The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-02-01

| IRE Is not quenched and the smoke d.
their torment ascendeth up forever Z &
Oh! Mercy upon my darling, oh !! GoE:
and let my sin, q fond and foolish I'd
ther's sin, rest on my own heart"
1t was agonizing to listen to the old
man as from full and burdcned hca
he poured forth his bitter lamentations f
cssayed to calm him,-to comforfs
him was beyond the power of man T.
but it was vain task his long pen
up feelings gushed forth beyond con
troll in the wild language of mourning
We had sat perhaps half an hour il
the yard when the door of the hu
opened, and some one issued from iE
hastily must confess my heart bea
with kind of nervous apprehension
rs he emerged into the moonlightznI
the path leading to the dwelling / could
see him distinctly.
Mcrcitul heavens it was the. sicll.
man in his night clothes, and armed
with hatchct making his way to th
dwelling
Stop! shouted !, springing to m
feet and starting in pursuit.
"kill and slay kill and slay !!
Screamed he with a Wild yell o
dcrision and clearing the fence at
bound he dartcd Off to the DWELLING
where his wife and child lay, with TIL
wild and frantic speed of madman IL
1t was hopeless to attempt to oven
take him, but | followed in pursu
with Il strange sensation of horror al
my heart, ut the Same time calling I'd
the negroes who had been left in charg{
Of him, to follow. L
| lie had already disappeared wialli
the house when reached the gat
painting and overcome by the .xertioll
| | halted at the door until om. OF lht
negroes came up and ordering him in
siantly to procure n light and follow
me into the house, | at once hurried
| through the darkness into the chamber
of Mrs. Morton determined, if it was
not already too late, to defend her
from her insane husband even at tho
expense of ny own life.
The door was open and gropcd my
way up to her bed side. All was omirl-
ously still. AS was feeling my way
across the apartment to throw open II
window and let in the moonlight,
stumbled upon PROSTATE form, stoop.
ed and felt with my hands and found
it was Allen Morton, from whose
mouth the blood Swas gushing in a
stream. The excitement and cxcrtion
had proven fatal he had burst blood
vessel and was bleeding to death
| My first tbougt WAS of the hatchct
| which he had secured when he escaped
from us. stopped in the darkness
and passing my hand along his right
arm found that he still retained it in
his grasp. took il up and lclt it. 1t
told a fearful story. The blade was
wet and rccking with gore!
At this moment the negro whom ]
had despatched for that purpose enter
cd the room with light and the full
horror of the scene in the midst of
which | stood was disclosed to me-
On the bed lay the mother and her
new born babe, their blood mingled
together and stittening around their
c"rpses, on the floor dead, his face and
garments dyed with the blood that had
strcamcd from his mouth lay the un.
happy father! 1t was sight that
made my blood run cold to look upon.
When heard the steps Of old Jacob
Mott ton in the adjoining room, hastily
strobe from the chamber "f the dead
and closing the door behind Inc mo.
toned him away rs he made move.
ment to entcr. 1t was too terrible u
sight for fathers eye to look upon.
drew him aside and told him ali. The
old mans heart was broken. The is
sue of parental indulgence and Of blind
/, parental devotion WAS before himself
Alas for him its history was written in
blood.
Our story has its moral, and we
trust q useful one. While it lifts up a
finger Of warning to those who fear
not to look upon the wine when it is
red and whenTit givctlp ftscolor in the
cup" it yet goes beyond the Topping
of of Il single vicious indulgence and
tenches that the vices and the crimes
of manhood are in n great measure
if not nltogether-due to early weak
indulgcnces and defective religious
training; for that great staff and prop
ola trembling and anxious parent that
gives him confidence when he first
looks upon his child, and peace and re-
signation when he presses his hand in
a last farewell, is as firm and nnbrukon
now as when first it was delivered to
man." TRAIN UP A CHILD IN TIE WAY
lie SHOULD 90 AND WHEN HE IS OLD IlE
WILL NOT DEPART FROM IT."
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The GREAT WALL OF CnlNA-CuRI.
Gus CALcuLATIoN.-In a lecture on
China, which he delivered ut Bolton
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