?: ?1 ? ' * -* VOLUME XX?NO.U ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY. JUNE 26. 1872 A LEE AND HUGH WILSON. BY W. DRIFTING. THOMAS BUCHAXXAX BEAD. Perhaps the prettiest thing Read evpi wrote wus "Drifting," whjph ?-as writ ten after the Poet's return l'row Naples find Vesuvius: My soul to-day is far away 3 ullng the Vesuvian Bay ; My winged boat, like a bird afloat, {Swims round the purple peaks remote: Round purple peaks it sails, and seek ?!ue inlets and their crystal creeks, A V here high roc Us throw, through deeps - below, A dupjicatedgolden g\ow\ For, vague, and dim the mountains swim; While on Vesuvius' misty brim, "With out-stretched hands, the gray smoke stands Q'erlookiug the volcanic lands. Jfere Ischai smiles o'er liquid miles ; And yonder, bluest of the isles, Calm Capri waits," her sapphire gates " .Beguiling to her bright estates. . - I heed not if my rippling skiff Float swift or.slow from cliff to cliff: "With dreamful eyes my spirit lies Under the wall of Paradise. *> - : ^ -* . . 4 / Under the walls where swells and falls Tlie Bay \s deep breast at intervals: At peace I lie, blown softly by, A cloud upou the liquid sky. The day, so mild, is Heaven's own child, "With earth and Ocean reconciled ; The airs I fee! around me steal And murmuring to the murmuring keel. Over, the rail ray hand I trail "Within the shadow of the fail, A joy intense, the cooling sense Glides down my drowsy indolence. ******* Her children, hid the cliffs amid Are gamboling with the gamboling kid; Or.dowh the walls, with tipsy calls, J^iugh on the rocks like waterfalls. The fisher's child, with tresses wild, Unto the smooth, bright sand beguiled. With glowing lips sings as she skips, Or gazes at the lar-off ships. Yon deep bark goes where Traffic blows, From lands of sun to lands of snows This happier one. its course is run From lands of snow to lands of sun. O happy ihip to rise and dip, "With the blue crystal at your lip! O happy crew, my heart with you Kails, and sail, and sings anew ! more, no more the worldly shore T'nbraids me with its loud uproar! With dreamful eyes my spirit lits Under the walls of Paradise. From Appletou's Journal. Miss IogWs Sisler-in-Law. 4 STOKY IX SIX CHAPTERS. PV THE AUTlIOIt OF "VALERIE AYL ilEJt," "ilOUTON HOUSE," "MABEL LEE," ETC. CHAPTER II. Ln brlle vtnor, as iiosc inwardly i i . i..... .1. I. HI} ICU IIVI MII-JUW, lliauu UUI iljl j>ra ranee llic next morning in a bo coining trifle of a Marie Stuart brenk last eap, of the sheerest tvhilc crape, which gave to her costume the last }>o sil?le touch of refined elegance. Why did Providence ever see lit to piake ?Ueh a ravishing creature a widow ?" was Miss Inglesby's thought, as she watched thy graceful ontranc? /if the stranger, and exchanged a moderately affectionate greeting with | Ju-r. ! '"Ami early or late?" aeked the! latter, in her rich, sweet voice?the I voice of a born contralto. "You did fiot mention the breakfast hour last night, and I am always lazy on the least provocation." "You arc early, as it chances," said Roso, watching her with unconscious envy, and almost wishing herself a j widow, that she mi^ht be able to wear such an irrosistible coif. "Mam-1 mays not down yet, and breakfast is J notfready." And aro 3-011 always so early?" nsked Mrs. Inglesby, glancing at a hat and veil near by, which had ap parently been laid aside. "Not always, but I have been a lit tlo unwell this spring, and Dr. Raw don advised a walk before breakfast, so I try it occasionally. There is a vory pleasant square near us, and it id always deserted early in the morn ing, Ono might practice gymnastics therewith perfect impunity." "Indeed!'' said Mrs. Inglesby, umiiing. "I am rather fond of a eon ?litutional myself,".ehc went on. "If } ou havo no .objection, I think I will join you somp morning," ' I?of course-yrill be very glad," usid Hose?but she stammered, and, despite herself, looked unmistakably dismayed. , , This expression, quickly as it waR banished, did not escape her eisteivin Jaw. The beautiful brown eyes gave pne keen glance which Rose did not aoon forget, and then, as a flush came over the dclicato guelder-rose com plexion of tho girl, Mrs. Inglc6by walked tooneof tjielow French win dows which overlooked a garden blooming with tho royal beauty of .May. "What beautiful flowers yon hare!" she said. "I suppose tbe dew is goju) by this time, and ono might venture put with impunity ? ' "Jacksou, our