FOILED Bf A WOMAN. A Leaf from The Diary of a Detective "Madame, it is my duty to arrest you." ' "You dare not I" The lips wore white- with passion rather thiia fear, and the lady stood be Sore me like a lioness at bay. Even then I could not but note the splendid beauty of this grand lady. Tali and slender, eyes black and flashing-almost lurid now, tho spectacle she presente i, standing there io tho middle of the apartment, was moro Iho appearance of a queen than a hunted criminal. "I must," I replied, "I do not doubt your innoeonee. Looking into your face it is strange that any ono could couple it with guilt; but I am constrain-d to do my duty, however inimical it may bo to my feelings." "Will you allow me to change my dross ?" she said, in a tono almost pleas? ant. The hard lines around her mouth hud relaxed, and the passionate glow on the face gave way to a pleasant smile "Certainly, I will wait for you hore." "I wish also to send a messenger for a friend ; will you pormit him to pass ?" "Certainly." "This was my first interview with Eugenia Cornill. I had seen her hero for months, the leader of our gayest and most fashionable society. lu her splendid mansion she dispensed with tho most profuse and elegant hospital? ity A Spanish lady-a widow sh o had represented herself, and had been u res? ident hore almost n your. No ono ever suspected hor of boing nullit than what she seemed, until one day I was ordered to arrest her as a murderess. It was now alleged, said Mr. F., that this young beauly was no other than tho woman who had poisoned her hus? band in Havana, and fled with all his wealth. An immense reward was o Her? od for hor apprehension, and thc cir? cumstances that had come to our knowl? edge poiutcd her out beyond all doubt as the person we were in search of - Yet tho person who recognized her tho evening before at tho theatre advised us to bo careful lest she should escape us. I laughed at thc ?dca. ?Ur, I, and myself wiro surely sufficient to arrest a lady. We were old enough in tho ways ol cunning to defeat any such attempt. When the lady loft me, t stopped to thc window, and said to Mr I who was wail? ing at tito door. "Tho lady desires to ?.end a messen? ger for a friend, suffer him to pass." Almost ut the same instant the door of tho apartment tho lady had entered opened, and a youth-apparently a mu? latto boy-came out and passed hurried? ly through the room into thu hall, and from thence into thc street, lt was no doubt, thc messenger, I thought, and I pioked up a book und commenced read? ing. Nearly an hour passed, and still tho lady did not make her appearance, nor did tho boy roturn. The friend she had scut for must live nt some dis? tance, I thought, or thc lady is unusu? ally careful about her toilet, and so an? other hour went by. At last I be? came impatient, and kuuoked at thc door. "Madame, I can wait no longer." Thero was no reply. I knocked re? peatedly, and at last determined to force * an cntcranoo. Strange fears harrasscd me. I began to suspect I know not what. It took but a moment to drive in thc door, and, once in thc room, tho mys? tery wns revealed. Tho robes of tho lady lay upon tho floor, scattered ovor tho room woro suits of boy's wearing ap paroi, similar to that worn by thc mulatto boy. Un the table was a cosmetic that would stain tho skin to a light delicate brown. I was.foiled, for a surety; the lady had escaped in thc disguise of thc mes? senger. J should have detected the ruse ; I felt humiliated, and determined to redress my error. I knew she would i.ut remain in thc city an instant longer than she could getaway. I hurried to her bankers, but found that she had drawn the amount duo her au