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9= A story of the TEENCH COMMUNE. EYELYX JERROLP. AcrnoR of uThk Moi'jctebank's Daughteb," "A Woman's Foi.lt," <&c. CHAPTER I. the CO>VlIiItaES of t!!e Ill'e CAfMARTIX. Number fifteen, Rue Cauniartin, is by no means a toll-tale edifice. At least, the j tales it tell? are such, that the most re- ! Fpeetable house on the most respectable 1 boulevard would not be worse for making I them public. It is kept with a cleanli- ! ness that makes one blink?so bright are ! its brass door-knobs and bell-handles, so I white is its facade, so immaculate are the i atones of its court-yard and entrance-pas sage. No censorious policeman ever found its dust-heap in too close proximity j to the pavement; no wandering1 Italian minstrels ever found its concierges off ! their guard, or gracious enough to allow! a hurdy-gurdy to enter the penetralia of j the back-court. Vet these guardians of j the house's peace and propriety were not . popular. Monsieur and Madame Michon j were secretive, a quality which invari- | ably denotes irreclaimable sinfulness in the honorable corjwration of concierges. They were not prejKissessing, physically; then they were comparatively rich, and, what was worse, lent money at twenty per cent, (or were supposed to do so), to the poor tradesmen aud servant-girls of the neighborhood. For all these excellent reasons, there was not a little secret re i'oicing in the Rue Canmnrtin, when a x>o iceman was observed to enter Number Fifteen, and deliver a blue official paper to M. Michon in person. "The Michons have found a cantanker ous customer at last," said Number Six to Number Eight, praising in her work and leaning on iter broom. "And the skinflints deserve if," was the natural but not very charitable response. "Or it may be about thai poor girl on their liftli floor," conjectiufd the first speaker, seeing that the conversation needed a reviving element. But the gos.-ip came to an abrupt ter mination; for M. and Mme. Miehon had issued from their house, and were passing down the street} and the laws of good breeding commanded that a uBun jour" should be exchanged at every doorstep. The Commissary of Police of the quar ter Wanted" the concierges of Number Fifteen, with reference to an attempt at suicide which bad taken place in their house. i The official's face wore a stern frown, that rather discomfited the couple as they entered. i "You are the concierges of Number fif teen, ltue Caumartiu?" tho official in quired, briefly. "Yea, Monsieur." "A young girl, name Reine Lagnrde, at xempieu 10 suuuciue uerscu ny cunruuui fume9, the day before yestorday in the evening, in an attic of the fifth floor of your house. What do you know of the glrlf and how came this to occur?" , When persuasive eloquence was re quired, M. Michon always became gal lant, and gave priority to his wifo. So Madame Michon explained glibly, "I liav* really been very kind to the poor girl, monsieur.11 saw to her wants like a moth er. I cooked her meals, tidied her room. But we are poor people, and " "Enough on that subject!" interrupted the Commissary of Police, coldly. "I don't want to know how much the girl owes you* but how she came to your house; what you know about her." "She has been in the liouse^ir, for about a year. The night before she appeared, the apartments?two rooms?were taken by a gentleman?young, well-dressed, be longing to the upper classes, I should say. He took the place in her name; but left his own card?C'lement de Boisrobert! The next day the young lady came. She eeemed flurried and timid. Monsieur saw her frequently, until about three months ago. Since then we have not seen him; nave we, auction i "Did the girl receive no other visit?" de manded the oflieer, abruptly. "One or two, sir. The young1 person does embroidery for the shops; and twice a lady and gentleman culled to order some work, I think. They were English." . "Go on." "And once an impudent, untidy-looking fellow, with a pipe in hi* mouth, called to see her. We were not quite sure whether he was to be allowed to go up. He never came again." "And what led her to suicide?" ' "Well, you see, sir, she embroidered, and embroidery is not always well paid; and, besides, her poor little fingers didn't eeem used to hard work every day. At first things went well enough; and, though she was never particularly bright, she seemed tolerably cheerful and contented. Then the hard times came. The em broidery didn't sell. Bit by bit she pawn- j ed her trinkets, her gowns, the curtains j nrif? enmofx from hoi* rooms, until nt l??t T used to say to Michon, 'Michon, that poor I creature 13 wasting to a shadow, and makes my heart bleed to see her.'" "Never mind your heart, Madame Mi- j a chon. Has she no relations!" I - 'Not a soul, I fancy." "That will do. Go; and let me tell you ! that the next time you neglect to report j such a case to the relief officers, you will hear from me." To have incurred the Commissary's dis pleasure was, in those days of Imperial rule, almost equivalent to a term of police t surveillance. 80 the rebuked couple were disposed to moralize on the instability of * earthly prosperity, and on the immediate ^ necessity of turning over a new loaf. j They felt inclined to kick, too?an in clination which generally comes to con- . spirators who have shared or foresee de feat. "Really, Angelique, the old moucJinrtC* (police spy) "was right. You shouldn't have let the girl corao to this," said Mi chon, assuming the tone of a misundqf fltood philanthropist. "And I should like to know what would j have become of us if we hadn't hel]>ed M. | Clement in his plans? Should we have ( added a snug live thousand francs to our* . money in the savings bank? Should we have kept our places, even? You know j how Clement got rid of his own concierges directly they took to prying into his af- j lairs. He's got the Evil One to back him, I believe. One says no to him?stands ^ in his way in any fashion?and in a mo iV - 1 II 1 ??? 8 lilttllt liltf IttllUlUiU M1UW8 Hittl UUC iCHU- ; J ing money, and all the misfortunes one _ has had with the police years ago. Then f you are discharged?lucky if you don't get six month? for illegal usury." "But the girl may complain, too," veo- ? tured Michon, half convinced. "That timid little chit? Not che. Be- * eides, Cloment has a hold on her, I am * sure. 'When I pretended to pawn thosb j, [ trinkets for her, but gave her half the!r proper value out of my own money, he etid he would back u?up. He could atop any complaint she might make." " a "Well, but his business is done," grum- j 1 bled Michon. "There's not much more : t! to be got out of Clement. He seema to i r have given the girl up altogether." | li "Yes, since the little fool wouldn't have 11: him at any price?as handsome & young j a fellow as ever stepped. Now there's M.j v Did vmi wVtnt s? vav Kn i a was in when he broke open the door and 1: found her there half dead? He'? got, fc pretty fast hold of you too, Michon." ! f "Ay," said Michon. ruefully "It all ' i comes of that monoy-lending, But if he ! takes an interest in the girl, we may cry j \ quits yet. She's such a little simpleton, I j one could get hor into trouble as easily j c as catch a baby at the jam-closet But; i the old Jew broker is such a curmudgeon 1 ?not a bit like free-handed M. Clement! t He'd make us be mother and father to i . the wench, and band ue a five-franc piece , i for our pains!" j c The pleasant pair had reached their > c abode by this time, and were about to j 1 commence their new operations by send- 11 ing up broth to the sick girl, and assum- ! i ing an oily benignity of expression when ! a M. Marcus should pass bj* the lodge. But: 1 a letter, left on the table in the dark little e room they inhabited, modified their tac- i t tics in a measure, though not their assum-'t ed manner. It was signed "B.," and con- ! li tained but fhese words:? v ?' 