?I)C Canteen Sournnl. vmTTAfF7tlT CAMDEN, SOUTH-C AKOLINA, APK1L 19,1850. - NUMBER 31. jjjt?. ?' I . . . i i ? i il:. :...i i _i. ; I .*???* kn. u?? j a?: ?- - i ? Selected Sale. FASHION. JL JL AS MS XA. ah ? _? _ A Tale of Fashionable Life in Charleston. WRTTTEN FOR TIIE " CHARLESTON-EVENING SEWS." Bylhe Author of Money and Matrimony, 11 come at your meaning, ?^uurienay. j 'Are you so dull Brandon as not to know?' 1 The whole truth Hashed at once upon Bran- < don, and a joyful surprise lighted up his face. I This was only for an instant. Soon a dark i cloud overspread his countenance, while he said to himself, 'Emma could not have written those 1 pieces. This mysterious stranger doubtless j had a hand in it. It was a concerted plan to j bring me before the public as a descrtciiof my < fire-side, a neglectcr of her whom I had sworn at the altar to love and cherish. Yes, the ob^ i ject is as plain as daylight.' i To the astonishment and dismay of Courte nay, Brandon snatched up his hat and without i saving a word left the house. On reaching his < own door, happening to look across the street, 1 there stood the stranger, who with folded arms ( was evidently waiting for the appearance of 1 some one. In his present excitement, this I was more than Brandon could bear. He turn- 1 ed in haste, and was in the act of crossing to 1 to demand an explanation, when the man van- 1 ished as by magic; and in gloom and anger he i entered his house. He was angry with his wife, but more with nimseit. ** l ne prize wnicn was not appreciated by me," thought he, "is > now lost. And yet I cannot blame her! If I worn out with slight and neglect she has found a sympathising friend. Was she not alone and ' desolate? Did she not bestow upon me her ' young, fresh affections, knowing too that I was ' not capable of prizing the gift, Oh how like a ' fool and madman I have acted?" Emma with the most tender caresses and I and softest words essayed to draw from hint A'*'" "??MKut\nin/ioo Kilt K^i U'QU ci- J una ni'rt cuuau ui iuiim|'jjiuvoo, ujv u\, t. lilent, and resolved to watch. Aye, the noble, I the high minded Brandon had resolved to watch 1 ... 1 his wife and upon proof of what he suspected ' to act promptly. Kmm.i had not dared to ask him if lie had seen Courtenay; she could not ' help thinking, somehow, that lie had something to do with her husband's ill humor. ( A few days after this, Emma, in her usual ' promenade, again encountered the stranger, 1 who was evidently watching for her. She did 1 not .it tins tunc try to avoiu mm: sue n.ia re- | solved to find out who and what lie was, and if worthy (which she doubted n she would claim for him the assistance of her husband. At ell events she would know his name. After walking for a short time in silence, she said to him,' I believe you promised me you name, and a portion of your history.' tie looked at her steadily ami replied, 'My name is Mi!wood; my history you can only learn cursorily, as the street would be no place for particulars, if you -could meet me any . where I .' 'That I cannot,'added she quickly,'without ' the approbation of iny husband.' 1 4 He must know nothing of mo, 'said Mil wood 1 'and for this, 1 have most cogent reasons.' lie ii:en began. 41 am by birth an Englishman, ' though, living so long in thin my adopted conn- J try, 1 consider myself an American. Scarcely 1 nineteen summers had rolled over my head, s when I leved one as young and beautiful as ' yon'self. :*ho belonged to die proudest fami- y ly in the State, and Iter parents refused their I consent to her union with me, as they styled ' tnc a foreign adventurer.* In short we were c clandestinely married, raid she was in con so- 1 qucnce east off, and disinherited, by her lather. ' Four y? ars of unalloyed felicity winged their lliglit, when my adored Ellen died, without hav- s lug obtained her father's forgiveness; and short- ^ ly after, he also paid the debt of nature. I had c one child, an idol, whom cirennist'inees com- js polled ine to leave for a time. I went toanoth- I * er country, was absent two years. On my re- j1 turn, my eh'ld was nowhere to he found. Im- J c cgiue my distraction! I rosolveO to traverse the j s wide world, to search each hidden corner of i 1 the earth to discover my lost treasure. Fran- . j5 ticallv ! wandered from place to place; from r year to year I travelled, but no trace could be j *' * !'