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BY K. M. TKIMMIER. Devoted to Education, A.gricuXluraX,Manufacturing and Mechanical . $2.00 IN" ADVANCE
VOL XXIIL SPARTANBURG, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1 866. NO. u'"sfc
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The Broken En|a<ement.
BT AMELIA PETIT.
No, Carrie, " not erea a bud," can I
pare from my peerless rose. No doubt it
earns selfish to keep them all, when you so
much desire a stogie one. You have been
TSTy kind to me, darling, since my illness,
brightening by your presence and sym pa
thy many kark hours of suffe ing. The
rose tree shall bo yours when nay nights
base become days in that other land
Binee little Eva was in, prattling of your
two lovers, I have had a story to tell you;
If you have leisure to remain. 1 think I
think I feel strong enough to relate it now.
Raise my head a little, please; that will do
Uioely?thank you.
It will be twelve years to-morrew, since
my twentieth birthday. Your mother was
but ona day past eighteen, but we always
celebrated the festivals together. Upon
this occasion uncle gave us a grand party.
I dressed early, for my betrothed, Lawrence
Elmore had promised to oorne before
the oompany arrived and bring me flowers.
I anticipated something beautiful, for his
taste was exquisite. He came, bringing a
boquot of half-opened rose buds and blue
Violets; besides this a branch from a rose
tree, bearing three fragrant while bmfo,
just ready to expand into fu i flower. The
buds he insisted upon twining with his
own hands among my braids and ringlets,
which he accomplished with wonderful
skill, making the green leaves and snowy
buds gleam here and there among the dark
curls, in a way that won praise and admiration
from all. "My taste" was commended
again and again, and 1 laughed the
compliments off as best I could; for to no
one, not even your mother, had 1 told the
secret oi my engagement. Lawrence was
a clerk, industrious and economical. Still
he deemed it not prudent to marry in less
than two years, and I insisted that it he
waited so long, the engagement should not
bo public. My only motive was to avoid
the oowments and disoussions of acquaintances.
Our party passed pleasautly; the re
freshments, music, flowers, everything,
ware admirable ; the company was in fine
spirits, and nothing ooourred to*make it as
a dark hour in my life. Among the guests
was Mr. Uueton, just returned from a
lengthened tour ia South America.
Early iu the evening he was introduced
to me, aod entertained me greatly with
aooounts of wild adventures and descriptions
of tropioil scenery. Several times,
during the evening, we were thrown together,
and that subtle something which
tells a maiden when she has won a new ad
mirer, told me that Lewis Ilueton would
pursue the acquaintance. Months of gayety
followed, and people began to notice
the attentions paid me. Lawrence was ael
dom present; books and study occupied his
time, save when he spent a quiet evening
with me. These evenings became less
frequent, for 1 went out constantly. There
was a new charm in the devotion of wealth
test, best educated man of the set. I never
viuppca 10 mm* wnitner 1 was drifting.
One day, some aix months after our party,
a bouquet was seat me, with a note. 1 had
not seen my betrothed for two weeks, and
aid to myself, ho has seot this to say he is
ooming to night I opened and read.
"Clara: With the flowers, acoept the
devotion of one who would be moro than a
friend. Lewis Uueton."
The paper fell from my startled fingers,
and for the firat time in months I was obliged
to think. Stooping to raise the note, 1
brushed against the rose, whioh, with infinite
eare and patienoe, I had reared from
the branoh worn upon my birthnighL The
gentle touch of the loaves upon my cheek
smote me like a blow.
AH the day was spent in thonght. Lawrence,
I argued, does not really love me, or
he would be more attentive. 1 have scarcely
seen him for two months, and he is becoming
so quiet and abstraotod, that his
visits are not as ploasant as foruiorly. Why
should my youtn and beauty be wastod in
plaoning little economies, as a clerk's wife,
when, as Mrs. Hueton, every wish would
be gratified ! At evening, having stifled
love and eonsoienoe, 1 dressed to meet Mr.
Huston. Ho earns?told me how I had
grown into bis affeotions, and offered heart
and hand for my aoeeptanoe. I did not
then aeospt his proposal, though I gave
him reason to expect my answer would be
favorable, if my relatives were pleased.
Before sleeping, I wrote to Lawrence,
saying as gently possible, that I could not
happUy eharc his lot; that, brought up in
luxury, though having no fortune of my
own, I could not cheerfully labor as 1 ought
to make his salary suffice for us; therefore
I ask freedom from my engagement. Three
days later a reply came, in the following
words:
I "Clara : My best beloved?you are
free. I have nothing of yours to return,
i save a bit of blue ribbon that once tied
your ourls. I retain that.
