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le wis m. grist, Proprietor. 1 ^n Jitbrpntknt Jatniln fUtospajtr: <?or tjje promotion of lj)t political, Social, Agricultural anb Commercial Interests of % jJontjj. | TERMS?$3.00 A TEAR, IN ADVANCE. "VOL. 24. YORKYILLE, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL .25, 1878. NO. 17. Jto (Original Jtotg. Written for the Yorkville Enquirer. MARY EUSTACE; OR, TRUST BETRAYED. CHAPTER XII. Mary felt dow so strongly the necessity for leaving Mosslands without delay, that she resolved to follow her letter by the next train, just giving it time to reach its destination before her. As she did not wish auy one to suspect her intention of leaving, she made her preparations as privately as possible. Once under Mr. Olive's protection, she knew she could write home for anything she needed, - - - * * ? :.t- i 1? i and, tberelore, aeciaeo co carry wiui uer umj a small traveling satchel, filled with a few necessary articles. The cars left the depot early in the morning, aud it would be requisite for her to use the carriage in getting there, since . it was much too far for her to walk. Quite r late, the night before, after the rest of the family had retired, she sent her maid to desire the coachman to come to her, as she wished to speak to him ; and when became, informed him that she was unexpectedly obliged to leave home ou a visit, and would require the carriage at daylight, the next morning. "But don't come to the frout door, Daddy John," she added, "because it's no use to disturb the house so early. I'll come round to the yard gate, and go off by the back road." "But how about the baggage, Missy ?" asked the old man, who was very fond of her, and quite willing to follow her directions. "Won't I have to come for that?" "Oh 1 there won't be any baggage. I mean to send for my trunk if I need it. Now you'll be sure to be ready in time, won't you ? The cars leave at half past seven." "I know, ma'am. I'll be ready at five, or earlier if you like." "Say half past four, then," said Mary, who did not wish to run auy risk of being seen when she took her departure. "I'll be at the gate about that time." "But, Missy, are you going off alone ?" was eld John's next inquiry. "Oh ! yes, I'm not afraid to go alone. Traveling on thia road is quite safe, you know." "Missy, you ain't heard any bad news from Master, has you ?" asked the old man, anxious* lv fnr it now occurred to him that this sud mJ? den move ou her part might be in some manner connected with bis master's affairs. "No; I have not heard any news at all, for ever so long," replied Mary, sadly. "War is a bad thing, isn't it, Daddy John ?" "Bad ain't no expression for it," said John, emphatically. "It's wicked and onoat'ral for folks, as the Bible tells to 'love one anoth er,' to go aud shoot guns and cannons, to destroy whole armies like so many flocks of pigeous at once. And what'll come of us niggers, Missey, if master's destroyed, as he may be, like so many others has been ? And the old place too?" "Oh, hush !" said Mary, who, in her present disturbed state, could not bear to listen to any doleful suppositions. "Don't let us even thiuk of such a thing happening as that. You'd better go now, Daddy John. It's getting late, and we must be up early to morrow, you know." The old man accordingly retired, and Mary sat down to indite a letter of explanation to Mrs. Blanding, in order that her secret de- j parture might not inflict too great a shock on j that lady's nerves, which were never of the strongest. In this she simply stated, that for j reasons which she could not at present explain was obliged to leave Mosslauds for ; r , .... 0 a time, and hoped she would excuse her for i setting off so unceremoniously ; that she would write again when she reached her destination, and tell her more fully of her intentions. I She also enclosed a note to Adelia, much to i the same effect; and having directed her envelope and laid it in a conspicuous place on her table, she completed her preparations, even to the putting in readiness her hat, cloak and gloves, and theu went to bed, though she felt too nervous to sleep. She dressed in the morning without waking her special attendant, who slept in a little room adjoiuing hers, and, satchel in hand, slipped quietly out at the back door, unseen. She reached the gatesafely, found the carriage ^ waiting for her, entered it, and next minute ; was beiug rapidly driven away from Moss- j lands?tosee it again, when aud how? Her departure was not made known to the household uutil breakfast-time, when Mrs. Blanding sent to inquire the reason of her j non-appearance, and Mary's letter was then : brought her. Up went the old lady's hands ; when she read it, and she gave vent to such a gasping, and amazed ejaculations, that both ; her companions asked, at once, what was the ! matter. "She's gone?nobody knows where," said | the widow, faintly ; "and what'll the Colonel ! ??! Adelia gave Maurice a swift glance. His face had grown as black as night. "Gone?that's nonsense !" he sharply ex claimed, as he rose irotn nis seat, uei me see the letter." Mrs. Blanding, still too bewildered to take exception at his uncourteous manner, handed ; hira the letter without a word. As she did I so, the enclosed note to Adelia, which had dropped out of it, uuperceived, into her lap, ^ slipped to the floor. She picked it up and examined (he direction. "Here's something to you, Miss Adelia? more mystery," she said, in a melancholy 1 tone, as she handed it to her. Miss St. Maur ! opened it quickly, glanced through it, and tossed it across the table to Maurice. "You may read thai, too, if you choose," 1 she said, with a slight smile. "Do the con-1 tents surprise you very much ?