VOL. 2. NO. 14.] BEAUFORT, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1871, ' " " "V"r ^ niL-./v4^A U?/J ViAAti^ Yiai* mATTA XT a ofa *4_ ?eaufE TIIULSA-M* S\UiM UlfA-MiH Trkks for aale, from one to three years old. Will be transplanted if desired. Apply to B. R SAMS. Oet.26-8. Bay Street S. MAYO, BAY STREET, BEAUFORT\ S. C. GSOKERtsg, EST (EDDDS, tINWARE, HARDWARE, AND NVOUDEM WAKE. f CIGARS # TOBACCO, ' NET YARNS, FISH LINES, AND CORDAGE. * GLASS, PAINTS AND OILS, WHITE LEAD AND TURPENTINE. Special attention i/ictn to miximj Faints, and ijlass nt to order at any size. feb 11 I J. APPLE JJEGS TO ANNOUNCE THATH is constantly receiving the finest and best stock of DRY AND FANCY GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, and CLOTHING ever offered in this market. Also a fine assortment Kid Gloves. May.6-ly, FOR S? LE. OAAA BEST 2lh PER YARD READY MAI ^UUlfS a Island COTTON BAGS, 4and 5 yards per bag. These bags are well sewed ai hemmed at the mouth, and ?ill be sold cheaper rea made, than for what the bagging can be bought for Charleston. Enquire at M. POLLITZER, Septl4-0m. Bay St., Beaufort; S. C. r^r\r>T- nA\/ll O 1 11/ RAM I rum KUTALdAW IVIILL ' BEAU FORI, S, C. I). C. WILSON & CO M A N l' FACT I' RKRS OF AND DEALERS IN YELLOW PINE AND CYPEESS; LUMBER AND SHINGLES Builders and Contractors, ORDERS, FOR LUMBER AND TIMBER BY T1 CARGO PROMPTLY FILLED. * TERMS CAgH. D.C. WILSON JOHN RIC'l Jan 28 ~CHARLES TON~AD VERTISERS~ DANIE L^HTSI LCOX. F UENITUEE WAEEEOOMS 173, 177, 179 KING STREET, CHAHLiESTON,8. C Where can be found a large and well selected Stock all kinds and grades to suit the tastes of all. Art examination is respectfully solicited. March lMyr. SPECIAL JNOTICE. MEN'S BOYS AND YOUTHS READY MADE CLOTHING. AND FURNISHING GOODS. GEO W. LITTLE & CO. -V O . 2 1 3 KIN GST, CJI A RL ES TOSS. Would most respectfully inform Ills friends and t public generally, that thev are offering great itiducemei to those in want of ready made clothing suitable to t season.* Ourstock has t>een laid in at the lowest possible pric and which we arc offering at price* to suit the times. All those in want of clothing and furnishing^goc would do well to give us a call before purchasing el where. GEORGE W. LITTLE; k CO. * No* 213 King Street May 27-6iu. Under Victoria Hotel NACHMAN & CO. 11EALEBS IN Dry Goods, Fancy Goods and Notions 159 MEETING STREET, CHARLESTON S.C Apl 1. CHARLESTON HOTEL, CHARLES TONS. C. Mch 25-1 y. E. II. JACKSON J. APPLE. 40 4 KING STREET CHARLESTON S. I BAY STREET B E A V F 0 R T. S .C. DEALER in Drv Goods, Clothing, Hats and Caps, Roots and Shoes, May -ly and Fancy Notions J. A. Enslow & Co. COTTON FACTOR AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS No. 141 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S. C. Liberal Advances Made on Consingment J. A. Enslow, Jas. Salvo, J. A. Enslow, Jr. Dec. 7, ly. William Gurney, COTTON FACT O'l AND COMMISSION MERCHANT NO. 102 EAST BAY and NORTH ATLANTIC WHAB Charleston, S. C. Particular attention given to the sale i and shipment of Sea Island and Uplan Cotton. Liberal advances made on Coi signments, Dqg7 ly. I E THE CHRISTMAS TREE. BY M. M. MEIGS. There's a wonderful tree, a wonderful tree, The happy children rejoice to see, Spreading its branches year by year, It comes from the forest to flourish here; Oh! this wonderful tree, with its branches wide, of Is always blooming at Christmas-tide. TLs not alone in the summer's sheen, Its boughs are broad aud its leaves are green ; It blooms for us when the wild winds blow, And earth is white with feathery snow; And this wonderful tree with brandies wide, Bears many a gift for the Christmas tide. TLs all alight with its tapers' glow, nd That fllash on the shining eyes below, ,jv And the strange sweet fruit on each laden bough Jp Is all to be plucked by the gatherers now. Oh! this wonderful tree, with its branches wide, We hail it with joy at the Christinas-tide. -J - ?:? !- it. omnnn ? AUU il TVWC lO l*:m lift, tuj uui gu? ??<">sl Oi the shepherds' watch and angels' song; ? Of a holy Babe in a manger low, Tue beautiful story of long ago, mj When a radiant Star threw its beam so wide, To herald the earliest Christmas-tide. Then sp-ead thy branches, wonderful tree, And bring some dainty gift to me, And fill my heart with a burning love To Him who came from His home above?. From His beautiful home with the glorified, To give us the joys of the Christmatrtide, GRETCHEX. 