gardoncr, is so care ful to keep the walks clear of grass, jlhat you need not fear any amount of Jew," said Rose, following her, and Unclosing the sash. They walked down tho garden paths together; but, while Mrs. In ^lesby was delighted with the dewy freshness and fragrance of everything around, and whilo she stopped con jlinnally to admire of gather some tempting bnd or half-blown blossom, Hose seemed strangely indifferent to the winsome charm of theso bright darlings of tho spring. Sho saunter ed listlessly along, and looked eo of jten in the direction of a house near fry?large, handsome, old fashioned house, set in a large, old-fashioned garden, which was divided by a high wall from their own?that at last her sister-in-law remarked the fact. "Who is your next door neighbor?" she asked. "Being bo near, you ought to be sociable." ';\Ye havo no next-door neighbor," answered I>osc, a little shortly. 'The house is unoccupied." Mrs. Inglesby stoppej in tho act of pulling % Noisette bud, and looked at the house in question. For an un occupied dwelling it certainly pre sented a strango appearance just then ?blinds wero open, windows were raised, stir and movomcnt were plainly visible within. As she look ed, a gentleman showed himself at one of the open windows, and then hastily vanished, 'If your house is not occupied, it must bo haunted," said she, turning to Rose with a smile. ButKoso was frowning as sho gaz oU in tho same direction, ana her companion, whom nothing escaped, saw that one tiny foot was beating nervously on tee gravel-path. ''Tho new owner must have come," answered sho almost bitterly.? "When I said it was not occupied, I meant that the old man who used to i live there is dead, and that his nephow, who inherits tho place, .had ; not arrived." 'So it has changed hands," said Mrs. Inglesby, looking with consider able interest at tho stately house over which the bright May sunshine slanted ;?s lovingly and gaylyas if eo coffin had ever passed across the threshold. lI think I should hate to 1 leave such a home. What was the < name of tho old man of whom you . speak?" # ! ' lie was an old wretch," said Rose, ; iMn/liriditatr* Klfl nutUA IV11Q Dmv. - ? ? ercnx." More than this meagre information Mrs. Inglesby did not receive. As Roso uttered tlio last word, there came through the open windows the clear,.ringing sound of the breakfast bell, and Uie two ladies retraced their steps to the honso. The da}* passed very quietly, and so, likewise, did the evening. But :igain no visitois dropped in; and it seemed as if tbo curiosity of Xor thorpe was to be restrained in simply heroic degree. This evening, how ever, Koko 6howcd unmistakable signs of ennui. She strolled listlessly to and fro, haunted the neighborhood 1 01 LHO ironi wiuuowm. buiricu wiivu- i ever there was n step on the pave ment near the door, and finally com- > milted the enormity of an undisguised ( yawn. Somewhat ashamed of this i last achievement, she went to the : piano; but, in the midst of her very ' first song, thero came a sharp peal ol i | the door-bell that made her start and ; 'turn. A moment later John passed i through the hall to a iswcr the sum- I mons, and Mrs. Henry Jnglesby," who \ was listening, with exemplary pa tience, to her mother-in-law's placid ; stream of small-talk, looked up withi; a littio interest in tho inlerruption.lt As she looked lip, her C3*e chanced to It fall on Ttose, and something in the j y girl's face attracted her attention, v ^he was listening eagerly? listening j :i with lip* parted and color varying? |s to the sounds at the front-door; to i .John tumbling an instant or two at i ithe handle before turning it, and to a yoico - a round, jovial voice?inquiring i i if Colonel Inglesby and the ladies ? j were at home. The bright brown eyes that we? watching it saw a i I swift flush of vexation come over the \ listening face, and the lip? meet only r | to be impatiently bitten. "Pooi ? child!" thought the elder and more J | experienced woman," she is looking r I for some man who has not come." i Somebody had come, however; for, \ i besides the voice aforesaid, a hat and ?i istick wore audibly deposited in the* t hull, and a stout old gentleman, in a wig, soon made his appearance tit tho J open door. ^ He was greeted cordially b}' the l Colonel as "Brent," and wart plainly an intimate friend, from his own c I greetings to Mrs. Inglesby and Rose, i When ho was presented to the \ !young