Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-05-03

| A'"hi Sfctt Instance ana lmmcuI-
ateiy put back TO render assistance, but ar
rived too late to rescue more ,ban two nf
Inc crew. They reported thai vessel
Passcd TO the north Of them within half an
no9r sali, but paid no regard to the rcpca-
teu signals; upon the commander of that
ship' the article concluded, must rest the
loss OF two hundred persons.
MY peace Of mind was gone forever
wherever went that day, was haunted
ny rcmorsc. | retired 10 bed that might
!orGet IN sleep the tortures ofthe day hut 4,
terrn'c dream brought before my mind the
whole scene of the cOn nflagralion, with roar
o! signal guns. l awokc with horror
h'ice on the same night did compose
myself to sleep, and thrice was awakened
ny the repetition of the dream. For many
hours on the succeeding day my spirits were
shocklnsly depressed, but The CAV company
"h'ch frcqucntcd gradually restored me
70 serenity, and by night was tolcrublv
composed. But the evening again brougli,
terror; the same vision rushed uuon nv
mind and racked it with agony whenever
iell INTO slumhcr. Perccivinr that If I
yielded TO this band of tormcn,ors 1 should
quickly be maddencd by suffering, resolved
10 struggle with rcmorse, and To harden NV
| hcart against conscience. / succeeded nj.
| ways when awake, i'll mastering the emo
noil. hut no power on earth could shield
| me from the torincnts OF sleep. Imagining
at length that The PROSTATE position of nv
beds was one cause of the vividncss of nv
dreams, | took the resolution of sIccpnr
upright in chair while my srrvan, watched
oy me. But no sooner did my head drop
| upon my breast in incipicnt slunbcr, than
the ire again tortured my brain; the uoomin.
guns again rang upon my Cur. sought all
diversions; l wandered over Eurore, seek.
ing 10 relieve myself from the dominion of
ms fantasy by perpetual change of sights d
SUGGESTIONS OF sounds; but in vain. Daily
| the horrid picture more & more enslaved nv
imagination. until at length even in waking,
whiie my eyes rested on vacancy, burnin.
ship was painted in tho air, and with nv
waiting cars heard the eternal guns. The
horror has absorbed my being. | am scpa-
rated by circle of fire from the world. -
Even now, see nothing but the wide sea
aud the incessant fame upon it: hear now
ihe agonlzing siguals, boom boon, -
Ehe unfortunate man paused for mo-
@s ssa sRa hE2sn sans saSes s ss.
moments, his account.
This must soon end. The purpose for
which have sent for you is briefly this
The whole sum of money which na;nnI
ny my ships cargo is in the bank of Eno-
land. l shall order in my will that every
cen, OF It shall obey your disposal. wish
you to discover the families of those who
pershed IN this vessel :; you will learn their
names by lnqiring at the admiralty. Dis
tribute to them every cent of this money!
You will not deny the las, request pl a DIV.
ing man promise mc that you will faith
fully perform my wish
lgave him the promise which he desired,
ant left him.
That night. Captain S. took poison.
From The Baltimore Ga:euc.
IHE NOTE BOOK OF \ NAruHAIIsT.
inmS tam PaFrtS, afYHc tam MILLS. ynU yuinD
S"dnfd rts. guam ineftricabH;S pcljiciio.
Last TALL was convcrsing with an un-
scientific neghbor on the infinite number OF
! ANIMALS i'll the world, and, after exciting his
establishment by the recital OF sor:,c facts ON
the subjects that are familiar 10 the Initiated.
hazarded my reputation for truth in his
opinion, ny informing him hat in few DAYS.
c"uid produce rs many animals of Il par
! tIcular kind as he would wish To see. lie.
looked incrcdulous, anh minated that |
was blasphemously y assuming the prero.a-
tive OF the Creator. Iuictad his apprc-
tensions on that score, and told him tha!
would neither employ witchcraii nor any
diab"ical agency. laccordin.ly proceeded
! to work and took several GLASS tumblcrs
hall hlled with water, aud put n small por-
| tion of hay III one, withercd flowers i'm Il
second ana pntatoe 2celings in The third
lie shook his head and could not compra
hcnd what was about. putlIlc tun,b!crs
in secure place and requested him TO have
patience few days, when would display
astonishing wonders. When the time had
elapsed brought out my microscope, which
IS OF high power, and prepared for the re-
view of my animals. | took the tnmh!er
with the hay i'll it and showed him the slime
on the surface of the wafer, and putting ii
small drop of it under the instrument, re-
qucstcd INN TO look. lie looked and sbrunli
BACK III ailiaZement. He saw animals of
every shape and tlGurc, round, squire, SER
penline and convolutc. l took "A drop from
each tumbcr, and the same phennmcnn
were exhibited. The number wa, i'm
mense, and so pleased was he with the view
that his Dyes smartcd acutcly from the long
continued inspection Of them. Some look
ed like little fishes, and others like great
whales floundcring about the sea. some
times they shot straight forward like a hun
CRY shark al apoor flying fish, and suddenly
$1,000 sui; again they turned as on an axis
ana described circles; sometimes they con
tracted themselves and then suddenly cx
panded, q cut all sorts of Fantastic tricks.
lie acknowledged that | had kept my
word. Then said I, we were speaking th,
other day of the number of animals in the
world, and here in one drop of water,
have showed you more than you can count
How many then, arc there in the whole
tumbler! i'll all the tumblers in a pond
in tho dismal swamp! in the world 2!
"P-r-o-d-i. g-i-n-u-s!" was his bricfreply
The microscopic animalcules which ex.