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THROUGH FIRE;
OR,
AT HOME AND ABROA
BY JASPER CLEVELAND.
CONTINUED. .
As we were driving through the street)
the city we were about leaving, I saw fr
the carriage window, the magnificent eqt
age of Athlene Monilli. She was lean
back among the cushions, and opposite
sat a thin, pale man, the sight of whose {
seDt the blood in quick bounds to my hei
Had I not known that my lover was deac
should have thought it was he. Ho v
looking in an opposite directiou, and did i
look at us until we were nearly out of sig
I saw him lean forward in the carriage, a
to obtain a better view of some one in <
carriage, and then we were out or sight.,
"How pale you are, Agues!'' taid Arth
" Are yon ill ?" he added.
" No, but the sight of a face ia that c?
riage, brought to my mind the terrible see
of the fire, and it startled me. I am beti
now," I replied, drawing a full breath.
" You must tell me tho story, some dr.
sister Aggie."
u Yes. After we are settled in our new hon
I will tell you all about it," I answered.
We were now at the station, and befe
sunset, had reached our hotel, where root
had been engaged for an indefinite peric
Arthur was quite exhausted, and was ct
ried to his room to rest, before we shou
partake of refreshments. The rooms coi
manded a lovely view of thc bay, and ti
fresh breeze seemed to revive the wea
frame. Drawing his lounge to the open wi
dow, I drew up the blind, and said :
"You shall rest now, brother Artku;,ani
the glorious beams of our common sun, whi<
is uowhere so glorious as in beautiful Ital
The cool breeze from thc bay shall fan yoi
brow, and the mountain scenery bevon
gladden your eyes, while I leav;: you to a
tend to other duties."
"Sta}'with me, Aggie," he pleaded wil
the tone of a tired child. u There is notbin
in the world 30 beautiful as yo-jr face, not!
ing so soothing as your voice. J find all rr,
happiness in your dear presence Lay yet
hand in mine, and talk to me.''
He clasped my hand, and closing his eye
lay lor some time motionless. My heart gre
sad as I looked upon the hollow cheek an
eye, the lofty, white brow, and clastcrin
chestnut curls shading it, for I saw that dent
had set his seal upon that face, and at no di:
tant day would come to claim him. I cou!
but think of his noble kindness of heart, t
me, a poor, friendless orphan, his clingiup
trusting nature, almost womanly, in his weal
ness, and, although my lover had not beeu dcai
two mouth-, I felt it to be no outrage of ou
love, or promise, that I pitied the friend befor
me, who mu?t dis so young, lie was twenty
two, although he looked still younger. Fi
nally his hand relaxed its clasp, and I sav
that he was asiccp. Without laking oneioti
from the love of my dead idol, I bent ove?
thc sleeping form of :zy friend) and kissee
his brow, softly murmuring, " Would that 1
could die for you." ' It seemed so sad that b<
must die, while I, who had nothing to liv?
for, lived cn. But God's ways are bcttei
than man's ways. As I bent over Arthur, ]
saw a faint flush steal to his check, while bi]
eyelids quivered. I knew that he had knowr
of my caress, ""bile I thought bim sleeping
knew that he hud heard my low words ? bul
I was also aware of his quick perception o
motive, and was not asham .d, that in.mj
great pity for him, I had kissed him. He dv.
not unclose his eyes, and I stole from thc
room, to assist Mrs. Mayland to unpack thc
necessary articles for our immediate use. J
found her busily engaged, apparently uncon
scious of the swift decay of her idolized son
?he said, without looking up,
a How is Arthur ? 1 suppose he is resting
I am glad you remained with him, for il has
given me so much time to unpack. I do nol
knowhow I should manage without you
Arthur is no trouble at all since you came,
You must remain with us always. See ! wil'
you? This grenadine ?3 ruined, it will never
be smooth again. I hope great benefit from
this delicious air. Dear Arthur! Just you
come with me Agnes, and see your room. Il
is a perfect gem. Lsbouid have selected that
for myself, only that I wich to sleep near Ar
.thur. Your room opens on one side of mine,
Arthur's on the other, while the parlor is ai
-tho-end, aud to-be-reached from either room,
Now isn't that grand ? And scch elegant
carpets; and lur'niture? Almost equal to anjr
tbin.r wo have at home."
With a sad thought of the wasting form ol
poor Arthur, I answered ber light talk, and
she continued; .
" You must now change your dress, and re
turn to- Arthur, while I got a little imp, before
tea, my dear."
1 bathed in pure cold water, and brushed
out my curls, changed my travelling dress for
a light evening robe, and entered the parlor,
from my own room. Arthur was not there,
but came in shortly afterwards, having been
refreshed by a bath, and a change of apparel.
He came to the-window where 1 was stand
ing, to enjoy the lovely Italian sunset, and
taking my hand, ??id.
" Sister Aggio, is not this lovely ?'.'
" Lorely indeed," I replied.
u It seems to me, 7 he continued, in a
dreamy sort of way, "that I shall never be
hold the sun set behind my native hills."
There was a shade of sadness in bis voice,
that brought tears to my eyes,, and I answered :
"I sincerely hope you n ay see man}' years
of sunset, dear friecd. Ve: if God orders
otherwise, you know there !. a Heaven of
endless clay."
And as thc earth grows dim, Heaven
seems brighter. I would that you were go
ing with rue, Aggie;" he answered, reverently:
"So do I, Afinar, foi I should meet my
loved ones there."
" Will you tell me the story of the fire, to-'
night?" he asked. -
" If you wish it," I answered.
" I do ; after tea, it will be moonlight to
night, we ban sit by this opan window, and
enjoy tue Vceuecy. 31 other witl be dozing in
a cosey comer, r-nd you. and I, sister Aggie,
will talk of otho- days."
''.Your mother will bc ber-c soon ; IJiear
her moving in her room." Even while I
spoke, she entered the parlor.
u Well, I declare ! ypu look quite lover
. like," she exclaimed, gaily; then added,_" I
am balf-famiihcd ; shall, I .ring for tea,
Arthu?" [QI
If YOU please," he answered, lookingvto
ward the mountains. ;^
Toa wan soc* served;, and wc werBjsitting
over the table, when the servant entered to
take away the things. At this hint we all
arose, and Hr3. Mayland said :
" I am quite tired out. You must want to
lie down, Arthur, I will fix your pillows, and
then 8ett^,|B^e^for.Tr6?prtjnap,- whilo A?
nes sits hy you.""^
u Agnes will arrange my pillows," he said.
