Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

WIPED OUT THE WHITES. TlitlU STOItY or TIIM NAT TlliMOU 4 I -N S I IIKCrilON. ItlCI.ATIOI) FUOM iiis o\\.\ ro\ii:s illUM . Co n < t? 1 ii t'<l in ii ii oiil I'a in |> li I ?? ( l<'<irut i Wlierc llto .Murder Tunl, finer. FJrom an nM ludy living In South iimpApn .County. Virginia, the soctvif of the awful Nat Turner negro Insur rection of August, 1831, a copy of tho confession inartc by Tui ner has been obtained. Thin insurrection was the most horrible of its kind in the history of the country. Klfty live \vhlte?, half of them children, and many babes were hacked to pieces Willi axes, while they slept. by the murderous negroes, who went from farmhouse to farm house on their mission of death. Turner was a religious fanatic. He was tin Intelligent negro. and althoiiKb a slave, dabbled in Kclentillc experl mints. He Imagined that lie had fre .quent eoiiiinunienllons with Hod and translated one of the myths of his mind i meaning lliat he should band the negroes together and kill the whites. The Ignorance of the farm hands gave him ureal power over them, and although they feared him, they did as he ordered. The confession which tells the story of the awful midnight murders, wn* made by Turner to Mr. T. It. tjray, of Jerusalem, Southampton county, Vir ginia, shortly before the execution of the murderer, only eighteen neg roes' out of sixty odd who part ieipa ten J if) the murders were punished, and some of these escaped the gallows. This is the confession: "Since the coiniueneement of IV!" I had been living with Mr. Joseph Tra vis, who was to me a kind mast' r. and placed the gre.ale.st eonlbb nee in me; In fact, i had no cause t.> coin plain of his treatment to 1 1 1 ? ? . < >n Saturday evening, Iho 2W Ii of August, it was agreed between Henry, Hark and myself, to prepare a dinner the next day f"l (lie men \\e expected, and then to concert a plan, as we had \ u I Turner IH>1 Net lli'P-l'inini || oil II. ll'k. Mil IIk- r..l|.,\v||,K iinnninK. I > i'< > ? 1 1 ? lit 1 1 1 i . ami Henry 1 1 r : 1 1 1 1 n< - y Sam .VVI'.iii Will an. I .lark, lin y | pl'i pa l ei 1 ill lilt' H Is a 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 , ami II slv i - 1 1 NVill how In- < - :i (iii- lln-re, lie answ i i'i-iI lit* litV was worth m> inon* I I I a n others, ami Ins lllii-rly as ili-ar to him I asked liim If In- (Iimii^IiI to ol'laiji it? lli- said li<- woiilil or lo*i? his liti-. 'i'liis was ciioiikIi to put IiIim in lull ? i in Iii !? in I- .luck, I kiirw, was only a tool in tin- liamls of Hark l( was utllekly :i x ?'? ?? ?? 1 wi- slioiilil i-nni lin-noe fit lnnm- (Mr. .1 Travis's) on that nielli, aiiflr until wi- had iirim-il a ml - < -< 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 '? -i 1 on: si-l v?-s. ami i;.-i ( lii-n-i| stiflich-n I force, iirit ln-r iiK<* nor sex wa?* (?? In- spari-il Wo ii'ina iin-il at tin- fi-ast until alioiii I w-i.i hours in the nlt-'hl. when wo went (o (In- Inmsi- ami foumt Austin; liny all wi-nl (o (In* elder pn-ss ami drank* i-xn-pl inysi-lr. "iin i'i ( in iiIiik I" thi- house Hark went (o (In- iloor with an avi-, for ( he purpose of iii'i-akiiu; ii opt-n. as we knew wo win- stroll^ i ii"tii;li to iiiur (ii i (In- lainiiy if (Iny wi-ri- awakemd l?y (In- noise; lull, n-lli-i-l Iiik (lull II iiiikIiI <-ri-a(o an alarm in I'n- m-i^ti Imi|'I|ooi|, wi- i I i - 1 i - 1 milled (o lilt ? - 1 - lli~ In i II si* si-i'i ' l l> . ami ? 1 1 1 1 1 ? 1 1 i I In in w 1 1 1 1 I sliipiiiK Hark nut a I a ? I ? I ? i ami sot it against ( In* ihiiinn-y. on whirl. I a?; eeiided. ami. hiiislinu a wiinlnw, i-n t I *i m I rann- i|o\\ nsiairs. unliarreil (hi- iloor. ami 1 1 ? 1 1 1 ? i \- ? ? 1 1 (In- j-uii> linin tln-ir plai-is. It was (Inn ol-si-i \ i-O (hat 1 mns( spill lln- ! 1 1 > t 1*1 1 i in which arnn-il Willi a hat- In I ami i romp. illicit hy \\ ill I mil' I'd my iii. is (?is rhamln-1 II li-nn; ilaik, I ? * ?? 1 1 ? 1 ln>( Kiv<- a ih-alli hiow . lln- 1 1 . 1 1 ? In I Klaiici-ii from his In-a-i II*- sprain; from hi1* l-i it ami imII-'I to- wife Ii u ;ii 1 1 is la si w 1 1 1 1 1 . Will la n I him .hail with a hiow ? ? f Ins a\i-, ami Mr-- Ti:i \ b s ha mi I lln- miii- I .i I a .In l.i \ in l.< i| Tin- iiiiiril'f '?( this family, tiv in ii ii iii 1 1* ? r was ih- work of a m- 'in - ? ii i in - I * - i "I I In m a w ok i ? T In I ? w i ? a lit 1 1 . infant > li-i-pi nj.; iii -i i-ra?l|i- tint was fori;o||i n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 wi- ii.i'l l-ii ih house ami i;-'in s ? ? 1 1 o * < 1 i .*- ( a no* . win n ||rnrv ami Wilt returned ami kill* . t i I . W i- i;"l In n f"iir kiiiis tint \voiil<| shool, ami s--\ rial "hi muski Is, with a. pouinl or (wo . . l powder. "Wo l i-inai in >1 M.lin- t i Hit at lln- Pain w In re wi* | ?:i r:i ? I ? ?|| (.> Mr. Sa la I liii I l-Va i iris's il?.ui -i\ In iii ill* 'I vanls <lisl.Mil. Sain ami Will went to I In- a ml km., k.-il "Mr l-'iainis asknl who was lln to. Sam replied ii was liim. ami In ha<l a Id (or for hi in. on w 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 !.,- j;..( up sui'l r . . ? i . (.. tin- ? I * i. it ; tiny linn. i1inli-ly i/.- d h i hi. ami. iliaiuiin' liim out a lit I 1 ? I l "III lln- i|> or. In w ,i ; dis pal' ln il hy npral' il Mmis on (In head; there was no olln i whi(i- per son in llu- family* 'I' lie llim-li <il Di-ulli. "Wo started from iln-i.- t . , ?\| , Ki-i-Si*'.s maintaining I In- most p. i|., t silence on tin- 1 1 j a i rli. v\ In rr, finding tin* dour" iiiiIi n'k'-il. w-- i-nli-r? d am! murdered Mrs. Kn-yi- in ln*r 1 ?? ?? I whil<* sleopliiK: her son iiwokf. Put it w is only to sleep tin* sleep of death; In had only time to say. 