11. "Abate nothing of yonr care of the girl. . It iB still important thwt you should keep I her in the house, and know what she is . doing hour by hour." . ' "Tant mteux!" said Miehon, after his v wife had rend the message. 'Clement's a ii jollier fellow to deal, with than that screw d ou the second floor. Now go up to the \ girl?but you needn't take the broth? he , b doesn't ask us to board her, though we / lodge her against her will,"' he added, with i h a splutter of treble laughter, ; c Madame Michon toiled wearily up the , s of at airs, and Jkyocksd gently J li at a low door, "apparently auinTttihg to on of those garrets which, in most Pari houses, harlior tlio servants of the lowe storys. A piece of paper was affixed to panel,and on it was written, in ink, "Mdlh Reine Lagurde, brtxlettS' ." "What ao you want/" inquired a hars] voice from within. And before the concierges eould answei tlie door was half ojiened, and a shoe] head of pray hair, illuminated by sharp restless gray eyes, protruded itself. "1 have come to see how mademoisell is," said Madame Miehoti, breathlessly for the stairs were many and steep, am the lady's figure had been remarkable fo its plumpness even in 1S30, when luck; M. Michon enclosed it for the tirst time ii a lover's clasp. "She's better. I am lecturing licr. Goo< day," returned Marcus, brietly. And the door was shut again.* -I liat sneaking Jew is closeted with th girl," said the portress, sourly, when bIv reached the lodge. "He nearly slatume* inc UUv/l' Hi uiv irtv. u, iuu CHAPTER II. KTSKN FHOM THE DKAD. Marcus's interest in the young girl whi lay in the house of the line Cauinartin faint and feeble from her brief vision o death, might, and indeed, did, in the ori fin, spring from perfectly coinmon-placi causes. He hud been the chief agent ii her salvation from the peril she had vol untarily incurred. A day ago, as he wen up to his chamber at night, a strong odo of burning charcoal pervaded the stair case. He mounted to the third and fourtl story; the odor increased in intensity; thi fumes grew thicker. On the til"th landing he discovered their source to be a litth garret, let to a poor work-girl, of that cu rious mixed classes called grisettes. A grisclte's life is not so prolific o: honey, so redolent of rosea, as to rendei this mode of ending it an unusual one Marcus, guessed immediately that th< noxiorts vapors he inhaled rase from somt umall buitle-tield within four avails, when tho last eombat between death and dis honor had just been fought, and won. No ipiite won, though, it appeared, when h< burst open the door,dashed his list througt the window panes, and turned towards th< slight, thinly-clad figure on the bed. Lift R-uf not extinct; and having chafed hei forehead and; feet having roused th< neighbors,and sent 31, Michon, grumbling Tor u doctor, he wan informed that she was in no danger, and wight be moved it i day or two. Having procured her fuel, food, medl rine, clothing; having substituted some^ thing like comfort for the awful, signiti :ant nakedness of the garret, as he had irst seen it, perhaps Marcus would have rosted there, and considered the claims ol :harity sufficiently answered. For h< ivas no philanthropist; few of the doctors he had dealings with would have allowec that he was capable of paying a doctor's fee for his dourest friend. But the brokei made a discovery in the morning of th< 3ay on which this history commences. *? v . i j _ 4_ li.iu. t .. j. ne aim pitm u vion iu iuuhd. ungiuut is a matter of courtsey, to inquire how fai tier health was re-established. While lh? sick {jirl was thanking- him in tired, trem ukiuh toues, he glanced around the apart mout with the keen, ferret-like scrutinj of an experienced dealer in bri<>a-bra< odd# und ends, judged valueless by th< common observer. His gaze fell upon ar order for embroidery, signed "Juliet Sum merson." Then the broker ceased hii survey. Ho started violently, and turnei to the pale, worn face buried in the pil lows beside bin., with heightened interest md something like animation. "Vou should not have fallen to this, mj poor child," he said, goritly. "I see yoi lad rich, fashionable employers." Anc \e jwinteU to the paper. "Ah, yes; Misd JSummerson. 8he ap )eared kind at first, but she fell away like he rest." As she spoke in low tones, a shudclej ihook her frame 'rom head to foot. "But do you kuow the lady!" she added liter a minuteY pause. "No. 110! How should I? Everybodj las heard of her as one of the most fash onable beauties of the Tuileries balls. 8c ler custom was not profitable for long?r ' She ordered two pieces of embroiderj lome time ago, and paid for them. Bui ihe has never claimed them. 1 could nol jo to her house, for reasons I need nol rouble you with, but the work is still lere." Marcus n-flected for a moment; then ht inked, with a grim, bitter smile, "Have foil any re.-.-on to suppose that Miss Sum nelson is your enemy in any way?wishet (Tou harm/" "Oh, don't ask me! I know not what tc luppose. 1 have met such cruel people nonsieur. 1 am not twenty, but I seem :o know every deception I could bt warned against." The lu oker was slow to pity. When his compassion was excited, it generally took the solid form of rive-franc pieces. Now, however, ho bent forward, and touched Lhe young- girl's forehead with his lips, in ? way that would have elicited the moil meqoivocal marks of surprise and oon? empt from those who, ^ke the Michons, espected him for his normal hardness ,nd frank egotism. "Will you do me ono more favor!" said leine. "Ay, child." She drew a letter from under the pillow, .nd tendered it, saying, "Burn this, please -hero?immediately. Marcus took the packet, and read:? "Monsieur Clement de Boisrobert." Again he started, and, without pausing in instant, turned towards the fireplace, vhere tisane was warming; and Reine saw l paper flare, and fall into the ashea on he hearth. Then he bade her good-bye, >romising to return in the evening. Marcus scarcely ever entered his cham >crs before midnight, and they had that rigid, nocturnal air most rooms so used icquire. The numerous traces visible ot heir inhabitant's daily occupations in no s ay mitigated the chilling influence of bat air. As he entered, studying a letter n his hand, the broker tripped over yat ighans, rolls of old tapestry-work, stools ?n which Pompadour had knelt, perhaps; :arpets that Louis XV. may have trodden ?all the stock-in-trade of a man who >onght anything on which a profit was to 10 made, nnd thought nothing1 in thia vorld too high and pure for sale and bar er. The broker was intent on hia letter, and leedod not his surroundings. The su lerscriptiou had arrested his attention lp-stairs, and with the sang frold of a nan accustomed to obtain the informa ion he required by any means, illicit o* ivowable, ne dexterously slid the grisette'a etter up his