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. .|t|,ilu>laMu>U>tU>li'>il<l|llk|l|i'l<(:li*llnwl>i>1 jni'i.i' D. R( DURISOE/ EDGE FI ELD, S. G., AUGUST 3, 1871. VOLUME X?XT.-No. 22. rt/ Afp '"V life Insurance Company, Principal Office, Macon, Ga. ^THE business of this STRICTLY SOUTHERN and HOME COMPA NY is confined by law t? legitimate Life Insurance alone. Policies issued on all the approved Mutual plans. It also.issues Policies at Stock rates, 25 per cent, nnder'the mutual rate. But it does not advise its patrons io injure on the Stock plan, .that plan being very ' expensive in the long run. It is known that dividends in a good Mutual Company wilj average about 65 per cent., especially at the South and West, where investments bring, good returns. 90 per oe?ti of profite on +fce Mutual business divided annually amongst all tie Mutual-Policy Holders without exception. One-t^ira Loan on Premiums given when desired. Interest charged only upon first ????l Where all Cash isjpaid, Policies will become self-sustaining; that i?, pay out, "and Tmv?^Tp?r c?ritl a'dded to their faces, which is one-third Inore than thCJrlginat?um insured.. ; . ^ . Ample provision against forfeiture of Policies in the expressed t?nns of be contract. The Company will always purchase its Policies at their Cash value. We offer the people of the State the same financial security as Northern 'Companies, the accumulating premiums of the insured, and in addition thereto a Capital commencing with $500,000 ! Millions <of tdp?ars haye abnfcilly hitherto been lost to the active circula tion of^neScm?brr?n payment hi 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] ther sustain our own Life Enterprise, and thus keep our money and the! prouts too at hyome. \~r * ?/ j I ^bfjlcei* ai ^ffacon, 6a :: WM. B. JOHNSTON, r^eliJent. i ,^rM. S"HpLT?tice-Prea?dent. M "OrlO. S^OfeAR/Secr?t?fv: v .* '* JOHN W. BURKE, General Agent. C. F. McC#Yj Actuary. W. J. A?AGILL, Superintendent? of Agencies. JAS. MERCER GREEN, Medical Examiner. J6T"The Cotton States Company is a;Georgia and South Carolina enter prise, is a good Company, and is now fully identified with the interests ol' our people. This State is ably represented in the general management by1 South Carolina J>rractors. v ? ' ? \ # LAYALL & ABYEY, eral Agents for North and South Caroona. WM. J. LAVALL, Esq,, Office, Columbia, S. C., [ ' tf M. W. ABNEY, M. D., Edgefield, S. C June 7 J 24 Mew Spring Bry Goods S James W. Turley, IIBOAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA., BEALES IN FIRST-CLASS MY GOODS, .AS JUST RETURNED FROM NEW YORK, and is now fully pre ^>ared to offer- iotlxp.publi?^a .op inj? ie te lr assorted ?Stock of SEA?QNA BLE FIR T-CLASS DRY GOODS. Great c-'re has been taken to suoply each Department with EVE Bl TH NG NEW AND FASHIONABLE, as well as the more stapl articles of the Trade.*' The Cn?U *}'?trin wiil be Kfrielly Ailbert*<1 to, an? it is much cheaper to pay 25 per cent, for money, *nd buy your Dry Good for Cash, than to bay them ort time. The best judges of Dry Goods, and the closest buyers, are particularly requested to examine my preser-.r schedule of prices. JAMES W. TURLEY Mar 29 ' ' tf 14 - But such ia a fact ! And if von want fine. LIQUOR, either by the Gal loi or Bottle, go to SANDERS' DRUG STORE, and you will get a P*URI: ARTICLE at low figures. All LIQUORS war. anted. Examine for your sel ves, .which isthighest proof. . ; June^ . . tf 24 SPRING AND SUMMER SUPPLIE. M. O'DOWD, Wholesale Cpoe er -AND-V Oommission JVXercli'iit 283 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga., . ' . HAS NOW ON HAND a Full and Complete Stock of CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES and PLANTERS SUPPLIES, among which may be found the following :-: 100 Hhds. BACON. 50 Bbls. LARD. LOO - ? FLOUR, --di gr?les, 50 Bhds.,Stf?tt& - 300 Sks. COFFE?, m wrf m AV. 200 " CANDLES, ? 100 STARCH, 100 V SODA. 5000 Fusneia CORN, ?000 " OATS. 500 Sacks SALT, 100 Cases LYE and POTASH, .10 Bbls. COGNAC BRANDY, 30 Bbls. CORN WHISKEY, 100 ". RYE WHISKEY, 10 " APPLE URANDY, . 20 " GIN and RUM, 20 " SHERRY ? PORT WINE ?200 ?I. SEG A RS. various grades, ? i 150 Boxes TOBACCO, I 200 Doz. BUCKETS, j 50 Do?. BROOMS, i 50 Nests TUBS, ? 50 Hhds. MOLASSES, 100 Bids. SYRUP. AH ?OOCIM will fee sold Very ?^ow. Give me a Call. Mav 2 tf 19 . W. GRAHAM & CO. CottoB Factors AND Commission Merchants,. AlIQVXpAj, '>-i., ILL give strict attention to the HTO-RAO E and SA LE OF COTTON laud other PRODUCE on Commission. And will make thc usual ADVANCE of PROVISIONS, Ac, to Planters. Consignments and Orders solititcd. Office,'No. 5. McIntosh Street, opposite Messrs. Jertuings, Smith A Co. Augusta, Apr 17, lSYl* . Reference* in ?dff?^e.la:--Qen?. Bon ham, Dunovant and Butler. Capt. O. N. BUTLER, of Edgofield, ii assqeiated with our -Firm, and will repre ?cent our Ilonse in Edgefield and adjoin in g Counties. Apr 26 tf 18 Cotias for Sal?*. LN Pursuance of an Ordor from th Jhtdgcof Probate of Edircttold Counr> . WC vv?l'SPllai Edjreiiold C. ff.^. on sal" dav in Auijwt ?fcxt. to thc highest bio deVi.a?? the NOTES brimtssMI; to thc mtp-of .MARTHA .JENNINGS, deed.. .TTttrms C^.r); ' WJ,.,T ^ ' jtflyfjn 3* 30 J. .M. NKUI.KTT. I W. II. GOODRICH CottonGrin 3LWBFACT0RY. I TITE Undersigned respectfully an nounce to the people of Edgefield ; and adjoining Counties, that they are>till j engage?', in the manufacture of Co??o? Gins* Of.the well known and highly approved 9?LESBY PATTERN. MR. NEBLETT, who has- fourteen years' practical experience in making these GINS, will give his personal atten tion to the business, flnd we feel confl lent of giving entire satisfaction to those favoring us with their orders. EVERY OIN WARRANTED. Old Gins RENOVATED or REPAIR ED in the best manner. KEBLETT & G00I?RK ll, At Goodrich's Machine Works. ^Capt. LEWIS JONES, of Edge field, is our authorized Agent, and all or-1 ders received by him will meet with ! prompt attention. May 2 Sm IO Patent Me lioiBes. ?