/ w... . i ,i. ....I s muiiu. * living niyseu up ;n r'ii^ui, iu uc.-'j-ui., | I became lost to the world, and to myself. Du- J' ring this long night, when reason had deserted ' her throne, i wasconlined within the walls of a '' hosjiital for the insane. When I recovered, the search was renewed with redoubled ardor, and j c the largest rewards were offered, hut without!11 effect, and I was a second time on the point I of uiviiur mvsii>lf nn fn desoaii*. when I returned I?v " b'j?ti "v?" . rji to tliis~piacc, and gained tidings of my long ; " lost child.' Here tin* stranger became much s agitated, and taking out his handkerchief burst1 into tears, Hut recovering himself, he contin- s ued,' Yes, I found her, but how!?a stranger v to happiness?an alien from her husband's affections, abandoned, suspected by him?a tencler flower bruised and crushed by unkindness.' ) Here Mil wood stopped, and Kmma in deep ' sympathy and excitement of the moment, had [AKen ins imuu. ai mis uisuiiu sne saw mime- i diately before her,?Brandon. Mil wood had j seen him first, and now slipped out of sight. Emma, from being exceedingly pale, became scarlet. Yet conscious of innocence, she would have offered an explanation, but Brandon took no further notice of her, than casting upon her a look of extreme sternness, turned away and hurried home. She came in soon after, and ?oing up to her husband would have explained the circumstance, but lie shook her off as if she had been a viper, exclaiming, 'Off, madam, nor dare to approach the victim of your treachery. Know that an injured husband's honor shall be vindicated!' Then in a more softened voice he continued, 'I mayhave deserved this judgement, but it has come in a shape that I can least endure. Oh Emma! perfidious woman! could you find no other way to revenge yourself?' ' Edward,' exclaimed the astonished and deeply indignant Emma, " what is it you suspect? [fyou reference to my accidental meeting with Lhe stranger, I can easily explain?' ' I will listen to no explanation,' he furiously exclaimed; 'seeing is believing. To-morrow I hunt up this miscreant, who dares creep into the sanctitude of my domestic circle, like a venomous serpent with his poisonous fangs, to inflict a wound which not even his heart's blood can heal.' Emma said nothing more. That her husband should harbor a suspicion inimical to her purity; that her innocent sympathy for a stranger should have involved her in such a labyrinth of difficulties was perfectly bewildering.? Though pale, and agitated, she was too indignant to offer any further explanation. In a state of mind it is impossible to describe, she retired to rest that niirht. Her thoughts dwelt o o upon her husband, and upon the stranger. She could not deny she took a lively interest in the latter. She however resolved to give him no opportunity of speaking to her again. It was enough that he had occasioned uneasiness to tier husband; and she trusted that should they meet, an explanation would take place which would end in the happiest results. In the mean time, conscious innocense would be her support. Late in the afternoon of the following day, Brandon returned from his unsuccessful pursuit Haggard and exhausted he threw himself into a chair. His intensely excited feelings seemed to have subsided into a soft ^melancholy, and as Emma ventured to approach him, laying her white hand on his forehead, and in low childlike accents, endeavored to reassure him, he looked at her ingenuous countenance, and into those truthful loving eyes and was tempted to believe she was yet all his own. Leaning his fatigued head upon her bosom he wept They were tears that allayed his feverish excitement, mid soothed his feelings. He pressed her to bis heart, whispeiing 'I will love thee whatever thou art.' She now endeavored to explain all, but her account was necessarily unsatisfactory, Milwood's secret was not her own. He had told her that he had potent reasons for not wishing to reveal his story to Brandon at present. A doubt must therefore still linger in her husband's mind. It was barely a doubt, but tmough to prevent his being happy. A week lap-ed. Emma had not been out for fear o meeting Milwood, and stiring up anew Brane? _i.? 11111 i cord of sympathy that would not be loosed. She was grappling with the impression that somehow or other she was connected with him. Who knows, said she mentally, while the light sfhope irradiated her countenance, hut that he nay be my father. I was left in the manner ho lescribes. Oh ! 