The Pee Dee herald. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1856-1859, March 03, 1857, Image 1
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W. I* T. PR1VCK. J. R. MALI.OY t
PRIICK Ac MALLOY,
EDITOR AND PK OP U I K T 0 R8. J
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PROM THE N. C. WHIQ. I
TO THE PEOPLE OK NORTH CAR-1 v
OLINA I
Wc call the attention not only of our 1 1
own cittiens, but ?>f tho State generally, s
to the following Letter from Lieut, Heard, j *
of tho Kansas Militia. Mr. HoatJ is ?
known to many of our citizens us he rosi- 1
ded in Charlotte at the time ho volunteer- 11
ed to go to Kansas with rite South Camlb r
nu Company, and may therefore he relind '
on. Should this Col. White attempt to '
impose himaelf upon the people of this *
State, we hope lie may meet with the ro- v
ception he deserves. Our brethren of the 1
press will porbaps do good service by in- ^
sorting the letter: ! ^
rOH Till NORTH CAROLINA WHIO. <]
Columbia, 8. C , Feb. 5,1857.
Kpitor Whig.?Sir: By allowing my
'etter a space in your columns it may save
aouie oT your citizens, if net of Charlotte,it
may of North Carolina, from being grossly
imposed upon. A person calling himself!
CV J. \V. White, a llordit Uuffun. from I
Missouri nil claiming to !>< acting hy the |
authority of the citizens of Missouri and of
Kansas Territory, to procure contributions <
ns be for our suffering friends in t
Kansas, and by rhosc recommendations is i p
traversing the Southern Slates, raising tuo- ' ii
iicy which our liberal citizens arc di> posed I
to contribute. t
1 would not for u uiotuent endeavor to \ ?
restrain the people of North Carotin i from v
giving lit their aid, to enable us to niaiu- j
tain our honor and ourwqual rights in that y
territory, for the cause is justly worthy of t
their most liberal contributions; but when u
1 tin firmly convinced that an imposition is ?
about being practiced upon you, it is tuy v
duty as an ndvoeate ??T our common cause n
to give you proper warning. It is neccs *
?ary that I should in form you that no uian I
or men, nare power to give lectures Ihro' r
the South sad solicit money tor the benefit v
of the Southern cause in Kansas, without *
they come fully prepared to furui*h the o
proper recommendation* and credentials t
when called for?thus you will perceive a
that it will be a very easy matter for the
so-called Col. J W. White, to prove him- v
self innocent of the accusation brought a
sgnisst him, by myself. Simply by hand- li
ing over his recommendations, and ere
dentiaie, which must be endorsed by tbo *
Executive Committee or by some Cottony u
or Assoeiaiioii.?There is not the least n
particle of doubt but that this Col. White i
ia the ume person, who eaoraased thu
States of Georgia and Alabama list soring
aod summer, sud who never did remit one I
dollar of the large amount that he raised 1
to the gentlemen of the Executive Corn- j
uiittesin Missouri; besides he carried a t
company of emigrants into the upper part w
of Georgia or Alabama, I do not now re- o
member which, and there deserted them a
without a dollar to procefcd oo their jour. I
ney to Kaaeas, or to rctapi to their homes, r
101. * mm, m nr u i nsre been atrio c
to leara, hai given two lecture* in tfaia t
Slate, one at Orangeburg, and the other in r
the town of Cheraw, at both place* he rv t
calved money. I *hou!dffbf? to know the, ?i
reason why be did not cone fc> thie city aa
he stated, when he left Orangeburg. Mo c
donbt he was afraid to lecture in tbi? city t
for fearsome returned Volunteer fro to a
Kanant woo Id know and ctfpoee hint; ncj. c
ther haa.be vinitod Cbarleeton or any other t
large to^ ''? *i?t he# with treubh gone? J
around U. Tbi* alone in aUipick>u* in a
iteelfj ao? . ir, I believe him to beyond <
any donbt ao i repealer and swindler, and
the oitiseua of your tft*te would do well to *
beware of hi?; when heard from kH he t
wee on hie way to Wwieetattugh. i
\ ? At a meeting of Soother* Emigrants i
hold ia Waatjvwt, Mo., the following nana- i
d gentlemen were appointed delegated, ]
0
lee 0
. J .1J.M ' 1 " J'
FLEETING AS THE WIND?lit
U E R A W., S. C..
