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THE ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER *
BTW. A-LEE AND HUGH WILSON. V . ABBEVILLE, S. C.", WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1875. YOLUME XXII-NO. 52. '||
CONGAREE
Ooltxratoia, S. O.
JOI1L1IMDIS,
Pf^prietor.
Manufacturer of Steam Engines
and Boilers.
Iron ai}4 Brass Castings of all
Descriptions made to Order.
I was awarded the first premium
on castings at tho Stato Agricultural
and Mechanical Society Fairs,
held in Columbia, November, 1871,
'72 *73
MANUFACTURE
Cricular Saw Mills of all sizes.
| ALSO
Took tho First Premium at State
Fairs held November, 1871, '72, '73
Manufacturer of
Grist Mills Irons of all sizes.
For Sale.
| Gin Gearing of the following sizes.
9 feet wheel and pinion $30 00
? 10 44 44 44 44 32 50
U 44 44 4 4 44 35 00
12 44 '* 14 " .. 45 00
14 " " 44 " 50 00
With Bolts $<L50 Extra for each set.
Anti-friction plates aud Balls for Cotton
Press $10.00 and $12.00 per set.
* D. 13. SMITH, Agent,
. - Abbeville S. C.
Dee. 10, 1873, 35-tf
/\TTT G4>AltA f
11UW KJlf UICi
NEW GOODS!!
THE undersigned have jiiKt opne?
an entire new stock of
GROCERIES.
Provision and Liquors,
As well as Other Goods in
their Line.
| At the Old Staml of A. M. HILL, recently
TUOWBKIDUE & CO., where
wo wjy be pleased to serve the public
! CUE A)' FOR CASH.
i A M HILL.
Jan. 29, 1873, 42-tt
CARPENTRY.
FH1HE undersigned hereby gives 110I.
tice that he is prepared to d<? all
L kind* of CARPENTER'S WORK und
BUILDING. He also repairs
[COTTON GINS, THRESHERS
i AND TANS.
* " - r riTV *rt1>t'DHT
fA Illll BUppiJ" Ol ui.i .uauviiini.
always on hand. Farmers are requested
to bring their Giim up early in the seawon,
to allow time to have them properly
prepared.
Also Agent for the Taylor Cotton Gin,
tb* Iirooks Cotton Press, and all kinds
ol fiiWjer and loathe! belting.
' D. B. SMITH,
Abbeville C. H., S. C.
July 15, 187-1 14-6m
Mark the Spot of Your De
ceased Friends.
Marble WorksA
FULL line of stock on hand unci
all work sold at the lowest price,
and work done iu the best workman-like
< manner. Several hundred new and
handsome designs on hand to make
artl/?Afin?o fW\r*? \Vta trill hnnlicftia nifv
nvivvitvuo HV..I. <t w - - 7
price in all monumental work, by which
parties can save freight.
Vary respectfully,
J. D. CHALMERS.
Sept. 1,1874,21-tf
CT WEST & SONS,
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irmnivTi'ti 1 nvnDWfi PTMV TVisT
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white in color. Fully deodorized
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. It burns in all Coal Oil and Keroseui
Lamm. TRY IT. Auk for "Aladdit
Security," and take no other.
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Nov. 7, 1874 g0-6m
NEWFLOUR,
LARD,
SUGAR.
BACON,
COFFEE,
TOBACCO,
NAILS, &c., &c., at
MRE, GAMBBELL & CO'S.
Sept. 9 22-tf
tb. 17,1875, 45-tf
THE ALSTON HOUSE
The Misses CATER,
ANNOUNCE to the PUBLIC tho
they still keep The ALSTON HOUSJ
open to persons who apply for regula
or transient BOARD during this year.Board
reasonable. Fare as good as th
Country affords,
Jan 13-tf
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[Proprietor.
MANUFACTURER OF
[ : Sash,
Blinds, Doors
WINDOW
AND DOOR FRAMES,
Me Pivot Blinds aid Skitter
A AT nuiTn
uuiiuiri???,
Pilasters,
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>* *.. **r - . P
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Scroll Work of all tariptioi
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I May 28, 1874, 7-ly.
STOVES & TIN-WARE
| LAMPS, OIL, &C.. &C.
FOR SALE BY
H. W. LAWSON & GO
AT
Post Office Building
I
THE subscribers have now on hand
and arc selling at lower ratei
than ever before, t ie most complete
Stock of Stoves, Tin-Ware, Lamps
Oil, &c."which tl.e)- havo over offeree
| to the people of Abbeville.
j Their assortment of Cooking Stovei
jis unusually large, comprising th<
i most popular varieties, as the "Man
on," the "Cotton States," ''Fire Side,'
' Forest City," "Director" and others
which will be guaranteed to pleost
: botli in style and price.
Their Stock of Kerosene Lamps ii
I unusually large and select, and wil
J be found to offer inducement# 10 thos<
I withing a good article at low rates,
j They have .No. 1 Kerosene Oil, ai
;priccs ranging from 23 cents to 4(
j cents per gallon.
