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V* ^ ilA 4UVW ' * *- ?? w ? " ? ? - 1 * . ~*"A \VuiiA>''i l"ai.LV,'' iSrc. ~ -V [Co'Uin i" rj.l CHATTER XXVII. r.EIHNl) A BAKK1CADB, *1 Tifliii'.] ?he l>iin'icH<li'S *yvf>ry man is a m.^rsiutl! No more N<> more ?viii?n?i>! Kwn rili/n ior hiuaSrii! iiv??iy nir**** u for.iv?s! Resist while u fuothold i"? bit f! ? *?; then die in tlio blaze of u burning1 city!" So crkd aJiag in a red liborty cap, standing, with arms akimbo, at the en trar. ce of the Chausspe d'Antin; and such was tbe programme; such was the insane esjriration. And th?>y wotp working' etronnmi-ly to i r>a',ize the project. The Yersaillais hjid been pouring- into the city at almost every gate during' the past night *i3ut it sltould be eh.^ier te get in than to get out," eaid the blouses, piling l.igb the stones across the entrance of the street, imprisoning chance passengers, over throwing cabs r-nd omnibuses, budding up the barricade with every zanteriul they could lay their hands upon, and helped iu their lubor bv 1< giens cf hardy, sun browned vroroen fi-otu workshops, markets, im.i the dtlffoiini r'x quarter. Thie fortification "ras more than twelve feet high, wlu;u a staif otlicer galloped ?ij? behind H from a m<] ? sipcet. II- descend ed rapidly, and v^-iit straight towards a email,.spare individual, dressed in a rough shooting jacket, whereof the pockete bul^ oH nminnnwlr in flm form fit* ? formiiliiljlrf revolver and ccrtringed lie \va* coolly ittnokiug in ILk <1oo way of a murch'ViJ !* IK7L, a few vsrds fro m tiie rising burrijjui:;. "J gi*1? it: up," said the office;*. The npwiker, Eugene Lagardo, eyed liirn iIe?*'ly-for a moment. "tfive it up, Choquard?" he cried. **Av; but you don't suspect ine of tnm Jriff tttU^pianf 1 give up the Hctel do Ville; all-, U?>se t?lkers, wrangling eouv mis.'Ujnes, delegates, committeemen, and tlie rut-t. They're at th;sir wiis xwla." "They hadn't far to go," said Eugone, griijsly. .^Nothing to be done with them." "And eo yon " i'"I hjii come, now, to hold that barricade njn'il the gutters run n?d?to kill and get Jul led. l)o you see, mailt" "Yes, I see," eiad Pnul, ponoudy. "Thank*, dear ifoy. You are right. Kill ttiul got killed?there's our progitur.ino,. "And J'ire In mort!" pried t'hoquunl, 7nJ?v?n.L-i*?; Koi?o -Yes. Zaltriiiski!" called out Ea^n?. "I'l-eserH, citizen!" answei-od the Pole, t i<eojiirjg over the edpe of the barricade ? into the iotpwiffai-d ]?.>.<ition, I J* came down in :i ?.:\v momonts, cov ercd with du*?, muddy, torn, dishevelled. "I'm rather i>nnul of that ]>it>ce of muLii , t-'eture, Chu j'iUfd. L>ecidodly Byzantine, i ; ien't it?" Purticula ly the omnibus," rcm&rkdt j t ChojaftrJ. 1 wish 1 cr>nld lend a hand," said Eu f .on-*, anxiously. Uub! I urn weak iu? i .? i jfirl. 1 j-hull never get over th;it last j . J nyonet thrust.*' "But you cau u?e your ritte, eh" said ! "Av! iihoiit five ahota a minute is what i I ;i::tkw >'f it." - "Now for our arrangement*," said Coo- ! jQUiird, leaving his two friends. If"* collected the men, and explained tl>e j liQ|?le?w situation in a few words. Thoy j wore all armed, hot. and reckless. A long, j boarse shout of mad determination an- j severed his hi-ktf allocution. Theji sentinels were posited. A mitrail .J<use dragged up to the fortification by a ! .crowd of red-capped women, wjw trained I ; to sweep {ho boulevards in l'ront of the j ;. barricade; scoots were sent forward, and i ,j loarksmeu stationed on tive i>oofs of the neigbl>oa-ii?g hqusee. Ammunition was I . distributed; but a propoeitkai to send for I un ambulance wagon to the neighboring | barracks of La Pej>iuiere waa abruptly ( negatived by Choquard. "No wounded!" he cried. "Once fallen, t our men must J5e! The wagon would ham- | per our movements." fjilron fho ( rejoined bis friends. ^ AU we want now is nn otxHTvotory he remarked. Is it possible to see a mile round, u# from the roof of one of these bcnsesf"'-' ' There i* just the thin/*," said Eocene, pontine totLe shop of the viarchaud dt ri?. They entered the wine-shop, and mount- | *>d to the roof. A small belvedere had | b*en erected on the slat**?an edifice of I glass and iron, probably intended for a photographer's studio. Here the friends installed themselves they could sweep J nearly all the adjoining streets with their j spy-grlaswe, and unprovhed orderlies from j below kept them constantly informed ae j to what was going on in the stroet behind j the barricade. creuKiasi tvas urong'uiup m ma wu> i munitjts, and they discussed it calmly, gai- J ly tiJkinff of popular farces, of questions [ in political economy, in a light, skin-deep,! Pariaian fashion. Tirod out with the jiight'a anxieties, the morning's labors,j Choqaard and the PoJe soon fell asleep. I They were awakened violently, in two J or three hoiu*, by Eugene shaking thera j by the ebouldere, and forcing apy-glasses t into their hands. "Look! Awake! On foot, my boyai" Choquard scanned the prospect. "CavatryMrotting up the ltue de la Paix! They halt! Infantry?creeping along the boulevards* It's coming?ii'a couiiug! j bhake hand*, and let us go!" On? firm grasp, and, in a moment, the j three were in the stiwt. A man was behind every loophole. Ly-| ing flat in rowe on top of the bamcsuje, a j hundred men held their rifle* ready. . In a few minutes shots were heard, tfnd ; pcouts came running in at the gups left on each flunk of the barricade. "They ootne?thoy coniei?the Chasseurs ' d'Afriquer* V - In a moment, a roar of musketry ehook j the adjoining houses; a sheet of name lit! up the street. The barricade bad tired the j first volley. The red-trousered lineemcn advanced : at a ran, with bayonets leveWtl. The ' handle of the mitrailleuse whirled round, j ending showers of bullets into the Ver- J ^aili&ie column, and it f?*H back. This can't last lon{r,"e**kl I?u#ene, cotn- j log: down from the l>elvedf re. "They twiv* I urtiHery behind^ Ttx-y would iu*e it dl- ! rei-'tly, only. I eupi^ose, they aro afraid of ! damaging the Iwuses." A I'hnftrft nnu.