sleeve, ana drew from his >ocket an envelope of his own, which he lurnt. "The girl is entangled with the entire ang," he murmured, as he broke the seal. Sumraerson?de Boiarobert?what a com >any for such a child to bepittod against!" And then lie read these lines, written mrriedly, loosely, by a hand that should >e, in a few hours, norveless and doad:? "Mossibcr db Boisrohkrt,? Youmay pause as you rend these lines, nd pry 'Victory!' You have your will. rou have worked long and arduously for Ms end?you are rewarded. The brave rar you hare waged against a defence 888 girl ends as it should end?in your riuraph. I would havo withstood you lone, but you brought allies against me, rhora I cannot comjuer?deceit, wretch dness, and starvation. I fancy you have ittle pity in you, even for yourself. Yet lear how I have suffered, and love me or once, if you can, now I stand no longer n your path. MVhen I left my father's house, it was vith blind trustfulness that I accepted rour proffered aid. Had you not Fran lisque's letter, bidding you watch over ne, though ho had lost faith in his poor ieine? Did 1 not know of the friendship bat united you? I believed you implie dly when you alleged it was necessary or iny safety and honor that I should :ome here, and accept the guurdianship )f that hideous woman who serves you. V.nd then vou found work for me. Your 'riend, Juliet Summerson, seemed to re nain what she had ever beon?a frank tnd kindly friend. If you had only ;nown how grateful?ay, and hopeful-? ny heart was for those two friendships, he knowledge might have softened you, lerhaps?at least, have led you to let me ive on alone, earning my bread as I pished to earn it. But, no; you could not ;eep the mask long. It fell, when you .new I had no resource but you "Had you 110 fear of the friend you be rayed? Had you no conception of the jrrible account he might exact from you rhen he returned? And ine? Did you nagine that mere hunger and cold would rive me to you for warmth and food? 'ou fancied that one slight, one mistake, rought about by you know what deceit ui appearances, had alienated me from im you called friond?him I should have ailed husband. You did not know?how hould you know??the strength of a girl's fi>t love. You see how weak your cjjjcu 'e 1 anions were; yet you "have won. "Wh'e: 3 to-morrow dawns I shall be dead, r i "So, out of your thankfulness for thi a ending, do this one good office for me j. write to Francisque. I know not wher he is. My letters have remained unane b wered. Tell him how mistaken he wa ! ?how those semblances which deceive* % him belied me;, but, I pray you, in such lc manner as shall prevent any harm com >, ing to poor Eugene. He could not hel; that, at all events; and I would rathe 0 Francisque should continue to think o ; mo dead what he thought of me living 1 than that Kugeiie should suffer throng' r me. These are ihe lust lines I shall wnlt y Do this bidding if you would atone?i a you have auy human impulse. "liUINK L\?\RDK." ^ Marcus remained dreaming1 long am I aorlIv lmfnrA ihlu rnffim. tinhflttnv hI.ii'V O j v i rj - ? ^ - | & life that had *u nearly ended in nelf-de etructiou. His pity for the girl he hai 1 saved increased in intensity a* Home oli j unaccountable hatred of her porsecuto rose within him, "The scoundrel!" lie muttered. "A1 waya the name! Good men change, ant die, and disappear; he remains as he eve ! was. lie will prosper, and die in som ' palace, bought by infamy, with crowds o I flattering friends around him to hide th j visions of his past. But patience?pa j tieuce. My turn may co ne at last; am j this poor child shall hasten its coming. At nightfall, he went up to Reioe's room ; She was expecting him, and. welcomed hi ' hard, rugged face with a warm, gratefu | smile. ! ?*Well, now, my child, I must see what J can do for you. Firstly, I have you I promiso not to tempt Heaven a^ain b; ; Buch an uttompt as that of tne othe ! night?" i 'Oh, sir, I should not have the courag t now, had I the will! 1 promise." I And with a child's gesture of confident : she laid her hands in his. i "But you must not starve, either, poo j child! "What can I do for you?" "I must leave this house," she answered ; hurredly; "hide myself?go somewher 1 where nobody would dream of lookinj forme." MNot twenty yet, and such danger t avoid!" said the broker, touched by he pleading terror. "Of whom can you b afraid? What have you done to hav made such enemies?" "Oh, sir, nothing! But you cannot ui i derstand " "Let me understand," said Marcus, tal I ing her hand gently. "Toll me your storj i I may be able to help you in a wuy yo ! little foresee." Reine refused at first, Baying that oth? ! affairs than her own were bound up in th l history of her life. But the broker pleac j ed with such earnestness and patienci j that she reflected ha had perhaps earne j the right to know her life. Her gratitud ! for the tirst friendly words she had hear for many months prompted such poter arguments in his favor, that she consentei and began in a low voice to till in th vugue outlines he had gleaned from th letter. CHAPTER III. GBISICTTB's 8T0BT. "They say I am a thorough Parisienn Perhaps it is true; but I am purely prt vincial by birth. My poor father n? ! been to Paris once, ana never mentione the place without horror. He thought poet was starving in every garret of tl city, and the body of some deceived com try lass floating under every bridge. S unlike most tenant-farmers of our day he only aspirod to make us?Engene an me?simple, industrious country-folk, wh would marry and grow old in tne viuaj where we were born. The village is A: qu?8, in Normandy. Perhaps you kno' | it, sir; it is where Henry IV. fought h I famous battle. Our farm was one of tb dependencies of the Comte de Chayolle estate?the largest in tho province. Yo must know that rustic as my father we in ideas, his education was a good middlt class one, and fitted him for society?eve for that of his fastidious landlord. So b shot over the estate often with the Corafc who would come in, now and then, an take luncheon with us. The Comtw wa then fifty-two or three, and I thirtoen c ! fourteen at the most. j "Eugene wm the great sorrow of on k ; life. At twenty-two, he was utterly idl t worse than idle?drank, and gamed, an ^ nourished a violent hatred for what t [ called tho 'Aristos' on all kinds of incci diary pamphlets and papers, smuggle into Dieppe from England. This, woul have remained a family grief; but at tli j date of which I speak, a man born in th village, who had left for the army, six c I seven years before, returned, and bega j to foment a species of small civil wa ] influencing idle, envious natures, like th{ i of Eugene, with highly-colored pictures c l the orgies he had seen in noble house | the otiicinl conniption he had witnessed i and beside them, misery and starvatio ?in that city of palaces, Paris! You ma imagine what an influence such a con panion had on Eugene. He was constan ly with hid new friend; constantly lister ing to scandalous stories about the Comt de Chayolles, whi^h the soldier had picke up, goodness knows how, in Paris. An ' then, when the Comte's name was mei I : 1 -? ar.oor an I uvucu aw 1IU1UCI uugvuv Iivuiu u??vu. f ? ! mutter that 'our patrician pets were n< all very respectable members of society that he knew of several biota on the 'scu cheon we Wore nil kneeling to;' and aug< the advent of a coining1 reckoning. "Whenever ho burst out in this wil fashion, my father would send me out c the" room, and argue gently with tbo rej robate?for reprobate Eugene became i a mouth or two after his Parisian friend arrival. He played high, lost enormously and the creditors came lo my father.' f 1 a year, he almost ruined us. The crop had been bad, and ho was a thousan times more costly th:tn blight or fros My father was meditating the abandoi ment of his farm, or, at any rate, th*e ui der-letting of half the laud belonging t I it, when Eugene crowned his career b > I committing a scandal that ran? throu? the country for a fortnight afterwards. "I was learning lessons for the rnorro' one day, in the shade of a long avenu that divided our land from tho ChayolU estate. Deep, angry voices broke suddet ly in on my mastering of Lamartine hymns. I stopped to listen; the voice were those of Eugene and the Comte d Chayollea. " Take care, Comte de ChayollesP Ei gene was saying, menacingly; ?I cu force you to eat every one of your bi words.' "'You!'answered the Comte. 