Lawrence."
I felt instinctively, that my freedom had
been purchased at the price of mortal anguish
to another, and would gladly have
undone my work. Shutting myself from
every eye, that day, I did not weep, but
aal ffitm/l nAnn fKn loau fKnf ^? I
uaovi VVB UVIIV ?UU IVOO VUUV IbillO nvit uc*
oicd me. The evening brougLt Mr. Hueton,
and with the hearty approval of my
uncle aud aunt, I was again betrothed.
Lewi* urged an early day for the marriage,
but aunt iusisted that four months was the
least possible time in which tuy outfit could
be prepared. The noxt three months were
passed in a whirl of silk, luces and uiuslirs,
which wearied mo. Mr. Ilueton off en remarked
my silent ways and thoughtful
looks, which bo attributed to shyness and
over exertion. With his grand faith in
me he never imagined my love was half
vanity.
At length, but eight days wero to pass
before our marriage. The rose troe was
full of opening buds, and 1 anticipated
wearing them at my bridal. Two buds
were half opened, and I brought the plant
down to show Lewis, when he came in to
spend the evening.
' Do you know, darling," said he, "that m
the charming taste with which the roses
were twined in your hair, the first time of
our meeting, was what attracted me to you?' .
I bent over the tree to hide my glowing
face, lie continued :
"But 1 have not told you?I can remain "!
no longer this evening, having promised to
speud the nit;ht with a sick, friend. Bv
w ^ CI I
the way, he is passionately fond ol flowers j
?give those two, for they will fade before j
the day, and others will cotne out."
1 out the flowers and he left me. The
day following, a messenger brought a request
froin Lawrence Eliuore, that 1 would
lend hiui for one day, my rose tree ; he
was ill, had heard of its wondrous beauty,
and knew how I had reared it. I could
but send it, with every caution for its safety.
Instead of culling that evening, Mr.
llueton wrote thut he was staying with a
dying friend. The thought that his friend
was iny discharged lover did not crews my 1 j
mini. j
The next morning Mr. Hueton brought (
the rose tree, shorn of every bud and bios
sora. He placed it upon the table saying:
:<My friend, Lawrence Elmore, cut thciu
off, and started ujkhi a long journey with ,j
them in his hand 1" ^
"O, pity me !" I cried, and fell senseless (j
upon the floor. When consciousness returned,
he was holding uic against his
heart; but with such a desolate, broken- ^
hearted look in his l'acc, that 1 was fain to
m
turn uwuy uiy eyes. ,
"Pity you, Clara?" said he. "Pity mc !
I have lost my best loved friend and my ^
beloved wife. Lawrence did not willingly ,
betray your fault ; it was only in the de *
liriutn of his dying moments that I learned ?
what caused his illness and death."
Gently placing me upon the sofa, he left ?!
the house. *
Ttw. i ? ? ,c
nvuuiu^ |l( IllUUUIItl I1UU HOC L>CCI1 1 |j
given out, and were now delayed by my , -j.
sudden illness. From a servant I learned ; j
when Lawrence's funeral w<>uld take place, j
and in epite of remonstrance, at tended. I w
dressed plainly and wearing a heavy veil to j
avoid recognition. He wua burrici in I
Greenwood, and, alono in tlio carriage ?
which my uncle sent, I went to the grave.
Mr. Hueton stood by my side, as the last
solemn words were said, though 1 fancy he
did not recognize me, until, as wc turned 'u
away, he offered his arm, conducted me to S<
the carriage, and lclt mc without one word. U1
May my darling Carrie never know such
agony of romorse as 1 suffered that day and
lor many years, feeling thut 1 had murder- j
od tho man I loved, and destroyed the hap y
piness of one so worthy of rcspcet and af
lection as Mr. Hueton. At evening the
package containing the few notes 1 had
written him and my miniature, was handed j ,]
me by a servant. 1 looked in vain forouc ; n(
written word of his. Ho was too noble to ,
add one reproach to those he knew I suf- i y
fercd, yet too truthful to attempt a pallia- j
tion of my fault. It then became neocssa- ,
ry to tell my unolo that there would be no
marriage, and that the fait of tho broken ^
engagement was mine; yet 1 could not
bring its conteuint unon rnn hv tnllin.. k;..? I c'
_ v ? "J ,l,m . y(
all. I hare related this to you, Carrio, as '
a warning. If your affections are giron to
one man, do not trido with tho holiest ^
feelings of another. Sometimes, when I
am gone, and you cotne to Greenwood,
briag a rose for Lawrence Elmore.