- mflfla nn/1 rpiwfqjm^ , ? * y-r """ " **"x* . every minute. Bayonets had been crossed ; already; and behind the barricade tho i bodies began to be piled in heaps of i twelve. Tho opposing infantry onenod in the .centre. An oj>en road wjis thus formed. The ground shook, and cavalry turned round the corner of the boulovard, and advanced like a whirlwind. This is the prologue of the artillery," euid ChoqiHtrd, who had just returned frora an excursion into a cro?s street. The cavalry halted, desnite tho volleys with which it was assailed. An officer ad vanced to the front, saying, "In tho name of the Republic, 1 call upon you to (sur render and lay down your arrnsT A derisive shriek greeted the word "Bo public." Zabrineki sprang forward, dimlied the ! L'iUriCUUf, lUKISlvuu ncti UJH.,1 .to V> , II# threw hia hand uloft, and tbo folds of the red flag fluttered out. " 1'ire la Contmunc!" rang out bis clear, .and pintle votee. 44 Vivt la Commund" echoed four bun- j dred throats. The Polo fell badt, riddled by twenty j bullets. Then, as the artillery openod fire, orer <urning- stones and men in one dusty, ! grimy, blood-stained mass, Choquard ; oried lustily, "The red-trousers are at the I Kill's!" 1 It wa8 true. The linesmen lsod crept under the cover of the artillery. Hnd were i pouring in upon the rebel:) at each ex tremity of the barricade. For ten minutes, a wild, fmntic battle raped, hand to hand, wkhout quarter, while paving-stones aud men toppled, in inextricable ponfusion, into the swaying .crowd. _ Choquard and Eugene had fallen bads with about a hundred men to tho further .end of the #treet -Tbe.y are holding out well there," he paid, breathlessly. "We shaH h"v? time to Vhiw up another barricade here." And i?e proceeded /forthwith to heap up tones, furniture, the very flooring and rafters of the neighboring houses. Tongue* 0/ ?r? ahot np into the sky /rorn the Rue St Lazare. "What's thttt?1' (pried Eugene, with sud den terror. ... /hiiJ' Ji/a'" .cried, Choiiuaid. exultant ]v. ""I'St r twi'l t.-Ao v.? i"ho Vonr now." i -\Vhr?t ?io o'j Ki*>r.u'.' I j -VJ> 'i't- fctrott b firtd f:cm end to j t end. I wa that jiut iow wLieu j c 1 In'; you." ! i what?" oxohumod Eu^t-ne, 1 with a eiia-ctfi-icu of Liu:?or oil his j g t ?. :?. j "Why, Ihf ftip. man; fcie you madf f There'.* petroleum ih every cellar of the ^ R'j? St. Lrt^ari'I" j t "The Huo St. I.H/nrei" cried Eugene, ; e with mi Ortth. "Fool!?devil!?my eisler J ^ i> }' . . iped away from the enil>ryo barvi- j ' cr.'v;, darted dewu a fide street, turned e where he paw the Yer&iill&is, doubled, and j if threadedhis v.!.y through :i labyrinth of i ? tju-'lie;*, with tljf entitling' urn; promptitude . L of ina^inots. At la>t he bii. tie Ki.:c St. ! La "are. ! Ai.e slice: i> m names. CHAPTER XXVIII. ; f FI.Vl.VO FROM WRATH. c ' Lefevn1," said the captain of the j $. squadron of Chasseurs d'Afrique, sta- I tioDed at the entry of the Chassoe d'Anlin, j ? ?"Lofevio. there is smoke, flumes ahead, {1 Whnt street is that burning/" The lieutenant raided himself on bis J stirrups, and consulted a mental map of j the locality. "Why, Carayon, that must be the Rue ! St. LRZure." ( ! 0 "Oh, Heaven! Lefevre, are you sure?" j ? "Yes; the Rue St. Lazare-" ; a wPcrhaj>3 I am wrong'," muttered Fran- i j, cisque, feverishly. And he drew a letter from his breRst I ? He had received it r day ago, and for j twenty-four hours his heart had beat rap- j turously. His blood felt warmer within | j his veins, and there had been a rosy haze j - before his eyes that made the world seem j one Eden garden awaiting' an Eve. For j c Reme bad written the words?told him all ' ?how the man he had seen her with was j her brother?what reasons she had to con* I 0 ceal Eugene's identity?and how those j y, reasons ceased to exi.-t now the Comte | was dead, and her brother leagued with I v the revolutionists?to fall if they failed? j succeed if they were triumphant, rj ervMion ruflil ilio BTAtvlc I i more hurriedly than he had yet done, and turned quickly to the address. uRue St Lazare!" he groaned. Then, in a moment, "Here, Lefsvre, you must replace me. I must leave the troop for ten minutes?my reason?my life de pends upon it." "But, men cajritcbic " foot & word. I must, I tell youH And plunging1 bolh spurs deep into Ma horde's flanks,he dashed through the dcl/ris of the barricade, down the street, towards the liue St. Lazaret Choquard's men fired at him as he roared them. Ii? bent low over the ead dl?-bow, and continued his furious ride. But the second barricade had by this time attained formidable proportions. Do saw that he could neither leap nor dash through >t. He wheeled round, desperate, ami paw the side street which Eugene had taken a few minutes Rgo. Unwittingly he follow ed in tbo Communist's traces. He was tired on by VerpaUlais piquets, revolution ary prowlers Ho heeded nothing, savo that he was .getting nearer to the burning street, nearer to Heme! At last the horve plunged madly, and bore him into -the blaze. The roadway V*tt? ilk Uf WAV ilUUiUO V/4. ***W ^ JL. houses, was crowed with woilirvg woiuon, j & and children, tind old men, replacing the | u younger, who were away dealing1 and re- j y cwiving death behind the barricades; on- j donvoi in# to nave pome few poor pieces of J furniture from the red ruin. "Number fifteen?" shouted bYancifvjue, ! hoarpely, hi a weeping woman's eur. "There, monsieur, nearly before you!" In flames from roof-tree to basement! Tell me?who is in it?" he cried. Oh, I don't know, mcmshur le ojjwcr. ] One has enough to do to try for oneself j in these times. In it??womon mostly, of j course. There's that dear demoiselle of M. Marcus. Ah! ?noa LLuf?Ai\ vtai J jyifi!" uNo; I think M. Marcus fetched her," put in an old crone, in whom love of gos- j trip wad stronger than personal griof and j consternation. I "No; you mistake," interposed an old man. "A young fellow with a chassepot was "here ten minutes ago; ho niuit have taken her." irr.ncjsqne nearcu mem noi. no uhu dismounted, and unrolled the voluminous cavalry cioak strapped to the saddle bow. Wtwil fa the YersailVals doing?" said u gauuu, curiously. Ho wrapped the cloak abont Ins herwl and aim, and bethia shoulder fnrioutiy against the door of the burning house. ' The man Lj madl" shrieked tho %vo mon. Tiie door had yielded, when a clatter of hoo?s was heard, and Lieutenant Le- | feviv% witli two troopers, debouched iuto the street at full earner. The subaltern threw himself from his horse'e back, and sprang upon Francia que. "A desjiatch from General Yinoy! VTo are to crow the Seine! Come Curayon? come? la your brain turned IP* "There's despair in my heart!