The Pee Dee herald. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1856-1859, March 10, 1857, Image 1
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,,*L t- tT- PttlNCK. J. K. MAI.I.OV
; PUIN B Ac W4I.LOY,
fcDlTOll AND PRO* BIEIORS,
' TER WSI
Tit* Pr Dm Htrttt l< *T?r]r T .utAt, ut *jj
fwr yi?r, J uiirn.f IN ?tlVK(
A ?? V y. It 'A' If B!R K x T h
Of flf <?o linr*. or law. tftikh i? aquar*. will l? lo??rtokt
Otio dollar. T>r * Inflo lt.?-rtW>n ; olio rquan oontluufd
Nrvent) fro root* I t Ihr Pr*t, and fifty *!,*.? for oocl
wl> iNjoii- t itnorll?'\. Korwwal e? ctirojjo twenty cent
pwr rquorr.
AdvertSaomouta Insorted uionllily or quarterly, nn<-do!)*!
per * will monthly, evotity f!*? eent* per aquuv.
'Slio f>l lowing dwlwrltona will 'or made In fnor of ataxdiu.
ifTtrilntMillil
<)oc ? uara, fl?r throe montl \ R4 KQ
.l? f -r rl\ month*, 7 .K>
t'eo fbrtn? few, lO OO
Two aqiiarra. for throw month*, 7 SO
lo (W ?u do 1 ? OO
dv f r one yrtr. I K O0
IStei Niuar^. tor tbree month.*, I 1 OO
do lor dx do 1H OO
do tint your. US OO
Four ?|U?n*. f.r Ihrw moolbr, 1 1 OO
no r>T hi* uo lev ?u
d<? itt mm jrt?r. 3.5 O0
VlW quivrto, for tilt* J fur, 40 OO
l*rofr?-t<yii?l nti'l lnulnw* Cant*. 8 OO |h-? minnm.
Jtm AH n ;?. ; . .-... i.u '-r leu i't?n t??? uoytas CASH
SKi. nOi?rt W ht W> pai:> n> *t -Tistv.
If Tit* 't; Wfua of Inwtlons I* not ?fnvllioJ, nr wrirnt:
?lT?niMHiient* will h* OiXTTHOILU till VP tared out, MJ'!
Pdtwxii ttvoitrivntr.
No tttTetUMMUBU, troWrrm (MALI, wlu Ixt o>t)*l Jcrcil
i*?? riiv* > .t jitftn.'.
-Miscellaneous.
MARRYING TOR MONEY.
TUB 11RIDK<)ROOM'8 PROBATION.
A toutig Englishman, from gaining,
love nffoirs. ind other audi gold fluttering
on joy in outs, had so nearly readied the
drcgu of 1) i- groat grand father's hereditary
portion, thai. Ik t-ould calculato the depsr*
ling hour at hia lust guinea, As one evening
he iva? rvtinuiiig homo from one of
those haunt* of dissipation, which he has
bii'.iuiiy fVcijuorU -d, feeble in ho ly ami Io
mind, and for the li'-i tiuio in his life c.isliug
a Gru? look upo i the ruin of his fortune,
he could not well determine wl ether
lit should end his troubles by dtaaii ?r a
trigger, nr by throwing himself into the
Thames.
VVMulo li.a tlii-a ivau iiPot) krl tr Aiin fi w. t
ml water, the very profound idea occurred
to him, not t? lu\ violent, hands upon himself,
but. to ullow himself to he conducted
out uf the labyrinth of poverty by lb? lair
hand of rioilio wealthy biido With this
ooits-uliiig thought lie went to bed; rvnd already
in but nocturnal visions the rapid
raetrs tl?.w, the fair f;irls frisked around
him, both of which he was haf py in think
in? be might muintainio future upon the
dowry of his wife
Ou the following morning lie veSected
anew upon his pi in, and found it unexceptionable
in every point,excepting!* very
< sight circumstance of uot knowing when
or w! ore ho was t find the rich heiress ho
wanted. In London, where all the world
regarded him as a spendthrift, it was not
once tu be thought of. lie saw thut, for
thb futuro, he ti.u.st throw his nets out
1m whore.
a j\. l 1 _ i
niter mucn coguatiou una ecarcniag,
lie at lust hit up<>ri an old rich Colonel, li
ring upon hit own e?tau*, ubont twenty
miles from the rapitnl, who fortunately
hud no ai-()u,iioluiirn< in Ixiiiduii, and was
the father *?F an only daughter.