It is far lass dangerous to slip with the gi
foot than with the toogue m
From the Now York News.
Carmen ad Terrjr.
BY IIOKACB WILTON.
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Terry leaves us. sumus weary ;
Jam nostaedet to videro,
Hi vis nos with joy implere.
Terry, in line terra tarry
Diem narry.
II.
For thy domuot longst thuo noune ?
Habes wife aut filios bonny?
Soctos Afris mngis tony ?
Haste then, Terry, military,
Fedcm ferre.
in.
Forte Tliaddeus may desire thee,
Sumuer, et id ora., (admire thee)
Nxitu....... nnKIj - ?~ .L ?
v^?v .? .re I.ice;
Wc can spare thee, magna Terry,
Ficely?very.
IV.
Hear the Fro* a proclamation,
Nonfideles to the nation,
Gone est nunc thy place et station,
Terrifier momentary
Sine querry.
v.
"Yea thy doom est scriptuin?Mene."
Longer ne noa nnso tene.
Thou hast dogged us diu bene.
Loose us. terrible bull Terrier,
We'll be inrrrier.
Yl.
Bid thy dulces Afros vale?
Pompy, Scipio et Sally?
Sect aouie back New HaTcn alley.
Terry quit this territory,
Con uuiore.
VII.
Sid verba tibi abituro ;
Pay tliy rent bills ; et conjuro.
Tecum take thy precious Bureau ;
Terry, Turner, Blue coat liotu'ncs,
Abhlnc omnes.
An Indian Legend
The legend of the Florida Indians, as to
le proper place for the negro, is correct.
(Then old I>uval was sent to that territory
isny years ago ns its Governor, he assent
led the chiefs and braves and made them
speech. They listened with the greatest
ecorutn and respect, while he told them
tat they ought to quit their wild roving
abits of hunting, get books, maps, charts
ad pliiloaophicnTinrtrrtm nfr. study them;
ad become great and intellectual like their
hitc brothers. At the conclusion of his
ldress, the chief replied that the suggesous
were so grave, aud contemplated such
complete revolution iu their mode of livig,
that they would Lako until the followig
day to consider them, whereupon the
iccting adjourned.
Assembling again at the appointed time,
ic chief arose und said to the (Jovernor
?at they had duly considered the proposions,
and respectfully declined changing
icir mode of life. "We have a legend,"
lid ho, "that after the (.treat Spirit hud
rented the earth, he attempted to make a
ia.ii. His first effort he did net like, and
mt was the negro, lie made another cf>rt,
and still was not satisfied ; that was
le Indian, lie tried the third time, and
lade the white man, with whom lie was
crfectly satisfied. Throe boxes were plac1
before them. The first contained books,
laps, charts and philosophical instrument;
10 second, bows, arrow-, fishing tackle,
ups and nets; the third, shovels, axes,
oes, plows, and many other implements of
bor. To the white man he gave the first
ioicti. He passed by the first box without
oking at it; but when he came to the
ic containing bows, arrows,&c., he looked
; it a long time. The Indian trembled,
>r Je had set his heart upon that box.
ut he finally took the one with books,
he Indian ut once took the second, loavig
the negro to take the one with the
levels and the hoes." And saying that
c do not wish to chance the order in
hieh the (ireat Spirit started the three
len into tho world," the council adjourned
duo die."
? ?
The Charlottesville (Va.) Chronicle il-1
istratcs the present political status of the \
outh by this humorous and striking tigre
:
It seems to us as hard to get in the tlnn
as it is to get out. The South respectilly
asks to move one way or the other.
/e are like tlie fellow who was forced to
j to the show, and then not allowed to go !
ly further than where he had paid for 1
is ticket. Wo have been dragged into ;
uj doorway of tho Federal tent, and arc
[>t allowed to see any of the performance '
ccept to settle with the tax collectors, i
'e can hear the animals growling inside,
id hear the crack of tho ringmaster's .
hip, but we can't see tho show unless wo
ly for iwo and take in a colored lady,
nd tho worst of it is, they keep a great
iglc perched over tho entrance, which, if
m attempt to go baek, swoops down ujsin
ju and picks a hole in your head. We '
uuiy mum una la unreasonable; the*/
ight either to let us pass in, or rcfur.d
lr money and tio up the oagle.
When I hear a woman apeak with connipt
of the opinion of the world, it ar .
tea in her neither good feeling, r lever,
we, nor true courage. J
? ? From the Courier des Ktats Unie.
