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iLfiu>*un?rW'ir?'"tinrt^ BT IK Kt DU RISOE. ,.,1ii...i.r?,*i.irt^?.a-i.??..>ti'?.i-i........i.i-u'i.??!?...?.-?^..??....".wi..M, .'.?"^. EDGEFIELD, S. C., JULY 27, 1871. OTTON STATES ? Company, V ^If^cipa? Office, Macon, Ga. IB? ^i^^?^^^??TTuY SOUTHERN and HOME COMPA NY is eo?|rae?ybj law?fo .legitimate Life Insurance alone. Policies issued on aH ihe approved Mutual plans. It also issues Policies at.Stockistes, ^5 pet cent..under the mutual rate. But it does not advise itst??[^"feirjaure<|Dd? the\{3iocVplan, that plan being very expensive in the long run. . - ' Ic is known i^iat dividends va a-good Mutual Company will average about 65 per cent., especially at the S?u,th and West, where investments bring goooreturns. 90 per cent, of profits^on the Mutual business divided annually amongst all"the Mutual-Policy Holders"without exception. -One-third Loan on Premiums?given when desired. Interest charged only upon first loan. Where all Cash is paid, Policies will become self-sustaining ; that is, pay out, and have 50 per cent, added to their faces, which is one-third more than the.original sum insured. Ampia provision against forfeiture of Policies in the' expressed terms of the contract. The Compauy will, always purchase its Policies at their Cash value. We offer the people ?f the State the 6ame financial security as Northern Companies, the accumulating premiums of the insured, and in addition thereto a Capital commencing with $500,000 ! Millions of dollars have annually hitherto been lost to the active circula tion of the South, in payment of premiums in Northern Companies. In benefits derived from the investments made by these Companies in Northern real estate and securities, our people can never share on equal terms. Let then sustain our own Life Enterprise, and thus keep our money and the profits too at home. Officers at Macon, C?a : 'WM. B. JOHNSTON,. President. WM. S. HOLT, vice-President. GEO. S. OBEAR, Secretary. JOHN W. BURKE, General Agent. C. F. McCAY, Actuary. W. J. MAGILL, Superintendent of Agencies. ,a JAS. MERCER GREEN, Medical Examiner. JSSjy-The Cotton States Company is a Georgia and South Carolina enter prise, is a good Company, anet is now fully identified with the interests of our people7 This State is ably represented in the general management by South Carolina Directors. MYALL & ABNEY, * General Agents for North and South Carolina. Wit J. LAYALL, Esq,, Office, Columbia, S. C., 1 M. W. ABNEY, M. I)., Edgefield, S. C. J June 7 tf 24 New Spring Br j leeds I James W. Turley, BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA., DEALER IN FIRST-CLASS DRY GOODS, ft [AS JUST RETURNED FROM NEW YORK, and is now fully pre pared to offer to the public a completely assorted Stock of SEASONA BLE FIRST-CLASS DRY GOODS. Great care has been taken to supply each Department with EVERY THING NEW AND FASHIONABLE, as well as the more staple articles of the Trade. The Cash System will he Strictly Adhered to, and it is much cheaper to pay 25 per cent, for money, and buy your Dry Good. for Cash, than to buy them on time. The best judges of Dry Goods, and the closest buyers, are particularly requested to examine my present schedule of prices. JAMES W. TURLEY. Mar 2.9 tf 14 FACTS Al STUBBORN THINGS ! But such is a fact ! And if vou want fine LIQUOR, cither bv the Gallon c.- Bottle, go-to SANDERS' DRUG STORE, and you will get a PURE ARTICLE at low figures. All LIQUORS warranted. Examine for your selves, which is highest proof. Jone 7 If. 24 SPRING AND SUMMER SUPPLIE. M. O'DOWD, Wholesale Crecer Commission Merchant 283 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga., "AS NOW ON HAND n "Full and Complete Stock of CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES and PLANTERS SUPPLIES, among which may be found the following : 100 Hhds. BACON, 50 Bbls. LARD, 500 M FLOUR, all grades, 50 Hhds. SUGAR, 300 Sks. COFFEE, SOO Boxes SOAP, 200 " CANDLES. 100 " 'STARCH, 100 " SODA. 5000 Bushels CORN, 3000 " OATS. 500 Sacks SALT, 100 Cases LYE and POTASH, .15! CrOodswiH he sold Very Low. . May 2 tf 10 Bbls.'COGNAC BRANDY, 30 Bbls. CORN WHISKEY, 100 " RYE WHISKEY, 10 " APPLE BRANDY,' 20 " GIN and RUM, .20: " SHERRY & PORT WINE 200 M. SEGARS. various grades, 150 Boxes TOBACCO, 200 Doz. BUCKETS, 50 Doz. BROOMS, 50 Nests TUBS, 50 Hhds. MOLASSES, 100 Bbls. SYRUP. (Grive me a Call. 19 W. G Cot?oa ffietoys AND Commission Merchants, AUGUSTA, GA., , ILL give strict attention to the STORAGE and SALE OF COTTON and other PRODUCE on Commission. And will make the usual ADVANCES of PROVISIONS, <fec., .to Planters. Consignments and Orders solicited. Office, No. 5, McIntosh Street, opposite Messrs. Jennings, Smith A Co. Augusta, Apr 17, 1871. References in Edgefield:-Gens. Bon ham, Dunovant and Butler. Capt. O. N. BUTLER, of Edgefield, ls associated with our Firm, and will repre sent our House in Edgefield and adjoin ing Counties. Apr 26 tf 18 J. M. NEBLETT. W. H. GOODRICH Notes for Sale. . IN Pursuance of an Order from the Judge of Probate of Edgefield County, wc will sell at Edgefield CH., on sale dav In August next, to thc highest lad der all the NOTES belonging to tho Es tatOjpt MARTHA JENNINGS, dee'd. Terms Cash. " . . A. P. WEST, ] Adm-ra P. JENNINGS, j Aam ra July 19 " at - 80 Cotton Grin MANUFACTORY. THE Undersigned respectfully an nounce to the peoples of Edgefield and adjoining Counties, that they are still engaged in tho manufacture of Cotton Sins, Of tho well-known and highly approved OGLESBY PATTERN. MR. NEBLETT, who has fourteen years' practical experience in making these GINS, will givo his personal atten tion to the business, and we feel confL dent' of giving entire satisfaction to .those favoring us with their orders. EVERY GIN WARRANTED. Old Gins RENOVATED or REPAIR ED in the best manner. NEBLETT & GOODRICH* At Goodrich's Machine Works. j23-Capt. LEWIS JONES, of Edge field, is our authorized Agent, and all or ders received by him will meet witt prompt attention. May2_. 