Their Stock of Tin-Ware containi
every variety of Buckets, Boilers
| Pans. Coffee Pots, &e., and fill th<
j shelves from floor to ceding.
The subscribers solicit a call am
'examination from their ltiends, ant
feci confident in their ability to please
H. W. LAWSON & CO.
J Nov 11, 1874 31-tf
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I 300 lbs Plaiu Hams,
! 500 lbs Sugar Cured Canvassed Hams
! Barrels and Kits Now Mackerel,
j Barrels and Half-Barrels White Fish,
; Barrols N. O. Syrup,
i Do. Florida "
Do. Sugar House Syrup,
1 Do. Common Sugar,
' 18,000 lbs Fresh Wheat Bran,
j 100 Barrels Xew Crop Flour,
1 3,000 lbs Assorted Sugar,
! 500 lbs " Coffees,
i 3,000 yds " Bagging,
I OA f?nttsl1ne "Ronrrl 'PlO
! All our goods are guaranteed, both a
to quality auil price. Call and see.
DuPre, Gambrell & Co
Oct. 21 27-tf
DENTISTRY! DENTISTRY!
Dr. H. D. WILSON
OFFEItS his professional services t
the people of Abbeville Count
'jand of upper South Carolina. Havin
. just finished a course of study in th
I P^nwevlvfinio rnllonro r%f ftlll
gery, he feels fully competent to utteu
?]to all cases requiring the exevcisQ <
J skilled Dental Burgery that may I;
brought to him. asks the patronag
of the people, and guarantees full an
i complete satisfaction. He has procure
la full set of first-class Dental Instri
'; meats, and is prepared to do first-cla
. I work at most reasonable rates.
B3F OFFICE jnstovcr Post Officc.
! M. GOLDSMITH. P. KIN;
Groldsmitli & "Kind,
FOUNDERS & MACHINIST!
(I'HCENIX IRON WOHKS,
I COLUMBIA, S. C
Manufacturers of steam e
pines of all sizes; Horse powei
'Circular and Muley Saw Mills, Gri
| and Sugar Cane Mills, Flour Mills, (J
; naraental, House and Store Fronts, Ir<
{Railings, Agricultural Implements, el
'Brass and Iron Castings of all kin
made to order on short-notice, aud <
the most reasonable terms. Also, ma
' ufacturers of Cotton Presses.
ou iK7'< 7.12m
I iUUJ -w, iw.u, .
'~ STAPLE DRY GOODS",
Wood and Willow Ware,
Boots and Shoes,
lt Crockery and Glass War
E A Full Assortment of Stap]
fi Goods of every description i
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it.. 21 28-tf
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Auction Extraordinary.
I dreamed a dream in the midst of my
Blumbers,
And as fast as I dreamed it, it came into
numbars;
My thoughts ran along in such beautiful
meter,
I'm sure I ne'er saw any poetry sweeter;
It seemed that a law had been recently
made,
That a tax on old batchelors' heads
should be laid ;
And in order to make them all willing
f to?mary,
The tax was as large as a man could
well carry.
The batchelors grumbled and said 'twas
no use.
'Twas'horrid injustice and horrid abuse,
And declared that to save their own
hearts blood from spilling,
Of such a vile tax they would not pay
a shilliBg.
9 But the rules determined them still to
pursue,
So they set all the old batchelors up at
vendue:
A crier was sent through town to and
fro,
To rattle his bell and his trumpet blow
And to <*all out to all he might meet in
n his way,
u "Ho ! forty old bntchelors sold here today."
And presently all the old maids In the
town
Each in her very best bonnet aud gown,
From thirty to sixty, fair, plain, red
aud nale.
Of every dfacriptlon, all flocked to the
sale.
The auctioneer then in his labor began,
And called out aloud us he held np a
man,
? kntnlwilnp 9 wnilfs
/ XJ.UYV UlUl'U IU1 U U?W,I1VIU>
to buy?"
Iu a think, every maiden responded
'I?I."
In short, at a highly extravagant price,
j The batchelors were all sold on in a
thrice 1
And forty old maidens, some j'ounger,
| some older,
' Each lugged an old batchelor home on
her shoulder.
The Veiled Portrait
In the year susequent to the great
J Bengal mutiny, I found myself homo
on sick lcavo. My health had been
, injured by scrvicc in India, and by
our sufferings subsequent on the revolt
; while my nervous system had
been so seriously shaken by a grapeshot
wound received at Lucknow,
that it was completely changed, and
I became cognizant of many things
so utterly new to me, and so bewildering,
that until 1 read Baron Reich,
cnbach work of magnetism and crystaliam,
I feared that I was becoming
, insane.
9 Uearly a j'ear had elapsed since
j the mutin3r. The massacre at Delhi,
, Lucknow, Cawnpore. and elsewhere
1 had been fully aveuged by that army
of rotribution which marched from
3 Umbailum, and I found mysell in
> London, enfeebled, enervated, and, as
- the saying is, "weak as a child."