Into the UoV'-c of thi* ^ontlonihn, by
means of u friend, to uhoui he promised
half the b.ioty; lie got himself intioduccd
and received. The daughter of the Colonel
n?t an uwkw.trd country girl, with
t round clu bby cheeks, liko iUuben a eh?rjL.
ubiuH, and looked particular odd in the
Wi hand roe-down attire ofher ninted mother
or, Trliiv.li did not at all fit her, and was of
course not of the most J'aili>oouble cut?
Her luiod too, waa us attractive as her attire.
She could only talk of hens and
goeao, aud wheu any other topic earoe
above board, her conversation was limited
to a *,y?a> yeaI" or a 44no no," all beyond
this seemed to be sinful.
This wooden pupjtft was indeed a mighty
contrast to the sprightly, gay and lively
nymphs with whom trie young Union had,
until this period, been toying; but he
carefully eouflucd to the solitude of hit
own boaotii the disagreeable fading of thie
heaven* end earth distant difference His
flattering tongue called the girl's silliness
celestial innocence, and hur red swollen
cheeks he likened to the beauty of the full
blown damask nwe. The end of the song
? > lio tiirnnrl to ton hlhtir und iUfld
warruly fur bin daughter's hand.
The colonel, during hialdxry yiar*' ?a
rser though the world, had collected tble
much knowledge v! >uuiiktudhtm$e)f,chat
however alily the young lad luaekod himself,
he eould, nevertheless, di coter the
"fortune hunter pending through the J5?.,
guiee. ?\t drat, therehn, be thought of
ptrem$tenjy rel'uaing bint jvermiMio i to
woo hia daughter; hut on the other lurid bo
thought, the youth Ifl fnrhiutiab)*; and
perhaps 1 may do him au iojoftice; ho aa
jut btiiruja no anansiy about the portion,
and why should the girl, who is metr. *#?>able,
rtiuaia longer at home U>? request,
ahell bo g? aoted?b?rt hie apparent di.io.
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THAT DEPAHTBTII, SPEECH
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tcrcateduess shall Aland a decisive tri
al.
The suitor was thon informed tlirft eh
fathor had no objections to tho match
providing his daughter would .give he
consent, and sho?poor thing?replied a
i in dttty bound?"My father's will i
' mine?" Indeed, could any ibing cluo b
; expected.
, j In the course of a few weeks tho lour
riage ceremony was performed ?t the couu
r 1 try house of the colonel, and ho ins'.mtf
made the son-in Uw acquainted with hi
! wife's portion, which, in Gorman ti)or.e
j 'night amount to thifty thousand dollarsi
The dissembler acted as if he replied i
I know nothing about the matter, and sol
; emnly vowed that lie had not. as yet
1 thought on such thing*, but had regard
cd only the noble qualities of his eh arm
ing wile, whoso pure self was ue.nor t
him than all the treasure* of the world.
Upon this they sat djwn to the tabic
and tho fatbor-in-luw urged and heggc<
1 j that they would make as much haste a
possible., as it was his intention that th
t young married people should set ofT tha
very afternoon to London, and that k
tbould aeeouipany I hem.
The son-in-law was confounded, and bo
I quo to make some excuses about travclinj
on the first day of his happiuuss; but thi
1 soldier maintained that these were lutile
: insuring hiui that he had particular rcti
' amis, for proceeding forthwith to tbci capi
til, and that his matrimonial joys would l>
1 as well realised in London as in the cuii
! try*.?What was to be done? Why, tin
| journey was iiumediately undertaken. Tin
1 old man secured in a small cuskot, bofor<
i tbo eyes of the bridegroom, the portion ol
tim bride, partly in quid and partly in b ml
1 notes, took it under hisatni, and placet
( himself by the sido of the young couple it
i the carriage.
Tiie road ran thfough a fi>r --t, and Scarce
ly liiid they fairly outeved it, when twi
i horsemen unrted out from the bra-di-wooi
| wi'.ii maskes upon their faces, aud stopper
I the carriage (i> e of the iwmium
| c<l the postilion, with a prevented pistol,
' whilo the other approached the cimch win
; cow, oml .-.aid.