mmm?-m mumam i mmmmrnmmmmmmi
I shuddered, It was a tearful alterna- j <
tive, but it seemed low terrible to Buffer j I
all the horrors that might bo concentrated ?
inton single night; than to hoar day after | t
day the jeers of toy companions. ( i
"Where shall T go? and when?'' was , *
ioy timid Inquiry; and the very thought of i
such an adventure uiado iny blood ruu I
cold. v
"To the Eastern Ccruotery, to-night, rt
twclvo o'clock," replied my torocntor, fix- n
ing his keen black oyea upon me, r.nd al- f
lowing hife thin lips to curl with contempt, t
"But what is the use of asking sucL n cow- r
in! us you to perform ^.uoh a manly feat*" s
WW* ''
'he i
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HAT DEPARTETH, SPEECH IS
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receive money in North Carolina, vix : \
J. 0. Fulton, J. II. Fianoor, A. Nixon,
[>wcn Kennan and J. W. Kelly, the lirst ;
Tour are residents of your State, of Wit. I
nington, and tho latter is an agent to ho '
tent from the territory; by thin you will
?co that arrangement* have already born
nade to receive such monoy as your citiirtns
may feel disponed to contribute. <
Should Col. White visit your |lnvn and
ecture and your citizens arc willing to aid I
mr cause, let them appoint a committee cf j i
,hcir own to rocoive ths money, aud for- ; 1
vavd it by oheck to any cT the gentlopien, <
jclonging to the executive Corumttbeo, who ,:
vill by return mail send their receipt foi 1
;ho same. The following gent lumen coin
X)so that ooraruittuo; Col. A. (.*. Boone and \ i
\loxundor Myers, of Weatport, Mo., Col. 11
inderson, of Lexington, Mo? ticn. String- I
allow, Atchinsoo, Katmas Territory, and
IV. Russell, Esq., of Leavenworth City : I
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As the delegate to South Carolina I con- j
teieniiously bolieve thut it i* my duty in
he absence of your own dolegato-s, to put j :
rou on your gnnrd against imposition, for , ]
?ur suffering friends ia Kunsas needs oil J i
ho money that w?: can spare tliem: there- I
ore, do not let ut? waste our monna by pi- i
ring it to men who have not tho power or
ight to receive it. Should jour citizens i
.i,? ..... 1 1 ?
anv UJJ IIUTICI aiiu I'Ulupi!! M IIIMJ lO TUT | I
ush his credentials,they will see for them- i
elves that he is an impostor, and I hope ; i
rill give him the just treatment that ho I 1
leserves. I have written to gontleincn in !
he different part; of Georgia and Alabama
il.so to the Kvocntivo Comraiuco and by 1 1
eturn mail they will endorse all that I j v
lave written; and endeavor o get this fcl- I f
off into the clutches of the Low. Sir I ,
mi entirely responsible for all that I have J t
rritten aud will hold myself in rcadiucse a
o meet any opposition that may occur s
rum the exposure of this Col. J. \Y. ft
A hi to. t
1 am, Sir, with respect, your nsost obc- t
lient servant. My address is t.
W. F. BEARD, a
Lieut. K. T. Militia, Columbia, ir. 0.
I
miscellaneous.
THE DOCTOR 3 UJUDR
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BO KMMKRSON ItKNXKTT.
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<n\'o Doctors meet with strange ndTen- a
ures," once said to me n distinguished I r
ihysioian, vrith whom I was on terms of i J
ntiiuaey.
4iI have often thought," I replied, "that jC
he secret history of some of your profes-'s
ion if written in detail would make a : r
rnrll nf thrillino "
6 ??>? ,
"1 don't know that I exactly agree with
ou in regard to <lotail, rejoined >ny friend:
here is n groat deal that U common place, C
nd therefore not worthy of being record- !