' The bustle of the great capital stun,
ncd and bewildered me ; thus I glad;
ly accepted a hearty invitation which
I received from Sidney Warren.
i Who, thought I, that was lord of
1 such a place could dream of bioiling
? in India?of sweltering in the whitewashed
barrack at Dutndun, or the
l thatched cantonments of Delhi or
) Jleerut!
My friend came hurrying forth to
s meet me.
, "How goes it, old fellow ? Wclj
come, to my new quarter*," he exI
claimed.
l| "Well, Sidnej*, old man, how arc
1 j you V
Then wo grasped cach others hands
las only brother soldiers do.
I found Warren, whom I had not
6een since the commencement of tho
revolt, nearly as much changed and
shattered in constitution as myself,
lie received me, however, with all
tho warmth of his old comrade, for
wo had a thousand topics in common
to con over a while, tho regiment,
which neither of us might ever sec
again?he certainly not, as ho had
' sold out?would prove an endless
soureo of conversation.
Sidney Warren was in his fortieth
year, but looked considerable older.
His onco dark hair and coal-black
mustache were quite grizzled now.
Tho expression of the face was one
of intense sadness, as if some secret
grief consumed him; while there was
a weird and farsecing expression that
B led mo te fear he was not fated to be
long in this world. Yet ho had gone
through the storm of tho Indian war
I ? o I
. I without receiving even a scratch??
Why was this ?
Boforo I had spent two days with
. Sidney, he had shown me all tho obI
jects of interest around tho Warren
audinit, though thero was one object
which ho would neither fhow
nor permit mo to look upon, and
o which seemed to mako him shiver or
y shudder whenever it caught his eye,
8 and this was a picture of somo kind
? in tho library?a room ho very rarely
j entered. It was the size of a lifeportrait.
but covered closely by a
>e greenhaizo hanging. Good taste
! compelled mo desist from talking to
1(1 him on tho subject, but I resolved to
x. gratify my curiosity on tho 6rst conss
venient occasion; so ono day when
he was absent at the stable court I
drew back tho hanging of this mys
^! terious picturo.
It proved to !>o tho full-length por?
| trait of a very bcautifui girl?a proud
and stately one, too?bordering on
blooming womanhood. Her features
were clearly cut and classic ; she had
n-ian olive colored complexion that
"Si seemed to tell another land than
England, yet tho typo of her rare
? beauty was purely English. Her attc.
tirc was a green riding-habit, tho
ds skirt of which was gathered in her
left hand, while the light grasped
n" tho bridal of her horse. It was not
a portrait of his wife, whom 1 re?
member to have been a fair Laired
little woman : so who was the mvs
terious lady.
"Herein," thought I, "lurks Bome
mystery which may never be cleared
e up to me." But in this surmise I was
. ' wrong, for ono night?tho night ot
Sunday, the 10th of May. the first
anniversary of the outbreak of Meerut.
after we had discussed an excellent
dinner, Warren became suddenly
seized by ono of thoso confidential
fits which many men unaccountably
have at such times and whilo he un- v
sparingly and bitterly reproached t.
himself for the part ho had acted in ii
it, I drow from him, little by little, p
tho secret story of his lifo. v
Some ten years before those days 0
of which I write, when i n the
Guards, and deeply dipped in debt by 8
extravagance, ho had, unknown to t,
hia family, married secretly a bcauti- c
ful girl who was pennyless, at tho n
very time his friends wero seeking to c
Iretricvo his fortune by a wealthy
jalliance. An exchange into the Lino y
?"luc suuing scaic ?uecausu licuuo- p
' sary, thus ho was gazetted to our
regiment in India, at a period when p
(his 3Toung wife was in extremely deli- p
cate health; so much so that the h
idea of her voyaging round the Capo t<
? tho was no P. and O. Liners?was _
not to bo thought of as it was ex- e|
prossly forbidden by tho medical n
men; so they were to be separated a
for a time; and that timo of parting, j
so drcacloa oy oonsianuo, citiiKJ iuua- S|
orably. ft
The last fatal evening came?the ti
last Sidney was to spend with her.
His strapped overlands and bullock- h
i -l U-l u .
trunk's, ins sworn anu cup, uuw? ]r
eased, were already in the entrance jr
hail; tho to-morrow's morning would jj;
see him off by the train for South- jj,
ampton, and his place would bo va- 0,
cant; and sho should see his fond ^
hazel eye6 no more. g,
"Tears again I" said he, almost impatiently,
whilo tenderly caressing h,
the dark and glassy hair of his girl- vj
wife, "why on earth are you sad, Bj
Conny,about temporary separation?" C1
"Would that I could bo certain u
that it is only such!" sho exclaimed. tc
("Sad, oh, can you ask me, Sidney, ^
darling? Tho presentiment of great
sorrow to como is hanging over mc." j.