stranger, ho at once claimed t i the privilege of shaking hands, on | the scoro of hating been a life-long t friend to her husband and her hus- jj band's fumily. |j Tho bustle of reception being over, <; and all due compliments paid, ho sat | himself down and plunged at once into social topics, in which Rose alone ( iRcemeci to iaKe no interest.. huiic j lie talked at one end of tlie room, she < went on playing at the other, and it was not until the name of Ivcnnon ] U-unglit her car that aho took her t I hands i'roni the keys and turned ] round. "What was that, Mr. Brent?" she ? asked, quickly. "Did you say that Mr. Ivcnnon has left town?" I paid he intended to leave," .said Mr. .Brent, while Mrs. Inglesby ex- . changed a quick glance with her hus- | band, "i met nun on mc struct iu- i day, and lie told mo that ho was off ?to be gone a week. I think he said. But I rather incline to think"?here j the Old-itentleman looked very signifi cant?"that ho- has gone for good." "Why?" demanded Hose, with ill- , restrained eagerness. ^ iir. Brent glanced round at his an- < diencc before ho tapped his snuff-box gently, and answered, w.ith a smile, / "Because Philip Dovercux has arriv- i cd." To say that this item of news made ? Jam trAnlH l?n tr\ ufnfn on OV. 1 I it nVMm iw wmvv ? Jtremo fact {IB mi|d!y as possible. | Whocvep Mr. Philip Pevereux might be.it at least was evident that his ar rival in Northorpe was a matter of importance. The colonel eaid : "Bless m}r soulj you don't say so?" Mrs. Inglcsby dropped her crotchet-work and said: "Dear me! is it possiblo?" while Rose, turning first red and then pale, uttered never a word. "Devereux!" said Mrs. Ilenry Iu glesby, speaking quietly in the pause which ensued, "is not that the name of the person who lives next door?" "It was the name of the jJerson who lived next,eaid Mr. Brent, "and -?yes, it is tho name of the person who does live next door. Mr. JDevcrr cux, tho old gentleman?a fino old fellow he was too?ei>, Inglcsby?" is dead ; but his nephew, who succeeds ; to the property, and who, I wus just saying, has arrived in JfyvtJiorpe, jsii juiced JJevcreux also." 'i "It is a good tiling that the olci name won't die out amongst us," said Colonel Ingles'))-, straightening him self back in his chair. "I ihonght I noticed a great commo lion of house-cleaning over there to da}*," said Mrs.Ingesby, in her mild way; "but it really did not occur tc mo that Philip Devereux had ar rived.?Dear me, colonel, you must call on him at once. AVe were such good friends with old Mr. Devereux; und you remember how he used to come soiiubly through the garden oi an evening to play whist with us?" 411 shouldn't be surprised, if Mr. Philip Devereux learned to be socia ble in the same way?to play some thing besides whist, perhaps," said ill*. Brent, with a laugh and j glance ill Ko.se, both ot which Kose treated with silent disdain. ' Odious old wretch P she thought to herself; bill she would not gratify him by deigning to resent the point of his feehlelitile joke. "Of course ho has como to take possession of the property," said Mr Inglcsb}', after a minute. "But will he?a young man and a bachelor? live in that rambling old house, Mr. lirent?" "lie needn't always bo a bachelor, yon know, my doar madam." an swered Mr. Urent, with another "odious" chuckle. "There'll be caps enough pulled for him among the ijirls of Northorpe, you may be sure ? Lhat is, if he stays long enough to .jive them a fair chance." "lie may sell the real estate," haz arded the colonel. "Unless ho don ixean to marry, and settle down, ninno nly himself to thanic that his cousin nherits the estato. Mr. Dovercux vould never have disinherited' his rrandson fur his rjephew if he Ijad lot had good reason for it." "IXis mind was poisoned against ill*. Kcnnon," said Rose, with the jromptnes* of one *vlio has learned a esson and knows it by heart. "Nobody who knew him is likelj* to rodit that," answered the old gentle nan, with a shrug. "There never vas a juster man, or a man less likely o be beceived. It must, have gone mrd with him when lie was obliged o leave tho bulk of bis fortuno away Vom his own grandson; but I doubt f anybody who knows an}*thing tbout Laurens JCennon could blame iiiin." He spoke the last words gravel}'; hen, beforo lloso could reply, turned a i - r\ i i i ? o me ^oionci auu proposed a game )f whist. i-Wc arc four," lie said, "even if Mrs. Inglesby"?glancing at the jtately young widow? 