*' "As much as they do you, I presume," he replied, giving her an angry glance. "Uu less, perhaps, you were cognizant of Miss Eustace's intended departure. Possibly, you were already in her confidence?" "I knew nothing of it, whatever," said Adelia. "Nevertheless, I am not so overcome with astonishment as I might be under different circumstances." "You speak in riddles, and I never was good at guessing riddles," rejoined Maurice. "What possible motive Miss Eustace could have had iD concealing her intention of going, and theo escaping from the house in this mysterious manner, like a person eluding pursuit, I am at a loss to conceive." "Yes, yes, it is most singular," chimed in Mrs. Blanding. "Dear, what trill the Colo nel say ? He will hlame me, I am afrai though I'm sure it's no fault of mine. Hi could I tell what she meant to do ? A Cleveland, sir, if you've finished with tl letter, please let me have it again. I was flustered by the general sense of it thai hardly took it all in ; and I want to keep for the Colonel to read, too." No one had any appetite for breakfast ? cept Adelia, who ate hers with as mu serenity and composure as usual, and i deed seemed rather to enjoy the evideut d quietude and impatience of her two compa ions. As she was helping herself with grc deliberation to a fourth muffin, Maurice, cusing himself, jumped up from his chair a; strode out of the room in a fume. He cou not sit there any longer. He went off to t stables to question old John, who had just i turned with the carriage, but got no satisft ' I-'????!/.? mil nf Viim All hfl km turjf 1U1UI uiatiuu uut vi * * ??. ? was that he had seen Miss Mary safe on t train, and had come off as soon as it start* "Where's she gone, Mass Maurice ?" qu< tioned the old darkey, in bis turn seeking e lightment. "To some friend or another's," said Maurii turning impatiently on bis heel. "Shedidi tell me." And the coachman reported to 1 sable friends that "Mass Maurice" was e dently "in a taking," and that in his opini it was a mighty funny thing that noboi knew where Miss Mary was gone, j wouldn't be surprised if she'd gone after t Colonel, for some reason or other. This r tion gained credence among the negroes, w all began to think that some misfortune h befalien their master, of which bis ward alo was cognizant. Maurice was limping about in the sha< shrubbery, to cool off his excitement, wh Adelia appeared on the scene. She happen to be the last person whom he desired ji then to encounter; butsbe approached so qt etly that he did not perceive her until it w too late to retreat. "Haven't you recovered yet from t shock you received this morning?" sheaske maliciously. "You seemed quite overpo oreH hv it.?almost as much so as Mrs. Blan ingl" ' " "You, at least, were not overpowered," returned, stopping in his walk to look at h< "To judge from the coolness with which yi received the news of your friend's mysterio flight, I am strongly tempted to fancy th you know more in regard to the matter thi you are willing to admit," "I know this much," she replied, "that si did not leave without a cause; and of th cause, you cannot be ignorant." "May I entreat you to explain ?" ask< Maurice, throwing himself, with a fatigui air, upon a bench. "As I told you before, am a very poor hand atguessiug enigmas." "You are a very good hand at dissimul tion," said Adelia. "You know, as well as do, Maurice Cleveland, that it is you, wii your unwelcome attentions, who have driv< her from the house." A deep flush rose to Maurice's face. F half started up, then sank back again with pretended laugh. "That is really amusing," he replie "What on earth has put such a?excuse raetruly absurd notion into your head ?" "It is not absurd," retorted Adelia. "It ? . T\ the truth, and you know it. jlso you suppo that I am blind, or stupid, not to have se< what was going on ? A nice account you w: have to give of yourself to your confidii cousin, when be comes home 1" "Take care what you say, Miss St. Maur said Maurice. "You are a lady, and, ther fore, have meat a disadvantage. Still, ify< provoke me, I may forget myself so far as make you an impolite retort." "You have not been so overwhelmingly p lite to me during my stay here, as to asto ish me by any waut of courtesy now," si replied. "Your politeness has been chief reserved for Mary, who, you see, didn't a preciate it as she ought. I must say I thir she has acted very foolishly in going awa But she never had any spirit." "It is a pity she did not cousultyou befoi hand," said Maurice. "If she bad done so, I would have givi her some good advice," replied Adelia. "Which she doubtless would have followe But really, Miss St. Maur, it seems to c that you are giving yourself a great deaf needless concern about this affair. Neith you nor I have any special interest in f ranging it, even if it were in our power to i so ; therefore, why discuss it any farther?" "I fancy you will hud out before very loi that you have a special interest in i ranging it. But you are only pursuing yo old method of casting off responsibility of e ery kind. You were never accountable f anything in your life, you know," she a swered, bitterly. "The pleasure and com nience of the moment have always been yo chief aim, no matter how the result might i feet any one else." "Well, what can be more desirable thi one's own pleasure and convenience?" ask Maurice. "My maxim is that every o should gather all the eujoymeut from t present that they possibly can. But h< metaphysical we both seem to be to-day. I ouite out of my usual style; I don't kn< 1 ? about yours." Amelia made no reply. She was twisting spray of woodbiue in her hand, and she twi ed it with such veheraeuce that the slend stem snapped, and she threw the broken spr on the ground. "There ! Like that weed destroy old memories, and cast them awf and trample them uuder my foot," she e claimed, suiting the action to the word, wi a gesture that was quite stage-like. "I doi reproach you f r the past, Maurice, becau happily for roe, there are no scars iu my hea and the recollection of a certain time affe< me as little as it does you. But your recc is not stainless, and you ought to be care how you add another faux pas to the many which you have already been guilty." "To what faux pus do you allude?" ask