"A presentiment, Constance! Do
not indulge in this folly." h,
"If I did not lovo you dearly, Sidney,
would such a painful emotion
rack my heart ?" a
"It is the merest superstition, g(
darling, and you will get over it x
wncn i am fairly away." al
Her tender eyes regarded him wist p|
fully for a moment, and then hor ,r<
tears fell faster at the contemplation gn
of the coming loneliness. or
After a pause, she asked: "Aro aj
there many passengers going out
with you ?" \\
"A few?in tho cuddy," he replied f0
cardssly.
"Do you know any of them ?" w
"Yes; one or two fellows on tho 0r
staff." ta
' And tho ladies ?'" she asked, after jj,
another pauso. gC
"I don't know Conny dear, what j^j
do tho matter to me?" bc
tlT IvAAM/l IMAI/j AntAlllf I hof?i Kflt. _ __
-L II Uti I U Ill^JUWIiiailJ V*?i?u VMMV
Miss Dashwood is going out in your vv
vessel." Q(
"Indeed, I believe she will." 8h
Constanco shivered, for with the j1(
name of this finished flirt that her 8a
husband had been moro once linked, jn
and his change of color was unseen
by her as ho turned to manipulate
a cigar. So for four, perhaps six ju
months, these two would bo together
011 the sea. y(
"Sidney, darling," said she, energetically,
"do forgive mo if I lim dull as
and sad?so t.iste?this evening."
"I do forgive you, little one."
"You know, Sidney, that I would
dio for you "
"Yes, but don't, Conny?for 1 hate jy
scones," said he, playfully kissing her j
sweetly sad, upturned face, and the
poor girl was forced to he contended t0
with this mutlcr-of-fact kind of ten- tc
dcrncss. 80
So the dreaded morrow came with be
ite sad moment of parting.
To muffle the sounds of tho departing
wheels she buried her head, with
its wealth of dark, disheveled hair, ol
among the pillows of her bed, and
some weeks?weeks of tho most utter hr
loneliness?elapsed, ero she left it,
with the keen and ardent desire to w
recover health and strength, to the m
end that she might follow her hus
band over the would or waters anu m
rejoin him ; but the strength and
health, so necessary for the journey, so
was long of coming back to her.
She had hoped ho would write to
her before sailing from Southampton 'l1
?a single lino would have satificd
tho hungry cravings of her heart; J"c
but, as he did not do so, she supposed "(
there was not time; yet tho transport
lay thrco day in the docks after st
tho troops wero on board. lie would 18
write by somo passing ship, he had t0
said, and ono letter, uatcci irom uiui ?
Ascension, reached her; but its cold!^
and careless tone struck a mortal j^a
chill to tho sensitive heart of Con-|?f
stance, and the one or two terms ofj to
endearment it contained were mani-l81
ly forced and ill-expressed. j ^
She consulted the map, and saw ^
how far, far away on the lonely
ocean was that island speck. Months Ki
had elapsed sinco ho had been there ; j}1
so she knew that he must bo iu India :?
now, and she had tho regular mails ir
to look to with confidence?a confidence,
alas I that soon faded away.
Long, tender and passionate was the
letter written in reply; she fondly
fixed the time when she proposed to .
leave England and rejoin him, if he
sent her the necessary remittances; .
but mail after mail came in without jj
any tidingg from Sidnoj',. and she felt
all the unspcakablo misery of watching
tho postman for letters that nev- f!
or came! Yet she never ceased to *
write, entreating him for answers
and assuring him of unanswering af- 3
fection. Slowly, heavily and impcr- d
ceptibly a year passed away?a h
jwholo year?to heo now a blank o
ieternity of time ! b
j Iler old thoughts concerning Miss 6
I nAnliiHAAil n ofnnn/fA knl^l nf llPT ^
! bUVP U UWIU v/* ??W. j
imagination now; a hundred "trifles,0
light as air" catno back most gallant- v
ly to memory and took coherent and r
tangible shapes; but a stray number
i of the Indian Mail informed her of t
the marriage of MissDashwood?her t
, belcnoiro?to a Major Milton ; and c
also that the regiment to which Sid-; f
ney belonged '-was moving up the j i
- country," a phrnso to hor perplexing I e
I and vague. 1
Her funds were gone?her friends
vcro few and poor. Her jewels?his
reasurcd presents?were first tamed
nto cash ; then tho furniture of her
retty villa, and next tho villa itself
?ith its sweot roso-garden, had to be
xehanged for humbler apartments in
meaner street, and, ere long, Contanco
Warren found that if she was
o livo, it must bo by her own unaidd
efforts, and for five years she
laintained a desperate struggle for
xistence?two years!
A lady going to India wanted a
ouns: person ah governess and com
anion."
To India! On her knees Constance
rayed that her application might
rove successful; and her prayer was
card, for out of some hundred letjrs?from
a few which wore selected
-tho tenor hers best suited the taste
f the lady in question. She said
othing of her marriage or of her
pparcnt desertion ; but as her wed
nf#.?intt wn'Hi wliir-h n. fnnrl sunor.