The fflan who GullloilBcd VHn eir?
The validity of the will of a person who
has committed suioide is at this moment
under discussion in the courts of the kingdom
of Naples.
Mr. Couvreuz selected for himself a singular
manner of dying?he guillotined
himself. Wo borrow tho following details
from tho correspondence of the temps.?
The writer obtained them from M. Jauimi,
consular agent of France at Castellsm&re.
Mr. Couvrcux, a man of about fifty-four
years of age, had choson for himself, some
years back, a residence in a hotel of Castcllauiorc
upon tho delightful Kill Qui-siSana.
(ITorn nno ' ' ?,lL ^
^ wm? ivv.uii.ig uu> ncumi .J
To the public he appeared but a simple,
inoffensive lunatic; fas madness was ever
veiled by a taste for literature and art; he
tenchcd the piano and composed romances.
Within himself lie was a prey to two ideas
?to lead a life of chastity and to dio without
pain. The influence of the former hud
induced him to imitate the famous sacrifice
of Origon?the second led him to guillotine
himself, lie read everything that had
any bearing upon the sacrifico of the guillotine.
Well thumbed pages were found in his
rooms, in which it was discussed whether
the head of the person guillotined sees and
feels after execution. There is reason to
suppose that he arrived at the conviction
that the mode of death is easy. In this
belief he erected a handsome guillotine in
the door way which opened from his parlor
to his bedroom. The important feature
in his invention was a sliding axe,
which l:c loaded with one hundred aud
thirty two pounds of lead. He tried the
instrument on several animals. I was
afterwaads remembered that he had often
carried into his rooms cats and chickeus
which had been no more seen. When he
had satisfied himself as to the cxcelienee
ot his machine, he proceeded to ornament
it. lie set it in a frame of two red curtains
gracefully drawn apart; betwecu the
curtains and under the full, lie planted
firmly a table with steps loading to it, and
covered all over with a black cloth. He
placed a white arid soft pillow near the
corner of the table, upou which was to rest
the severed head.
Everything being iu readiness, towatds
halt-past nine o'clock in the evening, lie
played upon the piano a hymn to the Virgin,
of bis comnosifinn Tin l.:~.
self in white flannel, he ascended the steps
of his scaffold, and extended upon his back,
looking upward no that he might see the
instrument of death fall upon his neck.
It seems that to be able to soc better, he
even placed a lighted lump upon a piece
of iurniturc near by lie touched the cord
which retained the suspended axe?tho
axe fell, and at a blow struck off tho head,
which separated itself but little from the
trunk and rested in an easy position upon
tho white pillow prepared to receive it.
When the room was entered the next
morning, all the details of a horrible catastrophe
were investigated, upon the tablo
was found a will by which several
thousands of francs were left to the servants
ot the hotel.
It is this will which is now being contested
before the civil court of Castelamare.
The relatives of Mr. Couvrcaux are attempting
to upset tho will as tho act of a
lunatic. The employees of the hotel assert
its validity.
Finding Tilt Road.? A Yankee traveling
the other day, in Dauphin county,
rode up to a Dutchman cutting bushes
along the fence, and asked him the road
to llarrishurg. "To Harrisburg. Veil,
you sec dat road pon do hillpointiD g
in that direction. " O. yes, 1 see it." "V cjj^
den, you must not take dat roat. Y'jusce
dis roat by tc coal bank ?" " Yes." ? Vcll,
dat ish not tcr roat too; but you * must go
right by te barn dare, and ven yo,u 8Ce von
roat jbust so," (bending his c"t>ows, and
describing at the same time,) and vcu you
kit dcre, keep right along ti',| y0u gets furdor.
Vcll, den, you wil1 turn the potato
patch round do bridge
0 Vfw* uv urci up
sticaiu, and dc hill r.p^ and tirectly you
see mine proder 1'rjVs parn, shingled mit
straw, data de ho'^o where mine proder
lives. He'll tel\ you better a? I can. And
you go little bi'c furdur you see two roats?
you must no\ tako both of 'cm." The
Yankee rod e off at the top of his speed.
Too 0 oon to ijk I?osT.?When Gen.
Butler *was recalled lroui tko Department
of the Gujf, and superseded by Gen. Banks
in tlrj command of New Orleans, tho Mayor's
office was tendered to him to take his
cor yt of such persons as felt desirous to
ho nov his departuro. As may bo supposed.
t'.iero was a gathering of the low orders,
male, female and juvenile, and among
thenj several Hibernian ladies, with their
unwashed babies, who came to shake hands
w ith the General. One Irish woman handed
her baby for a kiss, and taking the Genoral
by the hand, addressed him as follows :
| " Good bve, General; 1 '11 say this for yo
?that yo never stole anything from me.
