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W* . to,-**' ' > '? W&- *'>.?? ' ;.... . ?v: ^ " - * ' g ^ | * # '*. ' " ... '. "Tv-: .%. -.'.% BY W. A.LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 19, 1371. VOLUME XIX?NO. 26. y " r?T H JJ rlr? ?? inn i???ii .i r?c? ?a??w?pa?^?? ! ni j *g???a?mmra a p????BaeMB??al?i?a???^?? ? ' ? ? j Sale of Valuable Land. WILL.be sold by the "Executors on SALE DAY in -XOVEMBEll next, the real estate of JOHN McCLELLAN, Bec'd, iii four Tracts to wit: : THE U03IESTEAD, Containing 3511-2 Acres, j This is one of the most desira- ^ "ble settlements of land in the county, t It is'finely improved, dwelling..large and convenient, Stables, Cribs, Shops and Gin-house all complete and in good repair, most of them newly covered; there is an excellent well of water in r the yard, and two nice little streams i iruuning through the farm. There is a , good body of bottom laud attached to . ibis place; there is an abundance of 1 timber to keep up the farm, a consider-: able portion of the tillable land is fresh 1 . and the whole farm under good fence. 2d. THE HIX PLACE, S Containing 202 Acres. There is on this place a comfortable dwelling, and all necessary out-buildings. There is a {rood fountain of water near the Houses ami two small streams running through the farm, on these streams there is bottom land enough to make corn to supply the place; there is j about one hundred acres in cultivation, J nil under a good fence; there is about s< tw acres of original forest well timbered, n This is a-splendid little farm, scarcely any wa*tc land on it. ^ 3d. The Beaverdam Flace, This place contains '4021 ACRES.- I A large portion of this Tract is in the u -woods, about 100 acres in cultivation,11, and under a good fence, lieuver<lam |.' creek runs through it, and there is on .. it about fifty acres iirst class Bottom " l-and weli limbered. This is one of the o: best cotton^farms in the County. * \\ 4UL THlMMiAM PLACE. ?< This place contains 4:2O ACRES, . There is a settlement on.it and house ? room for two families; there is a good! A .spring <>f water near llie dwelling. Cole- j mail's Branch, Boaverdam and Kard-| labor Creeks run through it, allording! ' Avater in abundance, and making it onej*' of tlK! l?L'.-t stock farms in (he .State. There-i*? perhaps one hundred and lifiy acres of Botton? land on this place, tlie /v" portion of it that is in cuiiivat:oii produces corn to great perfection, ti;e plaec is under a good fence, and timbei suiiicicntto keep it up for all time. Tlit^e lands join and are bounded by ('apt L. lteynolds, A. T. Watson, Dr. ? Bird, M. Thomas, ('apt. W. E. Cothran, j K, Jas. Steifcr and J'. H. Bradley. oi. On the same day, and at the ppme;'^ "place, will be sold a HOI'S K and LOT, I . ' inthe:Townof ABBEVILLE, known ** as the ~ ' II B1TJG STOSE, ri now occupied by Jlr. Clark, Jeweler. ---- -- - Mil These lands will be 'sohl tinder the 17, "will"of the late John McClellan, -dec'd,1 and the tithii( made perfect and indispu- ul tabic. Terms 10 per cent, of the pnr- L; chase money must be paid in cash, the balance in twelve months, two aipprov- <sl ed securities, and a mortgage ot' tlic premises will be required to secure the payment of remainder. Persons wishing to look at any or all of these lauds with a view to purchase _ *ire referred to P. H. Bradley, John T. McKellac, Jas. M. Bendy or Thos. M. 1 Bendy, any or all of whom will take pleasure in showing them. MARY J. DENDY, Ex'trix. P, H. BRADLEY, Executor. Sept. 28, !S7i, 23?tf - . TL0 State: of M Carslisa ; County of Abbeville. \ John -M. Kaiford, vs. TJ. II. 111 - ".W-Hodges, and others. h: Court of Common Picas?hi Equity. C Dill for Specific Performance. ^ PURSUANT to Order of Court in this case, I will sell at public outcry, at Abbeville Court House, ou tr SAi/JS.J^AY in NOVEMBER next, h: the lands lately owned by li. H. W. IIodgesi, fji two tracts. " ra 1. The Homestead Tract. ton liocky River, on which C. D". Wat- 1,1 kins now resides, containing , n 420 ACRES, J , n more or loss, and bounded by lands 0 of Charles Allen, Dan Allen, aud others. 2. Also the "WhipplekTract," purchased by T. J Ellis, at^Sheriff's sales, adjoining the above tract, lying on liocky iJivcr, containing I 200 Acres, more or less, bounded.bv lands of Charles Allen, Mrs. Amanda Johnson, and others. TERMS, one-third cash, the other twd-thirtia.--credit of one and -two ? }-ears, interest from dote payable an- | isually. Purchaser to give Bond and W< r gagC'to sCcurc the purchase men- '* c y. t ? - Wil. II. PAKKEIl, J Special .Referee. a Abbeville, Oct. 4,1871, 3t BAGSffiS AND TIES!, AT 10W PRICES, t ' 2 . For sale bj . 6 Qaarles, Perria & Co.1! August, 28, 187,1, 'I!)?tf i IRISH TEA tmSi; and. Soda Crackers. i lee & Parker! Oct 12,1871, 25?tf ? .J SHERIFF'S SALE. State of South Carolina, n COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. In the Common Fleas setting in Equity. . . I)\ Willis G. Harris, Ex'r, against Goo. (.'