<1; hut grant u? tho privilege of your no- 1
cliat, to select our characters and scenes 1
n<i work them into a kind ol plot, *'
rith a view of striking denouncement, and 1
doubt not many of u* could give you a ?
umaucc in real life, comprising only what '
re have seen, t.hich would equal, if not :
urpass. anything you evor met in the way I v
f fiction, liy the by; I believe 1 never j J
old you of tho uioat strange and romantic ;
dveuture of my life?
"You never told Die of any of your ad : 1
sutures, l>octor, I replied; but if you fiave
story to tell you will find me un eager
istener."
Very well, ua 1 havo a few minutes to *
pure, I will tell you oneiocre widely ro 1
actio, more inoredibly remarkable, iff
nay eo speak, than you probably over found c
n a work of fiction." 1
"I atn all attention." c
"Twcoty-tive years ago, pursued the t
k?otor, I entered tba Medical College of j
f??as a student 1 wae then quite i
ounp, inexporienoed, and inolined to be t
imid and sentimental; and well do I re- <
uetnber the horror I experienced when I
me of the aeuiorsUidoot*,under pretense of
bowing me -tho bean ties of the institution
uddeuly thrust tue iuto the dissenting I
oom of long dead bodies, and instantly i
iloeed the dx>r upon tne; nor do I forgot i
>ow my aereeohe* of terror and prayers of I
elcase front that awful place made me t
he laughing stock of my oldor oom pan- I
oris. I
Ridioule is a hard thing to bear, the
toward beorenes brave to escape it, and ,
a iw*u mirs i? mwr?t lUHl D9VVi;ia
. booking eannon. 1 Aufforod it till 1
nuld stand it bo longer; end wrought up
o ? pitoh of tupf ntion, Idoaianded to
[M>? *b?t I might do to rodoom my okir
oterand gtain bo Uouombla toting among
ay follow atudaate.
?I will to4I y<m?" Mid one, hi* eyes
iporkling with miooiiiof; if you will go *4
ho midnight hour end dig op a eufcjeot,
tnd iafca it to yoar room and jwu.ain akr>?
*Hh it till mora tog, wo will Ui jow 0 and
taver Bay another void about poor wnamw
y fright "
Iio added d o rid i ugly. ! I:
Hit words stung tne to tho qui A and ^
without, further reflection, and scarcely
?waro of what I was saying, I rejoined bold- 1
J: . 3
"I am noeowarJ, sir,as I willjprovo to yu a
l?y pdWbriuing what you call a manly feat . v
"You will go?" he asked quickly. ! ti
"I will." j r
' Uravcly said, my lad!" he rejoined in | a
i tone of approval, and exchanging bis ex. ' o
>rcs< ion of con tegipt for one of surprise : ii
uid admiration. "Do this, Morris, and j I
he first man that insults you afterwards b
nuke1- an enemy of me!"
''A^uin I felt ti cold shudder puss thto' a
ay frame at the thought of what was he- ii
'ore me; but I had accepted tho challenge j t<
n the presence of witnesses?for this con- 'i
rorsation oocarr d ;ts we wore leaving the \
la!!, alter littcning to an evoTUug lecture
?and I was resolved to make my word t a
jood should it oven cost me tny life; in fact J 1
[ knew I could not do otherwise now. with-, y
tut tho risk of being driven in disgrace
roni tho eollogo. * !
