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ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY. MAY 29. 1872, VOLUME XX?NO. 10. LEE AND HUGH WILSON jne-ix T V'f . BY W. A. The Burled Seed. Two thousand years ago a flower Bloomed lightly in a far-off land, Two thousand years ago the seed Was ptaced within the dead man hand. Before the Saviour came to earth That man had lived and Joved an died, And even in that far-off land The flower had spread its perfum wide. ; ^ J*i > J, Q ;Suns rose and set; years came and weni The dead hand kept its treasure wel Rations were born and turned to dust While life lay hidden in that shell. The shrivelled hand was robbed at lasi r"The seed was buried in the earth. When, lo! the life, long hidden there, Into a glorious flower burst forth. Just such a plant as that which grew From such a seed when buried "low, Justsucl* a flower in Egypt bloomed Aud died two thousiiud years ago. And will not He who watched the see And kept the life wihin its shell, "When tn ose he loves are laid to rest, Watch their buried dust as well And will wot He 'neath the sod Cause something glorious to arise? Aye! though it sleep, two thousam yvaio, Yet all that buried dust shall rise. 3 t *r Just such a face as greets you now, Just such a form as here we wear, Only more glorious far will rise^ To meet the Saviour in the-a? Then wiH I lav me down in peqte When called to leave this vale of tear For in my flesh shall I see God, E'en though I sleep two thousam years. - - Old Cambridge. v PIC-NIC AND BARBECUE DINNER AT THE STAR FORT?CROPS ? IM PROVEMENTS IN . VIVPTV-iCTY. XI Jlil -1JL UK. . ' . ; j VI On Friday last we (the Junior,' had the pleasure of accepting i polite invitation from Mr. J. N, King, on behalf._Qf the Committee of Arrangements, and partaking o: a of a delightful Pic-Nic and Bar becuc JLMnuer at iub u>u owi ruu of Revolutionary fame, and of en joying the kindness and hospitality of a section whose generosity can only be equaled by their good cheer. * ** The morning train on the G. & C. K. R. carried us down to Ninety Six, in good time, and here we were met by our young friend, Mr. E. M. Lipscomb, with a handsome conveyance;'and in his company and behind a pair of fast trotters, we enjoyed the pleasant ride to Olc C abridge, the scene of ihe day'i festivities. - f ' y . r OLD CAMBRIDGE, Known during the revolution ai "Ninety-Six," was one of the rnos importaut military posts in th< Upper Country, daring the occu pation of the State by the British aud derives its chief historic inter est from the gallant and successfu defence of the fort by Lt. Colone Cruger, of the British army, agaius the persisteut siege by the Amer ican forces under General Green and which he was forced to raise on account of the approach of the British array under Lord Kawdon An interesting sketch of the siege from Kamsay'a History, we annej iu miami uuie. After the war, Cambridge was long the largest town in the Uppei Couq.try, and was the County-Sea of ths present Districts of Abbe ville, Edgefield, Anderson, Lau rens'and Newberry. Thirty o forty prosperous business house) and DerhaDS fifty or sixty Drivat< residences, with spacious streeti and,public edifices, made up th< thriving town of which nothiugnov remains but the old Hotel whicl was once kepj by Mr. Weslej Chile^ jCuJtivated fields now oc cupx the.sTt^ ofjthje ipld town, ajat the stranger would pass, withou remark, one of -the most mernora , - ^ . r- J ' ^ bio points of Revolutionary hiato ry, and .which was. afterwards; the busy 8i?euQ. of active life and pros ^perous industry. \Ve arrived shortly before din Per A LAaflE ?0*TPAKT OF BOTH SEXES assembled iq Jtye beautiful grovV o oaks jp front_of tbeftld fort. Among those prc?ent from the~vicraity, w< bad the pleasure of meeting Messrs R. M. White, G. \V. flollpway/ Dr. J A. Stewart, Thos. C. Griffin, Dr.. N Haut.. Cant* IJLILiicCfcSl&n, itaj. E A. Griffin, Wm. Ellenberg anc}. T>t Limbecker.- Prominent among Jhep .was the worthy patriareh ef tbVi&ep<! Bion, Col. Larkin Griffin, who is tfy oldest citizen of-this sootion, and wa one of the most eminent merchaut of the town of Cambridge, in it palmiest days. Greenwood was represented bj Messrs. W. K. Blake, W. II. Bailev !D. A. P. Jordan, V. Grijffiu, J3r "Williams and J. R. Tarrant, Eiq \New Market, by Mr. Stanmore ? brooks, 3fi? E, B.; and others,- Bars well, by Miss Sue McM; Augusta, 1 Capt. Jefferson, the polite and el cient Life Insurance Agent of tl Piedmont & Arlington; Chappel Depot, by Mr. Eldred Simpkins; Flc ida, by Messrs. M. B. Lipscomb, D. Godman; Phoenix, by Capt. T. Outz, and Messrs. J. G. Lawton, ai H. W. Lelaud; the two last with the brides. A MOST BOUNTIFUL AND SUMPTU01 DINNER was served up in the Grove, of whi< some three hundred persons partoc with appetites sharpened by tl morning exercise. The dinner ar the arrangement generally 'reflect! much credit upon the gentlemen ai ladies having these matters in chary The Committee of ArrAngcmen consisted of Messrs L. P. Stewai Wesley Griffin, Eld red Addison, 1 S. Hale, and E. M. Lipscomb?tl Table Committee of Mrs. Dr. Stewai Mrs. G. W. Holloway, Mrs. M. J Richardson, Mrs. J. II. Rice, Mi Sallie Fooshe, Miss Emma Hilton ; i the discharge of whose duties Mr. N. King rendered