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. Vf / HTA:?>' -i i c . . . BY D?RISOE, REESE A CO. ._.^.?.~?.>.*.-...:.!$ssi1**. EDGEEIELD, S, %. FEBRUARY 27, 1867, ^t1?^ CHEAP, VERY CHEAP 9 AT 13 KENNY & GRAY'S, 238 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON we will sell our Extensive and well selected Stock oriVIcnand Boy's Ready Made Winter Cflothins At Greatly Keduced Prices? All our Goods are NEW, of the LATEST and BEST STYLES, and we will sell them at such LOW PRICES that wc cannot ful to please ali who will exam ine our Stock. We mention below a few of the Goods on hand : * Fine Black Broad Cloth Frock COATS ; Fine Black Bread Cloth Sack COATS; Fine Black Doe Cassi m ere Frock COATS ; Fine Black Doe Cassimere Sack COATS ; Very Handsome French Cassimere SUITS ; ExceMent Scotch Mixed SUITS; American Cassimere SUITS in great variety; t Silk VESTS in every style ; Black and Figured Velvet VESTS; Plain, Fancv and Black Cassimere VESTS; Plain, Black'Docskin PANTS; Ribbed Bfk do. do. Plain and F gurcd, Colored Cassimere PANTS ; Plain and Figured Jeans PANTS; Plain and Figured Cottonade PANTS, ?cc, ?cc. Boys' Olotlxixi.gr. We have a very large Stock of BOYS' CLOTHING which we will sell at exceedingly low prices. Gents' Furnishing Goods. Our Stock of GENTS1 FURNISHING GOODS is extensive and comprises everything needful,-and will be sold at very low prices. -0 Marchant Tailoring. We always keep an EXCELLENT VARIETY of CLOTHS and CAS SIA ERES, and carry on the Merchant Tailoring Business in all its branches. . We will guarantee satisfaction to every one having Clothes made to order. fSgf^AU are invited to call and examine our Goods. KENNY & GHAY. Augusta, Jan I tf 1 Established 1845. WI a m Mm 3 3STO- 08 3: BEOAD ST., AUGUSTA, G5-A.3 Importer and Dealer io PURE AND UNADULTERATED DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, WINDOW GLASS, Acids, Chemicals, Dye-Stuffs, Sponges, Corks, -AND Druggists' ?LmcLries. NOW IN STORE, 0-NTE OF THE LARGEST ASSORTMENTS IN THE SOUTH. Merchants, Physicians und Planters will consult their interest by examining our Stock before purchasing. Our prices are as low as any House South of Baltimore, as we Import manv articles, and buy direct from Manufacturers. WE OFFER 1,000 Ounces QUININE, ; 10,000 pounds WHITE LEAD, 200 ? MORPHINE, - 5,000 M Snow WHITE ZINC, 51 Bbs CAMPHOR, 100 ?: NUTMEGS, 10 " CASTOR OIL, 500 Boxes WINDOW GLASS, 20 " TURPENTINE, 100 " INKS, .10 ? MACHINE OIL, 1O0 ? TOILET SOAPS, : 25 " Tanners' OIL, 100 ? PEARL STARCH, 10 u LARD OIL, ?j 100 Kegs SODA, 2;? * EPSOM SALTS, 100 Boxes SODA, 3.000 Pounds BLUE STONE, GO Civ?ea PLANTATION BITTERS, C.000 " COPPERAS, '; 50 Gross BLACKING, 25 Kegs SALTPETRE, 100 Ma:s CINNAMON, 50 Cases CONCENTRATED LYE, . 100 Ponnds COOMEL, 50 u POTASH, 10 Bbls. VARNISH, 100 boxen Ext. LOGWOOD. Surgical Instruments, Perfumery, Brushes, COMB8 AND FANCY GOODS IN GREAT VARJ?TY Nov. 21 il m 47 C. & A. G. 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MUNN A CO. have had twenty years' c::pcricuco in procuring Patents for New Inven ters who may have such business to transact can receive, free, all noodful advice how to proceed. for thc Plantation, The Carden, And th" Home Circle. A, LT the request of the Publisher, I am now acting as Agent for tho SOUTHERN Ow ?TI VATOR, an indispensable Agricultural Journal, pablished at Athens, Ga. Terms, $2 per annum. Every Farmor, Planlor nnd Horticulturist in the South should bo a reader of the CULTIVA TOR. E?^Specimon numbers moy bo seen at tho Advertiser Office. D. R. DURISOE. Sept 17 tf 3 Wagoning ? Ii" AM now running a WAGON from this place [ to Augusta twice a woek, end will haye all ( uo ls on tm-ted to my caro proporly and prompt 1 j delirorod. A. A GLOVER, Act. Feb Ii If 7 My Toast. "THE FIRST, LAST, ARD ONLY GIRL I EVER LOYE?." BY MILES O'REILLY. Her bair is Uko a field of wheat By autumn tinged with glistening yellows ; - Her clear blonde faco is always sweet, Her little waist is round and neat, " And plump her bust and small her feel . Come, boys ! " To Lucie Ellice !" Her gent?o hands of tapering white The rings that touch them moko me jealoufl-l Her ripe red lips aro with smiles bedighc, Her largo blue eyes have a swimming light, And her fair soft skin with health is bright-; Wo drink to Lucio Ellice ! . . Elastic as tho delicate vino I . That sways in June from tho vineyard trellis) Hor step is dainty, her toueh is fino, 5?? And her breath is sweet aa tho perfumed winer; Which the voiarist kisseB boforc the shrine, Even such is Lucio Ellice ! And then her voice ! You mayhap have hear?