5m 19 Patent Medicines. JUST Received <\ Iarce and fresh as sortment ol' PATENT MEDICINED bf all kinds. ? 'G. L. PENN,'Druggist. May 24 tf 22 Tbe?eantifalWii o ? THE MYSTERY SOLVE! --o CHAPTER I. SnE sar before a mirror in Ii vate apartment at the Beef H the Widow Versly. She was at her owh> reflection- in the while the maid's deft fingers b aud coiled the immense ban ? purplish '?.ii!' with v;u:Ai shi wont to . : .'ii le her superb kei A uiagniih ? ui woman, in sp h--r eight-and-thirty years. He ure was full, supple and exqu moulded. The sleepy, almon ped eyes with their starry oui and the lusciously red cheeks, and tempting as some velvet-c peach ripened on a, southern were enough of themselves to brought an Antony to the feet o Cleopatra for every day in the Add to these lips "pulped with (crimson, and the peculiar langue I richness of the olive complexion you have a creature of* such enc ing loveliness es all the Helens Aspasias and Margueritas of th< might well have been envious of ' She smiled on the dazzling i reflected in the mirror-a p pleased smile that had a little I.of triumph in it. I "I preserve my .good looks derfully well," she said, at last, dressing her maid. . " Madam is charming," excla Babette. She drew a long breath. A s ow came to those languishing i Some sudden thought knitted the white brow. "Bah!" she cried, sharply, am handsome, but what is beaut; it cannot win the regards of thos love ? I am fabulously rich : some hearts are neither to be hoi nor sold. S'death 1 What ?in 1 do? Vendale io killing me with coldness. He is driving me ; des ate !" She angrily stamped her i clenching those son, white hi whose perfectness had almost gr .into a proverb among those of own set. Babette, the French w ing-maid standing behind lier J tress' chair, only opened her gr< ish-gray eyes a trifle wider t usual. "That man!" she muttered. " has infatuated jon "nada m. l ei understand it." Mrs. Versly Ia jd harshly. " Don't try, Bi tc." She heav< long sigh. '.' I never believed in ' mad passion' until I met .Venda! she added, quickly. " But I bell in it now, Babette. I shall ne again "be a doubter." " He is ten good years youn than yourself, madam." " Teste ! What c-nre I for tin What would Vendale care if he rt Iv loved me? Do 1 look DIV \\\ *Bah ! Sho\ s' me a woman who i compare with me for fooks*- \ can't? Then hold vour pence, B et te. Ten year?, indeed ! Bithi Babette fastened th- last sill, band of hairwith a -ii er arrow.a Mrs. Vers?vs toilet was comp!* " It is very;litte, madam." she si, anxious [o ...?'- me r?? OJ ; mistress^ L'lii " 1 atu .i .. ' .!. tv: >)?<??;.? j uv." She : -rv i Itv m i rr Irving tiiO ci?'ci u. diamonds, em aids and topazes against tho wii hued silk ?he wore. " I must lo my best to-night." she thought, flu: ing hotly. " No more dallying, more uncertainty. He shall be bronc to my feet." Babette had left the room. S came back presently, her greenh gray eyes sparkling. " I met Madam Delorme's maid the passage just now. She repo: two new arrivals." Mrs Versly turned, languidly grac 1'ul still, though nobody says Babel could see her. " Who are they ?" "AMonsier Castlemaine and 1 niece Mademoiselle Castlemaine." " No matter. I don't know them Babette flashed her a swift, sid long glance. " But monsieur Vendale does," si said. Mrs. Versly s'.arted. " Did the Delurme maid tell y< that?" " Yes, madam." A sudden fear blanched the wi ow's perfect lace. " Quick, Babett my fan and handkerchief. I ani ^ ing below." She opened a dooT fading into tl passage. The bliue ol' hom* and tl silver kisses of cymbals trailed the sweetness thrungli the silence. " A but it is late," she murmured, an swept down the grand staircase. A great room flooded with pe fume, throbbing with music, an aglow with lights and the shimmer jewels. Upon this festive scene Mr Versly burst, meteor-like, and shoi a veritable queen. A score ol' gallants crowded aronn her, for the handsome widow ha been pronounced by acclamation t! belle of Reel House. She receive their homage somewhat superciliou ly. Her eager eyes swept the lengt of the room for a form that was ia where to be seen. Finally she glic ed into the giddy circle of diiucei with Van Loon for a partner-one < I her most ardent admirers. 1 " Have a care;, Mrs. Versly," Va said, laughingly, as she went throng the evolutions of the dance with a'lar. j guidgrace wholly irresistible. " Ther is danger of the royal purple bein [ transferred to other shoulders." ; She lifted her sleepy eyes to hi " face. j " What do you mean, Mr. Va Loon ?" " Have you seen MissCastleinaine - No, or you wouldn't have asked Ilia question. Such grace ! such piquan beauty! 6ueh artlessness! The me: are raving abont her already. 0. bu " she is very charming !" Mr8.-\V'rK?v l>?: hei lipangrilv. ' " Where .-'- ,.....' ' ' " I d'.' : kn ... ' g!;i:?biri? .?> ant dov.;, -i * Sn -, j.pearei . at youi t.?'