hour before. "Who presented thc chock ?" I asked of the olerk. ?A mulatto boy. It was made payable I to bear or." j There was yet a chance. Thc French , steamer left within an hour. lt. was . possible sho would seek that means of escapo. I jumped into a cab and arriv? ed thcro ton minutes before she. left tho wharf-just in time to assisi an aged decrepit gentleman into tho cabin. Th oro was a few passengers ; none of thora answered thc description of tho person I sought. I stood on tho wharf watching tho receding vessel until it disappeared, f. was in tho act of turning away, whoo a hack mau approached mo with the remark : "Mr. E.? did you see that old mau OD board? Ho had a long white beard, and hair that fell on his shoul? ders?" "Yes." "Well there's somothing curious about Mm." "Why?" "Why, ?ir, when he pot inlo my car? riage he was a mulatto boy, and when he got out he was an old man I" I will not repeat tho expression I used then--it was neither relined nor Eolito-l'or I knew tho vossel would o far out to sea beforo sh o could bo overtaken. 1 was foiled by a wotunn. Nor could I help rejoicing, nos* that tho chuso was over, that sho had es? caped. Innocent or guilty, thcro was a charm about hor none could resist. Tho spell of her wondrous beauty affected all who approached hor. It lingers in my memory yet, and I could not havo tho sin of hor blood upon my cou KING'S MO UNTAIN Military School. YORK VILM?, S. C. rpjIR First Session ortho School your of 1870, JL will liouin on tlio 1ST OF FEBRUARY, Tr.iiMH.- For School Expense?, .'. c., Tnflion, Hook*, Stationery, Ac., Hoarding, Fuel, Lights mu) Washing, $136 in curtotroy, ?er session ol' fl vu months. For circulars containing Tull particulars, apply to COL. A. CO WA KU, Principal and Proprietor. Dec 15_\ Ot 31A Y ES Vr 1I.. LE mum\ ACADEMY. \ run IST OF OOTOUER NEXT, THU undcrsignod will open a O High School, at Macsville, SOUTH CAROLINA. Hoping, from his lon? experience tn Tcirchlng, to givo cr.Uro satisfaction, mid to merit tho eon tidenco lind pulrunugo of tho comtntinttv nt largo, ho is DETERMINED timi this Keim?l ?hull ho of (ho highiet grade, nnd tccond to nono in tho country. HOYS will bc prepared for College or Kusinc.s. The Principal retors with pride und gm I Men? tion to his former pupils, who havo taken high positions in College or (Justness, TUB FI lt ST SESSION begins Octohor 1st, und olosus February 16th, THU SECOND SESSION begins Fobrunry Kith, und closes .Inno 'Kuli. TKKMS: ?i'll? per Sossion for Hoard and Tuition, invariably in nd vu nco. French, Herman und Drawing extra, Pupils will ho ch urged from tho first of Ibo Session, mid will not ho tnkcn Inter thnn sir week? from the opening. OA FT. WILLIAM II. COIT. REFEREES! Rev. J. Leighton Wilson. I). I)., Ur. J. A. Moyes, Mnyenv'llo, So, Cu.; (Jen, W. L. T. Prince, Chcraw, S. C.: Kev J. ll. Muck, Chindes, ton, S. C.; Kev. (1. W. Petrie, I). 1)., M-mlgom cry, Alu ; Messrs. Uliuidiug & Richardson, Sumter, S. C. July 7_Ty St. Joseph's Academy. COX ll l! CT HU UV THU S Isl ors of Our Lady of Mercy, SUMTER, S. C. rffis. TUB Colh'glnlo Exorcises, of this VLTMra - ''"'''.sl Class Instituto, will be resumed TTB&?II the 1st ?d' September. A prnni|it ^attendance is requested in urdir In Iii ci 1 i tn I u thc progress ntul urra ugo ment of tho classes. Tho new buildings uri; spurious nml elegantly llnished, furnishing no cotnirindtitlon*. for ono hundred bonrdors. Thu oxtensivo grounds und pi:i/./;ts MC umple for open nir exercise, mid young Indies ure thoroughly inslructod in lingiIsh Mnlhctuiittcs, Fleuch, Ila. linn, Music, llruiving, Painting, &v.,Ao. Loen timi healthy, n'r pure, wa or good, um) linns reason nblo. For