very efficient ai AT TffE CLOSE OP THB-DINNER some delightful iced-lemonade pr pared by E. S. Hale, with W. I Pool and W. EI. Hilton as active c< laborers, was served up in abundent to all present. / The day was spent in pleasant s< cial intercourse, and in playing cri quet, *; authors, whist, euchre, an other games of cards. THE CROPS. Around the Fort, the wheat and cL ver fields of Mr. T. C. Griffin and Dr. I W. LeJand, and the-.Clover fields of D Wm. A Lirabecker were excellen and reflect credit upon their skil].,a the beet of farmers. Doctor Lin bccker'fr clover had just been mowi and lay in heavy swarths on the field j and was a subject of general adm ! ration. The Doctor is an enterpri ^ ing,farmer, and is the first to attemj " the fencing and reclaiming ol thee valuable lands which have been lyin waste for. many years, and known t the "Cambridge old fields." The are now enclosed by a neat and sul stantial plank fence. Mr. Jas. J King has 60 aores of very fine barlej rye and wheat?the best crops h.e hn ever had. Mr Lawrence P. Stewar has an excellent stand of cotld'r which has been ploughed and hoe< Mr. Johu Gaulden has a fine farr near the village, in a high state < cultivation ; ho is ono of the mot practical and prosperous farmers < this section. Adjoining Mr. Gau den's is Mr. Jofferson Floyd's i'arn and we noticed here the largest an finest field of corn that wo have see this year. lie is a model farmer ncver buys grain and always has co ton for sale. Kev. VY ?1. JjawtOD hf a fine farin in good cultivation. H oats (s fine, and is among the best i tho neighborhood. Dr. W. L. Ande son plants a varied crop, and is note for his excellent fruits?his rich fielt of clover, and his fine vineyards < scuppernong grapes. He alwaj takes the premium on wines at ot Fair. Maj. Griffin's farm adjoii.s tl Doctor's. The Major is a good farme and is noted for his fine cattle an sheep. lie also takes premiums i our Fairs. Dr. J. J. Boazman an Mr. J. C. Griffin have each as goc wheat as we have seen this year, an Capt. R F. McCaslan has an unusi ally fine field of oats. The Captai will doubtless get a premium on oa at our next .Fair. On the road from Ninety-Six < Cambridge, Mr. T. C. Griffin bus th best stand of cotton that we ha\ se?n this year, and Dr. Blake 1ms a excellent field of wheat. It will con pare favorably with the best. As general thing tho stands of cotton ai not as good as we could wish. W regret that many of the best farmci in this locality aro under the nece sity of replanting their crops. Tho Cambridge lands are peculiar! adapted to the production of grai cotton and the grasses. Blue gra grows spontaneously on all tho Cat] bridge lands. Around tho For where tne taoics were set, mis gru is growing luxuriantly. It was near this Forfc that M Ross Marbut, a worthy and indn trious young farmer, recently plou'g ed up on his mother's farm, on tl site of tha old British earthworks, tl gold coin of which mention was mac in ou reaper ia&t-weck.^This cojn now. in the possession of Mr. E I Hjile, a prosperous dealer in gencr merchandise '-at Ninety-Six,- whei the curious may get a sight of the o relic, and purchase almost any needc article at the lowest figares. Gii himacatl.^ / }Vo had the pleasure of noticin m^ny good . VEGETABLE AND FLOWER GARDEN while on our trip, and among oth< good vegetable guldens wo woul mention those of Mrs. Dr. Jj. if. Bon man, Mrs. B. A. Jones, Mro. Dr. I^ir becker, Mrs. Dr. Stuart, Mrs. T. ( Sr Stewarts Flowers are not negleete ia this looality as the. many noatl arran^ci autf b?aut'lfViIly blosmuj )y flower gardens givo evidence, W H- would mention among others, thoso c [?e Mrs. Richardson, Mrs. R. F. McCas I's lan, Mrs. T. C. Lipscomb. r BUSINESS MEN OP NINETY-SIX. The principal business of the tow: is done by the following firms: 1(1 Messrs, T. C. Lipscomb & Son, witi lir whom is Mr R. B. Johnson a polit and efficient clerk. us Mr. B. A. Jones, dealer in genera merchandise, where our friend Mr. J A. Richardson may be found alway )]- polite aod anxious to servo his custc 3C mers. )tj Messrs. Yoe & Hale, with whoc J(| is our young friend Mr. G. lienr lcj Moore as clerk. Henry's friend ,e here will be pleased to know that h is highly appreciated by his employ erB. Henry is a Good Templar. Dr. Limbeekjr is in *he drug bi siness with Mr. T. II, V/alkor, as th attentive clerk. Drs. McCants and Boazman ar also in the drug business and are dc ing an extensive medical pradticc notwithstanding the fact that thi community is now "distressing!; healthy." . Mr. J. M. MaUhows has recently opened a furniture store, wbi.h is i new feature of-business in- Ninety Six. He keeps a full line of hi goods, at reasonable prices. Messrs. T. C. Lipscomb & Soi have opened a grocery house in con nection with their former business . under the superintendence of Mr. L M. Fooshe, and will be pleaaed t< serve his customers with everything > in the grocery lino. . I. The Bales of merchandise in thii r. town exceeded one hundred thousanc t, dollars last year. The place givei ,8, evidence of the thrift arid prosperity l- of this scaion of the District. 