..i.o..;. as; dui Cinderelh . ' when the el..,, so ucl: twelve. I hal j believe she is a myth-a sweet delu j sion." " Bah ! Take me to a seat, Van Loon. I'm tired of dancing He found a vacant couch in a c recess where she could look out i the dancers unseen. " Thank y she said, sweetly. " Go away i I wish to be alone." " Cruel," he murmured, witl languishing look, but went none less. She waited, eagerly watching door. Nobody went in or out um by her keen eyes. Then the figi swinging in illimitable circles ac the floor were for the second time jects of closet scrutiny. A sigh disappointment heaved her bosom last. That sigh was repeated close be? her. " Madam," said a voice at elbow, " Don't weary your pretty e with watching. Vendale is not hei She.turned, suppressing a cry fear and anger. A man. stood bee her, tall, dark, handsome despite forty odd years. A pair of glitl ing eyes were fastened immovably her face. A malicious smile bar curled the bearded lip. Mrs. Versly confronted him witi gaze that would have made sume n tremble. This insolent stranger b it unflinchingly. She noted thisf? and a slight shiver shook her fram " Who are you?" she gasped. "Pardon me," he said, in a ha smooth voice. " I had forgotten h necessary an introduction is in nit ern society. . I am Randolph Cast maine, at your service." . He bowed low, with an exquis grace that could only have bc learned at foreign courts. " I lui the pleasure of addressing Mrs. Ve ly? ' . A haughty stare was her only ? swer. " Leave me, insolent, before 1 c for help." The malicious smile broadened a deepened ,; Madam hod best think second time before she makes a seem iic said, in a disagreeable tone. Sue sat down, gasping for bteftl His hand touched hers the noxr. ! s ta nt, closing over it. " I won speak with you, madam. My go angel must have sen: you in this r reetion. I have been watching 1 you." " Watching for me ?" flie repente amazedly: .' Almost as earnestly as you wc watching for Vendale," said the har smooth voice. "Your pleasure, sh-?"' she aske with a sneer. ;' Directly, my dear madam. Fir let me put to yon a qustion. Vers is a detestable name, it is r>o-so significant! ?Ire you tired of it th; you have conceived this sudden i? terest in young Vendale ?" . She gave him a defiant lock. " love him, sir. Make what yon ca onfroi the cortj'ession-J love him." '. Humph !" Mr. Ctostlcmnino's li curled in bitter mooRery. ** 1*C-TI: than you. loved your . fr.-:-'! 'hu?b.sni Mr. Collingwood, I'll be bound," ! (nnttcred. . . Mrs. Versly clasped hei* han : Sin* crew lividly pale. - "What do you know of him, or i me ?" she gasped. " Enough, in all conscience, know that Herbert Collingwood die very suddenly in Paris, sixteen yeai ago." Her fingers closed over his am .' Other men have met with sndde deaths," she cried. " It is nothin new. Why should you speak of m first husband's death in that t<*ie?" " Madam, hp was founrl '..ad in th Bois de Boulogne- ..ui through th heart !" His relentless eyes never one moved from her face. She sat lik one petrified. A marble-like palle overspread all her features. A dea silence fell between the two. Sh broke it at lust, giving utterance to. tortured cry. "A dual," she said, the word gurgling over her white lipo. "?Such was the commonly-restive opinion. But you and I know bette] madam." " Villain !" she hissed, betwec clos$set teeth. '. Don't get angry, madam. Lc me tell the rest of my story. Herl ert Collingwood left a widow and on child, a girl two years old. The were in straitened circumstance: and the child unaccountably, disar pea red. Do you hear, madam, th ch ?ld . disappeared. Mrs. Versly did not answer. He hands were working convulsively, i deadly, desperate look had come int her black eyes. .. Tho mother couldn't have take ?ts les.- much to heart," continued th hard, .?rel Mike voice. " In less tha a month's space she married a Mi Versly, who hud Leen dancing al tendance on her even previous ro he first husband's death. Versly! 1 detestable name, as 1 said before Mrs. Collingwood didn't like -it on wh'i better than Edo. Butraonsieni who was Verily, was also enormous! Wealthy ; that made all thc diffei erice in the world. So Mrs. Colling wood became Madam Veisly, am lived prosperously for a good man; years.. Finally she was widowed fo the. second time. But that did no seriously matter, since Versly wa old, yellow, and ugly; he left he abundantly providedlor in bank stocl and coupon bonds, which was mud more to the point." His voice dropped, and died away She slowly arose, trembling in ever; limb. " Do you intend this mass of lies ti be taken for'my history?" she fal 1 tered. " It is your history, madam." 1 He bowed low. He laughed mock ingly. He made her shiver beneatl his relentless glances. 