4I kno' not your meaning, but mine is plain* ^ I have noticed you lurking round the chi ' [ teau for some time past. I have s&i , | nothing until to-day, out of regard for tb ! father you have ruined, and are likely 1 ; dishonor. It seems you have mistake | I my indulgence for fear?of what. I ai ignorant. Let me set you right. I forbi you to enter tho park again, and sha give orders to the keepers to treat you s a trespasser, whenever you iufringe th: command. Now, go!' "I had risen, and could see the Coml continue his walk calmly. Eugene looke after him, and cried, 'I'll bring one c your own blue blood for your lacqueyB 1 shoot at, one of these days!" "The Comte started, turned fiercely but Eugene had darted in amongst th trees in the avenue, and was out of sigh "That night, while we were sleeping Eugene and his boon companion left th village for Paris; and we heard on th morrow that the chateau had been er tered, and important family document belonging to the Comto carried off?b whom it wks only to easy to divine. Thi blow killed my poor father. He died tw months after Eugene's disappearanct ruined and broken-hearted, though th Comte had mercifully stopped all pursu: of the runaways. Indeed, he seeme really to wish to suppress all traces of th crime, made light of it to the detective and officials who came from Dieppe, an i never mentioned his despoilers save u j 'Monsieur* Eugene Lagarjif, 'Monsieu: I Choquard?a delicacy 1 was alone to aj ' predate. j UI should have been almost without r< , sources when iny father died?his debt ! had swallowed up the little money ol j tamed by the sale of furniture, farm iir I pleinents, etc.?had not the Comte com I forward, and offered to educate me unde ! liis own root, lit* was cnuuiess, auu Bur I that our family was the only one in whic j be felt himself welcomed and aU hom< I I wan not nix iron hs at the chateau bt fore 4he Cointe formally adopted me, aal< I ing me nothing in return but to love bit a little, and leave him a* late as possible | During six yearn his kindness never abal I ed one moment. 1 wiu? completely freo t j go wherever a rather wild fancy led in< | The park had no boundai-ies for me; th ! sun-dial no warning shadow. If 'Made 1 nioiyelle* was away at dinner time, th | Comte to?k a book, and waited for me | never failing to greet the truant when sh I api>eared, with, 4It is not late?why hurry | You're not in a convent, chdd; come bom when you're tired, that's all I want,' "But I Haw that my father'n?I alway ! gave him that name-r-dislike of ljugen j increased rapidly during the last tnre years, of our stay at tlip chateau^ Ho re ' ceived letters from Paris?one'orfwojl | thought, were in my brother's handwrit ! in#?and after reading: thein his features j would contract, and he would speak bit ; terly of the vicious, undutiful lad, who j had killed his father, and given no sign : of regret and repentance to the sister he | had made an orphan. "One day. I asked him boldly what he knew of Eugene; whether my brother ! still lived the same life; whether he had fallen lower, or amended. j "'Reine,'he returned, sternly,'the boy ! is lont to you and all honest men. Forget I him, a* he has forgotten you. I Bhall not ; remember your relationship. If ho crosses i my path,it will be the worae for him. I shall have no pity, I warn you. You can say nothing in his behalf. I shall never lintun fn anv nleiin r?nt forward for him. no mutter by whom thoy are made.' "And there came into his eyes the ex pression of steady hatred and obstinate pride I had seen them take years ago, when they looked for the last time on Eu gene's retreating figure. I never spoke of my brother again. I felt that, were circumstances to renew the broken tie of kindred between my brother and myself, 1 must decide for brother or father alone ?I should not be able' to reconcile the two duties. Ah! I did not know how soon the choice would have to be made. "Wo had paid short visits to Paris sev* eral times during the preceding years] but I was not formally introduced to the Comte's circle of acquaintance until about eighteen months ago. It was then that I met Francinque Carayon, a young officer of the Chasseurs d' Afrique, whom the Comte regarded almost as a son." Here Reine's voice faltered, and toara welled in her soft gray eyes. After a pause, she continued: "fnnfnin PurkVfin wu not rich?at least from the point of view of a great territorial proprietor, like the Comte de Chayolles; but, in his own opinion, the small fortune loft to him by his father, joined to the pay of a cavalry officer, was enough for pleasure, enough for ambition, I cannot describe the influence that drew us together. We met frequently. The Comte saw with pleasure our growing in timacy, and we were affianced, when the greatest misfortune of my life befell me, "As I passed out of the hotel with Fran cisquo, to take our morning ride, I had often noticed an ill-dressed, slouching fig ure watching the house curiously. He glanced at me with a leer once or twice, and I averted my gaze, shuddering. There were remains of beauty in the man's face, but its general aspect was one of Bavage pride and envy; the lips looked distorted; the eyes satiated and yet hungry; the fore head was traversed by premature wrin kles, and surmounted by short, crisp curls, rapidly becoming gray. The watcher was dressed with that ostentatious disregard of accepted rulfB, that proclaims a nature at war with society and all its laws and sovereign representatives. One day 1 stopped my horse as I was entering the courtyard, stooped, and offered the man a piece of silver. He waved a refusal ab ruptly^ and muttered, in a low.angry voice, 4No, no; not here. Mademoiselle Koine de Chayolles!' "I had never taken my guardian'i name, and the words surprised me. Bui wnat naimica me most was >111 vuux iubi spoke them; and it was with something like a fanciful presentiniont that I heard, two days after, that a man, waiting' at the porter's lodge, insisted on seeing me. I went down. It wad he who had refused my alms. He raised his cap, pushed back his hair, and, ere he spoke, I recognized my brother. " 'Is Miss de Chayolles disengaged?' he inquired, ironiciilly. "'Hush!' I said, taking him by the arm. Come into the street; we shall be freer there.' "He obeyed, and in a moment