! "We are wdventurer#, and icquuxt yot
to give u* tho portion of the bride I"
The colonel and hie son-in-law ?Vf'ir<
! and ra tted, but th? rubber eo<?!Jy insi-tci
1 upon hi# deuiu'id. After souic pirloying
' however, the horseman bent toward tb<
young man and whimpered in his ear:
<;That yu?i iuay at e that we are uioe
reasonable men, we leave you tho choice o:
too thing*?gtvo us either tho bride 01
her portioul For certain reasons it ii
quite iui material to iue, hum moreover, nono
ahull ever know jour decision!"
The bridegroom uid not thiuk long
about tit* matter, before ho whispered
"Tako the bride
"Brother," cried the robber to his uc
-1 complice, >'\rc shall uke the bride."
In thu twinkiing of an eye, the nuldici
seized bia gentle sou in-law by the neck
shook him violently, exclaiming, iu u thun
der voice, ;
"Fin ! villian! so iny conjecture w:t* uu
I unfounded, thut you cured not for mv
iau^lKnr, but murely for bor fortune!
God be pinised (hut my rhild is uot yn
irrevocably in your clutches. Know thoi
. knave ! tho niaii who married ynu was u<
clergyman?-he was a brother soldier, in
' priest's attir>, and these gentlemen arc nc
I highwaymen, but friends who hav? doni
rue the service of proving vou ?S'inoc,
then, you have laid open your whoh vile
; ncan, we shall have no irtovc conueotioL. 1
j ahull return Ironic with my daughter ant
toy iu< nay, and you may go to Lmdou ci
totlfo devil?"
With these a rd*. he transplanted tht
astonished bridegroom with a kick, from
the carriage to the road, ordered the pos.
I liiiou to turn about, t he outlaw trudged
i back to London, and h^d, while upon throad,
the fairest and boat opportunity of do*
teriuihiog whether ho aboutd now use a
pistol or throw himself into the river.
From NordholFrf "Whaling and Fishing."
HIPPOPOTAMUS flUNTlNG.
To out a supply of wood ft* a -ailiojj
cruise, ia a Work roquiritig some day a, and
often oven weeka, and it bad been deter
mined that, the first, and if need bo the
next day lfttowUe, should be do voted to ?
thorough iospootiou of tho Jecilitiee of the
pu?e, in order that we ruuht work at ?e
tittle disadvantage at poMibk.
V Ct?t*equenllj we, the luate'e bout aorew
had hecn ordered to prepare for * genera
uniiae. M'<? provided ottraeivea with t
store of hioad and boot, jMled th? boat'i
hiimker, spread our eaiI to too iight trees*
and -pointed the boat's bow toward ftu
t??arv*t inland. Landing beta, wo fount
nought but a wildermm of low joogi*
which tgis tearaaiy pcuetr&bfo, togethei
with a poor lauding, . W# examined thro,
or four of ISm inlets, and baring at lar
filed upon a suitable fdaoo where to eoro
f ' 3 . ht 4 , <'XVSW / , 1 1 -A!
,* 'p- YJ1^ ! j '?? A.. >!. -ri.. *
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IS FLEETING AS TIIE WIND-Rfc
t vl? .'in P-yarrt t m mia-a. ...w*: artrtj?rrtn.'.zar,- j
1IERAW, S. C ., i
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. | menco operations, were about to return on p?
board, when the mato said: h
c J ?4Trini aft, Tom, thcro's a good benezc, it
i, ! fair coming arid going, and vrc'Il take a
r look at tbe mainland." Accordingly tho | sc
s ' boat's bead was laid shoreward, and we n
s 1 spread ourselvoe out at full length upon I a
c tbwur .1, enjoying an unusual treat of aontc '
cigar-, whidh our chief oflioer had good u]
nuturcdly brought with hint. ] c
i- ' When within about a mile and a half of !
y ' tho uminland, we fount! the water wheal- ' uj
s j ing, being then uot more than three fnth- gl
y oins?eighteen feet deep. ! pi
- j "T saw black skin glistcu in tho sun | Fo
o 1 just then,'' said tho L^at stecrer, who was ly
. aft, tho mate having stretched himself' \v
P| upon the now thwart to take a nap.