0 " I hate you," she cried, fiercely ' " Why have you come to mc Wir! 1 this story? To extort money ? N?,I^ your price and take yourself off." " Madam, I am no begger. Yoi must look deeper if you would lean ' my purpose in seeking this inter I view." ' ; She trembled. She grew sick ai 1 death. She lost all control over her [ self. "j " Mercy, mercy ! It can't be. rd 'venge I Why should you espouse the cause of those who are dead acd gone?" It was a terrible look he gave her. ; Then he was his p?d mocking seli ' once more. .V Madam; \ve wU?pat-liscnss '.MA tives Yon wii.li if; lind Ven rh li?. . He i- noi in <tbi* rotfif, ? ?j -\1 for yoursc?.'i ?! : - since. My nej> e, was leaning on his ar1..! -, i have given you a cine. Fallow it out. I must leave you now. Adieu."' Mr. Castlemaine bowed, and strode away. Mrs. Versly fell back on the couch. She was weak as any child. Her eyes glittered fearfully. The dead, pallor of her face was something frightful to. behold. " And so that maa is, one of the new arrivals ?" she hissed, sharply. " Good God ! He knoWq too much ! , He must have a' care;' or the Bois de Boulogne tragedy will be enacted over again." She shuddered. -Sheer'desperation gave her strength. She slowly aros?, gliding through the French window behind the couch. Outside was & low balcony against which leaned some stout treliiswork. Taking no thought for the rich ievening-dress 3he wore, she clambered to the ground and stood, listening breath lessly. " They are not in the ball-room Vendale and this Miss (Castlemaine," she muttered. " They must be "in the garden. I will find tb em. S'death! to think a daring girl; should come between him ana me TWWT The night-wind blew coolly upon her. A descent moon'hung low in the, sky. She could distinctly hear the monotonous wash of the waves on the sand at no great distance. , She glided down.';the walk. An arbor hidden under-a 6narl of jas mine bloom, rose up before her, pres ently. She paused behind some haw thorn bushes, for she saw two figures seated on a bench, the moonlight falling wanly upon ;them. It was Vendale, his handsome, face all aglow with love ar$4'rapture, and a strange lady-Miss Castlemaine, of course. She was marvellously beautiful, this stranger, with.?er clear, creamy complexion, her purplish hair, her dreamy eyes, her sweet mooth, red and melting as the grapes ripening on some Andalusian hillside. Mrs. Versly clenched aer -hands as she gazed'upou her. ind yet deep in her heart some strange feeling stir red, half recognition, half dread the most unaccountably. " My darling," sie heard Vendale whisper, kissing A'iss Castlemaine s lips with passionatefejryor. . Th;it waa epondi. Despair and desperation took nissessiou of the wretched woman, 1W light in her eves grew deadlier .hau ever. She tin ned, walking bao.\ to the hotel as sb? had come. " Great beaven*.'' she cried; gnash ing her teeth, " am'3 io bo foiled like this? Do 1, who aways mocked 'al lov?'.'lov.>:ii lasc bui to bcuiatlo ftf'coff;] ;?;;.! ? A li 5 ?iv. -'tail *.<... : .. ' ?'. . di ate ' A WICKED VvOHAIv. I At least a score DI careless loun gers were idling away lae morning houri in the arbor-that .same jas mine-scented spot vhero the lovers had breathed thehvows thc evening previously. Vendale and liss Castlemaine were among the lumber evil- now, looking deUghtfiill; conscious while endeavoring to loo: the reverse of that. The Widow Versly lounged in an easy-chair whielihad been bi ought out for her especia! benefit, balefully watching the handome couple from under her ling Ishes; Kandolph Castlemaine lean.ee u^i^.- Lhearched entrance-way, dari ?miling, insolent, his bright eyes fixd keenly on the widow's face. Ho moved, pi'6ently. He took his stand behind Ars, Versly's chair, and whispered in lar ear. " Are thev not i charming cou ple?" She started, and urned. . " You here ?" sh gasped. " To be sure,' malani. I carno to look after my niece But she seems to find her present Company agreea ble. I shall not inerfere." Mrs. Versly groud her teeth. . " 0, the forwardluesy !" " Have a care, mdiun. You might be overheard. Sim language does not become your tautiful lips. A person oi your exjrichce should be more politic." She turned on lm with an invol untary hiss. The) was a murderous purpose in her heft. His mocking. . words set her bloo on fire. " Go !" she wispered, sharply. " If you value life take that devil ish lace out of my-ight." He shrugged hi^houlders. " Madam is besie herself. But I am one of her hrablest servitors. ?iee, I go." He resumed hisdd position in the entrance-way, smifig back upon her more exasperating^ than ever. Mrs. Versly knew, nv, that she was being watched, ai would not look towards Vendale md Miss Gastle , maine again. Van Loon mie his appearance presently, comin from the pistol gallery where head beeu practising all the morning. He threw himself on the grass bede Mrs. Versly, carelessly tossing tis pistol, a pretty i trifle ol steel audilver, at her feet. " 1 am tired an distrait," he said. " Exorcise the denn of unrest, I pray you." Sh*' rallied, lacing down at. him i j with her wost beildering smile, i w \\ hal shall Do? Gossip?" . ! ''Ye Look, ander, will you'? tv-Tu .. '. ??ulRJfla'd ii;.-> Mis.*- ? . . i.iain* XM> I to . - . i . i -.?j ... Diga' tu-.? .;'"??. Me i you know. . h j ? ? i..',. 1 dale is swece o;i . Mrs. Versly biker -j^; ??J iook?? -the other way j 41 "When did henake her acquain . tance?" she asld. " I don't know In the city, per ? haps, At any tte they are old > friends." I She turned, and met Randolp Castlemaine^ malicious glance. Sh knew he had heard both quefitjo f olid answer. A mad, unreasomn purpose seized her. She snatched u] rjvj gleaming weapon that lay-at he feet, t?d br?ught it' to a level, he ?tih ? adir .