we were warning' 81UU uy blue luwitiu mn luumios garden*. * Oh. Eugene, what has become of you!' I asked, tremulously, for the shock had moved me like & sudden plunge into icy water. * 'Ay, I'm not so creditable an escort &a that pink and white puppet on the bay mare who trots about with you in the morning'.' tt 'I did not mean that, yon know, Eu gene. What have you been doing!' " Starving; drinking, playing, plotting. What would you have a penniless scamp do in this city of palaces and hovels! You haven't been starving much, eh!' "The tone wag mocking; but I fancied there was a ring of kindly interest in it, for all that. .Wo were still near the Com te de Chnyolles' hotel, and I was fearful of being recognized by a servant or visi tor, so I said, 'You are in danger here, Eu gene. I will crine and see you; mean WUUU, IttKW IU1D. "He accepted the proffered pane, and said, sourly, 'I suppose I ought not to take his money; but I've not dined for weeks, and it's always eo' much squeezed out of the parasites, after all. Ay, come and see me. My gate-keeper isn't in livery, but you sha'n't wait at the lodge.' "I promised, and in a few moments we parted. WI saw him frequently after that, mon sieur, stealing out veiled whenever I fan cied I should not be missed at home. He had grown more morose and intractable than ever; but, in spite of his rough sar casms, his violenco when the Comte or Francisque were spoken of, I felt that I was the one creature in the world whose death he would mourn. "A month or two before this the Comte had become acquainted with Miss Juliet aummerson ana ner momer, laaaiimauie Americans, who gave better balls than tho Russian ambassador, and who knew more people than Alexandre Dumas. Juli et had that pale, delicate beauty which seems to announce a taint of negro blood. Her face is so perfect as to ?licit some thing like an undisguised murmur of ad* miration when she enters a room; so per fect as to become almost irksome and dis quieting. She became, not exactly my friend?I don't think she could have a woman friend?but my companion, and, in some degree, my.counsellor; for a girl will always ask for important advice, which she never follows, at her first en gagement. Not long after Juliet and I became acquainted, I was in Bore need of advice, only I dared not ask for any. Suspicion was aroused, I thought. The Comte would ask curiously where I had been, when I entered his room, flushed with my rapid walk to Eugene's lodgings, half-crying, perhaps, at some new vio leuce or perverse theory of the scape grace I was trying- vainly to reclaim. Juliet would embarrass me by remarking that I walked too much. Only M. de BoiBrobei-t?he was Francisque's most in timate friend, and, of course, often with us?seemed discreet, and pained by the confusion I could not hide. Even Fran cisque bccame distrustful, and questioned me closely once or twice. I felt falling away from them all?to lean upon one I did not know, could not love, dared not trust. I felt like Cinderella at cock-crow. All my festal finery wa* fading. The poor village girl had played the princes for one brief night, and must now put on again tho homespun that befitted her best ?leave the throne she had usuiped, for the garret that was her due. I under stood Eucene'* bitterness then, if I did not share it. wMy position grew mora and more irk some as the weeks passed; it was becom ing' intolerable, when an event that de cided my future fate put an end to the slow torture. MI left the dinner-table rather early one evening, alleging a headache as pretext Eugene had pent me a note in the after noon, begging me to see him that night, as he was ill and penniless. The Comto bade me send for a doctor, if my indispo sition resisted sleep; and Juliet (she wai staying with us at the time) suggestedthat 'I really tired myself too much.' Fran ciaque looked strangely grave and trou bled. lrtnVorl mv VuiHrrvnm nrflnt Ant of the house unnoticed, and found a cab at the comer of the street. I remembered afterwards that another cabman, whom I hailed, replied that he had been waiting there nearly two hours for a party of swells who wore dining hard by.' Eugene wajmot seriously ill; but rheu matism increased by negligence, and ths hazards of his lawless life, kept him a prisoner. Suffering had softened him a " Oh, here you are, Duchess!'?he de rided my noble friends by that pseu donym. 'Independence is all very well; but, hang it, it's pleasant to have some one to talk to when one's laid by the heels like this. That stupid concierge wouldn't even fetch me some hot water, because I owe her ten francs!* 44 'Eugene, dear, I must po directly,' I said, when he had mixed himself a tum bler full of hot water and brandy; 'they think I am in my room sleeping.' " 'And that baby-faced Captain will be wanting you to Ping mawkish duota with him. Ah, Reine, if he wore here in my place, how long would you remain!' " 'Perhaps I should not have come at all. Don't talk about him; he shall never /stand between us ' ?*On your oatb?' I M,0n my oath. There, bo good; and i don't go out again until I come.' "He kissed ino kindly, and I hurried away. "There was a rustle of drapery on the | stairs. I saw a womsn, whose face I have seen constantly since that evening, and a young man get into a cab at the door, and drive rapidly in the direction of the Tuileries. I went home with a name leffl fear ir_ my heart. "Late that night my moid brought mf j a note, scratched in pencil. It was from | Francisquc, and ran as follows:? "'Reine, you have deceived me, for what purposo I know not. I followed you this evening, guided bv a creature j salousy made me mad, reckless enough to employ?followed you to your lover's Vinmo wliv nnf Vmv? told me? Was it I fortune you needed??mine was, and re I mains, at your disposal. The position, I the seeming degradation, of him you have j chosen, saddon me unutterably; but it is , the deceit that pains me?so cold and grasping a cupidity in one so young! I will not dwell upon what'this discovery means for me?my lifo broken, my faith in honest eyes and innocent smiles wrecked forever! I will only ask you to let me help you in the life you have chosen in any way that does not compel us to moet, and to believe that I forgive you. Clement de Boisrobert will help you in everything necescary to your happiness and well-be ing. Trust hixa as you.would trust your friend, " 'FitAKCISQUB Ci.R4.T05.' "Can I describe the scene of utter loneli> ness and miseiy tHat fell upon met Every one abandoned me then. The Comte went Uovln^ me* AnntA. in whinh he bade me look upon myself oa before? heirer* to bis fortune, ana mistress, for the moment, of all he would have endowed me with on my marriage with Franciaque? six thousand a year, I was told. I wrote to Francisque and to him, telling them I could not explain my conduct, and that I was resigned to suffer their interpreta tions until some unforseen event should undeceive them. Then I appealed to Clement. I had elocted to earn my bread, as I should have done after my father's death. Clement obtained this apartment in a house where, he said, a young girl would be safe and well cared for. It was not until I had been several weeks in the hou8e that I recognized in Madame Mi ction, the woman I had seen with Fran cisque on the staircase of Eugene's house. Clement ridiculed the idea, and I aban doned it for a time; but