T sildftilVl Iwiri' nKaoiw o !?? -1-- ' -
- - ax vwu-ji x V iHUI III UIU.U' UUJJ1 ( ')
hero were few professional resurrectionists; j t
ind ai it ?vns absolutely nenesHP to have a
ubjoct '> for dissection, tho unploasuit ba- !i
ioeft* of procuring thcrn devolved upon > f<
bo student*, who in oonsenui uoe wtifehcd tl
ivery funeral eagerly, and calculated tlu- o
hancc-s ofeb rating the sexton of hi*euargo li
md the gravo of it" '-ioiiaj. ri
There bad been a funeral that day of a ii
KX>r orphan girl, who had been followed tr
o tbo 'STAYo by a few friends; and this !>
ras Considered a favorable cbanco for the
mrty whose turn it was to procure tlie n.?*t w
uhject, a the grave* of tbo poor and u
riendle * were never vutehed with toe ri
amo keen vigilance nn those of the rich
...1 <o.:n ?- -
v. .ui.umimhi. i^vbii 11 itu iriuiii^fH
i-k to attempt to exhuuic the bodies of the | b*
toorest and humblest?for not uafrt-queul- y
j persons were found on the watch eveu n
ivertbe.se; and only tbo year before one cl
indent had boon mortally wounded by a fi
ifie ball; and another a month or two sub- y
tquently bad boeu rendered a cripple u
or Ufo by the same means. b
All this was explained to ma by a party v
>f six or eight who aocouipauicd mo to ft
ny room?which wan in a building belong- u
ng to the college, aud routed by apartnentsto
such of the students as preferred cl
i bachelor's to regular hoarding; and tltey
ook cart to add several terrifying stories
if ghosts and hobgoblins by way of caliling
my excited nerves; just as I have be
ore observed old women sUud around a s<
veak. feverish patient, and eioak out thoir 1
ixperioouo in seeing awfn! sufferings and f
atal terminations ol just such maladies as I
he one with whioh their helpless victim a
vas then uftlietod. a;
Is it expected that I shall go alone?'* a
. inquired, in a tone that trembled in spite o
>f me, while my knees almost knocked to- k
[other and 1 felt as if my very lips were o
rhite. I
wen, no," replica ist&ton, raj nnwt
Ireaded tormentor; "it would be hardly *;
air to hoiid yuu alone, for one individual
loukl not sucooed in getting the body from
be graro qniok enough; and you, * more N
,'osth without experience, would foil alto- {|
;ether. No, we will go with you, ?ome 0
hroo or four of us, and help you dig up the w
wrpc; but then you mnavtakc it oft your ^
jack and bring it up to jour room here,
ind spend tbo night alone with it 1?
It was eorue relief to me to Slid I was to .
uve company during the flrut part of my "
iwful undertaking, but still I felt far fron
tnfn.4ftVJA 1 eseuro uahi on.l skansieh ?
look into the mirror, an the tirue drew H
arer for letting out, i fairly Merted it be- *
holding the ghw_ tlj object I m? Teftected '
therein. 3
V I
'Corse, boy*," enid Beneon, who was el- J
way* by general concent the 1 eerier of 1
* haieeer frol'tr., expedition or undertaking
he wm to have e hand in: <4(Jomo, boyii, it <
ia time to be et^ the more. A pterins* *
wight for se !" lie added, throwing up the 1
window an ! letting in e fierce gmt of wind 8
and rain; the eery d 1 hitnmrif woald ?
Hardly ventura out ioWuch e rtoewt" '* *
Ue lit n dntk lantern, threw on hie ftMgj <
heavy olonk, took up ?p?de end led the f
wey down ataife; end the rea? of tu, three
In number, threw en our cto&ke alao, took eeuh
* spade end J'oUowed him.
\S e>5Mfie nrftbdehoul oeoree te avoid I
bebh?*1 '* *n7 Mtmn tbet might i
tt 1
'i i' J.!!1. 11' 1 J - ....
:adin< rs an unrkmembei
=ar rm ifMrt.-XK?.. - .3 r^-.t-^ces. -zmezz.?a.r?, ?i ,j ?v uarvwuaw. xMJ*
MARCH 3, 18
jhanco to be stirring, and in something
eaa than half an hour we reachod the cerne
>tery, scaled the will without difficulty,
ind stealthily f arched for tho grave till
*c found it in the pitchy darhncas?the
tind and raiti sweeping pant us with disnal
howls ai d moans, that to me, trending
with terror, seemed to be pn earthly
railings of the spirits of the damned.