(<It was nothing but ti puffing pi" " sn'.d gi
. ' he drowsily. tb
o ! 'There it is again, nnj no puffing jiig ; w
J.oitlicr?nor propoise?nor?no," mid hi dj
| with some degree of animation?"nor any- di
d tiling olao th::t wears black iu that i , w
s ever saw before." tl;
o i This had the effect of rousing us up, tli
t' every one caning lib eyes ahead to catch ir
0 a sight of the questionable <*blaok skin." [ sc
I ??'l*liorc lie blows!"?"aad th? re again!" d>
?"and over here too," said several voices ;
X 1 in succession. t i
r '.'It ain't a spout at all, boy?; lot's pull i
, up and ?co what it is!"
We took to our oars, and the boat was
. noon (1 at ting forwrarifnt good speed toward
a tho place whero we had last seen the ob,
jeet of our curiosity. *
? j "Stern nil!" suddenly shouted the mate a'.
j us the boat brought up ?ail standing' ^'
. i tigiinst'smno object, which wc ha.I not J *n
p been r.liie to see on account of tho tuarki- hl'
( ' ncss of the wattr, the collision nearly,?"
1 throwing us utxui our barks into the hot- ;
i torn of the boot. As we backed off. uii C('
? th
enormous bb.ist slowly raised his hcad'above !
. the water, gave a loup snort, und incorti
> ru ntly dove down again, u.inost before
1 wo could get a fair bx>k at it.
I "What i? it'*" was now tho quc&tn n? : in
. i which no one could answer! ul
, ; "Wliatover it is," said the mate, whose l"
. | whaling blood was up, "if it comes within j
1 rcacb of my iron, I'll uiske fast to it, lads-- i
i so pull Abend." \\o were again under ! uf
' headway, keeping a bright look out for the i
j appear ul iOo of the stranger. j *
1 "There they are, a whole school," suid ' N
too Kill tot, eagerly poirLing iuobnra, where j UJ
; the glih oiug ?d'white wator sho'V - l that
a number of the uondescripts were ?vi- *e'
L dontly enjoying tliemstdvu*. Now, buys , wt
f pull bird, and we'll soon try their wet- 10
r tie." " i
s ! '{There's mtnetliing broke wutor; just
, ahead," said the boat stocrer. **
J ti , i j_ l:
j Uil i:m^( luur 1 o?:>- iaui niciii?* j
way euougb?there's bis back!"? ; w*
"Stern ait. : shoaled be, as he darted 'j
liiti iron into a back as targe as h small i'"
sperui whale's. j
"Stern all?back water?hack water, I *"
p every tuan!" and tho infuriated beist made 1
dwpctate lunges in every direction, n-.a- '
king the white water fiy ulnwot rijual to a ! "J
j whale. ' u*i
( Wc could now see tbo whole shape of
tlw- creature, as in his agony and surprise, 001
j he raised hinm'if high nbo\u the ' surface. J 1
^ \W all rcc"(.iii/.ed at once tls llipjiopotu-i w'
, tit us, as bo is represented in b?x?ksof iiitn- *u
ral history.
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, j Our ?.ubjcot soon got a little oo '.ir, and (
> ! giving a savage roor, bent bin bead round J ,nl
j nuttl he glwsjx U the shank of fheiron b- I
} t?ecn hit teeth, With ono jork lie drew wo
' it outof l>U> bh'eding quarter, mi l si;aking t l'1
[ it savagely drov-? down to -he bottom, j * '
I | The water Ucro was but about two f.?tb- i r/'
fomH deep, and wo could soo the direction '
in which he was travelling along the hot- i ',a
toxr.bv a lint- of blood, us well as by the I
air babbles which rvao to the surfauo ur lJl
ho breathed. UP
I '*t live we another iron, Cbcrlcy, and (IU
we'Jl not give hitu ? chance to pull it out ^
next time.''