now my suspi cions are coaHrmed. "So I commenced a grisette'a life. Eu gene had recovered, and waa working a l:4* 1A?wVia ?T miirht Kava lived honorably in peace, if they had only let wo!" The Press and Banner. W. A. LEE, Editor. Wednesday, April 5, 1876. President Making. The i\rcu> York Herald suggests the names of thirteea Republican centen nial candidates for the Presidency, corresponding in number with the thirteen origiual States of the Union, and the same number of Democratic centennial candidates, with the re mark that the average respectability of the one list is equal to that of the other, whilst the size of the lists may fon.irdoil nu n mnt/ph nf pnnnniium UC I or satire according to tbe view which may bo taken of it. That indeed would be a favored nation which could furnish twenty-six statesmen of first cla&s ability, when Germany has but one Bismarck. France but one Thiers, and England but one Gladstone and but one Disrtcli, and the natural con clusion is that where twenty-six statesmen cau any one of thein fill the office with equal ability, it affords a signal illustration of tbe mediocrity of our public men. The history of the country shows that the time is long since past when our ablest btatesmen reached the Pres idency. In 1840 and 1848 Clay and Webste- had to give way to Harrison and Taylor; in 1852, Calhoun, Benton, Cass and Marcy to Polk and Pierce, iftfto Knwnrd to Lincoln, and in 1808, a soldier without any civil expe rience is elected in the person of Grant over tlue ablest statesmen of the Republican party. The third-rate foliticians have been alevated to the residency, and statesmen of the highest order of abilities have been ignored. Intriguing politicians and artful demagogues have been chosen to the highest office in the gift of the people, whilst statesmen who have devoted their lives to the mastery of public questions, have been forced to take back seats. a The necessary effect of this state of things is to kill out the race of great statesmen, and hence the Clays, Cal houns and Websters belong to earlier and better days. There being no de mand for statesmen of the first order, wnen ui ira-raie pumiuaua uiuhujiw lize the chief offices, there is hence no encouragement for their production, as we are hence forced to content our selves with an inferior article. This is perhaps a necessary offshoot of Democratic institutions, and we doubt whether any modification of the Executive Department so as to create a responsible ministry, would go to correct the evil. But we may still with the Herald deplore the situ ation whatever view we may take of the efficiency of the remedy. Itsay9 : "It is the misfortune of our institu tions in these degenerate days, since the spoils system was introduced by President Ju.ckson, that we no longer train statesmen of consummate abili ty. We.have set long shut them out of the Presidency that all acquire ments of a high order are discouraged. We have abuudauce of clever men in the ordinary walks of business and professional life, but none who devote themselves to acquiring that perfect mastery of public affairs which is the only title to the character of a states man. The preference of the Hani sons, Polks, Taylors and Pierces to the Olays, Calhoun#, Websters, Sewards, and the Adamses of our time, has demonstrated to our ambitious young men that there is an easier path to the | highest political honors than labori ous preparation and equipment for I lif/. n?rl mlmn ('IditIm It'riUlRis Adams passes awaj' the ancient breed of statesmen will have died nut in this country. It can never be revived until we open a field for great abilities and offer rewards for high ambition, by so remodelling the executive de partment of our government as to create a responsible ministry, whose place at the nelm of affairs will depend on their vigor and skill. In that bet ter era it will happen here as in Eng land that there will never be more than two or three men of either partj* who will be thought equally fit for thej highest post." Recent Decisions. % TheSupreihe Court of the State in the case of Edward Watson alias John McCord, granted a new trial for error in the charge of the Circuit Judge in holding thut the defence of an alibi* must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt, thus reversing the rule, which I gives the accused the benefit of any | reasonable doubt. In a case against the Commercial Bank involving the liability of stock holders to the bill holders, the Supreme Court remanded the case to the Cir cuit Court for the purpose of ascer taining thedateof failure of theBank, the names of the stockholders at the tlm foi lii ru nr Hnri nir f.hfi t.wel vf> months preceding, with the amount of stock owSied by each, and the time at which the plaintiff' and others be came bill holders. The Court is then to decide what liability, if any, at taches to the stockholders by reason of the matters alleged in the com plaint, and to apportion the several amounts among the stockholders in the ratio of their respective shares. Under this order the liability of the stockholders amounts to little or noth ing. Ex-Minister Scheuck confesses be fore the Congressional Committee that he lent his official name to give credit to the stock iu "the Emma Mine," in consideration of five hundred shares, for which he paid no money. What a position for an American minister? The Key Note of the Campaign. The Washington correspondent of the Savannah News never made a truer prophecy, or uttered better ad i vice to the South, than is contained In j the following paragraphs. The North seeks to give prominence to war-issues as winning cards in the gume for the Presidency, whilst the only hope of the South is iu ignoring all such is sues. They are issues upou which the two sections will never be agreed, and the ouly hope of peace is in put ting them out of sight forever. jDis cussiou seems only to revive the bitter memories of a past struggle, and light again the fires of sectional hate. "The war issues are to be revived, the memories of Andersonville awakened, ?nd the people taught to be lieve that renewed attempts are to be made to establish a Southern Confed eracy. It seems incredibie that suc cess should attend such efforts, but it has already done so. The soldier ele ment in the North and West is a large one, and while those who wore the blue have been ready enough to shake hauds across the bloody chasm with those who wore the "gray, it is not diffi cult for the politicians to excite in their breasts the old belligerent feel ings. Mr. Hill laid the train and the Radicals have applied the match. Morton and his bloody shirt are left in the rear. Those who had wearied of stale slanders ou the South, such as Morton has served up year after year, lent their ears readily to new slanders, and are rallying around "the old flag" to resist the Confederate attacks con jured up by designing politicians. "It will be like '61/' said to me an ex-soldier now in office here, "weshall sweep everything beforo us." An other ex-soldier, the editor of a Sun day newspaper in this city, says: "It is impossible for those who fought to agree about the question of the rebel lion. They can forgive and forget, and bury the whole subject in the wa ters of oblivion, but any revival and discussion of these dead issues will surely be fatal to the South and defeat and postpone its