| JUST Received a Jarjse and frehb as aortmentx?" PATENT. MEDICINES of all kimi*. w a. G.'L.-PENN;,Dnjgg?8?? , ? May 24 tf 22 : ' (?ne Him a Chance." ? Poor soul! he is down at the foot of the hUl And despairing, wo see at a glance'; Beset with -temptation, surrounded by sin-. Don't spurn him ! Just give him a chance. Were you in his place, and tempted as ho, You might be as bad, eveu worse; . Then give him your baud, and a blessing besides, Instead ol' a kick or a curse ! So hunted, so branded, by merciless men, No wonder he eyes you askance ! No wonder he thinks you are like aU the rest Be merciful ! Give him a chance ! He is 44somebody's son;" in childhood, perhaps, He shared a fond mother's cares Oh, give him a lilt, a kind, cheering word, You surely can do nothing less ! To exercise charity. Christ, like to him, Will only your pleasure enhance ; Then as you hope for mercy from heaven aoovc, -. Have mercy, and give him a chance ! Ito Beautiful Widow. THE MYSTERY SOLVED. ' ?o ? ' CONCLUDED. A sound came from without thi [ window just then, for all the world 'like a suppressed laugh. The dam ask curtain swayed noticeably. Mrs Versly sprang forward, crying ont. and dragging it aside with trembling fingers.' The window was wide open A balcony ran along the whole front of the house. She saw, or thought she Baw, a dark figure outlined loi one moment against the sky, ere ii disappeared in some unsuspected nich* 'j or open door or window. And yei she could not be sure whether sh' had looked .on anything more than ;. shadow conjured up by her imagina tion, or not. She turned facing Babette, ghastly pale. " I'm afraid we have been over heard. But I will not be' balked. You are to go on your'errand all thi same. I will defy the whole world, if it comes'to that." She went down to breakfast the next mornihg, serene iand smilirig. You would not have suspected any storm of passion had ever ruffled hei placid bosom. She even Had a friend ly word for Mr. Castlemaine, althougl she both hated and feared him. Thi man puzzled lier. She could noi conceive how he hudvgained so inti mate a knowledge of her privat' .istcry. Had he come to Reef Hom-. II purpose to seek her, or had th. ' .jeering been purely accidental ? Sh< *as in his power. How did he iu ..nd to make use of the udvantdj e possessed? - buen questions puzzled the cbarn .Mg widow. Her mind was a pr< o nameless forebodings. But noti. *wg'--of-chis came.. .toAhc\surface. Ti. mile with which she honored Mi Jastleuiaine was quite as bewitchin. s tbuse bestowed on lier admirers. He Hashed upon her a sharp, sm itious-ghtn e. " Frown upon mo, madam," li .lid, exasperatingly, " but don'tsweet .II me wuk your smiles*. They mal? uy blood run cold, haugh ! The .ave a churchyard odor !" She could have struck the sneerin, villain. But she had marked out . icw role tor hersch, and so did uotb ug of the sor?. *' 0, yuu ingrate," she said, sweei ?y. 14 Auotber woman would rosen :uch expressions. But I ara mon forgiving.'' -Bah!" He turned on his heel. H? ate hi. breakfast in silence, favoring Mr* Versly with an askant look only now and then. _ . The widow laid her plans just, as a spider weaves its web-secretly and silently. She dawdled away the morning in Miss C?stlemaine's sooie ty. In the early afternoon she' pro posed a drive, inviting her youthful rival to keep her company.. Shi' seemed to have taken a sudden liking to the young lady. Mrs. Versly kept her carriage, a four-wheeled pony-chaise of basket work, drawn by two sleek little ponies -the handsomest turnout of which Reef House could boast. So she and Miss Castlemaine bowled along tht nard beach roads for hours,becoming fast friends, to all appearances, du ring the long-dj lye. . It was late when they cams back Babette had returned from her mis sion to the city, and mistress an?; maid exchanged a few whispered words in the passage. Mrs Versly then hurried up-stairs. Miss Cas tlemaine lingered below a few mo ments to speak -with 'a. friend, and then she, too, sought her apartment, Mrs. Versly called to her, as she paused on the upper landing. 14 Come in, my dear. You look t ired after so much exercise, Babette has just poured me some wine. Will you drink with me?" Miss Castlemaine hesitated. For ihe first time, she shrank from some strange gleam that appeared in Mrs. Versly's face. 141 never drink wine," 3he faltered. ".Bah! It will bring the color into your cheeks again. ?Tust this once, my love. Such old, old wine ! 1 brought it from France, years and years ago." The beautiful siren held out a gob let in which rich Moselle shimmered and sparkled. A persuasive smile wreathed her false red lips. " From France ?" repeated Miss Castlemaine, eagerly. " La Belle France! I wi il drink it now. Noth ing bad could come from France." ?h'e took the glass and raised it to her lips. The door opening upon j the passage stood ajar. Mrs. Versly's ' back was towards it, i*he did not sec a dark, alert face that suddenly ' came into sight. But Miss, Castle maine did, and stood transfixed iii wondering surprise. The next in stant the glass was dssjied irom her hand before she had quaffed a drop. Mrs. Versly turned, with a fright ened shriek. She saw Randolph C?s tlemaine's mocking fiLce* close beside her; she felt h?3 keen eyes glowering upon her, . "I am'just in time, madam," he isaid blandly. The baffled woman trembled with I rage. " Villian !" she hissed, under her breath. A low laugh bubbled over his lips. "?