1, GUANOS SOLD. s, T. C Lipscomb & Son -sold of the i- Eiiwuii, 100 Tons. ? A I'/tMAA A *ln RA O n ?A _u. xi J uuud?xxuiuinv,vv , vujv linn 30 j Stonewall, 8j Wilcox & Gribbu manipulated, 1. Dr. Limbecker, Cotton Food, 25 Dr. John A. Stuart, Soluble Pa cific, 30. Besides this a quantity of Guanoi were shipped to private parties. PATRONS OP HUSBANDRY, At this place there is a Grange o coo .rairons 01 nusuanury wuu ur J. W. Calhoun as Master, and G JU Jordan, Secretary, J. W. Fooshe Overseer; B. F. McCaslan, Steward; J. G. Lawton, Assistant Steward; W S. Richardson, Gate Keeper; T. 0 Lipscomb, Treasurer; J. J. Cooper Chaplain ; J. II. Rice, Lecturer; Mrs R. F. McCaslan, lady assistant Ste ward; Mrs. J. II. Rico, Ceres; Mist Jennie Lipscomb, Pomona; Mrs. G M. Jordan, Flora. Tho Grange is composed of aboul 40 members, quite a number of whom are ladies. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. A Lodge of Good Templars was t( be organized on "Wednesday last, ai Salem Church, bv tho Rev. Mr. Mond tho Presiding Elder of the M. E Church of this Circuit. The telegraph office at Nlnety-Sh will bo closed indefinitely. Tho oper ator, Mr. Jackson, leaves for Bailor or Anderson. The bridgo over Cambridge Creek near tho Fort, is now being thorough ly repaired, by Mr. John R. Tolbert We regret to learn that Mr. Tolber had the misfortune to have a Portable Steam Saw Mill burnt, last Thursday night, near Phoenix. Besides th< 3itu, several nunarea aonars wortl of valuable lumber was destroyed. Mi1. John R. Tolbert, we learn contemplates making various im provements on his valuable store nov occupied by Messrs. Yoe & Ilale, ant the new brick store recently occu pied by Messrs. Perrin & Co., is t< have additions. The Presbyterians have a comfort able an<L commodious church, t< which thgy are making' preparation to aiJd a handsome cupola, in whicl their large new bell is to bo hung Rev. Mr. Pearson preaches twice i month. Capt. K. Jb. McUasian has a nm school in Ninety-Six. Wo learn tha he contemplates, at the close of tb< present session, coming to Abbeville that ho may engage in business at thi place. Wo will be pleased to givi him a hearty welcome. Wo spent the flight with onr friend Mr. J. A. Richardson, and returned t< Abbeville th*e oext day^ well pleaset with-our trip to Ninety-Six. -* * sir.aa' of NiNfcTr-six.. ?y "General Greene proceededwith-'thi main army to Ninety-Six. This plac being of great consequence was de fended by a considerable force, Lieu tenant-Colonel Cruger conducted thi dcfcnce with great bravery and jndg raent. Major Green, in particular acquired distinguished reputation bi liis spirited and judicious conduct ii defending the redoubt against whicl the Americans made their principa efforts. On tho left of the besiegers was i work erected in the form of a star on the right was a strong stockndi fort, with two block houses in it. Tlv town, flanked by these two worke was also piquetted with strong piquets surrouadod with a ditch, and J e bank near the height of a common ,f parapet. Tnero were also several i flushes in different parts of the town, and all the works communicated with ' each other by covered ways. On the twenty-third of May 1781, the main body of the American army encamped in a wood within half a mile of Ninety-Six; and on that night, threw 1 b up two flushes within one hundred J c and fifty yards of the star fort. The noxt morning the enemy made a i , sally, and being supported by tho ar- < 1 tillery and musketry from the parapet ( 1 of the star redoubt, drove the besieg- 1 8 esr from them. The next night two < >. strong block batteries were erected at J the distance of three hundred and I fifty yards, which were opened in the D morning. Anoihcr battery twenty | y feet high, erected within two hundred s and twenty yards, was fini?hed in a ] iew uays.; uuu suuu auurwarus, an other of the same height was erected withiu one hundred yards of the main fort. Approaches were gradually carried on against the redoubt on the left. Colouel Koziusko, a young gen tleman of distinction from Poland, superintended the operations ef the besiegers, and by his assiduity, though the ground was hard and the situation unfavorable, a third parallel within thirty yards of the ditch was com pleted on May 14th ; and a rifle bat tery, upwards of thirty feet high, r>r<wtpfl of. thft (wmn Hint anon. On 7 the seventeenth the abbatis was < a turned, and two trenches and a mine 1 . were extended so as to be within six { feet of the ditch. Few sieges afford \ greater instances of perseverance and j intrepidity, than were exhibited on i this occasion by the besiegers and be- ( . sieged. .Riflemen wero employed on - hnt li siiloa whn ? m in iwl i? t p I \r IfcpllAfl ' at every peraon who appeared in '' sight and very se'dom missed their ? 