purlieulur.:< apply lo tho Superioress itt St. Joseph's Actidomy, Sumter, or lo the Supo rioress ot* Ibo Sister- of Mercy, Chnrleston, who will endeavor lo meet thu pressure oi'tbo times. Nov. 10 W0FF0SD C??LEG?7 SPAHTANIttlltU C. II., SO, CA. F A C iJI/FY: REV. A. M. SKIPP, U; I).. President, an Professor Menial and M urn I Sei nee. DA VII) DUNCAN, A. M.. Professor Ancient Languages nod Literature. ' KEV. WHITEFOORD SMITH, U. 1)., Professor English Literature. WARREN Uti PRE, A. M., Professor Natural Science. JAS. il. CARLISLE, A. M., Professor Mathe mattes. REV. A. II. LESTER, A. M., Professor History nnd Kiblieul l.itornttiro. Tho Proparutnry Se.li'?o), under tho immedinto supervision of tho Faculty, Jim. W. SKIPP, A. iL, Principal. Divinity School-Rev. A. M. Slilpp, I>. D. Rov. Whitefoord Smith, U. D. ; Rev. A. II Lester, A. M. Tho llrst Session of tho Sixteenth Cnllc?into Year begins on tho firs! Monday in Oetobor, l8tV.>, tho second Session begins on thc first Mon day in January, 1870, The course of studies ind I li o standard of scholarship romain unchanged, but tho Faculty now admit Irregular students or those who wi.-li to pursue particular sludics ?inly. Tho Schools also opun ut tlio sumo lime. Tuition per yenr, in College (Masses, including contingent fee, $?1 in Specie, or ils equivalent ii Currency. Tuition poryotr,In Proparntnrj School, ?ncluii ing contingent fee, $-11 in currency. Kills payable om: half in udviinoo. Hoard, pc Month, from $10 io $10 in currency. For further particulars address A. M. SKIPP, President. Mnv 10 _ Iv W ilt ll Especially designed lor thc use ol'thc Medical Profession lind tim r'utnlly, pn.sesslng Kins?11 trinsie inedlelnnl properties which bolong lo an Old nod Pure tiin. Indispensable lo Fournie*. Cond ror Kidney Complaints. A delicious Tonic Pul np in cilios, containing ono dny.cn lu liles ouch, and aold by all druggists, grocers, Af. A. M. HI NI NC Kit .1 CO.. Established l?'.'S, No. IA Heiner St., N. V Iunc2:i l\ FIRE A? I NSU "R CHAS. H. MOISE &TJMTE? LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE Insurance Company. Capitol, Surplus and Reserved Funds, in G?hl, 817,700,000. Seventeen Million (ind Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars-IN GOLD. Invested in thc United States, Two Mil-1 lions of Dollars. 82,000,000. Risks in Sumter, taken nt Charleston rates. Residences in the Country Insur? ed at LOW hates. Losses paid promptly in Charles? ton. On the payment of Ten Years premiums in CASH, a perpet? ual policy will bc issued. | ? ?Til I SM I III Billi "ll I .MU II ? - ? i ANCE. , Insurance Agent, ?, S. G. Brooklyn Mutual Life Insu? rance Co., of New York, Annual Income nearly Half a Million of Dollars. Character well known in Sum? ter. Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Hartford. Assets at Market value, Four Million Tinco Mundt od Thousand Dollars. 84,300,000. Losses poterin Gush, Seven Huudrcd und Sixtv^ight Thousand Dollurs. " 8708,000. This Company Iras never contested a ulai m. ; .v TERMS-II ALF CASH; HALF NOTE. Nov 1? CHAS. II. MOISE, Insurance Agent, Si:niter, S. (?. .3 m Piedmont and Arlington LIFE mSURAMCE COMPANY. THOSE TWO STAUNCH COMPANIES, TnE PIEDMONT AND "ARLINGTON" HAYE COMBINED UNDER THE ABOVE NAME, AND PRES IO NT, IN THE SHORT TIME OF TWO YEARS, A LIST OF OVER 23?gnt Thousand Ensurers and a Capital and Assets of o ver ?no Skillion and a Half of 32 lars, ATTAINING TO A POSITION ND IMPORTANCE AMONG Life Insurance Companies never before reached in KO short a time. Rights of Policy Holders in both thc "Piedmont" and ''Arlington" will remain unchanged, and tho same as before. New and advantageous features in the new Company, will be allowed the old Insurers co-equal with the new ones There ure JJ rm ich Offices ineach State, where funds accruing aro invested, and aol taken beyond State limits. -o Brandi Oi?ico in this State at Columbia, LEA I'll ART, J IO MERSON AND RANSOM, Manarra. H, H, MOSES, Agent. Office nt J. T. SOLOMONS' Store. RRFBRRNOKS: Capt. A. A. Gilbert, Cnpt. E. W. Moise, Cnpt. Jno. S. Richardson Oct 0 . l?M?M????,???