^" A? dawn in the East to crimson mellows . > (Whllo tho dews on the roses aro yet unblurredj. And the gossamor web on tho grass unstirred), Tho song of tho lark a a loft it whirrod- I 'Twas tho voice of Lucio Ellice ! - And her soul-'tis a spirit of subtle flame, g? That kindlcs'and softons, illumes and mellows^ 'Tia an essence pervading and fitting her frame)* And 'tis from her wonderfal gentloness came-f Her grace and her beauty, and all that I name/. When wo drink to Lucie Ellicj! But fortuno is cruel and love is blind 'Cruel and blinded the fablios toll us; For with hearts revolting aro hands resigned, And thc flowers are sundered that would have, twined, j jj And darkly we drift on thc path assigned As I drift from Lucio Ellico ! Oh. give mc a ruff that onoc touched her throat And I :isk no gems from a royal p?laco ! Giru mc a rihbon tbat onco did float , ? Whcro thc swelling lines her form denote- & Then sond me to die in some land remote, ; ^ My lait thought-" Lucie Ellice !" But why should I offer so pure a toast To the grosser ears of my feasting fellows? ^1 To have seen her but twice is ull my boast So back to our euchre, and call the host! And that lad shall bo king who can drink the most To tho health of my Lucio Ellice. [ Written for the Advertiser. EOSA CASSELS; OB, THE CONTRAST. BY S. A. L. AMOKG the large number of young ladies who m^de up the flourishing and popula^ school of the Rev. Mr. Merton and lady, none were more admired or more enthusiastically loved than llosa and Jennie Cassels, the daughters of an excellent widow living on the outskirts of the town. An accident had deprived thom in theil*] earliest )'oUth..ot their, -father,, a ^mis?^jajj young lawyer. Ile had been thrown fYonj his horse and so injured as to survive but a few days ; leaving to his bereaved family the rich inheritance of a spotless character. The little cottage be had managed to build ir.jin the proceeds of thc small patrimony of his wife, being his all of Wordly goods. After the first ?hock of her bereavement ba 1 passed away, and Edward Cassels' sweet young wife had set herself to work in order to ?upport hal self and two little girls, she began to realize how difficult would Lo the tusk to feed, clothe r.nd educate her children as she herself had been ; but a dauntless spirit and tireless energy were her?, and she went for ward with a resolution that never faltered. Her skill in embroidery soon made ber a name among thc fashionable ladies of Clairs ville, and until her daughters were-the elder sixteen and her sister iourteen years of agc she had lived not only decently, but com fortably-and had added, by her economy and perseverance, a neat and sweet-toned pin.no to thc other fateful furniture wi.h which her husband had provided their Ootr tage, on their marriage. A few months prior to thc opening of our little Story, a long and almost fatul spell of sickness bad consumed the little surplus of money on hand, and Mrs. Cassels began to fear that herself, and above all, her young and lovely daughters, might bc .called to real ize the privations and sufferings of povcrt}'. To educate her girls had been her cager, heartfelt intention ; so, that if deprived cf herself, their only known relative, they would be enabled to gain their own lhclibocd. lier own and hor husband's parents were Jiju^lish. These were ali gone, and she knew not that they had a relative on earth. Thc little horde of money wai gjnc, n dia mond ring, an heir loom in ber family, bad followed ; and with a dejected heart did Mary Cassels admit to ber loving heart, that the seeds of her disorder had fastened on her vital-;, and silo must leave her children on the world, without friend or means of support. The dreary winter had passed away, and spring, with her azure skies, and garlands of roy", onrc -?ioie made the eurtb glad, when Rosa and* Jennie Cassels were called to give up the mother they had well nigh worshipped. Tho evening after the funeral, whilst