'Who is thai?' ^ nnd In* whs no ninrf Knmi Mrs. Reese'* wo wenl to .Mis. Turner's a mile distant. whli-l| wi- ri-ni'hcil a limit sunrise, on Moridfly morning- Henry. Austin nnd Ham went to (In* still, where findlnK Mr. People*. Austin shot him, and the rest of us went to (he house; as we approached, (he family discovered us, nnd shut tin* door. Vain hope! Will, with one stroke of hl? axe. opened It. and we"entered and found Mr*. Turner and Mrs. Now-some In the middle of a room, almost friKht- ? . ened to death. Will Immediately killed Mrs. Turner with one hiow of his axe. i | |o^Jt Mr?, Ncwfcyfn? by thy hand. I / tlltd Wltll till' SWn|tl I had wlli'll I NVHS apprehended I m nil K hwr several 1)|<>WM OVer the but not being able to Kill her, as (lif mviiiil was dull. Wil* turning round and discovering cJlKpiuched hi I- A gcncial dest rue t Ion of property and Hritn li for money ' and UlUUiUiiit loo always succeeded the j "murders. "Hy (Ids t i m( uiy company amounted to ti f teen, and nine men mounted. Who started l'o| Mrs Whitehead s 1 I h>* i J) oilier six were* In mo thtmigh '? byway j to Mr. Itryant's and lejoln us al Mis. I ^Vllltehe ad's.) As we approai In d the ! house we (I Iseovi'i'rd Mr. Whit lead standing in the cotton patch, near tf><- j lam"' fence; we called liim over Into j the lane, and Will, tie- executioner, was near at hand with Ins fatal axe. j to send tilm to an untimely ^rnve. As I we pushed Oil to the hoUtfcl discovered ' some one running round the cmden. ' and thinking it ^ as some of the white ! family, I puism d ilem, hut undine it | was a servant girl hclnngliiK to the j house I returned to commence the work -of death, hut tliey wh-.|ii t left had n*>t been idle, all tin family were | already muid' t< d but Mrs. Whitehead 1 and her daughli r Mur^iirrl As I came | round to the door I saw Will pulling | Mis. Whitehead out ?>l tie- house, and j lit the step he nearly severed her hi-ad from ler body with his lu-nad axe "Miss M a rr.A r \'oop from the house, on my approach she lied, but was soon over- | taken, and after repealed blows with a sword I Killed her by a blow on the head with a fenee rail I ty this time, th'- six who had gone to Mrs. I5ry ant's rejoined us, and informed iin? that they had d<uie tie- work assigned them We again divided. part going ?A1i*. Hteliard 1'olrer'n. and from leiiee to Nathaniel l'"ra nelji's, the olliers to Mr. 1 1 o w e 1 1 Harris's and Mr. T I ?i >y |e'n . Tlic A In riu (ihm "oil reaching Mr. I'orler's, he had escaped with his family I umlerslood there that I he alarm had already spiead, and I immediaP l> returned to hllllg up those sent to Mr. l?oy|e'H and Mr. 1 1 o w e 1 1 Harris's; I lie party I hit going on to Mr. Fra iicIh's, hav ing told tie m I would rejoin lle ni In that notghboi hood. I mi t those sent to Mi. lioyleN and Mr. Ilarriss's t> lutniiu-, having net Mr. l>oy|e on the road and Killed liim; and learning lioin some who Joim-d them that Mr. Ilatrivs was from home, I immediately pursin-d the eourse taken by the party Mone on before; but knowing tiny would complete the wot k of death and pillage at Mr. Kraie-is's before I could 1. ? t there, I Wellt to Ml'. I'ctel Kl| wards. cxpi i linn to lltid lln-ni tliere, but tie y had been there also. I tin u went to Mr .bdin T Har row's, they had been there and mur dered lihn I put sued on their track t" I'aptaln N'ewitt llarlss's, where I I ? ? u 1 1 d the r* i e a 1 1 ? i n-iit inounleii and . i ii<] ready (?? stait The men, now* n lie .11 ii t i nrc to about forty, shouted and Initialed as I rode up, some wefe in tie- yard loading tlnu guns; others ? Irini.ing Tiny said < * a |> t a i 1 1 llarriss and hi . family had esciipi d, the plop |||\ 111 I lie house they 1 1 . i . | destroyed. tol>|>ing him ?>! money ami other val u. ltd' - I ol d' red 1 1 1 ?- 1 1 1 I" mount and inarch instantly, this was about or In o'clock Monday morning I proceed e.| to Mi |,e\ I \\ all- i s. two o t three miles distant I took my station in t In- i i nr. and as it was m,\ object to cairy terror and de\aslation wle-revi w e went. I placed tlfpiji or twenty of the tie^i armed and most to In; on in fnuit, who generally approacheil tile houses as last as tie II horses could inn. this was for two purpose.*, I" pieyent then escape and strike |e|- j lor t" the inhabitants on ibis account j I never got to I lie houses a It el |ej| V ? 1 1 1 l* Mrs. \\ 1 1 1 1 e hi -,i 1 1 s until tie- min ders weiv committed, except 111 otic case. 'I'eu Children Killed. "I Sonet lilies not in sight to see tile I work of death completed, viewing the 1 mangled bodies as they lay in silent ) sa 1 1st act ion. and imuiedia tely .started j I In* < it |ll II l ( of 1111114 1 I i i \ in ; 1 (?,<;? ?! i ? .1 M ! \\ ill. i . i ! ? ? I I. I) .>1 ? i ] ? ?! M ' \\ 1 1 1 i i (ii W.I ; i i.i in 1 1 i\ H i. ,iiii .hi i ,w . . i . Ilil \\ ? I * t h- i \\ !?:!?? ? i. I In M \\ 111 i.i ti.-. it .) ,ii,| ' : ? . . t 111. ? I ISt 111. ? t t ? '111 t |i?' 1 1. Ill . . I . ? I r 1 1 . W.I 1 . 1 1 : s 1 1 ? ? I . ? ' \ ? I I I ? I . i 1 1 ? I .III ; |.. II ? I I . ? >: . I ii | ? I" lllll'l ? ill ? . . I I 1 1. ! i >iii | ?.! ii . wlii I ? ? ? u i ' h I lii l' I > : i ?!; .in I I .it t ? i s Ii - ? w i m; Ii'- 1 III- l hi i: ?; l< <1 I ? I ? i if Ii i r 1 1 1 - 1 1 s * 1 1 1 1 s 1 ? . 1 1 1 ? I , ?- 1 1 . ? \\ ;i v i . ; , | j i . . t- . I - 1- 1\\ n .i in I I i \ 1 ?> 1 1 1 ?- s|. 1. . w ;i. i j fh. \\ i ?? -ti- -t ?!??:?* I I I li.-n stilt. .1 j | . 1 1 Mi .1 i - ? ? I . Willi. nil's, w 1 1 ? 1 1 t 1 1 ? ? ) I ; 1 1 1 1 1 1 > \\ ' i ? 1 1 1 1 1 1 ? I ? l ? . 1 II l ? w . I . . 1 1 1 1 . 1 ,| | I I . I I I I I I I l ? I I " I I f \ . V\ 1 ' ? I i I ' I I 'III. ? ? I l ; i lillMII' IV I I ll Ml \\ ? ! Il I III- I U . j j . i) i i I ? < 1 . 1 1 \ ' I I i I. ? Ii .lint -if I M : ? ?. ' \ .MIL 1 1 1 1 ' S W . I s II'- 1 1 ? \ t I'll . U . \ i I ( | . . ! .in-1 ill I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ? I 1 1 1 ^ I ! i ? ( : 1 1 1 1 i I \ , i ri- I ? i- I ? II i il I "li st i i t 1 1 . : ? I ,|. i ii .i |. in < mr ini nil > . s w . ? i . | .il, I ! . Inl.rt ? i 1 1 1 ? :i - ? !i i ii ^ M " ' ? ? \\ . ! *.i j t Kit's ^.it'. Iiiili" ? ' I : i t?l\ 'ii th- i-.. i-l | ! |. inline l-i IitiikjiI. in .'irl . 1 1 ... 1 1 r tin. . ! mil. s 1 1 1 t ;i 1 1 1 . II w.i--- |.i < i|. I in ; t.i rail I !??? i"? ?. I"it I nliji-i-l'-.l as I K imw j li>- was Kiilii' t'> .1. i 1 1 s a I ? ? 1 1 1 . anil m> <il?