'dees not play." As it chanccd, however, Mrs. In ,jle.>by did play, and with willingness tigreed to take a hand. So the card-table was brought for ward and the quartet eat down?Col. Inglesby claiming his daughter-in law as partner, and bidding Koso give ihein some music as an accompani ment. Tho girl obe3*ed, playing waltzes galops, and the like for sumo time; but tit last the gay Strains ceased/and, and when her father looked up a t}ie .close of a hard fought gumo, the piano stool was vacaut, and the musi cian gono. Several d:ijTa went bj-, and the tide Of JJorthovp'o soeietj flowed in agaii) upon the inglesby family, receiving indeed, an unusual impetus from Northorpe curiosity to see tho beau tifui young widow, concerning whom many good judges of 6eauty had al reuuy begun to rave. "llo\y dose Hose liko a rivai bo near Lho throne?" people tusked each other, shrugging their shoulders; but as yet nobody could say that lioso showed uny signs of uneasiness or jea'ouRy. It was rather providential, from a social point of view, that, just in this languid summer heat, two sensations jamo to Northorpe at the samo time ?i. c., Mrs. Inglesby aud Mr. Dover, cux. According to the spirit of the gal lant French proverb, we have given preccdcnco to the lady; but the popu lar mind arranged the matter just the other way. J) u ring theso daj'S Mr. Devereux was the themo of every visitor who same in stato, or dropped in sociably it tho Inglesby house. "I am siel^ of hist very name," Rose jeclared, passionately; while oven lici 5jtjtei'rii)-law, v/ljo g^i'4 tj.Qtljing, began I to look a littlo weary when the I threadbaro subject was again, and yet a ting the shell of reserve which, pro vokingly enough, Mr Devercux had seen tit to drat*, around himself. lie mingled freely enough with men, but to ladies he was an enigma who delib 1 erately avoided their society. "Very pleasant fellow, indeed, but shy :is :t girl," was the verdict of nil tlio gentlemen who had called on him and been received with courier us cordiality; but the invitations which society showered upon him had so far been persistently declined. It was of no use at all to worship the rising sun when he obstinately refused to let his rays shine upon them. ' Laurcnco Kennon would have done better than tlwt" people said, indiirnaritlv: which was iroinir verv fur indeed, sincc, as a general rule, Northorpo held Laurence Kenuon in i holy horror. At las', however, relief came to the afflicted uommuni:y. A certain Mr.q. Reynolds, who was tho acknowledged leader of fashion in Northorpe, returned from a visit of , some weeks in a neighboring town, ' and announced her intention of storm- i ingMr. Devercux's castle in person. 'llis mother was a dear friend of mine," {said this lady?who belonged to that benevolent class who have 'dear friends" in every direction ? 'and I mean to bring hereon forward. ] It will never do to let him make a hermit of himself like this. Shy men need to bo forccd into society. 1 sha'l give a dinner next Thursday and Lake no denial with regard to liis ap pearance " ! rn! l:p. . j.. 11 j. uia grainying muMiigcncu uprcuu lilco wild-firo through society: and, i when I ho invitations to dinner ap- , pea red in duo form, it threw all din- . ncr-?joing 2sv/rthorpe into a twitter of *?*1 excitement, for, knowing their leader, ' they knew well that the matter?the I Dovereux appcarnnco, that is?was ( an accomplished fact. I It was during this momentous time that Mrs. Henry Inglesby (whom, to 1 cut a troublesome title short, wo shall ( hereafter call Alice) waa alone one ] morning in her room, when there | catno a slight, hesitating knock at the | door. When she said, "Come in,' the door slowly opened, and her mother- ' in-law stood on the threshold. "Excuso me, 1113' dear," sho said I hurriedly," but here is a note which I j brought for you to read. I should j not have disturbed you, only it must be answered at once. Slic came in, unci, closing the floor I behind her, extended an open note, j Alice received it, and, glancing over j the low lines which it contained, ^ found that it was an Invitation, from Mrs Reynolds, who had called on ' herself the preceding d:iy. "This is loi you to decide," she t said, after a minute. ".My decision ] will depend entirely on yours. Do you mean to go ?" "My dear, that is exactly what I came to sco you about," said Mrs In jlosby, solemnly, whereupon she sal down and heaved a sigh. -'Koso is the best girl in the world," she went on, "but she is very wilful sometimes ' ?so wilful that neither her father nor 1 IL* A *L! - * * 1. I mysuu can uu any uniij; \\iiu iiui You would scarcely believe that, for hiilf an hour, I have been trying to induce lier to accept this invitation, and that she absolutely declares she will not do so!" Sho paused after this statement; but Alice's only reply was a slight arch of the eyebrows. Sho had been long unotigh in the Ingleshy house hold to find no difficuley whatever about crediting the assertion. 