sitting alone in their little parlor, weeping over their bereavement, a knock at the door anuouueed their teacher, good and kind Mr. Merton. After the silence of n few moments had pass ed, he enquired of Rosa her plans fer the future. "You know, Mr. Merton, what my mother's wishes were ; I cannot 'remain at school longer, and lam as yet too young, as weil as too ignorant, to think of teaching. I don't know what to do, without it is td endeavor to get sewing from the shops for myself and my sister, to enable us to live." " Will you allow me to advise you, Rosa?" said her kind friend. " Certainly, Mr. Merton. It was my mother's request that we should go to you in our diffi culties." " I will lease your house for you until yon are twenty one; yourself and your sister shall board with me. The proceeds of your rent will clothe and board you. You shall be under my tuition until you are eighteen ; your sister tho same. You shall then teach in my Academy until you obta?D your ma jority for your continued places under my supervision. Will that suit jon ?" Joyfully did the sisters avail themselves of ? heir kind friend's ?drice; and as soon as practicable, they again took their plac their classes. With tho most manifest pleasure did classmates and the school at largo greet favorites. Two alone, of all the school sensations of the most bitler hatred, the envious feelings, at the return of the orpl whose sad faces and deep mourning i should have awakened emotions so diffe AuVora and Sylvia G lydon, two purse-p and coarse-grained girls, of seventeen ?nineteen years, who cared for nothing money and dress, and who would never remained at school so long, but that the; lieved it would add to their eclat as heit to be accomplished in the lighter and i showy branche? ; so they were dashing formers on the piano, could thrum a littl the guitar; had a smattering of Latin French, and could daub a little in oils water colors. But with all tieir pretens they Inched thc far more essential possess of a delicate and refined sensibility; he _t ) feel thc woes of their fellows j thc 1 perception that can discriminate betweeu dross and gold in one's character; and which enables ita professor to adapt hin to circumstances, and rise beyond the m tricous advantages which wealth alone give. Their father, an ignorant but bigc man, who had amassed an immenso fort hy speculations which had hitherto pro fortunate, and their mother, a woman a her husband's heart, had taught them fi their cradles that money, and money alt was all that made life desirable;. to boast acquaintance who was rich and could raak show, was something worthy, of being tri peted from Dan to Beersheba; and wi a visit was mado the family by some one t happened to bc rich, it was somewhat at sing to thc uninitiated when Hrs. Glydou, being asked who it was with her daughti would reply " Oh that is Miss Brown, or A! Smith. Her father is worth fifty thous: dollars.': Or,"Don't you know Fanny W lace ? Why she has three plantations all 'herself." The possessor was an appendage to l possession always. No one had any iutrin worth, independent of the gilding wjth wh mammon had galvanized him. As I said, it WM with feelings of envy n haired that the Misses Giydon greeted t fair and estimable giris, who, by their unifoi good conduct, their native refinement, a artless and lovable manners, had endear them lo every one else. It was true, tl there were others among their number w .had b en taught to iovc wealth, and to b down to the sarine of the Golden Calf, 1 young and impressible, they were not inst siblc to i he charm c! amiability and sweets; rrff n^ttin'er.^^d'ThrttiahnheTnnny fine thin which the weil filled coffers of Aaron Glyd enabled his daughters to possess, charmed t ryes of tbo.se less favored by tho blind goddc and many fh.iltei ies and servile fawns help to feed their vanity, still the relined go! transmuted in the crucible of intellect by t (ires engendered, by natures thc mostdelicai wherein hud been fostered all that waa love and beautiful, rejecting the baser, anil holdii to the pure and undefiled ; ia abor', the rest of the good and pious example of a mollie unsurpassed. nmon?; ber fellows in all thin; lovely uud ol good report, exemplified in h daughters, exerted an inllucr.ee which il