The Iron m hr.udcd up, and we slowly ' '
sa led in the direction which our prise
r ue
was followed along the bottom.
ftfoiV* two or three of tbetu totem of Wc
no," mid the boot-alee ror. Tl
Just then two wore rooe, one on either be
r tide of l|io bout, tlnd in rather uupleaMiot be
I pro*.mitt,aud bet MO wo fend begun to real- ! VV
ite our situation the wounded fct as?t, uuo- j Nt
; ble any lonier to stay bet eiMb the surface | If
i uamc up hj urtjmin? jun aneaa. ri
' Pull ahead u Jittbj lei's get out of this
sostl. I/iy the Lost around?so?now, pa
atom ail," and tho iron was planted doep pn
. In <h t o? (!k ot'.oar vioiiu*. With & roar ne
I loads'than a doirtn of the wild bull* of lift
^ Midi^wst, (ho sow va.nl<Uoe<5 beast Ht
i made bit the host. aw
, Pack w?tor!~-bsok, I say! fake down oh
t this boat soil, and stoni all, 8iarn, for ha
I your lives, into!" as two u?or? appeared tlx
, by tho bowa, evidently prepared to usm*4 on
r their openrade. Lie was rushing the wa-un
t ter fly in all directions, and having failed tw
V to reach the boM, wee now vainly nasaying tia
. td grasp the ieoo, which tho mate had pur- fti
, *' Vf'.* w V*7 ' V- ' J
ftLlS? fiS; &^SH&sSBn
tWh * < $,: yHu ' ' * -d&tik jt '
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AD1NU 16 AN UNBEMEMBEK
H ARC 11 10, 1 8
.wely put into his fchort nock, so olu?e to '
is 1kmJ that ho could nut get it in Lit j
loutb.
"Stick out line tili wo pot etoor of the I
:boo), and thou we'll pull up on-the other
of this follow, and soon settle hiui with
lanco."
This was done, And ac Wo" again btirlcd
pon tho still foriou* boost, the mate pois1
liis bright btiicc for a Moment, then
mt it deep into his heart. With a trcendous
ronr, and n desperate final Strug,
o, of scarcely n minute's duration,- our
i.tcguvcuj) tho ghost, and after sinking
r a moment, rose again to the surface,
ing upon his aide, just aa docs tho whale
hen dead.
K s companions had left ua, and we now
V..,g three cheers tor our victory, towed
iu carcass to pho not far di taut shore. It
as luckily high tido, and wo got the bo~ j
; up to high water uiark, where the spec- !
1y receding waves left it anhore. When .
c hero \iuwcd the giant, and thought of
io singular agility ho hod displayed in :
ic water, we could riot help acknowlcdg- j
g t ? oik- another that to get among a
Lool of Hippopotami would be rather a
is potato game.
Fruro Fortor'a -Spirit of the Times.
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.-v unudi H'lUtti.
n* HAZEL oaWKK, l?Q.
"Nevor but once was 1 frigi.U?nc(l at'
lything hke ghost." said Timothy j
les, and then 1 was frightened for eer- j
in. I was living on the Upper Missis- j
ripi at the time, but that makes uo differ. '
ice. 1*1! toll you how it was.
One night, about twelve o'clock, I hearI
some one rapping, at my door. 44Who's
ere?" I naked.
44Mother," replied.* voice without, "1
ougKt I'd mop and sen if you wouldn't
> :<ud watch the coal-pit ior me till morn- 1
g. 1 am not very well, and having been
all hut night, 1 think I hud bettor try
got a little sleep."
Now 1 kuow Mom or very well?knew
i was burning charcoal about halt* a uiilu '
> the rivor: and not only that, but I ,
iow he had a real pretty girl, and that 1.
had taken a great notion to her. So up t ,
jumps, hauls on inv clothes, and was re
to he off in a tew uuuutet,
' You will not be afraid to stay by your- !
If, will you, Tiui?" asked ItfoMer, as tro
to ab idt Hupat'ui.iu((, fwi IiC liVcu owl! j j
it her down the river.