< A. Addison, M. C. Tag^art. and Ci others. . A vi Bills for Account, Sales of Land, Afar- oil a/ttu siHuuf-f, <xc. .u .? E: BY virtuo of tho Order of Court made in this caso, I will sell at ^ public outcry, at Abbeville Court ( I House, on the FIHST MONDAY in ^ NOVEMBER next, within tiio legitj St lours, all that tract or plantation of in< and of which Elizabeth Harris died, seized and possessed, to wit: "v' THE HO,ME TIJACT, & m Containing,140 Acres, bo noro or less, which was assigned to kVillis G. Harris, in the division be- \y ween him and William Harris, situate si < ying and being in the Counlv and f( 1 J O Q ? o itate aforesaid to be more particulary described on day of sale. on Terms Cash, purchaser to pay for to tamps and papers. adj U. S. CASOX, LJ Sheriff Abbeville County. Sheriff's Office, \ Cit Oct. S, 1371. f |>la SHERIFF'S SALE. wi! * , , * r . lar BY virtue of sundry writs of Fieri )lll( Facias to me directed, I will Ua ill on SALE I)AV in NOVEMBER Ion ext, at ABEVILLE 0. If, within M lie legal hours, the "following proper- ^ y, to wit: / '400 Acres of Land, ^ tore or less, situate in the County of 'he .bbeville, in the vicinity of Gvecn*ood,on the new cut road, bounded ^ j y lands of I'eter IJykard, Jacob 3?y- OF ard and lands known as Mrs. Alary *iti loozer, levied upon as the properly stl'.( [' It II. Mounce, ads. llcbecca .Ste 'art ana J J. Loopet\ < 3{ll7 Terms Cash, purchaser to pay for the .amps} and papers. ^ am; " : II. S: CAS03T, ' S. A. C. Jtr< Sheriff's Office, J (]1 Oct. 3, 1S71, -3L f (jh: lie Stato of South Carolina, .Vie. ABBEVILLE COUNTY. ' *'] 1 the Common Pleas silting in Equity. ("itu 'ity C. Pcrriri, P'air.'ijf, a'fjnir.stt Ilcirvry ^tri T. I<yon, Jj'/cnv<tnt. . don 131LL roil DO WEI?. i'in! .. ' L(\ virtue of the Order of four! |slrt, $ in thin ease, I will sell at Public hon itcrv in front of the Court House ber ior, at Abbeville Court House within l<l?( e legal hours, on the ElitijT .MOIV AY in November next, all that tj,el juse and Lot in the town of Abbe-| witl lie, containing -* Three Acres More or Less \\w id bounded l>y lands, of (.Jen." 8 '^y|' eGowan, I)r. J. J. WardJaw and ]>iU hers, as the properly oi' Harvey rj\ <;.'j you, nt the .suit of Ivily c. I'errin. An Terms Cash, purchaser to pay for , j amps and papers. *\ ! ii. s. casox, : a. a. c. bon Sheriff's Office, \ Pet. ?. 1S71. / |)oli he State of South Carolina, pa' AD DEVI LE COUNTY. y virtuo of an order issued out of T the Court of lYobate, in the ease of P. ii. Bradley and others, against ' Reuben i\ Gray, and wile aim others. O ? ? . , _ Proceedings in Partition. \YII sell at Abbeville Court House. on Saleday next, all the J?eal Esite of George' I\ Chiles, situate in $ 10 County and State aforesaid, on "|rg atci'8 ot naruiauor erecK, ooihiuuu i jmji y lands of tlie Estate of Maj. John l:.V 1 hiles, Elizabeth Cot braii, Wade E.J#1 otbran, John II. Chiles. P. II. Erady and others,- supposed -to be een Thirteen Hundred Acres. bL'^ This land will be sold in separate Bui acts represented by plats to be ex- bev ibited on the day of sale. . Jj TERMS, one-tenth of tho purchase ^ lOney to be paid in cush; the balance aiK ii a credit of twelve months, with in- In.^ >rcst from day of sale. Secured b} | ond and approved security. Titles l ot to be delivered until purchase j)Cr .oney is fuljy paid, other terms to bei^ui lore particularly made known on day scs, f sale. !,ssl HESRY S. CASOX, am S. A. C. Oct. 9, 1871, 25-31 ? ?he State of South Carolina, ABBEVILLE COUNTY. /? 2 *v/ /. - . . i y . r ? * 1 i ^ r >y viriuo 01 an oruur issuuu um ui: ? the Conrt of Probate, in the easy of j Willis Smith, Guardian for Elizabeth : the S R. Smith, against Henry Riley, Soi and others. * Co in Proceedings in Partition. fro [WILX sell at Abbeville Court ^ Houso on Saleday next, all the mi teal Estate of Thomas Riley, situa- Ac ed in the County, State af'orosaid, 011 hoi raters of Curltail creek, bounded by Slt ands of Burt Itiley, Isabella Tolbcrt, c" ,nd Mrs. Maiy Riley supposed to be pa Tour Hundred Acres. This land will be sold in two tracts J cprc9ontcd by plats to be exhibited ? m the day of sale. A{ On each tract is a settlement, with ht HwflUmr house and all other neces-; ? " ~ a ;t.- | ^ ary outbuildings, Lit TERMS, one-half of the purchase |tu noney to be paid in cash. Tho Ba!- of inco on a credit of twelve months, v :h interest from day of sale. Scared, by bond and approved security. _ Titles not to bo delivered until the purchase money is fully, paid, other j erms to be more particularly mado J cnown on day of sale. II 11ENJIY S. CASOX, hi Sheriff Abbeville County. Oct. 9,1871., 25-3t ' : - '' . AUCTIOX SALE. xthnnt, Morgan it Co. vs. the President and JJi rectors of the Ban!: of the State of Sou: it Carol in {I. Y virtue of an order of Court in the [5> above slated cause to me directed ! the Hon. It. F. (jraham, Judge of the )urt of Common Pk?as for tlie First rcuit, 1 will offer for sale, at Public uction, on TUESDAY,"the 2Sth of Notmber, 1871, aL the Court House, in the ty of Charleston, S. C?. at II o'clock A. ., the following PIECES OF llEAL STATE. 1. All that LOT, PIECE OR PARFAj OF LAND, with the J'uildings ereon, known as the Dank of the State South Carolina, situate, lying and ? ..i ii.