'she exclaimed aloud enthusiisticaily clasping her hands,' if it should turn nit so, with what pride Would I present him to ny husband. Take care Emma, you are imnagining impossibilities, the stranger has seen lis child?for*several months, his interest in rou proceeds from a fancied resemblance to his ost wife.' A surprising change had come over Edward Brandon. He had seen his error: 110 longer nergcd in scenes of gaiety, he was fast becomng a domestic, lover of home. It Is needless to lay that Ktnmn hailed this with joy, and hope mmed once more brightly in her bosom. They vere one evening cozily seated in their little mrlor, he v.*as reading the book which Emma md siiccedcd in convincing him was her own imposition, when a servant entered, and hand11I Iwip <1 nn(o it'll! # li clio ma Qiinmip nnriiDiifl tli'itl icr cheek flushed with ilio crimson emotion. S'ext.joy irradiated her countenance and then eltied into n look of regret and irresolution.? trandon had all this time been watching the lianges in her countenance, with the closest crufinv, and had put his own construction on hem. And when he saw her cruuiplc up the into and put it. into her pocket, all his suspiions returned with redoubled force. Voilently tailing from Ids chair he insisted on seeing the Kite. Emin;i, strangely agitated, threw herelf before him, and clasped his knees. With >esecching looks she cried, 'Oh my husband lave confidence in your Emma, and believe that he would not harbor a thought injurious toyour mnor. I cannot show you this not at present; rust mo only for a few days, and all shall be i.'iooilv exnlained. - II J I I le shook her off, and extending his hand exlainied more violently, "The note. I say give no the note.' Kmma rose from her kneeling posture; and valking to tho light took out the note, reading I u\11 ??=? ?auu. ^->gdui sue Knen, ana in imploring accents cried, "Oh! Edward, dearest husband, have compassion on me?have compassion on yourself. Do not insist upon seeing this note, and believe that all will turn out as you coula wish. His only reply was, "Give me the note; you can deceive me no longer." Emma sued no more, but ijising with dignified composure, proudly wiped the tear-drop from her eye, and drawing herself up, until her height appeared majestic, walked to the chimney, and deliberately threw the note into the fire, where it was consumed before Edward could recover from his surprise. "And now, maaam," said ne, rising, " 1 leave you to your very pleasant reflections. In the morning I quit the city. In a week I return; but it will be to take measures for a final separation. Emma remained for some time after Brandon left her, standing in the middle of the floor with clasped hands. And yet, strange to say, amid all the mingled emotions of her bosom, joy was predomi-" nant. " I shall now know," she murmured, " who are the authors of my existence, and Edward,, ashamed of his suspicions will love me again." The next evening proved raw and disagreeablp, and there was some indication of snow. Notwithstanding the disagreeable appearance of the weather. Emma, putting on her cloak, hastened to her appointment. Milwood was there before her, in a secluded spot. No one was moving about, except now and then a sweep crying out his doleful ditty as he slowly wended his way homeward. When Milwood caught sight of Emma, he rapidly approached, and extending his arms, cried, " Ellen Milwood, my long lost child ! behold your father!" With overpowering emotion, she bounded towards Jiim, exclaiming, " Uti 1 my heart told me who you were." A short explanation is here necessary. MilwooJ on returning the last time to the spot where he had left his child, and which he had frequently visited, encountered an old man, who, with grief upon his countenance, was gazing on the water. Milwood, at a glance, recognized him. With a wild bound, laying hold of him, he exclaimed fiercely," Harry Morris?my child?where is she?" The old man stared wildly, then clasping his hands, said, "Thank heaven, I can now die in peace, since my prayers are heard." It is useless to detail what is already known. Milwood