"'fel " """ ? ? ?i?
lition of tho heart, she ncvoi drew
om her finger, told a talo, she had
d paB3 for a widow.
So in tho fullness of time she found
erself far -from England, and duly
istalled with an Anglo-India family
i ono of tbo stately villlas of the
luropean quarter of Calcutta?a verablo
palace in the city of palaces,
yerlooking tho eplanado heforo Fort
rilliam?in charge of one sickly, but
nnfln lif.tlrt nn.In-fVicr>r1 rrirl.
w"",w t o
She had been a month there when
or employer's family proposed to
isit somo relatives in Meernt, where
ie heard that Sidney's regiment was
intoned! To her it. seemed as if
10 hand of fate was in all tUJs. Oh
i bo able to unravel tho horrible
lystery involving his. fate; for by
lis timo eho had ascertained that
is name was out of the corps ; but
er heart suggested that he might
ave exchanged into anothor.
On tho way Constance had an ad
ilion to iicr ciiarge in tuo person 01
littlo boy, who, with bis ayah, was
ring to join his parents at Meerut.
ho little boy was moro than nnusuly
beautiful, with round and diraed
cheeks, dark hazel eyes, curly
)!dcn hair, and sweet and winuing
nile. Something in tho child's face
its expression, attracted deeply tho
tontion of Constance, and soemed
stir some memory in her heart.?
'hero had sho seen those c\-cs bere
?
Sho drew tho boy caressingly toard
her, and when kissing his fair
>en forehead, her eyes fell involun,rily
on a ring that secured liisnecka
mere blue ribbon. It was of
>ld, and on it woro engraven tfco inials
C. and S. with a lovers knot
* ~ ~ ~ inAMa < l?naa AP hfti*_
!t WCUI1* X liVOU IT Viu wuv/ijv vt uv& ~
If and her husband, and the ring
as ono sbo had seen him wear daily,
instance trembled in every limb;
10 fell a deadly paleness overspread
jr face, and the room in which sno
,t swam round her; but on recoverg
her self-possession, sbo said :
"Child, let me look at this ring."
Tho wondering boy placed in her
ind tho trinkot, which sho had not
o slightest doubt of having seen
;ar8 beforo in London.
"\Vho gavo this, my child?" shej
ked.
"My papa."
"Your papa!?what is your name ?' j
"Sidney."
"What else ?'" she asked, impatient-!
"Sidney Warren Milton."
"Thank God ! Bnt how came you 1
be named so? There is some mysry
in this?a mystery that must
on bo solved now. When weroyou
>rn, dear little Sidney ?"
"In Calcutta."
"What is your age, child ?
"Next year I shall bo seven years
d."
"Seven?how strange it is that you
ivc the name your bear I"
"It is my papa's," said tho boy,
itli a little proud irrritability ol
anner.
"Whoro did your papa live before
) camo to Calcutta?"
"I don't know?in many places?
ldiers always do."
"He is a soldier ?"
"My papa is Major Milton, and
res in tho cantonments at Mcerut."
"A Jittlo time, I shall know all,"
plied poor Constance, caressing the
>y with great tenderness.
On arriving at Mcerut, however,
ic found herself ill?faint ana icver1),
so that for days sho was confined
i her bed. She had but one keen
id burning desire?to seo Major
Hilton, and to learn from his lips the
to of her husband. On the evening
the fifth day?the evening of the
itith of May?when just as the sunit
gun pealed over the cantonments, J
ic <iyah brought her a card, inscri-,
id, "Major Milton ?Staff Corps."
'.Desire tbo major to como to rac!"
lid Constance, in a broken voice,
id terribly couvulsed by emotion;
ir now she was on the ovo of knowig
all.
"Hero to the mehmmhib's bedside?"
skod the astonished ayah.
"Here instantly?go?go!"
Endowed with new strength, as
10 woman withdrew, eho sprang
i Unnnvij
om her UCU, pui/ un uci ohj^v.^,
irow around her an ample cashrncrc
rossing robe, and seated horself in a
amboo chair, trembling in every
ber, In a mirror opposite she could
je that her face wes whito as snow,
'he door was opened.
"Major Milton," said a voice that
lade her tremblo, and attired in unress
uniform, with helmet in hand,
cr husband, looking scarccly a day
Idcr, stood gazing at her in uttor
owilderment. lie gave one convulivo
start, and then stood rooted to
h<> snot: but no expression or glance
f tenderness escaped him. His
fhole aspect bore Iho impress of ter.
or.
Years had elapsed as a dream, and
hey were again face to face, those
wo, whom no man might put asun'er.
Softness, sorrow and reproach
iided from the face of Constance.
:Ier broad, low forehead became
item; her deep-set dark eyes sparclod
perilously, her full lips bccamc
; - 1
set, and hor chin seemed to express
more than ever resolution.