*4AfraId!" cxcluiuied I. 4<No, what j
ould 1 be afraid of? I have ucver yet 1 j
an anything worse than myself." i ,
4?Oli. i do not mean to say that you i ,
ire cowardly, Tim, but I thought you ! ,
glit be luaesoiue perhaps, aud if you ,
Li ?! ? 1 I . t L.,.? i. _ -? ?- I
ru^Hi JU, |U?V JL Iid<i uuvier Wake up ailO i (
itchmuu, whots atuyiug at your house, j {
J try to gethitn to go ami pw?y wiiu . ,
I '
1 a.-surod Ltui that I ucoded uo compa*1 ,
, aud eo startod foi the ooal-pit. The I (
^lit was very dark, and I must confers ,
nr. I did fool n little aqucainutli, but I ,
aid uot tell why. Thetu wot tho grave
no iudinii by tho bide of tho patch
licb 1 must travel t'- roach the coal-pit ,
d it had been rej>ortud that woi.dc rful ,
(i\U hud boeu eeou there. Pcrh&pa
is wui the canso of my unpleasant leul- ,
t tried to whistle uiy spirit* up, but it j
? All uo go. The nearer I uppioaohcd j ,
a dreaded spot, the nurse 1 li lt. "SVhou I ,
had reached the oliff of rocks wound ^
?ich I should turu in s few paces, and ,
right at tho ludian grave, 1 felt my ,
t raise on uiy head, and then it seemed ]
at myriads of little demons were duaoing
roi^h tuy bair. and playing a leapfrog ,
> nod down my shoulders, sal humming {
??.*r noises in my ears. \ stopped, and ,
g?n to think seriously of boating a re- ,
at. Just then the fair iina^o of Jane (
ir.ttbetli ftlyira Muster flitted across my |
icy, and I said to myself, "This will j
var do J Go bach, and Ivt the old man's
si*pit burst out and burn up? Why, U (
neicle tbe bash with me forever. |
re next time I'd go to see Jane Kliia- :
th Rlvini, he'd kick tun oat of the house j
side#." rctuuiued 14 "whethavo I seen? j
ha. kind -? f? excuse could I make?
> Sir-ce, i ll or tarsi a biier. (
there's anythin^ at the old Indian jpave, ,
] nnt m.-. .. I ? I - *
. nra >vi ?un i iocs ion way." j
ThtM spying, I started oa at a npid {
The rock* Wfro rounded, and ken* (
my eyc? Leutou the ground, I had ,
ti'iy pu'-ned ihugray, when a bright ,
ht bbued serous the path j art before iu*. (
tforeX bed litua to think, 1 looked up, |
dob! greet Jupiter! abates fight! A j
>hrter with s head about the fixe of a
If busW measure, pu standing upon ,
? ludisfi grave. Its eye# se large m ,
cos-nate, vera soiling in its great head,
<i glariag fVightfullj at mf. From beeu
iw liago teeth, bright jete of flro
shod end biased serosa my path, like i
she of mi nature Hg^toiog. Ik fact,
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1 " 1 . ! . . - 1" "r" UlB
ED PASTIME; BUT A. WKITI
57.
.s entire bead seemed to be one great rt
ball of fire, with email pieces of the sun b
in it for eyes.
While 1 stood pacing, completely sti
pified with horror, it nmdo a low bow 1
too and then raising itself erect, it shot
its head and rattled its tooth together mo:
frightfully. Then I fancied that 1 saw
take a few steps towards where I was star
ding. This rather roused me to a sen;
of action, and in the next instant 1 wt
bobbing along down tho river bank & li
tie ewifter thnn it was usual for fcotme
to pass that way. At every leap I rmagii
cd ft was grabbing at ray coat-tail. f<
when I started, 1 thought 1 beared it rigl
.4 ..... *- * * ? '
* uij iKuir. jteuuiuug noir?3, l did Ti<
wait to open the door, but throwing in
weight against it, bursted it in. Th
Dutchman, who wua sleeping up stain
beared the rippot, and supposing th
bcust wai beatgcA, c-ania d>wn with
chair drawn, and crying at tbe top of hi
voice:
"llobbora! tiefs! ruurtcrl Bobbers! tiefInehins!
Ob, urine Got!"
Seeing nobody but inc, he.settled down
All in the family wero aroused. I tol
iny story in as few words as possible
Some believed it?others laughed at luc
the Dutchman in particular.' Ho said
"voa von cowardly poy," and "got fright'
at my own shad.>w. That (here was n
such thing as k ghost, and that ho wou!
willingly go right up to anything of th
kind that could be shown him.
"You would not have went up to this,'
I said, still trembling
"i'dturo I would! 8hust go baok iu<
and let iijc see dcr bluce, an I'll show yoi
dero's nottio' dcre."