Maurice. "I don't quite take iu your met i?g-" I "I mean your efforts to steal Mary Eustac affections away from her affianced husbai 1 ' " -1 f'-mo \1anrir>p wllnl during nis auseucc. .?, the use of putting on n mask ? You kut and I know, that these are no idle words mine. We both know, too, that you are from well off in a pecuniary way, and tl Mary Eustace's fortune would ?" "I care nothing for her fortune," interru 1 ed Maurice, angrily. ''If she had not a pi j ny in the world, I should think no less higl ! of her than 1 do now." d; "But you would not think of making her q >w your wife, nevertheless." h Ir. "You are no judge of my conduct, or of si lat ray motives, Mis3 St. Maur. And, since you h so force rae to speak plainly, I must beg that you b t I will be kind enough to keep your opinion of It it both, in reserve, until it is called for." tl "Pardon 1 I shall not be so indiscreet >x- again," returned Adelia, with a mock rever- ci ch j ence. "But take my advice, Mr. Cleveland? p in-1 you did not forbid me to offer you that, I be- k is- believe??and abandon your present enter- si in- prise. I warn you, that it can only end in si iat ignominious defeat." j t< !x- And with these words she left him, gaily j n d ; humming an opera air as Bhe went. d ,M I I h he I ti re. CHAPTER XIII. 8? lc. Mary had been several times to Mr. Clive's Bl 3W house. On reaching town she had, therefore, 8| he no difficulty in finding her way there. w The servant, who auswered her ring, said {] ea. that his master was at home* and invited her 8] ,n. in. Mr. Clive presently entered the parlor, j( and.greeted her cordially, but with evident ;e> surprise. w "My dear Miss Eustace, I had no idea you t( ai8 were in town," he remarked. "When did h rj. you leave Mosslands ?" g ou "Ouly this morning, Mr. Clive. But did a jv you not receive my letter?" a grc "I have received no letter. When did you f( he write si ,0. Evening before last; and I thought it a ho would have reached you yesterday afternoon y ad or this morning." tl ne "The mails are 00 irregular now," said the ? hanker. p. jy Mary felt embarrassed as how to proceed. b, en At last she said, diffidently? 0! ed "I am so sorry you did not get that letter, a ,8t Mr. Clive. It would have prepared you for a, jj. my coming. As it is, I fear you will consid- g a8 er that I am taking an unwarrantable lib- )e erty." t\ he "In what way, my dear young lady?" k ,dt "In coming unexpectedly to pay you a vis- d< w. it. The truth is, I want you to take care of d_ me for a little while?until I can make some hi other arrangement," said Mary, thinking it 9t he best to come to the point at once. w ?r. "Mr. Clive looked puzzled. "It will give f 0u me the greatest pleasure to be of any service ue to you," he rejoined, and then waited for a hi at farther explanation. ^ 10 "Mr. Clive, I have left Mosslands," con- hi tinued Mary?blushing a good deal, and feel- jy he ing as if, perhaps, she had done a silly thing g| at after all?"because, from something which has n( taken place, I found it disagreeable to stay di gd there while Colonel Dacre is away. I had j, >d rather not go back at present, and I thought, I perhaps, you would not mind my staying at 8t your house for a little while ; and you could to a- advise me what to do next. I have no one tf, I else to go to for advice," said Mary, with her w th old plaintive look, and a little helpless gee- ;n jn ture of her hands. '"I have been very much 0I troubled and distressed." f0 le Mr. Clive looked concerned. "I am ex- w a ceediugly sorry to hear it?exceedingly sorry," he repeated. "Of course you are entired. ly welcome here. Nothing would please me, ;t 1 * ? 1 ? II ? ? r. II*. .MAMA t k.i n f n totro ^ 1 . ? ana inoeeu an iujr laumj, mu>c ma,, .? ^, you remain with us for as long a period as you 0f is found convenient; but, most unfortunately, wo j0 se are just on the eve of leaving the city. Our gj, 3n arrangements are all made to start on to-mor- ()j ill row morning's train." jg Mary looked blauk at this piece of intelli- ^ gence. She had not counted on such a con- C? ," tingency. ag e- "I'll tell you what, however," continued her ^ 3U friend, after a brief deliberation, "if you do ^ to not object to going out of town and accompanying us to onr destination?it is a very 10. small, quiet, out of the way place?we should q n- be delighted to have you in charge, and my he wife, I am sure, would look after you just like gj( iy one of our own girls. I have engaged rooms p. for my family at a hotel up there, and I don't as ik doubt you could easily find accommodation, a, ,y. also. I, of course, will return immediately te to town, on account of ray business. What |e e. do you say to the plan?" p, "I should like it very much," replied Ma- w en ry? "if Mrs. Clive does not object. I do not ^ mind leaving the city in the least; it is all the a| d. same to me where I am, while I am away ^ ue from home." ai of "Of Mrs. dive's satisfaction in the arrange- aj er meut I can safely assure you before I speak ir- to her on the subject," returned the banker, r? do with an old fashioned, ceremonious bow. C "Your society will be an acquisition which c] og she aud my daughters will value highly. But X ir- I fear you will find it rather dull and lonely c| ur in that little mountain retreat, which I se- ai iv- lectod because it is the last place in the world ra or where the enemy, should they ever over-run p| ,n- our State, would be likely to go." h, re "It has been dull enough lately at Moss fc ur lands," replied Mary. D( if- "Have you heard anything of, or from, the Ja Colonel, lately ?" asked Mr. Clive, presently, in "Nothing at all, for many weeks. His fe ed | letters, of course, must have beeu delayed, al ne ! and the newspaper accounts are so uusatishe factory." C >w "You saw, did you not, that he has been C1 t's brevetted, and now enjoys his old rank ?" Jj )w | "No! Has he, really?" rejoined Mary, te 1 flushing with pleasure. When did you learn tl ;a j that ?" 