"Here we are, whispored Benson touie
s we at length stopped at a mound ot'
resli earth over which one of the party
ad stumbled. Vomc, feel around, Moris,
Mii<1 strike in ^our r>padrf and let us
o-.. if you wil' make n? good a hand at e.v
turning a den-; nody a* you trill some day
I killing alirr one wi'.h physic."
1 did as directed, tronablin? in eearv
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imb, but tho first apadi full I throw up 1
Carted hack with a ye'l of horror, that, on
ny other hut a howting, storn-y nigh*,
rould have betrayed us It appeared to
no as if I had thrust my spade tutu a buried
lake of fire? for the soft dirt vrii all
glow liko living coals, and as I had faa
ied the moaning* oftho afonn, the wailng*
of tho toruiontcd spirits, I now landed
had uncovered a small portion ot the
ottomlcsA pit itself,
"I'ool!" hivied IJonson, grasping my
nn with the grip of a vice, as J stood leanig
on uiy spado for support, my very
ecth oliattoring with terror, 'Another yell
Ice tli \t and I'll make a subject of you!
ire you not ashamed of yourself, to bo
arcd out of your wits, if you ever had
ny, by a little phosphorescent earth?
hint you kuow it is often found in gravoards?"
His ? xpl a nation ro assured me. though
was now too weak from my flight to he
f any assistance to the psrty, who all fell
o with n will, secretly laughing at me,
ud rocti reached the coffin. Splitting the
ill with n hatchet, which hud boon brought
): the purpose, they quickly titled out
lio corpse, niul then Hen-ion and another
f the party taking hold of it one at the
end and the other at the feet, they hur
ied it awny, Lidding uio follow, aud leav
tg the others to hll up the grave, that it
light not be suspected that the body had
new ffxhutned.
Having got tlio corpso safely ovor the
all of the cemetery, 11 on son now called
pon me to perform my part of the liorI
tile l)ll?i "JrtM,
' Hero, you qnakinuc simpleton," he
tid, "1 waiuyon to tuko this on your
uck and make the beet *'f vour way to
our room, und ren-aiti alone with tt all
ight. If you do this bravely, wo will
laiiu vou a* one of us to-nmrrow. and the
ml man that dares to say a word agaiuU
our courage after that, shaii tiud a foe in
10. Hut hark you! if you make any
1 under on tho way and lone our prize, it
'ill bo hotter for you to qait this.town bo>ru
I set eyes on vou again! Do yon un?
crstand tue !'*
"Y yc-yo>ye-ycs!" I stammered with
battering teeth.
"Ara you ready?"
' Y-yo-ye yes," I gasped
"Well, eotao hero, where areyoq?"
All this tint* it was so dark that I could
90 nothing hut a faint lino ofwhito, vrhioh
knew to be ihe shroudod corpse; hut
felt carefully round till I got hold of
kuson, who told t.ic to take off iny cloak;
nd then rearing the cold dead body
gainst my back, he began fiitio its cold
rms nlwut my nook, bidding mo tnke hold
f them, and draw them wol! ever and
ecp eoncoaled, and be sure ind no* let go
f them on any oouaid^iJon whatever, as
valued my life.
"Oh! the toituringfcprror I experienced
ft I mechanics 11} foTWwci hit di recti jdh !
'onpuct could not describe it!"
"At length having adjusted tbo corpse
> that 1 might bam it off with compare
ive esse, he threw my loug black cloak
rer it and over my brass, and fsstsned it
nth a oord about my neck, tad then iuuired:
Now, ttoffcs, do you think you Can
od tho way to yonr room;1"
"1-1 do do don't know," 1 gasped, feelr?g
at if I should sink to the earth at the
sat step.
Well, you eaotiot loan your way if you
p straight ahead," he replied. "Keep in
be middle of thie street or rood, and f*
rill take you to^oHegs green, and then
ou are all right. 0-oine, push ??> bolbrs
our harden grows too heavy; the dUtaoon
s only a good half mile!"