'It is quite true," said Mrs. Ingles by, in reply to this little token of at tention. '-Now, for a particular rea son, I am very anxious, that she i jI\/\ii Wi n/wtiii'it it ntwl _ tmjl _ Ittifr m *? 1 tiv.?A |/w iit (iiiu ? u i<( - uiiV| lilJ dear, I may speak to you in confidence i may I not? Well"?when Alice had t assured hep that she might- -' the t truth is, that a gentleman whom I de- . sire very much that should meet me 1 at this dinner; and, jf she does not i go, she will lose the best opportunity of attracting his attention. Other j girls will b(? there, you know ; and. though Rose is the belle of Northorpe, ' still my dear, there's nothing like ' being first in the field, especially < when a young man is a stranger in a j strange place." ' I suppose the gentlemen is Mr. j Devcreux ?" said Alice, who had not listened for nothing to all-Northorpe's stream of conversation. "Yes, it is Mr. Dcveraux," said Mrs. Ingles by, blushing a little. "But," she went on hurriedly. "I must not let you think that it is only becauso :.?l v..I'.-*, I. . i. T 4 | iiu nun iiineim'u ;i luriunu null 1 want | |Roso to attract him. He is a young man of whom everybody speaks well," said tho mother, looking pa thetically in the eye bent on her. "lie is steady and well-principled, and lie will make a good husband for llose; while, oh, my dear, my heart aches to think sho may be led away to marry a man who is nono of these things!" "Let us hope not," said Alice, by the tone of these last few words. Then her voice grew quiet and indif ferent again, as she added: "I sup pose you mean that she may be led away to many Mr. Kennon ?" ' Yee, I mean that," said Mrs. ln glesby, too full of her subject to won der at this . knowledge of it ii. a stranger. "Rose seems infatuated about him, while ho?my dear. I am confident that ho js nothing but a for * 1 i ... ... 1 ^ I -1 iuno nuniur, wiiu,-uouhubb sue is an > heiress?my fortune was all settled < on her, you knew?thinks ho will be doing well to many her." ff"Somo men who are fortune-hunt< era malfo tolerahl)' good husbunds." said Alice in a cold, abstracted way. : "But this man is a wretch 1" said ? Mrs. Inglesby, indignantly. "You ' have no idea what ho is. NVhy, he acted so badly that his grandfather : disinherited him, and loft his estate to Air. Devereux. And that man for i my Rose! "I?I had almost rather see her in her grace." "Think twice about that," said Alice, quietly. "Every thing in the world luuvcti room for hope excepting death, you know. I see yonr difficul ty, and appreciate your confidence. Tell me how I can help you, and I will do it." In her own way, Mrs. Inglcsby told her, and, afier a good deal of ques tioning, Alice arrived at a knowledge of the service she wan requested to render. In brief. it was this?that the invitation of Mrs. Reynolds should be accepted l>y heiself, but that Mrs. Inglcsby should decline go ing-ao attack of rheumatism from which the colonel was sutfeiing giving her a convenient excuse for remain ing at home. In this case. Rose was nlaecd in an awkward dilcmnu. Either she ipust be guilty of the rud^n?'ss of allowing lier sister-in-law to make her first appearance in Nor thorpo society quite alone, or she must change her mind and accept the invitation. Alice having given her consent, Mrs. Inglesby went to place the matter before tho young insur gent, and rood returned with a sub mission in due form. The invitation was. therefore, accepted; and, the principal points being settled, all oth pt issues were allowed to rest until Thursday?the day of tho dinner should arrive. [TO BE CONTINrED.] LETTER FROM HARD LABOR. Bradley's Mill and its Surroundings. Mill "Way, S. C., June 17, 1872. Liiuior aoocvuic jrress anu nanncr ; Among the objects that *>vill likc'y ittract the attention of tho traveller, Brad Icy'h Mill and its surroundings will claim a share. This mill is sit mtcd on Long Cane about 12 ti ilea Yomyour village, and was formerly tnown as Kennedy's Mill. After it jocame tho property of its present nvner, Capt. W. K. Bradley, and just jeforo tho closo of the war, the house ?nd maehineiy with a largo qnantitj* >f corn and flour was dc.