3 object. Yarious success attended the i ; conflicts between the several covering j parties of the workmen, and those s who repeatedly sallied from the f , garrison. I On the third of June, twelve days x 3 after the commencement of this ( siege, a fleet arrived at ("harle'stown i from Ireland having on board the third, nineteenth, and thirtieth regi- [ ment of bis Britaimic majesty, a de 'J tachrnent from the guards, and a , considerable body of' recruits, the r - whole commanded by Lieutenant- I I Colonel Gould. Earl (Jornwallis had J given permission to the commanders j of the British forces in South Carolina, s > to detain these reinforce nents if they - conceived that the service of his Bri tannic majesty required it; otherwise I 3 they were to be sent forward to join J his lordship. On the 7th of June, s 1781, Lord Kawdon marched from ? uuanesiowD, wiin tneso newiy ar f rived troops, for the relief of the ? garrison at Ninety-Six. Great were ' : the difficulties they had to encounter t I in rapidly marching under tho rage f , of'.a burning sun through the whole extent of South Carolina; but much I greater was their astonishment at B oeing iniormcu, mat meir servicen in t the field were necessary to oppose t , the yet unsubdued rebels in the prov- t , inee. They had be.n amused with H hopes that nothing remained for them ^ to do, but to sit down as settlers on 8 5 the forfeited lands of a conquered s country. " * The American army had advanced ' t, their approaches very near.that cnti- : ( cal point, after which further resis- t tauee on the part of the garrison c would have been temerity. At this I interesting moment intelligence was A > received, that Lord Rawdon was near !j I at hand with a reinforcement of about two thousand men. An American c ' lady, who had lately maVricd an officer t then in the British garriioa of Ninety Six, had beer, bribed by a largo sum l i of money to convey a letter to Lieu- j tenant-Colonel GYuger with the wel come news of their approach. At- ( tempts had been made to retard their h march, but without the desired effect. , Their vicinity made it necessary ( cither to raise the siege, or attempt c the reduction of the place by a coup do main. The last was agreed upon. , and the necessary dispositions made on the 18th of June. Lieutenant- g Colonel Lee, with his legion infantry, and Captain Kirkwood's light infant- t ry, made the attack on the right. Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell, with ? the first Maryland and first Virginia [ regiments, were to have stormed the t star redoubt, tho ditch of which was , eight or nine foot deep the parapet eleven or twelve feet high, and raised j with sand-bugs near three feet more. Tho forlorn hopes were led on by ( Lieutenants Duval and Sheldon, and T were followed by a party with hooks t and entrenching tools to pull down t the 8and-b:ags and reduce the parapet. t Had this been effected, tho besieged 5 could not havo annoyed tho assailants ] * without exposing themselves to the x American marksmen. The artillery . x soon made sufficient breaches on the fortified redoubt on the right, fur the infantry under tho command of Lien 0 tenant-Colonel Lee to assault the t garvison. It was therefore abandoned, o and they took possession without loss. , On tho left tho utmost exertions ol resolution and fortitude were dis? s played, but failed of success. The 0 partios led by Duval and Sheldon entered the ditch, and, though galled [( by an incessant fire, made every effort 3 to got down the sand-bags. Beth , these gallant officers were wounded, 3 and not more than one in six of-their party escaped. The near approach of ,j Lord Eawdon, and tho uncertainty of 0 final success, induced General Greene q to raise the siege and to retrHit over the Saluda, after having lost about one hundred and fifty men." It is asserted that in Boston, no ; house valued at $20,000 has been to ^ tally destroyed by firo for forty-eight I years. ! Tho Hillsboro' (N. C.) Iiecorder 1 claims to have first brought out Dor ace Greeley for President this year, n and its claim is endorsed by the Eich j mond (Va.) Dispatch. e | 'There is no mistake about it," says e the New York Herald, editorially,I i, "the majority of our exchanges, Dcm-1 i, oeratic and otherwise, g9 for Greeley I a ' T ' * * \ SUMMER SWEETINGS, ' ' r __ * ' "You might take a basket of those summer sweetings down to Widow Small's Bert." "Yes, mother mine, if you say so." "It won't take you teti minutes." "No? Where does she live?" "Follow the orchard wall, and turn down Lover's Lune, and it's the first cottage on your left?so the servants tell me; I've never been there." ' ' Bert took the basket and followed di rections, and just as he reached the first cottage on the left, the door oj>ened and out tumbled ten or a dozen children of sill ages. "Is this the widow Small's?" he asked of a dimpled young person who stood |ust inside watching the children's gam bols. - "Yes," said the sweetest voice in the world, while two luminous eyes met bis?"yes, this is widow Small's." "My motner, Mrs. Greaterex, sends tier these summer sweetings." "Oh,;tbank you! Tell Mrs. Greaterex there is nothing I like so well as sum mer sweetings." "She sent them with her compli ments," said Bert, 'fibbing awkwardly, but feeling that he owed an apology to this vision of loveliness for having thought of her as an old woman in a mob cap. . ?o ? i "Vitiip mnfl>pr ta vprv IrinH Wnn'K pou come in and see my flowers?" "Yes, I will. Are these your chil dren?" he asked. "They ar# my little scholars." You must have mistaken me for the old wo aian who lived in a shoe!" "Do you take care of all these flowers poureelf?." he asked, while she pointed >ut her favorites. "What a poetical em ployment!" "Oh, it is not poetry, it is poverty ;hat moves me," sne replied. "I make ;hem into bouquets to sell. Let me give pou these for your button hole." "Thanks ; and I will order a bouquet )f you every day." "Oh, I shall grow as rich as CrcesuB. Fou are too generous. One of my little scholars shall take it to you.'' "2fo; if you please, I will come for it nyself." ' "Certainly. It is time for me to ring r?y ueu now; recess nas oeen over uiese ive minutes." "I suppose that is a hint for me to be ?one. I wish I was a little chap in your primer class ? Good-by, you will see me o-niorrow. "\V here have you been, Bert?" said raroline; "the carriage has beeu wait ng this half hour." "I carried some apples to the widow Small's," answered the guilty Bert. 