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BY W. A.LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 19, 1371. VOLUME XIX?NO. 26. y "
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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
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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
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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
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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. "
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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."