5, [Translated from the French of Erckmann-Chatrien. It was about teti o'clock in the evenin ie when the darkness came out from the brev ery of "The Swan." Theodore with tl others walked down the silent villagi Windows were being shut in the distano hi and the voices of the women could t heard in the night air as they closed the shutters. "Good night, Orchcl!" "Goc - night, Gredell Sleep well!" Then all was silent, and Theodore w? |, alone in the quiet street; the innumerab stars over his head, the gently movin trees at each side all along the way?lool > -: ing, listening, and dreaming. What fug I tive thincs the nieht reveals to us! Liste " o w 0f to the vague murmur?the rustling of tt trees, the birds that chip so low?so lo that the cat always on the watch is scar a ly able to hear them. Theodore liked tt night; he took a few steps, stopped, turne around, listened. When he looked up t the sky the words of Conard, the weave came to his memory: "guard thy sou guard thy soull" But when he looked o the earth, when he breathed the swe< c perfumes of the autumn?the breath i hf the new hay, the faint odor of the dyin its leaves?then he dreamed of Gretchen, tfc he pretty Gretchen; so fresh, bo beantifu with lips so sweet and red, with great blu J* eyes so merry and clear, with laughter s frank and childlike. How beautiful st seemed to him then, and how his hea: bounded! He could almost see her mo\ from table to table, pouring the beer inl the shining measures?her arms lifted u] as white as ivory, her form slightly ben the two braids of her blond hair almo: touching the bottom of her pretty re dress; her teeth dazzling as crysta Gretchen laughed with everybody excel MoD8ieur Theodore. As soon as she sa him enter the room she became grave; bi - at the same time her great blue eyes wei filled with an expression so tender thj the heart of the poor fellow melted wit love. He would lose his breath and stan mer unintelligible words. Theodore waudered thus in the lumii 0 ous night; behind the village, along th bushes, walking in the little paths bo: dered with fences, and in the fields freshl mowed; looking at the irregularly-coi structed little houses, with their oulsic stairs, their worm eaten railings, the farm-yards, their great spreading roof all bordered with dark, mysterious sha( h ows. At the end of his long, windio way, he found himself again before th ? house of Eeedstock. He stopped und( Gretchen's window, and lookiDg at th shutter, with the round hole in the to that gave light to the interior of the littl room, he said to himself, "she is there. And thinking that she was there, his gaz became so fixed, so absorbed, that to st - Dim you would nayc supposed ne sa something strange, something curioui But he saw nothing. He thought, " sh S is therel" He had dreamed in this way for a hour, not being able to decide to go awa] when he heard a singular noise outeid the building. Theodore listened. "What is that?" said the artist, and h F stepped cautiously into the yard. Ther the sound was repeated three times. Th< odore looked everywhere, but saw nothing ^ Finally he pushed aside the branches of tree loaded with red fruit, and saw at tk footot the wall tne iaiot Jiasper noss. He was sitting on the grass, his legs e ^ stretched out, and his ragged hat between ' his knees, full of excellent grapes, which n he had doubtless stolen from somewhere g in the neighborhood. The poor fellow c . seemed as happy as a thrush; his head bent down, his great cheeks moving as he n ate, and his idiotic face shining with satis- n faction. It was he who was smacking his 8 lips. He raised the large bunches of fruit Q and held them over his mouth, which was v stretched wide or^n. His fat throat t swelled contentedly. "Hal ha!" said he, chuckling to himself. Tall weeds bent over towards him in the shadow of the ^ wail, and sundry dry thistles kept watch e at his feet. . ? "Ah, you rascal," said Theodore to him, ^ "is this the way you pass your nights?" ' ^ The idiot turned his head carelessly, f) partly shut his eyes with a mocking air, a and without taking his lips from the ^ grapes. "Ah," said he, "it is you, is it, 0 Theodore? Come and taste of my grapes." h "Who gave them to you?" d Kasper stretched out his hand and said, 8 'Down there. There's plenty of them j, there" C "What, there? You have stolen them ii then from Reebstock's garden?" 