'Mother Bent them." *'Oh, did you? Has she any chil lren ?' xrphera warp Vinlf ft (Inrerr nr rrmrp jlayitig about the premises," answered 3ert, smiling. yjjfaor folks always have such a lot. Does she have to take care of them her >elf?" "That seemed to be her occupation." "It must be disagreeable to be old and joortoo; to lose your color, and see 'our eyes retreating Into your head, rouf skin growing yellow and wrinkled, md your hair getting. gray. Is she an iwftil old fright, Bert?" "You had better go and see for your elf," laughed her brother, "vour taste s so different from mine. That new >auier, for instance, which you wore ,'est'erday, atid'thoughtstylish, is simply lideous to me.1.' ,. "Oh no. I hate the neighborhood of )oyerty and trouble; squalor gives me i qualm. Tfo ; I will send her some of ny old gowns?without paniers?if you hink she'd like them, but don't ask me o go and'see her." And then they irove round and railed on the Upton rirls. and Caroline lost siulit of the noor vidow and her large family in discus ing the new polanaise and the latest tyie of chignons. But Bert made tinends for his bister's shortcomings. Vll the time that he chatted with Ma;-:a Jpton, holding her scarlet yarns and laying gallant nothings, he was com >aring her with the widow Small, anti iuding flaws in her beauty and demean >r. Only' yesterday he had thought tfariah Upton the prettiest girl in the vorld, with whom it would not be difti suit to get madly in love, but just now he seemed full of affectations. "What is on your mind?" she ask id, suddenly. "Excuse me, but you lon't appear lilcc yourself." ' Nor you either," he might have eplied. 'So much the better1 per iaps," he said instead. "Allow' me to iudcre about that. }ome, what gooil have yuu done lineo yesterday ?" "Guod ? Oh yes; I carried a basket )f summer sweetings to the Widow Small. Isn't that good ?" ' Sweetings are good. She's quite in antiquity, this widow, isn't she?" "Don't ask me: a lady's ago is a sac red subject" "How considerate! Does she wear i false front piece and glasses?" 'Is that an index of age? I know i heap of folks whom I never s.uppos :d aged who wear false fronts, if it neans that they smile when they vould rather frown, and say 'I am jlad to see you' when they wish you n the Red Sea. "Oh, how provoking you are, Mr Sroaterexl But perhaps you will tell no if this widow Small needs assis ance?if she would like to go into ,he Old Ladies' Home which our so iet,v is about to establish." "How benevolent minded you arc, tfistj Maria 1" Bert laughed. "I al nost wish mj'aelf un old lady' to be jrovided Tor by yonr charity ; but I ft" lon't believe that Mrs. Small "would uko kindly to it." And then the alk wandered into other channels, festerday tli^ir flirtation had been n danger of falling into a more ten ler strain ; to-day tbe widow Small ^reserved the equilibrium. 13ut Mian [Jpton had no mind to give up ground )neo gained. Sho fancied that she - - ..ii ? xi . t. _i p vlsheci to withdraw ironi iu? mm . onclusions of the day before?that >e desired to balance the past account vliich made up a pretty sum total of tugared speeches and half-uttered leclaraliona, by crediting them all to riendship. There wus in air of in iifference about him which sho great y mistrusted; but she would not illow him to slip through her lingers 10 easily. Publicity of private affairs vas the bugbear of the Greaterex iouI ; had she not received enough Vagrant notes and letters from Bert o answer her purpose ? Not that iho would descend to tho vulgar nec :ssity of a breach of promise, but ,vhero was the harm of making him mderstand that he was compromised? "I have been reading Madame Sevigne's correspondence," enid she ; 'and it strikes me that you resemble 'uch other in possessing tho secret of ine letter writing, when most people un into twaddle." ey "I don't know how to bear myself | 'ft ^er |ucU a burdga ??f praiai. JLiWl fii at it is underserved. "In order to convince yon of its uth, perhaps I had better allow you i reperuae a few specimens that I 1 ive from one Mr. Berthold Gnat ex. Seel here they are;" unlock g a cabinet and showing a goodly ircel lied with ribbon. < 'Bid I write }'ou all those ?" said < art, aghast. -'Let me see them." i < What are they ?" asked Caroline, ' ithdrawing her attention from the yles for an instant. "Oh! love-let- ' rs ?" ' . , . i . ; i ' Love-letters ?" repeated Maria; "I ' in't know.? Were the v. Mr. Great- ! ex?" aside. "I don't remember," said Bert. ( jot rae read them,and I'll decide?" ! "I don't dare trust you. People ive a way of burning up their old i Iters if they can lay hands upon iem. Now perhaps I'm