I refused at first, bnt being urged b
the family, ami thinking of Jane Klita
both Fdtira Mower, the coal pit, and be
ing kicked out of the house by the oh
man, reluctantly consented
Wo started baok; tho Dutchman gasin;
along about his bravery, and about how b
bud unraveled many a ghost mystery, am
1 trembling from the effects of my fright
but saying nothing. In due lime wc reach
ed the cliff.
Now, ju?t around this rock is where I
t?ftW ill" Mtid I. utiirihinif a iwT tumlno t?i.l
, , ,r-p ? ?
for the path w*a uot broad enough for u:
to walk aide by side, and he was following
oIohu at uiy heel*.
' Oh, go oo," said be, it tuake* nothing
I ith not afraid of ter tiji* "
Wowcutoo. We (tuned aionnd th<
rook. I iooicod, and trier u it was biaziog
tnd Hashing just as I had seen it before
L turned to tho Dutchman, to sec what of.
foot it produced upon him, when lo! h<
was not there' A dnwn th? path
rstcdid him utriikiug it like s
iround the rock. This frightened mc
wuims fcuau IVgi' mud jO 1 act OUt aftet llitXJ
is swift as my ioootnotivo powers wouia
carry me. Being rather lbs swiftest ran.
iter of tho two, 1 passed him just as reachi?d
tho mouth of the long lane which led
to oar house Uo was l'airiy hoeing it
down, and grunting every jump, loud
enough to have been heard a hundred
yards.
1 bad not beer long ic the lead bo fori
f beard & kind of tumbling and tuavlinj
uoiae juat behind me, and in Llio next in'
?tnnt tho JUutcbiuan cried out.
' Help', murder! O raiuo Got! it ash goi
me! mnrter! innrtcr!"
Up to this time I had been running far
rte than I ever ran before, but when these
sounds reached my ear 1 doubled mj
-poed. It Heouied tome that death wai
right,at my beds, and uothiug but tbi
greatest exertion on my part oouid aav<
iuc. In the twinkling of an eye I woi
In tho house, where, to my aatoniahiuent
L found Moaier, laughing fit to aplit hit
udeft. Tho truth at once flashed Aorosj
my mind. It was a '.rick, and a rieh om
it that. In a abort time tho Dutchmat
name limping up. and then the hughinj
roiouicncod in real earmat; but you ma;
be ccrta.'i the Dot oh man and myeelf tool
but litUo part in it.
The phonouiououojf the ghost i* eaaiij
explained. Mosior and some of the fed
lo'jrn At the coal-pit hud ftoeepcdout ? putu
k'n, out hidooua looking eyea and moult
in the rind, and then getting fetro oandia
in it bad tirad it up at the Indian gr,ir? ?
A long airing wa& attached to it, an thai
one could bland off aud pull to make i<
tuove, It waa, indeed, a frightful look i up
thing. The awful scare which the Dutch
moo got while com tug down the lane, wai
jocacioned by hie having run over a oow
iiut was quietly sleeping in the read, At
rit* jumped up, her horn accidentally
sang hi in hia clothee, and the poor fellow
had no other thought than the devil had
him for certain.
Wapot over our eeare, but 1 did ootheai
the hn of it ti long an I remained in tbe(
NoVfL JaUL.?It is aehi that Urn Kia.
matk/Jpal.,) County jail, copaieta of a live
ruk trie, with a chain andatepie attaehed
I
... ?. .I'll L .
NG IS4 ETB11NAL."?Tvppkr.
NO. 38.
W 'Jg
- + 1 1 1 1
id It in well ventilated, and affitrds a good op*
tt portunitj for the nludy of uatroooiby and
the barometer, especially when Wnokets
i- arc scarce.
X TIT 1$COTTON'IN TEH EST.
si Among the ma** of information founj
j in our foreign files by tlio Haltic, nothing
appear* to us more important tliau the procccditig'i
of a meeting of the manufactures
IS in England in regard to cotton. It In announcc-1
officially by English authority,
u ; that at the end of thia commercial year
there will not Ire. one hub" of crlton on hiind
>r in Lin rfnyAl
lt To appreciate the immediate importanco
)t of this great ooiuniorciat fact, a glance at
v the question io its in.iny ramification# in
*, F<urt/pc i" necessary. In 18-49 the 'stock
, ou hand" in Liverpool was over 450,000
tl balos America cotton, or twenty weeks'
u aupply, working full time; In 1850 tho '
H sp-ck on hand was 332,000 bates, which,
allowing for the additional number ofspinncrs
furnished only ciglu weeks' supply.