1 "Yes; Theodore," replied the othor e simply. "And if I tell of it?" b I "You won't do that." n "Why not?" r & "You would have to say what time of h the night it was when you saw me." g le As Kasper said this he winked in an n 0> odd fashion, and laughed as the artist u hastily recrossing the yard, murmured, 4 ' "yes, yes; the fool is right" t! ^ But as he passed, Noss seized hold of a ir his coat and cried, "Stop thief, stop! I b ,d have caught you, you came to steal away e the heart of Gretchen!" Theodore grew pale. "Let me go." t! is "No; sit down." a le 4 4Noss, I beg you, let me go." a !g "Eat some of my grapes." c ?_ "Listen. I will rouse the house." fc "Lend me some tobacco, Theodore, and u 4" I will make Gretchen come out," said Noss ti n in a strange tone, full of attention and p ie conviction. "She loves you.- She thinks a w only of you." "There," said he* raising t! his finger, "listen! She dreams of you in a e" her little chamber. She says, "Theodore, b ie my Theodore, I love thee!" t d The idiot had loosed his hold on Theo0 dore's coat; but be no longer thought of t escaping. He listened to the words of p r> Noss with an infinite joy. fi II "Oh my good Kasper, arc you sure of ii n what you i-ay." "And why not?" said Noss. "Are you not the handsomest man in the village, o 31 and the best one too? Don't you give me t 8 all your old pipes and tobacco always, y te when I ask for it? Yes, yes; she dreams t 1 of you every night. There, sit down, and t ' I will make her come out." g ie Theodore sat down like one fascinated, h >o and the fool gave him a cluster of grapes, t ip i "Eat'that." said he. "vou have given me t rt! bread often enough for me to give you [ something now." h e Theodore to please him, took a grape t from the bunch. It was delicious. They p p, j were the real Markobruner. 8 Xofes laughed. Joining his hands before v ' bis mouth he made a sound like the wak- g 5 ing cry of a quail. It was so true that far away in the fields a quail was deceived, j ,1. and thinking in the middle of the night g 3^ that it was morning, called three times. c _ "What are you doing?" said the young v man. h "I am hurrying the hours," replied re Xoss, joyously. "It is four o'clock out- s side of the brewery." f , lie repeated the same cry at long inter- r vals, and from the fields around there ? came a thousand confused murmurs. d "Let me do it," said he to Theodore, i. "let me do it. Gretchen will come out; j . and old Iteebstock sleeps so soundly he'll s e not wake up." ' y r" Then leaning over the fence he imitated !y the first croW of the cock?slow and grave, g 2- hoarse in the morning fog. You could j< almost see the cock shake his feathers and balance himself on the railing. Five or six a lr I hens came down the steps of the hen- tl s, house, looking at the moon above the roof, h 1- "You rogue," said Theodore, "who taught you these things?" t< ? i But Kasper Noss laughed gently and ri le whispered, "Don't ask me. I am a fool." t< sr The hens, surprised at their error, startle ed up the steps again; but the idiot, full " (p ! of mischief, chased them and made them p flutter and cackle. n e Then, turning suddenly, he imitated " the song of the lark saluting the morning. " :e lie put in it so much of tenderness that si ;e Theodore, with tears in his eyes, stretched out his ^rms and murmured "O Gretchen! lc w come, come, Gretchen; my love! my joy! y 3* my life! Gretchen, it is my heart which 1 ie sighs for thee! it is I who call thee!" ei He leaned against the wall, his head t< ; bent down, dreaming ot Lrretchen, while > 11 Xoss continued his sweet, trembling notes, g j) ^Gretchen, in her light sleep, had heard k [e the crowing of the cocks, aud it seemed | yi still a dream; then the noise of the hens, j h and her eyes opened. No light came in at tl e the little window, and she turned again to a e dream of Theodore. But when she heard fc 1L the lark; when the soft, trembling notes w * reached her heart, she rose gently, saying, 1 i 1 "yes, it is morning." j d a She slipped on her pretty dress aud 3t le ! started to open the window. i o iilUUUUiCUUU ucaiu UC1 uivT^t xxg om d to escape; but the moment the shatter ras thrown back, all his timidity vanishd. He leaned in at the low windojv, and otwithstanding a low cry from the young irl, seized her hand. "O Gretchen, Grethen," he said, 'I love thee!'" The moment he had pronounced the rords he trembled violently. Gretchen loved like a little dove surprised in her est, and with blushing cheeks stammered oftly, "Theodore} dear Theodore!"