I bad always done so lately, and he fancied
that I could suit him betlcr than any'other.
I drew the lounge where thc night air would
, not blow op bim, and throwing a lijrht shawl
over him, drew an ottoman to his sidewind
, in low tones related to.him all. the storyrof
my bcreavemert, and the subsequent events,
until roy arrival at tho hotel, in 8eareh pf
Mrs. We??ord. He listened to my recital
with much interest, and at its close Raid :
" I am glad that fate threw you in our
way. You shall never leave ns, while I live,
aird .at ray death I wiri .make provision
yeti. I have a large fortune in my own ri
I s'hall leave all to you, sister Aggie.
, mother dogs not need it, for she is as ric
myself. I have no brothers or sisters,
?have been a sister to ree. and as my si
.Bball inherit my wealth. I am sorry that
have loved another, dear sister, or I w
ask you to love me, and lie my wife. As
we will be the dearest of friends, will we u
. I answered, with a voice trembling i
emotion, " I will always love you as a si
would love a dear brother, Arthur, I cai
no more, for the one wild love of my
which I must give my husband, is buried '\
.my unknown lover; Is'.it.nof strange th
should love, and bc betrothed to a man wi
name I know not?"
It is strange, indeed;" be answered,
after that there was silence until Mrs. M
land arose, and shaking out her flounces
ribbons, said.it was time to retire. She g
to each .of us a lighted taper, remarking t
the gas was not safe to be used in a sleepi
room. Arthur kissed his mother's hand
he bade her good-night, ar.d taking my hi
said, " good night, sister Aggie," bent dc
and kissed my cheek. I returned the " go
Dight," and hastened to my chamber,
knelt down and prayed to the Father of ll
cits to restore the dear "life that was fast
bing away. Prayed that P might be tal
instead and he spared to life and happint
Blind human eyes ! We pray for God
alter his decree of wisdom, to suit our vie
forgetting that He can never err. Yet pra
elevates tbe mind, even thdugb it brings
answer. No prayer ever ascended to Hea?
but some soul was bone-fitted by it: The si
that gave it birth.
After Athlene Monilii had seen Agnes M
ton, safely away from her doors, she returr
to her own room, muttering.
H Thank God, that she is removed from i
mind. She lay there like a nightmare. S
may work for her bread now ; what care
if she bas been rear*d in idle luxury? s
bas dared to love m^ idol, and I must be :
venged. Ob, Clif'on ?.would I could g?
your lovo. No sacrifice would be count
too great, no test too strong. Love m
love me ! or I dip.''
The passionate woman sank upon a cha
overcome by the violence of her emoiioi
Presently she arose, and left tho' room. Ca
tiously there crept from behind a large serge
the crooked form of Lorraine, the dwarf. 1
listened at the door before venturing into t
passage, end muttered below bis breath,
" 1 can read the mystery uow. Atblei
loves thc Laudsome Seymour, the slend
gil 1 is in her way ; and sim chances to fit
them both insensible, at Jio. burning of t
Hotel Grande. Sho take^them both to h
own hons*?, that no one may know of the rc
cue of Agnes ; she then hastens her recov
ry, aud sets her adrift, that the coast may 1
'clc?r fer her to gain Ibe love of Seymou
Bah ! ii' be knew al!, ho would loathe lu
even as 1, Lorraine, the dwarf loathe ht
Count Biiroiilcsso may well tlia.uk his stars
he weds her now. She is a linc mate for him
and he stole fi'-im the room, to thc little dc
lie called his studio. There was a stranr
mixture of-artist and bungler here. An e?
sel, a few pictures, with printing material
a few musty books, a broken harp, an o
flute, KOmc wax figures and fruit, a vaso i
artificial flowers, a gun, a Gsh-Hae and ne
several pairs ol'old boots and slippers, a Hit
daguerreotype in un oval frame. A woman
lace, with dark, passionate ?entures, somethin
like what Athlene Moniili's might be, twe:
ty years bonce a little ea*c cf dried heibs,
few bottles of col-Th s ; liquid, abd a sqnai
tin bo;:, containing a human skull. Closih
a::d lucking the door behind him, he opeiie
t.te tin box and grinned as savagely as ti;
scull within. He tone-bed it with bis finge
ai.d hissed through set teeth :
" Hid 1 not swear to revenge my inj di
Upon all that remained of you ? She is lb
Only living childjlhe others all perished b
my Land, after you Lad learned to love Iben
You chose the wrong man for a tool, who
you thought to induce Lorraine to do yoi
devil's job, and promised bim your love i
returr. After the rival was dead by in
hand, you married the man you loved. Bi
a sorry life yotx.led. You bad thought I woul
shrink away, foiled and ashamed, when I di:
covered your deception. Not so! [ bold I
demanded admittance to yn\r household, a
an old and valued servant. You suspeelt
me to bc the causa oi your childrens' deatl
yet you dared not >peak. When your hu;
band died suddenly, you Cot.fion ted mo, an
accused me of toe murder of all but y<>u
babe. I did not deny il, I gloried in you
misery. The cheeks you had c::cc given m
to kiss, Were fading, but I felt no ?xinQr-<
Even while you led me to think your love in
own, aud promised to become my bride, ai
ter the beautiful English woman was dead
your heart was burong willi love for the ma
who was being drr.wn away from you by he
smiles. Poor fool ! you might well ask m
to foigive, after my heart was turned to stone
Had you asked my forgiveness while it wa
}rct wann and tender with love for you,
could not have refused. How well I manag
ed to secure your writing, to the effect that
should .il way s remain an inmate of this house
while 1 lived J You died soon after thal
Au ! eveu in vljing, you protested that lb
blissful hours of love with the man for whos
love you had perilled your soul, repaid yoi
for tili this misery. That turned the last uton
of flesh in my heart to adamant. I swore ti
be revenged upon tho last drop of blood tba
ran in human veins, belonging to you. A th
leno has inherited your treaelerous soul. Sin
must pay ihe last of thc debt. 1 will foil he
in every thing she undertakes. Hear mi
swear !" aud ibo hoi rid creature lilied tin
skull from the box, and. taking from bcncatl
it, a wig of long, black, ciiriiug' hair he plac
ed it upon the ghostly thing, then continu?e
bis mad speech :
'* Hear me swear ! upon every drop o
blood belonging to you; I will be revenged.'