^pare your epithets, J beseech." Miss Castlemaine glanced from one to the other in open eyed won'der. " You were very rude, Uncle Ran dolph," she said, wiping the stains from her dress. " You owe Mrs. Versly au apology." " Humph I 1 did not wish you to drink the wine, and took the surest method of preventing it. You are not used to liquors, and th t Moselle is powerful stuff. .The consequences, might have been alarming." Miss Castlemaine did not compre hend the terrible sarcasm of his words. But the widow was wiser, f.he gave him a look of vindictive hate. '" Your health, sir !" and sh'e.dr?fh -ed the untouched glass, and replaced it on the table. " Ah !" and he gave her an awful look. " I wish madam could also drink the wine that is spilled. Will madam pr?sent me with *he empty glass-the one lying on the floor? She stooped .and shivered it into fragments against the marble chim ney-piece. "Sir, you are a barbarian," she oried, a strange, pallor overspreading her faee. . He curled his lip. "Come, my dear," he said to Miss Castlemaine.. "We .will leave .Madam Versly to her own reflections." They went out together. They paused on the landing. I '* Don't drink that woman's wines. Theresa." he said, abruptly. " And, i ibove all, don't become too intimate vith her." He turned, and was half down he steps before the girl tnought to questionhim; CHAPTER III. . PUNISHED, ??ight fell moonless and starless, for scurrying clouds shut in the earth and out the sky. They had risen, oellying black, when the sun went down. The night wind swept over the darkening surface of the sea with " i sobbing sound. In the deepening twilight Ran lolph Castlemaine was pacing back wards and forwards along a narrow -trip of beech at the foot of thc Reef Mouse garden: He Walked with knit .ed brow and folded arras, just as he iad walked for the last hour or more. Shadows settled, deeper and dark er. He paused, finally, with his .ice to the sea, as if trying to pene : rate the gloom of early night. " That vornan," he muttered/giving word o his thoughts. ..' She is desperate, angeious. This fare* must be soon nd, or she will do something reck ?ss. Thank God, my revenge is .early consummated. ?he shall know, re long, who I sim, and why I Wv* )ilowed^rJjjay..'' ? These words'kad hardly esc is lips wluiti a shrill report broke -?pon the evening air. A pistol-ball ut the air hissingly close to bis ear \. sudden thought flashed swiitly ?iron gb his brain. Ho fell forward II his face in thc sand, and lay per . .ctly quiet. ' Ah, Madam Vcr.dy. I have you o thank for that," he muttered. This is the second time you have t tempted my hie. I ?-hali not fur =et'" , He listened intently. Tnere way a light rustling in the purubbery that ringed a wall not many yard- away. A cautious step advanced a iitlle way .mongthe shingles, and then retreat .d. Whoever the would-oe murder er was, prudence had evidently got the better .of curiosity. Castlemaine raised his head, peei .ng into the darkness. He c uld limly discern a figure that seemed to be a woman's hurrying nway in the direction of tire Reef Huuse. He picked himself up', laughing softly in the horrible way which fiad be come habitual to him. Long after the lampa were lighted that night, the Widow Versly stole softly up the back stairs and Bought her chamber. She was deathly pale. A black lace shawl dragged unheeded from her shoulders. Her dress was bedraggled with dew. " ?Some wine, Babette," she cried, dropping weakly into the nearest chair. Babette brought some of that sparkling Moselle which had so near ly pro ven. Theresa Cdstleraaine's death. Mrs. Veisly shuddered as 3he took ?he glass, but divined it to the dregs. It put feme.color into her pallid face. " One gone," she thought, triumph antly. "May all my foes perish thus. Maledictions on their neads one and all. I breathe more freely. That doll-faced Theresa shall not long stand in my way, now that he is not. here to help her." She laughed low. She shook her head in proud defiance. Her dark eyes sparkled venomously as the mo ments rolled on. A heavy step sounded along the bal cony, presently. Mrs. Versly caught her breath sharply. She laid one hand oyer her heart. " Look out Babette," she said, in a .faint voice, "and tell me who comes this way." The maid pulled aside the d -mask curtains. " HadamJ it is Monsieur Castle maine." Mrs. Versly started to her foet. " You lie !" she shrieked, hoarsely. It is not Randolph Castlemaine !" " Madame can se? for herself," re plied the imperturbable maid. She looked from the window-one terrified glance. That well-known, mocking figure stood leaning against the balcony-rail at no great distance, distinctly outlined in the lamplight j from some i eighboring window. She | threw up her arms with a wild shriek, j and fell prone upon the floor. Mrs. Versly had fainted. the. waa paler than usual the next morning that Vas the only change ip her d meanor. Going down to break fast very late, she met Mr. Castle maine at the dining-room door, com ing out. She bowed haughtily ; that was the only notice she took of him. j He looked after her with a scowl. 