"1 ttt ftrwarff, with trembling nerve*,
Tp?<rti;*gts vinJc to the ground at every
-tej.; hat gradually my terror, Instead of
reasoning gave me Hrtngthj and I war
oon on th.s ran?aplaafcing ibrcngh mud
iud wnler, with the. norm howtiag about
bo in fury, and the cold corpse, as 1 fended,
clingiog if , me tiles bideuas raw.
thre. ,v V^'"'
?4tfoW t washed my rogsu I <1> Met know
-Imc4 prnUWv by a sort of instinct, far 1
>hH rerattol- t of my brftNi being inn wik!
Kvarisb whirl, %ith ghoetly p?ho?v.o?ai? hft
it 'nit ms, as one eomatisM* sees them in n
kmib
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ElEO PASTIME; BUT A WJEUTltfG
m, Im
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dyspeptic drcntu.
41 But reach 1oy rfoni ? did with my
doad burden on my hack; god t wm afterward*
told that 1 made wonderful time;
for Benacn and hi* fellow student*, foar*
ing tbe loos of thaireitbjoet?which on a j
count of the chhculty of getting subjects ;
was very valuable?followed close behind \
me, and wore obliged to run at the top of I'
theirjpeed to keep Rio within hading di :
| "Th^ tii t 1 remember after eclting to 1
I my room, w?'' the finding mysolMiwahc in j j
b' , " 't'l i'r n i?-.s or ?>r>m >ibin<' 1
horrible hiving happened-?though what,
for t 10 ' iijjnutc. 1 1 old not for the life of 1
ine hmoUoot Uiadunlly, however, th"
1 truth dnffnod upon nip; anu then i felt n j
cold perspiration start from every pore, at
: tho th night that pefhrpa I was oicupying {
j a room clone with a eorjee. The rtom
, vfa.i not dnrlc; tliire *.vcrc a low enlbevs in }<
j the grate which threw out ft ruddy light; i
I and fearfully mishijr my head, 1 ghmood 1
quickly and timidly around. 1
"And there?there on the floor agnit?t t
the right baud wall, hut n few feet from , t
me?sure enough, la; the cold r *i 11 corpse ! I
robed in its white shroud, with n glonrr. of 1 i
firelight renting upon its ghastly faco,which |
to my excited fucw-y seemed to mmo. Did j
lit, move? I was g*?.ing upon it. thrilling
nnd fuscruat. d with an indescribable terror, ;
when, aft euro as T ?eeyou. now, I saw the 1
lids ofthccyoB u 3lot\ and saw its breast r.
heave, nnd heard a low stifled moan.
"Great (Jod!" 1 shrieked and foil hack j 1
in a swoon. j c
"How lonr; T lay ancouscious I do not1 t
know; but when I came to myself again, j 1
it. is a marvel to tuo that iu uiy excited : t
stato I did not lose my seizes altogether, | c
and becotuo the tenant of u Dt&d*drou*Q! a
for there?right bafore me?standing up c
in its white shroud?-with it* oyen wide ?
open and itairing upon me, a?id its features 1 t
tliin, hollow and death-hued?wae the c
i corpse I had brought from the cemetery.
"In God's name, a vaunt!" I gapped, j a
{ Min hack to your grave, nnd rest in peace! 11
| T will nover disturb you again"' j d
I "The large hollow eyes locked iootc ' r
' wildly upon im"?-the hewi moved? the i
! It(?v parted?nnd a voico in a somewhat i
' H>j)ui?ihral tune said: , f
"Whora am If Who mo you? Which 11
world am 1 in? An* 1 living or aru 1 dead?" i
' Von woro dead," I gasped, sitting up o
in bed and feeling as if my brain would >
burst, with a nre-asura of unspoaLaole h<?r- j i
ror; "you were c!cad end buried, and ? was >
one of the guilty wretches who thin night 1
disturbed you in your peaceful rest, lint
go hack, poor g!u*t, iu (leaven's name, ?