- | I I was I . > i i a i ? 1 1 1 1 1 . ? r ? a s s. i. in :i s | ? i m i t >1 ? - ; lul si. iin- tin mi* ? ii lia\ iiik i - l.i Ii..hm hi Mr. ivirlmr's. it wis n >: i * ?? I | th;>t t ll'-V all ami k -t Iiim p?*o I | > l? * . I |i Ilia I Ii. -I .il tin- K.il?- nil tin- I |oai|. Willi si-Vi'il .ii i-iKlit ; t 1 1 ? ? otlmi.s j K' II "K JII-I'ISS tin- lii 1-1 1 1 1 t 1 1 ? ? llntiso. i ail. -ii I half a mil*- olf . Tin* llmrui' I'lirlt .\ita t Ii-iiI. urn! slart'il t ? ? tlii- house lo nmi-t ihrin. A ml mi our r?-- j turn wp wori' im t l?y a party <,>f white J iii< ii. who hail |iiirsiii-il mil hloort*tntTi ? | ? ??I Iriw.'k, ami who hail llrcil on thoji<? | at thi- ?at?* nml illspi'rsoil Ihom. Ini- j nivUiutriy on Uisom-rin? Ui<; wlii'w, I I t . i * hi' ii to halt and fot m as they uppca (?< I he alarmed. 'I'll" while iik'ii, oldlili'fn tn number, ftP* prouchd us within ahout one hundred ymds, w hi ii < ? i n ? (if theiit llrcd (this was aglliMt the positive '?i<|ith of Cap tain Altfr\an<|. i I' 1 who uom mati'h 1 1 . and v* ho had d I recti d the iii. ii ii, i. serve tieii lire until within t hi 1 I > paces.) and I discovered ahoul hall of t lii'in r,-t i <-a t ing I then order id in > nun tu fliv and rush on th<*m. Thi* lew remaining h I oinl their ground 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 wi a|.|in>a<h'd within lifty yaiih-', win n they lired and retreated. We | ? 1 1 1 s 1 1 ? ? I and overtook, Home of I In in whom we 1 1 1 1 > UK h t we left dead die v win not killed) After pursuing them ahoiit two hundred yaids, and I isllig a little lull, I discovered they wife ii. i i 1 1 > anothei |?arty and had hailed, and were reloading their guns." (This wiix a Hinall party front Jci*u? hah in vsiik knew the negroes were In I he Held, and Unil Just tied their Iioihoii await their return to the mad, knowing Hi. 1 1 Mi I'arkerand hi? fain, ilv were In Jerusalem, hut knew noth ing of i In party that had gone In with Captain I'cete. i in healing the tiling they Immediately rushed to t he ?-[??, I and arrived Just In time to ar ii-st tie progress of these harharous villains and save the lives of their flit-lids ami fellow citizens.) "Thinking that thorn* who had re treated llrsi and the party who llred on us at lifty oi sixty yards distant had only fallen hack to meet other?* with ammunition, a* I saw them re loading their guns and more routing up than I saw at Mist, and several of my bravest men helng wounded, t lie others became pa nic si rlckc n and s -altered over the Held; the white 1 1 1 e ii pursued and (Ired on us several limes llark had his horse shot under him, and I caught another for him as it was running hy me, Five or six of my men were wounded, hut imne 1 |ef| the (|eld. Finding mynelf defeated here. I Instantly determined to g,> t hi'oiigh a private way and ei.es the Not t own y River at the t,'y 1 1 1 i 'S s I El iilgc, three miles helow Jeru salini, and attack lhat place In the rear, as I expected they would look Tor me on the ulhci road, and I had a great desire to get there to procure -i i mis a nd a nimtinl I ion . " \ f t ? ? r going ;i whorl distanco In thin private way, accompanied hy iitiout twenty men. I overtook two or i lute who told me the others were dl.s pti . ' d in every d I i> ct ion . After try ing in vain lo collect a sulllclcnt Ion.. io proceed to Jerusalem, 1 de li i ndued to let urn. as I was sure they would make hack to their old neigh I. where they would rejoin mo, make new reciuits and come down 'wain i >ri my way hack 1 called at Mis. Thomas's, Mrs. Spencer's, and several other places, the white fami lies iiasiiiK II. -d. we found no more \ i i ? 1 1 1 1 1 h to gratify our thirst for hi noil. We stopped at Major Ridley's ipiar ii i -- lor the nil, 'lit, and helng Joined 1 1 \ four of his men, with the recruits made since my defeat, we mustered now- ahoiit lortv strong. \ mil I >?? f cm I "All' i |>liii-iiiK "lit sentinels I laid (I 'wii !"? sleep, I > m t was iptickly iouk < ? ? I hy .1 en-ill racket. SlarftliiK tip, I IoiiikI some iii< >n n t ii| an<) uHi?;i's in r.ieal confusion, i. lit- uf the Hi'llt llli'lH I i a \ iii)', i;ivii llii alarm that wi* weep ali'iul li> In- attack"'! I ordered sniili' t'> i iil>' around aii'l rcconnoji re, ami ? ?II tli-'ir return 1 1 1 ? ? others heinK tm>rr> a I a i I ? 1 1 ? < 1 . 1 1 ? > t khuWIIIK who they wcro, II- >1 in ? 1 1 1 1 ? i ? ? 1 1 1 ways, si i thai I was ri 1 1 1 1 1 *i ? 1 1 In aliuiit twenty aj;ain. Willi 1 1 1 1 s" I 1 1 1 ? t ? ? i mini <1 In attempt In re 1'iiiil. ami pr ???! mi In rally in the 1 1 <1 1 ?) 1 1 1 1 > 1 1 1 1 > ? 1 1 1 | lia<l 1 ? ? f t lir HhmC.i \\ a :? I I-" III a o s| hulls'*. wlli'll we reatdi ? il jusi I" I <lay. i 'n li'linr; up to the yai I Mark llred a nun. WV I >r I -hint anil his family were at Major Ki'll- \'s, as I knew 1 1 1 ? ? i? ? wa* ?i i - 1 1 1 1 1 1 > a 1 1 \ of mi ll I lii-ri'i ilii- mm was Iht-il to ascertain il any of tin- fain ily W' ri' at li> ?!?>?>. wf? wi'i'i' imiiK'ilia to. iy tired upon anil ret re a t ? ?? 1 , leaving s- vi ra I of my nu n. I do not know what hi-raini' of thi'in. as I m ? 1 ? i* saw i lii'in a I Irrwnnl " I 'ursiinu: our course hark ainl com iiik iii sii^lil of ('aplaln llarriss'*. whi'P' w r hud Im i'ii the day before, w o Ii: .cm ii i'i| a party of white nun at ill" house, on which all deserted mo lull two i.lacoh ami Nat). We eonceal ? I oiirsclvi s in the woods (ill near nit- lit . when | sent them in search of IP 1 1 e \ , Nelson. Siiiii ami Hark ami <11 rici'il t lie 1 1 1 in rally all I hey cotihl. ii I In- placp we hail hail our dinner lie- Suii'lay Im* 1 1 1 1 *i ? . where they wouhl 1 1 1 1 1 1 i lie, ami I accnriliiinly returneil lie i" as si ii i n as it was dark and re mained until Wednesday evening when discovering white men ridlnK al' Himl III" place as if tlley Wi fe |onk in;- fur some on", and none of my lie ii i ? 1 1 1 1 r i ?- me, I concluded Jacoh and N il had hei-n taken and compelled I ? ? I ? I t a > m " ">n this I gave up all hope for the pii ??ill, .i lid "ii Thursday iiIkIH. after h . t \ in*; supplied myself ^ with provl -ii'i . I ???in Mr Travis's, r scratched a (?? 