*1 cried Francisque. "Oh, my little Reine?to lose her cow! Let me go?let me go, I say!" Lcfevre would save blm in eplte of him self. The trooper came forward and the three forced FraDcisque away from the door, lifted him into hks saddle, uud led the horee away at a gallop. All through that evil night of fire, and bk>od, and ruin, a deep tumbril, hooded like a deud-oart, passed from insurgent barricade to Yersaillnis lines?stopped continually by pickets of both parties, out making slow way towardb one of the eu buibo?the barm* of Mont Purnasse. It stopj>ed now and then, whenever a Vereailhus detachment was in tight, and a man and a woman (jot down and busied thcmaelvca. bv the lirrht of lanterna. lift i:ig tbe dead IxKlies cil' eoldicre aud work men into the cart. They had just performed this lugubri ous duty, and were driving slowly un one of the steep streets of the Quartier Latin, when tlie man said, "The wore?t is over, my poor child. The Versuilluis are fewer in this quarter. We are getting beyoud the circlo of battK;." ' And you, who wanted to die with them, my pood M. Marctirf?you saved youseli' to save me!" "There?there, child! don't ppeak of that, i am a selfish old Jew. it tortures me to think they will call me a coward? and Delesclujse, Mil Hews Raoul liigault, riiaJ llisf ??\V filSit, HllfV was to you, lteinc! You lived under a Communist's roof ? your brother was compromised?they would call you s>eivo Im-Kc,'?I could not leave you." "No, no; you could not louve mc," said Heine. the know that no other argument would prevail against the old man's fanaticism. He had sought her ere the fire had reached ti>efr house, lie saw the end up Sroaching?saw her the prey of a brutal, runken, triumphant soldiery, and felt that if he did not ]>ut asido his own am bition, hie own desperate instincts, to save her, she, who had been as tho adopted daughter of the Communist, Marcus, was doomed. So, adopting himself tho red cross of Geneva, and giving1 her the long black gown of a sister of mercy, ho had begun their ghastly pilgrimage through the distracted city. 'i'liey were skirtiug the raiKnga of the Luxembourg. "Softly," said Reine. "A patrol! Dra frnnri*?i khh their white cloaks!** The patrol was riding' towards them. Marcus halted. "Thfere has been fighting horc," he whis pered. "Get down; we must play our i purte once more." They descended as the patrol approach ed. and began their terrible search. "GtiodnighLma weur," baid a dragoon. ' Good-night, said Rein?. "Not many hore," said the soldier, light ly. -\Ve Boot uwst within tho roiliugs yonder." - 1 J XT -van we go rac jnquueu iuarvus. "Certainly." The soldiers looked on Indifferently while search was made among the heaps of blain?heaps made by the mitrailleuse, as a more expeditious instrument of exa ! cution. "Here, here!" jjroaned a voice. "Hush:" eaid Marcus. Then, to Reine, i "iluke no sign, it is om< of our men*" They dragged a mangled form from I under a mound or co. psca. "Take care} I think both shoulder* m<j dielocated," said the man, in exccrabl? ' French. Koine held the lantern to his faco, "Mervale!" she whispered. "Silence, if you would save him!" said i Marcus, And then, whispering in the En^lish I rutin's ear, he added, "Don't apeak, don't ! move, for your life!" They earned him, dead to all appear ances, to the tumbril, and laid him on th* lifeless mass already collected. "Full inHider" luujrhed tlie dracoon. _?ove nwiUy away. Tiiey had <pss"u the Luxembourg, arid *we n-*?i 'it barriers, when a strong detachmcn: >f gendarme*, escorting' prisoners, over-: ook them. "l'uss on!" said the officer in command, eeiug the sister of mercy's hood. A carriage drove up at Ibis moment. A air, beautiful face, looked out of the win- \ low, looked ut the soldiers, tlie prfeoncis, ; he tumbril. The sweet, deep brown ] ves dwelt long1 and steadily on lieine and j tor companion, then a cruel glitter came o thero, and the lady bent forward nr.d aid. "Commandant, arrest thoee two per-; on?! I recognize them?a petroleums and ' er lover, Marcus, member of the Cora-^ mine!" "Juliet!" cried Marcus. In a moment they w?ro sunonn-led and ?r/dil; unri tlin tumliril \vm? driven :i\v:iv rith Meryale lying' wounded amung the | [end. "Jul ro'iji for Ycj-sniHes, la jxirdeuso," . j aid the oflicor, brutally. j, And as ihey were hurried on, tied to ( other by the wrists, Madame la Comfct?so I j mi led 6\veetly from the carriage window. "Ait revoir! For we'll come to seo tho ( \clrUctast tried?Francisque and X," CHAPTER XXIX. j; A COURT MARTIAL AXD KXECTTIOy. j ( The gaolers wnkn early at th? OrnngerU .! t Versatile*. They loolrout into the gray,!1 nifty morning, run their hands violently, i( nd observe that the weather is refresh- 1 . ng?autumn is approaching, j1 "At any r?te, %rt shall live to eee it," re-1 narked a lively sergeant, jocosely. "Ay, that'* something iu theBe times.* j1 "How is hr.f" inquires the first speaker, j lying significant Btress on the personal !' ironoun. "Game ap ever. A pleasant, woll-spokon '' ruq> he is." "Saw his water, yesterday, didn't he!" ' The pctnlcuscf Yes. That was the 11 nlv time I have Been him palled down a j t iit> < UI any, Jacques. You were proeent. j i reren't you? What did they talk about f" ! ] "Oh, the girl whimpered, of course, j i 'hough ehe didn't know it waa for to- j s -ay." i "And lie?" j j fa\Yeil, he seemed to be talking1 about j t kl times, explaining things to her. I j j athered that some old documents had | isappeared from some chateau or other, ^ i>d bo bad been suspected of having < ( iade away With tbem. lie cleared him- j t elf, said the thief was Choquard?youj( jiow, tie fcHow who made that desperate ! i distance in the Chaus6ee d'Antin, aud ( :a.s eiiot in the vitfoc." Jacqucs, the gaoler was right At the (" iterview between the brother and sister, j tie former had explained bis share in the j "reappearance of the Chayolles familv { apers. Choquard had known, it seemed, } omethlng of the Comte's former life, had r nown Clement, and vaguely