now disclosed'to his daughter, how for months he hpd watched over her, wishing to know of her, and her husband, before he discovered himself ; told her how he had been a secret witness of the anguish of her heart j in short, how, through Harry, he had become aware of every circumstance. And now Emma eloquently pleaded her husband's cause. "Oh, father, he was misled by the demons of pride and fashion. He has now given them up entirely." " Yes," 6aid Milwood, " for a while to give place * to a worse demon. He who should by this time have known you so well, as not to show such a want of confidence." " But, lather," urged Emma, " if he loved me not, could he be jealous? The treasure we prize most ourselves, we are apt to think others will covet. Let me tell him all at once." " Not yet," answered Milwood, " Brandon must yet be further tried, before the happiness of my child shall be entrusted to his keeping." / That night Emma bedewed her pillow with tears of thankfulness, and visions of happiness danced before her. " He said he would be back in a week, and then I shall insist upon telling him all." Milwood now visited his daughter without restraint, as Harry was in his confidence. It was about three evenings after Edward's departure, that Milwood and his daughter were seated together. He was smoothing back her long ringlets? looking fondly into her eyes, and saying how much she reminded him of her sainted mother, while she, with his hand firmly clasped in hers, was looking as fondly at him, when the door was rudely flung open, and Brandon himself appeared.? With the fury of a maniac, he rushed at Milwood , and seizing him by the collar, exclaimed violently, "Dastardly villain?vile destroyer of domestic happiness?infernal serpent winding yourself to rob me of the affections of my wife?receive the punishment due to guilt like vours." He had bv this time, with the strength of desperation, dragged Mihvood to the extremity of the apartment, and standing oft'a few steps, took from his side pocket a pistol, and pointing it at Mil wood's head, was in the act of discharging its contents, when Emma, who had at first heen stupified with surprise and horror, with a loud shriek, darted across the apartment, and snatching the pistol from his hand, threw it to a distance. Edward coolly drew forth another, but Emma, throwing herself on Milwood's bo^om,exclaimed, "He is my father; and now, Edward, if you reach his heart, it must be through mine!" Edward's hands fell powerless to his side, his head drooped upon his bosom, and he stood in tho attitude of a condemned criminal, while Milwood, looking sternly at him, said, "And now, sir, learn that I have long been a witness of your whole course of conduct, and have come to snatch my daughter from a husband's tyranny. He who Knows iiui iiuw iu cipjuuuidir a w lie, i? nui woruijr of that treasure. I leave to-niorrow for another country, and my daughter goes with nie, leaving her unkind husband to his pride, his fashion, and his pleasant reminiscences. "Oh, 110! no!" cried Emma, running towards Brandon, and clinging around his neck, " 1 will never, never leave him." "But lie has insulted and reviled you." Emilia looking into her husband's lace with ar sweet smile, said, "A husband has 110 faults 111 the eyes of his wile." "Ellen," said Milwood, "will you leave for him your father, who has searched the entire world for you. Will you give up riches, my affection, all for him ?" " All, all, father," she replied, "to follow him through the wide world, even a though a dungeon, should open to receive us." Mr. Milwood turned his head aside to hide his emotion. Emma now taking her hushand by the hand, led him to her father. They both sunk upon their knees before him, and Milwood, bending for an instant over their heads, raised them in his arms. Charleston, February, 18*0. Toaacco.?The stock of Kentucky, Virginia and Ohio tobacco on hand 1st. April, in the Philadelphia Inspection Warehouse, was l,2t>9 hhds. Cat. no on on the Constitution.?A correspondent of the Pensvlvanian at Washington, says that Mr. Calhoun's work on the Constitution of the United States, unon which has been engaged for three or four years, is quite completed, and will be issued from the press without loss of time. It is said to he an able exposition of tho principles of' the Constitution.