w .hard to ignore ; and chicanery the most sol i tie, and deceit the mo^t demoniacal, alon : could counteract thc charin. Whilst their crowding schoolmates we corned Rosa and Jennie, with loving and sil cere welcome?, back to their midst, did tl two unamiablc girls, willi sneering and cru exclamations, eau-c several who wore near, t lum with looks of wonder and disgust towal them. 4 The saints have folded their wings i Paradise again. Wonder who'll pay the bills, row their hypocrite of a mother gouc.': " I reckon as Mrs. Merton's health is f bad, they will be fur settiug their cap for th old man ; don't you Syjl." "What do you suppose they sold to pa for their bombazine and Crape, Aura ?" Thc last unfeeling taunt reached tho. car < the older s'ster, and she remembered thu Aura Giydon had been present when sh bartered her mother's ring to the jeweller i fche town, and slip now understood the whit per and following hugh which had fell s scathingly on her stricken heart cs she le: the door on that memcmblo day. A son c Col. La Motte, thc first dignitary in the place happened to be near thc showily dressed an< loud-talking young lady, and she remcm bcrcd also that as she turned involuntarily a the discordant laugh reached her, that th young man's ch:ek glowed with an almos crimson (lush as she met his eye. Was i because he joined in the insult, or that h resented it? Now these heartless Misses felf^ and ti their heart's core, that the daughters of thi woman who had earned her- own and be daughters' livelihood, were honored and es teemed by those who were far above them selves in a social point of view. That the] were received in society whero their own face; were never seen ; that among the learned ant the honored in the land they were deemed equal for their own intrinsic worth ; whih their own hoarded gains, though cuabling them to make a display, needed that mystic charra which was essential to their position among those who valued a person forwhat he was, not for what he had. Edwin Ca Motte, the son of Judgo La Motte, aman, who, for his own nobility of soul, his own high-toned principles, and his blame less life, occupied a position inferior to none, was the toast of town. Handsome in person, highly gifted in intellect, and an ardent ad mirer of woman as she should be, he had yet attained his twenty-sixth year heart-whole ; for the reason that he had never yet met with ono equal to his mother. That mother had been his idol ; pious, intellectual, high-prin cipled, benevolent, and charitable to a fault, she had died just as he attained to man's estate, and he mourned her still. He thought grey hairs beautiful because her own brown locks were sprinkled. He thought middle age J tho loveliest ec ison ia life, bo cause he could remember ber best, wearing its mellow i Eevrything pertaining to his mother w cred and holy, and tho woman must ap] mate to her in intellectual and moral I who should be his wi ft;. She was wise, much as she could feel and sympathize the weaknesses of others. She was ch; ble, hence she could forgive the errors o fallen fellow creatures. Benevolent, sufferer never left her gate unaided. In of entertaining her guests with a dis ?gossip-or with uncharitable rumour: curious questionings, sho found sourcei -themes for conversation that made her 1 the resort of all whoso intimacy was v the having ; and though of a social na not filling her house with visitors for namo of tho thing, but entertaining t from whom she could derive pleasure information. When l.is mother died, E< LaMottc felt that the light had all left world for him, and he vowed never to m until he could find a woman after her pall Aurora Glydon acknowledged his super ty to thc other young riien of her acqu tance; none were so ?ne looking, so "ri so.much admired as lie ; and if he coull caugljt there was no bait that she wi scruple to use in her efforts. Edwin c< introduce her into thc relined atid intelle al society she coveted, not that she ci for such society, but it would be so envia and perhaps her French quotations wc come in play ; sbc could makea sensa with her dashing sty e of music; she cc expatiate largely on her paintings in cont tion with Reubens and Raphael and Germau Masters ; and then to be the ii the beloved, of suer, a man as Edwin