suspected r bat a secret existed.which, if lightly used, : aight yield power and wealth. The pa iers were abstracted without Eugene's nowledge. It waa only on arriving at ' nria that. b? hn.d been made acauainted 1 rhh their existence and their tenor. They ,-ere entrusted to his keeping occasion- , lly. Neither of the friends would use lie secret to benefit De Boisrobert, whom I hey suspected and disliked from the first. | fo opportunity occurred for exacting ' loney irom the Comte; and, moreover, j lugeue, at least, shrunk from such a ' cheme. So the secret had laid dormant, I util unfoi-eseen events should render it : aJuable. Eugene's final information was to the ; ffect that his sister was rightly the Conito I e Chaydies' heiress. He doubted the j uthenticity of the published will, and ad- ! ised a speedy contestation of its legality. | hit as a prisoner, Reiae could do noth- ] And so they parted. . The clock struck 8ve, and the prison no. the "salad-basket," as it is called, umbled into the court-yard of the Oran erie. With a bow to the Governor, a hand hake for a few of the soldiers, Eugene ,agarde stepped lightly into the vi-hicle; nd, surrounded by a strong escort, the ondemned Communist made hid last ourn?y?to the plains of Satoiy. Despite his errors?his crimes, in truth -tho youug man had the making of a rave and generous soldier in his nature, osaid the commander of thepeloton d'exe uiioiu lie took his place before the musketry irget, threw away his cigarette, aud pened bis waistcoat. Three rapid commands were given; and f?or? a vninu rnnff nnt. alinrn and I'.loai*. 'ive 1' Humanite! Vive la CotmnuneP' The last syllable was drowned in the rack of twelve chassepots. And Eizgene >ag^de had uttered his last word. Executions were not popular spectacles, 'hey took place before oreakfost, which no inconvenient, and at a considerable islance from Versailles, which was fa guing. Sensational trials were the fiu?h mable amusements of that epoch. And few short hours after this morning's exe- t ution.one of the most interesting: among' jdiciol sensations was to take place. A drdeust: was to be tried. A ]X.trcJeu3e-*- I oung, pretty, diabolically roiuautic, and C iquantly wicked?eamc before the Third C ouncil of War. a So the trains from Paris were very full; e le Versaillais burghers were vory tena- i ous with legard to tickot for the show, s ad good places in the front rows. The s oors of the Riding School, where the o ouncil of War assembled, were besieged e y an eager crowd even at the moment hen that vollev was fired at Satory. Within the hall, Parisiennes in summer jnnets, exquisites from the boulevards, >lons from the Assembly, occupy re srved seats, and prepare their opera lasses for the coming exhibition. The otticera have assembled at th? long iise-covered table. "What is the matter with Major Cara jn<" said a young lady. He is pale and embling." He was trembling, indeed, and leaned ack in his chair, half-fainting', when an 3her was ordered to bring in the prisoner. She entered, erect, pafid, and thin, but ;lf-possessed?and hypocritically modest, io great ladies said. She dared not raise ar eyes. She knew that He was among cr judges, and it was more from maiden r pride, than conscious innocence that le had nerved herself to face the ordeal ilhout a tlush or tremor. Your name Ls Heine LagardeiT said the resident. Yes, monsieur." "neilit? liitgurur, yuu uio iuui^cvi nuu i aving been concerned personally and 1 j idirectly in the recent rebellion in Paris, j on are charged with having habitually sorted with revolutionary characters. ^ ith having aided and abutted tliein in t leir usurpation of power, and all the , )nseituej>o*s of that usurpation. Do you ^ load guilty or Dot guilty*" "I am not guilty." ^ The Public Prosecutor stepped forward, ' ad begun his speech. He dealt lenient- - r with her In hts critical comments, but rought foi-ward facta that made the ofli ara of the council look grave and regret- s ill. lie cited, the girlish professions of ? gth she had made at different times. k le pointed out that all her friends were J lixud with tbe commune; that she had ! een known to have compromising revolu- 1 onary documents in her possession at * n? time; that she was the adopted daugh- 1 -*I Ui"iUUlUU9; tuc DIOlOl Ui U VUilUCililiCU itinagog'Ue?and, it was said, the fiancte I an English Radical, who had recently Uappeared. "Moreover," said the Prosecutor, "I will all & lady who will giv# positive ?ridenc? f the prisoner'* active, deliberate eom licity in the worst crimes of the Com nine. Call Madame la Comtesse de .'bayoHes." Juliet entered, and took her place at ho witness' table. A hashed murmur of admiration passed ound the court. And, in truth, she was rondrously beautiful?grave, gentle, a eluctant and pitying1 witness. She said, in answer to the Prosecutor's i uestions, that she was m the Rue St. Laz re on the evening when the Yersaillais { nter?d Pari?. Many bouseB were on nre. .t one of them she saw a young woman mptying a pitcher through the cellar ratinga. There was a strong1 odor of pe roleuin on the spot. That young1 woman ras the prisoner. The young officer appointed to defend teinatf< that be could do little against ach testimony, lli* defence *as pathetic, >ut pui-eJy oratorical. The witnesses he ould bring forward were few. Th?ir vidence was of little us<?. The pdrolctuie rae already condemned. No. One, at least, of the judges was iot convinced. Major Carayon whispered to the Presi lent, and, with a stare of astonishim-nt, he old, white-headed Colonel announced: Major Carayon le.tves tiie bench. An ther officer of his rank will replace him. fe desires to give testimony in the prison r'sfavoj'." [ To be Continued.'] W. A. LEE, Editor. j Wednesday, June 28, 1876. The St. Louis Convention. The Republican have made their lominalions and the same duty de volves upon I he Democrats who meet hi Tuesday next, the 27th inst., at St. j [>ou is. We suppose that all matters of dif-. iVioncw between sections of the party' ivill be ignored, and the Convention j kvill address itself to the single object | if selecting a candidate who can ex-j liibit the greatest popular strength and | [ resent the best chances for successful' leadership. j