silly and 1 ntimental, but mine aro worth ruetbing to me. By the way, Mr i reaterex, did you ever go into court 1 ben there was a breach of promise se on ? Jerome took us in once, i hen they were reading the love tters, and it was so funny? Every- i idy wub convulsed. They were nvulsed. They were very nice let- i rs too I" { Bert turned a little pale. He 1 iguelj remembered that at differ it periods he had believed himself ' riously "smitten" with Maria's arms, and had, do doubt, written a strain becoming a lover, but how i dentlyor how explicitly he could < >t recall. He knew that there had < en a breach-of-promise ca*e away ick in the experience of one of bis icestors; and the case had gone ;ainst hi#i, yet he had never fully covered the tone of his sensibilities, nhfi hf?H rfinpircH Mir-h n. slmr-lr. "Give them to me,''said Bert reach- ' g his hand for Ihero. 1 "Will you give me anything in re- < rn of equal value? Will you give ; o the nosegay in in your button >le ?" ' It is beginning to fade. No, ^-'SB 1 pton." "Como into the garden, and I will . V9 you a fresh one. i "Thanks." '1 : He followed into the garden, where i v uiuuo a DVICWUVII, ouu buivnu^ ' rs. Small's gift aside, put her own its place. When she had finished i picked up the faded flower and < eased it into his pocket book. ' ' Oh," said Maria, a souvonir, some ?" The vords broke off in her ; roat.' "Whogave it to yon?" ab pUy. ' The Widow Small," said Bert lilipg. ' Coine you are teasing me. Tou : a'nt see a single letter; and thGy e ever so interesting I" ' flow could they.be otherwise when u were the subject?" And then Caroline called to them at she was going homo, and itho mfercnce ended. So it was that Bert temporized, ith that dreadful hint of letters be g read in court for the diversion of e lowns-folk hanging over his bead, ad he been quite certain of their ntents be might have defied them; it he was aware that a young man the first enlhrajhnent of his fancy lows his his enthusiasm to ruu fay with his prudence. But all this j not prevent mm irom going aany < Mrs Small's for his -bonquet, liich, by the way, he sometimes rried to Maria Upton, a sacrifice to tmesis; and thei>e daily calls at the ttage in Lover's Lane became like lily bread to the hungry. lie lived r tbem, counted the hours till it 4$ time to set forth, prolonged thera 1 the hostess was fain to spread ir little tea-table and invito her lest to drink nectar from china and taste ambrosia home-made Some nes when the nights were warm, ey took tea in the little arbor, with ses nodding in the archway, and ineysuckles climbing the lattice, d mignonette spicing the dewy air; d there the moon would find them, tening to tho sleepy notes of rushes in tl.e hedge or talking of' o dim, del.cious future as if it were me enchanted land toward which ey were journeying together. Ono evening as Bhe bade him good i>ht on her door step, he felt her ,nd tremble in his. "What is it?" he asked. ,(Did vou c a ghost among tho plum-trees?" 1 "Something startled me. I saw?I i ought I saw a face among the rubberry" J "Whose face?" I "Oh, perhaps I was mistaken. It t is a shadow projected from my fan may hup." J "You are getting nervous, little one. hi must not live here alone." - t And the next evening, when Mr. eaterex loitered to the cvttage, he i und ?he had followed his advice; e doors of tho house were closed. < d play cards "To Let" were in the f ndows. The widow Small had t nished like the genius in a fairy >ry. Mr. Berthold Greaterex was 1 side himself, and ready to brave t ?*f hiri/? i n ifnHin TTnAivtAi? i hat did a promise signify in com rison with losing his love? Let f ose laugh who win. c Somebody had seen a person an- < ering to the description of Mrs j ial.1 take the noon train for New'.e >rk that day. ^ert followed with t more delay, wasted a week in t nging about Hie,city before be be- I uk himself to the house of his c ed Mrs. Aberncth, in the suberbs s ie afternoon, as he was turning - or some engravings in the parlor c i.L T7..a- .A I. aL l.'itl. r IU XVUIO AUtTHt'in, 11UIU V/llumi; J rat iulo the room in tears, eobbiDg t t that, i ''Miss Yan Orme'e gone and dead t rself?in the school-room ? Charlie ^ Jn't do it! Charlie only said, Mr. i eaterex is courting sister Kate in \ e purlor, Mies Van Orme,' and iry said, 'Hush, you silly boy;' and j uirlio was mad, and told that ma ^ id so herself, and thaew the primer 1 Mary; and then Miws Van Orme jlu'd all white like and shut her J t*i?, and won't talk; and Mary said, i ow you've done it, Charlie I" Did i i arils ?" i "Ob, you horrid boy I" cried Ah berneth. "You are always in .mis chief. I suppose Miss Yan Orme has fainted. Go and tell mamma." ""Who is Miss "Van Orme ?" asked Bert. ' Only the norsery governess. We do have such a bother with them. One has a temper, another has head aches, and now, when we thought we had got a jewel, here she is fainting!" "I think we ought to"try and re rive her," said. Bert, taking Charlie's tiand, while Kate led the way. But when tbey reached the school-room Ei8s Yan Orme had recovered her senses, and was sitting in an arin chair, while Mary vigorously fanned h?r pallid face. > "For mercy's sake, what made you faint, Miss Yan Orme?" cried Kate. You almost threw Charlie into con