I and no mortal power shall ever induce m- t
j to coma nigh you again! "OM I feel \ ?
faint!" said the cornso craduallv sinking !t
f v ?r p 1
down upon tlio floor, with n groan ''Where t
am 1? Oh, where am 1?"
"Great God!" 1 shouted, o* tho start- t
ling truth suddenly flashed upou me, "per- c
haps tbia poor girl was buried ulivo and ! I
is now living!" |J
"I bounded from the bed and grasped a i i
hand of the prostrate body. It was not I
warta, but it was not cold. I put toy /
trembling tinge re upon the pulse?Did it c
beat? wr was it the pulso in ?uy filters?" a
I thrust inj baud upon tho heart. It was e
warm?-there wat life there. The breast j ?
beared; she brcnthod; but tho eyes wore jf
eloacd aud the iouture* had the look of 1
donth. Still it was a lining body?or elae
I mysrifwaa insano. t
1 sprang to the doo?, tor? it open, aod t
shouted tor help. ; t
"Quick! quick!" cried T; "tho dead is
Alive! the dead is alivol" 1t
Several of tho ;tud_ u.L* sleeping in ad-1
joining rooms oamo hurrying luto mine, 1
thinking 1 had gone mad with terror; as H
some of tbeiu bud board my voioe before, i
and all knew to what a fuurful ordeal I had ]
boeu subjected, 1
M'eor follow!" exclaimed one, in n tone I
of sympathy; I predicted this "
it is too bad," said another; "it waa i
toomueh for hie- norvua system!" I
"lam not mud/' returned I, cotupre- i
bending theii -uspiciont; bus the corpse ;
is alive?b.iatcn and sen!" <
.. They berried into the room one after an* 1
other; and the foremost, at-toping down to 1
what he supposed to be the corp*\>, put '
hi* hand upon it and ioaUMly exclaimed: '
"Quick! a light and some brandy?-she
lives!"
"
AI1 oow weebuade, ooDFurion find excite- :
naent, one proposing one thing and another
something elae, and *11 speaking togeth. j
* tr. They, placed bcr im the bed and gave
W mM Kranrl* wl?r. ? 1 1 '
KHVM nuv ?(|n|H IV>?V('?]
I ran Tor a phytioiuo?oneof tfco fttnhy
who otme snd tended *pert bar through J
the night, and by sunrise the Mtl ruutn
WR *-?* rtpOfW* to be in * fti# *Vf<A '
rvtnwry. :
' Now, ?W<U> you think. of 5iy xtwry .
m 9*V c\iixiitd ti.e J>octf,r, *U!> ttwil* ?
<fiH? I rtpttnd; ?ery r?~
luMrlrfcble irtdood' Hot tell a?, did *)> " 1
folly roooferv
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18 ETKUNAL."?Tt PPBK.
NO. 37,
. - 1 a J JUL1. 1 - - - . !"!" y
4 "Sho did; and timied oat to be a most .
beautiful creature, and only sweet sctcdteen."
'And 1 nupi?cse she blessed the rrsur.
rctiutiis's nit the rest of her iifel" I rejoined
with n Inugh.
''She certainly bold on oof them in kind
rornetnbraoce, retured tho doctor with a
smile.
''What became of her, JXictor?"
?W hat should have become of her, ae?
cording to the well known rules of poetio
Justice i ' your novel writers?" returned my
friend with ? peculiar r mile.
MVIi^r," said 1 laughing, ''.-.he should
Ijavc ttu ned out an heiress, &ud married you'
'And that is exactly what she did!" rejoined
the Doctor. !
"Cioixl heaven*. Von are jesting!"
<lNo, my friend, n'>, colied the Doctor j
ti n faltering v< 130; 'that night of horror
inly preceded tho dawn ofiny happiness;
for.thnt girl, loVo)^ Helen T^oroy, iu time
iecatne my wife ami the mother of my two
joys. Sho sleep* no*.? in death, beneath *
he cold, cohj sod," nddod ttye Doctor, in a
rcmuloas tone, brushing awoy a tear from
lis eye: and no huruan resoroctionist shall
!\*er raiso her to life again!"