Estimating the present crop at 8,000,000
, bales-a liberal estimate?tiio jnc?ca<ed de,]
tuand for tlie raw material all over Europe,
, from the Baltic to the Black sea, will take
,t , up, 11 high figures, every pound of that
j j 3,000,000 bales, work up the present lim.
? i ited stock on hand, and leave the markets
c ! of the world hart. '.There will not be one
d ; hale 'tirplus eotton in Liverpool*" The >
0 ! increase of consumption over produce dur
ing the last tcu years has beo rt at the rate tjB
> j of 1C, 4 per cent, aga ast 9 77 percent.
I This shows au increase of consumption of
)( , 6.87 per rent, for ten ycara Before tho
1 j year 1845 the propoition was the reverse,
j If this condition of things continues, the
y 1 market iu 1868 (October) will open en' cash
. I orders from tho actual consumers in Ku.
| rope for every pound of ootton wo can posj
; sibly produce or spare from ourowo tuaau!
facturers.
^ 1 It appears, from the various data bofee
e ns, that this destruction of the surplus at
j ' Liverpool, and with it tho morop/'iy so
j long exercised by that ninrket, ) owing
* entirely to the policy inaugurated on tho
continent of Europe danng tho last si*
[ 1 or seven years. Thespiuucrg m the Bhine,
( ! in Holland, in Belgium, and even >n Aus*
? j tria, formerly purchased their supplies in
, | Livcrpi-ol. Kuseia niune took at the rato
' I ,.r Till Ann t.-i? - - -??
I ui ???v,wu uiucN ot our cation aomiruiy
from the Eti glint) dej>ot. The movement
I to estaldiah a direct trade between the
American planters and the eontlnentlnl ? ? ?
, spinners gave a sudden impulse to theeeiton
lust'ufactrsring interests thfoushout
: the continent. The Prussian Conrjiereal
league gave attention to it, the Nether.
lands Trading Society took it up, the niori
chants of Bremen, Hamburg. ?nd Ant!
werp entered into it. and the continuous
' ariiktioo in the cotton States of America
j attracted the attention o? those European
, official influences alwaysOrt the look out
lor iiiiporUct uoTCmCutv We tied the
[ duties oq cotton first reduced aud then ret
. pealed. Ever? drawback to the free im[
porUtioh ofthe groat American ataple was
[ ; removed, aud at last the peace policy of
j PusMti odds to the imposing character of
j tLIs great commercial and industrial parry
, ou the continent of Europe for a direct
. trauc with the cotton growing States of
America
I With the surplus at Liverpool destroyed?with
the monopoly there broken up,
and a direct trade based on the continent
, tal demand, thus a fixed and leading fca,
tare in the cotton trade--the V! uited States
, possesses another hood of peace, not only
, upon England, but on all Europe. The
, fair promise of a wise aud far seeing uds;
ministration under Mr. Buchanan gusran*
' toes these advantages, at lecst for four
, years, and we believe for a long time af.
, Icrvards.
s We cannot allow the opportunity to pass
without directing the public mind at the
, j?ouiii tn tne penenta oi practical state*
J uien*bip. Here w ? great rctult worked
. out by private moan.- within the Union,
and under the general prosperity incident
, to that Uaioa.
Tho hjnglieh tnahafaotarcra aro calling
oo the JBsst India Company for assistance!
, They had better rely upon peaoc with, th*
. United States. Nature lias settled the
mattet: eottoo i? king, and the planters
L now control the power,? Witt),in/ion ! H.
t toff.
r i '
lhaounc?A Mrs. Rueell, of Siropeoa
( county, K>ntuokey, roccntly gave birth to
, a triplet. All were boytf the Jraet of
( which woighod four poonda. The father
r and mother were cf advene political eoo(intent*;
?o the boy* weto named flenry
, Clay, Dowel Webster and Lewis Uea?.
'J - .in*. Kl?.. '
It >J said that a email pieoe of ruein dip.
L ped in she water which is place J in a vc*?
set en the stove, will add a peculiar prop- *
crty to the atmosphere of the room, vrbioh
will give greet relief to persons troubled
with cough. Tlie heat of the water is
i sfcfheWnt to throw off the stoma of the ro