1 Such brazen impudence passes my compr?hension," he muttered. " bhe "undertook to murder'me,^ only last night, and thought she bid suc ceeded, no doubt. But now, when I como upon her suddenly, she does not even change color. Ah, the cold blooded siren 1" He went away with a party of hunters, ere the morning was very far advanced. Vendale was one of the number. Mrs. Versly heard the notes of preparation, and, true to her odd name, waited until the coast was clear. Then, seeing Theresa Castle maine walking alone in the garden, she ran down to meet .her. Th?' young lady lady remembered her uncle's caution, and was very shy and silent at first. But Mrs.- Versly was so sweetly gracious, so ?harming, so enchanting and full of pretty prattle, that the icy reserve of her manner soon thawed, and the beauti ful temptress had everything her own way. She led Theresa, wholly unsus pecting, down to the beach, where a snow-white wherry swung-at anchor. Babette had followed the two at ai little distance. Mrs. Verily paused on the sand, beckoning her to come nearer. . . " Babette," she whispered, did anybody see us .come this way ?" "No, Madam." . " And nobody knows -that I went into the garden to join Miss Castle maine ?" " Nobody knows it, madam." " Good. Go back to the hotel,and: be sure nobody suspects aught'amiss."? Babette departed. Theresa sat in' the bow of the boat, idly rocking.. She was tired, and had only meant' to reit a moment while Mrs. Versly1 was talking with her ;maid. The latter recognized a possible opportu nity. . She jumped suddenly into the wherry, dragging in the anchor, hand over hand. I " What are you about to do?" and Miss Castlemaine lookedjup in vague alarm. " Give yon a row on the bay,"' laughed the wily womin. "Won't it be marching?" She picked the oars,.poshing clear of the shore before Theresa could re monstrate. " We will riot go far, my Hear. Don't be afraid, j I'm a capi tal hand at rowing and.' there is no danger." \. They floated gently out on the: bay. The sunny mornjng tipped the waves with sultry gitanas of light. The shore receded until the amber sand of the beach seeded like a long line of garish yellow. There were crimson stains on Mrs. Versly's cheeks now. The full lips trembled nervously. She made no ?uriher pretence of tilk. Her glit lering eyes swept the bay in a long.. intent look. Then sie threw down the oars, and leaned over Theresa Castlemaine. The girl caught thetbaleful glance bent upon her. She piled, suddenly. jjttfeum ?J,'.' ^i^M<iii^a._Jrigh.t, . mrwrvoice. " Take- raeiliSme. Mrs. Versly rose up like a beauti ful fiend. " Girl, she hiised, with H horrible laugh, clutching wildly ai Theresa's throat, " girl jjou a ein my way ! You haya won thej heart of a man.I luye,'with your babyish face: I hate yon wit h a bitter hatred. 'Ah, -brink and cower, but ytu shall nov, escapo me. I bav? lured you to youi .loom. Seaweed shall tirigie in thai purplish hair! Fishes wall feed oh those scarlet lips that V?ndale s havi pressed! 'Sdeatli, bowjl hate you' Bride of Vendale's you shall never be-but the bride of dtjath !" Her fair hands closed on the girl's throat in a 'deadly giip. A lung, strangled cry rent thc air. That demon woman seemed possessed ol ihe strength of a dozen. The strug gle was fearfully biief. A. bod} splashed suddenly into the water, the body of Theresa Castlimaine ! Mrs. V( . dy picked |up the oars, her victim's shriek stil ringing in her ears, and made for the shore. Her only thought, nott, was to escape detection. . Castlemaine was sure to suspect her when he flund out that his 'niece was ' missing. She must contrive to mislead hie. She reached Reef hoase, and gained her chamber unobserved. She rang the bell sharply - for) Babette, and then threw herself onjthe bed. " I have lain here ance breakfast, with a racking pain ia my Lend," she said, when Babette mide her appear ance. " \\ ill you Bay as much to Miss Castlemaine, and ask her to come and sit with me?" She shivered, involuntarily, while pronouncing her victim's name. Ba bette started. " Mademoiselle Castlemaine was with madam ?n tb,e bay. Has mad ame forgotten?" Mrs. Versly gnashed her teeth angrily. "Fool," she shrieked, don't you comprehend ? Take my message. And remember, will you, that I have not 1 left my room for the last two hour3. >ay you can take Bible' oath to this fact, if necessary." Babette nodded. "Yes, madam. I was dull, stupid, at first, and de served to be called; names. I am 1 stupid no longer. Iwjjl do what I 1 can to serve madam!'' A, significant loohjpassed between , the two, and then Babette went away. . Mistress and maid Understood each other perfectly. Of course Miss Castlemaine was 1 nop to be found. But there was ' plenty to take cognisance of the fact that Mrs. Versly lay ill m bed,' and ( had expressed a wish to see the young lady. ? The lady seemed interminable. 