A STRANG 12 CASK.
Tn the flush times of Mississippi, twenty
rears ago, Richard 8. Graves, )ts dashing (
Treasurer, perpi tratod a magnificent rasality
* by cmbozxling the funds of the
t&ty. Uo reaped justico and sight of
lirn was lost, until last antumcr the morntry
of Graven was suddenly revived, by an
tnsuorofsful aU-.iinpt to bring him from
"anada, where lie ban been residing for
on '/errs past, uiidor tie extradition clause
f the Ashburton treaty, He was arrested, . j
ind nftor an investigation before two judical
functionaries in Canada, it was deciled
that the Ashburton treaty did not
ueet hia case, and f<6 was accordingly dia
[barged.
Recently Gov. McRao, of Mississippi,
ent s rVivuiul nicSsAge to the J^giisiaiUfe
uibracing a letter from Canada from the
lofaulting treasurer. In his letter, ho
ays; J
"I have been near fourteen years an eX"- '
ie, living on this Siberia of America, ex>o*ed
to this terrible climate, where tbo
uviuurjr uiu n HtnK* Vt *V (K'gr?4l DClOW
ero, aepnratcd from all that is Jear to mo
m enrto. Surely thin ir* sufficient pun.
imninnt for all my piuviou^ acta. Even
f I had been living in W,?? **, my offence
rouhi not liuva merited tbo punishment X
iave endured.
<'You hurely caunot, aflcr fourteen years
>f punishment, when my bead in silvered
rith trouble and age, wheu my children
tare grown up around in *, unconscious of
heir father's misluTtuue, wish to degrade
no any further.
' I have s wife, air, bsro in the auaby
South, whose relations reside in Madiaon
ounty, who ia moat anxious to return to
?er native State. She nobly deserted hor,
mrtntv, her lioiue, her all, to follow her
iu*b%n<l into .exile; hor punishment baa
MHin greater than mine, . SAe at (east fa .
/incxrtw. but (hU ??
MVV |/4 MWV 1119
iluoato from doing its worst upon her, nod
'10 if gradually sinking into grave. All
be aak.s is to be permitted to return to hor
lative .State, Mississippi, to the sunny
jjouth, to die. This she cannot do unleac
wjr husband is iVoe."
The Goverooi submits his piojofition
o the Legislature, and says that if it meets
ho approbation >f that body he "shall in.
crposo no objoctiow.'
Toe Vkhsburg ''Whig," referring to
his caso, ftya:
"In her unfaltering devotion to hot has)0hd,
?b? ban bcantifuUv exemplified the
tuching atoiy of Ruth and Naomi, mod no
nan worthy of tbo nanu ean fail toayin atoise
with her. Wo well remember
Mr*. Graves a* we sow her a few dajs'ufter
hor warriago. In tbo lint f^ish of
Fonth, the world was "arulntr. fit nvM" to
tier, and we never Maw a sunnier smile lighten
liife fnoo of o bride, hoard a more joy'U
laugh oetue ringing tVom tb?* lip* ?>f
foutb and beauty. AlatJ poor child,) 1,?r
irc.im of bliss was -ii shoft duration. A;,
few ntootbs'uw bar huabaud branded with
a fclo?'y.*sae, flying tbo avenging
i?ww urn wwuiea, imiii www Uiat dny to
tluKtbe haoobartd hi*?stte Waaiy, wcfc. I
ry yearn they haea bae? taker! Aid in
that cold add iuhaapiubU ottm? whore aha
haa found a rafale aad a borne, how bar
heart Una ynamdl for tha annoy homo i I
where jMmsyaara warn cherished, none
but (ho ?*Ue can hnaw. For her ?tkn, ore ^ I
*], let Graven come hack, If bo refniid?
the money he took from onr Treasury; I
?i4! ood faadf if ha d?f? not we Hill nay
poll Hot IvH hini aamr?lot hi* wUb
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