dearest wishes. If the Democrats supply any more cam paign ammunition to the Republicans of the kind furnished by the amnesty debate, they will have hard-work to nominate a man at St. Louis who can possibly be elected." These are truths W111CU I'UUUUl uuil tuuuiu uuv we <5 iiored." Democratic Lenders Wanted. The Washington correspondent of the Charleston Acws and Courier writes The Republicans are already counting confidently on regaining control of the House in the next Congress. They expect to succeed through Democratic mistakes, and their calculations are not ill-founded. Now that Messrs. Wood and Lamar are absent from their posts by reason of illness, there are likely to be more mistakes and less statesmanship on the part of the Democratic majority in the House than heretofore. Mr. Randall seems to have abandoned all claims to leader ship, having failed in his first asser tion of them, Mr. Clymer, of whom his friends predicted great things, has proved a weak sister, aud though of course, there are plenty of able men on the Democratic side, none of them seem endowed with th? essential qual ifications for leadership. "Sunset" Cox revives his familiar appellation by an occasional confiscation,*but it soon fades out. Meanwhile, Blaine, although he has shown himself defi cient in statesmanship, has the majori ty at his mercy, anu, in a parnameuia ry sense, twists tiiein round his Angers. Mr. Lamar has been thus far, his only formidable opponent. This is not a very pleasing picture to contemplate, but it is a truthful one. An army of Democratic voters is ready to be led to victory, but there is no one to lead them. Our opponents who a short time since, were apparently disorgan ized and demoralized, are rapidly com ing into the ranks aguin, and will no doubt resolve into a disciplined army. Such is the present outlook. la T seas of 1 of J NEW STATE LAW, i Ain* Act to punish persons for obtain Bj ing property, ?kc\, by any fraudu lent pretence or representation. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sit ting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: That if any person or persons shall by any false pretence or ?representa tion, obtain the signature of any per son or persons to any written instru ment, or shall obtain from any other person or persons any chattel, money, valuable security or other property, real or personal, with intent to cheat and defraud any person or persons of the same, every such offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on con viction, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding Ave hundred dollars, and undergo an imprisonment not exceed ing three years: Provided, always, That if, upon the trial of any person persons indicted for such a misde meanor, it shall be proved that he or they obtained the property in such a mauner as to amount, in law, to larce ny, he or they shall not, by reason thereof, be entitled to be acquitted of such misdemeanor, and 110 person or persons tried for such misdemeanor shall be liable to be afterwards prose cuted for larceny upon the same facts. The United States Supreme Conrt Decisions Under the Enforcement Act. Two very important decisions have recently been made by the "Supreme Court of the United States, Chief Jus tice Waite delivering the opinions, which' declare the Enforcement Act unconstitutional, in 4so far as it con fers jurisdiction upon the United States Courts to enforce the right to vote or any other right guaranteed by the Constitution, where there is no dis crimination on account of "race, color or previous condition of servitude ana limits the action of the United States Courts to such eases. The ju risdiction of the State Courts cannot be ousted by the United States Courts .1* Ill (iruuiury cwac? in ustmuit aim uaui tery or felony, and there must be some discrimination to give these court* ju risdiction. The decisions furuivh a strong vindication of the rights of the States and at present are quite oppor tune. v Thirty Quails in Thirty Consecutive Days. Col. Marcellus Thornton, of Atlan ta, has accomplished the hitherto im possible feat of eating thirty quails in thirty consecutive days. A wager of $200 depended on the result, besides bets innumerable elsewhere. The trouble experienced in the task is mul tiplex and arises from several causes, viz: The wildness, or "gamey" taste, %f the flesh of the bird. The constancy of the diet. The strength of the juices of the quail flesh. The mental consciousness of a ne cessity for eating the bird, when you would rather forget all about it. The general idea prevailing all about that 9U out of 100 men who try the task make miserable failures. The Blue Ridge Railroad Conven tion which met at Anderson last week, was well attended and promises the best resultt. Jt was shown that the road would be built if the people on this side would do their duty. The convention appointed an executive committee, consisting of R. A. mi ? WoiK. r T-T nnvf n villi pub teed & B Jt 1 uuilipaww, TT UIUMI tU , V. ax AAVJ v | v, H. P. Fant and J. N. Brown, Ander son, and Geo. A. Trenholra, Charles ton, which is to report to the conven tions during the year. The conven tion adjourned to meet in Charleston on thursday, May 25,1876. 'Tnis con vention was composed of representa tive men. If your correspondent could have attended constantly the sessions of the convention, you might have had a fuller report than the above. The Military Committee of the House at Washington have.agreed up on a bill to abolish negro regiments gradually. 5< Nea ther J. at vi Wu) T iU8t Defo dun of o; prof INNINGHAM & TEMPLETON c c have received their pir rnnivr nnnno m arm Kuuua Ich they are selli ug at low prices. 1 and see them. (arch 29,1870, 50-tf rr and Display MILLINERY, )RESS GOODS, mcy Goods and Ladies Novelties, at prices to suit the times, EMESDAY, April 5th, at the nporium of Fashion. larch 29, 1870. 3ash Buyers STILL as usual find our prices as y low as the lowest, and our >ck this season having been pur ged with special care, we are sure i convince them more than ever to ' tv much greater advantage a little mey can be invested upon the >SH BASIS. Give us a look before rcbasing and we will satisfy you at the EMPORIUM OF FASHION, darch 29, 1870, 50-tt Beautiful [EW PRINTS, SPBING STYLES, . AT iuarles & Perrin's. Jarch 29,1875, 50-tf now i rniDMii Willi i WVJLU1 i i BED OATS! rHEAT BRAN, FOR SALE BY MNWELL & CO an. 28, 1876 42-tf urensville Female College. HE SCHOLASTIC . YEAR CON sists of two sessions. The first lion from tbo 1st of October to the 15tb February; the second from the 15th February to the 5th of July. PKRMS I'EK SESSION. IN ADVANCE:. mary Dqjartment I 10 50 idemic Department 15 00 legiate Department 25 00 itingencies 2 00 EXTBA STUDIES, (OITIONAL.) sic 9 50 00 i of Instrument 2 00 nch 10 00 wing ana fainting iu uu omental Work 10 00 upils in all the Departments have the untuges of daily Calishthenic exer 8. oard, (including washing, fuel and its,) $15 00 per month, payable quar y in advance. upils from abroad allowed to board in rate families of relatives and friends m requested by patrons; but such ills must be subject to the rules and illations of the College. is important to pupils that they be sred at the beginning of the session, that their studies bo not interrupted unnecessary absonces. No deduction absence except in cases of protractod ess. upils must be subject at all times to illations in deportment as well as in iies. or further particulars, applv to T A T? A T> DATir D.aaJ/Iam* I'AiVIVVff, A IVOiUVUW ^ Laurensville, S. C. ( eb. 16, 1876 45-tf 1 1,000 POTS. ' oice Green and Hot-House - Plants. ONSISTINQ in part of Single and ( Doublo Geraniums, Single and lblo Fuchsias, Red and White Bego i, Heliotropes, Century plants, Night oming Coreus, Cactuses, Ice, Air and x plants, Vines, Sedum and Basket its. Japouicas, Pino Apple, Bananas, ' fifty other varieties of plants. ises <fcc grown from seeds and plants ' lined from the most celebrated Flor- ? in the United States. Plants ten inch 0 two feet high in four inch and six 1 pots, 15 cents to 25 cents each. Lar- ( plants and pots in proportion. De- ' ired free on board the cars. J. F. C. DUPRE. 