"Oh, Constance?Constance," he
faltered, "I know not what to say P*
"It may bo well so, Sidnoy.? .-So,
you are Major Milton, and the supposed
hasband of Miss Dasewood t"
There was a long pause, after
which she said: "I ask not the cause
of yonr most cruel desertion; but
whence this name of Milton ?" ,
"A property was left me?and-r-.
bat of course, you have long sinye
ceased to love me, Constanee?" - ,
' Ypn. aotually da're to take an upr<
braiding tone to mo!" she exclaimed^
her dark eyes flashing fire. Tfieri
looKing upwara appeaiingly, she
wailed, "Oh, my God! my God! and
this is the man for whom, during
these bitter years, I have been eating
my own heart!"
"Pardon mo, Constanco; you may
now learn that there is no gauge
to measuro the treasury of which
tho human heart in its weakness is
capablo. Yetthero has boon a worm
in mine that has never died."
She wrung her hands, and then
said something of hor old softness of
manner: "You surely Iovod mo once,
Sidno.v ?"
"I did." Ho drew ucarer, but sha
recoiled from him.
"Then whence this cruel change?"
"Does not some one write, we love,
and think we love truly, and yet find
another to whom ono will cling as if
it required these two hearts to make
a perfect whole ?"
"Most accursed sophistry! But if
you have no pity, you have not fear?
"I have groat fear," said he in a
broken voice; "thus, Constance, by
tho love you once bore mo, I beseech
you to havo pity, not on mo, but on
my littlo boy, and his poor mother?
preserve their happiness."
"And sacrifice ray own ?" sho said
in a hollow voico.
"Sparc, and not cxposo mo?my
commission?my position hero1' ?
"Neither shall bo lost through mo,"
sho replied, in a voico that grew more
and more weak j "but lcavo me?
leavo mo?tho ah* is suffocating?the
liirht has left my eyes."
"lie drew near to'tako her hand, but
she repulsed him with a wild gesture
of despair, and throwing up her
arms, fell back in her seat, with a gurgle
in hev throat, her head on one
6ide and her jaws fallen."
"Help?help 1" cried ho; but. no
help came, and ho hurried away; the
sudden din of musket shots, of shrieks
and yells, announcou mac tne great
revolt had began at Meerat, and that
i tho expoctcd massacre of the Europeans
had commenced. In that
butchery, those ho loved most on
earth perished, and midnight saw
him, wifeless and childless, lurking in
misery and alone in a mango topo on
tho road to Kurnaul.
******
White listening to the narrative of
my friend Sidney, whom I bad always
known as Warren, rather than
Milton, the clock on tho mantcl-picco
struck nine, and he said in a broken
vi ice:
"It was at this very hour, twelve
months ago, that my toy and his
mother were murdered by tho 3d
Cavalry, at the moment that Constance
was dying!"
As ho spake, a strango white light
suddenly filled one end of the smoking
room, but amid it there came
gradually, but distinctly to view, two
figures, one was a little boy with golden
hair, the other a woman whose
left arm was around him?a beautiful
wom:?n, with clearly-cut features,
masses of dark hair curling over low
broad forehead, lips full and handsome,
with a massive chin and classic
nil- j ?:A
throat?tho woman 01 mo vuutu pitture,
line for lino, but to all appcaranco
living and breathing, with a
beautiful smile in ber eyes, and wearing,
not tbo riding habit, but a floating
crape-like white garment, impos-:kl?
ilnonmkn 'Phni'O WflS }l StraFUTO
DIU1U bU uvownvu. .. 0
weird brightness in her face?tho
transfigured brightness of great joy
and greater love.
'Constance?Constanco and my
child 1" cried Sidney, in a voice that
rose to a shriek; and like a dissolving
view, the light, and all we lookpri
nn with eves transfixed, faded
vw w ** ?? -J
away 1
I was aware of an excess of sensitiveness,
and that my heart was beating
with painful rapidity. I did not
becomo insensible, but sometime
elapsed before I became aware that
lights wero in the room, and that
several servants, whom my friend's
cry had jummoncd in haste and alarm
wero endeavoring to rouso him to
consciousness from a fit that seized
him; but from that fit he never recovered.
Ilis heavy stcntorious
breathing gradually grew less ana
i less, and ere a doctor came, ho was
dead.
His death?sudden as hers on that
eventful night, but si retributivo one
?was declared to bo apoplexy; but
I knew otberwiso. Sinco then,
though the effect of tho grape-shot
wound on my nervous system had
quite passed away, I feel myself cominpiinrl
tn ncrrao with tho hackneyed
I""""" *" "n
remark of Hnmlct, that "there are
mora things in heaven and earth than
aro dreamt of in our philosophy."
"How does your brother get on in
New York, Parker?" "Very well indeed,
ma'am, thank you. He's only
thore three months, and ho's already
boginning to speak the languago
beautifully V?Punch.