- I?t . a. . _ . p 5 ? - nigaiiuu west corner 01 juouu aim ate streets, in the city of Charleston ; ensuring and containing in fronton oad Street forty-eight feet six inches, ore or less, by one hundred and twen-six feet, more or less, in depth on ate-street, and forty-eight feet, more or p, on the back line. Hutting and unding North on lands now or late of L-Union Insurance Company; East on ' ute-street ; Routh'on liroad-street; e?t on lands of W. 8. Adams; having 3'i shape, sizt? and boutidings as arc set 'Ji in the plat thereof. The passage ly, or alley of seven feet one inch wide, Lween- the adjacent buildings fronting JJroad-streel, asset forth in said plat, be always kept open for the use of said jacent buildings. I. All that PIECE Oil PARCEL OP iNT), with the Stores and other build's thereon, situate, lying-and being on ; Eastfi'rdc of East liny-street, in the y cf Charleston,.and described in a in of the same, and having such shape 1 boundaries as are therein dclfi.ea ed, tich said plan is extracted, on an enged scale, from a plan of the wharf :1 buildings thereon, situate on East y-strect, in the City of Charleston, bulging to J. E. Faber, from a survey by in Wilson, which said ])eed is. with tf i plan, recorded in the Ollice of the rn gister of Mesne Conveyance for s: arleston District in Book Y, No. 1-, j. res oG, <37 arid 58. Also, the rightutitle 1 interest of the corporation known as o\ i President and Directors of the linnk b< the State iti and to the street called ti illarcUstrcet, on said Plan. .i IT. All thai PIECE Oil PARCEL LAND,-with the buildings thereon, 1 late on the South side of Doughty- sf in (he City of Charleston. JJeas- tl ng in front on Doughty-street thirty- 0j en feet four and a half inches; the |j le on the back line, and in depth on ? East line one hundred and one feel 1 1 eight inches, the same on the West ef Bounding North on Doughty- tl ;et, East on lands of J. Charles Blum, llh and West on lots numbered eleven jj I and- four (4) in a plan made by irles Parker, Surveyor, in Augflst, vv ), recorded in the oltice of Register of ui sue Conveyance for Charleston Dis- w t, in Book A. No. 1, page 131. ? V. All that LOT OF LAND, with buildings thereon, situate at the rthwest corner of Elliott street and Isden Alley, in the City of Charles- st , measuring" in front on Elliott- !a ;etthirty-four feet six inches, on (Jads- rj( 's Alley; North on- land s now or late ,. he Bank of the Slate of South Caroi, and.West on lands of Win. Birnie. 01 Ail that PIECE OR PART' OF A T OF LAND situate on East Bay- fa et, in the City of Charleston, known |1( nerly in the plan thereof by the miinseveu (7) and also three feet of land titling thereto, being part of an 'alley tassage way of six feet, lying between e premises aiwl the house next South ro reto (the owner? of which in common |1( !i the owners of the property now red for sale being entitled to the use t reof,) measuring and contaiifing in Hi whole thirty-three ( ".'?) feet in front, ei one hundred (10')) feet in depth, stwardly ; butting to the East on East Vni'fh /mi fnrnwi'lv nl I'lagg, V\'cst on iaiut now or late of ii Knx, and South on said Alley. 1? FRMS, one-third cash; balance payi in two equal annual successive inHu nts, with interest at the rate of en per cent, per annum ; secured by d o!' purchaser ami mortgage-of the 10 inises-: buildings to bo insured and a icy assigned. Purchasers to pay for s"c crs ami stamps. WJI. J. GAYER, Referee. he Personal Assets will be sold at the it le lime ami place, due advertisement n( vhicli will be given. ;.i \VM. J. GAYER, Referee and Receiver, ct. 11, 1S71, 2o?If ___J T AUCTION SALE. * 'mcy, Morgan ?C* Co. arjniwi (h.c Prescient (iiid Jjircctorn of (he Hank of (he w kite of South Coroiina. ) Y virtue of an order of Court in the i ? above stated cause, to hie directed the Hon. R. F. Graham, Judge of the irt of Common Pleas lor the First. s:i euit, I wilt oder for sale-at public ution, on Monday, flic 4th day of J)e- nl iber, 1871, at the Court House in Abille, at 11 o'clock, A. M. .11 that ROT OF LA^R with the ildings thereon, in the Village of Ab- st ille, in the County of Abbeville, lib Carolina, situate on tho South-, item side of the Public Square, mcasng 20 feet in front and (>1 feet in depth; 1 known in the i;lat of the said Vil- w L' by the No. 08. m 'EltMS, one third cash ; balance pay- js p in two equal annual successive In- c( Imcnts, with interest at the rate of 7 cent annum, secured by bond of the 111 chasherand mortgage of'the premi, Buildings to he insured and policy signed, purchaser to pay lor stamps S( 1 papers. ' wm. j. gayer, ;; Heferee. 1:1 ? ii" , ASSIGNEES SALE. IN BANKSTr?TCY. the mutter of W. <fc J. li. Clinkscales, n. Bankrupt ft. >Y virtue of an order to me directed, issuing out of tlu*District Court of " ; United Stales, for the District of u jth Carolina, I will sell at Abbeville iirt House, on the FIRST MONDAY "n November next, for (.'ash, and free m incumbrance, THE HOME- ' EAD, now in possession Wiii. Clink- 0 les, which was laid off to him under If llitary orders, containing Twenty t< resmoreorlessincludingthedweiling 0 use and out houses and appurtenances, I _ ? ? A l,W.,.ill11/'niml? #i?1-I7><ntL-2tt " UCitV 111 AXtSUV Y AA4V. V/\SU mj j VII I ;ek \ L'KJIMS CASH?Purchasers to pay for 1 pcrs and stamps. g It. H. WARD LAW. '. p Assignee. ' fVbbcvillo, Oct. 9,1871-25 3t L ~ - tj >plication for Renewal of Charter. ( \HE Trustees of Erslnno College jj hereby give notice, that applica a >n will be made before the Legisla- c re at its next session for a renewal s the charter of said college. |( WM. 1IOOD, Secretary. t Sept- 21, 1871, 22?tf i A Card. ? CHE undersigned has opened his \ Office us Trjal .Justice in Ihe Court a ouse. All business entrusted to liis g mds will be promptly attended to. M. KAl'HAN, ' Trial Justice A. C. 24,1871?18, tf ; A Valley Memory. BY WILLIAM SAWYER. ."Waking I dream, and dreaming see A valley in the sunset glow, With ranging Alps that through the haze, Thrust peaks of snow. A blinding glare is in my