretna. hado will be likely to "0agg, The arena for tge sports A twenty feet- square, t ground and constructed of be and iron bara. seats, circularly placed to acOommodate many toa About four or five thousan4,p04 assembled,.covering the seats aith, a cloud, and crowding down aiou cage were within reach of the a The bull selected to sustain the ; or and verify the pluck of-Attakis on this trying occasion, Wadfs aJ*ak animal from the Opelosses,' lis a sinewy as a fiur year old cotrser, with eyes like burning co*ili horns bore the appearance of av been filed at the tips, and wsnted keen and dashing appearance so.' mon with others of his kitkan otherwise it would have beem"llAA with Bruin at the first pass, nd mistake. The bear was an animaft called General Jackson, froii the te of his licking up every thingtbatCed e in his way, and taking "the rsponsI. bility" on all occasions. Ile was a wicked looking beast, very lean ,and. unamiable in aspect, with hair fl standing the wrong way. ofe Uad fought some fifty bulls (so they saidu) always coming out victorious, buthat either one of the fifty had been a'is) takapas bull, the bills of the perfori ances did not say. Had .he Iaclid an Attakapas first, it is likely his fifty battles would have remained mnfought. About half-past four o'clock the .per formances commenced. The Bull was first seen standing ihe the esge alone, with head erect, ai looking a very monarch in his capacity, At an appointed sig ,al, a cage contain.V ing the Bear was p along-sidet the arena, and opening, bomig'uMde Bruin stalked into the battle ground--. not, however, without sundry strnga up with a ten foot: pole, he b i W, perienced in such mattors ad. ward in raising arow. Once on thebattle ld I mals stood wondering tli ,buit..,V his long his .eyes dilled &as*'4s 'sIdenwrthrankbuaby p theeythjhver The Bear seemedltl rnlu4-o begin the attack, and theBul ing a moment, made steps first ck ward and then forward, as if mneatu ring his antagonist and meditatinig where to plant a blow. Bruin would'nt eome to the scratch, no way It could. be fixed, 'till one of the keepers, with an iron rod, tickled his ribs, and maade him move. Seeing this Attakapas took it as a hostile dentonstraton, and, gathering hir strength, dashed savage-.. ly at the enemy, catching him' on the points of his horns, and doubling him up like a sack of bran agafyst the bars. .Bruin "sung out" at this,' and' made 'a dash for his sopponent's nose. Missing this, the Bull turned to the "about face," and the Bear caught him" by tho ham, infieting a ghastly'wound.' But Attakapas with a kick shook .Iilrm oft; and renewing the attack' went at him again, head on, and ,itl armnsh. This time he was not so fortunatek fotr the bear caught him. above theeye. bu'ghis fangs in the tougli hids ana hol* im n avice.-t was how the Bull's. turn to "sing out,"a kWn h did it, bellowing forth with aroie more hideous than that of all the Bull. of Bashau.-8ome minutes, stood mat. ters thus, and the cries of the Bull; mingled with the hoarse growls of the Bear, made hideous music,- fit'-only for a dance of devils. Then came a pause, (the bear having relinquished hi.. hold) and for a few minutes it waA$ doubtfnl whether the fun -was not up. But the magic wand of the keep. er (the ten foot pole) again' stirred up Bruin, and at it they went and with a rush! Bruin now tried to faten on the bull's back and drove his tusks in' him in several places, making the. red blood flow lhke wino from the. vats of Luna. But Attakapas was p luck to the 1 ack bone, and catching B ruin 'on the tips of his horns, 'shuffled him up right merrily, making the fur fly like f. athers in a gale of wind! Drtiri. cried "nuff," in bear languade) bet t bull followed up his advantag, an~ making one furious plunge full at the figure head of the enemy, struck a horn into his eye, burying it there and dash.ing the tender organ into dark. ness and atoms. Blood followed.' the blow, and poor .Bruin, blinde4, bibeds ing and in mortal agony, turned Wrtb a howl to leave, but Att.kipaa caught him in the retreat, and rmlled him o, er was enacted, and finally after moro than an hour, Biruin. eurled hims~~ up on his bac'k, bruised bloody t. dead beat. 'The thing wns up with' Californiia, and Atakapas was declared the victor amnid-. tho 'ipplause of thme miultitude that u ade the heav ens ring. It wamr a most s~ae exihitioni, and w'e chlronie it as wo 'ul~,d murder or .' he*r Lbeneabt att My we netj. er1 .tee such( aut.K.'i2, O. Paper. A Icra 3?.4 getlm