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CbL.rJ^ J^^l * ^'Cl^ 5 DBTOTBD TO SJTBRATBRB, THB ARTS, SCISKCS, AGRICULTURE, NEWS, POLITICS, fcC., M. TERMS??ONE DOLLAR. PER ANNUM,] "Let it be Instilled into the Hearts of your Children that tha Liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all your Rights."?Juniu*. [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE^ VOLUME 4?NO. 31. ABBEVILLE C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 5, 1850. WHOLE NUMBER 187. RATES OP ADVERTISING. The Proprietors of the Abbeville Jinnnrr and fiultpendent J'res*, have established the following rates of Advertising to be charged in both papers : Every Advertisement inserted for a less time Mian three months, will he charged by the in- j *.ertion at One l)oll:ir per Sipmre, (1J in oil ?the space of 12 solid lines or less,) for the first ( insertion, and fifty Cents for each subse-j quunt insertion. JJf" Tlic Commissioner's, Sheriffs, Clerk's | -mid Ordinary's Advertisements will !? ? inserted ; 4n bolli papers, each charging liulf price. Sheriff's Levies, On?* Dollar eneli. 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U0 Fractions of Sipiarcs will be charged in proportion to the above ratea. ?2^" Business Cards for the t< rin of one year, will lie charged in proportion to the space they occupy, at One JJolhtr per line space. For all advertisements act in double colmini, Fifty per Cent- extra will be added to the above rates. DAVIS A IIOLI.TX OSWOHTII, J-'i.r llnnwr ; LF.E ?fc WII.SON, For 7'rr.iit. MISCELLANY. Governor's Message. In addition to our very full synopsis of the last week, wo publish the following extracts, from the Governor's Message : Exkcutive Department, Columnia, S.C., Nov. 24, 185G. Gentlemen of the Senate and House oj Renresentircs :?Tlie object for which you were recently convened in extra session lias been determined. The popular voice has declared in favor of the party of our preference. The past admonishes us to reserve the full measure of our rejoicing to the day when the avoweil policy ol the party shall have been honestly carried out ; when justice shall be re-established, and tranquility Ikj restored to the country. Then, indeed, will the victory be one worthy of the strongest demonstration which patriotism can indulge. So far as the result may be regarded as a rebuke to the Northern party, whose principle of cohesion is hatred to the South, we share in the general satisfaction. Considered in reference to the vital issue between the North and the South, I fear it will be a barren triumph?that it prove to be at best but u (brief respite of feverish, exhausting ex citement, destined to end in ertibittered feel ing and distracted counsel among ourselves Slavery and Frcosoilisra can never be rec onciled. Our enemies have been defeated not vanquished. A majority of the fre< States have declared against the South upon a purely seotional issue, and in tlx remainder of them, formidable minorities fiercely contended for victory under tlx fifcme banner. The triumph of this geo graphical party must dissolve the confeder acy, unless we are prepared to sink dowi into a 6tate of acknowledged inferiority ^Ve will act wisely to employ the interva of repose afforded by the late election, ii earnest preparation for the inevitable con ry ? nil.- ri *1 1 ? met. me oouiiH-rn oiaies nave never u? manded fhore than equality and security They cannot submit to less, and remain ii the Union without dishonor and ultimat ruin. The internal state of the commonwealtli over whose affairs you are called to delibet nln nvliiKito n err o t i fir i n rr nnnrlitiAn nf era n nn, v?u.ui?... wuw...v? ?. (!,<- < oral prosperity and contentment. Th State baa been mercifully spared the scourg of the ^pestilence which wasteth," and ou people have sown and reaped in peae< Impressed with a sense of our mutual obi gations, and with hearts full of gratitude t God, wo enter on the work of duty befor us. In the performance of the part mjgnc to me, I procoed to lay before you sticF u formation of the condition of the Stat and to recommend Yto yonr consideratio such measures as I "judge necessary or ei pedient." t The profits of the Uuek of the State fe the laBt year, amount U> $280,469 40, c: 1 [ V eeeding those of the previous year by *7.418 48. * 1 During the fiscal year the public debt t charged on the Hunk has been reduced I *04,340 78. The President of the Hank < informed mc that he expected to make a t further reduction of about *33,000, the ar- J ranjr?