All U1C llUUl'UllOIlP JH'IIU ill jncacuip ;o the nomination of Tilden, as, the^ most available man. The only objec tion so far urged to bis nomination j nas beengthat his efforts for-reform ind war reform "rings" have weaken-11 >d him at home. But this all seems j] o be a mistake, and the secret of his| 1 strength seems to be in his character; r >f reformer. The man who iu his;i .anvass with Dix, could override the e )j?liosition of rlugs, and turn over one;t Hundred thousand votes to his party, > s one who promises the best hopes of c carrying New York; and New York 1 vith New Jersey and Connecticut are mporlant to Democratic sucess. j I Again Tilden is the best exponent of j t eform, and upon that issue the battle-e s to be fought if we hope for success.! J HTUa (.aahaI- r\f Tllflon'a cifrotirrtia ! ^ bus set forth by Henry Wattcrsou iu : ( lie Courier Journal in a recent letter i roiu New York: 11 'the secret of his power in in!' NEW YORK" |s 'urnishes the reason why he is inevi- ( able to the Democratic party 111 the I iountry at large, anil explains how it'j s that the South?not yet dead in its f >oiitical intuitions, albeit dismantled jt u its material well-being?has rallied 1 10 spontaneously ta his suppport. He ] s an ideal ruralist, the man the Gran- c jers want and have thus far failed to 1 ind?the man who has made honest t jovernment possible and who has; t nade it cheap; the man who can re- j t Core prosperity to the country without J c .'ontracting the currency a dollar; the11 nan who has always had the politi-, < :iaus against him and the people by 11 lis side. I wish my old friend Davie ! t :ould have hajf an hour's talk with ; f rilden, and I "fancy I can see Dorsey'a ,r. syes glisten with a new life when lie;s lears a scientiiic agriculturist, Jiite t iluiself, lay dowu the law and the t naxims of the new era of hope for the J vorkiugman anil farmer. I knowjc rilden well and owe him nothing, ji L'liat he will be nominated at Sr. Lou- \ c s. and that pretty much by aeclaiua-jl ion, is a simple, childlike belief with i ? ne. During these dark years I have j >f en lost faith iu our poor old blun leiing Democratic party; but, God i ove it and chasten it and liberalize it; in ; e inob'oit. I have never Iho.ightof 1 inserting it. It has now 11 ITS CJIANCK KOK LIFE. 'I IVith Tilden it goes to the country } villi the one issue, on which we have j i lot been beaten, with one issue which :f s dear to the American heart. With j c I'ilden it quits the issues growing out't >f the war?the rebellion issue, the e legro issue, the issue over the amend- j J lients?and plants itself upon the one j a jreat issue of honest government and ! c lonestmen, whereon and wherein ail vbel who i.<Miot a thief ought to be a! i air match for a Radical who is. If lie; \ su't, the Lord help us, for in that1? (vent free government, civil libert}', jure administration, all things that J iome close fo the tax-paj'ing classes, 1 liust go to the wall, whilst, we, poor \ ools of prejudice and destiny, are 'J dotted out iu one flabby mass of blur- a ed rhetoric and legislation. I refuse toi1 telieve that this fate is in store lbr.c fithcr section of the Union. I yet be- j c ieve in the Republic, and, by conse-jc [iieiice, in the saving ellicacy audit :race of the Democratic party. We t lave an oppoitunity to occupy the r ield of reform alone?a rare opportu- t lity?when reform is me cue 01 me >eopIe aud the time. We have a life ong Jetfersonian Democrat, who is he embodiment of reform, the re pre entative, par excellence, of honest ;overnment, a people's man, and the iuly people's man in that part of the lountry where we have a show.to car y States, lie will take us away from he past into the future. He will ob iterate the lines on which we have teen beating. It is not his chance but iur chance; and M'e should be wild? nad as only the god? make those who re meant for destruction?if we hould let it slip. It is demonstrable hut Tilden can be elected; aud that ugbt to be enough if he were not ac-j eplable; but he is more than accepa ?le? the iuau raised up by fate i.nd ircumstance either to lead the Deruo ratic party out of the wilderness nd the desert, or else to mock it in its xpiring moments with its lolly and ts crimes. I speak strongly and I ay, fori was born and reared in the cnool of Jefl'erson, and am not afraid r ashamed to gush over my political onvictions. "he Republican Nominations at Cin cinnati. The nomination of Governor Rutli rford 1J. Hayes, of Ohio, for the Pres Jency, and of Win. A. Wheeler, of few York, for the Vice-Presidency, y the Cincinnati convention, seuma i> be generally acceptable to the jour als of tlio party, whilst the leading apers of the country look upon s likely to bring out the full party trength, and as perhaps the strongest election that could have been made. Governor Hayes is a man of high haracter but moderate ability, and ins a fair record, both civil and tnili ury, but has exhibited 110 special tai nts or performed any -brilliant ehievements. lie has been twice lected to Congress and been three iuies Governor of Ohio. His election 1 ast Fall over Governor Allen brought ( dm prominently before the public, nd gave him his chief claim to na- E ional recognition. He is a man of - icgative character, and whilst he can- 1 lot expect to arouse the enthusiasm of 1 he party, he will likely harmonize its ' ealousies, and developed its. full u trenglh. lie is expected to bear oil" j he Ohio vote, and with it a strong * ollowing in the other Western states. e To secure the vote of New York, the 1 econd place on the ticket has been " ;iven to "Vm. A. Wheeler, of that 5 State, a prominent politician and now 1 nemberof Congress, in whieh he has 1 lud a long legislative experience, lie s s known as the author of theWheel- c tr Compromise" by which the Louis ana troubles were set at rest. He is a 1 nan of good abilities and popular 1 iharacter, and though he cannot be 1 'uiiked with ilie ultra Jtauicai wingoi lie party, lias generally supported heir measures. His nomination is >ne of the best that could have been N nade. c But though moderate men have t jeen selected as the standard bearers r >f the party in the coming canvass, | lie battle is