The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-02-20

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blood spurtcd from his nose and eyesin
binding drops. Lioni was about tore
lease his tottcring foe, when Dc NeryeI,
summoning his expiring energies, dart
ed in upon him once more. They
leaned over the masonry of the bridge,
they hung balanced so nearly that q
feather might have turned the scale,
when another fash of lightning shone
upon their irstruggle. De Neryel's dress
was )ooscned, and from tho torn folds
of his shirt hung q small amulet entwin-
ed with hair. Lioni's eye fell upon it
for. an instant, and the heavens echoed
with wild shrek of, dread m a.s
II vas too late, De Neryel, who
was almost inscnsible, did not catch tho
words, but dizzy in sight and sense,
continued to press on Il
"Andrca! shrlckcd Lioni again in
agon:zing tones. edo you know me?
For the sake of God, for the memory
of Beatrice, hold!' .A-
"Dcatriccn cried De Nervcl, ssthcn
1t is Ae--O heaven. my tathcrn A
long loud cry Of unuttcrable despair
escaped him; he strovc to recover his
balance, but in vain. Before another
minute their struggling forms, claspcd
in last embrace. were flying through
the air, and the man who had silently
hchc!d their contest then hurried With
rliic rrliic talaaeattRssss Of dccrto tac foot Of the
bridge. Cutting the rope riitas fastened
a small ekiif' he pursued the dr0WHinc
ga,ncsters down tllesssssIssan. i'7
There wasss sh as theypar.
ted the .YuisiYc scream. J.
then the b1tS5as; ss aiHnds grew fainter
and fainter, dfaSS gSas still--.all save
the dirgo Of tho aifieral wind, Or the
distant call of the watch
II "Three o'clookrain fhlls-.-hil is
tranquil--Parisians, siunibcr on ,ie q
Next morning the corpse Of Giaccomo
Eonl his ill-fstcd son Andres !s..stJy' ssstJy'
!! side by'side or.Shc rcddeneF tables Of
lie Mossue.
is (, e Is.
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Of Ottawa, illinois, report the proceeaS
ings of their annual meeting in the \
"Free Trader and g Constitutionalist. I
These mlserablcs dined on nothing but,
male vcnson, pork, mutton, feef,
grouse, chickens and turkeys. they
had the hardihood to toast "..hc memo.
ry of the much illuminated good King
llcrod,' and passed a series of resolves
so peculiarly attrocious, that we feel
bound to hold them up to the scorn Of
an indignant world:
"Whcrcas, we hold these truths to
kc sclf.cvident that all men were born
free and single, aud endowed with Ger.
tain nnaicnablc rights and privileges,
among which are occupying the whole
Of their own bed, darning their own
stockings. and sowing on their own but
tons, Therefore,
Resolved, that cclibacy is the normal
condition of man; that the 0. B. G. is
The bulwark of the rights, dignity and
virtue OF the male sex; that according
to recent discoveries, the 0. B. G, is
the ninth wonder; that the O. 3. C. is
the great moral reform society of the
age; that the o. NJ. c.. is a dcnoraliz.
ing institution; that wo regard it as
morally certain that if Adam had re-
manned bachelor, Cain would not have
slain Abel; that Dido, Grccian Helen,
/ Clcopatrr, and Mrs. Caudlc, arc strong
I arguments in favor Of our cause; that
| Cupid is bad boy, and that the doors
of the o. b. G. be forever closed against
him: that NO arc opposed to annexation
on any terms; that the advice of Mr..
Weller, sr., to his son "Samnivcl. be.
ware Of viddcrs,' be regarded as fixed
maxim of our Order; that brothcrly
love and snglencss Of purpose ever be
our MOTTO; that the 0. b. C. is compo.
scd of the choicest spirits Of tho age;
that James Buchanan, Washington r.
wing, Louis Napoleon, and our il!uatri,
ous townsman Old Casper, be consider
cd honorary members Of the O. B. c.:
that it all men were bachelors, there
would be no children crying for bread,
and orphan asylums would be unncces.
sary; thai woman is not ''hcayen's last
best gift to man; that it is better to
dwell alone in a corner of the housc-top
than in wide house with brawing
woman; that We declare open and un.
compromising hostility to the @. NJ, c.;
! that we particularly and solcmnly warn
the dearly beloved against an infamous
work now In circulation entitled "Cocl,
chs in search Of a Wife, that, in point
OF philosophy, fun, cloquencc, and pro-
found crnditon, these resolutions aro
unsnrpassahlc; that tho dearly beloved
present their compliments to Mr..