vulsions." Miss Yan Orme stood up a.id look ed bejspnd Miss Aberneth to Mr. Greaterex, standing in the doorway, tvltA AdniA fn^uTAHa f A Kam l*al!af in. n IIV VAUiU KV MVA * VIIV* *tantly. ?,Yeu must not stand," he said, lead ing her buck to;hor sent, ''I. think I bave found a friend of mine"?turn ing to Kate. ""Why did you run ?way from yonr friends?" he ques tioned, relieaing Mary of the fan. * 1 ran away from my enemies, if you plea?? " "Do vou call me one?" "Perhaps we had better withdraw/' said poor Kate', tossing her head to i-onceal her chagrin. "Come chil u rcu i ' < "Thank yon" Bert answered her; ' I should like a few minutes alone with Mins Van Orme, if you please." "Oh you had better go back to Miss Kate in the drawing room," said Mist Van Orme, when the door had closed unon^them; "it will be a shame to disappoint Mrs. Aberneth; and. in* deed, I can get on very well withont you, Sir." "But I can't get along without yoa." "And yet you know nothing at All about me ?" "1 am Batisfied with my knowledge: I know that you are charming And that I love you. v "You love a woman sailing tinder i< a r *.f 11 an anas r i am neitner JM.ru. small nor Miss Yan Orme." "I don't care a fig who you arei I will marry you to-morrow,, if yoo consent, under whatever name you choose." ' Generosity i'b catching; I will tell you my story." I will not listen to it except from the lips of Mrs. JBerthold Greaterex.'' "Pleuse yourself." "Thank you. Then I will come for you to-morrow, and we will be married in church." But when he returned to the drawing-room and tol4 his story to Mrs. Alberneth, she in*isteu that the wedding should take place at bet* house. ; '!5, Everybody' wafi taken ftbiek at Gieaterex wben I3erthold Wrote that be should bring his bride home the following week. 'You may have seen her," he wrote, "when she was Mrs. Small, and lived in the cottage in Lovera' fcane. You remember per haps, that you once sent her some jutnmer sweetings. 1 owe my happi ness to those procious apples. Caro line will remember the occasion, be cause she offered to patt with some Df her wardrobe to the poor widow." "Obi oli I cried Caroline, he has marr ed the widow Small and all her .'hildrcnl How could he? She's old jnough to bo his grandmother. Oh, iearl dear 1 dear! I shall never want lo see another summer sweeting as ong as I live. I wish you would jrder spades to cut down the tree: mamma. No wonder a n aDDle brought trouble into the world, and shut folks out of paradise I It keeps ts reputation up finely 1 To think :hat the heir of Greaterex should raarry a hideous old widow I" Guess her surprise when Berthold jpencd the carriage door, and there Jest-ended a little person, who threw xside her veil, and disclosed a daz zling skin of rose and lily hues, eyes iku nummer brooks, brown and li quid, hair a ripple of sunbeams?the semblance of an angel in flesh and l)lood 1 "Where?are?the?the children ?" jaaped Caroline. "Yes," laughed Berthold, "and where are the wi inkles, and the gray aairs, and the sunken eyes? I? she in awful old fri jht, Carrie ?" "Summer sweetings are not so sour ifter all, mamma," said Caroline, la ,er. "I guess Spades may spare the ,ree " The next week Berthold overtook Maria Upton in bis walk. "1 saw Mrs. Greaterox In church,'.' <aid she. "Did you see an antiquity with a alse front piece?" "Now don't be disagreeable; bow iould I know ? By-the-way 1 have jome news to tell you; I am engag ;d." "Allow me to congratulate your ov?;r. I suppose you mean to enter .ain him with those precious old let ers of mine?" 'Your letters? Ob, I haven't the *hoat of one left; I curled my hair >n them long ago ; it was only the >mpty envelopes with which I teased - ~D..? toll iiknnf Mpa Crveut. > W U . JLSUU wWII UiW Uwwuw vw ;rox. I bear she is like a story." "Yes; perhapa you have hoard of hePrudhomme heiress? I remem jer when the affair was much talked >f, and thinking it 9ad enough Tou tee, Pauline wirs the last of the family ?she and a cousin who inherited in ase of her death. The common re jort was that her loneliness and sor ow worked upon her mind?4itl she vas pronounced insane, and carried ,o an asylum ; and the cousin, heintt guardian and next heir, was left in rrcspoDsiblo charge of the fortune, which was very large." ' Yes, I know it" she answered, ;libly; "the Prudhommes lived in rrcat magnificence while they did ive " 'Well, Mrs. Greaterex was Pauline Prudhomme. It appears she was no|C nore crazy than you are; but having cc efuscd to inary her couain, and he,jre 'caring that aha might marry olie- cc here and will the forfone im, forever, representing her as in-' me, bribed two physicians to serve u u i is torn, and dispaitched heir, to the ~ ? sy lorn. One day she made her e#-; . ape and came under the nameof V . ^ [rs. Small, widow, to jrapt>or(r herself '' y her own exertions, thinking tbo } _ tie of Mrs. wotfld prove* more > pro sction than tfc&tof .Miss, and eromre 1 '' espeetability. But she was diseov- ? red in her seclusion,' 33he. took > sri ight immediately. She* toefc tip fff eepere getting oat of the train in rhich she took refbge, but they pass d her nnsuspocting. I foliowed on; ,: f,I be next day, and the rest yon know, iatiw' don't sannose that von. ever heard - f the cousin ; bat in case you should rer chance to meet himK his n*me is J J" iacien Thornton.; : "LucienT horn tor!" cried Miss TJp >n, taming deadly pale, and supports .) c-d, ig. herself on the arm of Mb, Gre*fc< ;j n, rex. "I thank you, JTiiej* can |*> ut one Lucien Thornton. Too haire' . one me a great Wrvlce, Mr. GtdiU rex, in marrying' Miss Pradhomm*. niJilrX lam engaged to her wicked..fcous^; zdi u< i, but you have saved me the ipo liny of becoming Jus wife. rWill. ou please call me a" carriage1 aiid1 i7i;'v -_j t.. OM .1 tKiii f. sua raw uume < . -? j It was the summer sweetings that .