-troyed by 1 fire. Since then Capt, B. has built a ^ argo brick building, three stories iij(h, with a rock foundation, has ap- ?' ilied all tho.improved machinery, and J" ivith an expense of $8 or $1.0,000 dol- et iirs, has put in running order one of U( he best mills in the country. Capt. Bradley is a gentlemen of large C( neans and lias a soul as large a his Ju jody. IIis kindness to the soldiers K( md soldiers' wives and children dur- ^ ng tho war will not soon be forgotten, c< or tho destituto never applied for w jread in vain. u' Mr. J. E. Bellott, one of tho nicest st nen I ever knew, and as good a mil- ^ or as Uio country attorns, Has me sntiro control of the mill?ho has nadc it his business and stands at ho head of his profession. The mill s now in good order, and as the vheat crop is on hand, I would be ipcak for my friends Capt. Bradley md Mr. Bellolt a trial. Passing from the mill wo will no ,iee some cf its surroundings The irst thing likely to attract our atten io . is the store. This Is owned b} Japt, Bradley and P. \V Jay, super ntended by Mr. JD. W. J113'. assisted jy Mr. George C. Bradley Mr. Jay .. nn?.. nxin ,.P liiuim.vu a u j uuh^ uiau vt uumiuvmw ? , ions, u.id always lays in a block of ht roods suited to the the wants of his 11 junierous customers. Over the store ionise in the Lodge room of Washing o o ;on Lodge JSTo. 74, A. which neets regularly on the 2d Saturday n every mouth at 2 o'clock P. M.; his in one of the oldest Lodges in he District, and at this time although ts membership is small, is in good vorfcing order. Some two months since Col. Aiken orrned a Grange at this place, they neet in this Hall an the 1st Saturday - i- i. U CUUll UiUliliJ 11/ to uii Jet* tho guidance of Capt. Bradley a* faster. A long felt disideratum bus lately )een supplied by Dr. Link and Mr. Bollolt iu opening a Drugstore at the milll. This is a nicc little affair and n it you will find everything needed n tho healing art. Dr. Li?.k is a ;lcver gentleman and one of our most iuccessf'ul practitioners, having a vw?.is>?w.n 11 r\ nml rlrtVCn TjOfll/ Curie. Mr. JBclIott is the gentlemen in cbartje of tho mill. Succcss say ive to tho Drug Storo. Passing out tho Drug Storo and turning tho corner, wo como to a wood shop kept by-Mr. Crawford, lihero j'ou can getyour wagon repair ed?plough stocks made, ?kc. Mr. C. ilso tukes jobs out at housebuilding, repairing, &e.; ho has had several jobs in our nmgnuoruoou unu js ? - ; paces distant, let us walk over, 'hore wo find the smith in tho person f Mr. King, here you can get your loughs made and laid, your wag ns ironed, horses sliod and every ling in that line done up to order, [r. King is i good smith?especially i horse shoeing?and is one of the idispcnsables around Bradley'? .Mill. Tho weather beinj; hot and Mr. [ing is constantly taking welding eats, wo rotraco our steps to the .ore or some cool place; enroute we i-ar tho sound of the axe, -hummer -l -it *Art!j Miirl of/mniiw 11 CI UllKT IIIUUlllIU iwi/in, u?iv? ovwjfj/?i ) locato the sound, we loolc acros* le stream ami our eyo rests upon a ice new building. Supposo we ross over the bridge and Bee what is je cause of that cofusiori. Arriving ? the footof the bridge and looking ) onr right, we see a sm?ll shop in le distance, and some aged individu I at work in it. As ago should al ways command our respect, wo will igrcss and go up to the shop Upon rriving we found it to bo our "aged iend Uncle Ligo, busy at work ma ing a churn. Uncle Ligcisacooper. tr frndn nnrl nlfhrtiwrli lift ifl now a'te aged still must be at woHc. He as a sctof tools and finils employ icnt and some remuneration in ma ing churns, pails, &c., and repairing ooden and willow ware. Uncle ige, is a good old man, works until o tires, reads a good deal, and it< ways in his seat in his seat at Long arte on the Sabbath. But let us retrace oar steps ^and oss over the creek?the 6rst thing uit strikes our attention is the gin :>use. No work going on here, fol ic time of ginning is not at hand. I-!.; ?i.t:_ ?,j u., Ill* IS U puuuu gill U1VIIVU Ujr v/UjjL* radlcy and run by water?during ic cotton season begets a great deal i* cotton to gin ?and got hold of one b last winter that was