3t- | Mr. Clive opened a desk, and took from it ft er ; a small strip cut out of a paper, which he hi ay handed to her. It was a brief paragraph, tc , I stating that John Brentwood Dacre had, for si ly, his gallant conduct in a recent engagement, r( >x- been brevetted from the ranks to fill the post th ! of Colonel of the regiment to which his com n't pany belonged; that post being left vacant by se, the death of its former occupant. A few rt, j words were added, in commendation of the a| cts j Colonel's conduct on the field, and expressive jt ird I of satisfaction at his well-deserved elevation tl ful to the rank he had in former days occupied tl of! under the old regime. a "It seems so strange he does not write," re1 ' ^ ... "tTi.iu Iftnr. ur.A tuna if fVkut P en mameu iuaijr. uu .? ^ in- | you saw this notice?" p j "About three weeks ago, I believe." tl e's "If he wus wounded we would see it in the e id, i papers, would we not ?" ii ; is "We ought to, certainly. You know there >w, j is a list of casualties published after every ^ of! engagement." far After a little more conversation on the ? lat < always interesting subject of the war, Mr. o j Clive went to call his wife, and to inform her o pt- | of Mary's desire to accompany thera into the en- ; country. The good lady waB well pleased, ^ lly | thinking she would be such a desirable com- % I panion for her two girli, She was verjr in- \n uisitive, however, in regard to the cause of er leaviug Mosslands, which seemed to her a Lrange step for a young girl to take. Her usbaod felt equal curiosity on the subject, ut judged it proper not to question Mary, laving it to her own discretion to confide in aem or not, as she should prefer. The two girls?Nannie and Flora?were : harmed at the unexpected accession to their arty. They were younger than Mary, and new her but slightly, but felt quite sure that he must be "ever so nice." They were not liy girls, and made such successful overtures ) their new friend that they soon grew inti- . 1 J iate. Mrs. unve was raucn concerueu w . iscover that Miss Eustace bad brought do ]gg&ge with her. She felt sure that her i runks would be stolen or lost, if they were 1 jnt after her without any one to see to their 1 ifety. Mary re-assured her by saying that le would have them sent by express, which ould be quite safe, and she meant to write lat night to have them sent immediately, as ie bad packed them in readiness before she ( sft home. j On retiring to her room, she accordingly j rote to Mrs. Blanding, and as she desired 1 ) make no secret now of her plans, she told 1 er exactly what arrangement she had made, he requested that her trunks might be sent ccording to the direction she enclosed, and | Iso that smy letters coming to her should be i >rwarded to the same address. In conclu- < on,she wrote thus: "I beg that you will not 1 llow my absence to make any difference in our arrangements, or those of the rest of le household, as I should be sorry to have ( 'olonel Dacre's directions put aside on ac3unt of any act of mine. I hope you will 1 elieve that my movements are not the result f mere caprice on my part; but that I have good reason for doing as I have done, and m acting as I consider for the best. I reret very much t bat I have been obliged to iave you and raj- friend, Miss St. Maur, in lis unceremonious way, but trust to your indness to pardon a step which I could not 0 otherwise than take." Mr. Clive, himself, mailed this letter for er, early the next morning, before they arted on their journey. Mary felt as if she as in a dream as they went whirling along, he change from quiet Mosslands to the hur7 and bustle of travel was so sudden, and she sd had so little time to think it over, that le could not yet realize the decisive step she ad taken. She thought she had acted wise', and, under the circumstances, she felt iad that she was safely away ; but she wished, svertheless, that circumstances bad been liferent, so that she might have remained, idependently of her attachment to the place self, which had, by this time, become very rong, there were many reasons which seemed 1 make it almost necessary for her to be lere. One of the most important of these as the possibility of Colonel Dacre returng at any moment. He might come home i a furlough, or he might be wounded and reed to come home in that way; and what ould he think?what would he feel?to find ( >r trone? SiiDDose he were to be brought ' O l * ? lere weak and ill, as Maurice had been, was 1 not her place to be in readiness to receive j in, to minister to his wants? The thought , ' his arriving thus, of his missing her, and 8 nging for her, filled her with keen pain. Yet le kuew that when once he learned the cause t ' her desertion, he would not only pardon, r H approve of what she had done. In self c ifence she would have to explain to him the g mse; yet she meant to do it in 9uch a way t i to soften Maurice's behavior, and ward off ie displeasure the Colonel would fee), even 6 iough she should have to accept a part of 8 ie blame for herself. Maurice, of course, 1 jserved his full meed of censure; but the olonel was fond of him, and thought well of . m, and she was not willing to create dissen- c on between them. e These troubling thoughts, filling her mind t i they journeyed on, made her very silent, id the Clive girls, after some unavailing at- J rnpt8 to draw her into conversation, finally ft her to herself. They, like most young r lople traveling from home for the first time, t ere full of excitement over the novelty of ie situation, and chattered like magpies lout everything that attracted their notice. ( . change of any sort was delightful to them, t id they did not disturb themselves with die- i jreeable reflections upon its cause. 