-tfj rought it all aboatb . ,.!i n; ';1> - ;i :? 1 ' "i . - .Kul i: /{ The Charleston Newt- favor*tbtf as*. -> ;i ambling of (be* State Democraticyt ^ pnventton^ as propcsed tyr tip Con-''J' , al Executive Committee. It holds ' lat the Convention sbonld send "a' 4 elcgates to the Baltimore Gowea-- 'j ,001 on, instructed to oppoeeiqevery o.-', .7:7:1 ossjble way the nomination of #em- w . cratic Candidates for President and \ J 'ice-President. The JVmmi adds: Th? Hnnntar mfttttinon/fo elect* tfefe*' Icyili fetes to the State' Convention will be eld, we presume, on the first Mpnday^: i June?in Charleston the meeting;.i . _ lightproperly be held,atan earlier ' ?J ay. There may riot be ft great di?-"J oeition to encounter the tronWe and X**? xpense of going to Coliinibia; taeana* v ! ;ocr 0 opposition will be apprebefejledUlO>, odT lie action .generally expected to. ba.f ,'r ~ iken. Bat. this State cannot' atfbrd, " > run any risk. Sooth Carolina' -h7u bould cry ont for reform more'loudly- 1'A a an her sister States-; for h4* plights \tu; 1 worse than.-theirs. :> If it oat root to wii'uroer the story of .he;? ,; .7:11 rffVings; and, now that these spur" er to insist that wie Northert*]XJfi?!^^iCP ians shall not again sacrifice fceraad '-^Ss la er sisters, her voice mast bo dear ; nof nd resonant as the Wast; of a tram* , et. And this.can only be,; If , s tate Convention bo composed oT lier ; taunchest citizens, and if, in addition, * J er delegates catfy With ttam tha < nmistakeable expression of the fixed; :dio<i esolation of her.people. iUpon this 'residential election, as we understand T/ habituation, depends the weal or woo f Sooth... Carolina* The County jeetings should be largo; and-the tate Convention ahoo^ be fall Jinij 1 selecting delegates' to th4 State onvention it is hoped that the people 'ill remember how much harm nab efore ibis been done br this rash *f orda of thoughtless dootrinarie*. 10 man should -bo a delegate whftse , s ast record wiU tend to ^^st a shado w f suspicion pver^ the prpcepdiogs of ' I le body. It ocyjiat to be ;*[,gathering' '': 1 ** F citizens, not; Of politicians: The ounger men can now comejto ,tha.' - ont. Give them, a slight leaven of . -Jii0 $e and experience, and they will. ?.. iake a model Convention?one which '. 141 juiu tu kiiO tauuuu auu ovui?v?^ f ripe years the bard common sens j ''' 3d practical wisdom of youth. This rl the kind of Convention wanted now. i rests with the people to seiie the ' jr :>portunity, perhaps the last, of re iinding the Northern Democracy mt the restoration of the Sooth to sold relations is our most"gi^evooa ational want, and of proving that aoth Carolina is resolved to leave ~ - t athing undone for accomplishing her wd regeneration,. and for healing p the wounds which war and pro^ '* iription inflicted upon her people. ' *rn* 1?rrf/ Letter from Mr. Voorhiis.?The i' Mowing letter from Mr; Voorheerii > !'t ublished: " ' < * Washington; B. C May 17,1872. : 4 Dear Sir: Your favor' 1b at hand. : he idea that I woold onderany cir-J * instances support Grant seems too /lionlftno Pnr ttnn'nna rAml^rAttOD. ' '' be statements to that effect ar? C laliciously and absurdly falso. Tho- ; sason why 1 will not support Greeloy that ho is no better man than rant in any respect, and on somo onts he is worse. This was my leaning when speaking in the House, o honest and intelligent Democrat in support either Grant or QrMlev [ ithout first abandoning his' princi- \ !es. Fire and water can nioglt ore easily and rftore consistently tan I could become an adherent of [ ther of them. I shall stand by ray > ncere and life-long principled. If I ^ d otherwise I would bo a dishonest 1 an, unworthy of my own respect or : le respect of any body elae. If I6r ?( lis course I am to be condemned -I1-;" n entirely content. I would not' ke any other for all the hooortftb* orld has to give. I confidently bo- ?< ;ve, however, that the great Nation Democratic party will not commit1' ' disgraceful suicide at Baltitadr* nq te 9th or July. ? Deneve w win *e lided by principle and honor, and esent candidates for whom the tin* id honest masses of the Democrisoy in vote with self-respect. I shall bor to brin? about such % result ; > hers are laboring to nominate ' reeley, the most odious man to the * emocratio party in the United :ates. I nm willing that the pnblio ay judge between them and me, and itermrne who has been true to hi a If, to his party, and to his oonTic ons. Yours truly, (signed) 1). W. VooBKWBc Large quantities of wooden pails e exported from this oonntrjr to r i , ubfl, but the authorities at Havana infiacate all which are painted with id and green stripes, as^tbaae arts wsidered revolutionary colecn.