? Ile threw the bair into the box with at
oath ; then withdrew "it, and Winding thi
curls about bis bony fingers, caressed them
and muttered :
" How I loved you, Lerra! How my hear
thrilled when you swept my cheek with thi:
silken mass. Ob, fool that I was. I belier
cd your words, and worshipped youl D(
you think the dw::rf couM not love? coull
not bc revenged ? Ila ! ha ! ha ! The walli
echoed" the'laiigh with hoilow sound, and th<
dwarf thrust tue skull into the box, and shui
the lid with an onth, then-be drew' the cor
ering frrm a painting. It was the portrait o
a woman very much like -Athlone. It mighl
have been her mother. You would have
scarcely known the voice of-the dwarf, it wa:
so low and sweet, a;: bc murmured :
" I loved yon wh?n I painted this," he cov
ered it quickly, and toro the covering fron
another, growling :
' ' " I hated you when this was done," thor
covered it again, and commenced drumming
upon thc-broken harps.
?tbienc went to her patient's room, and
filled the vases with fresh'flowers, re-nrrarrg
cd the drapery of the windows, and sat be
side the conch, in the low, easy chair. She
i saug-sweet, passionate Fongs of Italian love
j and despair, throwing soul.into the song.
J . Clifton listened in breathless admiration
' Ho was a passionate lpvor of music, and Ath
j loue was perfection in thc art. After that hf
. often asked ber to sing to bim, and the hours
' passed more pleasantly away. When he bad
sufficiently recovered to ride, he asked'Ath
j k-noto take him to Agnes' grave. Sho bad
! told him that i>he bad Eought those who bad
j claimed the body cf bis lost one, and found
ber grave. With sad heart, he entered th?
: I carnage, in company with Athlene, and x
near the burial place, had been startled
r a glimpse of a (ace, so like that of Ac
. that his heart grew faint with hope, for ai
[ slant. Then tho impossibility of the li
Agnes forced itself upon him, and he i
[ back into his seat. He looked- upon a
[ made grave, placedl a pot of violets at
head, and on- the way homo ordored a cc
! stone to be placed upon tho grave. A
, night afterward, he anuounced his inlen
. to depart in a few days. The evening be
, his departure he was surprised by tho vis
a little dwarf to his room, who beckoned
to follow him. Filled with curiosity,
: obeyed, and the ' dwarf took him at once
? his-den. Here ho whispered to him of
falsehood cf Athlene. Ile told him that A{
still lived...
"Swear that you speak thc truth," ci
Clifton.
The dwarf opened the tin box, and p
ing his hand upon the skull, said, u I sw
it."
" Where is she ?" eagerly asked Clifton.
" That I cannot tell," -replied" the' dw
t: I only kuqw that a young girl was brou
to this place insensible, ou the night of
burning of the Hotel Grande. At firs
thought you were both dead, but sho rec
ereifirat, and Athlene, telling her that ?j
were dead, sent her away, broken-heart
She will probably tell you that I am a dwi
but I was your only physician, during y<
unconscious hours."
" This is strange r I must seek Athle
and obtain a confession from, her," a
thanking the old. mau for bis ki?d in fore
tion, he-threw him a handful of gold. 1
dwarf gathered it up, and as Clifton left -1
apartment he muttered.
" This is not the first handful of gold
have taken for revenge, he tossed it into t
box with thc skull, and laughed as it j
gled upon the box, and against the sides of t
box.
Clifton went slowly ' 'ho garden wh(
he had seen Athlene w .mg a few momer
previous to leaving his room with the dva
She was still there, arid he asked her foi
few moments' conversation.
Meanwhile the affianced of the beautil
Italian had come to the street door of I
chateau, and the dwarf had admitted hil
Loading him to a side door, he pointed to tl
garden, where Clifton was leadiug Athlei
io a seat in a vine covered grotto. With s
teeth, the Count stole to the outside of tl
grotto, where he could hear tho conversant
between his affianced and the stranger. Tl
first words he heard were these :
-11 If you have sent Agnes away, Athlen
ignorant of my life, and presence here, yt
ought in justice, to inform me where she
now."
" I cannot do that. In all probability si
has returned to the United states. She
lost-to you tit all events. Forget her, ar
accept my love. She could never dream i
loving you as I do. Her nature is too colt
too Weak! She is but a child of seventeei
I am a woman of twenty-two. She is- n
mate fur your intellectual miud. She coul
not understood the depth of your love, shoul
you devoto your life to her me mor}'. Tait
me with you, Clifton j dear, denr, Clifton
I shall die if you ?eave me here," Athlone ar
swered.
Thc slender hajids wore clasped convulsivt
ly, and.-tho. beautiful lace iffJUte with erac
tion. Clifton gently disengaged"''h is Kari
from the clasp, with which she seized it, a
he arose to his feet, and s:?id, gently:
, "Athlene! you have befriended mc who
I was ill, and in danger. For that I can foi
give ami lespect you. But I cannot love yoi
I am truly sorry that you have entertainc
this unfortunate passion. It grieves me mor
tija?! I can tell. Yet pity is not love, and
feel only pity for you. AYill you help mc t
find A^ues.?"
Athlene's f.ice grew even paler than b;forc
as she replied in a strangely altered voice.
" Help yo'i to find Agnes Morton, that yoi
may give to her tLe love for which I woul?.
peril my soul ! Xever,! The hate of an Ital
ian woman is stronger thal) her love, and he
love is stronger tuan lifo, or death, or Un
griive ; I hate you now ! J will haunt you
life with my presence. I will hover near you
appearing when you least expect me. I jvtl
thwart your deafest wishes; I will eeek Ag
nos Merton, ant! make her a vile thing thal
yott would scorn to notice. You shall mee
her again: but uol until I have prepared be
for the meeting. A woman's hate can ac
complicit anything;; Go to your cold, barret
land ! Forget tho wild love of passionate It
aly! Forget that'you have* beeb tho idol ol
the he.irt of one of its proudest daughters! ]
will bring memory to you."
T'ie angry woman looked the personifica'
tion of some demon of angry love. H?r white
fair arm was extendctfcand she p-inted sec rn
tully across tho intervening space, na if sin
could already see thc home to which alic hat
ordered. Clifton.
Ile was pale, but spoke kindly. M Athlene
I am sorry lo part with you in this mood."