*mcnts for which could not be complc- ' ted before the close of the fiscal ycnr. I I refer you to the report of the Comp- t troller General for a detailed statement of < the financial condition of the State. Since t tlin 1?? nf Oi-fiihiT 1 fin/i. tin* nnhlic debt i has been increased as follows: l?v issue j i of Howls to construct new State House,j' $25,000; by subscription to liluc Uidge j1 Railroad, ?200,000. j> The following table exhibits the debt, lia-; bility, and assets of the j < ACTCAI. I?K1)^ Three and Five Per Cent. State Stock, - - - ? 12R.407 CD ( Fire Loan lJonds, - - - ],GG0,.S0S 01 , Honds New State ITousc, 500,000 00 , l'onds V.lue Rid<je Railroad, 400,000 00 i ( United Status Treasury Sur- |, plus Fund, ... - 1,061,422 00! "j $.1,<44,008 09 | uaiiiuty. Guarantor South Carolina 1 Railroad, - - - - $2,000,000 00 I i Debt and Liability, - - $5,744,098 09 1 assets. ; Capital of Hank, - - - $2,770,802 53 Sinking of Fund, - - - 1,490,380 55 ' Shares in Railroads, par value, 1,742.300 00 Cash on 1st October, - - 139,025 00 $0,143,114 74 The amount of $10,000, appropriated al the last session to < lot ray the contingent expenses of tlie executive department, I have had no occasion to draw from the Treasury. With the unexpected balance of last year, and a balance of $2,594 91, transferred to my credit by my predecessor, I have been able to meet the ordinary drafts on the department. As my term of office is about to expire, I feel no delicacy in making certain recommendations in relation to the department. The salary of the Governor is wholly inadequate to the maintainance of the proper respectability atid dignity of the t -u ? 3HIIIVMI. X lltl?U (UUIUWI Ull (Hi liCl/Udodl > t'A' pensc ; I have indulged in no display . whatever ; and from my experience, I have no hesitation in saying, that no inan can dispense the ordinary hospitality expected of him, nor maintain that style which our people very pioperly associate with the station, without drawing largely on his income. - The first office in the gift of the people should not be one which the wealthy only can afford to accept. It is no answer to , say, there is no want of aspirants for the position. Willing public servants are not generally the most efficient. The republican standard of compensation for all pub. lie service, is that which will command the talent ths.t is able to serve the commonwealth. It too often happens that he who has piven his life to the nublic. entails nn o | 7 I on his family the incidents of a wasted fortune. I recommend that the salary of the Governor be increased to five thousand dollars ; and that lie be required to reside at | the capital. On this hitter point, I invite your attention to the following extract from ( the message of the late Governor Johnson : | "The office is itinerant, and follows the person of the Executive wherever his necessit ties or convenience may compel him to reside. This is utterly inconsistent with the necessary order and uniformity iu the conduct of the business of the office. He can * not carry with him all the books, docuI ments, and vouchers, nor his Secretary. , IIo must either dispense with him, or subject him lo an expense which would swall low up his small salary. The citizens, too, ^ are interested to know where the Executive a may be found, and if he has no fixed resi' dence, are obliged to go in pursuit through high ways and by-paths. They may chance to pass him on the way, without knowing * 1 ? _ _ ^ - -i 1 V mi nun case or actum occurrence.; J ue j true remedy is to provide him a residence 1 at the seat of government, and require him! to reside there permanently." The outward pressure against the insti, tution of slavery should prompt us to do j all we can to fortify it within. Diffusion is e strength?concentration, weakness. Our true policy is to diffuse the slave population as much as possible, and thus secure in the [' whole community the motive of self interno f fix if Q etir\r?Arf T liaim n/\ a VOb IVI IW ou|'|/UI M A IJOfV IIV/ UUUVU Ul VIIV inherent ability of the institution