1 After journeying for a day and a half, they ( lached their destination, which wa9, as Mr. live had said, a very small, quiet and seuded spot?a little village among the hills. t he scenery around it was picturesque, the ( imate agreeable, but it seemed very lonely, < id Mary felt as though thousands of miles f ust lie between her and the places and peo- t le she was familiar with. They reached the itel, a primitive-looking, but neat and com- ( irtabledwelling, where they fortunately had j i trouble in securing an extra room. The ( .ndlady, a foreigner, seemed "on hospitable loughts intent," and anxious to surround her <( w boarders with all the comforts she was ole to procure. I After a sojourn of a couple of days, Mr. live bade adieu to his family and their i large, promising to forward to them regular- < p, from the city, such papers ant} news of in- 1 irest as would not be likely to reach them in ' lat remote region. And here, established in undisturbed quiet, , [ary had leisure to reflect upon all that had appened, and to think, and wonder, and j ? speculate upon the wisdom or folly of what i le had done, and the probable consequences < ssulting therefrom. I [to be continued.] ( Present Happiness.?-The great secret of | aining happiness iu life is to enjoy the pres- ' it. To be doing one thing and thinking of ( uother is a very unsatisfactory mode of spend- 1 ig life. Some people are always wishing leraselves somewhere but where they are, or ' linking of something else than what they ^ re doing, or of somebody else than to whom 1 ley are speaking. This is the way to enjoy 1 othine. to do nothing well, and to please uo- ! ody. It is better to be interested in inferior { ersons and things than to be indifferent with ( ie best. A principal cause of this indiffer- 1 nee is the adoption of other people's tastes jstead of our own?the pursuit after that ' >r which we are not fitted, and to which, con- ' ^quently, we are not in reality iucliued. 1 'his folly pervades, more or less, all classes, * nd arises from errors of building our enjoy- 1 lent on the false foundation of the world's pinion, instead of being, with due regard to 1 thers, each our own world. 1 Sof To know a man, observe how he wins < is object, rather than how he loses it; for I 'hen we fail, our pride supports us?when i re succeed it betrays us, j ^iscflliiucous Reading. ~COroTY~ORGANIZATION." The question of county organization for the approaching political canvass, will soon attract the attention of the Democratic voters of York county. The Democratic Executive Committee, at a recent meeting, adopted a resolution suggesting for the different counties the system of primary elections in making selections of candidates. In accordance with this suggestion, at a recent meeting of the Democratic Club of Fairfield, the follow ing Uonstitution, providing ior primary ejections in that county, was submitted. As a matter of public interest at this time, and for the information of our county readers, we copy the Constitution entire, as proposed by the Fairfield Democracy: the constitution. Article I. There shall be one or more Democratic clubs organized in each township, Bach of which clubs shall have a distinct title, the " Democratic Club," and shall elect a president, one or more vice-presidents, a secretary and treasurer; and shall have the following working committees, of not less than three members each, viz.: A committee on registration, an executive committee, and juch other committees as to each club may seem expedient. Art. II. The meetings of the clubs should be frequent after the opening of the canvass ; and some member of the club or invited speaker should deliver an address at each meeting, if practicable. Art. III. The president shall have power to call extra meetings of the clubs?the quorum at all meetings to be fixed by the constitution of the several township clubs. Art. IV. The clubs in the county shall be held together, and shall operate, under the :ontrol of a county executive committee, which shall consist of one member from each if the local clubs, to be chocen bv the re ipective clubs. The executive committee, when elected, shall appoint its own officers, ixcept the chairman, and fill all vacancies which may arise when the convention is not n session. The tenure of office of the executive committee shall he until the next general campaign, unless sooner removed or su?pend;d by the county convention. The present iounty executive committee shall continue in jffice until the first meeting of the county invention under this organization. Art. V. The county convention shall be :ompo8ed of delegates elected by the several ocal clubs?one delegate for every club of tot less than twenty-five enrolled members, ind one additional delegate for every twenty5ve members. Provided, That the minimum if membership herein prescribed shall not be leld to apply to any club now organized. Art. VI. The county chairman shall be ilected by the county convention at its first neeting under this Constitution, and he shall lold office for two years, and until his succes lor shall have been elected. Art. VII. The county chairman shall be ;x officio chairman of the county executive lommittee, and president of all county contentions. He ehall have power to call a contention whenever in his judgment it may be idvisable, and shall make9uch call whenever equested so to do by the county executive lommittee. Art. VIII. Upon the assembling of the iounty convention, it shall "be called to order )y the county chairman, and shall elect, from imong its members, a secretary, and if it see jroper, an assistant secretary. The convenion shall proceed to the business for which it was called, and, when the same is transacted, hall adjourn sine die. Art. IX. The system of primary elecions, by ballot, is hereby prescribed as the node of nominating candidates for county iffices, and for the general assembly. The aid elections shall be conducted under rules ind regulations to be fixed by the county ex- ( icutive committee. 