?? ?he could add no more, for father Reebtock's shutter opened suddenly above the rindow, and out in the night air came a errible oathj a regular German oath, foljwed by the words: "What do I see iere?" Everybody was instantly consternated. Theodore and Gretchen fell into each othr's arms,and then separated, frightened ,t what they had done. Noss, his arms a the air, ran swiftly away, making the ry of a duck escaping in the reeds from a og. His harsh, nasal voice sounded irther away' He had something to laugh bout; but Reebstock did not laugh, and he artist, crushing his hat in his hand, 2aped over the fence and ran towards the rchard; while Gretchen, trembling, closed ier window quickly. A neighbor's great ,og, waked by the noise, barked and hook his chain. Theodore walked the fields until morn' ag, repeating as in a dream, "Gretchen, Iretchen, I love thee!" Then, remember' ag Gretchen's words, "Theodore, dear Theodore!" he thought himself the happist of mortals. -i About five o'clock he entered his own ouse and vainly tried to sleep, as he reaembered that Reebstock had perhaps ecognized him, and might in future shut is door to him. This thought gave him reat uneasiness. The next day his sadess had much increased. "I am the most nhappy person in the world," he said. Old Reebstock will certainly do somohing terrible. It may be 1 shall never gain see Gretchen. If I could see her ut once more! But I shall never dare ven to pass the house." Descending the steps with his sad houghts for company, he walked slowly long the street, his eyes fixed on the vane nd the sign of the brewery, which he ould see in the distance. Nothing seemed o be changed. Everything went on as sual. The herdsmen were passing hrough the village, playing on their bagipes, and followed by a long line of goats nH nifTO* tho T7fmncr crirla wprp crninrr tn .uv? ***v J ~ ? D ~ w he fountain, their pitchers in their hands; nd Kasper Noss, stretched out on a bench iefore the public house, slept quietly In he sunshine. Theodore gradually approached ktlf0 irewery, his canvas on his arm. He was lassing the door without daring to turn lis head, when he heard loud voicesjcall"They are calling me," he said. The windows of the large room were pen, and already a good number were at he tables; the burgomaster Weinlaud, rith his great red face, his large hat on he back of his head, his heavy cane beween his legs; the tailor Zimmer, in his ;ray jacket, his nose besmeared with toiacco, his green cap pulled over his ears; he little barber Spi tzf his pepper plate by he side of his bottle, his hair brushed up n a pyramid in the old French fashion, lis loud voice sounding through the room; liese and many others. Old Berbel was ilacing pans of curdled milk behind the tove, and great sheets of sunshine, filled nth motes, covered the tables and the eats. Theodore entered, much agitated, father Iieebstock in his brown coat and ;reat steel buttons; was sitting near the lock, facing the door. Gretchen, who ras looking out of the window, dropped ier eyes. The men were talking together. All eemed as usual. But the monent the arist stepped over the door-sill, Iieebstock, aising his arm towards him, cried out, Monsieur Theodore, do you love my laughter Gretchen?" 'lne young man ieit nimseii turn pale, le opened his lips to reply, but could not peak a word, lieebstock repeated: uDcr ou love my daughter Gretchen!" Everybody was aghast. Each one, hie lass iu his hand, remained motionless, coking first at Theodore, and then at Iretchen, and then at the brewer. Finlly Theodore, his voice half choked by be beating of his heart, cried ' 'If I loye ;er?" lie turned fo Gretchen with a look so ender and pieading, that the young girl in towards him, andjthrowing herself in3 his arms, melted into tears. The old brewer burst into a great laugh. Ha! ha! ha! I knew very well that they >ved each other," he said. "It wasn't le who needed to be told of it." All the others, seeing him laugh, cried Ha! ha! ha! lie is smart, the old ReebLock; he knows everything." "Well," said the brewer, "since you >ve her so well, take her, take her for our wife; but stay with me in my house." 'hen as he sat down, he added in a gravr tone, "you all understand? They are ) be married in fifteen days." Well, lieebstock had grandsons and randdaughters whom he trotted on hia nees. Long afterward, when he was cry old, he said to his daughter and her usband: "My children, remenber one ling. We have heaven to thank that we re so nappy. i neara tne cock crow De>re the morning; and looking out of the indow I saw Gretchen open her abutter* was getting very angry, when Provience whispered to me. k,Give your conmt quickly, for fear they will marry withit t it*"