-Mu? sure. The next in ere was a loud explosion. y?lce'cj??f?dV?fore th? shriek' :. ... frightened w?men had ^ie? away. Castlemaine was standing a before, that disagreeable ' smile s til upon his lips. A sudden movemen of his had saved his life. Mrs. Vers ly was unable to suppress a cry o horror. She had felt sure of her aim she had meant to kill him. Now, h< was leering at her as offensively ai ever. " Great God ! He bears a charm ed life." Castlemaine held up his sleeve showing a bulletJiole. through th? cloth. .. . " Nobody hurt, ladies," he said, coolly. Mis. Versly, on her guard again, masked the deadly glitter of her eyes under drooping lashes. " How careless of me," she ex claimed. " I did not know the pis tol was lon dod. Nor did I see Mr. Castlemaine." Van Loon, having risen to his feet, looked fixedly into ner face. " You puzzle me," ne said, under his breath. " I believe you hate that man." She laughed. "Mr. Castlemaine ?" in a guarded whisper, " 0, no-why . should I ? He is a'stranger to me." Van Loon shrugged his shoulders. " I don't.know," he aiiswered, and walked away. Castlemaine took advantage' of the opportunity. A moment later he was again leaning over her chair. '.' Madam is unlucky, for a person of ber experienoe, he said. " Per haps she has got out of practice in sixteen years. No wonder." ?She trembled. " The hand which fired that treacherous shot in the Bois de Bou logne should have been surer. Mad am evidently believes in the saying that ' dead men tell no tales.'" She .grasped his arm. A puzzled ex pression showed itself through the frightened'pallor of her face. " Who are you ?" she gasped, for the second time'since they first met. . .' I have told you already. Ran dolph Castlemaine, at your service." And he creased over to join his niece. . Mrs. Versly sat with knitted brow. She caught V?ndales eve, presently. Uncle and niece \y.ere exchanging a few words, so. s.he signed for him *to .?approach. "You' are very pale," he said, pausing beside her. w Aro yon ill ?" '-Yes," she answered,- shortly. .' T;ike me back to the hotel." He offered his ann and they walked ' csway together. Tho shrubbery hid them from sight of those within the arbor before they had gone hnlf-a dozon yards. ? " The Gasllsmaine? arc friends-of Ivours?" the beautiful Circe said. I ij-'ji . . ... " ! ?m irrtercsced m I ; : , :.. e?idaio. fray . rei! nie all y<iii may know oi Lh?in." " That is very little. Six .mon tits -since they were utter strangers. Mr. Castlemaine is not communicative. I know nothing of their past history save the fact they have resided in France, for the most part, and that Miss Castlemaine was educated in that country." Mrs. Versly gave a sudden start. " And this is all you can tell me?" she said, in a disappointed tone. 'i All." They walked on. She was con tent to drop the Caallemaines out of her conversation now. -Her spirits rose. She dazzled Vendale with her wondrous beauty, she held his senses in thrall with her smile and seduct ive arts. They sat down in a cool recess of the parlor, and the mo ments fled unnoted. " You have charmed a'way my in/ disposition," she confessed, at last, in flute-like accents. Mr. Castlemaine, coming back to the hotel an hour later, found them still lingering in the cool recess. The widow shot him a swift glance of triumph, which said plainer than words could have done : " You see I have not wholly lost my power over this man. I don't in tend to loseit." Miss Castlemaine entered, present ly. Mrs. Versly had soon decided on. her role. She clamored for an introduction, and during the remain der of the day was so exceedingly affable and gracious to the young beauty that the knowing ones among the Reef House guests opened wide their eyes. " Lucretia Borgia and Zenobia," commented a daring blonde. " The Widow Versly is dangerous. That affair in the arbor was not so much of an accident as eome people thought. She hates the Castlemaine*. She will murder one or both of them, take my word for it. She is equal to anything of the sort." Of course such traitorous suspi cions were only whispered among the chosen few. Bank stock ana con pon bonds are wonderfully potent in hushing scandals, of whatever na ture. When Mrs. Versly locked her chamber door for the night she held a long talk With her French waiting maid, a woman ia whom she had im plicit trust. " Babette," sha said, soddenly, " did you ever hear of Dr. Alber tine?" The maid started violently. "Dr. Albertino?" she repeated. : Certainly madam, I have heard of him. He is the great poisoner." . [tush ! Not so loud, Babette, i tis! not bc overheard." ; ;< ? ess and maid looked straight | i '. other's oyes. 11 3abcttor' h .? ...... i s.dam?" j i I, Notjiing,more was needed. " Here ; j I is a card with Dr. Al berti no's street j < ! and number," said Mrs.' Versly, ! I I after a slight pause. " I am going j 1 j to send you to the city the .first thing-j:j to-morrow morning. If anybody ' i asks your errand, it is black lace.for my new velvet, remember." Babbette nodded. . " Yes, madam, I comprehend," she said with a significant* look. " Mrs. Versly leaned nearer. "Tell Dr.'4'lbertino that I want a'poison sub tle and deadly.," she said, lh a harsh whisper, " something8peedy and trace ! less; dping its work so secretly that not even a suspicion is aroused. He has such in his possession. . Pay him his price, and be secret as the grave." "Yes,'madam." CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK Our Beloved Have Departed. Onr beloved have departed, While .we tarry, broken hearted, In the dreary, empty house ; They have ended life's brier story, They have reached tho home of glory, Over death victorious ! Hush that sobbing, weep more lightly, On we travel, daily, nig?tly,. To the rest that they have found, Are we not upon the river, Sailing fast, to meet forever On more b oi?, happy ground ? On we haste to home invited, . There TV nh friends toi be un ii cd In a surer