eyes; Yet, far below, I see again, Where, golden under burning skies, Outsweeps the plain. The bleating and the tinkling bells Show where,'about the water's brink, The peasant women watch the sheep That wade and drink. All freshly fair and bright the .?cene; lint looming vaat before me still The Alps gigantic grow, and all The picture fill. Their'spell once more is on my hcaft, Their grandeurs satisfy the soul'; Naught else in life or space has part? They make the whole.. They wrap the heavens round their l'orms, Arrest the clouds upon their march, And into gleaming ruius break The rainbow's arch. . k From the deep valley'spurplinggloom Ever their summits'JriKe fcubihne, Bright with the sunsets ctf the world Since Time was Time. ? ubiut'. The Gipsy's Glass. Cissy Thorne was sitting nt her >ilct table, skipping a novel, while her mid Emma brushed her long, thick, Iky hair. Some people f.aid it was ilse, because there was so much of it; Ll-er Christians were certain it must e dyed, seeing that it had that parcular bright, golden tint which is so ue to art; but Emma knew better, hat exemplary girl' took the same >rt of pride in'her mistress's* hair lat a good groom-does in the coats ' his master's hors- s, 'and was never red of currying?I mean brushing it. ort'Uiately, the young lady took an pial pleasure in her passive part of >e performance, and so both were itisfied. When the spoiled beauty kl not know what else to do, she cut up to her roor.i, took off her ess,-and had her hair brushed; it as a ladylike substitute-Tor smoking pipe. X wonder that Darwin has not inaneed the pleasure we feel in being roked the right way, in favor of his st theory. 1 believe that Cissy whs ten very near purring, especia'ly in iiindeVy weather, when her hair itf-lv 1 oil likn'nn cxnorimont. "Well, Emma, did you. go to the ir?*' asked the brusheo, laying down ?r book. "Yes, miss, I did." "And what did you sec?'' "1 saw a horsemanship, where they de standing, and jumped through >ops; wonderful!' ' And did you go on one of the round>outs thiit arc worked by a sleamigine, which plays an organ ?" "So miss ?" replied Emma, with an n phasic ".Do you know, Emma, 1 should like , if no one saw." "Lor, miss! they arc crowded with ieh a low. lot, they are." "Low lots, as you call ihem, poem have all the fun," said Cissy,* with half-sigh. "And. what else did you :e?" "I went to a?fortune-toiler," "Xo ! In a tent?" "There were little tents about, but w: s a little yellow cart I went into ; )t in the fair exactly, but in tli.c umn, before you come to it. She's onuerful!" "is she mougn ! \> nar. cm sue say r A\ me," cried the excited Cissy, who as troubled with yearnings after the ipernatural, .' She told lr.c all sorls^ of things hieh she could not have known nal.*al; a mole on my back; how long I we been in service?" "Yes, yes, but the future ; did she iv anything about that?" "Shetlid more, miss, showed it to ' "No!" ' In a round glass; as true as I'm anding here I saw him plain." "Your J'ulure husband?" "As is to be ; yes, miss." The two girls had been playmates hen very little, and there was much ore familiarity between them than customary with mistress and maid. [> Emma had to enter into all the lysterious details of the cabalistic ?remoiiy. "What fun !" cried Cissy "I should ) like to go ; I will go ! Tho fortunedler's caravan is not actually in the lir, you say; and there will not be lany people about if we start earlyA '.'Lor. miss! what will your pa and i a say?" '-J don i Know; i n uo it lirst and ?k them afterwards, for fear they light object. Wo will go to-morrowlorning, directly after breakfast, nnd.** Mr. Thorne was a steward ; I do not ?oan nil official attached to- a steamackct, in charge of a china shop full f whito basins,, but .a manager of irge estates in the country; a well?-do man, who had a'small property f his own, which ho. farmed in the lost intelligent and neatest style, on lie outskirts of tho market-town of /ittlcun. Mrs. Thorne was plump, ood-naturcd; and lazy, yet somewhat roud and sensitive; she fancied the ounty farmers were patronising, and he would not bo patronised. . Cissy was their only child, and they bought much ' of her, honestly boicving that there never was such" notber baby?child?maiden. Of ourse the paragon was never sent to chool, and her governcsbos were scucted principally with reference to heir nower of apnreciatinfr her merits. Nevertheless, slio was very charrong, and had two lovers?I do not nean mere admirers, but two men vlio were ready to marry her, if she vould but choose one of them. Hut ihe could not quite mako up her mind .vhich of tho braooHo selcct. "If this gip?y would only show m'c tvlxich. I arn to take, it would save lnc a world of trouble," she said to herself, wiih a smile ; "but of course that is all nonsense". Yet if she dfcl, I vow that I would be guided by it." One aspirant was Tendil Frogmore, a lauded proprietor in the neighborhood, very poor; for though' his rent-l ?oil was a fair one, his debts were nnm ihaha ? 1 - ?1 * ? ?