not bargain ] for, when our friend J. E. B. gin id off part of his hand. Passing around the gin houso we >mo to the saw mill. It is also idle ist now; weather so dry and creek i low, cannot run both mills at once, his mill furnishes the surrounding >untry with timber. The built ing c saw from across the crook is just jove the saw mill. This is a nice ruciuro anu is uscu uy jukssi?, oung P. Reagan & Jessie Bradley, > ii work' shop. These young men .'serve great credit, they are men of lergy and will succeed. They turn it nice bed-steads, bureaus, wash* ands. side-boards, &c., in fact almost lything you want in house keeping, icy also repair buggies, &c\, Ac., I ould bespeak for them patronage; cling assured they merit and hope icy will receive it. I believo I have cntioncd all the institutions about ie mill but one, and that is not local, allude to the threshing machine of cssrs J. E. Bradley & Thos. M Jay rliilc I ain writing, the tnginc is issing on its way to tuc mm, anu jfore this reaches you will be in ac ve opera'.ion. My young friend Mr. imcs D Jay is in charge this season, jU being a pushing energetic young an will do all in his power to give ttisfaclion. Mr T. M. Jay lives ir. ic suburbs of the mill and has the ;st crop I have seen this season. So much Mr. Edi or, for B? ad ley's ill, and it is no small plsfce after all, le people are active and energetic, id catching the watchword kt shall be lawful to open books. l tho town of Laurens, under the rection of J. R. Fowler, William ;ills, Lanson Owens, Samuel Flem ?, Win. II. Langston Y.J. P Owens id J, Crews; at tho town of Green lie, under W. E. Earle, Thomas M. ox, Alexander Isaacs. Wilson Cook, lex. McBee, II. P. Ilaminett, L. Wil 1ms, Hewlett Sullivan and James P oore; and at Nucb other places, in IU LUUIIUC3 Ui UJlUICim UI?U VIICUM" lie* and under the direct on of such her persons, as tho Commissioners Ihe respective Counties herein above imed may designate, for tho* pur )so of securing subscriptions to an nount not exceeding two million i*c hundred thousand dollars, in lares of one hundred dollaiseach, to institute a joint capital stock for the lrpose of constructing and carrying to operation t|ie said ruilroad ; and, 1 each share of individual stock, the liacrih ji'.s klni.II nnv to tho Cnmmis I ? >ners, who shall bo authorized to leu the 8ume, the sum of five dollars, wful money of the United States. Sko. 2. That, when tho sum of one indrcd thousand dollars shall have en subscribed in tho manner before ecified, the subscribers shall be, and ey are hereby, declared a body co irate, to be known by tho name and yle of tho Laurens and Abbeville nil road Company, and may meet id organize said company, at such "no and place as ma}* be designated r the Commissioners for the town of iurens hereinbefore named. ftp/1 i HPhnt f/iH fllA tMII'tlAfiA r\P mizing said company, all such pow s as are conferred by the charter of o Greenville and Columbia Railroad >mpany on the Commissioners at reenville shall be, and aro hereby, inferred on the Commissioners here appointed. at the town of Laurens; id all the powers, rights and privi ties granted by the said charter, and 3 amendments, to the Greenville and >lumbia Railroad Company shall be, id they aro hereb\', granted to the uurens and Ashcville Railroad Com: Illy, noil tiUi'jrct Hi iiku i U3LIh:lhmi3 . are therein contained, except as to e capital stock, the sum necessary i authorize organization und the; nount of shares except bo far as may ; necessary to conform to tlio special ovisions of this Act: I'roi'ided, >\vever, That nothing herein con ined shall be so construed as to bind ie Slate to subscribe slock in said impany, or make any appropriation enable tbc t>aid company to build id road, or in any manner 10 loan ic credit of the State thereto. Sec. 5. That it shall bo lawful for >y County, township, town or city this State, interested in the con rnction of the said railroad, to sub ribo to the capital stock of said impany such sum as the majority of o voters of such County, township, wn or city may authorize their cou ituted authorities to subscribe ; and ic Chairman of the Board of County Dmmissionerfl of any County, or tho ayor or Intendant of any town or ty in this State, when instructed by solution of a convention of tax lyoru OI bucu luuiu> | buwuauip, wn or city?said convention to be tiled, after reasonable notice, by the iiairman of the Board of County Hiimissioners, or