1 Art. X. The election of delegates to the state, Congressional and Judicial Conventions hall be held in and by the county convention. Vt such elections a majority of the members roting, shall be sufficient for a choice. Art. XI. A quorum of the county conrention shall consist of twenty members, ex:lusive of the chairman, who shall not vote xcept in cases of a tie, when he shall have he casting vote. Art. XII. This constitution may be alered or amended by a vote of a majority of he duly elected members of any county con- ( rention. Provided, That no such araendnents shall be of force unless ratified by wo-thirds of all the local clubs. regulations for primary elections. 1. Within a reasonable time before the day ixed by law for any general or special elecion, it shall be the duty of the county execltive committee, through its chairman, to noify the president, or other presiding officer, >f each township club, to hold a primary flection for the nomination of persons for the leveral offices to be filled. 2. Immediately upon the receipt of such lotification, the president of each township dub shall, by means of couriers or in such >ther manner as he may deem suitable, notify svery member of the time and place of such dection, as set forth in the notification from ,he county executive committee. 3. On the day appointed for the primary dection, each club shall assemble at the time md place specified, and shall be called to orler by its proper officer. 4. Within thirty minutes after the club is jailed to order, the polls for the primary dection shall open: Provided, That such polls shall all open at 12 o'clock, m., precisey, and close at 4 p. m., precisely. 5. At each club poll there shall be three Managers of election, selected as follows : I)ne appointed by the county executive com mittee, erne appointed ny tne president or tne ;owuship club, and one elected by the towniliip club, The election of managers maybe leld at any time, according to the convelience ef the township club. 8. Before entering upon their duties, the poll managers shall severally subscribe to the following pledge: "I solemnly pledge myself >n honor, that I will faithfully perform all ;he duties incident to my position as manager )f primary election." 7. The county executive committee shall 'uruish each township club with a suitable jallot-box, with a lock, for the safe keeping )f which the president of the club shall be esponsible. 8. Within ten days before the day fixed 'or the primary election, the secretary of each ocal club shall begin the preparation of an ' i i'i i> 11 ll.J llpnaoeucai J1BH ox ait me euroneu JutiiLiueia )f the club; and three days before such priuary election, he shall complete and close mch list and deliver the Bame to one of the July chosen managers of the primary election. 9. On the opening of the polls, the ballotDoxes shall be emptied of all contents, and exhibited, thus emptied, to those persons in attendance upon the polls. The boxes shall ;hen be closed and locked, and shall so remain until the polls are closed. 10. The managers shall keep a poll list and a tally list, and for this purpose may choose a clerk from among their number. 11. The ballots used shall be either priutsd or written, aod shall contain the names of the persons voted for, and the different offices, in the same manner as is prescribed by law in tbe case of State aqd county elections, 12. Before being permitted to cast a vote, each person shall take, in good faith, the following pledge : "I solemnly affirm that I am a duly enrolled member of this Democratic club, that I have not voted at this election, and that I will abide by and sustain all nominations made by the Democratic party, whether for Federal, State or county officers." A refusal to take this pledge, or any part of the same, shall be a good ground of challenge and rejection. 13. When, for any cause, a voter shall be challenged, the managers may accept or reject the vote thus offered. In either case, it shall be the duty of the managers to have entered on their poll-list a statement of the circumstances and of their action therein, and also the names of all the candidates voted for, or offered to be voted for, by the r? 11 rtnr?s\A TUa MflBflK okoll tkfln Kfl jJCklLJ UliaiiUUgCUt 1UO UJUbbCl OUUU uuvu VV decided by the county executive committee, whose decision shall be final. 14. On the close of the polls the man agers shall proceed, immediately and cautiously, to count the votes in the same manner and under the same regulations as are prescribed by law for general elections. 15. When the votes shall have been counted, the managers shall make out, in duplicate, returns showing the number of votes cast for each person voted for, the office for which he is voted for, and the total number of votes cast. One of these returns shall be deposited in the ballot-box, and the other shall be delivered to the secretary of the club. The returns shall be signed by all the managers ; who shall likewise certify to the correctness of the same. 16. The ballot-box, containing the ballots, the poll-list and the certified return of the managers?together with any other papers they may deem proper to include?shall be forthwith forwarded, securely locked, to the secretary of the county executive committee. For the purpose of this forwarding, the President shall select and appoint some discreet and otherwise suitable person to act as messenger. 17. On the Tuesday next following the day on which the primary election was held, the county executive committee shall meet at the Court House, at 12 o'clock, m. The secretary shall produce the certified returns from the different clubs, and shall open and publish the same in the presence of the committee. The committee shall then cause to be aggregated the total vote of all the clubs and the vote for each candidate. They shall, without debate, determine all appeals, and shall , add or deduct all the votes allowed or disallowed, as the case may be. The final result shall then be summed up and declared. 