to maine tain itself against all assaults. It is the ba6 sis of our political organism, and would r not be difficult to show that the poorest r white man among us is directly eonoerned l" in its preservation; but the argtim^pt of ? self interest is easy of comprehension and 6 sure of action. I recommend the passage of a law exempting from sale (under court tracts to be hereafter entered into) at least )* one slave. Such an immunity would stime? ulate every one to exert himself to possess D his family at least of a propriety in some '* degree above the casualty of debt. As you multiply the number who acoulre the prop* erty, so you will widen aod deepen the dei termination to sustain the institution. The consumption of cotton lias steadily ncreased, and will in a few years exceed the he supply?not from want, on our part, of and on which to grow it, but from Want of >per?tors to cultivate it. Tlio demand for lie article being greater in the supply, the >rice must go up in the absence of all disurbing causes; but the certain effect of jigh prices will be to stimulate the growth >f it in foreign countries, and in time to leslroy the monopoly which we have so long jnjoyed. The possession of this monopoly s the chief element of Southern prosperity, ind the dependence of the manufacturing nterest on us for a supply of this article .VIll coiiTimio to prove to ue one or our strongest safeguards. The amount of onion now grown in tlie East Indies should >pen our eyes to our true policy. The idea hat African slaves only can successfully ;row cotton is an entire mistake. Under British domination, free slaves are now prolucing in the East, more than the entire m?p of the United Slates in 1820. From i report of the Hon. \V. I-. Marcv, Secretary jf State, in answer to a resolution of Congress, it appears that, during the year 1855, llio shipments <>f cotton to Great Britain, were, from the I nited Slates, ill round uiiinliers, (570 millions of pounds. Whenevei Kngland and the Continent can procure llieir supply of tlic raw material elsewhere than from up, and the cotton States are limited to the home market, then will our [loom be sealed. Destroy the value of slave labor, and emancipation follows inevitably This, England, our commercial rival clearlj sees, and hence her systematic efforts tc stimulate the production of cotton in the East. The success which has thus far attended those efforts, incite her to redouble them. The East Indies abouud in fertile land suul cheap labor. France, too, is en couraging and stimulating its growth in A1 gcria, with like advantages of soil and labor To maintain our present position, we must linvo l.-ilinr silso This pnn bi> rthtniii cd in but one way?by re-opening the Af rican slave trade.?Until Providence inter poses and changes his organism, the Africai must continue to be a "hewer of wood an< a drawer of water." It is a diseased senti mentality which starts back at the idea o legalizing the slave trade, and at the same time contemplates without emotion the crue servitude which capital exacts of labor, nl the world over, lhere is a time when can ting philanthropists had instilled into us . belief that slavery was wrong. Invcstiga tioiis lias entirely changed the one coinmoi sentiment 011 this puint. The South nov believes that a mysterious Providence ha: brought the two raifes together 011 this con tincnt for wise purposes, and that the exist ing relation has been mutually beneficial Southern slaver}- has elevated the Africa! to a degree of civilization which the blacl race has never attained in any other age o country. "We see it now in its true light and regard it jib the most safe and stabl basis for free institutions in the world." IIa< the slave trade never been closed, the cqui librinm between the North and the Soull would have not been destroyed. The Nortl has had the old world from which to drav her supply of labor, and hence the rapi< settlement of the Northwest. Since 1806 the South has supplied her own labor, am has necessarily made slower.' progress ii settling up the southwest. If the trad were now open, I am persuaded that tin South would not consent to close it; an< this is perhaps the best answer to the argu meut derived from the mere Bentiment tha is arrayed against the proposition. It i