A T St.nwart once naid $40,000 for
a painting forty feet long, and ever
since then ho makes a practice every
night of saying tu himself: "Stewart,
you are the bigest jackass in Ameriica."
Deacon Ladue, of Wisconsin, went
to the barn the other day and hung
himself with a log chain because his
" " '-'-"--J ^te nri^
wire piayiuny kickuu ijio nut vu.
exclaimed: "That's the kind of a
clothes-pin I am ?" "ir.i
Mrs. Gubbius says her husband is
ike a tallow candle ho always will
i jmoko when ho goes out.
AFTER THE STORM.
Patience I for the strife Is o'er;
Weary wave and the dying blast
Beat and mourn abouHhe shore!
Peace must come at last.
'
LoT the sea gull's silver wing
Floshealn the ?unstt gold: :M
Walt, another.mdurn.ajwul.'b'ring
Gladness, as of old.
And the bittei draught is (ireaineJ,
Nevertilll the storm is done, Shall
thy rest be gained.
Waves and winds fulfill His word:
Thou, like them, shall do His will,
Waiting till his voice is heard,
Saying "Peace be still."
A COLLOQUY.
. <)
The following dialoguo took placo
recently in tho vicinity of Duo West:
Mrs, B.?"Aunt" Lucy! where is
Wesley?"
Aunt Lucy.?Gone to do Depot for
Joanna."
jjlrs. 15.?"Ivor Joannar wtiat
Joanna?"
Aunt Lucy.? "Joanna, Joanna;
you donno Joanna V
Mrs. B.?"No! Como by the cars ?"
Aunt Lucy?"Yes! I b'licvo so;
como by dc car."
Mrs. B.?"But who is she? what
Joanna? I don't know any one
nn?v?nil Tnnnnn #!-?? f li f\ hrt ffAnft
for?"
Aunt Lucy?"Well! Did any one
ever hear the beat of it! I mean de
I Joanna dey puts on do cotton!" (and
then, still seriously, turning to Mrs.
B.'s daughter who has been richly
enjoying the colloquy,) "3Iiss Jano!
Young ladies ought not to laugh at
dcre mother. But children will
laugh when dero mother makes mistakes."
A Brilliant Lecture.
Cokesbury, S. C., "I
March 24th, 1875. J
Editors Frcsa and Banner :
Col. (Jaughman delivered a lecture
in our town on last Wednesday night,
nrnAi If rr nf *ViA?irrhf. JinH
'"""'I lyJl 1-""
literary rcscarch is rarely over equaled.
His discourso was very elaborate
and replete with interest, but I can
attempt nothing more than a synopsis.
He gavo a scriptural view of
tho primeval condition of the human
raco, in opposition to tho theory of
Infidel scientific writers, and showed
tho evil influenco of these infidel
writings upon tho youth of tho country.
JLLo presented a tncory oi luenegru
race drawn from tho sacred Scriptures,
and demonstrated tho plausibility of
his theory, by showing that the declarations
of Holy Writ have been ver.
ificd by tho history of tho negro race
in every country where they have had
an existence. .
ilo oxpressed a desire to extend to
them all the advantages of education
and Christian influcnco of tho age.
Yet with all this fostering care, in
conscquencc of their great inferiority
in point of intellect, he entertained
the idea, that tho race, as a race,
would never reach such a status of
citizenship, as would entitle them to
become an integral element in the
administration of this Republican
Government.
Respectfully,
M. G. ZEIGLEE.
Lucius, Quinctus, Ciucinnatus Lamar
One of iho foremost of the Southern
Statesmen, has recently been interviewed
by a correspondent of the
Atlanta Htrald, on pending issues and
party prospects. lie thinks the defeat
of Grant will depend upon the proper
Imvmonv of all the elements of tho
opposition. He saj's:
"The victories of last Fall were not
strictly Democratic victories. They
were anti-administration victories.
They were not achieved by the Democratic
party as a party, but by Democrats,
Uonsrrvatives, Liberal Republicans
and anti adminitration men,j
fighting for the timo under tho Democratic
flag, just as tho Democrats in
tho Grcely campaign fought under
the Liberal Republican flag. They
were allies of tho Democratic party;
not converts to its doctrines. It is
all important for us to realize
that it was a triumph achieved by
co-operation, not by conversion.
l",. ,, u c?;il
1 DOSC Utiles, IUUU?U lla-uui; wvw> vv,
tbc Democratic party, and hostile to
the present Administration, are not
bound indissolubly or evon securely
ours. If they aro content to tight
the next fight with us wo will whip
it. If they aro driven off wo will
loso it."
The Democrats must show proper
moderation and adopt a conciliatory
policy if they would hope to achieve
success.
It is tho high price of slato pencils
that is driving the saloon-keepers to
tho poor-house.
Two things in this world that
-i?i,i ?? u? wl ?nfli?n. woman's
jSHUUlU UVO uu muvu m?v.. ?
[opinion, and the business end of
I u wasp.