to be fought on sectional f ssues, and we believe that :is much { )itterness is to enter into the struggle c is if Blaine or Morton had been "the ., lominees. Jtead the following arti- j :les of the platforni which whilst they ^ leprecate sectioual issues, Haunt them t n the face of the country and rely on r heir agitation as the beat means of ( iuccess: N "Fifteenth?We sincerely deprecate f ill sectional feeling and tendencies. tVe therefore note with deep solicitude hat the Democratic party counts as its jhief hope of success upon the elee- r oral vote of a united South, secured 11 hrough the efforts of those who were * ccently arrayed against the nation, ? ind we invoke the earnest attention I >f the country to the grave truth that ' i success thus achieved would re-open ? sectional strife and imperil the nation- < il honor and human rights. i Sixteenth?We charge the Demo- t sratlc party as being the same in char- < icterand spirit as when it sympathized < .vi111 treason, and with 'making its jontrol of the House of Representa ives the triumph and opportunity of ] he nation's recent foes; with reas- t setting and applauding in the Ration- j d Capitol the sentiment of unrepent- 1 int rebellion ; with deliberately pro- j >osing to repudiate the plighted faith if the Government; with beingequal y false and imbecile upon the over ihadowing financial question; with hwarting the ends of justice by its jartisan mismanagement and obstruc ion of investigation; with proving tself through its period of ascenden :y in the lower house of Congress ut erly incompetent to administer " the Government. We warn the country igainst trusting a party thus alike un vorthv, recreant and incapable." To this issue all other issues, the surreney, the school question, reform 11 the administration are subordinate, ind all the bitter strifes and augrv inssions of the past are to be rovived. if we are to be defeated as in the past, t will be owing to that distrust ot the >outh, and jealous of its supremacy vhich it will take two Centennials utirely to overcome. For Tilden. The Hon". W. D. Porter, of Charles on, one of the delegates to the St. jouis convention, has written a pub ished letter to Gen. Brattonthe chair nan of the South Carolina delegation, n which he *t i4e*-Jrbat being uuable to ittend, he gives}bi-4 c< lloaguis the ben ifit or his counsel by advising them to rote for Tilden, as the most available :audidate. Among other arguments ie uses the following: New York is, in my opinion, the )ivot upon which the election will uun. Samuel J. Tilden is her Gov srnor by a majority of 50,000 votes. 3e i8.'the representative man of New fork, and holds her certificate of :onfidencc and approval. He has re leemed the pledges he gave at his ilection. The Rings fall before him. L'weed, of Tammany, has been con igned to the penitentiary, and Lord, )f the Canals, has just been convicted ?v a iurv of the country. He has jreatly reduced the taxes of the State, tnd thus conferred upon every proper y holder in the State a personal and a lomefelt benefit. If the people of Sew York are not untrue to the cause >f Reform, and not ungrateful to him .vho has politically risked all and dar d all for that cause, and has more han any other man conferred upon .hem the blessing of redemption from >neof the vilest and most corrupt of nisrules, reScueiug them from a hid l.m and systemmatic spoliation that Vds eating out their substance and un arming their material and moral wel '..iv, they will rally to the support of I'ilden with an enshusiasm that will tweep over their State like a tornado, tnd elevate him toa still higher posi ion whence he may deal out to the >eople of the Union the same fruits of jxperience, moral courage and wis lom, the same benefits and blessings >f honest government, wmcn ne nas lestowed upon tlie peojjlo of liis .owia state. The Stewart )Vill Case* The late Mr. Stewart's will is now airly landed in the courts and it >romises to give plenty of work to the awyers for some time to come. The )ersons claiming a share of the estate tre determined to make a strong tight, md a long one if necessary, and of :oursc the lawyers will be willing o lead them on. The main ground of contest is that of undue influence. If fudge Hilton had not come into pos ession of fully half of the million tire's property so quickly, taking a >1.8 ne>s worth $24,000,000 for$1,000,000 n cash, the undue influence theory vould lack a good deal ol the strength ind plausibility it now has. But jtewart was hardly in his grave when Iilton stepped in his shoes, and the L 4 " ' ??? o ftoi-tno rH Q leirs who luiueu up owu KUVH...W, vill make as much as possible of this. Phat some, at least, of these persons ire of Stewart blood is almost certain, hough it is equally certain that most >f those claiming relationship are lownright impostors. Had the wid ?w rptained posssession of the proper y the will would not have been con ested, or if contested no encourage nent would have been received from he public by the contestants. Mr?. Stewart makes a capitul answer* In the aso. She says, not without a spice of ai casm that she never heard of the jetitioners during Mr. Stewart's life, .'robably not. One never sees a grand issembling of bu/zards unless there ire bones to pick. Mrs. Stewart is arniiig golden opinions by the use she u tn.iL-incr of hor onnortunities to do * "G |i ;ood with her husband's money, She >romptly carried out his wish in the natter of remembering his employees ind distributed among them upward if $300,000, and she has since made lonations to several deserving ehari ies, amounting in all to $47,500, and uore are yet to be remembered. Organization. Tne LceurennHUe Herald concludes . strong article in behalf of organiza ion with the following timely ad 'ice: "We say, then, to our Democratic riends, go forward and complete your jrganizations. Euroll every man in aeh township. It is the part of wis lom to know your own strength?the trength of the enemy, and to know he doubtful men. But you must not >e guilty of the folly of supposing that is soon as you have a long list of uimes that you have flnised your la >ors. It would be just as sensible for he farmer to suppose that his labors ire finished when he puts his seed in o the ground. But experience has aught him better. He knows he mist work in the sunshine and in the U-J- I... ..l.