apprehended that the opening of this tratJ1 will lessen the value of slaves and ultimate ly destroy the institution. It is a suflidej] answer to point to the fact, that unrestricta immigration has not diminished the value c * a* . XT .1 i' _ i* .1 lauor in uie is orui western section 01 in confederacy. The cry there is, want of labo notwithstanding capital has the pauperisn of the old world to press into its grinding services. If we cannot supply the deinam for slave labor, then we roust expect to bo suj: plied with a species of labor we do not wan and which is, from the very nature of thing antagonistic, to our institutions. It is muc better that our drays should be driven b slaves?that our factories should be worke by slaves?that our hotels should bo serve by slaves?th*t our locomotives should -h manned by slaves, thin that wo should b exposed to the introduction, from any quai ter, of a population alien to us by birtl training, and education, and which, in tli process of time, must lend to that conflu between capital and labor, "which makes souitncuitto maintain tree institutions in a wealthy and highly civilized nations whei such institutions as ours do not cxiBt." I all slaveholding States, true "policy dictaU that the superior race should^direct, and tb inferior perform all menial service. Comjx tition between the white And black man f< this service, may not disturb Northern sei sjbility, but it does not exactly suit our la< tude. Irrespective, however, of interest, tli act of Congress declaring the slave trad piracy, is a bran&upon us, which I think important to remove. If the trouble t piracy, the slave must bo plunder; and n ingeuuity can avoid the logioal necessity < such concUnion. My hope and foftun< are indissolubly associated with this form < society. I feel that I would be wanting' i duty, if I did not urge you to withdraw yoi assent to an act, which is itself a direct coi demnation of your institution?! Dut w have interests to enforce a course of sel respect. I believe, as I have already state ' that mora slaves are necessnry to a contii uancc of our inonoj)oly in plantation pr< ducts. I believe that they arc necessary t the full development of our wholo round < agricultural and mechanical resources; th; they are necessary to the restoration of tl; South, to an equality of power in the Gel eral Government, perhaps to the very intej rity of slave society, disturbed as it lias hoe by causes which have induced an undue pn portion of the ruling race. To us have bet committed the fortunes of this peculiar form < j society resulting from ths union of nne<|U: races. It has vindicated its claim to tl j approbation of an enlightened humanit ii, i.nc..:.Mi;.>h.i 1 i 1 ,i.? i c j ?i? inn vi >111/.** i iiiiti \.iii ipii.iiiim'U uiu It lias exalted the white race itself to hii^ln hopes and purposes, and it is perhaps of il must sacred obligation, that we should gii it the means of expansion, and that w should pass it forward to a perpetuity | progress. , A Lawyer at Fault. i Wo gave, in our last number an amusii sketch of a scene atone of our courts i " this city. The following, which we cut 01 : of the (iermantown Telegraph, is a parell case, and will cause a smile, or we tnistak Everybody in Philadelphia, we believ says tlint paper, knows, or lias hoard : Gotlieb Sliceerer, a tall, robust, wctl-fonix . German, with a small twinkling eye, and ' look that tells you, quit as distinctly as la ? guag<\ that he knows a thing or two. 15 ! ing called upon the stand as a witness on 01 occasion, he was catechised rather severe (as the story goes) by Mr. Dallas, who e . i.~ ? - jfUV IA5VI tu IliillVU WUL <& MlUUg |IUiIII-} t'HUIlll something from the following questions : "Were you at Ilarrisburg, Mr. Scheen in December?" "At. Ilarrisburg in December, did v< say, Mr. Dallas?" "Yes sir, I said at Ilarrisburg in Decei tier." Pulling bis bead down thoughtfully foi moment lie replied : "No, sir, I was not." "Were you at Ilarrisburg in Januat Mr. Scheerer ?" "At Ilarrisburg in January, did vou s; Mr. Dallas ?" "Yps. sir nf TTiirrifihiirrr in .Innimrv" Relapsing into a thoughtful mode for moment, he replied: "No, sir, I was not Ilariisbug in January." "Well, Mr. Scbeerer, were von at Ilarr burg in February 1" "Did you say at Harrisburg in Februai