bond than here ; fleeting soon, and mot forevor ! Glorious hope ! forsake us never, For thy glimmering light ls dear. Ah ! the way ra shining clearer, As we journey ever nearer. .To the everlasting homo ; Comrades who await our landing,' Friends who round the throne are stand - ing, We salute you, and we come. Brevities and -Levities. ??r- A Western editor was run away with by a fast; horse. After the .surgeon!; had collected the pieces together and gol, them pretty well matched, the editor wrote a loader against fast horses, favor ing the substitution of camols. ??r-If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man'sdife sorrow and strrTering enough to disarm all hostility. ;22T" ? joyous damsel rushed into f. citizen's arms at Savannah, exclaiming, "Oh, you are my long-lost brother !" She soon discovered, her mistake, alic rushed off in a confused manner, accom panied by her long-lost brother's pocket book. f?gi- Goodness of heart is man's besi. treasure, his brightest honor, and noblest acquisition. It ls that ray of the Divi ni - ty which dignifies humanity. A school committee in a frontier district are reported to have summed up their opinion of an -examination which they had attended by making to the pu pils this address t 44 You've spelled well, and you've ciphered good, but you ain't sot stM," ??r Th? annual report of an education al institution' in an Eastern State m?ri tions tho resignation of one of the teach ers, a young lady, to 44 engage in domes tic relations." CS**' A lady in Wyoming complains timi, m <t\v i th stan crin g the female suffrapo law, hundreds of her sex in that Territo ry refuse to vote unless coaxed by good looking mun. vi' It is ol'no advantage to have a lively tinto If y."0 aro not just. Tho per fection of tho pendulum ia not to go fast, but to move regular. SSf Old Hilly W-, of. Flnvannn 1 onnty, Ohio, Was dying. Ile was an ignorant man. ami a very wicked one. Dr. 1)-, an excellent physician, and ;t very pious juan, was, attending him. The old fellow asked for broad. The iloctor approached the bod-side, and in a very solemn tone remarked : 44 My dear fellow, man cannot live by bread alone." "No!" said the old fellow, reviving; 14 he's 'bleegod to have a few wogatables !" ????- The following paragraph shows some, of the new words that novo been coined by tho modern school of journal ists: 14 He exourted a day or two on beer, ;ind getting short lie burgled a little. But he was soon copped and jailed. The uews was immediately wired to his amia ble wife, who railed to him at once." There are many parodies on 44 Ma ry's Little Lamb," among the most re L'cnt stands-. 44 Mary liad a little lamb,. Its ileece was white as cotton, And everywhere that Mary went, Tlie lamb would go a-trottin." But this has been eclipsed by tho 44 boy poet," who wrote 44 Johnnie had a William goat, His wool like dirty cotton, Elis tail was short, he smelt quite strong, As if lie had beon rotten." j??f A Cleveland newspaper rejects a communication, styled 44 An Hour with thc Spirits," because the writer's name is not appended. The kind of spirts they keep in Cleveland, before he has been with thom fifteen minutes, renders tho most able-bodied writer powerloss 10 sign his name. Tyyt^ Boys shouldn't go a-fishing on Sunday. The case of a boy in Reading, Mass, presents a sad warning. While lic.was devoting thc- Sabbath to Hulling, Iiis parents cut ? up a pine-apple for tea, md when he returned there was not a bit of it left. .jar It is positively assorter! thai the logs of Calhoun, Georgia, have become w habituated to having tinware attached to their tails that whenever one of them sees a tin kettle lying in tho road he backs up to it, and waits for somebody to tie it on. And any one who yearns for i first-class story, exactly adapted to the iogs, is at liberty to believe it. par Boarder-14 This tea seems very weak, Mrs. Skimp." Landlady-44 Well, t guess it must be the warm weather ;. I feel weak myself; in fact, everybody jomplains.." ?Sh44 Should drunkards marry ?" asks me of those men who persist in torment ing the world with unanswerable conun drums. But this has a half-way answer. Paul says it is better to marry than to burn, so go 'long with , your hard ques tions, and don't bother us. GIRLS, BEWARE.-Girls, beware of iaransieut young men. . Never suffer the addresses of a stranger. Recol lect that one good Fanner's boy, or industrious Mechanic, is worth all i: r.he floating tops in the world. The allurements of a dandy Jack, with a moe brush over his upper lip, a gold :hain round his neck, a walking-stick ,\ 11 his paw, a cent cigar in his, mouth, ? lome honest tailor's coat on his back, , md a brainless though fancy skull, \ iever can make up the loss of a L jood' father's home, a good .mother's j, jounsel, and the society of brothers I -, md sisters ; their affections last, while [\ ;hat of -such a young roan is lost -in i - the decline of a honey-moon. This L1 *s true. I, The Baltimore Borgia. FURTHEB DETAILS OF THE GREAT POISONING MYSTERY. [From the Baltimore Sun, July 17.] No event in the annals of crime in this city ever stirred the emotions of what iscalled the cultivated circles i of society, as the extraordinary crimes j charged against Mrs. Wharton. The facts of the case as they stand before the public, are of themselves suffi ciently sensational without the exag geration of any highly-wrought de scription. Those wno have been ac customed to regard crime as an ac