She deigned him no answer, aud ho slowly
returned to thc house. No sooner was he out
of hearing, tim the dark-faced man, con
cealed in the shrubbery came forth, lit
seized Athlone by thc waist and hissed be
tween his set teeth :
" Beautiful fiend! I know all. How eau a
Mqnilli stoop to confess love to a base born
Amcrican.dog 7-To sue for his notice ?-And
my betrothed bride. 1 scorn you, I will not
stoop ta take your life, now that you have de
scended to that."' And he flung her rudely
from him.
" Clifton Seymour is as high born ns your
self, and one of God's noblemen. You are
ncl Z\ to be his slave. Never hope to see me
af;ain, I will have no more to io with you,''
retorted Athlene.
" I aiu of thc samo miud," he growled, as
he turned to depart.
Athleno remained in tho grotto, until she
had somewhat calmed her excited feelings ;
then arose, and hastened to her room, v< cere
she remained until morning. When she avfoko
it was broad day. :She hastily made her toi
let, and went to the room occupied by Clifton.
Sho rapped twice, but received no answer.
Opening the door, Bhe found that thc room
had not been occupied during the night.. On
tue marble table lay a'folded paper. It con
tained a large sum of money, and a note say
ing, briefly, that Clifton Seymour had resolved
to remain no longer under the roof where his
preseuce1 had wrought so much misery.
Begged of Athlone to accept tho money, as a
slight recompense for her trouble, aud asked
her, as slip ioved him, to tell him of Agnes,
by letter to his hotel, w^ich he designated,
and where he would remain thrco days, awiit
ing her answer.
She immediately enclosed the money in an
envelope, directed it to his address, and cal
line the dwarf, ^'.patched him with it, bid
di^ '-' uo word to Clifton, but giving
him the envelope', return immediately.
The dwarf left the house with the package,
and Guding Clifton in .his room, delivered it,
and left without a word, as he bad been or
dered. ?*'
With heart fluttering between hope and
dread, Clifton broke the-seal. Nothing but
thc notes he had left at tbe house of Athlone.
There was no hope that she would relent, and
two days after, he left tho city to commenco
, tho weary search for his lost Agues. He had,
meanwhile, secured thc portraits of tho Mer
; ton family, and after seeing thom safely
packed, Rbinpei them for home, while he re
. mained in Italy, searching in every place
where he thought there was the slightest pos
j1 sibility ol' meeting with. Agnes. Ho eveu
[ j went to the very hotel where . Agnes was
i1 staying, and examining the booka read tho
"Hr
name ??" Mrs. Mayland, son, and<daugh
without* thought he was so near his 1
one. "Vf Uh a heavy heart he went aws
continu? the search.
Athlete waited long for the return of
dwarf,-7ot he carne not. She went ti
rojm, and findiDg the door unlocked, ente
Sitting^byer a crucible, in which was s
faintly odorous compound, be barely lo<
np at her approach, and continued to wi
the seething contents of the crucible,
woman.-pame near to him and'laying her
hand upon his shoulder, said, ' I wish to
with yOfi, Lorraine."
WitBont a word tbe dwarf arose, and tal
the-crocjblc from the fire, emptied tho <
tents-into a large glass jar, and fastening
lid, covered it with sealing wax. This d<
he turrijPd to Athlone, saying:
.'" Oniispoonful of this liquid applied to
flesh om. human body, would cause deatl
five ruautes."
"Itjwust be powerful," she answered.
ha Indeed it is, fair Athlene ; but thc bea
of it i?&o one could tell the cause of a \
son's dj&tli, who had died from the appli
tion orak After the pores of the skin h:
traueuated the poison to the blood, it spe(
ly assumes its natural appearance, and ai
i an houri is as smooth as ever."
" Strjnge !" she continued, musingly, tl
her backlighted up with some sudden thouj
of intense horror, mingled with demon
glec^jjjjjj continued :
u vnh you do me a favor, Lorraine V*
The flwarf walked to the door, ani locki
it, puttee key in his pocket. He then rcttim
to th&lide of Athlene, and drawing a ricki
chair-?actly in front of her, seated hims
in it, Stying :
" ~Ol ask a favor of me, my lady ? Il
couldMil you what that favor would be, wot
you tamk I could read hearts ?"
" Incfecd, I should ; for the thought has b
this mj mont entered my heart," she a: is wen
Ia ^that I try some of that liquid ou t
body d i fair Agnes Merton."
" Dj bon ! how could you know ?"
'. B?my art," he laughed.
" WiPl you do this, Lorraine ? Your i
ward filial! be great," she asked, eagerly.
." If jyou will listen to a story which ? wi
to t?H*vou, I will."
M I m\\ listen," she answered.
Kg _?_?
W PART ii.
Forty years ago, a woman as beautiful ;
yourself, with the same glorious eyes and hui
the same matchless form, thc same thrillir
voice, entered the attic room of one of hi
fal ber's slaves, who was deformed and ugl
She knew that this poor youth loved ber, ar
she^bpught to make that love a means of a
comp?^biog -cv wicked designs. She k.ne
besidflithe youth who trembled with joy thi
tbe beautiful angel of his dreams should brus
him rath her garment?, should sweep her gi
riousfiyes over his face. She whispered I
him .oj ?3 fair English girl, who had bes-Om
hater! [ to her, and asked him to remove ht
from i her path. Tho youth listened wit
amaze roent that one so beautiful, so like a
angel] ^should entertain such a dreadfi
t'auugwj yet he loved ber, and love is blinc
He Iii S never done any human being a wron?
yet fbjrtbo sake of the woman he loved, b
WM ijeftdy to take lifo, even, if she asked i
'Db I bid you, and name your reward,' sb
? hissed. Her face was close to his owr
j- 5jj^h^).ppri bis cheek, ber fair hand ba
fallon'opon his ugly" one, anTlTwj?s"'like ict
Grown bold with her words and his passior
bc answered, 1 if I do this thing, your lov
shall be my reward.' Instead of smiting doa
the presumptuous youth, she leaned her tai
head upon his bosom, and wnispeicd, 1 Yoi
shall have it.' The only joy that ever bright
ened the life of the deformed, came in tba
hour. Her beautiful hair, curling and gloss;
aa your own, swept across his breast, and be
cheek rested there. Kc smoothed the gloss
hair with a lovers tenderness, and a3 shi
lifted her fair face, he touched her cheek wi M
his lips. Thc touch was madness, and b<
swooned. In a few moments fce recovered
and asked of thc woman the name and resi
dence ot' her whom ho was to deprive of life
She told him, and he set about preparing ?