-ltfoii/l Kv ilnv if liiq hill* IIUUC, UJ III^II|.UUU MJ V.MtT ? ?-w ? ? est is reaped and his graneries are ilied. Indeed, vou have only got eady for the work. You have learned he strength of the enemy: you have earned the doubtful men, and you snow where to plant your blows. l'ou must spare no effort, and you nustuse every legitimate means to insure success/" The Vagrant Act. "We clip the following frnm oar iciglibor of the LaurevsAUn Her tld : "This somewhat notorious Port Fer ;usou was arraigned before Justice Vnisansel, a day or two since, not, his time, for any thing lie had done, >ut because lie would not do; hence be vas invited before his Honor under i provision of the vagrant act. C. G. 'aeger appeared for t he State ami li. Watts for the defence. The prison er was bound in a bond of $000 to aj> >ear at the next term of Court, and in lefanlt of bail was cairied to his old luarters and looked up, where it is loped he will remain. This is a good irecedent, and there are more in the ame category with Port, and who iupht to be put in the same boat." We would be glad to see the exam f.iiinu-oii iifi-p. Wo have olenty of lie name material iu Abbeville, who iced looking after. Com m encem knt A ccom mod ations. -Last year our friends were charged vhat was considered exorbitant pri es for transportation to and from he railroad during commence nent week. Some of our citizens ?ave determined that this shall not >ccur this year. Arrangements will >ti made to carry passengers, all who :ome, from the Depot to Due West, uul from Due west to the Depot, for a mlf dollar each. Several houses will >e opened for the accommodatiou of he people while in town at reasonable ates. See notice in another column, 3f course all the houses of citizens vill be open for the recention of riends as usual.?A. It. Prcabytcriun. Tax Sales.?The County Treasu er sold seventy-one pieces of land is delinquent during last week, aixty ive of which were forfeited to the >tate, and the balance was bought by >arties in interest. The delinquent ands represented about $1,000 of itate taxes and the same amount of bounty taxes. The Treasurer ex acts to collect about 90 per cent, of he whole taxes due by Kershaw bounty for the last fiscal year.?Cam ien Journal. Money is said to be more plentiful in dewberry, than in other counties, hough the Herald doubls it. He udge8 doubtless by the leanness of lis own pocket-bock. When did a >oor editor have any othersort.; CONGAREE Oolumbla, 0. O. PROPRIETOR. M.VNlTKAOTVnKR OF S T E A. M ENGINES AND BOILERS, Iron and Brass Castings of all descriptions made to Order. O I WAS awarded the first premium castings at the State Agricultural ana Mechanical Society Fairs, bold in Colum bia, November, 1871, '72 and '73. Circular Saw Mills of all sizes. Also took the FIRST PREMIUM at State Fail's hold November, 1871, '72, '73 Manufacturer of GRIST MILL IRONS of all slzm.J For Sale. uin wearing 01 mo ioiiowiug sizes : 9 foot wheel and pinion $30 00 10 44 44 44 ~ 32 00 11 " 14 44 55 00 12 44 41 *' 45 00 14 " 44 44 50 00 Witli Bolts V) Extra for each set. Anti-friction plates and Balls for Cotton Pre98 $10.00 auci $12.00 per set. D. B. SMITH, Agent, Abbevillo, S. C. Dec. 10, 1875, 35-tf EMPORIUM OF FASHION. CARPENTRY, Tho undersigned hereby gives notice that he Is prepared to do all kinds of Carpenter's Work and Building. Ho also repairs Cotton Gins, Thrashers and Fans. A full supply of Gin Material always on hand. Farmers are requested to bring their Gins up early in the season to allow time to have them properly pre pared. Also Agent for the Taylor Cotton Gin, tho Brooks Cotton Press, and all kinds of Rubber and Leather Belting. D. B. SMITH, Abbeville C. II, S. C. Barnwell &Co. A EE DAILY RECEIVING AD ditions to their Stock, consist ing of STAPLE DRY GOODS, Hats and Clothing, BOOTS AND SHOES!! THEY KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND, ALSO, A FULL LINE OF Groceries, Bacon and Lard, Meal and jriour, Coffee and Sugar, Bagging and Ties, Molasses and Syrup, A FINE LOT OF SUGAR CURED BAMS I! Oct, 5,1875 2G-tf he Colu mbia Register, runusHED DAILY, TRI-WEEIvLY it WEEKLY. The OhIv Democratic Paper at the Capital. Terms, in advance: Dailv, six months f3 50 Tri-weekly, six months 2 50 Weekly, six months 1 00 Cheapest Book and Job Printing Office in the State. Address all communicationH, of whatever character, to Manager Register Publishing Co., Columbia, S. C. S. B. I0RRELL, Harness and Saddle Maker, A 1 111.1 Ulil/ A/ Over Parker & Perrin's Drug Store, ( Has a supply of Northern Harness Leath er niul other material for Making and Re pairing Saddles and Harness. PARASOLS, IX SILKS, GINGHAMS AND COT- ' TON, all prices and colors,. cheaper than ever oft'ered, at the ' EMPORIUM OF FASHION. . May 3, 187H. Dissolution. THE copartnership heretofore existing between the undersipmod, under tho ' firm vame of DuPro, Gambroll & Co., has ' been dissolved by nxutual'consent. J. F. C. DuPRE, JOHN M. GAMBRELL. May 12, 187(3?tf White Lawns, ANOTHER Jot of these handsome goods, plain and striped, from ad eta.lo 35 ets., just received, at the ' EMPORIUM OF FASHION. ' June 14,1876, tf , Centennial Transportation Arrangements OF THE M ( SOI in< by Oreat Atlantic I CO COASTLINE, ai an FOR THE 3i? i rii Accommodation of vis itors to all Points South. The Railways and Steamship jj Companies between Augusta, Ga., and Philadelphia, compris ing the ATLANTIC COAST LINE, will during the progress w of the ot fa I Centennial Exhibition OF THE UNITED STATES, present for the patronage of the citizens of the South, routes of transportation and forms of tick ets nnnn whinli tr? reflpli Pliilfldf*! pliia, that will immeasurably ex- C eel ail other lines in point of f th 3t< Direct Daily Movement, G Comfortable Accommodation al Variability of Transit, pr Economy of Expenditure. ^ To enable this to be done, the combined resources of the RAIL WAY LINES SOUTH OF NORFOLK, together with those of the BALTIMORE STEAM PACKET COMPANY and the OLD DOMINION STEAM anur wivirAn i win De era ployed and the individual tourist, the social party of ten, twenty or