> >/< muni], uuu very uanufiomc, niTti well set up Indeed, he had been in ilie Blues: I don't mean in bad spirits, l^ut a man in armor, commanding men in armor, and his wife ivould bo undoubtedly county. Charles Wilson was tho name of the tho other; he was a young London solicitor, who had just been taken into a good firm and was now..on a visit to his mother, an Indian colonel's widow who resided at Littelun. Mrs. Wilson and ilrs. Thorno were good friends, so all was smooth thero. Mrs, Wilson had murmured, indeed, when she first saw'lier son's inclination? "Would she be a companion for you, Charles ? wnild slio be able to take an interest' in the same things 3*011 did?" '\No, mother; and that is just what I want. I should hato a wife who was as clever as 1113-seIf. Hut how can. you fail to see her merits ? Sho is such a very'nice little party!" 'raww, utiiitley, par tie-, how dreadfully bad. your-French acccnt is) 1 I -grant that -she would not bo a bad thatch fur you in a worldly point of view." Frogmoro was the more handsome. Wilson the more pleasant. Kehlly, if fate would settle the matter for Irer, it would savo Cissy Thome a world ol trouble. So tho pretty bono of contention thought, as aho started with Iter maid Emma for Littlcun Hurst at nine a. m.; for.Mr. Thorne breakfasted early, and his daughter presided Mrs. Titornc being a sluggard. Not a drum was heard, not a pandcan note, as they . stepped briskly along; the. gingerbread husbands were covered tip from * Life dust"; tho merry-go-ronftds were : still j the clown was darning his dress ; the donkeys breakfasted frugally on each other's names ; the fire-eater was i trying a diet of bacon, bread, and garlic for a change. Business never .commenced in tho fair before the after- i noon. But Miss Thome's visit was not to the fair :"to the right, somo five . hundred yards from the common, ?: ' uiv.it ?ao ?i i luiijji ui sjJiir&U ll'CCM, ; and sheltered beneath thorn stood one ; of those yellow hats on wheels which ( act so vivid y upon the invaginations of villago children. This was the abode of the sibyl, and the adventuresses turned aside towards it. i Emma went first up the steps, and < tapped wiilv the bright brass knocker; i the door opened immediately, and a I woman of I he mystic race appeared? young, handsome as a Spaniard, though < her Hplendid Hack hair was rather, coarse-, if you came to examine it tcTo i closely; Einina drew back, to let licr I mistress enter first. s "Walk in, my pretty lady," said the j gipsy ; "don't be afeared ; 1 am quite alone here." Although the fun of the fair did nol commence till late in the da)', it was evident that custom came betimes to the sibyl, for all traces of night disorder had disappeared from the miniature interior, which was spick andspan, neat and clean ; obviously pre- . pared for visitors. The small apartwas still further reduced by a curtain ( which ran on brass rings .along a rod, Ulll'.iwaill^ il j/l'l UWII U1 UIU PJJtll'U* The gipsy.examined Cissy's hand, I ind begun making "shots?centres i though, most; bull-eyes, some. ( "You arc. an only child, and your father nnd mother would give 3-011 1 gold to cat, if you wanted it; you had ( a had illness four or fivo )*ears ngo; when a child you were in great peril 1 from a dog." A lot more to the same | cffei-t, couched in.vague language, but very correct. Cissy began to bo sorry that she had come. "There's two gen- 1 tlemcn as is very swcei upon you, my I pretty lady," continued the unpoetic , sibyl-; "if you marry one you will be unhappy all your life, Imt if you take the other you will be- lucky, and live ' to.be eight)', and ride in your carriage 1 and pair all the time." . I The idea of this very protracted t drive rather amused Cissy, and that revived her courage. After all, the ' woman might have, made inquiries ' ubout her 011 the chance of her com- I i n h c "And how am I to know which of these gentlemen lo chooso ?" she asked ' in a bantering tone. ' "Ah: tluit I cannot tell, my lady; 1 hut you can look in Ilia .Magic Glass : i'or yourself, ami see if it shows you aught." , ' Let mo see it, then," said Cissy ( bravely, though the feeling of ci'eepi- ( ncss Logan to return. The gipsy said that Ei'r-ma should 1 leave the caravan ; hut Cissy would ' not have that, so a compromise was I effected; the maid was blindfolded. < Then the gipsv drew slides across the ' littlo windows on cither side, producing a deep twilight Thou the curtain at the further end slowly panted, re- 1 vealing a wall of black cloth, tightly i stretched, in the centrc of which was j fixed a circular mirror, about two feet ( /llrmnfnv nti/1 4 Itiu rvitn /1 n o 11 xr _ Ill UlliHIVl-Vl, 44 i J It Llll^ J^iUU IMUiy MVcame luminous. Cissy's nervousness ' returned with inereasod force, and she 1 grasped the hand of her blind-folded I I maid. A table separated the girls from the I mirror; and whether it was owing to ; ithc magic quality of the glass, or the iangle at which it was placed, it did i I not rcflcct the figures standing opposite it. Indeed, it was moi'j like | ground-glass than an ordinary mirror; "ground-glass with a fecblo light bc! hind it. Presently the surface became .covered with ill-defined, shifting shadows, which gathered so thickly as to ! ~ 1- ~ ? ? ...Krwl/* a P Jf ? n?w1 I linn if UUSUUIU L11 V> W UtMU VI It , ?II? v.iv.. .V | gradually cleared, and a licad and Kliouldcrs grew upon it; it - cleared a lililo more and revealed?the undoubted face of Charles Wilson. .Cissy stood aghast in awestruck terror be-' fore this supernatural intimation; when suddenly, as sho gazed, the face before her becarno convulsed with an expression of terrible agony. She uttered a little scream, and fainted. Fresh air and cold water sotn gi brought her to; sho fee'd tho. gipsy, er and started homewards. "You sco'd him, miss?" inquired