3RIENT CHAPTER R. A. M., Cokesbury, 8. C. ' X extraordinary convocation of this ( . Chapter will be held THURSDAY, RIL fith, at 3 P. M., for the purpose of e forring all tho Degrees. Cauidates j requested to report promptly at the , sonic Hall. y order of the H. P., 1 C. L. SMITH, Secretary. 1 'arch 30,187C. 1 UGENE B. GARY, TTORNEY AT LAW, Abbeville . C. H., S. C. Spccial attention to colloction of claims. [Feb. 9, ly NEW LOT of Oil Window Shades . just received, with good fixtures. J. D. CHALAIERS & CO. et. 27, 1875 tf ARLOR FRENCH LOOKING r:T.Afinr.s. uf J. D. CHALMERS <fc CO.'S. ["EDIUM DARK; Stylish Printa, L Homespuns, Spool Silks, <fccM just lived at the EMPORIUM OF FASHION, ob. 9. 1876 44-tf tilLORING.?'fhe subscriber offers his services to the public of Abbe 3 and vicinity, and solicits a share of lie patronage. Satisfaction guaran [. Call at the stand below Christian owie's on Washington Street, in. 4, 76-3ra] R. A. MARTIN". To Printers. FONTS SECOND HAND TYPE may be bought from this office, rly as good as new. Price and take n. MarAi 1,1876, tf ** 0 D. Chalmers & Co. have in stock several tine Walnut Chamber Suits 3ry low prices, also a large lot of new nut Bedsteads. flE PHILADELPHIA RU8TIC WINDOW SHADES. ?Ten dozen received at lower prices than ever re offered. They are easily arranged, ible, convenient, and never get oul rder. Will last for twenty years if >erly used. J. D. CAALMERS A CO. EUR3 Lmmomated Bone Supi ? Tgi MANUFACTUB ATLANTIC AND VIEGI loluble Phosphate Acid, 10 percent.; ] )rganic Matter, 30 per cent.; Yielding PRIC )NE TON, CASH, PAYABLE AP >NE TON, " " NO )NE TON, payable>Nov. 1st, in middli For sale by Feb. 9, 187Q 44nf WALLER & MERCHAJ GREENWO ltti now onenng to tne puoue in i , full line of all the Goods general! THEIR SI BH? 4 have been selected with great c READY-MADI FINE STOCK OF A good asg ... . . jl'l Groceries, Hardware, Cro to whioh the attention of purchasers if WALLER Fob. 1ft.1873, 45-tf 1 ' fJ I Dr. H. D. i*+> V- ?(!* ': * DEN T OFFICE OVER TH ept. 8, 1875, 22>tf CUNNINGHAM AND Iron and Brass castings of all descriptions made to Order. pfi.iJ. .qa. 0 I TV AS awarded tho first premium on outings at the Stuto Agricultural and Mechanical Socioty Fairs, neld in Colum bia, November, 1H7I, '72 and '73. Circular Say Mills of all sizes. W -; ?. , ?r m Also took the FIRST PREMIUM at State Fairs held November, 1871, '72, '73. Manufocturor of . - _ J'JSiai'LJttTUJN Have received and opes ed their lai*ge Stock of all kinds of goods. Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Gaps, Hats, Hardware, Crockery, Saddlery, &c call and see FOR YOUR selves. Oct. 6, 1875 20-tf / 1' Goods at Cost. All descriptions of Goods, embracing HEADY-HADE CLOTHING, J 9 Boots, Shoes, Hats, HOSIERY, NOTIONS, d J and at COST FOR CASH, AT Qnarles & Perm's. Feb. 1, 1876, 43-tf M'DONAIMHADDON WILL CONTINUE THEIR business at the same stand, Hid will keep constantly on hand a fresh and well selected Stock of r' General Merchandise, allof f[hich will be sold at the LOWEST CASH PRICES!! * Confectioneries and Cigars A SPECIALTY. Give us a call, and we will prove what we say. Respectfully, IS'DONALD &HADDON Fresh Arrivals this week ? Dry 3>oodsand Groceries. *Feb. 9,1876 44-3t Furman University, S. 0. THE undersigned, Special Re ceiving Agent of the above in itiation, most respectfully and ear nestly calls upon all persons indebted x) the University to be in readiness to neet interest and so much of principal 19possible now due on their bonds. The Endowment of the Collegiate Department having been raised, in jonds and other securities, and tills Department having been thrown open >ee of Tuition for the term of ten fears, it becomes most vitally impor antthat payments should be made as apidly as possible. All communications addressed to, he Agent at Greenwood, 8. C.f (ex-j sefJt when canvassing) will receive )rompt attention. The endowment >f the Primary Department is now jrogressing. B. F. MILLER, Special Agt. A. C., S. C. Greenwood, Feb. 15, J876, 3m NOTICE. 4LL GUARDIANS, TRUSTEES, Administrators and Executors ,re hereby required to make their an mal returns of the receipts and ex- * endltures on acoount of the estates yhich they respectively represent, on 1 r before May lit next. Those failing ^ o do so will subject themselves to be uled. c THOS. B. MILLFORD, a Judge Probate Abbeville County. 1 tw 187# 46-3t rHE ALSTON NOOSE, 1876. rHE MISSES CATER STILL keep "THE ALSTON HOUSE" 1 pen for both permanent aud transient t ioarders. Thankful for past patron- a ge. they hope, by renewed energy t nd application to business, to merit a j ood share of patronage. Jan. 5, 1876 49-tf SKA 3r Phosphate of Lime, ED BT THE . . ; m FEBTiuznro co. Insoluble Phosphate Acid, 5 per cent.; Ammonia, 3} percent. 3ES. IiIL 1st $ 47 50 V. 1st, 55 00 ng cotton at 15 cent# per lb 60 00 veil ??? Co. BROTHER, STSL'AT OD, S. C., heir new and handsome buildinb, a y needed in thiscommunity. rOCK OF rrotwB & are, and unusually attractive. 2 CLOTHING. B00T8 AND SHOES ortment of as t-s & ?.. nxi -?*/0? ickery, and Glassware. ?Invited;: f & BROTHER. WILSON, 1ST. f . LiIjE, S. O. e post omcs. CONGAREE Oolumlbla, 0. O. j-fr s -? T/t-JL . v. j-st.i .. . : aru^i . . MAXUFACTCOEB OF STEA.M ENGINES AND BOILERS, GRIST MILL IRONS of all sizes.] For Sale. Gin Gearing of tho following sizes : 9 feet wheel and pinion - $30 00 10 " 44 44 ;. 32 00 11 '? *4 44 ?5 00 12 44 44 . '4 45 00 14 ? 44 ) 44 50 00 With Bolts $T)..r)0 Extra for each set. Anti-friction plates and Ball* for Cotton Press $10.00 and $12.00 per set. D. B. SMITH, Agent, Abbeville, S. C?,.' Dec. 10, 1875, 85-tf Barnwell &Co. J - V? .Sri Are daily receiving ad dltions to their Block, consist ing of STAPLE DRY GOODS, Hatg and Clothing, BOOTS AND SHOES!! V r|v they keep constantly on hand, also, a full lise of Groceries, * Bacon and Lard, Meal and Flour, Coffee and Sugar, - Bagging and Ties, Molasses and Syrup, * A FINE *LOT OF SUGAR CUBED HAMS I! Oct, 5,1875 20-tf J.T.Robertson STILL HAS A ERMXAXT OF STOCK ON SALE, at prices nxxr rncT r JUJUJUW if uvu x ; At the old Stand, now occupied by Messrs. DuPre, Gambieli & Co. [AM NOW CLOSING MY BUSr ness, aud I expect all who owe ne to make [mmediate Payment! md I hope that I will not have to re ort to a legal process to enforce col ections. J. T. ROBERTSON, Nov. 10, 1S75, tf FOR SALE. Pratt's Shoals on Little River. fflTH this valuable water power the ract of two hundred and sixteen teres will b# sold on accommodating erxm to an approved purchaser. For >articular9, apply to JOHN PRATT, Due West, S. C. Feb. 8,1876, 3m*