the Maj*or or In ndant of the town or city, upon the ?p]i ftitw am ' ""?p V* V.WJ may not have been'converted into in dividual stock by the certificates of the tax payers aforesaid; and said delegated may bo appointed In prima ry convention of the tax payers of Huch County, township, town or city, as the case may be, in such manner as the said convention .may determine, and ibr this purpose the Chairman of the County Commissioners of-any County or the Mayor or Iutendant of any town or city, in Which subscrip tions may be mado, is hereby required to call a convention of such tax pay ers, at least ten day# before the meet ing of any convention of stockholder* of said company to which the dele gates are to be appointed. ftrn lA Ttint oni/l n/imnanv to Ail UttV* AVi A IIUV UWIU vviupuilj IV ?U ihorized to receive subscription to it* capital stock in lands or labor, as may ' be agreed upon between said company and said subscribervf&nd may acquire, hy grant* purchase, lease or other* wise any estate, real or personal, whatsoever, and the same to bold, use, .sell, convoy and dispose of, as the' interest of ?aid compauy requires. Sec, 11. That the County Com mi*-' si on era of the Counties of Laurens and Greenville, and the proper author itics of tlto towns and. villages in those Counties subscribing to the capital stock of the said Laurens ana Asheville Railroad, bo empowered, a? <00n as the said company shall havo complied with the terms of subscrip tion of any of tho above mentioned Counties, towns, cities or vil.'agos, and said subscriptions accepted .by said eompany, then the 6aid County Com missioners of such County, or tho proper authorit}' of such towns and villages, are authorized and required to issue bonds to the amount of said subscription, and to have levied and collected, par to par, on all taxable property in said County, town or vfl- . Iages, a sum of money sufficient to meet tbo in'ercst accruing on such hnmla n.o mnr ho iefiiioH tn mot't. Riw-h subscription to tbo capital stock of ?aid Laurens and Ashoville Railroad Company, and to provide further pay ment of such bonds as they may fall due. See. 12. That the said Company be, and they are hereby, authorized to i.>suo first mortgage bonds in au amount or amounts not exceeding twenty thousand dollars per mile, for each and every mile of the Baid road, as soon as each mile of tbe same shall bo completed, and 60 on until the completion of the entire road. Approvod March 13, 1872. 1 AH" ACT to Amend an Act entitled "An Act to Grant, .Renew and Amend the Charters of Certain Towns and Villages therein Men tioned," Approved March 9, 1871. Section 1. Bo it enacted by the Sen ate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in Goncral Assembly, and by authority of tho same; That the proviso in Section mnet}* scven (97) of the said Act bo, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: "That tho owners of lands, over which such stroei or Greets may pass, shall bo duly com pensated by the said Town Council." Sec- 2 That, in case the Council - and land owners cannot agree upon tho amount of such 'compensation, tho samo shall bo^isecrtained by threo Commissioners, to bo appointed, one by the Town Council, and one by tho land owner, and the third by th? Board of County Commicaioner for Orangeburg County: Provided, That eiuier party iuiiy appeal irom kqcu assessment to tho Court of Common Pleas, who shall submit the issue of value to a jury: And provided, fur ther, That the Assessment agreed on, whether by theaforesaid Commission ers or bv tho iurv. shall hfe recorded in tho office of Register of Mesne Conveyance for the aforesaid Couiity of Orangeburg. Approved March 13, 1872. JOINT RESOLUTION to provide for the Payment of Certificates Is sued by the General Assembly. He it resolved by the Sonato and House of Representatives of tlyj Stato of South Carolina now met and sit ting in General Assembly, and by tho authority of the same, TJiat the Stato Treasurer it hereby authorized and rtftjuired to pay tho certificates .of tho members and sub ordinates of tho General Assembly, i issued by tho Clerks of both Houses, and bearing the signatures of thw President of tho Senate and speaker of the House of Representatives, in United States currency, gol;i or silver coin only. And ho is hereby author ized to borrow, < n the faith and cred it of the State, a sufficient amount to I cancel the. said certificates. ' Approved March 12, 1872.