1 1" u 1 1 1 |e i a J . 1 1 ?? i.f fence rails in n In Id. w Im i" I I'oiici al"d myself fur ?i\ w""ks. ie v ? i leaving my hiding . I i t hi :..| i (i w minutes in lh" dead ? I nirlil i" f t w a I ? i. which was very ? .ir Thinking l> tins time I ci ill Id ? I I 1 .1 IM II t o i;. ? a III .U | ill the ? in. Ill . i iii I I,l\esij|.ip III" houses 111 til- 1 1 e 1 1 - 1 1 I ... I 1 I pill SIIIII)' tie coll I se il in i f. .r I ii li; Ii I . nil I gathering .i ii . i n i ? II ig- nee. a f l a id ? 'f ? .1 no; t> 1 1 1 \ liuiuaii hi I iu;, and l'o I : . : Il 1 1 a; ? ? \ ? I * III' 'I II I III; I o 1 1 ? \ v a V e : ? i h' i la w ii " f 1 1 a \ I l>ti"\v not how l-iiij; I mlglil have I * ? ? I this lit :l . i ci i d ? ul had not belray ? I ie \ .1 'i; ,ii t e ii' it'lili"! h jyd pass . >?. I>\ ii \ iildiliK place nil" night w hile i w a i .u I w . i s . 1 1 1 i i c I "i| 1 ? \ si nil" lie a t : 1 1 . \ i m\ and craw I'd Hi and t 'l ? it. and wa- c 'liiiui; ? ? 1 1 1 just as I i. ii in I \ f' v\ ii. Kills after, two : i . ?? ?- 1 1. 1 \ i n g a r I ei| In >;<? h un I i mt M'th tie --a in. d'l'.t passi I that way. th came a ?; a in i ? the place, and h i\ iiu.; .nisi me i ? i i r t . walk about ? I ? >\ ? i - ? I in ? n I harked, ? ul which ? :i m l> i :u: in \ ? I f i||si".i\ .ii i|. I sp"k" In lh. in ti. In ^ com * aim. nt. ' >n inakiri); in If ku.'W ii t Ii. > II- d f i > ? t ? i me. h ii. o". i in; I '?? n t Ii- \ w ? >il Id h'liay ? ie I imtii' d i . 1 1 1 ? | y |i fi itiv hiding place, and was piitsii. I altu.^l inc. ssalilly, ei ?'l I was i-ik' n a fortnight after w> rd I ? y Mi I '.en j. i nil ii I'hipps, in a lilil" h I" I had dun "lit with my ? '\ 'rd. I'.i lie piirp'.se nf eoncal ' Ul I'l '! I 111" tup of a fallen tree. ? ? ! I Ml". I'lllpps's dis o\cl'ing tl?'* of m\ ci. tic. aluii lit. lie cncked hi: mi! alined at :iu . I n .juesf J him r.'.t I . ,-hont iii. I I w-mld ?i\i? up. upon which he demanded my swmd I 1 1 ?' |i v ? i ? 1 1 il tn lihti and lie hroiiKht un I'. i'ii:-. .ii I "uriiiK the tini" T was pnrMi"d I had many hair breadth is ? ? .. vhich your time will not per il ii mi- I i relate. I am here loaded 1 1 h chains, and williiiK to suffer the fate that awaits me." .4 < on lit Inn Cnlilnrt Stockholm. Jl ? KIiik Oscar, who is ?|n*n IIiik a holiday .tt M arm rand, Hiun niofo-l M. Thurne, a Norwi'irlin mill trier ni'l a Coimvtvat Ive, miuI a*-k?'.l hlnf ?o itmlfrMkc t^r formation of n coalition ?>a la ii i ? M. Thoria1 tu make' Uiv attempt. CARED FOR MILLIONS.' * IIOW IIO N Its WKUI'l Ol'Il.l V fll till TO; I lit: ItO'l IIS4 nil. lis s'loitt of I lit: TMAVsl'TlH of I'A- . ri:n ki;i'UKsi;.m ixi $:?i,15T,7<h?. I. ouii l> I til t lule'* >I1?hI<ih? I nchr I l)u>a <?( lluril \V<t|~Ua 'I II. kU< I- I I. tails <>t tlnj formal HmiisI i i ui i lii* Knl lis- liilds allotment i!i< .Sli'j, 1 |i * t ? i<>v<-rnt!i> :it huudx i i mil tin- "I'll .i.iiii) v . 1 1 1 1 1 h in Washing ion ii> ilit- <vn il .it.- tii |H?sit>ii\ in (.mi ?loll ll.l \ <? liri'li KiVill. I >ii t tlnre is IllOI't* to till- slulV III. Ill lilt' IIH'I't' II lllldll 111 .n< iii i lit t "tin- IhiiiiIs Wfi'i* taken t?> ' a > 1 1 ? I < II hv a^MllS nf till- I inV crllllU Ill iii*I il< li \ i ri il iii the liiil liSi hihls iii enui ? 1 1 :i 14 . ? ? Willi till- tiTllis ol tin* colli l ai l," say s a Washington dispatch In Tin- (llii i a i; 1 1 I 'nsl. < 'lil* I l.'lt-rk I .ii^a u Carlisle, 1,. tl Mur rn> him! William Mrssc?vy, tin- three Treasury i*? -j?r< sciilati vcs who took the vast sum to I .i>iii|i>ii, 1 1 j *. v ? ? i i? 1 1 1 1 ? l? ? t ? I thi ll tasks iiinl ari- I ? : 1 1 - k at tlii-lr pnsts, urlnriiiliig tln-'r <i'cus|iiiin-il limits witli as in ii ? *li sang fn>i>l as tluniKh they had Im-i n only across I In* street to tin- dairy I ii i nil . Instead <?f tin versing tin- sra with tin* value of a kingdom i ? i llieii i-hartfe. A lid they really tin not se? in to think tlie.V liave Iteeli CliKatfeil in a per foriiiancc tlie least hit out of the nrdl ua ry . As though it were nothing to luu $.'{ I ,t MIO.OOO in monrv ,'{,000 lullcs! It is related ol William IhiKllsh, tin Indiana millionaire, that lie onee sent ^7ot UMH > from I inlia mi|iolis to New York at post aire rates In ordi'r to xave cxpressane, hut siieli hrea t li-takiiiK Incidents art only known reminiscent ly . They nevoi leak out w Idle the events are Ira aspir ing. The travels ol' those syndicate honds he trail 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 as William II 1-aiKlish's money packages started through tin mails. The ( !overinneiit was not trniih led ahoul Die transportation charms, imt Seer, i try t'arlish km w nf no safer way of yetting the priejuns ronsifcn 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 to New York than through tin a::rnr.v of the postal Service. Aeeiil'd lliirly, till- hotels Will' parked ill twelve till hu\es, with an outer covering of w ood ii round eaeh. ami1 the wlnde lot consigned to the tender keejdiiH of a pi' ki <1 n ew nf postal clefks, who de livered f ll e 111 safely ilitn the keeping nf tin- Treasurv .-out indent on hoard the steaiinr the fullowliiu da.v . That was May Kleveil of the twelve ItiiXeS ? on t a i m-d .'{.tMKi honds eaeh. The twelfth ? '??mailt' d I.HIo In ? 1 1 ? I m . tin- total niinther ui pieces heii'K I.'.l Hi. having a face vallle nf S."i I . I ? ?7 . 7t>0 | hey Wel'e divided ilitn d i - 1 1> ? 1 1 1 i 1 1 a linns as follows: '2S.K77 h .mis at ."fl.ooo. $*_?S S77.<mh?; 1. 1st; at .<.'?? H ?. $0.01 1:5 . Ot M?; I.K77 at .<I<N1, S I N7.I too, Messrs. (" irllsle. Mess- rvy ami Mar ray w i iv mi hand In receive t lit* mail that I in h- Sam" Ji.nl for tlietn. and V\ In II the tWilve 'Wooden l?o\i-s marked "l.ni;aii t'arlisl''. I'arls." were delivered I lie park IK' s were pla e.| III til.' strain rr's sIi'oiik hn\. and '-arrii d as the pi r snu.al haiTKttK" of | hr S' f. ? t a ry's sot, a ir I rrpl'eSrnta live. Tin- party had ;i ii< liu lit fill v < ?.\* :i . < Mi .