Motte was a bliss, a distinction, an ec?tacj think of; aud nothing in heaven, on ca or in hades, should p-event her. Such w the reasonings of this vile and unprincir, girl. The time at which Rosa sold her moih< ring wes not only remembered by herself ? by her fuc. Borne down by grief and ansi for her darling mother, she entered the st scarcely noticing its occupants, and until sneering whisper and taunting giggle met 1 caron her exit from the 3tore, ehe was nnawi that young La Motte and Aurora Glyci were near her. The latter had noticed I sympathising look bestowed upon the gr: stricken girl, and the flush of indignati which was called forth by her anlady-likc mark that "The Angel seemed to bc d poilin^ herself-of her jew- '?.," which s thought qui e witty. From that hour s hated her unoffending rival, os she b?liev her to bo ; but, thought the purse-proud gi " How can he think of her, a girl withou! cent ; pshaw ! he is as high above her as 1 '"heavens it rc .-above :he earth; a girl whr mother Works iur he.- living, and who has sell thc only thing they've got in shap; of jewel to buy bread with/' Such were t thoughts that filled 1er brain. Very difiero were those that filled the bosom ol her coi panton. 11 How can two girls Le so differen Were 1 going to marry, I'd sooner take ot; poor and obscure though she- is, than t! other, had she thu wealth of Croesus ; bra and refined gold.'1 On the re appearance of P. ,sa and Jenn at school, a scries of persecutions commence which, had the teachers been av. are of, wou have been the seal of dismissal to both ol' tl daughters of Aaron Glydon, as well as tl Causo Qi' equipment tc some who had bee I the tools and followers of lucae unscrupulot I advisers. 0::c day during a" recess, Ro?a Cassels v.-: sitting on ,i bench under a lir^e oak i:i fro: of tho Academy.' She had a copy of Tern con in her baud and had j ist read-and re-roa the verse in il Locksley lirjll." ': In the Spriag a faller crimson come? upon tl rubin's t-rtia?t, In thc Spring thc walton lapwing gets bimse' ' another crest Tn thc Spring a liVc-lie-r iris changes on tho bu nish od dove In thc Spring a young arin's fancy lightly tart tn thoughts ot' love." When Anna Glydon kicked j? ball, wii Vvbich the smaller g rls had been'playing, int her lap ; a very rude and unlady-likc pe-rforn ance, which elicited a coarse laugh from son: cf her boon companions, but a murmur4 disapprobation from ihoso near who ppsscssc :. spark pf feeling. Thc only sign ct dittpieasu/e from Rosa wa a heightened color. She quietly rose an turned toward thelmur, when hcr.tormento laughingly enquired, ,{Tho beauty must be ii love. Don't you think so, girls? She seem to bo studying poetry; that's a sign they saj Wonder whom it's with; old Dan Wilkes, o old ba:d head?" a cognomen by n inch sb signified her teacher. Still Rc?a cndcavorei to be patieut ; her mother's lesions were no lost. Provoked that sho conic! not rouse he anger, Aurora Glyd?n continued, "It's,di Pan, I expect; they say he has only two wiyei living, and as he wants another, may be pov erty, in the shape of a mourning angel, wil take pity on him." Now this Wilkes was one of thc most do praved men that ever disgraced the earth, auc it was a gross insult to couple any dccenl woman's name with his. The miserable girl'i remarks had been heard by Jennie as well as her sister; and tho former, who though i lovely and amiable girl, had a quick and im pulsivo temper, on hearing the concluding re marks of Anna Giydon, retorted, u I think Dan Wilkes would suit you-a thousand times better than the daughter of Edward Cassels. If we are poor and. you rich, my father was a gentleman, and his father before him ; and if he had made use of the means your father has, he would have been rich toa ; but thank God he had a soul too noble to stoop so low. I do hear that your father refused a small loan a few days ago to a man who had been his best friend, beciusc that man was in needy circumstances. Out upon you, for a low minded, course-grained set ! If my sister ever marries, her cwn worth will marry her, and not Gold. It ia a good way sometimes to find out. how a person is valued ; time will develop which of tho two will marry Dan Wilkes." And wi :h as queenly an air as if a a princess in'dt?guise, the