An excutive officer?the hnman's. jfflSI
"^Common please?pleaso shut thoUg^
The scale of goodffirading?B natJ
A poor relation-r-leUing^Hi^^H^
Carpets are bought by the yirof^;
and by the foot.
Waisting sweetness?putting yonrr^t'^
arm around a pretty woman^ rap "
iJyPy,
An vnn Mnnnt. ftunt/1 vftnr flwn' .:
Y. J " j . company
make it as good as possible.
Instead of saying "looK op," the <v*., v
Texan exclaims: "See hyar, old fel- fcV
low!" >
- Habit is a cable. Every day wo
weave a thread, and soon wo cannot # '
break it.
Mrs. Beocher is an awful homely
woman, but then hor bread is never
heavy.
"May heaven bless and keep you
from your own tr?e love, Benjamaln
Herrick." was the wav the letter en
ded.
. . vgg
"Teeth in exchange for|wheat pork ' ,
or potatoes," is what an enterprising ijt
dentist in one of the State towns ad- SKf
vertises. .
A grocer when complained to about "... ~
selling bad eggs, said : "At this season
the hens ain't well and very often
lay bad eggs."
A voteran shopkeeper says that
although his clerks are very talkativejduring
the day, they aro always
ready to shut up at nigbt.
Josh Billings says: "There liop .
any thing that will completely cor? *
laziness, though a second wife ha?
been known to huny it some. %%?$$.
A Rhode Island woman sayf t&at '
she'd rather have the nighmaro . ge^
Ven straight nights than tell Her has*
band the flour barrel is empty.
When a Chicago man gels rich, he
writes to Eastern publishing houses
and tells them to send "half a ton of
books with gild on."?Milwaukao.
news. *
*? Miss Eastman, in ber woman suffi'finrA
nrnrnmrmf. nn In t.kfl Sf.nf.A TTnusA
ussd tho 6emile. "Eyes as bright as
buttons on angel's coats." She's getting
brassy.
Give your son a good education
and settled purpose in life, and when
ho is a man be will not be contentto
sit back of a grocery stove and
crack his finger-joints.
There is said to be but one divorcein
England to every ten in America.
Comparatively few English people'
marry for fun, it would seem.?Louisville
Courier-Journal,
Tho New Haven Rkgitter relates
that an actor at one of the theaters
was called out three times in ono evening,
not long ago? twice by thesheriff
and oneo by the tailor,
An Annapolis man rode clear toSa- vannah
to lick afcHow who called him
a liar, and the undertaker said he never
saw a dead man look so much liko
a qaarter of beef.
"When tho postmaster of Vicksburg
was on his dying bed tho other
day, twenty-eight men hurried past
tho house with petitions praying that
they might bo postmaster.
The saddest thing in life is the
spoctacle afforded by a young person
burnt all her hair off her forehead
with a hot slate pencil and cannot
afford to buy a row of curls.
A musician noticed that his friends
wearied at his performance, remarked
: "You awaro that this is a tery
difficult passage." '-I wish it was
impossible," replied one.
The Detroit Free^ Press asks, if Mr.
Bcrgh can send a man to jail forihreo
months for killing a mad cat, we'd
like to know what ho can do with a
boy who feeds marbles to a parrot?
A little American lad who had just
commenced reading the newspaper
asked his father if the word "Hon."
prefixod to the name of a number of
Congrese meant "honest."
The ghost of Noah Webster came
to a spiritual medium in Alabama,
not lolg since, and wrote on a ship of
paper: ',It is tito times." Noah was
right, but we are sorry to see he has
gone back on his dictionary.
The New 1'ork Times publishes an
interesting account of the sickness of
the late emperor of China. The emperor
ttas taken with the first symptoms
of small-pox on the 3th of December,
and by one of those curious coincidences
which the Chinese are always lookin^
for. and to which they attach
so much significance, the attack was
thought to he connccted with, or
refforable to, the transit of Ycnus
on that day. The oraperor being a
descendant of the sun, nothing could
occur to him tho purity of that orb,
that would not be portentous to its
earthly representative. Thus the
planet, as it crossed the sun's disc,
was likened in size to a pea, which in
Chinese is called tan, and tho pestules
of small pox arc likewiso called tan
tho characters which stand for tho
two words resembling each other.
Hence, to tho Chinese mind, a clear
connection between tho transit .and
4-Ua imv\At?in] QU?I/n/\CQ
On the twelfth clay of tbo attack a
great religious ceremony was performed;
an immense number of effigies
wero eollcctcd and burned as a
propitiation to the goddess of Bmall
pox- Besides the effigies there were
a dozen pairs of banners and stato
parasolf, thirteen pavilions with
food and fruits, cisrhty-four tablos
| bearing clothing, nino largo boats and
, three hundred trays of various articles
useful to complete an outfit in
(the next world. Theso numerous
: simulacra, costing several hundred
I thousand dollars, all wero consigned
' to the flames, and translated, liko
Elijah, in a chariot of firo to .t,ho re'gion
of spirits.