-D riving at Sou I li:i 1 1 > j > I ? >m .1 ? i n?- tin* ? 'iisl ? mI In us ol' tin treasure w ? ? r ? ? hp I :it tin' wharf li.v Willi. mi 1*1. I'urU-s. As sistant Si ?< ? r. -i . i r\ ? ? T tin- Treasury, who li:nl preceded I lie 111 . Mr. t'uitis was iii'iMinianii'il liy I. M. Montgomery s|ii i |:i I a i*i "it I "I tin- I ' n i t i'i| St a t es Ti'i :iR iir\ in Kuro|ie . Tin' in- \ t unit iiiti:; lln t?' III' In i \ i ' S Will' I I'M lisfi'l I I'll fl. .lit till sleann r safe In tlii- l.a ir_':i 'C?' v. ill of tin- i'ji 1 1 run 1 1 triiln. Twi? ? ? f IJot hscliilds detectives Wire In- Ui'.l ill till- VIII Willi tin- ln?\i\v. and two Ihhiis I iter tin- i rt \ ami thf freight ivi'rr In I <o 1 1 ? 1 1 1 1 1 . The twelve Iiiims were <?? hi vi'y I'll mi ? I.r guard from tin- stallon to tin I { i ? t lisi-liiMs' private hank in Si Sw it Inn's I, alio in a ureal laiulish wagon rs|n i |.i ll.v designed lur tin- trans pint .i t li >n of tn.isiiii'. Tiny were do 1 1* is i 1 1 'i I ill :i S|I. I i:il \ ;i ii 1 1 ill ill.- great depository :iiul I receipt t . i U i * n tor ilnm It may Im- sl;itfi| iu this i ? >n nert ion that a 1 1 1 1 ? 1 1 1 k 1 1 infinite < in- hail I ? a I- in f-r til.- s:i fi ? earii.igo of the lioinTs :i n<l for llnir protection Intact, the) wi ll- in tln lr lin n slate as a mailer ot I a ? 'I nl no mole actual value than si mu li waste paper. Tliev w. if still lllt'ol II |i|e| e I||,| .iliSnllll.lv linn III gotia hie. I .o?a ii i ai lisle and William Me* "rrv i i- tine tin from Washington in ^i\r the .In. nnn ii'ts thf finishing tnaili the pi 1 n si I'. i|? e tll.lt .'oil \ el'tiil tin III frnili pretty engravings Into lovely I worth uo?i.| haril pil I of any man's ho. i i-i 1 1 ii g In the I . ? w ? ? r left ha ml corner of 1 1 ? ? - holl.ls Were three hl.'lllks. into \\ lii.ll tile initials ol the Treasiirj nllielal* ll.'lil III he \\ 1*1 1 1 I'll in ink hefnl'e lli \ were finished ami Inline they heeailli ? ?III iira I iollN o| tile < !o\ t'l'li llleli t Wll.'li I hi ? y \\iie sh i ppi ? 1 Irofii iln Ti..isiiv hlllldillg ill Wll sll illgt ijli I ? (I 1. 1' these hl.'lllks \i-|\ I mill ( ll.'lil III'. II Tilled It oiil\ remained fori accredit! <1 and name. I i .pr.^eiil a t . \ es ? ? f the KeL'islr.n .if the Tie. sill V to eolllplete tin- business. I .??ira ii ('ailisle and William Mk-mii \ were a ill In.ri/ed t.< perform this ? 1 1 1 1 \ la.ry da\ for Iwrlie days tins,- t\\,, trusted men initialed a ho\ fnl! of h lie's These l.o\es were hl'ollk'ht fr.ilil tin deep vaults I.f Kiitliellil'l s gloat hailk ? me ea eh day. to a roniii in tin- vrri liow els nf tin- illicitly building set apart fi.l' til. Ill, opelnd . .iliil the 4 'o|| t ell t - ? ??Hilled and i In i ke. I Tln-li e.aeli p ??<??? of paper w a * ?uhj.-et , -< I to tin- same pinees*. tin lot vva^ repacked. tile pfi \ite personal stamp of \ssistanl Secrc t.-irv I .11 IIS plaeed ill. -roll, and till' ll.v I'.-C. Ill \ e\ I'd to a pi. lee of perfect ?? eiirity. r.\ery iiiovi? was cahled to See retary <\arfisl. The work <>f Iniiialin hcgail 1 1 1 lie 7 and was finished .llllie 'Jo The Ix.nds Were delivered to the Mll'lt ? it. in tw |..is ..n . -a in* -4xuJJu^ the Secret a rv that tlw'gohl to pa.v (<?> tin 111 had he. Ii dej?l'sl t e.l V\ ith tile I lea" lifer of tin- I 'lliti^T Slates. lln- |ni mil ? lelix ir\ was niiide hy Mr t'urtis Messrs I ii i lisle and Mess. i\v would hav complete. I their pell ami ink h 1*1 m t- s . 1 1 1 1 1 ? > ?.i f i ii t for lln- fart that Messrs H>.t hehild'H hanking house was .lose.l oil Sat lirda \ s. the .lew ish Sill hath, w hich i lit the working days down ?>? iVe ill a Week 1 .old Hot llcllllll. he. si.tes shutting down I'll tlirin Saturday i ill them off ii not her to pi to the Ascot rices \|| 1 .? 1 1 1 . 1 oil goes to tile IT Tea I V - . ot races, and as there was no |if. ami death rush ahmit that h->iid il-i^r.i tion the Treasury cmissnries felt thai ' I hev eo ihl Hike a holiday l.ord l!olh child met t lie parly at Windsor, and they *\e|'e driven twelve miles throlU'll \\ indsor I *11 r k to th?? racing field 1 lie.v s-iiv lln- royal procession and wen k'rrrfi'il hy M. It II tin' I'rini'e of Wales and tin- Princes*, who occupi I the first of the nix carHnjrr*. U'Uy Idftl ui tlu> buii'Ji iuto tl'i |h?sKi*ssi.>n ot tin- s\ in|ic:i t !? .1 tiitt- an<1 tlu- faithful rilii wen* jrivi-n a wn-kV varalion |,y Assistant Si-<nlar.\ Curli*. \\ lio i n jili il liiiiiNi lt t<> a similar ivlnx alimi. l.i'K'ti < 'a llislc ami Mr Mi-ssrivv "nK a run n\?-r In I'ariv Murra\ w>'iii I" lt<li n? I I ? i v isit i . I.i I i\ it- lit' h.i'l iii-xti M-i'ii a 1 1 ? I \ 1 f ('nil is ii 1 1 1 : t i 1 1 ? *i I in l.lll|<|l.|| | |||.\ |, ? 1 1 I 1 1 < ? I III I *4 1 III 1 1 1|| ill iiiiii- In | >a 1 1 i,-i |,;i i in ii,,- ivlt'iira I imi ?>f ? In* !?*? 1 1 1 1 I Ii uf , J ? 1 1 > hi Kind's t lull, an affair laKi n part in h\ ,"?'<? A nn-riia ns 1 In- pli-Ss i| |x| >.1 I ihcs li.i \ . |, li'ilctl 1 1 ? lliis .?-'?iiii-uli.it at li-nrrili, li< > \\> \ > ? r l<> Silli l.nw's nra I inn ti 1 1 > I .ill that sort ? >( 1 1 1 i 1 1 *_r ami 1 1 ? i i \ii-ii'li-i| ni< til i 1 1 ? i is "II ! f r I n/i\ '!'' ?? i hi iiiicl.' is 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 'lit i- w it In in I it I'm- liatla>l mi 1 1 1? - h'ii n \n>.i_i- tin T|i'a*ur\ I tin \\i-iv imvi-Ii .i m I nf" ran l miliums "ii i In' i niiii- $;ti . i.'i7/><ki j l?i|nK. i'i laki- lia< K In I lit- Tn'ii siiri?r nl 1 1 1 ? ? I niti il States. Tins packtiK*' was safi-lx 1 1 1 -I i \ i - ii ?? I . I In- i 1 1 1 j ? i . ? - i < hi 1 1 ? r 1 1 1 1 i I ami r i< - It \ i iii i'i I X'inal onrans r? if * 1 1 ?? I in s:{l * ?,l MH H H to nllU'ht tn I'I ficll, lillt III lli.1T pa~s. TIiiti* is 1 1 : ? i ' 1 1 1 \ a | n* ?*??? ? | ? I i I ?l? liair uf tin- Si'inilic in Ins face, i>\ii-pl llial pp|ha|>s his iiusi- is iMtln-r lull li is m>t <i| I In- lii'itk lv|ii>, ImwcViT. 