little lady strode into tho house." Rosa had endeavored to check her, but it was useless ; she would havo j her ?ay. " The impertinent minx (" she ad* dec!, " she is jealous of yon, my prec sissy, and that's the way sho shows ber ei I can always tell when a person is jeal sister mine, let them show it as they \ Now there are the Lestons they oass by u if they did not see us, and don't yon ki that mother told us that father* used to 1 Mr. Leston before he made so much mo i at shoemaking; and mother would send wife little nice things when she was si;k, wi they were poor and had bnt little, and n bless your soul, they think they are cn a fi ing with Queen Victoria, merely because tl have built a brick house, and have a i carriage; and can slight you who h:.ve m sense in your iittle finger than they have together ; and it is really enough to mr oae laugh to see their manouvres raid'h their slaog; and when thc-y meet os; is it i funny to see how they try to slight us? is all I can dp to keep from laughing in th faces. Now there is Mr. Clarkson'? fami who are people of refined notion?, thoo they hal but little opportunity until i Ciarksoci built his mills. They show th cood sense. They arc people to be respecte they aro modest and unassuming, and many Wj.y3 show their true and noble v tures. For instance, when old Airs. Gr was suffering from that long sped of i health last winter, and her means .-rave 01 you know ? went one evening to take the je our dear mother made for her; well, wu I was there, a boy came with a whed-barrt load of necessaries fbr thc poorwoman. Thc wjs a little sack of fl .mr, a package of sug and coffee, two bottles of port, and 6evei other articles. Tho boy put the things the door and hurried off before he could 1 questioned ; but as I left only a m?nate late he saw me und took a cross street, and ju as I get to Mr. Clurkson's door that good nu canm out, and at this moment the 1; d turn? tho corner. Mr. Clarksoa said to hit (: Did you gel thc articles there saft ly, Jir ray?" The lad sar/ mc, and a nod was tl only answer. Ile gave Mr. Clarkso : a kco' ing glance and tho good man's fae; cbangt color. That was what mother us?e to mei when she would quote the verse, ,; D ling got hy stealth and blushing to find it fairs," expert, Rosy. And then how kind Mr Clarkson and her daughters are to thc pot children in the Sabbath School. I heat Meta Clarkson reprove Fanny Lesion atscho one day: Fanny laughed at Mary Goodwin faded dress, and Meta said, "Why, Faun a*e you not ashamed to make a child cry fi for that which she cannot h'flp ? My mot hi and father have always taught us that it wi not only unlady like, but sinful to do so, ar they ci join it upon us often that if we mak any distinctions tu school to let them be i fa -or of the poor j. for? while the r:ich kt* unca to render :hom happy, the poor hay hut little ; and never shouid they b j made t fool that others think themselves above them that is, if they act right.'' Thesummer waxed and waned, and ai taino put on her . livery cf gold and carmin and russel and purplc. The skies gicair.e with gorgeous autumnal sunsets, and had not been for those few evil spirits, Low hupp that band of youthful girls could have bee: But one insult after another had bc2n bea pc upon tlio beads nf thc orphans until forbcai ance almost ceased to be a virtue. In fror of the Academy ran a bright babbl r.g strear of v.a'er; hero and there along its tiny bank we:o clamps of hawthorn over-run wit vii.o?. Thc teacher had eausfid benches I bo put under several for the convenience* t his scholar', and many a pleasant hour wa enjoyed thus by the lively throng. Oi.e a t.Tuoon Aura G lydon and her sister had ii. vited severa; ot' tho richest girls in the schoc ! to come to their bower, a? they designated particular pla.ee they claimed a3 their owr to enjoy with them some good things thc: fuhcr had brought them from the C:'*y. A?r went among thc gils talking very lo Hy am inviting her boon companions in nuob. a wa; as to make those ?ho beiic-ved beneath he feel that it was an intentional slight. "Fannj Lesion, you and'Judith must be sure to cmi just as soon as school is cut; Mi'ly Dut'o:i I would not miss having you for a good dea! Did you notice ibo largo basket I put ia rn; desk as Icamo in 