compound similar to that in the glass jar, nm
before morning thc lovely English iady wa
dead. He had entered her sleeping-roon
without awaking her, and upou the whiti
shoulders thal lay uncovered in ibo moonlight
he poured the mixture grown warm from be
iug acid in his band in tbe vial. She sl?p
on, and un thc morrow, there came a messen
ger io thc l?i'i?o o? bis master, with thc sad
news of thc sudden death of file fair cou3?r
of bis adored. After that he waited long fo:
the coming of the beautiful lady of bis bob
love. lint she came not, and a month later
she was married lo Antoine Monilli, and pooi
Lorraine bad naught to do.but plan revenge
lie sought the bride, and bade her install hi?:i
as a servant in her house. She dared not re
fuse, and ho went. lu a year a child'wat
boru to them. The father worshipped it, anil
no less did the mather; wbrr. it became
three years of age, it died suddenly. Another,
wa- born, and on its third birthday, it tot
died ; and so on, uni il four were born, and
died. Then the father died suddenly, and (he
guilty woman spol. .: 'Lorraine, you have
murdered all my loved ones but one. Spare
me, and go away.' ' Dare you reproach mc ?'
ha answered, 'Give me but the love for which
I sold my soul, and I will relent.' . Theil
her scorn and anger burst forth, 'Poor,
miserable fool 1 Did you not know that you
were bu tthe instrument in my hands to re
raovo from my path one who was wioning
from me the love of my life? Thc hours of
happiness I have known with my dead An
toine, folly repay me fur all the sorrow you
have caused me. Yet, I ask yu to spare my
only remaining child, my Athlene." ?
" And I spsred thc child," continued the
dwarf, "yet I still had a vengeance to exe
cute. With alov.',-sure poison i undermined
thc life of the still beautiful woman, and she
knew that she was dyiug.. Even then, I
threatened to expose her, if.-she refused to
grant mea life-lease of a,home in her house.
I t&ld her I would proclaim to the world
where she had ever been known as a model
woman, that she bad been my mistress. To
oppose me, she gave thc required writings,
and the next day I saw her lifeless form.
"Alter she bad been laid in the family
tomb in state. I took the k-ys of the vault,
and . taking her body from the collin bore it in
to, my room. I dissected it. Thc head I re
tained. "Look!" and Lorraino opened the
lin box, and the skull rolled across the floor.
He drew out tile beautiful wealth of black
hair, and winding it about bis fingers, swept
it across his face. Athlene did not shriek or
faint ; she calmly asked :
" And you promise to try this poison on
Agnes Merton ?" I
" Dare you brave the result ? Blood calls
.for blood."
111 dare'anything," she answered, reckless
ly, " You liavo lived for revenge ; allow me
"thc same privilege."
"Ali, Athlene! Revenge is a poor thing
I to' live for; it makes a demon of the soul that
fosters it. Yet, if you wish it, I swear to
take the life of Agnes Merton, on conditions."
: "I care not what you* conditions may bel
J insist." ' ? r
' j 41 Well, Iheu; tho conditions are those : I
wir kill her by the application of this liquid.
I ..".?ar it! She shall, die; but you shall
never witness her death, nor hear of it; for
you shall dife, first," and before she compre
hended his intention, he had seized her about
thc waist and dragged her to the opposite
sido of the roonij where shone his dissectidg
i kuive? inferrible nrray. | Even thcnr the un
I conquerable Athlcuo retained her presence of
mind. As he swept bor swiftly by tbe stool
on which he had left the jar of liquid, she
grasped it with both hands and quick as a
flash of lightning, tearing the wax from tho
cover, poured half, the contents upon the feet
of the dwarf.
Intent upon taking her life, the demon had
failed to notice her movement, and the first
intimation he received of the fatal act, was
the burning of the liquid through the thin
texture of his stockings. ' "With a howl of
pain, ha loosened his bold on Athlone, and
fell to the floor in terrible agony. A teaspoon
.ful of it would have caused a painless death ;
but a half-pint of it caused unutterable agony.
His slippers were -filled with it, and he
writhed and groaned, and at last lay quiet.
Athlene stood by, and watched the dying
agony of the dwarf, and when all was still,
she approached the body to obtain a key from
i the pocket of the loose sacque. As she par
tially turned the bodv, to enable her to reach
the pocket, she said, bitterly:
" You spared my life to avengo , those of
your victims."
The dwarf sprang up in a moment, crying:
" Who says 1 avenge ?' Ah, Ath?ene 1
Athlene 1
He grasped her dress; his bony fingers
clutched her arm, and be dragged her to the
floor, and tearing from her proud head, a
handful ot dark hair, he fell bu.k dead 1
Athlene disengaged ber dress from his
death-clasp, and moved to the other side of
the room. The key of the door was yet in
the dwarfs pocket, and she feared to attempt
to obtain possession of it, lest he should again
revive upoD being moved.
After awhile she ventured to make the ef
fort. First moving the body with a long stick,
she lound that he ily dead, and then
hastened to obtain possession of the key. She
locked the dour upon the outside, and went
to her room, until nightfall, when, incredible
as it may seem, she returned to tbe room, and
dragged the body to tb? back staircase, where
she allowed it to fall to >htt roora below. As
there were no servants is that, part of the
bouse, slip felt uo fear of detection, and by
great exertion, she succeeded in dragging it
to the edge of a puol, a short distance from
thc house, where she pushed him .'n.
Thc body waa found shortly a'ter, but as
lhere were no marks of violence upon it, nil
who knew anything ot the affair, suppose . la
bad fallen into the pond accidentally und was
drowned.
After disposing of the body, Athlene re
paired again to the room of the dwarf, and
carefully securing thc remaining portion of
the mixture iu the jar, bottled, and sealed it,
thiukintr that it might serve her at some fu
ture time. Severing a curl of the beautiful
hair of her dead mother, she locked the doors
for the time ; but shortly after had them re
moved, a.nd the spaces Ulled with nias nry.
The room was thus inaccessible, and her se-'
cret was'safe. In a few weeks she had sold
her estates, collected her wealth, and left thc
city in pursuit nee uf her plans.
To HE CONTINUED.