(?I,#*?*t|,|?lt?t,?^ WANDO FERTILIZER. Manufactured at the Wando Works, . IN CHARLESTON, S. C. It is a liotno made article, and proven to bo tho best FERTILIZER now in uso. ' _ CAN hu li,ul ut, all limos nttU hi liny ?lunntHy, by iijuitylng to tho Subscriber, In SUMTER. ELISHA CARSON, Agent, For Suinter County. < )ci :!7 Jim ,i>^-^jiytftuvw^?jwuitfc'Vi^w^^ta>j>i?tn>mifjBup.ii.iiii am mmummMJtutmmBtmmcmtammmm II -H--SJ I \ l\ i? S ll VI ll IV Ni II 1 A' WHITE, ,J.1 iii IHO \J il U II " I? IJIJ, j Pire & Lifo Insurance Agent, WHOLESALE AMD RETAIL DEALER IN SUMTER, s. c. UNDERWRITEHS, AGENCY, N. Y. Boots, Shoes, Hats, SECURITY INSURANCE CO., N. Y ?nPl^UKXlSL? ?L&50., ENTERPRISE ?< ? Cinn. GEORGIA HUME ? Geo. Corner ol Main ami Republican Sis. UIOIIMONI) BANKING IN. CO. SOUTH HUN LIFE I N> UH AN (MC CO. Sum 1er, SO. Ca. [Memphis und Al finita. <)i i<. * ly Vti?iiU? lttiwsitiled, 812.000,000. .THE MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN CO WINNERS OF TD? ,. PAItlS lix POSITION TIUDAI, nuu HWB UNirottMiv UK KN AWARUKD HIGHEST HONORS At Industrial ?exhibition?lu Hil? Coun? try, 80 that their work is tho ACKNOWLEDGED STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE in Its dopart. mont, respectfully nnnvuuce that with extended und perfected facilities, and by the oxclusiro use et receut improvements, thoy uro now producing yet moro perfect organ* thnn ever beforo, in great variety ns to stylo and price, adiptod to all publie and private uses; for Drawing Rooms, Li? braries, Muslo Kooma, Concert Hulla, Lodges, Church*?. Schools, .tc, in plum and elegant cases all of which they aro enabled by their unequaled facilities for oinnufuoiuro to sell al prices of in? ferior work. Therocont improvements iu tboso Organs have so increased (heir usefulness and popularity that they aro unqi ostiouubiy tho most desirable in? strumenta obtuinublu for family uso, as woll as Churches, Schools, Ac, whilo tho prices at which they cnn be afforded ($00 to $1000 each) adapt them to the menus and requirements of all elasoso They aro equally adapted to secular and sacred, muslo, nro ologunt ns furn i tu rc, occupy lit 1 lo sp ice, ure not liable lo got out of order, (not re j quiring tuning ouro where a pianoforte is tuned twenty times), uro very durable, nnd easy to lon rn to piny upon. The M. A II. Orgnu Co. arc now soiling FOUR OCTAVE ORGANS for $50 each; FIVE OC? TAVE ORGANS. FIVE STOPS, with two sets ^f VIBRATORS for $125, aud othor styles ut roporttounto rates. For testimony to tho superiority of their Or? gans, the .Mason A Hamlin Organ Co. respect? fully refer to tho musical profession general Iv; a majority of tho most prominent musicians in tho country, - iib many of omiuonoo in Europe, Itav? ing given public testimony that tho Mason A Hamlin Organs oxeel all others. A circular containing this testimony in full will bo sent freo to any ono desiring it, also a do scrptivo circular, containing full particulars res? pecting these instruments, with correct drawings, of the diff?rent styles and tho lowest prices, which tiru ftxed and invnrinblo. J. H. F. DOONE, Agent, Sumter, S. C. Deo 8_ ._tf_ MjfiABRtoc^ ?Di'tfON m?m OST THE BEST. Webster's ??nabridgctl Dictionary. 10,000 Word? und Mcaninav not in other Diction arlen 3000 Kilgin vi ns*, IS IO PURC* r