18. If any person shall have received a majority of all the votes cast for the office for which he is a candidate, he shall be declared to be the nominee of the Democratic party for such office. This declaration shall be communicated to the president of each township club, and shall be likewise published in some newspaper issued at the county seat 19. If for any office it be found that no candidate has received a majority of all the votes cast at the primary election, for such office, the county executive committee shall forthwith communicate the result to the several township clubs, and, in like mannner as hereinbefore prescribed, order a second primary election to be held on the Saturday next succeeding tne meeting 01 tne committee. This second election shall be held uhdef the same regulations as the first. 20. At such second primary election, only the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes at the former election shall be voted for : Provided, That in the cases where more than one person are to be selected for the same office, the executive committee shall select, according to the number of votes previously received, twice as many persons as there are official positions to be filled. 21. At such Becond primary election, the two or more candidates thus announced shall be voted for, all votes for other parties being considered as scattering and not counted. The returns of this eletion shall be made in the same manner as is hereinbefore prescribed for the first. 22. Should there be no choice at the second election, the county executive committee shall select the nominee from the two or more candidates voted for in the clubs. 23. The persons receiving the majority of votes at this second election, or chosen by the executive committee, shall be the nominees of the Democratic party. 24. No votes shall be counted for any candidate unless he shall first have pledged himself in writing, or in a card published in a county newpaper, to abide by and support the nominations of the Democratic party and to accept neither a nomination or an office from any source other than the regularly constituted Democratic organization. ? A HUMORIST ON THE DUELING FIELD. H. VV. Grady telle the following in an article on "Georgia Duels," published in the Philadelphia Times: There is one figure that stands out refreshingly cool and unique du- i ring these troublous times. This man was John M. Dooly, the man who announced that he would not fight under any circumstances. He was probably the most brilliant man produced in that era, prolific of giants. His abilities were transcendent, and his failure to make a national reputation arose from no other cause than his refusal to fight on any , and all occasions. A non-combatant could not hold his head up in those turbulent times. Dooly had the most delicious humor, and a sharp tongue withal. He was continually getting into trouble because of his satirical < sayings. He was perfectly fearless of speech. Judge Gresham once threatened to chastise him. Dooly replied j "You can do so if you like. You will get no credit for it, however. < Anybody can do it, and a great many have done it." He was once knocked down by a , gentleman that he had introduced as the in- i ferior judge of the inferior court of the infe- < rior county of Lincoln. He called lustity on ; the spectators for help, and when rescued ( from his antagonist, rubbed his head and re- ( marked, dryly : "Well that is the forty-sec- ] ond fight I have been engaged in, and if I t ever got the best of a single one I do not now remember it." Before Dooly's peace pro- ' clivities were fully known, he was challenged to mortal combat by a Mr. Tate, who came ( A roltk WT H t* a mfVvr/^ oo Kio I ! IU LUC UC1U Willi XTJLI TT All VlttniVtVl UD UiU second. Dooly accepted the challenge. Tate had lost a leg and wore a wooden one. i When he and his friend reached the field they found Dooly alone,sitting ou a stump. "Where is your friend?" asked Crawford, in some surprise. "He is in the woods, sir." i "And will be present in a moment, sir, I suppose ?" Baid Crawford. "Yes, as soon as i he can find a bee-gum." i "May I inquire what he wants with a beegum ?" "Why I want to put ray leg in it. ' Do you suppose I can afford to risk my leg of flesh against Tate's leg of wood ? If I hit bis leg, he will get another to-morrow and peg i away as usual. If he hits mine, it may kill i me or compel me to stump it like him for the i balance of my life. No, sir; I must have a gum. Then I will be just as much wood as he is, and we will be on equal terms," "I understand you, Colonel Dooly; you do i not intend to fight," "Why, really, Colonel Crawford, \ thought everybody knew that." "Very well, sir; but remember, Colonel, your name, in no enviable light, will fill the column of a newspaper to-morrow. "I assure you, ray dear sir, I had rather fill every column in every newspaper in Georgia than one coffin," 1 SPURGEON. A PICTURE OF THE GREAT BAPTIST MINISTER. Imagine a man still on the morning side of 45, a little below the ordinary height, solidly built, with a large, and, as the phrenologists would say, round, and well-balanced head, covered with a strong growth of black hair, closely cut, full beard, and a face more homely than handsome, yet expressive of great earnestness and sincerity, and at times even beautiful, when his soul is stirred with sympathy for his fellow-men?and you will have a tolerably correct idea of the man as he appears in the Metropolitan tabernacle. When he is standing at a side or profile view, I am constantly reminded of Dr. Hovey. This re semblance to the honored Newton professor has, I am told, been noticed by others also. In the street, wearing a soft bat, which sometimes is drawn down pretty well over his face, and very plainly dressed, he passes among strangers as an ordinary man, attracting to himself no special attention whatsoever. In private life he is warm hearted and genial; moving among his people freely, and a3 an equal, always, with his brethren in the ministry. He is fond of the young, and easily unbends in their society; and indulges often, with them, in their innocent recreations and pastimes. He is endowed with plenty of wit and humor, which he rarely employs in the