THE FOURTEENTH ARTICLE.-The Republi
cans of Congress hold that the constitutional
amendment, upon which they swept tho coun
try iu the Slate elections of 18C?, known as
article fourteen, has been duly ratified by the
necessary three-fourths of the States repre
sent in the General Government. In each
house, we believe, thc subject is in thc bands
of the Judiciary Committee, with authority
-?F?report t h rrrn r i fr nut ian ??J lui jirxflfjvj for^
tary of State, Mr. Soward, basnot proclaimed
the ratification, because he bolds, with Presi
dent Jo anson, that the endorsement of three
fourths of all thc States inside and outside of
Congress is necessary. With Mr. "Wade in
Johnson's place, however, wo shall doubtless
have a Secretary of .Afr. Wade's way of think
ing ou this amendment and consequently,
under a Secretary of this sort, we shall have
the right lo look for his proclap.utior of the
ratification of this fourteenth article, Jiaking
it. to all ihtcn'Kond purposes, patt and parcel
of the Constitution cf the United States. But
bereis the difficulty : This amendment, among
Other things, provides thal each State for it
self shall regulate thc law of the elective
franchise, subject to this conditio" ; that iu
proportion to the exclusion of any portion of
tho people from tho tullrage ou accoULt of
race, cdor, tte, the enumeration of the peo
ple for representation in Congress shall be
correspondingly reduced. This knocks uni
versal negro suffrage on thc head. North and
South ; and so the question is, if turned over
into his Lands, what will " Old Ben Wade"
do with this duly ratified amendment? He
cannot shirk it without shirking a constitu
tional duty, and ho cannot meet it without
knoekii g "thc bottom out of the reconstructed
Radical tub.-N. Y. Herald.
WESTERN IMMIGRATION.-We learn that
Governor Fletcher is .now in New York ar
ranging a basia of general co-operation with
all thc cities of the Eastern Slates, to facili
aie thi emigration to Missouri of thc unem
ployed and persousof small means, by which
the surplus labor of the East is . to JC trans
ferred to the grain fields of the TV cst.
I* is probable that in furtherance of thi.
object thc Governor will visit all of the
.principal cities and (owns of the East. The
subject is a pmctical embodiment of tho most
philanthropic ideas, and many of the thinking
and acting mea of thc East ate taking hohl
of it.
Governor Fletcher's descriptions of the
free and iudependeut homes for thc laboring
men aud nipn of small means which Mis3ouri
affords are waking up the liveliest interest
among the working men of the East, and
Will bring to our broad, uncultivated acres
the labor which alone is wanting to our pros
perity as A State. His scheme does not con
template the immigration into Missouri of
paupers aud vagabonds, but of mechanics
aid laborers who are compelled to work day
by day for the daily subsistence of themselves
and families, and are unable to accumulate
thc means with which to come out To the
land of free homestead* and the indepen
dence'of tho agriculturist.-St. Louis Repub
lican, 2'Jth.
The Paris cirretipondent of the Star of
Belgium, a paper prohibited tn Fra.nce, men
tions the following bit of gossip in regard to
Napoleon's policy toward the United States:
. " There is a curious story afloat here about
the Cause which led the Emperor to pursue
such a very . conciliatory policy toward the
United States after the Washington Cabinet
had taught him so di>agreeable a tewon in the
Mexican business-a lesson which still rankles
in Napoleon's breast. But he conceals bis
rancor, it is said here by the gossips, because
Madame Blancard, the Lenormajld of our
times, predicted to the Empress Eugenie,
about a year airo, that there would soon be a
war between France and the United States,
and that the Emperor would lose his throne,
and finally his life, in eonsequerco of this
wr.r. Eugenie, a very superstitious woman,
it is well known, consults Madame Blancard
very often, and the above mentioned predic
tion is said to have made such an impression
upon ber thal she urged the - Emperor very
strongly to leave nothing undone in order to
conciliate the American Government.'
DISCHARGED TO GIVE PLACE TO A NEGRO.
A Federal soldier, named Robert Watson,
who was a member of the Tenth Tennessee
Volunteer's, and had lost a leg. in tho service'
of his country, was, some tune since, dis
charged as Watchman at the wotk-house, ar.d
the place is now' occup;ed by a negro.' This is
the way men. who fought for the test G 'vern
ment the world ever saw are now/treated by
tho party io powers-Nashville Gazette.
The New State Governmen
On the 2d inst., General Canby
General Orders No. 79, officially anno
the ratification of the Constitution a
by thc late Reconstruction Convention
State, and also the names of the sevr
sons elected to State and Federal offic
seats in the Legislature. The order
provide for the installation of the
elected State officers " on the tenth da;
the approval of the Constitution by th
gross of the United States." The otb
tails of the orders possess no public in
We annex the names of those elec
office except in the case of the repre
tives of Anderson, Lancaster and ft
Districts, which will be furnished here
Governor.-R. K. Scott.
Lieutenant-Governor_Lemuel Booz
Adjutant and Inspector-General.-Fra
J. Moses, Jr.
Secretary of State.-Francis L. Card
Comptroller-General.-J. L. Neagle.
Treasurer.-Niles G. Parker.
Attorney-General.-D. H. Chamberla
Superintendent of Education.-Justi
Jillson.
SENATE.
Abbeville County.-Valentine Young.
Barnwell County.-Charles P. Leslie.
Beaufort County.-Jonathan J. Wrigh
Charleston County.-D. T. Corbin, I
ard H. Cain.
Colleton County.-Wm. R. Hoyt.
Clarendon County.-Elias E. Dickson.
Cbpster County.-Lucius Wimbush.
Chesterfield County.-R. J. Donaldson
Darlington County.-B. F. Whittemoi
Edtrefield County.-Frank Arnim.
Fairfield County.-James M. Rutland.
Georgetown County.-Joseph H. Rain
Greenville County.-James M. Allen.
Hurry County.-H. Buck.
Kershaw Couuty.-Justus K. Tillson.
Lawrence County.-Young J. P. Owen
Lexington County.-E. S. J. Hayes.
Marlboro' County.-Henry J. Maxwell
Newberry County_Charles W. Mt
go rn- ry.
Oe.nee County.-D. Bicman.
Orangeburg County.-Benjamin F. I
d<.|ph.
Picken* County.-T. A. Rogers.
Richland CoiiDty.-Wm. B. Nash.
Spartanburg County.-Joel Fos'er.
Sum er County-T. J. Coghlan.
Union County.Hiram W. Duncan.
Williamsburg County.-Stephen A. Swt
York Couuty-W. E. Rose.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Abbeville County.-George Dusenbei
T. B. Miiicrd, Hutsou J. Lomax, James ft)
tin, Richard V. Valentine.