1 Lying in her darkened chamber, Mrs. 1 Versly heard much tramping np- j stairs and down, and hushed voices C on the landings. The inference to be drawn was plain enough. The hunt- 7 ing-party were backagain, and There- j c sa Can lemaine'8 absence had been ; r discovered, and was beginning to s cause considerable anxiety and alarm 8 Babette kept her mistress posted, n Late in ths afternoon ehe came up j with the news that Vendale and Mt. c Castlemaine had just driven away y in a carriage, and nobody knew their jj destination. ? p Mrs. Versly kept her room until t lnmpswere lighted in the evening, ii Then'abe made a tareful toilet and & went down atairt,1 pale and quiet' as t became an invalid, but roy?lly I tiful still. " What are thesV strange Bi that ai e being whispered' about corning J&ss Castlemaine ?" ehe " Babette says she is not to be foti "Itis true," returned Van I to whom her remark had been dressed. * " fio)v very singular. Sue sweet girl, too ! I trust no ham befallen her." A shade of thoughtfulness a the widow more bewitching i ev r. The usual crowd of adm: iud gathered around her, whe ?.arriiige rolled rapidly up the ave, Heavy footst ?ps strode along hall." ? moment later Rand? Castlemaine stoed before her, flus and excited. " Madam, how, dare you sit tl smiling' and coquetting after w hus happened? he cried, loudly, that, all heard. " Murderess, j dare you ?" She grew lividly pale, and lea back in her chair gasping for bre. Busher brazen effrontery was not be opnquer?d so easily. " The man is mad," she said, j ting up her1 hands helplessly. " afraid. Will some one take 1 ft way ? " Castlemainedrewnearer. Hele ed over her, a deadly hate huminc bis eyes. V Madam," he hissed, " my hi if revenge ba^s come, at last. I ly?ited long enough, God kno; hadarn," laughing wildly, "you ht iwice asked who I am. I will t /on. Listen ! Your first husbai Herbert Collingwood had a brotl Robert; I am ne!" She faced him with a mingled lo )f scorn and rage. " Liar I" she cried, sharply. " R< ;rt Collingwood died years ago." His lip curled. " So you thong! nadam ; but it was a mistake. J ived, and lived for revenge on 1 irother s murderer. He st?nde \ ore yon !" >he quailed. " Van Loon/' s mid, turning suddenly to her adrr .er, will you stand here and see th nan insult me? I tell you he .aving mad. Oh, take him away ! Nobody stirred. He put his li o her ear. " Madame," he whispered, di inctly, " I have a revelation to malt .t concerns my niece Theresa, bund the child that its mother hi msely deserted, and cared for i This was years ago. She has grow o be a young lady now. Madar he girl you undertook to thrott md drown on the bay this morn? vas Robert Collingwood's child ar roars !" A wild cry broke from her lips. ii No, no. no !" ehe shrieked. She wrung her hands, lookir.g aboi ter like a hunted animal at bu; EfaA-iace^of -L?r-irionda_i\rer.e aye rte iow,'"*norror and suspicion plain] vritten on every one. She looke )t-yoiid them toward the door, as eekingsome avenue of escape. Whil lie looked, Vendale suddenly appeal id IroDJ the hall, a girl's form cliiif ng.'to his sitie. Mrs. Vernly's eyt muted wildly. She tottered" to a*. eet, and seemed to freeze there in vliite horror. Her lips parted, bu it tiret no sound caine from them. " My God !" she cried, and pointe o her shrinking figure beside Ven laie. " The sea has given up it lead ! Mercy, mercy, mercy !" Her face grew purple and distort ?d, all at once. he ilung up he irma with a wild shriek. Bet?re ;\\v my one could reach her side she hat alien Lo the floor in violent convul ions. She died that night, though no ?efure she had made tull confessioi il her crimes. The manner in which Theres Jollingwood had escaped drowning s easi ly expiai n ed. O n bei n g th ro w r nto the water she had clung to t loating spar, and was eventuall) ncked up by some fisherman. -Rob irt Collingwood and Vendale, bein? nforrned of this fact, and learning rom Theresa herself what had hap jened, had arranged to produce tht jirl in season to. confound her would )e murderer. Theresa dropped a few tears on the rrave of her beautiful though wicked nother. But in the light, of Ven iales love, she soon forgot the shad )w- that had darkened her earlier rears. Surely.it wrns better thus. THE BLUE RIDGE RAIL ROAD .'MPDRTANT CHANGES.-The Colum na Union, of Wednesday, says : Rail road eircles have been busy md somewhat lively for a week past, ind several important meetings of .ail road men have been held. We earn that the upshot of the matter s that there has been effected a sale )f the State s 6tock in the Blue Ridge Rail Road, at- that the same has jeen transferred to an association lomposed of influential citizens and Northern capitalists,, and that there )ow is a prospect of something being lone to complete this important eu erprise, which will do so much to? vards developing the resources of he State, and'which will open a way o the rich country beyond the mount ain s. ' We learn that a resurvey of the oad has already been ordered, With ; view of adopting the narrow gauge ystera, now being so generally dis posed throughout tty? country, and Iready commenced upon in Tennes ee ; and which has also been de Qonstrated, beyond a doubt, ii) Eu ope, to effect a great saving in ex lenses, with.equal faciliti?s forall the lemands of trade and commerce. His HEAD WAS LEVEL.-A New fork wholesale grocer, who had bc ome rich in hi? business, has lately aade the following revelation. He ays hi's rule always- was when he old a bill of gooas on credit, to im- j lediatejy suoMcrjbe for the local pa-1 ?er of his debtor*. So long' as his ustpmer advertised liberally and igorously, he rested, but as soon as e bega i to contract his advertising pace, he took the fac? aa evidence bat there was trouble ahead, and hs i ivariably went for his debt. 'For,' aid he, ' the man who feels too poor : a make his business known; is'too : poor to do business.' This withdraw mg of an advertisement is an ey, dence of weakness th it business are not slow to observe. indian Outrages* ST. LOUIS, Joly 26.