1 1 ? - looks an. I ai ls llkr any brainy ami sitr ci-ssfnl mail ?,? f hnsiin'ss ami affairs iiii^lil liink a ml ad lit- is a lini'il work iiiK man, Iml ilix-s mil maki- liimsclf a slave in liis business. as liis lirotlmi l.t'opohl M-i'lils i| js|mSi'il In iln. l.i'Opnlil niri'ly h'jivcs tin- hank until II oYloik at nitiil. In t li<* I lirci" story \ i: nils nl tin- l(nt hsihihls' jrri'al St Swithin' Lain hanking lioitso are storei! evidences nf tlif imlehtiilness i.f every civilize.| na tion on tin' inlia I'il a I'll' ^loht? -billions I ii li'il hi^'h up on hi II inns. Toll anil Trouble. The lh lltll'lt liMllb al'olllld ll> dalll, So h M'l'.V iiii1! so nimble; I 'ucour*eious is. though "I ifii shorn. lie's doomed lo please A K'iddlc. Tioii trout. If. toil and trouble, Ufc *.m but (i bubble W hi- n Irimi earih i In' coin i.> j-hoin. Thcn-'n nothing 1 ? r I hut >t u hhl i* . Iii life's k-'V morn Willi hopes new born Wr think ni.P joys will double. Mr Ion n before w if. ii-li tin j;o.il They may be will < | 1 ? - . Willi tani'y'H vyc, iih: Iiinks 1 1 > >' . A handsome lovlm; couple Tri|> ihi- ii?hl f :t it t ir-t i < ? t < ? To tin- music of thr Ihl'lli . Willi i hi1 saint' eye ni'-thiiiks I spy A home embowered in myrtle And on it-- walio a 1 1 ? I spacious It : 1 1 !?-?, All x races h . 1 1 ik thfir mantle. Alitl oil lha! hospitable home I'eaif fob Is its wiiiKs and sctlles, A in I frauraiic ? of reline mcni rise l^rom i he Utile childivn's prattle. I'caeo, luve .in I joy combined employ Their hoiir-i and years, im little. And former hope., nnw conic in uroTlp.-, Their joy< are now (|iiint uple. Tie- jo.v-i of life, ripened t'.ust. I M'e.ol Kuik! withhold thy sieklf l-'.ir when the joys of 1 i f . are -thorn There's nothing left hut trouble. 10 ?1 lie ii t Ion it ml I'rlme. Since l\Tu thi- iiiiinher of chllilri'ii ::i I0m;lish schools has increased from l.fiim, ??i in :,.t*?i.iM?. aiitl the number of persons m Knulish prii-oiis has fallen from lii.uxi to ...<???. Tin- yearly aver.iKi- of persons .* en t eiici 1 1 to penal t-crvitudc for a^Ki'ii vated crimes has decreased from to stiti, while juvenile olTi'iulurs have fallen from 1 1. not i in "..mm Some en th u.-ia s t if hi*, lie v i rx in : lie theory that as cducatisti is e 1 1 1 : 1 1 i;i 1 crime is decreased insist tllill the smaller perccn lane is One io the greater pilCcliiitKf of persons who have elljoyeil the beiie li t of the instruct loll imparted in : he schools. The experience oil one side of the Klltf lisli channel, however, is curiously at va riance Willi tile epcrii'liee till tile other slile. In France the i riiuiii.il >iat isi les and i lie sta tements of the magistrates show that ;ir- schools have been opened prisons ii.ive been tilled, and that the diffusion of education hits been accompanied appa rently with an incrtVise of crime, espec ially juvenile crime. KeeplitK children in t-ehool oii^lit, apparently, to some extent keep I hein front the commission of petty offenses by lessening oppoi t unity, but If i his be the case, the same effect should he produced iii l-'r-tnce a-s in lOiiKiand. A Flench jourriiil offers the ' \ plana t ion that ill l-'ran I', its under till- l'< public, edllCil. ijoii it simply intellect mil Instruction, while in I0m;land there is not only in Vur/ictiou but training; moral and tvlitft Inllueiici's are IhmiikIii to bear upon i lie minds of i lie yotuiK ? There is not much soundness in Victor Ilium's contention tha. when you build it school house you close the door oj a jail. Tiii' people ni' no country spend more ?inuiey f'>r i Iu. tiioii th. in t he pin of lie I'nited States; but crime hits more :ti in kept pace with instruction, and it ie worth our while to eonsyh r whelher this i . ?nil iii. i y not In in sonii measure due to I lie ?| iia I i I > ot the It acliftiu- Minneapolis Tinn s. IMSSIMi I'l.l'iAS WTUII'K. Wiii ii tin- we. i :iii-r i> I for corn it s le > t I' d t ? r much els'*. A t < 111 son ? 5 lobe. l'!i, W ?. II. -b y ?lrl.. favor the "< 'o..k" >t i" >k ? in r>> vvliu; Will t ht y k I cp up i li t t strokt in : In kitchen af:.i ?t idu.i t ln? ? I .owe 1 1 t'.'iir.er Thee is one l.l I \ t >se| that any wake fill nii't" tl is ula ! ?> burst, an I llial i?? : he III | tl i ' ". \|.'lll>oil ' il'tln'. Tile I ' b' I'O lll.l II till! eNi'l.tilll' l "No body ever w.:it (??r:n to f ik h t for his boa I lili-< boiic-et" display ?? 1 a knovvledK1 of boat lin? linn -is and Iiii ilia ni t y . I'.otrd :tiK htoi.se - r.fe if. always- intestine, hos ten Journal I reie - I .t cur mys how innocent i|eo l-'ei i: 1 1 - " 1 1 is '" Th'-y *V.ty lie never kissed i ii > bod \ iti 1 :s nr. and doesn't kii"? hurt to k.-- I.iiura There ;?? not a word ot ' i a ! h tli i : ! lb ? - t -I .ml . ; 1 1 1 .- t 'hie i?o Tribunt . * T!.c w he. 1 lias eotllt to stay," say it -. ai : > ' n p. >r 1 1 y We ha. 2 supposed it had can : . t ?... l,o\v -II t'our;. r, "Was Ii. w irmly te eiv.'d upon tin .. i ??? ..f .'i - deli i iii t r.t^.' ly V Warm ? " Wt'\. they hi I rinu Imvii the ae .. ~ ? ? i ti i i 1 1 1.. " ly> Tribune. "St tvitiu -a ,n tin I ". . | > 1 1 1 1 s t ini.trdi-r, ">?? met ? ' * a lial.l' "So i.s a bt ai I " ie ilt l' kc l Tie ? ?fleerful I'ilot. lasi look len? L'l'.'tv - "it i ot <n t^ in ^ oiler." I . I ia nap i! . ? .lour:, tl he why. I ? U h. wuld know how by this Couldn't Sit I In- Joke. ? ? nlnn la-: ???? k th.To s it :n a v.-w'i Ni,. !.? ?>??. r i: II l< ri t H'.. Sl. Mil >>M < ; . ? i- 1 1 1 . 1 1: < *pjoymK heir pip.-s .ml I ipT mi | pli. illy I :i.n>r :?> !>?.? Mtr.niM .if .in . >r ? li. : r i . In .i:i?vln?? his chair on?r ihfin |>|>.- I <>i. ii i ?:* i"l? ? r tnatrli, \vti!.-li ?>xp|ol?.| v. il h .1 Ii.iiik. "!?>? \.i" i > ? ? t <!?? |>r.i?r.im." In sal'!, minim; !<? his I'oinpaiilon. \ i ? ^ /m iml " "Vy, ?!??! mat<-h." V 1 1 match l>- I \ a!U. ! on." "V 11. I .1! 1 1- " T . ? ? i much; va' ahoud il V "Vy. I \va?fc< 1 on a rnnfh .? > > ? t I? w.-nt hansr, mi. I f Hal. I li \ 's not on <1?j pro. train." Th>- olh?-r |iirki'<l up hi* program ami r?-a<l li tliroiiKh v?ry <Nir?-fti1ly. "I ?lon'l ;i on ih o proKram." ho -ai-l. "Vi !l. I *al?l li van not on t ho program, ?Tfln'l I?" "Wll. viil ha* if koi to >lo m! t >li' pro uram. any w i y ?" A wrfiiry look <-imo owr the fare of ih?