Barnwell County.-W. J. Mixson, R.
Elliott, Cijarles D. Hayne, Benjamin F. B
rv, James N. Hayne, Julius Mayer.
Beaufort County.-William J. Whipp
Carlos J. Stolbrand, Philip E. Ezekiel, Rc
Smalls, George A. Bennett, Charles S. Ki
William C. Morrison.
Charleston County.-Robert C.' DeLar,
Alonzo J. Rinsier, Reuben Tomlinson, W
liam H. W. Gray, Benjamin A. Bosemi
George Lee, Benjamin F. Jackson, Jose
H. Jenk1:, William McKinlay, F. J. Mos
Jr.. V? iiliam J. Brodie, John B. Dennis, Jo
B. Wright, William Jervey, Abraham Smi
Samuel Johnson, Stephen Brown, Edwa
Mickey.
Chester*County..-Barney Humphries, Ss
cho-SanUera^axa^y Burden.
Chesterfield County?- fi^LTSnTewjBtli
D. J. J. Johnson. **
Claren-iou Couuty.-Powell Smith, Willis
Nelson.
Colleton County_W. M. Thoms?. Hen;
James, Thomas Richardson, George Mcintii
William Driliic.^
Darlington County.-John Boston, Alfn
Rush, G. Holliman, Sordan Lang.
Edgefield Couuty.-T. Root, David Harri
Samuel J. Lee, John Wooley, Prince ]
Rivers, John Gardner, Lorenz Cain.
Fairfield County.-Lewis W. Duvall, He?
ry Johnson, Henry Jacobs.
Georgetown Couuty.-Henry W. Web
Franklin F. Miller, William H. Jones.
Grecuviiie County.-r-Samuel Tinsley, Job
B. Hyde, Wilsou Cook, W. A. Bishop.
Horry Count}'.-Zadoc Bullock, W. V
Waller.
Kershaw County.-John A Chesnut, So
G. W. Dill, Jonas W. Nash.
Laurens County.-GnOin Johnson, Wad
Perrin, Joseph Crews. Hary McDaniels.
Lexington County.-G. A. Lewie, H. Y\
Purvis.
Marlboro' County.-T. B. Stubbs, John G
Grant.
Newberry County.-Joseph Boston, Jame
Hutsoii, James Henderson.
Oconee County.-0. M.Doyle, W.C. Keitl
Orangeburg County.-W. J. McKinlay
Thaddeus K. Sasportas, Francis DeMars, Ec?
win J. Cain, James P. Mays.
Pickens Couuty.-William T. Field.
Richland County.-Samuel B. Thompson
Willina Simons, Chas. M. Wilder, ?ESO]
Good>on.
Spartanbur^ Couuty.-Samuel Littlejohn
Robert A. Smith, Ivan Bryant, Claude 0
'! timer.
Sumter County_John II. Feriter, Willian
E. Johnson, James Smiley. Burrel James.
Onion Countv.-Samuel Nuckles, June
Mobley, Simon Farr.
. Williamsburg County.-Charles H. Pettin
gill, R<bert F. ?Scott, Jeffrey Prendegrass.
York County.-J. H. White, P. J. O'Con
nell John W. Mead, and J. L. Neagle.
FOR CONGRESS.
First Congressional District.-B. F. Whi
temore.
Second Congressional District.-C. C. Bow
en.
Third Congressional District.-Simeon
Cor I ey.
Fourth Congressional District.-James H,
Goss.
Members o? Congress at Large.-J. P. M.
Epping aud Elias E. Dickson.
-? -?- ?
TREASON IN THE CAMP-The Charleston
correspondent of Forney's Washington Chron
icle is very unhappy about the " disloyaUy"
prevalent in Charlesion, which he indig
nantly tells us has even contaminated the
army officers stationed there : He says :
All arc not loyal men that wear thc uni
form of American soldiers even. Good din
ners, champagne suppers, " mock turtle soup,"
frequent whiskey trtats, are all that is neces
sary to cover up the allegiance of shoulder
strapped pensioners of the republic. South
.ern air, hospitality, and women are too fre
quently disastrous to the sentiments of devo
tion which the liveried, servants of the nation
are supposed to bear.
This is siocking ; Jout still mere horrible is
the discovery which he narrates as follows :
The Ku-Klux-Klan have established their
u dens," and are meeting on the " 85th" hour
to conjure up their devilish work audm issue
forth their cabali?tic cards of blood. What
they cannct accomplish on the field, in the
forum, by argument or sense, they propose to
achieve by dark deeds of stra Vgy, stealth and
assassination. Their midnight cabals doom
the man that dares defend his country. The
Grand Tycoon summons the hellish horde to
thc knife, torch and bludgeon, and death is
the verdie; of their " low-twelve" mutterings.
?&*Thc "Union White Boys in Blue" ia the
namo of at organization rocontly formed at In
dianapolis, to counteract tho intrigues of that
socrot ordor known as tho Grand Army of tho
Republic, and to assuro tho people of Indiana -
that their rights at tho ball?t-box would he pro
tected.
[From the Columbia (S. C.J i*homx.j
The Remarks of Governor Orr.
During the recent meeting of the ^:t>ck
holders of the Greenville and Columbi i Bail
Road, a political passage-at-arms occurred
between Colonel Aiken, of Abbevi?? and
Governor Orr, which we desire to i 'ice.
Governor Orr haring speculated somc-w! \t in
relation to tho probable action of the i: .-urn
ing Legislature upon the fortunes ot the
Greenville and Columbia Rail Road, Co oriel
Aiken chose to allude in unmeasured < -rms
to the character and pretensions of tba; ' < dy.
In reply, the Governor, we regret to ??ai. af
ter discussing the business point involved,
put himself forward somewhat as t i:? defen
der and apologist of that Legislature soon to
misrepresent this State. His Iang:.! ;^ was
bold, and if our comments partake of the
same spirit, it will be acknowledged that we
have not provoked the ferae. The Governor
"aid, in effect, that the gentleman from Ah
beville migbt join is tho current denunciador
of th* Radical Convention-might sneer af
" the great riugecl-streaked-striped-and-speck
led," and all of thal. But he would tell the
gentleman from Abbeville, that the Acts of
this Convention were the law of the land,
and would remain so for three, yea, perhaps
for ten yean)-that the gentleman might
scorn to obey, but that the Convention had
the power, and ho and all would have to obey
-that there were some things in that Consti
tution that ho did not approve ; bat that
therci were other;; that he did approve ; and
in conclusion, th?.t it was for tho gentleman
from Abbeville to consider whether his conrse
was calculated to remove the fefibrs from off
our limbs. In his opinion, opposition and de
nunciation would serve but to rivet them the
more fimly-and hence, as we presume, hi
Excellency would suggest to the gentlema
that it becomes him and us to be as gentle as
doveu and as mild as Iambs.