Mr. Dallas T "Yes sir?and answer me if you plea ?T said at Harrisburg in February." Studying for a moment 01 two, as befor J "No, sir, I was not in Harrisburg in Febi r ary." Getting somewhat out of patience wi fi linn \[v Dillhic AlotruHnft1 lilo Innn o * ...? i ded : "At what time then, sir, were you - Harrisburg?" > "At Harrisburg? At Harrisburg, ^ i Dallas ? I was never at Harrisburg in r v life, sir." 1 Of course the court adjourned instant 1 Something New. " In the Evening News, report of the 1 e stitute Fair, a new use of cotton is m< 5 tioned : ^ "Mr. J. M. Legare, of Aiken, sends Rtnnd, rmtic cliair, table, Emperor Adria: Cabinet, picture frame, library screen, et 8 which he made of cotton, to imitate carv 0 wood work, by subjecting it to a chemu pfoces8. It is an invention of his ov entirely new, for which he has received patent. In its use it is pliant ftnd ducti and may be moulded, if desired, but wi u still greater facility may be worked up r' hand and without moulds. When dry n is moderately elastic, is not effected ? heat, cold or moisture, and possesses fifmlnpfts nnrl (pnnpitv Ivvniul flio Vinrrli wood. Thoae articles are certainly grt ^ curiosities, and will well repay a care ?? examination by all who visit the Fair." h m , m . } Normal Schools.?Tty reference to , advertisement in another column, it will seen that the Commissioners of the Pub ? Schools for theso Parishes, have adopted 'e important and very interesting impro r* ment in carrying out the policy of t '? States for public education. The desig 6 is to attach the system of Common Scho . a department for the special education If Teachers, and thus to raise up in ouomii a supply of persons competent to ta e change of the schools. Tfye instructions n the duties of Teachers will be gratuito i8 The object is altogether praiseworthy, a 16 if its intention is carefully carried ont, ci s" not fail of being eminently beneficial to c >r School system, and beneficial to the gene ?* interest of society. In fact, the only w to complete a school system is to edu? Je teachers as well as children. I? ^ Charleston Mercury. Hi Dkath of Prok. Hbntz.?Prof. N. 'Jf Ilentz died at the residence of his son, jg Marianna, Florida, -on the 4th instairt ] ^ was a French gentleman of varied aceo ln pKshmento, and well known as a teach 1r His wife, Mrs. Caroline Lee Hentz, d a_ about ft.year ago. e [for tub independent hrks*.] f. Autumn. j, by incognito. l- It coiiica with rouglieu'd visage, but with n > cliocrfill smile? ;o With locks torn ami disslicvelM, yet crownM jt with pence tlic wUilc? U With gnrnients gfiy us Joseph's cont, red, ic yellow, hi'own ami green, l- Like a bright ami gorgeous sunset, is the In? dinn summer's sheen ; " It eonies, and we will welcome it, ntid sing n J" pleasant song, For Autumn's variegated lines will not be with us lyug. ill |(, It comes with slow but stately step, like goil ?lc?s of the Voro, J, Hearing uywirly otFcring of fruit.-', n Luunte )r oils stoiv; )0 lU golihui grain as rk-lily gleams, iu Culiforre ilia uro? :(> It* cotton li.-Ms n.x jioarly white, fls (irccnuf land's siio\v-?:hul .shore ; *Tis h?r?? in all its glory, ainl we'll greet il with a song, For Autumn, gen'rous Autumn, will in;', In ig with us long. " Oh season "f swecl-s^cnled winds, of skies lit "j ficrcnc and clear? Of fading (lowers, of fading leaves, and of tli* falling year; J. Tliou, like a twilight pensive art, but h:w j no gloomy hour, ' To those who look from earthly things, up to i higher power, , Who liopc to reap a harvest of immortal jo^ fie nn'1 ,love? jy A "well done faithful servant" in a hrightei home above. 'o Meeting of Gates and Burgoyne. T.. T?: ?