The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-01-11

wound aud the same taken in ward.
l.y with ammonia, III as great uuan.
tity as the condition will bear. If
hartsl,orn be not at hand and "cau
dc luce is, the latter fol,us a good
substitute. Certain PLANTS have beer,
vaanted as specifies, az c. g.. A,ls,
tolochia scrpenta'ia and Hirycceu7n
ren@sum against the FOLSOM Of the
ra,tle.snakc, and the Lihama Ccdron
against that Of the cobra but their
merits have not been established by
due anli successful trial. It an.
pears that the unfortunate victim,
! 1T the bite Of the cobra had some Of
the Litama Ceelrou in his POSSES.
sion, but it was not used.
Tc revert to Tie melancholy occur.
renee which has led Us to reu the
present article. Perhaps the most
greivus features Of the case are
those revealed a; the searching aud
exact inquiry into all the particuasr
of it, Which le! to The verdict of the
C"roncl lnuust, recorded III the
Times of Saturday, October twenty
tl,iud, and cited at the end of this
laicr. It appears that this acci.
dent -as such occurrences are
termed by Which M apparently
steady man who had previously per.
formed his duties III the main salts
fact"rily, has been hurried to an un.
timely grave, leaving. at the age Of
thirty, 4 widow ard yc,,ng family
bcrcavcd Of their natural protector
aud Ir"vi.!er-is one of the count
less ca'anl'ics brla'!ilg the weekly
wage classes lainly rcicrahle to in
t"xication. Curling had lett his home
i'll conn any with another keeper, on,
the e.'cni'g before tic ac,i lent, and, i,
ns his poor widow dcliosed, "SEc new
clsaw him afterwards alive" Ac-
corlng to the cviI,ncc Of lis com.
pa''i"ns they had spent the night at
a lcave.tal:ms larty Of friend 20.
ing to Australia. On returning to
jf;licir duties at the Geological Gar,
aens, "they had a.Guartcyn Of gin at
tie public house in Shoe Lane, FIN.
other afterwards, AID again another
at cieht o'cI"ck.,' The sin.lalen
blood circulated through the brain !;
and reason, prudence, tho ).la;nest
sense OF imminent hazard, we're over
owered. The exhibition, during
the previous year. Of the Egyptian
s'ake.cllarncrs, who acted their
'arts with cohras deprived Of their
olsen fangs, had left vivid inuy,rcs-
sion on the mans u,il,d this imrres-
sion cane upl'elmcs; When he enter.
cd on the scene Of his daily duties,
;n'l he must needs try to emulate
the Egyptians. a newly arrived
Morocc" rispn Stake was iirs, sclcc.
ted. 1t was taken out Of the cane.
vas S'asrrd by lis middle, fl uriShcd
al"it, aud throw. like a lasso round
the neck of the yourger ertor,ncr;
fortunately for him it was not reused
t" bite. An assistant. .keeJer, who
harl encd to enter IT," room at ihis
jnmc'nre. begged { nrling, "Fm
Gods sake, to put hack the snake"
The infatuated man replied, II am
lnsllrcd,' AMI au.|:ed at ,hc warn.
ing!
Having replaced the Morocco vc.
nom.snake III It's cage, GullinG then
cried, Now for the cobra and,
hitting np the glass front Of the cage.
removed it as lie had done the other.
he cobra Was somewhat torlld
from the cold Of the proceeding night,
and the man laced it i'll his bosom !:
1t there revived and g'i'!cl down
ward round his vast, its head cncr..
lns from beneath the back Part Of
his wals,coa. The man g,aspcd
the cobra by tie hndy about a foot
from the head, with one hand drew
it out seized it lower down with the
other hand, and VAS in the act Of
lionrishlng it alnit, as he had -four.
lshcd the other snake, when, rs lie
held it up III front Of his face, The
cobra suddenly expanding is hood
struck him like lightning between
the eyes. plnnSlny the oisonflnss IS
into the skin OF one side of the
bridge Of the nose, and scratching
the Opposite side With the teeth of
the lower jaw. lhc man was stag,
Sered hy the blow /; the blood stream.
ed down his face he called for help.
and his companion fed; but show
long he was away he could not tell :,
being in maze
When assistance arrived. Curling
was found seated in a chair having
restored the cobra to its cage and
closed down the front glass This
return to sense Of duty. and this
Performance (perhals instii!ctivc)' Of
The prudent act which was his last on