7 Well, gin?, it is full. locked my tic k as Mr. Moiton wiil ba ii before I could get it out. You I now why Jocked it dont you ? Some propio that can' afford West loelia fruits might get their fin gers in," and she gave a scornful glance a Rosa, who cit that to notice her jutrageoui iuuendoes would be to condesa nd to he level, aud rho continued to poro over tbi wjrkskc had in her band. Aura Glydou fin-ling that she could not get her into a quat rel, as she had often wished, screamed lom enough Lr the whola school to hew : 4i Gill: did you ever s<;e a diamond rinr ? Of coursi however, every budy has seen diamonds ; bu did you Over know poor folks to own cia monds? Let me tell you something lunny. 1 was standing in a store not over a year ag., and a girl walked in and crept ' up to thj counter as if she had been stealing ; I was ai auother counter talking with a part?cula! friend of mine, whpn the brazen minx sole the ring: and I've np doubt that if she die not steal it herself, some one of her family did ; for they are poor as beggars ever get le be. I whispered my thoughts to my lriond, and I know from what he said he'believed ii loo." Like ono thunderstruck, did Rosa Cassels listen to thir string of lies. Collecting her self, she at '"st rose with a face pele as a lily " Aurora Glydon, you know that you are telling an unblushing falsehood, and you must retract your assertion now and before this whole school, or I will call Mr. Merton and acquaint him with your con'inued per secutions sinco the death of my mother. Why you should have made me such ti subject ol hatred I cannot tell, but you munt take back what you have just said, or I mil expose you." "I will not take back what Pvc said, misr. for I do believe you stole it ; or that your mother did ; now do your worst." Jost as tho eobo of her bold stroke died away, and whilst the hundred gi rb, looking on with astonishment (many of whom, being strangers, and but lately arrived had heard the same tale from the amiable Miss Orlydon,j could comprehend thc eccne, Mr.; Merton walked-in. Astonished-at-?ecinffthrrarrit? tation of his favorite Rosa, %nd-:thelftsmay or? the faces of the whole school, he dpmand ed to know the cause. ?. Mr. Merton," said Rosa, endoavoriog to ; command herself, "I hf ;e been accused by I Miss G lydon of having stpkn a ring., : Wilt you please compel her to give the proof'of her assertion.''' " How is this, S?ss-Glydon ! Accuse Rosa Cassels of stealing I I wonder the words did not blister your tongue." To put a bold laue on what she had dono was all left for her, and with the mien .o? tho virago she was, she continued, V I did say I believed sha stole the "diamond ring she sold Mr. Sparks last winter. "Wiiero else could such poverty-stricken creatures ger, such a thing ? She looked mean enough, lt? be a thief when she sold it, c,racions knows ! As a gentleman remarked, who was willi" TOO, she looked guilty enough.'' " Now, Miss GJvdou, you mus? gire ??? fl better reason Iban you have advf.m.od. <>:. yen must moke a full retracent and djifttbgy : otherwise you arc forth willi fli^njij^ed I] J school." A bright idea seemed ta have flailed ?\ ; her brain, from ber change of counVeua: .-, for though it bad worn a look a demon ter/.:; have gloried in, yet a dogged, lower;og si ! was its only expression. In an -instar.'^-', dash of devilish joy lit cp ker features .v..i she exclaimed : ' Dont you remember tue traveler who was robbed in Jhe town two years riga ? Mrs. Cassels had done some sr wing l':-r ; ho paid ber one afternoon ; ike next morning his valise was missing, in which he had a ?* casket o? jewels entrusted; to Lis caro. "I re member fat I? er EL i cl that one of fra articles was a ring, a valuable diamuad ring...md I x uo doubt that; Ibis was. thc very t it?g.v Poor Rosa sank back in. her .-eat perplexed " and bewildered, more at tbeoffronfery of the girl than at the accusation, for, Icpowjnljj] rr own-innoccr.ee, she felt as if every one ;,J must feel it too. ff My mother bas had tS?at ring d%-c.y.: ; I have heard her say that it 'was givey ..cr father by some man of disLimaion Lp whom bc kad rendered nome great sei vice/' With a scornful to?.s of the bead alida sneer, such as Lucifer might ba^c prided h m self on, did the wretched girl state ip, lier face. . . " ' . ... -.. '. 