Upon these remarks of Governor Orr, e.i
pubi c journalist as a sentinel on the watch
tower, humble as wo may be, we intend !
makij our cornmeals. We shall not impi
the motives of h.s Excellency. We cona '
to him the same purity of motive that . ?
claim for ourselves. But; we do contend t? .t
it ill became the Governor of the State to^t
ter the sentiments that he, with so mi
feeling, put forth on the occasion referred .tj^.
It ill became hin to proclaim the power c!
an illegal body and to announce the year
its sway, aud to taunt the high-minded g< .?
tlemen of the State with the feet that, nd ns
volcro, willing or unwilling, they would i. \ .
to obey what was the law of the land. You
will have to pasfi under the yoke, saya b
Governor, and h2 seemed almost to exuir. j>;
the thought. At leasthis air, as he announce;
this, was proud md menacing.
Nor do we think'that his Excellency si: -nld
suggest to his people that they must n'.ake
up their minds to endure their badge of ser
vitude for three, and perhaps for ten long
years. Wc would, with becoming deference,
imggest to his Excellency that a moment is
:oo long for us to wear the yoke ; that whili i
we ?hall have to bear it, the spirit of oppi - -
tion should be kept up, its illegality and o<
ragcous character constantly proclaimed, ? :
the resolution repeated and repeated, thai .1
all peaceful way3, in all methods, under fte
Constitution and laws, we will oppose t? .s
Negro-Radical rule, uutil wo regain the !.< -
tage which is ours. Nor has the Gove: ..
wo submit, any::ijdit to assume that this tint .
will lust three or ren years. We hope lo .-.lt:,
it off earlier-al. least, wc intend to"try, aud
it-is our?bouadfin d.ut?.to truand to try :
every legitimate' method thar Ged a.;'
laws permit. Nor think we tbat thi.
serves but to rivet our fetters as his Exc< !!. u
cy supposes. If you wanta man ti shake
off his shackles, would you put him t;. It ?-p
with a narcotic'.' If ?ainsou is to husband
his strength and recover his power, \ 1 .dd
you lay his head in Delilah's iap, and \r: '. un
be shorn of his locks ? Wc reply, bo ; ?md
we say that thc policy suggested by th', iov
ernor is a policy that pb vs into thc ha . is of
Radicalism, anti would ad this Stat. '1 md
and foot, to thc car of that Juggcrnji.; f ne
gro rule which is driving over the mangled
lirr.bs of all thu is left us of constin. ional
liberty and of white mens' rights.
.lt is our duiy to say to thc Governor, with
110 personal illwillwha?ever-but rat I . ? with
feelings of genuiDO sadness and regr<-. - mat
his course, in eur?piuiou, does not refh . the
sentiments and opinion of those who e . ated
him tu the Governor's Chair. When dca.
Camby stretched forth his hands to r,? :zu the
public funds, Lc did not, like the noke Jen
kins, of Georg a, Mctellus like, resis: it, and
protect the treasury of the State. Las,
net, as we conceive, vindicated the high prero
gative of bia ellice-though tho vindication
referred to, we admit, may have had a moral
effect only. Ile may have meant well, bu'
he has not always done well. Hia pol?tica
thoughts and views are of thc car .h earthy
ic. his course as a politician he will hove:
about the table lands of expediency, whils: h?r
might, as the exponent of thc people, who
put him iu office and gave him their conti -
dence, rise to thc elevated heigh ls of princi
ple. Tho Governor is our senior in our yea;>
ol political experience, but uot our supcrier
io devotion to State and country. We wou?
commend him to ascend in his pol?tica! rot
to the mountaiu heights of an elevuted a:, i
elevating line of action ; and wo would sti^r
g jat that he seek to escape the noxious va
pora that spring from the weedy low lani
a shifting policy.
Let him re;urn to his first love-thc Di 1
ocratic party. That party is purer and I
ter than when he won us prizes and enjoyed
its honers. Let him throw Ihe weight of
great abilities and earnest nature int?
Democratic scales of his State and cou
aud again wiU he enjoy the confidence
estranged constituency. In all that r< .
to a just cOLservatisra-in all that loo! * .
the restoration of the peace and unit\ ol
hud-wc will unite with the Governor ; .
ve desire it distinctly understood, that
intimations of his Excellency, as thrown
in his debate with Colonel Aiken, do no. 1
to that resub. On the contrary," they p<
to a policy which reconciles our peojik 1
negro supremacy, and thus prolongs th;.- d
astro us sway.
A New National Bank, under the nan. :
"The Carolina National Bank," was org n
?zed in Colombia on Saturday last, wit I
following officers : President, L. I). Child
Cashier, W. B. Gulick ; Teller, Iredeh. i>
rectore-Dr. J. W. Parker, Edward Boj ?
John Preston, Samuel Tate, G. W. Swepson
and ono moro to be appointed ii-om Colum
bia.
Low RATES FOB SOMMER TnivEti-Wi
have the pleasure of announcing that ; ie
Greenville ftnd Columbia Railroad Con .
are issuing family and business tickets of 1 ?X)0
miles' each at ?40. The Spartanburi: l
Union Railroad Company do tho same u . 35
per 1000 miles. These two connecting * 1
with our South Carolina Railroad, britt: the
mountain districts within easy access an at
cheap rates. Wo have already noticed he
fact that the South Carolina Railroad C -
pany issue business tickets for lOOO mil<%i at
$25.-Charleston News.
ARRESTS DY THE MILITARY.-Adetach 1
of soldiers belonging to* this post returns n
Sunday, the 3d instant, from a scout in
up country, near the bounds Of New:
Edgefield and Abbeville Districts. 1 1
succeeded in arresting two men-John P< -
charge! w::th killing a Union soldier bc. . s
ing to Shaman's army, in February. 1SC5 ;
anr]-Boozer, who, it is charged. k siled a
freedman.-Colombia Phoenix.