companiment of rude and vulgar life are astounded at the information that the educated, and refined walks ol life have been invaded by the arrest of one of its members upon charges so heinous, atrocious, aud appalling, especially when considered in con nection with the suspicions which have been engendered of antecedent crimes, as to be too horrible for ready belief. The charge's read like a chap ter in the life of. the Borgias, or of the Bourbons of a later date, in an age when the poisouing of human life was regarded as a science and practiced as an art. Unlike, how ever, the crimes dictated by State policy ami craft, orthe strong passions of jealousy and revenge,* the theory of Mrs. Whartons case is that she was influenced by motives entirely of a-pecuniary nature. It is not just, howey er, to base any assumptions upon the preoeding deaths of Mrs. Wharton's husband and her son, because there happened to be a large insurance on the latter's life, for it is understood tbat the physician in his case certified to his death result ing from- typhoid fever ; and as to the death of Mr. Edward Wharton, her brother-in-law, at her house, and that of his daughter, two -weeks .after, three years or so ago, the inti mate friends of the family of the lat ter declare there was never any ground -of suspicion in either case against her. '. , lt is known that Mr. Van Ness, one of the victims of the alleged poisoning,' wholly exonerates Mrs. Wharton from'all suspicion of guilt in his case, and it is inferred that such was the natone of his testimony before the grand jury, and also that the vote of that body was not unani mous upon the subject of the pre sentment.' The manner and bearing of Mrs. Wharton under the terrible-cir%um stances in which she is placed are said to be perfectly composed. She sheds no tears, utters no reproaches, quietly asserts her innocence of the charges alleged. She appears like a woman accustomed to * discipline her feelings and the exercise of perfeot self-control. Her daughter, however, though assuming a sprightly manner to en courage ner moo-there spirits, cannot conceal her anguish of mind. Mrs. W., since her first arrest, has been jrisited by her brother, Dr. Nugent, of Pittston, Pa., and a sister, but it is stated that since the death of her husband his family connections have held no intimate relations with her. j STATEMENT OF DEPUTY MARSHAL ' FREY. j Deputy Marshal Frey has commit- j nicated the following statement, ex- ! hibiting the manner in which the i case was worked up by the police au- J thorities, and the evidence obtained by them: Deputy Marshal Frey states that ; ns soon as he learned of the death of j General Ketch nm from Drs. Chew j and Williams, he called upon Mrs. ! Wharton. After talking with her for three-quarters of an hour, he told j her he would like to take her*servant.? : to his office and examine them pri- [ vately. She made no objection, and the servants were taken to the otli. e and examined separately by Marshal Gray and himself, and they w. re sat isfied that the servants knew ot noth ing wrong as to thc c Ue of the death of General Ketchum. On Saturday. 8th instant, he asked Mrs. Wuartun if she had'purchased tvrtar emetic ; she replied that she had bought some and used it in a mustard plaster which she placed on her breast. He then went to the store of Gos man & Co., No. 1?/1 Madison avenue, where he found that Mts. Wharton had purchased, on the 25th of Janua ry, about sixty grains of tartar ehiet ic ; he found it charged on the books. Up to last Sunday night, 9th instant, he was satisfied that suspicions pointed strongly to Mrs. Wharton. The next move of the deputy marshal was to ascertain what motive there could have been for the desired death of General Ketchum, and in doing ?his he learned that the deceased came to Baltimore, as believ d by his friends, for the purpose of collecting a note of $2600 from Mrs. Wharton ; that after his death this note could not be found among the things he brought with him, which had been returned by Mrs. Wharton ; that a few days after the death of General Ketchum Mrs. Wharton visited Washington, and called upon General Brice, the brother-in-law of deceased; that sh? asked General Brice for $4000 worth of government bonds, which she said she had deposited- for safekeeping with General Ketchum. General Brice asked her if she had written proof of the f?ct, or living witnesses that she could furnish ; she said that she had neither ; he then asked her if she was not indebted to General Ketch um, and whether he did not hold her note for $2600 ; she replied in .the negative, and said she paid the note some time ago to General Ketchum 1 in person, and that she had torn up 1 the note in ?e presence. . i THE CA8B OP MR. VAN NESS. Mr. Van Ness called on Mrs, Whar- ] ton on the 19th and "20th of Jone j and took a glass of wine each day, j after which he w?s affected with pains ; in the back and shoulders but which >oon passed off. On the 24th. he was it Mrs. Wharton's Tiouse and took a I . glass of lager beer from Mrs. Whar ton's own hand. Shortly after he was token violently sick with convulsions. The cork of the bottle was'drawn out in his presence. He was so .sick ' that be could not be re-moved from, the house. His family were sent for, and also Drs. Williams and Chew, who attended him. He waa confined until the 30th, when he was taken home. Mrs. Hutton, sister of Mrs. Van ftes*.. wade ..:orne beef tea on Sunday, part of winch