-Wm. Mac Moore, ari escaped Indian captive has arrived overland at St. Joseph with the details ' of one of the most bloody Indian outrages of the year About the middlp' of June he started from Paw Valley, Texas, with th.i tee-i other drivers of Blackburn Government train, for Fort Sill, Ind an Territory. About 5 o'clock on j the evening of the 26th ult., whi i crossing a stream about thirty 'miles East ot Fort Sill, they were suddenly attacked by 150 Cheyennes and "white desperadoes.' A battle followbd, last ing a few minutes. Seven teamsters .were killed, one waa wounded and the rest were captured. . The IndiaHH tomahawked and scalped the wound ed, and took MacMoore, John Jones Thomas Hayward, Henry Brown an . Harry Jackson, and another prisoners They bound them and sent them to the woods under guajj.d. What dis .position was made of the train is not known. The day after the battle one ?f the party attempted to escape and was killed and scalped. They march ed for two days in a Northerly di rection, and, on Friday,, they halted tied Jones and Hayward to a stake cut out their tongues, loppedoff thei ears and otherwise tortured them, in the presence of other prisoners, and then burned them to death. Brown MacMoore and Jackson determined to make an attempt to escape. . A few nights after, while the Indian guards were drunk and the rain had loosened their cords, one got' free stole a knife from a sleeping savage anrd freed his companions. This was tm the 5th inst. After marching some days nearly naked they were fed by a friendly band of Potto'wattamies. They reached Fort Riley on the 12th, nearly exhausted, and MacMoore, proceeding to Leavenworth on foot, took iail to St. Joseph, where he has friends. He declaies that one-fourth of the band were white desperadoes, ander Stanley, the Eastern Texas out law. They -are dressed as savages and participated in the cruelties with Indian zest. They had also with them as captives Mrs. Bowman, of Gauda Joupe Mountain, .Texas, and a beauti ful white girl named Emma Baily. It is supposed the band belongs to the tribe who made a demonstration' on Fort Sill during Sherman's visit. Mac-Moore's credibility is vouched for oy reputable citizens of St. Joseph. A Tcnlble Iteveoge. From the Nevada (Mo.) Times, 14th. On Wednesday last a man named Layton arrived-at Bailtown, and put up at the hotel kept by Mr. Penning ton. . He appeared to- be a very quiet uuin^wasjridjng a splendid horse, and wore abrace ot revolvers. Hie talied very little, but made some casual in quiries about a man by the name of Bedford. On Thursday he was ab sent all day, returned in the evening, ?ind on Friday made arrangements to h'ave his horse taken care of two or three days ; but in a short time he changed his mind-got his horse, fired oft and cleaned" up his pistols, and said he would take a ride. While riding along he was overta ken by one of the citizens of Osage, who was going to Marsh Owen's house, where they were threshing ".'heat. vVhen they reached Owen's house, Layton asked the neighbor, '"Is this ilie road we go?" The gentleman tnswered, " Tiiat is according to where you want to go." Layton said, .. Oh, anywhere ; not particular." 11 They rode down the lane near the iiouse, got oft tL>?ir horses, and hitch ed them to thc fence, and then jump ed over into the yard where Bediord was at work. Immediately after crossing the fence Layton began pull ing .o?' the glove ol his right hand [ t with his teeth, and walking towan' the machine, which was still at the 11 time. When within about thirty steps of the thresher, Bedford saw him, turned, and nm. Layton drew h?s pistol and (ired, the first shot dropping- him. Bedford arose andstarted again, when another shot brought him to the ground. Then Layton stepped up to him, and pns another ball through 0 him as he 1 j on the ground. Bed- j ford wa? shot through the thigh, 0 through the bowels from back to front and through the chest from back to | ti front, penetrating the lungs. Alter firing the third snot, and seeing his victim lying helpless before him with the blood running (rom' his mouth, he turned and walked- to his horse, mounted, and leisurely cantered out to the mouth of the lane, and then walked his horse" until out of sight. Layton never spoke a word after crossing the fence, but did his work coolly and deliberately. It appears that during the war Layton nad Bedford in his employ. | fi He trusted him with his family an.d his honor, which Bedford took advan tage of by seducing layton's wife, for which he has now paid the pen alty. Layton has been hunting his victim for several .years. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD.-A narrow gauge railroad, has been pro* jected from Denver, Colorado, to El Paso, in New Mexico, a distance of 85,0.miles. Parties interested in this enterprise have contracted for iron for the superstructure in St. Louis. From the tone of the Colorado papers it ap* pears that this line will be tapped by unmeious local lines, affording a net work of communication through that Territory and New Mexico that Will rapidly develop -their natural re source's. In the mountain regions these narrow gauge roads-from.twen ty-four.to thirty-six inches-present greater facilities for construction thafl ?otnmon roads in tl^eir capacity. of avercQinine high grades <md in their admission of snorter radii of curva ture. Their cheapness in construc tion is another advantage in the pres snt financial state of the Territories, bringing" them within the reach of ?J comparatively undeveloped sections n< )f the country. A very considera- hi ale proportion of railroad invest- cc me nts Eg ems likely hereafter to be ti' nade in the narrow gauge roads, ' ti ?io we a and bis ?. Ri g lits." From the New York Sun. . . Now that the Hon. C. C. Bowen has had his political and moral gar ments purifiedby