The weekly North-Carolina standard., 1869-04-21

i sible, busied myself watching the expiring
| faniesIof the taper, till stray, gust 0f the
\ wind whistled through the broken window s1f,wY
4 and extinguished the object Of my attention,
,lr The Storm. which long had been threat
ening, now burst forth in all Its Wild
grandeur, The rolling thunder grew louder
at each, successive report, VIVID fashes OF
I lightning darted across the heavens, illumi-
mating. the room with7th lurid; flame, 50
that every Object. was, plainly visible; the
next moment pitch darkness followed, so
impenetrable that the most prominent, OBJ
, jecis were perfectly hidden, to the eye.
! While lying there, looking out from under
/ the bed clothes. trembling with fear, the
i scratching sound commenced with renewed
! vigar, making the room sound y ii the pc
cular noise which had long before annoyed
me. I'D tt.,,,.,,,,..,,f ,t:I,,.i- i-, .f-, ri,.;i...
| Large drops of perspiration stood upon
| my brow, and. rising to q sitting posture, l
tremblingly gazed out into the darkness,
trying to discern the Objects as the light
ming flashes penetrated the room. :, s+
:. AT that moment livid sheet, of radiance
! passed before me, and an, instant beheld a
/ mans arm protruding from the cupboard,
| While the hand grasped, as If for support,
the strong oaken door, ,..,saa3 i,..rs s...i;,.
i realized my situation Immediately, and
springing from the bed, I grasped heavy
boot which lay near, and brandishingit over
my head, ibreathlcssly awaited for the light
\ nIRg again 10 appear. 1twas but moment
ere living flash of flame qdivered through
| the air, revealing the head and shoulders of
as villainous d looking man as lever before
hehcld. Tie left hand supported the oreepsi
cling form, while the other cIutched tightly a.
largessrevoiver sTheIhand was uplifted, and
our eyes met AS qui TX as thought bound,
ed straight for the rascal, yelling = s3a4 ~
You internal vitlaih nRsd ga ~ l,lo .'r
| The only answer received was the sharp
crack of pistol, the bah whistllng byiand
loaging in the wall near me- The next)ino-i
,ment the heavy boot came down with a ter.t
ribe crash on the rascal's face, making him
yell something that l was unable tn under
stand, fora loud, peal of thunder drowned
1.-THE sentence. A5292d ed .9siiaa sFoIi'nL =
HE ferceiy struggled to free himself from
the cupboard, but ijyiny repeating the blow,
he was obliged to push back into his hiding
place. ii9in bfa .93si 13d 10 ii5i sla hdA .
With movement certainly commentlable,
closed the heavy doors, grasped the oaken
structure by the top lahdlpulleeiit over on
his face and spfang upon it, while the curs-
ing which came finm within could scarcely
rbe heard above the raging of the storm,
which kept up an incessant roar.I go 30
Undressed and trembling with fear, for
one long hour / sat yelling at the top of
my voice for assistance, but was unheard
on account of heraging elements without.
Z AT last the storm gradually abated, and
my cries were heard by the Irish chamber q
maid who came running into the room, but
on seeing me in such an llnenviable position,
she frantically Rundown stairs yelling 'mur.
der 7 with all the vehemence her vigorous
lungs would permit. This brought to my
room crowd of excited individuals, all
eager to find out the cause of the disturb
aHce. A7fil 4Aaa 1pSh fii "ph i9I % 3uE
explained the cause as we'll as my shat
tered faculties would permit, but was fire.
quently interrupted by the blasphemous
harangue which the robber was holding
forth within the cupboard. -e,e.n,. o. .
After concluding, jumped from my seat
and stood few steps away, breathlessly
waiting, while my friends, by the aid of a
dim lantern, dragged forth, hatless and
bleeding, his locks disheyeled, and his face
all bespattered. with blood, the would-b be
murderer trusted friend, the preacher.
recognized his face Immediately and,
springing back, threw up my hands in as
tonishment. The villain gazed steadily at
me, with sickly smile, which said palmer
than words, that | was. not the first victim
of misplaced eonfdepce4.u 74.t- 5e.i5 Er,T---
A person was Immediately sent to inform
the authorities, who took him into. custody,
and afterwards sentenced him to a long term
in the State penitentiary. 49,. ..,..
After the excitement had somewhat aba
ted, retired and slept suundly for, the rest
of the night, and was permitted to depart
the next morning, thankful that I escaped
unharmed from the murderous rascal. and
finally resolved never again to place, conf
dence IN an entire stranger, whatever pro-
fession he might represent. Ie-,s t-,r.>r
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CAUTION AGAINST SwINDIERs-
swindlers Of the Northern and Western cities
are sending through the mails into the South
vast numbers of Circulars and Advertise
ments for the purpose of securing remit
Itances of money under false promises. The
evil has grown to such an extent as to in
duce the Mayor of New. York to publish
Card warning the people against deception.
We insert the Mayors Card below, with the
hope that it will save the credulous and
ignorant from loss: a,+-.0 ~. - -
+" 1 begito caution strangers against New,
York circulars and prospectnses of tickets. II
shares and chances in cooperative unions.
or gift enterprises. or dollar stores, or any
other rpossibie scheme whereby property or
value.is promised greater than the price r
asked to be paid. Every such advertised
scheme Isl necessarily aiswindle and false,
pretense. Theredo notand cannot tangiblv
exist any such schemes in this city. Country d.
newspapers which advertise them simply \;
AID in the swindle. If all the newspapers in ,
the Uninn will now make a point of pub.
llsishing and ireiterating this information.
they will charitably, and think, effectively. >,
lco1unteract the swindling intentions of those q
who use the mails fofefalse pretenses. and
Will also save to the unwary hundreds of
thousands ofdollars. ..'y +o., s.J 80
z 1aJn saGlidf "A. fOAKLY HALL, r,f1.
ii Mayor ofthe city of New York; <,
A HAUNTED HousE. curious story Is 81
going the rounds Of tie press concerning d fc
house in Pennyan, NJ ". "A visitor thus deio
scribes what he saw and heard: "Our yil.ac
lage clock was striking the hour of twelve
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