Emma. * Pl "Yes; and I'll never marry anyone 'ai else, if I die an' old maid. Butv oh, be what can that dreadful expression on , i his faeo foretell? I fear that some j awful calamity will happen some day? . A not improbablo dread. There "v was one consolation : fate and Cist's lia secret wishes had hit it off niccly. all Girls aro queer things, and she had[|Djc hardly known thatpho profurredChar- . Icy Wilson as much.as she did. ' In duo time he.offered, and was ac- mc ccpted ; and they wero married, and vei went for their honeymoon to the Lake the of Como. One evening Charles "Wilson rowed his bride out in a very clumsy tub.' vei ' 4,IIow serious you aro Cissums I" ho 'I8^ said, finding her less chatty than usual, sui 'Did that " bravo-looking beggar ga, frighten you? Because his frowzy t'0 head shall be punched if he did." "Oh, no; oh, doii't Offend him I" *,rr cried tho young wifoi "I am suro he joe has has got-what the Italians call thte ski Evil Eye 1" " . . / ?TT 1 _ ft ITT-^%1 ? ? <t -xiasDCf tv en, never minci ; tne" Americans have invented a potion which counteracts the effect." 7 "Really?" ''Yes,' when wo return, I will get m. that gentleman from 2Jew York stopping at the hotcl'to concoct us an Eyeopener ; that will make it alfcright." " / "Oh, do!" cried Mrs. Wilson; and j her husband paddled on. .P "I say, Cisaums," ha snid presently, resting on4iis oars, "don't think that ' [ am finding fault, becausc yon have ^ not got any faults/so that would be absurd ; but arc you not rather super- , n stitious?': " , . . "m "And if T nm T Jinrrt <i vwrlif. frt'Vin " said she. . * " , "Ah! any particular cxpcrionco?" And ho wormed oat of her tho whole tjje story. "I am sorry I told you," she cricd, ^ when he burst out laughing j "you ,t don't bdive it! You had better "call t| me a story-teller at once." -j "Relieve it, my dear! -lam roady to ^ swear to it. You did not see my j ^host, though: yoH wcro looking at ^ me. I was in a dreadfully confined ^ position, and that thief of a gipsy was ^ >o long about her preliminaries, that . [ got a horrible cramp ' in my right ' ? salt, and made a face which I thought would betray me." ^V The bride burst out crying. ^ "And vou bribed mvnmiil : and laid g n L x plot with a common gipsy to de- , ?eive mc ; and nearly ft-igtened mo to ^ death; and wero laughing at mo all 1 Ihc time?oh I' she sobbed. ' JP* "All's, fail* in love," said Wilson; . sheepishly.. ' ' IV "It was unworthy of j*ou 1" she con- . ^ tinned:' "you have /married mo on ' [also pretences. trail njcvcrfecl tlie h?.n samo towards yon ;"I will .never for- , J... . v > be g-Tve von, never! Hat she did. lal tin ??>* vvjj for the press and banner. su!j Affairs ia Augusta. Son * teh Augusta, Ga., Oct. 10, 1S71. bar Editor of Press and Banner: ^10 r to i Knowing that a largo number of :he readers of 3-0111* widely circula- dp\ :ed journal make Augtrsla their mar- to I ket, I have occupied an hour of leis- ^ iro irwrivimr ran ji fpw-flnfw nf mnl. ? to ?7 . ? ? - ? c|tc Lers and things in general which may rj'^j lot pi:ovc altogether devoid of inter- aalc 5?t. era Tho receipts of cotton here for ^ Lhe present season fall nearly 11,000 unc bales short of tire amount received jon for the same period last year. This aw< may readily be accounted for by .the nnc lateness of tho crop.and tho almost wa' unprecedented bad weather encounLered by planters in tho first weeks js [ )f the gathering season. Planters do exc not seem disposed to hurriedly place bri< Lhe staplo on the market, in anticipaLion of an increase of prices so soon j,av is speculaters and spinners begin to pre Appreciate tho full extent to whiclj 000 the crop has' been shortened. This t,n< . ') eve 4ate of affairs of course exerts a de- j. pressing influenco upon tho general ejS( trade of tho city, which has not yet beii reached the magnitude usual at this rJ * ' U'l, season. ; T t UK Notwithstanding t!io stringency of ^]1(? the money market and the compara- YC11 t?ve backwardness of trade, our mer- inei han'ts are hopeiul and display an tin- ^ usual amount of vinr. industry and son . omi Laste in arranging' their largo and r^j brilliant stocks of goods for the in- c.jt} -peelion of the purchasing public. V Numbers or our dry goods stores. rnn .'specially, havebeen converted into perfect j)alaces by the ariis'.ic blend- * j; ng of rich colors and elegant fabrics ? in long and imposing lines of tasty Urii Jrapcry. .Many new firms havo been t>cc Dr^anized and numbers of the old es- ave . mo' kiblinhed houses havo enlarged iheir SCq borders for. tho Fall campaign. At Augusta is evidently in the lino of tvai nroyrcss. and- rrives hopeful signs of on I O ? * W ?. ? x , slinking off tho lethargy which has no Loo long manacled her energies. On j Wednesday last, by a voto of the to < uitizenfl, the City Council- were an- tho thorzed to en largo tho Augusta Canal, with a view to induce the erection of new factories, mills, &c., fift. hero, The cost of this work to the ric< city will be at least $-100,000. It is thr confidently believed, however, that this amount will be more than equal- we; 1 ? 