pulpit, but which he can nse, with telling effect, upon the platform, and at anniversary gathering!. His chief bodily trials are gout and rheumatism ; and he is seldom free from the pain of one or the other of these trying maladies. It therefore happens, frequently, that he is in the pulpit when it would seem that he had better be in bed. I saw bim once enter the tabernacle from the rear of the platform upon which he preaches (he has no enclosed pulpit, but a platform, surrounded by a railing, extending quite out into the audience room, upon which is his chair and table, with bis Bible and hymn book,) so weak in body that be could hardly stand. Advancing to the front, and partly reclining upon the railing, with one foot supported by the chair, he prayed thus: "Blessed Master, we are very weak this morning 1 Our poor limbs have hardly been able to bear us hither, yet, Dear Lord, we have so longed for thee as pilgrims in a dry and thirsty land, that we conld not stay away from thy courts, and the place where thine honor dwelleth. Now in our weakness, be tbou our strength. Without thine aid, we Bhall utterly fail in all our attempts to serve thee to-day." And then it seemed to me there came an instantaneous answer to his prayer, and out of his weakness he triumphed gloriously. He has a superb voice, full of strength and melody. Take him for all in all, I never knew a better reader. When he is well, he deacous out his hymns, one verse at a time. A. brother stands by his side who gives the pitch to the tune, when the whole congregation, rising, unite in singing, producing at times a wave of harmony inspiring and grand in the extreme. I would willingly walk a mile at any time to hear him read, "Jesus, lover of my soul," or "Rock of Ages, cleft for me," or "All bail the power of Jesus' name." These master-pieces of Christian Psalmody fairly glow and burn under his magical and almost inspired rendering of them. Ha is said-to-he growing--more-meHovrtw ? he grows in years; and that be does not take so much pleasure, as he did in his early ministry, in using bis sharp and well-polished weapons of defense and attack. While, there fore, be is Dot less faithful in declaring the whole truth, its enemies do not so array themselves against him as formerly. Indeed, there are but few sober-minded people who do Dot now speak of him in terras of high respect and commendation.?H. F. Washburn, in the Watchman. ? ? ? - . A Need of Our Nature.?Human nature needs amusements. The finest growth of the world is fed on mirth, and without humor the race could not live. The buffers which protect us from the jolts and shocks of life?which lubricate the wheels of our otherwise inflamed activities, are the jokes of the day?the sly raps we give each other and the quiet nudges of fun which tickle the ribs of our jollitv. How can such a large department of human want and human supply be left unoccupied by Christianity; yea, be entirely surrendered to the enemy ? It could not be under any fair interpretation of its duty and true applications of its principles. I maintain fViof nhriatianitv should nndflrtaba UJMiUVM.U the supply and direction of the people's amusements, so that the mirth-loving element of our population should be fed in a way and under such circumstances as to administer to the innocence of character and the elevation of society at large, and not to its debauchery. It is a shame that the members of our churches have to seek their amusements and the education of their minds and their emotions in comedy and tragedy both, in oratory and music alike, in flat disobedience of an unwritten but imperative law in their churches which bans, without discrimination, the declaration of the noblest poetry, and the vocalization of the most perfect music of the world.? W. H. H. Murray. A Story of John F. Tracy, the Dead Railroad Kino.?Sitting in his Chicago office in bis shirt-sleeves, he was assailed by a glib-tongued emissary of a railway supply firm, who getting the audience Mr. Tracy refused to none, went through his role briskly. It was Mr. Tracy's life-habit to be a simply absorbent listener, but it was like putting your errand into the mouth of a bronze lion. He listened and that was all. Nothing in his face ever foreshadowed his answer. The drummer, at the close of his appeal, dropped into a confidential tone and Baid : "Mr. Tracy, the figures we give are to your company, to you they will be five per cent, less." Without a word or a wink of intelligence, Mr. Tracy arose, opened the door, sat down at his desk and became absorbed in his work. The visitor sat until the minutes began to drop as heavy as lead, and Traey's pen scratched away in the Bilence like John Alden's in the poem. At Jast the waiting party said: "Well, Mr. Tracy, what do you think of my proposition?" Tracy turned with an affected air of iDtensest astonishment, "What, you here yet ? I thought you must have got a mile away. I opened the door for you half an hour ago."?Boston Advertiser. An Odd Will.?The will of an Englishman recently deceased, contains the following unique proviso: "I bequeath to my monkey, my dear and amusing Jacko, the sum of ?10 sterling per annum, to be employed for his sole and exclusive use and benefit; to my faithful dog, Shock, and my well-beloved cat, Tib, a pension of ?5 sterling; and I desire that, iu case of the death of either of the three, the lapsed pension shall pass to the other two, between whom it is to be equally divided. On the death of all three, the sum appropriated to this purpose shall become the property of my daughter, Gertrude, to whom I give this preference among my children, because of the large family she has, and the difficulty she finds in bringing them up." JST When a man leaves our side and goes to the other side he is a traitor, and we always feel that there is a subtle something wrong about him. But when a man leaves the other side and comes over to us, then he is a man of great moral courage, and we always feel that he has sterling stuff in him.