more, or the civic or military or ganization of 100 to 800, can each be cared for in a manner that will satisfy their desires. Trice Lists, Time Cards, and all needful information are now in the hands of all Agents At iiiiui<> waot uiuv? It will be to the interest of ev ery individual and each organiza tion proposing to make this trip to communicate with the uuder aigned. A Centennial Exhibition Guide Book as authorized by the Com mission will be given to the pur chaser of each Ceutenflial Ticket. Call on or address either of the following named agents. J. H. WHITE, Macon, 6a. W. J. WALKER, Montgome rtr A la H. V. TOMPKINS, Atlanta. A.. L. REED, Savannah 6a. M. J. DIVINE, Macon 6a. A. POPE, General Passenger Agent. May 1, 1876, 4-4ra mm, 1876. I'DONALD & HADDON are now receiving their Stock Spring Goads, consisting mainly of >mestic Goods, Notions, &c. a larger stock of SHOES AND HATS. in they have ever kept pefore. Uways on hand the choicest of,, AMILY GROCERIES, Confectioneries, &c. ? IGARS! CIGARS!! ?\V bpon thfi finpof nnil phpnnpst as tment of CIGARS in town. Great Juceuienta to cash buyers?offered [cDonald & Haddon. \prillO, 1876, 52-tf Insnrance Notice. HAVE accepted the agency for several SOLVENT FIRE INSURANCE iMPANIES, as follows: Old North State. Royal Cananian, Merchants and Mechanics id Commercial of St. Louis, d will insure at the lowest rates con itent with a sound business. Patronage of the public is solicited. Dfflce at the Law Office of Messrs. Per 1 & Cothran. L. W, PERRlXj Agent. A.pril 12, 1876,52-ly 0 THE LADIES! ^ ' AM now prepared to exhibit the latest novelties i n H1LLINERY,1 id invite my friends and the public an examiuation of the same. Feel- f e assured thev will find it to their I Terest to call before purchasing else- " here, as, owing to the scarcity of } oney, I intend to sell very low for J A.SK. The ress-Making Department ] J is still under the supervision of j MISS JANE EAHET, \ ho will be pleased to receive your 1 ders, and will endeavor to give satis- J ction. j Very respectfully, , IBS. M. Iff. WHITE., April 5, 1876,5I-tf nnnnc HEAPER THANEVER! How for Bargains. ' HAVE just received a large Stock of SPRING AND SUMMER Dry Goods, lotting, Hats, Shoes, &c, the latest styles and made in the e most durable maimer, also a large jck of fBOCEBIES, PROVISIONS, &c>, I A r T?! 11 OaT/1 nf t'AMT 1/\U* i ui nuivu win uo iwiu ut j iu?? ices for cash. Give iue a trial. - | % AT. Rosenberg. April 5,1876, 51. STEAM , Waning Mill, COLUMBIA. S. C. . W. WITO, Proprietor MANUFACTURER OF ash, Blinds, Doors, r'llNIDOW AiW DOOR FRAMES, < side Pivot Blinfls aii Slitters ( PILASTERS, I Mantelpieces, ? [0LDIN6S, BRACKETS, I L [andrails, f Newels, ; Balusters. roll Wori of all Description. All Work Guaranteed a No. 1. May 28,1S75, lyr. BLANKS F THE MOST APPROVED FORM S, yon 8ALE,- AT THE ress & Banner Office. Rent Liens, Liens on Crops, Lien on Crop and llill of Sale. Mortgage of Personal Property, Mortgage of Real Estate, Title Deeds, Trial Justice's Blanks. Sub. Tickets. Sub. Writs. Summons for Money Demand. Copy Summons for Money Demand. EWING MACHINE NEEDLES, 1 and other attachment* at J. D. CHALMERS A CO. Vfarch 1, 1875. 1 HAIRS ! CHAIRS 1 8 dozen chairs J rocoived to-day. Rattan Seats lendid article. Hold at low fiprure*. J. D. CHALMERS ?ft CO. CUNNINGHAM & * ' TEMPLETON have received tbeir hioh they are selling at low price*, all and see them, March 29,1876,5G*tf Cash Buyers CfTILL as usual find oar price* as W v low ?s the lowest and oar Look this season having been pur tj^sed with special ear?, we are sure to oonviuoe them more than ever to ow muoh greater advantage a little touey can be invested upon the ASH BASIS. Give us a look before urcliasing And we will satisfy you at the EMPOBIUM OF FASHION'. March 3a, mao-tt Beautiful MW THIHIS, SPRING STYLES, AT Quarles & Perriri's. March 29,1875, 50-tf - :0RN! CORN!! RED OATS! WTTTT! A HP "R"R A "NT FOR SALE BY 1ARNWEI1 & CO Jan, 26,1876 42-tf MASONIC PIBECTOBY. Mi Lodge Ho. 3. i IM. N. H. PARKER, W.\ M.\ r. C. WOSMAN8KY, Secretary, Meets 2d Monday in every month. i lesperiai Chapter No. \l R. A. S r. F. 0. DuPEE, M.\ E.\ H.\ P.\ r. D. CHALMERS, Recorder. iuww oil rnu?)' uigut iu uvwjf nonth. / 5eSanssi!i'e Council Ha. 16. B. & S.I r. F. C. DuPRE, T.\ 111.*. M.\ r. M. GAMBRELL, Recorder. Meets let Tuesday night in every nonth. ' *' ... Groods at Cost. All descriptions of Goods, V j embracing IEADY-MADE CLOTHING, Boots, Shoes, Hats, ^ IOSIEBY, NOTIONS, AND ;j.*v DRY GOODS, AT COST FOR CASH, AT juries ? PirrinV Feb. 1,1870, 43-tf ONE MUM "WILL GET THE VEEKLY CONSTITUTION POSTAGE FBEK, TILL January 1st, 1877. Pis the Leading Puper of the South. Red hot Presidential and Gubernar iniiiil Pjimnnicns onflninur. EverV Geor ;ian shouliT take tfie 4??eOPLS?S PA 'ER." Several Serial Stories, by die- . inguished authors, running all the time. iS-Su The getter up of A CLUB OP ?EN will receive the PAPER FREE. Duity, 810 per annum; |5 30 for 6 moa.; 2 65 for 3 months. Send in your subscription for this great 'OLITICAI. AND FAMILY JOURNAL. Published at. the Capital V. A. HEMPHILL ? CO., Publishers. April 26, tf.J Atlanta, Georgia. 1,000 POTS. Jhoice Green and Hot-House DIahi^i JL lauwi CONSISTING in part of Stnglo and Double Geraniums, Single and Jouble Fuchsias, Red and White Bego? lias, ileliotropes, Century plants, Night Jlooming Ccreus, Cactuses, Ice, Air and Vax plants, Vines, Sedum and Basket ilanto. Japonicas, Pine Apple, Bananas, nd lifty other varieties of plant*, losses 4c grown from seeds and plants btaiued from the most celebrated Flor als in the United States. Plants ten iiirh 3 to two feet high in fonr inch and six nch pots, 15 cents to 25 cents each. Lar ;or plants and pots in proportion. Do ivered l'reo on board the ears. J. F. C. DUPRE. 3UNNINGHAM awn TEMPIETOK Have jieceived and open cd their large Stock of all kiudi f goods. )ry Goods, Clothing, Boots, Sin 9 j, Cap?, Hats, lardware, Crockery, Saddlery, &c. :all and see for your selves. ' Oct. C, 1875 26-tf 5 UGENE B. GABY, A ttorney AT LAW, Abbeville .Y. C. h., S. C. Special attention to io collection of claims. [Feb. 9, ly A new LOT of Oil Window Shade? .JL juat received, with good fixture*. J. D. chalmers A co. Oct. 27, 1875 tf