4 aP ^Anulotinn arwl u^. t3U Uy lJ1U JIILICiin\j ui j/w|>ui?uv.. uiiu ui,; expansion of llio trade of. tho city, ^ through tho iucrca.se of our manu- cn* . Pli factoring facilities. Of the immedicr\ ato results contingent upon tho tj,< enlargement4 of the Canal, the Au-1 ( f ista Factory Company propose to i ect a new mill of 10,000 spindles and ' add 5,000 spindles to ono of their ( esent mills. That the other simi- f enterprises will follow seems to only a legitimate presumption. ] The approaching Fair, which opens c re on the 31st instant, to continue | 0 da}'8, promises to be a most bril- j nt success. Tho arrangement of j details necessary to promote the i asure of visitors and tho conve- 1 mco of exhibitors is claiming the >fet industrious attention of tbe y activo officers and committees of p s Association under wbofle auspices i 5 exhibition will take place. The r y complete and liberal premium ? 1 published by the Association in- g cs a display of articles .in ?oll do- s 'tments of skill and industry equal fi that'which may bo claimod for any ? ri'ar opposition having for its obt the developement of Southern jj il and industry. A larcre deleea- c w o", q is cxpcctod from AbbetfiHe.. b : ' J,W;C; J . CHICAGO IN IUJINS,' 0 > Heart of the City Destroyed?Ter- 1 rible Conflagration. ' Chicago, October 9?12 Jtf.?Chicais in ruins. The Coart House, Sher- ? n IIouso, Chamber of Commerce, .j; 1 all the telegraph Offices are de j3 Dyed by fire, whioh now extends * >r two-and-a-half miles of territory. J3 e number of buildings destroyed, i amount of loss, and suffuring that v I-folioiv, is in incalculable. 3 . [later.]. I! Chicago, October 9?1:30 P. M.? e fire has swept everything from B i Chamber of Commerce to the 1! e and river. All. the telegraph ? ces, the Court House, She-man " use, Brings House, Tremont House, , Post offices Board of Trade, build- 9 s, id fact, everything and every- P ly from 12th street north and Ca- " li a 1. jl ii .1' 11_ _ d Birect uii iuo west siue 10 me ibko ~ burnt out. All the city banks are nt. The whole business portion of . city is gono. The fire is still rag- 11 The Mayor has called for assig- r ce. The- fireman are exhausted " 1 the water has given out. Loss ir $500,000,000. . hicago, October 9?10 A. M.?The 11 ire business portion of the city is * troyed, and all banks, express and . jgraph offices, and newspapers, ex- ,l the Tribune. Six elevators and c s water works are burned. There 10 water in the city. Not less than 000 buildings have already been i itroyed. The tiro has burned a dis- 1 ice of five miles, and is still raging. 6 c wind is I lowing a gale. It will. a almost impossible to get any rejlo detailed particulars for some 4 ic, as there is only one telegraph 1 c working, and that only to the I >urbs. 4 rVASniNGTON, October 9.?Mr. Wil- 8 i, supcrintendant at the Chicago ; ;graph office, telegraphs tbat every J iking house and railroad depot in v cityaro burned. We are trying ? jet the office established inthesup- a department, but the fire is coming ^ vn Wabash Avenue, and he expects ^ ? i. ?.i ~ u ? _:?Ui n j<j uurricu uiib tnuru uuiuru mgui. [latest.] y Zew York, October 10.?The ex- v :ment nowise abated regarding the 8 iqago fire. There is an immense ^ i fur papers, and business is gen- D lly suspended.' ^ L special to the Times dated Chica- 1 2.20 A. M., Bays Chicago is in ruins J I still burning In the west divis- ? , Taylor and Ilalstead streets aro P ?pt, the water works went early, 0 1 a fearful loss of life by falling h lis followed. Ten thousand busi- a s men will bo compelled to make i'/nmcnts. An Insurance crash is " Heritable. The river is impassable ?; :ept at'bridgo twelve. Th'o other ri Jgcs are burned. It is feared ^ jge twelve will bo crushed by the a rwhclming travel". All Railroads 'c closed, and- thero flo mails. The sent loss is estimated at $200,000,- w i li*!iv\ nrrtrtf hniMfrura hiirned like 81 . ^>.w. ~ ~ n? | Jtr. Few business Iiouses saved o n their paper. No papers can be tl )Iished until the type comes from a; where. Some ves.-?els eseaped by cl ng sent adiift into Lake Michigan, h 'he origin of the tire was in a stable ere women went to milk a cow with st erbsene lamp. A large number of p men have been killed. The Con- ir t of Mercy is burned. The pave- tl Us are burned. b l hundred squares are burned in the ci th division. A hundred thousand ti Joyces. are. out of employment. i county records are saved. The ' records are lost. li Washington, October 10.?A heavy ai 1 at Chicago put out the fire. This C ement is confirmed through the ir ular and official, channels. a Iew York, October 10?11' A. M. fr # 1 ' 1 . ?..? ITT _ a til it miu-ntgnt lastnigni tno western w ion Telegraph office, which had r( n located on the corner of Wabash A nue and Sixteenth street, was ro S: re to Twenty-second street in conueneo of the approach of the firo. pj three o'clock this morning noticer ir > given that the fire was again up- li them, and they must make father real; since that time there has been communication with the city. S n the .Stock Board to-day a motion ^ Jonatc twenty thousand dollars to ti sufferers by the fire in Chicago, ti 3 returned to the governing comteo with power to increase it as j ( ch as the treasury will allow under! y thousand dollars, which was car- i* J unanimously. It is reported that ce heavy- houses have failed, is cks aro greatly depressed. There t decline in the whole list. The j1 stern stocks were not called in the ivd to-day. Washington, October 10.?