* fir.*? m*n a? !??? <>? t ?Uw." ? Chkaso Chronicle. i HAT BERMUDA ARK. riii; it u.i.as FAMil.V dim ovicit \Mi:iti< \ in in i: 1 1? :,vi'ooii:u vioiu oi* f- 1 1 1: i it v\ \M)i:iii\us 4?\ Till: .\ThA.\TIC. In \ n Open Jilt 11 it il .>1 4? 1 ii % ik 1 1 I Islilnu Hon I . A ill* l i< .1 rt.ii |i-l:srnvi it I )i->lr|ihy liy Ji>-. ph I i.illus IMotiiso. i he ;i Jvt'iu iii'c.soino I'tui imut se who set mil 1 1 mil Spanish 4 "t? 1 11 ! , ill i 1:0 U ? ? 1* I II A cs t ruaSI <?! I: IIIIU.lH, ii .func f; for Si. I?avld"> Idani, about <1 ay ' s r-.i 1 1 a way . I.iUi- his distinguished predecessor, i ,'uluiiilnis, Joseph navigated laruely liy Utioss <ii k II' ha>l wlih h I in' his wif?\ who, w Ik ii In- married her, was a wMow 1 'oi'iuii ucso anivsi r.v ; his st'-pson, Mamii'l. V years n|.|, ami a nursing hal>y, Thorni*. horn under tin- ISriiUh llatJ. Ilin wife'* iidinr Is .Mary. Ii rt.is Jt>M-|>h?s intention In settle al Si. Mavid's Island, whore hi thought ho would In- aide to earn a heller lis 1 1 1 k us i llsacriiiau tli. hi l.?i'ha.| earned at Span ish I'niiii, win re there Is an ??>:??? sa of piscatorial talent. ? ili- soli| ill his liiiii.-r hold Roods cxoi pt f?'W ma 1 1 iv*>os an I an oil stove. Those In jiii ' almui l his little sloop, it' it may l?- >.? designated, the l{osl.>, ail. I started I o a ii .'hi roast. Ills eoiii|iass was iJure Itahle. a. 1. 1 h kin w v? ry lillle about navi gation. Those are the chief reasons for his appear. nice at ijuaraulliie last even. Iiir . Nil runtillcr craft has over covered 7"0 tilth's of oci-an under such diiliciiltitvi as the icoslc. ller skipper calls her a yachl. Sin- is really a Heiniuda tlshim? sloop without a topsail. She has a rakitiK mast resembling ,i proa's, and carries a main sail. fon.-Maysail and .j i 1 > . She is alunit twenty five feet long, and I* without a cabin . 1 1 *? i* utt ii 'i' '< a black In ar led, 1 1 row n uyod man, nearly <! x f ot i :* 1 1. piratically l>i?-lui' si|in' .ukI veiy lit i I ? I m:t iinort*l . As ho tn!d t ho story of his vnya^c last nl^hl lii- I ? ; 1 1 1 ? - ? I aKalnsi i hi- mas| of his lil 1 1 o vrsst 1, with .in oilskin jacket thrown over olio should r and a bandanna hand kerchief tied anmti. 1 his head. lie said tiiat ho found oompoi-ii ion in ill. tisliiiiu business so Kroat at ?? ik o|.| homo that lie tli'riili d to miivi1 to St. Mavid's Inland, whore there wero loss hdiormeti and nioro lish. The weather was I'll-. i nit aIicii he stario.l on! < ? n June 13, and lie oxpo. ?;.?<! to niako S: . Mtvili's befor dawn of tin- next day. v s:vnrii? ?io ii'c.vs ivlnd sprang up and drovi' him out of sluhl of land, Ill had a very dim impression about hi.s lati ml- ami longitude, and si tied largely hy -onjeetur*. At that tune h? did not think that he would toii h any -nasi other titan that of I'.ormuda. Mo had tlfly pounds of flour, < lf-ht pounds of l>aeon, and a small (pianti. ty of lard oil. and a gallon of koros.-ne for his oil >iove. Me had also aliout two pound* of butter. When lit' was about four days out and t here was no spook o| land on any horUon t v a|o oa ne 'nit of tho southwos', and the siMj' ?.:ot so hi^h that the skipper foarotl IiIk lii'i oifift would l>o onKolfe.l The iioy hoKan in ory, ami the mother read ehapters from a I'ortuKiies*- eilitioii <>f the I III. I Joe sal ill the stern sheets with his hand on the tiller. Me d scribes the seas over which tin sturdy little craft bounded ax "bl^Ke, than a house." Kvory now* an I then the oresi of iht- sea came aboard an I ni.vle i he boy cry harder than evoi ('apt. Joe I had furb-il the mainsail, and was run ninu under a r ofed forest ay sail After I line (lays t In* Kile Mi w Itself out, all I ('apt. Joe hoisted his mainsail aii-l ? I < ? I ? I t<> make for the I'tiited States roast, lie said he had made ii|> ht> mli.d that Meritiuda was a pretty Miiall kind of a plat" ?. and that, as he had no l< n->vvl. d?e of navigation, he would lie unlikely to lind the little Island. lie hid only a small quantify of Hour left, and nut knowing how Ioiik " would I. ike him to make land, he decided to put his family on short allowance. So after June "n tie haked only one pane, 'ike a day and ga\i that to his wife and ehililr n. On July 2 there was no more flour 1 ? ? f I and the last of the water had been drunk. I'apl/f" Joe said he eould have stood th dejfi'ivallon for a week without complaint if he h&U Im*cm alone, but that it gri v< d him to the heart to sec his wife and children sufforlnR. He is a Catholic. and lie read to his wife a f- w chapter* from St. Luke. It rained on the night of July '1, and C'apt. Joe lowered the jil> so that it form ed a sort of a bap and eaunht .i wood deal of water. Mut as the sail had become stiff with salt crystals the water was luakish and only partly i|iicnchei| the thirst of the skipper and Ills family, lie had some xuijar aboard, however, and ho made' the water palatable by sweelenin;: i it . lb- was iMValmod for several days, dur ing which he sighted four or live sailing vessels which wire in a similar plight, lie could not not to them and tliey could not very well net to him. They proba < bly surmised that he was all right. as li^ had not then set a signal of disi When the Itrltlsh steamship l'ell;?A^>i slghti d him on Friday morning last bin miles southeast of the I tela wire t'ape.H, lie was so weak that he could hardly make himself understood by the Itrltish skipper, who reported thai h lij not want to come to New York. 'I'lie real r ason way he did not take a tow from the lb-Harden was two a use he thought that his little craft would be swamped in the ?w.ish from the steam, ??.hip's propeller. The Itellarden save hi'M the eourH" to Kermuda an I llie course to New York; also water and pt ovNion*. which ho in odi d more than oinirsi s. There, after I he y suffered no hardships. A r o'clock yesterday morning the tug I.e. mar l It ichftrd*. which was cr'iisi'u; off ihe coast fur tows, a ? li |ci I III 1 1) Ito-Ue's -?lock of provisions and water. Tin* I 'or ingui^e skipper declined any other as. s!