the President's par don, several very nice questions arioe as to his future status as*a statesman. South Carolina, through her leading Republican politicians, repudiated Bowen some time ago, because, aa Mrs. Susan Pettigru King naively ex pressed it, " his character was notori ously bad." At the head of these' repu diator? was the Hen. T. J. Mackey, of- Charleston, whose . quarrel with Bowen over;a distribution of Granta patronage in Charleston was the canso of the latter's arrest.. . This fight began last summer. Mackey at first endeavored to pre*' vent Bowen from getting the regular renomination for Congress. Fulling in that, he put up against him a? an independent candidate, Robert C. De Large, a colored barber, and Pres! dent of the thieving Land Commis sion of South Carolina.. The Second District is the Sea Island District. It includes. Charleston. The colored vote is very heavy, outnumbering the. white ten to one. DeLarge was de clared elected and took his seat. Bowen - and his friends at .once rajsed the ciy of fraud, and set them selves to work to ferret'out the ras ?ality. .Unfortunately the election laws of South Carolina which were passed by the carpet-bag Legislature, eave a door wide open to fraud and corruption, and the colored Commis lioners of Election in the Beaufort/ District, being . candidates for ? office hemselves, tampered with the ballot, joxes. Bowen aBd his friends found t out and 'prosecuted them. The joiamissioners were indicted-, tried ?ohvicted, and sentenced to two years taeh in the Penitentiary. Further efforts to oust DeLarge vere interrupted by the little un d?asantness in Bowen's domestic af airs. Now that is over, the pardon td bigamist'proposes to renew opera ions, and for that purpose he has ?one to Charleston. In this he can carcely fail of success. DeLarge vas unquestionably elected through turfing the ballot boxes. Of rbi here is abundant proof in the record ff the trial of tne three Beaufort Commissioners, and therefore thens an be na doubt but. that Bowen >y law is entitled to the seat in Con fess. ' ; . But will Congress admit him ? Can t keep him out because of his infa mous marital record ? He has beer iardoned by the President and his ormer crimes are freely forgiven ; The distinguished services, which dr. Bowen ' gave the Union during ,nd immediately after the rebeljiou,'' he record of which is officially ar ested by the President of the .Unit d States, entitle him to Oongre6sion ,1 favor. The House rejected Whit emore on the mere ground that his haraeter was not good. It must Ldmlt~^Bo"wen~oi^tnitiry .-fclm lent. Another question arises. Mrs. Su an Pettigru King announces that in lefiance of the world and the world 's rpinion, she will live with Bowen as iis wife. All this in 'face of the fact hat a jury of twelve men have dis-, inctly said thai she is not his wile, therefore, next winter, if Bowen gets is seat, we shall huve the spectacle f a member of 'Congress living in pen violation of the law through the ivor of President Grant. ir kat Radicalism bas Done. It disfranchised thousands of white itizens. It invaded the Federal coi'.stitu ion. It. usurped the sovereignty of the tates. It annihilated ten States. It abolished civil law in certain arts of the United States. It cr??t d military commissions to ry civil eases. It suspended the habeas corpus in ime-of profouud peace. It denied to the white citizens the rial by jury, five years after the late rar ended. It has endorsed the outrages of lolden, and others. It encourages the negroes to idle ess. It gave about two hundred millions f acres of the public dominion with i the last two years to corporations f rich capitalists. It brok0 every pledge it ever made o the people, It unseated Democratic Congress men who were duly elected. It squandered the public treasure. It refused to prosecute the thieves f public money. t . It favored the prosecution of man lactnrers for trifling irregularities. It attempted to corrupt the ballot ox. It taxed every species of property f the poor man. It exempted the rich man's bond* rora, taxation. It paid the rich man in gold. It paid the soldier, his widow and ronan in greenbacks. It appointed spiesin every commu ?ty. And now seeks its perpetuation hy lie enactment of infamous laws to re.vent Democrats from- voting. 'jouisville Democrat, Cl w V si ir fe tl u ? is ti G e F e d G & ii k h h li w n tl Ji b d tl ei S d ol Ol p n 81 W fe st n; A VERITABLE FIBE-EATEE.-They ave in. Caroline county, Maryland, veritable fire eater named Coker, a stared man. The Easton Journal lys of l\im : " Coker, the negro fire-eater from afpline county, was induced to give n exhibition of his fire-proof quail es, of which so much has been said; [e lapped bis tongue several -.times (l a red hot shovel, rubbed the same Dt shovel on the bottom of his foot, id poured melted lead into Hie hand, id thence into bis mouth, where he t it remain until it hardened. There as no legerdemain about it-it was Due in the.presence ,of a number of ?ntlemen immediately around him, gc id by whom ho was.closely, watched i prevent, imposition. A rjhvsician - tommed his mouth, bu't could find ' ? evidence of burns, or that the ?afc had any effect upon him. It is V irtainlv wondertul, and an examina ra of . .his^n Is "worthy the afcten- ^ ott of scientific men." M co Brevities aud Levities. am; A stolen kiss saved a girl's life in Fond du Lae last week ; for if the man who did the deed had not pulled her head forward just as he did, a beam which fell from the upper floor would' have dashed