-Steam t: ?incs and provisions aregoing to t icago from all points. Nearly evr theatro is playing for tho relief of ; sufferers. ? .'iiKAor, Octobcr 11.?Forty-ono a persons were shot in making arrest?,.... ast night. The Station House is !ny id. Ninety bodies have been recovered' rom the rivers. ' ' Indianapolis, October 11.?Rev; ? Or. Eddy, has just arrived from Chi- \ ' sago, and reports loss, both of life and. t. )roperty, beyond conception. Peoplo iro starving, oy tnousanas, ana noc ess than S0,000 are homeless. Prc)ared food and clothing.are greatly ,, n leeded. Thus far supplies sent have iot lessened the' peril of starvation. v- r? Jarroting and thieving. are frequent it night. - . - . a i. >^-x * Quite a number have died from ex>08ure. The relief committee hftTO .. mpressed all kinds of vehicles to car- ( . y water and provisions. Immeaee > upplies of provisions, much of which rcooked, are coming. The commit- .; , * ee have telegraphed some pointaAQt'.- '* Ipp. Ten thousand blankets came . , . !>/\m ninninnofi Tlifl Pnmmflw Pah? I vui v?uvinii?un w<uwvu yVHH", , il have fixed prices for food,' an$/i't.y./f eavy penalties for their violation^ It is fearful to think of the loss of ife. It is conjectured, with . good. "fiV f. ause that near five hundred nave ecn burned to death. We saw four len enter a burning building, and in , moment they were overwhelmed by t falling walL There was a crowd of men around: he corner of a building; trying f6 # ave property, when the wall yielding omo of them were bbried-beneath it. About twelve or fifteen w-ometf iiwli; " .' bildi'cn rushed into the butldiii^of"*,J he Historical Society, a firec>proof * milding, for safety. In a fewtnlnutes 1 be flames burst in and they were -? turned to death Among those who dok refuge in this building wastho ; en.erable Colonel Samuel Stone, 80 . a. cars of age, and for a long time conected with the Society ;, also, Joha ; Gerard and wife, and Mme. Depel-v, ;roye, a noted teacher of music. . It 3 feared that Dr. Frear and family, /ere also burned, as they were uilding and have not been seen. : A careful survey of insurances ton-,, - , ay shows that there were written on iroperty destroyed over two. hundred.. aillions of dollars. Add another han- . ired million to this sum, an$a faires-\., imate can be reached of the loss.' ' ' All the leading merchants who have ieen seen, express a determination to *' csnme business at once. The Eveing Journal and Tribune'hope to pubish small sheets to-morrow. * A special session of the Illinois Legslatnre has been called to aid busi-'' icss men anij provide employment for *' he poor. Apprehending that sufferng may cause crime, additional Fediral troops have been called for. " ??> ' , r t;i A Kansas Girl.?The Toneka r Kansas) Record narrates the foilowng, which goes tojshow that the Kanas girl ailttaC3w has plock and perieverance,.if not discretion-; * ^As a gentleman was coming into own the other day on the Wakaruta, : oad, he noticed a young girl on a . >ony. Pi#lty soon, the pony, began o display a bad temper, and very . ihortly afterwards throw the girl, vho turned a somersault in the air ind struck on her head in the road vith terrific force. The gentleman [ jot out of his buggy and went to her assistance. lie found she had got a lad fall, and bad a cut across her fore iead. lit) advised her to abandon poiy riding for tho present, but she yiped the blood from her face, .and nsisted upon mounting her fractious teed again. Anxious for her safety, ier friend watched for future developlents, and in a few minutes she wtfs ; iurled over tho pony's head, and this ime sho struck tho ground wjth such arce that ho thought she most have roken every bone in her body. The, ony took the opportunity to gallop if. She was again helped to herfcet^ alf stunned and covered with dust, nd urged to abandon riding such a "aclious brute; and clutching her riiug whip, she started off in pursuit t tne pony, eviacntiy determined to ide him, or get her neck broken in be attempt. She was apparently bout sixteen years of ago." - Rather Suspicious.? A captain, who nshed to raise a crew of total abtainers, advertised his want in somef the leading newspaper. Among lose that presented themselves as fit nd proper persons to represent that lass was one whose nose proclaimed im a fery?nt friend of Bacchus, t And you say that you're a total ab;ainor, do yon ?" "Certainly," relied ihe owner of the suspicious lookig promontory. ""Well," remarked je captain, doubtingly, "you may; ut, if you are, you ought to proseute that nese of yours for defamaon of character." Better Still.?A person in high fe once went to Sir Lardly Wtlraot, t the time Lord Chief Justice of the ourt of Common Pleas, under a feelig of great wrath and indignation, at real injury which he had received ora a person high in the political orld, which he was determined to jsent in the most effectual manner, fter relating the particulars, he asked ir Eardljr, if he did not think it ould be manly to resent it ? "Yes," lid that- eminent man, <lifc will bo lanly to resent it; but it will be Godko to forgive it. All Sound, and Xot Sound.?A cotch minister in a strange parish, rishing to know what the people bought of his preaching, questioned he sexton: "What do they say of Mr. ?" his predccesSor). "Oh," said the sexton, "they say ho ; not sound I" "What do they Bay of the new minster?" (himself). "Oh," replied the sexton, "they say ic's all sound 1" * A barn-door fowl and a lawyer who alks for pay pick up their living with heir bills. i.t a -11 n t i 1 at _ i leu you, wire, i nnve goi xue pian ,11 in my head." <;Ali, then, it's all in i nutshell."