I Good bye, General "
itfttfia?gaaaa
Gratitude* ** """
"What the beavtifbl flower is to the
earth, gratitude is to the heart of men."
It ia tho incense of lore arising from a soul
touched bj divine goodness, and softened
by the acts of kindness shown to Ida by
his fellow man. It is the delicious bloom
of spirit that would spend itself in thanksgiving
to God, acknowledging in tenderness
from the heart the blessings and ?t>
*ors received. Liko the gentle drops of
rain and the warm raya of the sun, which
fall upon the earth to give nourishment to the
plant, and by which means the fields
in 8Drini?-tim? tra clnfh?il < ! !> ?
4 o ? * * ? *??! ?W" ^
dure, so gratitude gives nourishment to
the affections for truth, and clothes the
character with heavenly beauty. It ?ik?
life sweet under every circumstance?filling
it with scones of ecstacy and driving
away the scenes of grief. Our burdsos
arc made lighter; our troubles more endurable
The ungrateful man never finds
a real friend to sympathise with him in his
hoars of sorrow ; while he who is grateful
finds all along his pathway those hearts
which are in sympathy with his own?
comforting him in his scenes of gladness.
Let as feci the obligation we owe to God
and one another; and let our hearts swell
with gratitude to all, according to the kindness
shown as, and we shall become better
fitted for the life which is to eome.
m its m
Intelligence of a Deaf mutx.?
A pupil of tho Abbe Sicard gave the following
extraordinary answers:
" What is gratitude?"
" Gratitude is the memory of the heart."
" What is hope ?"
" Hope is the blossom of happiness?"
" What is the difference between hope
and desire V
" Desire is a tree in leaf, hope is a tree
in fiowcr; and enjovment is a tree in
fruit."
u What is eternity ?"
" A day without yesterday, or to-morrow
; a line that haa no ends."
" What is time
"Aline that haa two ends; a path
which begins in the cradle, and ends in the
tomb."
" What is God T"
" The necessary being, the son of eternity,
the machinist of uatore, the eye of
justice, the watch maker of the universe,
the soul of the world V
" Does God reason ?"
' Man reasons because he doubts; he
deliberates ; he decides. God is omniscient;
lie knows all things. He neYer
doubt; He therefore never reasons."
The creations of the sculptor may moulder
into dust, the wealth of tho bard may
wither, tbo throne of conquerors may be
shrivcred by an opposing power into atoms,
tho fame of the warrior may no longer be
hymned by tho reoording minstrels, tho
hopes may be disappointed, but that whieh
hallows the cottage "and sheds a glory
around tho palace?Virtue?shall never
decay. It is celebrated, by the angels of
God, it is written on the pillars of Heaven,
and reflected down to earth.
A Dutchman b.ad two pigs, * burg? <>n?
and a small one. The smaller one being
the cider, hp? was trying to explain to a
customer, and he did it in thia wise _
" '^J10 P?g is tho piggest" ?a
which hi*, wife, assuming to corrw^
said: ? You will excuse him, b ,e no Bpeafc
A English as mc; he uo mean
tho 'jttle pig is the piggest,'^ the youngcs
' P'S i? 'be oldest."
1 An exchange tells the following rather
tough yarn : A family of ftyc persons resided
in Dcrry, New Han ipshirc, for a period
of fifty-three years, daring which time
there was neither a bir th, death nor marriage
in the family ; neither did they daring
that time put a letter into tho ?wt
office, take ono out, c r take a newspaper."
Friendship is a vase, which, when it is
flawed by heat, or violence, or accident,
may as woll be broken at once; it aerer
j can be treated again. The more graceful
I and ornamental it was, the more olearly do
we discern the hopclossnoas of restoring it
| to i*.s former state. Coarse stones, if they
ate fractured, may be cemented again?
precious stones, never.
Never be cast down by trifles. If a spider
breaks his web twenty times, twenty
times will he mend it. Make up yonr
mind to do a thing and you will do it.
Fear not if trouble come upon you?keep
up your spirits, though the day may be a
dark one.
The aim of education should be toteeeh
us rather how to think than what to think;
rathor to improve our minds ao as to make
i us thiuk for ourselves, than to load the
memory with the thoughts of other men.
More hearts pine away in aeorat anguish
from unkindneea from thoee who should
be their comforters, than from any other
calamity in life.