The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-02-29

PncaSloh, ana the REFUSAL ofHcvcry interval OF
rclaxatiSSRR; We're in vain essayed to urge and
gond him to tho gf7*eg did to place his uncle
in possession of tue ifihofituH6c. ii is cdnstitu.
sion straggtdd &itirt tyranny of his unnatu-
fal retitiod; aha wustca as it Was by the uu-
mitigatcd oppression; still rcsistcdawith an ad
nlirablc Vitality the efforts which were ingen-
iouslye aimeduugainst his existence AS he
drew nearer to the age in which he would
have been legally delivered from tho dangers
and impositions of his uncle, his life was sub
jcctod to more violent and repeated seventies.
Every, even the slightest, offence WAS succeed
cd by the most rigorous infections. The iron
cage was threatened, was ordered, was set up in
the upper chamber. AT first, fora few weeks,
it remained as ai! object IF terror only. Itwas
mennced that the next transgression of his
guardians wishes wouldIbc punished lya days
imprisonment i'll that narrow circle, without the
possibility OF rest, or the permission ofrcfrcsll-
ment. Twice the cage was threatened and re-
mitted from an nffrctcd SHOW of r,erpS- aNt The
better to coveriaAu ta palliaic the prciidiita-
ted cnormities. The youth, who was about
sixteen, from the dread OF this terrible inlic-
ton applied himself with secplcss diligence to
lubors difficult to be accomplished; and cx-
tended -purposca5 extended beyond the Ca
pacity Of the studcht JAS ltssoiis Mere exact.
I'd Hot III bfoIoEtioH 10 his ability, but his Gu
dcavors and his pcrIormancc The task master
eventually conquered. Then followed the I'M.
prisonmcnt, and the day without food Again
the imposition WAS set, again executed with
painful cxaction, again lcngthcned again dis.
covered TO bc impracticablc, auti again visited
With the iron cage: aud the denial of necessary
Subsistence. The savage purpose of. thus MUIR
dcring the boy under the prctcncc of a strict
attention to his interest or his Improvement,
was ut last successful. The lad wss declared
to be incorrigibc. There WAS fei.ncd ne
cessity of more severe rurrection lie was
sentenced to lwo aars tf captivity and priya-
ton. So h,A:; III abstinence from food and
rest was more than his cnfacblcd frame and his
broken spirit could endure; and, OIL his uncle 5
u ms. ,v;u. .,a .l..- ~ aLypocr:ical icIl-
icncy, All ho"r Et,eSioAs to the appointed time.
to deliver HIM from the residue of his punish
meat Il WAS found that death had anticipat ID
tic f,i<, mercy. and h., forever cmacratcd
the innoccnt sufferer from the Tyranny OF his
opprcssor The wealth was won but it wa
an unrroiitablc acquisition to him who had 50
dearly purchased it. What profit is it, de-
manLs the voice Of Revelation, 'ii Il man
shonld gain il.e whole worlJ. and lose his own
soul ?" Ills conscience haunted him. The
form Of the dead and inoffcnsvc boy was con
stantly before him. His drcams represented
to his view the playful and beautiful looks tha,
won all eyes toward him. while his parents
were yet alive to cheer and to delight him
and then the vision OF his sleep would change
and he would sec his calm suffering, and his
silent tears, and his patient endurance. aud hi>
indcfatigabc cxcrtions in attempting the nc
complishmcnt Of desperate cxactions, and his
pale check. and his wasted limbs, and Iii.
spiritlcss countcnancc; and then ut last there
WAS the rigid, bony. and distorted form, tho
glazed open eye, tho mouth violently com
pressed, and the clcnchcd hands, on which hi,
view had rested for moment, when ali hi.
wicked hopes had attained their most sanguin,
conss,nanaution, as he surveyed tl.c corpse oi Iii
murdered relative. Thcso rccolcctions ban
ishcd him from his homo The mansion wa
left tcnantlcss and, till Mrs Iurnbrook ll.,
ignorantly engaged it, all had dreaded to be
come the inmate of dwelling which had beer
fatal to one posscssor, and Stunned as lcsruc
tive to the tranquility Of his heir.
On the first night or two Of Mrs. Tnrnbrook'
being established i'll her new apartments sh,
met with no interruption, nor was her sleep il
the least disturbed by amy of those mysterious
noises in the cagc-chambcr, for 50 it was com
monty called By the family, which She hae
been induced to expect by the representation
Of the departed servants This quiet, how
ever, was of very short duration. One nigh
she was awakened from her sleep, by the soun,
of a slow and measured step, that appeared t,
bc pacing the chamber overhead. Ii contin
ueti to move backward aud forward with ncarl,
tho same constant and regular motion for rath
or more than an hour: perhaps Mrs Turn
brooks agitation may have deceived her, an,
induced her to think the time longer than i
roaly was, 1t at length ceased; mornin!
dawncd upon her; the lady naturally felt dis