her bruins out. j22- An injudicious XVth amendment in Tenne ;ue<i attempted to shoot a disloy al white with fhe wrong end of a pistol. It went off; and there was a black berry ing partyt t-r A gentleman whose habit'it was to entertai n occasionally a circleoffr*ends, observed th;il, ono of- them was in the habit of eating something before grace was asked, and determined to cure bim. On being seated at table ho said: "Fer what wo arc .about to receive and what James ' B- has already received, the Lord make us truly t?iankfol!" ?ST Calais, Maine, is a nice place for young mon to go to. Tho loca} paper there says that tworthirdsof tho wealth ol' the town is to be inherited by young girls. The rich men there do n?? haye nons. ?y A darky gives the following rea son why the colored race is superior to the white race : 'AU men are made of slay, and like tho meerschaum pipe . they are more valuable when highly col jred." * ?ST- In the Court nf Claims at Leting :on, Ky., a few days ago,, tho presiding -udfeO was annpyed by an irritable old gentleman, who would insist'in speaking lisrespccti'ully of the action of the court, fhe judge fined the old gentleman slev in times in succession for contempt, and hreatened to commit him to jail without loing any good ; and finally,' in order to haintainthe dignity of the court, told lim that if he was only a#young man, he court would whip him in so short a iine that it would make his head swim. . A doctor recently settled in Ha vanna, Iii., and the first case he got was a >oy who, while shelling pop corn, got a cornel in His windpipe. Tho doctor ex amined the ease carefully, looked at the ?atient's fongue, and then told the father it tlie boy to build up a hot fire; when hat was done the doctor told him to take he boy and hold bim over the fire un it the kernel got hot enough to pop ' out." Th?j. oldman weutup stairs and fot his shot gun, but while he waa load ng it tho doctor escaped. -" I have this afternoon been preachi ng to acougregutiou of asses," saidacon eited young parson. "Then that was he reason you called them beloved irethren," replied a strong-minded lady. jZSr After the clergyman had united a . iappy pair not long ago jin awful silence * nsuedj which was broken by an impa ient youth's exclaiming, "Don't be so nxpcakaply happy V psr- Owing to his being a relative of a ervant-girl's baby, a nice young man ti Philadelphia has boen arrested. He olongs to one one of thc first families, l?t that don't help thc case at all. An Irmbman, who wtos found nilty of stealing a lot of coffee, was skedjjy the magistrate whg^-fr? - OUT- ttl .' ^fmlrr 4trjr - n ld ' il^?-r ?mo- b .? eply. ??r* A little boy, after watching s he urning of thc schoolhouse until the ovclty of the thing had ceased, stared own street, saying: "Golly ITs glad tio old thing's burned ; didn't have my >gfry lesson nohow !" : , ?g~ Mrs Partington, in illustration of iie proverb, "A soft answor tu?netS way wrath," says that, "it is better to peak paragorical of a person than to* be ll tho time flinging epitaphs at him." .' ??f The recent Rookie raids in India re thus lucidly explained : "A deugh^i ;r of tho Kooklo chief having 'died, a umber of meu's heads were wanted to , urn with her body, and his subjects >yally proceeded across our frontier to flloct the requisite material. iii* It will probably give rise to a dil tranco of opinion,, if we ask if an indi idual who has married n shrew can bf msidered a shrewd man. Mr. X. G Parker's Attit?de? At the recent Tax-Payers' Conven on a committee was appointed to co* perate with the Legislative Comrait ;e in their investigation of thetrans ctiona of thc State officials. That amraittee consisted of Messrs. Ed 'in J. Scott, Richard Lathers and Gilliam Wallace. It was under ;ood that no objection would be lade. We have now the result be tte us. Mr. Scott, ?is chairman of ie committee of the convention, takes his report ro President Porter. 0 far as tho legislative Committee 1 concerned, hi.s co-opera ion is vir ally declined.. The Comptroller leneral is willing to have his books xamined. But Treasurer Niles G. ferker thinks "his books have been xamined enough." Our readers cnn raw their own conclusions. Tho bvernor, it seems, has no authority J exert and no inriuence to exercise i the premises. He is pleased to ac nowledge that " some irregularities ad occurred," but holde that "noth ig illegal" ras been done. The pub c will entertain another opinion. It ill believe, and does believe, that >uch is illegal has been done, and Iiis belief-will be strengthened by ist such conduct as that of the State 'reasurer. Mr. Parker is disposed j exhibit an unbecoming indepen encc. His conduct is au insult to iwt largo body of citizens represent? d by the committee of which Mr. cott is chairman. Mr. Parker may eera it no business of the tax-payers f this State to inquire into the state f his books. If. he were above sus icion, he might afford to play the tlc he has talcen. As it is, his refu* il to allow his books to be inspected ill be deemed .suggestive of the iar, on his part, .that they will not and the fest of a searching' exami ition --Columbia Phoenix. BOOTS ? XI* SHOES ! ADE TO ORDER OR REPAIRED All work well done at reasonable pri s, out of the best Leather, and by com ston t workm?h. , Give nie a trial, and J will give you ?od fit Terms Cash. 8. H. M AX GET, June 7 '_ tf gt tartan's Carbolic ilismftCtiig oap. hnVJ?LVABLE for Waahihg Horses, Cattle, Dogs, and other? domestic ann als, for sale a? -_ * , ' G. L. PENN'S DBW STORE. Apr* ?T IK