- T . r ill livings* ijiiu ui >ViU5lllll^lUU WC IlIH this interesting chapter: Wilkinson, in his memoirs, describes tin 511 first meeting of Gates and Burgoyne, whicl took place at the head of the Amcricai 11 camp. They were attended by their staff* and by other general officers. Burgoyw a was in a rich royal uniform ; Gates in i plain blue frock. When they approaches nenrly within sword's lengtht they rainet up and halted : "The fortune of war. Gen ^ Gates, has made me your prisoner," sai? Burgoyne; to which the other, returning hi salute, rciiliod. "1 shall sihvnvs lx* i-pnilv h ... ^ 1 I " ^ ? J J testify that it has not been through an; a fault of your Excellency." "We passed through the American camp, ls" writes this already cited Hessian officer, "ii which all the regiments were drawn out be r-v' side the artillery, and stood under arm! Not ouc of thein was uuiformly clad : eac l8e liad 011 the clothes which he wore in th field, the church and the tavern, The e' stood, however, like soldiers, well arrange u* and with a military air, in which there wa . but little to find fault with. All the mm 1 keLs had bayonets, and the shftifp shooter lIi~ had rifles. The men all stood so still tlin a we were all filled with wonder. Not one c r them made a single motion as if he wonli " speak to his neighbor. Nay more, all th lads that stood there in rank and file, kin nam re unci lormeu so irnn, so sienuer, s er* nervous, that it was a pleasure to look t them; and we were surprised at such a lmnr some, well-formed race." "In all earnesl n" uess," adds he, "English America, surpass* in the most of Europe in the growth and look of its male population. The whole natio j1 has a natural turn and talent for war and n'8 soldier's life." c-i He made himself somewhat merry, how ever, with the equipments of the officer ^ A few wore regimentals; and those fashioi rn> cd to their own notions as to cut and colo a ?beiug provided by themselves.' Brow 'c> coats with sea-green facings, white linin t'1 with silver trimmings; and gray coats i by abundance, with buff facings and cuff, an 11 gilt buttons ; in short, every variety of pa ^ tern. a The brigadiers and generals wore uniform >af __j l u_ i4--? ? - i ?i i t ana ueius which ucsignaiea uieir rank; oi :ftt most of the coloncis arrd other officers wei in the ordinary clothes; a musket and ha} onet in hand, and a cartridge-box, powdei horn over the shoulder. Hut what mosi an especially amused him was the variety c uncouth wigs worn by the officers?lingei he erings of uncouth fashion. " an Most of the troops tlius noticed were th vc* hastily levied militia, the veoinanrv of th h? country. "There were regular regimenl ;en also," be said, "whiph for w^ant of time an ?'8 cloth, were not yet equipped in uniforn These had standards with various emblem and mottoes, some of which had for us very satirical signification." in "But I must say to the credit of theene US. mv'ft rftminenta." nnntinuea he. "that not n(ij j|naD was to be found therein who, as w in-' marched by, made even a sign of taunting )nr insulting, exultation, hatred, or any othc evil feeling; on the contrary, tbey seeme ny as though they would rather do us honty ate As we marched. through' the great tent < Gen. Gates he invited in the brigadiers an commanders of regiments, and various n freshmen's were set beforo iheio. Gei M. Gates is between fifty and sixty years < at age; wears his own {bin gray hair; is a< Sq. tive and friendly, and on account of tfc ra- weakness of his eyes, constantly wears spot let. taclee. At head quarters we qoet man ied offioere, who treated us with all possible p< litene&s. A Moment of Horror. It is not proposed to tell a story either of romance or of sentiment, but simply to narrate an incident which happened to myself in the fall of 185?. I was bound westward to my regiment, and stopped for the night in the city of New York. The cily was crowded with strangers. After unsuccessful applications at several , hotels, at last I obtained lodging at 's, kept on the European plan. Here I wjis obliged to content myself with a chamber on the fourth floor, oddly enough arranged in some respects, as, upon going to it, after 1 ! f... *1 - " 1 sl,i,!",,o lor 1110 purpuso 01 changing my travel-stnined dress, 1 noticed tlie room had no windows, with the exception of a square opening in the wall through which air and light were admitted lor the adjoining room. To the opening, too, was attached a shutter in that room. I dressed and attended tho 1 roadway Theatre, reaching my apartment, . 011 returning, about half-past twelve o'clock at night. 1 When about stepping into bed I 'observed the wicket open, and a thought struck ma ?i..? -1: ? * - . IW w..*v. < .WWII Mill uiv; ililJUIIIIII^ ;i|>!llllllt"Ill ; why it was 1 know not; perhaps a sense of my oild insecurity actuated me. * I got upon a chair ami gazed through the window into the chamber. No one was 5 there; it was furnished like my own. A lamp wsis burning upon the table, and on 1 the latter were lying a holster, a whet-stone, and a pair of la rye false whiskers. 