<t a hoc . Aj| .'! o'clock yi-s ? r<la\ the tun John S. Smith ran across the liltl* boa! off l.otig llranch and without cumpeii-a i io-i towi'd her t o Quarantine. Tln r she wa? bo. tided by a refirosen t a I i ve of the Health i Hli cr, who foi i lid ai, hands well ate] mighty triad to pet Into port. * The only time t In re was my mani'esfa t ion of urea! fear on board t >i ? fjusic '.vi. whi'ii she was towing up ?'?> ' .>'iar.ir? tiiii1. Then the so veil. vea r boy I >? lt ? to cry because several wave . |i,-i? ? am over the little boat forward ami w. t bim. lie never Knew how ii"ar he w i - : ? real 1 I ti u'i r w hen 'lie will! was hi ? W : n T ? i* '? ? 'apt 1 Coins i is a native of "|*'or- s. mi t fie Azori-s.' lb- has s i ii ? 1 1 * rntch of h.^ life at sen He has cruise I on Ai>i**ri< .in vessels down I he c'mm} ilel ihloo'i i It.. West I ml ie.s. and has taken one trip on i Yankee whaler l'or fev. ntr-i n vi-nt-j he wis work Inn In the Joaquin Viliev m California llin health pave on*. an I h'? doctor advl?ed him to iru back to his old home Thar was Three years ago lie went to I'.ermudi ins. cad, and there )?? cane acquainted with the y?iin? |\>r fURUese widow who Is now his Wife New Yoi k Siiii. ?Vortli Cnrolliin'M Itnilttn) n Hy Southern Associated |>r K.llcipli. \ t ' . , .1 Illy \sva-s*||,|.,,f of the railwavs in North firolina wa? ? ??<iii|-i..|,.,) tn.jiir The total ts r.tv> tile increase over last yea r i?eiir? * N ? . There n re miles, and the Increase during the y. nr ended lutie 1 st. w as I'J tulles . Strike Oeclnrrd Off. | Dayton, <>., July 22. ? ' The strike at I the Malleable Iron Works in Ibis city was declared off trxlay by a committee | of strikers and ?il>out 130 men will rc . turn to work, tomorrow at the old ? wage*. The ntrlke haa been !n I?>rcc j for about three weekp. nNTliRl>RI6E is a necessary clement in any busi lifts ill thi* ahead generation. In the manufacture <>t Ihk.is, Sash, HIkkIm. fkt., we realize pal ticularly tlut we MUST u?e the heat kllndned stock, operate modern rapid machinery, and cm ploy skilled woikmen Our cus (diners are the beat and most in telligent class of buyers, and we know t lt.it TIIJiY want high grade und durable goods, and that & the kind thcf'll get if the* huy fiom us. Write for I'ricc I ist l AUQUSTA LUMBER CO I AUQU6TA. QA, ? huy ?.? th* "?ker " 1C *i mm I ii it Triiii|iN MohlllaiMl. lJy Southern Associated I'ress. J.mulon, July 23.? -A /despatch from Hi. IVUrsl.urK. \ i;? Wdy tkuhnen, l'nlssla, on tin- fornn r Russian frontier, says iliat preparations lmvo lmen completed to place GX.otm Ku~. stall troops In two army corp.} on the frontiers of Manchuria and Corea . ho. hl(li>s sending l-'l.iHiO men l?y transport ser vice to Vladivostok. West Siberian and Turkestan divisions will ho ready wltliln a month to operate on the frontier of Ma ncluuia . THE EVE, EAR, THROAT AND LUNGS. The Kye, Knr, Throat niul I^ungs are such delicate organs and are of so much Importance to every Indivi dual that the expert specialist in the treatment of these diseases should he consulted at once as soon as either of He rn become affected. 1 >r. J. J. McKvoy, the celebrated Kye, 10a r, Throat and Chest Special ist. of Augusta, Cla., Is known throughout the South for his great success in treating these diseases. Thousands have gone to him and have been cured. Ills methods of treat ing these diseases are based on sclen ttJlc principles and, by actual demon stration have proven to be the most successful known. Oartaraets, Cross Kyes, (iianular I dds. Pterygium, Acute and Chronic lnflatnatlon of the lJds. optie Nerve diseases, Ite tinetis. Choroiditis and all diseases affecting the eyesight, all diseases o f the ear, discharges from the ears, noises in the ears catharral and ner vous deafness, chronic and acute in flamation, nasal catarrh? anterior and posterior -or catarrh in any form, en larged tonsils, chronic hoarseness, loss of voice and all nervous or inflama tory diseases of the throat, chronic bronchitis, bronchial catarrh, asthma ?.and all diseases of the chest. l>r. Me iKvoy's large established practice <ind the hundreds of testimon ials prove conclusively the (merits of his method of treat I d i ? vc such diseases, ininy of which can be cured by mail. Write, describ | inK as accurately as possible how you [ are affected and he will reply by re I turn mail. giving^ you an honest pro | fcsstomtl opinion <)f your case and tell i iik \oii whether you can be treated at home or If a personal \iHit to his ofli< e is necessary. < 'a 1 1 on or addi<'s:< J)|{. ,j . j. Me ! V< ?Y. L'LTi ;!?>?'. I ?Ver Hll i Id i UK, \ . 1 1; la. < li'.. "I have net lil iik to war." tho summer girl As she floats ill ocean's swells. "And I'm .i 1 1 - 1 about lire I of dre-smi; so in ueh IJkc everybody else.'' 1 teiroit Tribune. I only live l?> know That love was sweet an i true; A nl. when I saw the ro?.?s groiv. Thanked <5od liny M'?nme.| (Or you. Thanked f!od ilial, if i thorny spear Some crimson drops did shed. Von n; ill wo. 1 1 1 1 have : ii . ? rose, my <iear. And leave my heart I he red! ? Atlanta Constitution. The "bicycle face" is ai! rlnht. If further comment I* permissible; |lt*s ruddy, and healthy, and hrlnhl. ' And some timer* pretty and kissalde. ? Kansas City Journal. ORGANS Special Sale. Special Price#. Special Terms. GREAT CLEARING SALE. Three Hundred I'wrlnr nmt Churcli Oi'ifiiim. from nol??il maker*, *1 I'rline Coat to ri'diipf it took. Mint bo Mold. Floor* liriMiklnc ?1own. Cnu't riirry lliem through dull ???minor. tint loo many, I'rlrd mi oliJrcU I'rollt not <-011 nlilnrrii. Mum! unload. KmkIchI |nmillilii Irniit for |i?v mml. Oulv *1.00. ?t .AO, Hi. ?.t. monthly, On?--lialf hhv?-iI liy buy ing now. ltnrgnln Hlianta ll?"?dy. Write for llinin. Mention till* Mit r?|)?tr. LUDDEN & BATES, Savannah, Ga ::o owiioiiiw?'? null Trtffr^|ihy, Aagi> *?. Aft. Si) llifi.rf. N? U*l k ?*?. iotu., PrtHB ' or I l?; It-. <?>??? f IWtiW ?4 fc? 1 1 *? *** j)

Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 26, 1895, Image 4