11 Miss GlydoD, I repent you must ?ive bet ter reasons for your accusation titan those advanced already, bolaro yon take. y? ?ur p ,^t. The honor of Mrs. Cassels! children ic as - 'ear to me as ray own,, aud iLough they be xfith out father und mother they witt ahvav.-, G al a champion whilst I live to protect ik'-in. So you must either retract or leave the house*." " t ivili nut take Lack a thing 1'vo said, not for any beggarly-orphan-!1 I'd rca'lier rot in jail first." "Very delicate indeed. Miss (?lydon : con sider yourself dismissed thc schon] ; md 1 wish it understood that if thi.-? ti.ing i's re peated, or at least ' a L.calli cT'scaiida' bc whispered Ly r.:iy scholar here, that Jiould detract from the--character rf Mi? Gossels, the moment it meets' my esr the definer shall be dealt with ns fn thc pressant ctr 9 J9 To BE Co NT I Xl" Ci). RECONSTRUCTION AND 1 HE Sot" Tit ?r.X PLANT INT. INTEREST-Thc New York Tribuneftran article on the various plans cf rec?nstr?c?ion proposed in Congress, makes tho foilp^ring sensible suggestion : A simple provision tart co'furtber confisca tions shall bc initiated would bimble thou sands ol' most capable an 3 ?nterprising'S?ntli . runs to borrov: money, wherewith to f-rocar. i till their lands, or to Bell hnlf of thrm for tl . means with which tn ouliivate tbe ether. An I why not thus provide ? . If. we do not rrope*a to confiscate-and atmest every one t.?js wa do not-let us state this beyond rav.l, so in to allow thousands now lettered and p?ralyzr ? to return to active UsefiilrtC?s, and thta coi. . Tibutc to tho national thrift sad prosperity. If we do not mean to indi?t ftjrslidp?ofre?s?ri -and every one Iciows t?at such iridtctmen . would, under tao decisions of tb.-? S:prem j Coat?, be hat a easily sham-let us s'iy the . also, and di-pel the idle;.?but uorie the lesa painful, apprehensions <: devoted, ?rrcaatvl children. We will iu.t hera n?o ii r twirl amnesty, sinci- it bas h ?CU go grossit a'id dir honestly perverted ; but wc insist tint Con gress shaH ut l^ast seem a* gener?s? n> *hu really ir?. -_.. ? -o-- .- - . RADICAL OPINION ur RKXECUDE SOUTH ERNERS.-A Washington letter says: Tho Radicals, in private conversation, do r, ot hen tate to express their contempt for men of Southern birth wboare hanging :o thnr^kir:: tor place and plunder. I.heard a v?n prom* netit one the other day alarm, with >-.n on; h not quite proper to bc repeated to "eira po lite, that he would sooner t?ocli-pii-?u' rhr.u thc hand of lloiid, yet 'recreant .Ind; >. Tite compliment was paid in tho way of n^-ignirg reasons for. refusing tobe intrcduoi to the ''Judge" upon bis recent visit here. "It is o ie ot _the most offensive necessities of part?,1' s dd tho same gentleman, "th?: mon oapr.blc .f bvttaying their section, their fellow towri men, their neighbors, their very t!< >h und blood, formero 'lficeand il-< emo'"mente, should, to advance party end.*, bc pei nit ted . to contaminate the society of gentlemen." Savanuan News. -? -*-.*-? f^" A pair of Lilliputians were brought ii.to the world by a lady of Presten, CL Onj o; Abe infants weighod less thau ono pound- and a hilt', and thc other a little over two and a half pound?. A lady's finger ring fits their arms nicely. Miss Ann P. Cunningham, Kcgtut of tha Ladies' Mount Vernon Association, has tnnde a report, showing thc receipts to dato to ?ie abact $260,001), ot which Edward Everett -raii-ed $?8,-. OOO. Thc purcbaso bas been completed, 'and $23,000 spent in repair?. The Wilmington (N. C.) Journal notes the scarcity of shipping at that port as an evidence of the dullness of the times. PST Several years ago our Government int. ported a lot of camels for trial on tbs Western Plains. The survivors now carry freight between Virginia City and Anstiu, Nevada, They hsvo . twice thc strength and moro than twice tho endu rance of mules, are healthy and can carry bur dens cheaply. Everything .seems to show that: they can bo rendily naturalirod, yet, owing -OX , somo.prciudico, no*poins aro taken for their por^f pomation, and they aro using out. An old gentleman cut West, who was liv ing with his sixth wife, said there waj sever *. woman born who could survive a great while if she had her own way in avery thing ail tho time.