Mr. Van Ness partook ot. The remainder -was placed in a refrigerator.ia the cellar. The next' time Mr. Van Ness partook of it }?e W;LS unable io retain :t upon his stom ach. On the 2Sth, when Ancrai Kctchum died, Mrs. Huit:a brought milk to the house. Vau Ness drank a tumblerful, and said it was . nice; nt ll A. M. she made a milk punch herself, took a wine-glassful and handed it to Mr. Van Ness, who said it was very agreeable and pleasant. The remainder was put in a nursery refrigerator in a dining toom adjoin ing nie room in which Mr. Van Ness was ly i ng. At 1230 P. M; Mrs. Van Ness went to get her husband alioth-. ^ er drink o!' it , pouring io from a tum bler into the wineglass. She tasted it. and lound it had a peculiar taste; lied Mrs. Louey, who observed a sediment in the bottom of the tum bler. She tarted it, and found it .\as bitter. She thought something was wrong, and consulted with Dr. Williams. The sediment was exam ined by Professor Aiken, and found to on tain fifteen grains of tartar emetic Alter that Mr. Van Ness took nothing that was not prepared by safe hands. ' . After the action of the grand jury on Saturday, in indicting Mrs. Whar ton'for murder, had been made pub lic, the counsel of the accused, Messrs. Steele and Thomas, notified their cli ent of thc result, and that Sheriff Al-* bert would serve the process of the court at half-past 3 P. M. At the hour named Sheriff Albert, accompanied by Police Marshal Gray, Deputy Marshal Frew and Duputy Sheriff George Rose-man, quietly ap proached the rear of the house of Mrs. Wharton, No. 2G3 North Madi son street, to avoid attracting the at tention of thc crowd. Mrs. Whar ton was immediately apprised of the officers, and in a few minutes descend ed to her parlor, where they awaited her. Upon her entrance ' the officer-' arose, and Marshal Frey introduced to her Sheriff Albert, who announced to her the commands the law had im posed upou him. She signified her readiness to accompany lum, and in a minute or two more the carriages were reached. Mrs. Wharton was dressed in black and wore .a heavy black veil. She seemed somewhat agitated, but her movements did not indicate nervousness. As sho stepped upen tho pavement and saw the small, but rather ?uvenil? and firomiscuous crowd which had quick y gathered to scrutinize her, she seemed desirous of avoiding their gaze and screened her face. She was accompanied by her daughter, Miss Nellie Wharton, who was simi larly dressed and veiled, and by Mr. and Mrs. J. Crawford Nielson. Mk* Wharton seemed composed, but shoo ed by her close step to her moth-.-r how tenderly she clung to her. The three ladies were assisted into the front carriage. The Gther carriage was occupied by Marshal Gray, De puty Sheriff Roseman and Mr. Craw ford Neilson. They were received at the jail by the wanlen, Jamos M. , Irvin, .-.nd Wm. H. Perkins, presi dent ot the board o! visitors. 'Mrs. Wharton, after alighting ?rom the carriage, walked, forward in an active ami sprigth?y manner, sud, accosting t .e president of the board, said, " How do you do. .Mr. Perkins ?" r.nd shook hands with ?tim. She said sho never felt better. Thu cell No. 1G9, in the female department, was assign ed lor Her use, adjoining the room of the matron. A wagon containing furniture from Mrs. W.'s residence soon arrived ;tnd was placed in her ceil. The coll i-..?'..out nine feet in the centre height, ami measures seven and a half by t^u and a half feet. The furniture allov/ed the prisoner '>iisi>t8 of fr single bed, plainly fur nished, a very small round rabie, pitcher, basin ?nd toilet articles. Soon after reaching the jail, Mrs. Wharton ordered* dinner from the restaurant of Mr. Henry Crey, near by, of which mother and daughter partook. In thc meantime the cell was being prepared, and at twenty minutes of 7 o'clock be prisoner was conducted by Mr. Jerkins to herclose. quarter*, lier daughter and Mrs. Neilson had ahtady preceded her, and given their personal superinten dence to the arrangement of the fur niture, &c. Curtains were allowed to the window and door, and the gaze of the prisoners is thus excluded. Permission was granted to Miss Whar ton to remain with her mother, she having earnestly requested to be al lowed to share her prison life. In conformity with the prison rules, Mrs: Wharton and her daughter, af ter entering the cell, were searched, the ma!ron of the jail performing her unpleasant duty considerately, but thoroughly. Nothing deuied by the regulations was found. After the search tl>e door was locked, and the mother and daughter left to spend their first night in prison. WEAT IS A DEMOCRAT ?-This ques tion was addressed to a- Democrat in a political conversation a few days since by a " Red hot" Republican. " I would like very much to be .what ou call ? good honest Democrat. e kind enough to tell me what change I. will have to' undergo to become such, and how I will know that I am changed." " Well," replied the Dem-. erat, " go to some chicken-roost, and if you can pass it-by without feeling any inclination to 'confiscate,' you are an honest Democrat, but if you sannot resist the temptation to bag the fowls, you are a Radical still, and bave not experienced a change." The anxious inquirer had no more ques tions to propound.-Pari? True Ken tuckian.. ~ TlrV^WARE. AGOOD assortment of TIN WARE kept constantly on hand. W. F. DURISOE, Sr. June 21 ., lm.. 26 A Jvmt Received, NICE Lot of HAIR and TOOTH BRUSHES, at ' O. L. PENN'S Drug Store.