1 Well, thought I, these are rather queer articles of wardrobe. After a glance nt the ' premises, I felt any thinj* but easy. I finally got into bed, first placing the lamp upon r the floor at the foot; and examining my pistol, 1 laid it carefully under my head. A.t first though quite fatigued, 1 could not sleep, and when I did dose, iny dreams 1 were uneasy and troubled. Macbeth had been at the plav at the Theatre, and witches ? and black whi.-kers, Danrjno's ghost with 1 | pistol, holsters, and tho like interesting vis-' i i itors, were the companions of my dreamy >i I lIlOll flits. About 3 o'ltlnr.k. it inirrlit lmvo i o ? ~ " f "" ""O"" **" * " L> j been, I was aroused by asomewhHt singular fl noise. On listening, it evidently proceeded 1! from the next roon. It could be likened to 1 nothing I bad ever beard; it was low but ' regular, and metallic in its sound, so to ex1 press it; such a sound for instance, as1 might 8 be made in cutting glass with a diamond. 0 Suddenly I thought of the whet-stone on Y the table, and at the same mqment became convinced the noise was that of a knife be" ing sharpened. The wheting now cease^. 1 My bed was placed in the diagonal corncr !- of the room from the wicktiV and I had been lying with ray back to tti&'fatter. I turned h in the bed as noiselessly as possible, so as to e face the wicket, grasping my pistol 1 The y lamp was burning dimly^and all was still as d death. i s As my eyes fell upon the window it en> countered first a hand placed upon tfeip 18 sill, then rose bv decrees a^hoHil. with'"? j o ? *' pair of glittering black eyes, great heavy >f whiskers, and a long sharp knife, between r J lib teeth. I think I possess the ordinary e courage of a man, but I must confess the d blood in my veins seemed to cuddie as I ?( viewed tfie apparition. Quick as lightning I sprang up in bed pointing my pistol, cried,-. I" ! out. "If VOU move il mimcln from PitliP niv. t- silion, you are a dead man." The eyes :s glared, the Lead remaining, however aa de; :s scribed, the man not uttering a syllable. 1 " got out of bed and with pistol still present^ & ed, and eyes fixed on his, I backed to the bell rope and pulled it violently. - In a few r- moments a servant came up/ I called to s. him to bring a police officer?there is some> thing serious going on hef& In a moment i" the passage was filled with the inmates of 4 ? the house. In a short time a "star" made g j his appearance aud took the man into ens- ' n ! todv. Tlifl liindlfml snul Iia Kin/1 d that evening without baggage. t- I was summoned the next day before the Police Court. While in the room a gentle's man entered and claimed Ae supposed burit glar as his brother, a maniac, whom he bad 'O been conducting to the Insane Asylum in r* Philadelphia, and who had escaped fron| ? r* him while in that city, lie had made '* way to New York, and with the well knowu cunning rtf'a madman, had managed ffc r" I avoid detection. I suppose.the "Power of ' ?1... !?_.? ?*.- T !.?? I.!- 1---1 | biiu ivi a ivuj'u iiiiiiu u*vu uii ma, mill e: restrained him, otherwise bo "could easily . o | have mastered me in a moment. Since 9 j then, whilst in a strange place, I have beeu d careful to examine and Recurc uiy chamber ' before retiring 1S An Armv Officer. Vikoixia Miutauy Institute.'?We . 1 ? ?? ?< ? ~ii? .u-j1-! r nmv icvvnvu n cv|/| Ui ail rtUJU JtllU ViU(jllIlb > > a introductory adduess by (Jol. F. W. Smith, ?vi. e Superintendent, to the corps of Cadets of y f, the Virginia Military Institute, on the resr sumptiou of academic duties, Sept. 6th, , d 1856. n. In this address Col. Smith has JuciflTy set , )f forth the great benefits which* this institud tion has rondered to the cau'Re of education 3- in Virginia. TfiS* Virginia Military In.o. stitute, founded in 1839; now numbers near- . , >f ly three hundred graduated Col. Smith >- states that, were the Institute thrown open ie to the students of other States than Vir~ . > ginia, its annual matriculates would etfqped ' y those of my college in the United States, > and would embrace the y'outh of every Stlltd ** in the confederacy.?Richviond Dispatch*